I'm sure this has come up before but when your looking for an opinion its not a simple search, its 90% of the net. I have not gone cm9 yet but I'm preparing. I'm looking at launchers. Comes with trebochet, I hear great things about nova. I'm a huge launcher pro fan but feel obligated to leave it in favor ofan ics launcher otherwise I might as well stay on GB. I don't think launcher pro will ever be updated again. Suggestions?
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<del>Nova pro</del> <ins>Apex</ins> is totally worth the 0 bucks.
Amazing launcher (and its free, which just happens to be my favorite color)
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I saw video on Nova but it made no mention of widgets
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Try Trebuchet for a bit then try Nova (free fr mkt) + compare w/ launcher pro, ADW ex.......if you like Nova, the paid app, as suggested is well worth the $.
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Like I said my only concern with launcher pro is that it will feel like I never left Gb. Defeats the purpose of going to ics
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Nova + APW = Yes!
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APW ?
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Apex launcher. Hands down better then nova
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First vote for apex here or other fourms
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Currently all ICS launchers are essentially the same thing but started with different aspects of the overall goal, they're going to all soon be exactly alike. Nova currently is like what ADW would be like if it were on ICS, Apex is in a sense like LP if Fede were to ever update it, though I think hope for that is gone. And Trebuchet is basically stock or the closest thing to it. When going on comparisons.
That is the best explantion I have heard. That alone will make me try apex first as I am a paying member of launcher pro
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APW ?
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android pro widgets
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AOD_Corwin said:
That is the best explantion I have heard. That alone will make me try apex first as I am a paying member of launcher pro
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Just know that my comparisons were in terms of how they feel when running them, currently none of these apps have their own launcher specific widgets afaik. But Android Pro Widgets should help with that side of the coin.
I've just felt the launcher pro feels so smoth and adw always seemed to have micro studdering to me
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you can try them all but you'll quickly find out that apex is the best
it's like nova pro except it's free. the gestures and scroll effects in nova prime are already in free apex. everything else is very similar between the 2. both are very clean and fast. apex is also the better tablet launcher.
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you can try them all but you'll quickly find out that apex is the best
it's like nova pro except it's free. the gestures and scroll effects in nova prime are already in free apex. everything else is very similar between the 2. both are very clean and fast. apex is also the better tablet launcher.
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Is apex on the market? Can't find it.
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Is apex on the market? Can't find it.
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No its here on xda ill see if I can find a link for you if you don't find it before me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
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So here is what I did. Took myb kindle fire. Put the broke ass version of ics on there. It works but its no where near as smooth. Loaded all the browsers. I think I agree apex is the best right now. Non of them scrolled as smooth as launcher pro but I consider ics on the kindle to be closer pre alpha
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No its here on xda ill see if I can find a link for you if you don't find it before me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
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Thanks. I'm liking it. They just need to fix preview for seven home screens. The center row goes off center and partly off the screen.
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I dunno, I prefer Nova Prime... they seem just about the same though...
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What is the best latest launcher available? I'm tired of launcher pro and the other launchers.
For some reason I love my launcher7. It is simple and because I don't like horizontal scrolling.
Go launcher is really good and its free to. Alot of customization and there are some nice themes available. If you don't mind shelling out a few bucks awd launcher is nice to. There's also a free version of it out so you can give it a whirl. Try some and pick your fav.
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Go launcher is really good and its free to. Alot of customization and there are some nice themes available. If you don't mind shelling out a few bucks awd launcher is nice to. There's also a free version of it out so you can give it a whirl. Try some and pick your fav.
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ADW EX is fantastic, you can customize it any way you want and it's super smooth
Go launcher is awesome...its free..but I think its better than any other paid launcher...
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Go launcher is really good and its free to. Alot of customization and there are some nice themes available. If you don't mind shelling out a few bucks awd launcher is nice to. There's also a free version of it out so you can give it a whirl. Try some and pick your fav.
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+1 10char ..
Go launcher along with Go weather and Go SMS Pro
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Go launcher along with Go weather and Go SMS Pro
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Go everything! Contacts, dialer, launcher, SMS...all amazing, all free, and all highly customizable with quality themes available
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im sticking with my launcher pro plus
zeam launcher for me, the lowest memory usage among all others with almost all features present (only missing thing is scrollable widgets)
.........Bingo!
Just downloaded it! I was using launcher Pro and it was so slow! Amazon has a free Organizer app, today only, that goes well with Go Launcher. I'm glad I bought this xda forum apparently otherwise I wouldn't have found this
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Go launcher ex....Zeam depends what u like
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Just downloaded it! I was using launcher Pro and it was so slow! Amazon has a free Organizer app, today only, that goes well with Go Launcher. I'm glad I bought this xda forum apparently otherwise I wouldn't have found this
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you got Go launcher? I've been wanting to try out other launchers, but launcher pro has all my home settings and everything is perfect so idk if i'd want to change unless if the launcher was just AMAZING.
ADW launcher serves me just fine.
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you got Go launcher? I've been wanting to try out other launchers, but launcher pro has all my home settings and everything is perfect so idk if i'd want to change unless if the launcher was just AMAZING.
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You would definitely love it! Try it!!
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You would definitely love it! Try it!!
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Thanks for suggestion is went ahead and got it! On their new updated application they have a home transition feature so the place that you kept you app is all transferred easily
One question to you guys using go launcher ex.
On the market the first screenshots...
What clock widget are they using it looks great!
Try the black glass theme with go launcher. Its free and it looks really slick.
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Ill have to check it out. Thanks!
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Has anyone got TSF launcher working on the Note after device reboot?
I've paid 16 bucks for this, and every time I restart my phone it force close and TW launcher would come up instead!!!
Also, where is the dialer? Or I've to go through Contacts, then dial the phone???
These things are uncalled for, they should have provided a demo, not the lengthy show off video...
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For me it works fine (CriskeloRomNOTE V7)
I installed but I think that is early... in a future, maybe is a great launcher... need more time!
Maybe I did something wrong, but I can't think of anything other than regular install of the launcher...
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OMG! Who in their right mind would pay $16 for a LAUNCHER? Use Adw or Go for free.
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OMG! Who in their right mind would pay $16 for a LAUNCHER? Use Adw or Go for free.
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What a waste of money this launcher... Go launcher or adw are WAY better... And go is free
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OMG! Who in their right mind would pay $16 for a LAUNCHER? Use Adw or Go for free.
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In the devs defence, the videos I've seen on YouTube are very impressive. I definitely think it would be worth a trial to ensure its worth its value, but in what I've seen its completely different from most other things around.
Please don't assume all launchers are of the same value... may as well buy a £10 feature phone because the N7000's £600 is a rip off in comparison!
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OMG! Who in their right mind would pay $16 for a LAUNCHER? Use Adw or Go for free.
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What you say is like who in their right mind would pay $1 million dollar house, or $500,000 for a Bentley! If you can afford it, then there's no problem of buying it...
I have ADW and Go, but ADW was really good on my tablet not the Note and Go lags all the time... It's a mattet of preference, as if we all had the same taste/preference, no competition between products would arise!
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I paid and I like it.
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It's not as good as in demo video. Developer will add features in time it seems.
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Did you put TSF launcher as default?
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It's not as good as in demo video. Developer will add features in time it seems.
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hmm? most of the features that are in the demo are in this version. a few icons look different here and there (ie. folder icon), but for the most part, its more or less the same. the only thing that is notably different is the music widget not being as good as the demo made it seem.
@OP - uhhh... you just use the app called 'phone'. it launches samsung's default phone app.
its not a bad launcher, but not worth the $15.
for $15, i would expect something along the lines of SPB Shell 3d launcher - where its not just a launcher UI, but also includes a whole range of custom widgets that provide useful functionality.
Add missing map widget. Also it's just launcher. It needs more widgets.
I cannot add shortcuts. Missing live wallpapers. A folder animation is missing.
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Did you put TSF launcher as default?
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Yes I did, but it happens with every restart...
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hmm? most of the features that are in the demo are in this version. a few icons look different here and there (ie. folder icon), but for the most part, its more or less the same. the only thing that is notably different is the music widget not being as good as the demo made it seem.
@OP - uhhh... you just use the app called 'phone'. it launches samsung's default phone app.
its not a bad launcher, but not worth the $15.
for $15, i would expect something along the lines of SPB Shell 3d launcher - where its not just a launcher UI, but also includes a whole range of custom widgets that provide useful functionality.
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I totally agree with your analogy, but I guess it's too late for that.
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TSF Launcher
It's good launcher beautiful
A video by me :
http://graffy.free.fr/Galaxy/Launcher TSF - graffy2012.mp4
graffy
Nice graffy,
Hopefully it will work now, I'm going to try it again...
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It's not as good as in demo video. Developer will add features in time it seems.
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or they're just going to dump this launcher and release a new one while sucking in a whole new bunch of willing "customers"
For me it works perfect. ...u should update the launcher and itll work properly(stock rom no root )
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For me it works fine ( AOSP iMilka v05 )
Using the default at the mo.
Any one using anything else?
Apex? etc?
Curious if the default has all the pinch-zoom capabilities of Xscope. I can zoom any mobile page with Xscope, the only browser I found that does that on all sites (like FB).
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Using the default at the mo.
Any one using anything else?
Apex? etc?
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Curious if the default has all the pinch-zoom capabilities of Xscope. I can zoom any mobile page with Xscope, the only browser I found that does that on all sites (like FB).
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He meant launcher, not browser lol.
OP, I started apex, but realized what a pita it would be to set up, and said "I'm out" and uninstalled. It works though.
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I stuck with the default one since "My Library" doesn't show your library in Apex.
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He meant launcher, not browser lol.
OP, I started apex, but realized what a pita it would be to set up, and said "I'm out" and uninstalled. It works though.
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I don't think it does right now. I tried configuring it and, unless I'm missing something, it's stuck in tablet mode. It won't let me get rid of the Tablet app launcher in the top right and the search bar in the top left. Also, all of the icons don't scale right, so they're tiny compared to the stock launcher.
I'm going to roll with stock until Apex updates for JB.
I use Apex. Its really fast and fluid on jellybean!
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I tried apex I dont like the way it works on my tabs screen. It leaves a gap at the top.
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I use Nova. It's pretty great.
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I use Nova. It's pretty great.
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i so wanna swat that bug on your post.. Make it stop...
please .
'My Library' does work in Nova. I'm using Apex at the moment.
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I tried apex I dont like the way it works on my tabs screen. It leaves a gap at the top.
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The vertical and horizontal margin options will fix this. Just change it to small or none.
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Nova Prime
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GoLauncher EX. I know there are newer ones, but it works, runs great, and is consistent with what's on my SGS2. Just never saw a reason to change.
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+1 for go launcher. Smoothest and most functional on jelly bean yet. Apex lags with a few icons on screen and nova has a few bugs that need to be ironed out for jelly bean. Go launcher never lags at all 6x10 grid. Plus themes work awesome And effects. Plus it has full features and its free.
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I've tried both nova and apex. Apex has some rescaling issues when redrawing icons in tablet mode. Nova is ok but it seems as if many of its features are reserved for the pay version.
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i have used apex before on the s3 but didnt really get on with it but the new beta is like lightning on the s3 or is it just placebo ?
It's using Jelly Bean code, so probably it's not placebo.
confirmed.
can confirm its fast as f!!k now. been using since i had a galaxy ace with ics kang and my oh my it's improved. one tip is no animations or transitions. buzz lightyear on my fone lol:cyclops::good::cyclops:
Yep really fast now, didn't realise there was a beta version out so thanks
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My only problem with apex is the small lag when opening folders with a lot of apps. I just can't stand it and the beta still have it. Using nova until them fix it.
Where can I download it from ?
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Where can I download it from ?
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If you have Apex installed just check for updates.
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you should try Holo launcher HD, based on jelly bean and zero lag, folders open instantly
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Where can I download it from ?
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To get the new Beta you have to have Apex launcher installed then go to Apex settings>About Apex Launcher>Automatically Check for updates> click Beta then search for updates.... It should now find and install the Beta version.
I'm using the beta as well, before that I was using Nova for a long time. Both are great and both have advantages and disadvantages. I'm going to stick with Apex for now. They are so similar but these are the major difference I have noticed using both
Apex:
Smoother Screen Transitions than Nova
Now has JB widget placement/resize
Nova:
Smoother scrolling in folders(apex folder scrolling is more jerky)
Ability to add and view multiple drawer tabs at once. With Apex it seems you can only have 3 tabs visible at once(2 app and one widget) with apex you can have as many as you like all visible
Other than that they seem pretty much the same
Go launcher us better than both for features.
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Ability to add and view multiple drawer tabs at once. With Apex it seems you can only have 3 tabs visible at once
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You can now with the beta add more tabs with apex.
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You can now with the beta add more tabs with apex.
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Thanks for pointing that out
this is nice!!!
Just to make sure i have the right beta ..
I have apex pro version...before apex i was using twizz and nova. Both game me lots of problems apps closing lag etc now with apex it is killer fast and smooth...i had it on stable version just switched to beta...
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Go launcher us better than both for features.
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That dinosaur? Lol. It'll do more harm than good.
Newbie question : what's the advantage of using newer ICS / JB specific launchers? Speed?
using Nova Launcher because Apex transition from homescreen to apps list isn't very nice. instread of homescreen fading back it just blacks out. On Nova it fades in like on the original ICS launcher.
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using Nova Launcher because Apex transition from homescreen to apps list isn't very nice. instread of homescreen fading back it just blacks out. On Nova it fades in like on the original ICS launcher.
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You also can do this with apex, ppl should play more with the settings.
Drawer settings - drawer animation and choose fade in. This is NOT the swype animation.
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Just to make sure i have the right beta ..
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I also have the pro version. You have the same beta as me.
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I personally use ADW EX, which I find smooth, fast and responsive almost 95% of the time. Anyone has any better ideas what launcher to use for better performance?
I am having a good experience with Nova Launchers of customizing and not much laggi-ness
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I am having a good experience with Nova Launchers of customizing and not much laggi-ness
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+1 for Nova, working well for me
if you don't want much fanciness than Zeam Launcher is for you. However I am personally loving Holo Launcher HD especially with the gestures that can be used with the free version. I installed the APK from dubi's hidebar and now all I have to do to hide the bar is swipe up.
I'm still liking ADW free. The last update was an improvement.
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I tried adw., apex, nova, and to be frank 'launcher pro' is the fastest although it is very old and not updated any more but still uasble.