Using other launchers... - Galaxy S II General

I know touchwiz is similar to sense in the way that its quite tightly intregrated into our android build. However, like some people im not keen on touchwiz and would prefer to use another launcher (laucher pro) but dont want all the other stuff running in the backgroud.
How can we do this safely, we can remove them...can we disable or pause? I heard something about being able to do this with titanium backup pro?
Any ideas?

My galaxy s 2 is in the mail but I have used other devices all different sizes and was not a problem.
Im coming from the point of view of adw ex.

Using Adw Ex with no issues.

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Htc picture widget on rooted phones

I searched through pages in development but couldn't find anything on it is there a way to make the picture widget to work on CM7?
No htc widgets will work on cm7. They rely on the sense frameworks.
You cant even use the sense widgets on stock rom if you use a different launcher.
Thanks, any widgets similar to the one i am looking for that can be doeloaded from market where you can swype to change pictures
Not that im aware of, if i use one at all, its the stock one that only lets you pick one picture.

[Q] spb shell 3d & timescape

Replacing SE home laucher with Spb shell 3d...is it possible to use timescape widget at the same time? I tried, but cannot find a way to launch it. Seems SE hides it when you use some other laucher (adw, spb shell 3d, etc.). Anyone got a clue for this?
kknd9963 said:
Replacing SE home laucher with Spb shell 3d...is it possible to use timescape widget at the same time? I tried, but cannot find a way to launch it. Seems SE hides it when you use some other laucher (adw, spb shell 3d, etc.). Anyone got a clue for this?
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Timescape, the music player, the media folder (and the nice folder icons) are all only a part of the SE launcher. Even if you use LauncherPro you won't get it. This is necessary for SE to separate these tools from the core OS, which lets them release updates faster.
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You mean this is necessary for SE to forbid anyone to port these widgets to non-SE mobile phones
Rashkae said:
Timescape, the music player, the media folder (and the nice folder icons) are all only a part of the SE launcher. Even if you use LauncherPro you won't get it. This is necessary for SE to separate these tools from the core OS, which lets them release updates faster.
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didn't know that...pity
Standard practice for all manufacturers - there are plenty of Sense widgets that won't work with alternative launchers.
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Step666 said:
Standard practice for all manufacturers - there are plenty of Sense widgets that won't work with alternative launchers.
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Motor blur widget does work with 3rd party launcher
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Rithina said:
Motor blur widget does work with 3rd party launcher
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Yeah but why would you want to use any of the Blur widgets
One of the reasons I bought Arc is I like SE design and UI.
And I have never seen any sense of stuffing my phone with such things as SPBShell
which in my opinion looks worse than original SE launcher/widgets.
I know it's highly customizable though. But 15MB?

[Q] (Q) how to make touchwiz30launcher support alpahabetical apps in drawer?

Hello guys,
if you could help..may be there is someone know how to make touchwiz30launcher support alphabetical apps in drawer..i found some guide and apps touchwiz mod from another thread...yes it work but i really just want to know how to do that..
thanks before.
I think it's possible but it is not worth the time. Just get a launcher from some custom rom, even though I'm not using Monochromatic, I still use the launcher cause it's nice, just extract the apk from the Zip
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Is there a good alternative for Contacts / Dialer ?

I currently own a ATT S4, it's rooted with Wanam Xposed Framework, Nova launcher, Stock Nexus messaging app, etc... And I must admit I really like this phone a lot, after having an Nexus 4, and Galaxy Nexus before that. The battery life on this S4 is freaking amazing, easily 50% better than my Nexus 4. I get 5h -5.5h On Screen time every day, and I really like the 1080p screen, very beautiful. And this phone is plenty fast for me, no lag with Nova set to "Faster than Light"
TouchWiz is pretty much hidden away with all the other .apk's I have installed. But the one thing I HATE on TW is specifically the Dialer and Contacts. Swiping to make a phone call is ****ing stupid, and not being able to swipe from the contacts to the phone dialer is another mistake.
And pressing the Phone app, or the Contacts app, are the only two apps, that have a slight pause or delay, not really lag, just a pause till it opens up. No other app does that, everything else opens up in a blink of an eye.
But other than that, I do like TW, and the other cool features it has, and I use. But would love to find a stock Nexus Dialer and Contact .apk, but not sure those would ever work on a TW phone ? And I can't flash any zips, due to being on MF3 firmware I can only do .apk's with Root Explorer. Is there something similar to the stock Nexus dialer/contacts on the Play Store ? And something that is not laggy or worse than even the stock TW ? Some of the Play Store might look like a stock Nexus app, but are actually slower, and worse.
I found this app on the Play Store, and it seems very much like a stock nexus dialer, pretty quick, and light
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dexetra.dialer&hl=en
Checked my Greenify settings, this 'dialapp' is running big time in the background, with lots of wake times. Looks I need to delete it now. Dang, can't I just install the stock Nexus dialer from an older 4.2.2 build, and delete the Samsung TW dialer ?
ExDialler is good too.
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ExDialler is good too.
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I tried both apps, Dialerapp and ExDialer, and they were good, but still have TouchWiz running behind them, when pressing to hang up, it shows the TW interface there, or some other areas still show TW. I thought these apps would erase and get rid of TW 100%, guess not.
I suppose I could try to delete all Samsung Phone / Dialer .apk in /system with Root Explorer ? Would love to be able to push a 4.2.2 based CM10.1 phone.apk, but I think that might screw things up ?
I also tried a lot of Dialers some time ago, while I was still on S2. I settled for RocketDial. This app does everything and is incredibly fast. Costs money, but it's worth it in my opinion.
dialer + , has kinda stock android look
Yes, whatever third party dialer you install, the TW will stay there, as it's in the core of the TW framework. I don't think there's a way to completely uninstall it, rather you shouldn't.

[REQUEST] Modified google experience launcher

I was wondering if someone that knows how could modify GEL so it has tabs on the app drawer.
I love this new stock launcher and it is really good if you stick with the stock apps but as soon as you start getting new apps on your device it becomes a huge mess quite fast. I hate the way the app drawer is so deorganized... if only I could organize it in someway with folders, tabs o even just order them myself would be great!
If anyone is able to modify it and make the app drawer a bit better would be awesome
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xTorment said:
I was wondering if someone that knows how could modify GEL so it has tabs on the app drawer.
I love this new stock launcher and it is really good if you stick with the stock apps but as soon as you start getting new apps on your device it becomes a huge mess quite fast. I hate the way the app drawer is so deorganized... if only I could organize it in someway with folders, tabs o even just order them myself would be great!
If anyone is able to modify it and make the app drawer a bit better would be awesome
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Install Gravity app after installing the Xposed module (U have to be rooted)
there u can change the grid view of stock launcher:laugh:
Try KK launcher prime , im using it and I love it Duknow does it will help You, but it has more options and look like stock (You can make folders inside app drawer)
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vijay.alapati said:
Install Gravity app after installing the Xposed module (U have to be rooted)
there u can change the grid view of stock launcher:laugh:
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That's only for the home screen and is not at all what he is asking for.
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I would loved to see this also I read some where tho because they are closed DPI that modding the stock Gel launcher won't be possible but I really don't know about that sort of thing I know nova plans to integrate some of the voice option and some of the other things but who knows will see. I was nova all the way till GEL
It's possible to modify it just like any other launcher but Google actively goes after anyone who modifies their closed source stuff so even if someone did post it the forum would take it down in short order. The launcher does this for a reason. If you search through to the app google gets that information, if you simply navigate to it they don't. Same reason you cant take down the permanent home screen search widget, they try and cram SMS via hangouts, and all the other bone headed things they did to try and force you into giving up more information. Say no to uncle Goog and get one of the many third party offerings. Seriously. You'll have a better launcher and maybe Goog will take the hint and rein in the increasingly aggressive tactics they have been using to harvest data.

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