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Does anyone running non hero roms use any of the home replacements out there like sweeter home, dxtop, panda , ahome or any other ones?
i used open home recently on JACxROMv1.3 to change the ugly palm pre app tray. it worked for a while, but then it really started making the phone lag.
Open home was great but im using now stock home on CM3.9.10 build.. its better
http://sweeterhomeskins.blogspot.com/search/label/Themes
Nope, only used aHome on 1.1 before I rooted. Using the stock launcher on Cyanogen 3.9.11, loving global search
Advanced Launcher + Ted's Hero. I found all of them slow compaired to a themed phone.
Open Home is awesome... But it slows your phone down way too much
With Cyans ROMs a home replacement may not slow down the phone too much. The CPU scaling could help with the slowdown issues. There may be a little slowdown, but I doubt it would ever be slower than a stock build not running a home replacement.
I use the Home program that comes with the sdk samples. It's only got one home screen, an app drawer (lower right) and 3 icon spaces that list your most recent apps. It's all very basic and it's got a bug where it loses the wallpaper when you switch portrait-landscape, but here it is anyway if you want to try it. I'll be using this app as the base for a launcher i'm working on (I'll add 4 more home screens, widget capability, I'll turn the "recent apps" strip into a scrollable "favorites" strip, and maybe toss in some default, full screen widgets (like hero's, kind of like search is bundled as a widget for Launcher). It'll be a good long while though, i'm still brushing up my java.
to install this, connect your phone, put it in your C:\, and do:
Code:
adb remount
adb push C:\Home.apk.zip /system/app/Home.apk
jubeh said:
I use the Home program that comes with the sdk samples. It's only got one home screen, an app drawer (lower right) and 3 icon spaces that list your most recent apps. It's all very basic and it's got a bug where it loses the wallpaper when you switch portrait-landscape, but here it is anyway if you want to try it. I'll be using this app as the base for a launcher i'm working on (I'll add 4 more home screens, widget capability, I'll turn the "recent apps" strip into a scrollable "favorites" strip, and maybe toss in some default, full screen widgets (like hero's, kind of like search is bundled as a widget for Launcher). It'll be a good long while though, i'm still brushing up my java.
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Would defeat the purpose of a home replacement. Whole point is to make it look pretty. I'm not sure how the default home and a home replacement program interacts. If the default home runs in the background even when using a home replacement, then a lighter weight default home could help the system run faster.
ahome doesnt work at the moment on latest cyanogen experimental roms, DXTOP is nice i like the "diamond" shape screen layout, the speed is good but can sometimes be a little slow loading apps in launcher, sweeter home looks amazing the preview one is not really usable but a preview 2 will be out soon and it has amazing potential with being able to customise so many aspects of the layout. I loved the standard home with advanced launcher but am having issues with the advanced launcher i think where screen goes black. Currently i am on panda, I had tried this when it came out and really didnt see the point but it has come along and has some very nice touches will probably stick with this until I can resolve the issues with advanced launcher, overall speed is good on the home replacements but the standard home is the quickest, the launcher is so smooth and there is no lag at all.
I'm using dxtop... its pretty quick now.
I was having lag issues many iterations of CM and dxtop ago. But both are working very well with eachother now. dxtop also added a categories view for the tray and you can have live folders of those categories on the desktop.
The dev is also constantly working on this to optimize it and add features. (I beta for him)
I would like for a home replacement to incorporate the sense UI bar.
I am beta testing SweeterHome right now. IT IS AWESOME. The new and improved SH will have some options that will just blow the others AWAY! (IMHO)
With the current Beta options I only need to use about three of my total screens (with widgets and ALL)... And, the third screen is used for the Application Grid.
I'll be sure to post something in the Apps section when it comes available.
There are some seriously great new options in the new SH and the image handling has all been updated - so, it works much faster.
There are a few features that just blow me away. But, I have to wait to speak about them until the app is ready!
I've experienced sluggish performance and weird quirks with LauncherPro on the G2, so I decided to switch to Zeam Launcher. I like it quite a bit: the swipe gestures and overall lightness of the launcher are great. The only problem is that I REALLY miss the widgets that LauncherPro provided me with.
1) Has anyone experienced issues with LauncherPro? I noticed that switching between landscape and portrait, as well as having the phone wake on keyboard open, are very sluggish, even with high clocks.
2) Are there any options for getting the standalone widgets for use elsewhere? Maybe completely separate alternates with the same look and feel? Calendar, Messaging, and Facebook are the ones I used.
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I haven't notice any problem with LPP. I've ran it on my N1 and now my G2.
i heard the update causes those crashes so i didnt update and im still sailing smooth waters
+1, I prefer using ADW.Launcher, but LPP's widgets are really nice. I was wondering if there is any decent alternative to LPP's Friends and Agenda widgets.
My LPP has always had suttle, little hiccups now and again but they did get more frequent since the ota. I really only got LPP to hold me over until root and custom roms so I never really cared.
I really can't handle the look of stock android and LPP allowed me to hide the white status bar. I have become very fond of the dock however and don't know that I could give that up.
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Yes. from wheni first got the g2, and even my replacement, the stock UI is 10x smoother than launcherpro
stock launcher is smoother...agreed.
After using LauncherPro for about two weeks, I came back to the stock launcher and immediately fell for it again. I did the same thing with the web browser. You can never go wrong with Stock.
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Not sure about you guys, but LuncherPro is smooth as a butter for me - way better than stock (even though you stock ain't bad either).
I have noticed the same thing. Especially switching from landscape to portrait, or vice-versa.
And my widgets kept freezing. The way I fixed this is by turning off the keep in memory option. I forgot I had that set on my Mytouch 3g, and carried my preferences over.
As for finding widgets that are similar, the closest I have come would be the Sense UI ROMs. After all, that is what the LP Plus widgets are based on.
didn't read every post so not sure if it was mentioned but if you want widgets "like" LP's try the pure line. Has messenger, music, calendars and contacts. the messenger app does FB and Twitter as well. all themeable goes well with beautiful widgets home weather.
I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 - yes, rooted, but still running stock ROM for now. I like Titanium and other apps that require root.
The issue I'm having is that widgets are often not responding after a while. I have the HD Widgets and Multicon, business calendar and a people/contact widget as well as battery pro.
The issue most frequently was the HD widgets would still perform their functions, but not change on the screen what they were doing. (Wifi, bluetooth, brightness). And battery pro would stop actively monitoring. Reboots solved those MINOR issues and it wasn't a huge deal.
TODAY, however, reboot blew away ALL widgets on my screens. Many multicons were gone, calendar widget, people widget, HD widgets. ALL were gone. Oceans of blank screen where I had 4 screens of nicely organized icons before. SO WTF HAPPENED? Why are widgets seemingly an issue for TouchWiz (which, admittedly, I do like) and the GS3?
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I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 - yes, rooted, but still running stock ROM for now. I like Titanium and other apps that require root.
The issue I'm having is that widgets are often not responding after a while. I have the HD Widgets and Multicon, business calendar and a people/contact widget as well as battery pro.
The issue most frequently was the HD widgets would still perform their functions, but not change on the screen what they were doing. (Wifi, bluetooth, brightness). And battery pro would stop actively monitoring. Reboots solved those MINOR issues and it wasn't a huge deal.
TODAY, however, reboot blew away ALL widgets on my screens. Many multicons were gone, calendar widget, people widget, HD widgets. ALL were gone. Oceans of blank screen where I had 4 screens of nicely organized icons before. SO WTF HAPPENED? Why are widgets seemingly an issue for TouchWiz (which, admittedly, I do like) and the GS3?
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Something about the ICS TW launcher...just doesn't play nice with many widgets. I'm not a dev, so I don't know why, but I do know that this has happened to other people I know. Perhaps TW force closed and cleared data spontaneously? Most of the problems I had were with widgets that have to auto-refresh. The You-Tube one for example, which is scrollable, would dissappear sometimes. Nova Launcher rarely had this problem.
The good knews is that TW on the JB leaks for our phone has not had this problem. Samsung has definitely improved TW on 4.1.1 and hopefully soon you'll be able to enjoy this.
I bought a Tab Pro 8.4 last week (still haven't opened it) from Best Buy for $199. I read reviews that stated there is some hiccups and lagginess while doing multiple things at once.
I will not root the tablet, but, what bloatware can I and should I turn off to make this quicker and not have any lag? I read on the Tab S forum, someone that had the Tab Pro and this is what he mentioned:
haven't picked mine up yet, but I'm coming from a Tab Pro, which should have mostly the same UI elements. It's not difficult to turn off most of the Samsung bloat. In particular, turning off the magazine UI provided a significant boost.
I copied 8.4 forum, but I don't remember where. So I'm sorry to whoever I can't direct appropriate credit:
Try the Nova launcher from the Play Store to improve speed. Set it as your default launcher then Disable/Turn Off;
Flipboard, MagazineWidget, S Voice, Samsung Apps, Samsung Apps Widget, SapaMonitor, Screen Saver, World Clock, and (Hancom; Office for Android Share, Hcell, Hshow, Hword, Updater, Viewer Launcher, and Widget) if you don't plan on using it. Then reboot.
After following these recommendations performance improved significantly, and in using NOVA touchwiz is mostly unseen.
Hopefully this helps, but ultimately if it's not making you happy there's no reason to keep it. Good luck.
Now, I will keep my stock launcher. What can be turned off to give "UI provide a significant boost?" As the above member mentioned. Also, a real newbie question, how do I turn off the recommended bloatware?
Lastly, I just opened it for the first time to charge it. I bought the black tablet. Does the black tablet still come with the white charger? I would of thought the black tablet would come with a black charger?
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It comes with a white charger and cable
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I've disabled the following: Cisco Webex, e-meeting, Memo, Screensaver, SideSync, SNS
You can speed up magazine UI by removing all of the (magazine) widgets except for one, and removing all of the magazine UI pages except for one.
Under developer options I have window animations and transition animation turned off. I just have the photo widget running in the magazine screen. I think this thing is pretty damn smooth. My first samsung tablet and I don't mid the ui, it's different and a nice change. When I get bored of it I will probably install another launcher. The thing I have grown to love about stock roms is that they generally just work.
Take that out of the box and play with it and you be the judge. You won't find a better tablet for the price.
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I've disabled the following: Cisco Webex, e-meeting, Memo, Screensaver, SideSync, SNS
You can speed up magazine UI by removing all of the (magazine) widgets except for one, and removing all of the magazine UI pages except for one.
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Older thread but I just picked up this tablet.
To disable the apps you don't want do you use the turn off button in Settings/General/ "Application Manager"?
Is there a danger if you turn off say the ANT apps not sure if they work in tandem with other apps that I want to keep.
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Older thread but I just picked up this tablet.
To disable the apps you don't want do you use the turn off button in Settings/General/ "Application Manager"?
Is there a danger if you turn off say the ANT apps not sure if they work in tandem with other apps that I want to keep.
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I posted what I had turned off satisfactory in a post a while back in regards to the T-900, but you should more,or less be able to turn off the same things. It was something like 160 files, using the freeze option in Titanium. Good luck.
Hello everyone,
I have my HTC One M8 (standard european silver version from shop) for one month and I am facing mini lags in animation when I exit app drawer to main screen with widgets. It is not happening everytime, maybe in one of five attempts. I is not very serious and otherwise device works very well, but I am dissapointed a bit, because I thought HTC Sense is fastest android customized UI. I was experiencing it with stock 4.4.3 and also after update to 4.4.4 few weeks ago. I have also done reset to factory settings after update to 4.4.4, but it didnt help. I noticed that lag is more frequent, when the main screen is filled with icons (I have here big HTC weather widget, HTC music widget, and 8 icons. Then on second main screen I have calendar widget and on last screen I have blinkfeed. And there are only like 5 apps installed, autosync is off, nothing is running on background, I have even disabled some running HTC apps (Facebook, Fitbit, Kids Mode, Twitter, Dot view...), but still the same. I dont want to root it and I would like to avoid alternative launchers, because I like HTC blinkfeed and widgets.
Is anybody else having this problem? What should I do to fix it? I have also tried to force GPU rendering in Developer options, but it didnt help.
Thanks
I can return to home from menu over and over with no noticeable lag. This is with HTC weather clock widget, 8 app icons, and 2 other widgets. Stock debloated 4.4.4 ROM.
Does it do this after a factory reset, with no 3rd party apps (or at at least minimal) installed?
Yes, as I mentioned, I have done factory reset as well and issue is there immediately after I fill main screen with HTC widgets and icons (with blank home screen issue is hardly noticable and very rare though), without any 3rd applications installed. And lag is very hardly to track, because some days it is not noticable at all and some other days it it more agressive.
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Yes, as I mentioned, I have done factory reset as well and issue is there immediately after I fill main screen with HTC widgets and icons (with blank home screen issue is hardly noticable and very rare though), without any 3rd applications installed. And lag is very hardly to track, because some days it is not noticable at all and some other days it it more agressive.
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Take a look at the services that's running in the background or maybe a rogue app is causing this issues. I once faced a similar issue on my HTC Desire and I factory reset the device and reduced the apps installed and everything was back to normal
mojemenouzbolopouzite said:
Hello everyone,
I have my HTC One M8 (standard european silver version from shop) for one month and I am facing mini lags in animation when I exit app drawer to main screen with widgets. It is not happening everytime, maybe in one of five attempts. I is not very serious and otherwise device works very well, but I am dissapointed a bit, because I thought HTC Sense is fastest android customized UI. I was experiencing it with stock 4.4.3 and also after update to 4.4.4 few weeks ago. I have also done reset to factory settings after update to 4.4.4, but it didnt help. I noticed that lag is more frequent, when the main screen is filled with icons (I have here big HTC weather widget, HTC music widget, and 8 icons. Then on second main screen I have calendar widget and on last screen I have blinkfeed. And there are only like 5 apps installed, autosync is off, nothing is running on background, I have even disabled some running HTC apps (Facebook, Fitbit, Kids Mode, Twitter, Dot view...), but still the same. I dont want to root it and I would like to avoid alternative launchers, because I like HTC blinkfeed and widgets.
Is anybody else having this problem? What should I do to fix it? I have also tried to force GPU rendering in Developer options, but it didnt help.
Thanks
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Are you using "power saver"? It limits power to your CPU.
It might be the culprit. Taking a guess here.
I've been having the same issues after the 4.4.4 update. Did a hard reset, and alas, no improvements. The only thing that seems to improve overall performance and battery life, as well as eliminate the glitches is switching to ART (from developer options). The only other option for me, practically, is to unlock bootloader or s-off, then flash 4.4.2 which was simply amazing.
Anyway, try switching to ART, you WILL notice great improvement
First of all, thank you guys for tips.
I dont think this is caused by some background process, because as I mentioned, issue is there immediately after actory reset, when I fill main screen with HTC widgets. And also benchmark performance is good (more than 43000 points in new Antutu) and battery life as well, so there is not process eating CPU power.
And I am not using power saving mode.
I been thinking about switching to ART before, but I have done some research and some users are reporting issues with some applications after switching to ART.. Maybe I will just have to wait 2 months for official Android 5.0 update, which will be running on ART and I hope it will fix this minor but annoying issue.
Perhaps your expectations are slightly high? Any device has its odd laggy times.
Clear the cache. Watch your free space. Greenify games and any social apps that you can live without notifications. We don't know your setup or what is running... You may have "everything on", 5 social apps running and who knows what else.
Hard to troubleshoot this honestly. If you have an inefficient setup and CPU hungry apps running in the background, of course you'll see stutters. ?
mojemenouzbolopouzite said:
First of all, thank you guys for tips.
I dont think this is caused by some background process, because as I mentioned, issue is there immediately after actory reset, when I fill main screen with HTC widgets. And also benchmark performance is good (more than 43000 points in new Antutu) and battery life as well, so there is not process eating CPU power.
And I am not using power saving mode.
I been thinking about switching to ART before, but I have done some research and some users are reporting issues with some applications after switching to ART.. Maybe I will just have to wait 2 months for official Android 5.0 update, which will be running on ART and I hope it will fix this minor but annoying issue.
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You probably have a bunch of apps running in the background. I've set "long press back button" to kill apps and keep them from running in the background.
Another way to kill running apps is to go to the "recent apps" on navbar (or pie controls if you are like me) and tap the squiggly line in a box at the top/task manager.
Kill the apps that are running that you aren't using (except for hangouts if you use it for sms, sms, email, anything you want running for notifications pretty much) and see if that helps.
If you don't want to use task manager, you could just reboot your phone for the same results.
Task manager is quicker though.
OP, you are right that Sense has lag especially returning to home screen. I always had it and it was pretty annoying coming from the Nexus 5. Changing launchers to Google Now launcher helps the home screen lag issue. It's just a Blinkfeed launcher issue that you are experiencing.
HTC One M8
Guys I am telling you again and again, that this issue is present immediately after factory reset (when I just set HTC widgets and icons on main screen).
This is the list of my current running apps (see attachment, I have disabled almost everything)
I now think that this issue is on every HTC ONE M8 (as Elisha confirmed), but I am just too sensitive to lags. Even cheap ZTE of my sister with Nova launcher has smoother transition to main menu in most cases.
Let see how HTC will handle Android 5 update, maybe it will be better.
Mine is smooth as silk. Better than my N5 even.
Debloated, some greenifying, location off, Nova Launcher... Most sense apps frozen. Incredible battery life and lag free.
It's not all M8's. ?
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Darth said:
Mine is smooth as silk. Better than my N5 even.
Debloated, some greenifying, location off, Nova Launcher... Most sense apps frozen. Incredible battery life and lag free.
It's not all M8's. ?
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Yes, because you have Nova launcher ... read replies above you before posting
mojemenouzbolopouzite said:
Yes, because you have Nova launcher ... read replies above you before posting
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And so for anyone that bothered by "mini" lag, There's your answer. Or live with it by choice.
Yes I read... I always read. Thanks for the tip tho. ?
I have the AT&T version and it had stutters going from the app drawer to the home screen every time from the moment I first turned it on. I RUU'd to Developer version, OTA'd to 4.4.4 and there are no stutters now. Totally smooth fade. Nearly every transition is completely smooth.
I'm not sure if it's the developer RUU or 4.4.4, but it's very smooth with Blinkfeed launcher.