I'm on stock EL29 and i dont know why, but my wallpaper zooms in greatly with any launcher I use(except launcher 7, since the background is black). I've tried several different launchers, including Holo launcher, phoenix launcher, GoLauncher Ex, and an early version of ROX launcher I found on the forums. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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I've noticed significant lag with the Galaxy Nexus and I suspect its the GN launcher. I believe I've tried all the variations of the modded launcher. I'm wondering if everyone else is seeing the same thing?
Do you notice laggy transitions?
Are you dealing with it or running a new launcher?
Which one are you running?
What do you miss from the stock launcher the most?
Do you really like widgets in the app drawer? (i'm on the fence about that one)
Adw ex launcher ftw.
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I'm a huge fan of adw launcher ex!!! That was my first thought.
I tried adw ex right away but didn't like it. Was early on though. But I like the stock launcher enoughcit will be awhile before I try again.
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Are you running a live wallpaper? A stock live wallpaper? If so, there is the cause of your lag.
I've never heard of anyone having a laggy launcher unless it was when using one of the included stock live wallpapers that wasn't the phase beam one.
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Are you running a live wallpaper? A stock live wallpaper? If so, there is the cause of your lag.
I've never heard of anyone having a laggy launcher unless it was when using one of the included stock live wallpapers that wasn't the phase beam one.
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There is extreme lag when using live wallpaper that isn't phase beam but even without there is noticeable lag. Its usually stuttering in the animation when going in and coming out of the app drawer or when scrolling from apps to widgets.
Are you on 4.0.1?
4.0.3
Different roms and different kernels and there isn't much of a change. I mean don't get me wrong its not like painfully slow that I want to hang myself or throw the phone out the window but it isn't even close to as smooth as the early alpha of ICS on the GS2
ADW launcher EX
Odd.. I've never experienced lag :/ try using nova launcher
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Yup. Tried that as well. And "Home Launcher" which is currently my fav as well as the CM9 launcher. Pretty much the same thing all around. I did use adw for a few hours and that was buttery smooth but they have to make some changes to their folder implementation before i can use that everyday
Using the stock ICS launcher. I need to get around to trying some of the other ones on ICS.
Stock and I suspect some of the lag will be addressed by 4.0.3 if you're not already on a custom ROM.
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Nova Launcher Beta7 > *
As much as I like Nova Launcher and ADW Launcher Ex, my first choice of launcher is LauncherPro because, as far as I am aware, it is the only one that has built in widgets for Facebook and Twitter.
I know you can install widget packs like Android Pro Widgets or Colorize Widgets but they all have issues, like jerky scrolling or the Twitter app only showing up to 100 tweets.
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As much as I like Nova Launcher and ADW Launcher Ex, my first choice of launcher is LauncherPro because, as far as I am aware, it is the only one that has built in widgets for Facebook and Twitter.
I know you can install widget packs like Android Pro Widgets or Colorize Widgets but they all have issues, like jerky scrolling or the Twitter app only showing up to 100 tweets.
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guess thats an alright reason
i only use 3 homescreens, *usually only 1* and only ever use 1 widget *beautiful widget 4x1* and leave facebook/twitter to the apps
widgets are battery suckers
and if you need to see more then 100 tweets on your homescreen you should be opening the app
I'm surprised no one mentioned Go Launcher Ex, especially when it's free and provides a LOT of support. Check it out, it has very awesome animations for everything. Only downside right now is a bit of lag when opening the drawer, i'm sure that will soon be fixed.
Nova launcher. Best one. No lag. 4.0.3 custom and Franco kernel
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I use ADW.Launcher EX cuz it supports more than 16 apps using the built in Folders feature. Also icon skinning support.
I can't believe the stock launcher can't hold more than 16 apps in a folder... wtf is this, iOS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Trebuchet - not just a Microsoft font anymore
Terminators run on Android
Hey there, i'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to completely disable the dock in 4.0. I want to tinker around with layout ideas but can't do much with this dumb dock in the way. I'd like to be able to put a widget or two down there.
Any pointers?
Nova launcher or Apex launcher.
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using nova launcher, can't completely remove it.
Sorry. Thought nova launcher did. Im using Apex launcher right now and it has an option to hide it completely.
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so does adw launcher ex and i believe adw launcher as well
excellent! this will be a good temporary solution. i'll post my screen once i get everything tweaked.
used to have GO launcher on captivate, tried apex and nova, but do not like the limited feature set, i.e. no folder creation in app drawer.
how is holo launcher? the ICS theme would work fine for me.
What's your phone?
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iam_ultrasonic said:
used to have GO launcher on captivate, tried apex and nova, but do not like the limited feature set, i.e. no folder creation in app drawer.
how is holo launcher? the ICS theme would work fine for me.
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Nova does folders in app drawer (Nova settings, Drawer, drawer groups) - yeah, you have to pay for it, but it's worth it
BTW Go launcher works fine.
Really tried to give new TW a fair shake finally relented back to Zeam from the 'ol SlimICS on Captivate. That ROM had just changed to Lightning launcher which looked interesting and was as speedy as it's name implied. Still found myself back at Zeam there too.
Please take this conversation to..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696712
I was wondering what other launchers there were out there that can sort the app drawer by install date (descending, system apps first) other than apex. Ive used apex for a while now and switched the holo launcher HD because I noticed it was much smoother and snappier. The only thing I dislike about holo launcher is no option to sort app drawer (other than alpha asc). I've been searching around Google but I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything.
I noticed trebuchet (packaged with cm10) will sort by install date descending but when I backed it up via tb and tried it on my ROM (aokp) it would only sort by install date ascending (putting system apps last). Anyone know why this is?
And are there any other launchers that are small, light, and fast like holo launcher that will sort drawer by install date descending?
Edit: I know this sounds picky but the aosp based ROMs are becoming extremely smooth and I'd like to actually have a launcher that takes advantage of it.
Nova might do what you want.
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Nova might do what you want.
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Nova doesn't have drawer sorting. Thanks for the reply though
It doesn't do sorting but it has a function to display new apps.
Click on the apps icon
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GoLauncher EX
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Old, slower than APEX
there is no known launcher to this day exept from apex and go that can sort the app drawer by date. i'm guessing holo or nova might be the first ones apart from apex and go to introduce it. i would suggest checking out holo regularly because its great and it's fast as crap too
Is there a mod for the TW Launcher that can put the correct badge counter on the gmail app and chompsms? They only work on the stock apps...
I am using Apex Launcher and it works perfectly for this.
I have seen that TW Launcher has been modded before for this purpose.
I like Apex but TW Launcher is much smoother and visually appealing (at least for me). I would love to go back to TW Launcher but this is the only issue that keeps me from going back.
On Apex Launcher I can choose which App to show the badge counter....
Same thing with the lockscreen. I wish to change the shortcuts for the lockscreen and their badges.
Thanks
Have you tried nova? With Tesla unread add on?
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No... will do now...
I am using Apex...
Nova is looking nice!!!! super smooth... much more than apex... even flipboard is now smoother!!!!!