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Laucher what do you use? How they work and what settings you prefer?
My:
- Launcher Pro Plus (works great. Smooth motion with no lag. Complete freedom of configuration. Laucher Others not tested.
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Piron said:
Laucher what do you use? How they work and what settings you prefer?
My:
- Launcher Pro Plus (works great. Smooth motion with no lag. Complete freedom of configuration. Laucher Others not tested.
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same here...

GO Launcher EX.. Works great, no lagging no problems

I have just started playing around with GO Launcher and loving it, playing around with the fling speed and transition has given it a whole lot more finished feel

I am using the Go Launcher too but i think that after the new minor update it lags on boot. No other lags after that.

I prefer GO Launcher

Zeam for me.
It has all the features I want (custom dock, home screen gestures) and is so incredibly fast.

I was using GO Launcher Ex and loved it but the new Stockwells B160 Rom includes Launcher Pro so I am giving it a run. Frankly I think I prefer GO. there's not really a lot of difference so far as both are very customizable. I think I'll probably go back to GO as I miss the extra option of swipe upwards. I used this as the camera shortcut - if I haven't got glasses on it's not always easy to find the camera shortcut icon when I need it in a hurry. It worked great. It's a shame to waste memory space on a launcher sitting in the rom unused.

GolfCranK said:
I was using GO Launcher Ex and loved it but the new Stockwells B160 Rom includes Launcher Pro so I am giving it a run. Frankly I think I prefer GO. there's not really a lot of difference so far as both are very customizable. I think I'll probably go back to GO as I miss the extra option of swipe upwards. I used this as the camera shortcut - if I haven't got glasses on it's not always easy to find the camera shortcut icon when I need it in a hurry. It worked great. It's a shame to waste memory space on a launcher sitting in the rom unused.
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You can easily change the Launcher included in the ROM by booting your phone into recovery mode (holding volume + and - keys and power-button) then connect it to a pc and find the launcherpro.apk in /system/app and replace it with the launcher you want to use. I found it more responsive by doing this way then installing a new Launcher-app on the custom one included in the ROM.
This way you can modify the ROM's to use apps that you wan't to use, example other browsers, email- and contact - apps...

sentiment said:
You can easily change the Launcher included in the ROM by booting your phone into recovery mode (holding volume + and - keys and power-button) then connect it to a pc and find the launcherpro.apk in /system/app and replace it with the launcher you want to use. I found it more responsive by doing this way then installing a new Launcher-app on the custom one included in the ROM.
This way you can modify the ROM's to use apps that you wan't to use, example other browsers, email- and contact - apps...
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Thanks. I had read that in a post here but it didn't sink in.
So is there a particular reason for embedding these apk's in the ROM?

Launcher Pro and ADW2Beta
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I am using Go Launcher too. But whenever I press the Home button, it will go back to the default launcher.

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I'm loving Zeam
Ideos X5 / Huawei U8800

GolfCranK said:
Thanks. I had read that in a post here but it didn't sink in.
So is there a particular reason for embedding these apk's in the ROM?
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I've experienced a more responsive launcher doing this way
I also got a laggy launcher pro when i updated 0.8.5 -> 0.8.6 through market. When i replaced it in /system/app it worked great again.
It's also good to know if you wan't to remove stock apps you never use..

Launcher Pro + Cyanogen VS. LP + MIUI

Just my personal $.02 from having used a couple of different ROM setups in the last month or two:
It seems to me that Launcher Pro works much better with Cyanogen than with MIUI. I originally ran MIUI with LP, but ran into some problems:
- LP would freeze on startup quite often. Problem could be fixed by 'force closing' LP, or giving it a long time for bootup. But still kind of annoying
- Occasionally my LP applications pane would lose all the apps. In other words, when you went to open up your applications list, it would be empty. A hot reboot would fix this. Again, annoying.
Because of these LP issues (minor but a hassle), I stopped using LP and set up the MIUI launcher to run the way I wanted to:
- put all the apps into a couple of folders to clean things up
- used Beautiful widgets & folder organizer same as I did in LP
However, I just don't like the MIUI launcher as much:
- Only allows 4 launcher icons on the bottom of the screen
- No secondary action on icons at bottom (cannot swipe icons for secondary action)
- cannot customize icons at bottom of screen
- cannot 'loop' screens around
So, I switched to Cyanogen to get back to LP. Voila - day 2 (yes its early), and it seems to work great. no bugs with LP yet, and super fast smooth. I really like using LP, and based on that preference, I have to give it to Cyanogen. There are things I miss from MIUI (hot reboot, great toggles on drop down), but some things that are better about Cyanogen (can turn off swipe when I have the pattern lock enabled).
But overall, my personal experience is that Cyanogen and LP Plus run better together than MIUI and LP Plus.

carlbettag said:
Just my personal $.02 from having used a couple of different ROM setups in the last month or two:
It seems to me that Launcher Pro works much better with Cyanogen than with MIUI. I originally ran MIUI with LP, but ran into some problems:
- LP would freeze on startup quite often. Problem could be fixed by 'force closing' LP, or giving it a long time for bootup. But still kind of annoying
- Occasionally my LP applications pane would lose all the apps. In other words, when you went to open up your applications list, it would be empty. A hot reboot would fix this. Again, annoying.
Because of these LP issues (minor but a hassle), I stopped using LP and set up the MIUI launcher to run the way I wanted to:
- put all the apps into a couple of folders to clean things up
- used Beautiful widgets & folder organizer same as I did in LP
However, I just don't like the MIUI launcher as much:
- Only allows 4 launcher icons on the bottom of the screen
- No secondary action on icons at bottom (cannot swipe icons for secondary action)
- cannot customize icons at bottom of screen
- cannot 'loop' screens around
So, I switched to Cyanogen to get back to LP. Voila - day 2 (yes its early), and it seems to work great. no bugs with LP yet, and super fast smooth. I really like using LP, and based on that preference, I have to give it to Cyanogen. There are things I miss from MIUI (hot reboot, great toggles on drop down), but some things that are better about Cyanogen (can turn off swipe when I have the pattern lock enabled).
But overall, my personal experience is that Cyanogen and LP Plus run better together than MIUI and LP Plus.
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You have a few facts wrong about miui.
1. I've had 6 icons on the bottom dock with miui
2. You can customize the icons, use theme manager.
Just wanted to make sure you're aware of these features!
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lpp is my choice.miui doesn't have 3 scrollable docks. I love the lpp widgets for easy productivity and lpp uses themes and can change icons on home if needed. I use cm7 themes from market which also makes me content for app drawer icons

Something else to note is that Widgetlocker now works very well with android 2.3.5 (presented in latest versions of MIUI and CM7)
some screenshots of it while using CM7 attached
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Little more back on topic, MIUI is better for those who like more theming options.
CM7 isn't as great in that area, but for my tastes I've customized my phone to where I don't have any need for additional theming options since CM7 + LPP provides a pretty decent amount of ways you can customize the looks.

not a fan of miui lock but I do like agile for sense 3.0 lock for cm7

There are a ton of MIUI lockscreen themes including sense 3.0 ones, if you're into that kind of thing
Lockscreen theming is a big reason MIUI>CM7 for me, including how you can mix and match theme elements and customize basically everything.
And TheWhiteBandito is right, you can have up to six icons in the dock and you can use whatever icons you like. I'm not sure why the OP had issues with LP+MIUI, I can't personally speak to it but I know many people use alternate launchers (including LP) on MIUI without issue.

big thanks to TheWhiteBandito and k_nivesout for correcting me on the six icons & also changing the icons themselves.
There are several subtle things that work better for me with CM7 & Launcher Pro. Generally my perception is that it's faster & more stable.
Since I use the security lock pattern, the theming of the lockscreens is not so useful to me because I'd rather bypass that entirely & just use the security pattern instead of having 2 screens to go through to unlock my phone.
At any rate, it probably comes down to exactly how you use the phone & your personal preferences. But I stick with my original point - if you are a big fan of Launcher Pro, I think it works better with CM7 based on my experience with it on both ROMs.
Lastly, don't get me wrong - I think MIUI is a GREAT ROM, and I've installed it both on my phone and some of my friends phones, and I'd happily use it again.

I would tend to agree that it does come down to how you use your phone. CM7 has some advantages, and so does MIUI, just depends on your preferences and needs. It's good to see open discussion on pros and cons of roms without the "my rom is better than yours" element being part of it.

Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).

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Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).
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MIUI is definitely a top ROM. Very unique and at this time it's pretty stable too.

When I ran MIUI, it was very stable until I'd flashed about 20 new releases without wiping caches even, (including making the transition from FroYo to GB) and I loved the themes. Then I went to CM7. WOW. I last tried it at 7.0.4, 7.1RC1 is so much faster for me than MIUI OR CM7.0.x. It aslo seems a bit more stable, and everything just works. I use GO Launcher EX, and it seems a bit faster on CM7 but I am running CM at 1GHz, MIUI I UC'd to 806 MHz

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Just moved back CM7 after flashing MIUI to give it a try. It seems to be a very well built ROM, fast and stable. The one thing that did MIUI in for me was that I couldn't get swype to work. The installer couldn't license the app correctly, I attempted a few suggested solutions but ultimately gave up when I read a post on the swype website stating that it will not license. other than swype, I'd say that MIUI is one of the best ROMs that I have flashed (right up there with CM7).
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I can understand not being able to tolerate a ROM if Swype won't work. I run MIUI and have Swype running; followed the steps here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-generate-license-for-swype-3-0-beta-on-miui-android/
..to get it working.
The only thing that I "don't like" about MIUI is that it doesn't support scrolling widgets (Pure Messenger).

[Q] Hiding system bar? (back/home/apps buttons) (FIXED)

So I've seen apps for ICS and HC that would hide the ugly, huge black system bar at the bottom.
I've also seen a cool launcher that would hide it, and system buttons would appear from the side (slide in) when needed.
I wouldn't want to switch from my Nova Launcher, anybody knows of a way to do that?
(I need it for my 2 year old, who keeps hitting "home" when playing, and then yells at me :laugh: )

DarkDvr said:
So I've seen apps for ICS and HC that would hide the ugly, huge black system bar at the bottom.
I've also seen a cool launcher that would hide it, and system buttons would appear from the side (slide in) when needed.
I wouldn't want to switch from my Nova Launcher, anybody knows of a way to do that?
(I need it for my 2 year old, who keeps hitting "home" when playing, and then yells at me :laugh: )
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Are custom ROMs an option? If so you could try any that allows expanded desktop, then use PIE controls.

Indeed, I ended up using Pacman ROM with PIE controls.
Is it ROM specific, or is PIE a separate app?

DarkDvr said:
Indeed, I ended up using Pacman ROM with PIE controls.
Is it ROM specific, or is PIE a separate app?
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PIE is possible due to code implemented into the ROM. Several other ROMs also include PIE controls such as ParanoidAndroid (which I use) and recently CM. Alternatively, you can get PIE controls separately i.e., not from a ROM by installing LMT launcher.

I see. I do wish it'd be released as a flashable, so that it could be used for any ROM people like.
Modular approach and freedom of code!! =)

Hi,
An alternative for your child, i use it for my 3 year old daughter.

Epsil said:
Hi,
An alternative for your child, i use it for my 3 year old daughter.
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Yeah I tried that, don't like it. AFAIR it forces you to use their apps and games, which I don't like. My kid only likes grown-up games like NFS and logic puzzles of different kinds =) He has no idea what to do there, but he still loves em for some reason.

Do you have test full!screen ?
It work like PIE control i think. I tested this work fine but i'not like "design button") but you can activate or desactivate it easily.

Epsil said:
Do you have test full!screen ?
It work like PIE control i think. I tested this work fine but i'not like "design button") but you can activate or desactivate it easily.
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Oh, thank you. Didn't know about that one.
I'll check it out.

[Q] Knock Knock on CM or AOSP?

Hi everyone, I would buy this device and i would know if modding it with CM, PA or AOSP i will lost the double tap to awake the display, the back button for wake up the screen it's very bad choice >.<

Tyrigi said:
Hi everyone, I would buy this device and i would know if modding it with CM, PA or AOSP i will lost the double tap to awake the display, the back button for wake up the screen it's very bad choice >.<
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Knock on works on the CM build I know and here is a cheat to make the Knock Off work. Install the Rom use either Nova and or Apex, set the gesture of a double tap to execute the app in the link below and Knock off will now work anywhere on the home screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cillinsoft.scrnoff

Tyrigi said:
Hi everyone, I would buy this device and i would know if modding it with CM, PA or AOSP i will lost the double tap to awake the display, the back button for wake up the screen it's very bad choice >.<
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the double tap to wake is working in CM 10.2, but the knock off not working. if you planning on using CM, you can just install the screen off and lock widget, you can even single touch your G2 to lock it off, with that widget

I've been looking for a solution for the knock off and am trying gravity screen now. Using gestures in Nova or Apex is an option I've seen mentioned but I really don't want to install another launcher. Knock on & off may not be that big of a deal if gravity screen continues to work well.

Knock on works on all custom ROMs because it is build into the device kernel. However knock off is not and you have to use nova launcher prime for it which I don't.
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Gestures support on SGY ?

Just a simple question, is this gesture support could be integrated on our phone ? For exemple, when the phone is locked, double tap the screen which makes the phone to wake etc...
I heard it's a kernel feature, i wish we could add it to CM kernel or else as SGY have a proximity sensor so i thought it could be nice, Maybe we'll be able to create our custom gesture to perform custom actions and stuff... ^^
I'm just curious

OxygeenHD said:
Just a simple question, is this gesture support could be integrated on our phone ? For exemple, when the phone is locked, double tap the screen which makes the phone to wake etc...
I heard it's a kernel feature, i wish we could add it to CM kernel or else as SGY have a proximity sensor so i thought it could be nice, Maybe we'll be able to create our custom gesture to perform custom actions and stuff... ^^
I'm just curious
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Double tap to wake is a kernel feature - I don't have knowledge of kernels so don't know if it can be implemented but it will most likely drain the battery
Any other gesture eg Swipe up to launch phone will be down to your launcher
Nova launcher is a good launcher with gesture support (requires 4.0+)
Gingerbread launchers look at holo launcher or adw launcher for examples