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Is it possible to change the apps in the Dock/Row at the bottom?
I use Handcent SMS and I would prefer to have that in the dock area instead of the "messanging" icon. Any ideas? I don't want to use another launcher. I prefer Touchwiz...
Honestly, I thinks that's what's gonna be samsungs next uppdate. They a few minor things o7ut but it was all for making it look as amazinguyen as it does now. I am using ADW with the Gala S theme with flikie hd since this can handle the amazment. Hope this helps... besides the other launcher and such.
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You can you use the stock android launcher, go to setting-manage apps.
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Thanks! I hope this is fixed in the update.
I plan to replace the TouchWiz Launcher with LauncherPro on day one. This allows for a much much more customizable dock and ditches the goofy iphone type of side scrolling for apps.
I'd love to see the ability to change the drop down quick buttons, I don't use blue tooth or 4G so I'd love to be able to change that...
Unfortunately there is no way to change the shortcuts on the TouchWiz launcher. I just use LauncherPro, it's 100x better than TW and you're not missing out on the widgets since TW's widgets are terrible. ADW is good too.
One suggestion - search the market for Home Switcher, it makes switching between launcher apps much easier.
Also yeah I'd like to be able to replace the Bluetooth toggle with a 3G one.
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Launcher Pro runs great on my Samsung Epic. If you put any Home Replacement on, make sure you clear the memory and force close the Touch Wiz app. Launcher Pro runs much smoother than the TW Home.
Steve
Second android phone and will never buy an IPhone
lancelane said:
Launcher Pro runs great on my Samsung Epic. If you put any Home Replacement on, make sure you clear the memory and force close the Touch Wiz app. Launcher Pro runs much smoother than the TW Home.
Steve
Second android phone and will never buy an IPhone
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clear the memory? how? i just bought my epic and i'm trying to tweak it.
thanks in advance!
karl
PlankLongBeard said:
Honestly, I thinks that's what's gonna be samsungs next uppdate. They a few minor things o7ut but it was all for making it look as amazinguyen as it does now. I am using ADW with the Gala S theme with flikie hd since this can handle the amazment. Hope this helps... besides the other launcher and such.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxyny7ZzrHM&feature=related
Can anyone tell me the pro's and con's of both launchers.. I might give them a try sometime next week..
you can try yourselve both its better than reading. ADW Launcher users tell you adw is faster beter etc and LP userr tell you the same about LP just try it.
I use adw about 1 day and I change to LP becouse I dont use all options on adw he have a lot settings Lp is easyier for me.
or try zeam very quick and low memory usage
If a launcher doesn't have touch wiz like app drawer it's useless. Hundreds of apps aren't manageable in other ways.
I choose ADW because it's more smooth when swiping between homescreens. And there's a lot of themes for this launcher, too. I have tried LP but it's not that good. It has better widgets though.
I switched to ADW, launcher pro just isn't as snappy. The app bar is a nice feature too. Launcher pro does have some nice widgets though.
Launcher PRO PLUS for the widget and popup!!!
Bec07 said:
If a launcher doesn't have touch wiz like app drawer it's useless. Hundreds of apps aren't manageable in other ways.
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Launcher pro is not able to arrange applications ?
EarlZ said:
Launcher pro is not able to arrange applications ?
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Nope, at least not yet
frauhottelmann said:
Nope, at least not yet
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But it does have the very cool scrolling 3D app drawer where everything is in alphabetical order. I find it much much easier.
Launcher Pro has really nice widgets. Also ADW hides the status bar on me every so often - not sure why... very annoying and makes it unusable.
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If a launcher doesn't have touch wiz like app drawer it's useless. Hundreds of apps aren't manageable in other ways.
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This is what makes touchwiz a great launcher.
I really hope LP follows suit, I need a customizable app drawer.
btw, ts I use launcherpro, /w donated version.
The widgets that come with lp are irreplaceable
I've tried both and love that lo is capable of hiding bloatware apps. Since I'm new and not into rooting, I like that I can get crap outta my face if I don't want it!
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brendonsled said:
This is what makes touchwiz a great launcher.
I really hope LP follows suit, I need a customizable app drawer.
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But the fact that you can't hide icons make it horrible for me. That's a major reason I use LauncherPro, apps that already have homescreen shortcuts or that I don't use wont clutter up my app drawer.
ADW has the same feature I believe, I might try it sometime.
The actual process of organising apps in touchwiz into some reasonable order is so slow and painful that I couldn't stand to do it anyway. Alphabetical order with all the crap hidden works just fine for me.
A nice feature that was added recently to LauncherPro is changing the grid size in the homescreens. You can use that to get more fine control of your widget positions and to fit more shortcuts and widgets. You can choose whether or not to re-size the widgets according to the new grid as well.
i personally like LauncherPRO better than the rest.
it works & feels very much alike ZLauncher from PalmOS
it has all the options i was exactly looking for.
well worth the $3 for the extra features, even though i don't even use them
I use LP plus.
I´ve used the option to hide stuff that I install, and insted have a folder for games and one for tools on my home screen. means that the app window wont get cluttered up.
Both are really good and I won't say one's better than the other.
I've always used ADW since I owned the Magic and the launch of the Galaxy, and in that time I've flirted with LP but alwys went back to ADW, however, last week I tried LP again and I've stuck with it this time.
Basically I can't choose between both but I'm extremely happy using either, try both and make your choice.
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Nope, at least not yet
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hi
what you can do is :
creat folders on the last home screen for exemple.
lets say a games folder : stick all your games in it, and go to LP settings, take the link for the game apps you put in that folder and hide them so they dont apear any where else.
i dont know about adw but LP has scrollable widget possibilities and combined to some market aps it really is neat.
as usual its allways a question of personal preference.
plemen said:
Launcher Pro has really nice widgets. Also ADW hides the status bar on me every so often - not sure why... very annoying and makes it unusable.
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your disappearing dockbar is probably due to you pressing the app drawer and swiping upwards. Just go to ADW settings and disable the dockbar. This dockbar is a relatively new feature that enables you to have 2 dockbars (something similar to the scrolling LP dockbar).
ADW has a custom groups feature in its app drawer so you can select what apps you want to see. Unfortunately you can only view one group at a time, but its definitely a much better way of organising your apps than just in alphabetical order. And you can hide apps easily this way too. I really like ADW's swipe actions on home screens as well, last time I tried LP it didnt have this option.
Despite all the features of ADW, Launcher Pro feels just way snappier. Its customisation settings are well enough. The widgets are good too.
Too bad it's not open source like ADW. A may goto ADW when the animations are made smoother.
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I haven't really used Launcher Pro much because I have been perfectly fine with TW but I kinda want to customize my home screen a bit more.
How much customization does LPP have and is it worth it to drop money on it?
Yes, without a doubt. The widgets are amazing and IMO this is the best launcher out there.
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Yes, without a doubt. The widgets are amazing and IMO this is the best launcher out there.
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The only thing I never liked about Launcher Pro is how there aren't different pages for your apps. Just one long scrolling section. I have no idea why but it just doesn't look nice to me.
Its worth it just to get the annoying pop up telling us to buy launcher pro plus, lol. (long press on a widget and then release without moving it)
It has some cool widgets but I don't use them. It lets you stretch out any widget to any size, that's probably the most important thing for me. Especially if you are running like a 5 x 5 icon setup where you need widgets like beautiful widgets to take up the whole width of the screen.
They need some buyer control though, all you need to enter the key is the key and the donators email, so you could potentially enter it on all of your friends phone. They should make it so you need to download a new version from the market to replace the existing one.
YES. IT IS!
I've been using the themed LPP version here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427
7 home screens (Friends, Messaging, Calendar and GMAIL widgets take up 4 of them)
Its awesome. easily customizable, and 5x5 is great too...
LLP honeycomb themed, with Midnight 5.2, and HK-Fusion
Worth it IMHO. Widgets are actually useful; developer just added a new gmail widget with more to come. Theming system is a bit kludgey, but the developer has a major rewrite coming in the near future.
I love it. I think it's the best app I've purchased for Android. It's also pretty easy to theme.
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I haven't really used Launcher Pro much because I have been perfectly fine with TW but I kinda want to customize my home screen a bit more.
How much customization does LPP have and is it worth it to drop money on it?
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First off, let me say, I believe it is definitely worth purchasing LPP as well as ADW EX. Both developers (like so many XDA developers in any of the forums here) really help make Android what it is. Dropping a few bucks here or there is a great way any non-developer can help invest in the success and future of Android modding.
That out of the way, I have used both ADW EX and LPP for a while each. I was firmly in the LPP camp for a long time until I tried Go Launcher.
I find the Go launcher to be quicker/snappier, less memory intensive and more customizable (more transition animations (outside cube and inside cube are a nice touch!)) and it is completely seamless swiping from your last screen to your first screen.
So, it really comes down to personal preference. Someone may like the endless task bar of ADW EX, the widgets of LPP or the small footprint of Go or Steam. And the beauty of Android is that no two setups of the same launcher is ever the same.
Just my $0.02.
if you like it then its worth supporting the developer. theres not much difference from the free version the pro, but again if you like why not donate. It just motivates for him to work on better projects for us.
This thread made me purchase LPP, just now. It's the smallest of things that make it worth it, to me. But it's absolutely worth it.
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if you like it then its worth supporting the developer. theres not much difference from the free version the pro, but again if you like why not donate. It just motivates for him to work on better projects for us.
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I have to disagree, the widgets that you get with the pro version, plus the ability to resize widgets is well worth the money for pro, and makes LP so much better.
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First off, let me say, I believe it is definitely worth purchasing LPP as well as ADW EX. Both developers (like so many XDA developers in any of the forums here) really help make Android what it is. Dropping a few bucks here or there is a great way any non-developer can help invest in the success and future of Android modding.
That out of the way, I have used both ADW EX and LPP for a while each. I was firmly in the LPP camp for a long time until I tried Go Launcher.
I find the Go launcher to be quicker/snappier, less memory intensive and more customizable (more transition animations (outside cube and inside cube are a nice touch!)) and it is completely seamless swiping from your last screen to your first screen.
So, it really comes down to personal preference. Someone may like the endless task bar of ADW EX, the widgets of LPP or the small footprint of Go or Steam. And the beauty of Android is that no two setups of the same launcher is ever the same.
Just my $0.02.
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I used to be a die hard LPP user until I discovered Go Launcher as well. I prefer the swipe options that go has over LPP's widgets as well as the smaller footprint. The developer of LPP is great though. I still use his Folder Organizer app in conjunction with Go Launcher.
So I went ahead and got the regular launcher pro for now. How do I go about customizing things? Still now sure if I want to go Plus.
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So I went ahead and got the regular launcher pro for now. How do I go about customizing things? Still now sure if I want to go Plus.
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Most of the customization comes with the Plus version, but the ones you can play with are under Menu/Preferences.
I guess what I'm looking for is a custimized app drawer and a widget that tells the weather and date, which I'm not sure if LPP has so maybe I need to get beaytiful widgets or something like that.
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solblack said:
I guess what I'm looking for is a custimized app drawer and a widget that tells the weather and date, which I'm not sure if LPP has so maybe I need to get beaytiful widgets or something like that.
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Use Go Launcher with Beautiful Widgets
Went I purchased Beautiful widgets and It isn't exactly what I was looking for. Simi Clock is actually more of what I was looking for. Bummer, just waisted a couple bucks.
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Went I purchased Beautiful widgets and It isn't exactly what I was looking for. Simi Clock is actually more of what I was looking for. Bummer, just waisted a couple bucks.
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Beautiful widgets has many configuration options and probably 100 different skins. You can make it "exactly what your looking for".
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Beautiful widgets has many configuration options and probably 100 different skins. You can make it "exactly what your looking for".
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I will have to play with it I suppose. Thanks for letting me know I didn't waste some money
Where is a good place to look for all the skins?
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I also tried GO Launcher EX and it was terribly slow.
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I will have to play with it I suppose. Thanks for letting me know I didn't waste some money
Where is a good place to look for all the skins?
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I also tried GO Launcher EX and it was terribly slow.
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All of the Skins are downloadable straight from the app.
Hey guys and girls this will be my first android device and reading up on all the apps and widgets is a little daunting.
So this is the question : im going to be changing my dock icons because they remind me to much of my current Iphone 4, So i need a launcher?
What launcher does everyone suggest i try out and why?
I dont mind paying for a launcher just as long as its not to buggy or a memory/power hog.
Thanks in advance.
i'm going to go for LP Sense:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.clockwidget.lpslatesense
runs great on my Hero...just need to get a SGS2
why use a different launcher off the block.. try the new twiz 4 launcher that comes with it first for a while..
I personally like ADW EX i like the swipe animations and the overall feel of it on my EVO. I have seen it run slowly on lower power devices. The level of customizations that are available to the user is amazing. And you can get it for free in some Roms. Thats how i stumbled upon it. It has several ways to anaimate screen swipes. But if you want a true 3d effect try shell 3d. I dont know of a way to get it for free but i did try it out for a while and it was pretty cool, but it even felt kind of slow on my evo.
Ive gone with slide screen its beautiful, how about a lock screen, this drag the background thing is so poor
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Try LauncherPro.. The best in my opinion
I tried launcher pro and finds its not smooth atm on this phone, it feels a bit jerky when going in to the apps window.
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I tried launcher pro and finds its not smooth atm on this phone, it feels a bit jerky when going in to the apps window.
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That's weird, it's flawlessly smooth on my Galaxy S 1. However, if you're using a live wallpaper then the transition into the app drawer (and then scrolling through it) is stuttery.
Apart from that, I'd throw my vote to LauncherPro too, especially if you buy the Plus version.
Reasons:
- Easily resize widgets and change homescreen grid sizes
- Virtual looping of homescreens (get to the end and it'll flick back to the farthest, no need to scroll all the way back)
- Homescreen transitions (instead of boring sideways scrolling can have 3D flips or the widgets rotate away)
- 'Plus' adds lots of extremely handy smooth, scrollable widgets almsot identical to what HTC Sense provides
- These widgets have now been made theme-able as of the latest update
- Can use in landscape or portrait
- Scrollable dock (scroll through 3 docks of 5 icons each)
- Dock icons and background can be changed, so my icons look like WP7's
- Can set an action for swiping up from any dock icon (eg: touching Internet icon launches the browser, but swiping the Internet icon instead displays a list of bookmarks!)
- On my Galaxy S was smoother for me than ADW
minty1978 said:
i'm going to go for LP Sense:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.clockwidget.lpslatesense
runs great on my Hero...just need to get a SGS2
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I'm going to use the wp live wallpaper so I don't need a clock, but I do like the animated weather on wake up ( reminds me of my HD2 love you forever and ever ) so that sounds like a good pick.
what about go launcher ? any thoughts?
And I've seen touch wiz in vids I like the tiled widgets but I dislike the dock icons looking like iPhone. so can I Change the dock icons to stock android without a launcher?
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I tried launcher pro and finds its not smooth atm on this phone, it feels a bit jerky when going in to the apps window.
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Its pretty smooth on mine apart from the pinch to zoom for homescreen preview.
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NIK516 said:
And I've seen touch wiz in vids I like the tiled widgets but I dislike the dock icons looking like iPhone. so can I Change the dock icons to stock android without a launcher?
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No I dun think so. You would need to use another launcher if the dock is definitely a no-go for you.
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I'm using go launcher atm but I'm also a big launcherpro fan
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minty1978 said:
i'm going to go for LP Sense:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.clockwidget.lpslatesense
runs great on my Hero...just need to get a SGS2
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why
fancy widgets is a lot more customizable, has that skin, plus a lot more features lol
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why
fancy widgets is a lot more customizable, has that skin, plus a lot more features lol
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i actually don't use the LP Sense clock, I use FancyWidgets, like you say...far more customisable.
See screen shot:
My suggestion
What about the VTL Launcher 1.6.2 ??
It's a matter of taste really, GO Launcher, LauncherPro and ADW are all great. SPB Shell 3D is good if you like eye candy, but pretty expensive.
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i actually don't use the LP Sense clock, I use FancyWidgets, like you say...far more customisable.
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can you set the weather widget and have the animation, like rain but have the widget invisible?
I just want to see my wp clock wallpaper and have the weather show like the clouds and the rain and thunder but not see the widget? if you cant ill settle for picking a small widget?
Thanks again for all the replys guys they are helping a tone.
Also what launcher has more icon themes ?
Launcherpro for me. Smooth as silk, really quick and it just works...
Launcher pro is not as smooth as before with sgs2. it was better on my htc desire.
I have been using AWD EX as not being able to change the messaging for Chomp SMS on the touchwiz was driving me mad. But I am getting cronic lag on switching screens. Not all the time. Just often enough to be anoying. Reading what others have been saying, I can only assume we need to tweek the phone a bit.
Hey All,
I have been looking at the numerous ROM's available for the T989 Galaxy S 2. Currently, I really like the look and functionality of the Tuesday ROM and the Paradox ROM. I like that you can scroll vertically in the app drawer since Touch Wiz is 90% removed. Great feature IMO.
I was just wondering, are there any ROM's currently available that has an endless drag 'n drop arrangable scrollable dock just like Zeam Launcher? I absolutely love that option.
If not, is there any way to add the endless arrangable scrollable dock to the Tuesday or Paradox ROM? Thanks.
You pretty much answered your own question in the third paragraph. It's the launcher, not the Rom. You can change launchers with any Rom. I use ADW ex. Many like the Go Launcher. I'm not sure of all the options of each but no you have a starting point.
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Vegasden said:
You pretty much answered your own question in the third paragraph. It's the launcher, not the Rom. You can change launchers with any Rom. I use ADW ex. Many like the Go Launcher. I'm not sure of all the options of each but no you have a starting point.
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My thoughts on launchers...
Go Launcher - Aestetically pleasing, seems to have a lot higher battery use then others. Too many frills.
ADW - Just never liked it, not sure why but it just somehow feels clunky to me.
Zeam - Little too stripped down to me.
Launcher Pro - My personal choice, good mix of everything.
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My thoughts on launchers...
Go Launcher - Aestetically pleasing, seems to have a lot higher battery use then others. Too many frills.
ADW - Just never liked it, not sure why but it just somehow feels clunky to me.
Zeam - Little too stripped down to me.
Launcher Pro - My personal choice, good mix of everything.
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I actually tried out Launcher Pro as per your suggestion. Very nice Launcher I like it. I prefer Zeam just because I can switch the position of all my apps on the dock bar. The dock bar is infinite. Also I set it up to swipe to go to my app drawer. Love that feature. Launcher Pro would definetly be one of my top picks now for Launchers after giving it a try. Thanks.
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