I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I am not sure about the vertical dots but the transparent google search bar is from android 4.0. You can change to that under the nova settings.
jscarano said:
I'll try to explain this best I can. When I first installed Nova Launcher on my N7 it had a different kind of google search on the top left where it said google and right next to it was a microphone and directly on the far right had 3 vertical dots where I could click and get nova settings and system settings. It for some reason isnt there any more and I would like to know how to get it back. I dont care for the normal google search bars I liked the one that was originally with Nova. Hopefully that made sense. thanks
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I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.
Mac of York said:
I had the layout you described originally then it went away and then I flashed a new kernel and it came back (it was M-kernel over Stock). Now I'm running franco.Kernel and it's still there. No idea what happened... I run tablet UI on PA right now.
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Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??
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Yea i'm running PA 2.99 in phablet mode. So I guess if I flash a different kernel it might work ?!??
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Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.
Mac of York said:
Try it, I don't know. I thought it was REALLY strange that it changed but I'm not complaining.
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I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though
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I want it back I thought it was cool looking. Thanks though
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Yeah, I absolutely love this layout. It's much nicer than the regular.
Maybe an older version of nova might have that Google search
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Yes. Thats right the (growing in popularity) (looks like froyo) homereplacment launcher is finally in market, i tried it one day and now i have replaced it with helix as my main daily use home screen. Try it out you wont be dissapointed!
Thanks for posting. But lets keep the forums clean.
Try posting in this section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=530
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I still like LauncherPro better, way better. My opinion.
I like it, but I miss the pitch zoom thing I have in launcher pro beta. Add that to this launcher and I would use it
is it the FroYo launcher that has the icons "fly-in" on the app tray? Or is that Cyanogen? Either way, thats a wicked effect on Droid roms.
Holy hairy ballsack Batman, this is fast!
I've been a LauncherPro guy for the past few weeks, not anymore...
/Couldn't get ADW working so never had the chance to play with it before today
It runs extremely laggy on my hero. First launcher ive had problems with
whoiswes said:
Holy hairy ballsack Batman, this is fast!
I've been a LauncherPro guy for the past few weeks, not anymore...
/Couldn't get ADW working so never had the chance to play with it before today
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It runs extremely laggy on my hero. First launcher ive had problems with
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/\ HAHHAHAAHA Which one is it guys????
Personally I don't like it...I like the fly-in on the app drawer, but thats the extent of it.
Love it...Only thing I dont like is there are SOOO many settings haha hopefully I will learn them.
i liked to
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I still like LauncherPro better, way better. My opinion.
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I liked it to but i was not a fan, of those defualt dock icons,
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I liked it to but i was not a fan, of those defualt dock icons,
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Well you do know you can customize them, right? Hes also working on adding an option to disable those shortcuts, if you dont want them. Atleast LauncherPro is only titled a Beta
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Well you do know you can customize them, right? Hes also working on adding an option to disable those shortcuts, if you dont want them. Atleast LauncherPro is only titled a Beta
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Dam launcher is awesome too (hadent used it before). Icons are definitely the worst part of this launcher, ADW wins in that category. But this is alot smoother so far.
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Well you do know you can customize them, right? Hes also working on adding an option to disable those shortcuts, if you dont want them. Atleast LauncherPro is only titled a Beta
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How can you customize them?
EDIT: NVM I figured it out lol
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How can you customize them?
EDIT: NVM I figured it out lol
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Haha nice. Yeah That was recently added to edit them. I'm excited because it is, imo a LOT smoother, and only a beta, so the possibilities are endless. (ok not so much, but you get the idea. xD )
Is anyone have using better cut with this launcher...when ever i try to add an icon shortcut is just goes to the default home screen..i tried setting them there also to see if it would copy over to adw but it doesn't.
Is there a setting to dock 4 apps? I thought one of the screenshots had room for 4, I haven't palyed around with it that much yet, but if it only allows 2 apps in the dock I might have to stick with LauncherPro. Still an awesome launcher though, I'll have to keep it around and play with the settings.
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Is there a setting to dock 4 apps? I thought one of the screenshots had room for 4, I haven't palyed around with it that much yet, but if it only allows 2 apps in the dock I might have to stick with LauncherPro. Still an awesome launcher though, I'll have to keep it around and play with the settings.
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You can slide the launcher down/up(cant remember) and there is room for 4 shortcuts.
Hey guys.
Anyone have any ideas for something different for the desktop?
I'm kind of bored of the usual weather at the top and the apps ect underneath.
I was thinking of the Windows mobile style launcher, but it's just tiles with what ever you want lol.
Anyone got some ideas for a change?
There is already a Windows Phone 7 style launcher called "Launcher7" however I believe it's just a concept - it looks OK but not great.
If you're looking for a cool launcher that's customisable, I recommend Go Launcher EX, it's the nicest one I've tried (I prefer it to LauncherPRO). However, personally I'm fine with the Touchwiz launcher.
If you want to do some cool stuff with your widgets, maybe have RSS newsfeeds of your favorite sites? For that I'd recommend a widget called "Pulse".
Yea I usually gey bored that's why I rooted my phone to cm7. I saw they came out with open home 6 u might wanna check it out
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Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?
aussiesausage said:
Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?
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Cyanogenmod 7.
Not available for the SGS2 though.
aussiesausage said:
Thanks fellas.
Whats cm7?
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You could try regina launcher for something a little bit different from the norm or another one which is called circle launcher i believe.
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You could try regina launcher for something a little bit different from the norm or another one which is called circle launcher i believe.
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While i haven't used it on the SGSII, only my atrix, SPB shell 3d was pretty sick. VERY fast. But still kind of the same setup
Circle launcher looks interesting.
Oh i like circle launcher.
i cant believe nobody mentioned SPB Shell 3D. just watch some videos on that and be blown away if you want something "new" and different on your android device.
There are extra home screens on the NExus 4. There are 5 and i only use 2 of them, how do i get rid of the extras? Please don't say use nova laucher, it's crap and a clusterf*ck
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There are extra home screens on the NExus 4. There are 5 and i only use 2 of them, how do i get rid of the extras? Please don't say use nova laucher, it's crap and a clusterf*ck
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Just take all the items off that home-screen and it should vanish...
Its a question best asked in the Nexus 4 forum. Not here.
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Just take all the items off that home-screen and it should vanish...
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What do you mean? like i said i only use 2 screens, there are NOTHING on the other 3 screens.....nothing vanished, that didn't get rid of the other screens.....
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What do you mean? like i said i only use 2 screens, there are NOTHING on the other 3 screens.....nothing vanished, that didn't get rid of the other screens.....
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what he described is default on the new google experience launcher, its from android 4.4. google install google experience launcher, youll find it. you can install the google experience launcher on earlier versions too. on the default launcher before this one, you cant remove screens, unless youre using some kind of mod.
I didn't realize he was talking about the N4. If you have an empty home-screen you want to remove try putting something on it and then delete that item. I had an issue on the N5 where an extra one wouldn't go away for me but doing this resolved the problem.
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I didn't realize he was talking about the N4. If you have an empty home-screen you want to remove try putting something on it and then delete that item. I had an issue on the N5 where an extra one wouldn't go away for me but doing this resolved the problem.
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AFAIK only the N5 got the Google Experience Launcher. All other Nexi are still using the old one.
You can't get rid of the empty screens. Either fill them up, or change launchers to one that supports the removal of screens
Try Nova or Apex launcher, both are pretty popular. Or just wait for 4.4 to come to the nexus 4 with the new GEL.
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AFAIK only the N5 got the Google Experience Launcher. All other Nexi are still using the old one.
You can't get rid of the empty screens. Either fill them up, or change launchers to one that supports the removal of screens
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Uhh you should be able to use the GEL on any 4.1+ rom.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...y-fixes-gel-on-tablets-and-more-apk-download/
Just wonderering if anyone is using the Google Experience launcher? Looks really good on the note almost feels like a Nexus experience. Also it responds to the OK google command on the home screen. Always listening which I thought was only a feature on the Nexus 5 / Motorola?
I hate touchwiz and it was one of the main reasons I was hesitant about buying the note. Now I have the best of both world, best tablet and nexus like experience. The Spen etc still work perfectly. Worth giving it a try..
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57618555-285/get-the-google-now-launcher-on-your-android-device/
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Just wonderering if anyone is using the Google Experience launcher? Looks really good on the note almost feels like a Nexus experience. Also it responds to the OK google command on the home screen. Always listening which I thought was only a feature on the Nexus 5 / Motorola?
I hate touchwiz and it was one of the main reasons I was hesitant about buying the note. Now I have the best of both world, best tablet and nexus like experience. The Spen etc still work perfectly. Worth giving it a try..
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57618555-285/get-the-google-now-launcher-on-your-android-device/
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I used it but ended up back on nova as i am comfortable with it and love the endless customizing.
I'm using it. Wont go back to TW anymore. I wish that there would be option to make folders in application list.
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I used it but ended up back on nova as i am comfortable with it and love the endless customizing.
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I was using Nova previously. Agree Nova is also superb. I have moved over to google experience as I have a nexus phone and like the fact basically consistent. I have been using android devices for years now but only used Nova a few months ago. Really impressive how it changes the feel / look of the tablet.
Googles launcher is free of course. I got the paid version of Nova...
Doesn't it work in landscape view??!
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Doesn't it work in landscape view??!
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Yes it does.
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Yes it does.
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But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?
Hello guys,
I'm coming in from the Note Pro side and wanted to reflect the OP comments. The launcher is smooth as butter and as stated it's as though the GNL was made for the Galaxy Note lineup. I've noticed all S Pen functionalities are fully intact. The best of both worlds...multi Window SPen features with a PURE Google experience!!!
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But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?
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For me it is portrait when tab is horizontal, and vertical when held normally.
As you can see in this picture:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50487738
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Ahmedmoataz said:
But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?
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Have you turned off screen rotation by mistake?
Just access the normal Samsung setting screen (by tugging the top of the screen down with your finger) and it is the 4th option from the left. Make sure it is selected... Only thing I can. Think of. Bet you have unselected it by mistake.
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Have you turned off screen rotation by mistake?
Just access the normal Samsung setting screen (by tugging the top of the screen down with your finger) and it is the 4th option from the left. Make sure it is selected... Only thing I can. Think of. Bet you have unselected it by mistake.
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No bro....., it is off!!!
Could u please post the version u r using?
is there a dock for the homescreen?
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is there a dock for the homescreen?
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Yes, if you put the icons on the bottom row, then it is a dock and doesn't move as you swipe between screens.
I've got the paid Nova Launcher as well. I've stuck with it on my S3, but I haven't gone back on the tablet yet. On the S3, I thought the icons were too big and there is zero customization. However, I've enjoyed the Google Now Launcher on the tablet more so than I thought I would.
If there was a Google Now widget that is always listening that I could use with Nova, I would go back. Heck, I might still go back after the novelty of "Ok Google" wears off.
I finally did it......GREAT LAUNCHER!!!
Finally put nova launcher on, cannot stand that white mess at the bottom of my screen with the pixel launcher when using anything other than a black wallpaper, i mean what the hell was Google thinking with that awful looking feature, i really have no idea, either way glad I did cause now been able to get rid of that unsightly long Google search bar as well, and don't know if I'm imagining it but now since I've switched to the nova launcher and have ambient display disabled the phone is unlocking faster to screen on without the Google launcher ? so seems it's not just the ambient display issue but also seems to be the pixel launcher is lagging, go figure but it's faster for me, hip hooray.
Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Yeah I don't know why I didn't do it sooner, my home screen is so much cleaner and can have light wallpapers haha, I'm not sure if it's me but it does feel a bit quicker, could be in my head.
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Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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Funny, I just switched to Nova Launcher yesterday. I don't care for the search bar either. I am looking for the APK that will allow Google Feed to work with it.
But I don't think the phone unlocks any faster than with the stock launcher. Each phone, like each person, is unique so I don't doubt that you see unlock speed gains.
But yeah, I don't now why I waited so long to switch to Nova. It rocks!
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My mind is blown that you, of all people, just tried Nova.
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Thanks this worked, it's one of the reasons i didn't want a different launcher but with the wahed out crap at the bottom and the ugly search bar, this now works with a swipe to the left cheers.
Also just to add i am certain the phone is now unlocking faster with nova installed and ambient display disabled, it's win win all round.
i love nova, but the only reason i stick with the pixel launcher is because google can query the google weather API more reliably and frequently than third parties (like Nova) can, so the weather display is more accurate on google's pixel launcher
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Yep, works great!
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My mind is blown that you, of all people, just tried Nova.
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No No... Not just tried, just switched. I have used Nova for years but I got placement with the Pixel 2 XL.
Ady1976 said:
Finally put nova launcher on, cannot stand that white mess at the bottom of my screen with the pixel launcher when using anything other than a black wallpaper, i mean what the hell was Google thinking with that awful looking feature, i really have no idea, either way glad I did cause now been able to get rid of that unsightly long Google search bar as well, and don't know if I'm imagining it but now since I've switched to the nova launcher and have ambient display disabled the phone is unlocking faster to screen on without the Google launcher ? so seems it's not just the ambient display issue but also seems to be the pixel launcher is lagging, go figure but it's faster for me, hip hooray.
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I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
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Can you share the link to the modded launcher? :good:
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I use pixel launcher modded. Has an option to get rid of the white :good:
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Also can that be used not rooted, I don't want to root.
And does the modified launcher get rid of that ugly search bar ?
The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
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The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
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What app do you use for weather?
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What app do you use for weather?
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I'm using Yo window weather app from the play store, was recommended to geoweather but it's crap, kept coming up with cannot connect to server for weather data stupid error, however this yo window has great reviews and works fantastic it's this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yo.app.free
It does the job perfectly for me.
Ady1976 said:
Also can that be used not rooted, I don't want to root.
And does the modified launcher get rid of that ugly search bar ?
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Sorry think you have to be rooted.
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The search bar is not hideable with that rootless pixel launcher unfortunately and there's no mention of removing the white cloud at the bottom of the screen.... here's my nova setup, so much more room on the home screen.
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Rootless and modded pixel launcher are slightly different. The modded one has the option to remove the white
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Rootless and modded pixel launcher are slightly different. The modded one has the option to remove the white
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Aah right ok no problem, I'll stick with nova, works perfectly anyway and now with the companion apk it's Google now integrated.