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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
This may be kind of stupid... =/
But
Can someone help me get a Gingerbread launcher as fast as the one from the Ultimate Droid Rom...
I would keep the Ultimate Droid Rom one except it keeps force closing on me
And by fast I mean when I click the launcher it snaps open my apps
With other 2.3 launchers when I click the launcher it takes its time lol
I'm currently using this CM7 stock GB Launcher ( http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...uncher-cm7-gb-mod-30/page__unlockUserAgent__1 )
Any help?? Sorry and thanks =/
So you're saying that the launcher is too slow to load coming back from an app or switching orientations?
What's your clock speed at? how many widgets/etc. do you have on your homescreen?
It really comes down to how taxing loading the homscreen is and what else your phone is doing when loading the screen.
I'm running CM7 with the stock GB launcher and there are delays sometimes after being in an app for a long time, but that occurs with any launcher. I see generally extremely great performance.
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So you're saying that the launcher is too slow to load coming back from an app or switching orientations?
What's your clock speed at? how many widgets/etc. do you have on your homescreen?
It really comes down to how taxing loading the homscreen is and what else your phone is doing when loading the screen.
I'm running CM7 with the stock GB launcher and there are delays sometimes after being in an app for a long time, but that occurs with any launcher. I see generally extremely great performance.
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No u got my question wrong lol sorry if u didn't understand but what I mean is the time it takes to get from your home screen to ur app drawer when u click the app drawer button... if u used Ultimate Droid Rom it gets to the apps in a snap but with CM7 it takes its little time -_- lol
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No u got my question wrong lol sorry if u didn't understand but what I mean is the time it takes to get from your home screen to ur app drawer when u click the app drawer button... if u used Ultimate Droid Rom it gets to the apps in a snap but with CM7 it takes its little time -_- lol
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OH. Hmm. Like I said CM7 with the stock GB launcher going from the homescreen to the app drawer is instant with no lag, and vice versa... Have you messed around with your transition speed and animations preferences at all that could have slowed it down?
CM7 doesn't use the stock launcher unless you install it, it uses an open source one, called ADW. The ADW launcher for me did have some slow downs going to the app drawer and back, and general sluggishness in different places.
Have you tried installing a stock launcher on CM7? Or even a different launcher like Launcher Pro?
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OH. Hmm. Like I said CM7 with the stock GB launcher going from the homescreen to the app drawer is instant with no lag, and vice versa... Have you messed around with your transition speed and animations preferences at all that could have slowed it down?
CM7 doesn't use the stock launcher unless you install it, it uses an open source one, called ADW. The ADW launcher for me did have some slow downs going to the app drawer and back, and general sluggishness in different places.
Have you tried installing a stock launcher on CM7? Or even a different launcher like Launcher Pro?
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I installed the stock CM7 GingerBread Launcher.... I know it doesn't have any lag! It works fine from me! I think my question is too confusing lol thanks for trying to help though =) I appreciate it!
I know exactly what you're talking about as i'm using a mish mash of UD and CM on my vibrant right now.
As far as mod'ing a stock GB laucher to act like UD's, you'd probably have to do some xml edits with it's transitions i'm guessing. I just use the laucher2apk from the UD rom, even though it gives me FC's sometimes i'm willing to work with it.
Same problem.
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I have the same problem with stock GB launcher on CM.
Launcher and App Drawer are snappy, usually ... but just every now and then, it takes AGES to get to the App Drawer.
I'm thinking this maybe has something to do with having too much apps, and App Drawer getting cut loose from memory????
Anyways, looking for a solution :'(
Stock launcher on the recent tmo leak works great
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Hi u guys I'm in a big debate on wether which launcher is best and fast. I want your guys opinions.
I'm running my g2 with cyanogens latest nightly build.
First off
Adw: too slow for me
Launcher pro purchased: I had been using launcher pro for a really long time but it takes forever to come up and when u swtich the launcher to landscape mode everything goes bananas.
Go launcher: was using this for about 2 months but I don't like the theme selections.
Adw ex: what imusing right now, pretty fast but also a lil unstable.
What's best for u guys?
Have you tried the stock gingerbread launcher? What it lacks in customisation options it makes up in speed and stabilty.
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can't beat adw ex as far as I'm concerned... the new 3d drawer is perfect (literally, I can't tell the difference between it and a vanilla android launcher), theme engine is solid, customization is much more thorough than LP.
I had way more issues with stability on LP than I do with ADW ex... what ultimately made me give up on LP was the 1 minute wait time upon boot (or force close if you're impatient)... that's just plain sloppy.
Agree with both answers. But I think you can see the smoothness of stock over adw ex. At least I can for sure. I wish stock came with three screens and removed those dots at the bottom. Id be in heaven then. Have you tried zeam?
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popimp315 said:
Agree with both answers. But I think you can see the smoothness of stock over adw ex. At least I can for sure. I wish stock came with three screens and removed those dots at the bottom. Id be in heaven then. Have you tried zeam?
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yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if on setups not as stripped as mine, the stock launcher is still much smoother.
I'm only running 1 home screen with the google quick search box and eight app shortcuts. along with no transition animations or other eye candy, it's like butter, especially now that they've fixed the 3d app tray.. used to be a little choppy but now it really is reminiscent of a vanilla GB launcher in terms of smoothness.
I been using LP plus, and say I don't really have issue and it runs great and quick for me not real bloat options,I don't have to take 20 mins to setup the launcher how I like it as adw I don't like the dots, don't like thr trash on toop don't don't like drawer slook
For me launcher pro is definitely the best and runs smooth at all times (except when charging the phone).
Go Launcher Ex is fast, smooth and the most reliable. As far as I'm concerned its the best home launcher right now. I was a long time user of Launcher Pro Plus but the bugs and lack of timely updates really irritated me.
ADW/ex both don't have good enough support for icons other than adw icons and that buff icon set. I'm having the same issue with Launcher pro, although I do like their activity options in the widget menu.
Im using EX but i really want to use another but I can't find any good ones. I liked 91 panda, I don't think it's been updated but I haven't checked either.
launcher pro plus for sure! fast, stable and some nice widgets
yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if on setups not as stripped as mine, the stock launcher is still much smoother.
I'm only running 1 home screen with the google quick search box and eight app shortcuts. along with no transition animations or other eye candy, it's like butter, especially now that they've fixed the 3d app tray.. used to be a little choppy but now it really is reminiscent of a vanilla GB launcher in terms of smoothness.[/QUOTE]
How are you able to get one home screen???? Granted I have one screen that has one widget on it, the rest are blank, but there are still 7 total. ....wait...I think you are using adw ex right?
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How are you able to get one home screen???? Granted I have one screen that has one widget on it, the rest are blank, but there are still 7 total. ....wait...I think you are using adw ex right?
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yes, using adw ex. all of the custom launcher apps I've used allow you to choose how many homescreens you have though, shouldn't matter which one you have.
Ashaman_Kupo said:
ADW/ex both don't have good enough support for icons other than adw icons and that buff icon set. I'm having the same issue with Launcher pro, although I do like their activity options in the widget menu.
Im using EX but i really want to use another but I can't find any good ones. I liked 91 panda, I don't think it's been updated but I haven't checked either.
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you can use any icons you want as long as they're PNG (same as any other custom launcher).. creating an icon pack that will replace your app tray icons as well is a piece of cake.
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yes, using adw ex. all of the custom launcher apps I've used allow you to choose how many homescreens you have though, shouldn't matter which one you have.
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yeah. I'm a former zeam user but just got back my adw. May go with it until someone finds a way to customize stock
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Launcher pro for me but with the recent update. The slide out keyboard no longer opens go to landscape mode.
I like launcher pro
or you can use ADW launcher
if you like wp7's launcher, you can use 7 launcher
if you like 3D UI, you can use regina
Synergy makes the best weather lock screen out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24508795#post24508795
when you open your phone the weather items come at you almost like 3d.
Anyone know how to mod this to work on the SGS2 Touch? Would be truly awesome.
maluminse said:
Synergy makes the best weather lock screen out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24508795#post24508795
when you open your phone the weather items come at you almost like 3d.
Anyone know how to mod this to work on the SGS2 Touch? Would be truly awesome.
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Looks nice, it'd be great if it was possible to port or something to this phone.
maluminse said:
Synergy makes the best weather lock screen out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24508795#post24508795
when you open your phone the weather items come at you almost like 3d.
Anyone know how to mod this to work on the SGS2 Touch? Would be truly awesome.
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This requires HTC Sense. I worked on some of these in the past but until someone ports Sense to the Epic Touch your probably going to be out of luck.
maluminse said:
Synergy makes the best weather lock screen out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24508795#post24508795
when you open your phone the weather items come at you almost like 3d.
Anyone know how to mod this to work on the SGS2 Touch? Would be truly awesome.
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That's more of a feature mod for HTC Sense. Hopefully, when swamp golbin gets his Epic Touch and ports sense we'll get to see that beautiful lockscreen
Try beautiful widgets. VERY nice to weather widget
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Be Weather Pro
Be Weather Pro...Pretty cool substitute, I've been using for about a year now.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5iZWxsc2hhcmUuYmV3ZWF0aGVyZnJlZSJd
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patrick_1 said:
Be Weather Pro...Pretty cool substitute, I've been using for about a year now.
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Be Weather looks amazing. But I see it's using Weather Underground data. Since they were bought buy The Weather Channel Companies a couple weeks ago I bet they're going to stop support.
Thanks. Been using be weather. It is pretty awesome. I like the option to place weather in the status bar and drop down. Cool stuff.
Wish the original maker was still making this awesome weather lockscreen.
I tried it out and while it is pretty cool, I did not see an option for a transparent widget. Only way I can use a weather app with a widget on my homescreen since I want to see my wallpaper as well. Mind you I am talking about the free version. The pro might have it but I didn't want to pay to find out that such a widget did not exist for this app.
What would you buy? HD Widgets or Beautiful Widgets?
HD Widgets got an update today and are on sale now. Not sure if it is a good deal.
Maybe somebody tried both?
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I have both. I only use HD Widgets because it's very polished. Beautiful Widgets allows you to install different themes for the widgets, which is awesome, but when I used it the selection was unappealing to me. I'm sure there are more themes now, though.
Never used HD Widgets, but Beautiful Widgets has a loooot of themes.
Here's my home screen widget just for reference. I'm using the full screen widget for the Galaxy Note (5x5).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku906f53857z4wx/2012-06-07%2012.44.18.png
Found two HD Widgets videos:
Production teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KFweR2Pj0
Review of the new version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghx6ENefOxY
I've had beautiful Widgets since my Droid 1, 2 years ago.
I like it, and for $3 I really got my use out of it. After getting my nexus though, the screen is so brilliant, I kind of don't want to take up half that space with a clock widget. I think I might just finally be done with clock apps, I do remember trying HD widgets way back in the day and deciding on Beautiful Widgets.
I guess for me, I say BW only because I know what I'm getting, and the themes are great. It's really easy to get away from the default HTC look.
I also have both but the new HD Widgets beta version the weather does not work.
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For my Nexus I'm using BW since it has a lot of customisation options (although I really hate how the location name disappears under the weather icon for places with long names). I have HDW as well which I use on my Transformer Prime since BW has awful scalability for large screens. I very much prefer the widget layout of HDW but I can't find a theme on it that I really like over BW.
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i too have both...BW for phone, HDW for tablet
i hadn't had HDW on my phone in ages and installed the latest 'update'...it was crashing ALL day, even without an active widget i was getting a "hd widgets has crashed" popup, but worse than that for me, the widget was only displaying in farenheit even though i'd selected celsius, which makes it totally useless gibberish
i won't be updating to the new version on my tablet
I have also bought both of them. Beautiful Widgets feels like it works better for a phone interface because the 4x2 Clock/Weather widget looks like it fits better on the screen and is highly themeable (for us who flash new themes and ROMs frequently).
I use HD Widgets for my tablet as the giant clock/weather widgets fit the screen much better than Beautiful Widgets does and the transparency and light theming works on my tablet as i don't flash with it nearly as much.
Just my thoughts
As with some posters above, I am a long-time BW owner, going back to the early days of the OG Droild. I loved it back then. Now, the look of those big clocks with overly-dramatic weather icons looks so 2009 to me.
After getting the GNex, I just couldn't devote so much homescreen space and I didn't want something that looked so "tired" to me, so I bought Make Your Clock Widget Pro. I designed a minimalistic "clock" widget and it's been in service on my GNex for months now. For me, it's perfect, and it's unique - just what I want, how I want it - nothing else.
Consider escaping the BW/HD Widgets look, and just go make your own.
Here’s a screenshot…
Thanks!!!
Make your clock is totally great!
I installed a free version and one widget even works. And this is ok for me.
Not sure if weather works. But I will check that later. Clock was a priority.
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You are welcome!
Nice design btw!
HD Widgets beta 3.0.1 latest play store update keeps crashing an constantly sending crash reports to google, chewing the fu#k out of my battery life with crash reports every 2 minutes even with widget removed.
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I use Beautiful widgets.