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Hi guys
Now I have my new DHD for 3rd days
I like the sense from HTC
Put it missed a lot of features like No of columns and rows and resize the widgets
But if are using another launcher you will loss a lot of good widgets from HTC sense
So what do you like
HTC sense or another launcher and why ?
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personally stock is the best
but sense is the best one from a manufacturer, however it would be nice to use sense widgets with stock launcher cause htc does have good widgets for email and a few others.
I'm using Launcher Pro in combination with Spare Parts. This way I get the nice widgets AND the eye candy animations I miss from stock android. Never really been a fan of Sense, however I did give it a chance to see if there were any improvements from my previous experiences. It must be said, it feels much more responsive with LP, especially after tweaking. I recommend it to anyone looking for a speed boost and also suggest purchasing the Plus version to support such great development.
Regards.
LauncherPro all the way. Looking forward to the rewrite too.
Put it this way, once the DHD had turned on, I immediately went to the market, downloaded LP and punched in my activation code. Everything else got done after that.
I like HTC Sense, but on my SGS I had Zeam which is very good plus beautiful widgets and that was a very nice combination. I've considered going the same way with the Desire HD but I'll stick with the stock launcher for now.
lynxboy said:
It must be said, it feels much more responsive with LP, especially after tweaking.
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Any recommendations on how to tweak it? Are you referring to performance tweak or design tweak? (Using Launcher Pro Plus)
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Any recommendations on how to tweak it? Are you referring to performance tweak or design tweak? (Using Launcher Pro Plus)
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I went over all of the settings in Launcher pro plus and tried out a little of everything untill I was pleased with it.
Now finally everything is going smooth, unlike the sense interface, which kinda made me feel like a dumbnut for selling my 3GS for the Desire HD. Now I can't be happier with it (ok, yes I can, if it would have a loudspeaker that you could actually hear, because now, when it's in my pocket, I never hear it unless it's absolutely quiet)
Check out my Launcher Pro Plus here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxp7ljpNukk
the movie starts with a question about Android market that just got solved, so never mind that, you can skip right to the part of Launcher Pro Plus
If only there was Cookie Home for HTC Sense in Android....
How difficult, comparing with the HTC from WM, can be coding it for android?
matthiasdeblaiser said:
I went over all of the settings in Launcher pro plus and tried out a little of everything untill I was pleased with it.
Now finally everything is going smooth, unlike the sense interface, which kinda made me feel like a dumbnut for selling my 3GS for the Desire HD. Now I can't be happier with it (ok, yes I can, if it would have a loudspeaker that you could actually hear, because now, when it's in my pocket, I never hear it unless it's absolutely quiet)
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Hi Matthias, I will have my DHD on Tuesday and it will be my first android phone... Just an information: if I install Launcher Pro Plus or any other launcher, could I come back to Sense without problems anytime?
Thx
halokin said:
Hi Matthias, I will have my DHD on Tuesday and it will be my first android phone... Just an information: if I install Launcher Pro Plus or any other launcher, could I come back to Sense without problems anytime?
Thx
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Sure you can go back for any launcher
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halokin said:
Hi Matthias, I will have my DHD on Tuesday and it will be my first android phone... Just an information: if I install Launcher Pro Plus or any other launcher, could I come back to Sense without problems anytime?
Thx
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Welcome aboard the Android-train Good choice.
Since you're new to this I'll give you a quick guide on how to restore default programs (this applies to any program).
Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Click the program and choose "Clear defaults". Easy, peasy lemon squeezy
LtdEdFred said:
Any recommendations on how to tweak it? Are you referring to performance tweak or design tweak? (Using Launcher Pro Plus)
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There are numerous settings related to scrolling speed, cached pages, appdrawer settings etc. There is no definitive mix of settings it's purely down to the end user's preference. I suggest you download the free version and have a play/tweak and see what suits you best. A few adjustments are for performance and others are purely cosmetic.
The main benefits of LP are the ability to customise the dockbar to hold the shortcuts you actually want. You can manage your desktop much easier when everything is organised the way you like it. One thing I do enjoy is the ability to use the stock android transition animations HOWEVER, after hearing it can increase the rate at which the battery is drained, i'm considering turning them off anyway!
Regards.
LtdEdFred said:
Welcome aboard the Android-train Good choice.
Since you're new to this I'll give you a quick guide on how to restore default programs (this applies to any program).
Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Click the program and choose "Clear defaults". Easy, peasy lemon squeezy
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Thx for your tip! Very kind!
ADW Launcher, mainly becaused I have set the density to 171 - a density that Sense doesn't like at all.
If I could only use the HTC Sense Widgets!
(Anyone knows of a launcher which also runs the Sense widgets?)
appelflap said:
ADW Launcher, mainly becaused I have set the density to 171 - a density that Sense doesn't like at all.
If I could only use the HTC Sense Widgets!
(Anyone knows of a launcher which also runs the Sense widgets?)
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Launcher Pro Plus has very nice widgets, widgets which are almost identical to the ones on Sense. I was firmly in ADW camp at one point but as time has gone on I came round to the idea that LP has the better options overall. Not to say that ADW isn't a capable launcher, it's highly customisable and has unique options such as the swipe up dockbar but those nice widgets...... LP all the way!
lynxboy said:
There are numerous settings related to scrolling speed, cached pages, appdrawer settings etc. There is no definitive mix of settings it's purely down to the end user's preference. I suggest you download the free version and have a play/tweak and see what suits you best. A few adjustments are for performance and others are purely cosmetic.
The main benefits of LP are the ability to customise the dockbar to hold the shortcuts you actually want. You can manage your desktop much easier when everything is organised the way you like it. One thing I do enjoy is the ability to use the stock android transition animations HOWEVER, after hearing it can increase the rate at which the battery is drained, i'm considering turning them off anyway!
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I doubt the animations impact battery life by much, but i could be wrong. But i would still keep them on because without them, opening and closing apps is just plain ugly!
I have downloaded Launcher Pro and Zeam today, but when I went to download Home Switcher it tells me it's not compatible with Froyo 2.2.
Does anyone know a similar app to Home Switcher that works for Froyo?
StellaDel said:
I have downloaded Launcher Pro and Zeam today, but when I went to download Home Switcher it tells me it's not compatible with Froyo 2.2.
Does anyone know a similar app to Home Switcher that works for Froyo?
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download EasyHome, i haven't tried it but it should work.
matthiasdeblaiser said:
I went over all of the settings in Launcher pro plus and tried out a little of everything untill I was pleased with it.
Now finally everything is going smooth, unlike the sense interface, which kinda made me feel like a dumbnut for selling my 3GS for the Desire HD. Now I can't be happier with it (ok, yes I can, if it would have a loudspeaker that you could actually hear, because now, when it's in my pocket, I never hear it unless it's absolutely quiet)
Check out my Launcher Pro Plus here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxp7ljpNukk
the movie starts with a question about Android market that just got solved, so never mind that, you can skip right to the part of Launcher Pro Plus
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wow.....widget clock is very well!!!share this widget?
thank
SupremeBeaver said:
download EasyHome, i haven't tried it but it should work.
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Looked on the market and AppBrain, can't find it
Been watching this video on youtube about performance and task killer. Just thought I'd share it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJJ7hdFhm8
Also just fyi, I think the stock launcher on my 70 blows. I installed launcher pro both before doing the froyo update and after updating and in both cases the device became much much smoother to operate. I don't know what it is but that stock launcher is just laggy as hell, bumping and jumping all around and jittery. Once I installed launcher pro it transitions smooth, the app drawer is way smoother, everything seems more responsive. I also highly suggest using a static wallpaper, LWP just bogs it down. BTW after updating to froyo launcher pro no longer appeared on the market, I had to go the launcher pro's website and download the apk
You did the market clear?
Because i have the launcherPro in my market
Yeah I've been using LP on my Hero for many months now and it's like a transformed phone with great widgets almost matching the HTC Sense widgets in style but much much faster that the HTC Hero launcher.
span_01 said:
Been watching this video on youtube about performance and task killer. Just thought I'd share it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJJ7hdFhm8
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Sorry for this side note... but I can't take it anymore...!
Most videos of phones and tablets are giving me headaches and getting me dizzy: in and out of focus, bumpy camera work, etc.
Are these geniuses unable to figure out a way to put the camera on a tripod and the phone/tablet on a stand...????
Sorry again... don't mean to be mean...
By the way, my launcher is ADW.
argie said:
Sorry for this side note... but I can't take it anymore...!
Most videos of phones and tablets are giving me headaches and getting me dizzy: in and out of focus, bumpy camera work, etc.
Are these geniuses unable to figure out a way to put the camera on a tripod and the phone/tablet on a stand...????
Sorry again... don't mean to be mean...
By the way, my launcher is ADW.
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Yeah, I see what you're saying. Still, I think it's better then nothing
That video was 2:35am on November 13?
That was an early rom and certainly not 2.2.
I've installed Adw, its the best i think!
Very many custom designs downloadable
I just got my TF 6 hrs ago and I am not impressed with how smooth the main screens are when scrolling sideways. It looks like it is stuttering. I want it as smooth as my Pyromod G2.
I was hoping that the 3.1 update fixes this but I just got the update and still stuttering.
Is there any solution other than rooting and overclocking to the max. Is there a launcher settings that I can adjust?
My home screen is really smooth. But I am using regular wallpaper and not the live one.
I guess the first thing to do would be to use the same launcher if it's supported on Honeycomb. I like the HC launcher myself. Every now and then it's a little slow when it first gets going or after being off for a while but nothing that effects usability. I guess the issue might be that you're comparing a hacked, customized and tweaked Android 2.x device moving 800x480 pixels to a whole new unmodified factory OS moving 1200x800 pixels so I would sort of expect it to be a little less optimized from the get go.
I'm running the Primordial 3.1 build right now with the OC kernel at 1.4 GHz and everything just moves right along for me.
So might want to start with apples to apples and go from there.
I noticed my Transformer had started feeling really sluggish and I hadn't even installed much. I was rebooting often and it seemed to help a little for a short time. Then I just removed an application I installed recently and wow, performance was smooth again.
That app was TweetCaster Pro, something I grabbed as a free app of the day from the Amazon Appstore. Don't know if it was just that app or maybe some weird combination that didn't like each other. *shrug* But things are a lot smoother. So it might be worth looking at some of your apps, especially those that install background services that like to look for updates frequently.
ADW EX you won't get any smoother than that
For twitter i use Tweetcomb, totally awesome
LauncherPro also runs really smooth on Tegra devices.
Stock Google launchers typically aren't very smooth, especially on a brand new chipset.
does other launcher show the app icon as big as hc stock launcher? more icon and widget sure will slow down the animation, but I found that by tapping the most left or right side of the screen will take you to other page with faster animation n of course it is smoother
mine is really smooth...probably one of the apps you installed is not getting along well with the honeycomb
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does other launcher show the app icon as big as hc stock launcher? more icon and widget sure will slow down the animation, but I found that by tapping the most left or right side of the screen will take you to other page with faster animation n of course it is smoother
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With ADW EX you can change the size of the icons to any size you want!
Change the icon to any picture.
Change the speed of the animation.
Change the bounce!
The only thing ADW EX doesn't do is hold it for you when you take a leak
I currently have 7 pages 5 of which are full of widgets (and i mean full), no sticking EVER
checkbox111 said:
With ADW EX you can change the size of the icons to any size you want!
Change the icon to any picture.
Change the speed of the animation.
Change the bounce!
The only thing ADW EX doesn't do is hold it for you when you take a leak
I currently have 7 pages 5 of which are full of widgets (and i mean full), no sticking EVER
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nice, I'm going try it then.
Do you need root to use ADW Launcher EX?
ThaiM said:
Do you need root to use ADW Launcher EX?
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no need,just installed adw ex, smooth...
magicpork said:
mine is really smooth...probably one of the apps you installed is not getting along well with the honeycomb
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It was still a virgin TF but it was not meeting my expectations. Maybe because I am used to a smother one.
Anyway, I installed Launcher Pro Plus, (I remember I purchased this before) and the performance improved a little bit. I wonder if the ADW EX is better.
I really don't want to root this TF but I really crave the smoothness that I find in my G2 so I have no choice but to root it when I get my extra Micro SDHC. BTW, does the new ROMS support/Include ASUS MyCloud, MyNet, .. etc.
Also, I've read that Netflix and Yahoo Messenger Video chat isn't fully working yet.
All in all, other than those intangible (software) shortcomings I still like the TF hardware. Softwares will get fixed soon, but crappy hardware will stay crappy forever in the tablet world.
The rooted roms are all up to date and are built using the OTA releases so yea all the asus software is still included
Try turning off the animations.
Live wallpapers murder performance. If you select a static one, your performance will be far better. Next would be widgets; try and keep them to a minimum if you can.
jerrykur said:
Try turning off the animations.
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*Daedalus said:
Live wallpapers murder performance. If you select a static one, your performance will be far better. Next would be widgets; try and keep them to a minimum if you can.
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Yeah, it's actually the first thing I did. It did not help.
lacrossev said:
The rooted roms are all up to date and are built using the OTA releases so yea all the asus software is still included
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Thanks!
jerrykur said:
Try turning off the animations.
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Same here, works nicely. Although some apps seem to turn them back on, so I need to back in and (re)set, which sucks.
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Just got the TF dock today. It's really cool, the tablet is transformed!
I haven't played that that much yet but it seems that it doesn't support a USB mouse... or does it??
it should have it...
The Blade Lags as motherfcking hell?
I mean Install go launcher and make a folder. put stuff into it.
Open the folder. already the dragging of icons lags!
and then when you open the folder it looks like a fcking slideshow!
it should be instant!! Godness i need someone to fix this for me before i go insane.
Any idea's are very welcome. :\
Sent from the Kind of Lag.
Maybe time you start to disable 'window-animation', 'elastics' etc ?
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Maybe time you start to disable 'window-animation', 'elastics' etc ?
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done ages ago.
i am on the latest cm7
Try a different launcher
I use launcher pro(sense ui) on my zte blade and have the memory usage settings to high for the launcher(in launcher pro advanced menu) but it doesn't really use that much of memory. I don't experience any lag... My blade is not overclocked(Stock ROM). U could try increasing your blade's VM heap size to 32m and turn on Hardware acceleration. It should make a difference.
Or i could just give u my nandroid backup .....
CM 7.1 stable here, using stock gingerbread launcher. No lag at all.
I also tried launcher pro (no lags), ADW (the stock one from CM and it was VERY slow) and ADW EX (same lags of ADW).
Just try another launcher.
The folders in GO Launcher are buggy, its been mentioned by them a few times :-/ i use it too, but just use different desktops for more icons
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I have the same problem on gsf b27
Don't use Go Launcher then.
Zeam works flawlessly and it uses less resources.
There's a bunch of launchers that work smoother than Go Launcher Ex. My Samsung GS+ runs it fine, but Blade is a bit limited in the performance front. LauncherPro and Zeam are great, but there's also a new kid: Balancer Launcher that according to the comments runs even better than Zeam does. Probably worth checking out. I'd link to Android Market but I don't have enough posts to do that
Well, it was your choice to buy a cheap smartphone. Next time think before you buy, so you dont have to be whining here.
ArmorD said:
Well, it was your choice to buy a cheap smartphone. Next time think before you buy, so you dont have to be whining here.
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I think thats a bit much. This is after all the ZTE Blade Forum so if you do not
have a Blade don't make disparaging comments against forum members, and
if you do own one then you should be a bit more tolerant of members
posts.
Stransky
ArmorD said:
Well, it was your choice to buy a cheap smartphone. Next time think before you buy, so you dont have to be whining here.
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Most ridiculous and ignorant comment I've seen lately!
Miss my blade a lot,got an s2 now so sounds weird saying that! Lol. The only reason i miss it is probably sentimental feelings as it was my first smartphone. I remember being blown away by the apps and market etc,then being blown away even more by rooting and installing a Rom making it blazing fast! Superb phone for its price!
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Try this
Elite Blade_Rom 2.3.5 (s1.1) [GEN2] [OFICIAL ZTE] (19/10/11)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310050
Works great, stable and smooth. I installed the two patches, store all 3 files on the SD card before doing the ROM flash. Bat drain very low on 2G but high in 3G.
Great ROM!!
I found this in our EVO 3D Thread and it is "SICK AS HELL"..Can we PLEASE TRY TO GET THIS WORKING for our SGT 10.1 Tablets!!!http://youtu.be/MzCbBpRJ0U4
Heres the link to the files!!!
Here is the link to the files...http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=711943&d=1315328977
Thats the stock launcher on POV Mobii 10.1 one of all the diffrent versions of Vega. The launcher is crap ii had it on my POV and it sucked, very laggy and limited
id rather have this instead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ZfEXQad6I&feature=share
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Thats the stock launcher on POV Mobii 10.1 one of all the diffrent versions of Vega. The launcher is crap ii had it on my POV and it sucked, very laggy and limited
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I'd say that if it was running smooth it would be a very nice launcher here in the U.S,considering all the launchers I have used in the past this is far much better than most I've seen..Again I'm sure it would be nice if it were smooth and running 100%..Why NO??
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id rather have this instead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ZfEXQad6I&feature=share
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Deffinitely BAD ASS!! I'm running SPB SHELL on 1 of my older phones and it is a SWEET Launcher..It would just be nice to see something different beside Honeycomb Launcher on our tablets..
That is a pretty cool launcher. I would like to play with it, and but until we can get consistently fas rendering on such a large screen, and I would think it would run a bit slowly. We'll have see.
jaybizza said:
I'd say that if it was running smooth it would be a very nice launcher here in the U.S,considering all the launchers I have used in the past this is far much better than most I've seen..Again I'm sure it would be nice if it were smooth and running 100%..Why NO??
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Why no? ofcourse we should have if yo guys like it. I mean more options is a good thing. Buut i have used it and its very limited and you cant ad any widgets or anything you can just swype between the 3 options, weather, google search and a third option that i cant remember and also it was very laggy. But im sure if you guys would like it you can find a version that worked on multiple devices on Modaco, in the Vega section if i remember correct. Good luck
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I like the city landscape one. My real concern is how much it will slow down the tab. (OCing to !.^ would help though)