Hi Everyone, I Am new To The Tab2 Section, And Its my first guide on xda. Now, This Thread Will Guide You Through The Top 5 Launchers Fit For Our Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. These Selections Have Been Made On Performance, Customization, User Experience And Styling Basis. So Let's Begin:
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Now, we are all familiar with the GO family. It has impressed us for many years, but not now. Though good in looks but this launcher is quiet embarrassing, the app drawer icon is small and on the top of the screen. It has many themes, many addons but still it dosen't fulfil the requirements.
Play rating: 4.1*
My Rating: 3.5*
Play Link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.go.launcherpad&hl=en
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This is the perfect launcher i was able to find. It's got everything in it, all the customization thingies, its fast, light, and the best of all, user friendly. I highly recommend this to all users. On Google Play Its got 4.5 rating and over 5,000,000 installs.
Play Rating: 4.5*
My Rating: 5*
Play Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&hl=en
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Reserved. Still Reviewing The Rest Launchers
I would also suggest smart launcher , buzz launcher and nova launcher !!
I can make a review for these launchers if you like
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I've been using apex for a while. Seems pretty good with a little more customization than stock.
Also i recomend tsf shell launcher.
Its really cool because it has features which no other launcher have. You can move freely(not in a grid) apps and folders, also widgets(resize freely them too). It does need much ram but thats not problem on our tab. We still have much free ram, even after using apps.
Only downside is the prize.
I'm using nova,smooth for my taby
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They are finally here! After the great success of my previous icon set, TallMin, which was downloaded over 12,000 times from my servers, the second in the series aSmoothStar icons are now here to download! The aSmoothStar icon set complements the TallMin icon set now giving you the choice for a 1 line or two line icons. aSmoothStar is bigger and better, with 173 icons in 12 awesome colours for you.
As ever, if you enjoy these icons, please feel free to give a donation as thanks (it really helps me keeping this site up too), the donation link is on the right hand site of the site and really any small amount would be greatly appreciated!
As mentioned, there are 173 icons in the following 12 colours:
Boombastic Blue
Brilliant Black
Cyan-ogen Blue
Gentry Grey
Groovy Green
Orgasmic Orange
Playful Pink
Pretty Purple
Roxy Red
Ruby Red
Wonderful White
Yummy Yellow
Download Links: Droid Den - Android: aSmoothStar Icon Set - Droid Den
All my icons/guides/anything are free, I think that one of the greatest things about android is the community effort, the fact that most people go out of their way, use their free time to enhance the experience of others. Where as I may use a custom rom from a dev here, some may use my icons. Beautiful.
Having said that, if you do enjoy them, a small (as small as you like) donation to help me keep my site up would be much appreciated
Nice I'll give em a go ! Thanks
Can these be used without using launcher pro out anything just with the standard sense ui?
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dazzlet said:
Can these be used without using launcher pro out anything just with the standard sense ui?
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yeah, you can use apps such as bettercut, folder organizer, etc
So, I was very bored, and I made a concept. I'm sure you've all seen GridOS, and I know that you've probably seen many people asking for it. I really wish we could get something like this going on android. I know literally nothing about creating apps (yet) but I wonder if the designer of Launcher 7 would be interested, my concept is basically a 4-way-scrollable version of his existing app. I'd be willing to help with graphics in ANY way.
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Inline AppDrawer
Icons from:
Here and Here
Wallpaper:
Here
I feel that this should be in themes
It would be nice to see grid os, I thought it was built on android? They say they can use android apps so I'm assuming yes we just need to port or *a* port.
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Actually, this isn't just a theme. This is a hopeful development thread for a full-fledged home replacement app. I contacted the developer of Launcher 7, and he said that he doesn't have time to work on anything right now. He did say, however, that he was playing around with the idea of a Windows 8 launcher for android, but that this looked much more interesting.
Very interesting idea, actually more interesting than the Win8 layout itself. I haven't got right now time for coding tablet, but if I prototype it again, I'll definitely look at this approach over win8.
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Actually, this isn't just a theme. This is a hopeful development thread for a full-fledged home replacement app. I contacted the developer of Launcher 7, and he said that he doesn't have time to work on anything right now. He did say, however, that he was playing around with the idea of a Windows 8 launcher for android, but that this looked much more interesting.
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Yea that guy is always busy I've been talking to him for awhile about my metroui thread to help brobot have a simpler process but no go as of yet.
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So far this is pretty sweet. It isn't too far ahead of (Or different than,) our stock launcher, but it is pretty fun to mess with. Dig around in it if you install it, I keep finding neat features.
Oh, from what I understand from reading the posts about it, the zip contains 4 APKs. You MUST install all 4 of them in order for any of it to work.
The widgets probably only work on the home that comes with this. That's what I did and it works. I am running pretty much stock rooted with the V8 Bootloader. I think that I.C.S. is really the only requirement. So it might work with many ROMs.
Enjoy!
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O.P. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773729
Where I saw it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28872374&postcount=22
So if you get it and like it be sure and drop those two some thanks.
Direct Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?6p7qyuefzcfdx5q
Cheers dude
It works and does look pretty cool I must admit. But you're right, sadly the circles widget only works on the included home app. If it ever works with third party ones such as nova prime it shall earn itsself a place on my home screen.
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Cheers dude
It works and does look pretty cool I must admit. But you're right, sadly the circles widget only works on the included home app. If it ever works with third party ones such as nova prime it shall earn itsself a place on my home screen.
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Try this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sunnykwong.freeomc&hl=es
It has many clocks including the Atrix Ring, works with any launcher, I have it on my Razr with apex and looks great.
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Try this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sunnykwong.freeomc&hl=es
It has many clocks including the Atrix Ring, works with any launcher, I have it on my Razr with apex and looks great.
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Looks pretty good, I'll take a look. Thanks
Prior to 4.4 I had been using APEX launcher. It was very clean and simple. However, they have ceased to update their launcher for a while now. Does anyone know if a launcher available out there that has similar characteristics while maintaining the same aesthetics as 4.4? Thanks XDA!
Give Nova launcher a shot. I've been using it for a while now and wouldn't go back to any other launcher.
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To add on to jayclarke94, Nova is definitely a good--if not better--alternative to Apex, however, if you want the aesthetics of 4.4 OOTB it may not hurt to opt-in for Nova's beta launcher. You can find the opt-in link on their G+ community page: https://plus.google.com/communities/103449253667195874971. It's totally free, will give you the look and feel of the Google Experience Launcher, and--better yet--has loads of customization options!
Here's a sample screenshot:
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Looks strikingly similar to the GEL, eh? :good:
Another vote for Nova. Launcher is quick, has a lot of options, and the beta has the transparent bars.
I went for prime and I feel it was worth the couple bucks to support the dev and get the gestures and unread counts.
I use Holo Launcher HD. It just updated to include KK transparency. I've used it for over a year now and like it the best. Very similar to Nova Beta but includes a few features that I really like that Nova leaves out.
Check it out, its free & on the market.
Apex is still being developed. I am on new beta for kitkat right now. Just find official thread to find release.
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Another vote for Nova. Launcher is quick, has a lot of options, and the beta has the transparent bars.
I went for prime and I feel it was worth the couple bucks to support the dev and get the gestures and unread counts.
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Unread counts is missing tons of apps though...
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Apex is still being developed. I am on new beta for kitkat right now. Just find official thread to find release.
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Same here. Also, the free version of Apex has most of the paid features from Nova such as gestures.
Another one for nova Kit Kat
What's up everyone? I was wondering if anyone is running custom launchers or Icons on their Turbo 2. Was looking to run some different from stock. Is it possible on the T2? If so post up some screenshots of the launchers and icon packs. Would love to get some ideas for my T2.
Sincerely,
-Rick
There's a few here, you can run any launcher you want. I went with the Google Now launcher because I had it on my previous phone, it really doesn't look any different then stock though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...-screenshots-homescreens-lockscreens-t3237992
I've always used nova. Since my HTC aria lol.
Nova prime
@mjones73 thank you for the opinion and the link about to go read up on it now.
@deeje00 thank you for the opinion. I was thinking about nova
@18t thank you for the opinion. Going to be checking out nova.
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Smart Launcher 3.0 has replaced Nova Prime as my day to day launcher.
I purchased Apex Pro and Nova Prime a couple of years ago for my old LG G2 -- switched back and forth a couple of times, but have been using Nova Prime on the T2 for the last few weeks. Very happy with it. Features are extremely similar between choices like Nova and Apex. I like being able to adjust icon size, number of rows and columns, overlapping widgets and response to swipes and touches, as well as customizing transitions and the app gallery.
Nova has always felt like a truly polished professional product. I look around at others every few months, but generally land back on Nova most of the time.
How many are running their T2 with developer options turned on?
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What icon packs are everyone running?
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Anyone ever get this error message on play store? Trying to download nova prime on an S3
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I would suggest going to the Galaxy S3 forum. This is for the Moto X Force and Droid Turbo 2
@waterninja I got my girl signed up here in the community. Just figured I'd post up real quick in case any Dev's were in that worked on them
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Anyone running developer options on their T2?
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