I'm sure I saw someone say they have locked the stock launcher in memory by editing the build props, but i can't for the life of me find that post.
I tried V6 Supercharged but either I couldn't use it or it doesn't work. Is there anyway to lock it?
Thanks in advance.
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Add this line to the build.prop
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
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Locking it to memory, is that the same thing as "freezing" it using Titanium Backup? If not what does locking it to memory do?
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Locking it to memory, is that the same thing as "freezing" it using Titanium Backup? If not what does locking it to memory do?
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It 'locks' it into RAM. These means that Android's low memory task killer function will not kill the home launcher.
Have you ever played an intensive game, or hopped between applications using a lot of RAM and then pressed the home key and watched as the homescreen has to be loaded again? Icons slowly appearing, widgets loading and the homescreen sluggish until the system clears enough space in the ram for it to sit comfortably again.
This build prop fix THEORETICALLY fixes this issue by not allowing the allocated ram for the launcher to be cleared for another application.
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It 'locks' it into RAM. These means that Android's low memory task killer function will not kill the home launcher.
Have you ever played an intensive game, or hopped between applications using a lot of RAM and then pressed the home key and watched as the homescreen has to be loaded again? Icons slowly appearing, widgets loading and the homescreen sluggish until the system clears enough space in the ram for it to sit comfortably again.
This build prop fix THEORETICALLY fixes this issue by not allowing the allocated ram for the launcher to be cleared for another application.
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Oh wow that would be awesome! I hate when i hit the home button and my clock widget part of it is were its suppose to be and the other part is towards the bottom and half off the screen untill it finishes loading. Or my icons are all little green droid shopping bags.... lol
would there be a way to modify the string to work with GO Launcher instead of the stock home launcher?
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Oh wow that would be awesome! I hate when i hit the home button and my clock widget part of it is were its suppose to be and the other part is towards the bottom and half off the screen untill it finishes loading. Or my icons are all little green droid shopping bags.... lol
would there be a way to modify the string to work with GO Launcher instead of the stock home launcher?
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I assume it would apply to whatever is set as the default launcher so the launcher used is irrelevant.
Go Ex Launcher is such a god damn annoying pile of crap to lock into memory. I've tried using build prop tweaks, using the built in "lock to memory" feature in it, I've even v6 supercharged my r800i to try and "bulletproof" or "hard-to-kill" it.
The supercharge is the only semi-consistent way I have found.
It only works sometimes. The others work 5% of the time for me.
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Oh wow that would be awesome! I hate when i hit the home button and my clock widget part of it is were its suppose to be and the other part is towards the bottom and half off the screen untill it finishes loading. Or my icons are all little green droid shopping bags.... lol
would there be a way to modify the string to work with GO Launcher instead of the stock home launcher?
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It will lock what ever launcher is your default into memory
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I assume it would apply to whatever is set as the default launcher so the launcher used is irrelevant.
Go Ex Launcher is such a god damn annoying pile of crap to lock into memory. I've tried using build prop tweaks, using the built in "lock to memory" feature in it, I've even v6 supercharged my r800i to try and "bulletproof" or "hard-to-kill" it.
The supercharge is the only semi-consistent way I have found.
It only works sometimes. The others work 5% of the time for me.
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Have you tried Ram Manager in the market? Its awesome
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AndroHero said:
Have you tried Ram Manager in the market? Its awesome
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Autokiller Memory Optimizer is much better imo
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Autokiller Memory Optimizer is much better imo
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I've tried both, and find Ram Manager to be superior. But ymmv
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I'm probably just a sucker for the nicer ui tbh
I was under the impression that Ram managers of any sort were bad news past the Droid1 era. They interfere with androids own task killer and actually cause a loss in battery life overall.
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I was under the impression that Ram managers of any sort were bad news past the Droid1 era. They interfere with androids own task killer and actually cause a loss in battery life overall.
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Task killers are bad news, yes. These, however, edit Androids default minfree values, giving more strict or liberal handling of tasks using Androids own 'task killer'.
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Task killers are bad news, yes. These, however, edit Androids default minfree values, giving more strict or liberal handling of tasks using Androids own 'task killer'.
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+1 What he said
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+1 What he said
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What values would you recommend for ram manager
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I use the "balanced more multitasking" profile for day to day, and the "hard gaming" profile for playing games.
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Add this line to the build.prop
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
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Can i use this line for Phone? I mean dialpad. Because it to slow.
Can i replace which: ro.PHONE_APP_ADJ=1
Thanks you.
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I used LCD resoloution and it worked...kind of...
It changed the resoloution but i couldnt move the apps out of a certain boundary.
Anyone know how i can get it to work? i'd love to put more apps on one page.
That's controlled by you launcher not lcd density. Go into your launcher settings if on one that has options and find where it says rows and columns. Up the number for more columns(sideways) or more rows(up and down).
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Launcher settings?
Do know what launcher you have?
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no idea what you're talking about.
Some info:
model number
SPH-D700
Firmware version
2.3.5
kernel version
2.6.35.7
build number
gingerbread.ei22
Oh your stock rooted so your on TouchWiz..... if want to go ahead and go and get Adw launcher ex and it has options a ton.
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So i tried installing and it said that ADW Launcher is not compatible with my phone.
Ummm weird.......now i can install it.
That's odd but yeah when that's done press the home button and choose the option use as default and check adw
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Once that's done it will change your home launcher or your ui : user interface.
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Oh your stock rooted so your on TouchWiz..... if want to go ahead and go and get Adw launcher ex and it has options a ton.
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Biggoron said:
Once that's done it will change your home launcher or your ui : user interface.
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Oh you are awesome
Honestly after discovering ADW launcher...i dont need the resoloution change...thanks!
No problem
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No problem
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quick question about adw launcher though, does it randomly hide your status bar too? (the bar on top withh the time / battery life.
That should be an option in ADW. On a home screen, press Menu -> Preferences. Then it should be pretty clear, if i remember.
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May have a swipe gesture set to hide/show status bar and if you slide finger will hide status bar swipe up or down worth a try..also in launchr settings...
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So i was wondering, does adw with a theme drain battery life?
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FPJ said:
So i was wondering, does adw with a theme drain battery life?
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It doesn't really but does use a little more than stock launchers but shouldn't be significant.
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Eh i just feel like everytime i look at my battery it gets lower and lower
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FPJ said:
So i tried installing and it said that ADW Launcher is not compatible with my phone.
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For future reference, this is a limitation of using a custom resolution with the Market. There's certain resolutions that work, and most market apps will only install with these resolutions. LDPI(120), MDPI(160), HDPI(240), XHDPI(320). Anything else will give you "This app is incompatible with your device". Sometimes you can get around it, other times you cant.
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Eh i just feel like everytime i look at my battery it gets lower and lower
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Yeah its adw sometimes it will drain it but go into your running services. Settings>Applications>Running Services. And turn off some things that are running like DRM Services, Sns (if you don't use facebook), .com.samsung.info. android core apps, google services. Etc when your not using your phone these things don't need to be running but will reappear when you need them.
Also quit turning your phone on to look at the battery it won't sleep right if your constantly waking it up....
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Well, I have to admit it that I dont like ADW launcher in CM7. I prefer much more simpler such like Gingerbread launcher. I found one but it kept FC on me. Do you know where to find one that is working properly?
I can't say I I have a gingerbread launcher apk, but "zeam" is a simple launcher in comparison to adw at least it has been to me in the past
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Fire n mage said:
I can't say I I have a gingerbread launcher apk, but "zeam" is a simple launcher in comparison to adw at least it has been to me in the past
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Thats OLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD LOL
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Thats OLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD LOL
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It still falls along the line of a simpler launcher which is what the op is looking for.
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Zeinzu said:
It still falls along the line of a simpler launcher which is what the op is looking for.
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I know i was just simply saying i remembered that back in 2010 haha. isnt AOSP simpler
launcher pro plus is worth every penny. LOVE IT.
you can try launcher pro the free version first..
beware of the other fake "launcher pro"'s out there though.
Go launcher works well
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I'm currently using zeam, its excellent. Doesn't have the features of the others but its very fast and very stable. I haven't had it fc on me in 6 months.
From what I understand launcher pro has become rather bloated? What do you guys think?
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Go launcher works well
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+1 for go launcher...
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Gazedo said:
I'm currently using zeam, its excellent. Doesn't have the features of the others but its very fast and very stable. I haven't had it fc on me in 6 months.
From what I understand launcher pro has become rather bloated? What do you guys think?
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I had Zeam on my phone for a looooong time. Gave up on it after a couple of bad updates that introduced lag and switched to LauncherPro. Despite having larger footprint, IMHO LP is pretty lag free and has the features that I want (scrolling widgets) as well as a way of saving the dock settings. Zeam kept crashing on my Epic, and there was no easy way to restore the icon spacing etc. settings. Granted, I never ran it on CM7 Epic, but still have Zeam as my choice launcher on my CM7 Nook Color. I also have ADW EX (the premium version of ADW) and feel that its interface is not very intuitive/somewhat clunky vs. both Zeam and Launcher Pro - but it is the most full-featured and customisable one of the three. Never tried Go Launcher but heard some very good things about it.
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+1 for go launcher...
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And another +1 for Go Launcher, although it seems like it's a bit too full-featured to be considered a "simple" replacement. I don't have any issues with the options, but I could see it being somewhat confusing for anyone wanting just a plain home replacement.
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And another +1 for Go Launcher, although it seems like it's a bit too full-featured to be considered a "simple" replacement. I don't have any issues with the options, but I could see it being somewhat confusing for anyone wanting just a plain home replacement.
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+1 GOOGLE go launcher pro
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I have been using spb shell 3d and love it but it keeps crashing on me seems like every launcher I use does this to me used adw, go, LP plus, panda etc
Am getting so frustrated!!! It's somehow gotta be my phone. I've cleared cache and memory and still they constantly crash disabling my phone!!! Any thoughts?
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Try go browser. Its what I always use.
I like go launcher but I remember reading something from konane (I believe) and he said that within golauncher there was a similar service to carrier iq and that it sends reports (or something) to the developer with info about our phone. That is why most people inlcuding myself expirience poorer battery life with go launcher. Other than that I think Go launcher is the way to go!
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Is it just me, or does 4.0.4 feel more laggy and slow than 4.0.2?
For example, the homescreen scrolling is less smooth now, and app drawer stutters when I scroll.
Sorry to be a noob, but will wiping cache help?
Not experiencing this whatsoever.
No "lag" here.
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anyone got suggestions on fixing this?
Wiping cache and dalvik won't hurt right?
Maybe enabling hardware acceleration if u haven't?
-Google Galaxy Nexus
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Maybe enabling hardware acceleration if u haven't?
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No, my stock system launcher is lagging. It wasn't like this in 4.0.2.
flash 4.0.2 aosp using gnex toolkit then flash ota
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Kevin Ma said:
flash 4.0.2 aosp using gnex toolkit then flash ota
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Actually I just wiped cache and dalvik in CWM. If it's still laggy after boot up I might flash stock 4.0.4 image and restore everything from Titanium.
edit: fuuu do I really have to do this.... dammit this sucks. still lags. I don't want to restore everything ;(
First time I booted after upgrading it looked laggy. Now it's just as fine as it was 4.0.2.
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Actually I just wiped cache and dalvik in CWM. If it's still laggy after boot up I might flash stock 4.0.4 image and restore everything from Titanium.
edit: fuuu do I really have to do this.... dammit this sucks. still lags. I don't want to restore everything ;(
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do it, smthing is causing lag
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OK guys. I know why it's lagging now. Turns out it was an app I installed after flashing. 'bird bar premium'. Uninstalled
I guess the ability to swipe down for notification drawer in full screen apps isn't worth the trade off of laggy performance :/
Anyone know a mod that can do that tho? Pretty useful.
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jellymelly said:
OK guys. I know why it's lagging now. Turns out it was an app I installed after flashing. 'bird bar premium'. Uninstalled
I guess the ability to swipe down for notification drawer in full screen apps isn't worth the trade off of laggy performance :/
Anyone know a mod that can do that tho? Pretty useful.
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Use Apex Launcher free in the market/Play Store. It has options to tie actions to swiping up/down and double tapping. One of those actions is pulling down the notification bar and I also use the swipe down action for the notification bar on it (much easier than reaching for the top of the screen when using the phone with one hand). Apex Launcher seems to give me less redraws than Nova Launcher too while keeping all the same functionality of Nova Launcher, plus a few more things such as the above mentioned swipe/double tap actions.
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Use Apex Launcher free in the market/Play Store. It has options to tie actions to swiping up/down and double tapping. One of those actions is pulling down the notification bar and I also use the swipe down action for the notification bar on it (much easier than reaching for the top of the screen when using the phone with one hand). Apex Launcher seems to give me less redraws than Nova Launcher too while keeping all the same functionality of Nova Launcher, plus a few more things such as the above mentioned swipe/double tap actions.
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nice, thanks for the suggestion. But what I'm looking for is, you know how you can only swipe down for notification drawer when you see the status bar? But in full screen apps (like angry birds) you can't see the status bar which means you can't swipe it down.
I think you're saying Apex launcher assigns a gesture for that? I only want this mod for full screen apps. Thanks.
please tell me about lite weight Launcher which has OPTION of MAKING Folders inside DRAWER MENU
Other than Go Launcher Ex plz, i know it has it but it takes too much memory
currently i'm using Holo Launcher but it only allows FOLDER in Desktop Screens not inside DRAWER Apps Screen.
Holo launcher allows you to create folder tabs. This may be a plus feature though. Worth paying for imo.
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Try iLauncher,iphone look-a-like launcher very good try it out
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Holo launcher allows you to create folder tabs. This may be a plus feature though. Worth paying for imo.
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i dont want Tabs, i want Folders inside DRAWER MENU just like it makes on Desktop
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i dont want Tabs, i want Folders inside DRAWER MENU just like it makes on Desktop
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Tried GO Launcher? I think it has that option. Never used it though.
iLauncher, but it doesn't have the "destkop" menu, which I kinda feel like it is useless. I think you want something like the old Nokia 5230 launcher?
Just use Lewa launcher. But it lacks of customization....
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Tried GO Launcher? I think it has that option. Never used it though.
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yes i had it before Holo, Go Launcher is a bloatware takes too much memory & processing that wastes battery.
after switching to a lighter launcher like Holo my battery timing increase a lit
DevilMind007 said:
yes i had it before Holo, Go Launcher is a bloatware takes too much memory & processing that wastes battery.
after switching to a lighter launcher like Holo my battery timing increase a lit
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Nova Launcher Pro has folders in app drawers. I didn't test it yet but I'm suffering from the same problem.
360 Launcher
360 Launcher. Do try it. Got folders and many other features too.
360 launcher is great ! But I use Go launcher ex on sgs 2 v10.1 & runs flawlessly even when uc !
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Hey guys, I'm using these great apps to replace my launcher and lockscreen.
The problem is: Eventually, when I push the home button and unlock my device, all icons are gone for a few seconds (as if the launcher was restarting). I don't know what is going on and didn't found anything on google.
Does anyone know what is causing this? Any tips?
I know it's probably Holo Locker's fault, but it would be nice to fix that without having to remove it.
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Hey guys, I'm using these great apps to replace my launcher and lockscreen.
The problem is: Eventually, when I push the home button and unlock my device, all icons are gone for a few seconds (as if the launcher was restarting). I don't know what is going on and didn't found anything on google.
Does anyone know what is causing this? Any tips?
I know it's probably Holo Locker's fault, but it would be nice to fix that without having to remove it.
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Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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chrismast said:
Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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I have found the option, I'll give a try.
Thanks
It definitly sounds like launcher redraw. It happened to me very often on my SGSI. Normally after using an app the steals lots of ram or one that stores alot in the cache memory.
U should spend 4$$ on the go launcher holiday special,its a lightweight version of normal go launcher ex witch also includes go locker integrated and it is only 4.7 mb.
A lot of the additional crap from go launcher is gone,but still customizable with themes-text color-icon size-etc..it is so fast,smooth and stable..really a joy to use IMO..
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Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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Problem fixed. Thanks.
zodiaxe66 said:
U should spend 4$$ on the go launcher holiday special,its a lightweight version of normal go launcher ex witch also includes go locker integrated and it is only 4.7 mb.
A lot of the additional crap from go launcher is gone,but still customizable with themes-text color-icon size-etc..it is so fast,smooth and stable..really a joy to use IMO..
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The reason for I never got Go Launcher is because imo it's way customized. And I like the look and feel of the stock android from nexus. But thanks for the tip, I'll watch some videos to see how it is...
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Problem fixed. Thanks.
The reason for I never got Go Launcher is because imo it's way customized. And I like the look and feel of the stock android from nexus. But thanks for the tip, I'll watch some videos to see how it is...
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It is slimmed down about 40%.I personally think that to much crap is filled in free go launcher ex,but the holiday edition is so fast and stable.the reviews on play store is amazing,I mean ppl can't/ won't read OP and also don't uninstall their free go launcher and go locker before installing the paid one.go locker is integrated in the paid version.and ofcause u can not restore your settings from free launcher as this is a completely different launcher,but so what it takes max 30 min to set up your app/widgets on homescreen,if u really have cramped up your homescreens..
Refund it within 15min,I do that quite often if I don't like the apps I just purchased.