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Hi, everyone
I am new to android and smartphones. I bought an Atrix and will be getting rid of my dumbphone.
I do not really like Motoblur (its okay, but I read that lunchers are MUCH smoother and also gives you alot more options to customize).
From what I can tell, the two big players are
- LauncherPro
- AWD Launcher
I would like to hear what you guys think of those and what are thier Pros/Cons if any?
Thanks in advance
I like LauncherPro. It's super fast and has lots of cool features. ADW lets you drag and drop onto the launcher which is really annoying to me. I was constantly flinging apps on to and off of it. Hope that helps.
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Launcher Pro is great for it's speed. I like Zeam because it lets you config the swipe up (open dialer) and swipe down (bring status screen down) on the front screens.
The Bishop said:
Launcher Pro is great for it's speed. I like Zeam because it lets you config the swipe up (open dialer) and swipe down (bring status screen down) on the front screens.
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You can do that on launcher pro....
Zephyrs said:
You can do that on launcher pro....
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how? the closest I've found is the gestures on the buttons at the bottom. I can't find anything that lets me swipe the middle (empty) part of my screens and have it do anything (I keep my icons on the top and bottom rows so I have 2 rows with which to do that swipe).
I'll be very honest, I always seem to come back to Zeam.
It's light and fast and does the job a launcher should do and more...just lighter and faster.
The one thing I realized I couldn't live without was the double-tap action that you can set. I set it to expand my notifications, so now, instead of having to trek my wee thumb all the way up to the notifications bar and pull it down, I just double tap an empty spot on my screen and down it comes!
I've tried GO Launcher and LP...I don't know. Zeam is just the bees knees.
I had Launcher Pro Plus on my Droid and loved it so much that when I switched to the Atrix, it was the first app I put on the phone. I've fooled around with ADW in the past, but was never a big fan.
i prefer Launcher pro for speed and ADW.Launcher for drag and drop feature.
ADW also support widget resizing in free version.
Better Theming support for ADW
It is not as fast as Launcher pro but im still using ADW as it is very easy and fast to customize (change shortcuts and their icons)
i will switch to launcher pro when they add drag and drop to app drawer support (dunno if they already incorporated that since i haven't tried for atleast 3months now )
Well I use Zeam right now on my Nexus one and love it; very clean and fast.
The customization features are a little lacking (arranging of different pages after they're already made) but the speed and lightness of the overall package makes up for it.
I like the speed and feel of ADW Es but switched to Launch Pro Plus because of the widgets.
Launcher pro. Fastest, most consistent and smooth.
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I use GoLauncher EX. Today it received a feature of looping homescreens. Best. Feature. Ever.
I tested both ADW and launcher pro when I first got the phone and end up getting the paid version of launcher pro. This is my first android phone, so I was learning a lot about it when I made the choice... honestly don't remember exactly why I chose launcher pro. I think I just generally liked the feel and some of the customization features, as well as widgets.
Zephyrs said:
You can do that on launcher pro....
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I use LP and was actually just searching my cyanogen and LP settings tonight to find a swipe setting but couldn't. Also using wave launcher which interfere with my not. Bar when sliding up so I'd really like this feature. How do you access it?
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Custom launcher implies personal choice. You're better off asking why people pick and compare to what you like.
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i have had all 3, LPP, ADW Ex, GO Launcher
Launcher Pro Plus feels bulky, although it might not be
ADW Ex is very easy to use / setup, but i still feel something is missing, I was an ADW fan until i tried Go launcher 2 days ago
I like GO launcher the best, its free first of all, then it got nice folder icons, easy to delete programs in app drawer, kill active background programs in a flash, and dont forget the promise weekly update
lets just say i m now a Go launcher fan, freaking awesome combo together with GO SMS
I'm an ADW Ex guy.
love the easy resizeable widgets, have multiple columns and rows, animation transitions, awesome secret dockbar,easy to drop icons on dock, customizable docks.., move pages around, delete pages around etc.
It's fast for me :/ I dunno why it's not fast for people. :x but we all have preferences.
I do like the widgets on LP+ .. one thing i like about it
for GO, I like the app menu because it has so much more than a regular app drawer
:x
Just to clarify, you can get widgets such as beautiful widgets and the likes with custom launcheDO any of those launchers have GPU accelarated UIs?
xyrovice said:
I'll be very honest, I always seem to come back to Zeam.
It's light and fast and does the job a launcher should do and more...just lighter and faster.
The one thing I realized I couldn't live without was the double-tap action that you can set. I set it to expand my notifications, so now, instead of having to trek my wee thumb all the way up to the notifications bar and pull it down, I just double tap an empty spot on my screen and down it comes!
I've tried GO Launcher and LP...I don't know. Zeam is just the bees knees.
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Just installed zeam, like the clean and simple menu look. One question, any way to change the icons in the dock?
after trying launcher pro i came right back to motoblur. yea, its not as fast (although i didn't notice any slowdowns) but it looks a lot better. there is a reason why they fixed up the interface. Motorola did a slick job on this phone.
Hi Guys,
For the people that like using the original stock honeycomb launcher I know I do. But the slow auto rotate and transitions was killing me. So I decided to go to ADW EX and I noticed a big improvement but I felt like I was using a large phone and not a tablet anymore. So decided to go back to the stock honeycomb tablet and uninstalled ADW EX. And whatever fix ADW EX did for the auto rotate speed it came across to the Stock HC launcher. Also I wanted to add that I set transitions and animations to fast using spare parts. It really doesn't seem like a placebo and seems alot faster. YMMV maybe it's a placebo .
Note: I'm on Prime 1.4
Adw ex doesn't look phoneish at all. Disable the dock bar and 100% smoother than stock Period
does this look phoneish to you?
cowballz69 said:
Adw ex doesn't look phoneish at all. Disable the dock bar and 100% smoother than stock Period
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+1. I love ADW EX on Honeycomb. Disabling the dock gives you so much more horizontal space. Its super fast all the way around. The only problem I have is my widgets do not show up when the tablet wakes up, but they come back as soon as I swipe to the next screen.
Maybe it was the dockbar. That made it phoneish thanks for the tip.
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Hmm....will this work with the FREE version? Yes I am a cheaparse. LOL!!!!
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Adw ex doesn't look phoneish at all. Disable the dock bar and 100% smoother than stock Period
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I agree 1000%. I installed ADW EX today and made it my default launcher. It is awesome and FAST! This is a GREAT launcher. Remove the dock bar and stretch the screen to the edge. Resizeable widgits still work just fine.
Make sure u use Curve for screen transition. It is the smoothest out of all of them. But its always up to you
Hmm... I bought this for my phone and since I'm using the same account on the TF I guess I get it free
never used AWD before but have to say it flys compared to stock launcher and the rotation from potrait to landscape is a lot faster,however it does seem to lag when using keyboard dock. it will take a bit of tweaking to get it how i want , for example cant find how to remove the + signs at the side as i dont want them on the home screen. Any other good set up tips would be great, like whats the best layout for not losing widgest/icons when rotating screen, how do you resize apps as mine look small on the screen
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does this look phoneish to you?
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Unfair question. Anything with Megan Fox in a reclining position cannot be judged on any other attribute.
I'm loving ADW EX...
Here is my home screen.
The icons have the background color enabled...they are scaled down to 70% and the screen grid is upped to 10 columns and 9 rows.
rpavich said:
I'm loving ADW EX...
Here is my home screen.
The icons have the background color enabled...they are scaled down to 70% and the screen grid is upped to 10 columns and 9 rows.
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U from bridgeport ct?
cowballz69 said:
U from bridgeport ct?
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Nope....Bridgeport, WV
rpavich said:
I'm loving ADW EX...
Here is my home screen.
The icons have the background color enabled...they are scaled down to 70% and the screen grid is upped to 10 columns and 9 rows.
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All that wasted space to the status bar. Horrible! Now if I could auto hide the status bar entirely that would be a neat trick!
I just tested this...
I bought ADWLauncher EX and installed it
I did notice that the rotation speed was increased.
I uninstalled it
the rotation speed was slow again
It seems the little fix didn't work for me
deadman3000 said:
All that wasted space to the status bar. Horrible! Now if I could auto hide the status bar entirely that would be a neat trick!
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Huh? It looks to be about .4 wide...
I have a Nexus 7 with JB 4.2 installed. Do you recommend I stick to the stock setup or get a launcher?
Thanks,
Jon
Jon12345 said:
I have a Nexus 7 with JB 4.2 installed. Do you recommend I stick to the stock setup or get a launcher?
Thanks,
Jon
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Try a launcher. You can run them both and then just keep the one you like. There are features inn a launcher that I couldn't live without like the ability to hide apps on the app drawer and define my own gestures for the home screen. For instance I have an up swipe set to bring up settings. A double tap the app drawer. I also have the home key set to hide the dock. I couldn't do any of these with the stock launcher.
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Jon12345 said:
I have a Nexus 7 with JB 4.2 installed. Do you recommend I stick to the stock setup or get a launcher?
Thanks,
Jon
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Personal choice, obviously... something like Nova Launcher or Apex Launcher will look almost the same as stock, but give you more flexibility.
I recently switched to Chameleon launcher on my tablet. It looks and behaves very differently, but once I got used to the change I really started liking the tablet look. In my opinion, it's very functional, and I like being able to switch between a home layout and a work layout.
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I held off on buying when it was $10 but at $4 I took the plunge.
I get bored with these things fairly quickly, so who knows how long I will be high on it, but for now it's good.
Depends on what you like
This is a question that nobody can answer except you.. But my experience with the Nexus or any tablet.. I hate the dock bar.. Especially how it goes to the side in landscape mode.. So i use Nova Prime and turn the Dock totally off... I also hate the Google search bar at the top of my home screen again with non stock launcher you can turn this off.
I guess my advice would be to try a few.. I would try .. Nova APEX and maybe go launcher.. Many like go because of all the add on for it.. But to me its kinda kid looking ...
Give some a try....
Good Luck
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Hey. I have always wondered, why is it not possible when having transparent navbar in the apps? Just look at LG G2, its transparent in the camera and on the homescreen, so why isnt it possible? Or is it to hard to code?
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Hey. I have always wondered, why is it not possible when having transparent navbar in the apps? Just look at LG G2, its transparent in the camera and on the homescreen, so why isnt it possible? Or is it to hard to code?
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I've seen it a few times in custom ROMs - Carbon I think? I remember crdroid used to have it as well, but not on purpose
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I've seen it a few times in custom ROMs - Carbon I think? I remember crdroid used to have it as well, but not on purpose
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Ahaa yea i have also seen it in chrome browser with paranoid, but as you say not on purpuse, more a bug.. But i think maybe the people that are more intrested in these codes and things and more experience than me should look in G2s framework and see what the can find Its transparent in the camera as you can see on pictures.
Slimbean and Odyssey have it, that's why I stick to them...I love that feature. It's my alternative to pie, trans navbar and hidden and trans sbar. I'm on Odyssey now and love it just as much as I did illusion on 4.2, illusion was also based on slim. I've attached a pic of my home screen, to give you an idea.
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Slimbean and Odyssey have it, that's why I stick to them...I love that feature. It's my alternative to pie, trans navbar and hidden and trans sbar. I'm on Odyssey now and love it just as much as I did illusion on 4.2, illusion was also based on slim. I've attached a pic of my home screen, to give you an idea.
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Oh sweet But is that only on the homescreen? I have carbon and if its only on the homescreen and statusbar, then i have i also, but i want in the apps
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Oh sweet But is that only on the homescreen? I have carbon and if its only on the homescreen and statusbar, then i have i also, but i want in the apps
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I had that feature once, don't remember the Rom but when I enabled it, it made it somewhat harder to navigate because very often the background is white or a very light color. Another option is to change the height of your nav bar in settings, other than that try PIE.
Fwiw, I prefer the lack of transparency on the nav bar in apps.
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I had that feature once, don't remember the Rom but when I enabled it, it made it somewhat harder to navigate because very often the background is white or a very light color. Another option is to change the height of your nav bar in settings, other than that try PIE.
Fwiw, I prefer the lack of transparency on the nav bar in apps.
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Okey. Yea i guess that feature is not ment to be working.
I have carbon now, but it hasnt the PIE, so i guess i have to go with the regular bar.
The reason is because most apps do not draw behind the status bar. So even if it is transparent. It will still show as black because there is nothing behind it.
That is why for those with the transparent notification it only works on the launcher, lock screen & a few apps.
On previous phones I have had some modifications include stretching apps out so that they are behind the status bar resulting in a transparent bar always working however I'm not sure I've seen any such mod for the nexus 4
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I have been reading a lot of negative comments on the launcher in some of the reviews I have read and thought a discussion of features and quirks might be a good topic.
Personally I have been a TouchWiz fan for a while but lately I have been using Nova. I really like the Asus' customization abilities. If you are in the app drawer, you can click on the 3 vertical dots in the upper right of the screen. There you can change all sorts of characteristics of the drawer like grid size and folder icon options.
Anyone figure out how to change the icon grid for the home screen?
Personally, I use and recommend ActionLauncher 3. Best Lollipop launcher available, IMO! The QuickTheme feature is brilliant and the side drawer is faster than navigating through drawer pages.
Pretty sure the asus launcher doesn't allow changing the grid size.
Just got mine yesterday, but been using Google Launcher. Coming from a Nexus 5, and a Nexus 4 before that, it's what I'm used to. That being said, I'll probably switch to nova launcher, because there are a number of Asus apps you can't get rid of. So I'll use nova launcher to just hide the from the app drawer, and it will be like they don't exist!
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Pretty sure the asus launcher doesn't allow changing the grid size.
Just got mine yesterday, but been using Google Launcher. Coming from a Nexus 5, and a Nexus 4 before that, it's what I'm used to. That being said, I'll probably switch to nova launcher, because there are a number of Asus apps you can't get rid of. So I'll use nova launcher to just hide the from the app drawer, and it will be like they don't exist!
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I have been using Nova Launcher on all of my phones for along time.. Decided to try out Action Launcher 3 that rlaw recommended and after trying it out a bit, it just became my new launcher (paid the $5 for the plus version).
I really like the screen swipe to bring up the quick app list (instead of digging thru the app drawer) and the Shutter function in the paid version is really neat take on folders. It also has the ability to hide apps like nova launcher has..
I recommend checking it out, it has the best features in the plus paid version but IMO it's worth it to support apps that make my experience better :good:
I was using nova launcher prime up until I got this phone, and the only thing making me want to switch back is that I could have 6 apps in the dock on nova. On a screen this size, you'd think they'd let you do that.