OMG I was shocked to see the Note 3, just like the Note 2, only has a 4x5 grid on the homescreen. What I don't understand is how Samsung can develop a device with a huge screen, and then totally forget that they can make use of the extra room to place more icons. Even the original Note had 5 columns in the home screen by default (I owned the original Note, the Note 2 and now the Note 3).
I wanted to fix this using something like Assassin tools just like I did when I got my Note 2 a few months ago. Then I read about the Knox warranty void 0x1 on the Note 3. I don't want to void my warranty, although I find it completely rediculous that a user can loose warranty cause he wants to install another (modified) operating system to his device. Suppose Microsoft forbid me to install Linux on my PC!
But okay, we have to deal with it and we probably can't fix this problem (making Samsung change it's strategy) easily. So now it's becoming a challange to solve the wish for a more customizable home screen. How can we do that without root? Yes you could use a custom launcher, but I really like the Touchwiz launcher and it's widgets. Does anybody have ideas how to create a customizable grid on the Touchwiz homescreen to place icons and widgets, without the need to get the phone rooted?
Also: why can't we set the dpi per app? Same goes here, we have such nice devices with big screens, I'd love to have control over the per app dpi in Touchwiz! Is that possible without root? Anybody have a solution for that?
Or do I have to issue a ticket to the Samsung development team and clearify my wishes? And if so, will they listen?
I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone? the Samsung launcher had always been the same just like the xperia launcher etc
As for customising it if you don't want to root your phone right now when it is possible, im afraid you will have to wait it out. Try some other launchers at the moment besides I'm pretty sure most of the widgets work on different launchers
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I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone?
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This ^^^^
misterashman said:
I don't understand how you could be shocked by it, You must of already known this before buying the phone? the Samsung launcher had always been the same just like the xperia launcher etc
As for customising it if you don't want to root your phone right now when it is possible, im afraid you will have to wait it out. Try some other launchers at the moment besides I'm pretty sure most of the widgets work on different launchers
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Ok I was not shocked in that kind of way (I love the Note series enough to keep buying each increment), but I can imagine that I'm not the only user with such a big screen who wished there was more room to place icons and use apps optimized for big screens. So the shock is that apparentely I am the only one complaining about this, or Samsung doesn't listen....
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Ok I was not shocked in that kind of way (I love the Note series enough to keep buying each increment), but I can imagine that I'm not the only user with such a big screen who wished there was more room to place icons and use apps optimized for big screens. So the shock is that apparentely I am the only one complaining about this, or Samsung doesn't listen....
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Fair enough that's just the Samsung launcher though, it's not the "Note3 launcher" I suggest installing nova launcher or apex and replicating the touchwiz look with themes or icon packs for now, just be patient it was only released a few days a go ^^
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Fair enough that's just the Samsung launcher though, it's not the "Note3 launcher" I suggest installing nova launcher or apex and replicating the touchwiz look with themes or icon packs for now, just be patient it was only released a few days a go ^^
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Okay, I guess you're right... ThanQ!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46021581#post46021581
to deal with the home screen issue I plan on throwing Nova pro on there shortly after i get mine. This is my first Note so i'll prob hold off for a week or two before i install Nova. I saw somewhere that a few widgets didn't work but the S pen and air command worked fine
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OMG I was shocked to see the Note 3, just like the Note 2, only has a 4x5 grid on the homescreen. ....
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Mate, you are new on this board. That´s ok - but for the future: Please double check if your concern hasn´t been discussed before (and believe me: in most cases it HAS been discussed).
My thread is just a few days old. -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457197
EDIT: I just saw that you aren´t that new here - you just have 8 posts in 6 years^^
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Mate, you are new on this board. That´s ok - but for the future: Please double check if your concern hasn´t been discussed before (and believe me: in most cases it HAS been discussed).
My thread is just a few days old. -->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457197
EDIT: I just saw that you aren´t that new here - you just have 8 posts in 6 years^^
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Mate, I tried searching, but your thread didn't show up. Sorry... And yes, I'm a bad poster, I have a lot of knowledge from reading all threads and keep up with the development, but I'm always afraid to give an advise (we know there were brick risks, now KNOX..). But I really appreciate all the good work, knowledge and skills here. Again sorry!
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durtoffmysboulda said:
to deal with the home screen issue I plan on throwing Nova pro on there shortly after i get mine. This is my first Note so i'll prob hold off for a week or two before i install Nova. I saw somewhere that a few widgets didn't work but the S pen and air command worked fine
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Ok I'll try Nova (just installed Apex today, because I bought it earlier, but I''l give this one a look, since it seems like Touchwiz is not mod-dable without braking warranty). Thanx!!
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Okay! ThanQ for your suggestion!
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Mate, I tried searching, but your thread didn't show up. Sorry...
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Hehe, no problem at all!! To be honest: much more people should open up such a thread, making Samsung realize that it is necessary to work on this.
So: lets keep both (and more) threads (of this kind) up!
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Samsung just says "if you want more options, install another launcher. We're not stopping you."
That's the point of Android. Don't like it, change it.
I got rid of the Stock launcher within the first 30 minutes of purchasing my first Android phone (S3.) Haven't left Apex Pro since.
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Hehe, no problem at all!! To be honest: much more people should open up such a thread, making Samsung realize that it is necessary to work on this.
So: lets keep both (and more) threads (of this kind) up!
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Agreed!!!!
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Okay! ThanQ for your suggestion!
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Let me know what you think. I really like it.
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Let me know what you think. I really like it.
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Yeah it works but I can only make shortcuts to apps, not to (for example) browser bookmarks. Also missing the icon labels. But indeed it's a solution and I like the idea. I'll search for better widget and share when found. Thanx!
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I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?
ruffruff said:
I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?
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you can freeze it
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Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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you can freeze it
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ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.
Just did everything in the op and phone feels tons faster
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Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
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Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
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I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.
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install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?
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How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?
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u can frreze it through titanium backup and yes, root needed
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thirsty1258 said:
I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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Well I don't like samsung software, but i live their hardware so.. Perfect fit for me
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eggman89 said:
wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got s1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give s3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
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yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I never saw the free ram and i cant see as phine's with my mom , but still 300mb? Are you sure
In my old optimus one I used to get 320 mb free on normal basis
It has just 512 mb ram!
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Sensamic said:
I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you
Please tell me how to revert, you bricked my phone!
Thank me if I've helped you
rishabho1 said:
This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you
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Was that reply meant for someone else? Nothing the op suggested would brick your phone.
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Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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Yeah I'll be doing that once the fm radio works.
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..but shortly after I flashed CM9 stable, I kinda started to miss touchwiz a lot, so I had to nandroid back to it.
And I am the one who hates touchwiz.. (although, I use Nova as my launcher)
Never thought you would post this
By the way it happens always, aosp Rom doesn't suit all unless they are ready to compromise some features
《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
Never thought I'd see a thread created on this.
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I actually like Touchwiz on this phone, seriously. All previous versions annoyed me, but it is smooth and flows well on this phone.
Touchwiz is good and nice, but i think if the backgrounds were white (in the contacts and call log at least) it will be nicer
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Can understand you very well.
Have been an aosp freak before (or I'm still, but not at this device), but I'm pretty pleased with touchwiz now. Some ctl and build.prop tweaks and all works fine so far.
Also touchwiz has at the current stage already some small, but useful features build in like the battery percent or the pinch to overview at the appdrawer. Not to forget about the missing mhl support at cm10 which is a dealbreaker for me.
Additional I must confess that I don't like the attitude of team hacksung, even while their work is still much appreciated and they are for sure great developers, it seems to me they aren't doing it anymore because they like to do it, more because they think they have to. For sure it's annoying when noobs clutter the development thread with ridiculous posts, but that you have to expect at a device like the gs3 and the argument that they are doing it for free, yes, it sure makes their work more valuable, but at the same time, they knew it when they started.
My opinion is they or at least every member of their team on his own should focus on one device, maybe that way it would be less load for each developer and at the same time more benefits for the community.
Sry that I cluttered your thread, this I wanted to get of from me sometime ago.
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Additional I must confess that I don't like the attitude of team hacksung, even while their work is still much appreciated and they are for sure great developers, it seems to me they aren't doing it anymore because they like to do it, more because they think they have to. For sure it's annoying when noobs clutter the development thread with ridiculous posts, but that you have to expect at a device like the gs3 and the argument that they are doing it for free, yes, it sure makes their work more valuable, but at the same time, they knew it when they started.
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I kinda agree with you on this.
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Coming from a galaxy s phone, I remember wanting touch wiz back. The problem with touch wiz as opposed to HTC sense, is you can't retain the framework with a custom Rom. I feel there is more to gain from having a custom Rom than having full blown touch wiz. Look around though, you can probably find a .zip of the launcher here, so you can run a very close emulation of touch wiz on the Rom if your choice. I had a Rom on my captivate called "remics" which had galaxy s3 stock theming throughout the operating system. Just look around, you'll find what you want here on xda
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Samsung has come good features but they load it up with crap and its to much. Problem is it seems like an all or nothing situation
Same happenend to me I love touchwiz I flash back. Will go aosp when aokp is back on track .
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It's the hidden stuff I love in the new touchwiz, like the native mkv and other formats, stay awake, camera app, t9 dialler, swipe to message/call, reject a call with a message..... and loads more really well thought out features. Touchwiz isn't just the launcher. I use apex and have it looking how I want (stockish), yet retain all the samsung stuff. Why anyone would complain about touchwiz on the S3 is beyond me.
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Touchwiz is good and nice, but i think if the backgrounds were white (in the contacts and call log at least) it will be nicer
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There are some good dialler apps and message apps that have white backgrounds (or customisable) with the t9 dialling aswell. I can't remember the names, but you should have a look if you're interested.
The simple fact that I could not create folders in my app drawer made me flash back
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It's the hidden stuff I love in the new touchwiz, like the native mkv and other formats, stay awake, camera app, t9 dialler, swipe to message/call, reject a call with a message..... and loads more really well thought out features. Touchwiz isn't just the launcher. I use apex and have it looking how I want (stockish), yet retain all the samsung stuff. Why anyone would complain about touchwiz on the S3 is beyond me.
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This. I dusted off my galaxy nexus the other day because I thought I wanted to go back to it ... only phone with stable jellybean right now and all ... but two days with it and I was missing the s3 something almighty with all the "gimmicky" features that are actually very cool.
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dr.m0x said:
This. I dusted off my galaxy nexus the other day because I thought I wanted to go back to it ... only phone with stable jellybean right now and all ... but two days with it and I was missing the s3 something almighty with all the "gimmicky" features that are actually very cool.
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Quite right. I'm planning to sell my nexus now. I think I'm getting over it.
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ceo.mtcl said:
Quite right. I'm planning to sell my nexus now. I think I'm getting over it.
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Don't sell it!
Flash boot 2 gecko on it like I did
Its my experimenting phone these days, building a JB rom to flash now.
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Don't sell it!
Flash boot 2 gecko on it like I did
Its my experimenting phone these days, building a JB rom to flash now.
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Gecko... I'm a little lost here friend... ???
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I am running Holo HD but I like touchwiz. Especially the icons, they did an amazing job on the icons. they look so nice now and not preschool like before. So I decided to keep using the touchwiz icons for holo.
Yeah, the thing I love with touchwiz is the message app (stock android'd message app is dead boring), the camera app and a bunch of other stuff.
What kinda is a dealbreaker for me which I can't really decide about is exFAT support. Dumbing down my 64gb microSDXC card kinda feels like a stupid thing to do. exFAT is much faster and allows big chunks to be handled at once (like 16 exabyte chucks instead of 4GB ones)
The whole idea with their Nature UX kinda appeals to me. Soothing alarm and ring tones and beautiful wallpapers. Much better than previous touchwiz's.
i like TouchWiz , tried it on both S2 and S3, i also tried CM9/CM10 on both
I hate the TouchWiz launcher, changing the launcher to something like nova solved my problems.
lol because of this I just reverted back to touchwiz from ADW.
So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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4$? I'll rather save up that other dollar and buy myself some lunch at subway
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It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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blade30p said:
It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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No it's not mine. Thinking of giving it a test drive once more features crop up though
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So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I haven't noticed any lag with it And I agree it looks great and has great ideas, but it's just lacking in features. The way I use my phone tho, the missing features don't bother me.
It's a launcher developed by Chris Lacy. He does good work. I use his twitter app, tweet lanes. It's one of the better twitter clients imho. He's very responsive to user feedback. This launcher is in its infancy so it'll get better
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If in its infancy than why charge so much?
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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I'm using it currently. I like it as it's simple but a bit different to what you normally get. Gotta have the apps list transparent as well as the homescreen bar.
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It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I'm using this one since today on my Xperia Play ( My N4 hasn't arrived yet.. Germany - 'preordered' ****up )
And it runs smoothly even on this old device.
What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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Nova and Apex are free, there are paid versions which you can unlock certain features. Completely different to Action Launcher which doesn't offer a free/trial version.
At least with Nova/Apex you can see how it runs on your device over a day or two compared to Action Launcher which you basically have 15 minutes to trial it and if you don't like it you only have 15 minutes to request a refund.
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What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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I was concerned about this too - I think you can open the app drawer with the home button, but some apps you want will still be at the top of the list. Infact, if you use the A-Z most will be at the top.
Does anyone know if there is a way around this (e.g, when you press the letter they are offset from the top by a couple of apps)?
I will certainly keep an eye on this, I was quite impressed with the frequent updates for tweetlanes.
The app drawer isn't really on the top left, you can press the home button and it will open, and you can also just swipe right when you are on your "left most" home screen.
I use this on my Nexus 7, and I think its great, good to see something different and not horrifically overpriced!
For me, all it needs is a landscape option, I wouldn't really use landscape on my N4, but I would use it quite a bit on my N7!
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I've got zero lag on mine and Chris Lacy fixed the FC when adding widgets. This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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aSquard said:
This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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Completely different.
Why are mobile phone users so cheap in general? Skip your pizza next Friday.
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It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I can't figure out how to make covers. Any help?
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1. Disable animations
Sure, you might miss some of the fancy animations and stuff, but it really does help out in the end to make lag go away
2. Install nova launcher
This is important! Nova launcher is quite excellent on this device from my experience. Absolutely zero lag, 60fps buttery smoothness! Plus customization
So Nova helps a lot?
100% helps
It may or may not help, but before I make Nova my default launcher, I remove all the widgets from the stock launcher.
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Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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No Lag
I have no lag at all, it's fast and beautiful
Personally I haven't really experienced a need to speed up the device. Some of the apps are kind of slow, but I've ditched s notes and lecture notes seems to be just fine.
Edit:
Actually I have noticed that copying a stuff to your clipboard as being slower than it was on the 2012 model.
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100% helps
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alex94kumar said:
1. Disable animations
Sure, you might miss some of the fancy animations and stuff, but it really does help out in the end to make lag go away
2. Install nova launcher
This is important! Nova launcher is quite excellent on this device from my experience. Absolutely zero lag, 60fps buttery smoothness! Plus customization
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Alex... I have one question, one comment and one request...
Question: Are you suggesting that we disable ALL animations...? or a specific one...? I recall doing this on my Note 2 and it made a difference
Comment: I see that you took some time to configure you signature, so I thought that I would let you know that you need to correct the word (Device) in your signature file
Request: Please hit the "Thank you" button for my above comment... LOL...!!
Enjoy the new toy...!!
N_otori0us_ said:
Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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We don't have root yet
Rickgsx said:
Alex... I have one question, one comment and one request...
Question: Are you suggesting that we disable ALL animations...? or a specific one...? I recall doing this on my Note 2 and it made a difference
Comment: I see that you took some time to configure you signature, so I thought that I would let you know that you need to correct the word (Device) in your signature file
Request: Please hit the "Thank you" button for my above comment... LOL...!!
Enjoy the new toy...!!
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Yeah I just got rid of all of them, sped things up so much
And I'll be sure to fix my signature lol
Don't forget to disable the water effect at the unlock screen. I remember that taking up a bit of ram in itself.
Also you can turn off programs that you won't use (if allowed) in settings/general/application manager/all
So far I have:
Business week+
NY Times
Trip Advisor
Twitter
Yahoo Finance
These were running apps that i'll never use.
SlimJ87D said:
Don't forget to disable the water effect at the unlock screen. I remember that taking up a bit of ram in itself.
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I've had mine for about 8 hours and am not noticing much lag at all. I never set up the My Magazine app...I wonder if that has anything to do with it
lag? What lag?
not sure what people are expecting but I have no lag whatsoever this thing flies I hesitated because I love my original note 10.1 so much and use it daily but have no regrets 5 hours in?
In Addition Bench Marks Are Off The Charts
Sorry to rant on this but what's the point if spending $550 on a high end tablet if we have to do little tweaks like this. It's Samsung's job to make sure the processor can handle the experience of this wonderful tablet
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I think the first run may lag, but after recharge it for second run. This awesome device run like a beast
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There's just a lot of things installed, much like any laptop you purchased. Why do the companies have all this stuff? Money.
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N_otori0us_ said:
Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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Is root already available on the note 10.1 2014? Because if my memory serves me you need root for that.
Maybe. Try going into settings apps and fins the launcher
Then press disable, Im not sure about it though
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So is there any improvement in the latest touchwiz? Any opinion from S5 users? And maybe for those who had the chance to see a Note 4 from close ?
Im in S3 and I dont like the touchwiz laggy and problematic as hell. I have a fear to buy samsung device again. I am thinking of the note 4 just because of the feature to capture images and transform them in editable text.
But im worried about the touchwiz..
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Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.
gtalum said:
Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.
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Im using nova launcher.. but with touchwiz I mean also the samsung pre installed apps like gallery,contacts etc..
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Ahh, gotcha. Unless you're married to them for some reason, you should try replacement apps in the Play store.
gtalum said:
Ahh, gotcha. Unless you're married to them for some reason, you should try replacement apps in the Play store.
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Can you change message/phone app?
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patriotaki said:
Can you change message/phone app?
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message yes..phone no
sevomemo said:
message yes..phone no
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Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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patriotaki said:
Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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just uninstall it with titanium backup (if you have root)..hangouts is the most used replacement(it's the default messge app on nexus)
sevomemo said:
just uninstall it with titanium backup (if you have root)..hangouts is the most used replacement(it's the default messge app on nexus)
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Yea I have root but I dont like hangouts too much connection with google..I dont want to mix messages with google plus account or maybe they save messages on cloud..
Many connections with google are not so good they keep track of everyone haha
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patriotaki said:
Yea I have root but I dont like hangouts too much connection with google..I dont want to mix messages with google plus account or maybe they save messages on cloud..
Many connections with google are not so good they keep track of everyone haha
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honestly i don't know message replacement apps other than hangouts..but i did a quick search for you and i found those
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...t-sms-text-messaging-apps-for-android-1232990
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-text-messaging-SMS-replacement-apps-for-Android_id59083
sevomemo said:
honestly i don't know message replacement apps other than hangouts..but i did a quick search for you and i found those
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...t-sms-text-messaging-apps-for-android-1232990
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-text-messaging-SMS-replacement-apps-for-Android_id59083
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A big thanks from me to you
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sevomemo said:
message yes..phone no
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True. I was thinking of dialer replacements, but I guess you're still stuck with the same phone app. There are many messaging replacements, though I actually really like hangouts.
patriotaki said:
Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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8sms from the store,freezing stock message app. About dialer, give a try to exdialer, on the store too, quick ans with nice themes. :good:
Fighting with myself over TouchWiz
I've been using alternate launchers for a long time. Was on Go Launcher for most time, but relatively recently I've moved to Noval Launcher, as it has caught up with Go Launcher features, and it seems that Go was a bit buggy in more recent releases.
All that being said, I am presuming at this point that I may want to actually utilize some of the features that TW offers, and won't be ther on other launchers. On the other hand, I too fear lag/performance issues, and loss of features in Nova that I am so accustomed to.
Of course, I suppose I need to get the phone in my hands first before worrying about TW.
You can replace the dialer by simply installing another one from the store. But when someone calls you, you will be faced with a lag followed by a black screen with status bar at top and then BOOM! The laggy samsung phone app (Don't worry your phone didn't blow up
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About the improved TW on S5, I have a S3 phone rooted with QS ROM installed and Boeffla 6.1 beta4 linaro installed and a S5 transformation pack supported by QS.
I think finally Samsh*t thought about locking the launcher, phone app in memory. That makes TW a bit faster. Opening the phone app now is faster and the lag is gone. Also switching to contacts from the phone app is lagless. But there are still some micro lags in launching an app.
Hope that I helped you with that.
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gtalum said:
Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.
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Problem with Google launcher is that annoying bar at the top of each screen. Cannot remove it. Pain in the butt
@home said:
Problem with Google launcher is that annoying bar at the top of each screen. Cannot remove it. Pain in the butt
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I like the search bar, but it can be removed with the GELS xposed module.
I am new to android- If I use a new launcher on the note 4 (Nova or Google Now) would I lose functionality of the S Pen or the fingerprint scanner? Thanks
Stigga said:
I am new to android- If I use a new launcher on the note 4 (Nova or Google Now) would I lose functionality of the S Pen or the fingerprint scanner? Thanks
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Nope
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Nope
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Thanks! Does using a new launcher reduce some of the TW bloat/memory usage or does it go over TW and just mask it?