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I have the paid version, so I like the widgets. But LP just always felt a little more well done IMO. Not that ADW is bad, it just felt a little sloppy despite all the features it had.
If u dont pay then they r equal...u can resize widgets in adw for free
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Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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Ok.. I cant pay tho
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ADW seems slow as HELL. Launcher Pro is snappy, and I like the 3D drawer.
Who knows. I tried ADW before LP and immediately developed a distaste for it. Tried LauncherPro later on and immediately fell in love.
LauncherPro has better customization.. unless adw has implemented more since I last used it..
Being able to set your own dock background and icons is nice instead of having to chose a theme.
And LP is a lot smoother. There are settings around here to make adw smoother, but LP still feels better.
And one more reason for me, I like the 3d app drawer.
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i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
Dan330 said:
i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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3d app drawer is in LP
Dan330 said:
i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.
Launcher pro is 20x smoother, ADW is REALLY choppy. No clue why.
I used ADW for a couple of months and really liked it, but LP is much faster. Some of the new benefits I'm enjoying with LP are faster home screen rotation, smoother scrolling and animations when opening and closing apps from the home screen.
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I use LP just for the ease of customizability that ADW just doesnt seem to have
I use LP for the same reasons most people do. It's smoother than ADW out of the box. While on that subject, there are ways to set ADW to smoother operation but I don't want to fiddle with things out of the box to make them work.
I also prefer the 3 dock style of LP, it gives more options over ADW's slide up dock. Personal preference but the more quick launch options I have at my finger tips, the less messy my screens are. I prefer minimalistic setups.
The widget development by Fede is great. I don't make a lot of use of widgets personally but his work to make functional, good looking widgets is worth the few bucks for the program.
And I follow both devs on twitter and to be honest, the ADW dev seems a bit off. He's said a enough things about how hackish his program is or how he doesn't know what he's doing to make me wonder why I should use it.
Oh and the LP dev is working on a full rewrite to make his launcher more stable, faster, and expandable. I'm very excited for that product when it comes out.
i tried LauncherPro and completely fell in love with it. it does everything i need it to, it does it well and while looking nice.
why even try ADW at that point?
I tried both and switched between them every few days for a few weeks just to get a real feel for both of them. I really like LP much better than ADW. LP seems better for customizing to each individuals preferences and it seems faster and smoother. LP makes everyday use with my Evo so much easier and much more enjoyable...
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Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.
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hey thanks...
it is interesting...
I like it for the multiple docks, and the dock swipe actions.
I love Lp, so much better than ADW, I tried both for about a week & was more comfortable with Laucher Pro because its easier to customize, i like the dock that you can put apps where you want them, plus the additional swipe actions, love the 3D draw, all my friends say its so cool. And now the widgets that he has added are even beter. Plus a complete rewrite comoing soon, so he can better customize it with our ideas we give him.
Every time I load up any of my LWPs (NexusKang, Light Grid), all I get is crappy homescreen and launcher performance? Is anyone having this issue or is my Atrix just garbage?
Wow im reading all these threads and nothing good almost like the atrix is not what it should be there's like 6 guys wanting to trade there atrix for a nexus s.And this is not a troll post just wondering whats up with moto me myself im a pure Google guy so all Nexus for me but at one point I wanted this device that's all.
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Wow im reading all these threads and nothing good almost like the atrix is not what it should be there's like 6 guys wanting to trade there atrix for a nexus s.And this is not a troll post just wondering whats up with moto me myself im a pure Google guy so all Nexus for me but at one point I wanted this device that's all.
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Well, I usually like Vanilla too. But there isn't a sexy nexy for ATT and honestly I couldnt stand having only EDGE when I hd the NS.
That's true I bet when att gets the NS watch how many Atrix phones get dropped for it lol
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Its really pathetic. The phone literally cant handle ANYTHING. It can hardly even handle the fingerprint recognition. Its so slow to open your phone, that you are better off just disabling it.
This phone cant even handle 3D launcher animations.
Is this some kind of joke? Honestly... what is going on here?
My 3d launcher animations haven't had any problem. The phone to me is definitely very fast... and I didn't have any problems with live wallpaper.... then again I'm coming from a heavily modded 3GS that was pretty slow to begin with lol.
I'll agree with slower launcher performance with live wall papers but everything else works great for me. And that includes the fingerprint sensor...
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I'll agree with slower launcher performance with live wall papers but everything else works great for me. And that includes the fingerprint sensor...
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My captivate makes this phone look slow. Thats how pathetic this is.
I'm owner of a atrix and also a nexus s.
The only cool thing I found on the atrix its how it plays flash content. That's it! Lol. I hate motoblur and is the first time I tried it. Motoblur its pathetic and slow ****! I ended up installing adw launcher ex to make it some how better ..I'm running same launcher on my NS and it runs smoothly as ****. Transitions are flawless and nice. Not the case on atrix. Played with settings and got it working better but still.
.. I'm sure it would get better with custom roms ...
The atrix is going back to Att. Pre ordering the galaxy s 2
Ohhh a d the crappy network speed ...no funny. Tmobile faster
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I've found that Live Wallpapers reduce performance for all the phones I've owned (i.e. Captive, Inspire, and Atrix). I don't find that the Atrix is affected more so than the others. In fact, I think the Atrix runs Jumpgate better than the Inspire did.
edit: Also, I found that Motoblur ran faster than LauncherPro.
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I've found that Live Wallpapers reduce performance for all the phones I've owned (i.e. Captive, Inspire, and Atrix). I don't find that the Atrix is affected more so than the others. In fact, I think the Atrix runs Jumpgate better than the Inspire did.
edit: Also, I found that Motoblur ran faster than LauncherPro.
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try live wallpaper on a NS.. best phone that handles live wallpaper.. no hiccups ...
Try jumpgate on a nexus s that's how a 3d Lwp should look and run Peroid
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Im not sure why everyone is having so many problems. Jumpgate runs perfectly on my atrix without any problems and the phone doesn't slow down period.
yeah I have beautiful widgets and the live clouds and grass moving with the clock widget with weather running all the time and everything is very fast, plus the finger reader works very quick within 1 sec i`m at my home screen ready to rock and roll, only really issue I had was with google earth was just updated and works flawless now yeah I also the jumpgate wall paper and I installed and it runs flawless too, I still use the stock launcher and eveything is still smooth fast
Yesterday I couldnt run anything... today Im having success... I think moto is secretly updating this phone in the background...
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Yesterday I couldnt run anything... today Im having success... I think moto is secretly updating this phone in the background...
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That's good to hear. Maybe you had something running in the background that was eating up resources?
I betcha the nexus S running android 2.3 has something to do with it too, doesn't 2.3 have a lot more hardware accelerated graphics in it?
I'm expecting the atrix to get a big speed boost from 2.3, having said that, I'm coming from an old G1, and the Atrix has been ridiculously fast compared to that, emails open immediately, unlock is instant, any app opens right away.
and I can use Trapster again it was unusably slow on the G1 (with cyanogenmod nightly btw)
I'm really confused why people are having so many issues... I've been running LWP since day 1 with no slow down. I rooted the phone and loaded up launcher pro almost immediately, but I can't imagine that's the reason why everything's been smooth for me.
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I've found that Live Wallpapers reduce performance for all the phones I've owned (i.e. Captive, Inspire, and Atrix). I don't find that the Atrix is affected more so than the others. In fact, I think the Atrix runs Jumpgate better than the Inspire did.
edit: Also, I found that Motoblur ran faster than LauncherPro.
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LauncherPro runs like crap on the atrix, idky. Motoblur runs good. I am currently using golauncher, runs very well.
Also i have had 0 problems with lwps...all run great.
Any update on that?
I was told that Samsung's Galaxy S wallpapers (e.g. Ocean Wave) don't run on the Atrix AT ALL. It may be the Tegra 2 architecture, or the qHD screen. You can try it:
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http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?c...rolib%20Page
What about other GPU-intensive wallpapers, like Galactic Core? How smooth do they run?
Just got my hands on my DHD today, since I came from iphone 4, I can't help but compare it heavily.
First few hours of use, I find myself doing a lot of "accidental tap" easily, like when I swipe the screen for scrolling, I pretty much always will end up clicking on something by accident. Is there anyway you can tone down that sensitivity? This problem doesn't really happy when I am using iphone
And the scrolling menu feels a little sluggish/laggy compare to iphone 4 as well. Will this improve if I install a good Custom Rom?
Just wondering anyone out there feels the same?
I've had an iPhone 4 since release day (it was my first iPhone) and also got a DHD today, mainly to scratch the itch that has always been there and so I can decide which one to keep/sell.
I haven't noticed the touch being too sensitive, however you're right about it not feeling as 'smooth' overall as iOS, and I think it's because Android does not yet benefit from GPU acceleration whereas iOS and WP7 do. I believe it is set to get GPU acceleration in the future.
thanks for your reply.
I think I will test the phone until the battery runs out and see how long it lasts.
In the meantime, I will decide which customROM to go for until it does.
Don't let the first charge/discharge put you off the battery life, it is possible to 'train' your battery by calibrating it, making it last as long as possible.
Thanks I will.keep that in mind
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As for the scrolling, you may want to try some launchers other than Sense on the market. I use LauncherPro, and I rarely feel the lag. However, there's still some differences in smoothness when compared to the iphone4.
Yep launcher pro seems to be gpu accelerated so yeah its very smooth scrolling around the app menu and on home screens. I switched from sense to launcher pro about 2 week ago and I can't believe I stayed on sense, though I was more than happy on sense lpp is just too awesome.
I also have a screen protector so I've lost some sensitivity anyways.
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Another thing is to switch on USB Debugging for general use (Settings > Applications > Development). I had a rather noticable lag until I did this, and now it is non-existent.
Of course, running Android Revolution 2.0.13 at 1.23 Ghz might also have something to do with my increased performance... ;-)
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Yep launcher pro seems to be gpu accelerated so yeah its very smooth scrolling around the app menu and on home screens. I switched from sense to launcher pro about 2 week ago and I can't believe I stayed on sense, though I was more than happy on sense lpp is just too awesome.
I also have a screen protector so I've lost some sensitivity anyways.
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Android dosent support h/w accelerated ui's yet, so none of thoes home replacments are.
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So there is no such thing as CPU acceleration yet even in 2.3 based roms?
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So there is no such thing as CPU acceleration yet even in 2.3 based roms?
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Nope, no GPU acceleration yet, unless honeycomb has it?
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Nope, no GPU acceleration yet, unless honeycomb has it?
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So what does tools like CPU Governor do, like you can set your cpu speed with minimum and maxmumspeed?
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So what does tools like CPU Governor do, like you can set your cpu speed with minimum and maxmumspeed?
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You're confusing CPU and G(Graphics)PU - there's no GPU acceleration yet in Android.
Which launcher has the best performance, least battery drain in your guy's opinions? Looking at launcher pro, and go launcher ex, just curious sorry if it has been asked a million times. I searched but found nothing specifically about performance and battery life.
No launcher is going to seriously effect performance or battery life in a noticeable way. Use the one you like.
kinda been a stock launcher guy but after seeing some pic in another thread they look real classy, i just don't want anything too crazy or laggy
I like Launcher Pro... performance is good, but I dont see any difference in terms of battery use...
good to know
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kinda been a stock launcher guy but after seeing some pic in another thread they look real classy, i just don't want anything too crazy or laggy
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Unless there is a problem with the way the launcher manages memory or handles CPU with widgets/animations, it wont be any (noticeable amount) different than the stock launcher.
Been using launcher pro for months now, love it.
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I've used LauncherPro Plus for years. It's my absolute favorite and I've tried them all.
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Both Launcher Pro and GO Launcher are speedy and smooth, and aren't going to affect battery life to any noticeable degree. You'd probably see more effect on battery life by turning down your screen brightness by 2%.
Both launchers you asked about have free versions, so just try them out, and see which interface/features you like better. That will probably be more of a decision maker than performance/battery life.
On my x10 mini pro, adw lagged somewhat on the gingerbread roms....but launcher pro was awsome...it was the default launcher on one of the gingerbread roms and I was really surprised to know that the free version gave such a quality perfomance...since then ive been using launcher pro...by buyin the plus version you also get to use the launcherpro widgets...and they're pretty cool...but one could do without it....
One con and the only one that I am facing is that...when I first boot..it doesnt respong i.e it takes some time to respond..as in even foo changing screens...i usually force close it the first time and then it runs like the wind !!
My final verdict would be to try launcher pro and go launcher....see which suits you the best...the menu and operating style..
P.S: one more thing I lovee and I mean love like hell bout launcher pro is that it loops the wallpapers i.e if you reach the last screen and swoop out in the same direction, it continues on to the first screen and doesnt jump to it as in adw....if you dont get it, try the launcher...you yourself would know!
Welcome to the android Xperience
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I've switched from adw ex to go launcher wrote much more smoother less freezing. I also love the widgets and themes they have and is all free.
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Hi guys.
I tested this tweak today and it works for me. Smooooooth.
video.accelerate.hw=1
Add this to build.prop with Root Explorer in the /system and reboot.
WTF, sounds awesome. Gonna try!
I can't notice any difference.
I tested it on KitchenRom 2.3.6 KK5 and this tweak improve my home screen scrolling like iphone. No more laggy.
Sorry for my english.
This only accelerates video
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this is already default on checkrom but thanks for the info.
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While this doesn't actually improve the UI acceleration, it does however enable HW decoding for video playback, very useful if you stream HD quality MKVs over MHL.
i feel like most ROMS are already using GPU acceleration?
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i feel like most ROMS are already using GPU acceleration?
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Some custom roms already have this tweak enabled by default.
But for actual GPU acceleration on Gingerbread(2.3.5) it is limited to only stock video player and 3d applications. Currently the UI it is handled by the CPU alone (ICS will introduce UI GPU acceleration as a standard).
Maybe stock google launcher has no gpu acceleration. Im not really sure about that.
For sure Go launcher (the one im using) has HW acceleration. All those 3D transitions running very smooth (maybe @ 60fps).
Im pretty sure that touchwiz launcher has aswell.
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Maybe stock google launcher has no gpu acceleration. Im not really sure about that.
For sure Go launcher (the one im using) has HW acceleration. All those 3D transitions running very smooth (maybe @ 60fps).
Im pretty sure that touchwiz launcher has aswell.
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Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.
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Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.
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So true. Go launcher works like **** compared to stock TW launcher.
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So true. Go launcher works like **** compared to stock TW launcher.
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Yep.Bad thing is TouchWiz looks like **** in my opinion.If we could combine the looks and effects of 3rd party launchers and the speed and smoothness of TouchWiz,it'd be ****in' awesome.
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Yep.Bad thing is TouchWiz looks like **** in my opinion.If we could combine the looks and effects of 3rd party launchers and the speed and smoothness of TouchWiz,it'd be ****in' awesome.
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After 1 year using iphone 4, Touchwiz for me is too laggy. Sence laggy like ****.
But after I used this tweak Touchwiz become better and smooth like iphone.
Go Launcher is a massive pile of crap. It makes the cpu ramp up to the maximum clock speed available all the time: this makes it feel smooth and responsive at the price of draining the battery like there was no tomorrow. LPP is the only smooth, reliable but still battery friendly launcher on the market, and it's a shame that the developer isn't pushing updates anymore...
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Go Launcher is a massive pile of crap. It makes the cpu ramp up to the maximum clock speed available all the time: this makes it feel smooth and responsive at the price of draining the battery like there was no tomorrow. LPP is the only smooth, reliable but still battery friendly launcher on the market, and it's a shame that the developer isn't pushing updates anymore...
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Well,I've heard good stuff about ADW EX too,but haven't tried it myself.
As for GoLauncher,it's not as you say exactly.Yes,it does all that,but I don't care that much about battery.I care about the fact that my device isn't smooth enough at all times even when overclocked.And yes,LPP is a shame that isn't updated.I wonder why Fede left the project.He had promised a big update,some kind of rewrite of the code from scratch etc.But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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Well,I've heard good stuff about ADW EX too,but haven't tried it myself.
As for GoLauncher,it's not as you say exactly.Yes,it does all that,but I don't care that much about battery.I care about the fact that my device isn't smooth enough at all times even when overclocked.And yes,LPP is a shame that isn't updated.I wonder why Fede left the project.He had promised a big update,some kind of rewrite of the code from scratch etc.But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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You should try ADW EX it's good stuff. It uses the code from honeycomb for hardware acceleration.
its much smoother for me
and im locked at 500 mhz
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You should try ADW EX it's good stuff. It uses the code from honeycomb for hardware acceleration.
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Appearance-wise,is it as good as GoLauncher?
tolis626 said:
Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.
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Well, underclock your pc and try to play the games you was playing before. Performance will drop.
Raw power of cpu will never be able to draw smooth graphics. Obviously, all these animations that Go launcher is using are written with openGl es. Opengl = gpu.
Allthough, maybe im totaly wrong. A developer could give us a reliable answer
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