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So what is your. Favorite launcher?
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I'm partial to Sense. I know there's a lot of hate for Sense in these forums, but whatever. I like it.

I'm using ADW EX on CM7 and its great! I'm all about customization
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I am happy with Sense.
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I'm using ADW EX on CM7 and its great! I'm all about customization
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I got the same set up.

Between launcher pro and adw, launcher pro wins.
Between launcher pro and adw ex, adw ex wins.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

launcher pro is really smooth. i would like to experiment with adw ex though.

Sense!
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I'm using ADW EX on CM7 and its great! I'm all about customization
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Compared to standard and ex, ex is like day and night. I don't know exactly of that's the reason but its 100's of times smoother and faster
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Ditto
ahess0815 said:
I'm using ADW EX on CM7 and its great! I'm all about customization
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I went from launcher pro plus on fresh, adw ex, on cm and now go launcher ex still on cm. I love them all but go launcher is smooth for me.

I'm another one for ADW EX on CM7. Love all of the customization, plus (to me anyway), it's more stable than LauncherPro was.

Sense would be great if it weren't for that gigantic-ass phone button at the bottom. Also, it needs the option for 5 icons per row in the app drawer. 4 icons just looks to spaced out on this big screen. If Sense could fix those two things, I would be a happy camper with it.
But, I digress. For the most part, I use Launcher Pro.

ive been transformed to an adw ex user. very smooth!
not to mention customization options out the wazoo

adw ex all the way
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I'm stuck with ADW EX at the moment. LP is usually faster/smoother and is better made both design/function wise but on 2.3 it lags. So until the rewrite is released, I'm stuck on ADW EX which is nice but really rough around the edges.

GO Launcher EX

LP unless your running CM7. CM7 & LP do no play nice together, something I'm sure team win could fix, but wont cuase of politics, anyway LP has widgets over adw that out it over the top. I like CM7 and its smoothness make up for the loss of widgets.
If ADW ex would pick up widgets, I think they would have a winner

I tend to prefer things simple and as clean as possible:
Here is my lockscreen:
When music is playing, the album art, song info, and controls appear at the bottom of the lockscreen.
Here is my homescreen, I'm using adw:
Swiping up brings out the dock with my four most-used apps and the app drawer, down opens the notifications and shows the status bar, left moves to my music widget, right moves to my calculator widget. Tapping the clock opens the dialer. The blue line is a live wallpaper. It becomes a mobius waveform when nothing is going on; when a sound plays, it displays the sounds waveform. I know it looks plain here, but the waveform is awesome. I hate having my screen cluttered up with stuff.

tejasrichard said:
I tend to prefer things simple and as clean as possible:
Here is my lockscreen:
When music is playing, the album art, song info, and controls appear at the bottom of the lockscreen.
Here is my homescreen, I'm using adw:
Swiping up brings out the dock with my four most-used apps and the app drawer, down opens the notifications and shows the status bar, left moves to my music widget, right moves to my calculator widget. Tapping the clock opens the dialer. The blue line is a live wallpaper. It becomes a mobius waveform when nothing is going on; when a sound plays, it displays the sounds waveform. I know it looks plain here, but the waveform is awesome. I hate having my screen cluttered up with stuff.
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Oh how nice of you to mention in detail where you got this lock screen!
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launcher pro or adw?

What is everyone using? I really liked the launcher on CM6.X for my N1 but don't remember which one it was

i like Go launcher.

apolloms said:
What is everyone using? I really liked the launcher on CM6.X for my N1 but don't remember which one it was
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CM generally uses adw as their home launcher.

dLo GSR said:
i like Go launcher.
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+1
and Go is free.

I liked the hidden dock thing in adw so I've been using that. Also bumped my home screens to 6 rows x 5 columns, things seem to be spaced more normally with the high res screen that way...and it just plain lets me pack stuff on screen.
I will have to check out Go, I tried Launcher pro before ADW, just didn't care for the feel of it.

Launcher Pro Plus for me.

ADW ftw..love it and no lag like I experienced with launcher pro. Those are the only two I have tried so far so please, convince me otherwise. I like to try new gadgets/settings..
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Launcher Pro here. Been using it since day one and haven't had any lag. I just liked the feel over adw for some reason.

lsxrx7 said:
+1
and Go is free.
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+1. I feel ADW is a bit laggy. Although GO doesn't have many themes.
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anyone tried Zeam Launcher? It's what I point my android rocking friends too when they say their home screens lag because its faster than ADW + performance tweaks.
anyone like Zeam?

installed adw and still had a super laggy dialer screen so i uninstalled it...i don't know what to do about this dialer screen....i think i might take my phone to ATT

Go Launcher Ex!
I tried both LaucherPro Plus (what I used on my N1) and ADW Ex, both had a lot of lag. Go Launcher Ex works just fine for me!

Get launcher pro and app orginizer awesome

I use launcher pro(free), last night I tried ADW(free) I really liked it, but I did run into a problem. I've had great battery life since I got the phone but when I tried ADW I really drained my battery, i'm talking down to 60% in like 3 hours. I uninstalled and went back to launcher pro, and no problems. anyone else experiencing battery drain with ADW?

igothacked1 said:
CM generally uses adw as their home launcher.
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This is only because ADW is fully open-source. I used to use ADW as I had used CM on my EVO and liked ADW, but having now tried LP I prefer it.

ADW EX for me!

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for me ADW
http://i2theme.webs.com/
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ADW I agree on, but I will never understand people who buy an Android phone, then want an iPhone theme so they can get Apple icons!
I dunno..............just buy an iPhone! That to me is like just sticking an Apple logo on your phone and pretending! Just sayin'!

Launcher pro paid for me there's very little lag at all. All launchers have some lag pick the one that you like the best as in looks and functionality lp has Widgets and a lot of settings
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I like Launcher Pro the best for now.
However with that said, I also like using all 3 (LP, ADW, & Go) with "Froyo Home Switcher".
That way I can really customize my phone on the fly, plus keep up with the others as they get updated or if I see a new skin that I really want to try for that particular launcher...

ADW Ex.
I love my setup right now..
I'll post pics
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14329675/screenshots.jpg

Launcherpro vs adw on the hd2

I have been using adw ex for months now and decided to try out launcher pro again and I have been surprised at the performance and overall fluidity of it now compared to the last time I used launcher pro, I still have adw ex installed and have been comparing and for some reason the only lag I ever experience is coming straight from sleep on 245-245 powersave to 245-998 smartass on adw, none on launcher pro, and the customization is almost equal now, only thing missing is adw themes not being compatible, so I was wondering what hd2 users prefer, I enjoy using both and have pure messenger widget so launcher pro widgets don't really sway my opinion, what are some features that have been deciding factors for some of you? And I know about other launchers that are also popular (ie helauncher vtl.launcher) so I'm trying to focus on only adw and launcher pro here

I find launcher pro way easier to use. ADW too complicated.
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I prefer ADW EX. I used Launcher Pro Plus for a long time, and I think it's a great launcher, but ADW just seems to fit my taste better.
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I think adw brings more to the table, but launcher pro is near lag-proof, its a trade off thing for me, I always end up going back to adw because there are more features though
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I prefer ADW as it offers more utility than LP and havent notice any lag whatsoever.

adw. go launcher ex has random screen change animation i wish adw had
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I prefer GO Launcher EX because of the built Task Killer and an excellent themes.

Machzelet said:
I prefer GO Launcher EX because of the built Task Killer and an excellent themes.
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Same here use to use adw because of all the features, then tried go launcher and felt like it was a lightweight launcher if that makes any sense. Plus you have to admit go SMS pro is pretty cool haha
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Go SMS, Go Launcher EX Notifications and Go Contacts will be a nice addition to the Go Launcher EX. In my opinion, this is the best Launcher.

Machzelet said:
I prefer GO Launcher EX because of the built Task Killer and an excellent themes.
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X2, tried the 3, but now using go launcher ex, far superior than the other 2 IMHO..
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im definatly an ADW guy, i just think it looks nice and has some cool options and features

Go launcher ex,
The task manager & sorting features in the app draw + the fact I can have 9 home screens (max 30) make it stand out from the other launchers.

Go launcher
Thanks for the info on Go Launcher EX. I was an ADW EX guy up until about 5 minutes ago. This seems like a pretty sweet launcher. I guess only time will tell if I stick with it but so far so great!

Adw is much better
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i prefer the ADW, but the last version of LP can load ADW THEMES
http://i2theme.webs.com/
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kam333 said:
Go launcher ex,
The task manager & sorting features in the app draw + the fact I can have 9 home screens (max 30) make it stand out from the other launchers.
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Why would you need more than 7 screens? It is not like you are gonna put one widget on every screen

ADW launcher EX for me, no lag, very smooth and many features.

Let's talk launchers !

What launcher should someone with a heavy passion for themes use?
Smoothest launcher other than TouchWiz ?
What do you guys use?

I use go launcher. It's free and really nice. Although I did roll back to an earlier version because one of the updates wasn't to my liking.
Tried loads, always return to go launcher.
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Teslarage said:
What launcher should someone with a heavy passion for themes use?
Smoothest launcher other than TouchWiz ?
What do you guys use?
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If you like themes then I guess Go launcher is your best bet. I like Launcherpro / Launcher7 and those both are themable quite easily too

I alternate from TW 4.5 and GoLauncher, so far the latest update of GoLauncher is a winner for me. It's like the Charlie Sheen of Launchers.

Without doubt go launcher is the most functional and customizable launcher you can get and its free.
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i use Zeam launcher. Love it to bits

I use ADW. Really nice launcher

Nitroz said:
I alternate from TW 4.5 and GoLauncher, so far the latest update of GoLauncher is a winner for me. It's like the Charlie Sheen of Launchers.
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I'm struggling to see that as a compliment. I switched from LauncherPro to Go Launcher recently and haven't regretted the decision. I miss LauncherPro's built-in scrollable widgets, but have replaced those with Android Pro Widgets instead.
I'd been getting issues for some time with LauncherPro freezing for ages on startup, Go Launcher has no such problems and with the most recent update has the 3D app drawer too; bonus.

I use Go Launhcer!! A very good app, with lots of customizations ans a very active dev...Not very smooth as TW launcher though...

Go Launcher is ace, it has alot of themes out for it and i belive the devs also have a program to assist people in building there own.
For me its Go Launcher + Matted Blue theme = win.

I use SPB Shell 3D, works like a charm with the S2 and gives me all that I want!!

Having tried a few - openhome,go launcher and the original launcher, I came to the conclusion that ADW ex is the best of the bunch, runs smoothly, very customizable, including home icon size, home grid customization, and the screen transitions, appdock and drawer options are out of this world.

Most of the ones available on the Market are very good, and there's very little between them. TBH, the best thing you can do is just try them all and see which you prefer. Personally, I'm all over the GO apps at the minute - Launcher, SMS Pro, Contacts, Dialer - they're all great!
Seriously - ignore everyone and just try them all yourself for a day or two.

robmeik said:
I use SPB Shell 3D, works like a charm with the S2 and gives me all that I want!!
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+1 very worth it to buy the paid. Also using it on my gt p1000
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Declan79 said:
+1 very worth it to buy the paid. Also using it on my gt p1000
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Somthing stops me paying almost £10 for a launcher, just seem alot for a launcher even if it is "3d" it still does the job of free launchers.

GO Launcher - Excellent.

MasterfullDON said:
GO Launcher - Excellent.
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+me
Is stable and updates are free flowing... lol. Lots of free themes too and a couple really nice pay for ones too.. box theme and elegant are my favorite pay ones and box robot is very cool too and free
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Nitroz said:
I alternate from TW 4.5 and GoLauncher, so far the latest update of GoLauncher is a winner for me. It's like the Charlie Sheen of Launchers.
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Sums up the Go launcher to a tee, this quotation, rather a mess, not as slick as others, a bit of a hodge podge, although Charlie Sheen goes one step further and equates to a complete W&$ker
I have tried so many launcher spent way to much time faffing about with them, back with TW, so slick and fast, and does everything I need.

search for DX home really amazing launcher set transation effect
tornado or boiler.
all widgets go on spinning..... wooo

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[Video] Go Launcher HD Beta for tablets!

Another alternative launcher for tablets: new released beta of Go Launcher HD (walk through)
Download: http://goo.gl/rRD3z

The edit mode is pretty sweet

Love the wallpaper any chance of sharing
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Love the wallpaper any chance of sharing
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No problem, should be this one:
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I just tried it. So far, the only thing special about it is the edit mode. Obviously a very early beta.
The buttons at the top of the screen are kinda too big for my taste.
Also this isn't ICS exclusive. It's for android 3.0 and up.
Does that have any effect on performance and features when used on ICS compared to other launchers that are ICS exclusive?
One thing I noticed is that the Go Launcher HD's app drawer doesn't show your widgets like the stock ICS app drawer. It only has a tab for "GoWidgets".

horndroid said:
I just tried it. So far, the only thing special about it is the edit mode. Obviously a very early beta.
The buttons at the top of the screen are kinda too big for my taste.
Also this isn't ICS exclusive. It's for android 3.0 and up.
Does that have any effect on performance and features when used on ICS compared to other launchers that are ICS exclusive?
One thing I noticed is that the Go Launcher HD's app drawer doesn't show your widgets like the stock ICS app drawer. It only has a tab for "GoWidgets".
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Nobody said it was ICS exclusive. It is for tablets (and I'm afraid most tablets are still running Honeycomb).
The two ICS only launchers (Nova and Apex) are far more buggy for me sadly.
I expect many more features in the coming updates (the Go Developers are usually quite fast), of course this is Beta 1 (or 2 by now) but its working pretty well for me, altough it may not be the one for everyone. I don't know if the Widgets in the drawer will be added at some point, but even if they were, you would still need root access to use that (like with Nova and Apex).

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Nobody said it was ICS exclusive. It is for tablets (and I'm afraid most tablets are still running Honeycomb).
The two ICS only launchers (Nova and Apex) are far more buggy for my sadly.
I expect many more features in the coming updates (the Go Developers are usually quite fast), of course this is Beta 1 (or 2 by now) but its working pretty well for me, altough it may not be the one for everyone. I don't know if the Widgets in the drawer will be added at some point, but even if they were, you would still need root access to use that (like with Nova and Apex).
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I know nobody said it was ICS exclusive. Not sure why you are so defensive. I was just wondering about the performance and optimization of ICS exclusive launchers vs non ICS exclusive launchers when used on ICS.
As far as I know, there are 3, not two, ICS only launchers: Nova, Apex and Trebuchet. They aren't really buggy, especially not "far more buggy". Anyway you shouldn't be comparing them to Go HD beta in terms of bugs since the current Go HD beta barely even has any features to be bugged.
The stock launcher has widgets in app drawer though. It's one of the additional features of ICS. So I personally wouldn't like a custom launcher on my ICS that doesn't have that feature. Rooting is easy so I don't care if custom launchers need root to enable it.
Anyhow, stop trying to defend Go Launcher against my opinion. This isn't a Go Launcher fan forum.

horndroid said:
I know nobody said it was ICS exclusive. Not sure why you are so defensive. I was just wondering about the performance and optimization of ICS exclusive launchers vs non ICS exclusive launchers when used on ICS.
As far as I know, there are 3, not two, ICS only launchers: Nova, Apex and Trebuchet. They aren't really buggy, especially not "far more buggy". Anyway you shouldn't be comparing them to Go HD beta in terms of bugs since the current Go HD beta barely even has any features to be bugged.
The stock launcher has widgets in app drawer though. It's one of the additional features of ICS. So I personally wouldn't like a custom launcher on my ICS that doesn't have that feature. Rooting is easy so I don't care if custom launchers need root to enable it.
Anyhow, stop trying to defend Go Launcher against my opinion. This isn't a Go Launcher fan forum.
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I'm not defending Go Launcher, you just have your opinion and I have mine. In my case Apex and Nova have had too many crashes and sometimes sluggish screen transitions (Trebuchet, being the standard launcher of CM9, isn't an alternative for my unrooted TF101) but I may try them again (I change my laucher of choice every once in a while anyway), because they definitely offer some great things that are missing in the Go Launcher Beta (although the graphical widget picker is not that vital for me)- on the other hand the Beta also has some nice unique features like the comfortable edit mode, nice editing of folders and the ability to have folders in the app drawer, sorting apps by most used, the built in task manager- probably more to come. I am just interested in the progress of this project, if you don't like it you don't need to use it.

New launchers are always welcome. I'm using ADW for its slew of options I'm am able to get a good setup. I solely use Go Launcher for family members and their tablets because I like the Lock, hide, and task manager abilities.
Will give this a run and see how I like it.
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Asus Transformer - ICS

this launcher totally rocks my socks. don't get why horndroid is crying.
go Widgets also look awesome on tablets.
why doesn't the android keyboard auto capitalize? I fully turned it on in the settings.

mediumsteak said:
this launcher totally rocks my socks. don't get why horndroid is crying.
go Widgets also look awesome on tablets.
why doesn't the android keyboard auto capitalize? I fully turned it on in the settings.
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Wondering if you are using the tablet beta or the regular Go Launcher Ex? When I tried adding the Go Widgets got the message "you need Go Launcher Ex".

Seems a nice launcher, works fine, nice interface especially the one to add icons to a screen, like it !!!
still some issues, adding widgets is not always smooth: sometime widgets appear empty, and the solution is to restart the launcher.
and still it has very little options and customizations compared to the Go Launcher Ex.

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Wondering if you are using the tablet beta or the regular Go Launcher Ex? When I tried adding the Go Widgets got the message "you need Go Launcher Ex".
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Sounds strange, I'm also using the nice Go Widgets (you see the twitter widget in the video) and they work flawlessly.
There's even am option in the tablet beta for them (e.g. the dedicated Go Widgets tab in the app drawer) that gives you a direct link to the market. And when you download one you should have the option to click and hold on one of these Widgets in this separate section and drag it on one screen.

aburgthing said:
Wondering if you are using the tablet beta or the regular Go Launcher Ex? When I tried adding the Go Widgets got the message "you need Go Launcher Ex".
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using tablet version.
its too awesome. I might quit my job to play with it