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I see that the darkside rom has the option for both touch and touchless. I was curious if it made a difference other than personal taste, or if one runs better than another.
Yes much slower.
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Thank you for clearing it up. Touchless it is!!
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I don't think so, stock rom for this phone is actually pretty snappy.
So I don't think it matters that much which one you go with.
I prefer TW myself.
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Honestly the only thing I noticed was it freed up a lil ram but I could tell a difference in feel. I like TW it looks nice with the 5 icon dock.
I think its more about software optimization & hardware, most high end phones shouldn't struggle at all jumping from apps to menus etc.
Touchwiz is actually a really light overlay. Compared to htc's sense it runs quite fast
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This is actually bonestock compared to anything from HTC. Its snappy and fast as anything I've used, I would argue faster...
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Touchwiz is a really light launcher. The biggest performance difference you're going to get is gonna be from removing the bloatware.
2hvy4grvty said:
Touchwiz is a really light launcher. The biggest performance difference you're going to get is gonna be from removing the bloatware.
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i tried go launcher, adw luancher and launcher pro. Now i'm back to TW. I realize I like to keep things as simple as possible.
prodigy702 said:
i tried go launcher, adw luancher and launcher pro. Now i'm back to TW. I realize I like to keep things as simple as possible.
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I agree with you 100% touchwiz isn't bad at all especially on a phone like this a performance difference would be hard to notice
From a Galaxy better than yours.
I also prefer TW over all the other launchers. I like mine nice and simple
You can also try the modded TW 4.5 launcher floating around here as well. Still TW but you can adjust more things and have 5 icons in the dock
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+ 1 for TouchWiz. I meen you bought a Samsung GS2 = TouchWiz. I have a Sensation with Sense 3.5 and it's Nice, but my GS2 will Smoke it Hands down.
I can say that I didn't care for touchwiz myself...I'm just spoiled using Nexus phones before this with CM7 & CM9 I've got ADW with CM7 on mine. Simple as you can get right there...though trebuchet on CM9 is worlds ahead of ADW...
i dont know exactly what the Touchless version does, but you can just install a third party launcher (i use go launcher ex) and freeze or uninstall Touchwiz launcher in system/app
Touchwiz is AOT more than just the launcher.. its the dialer, contacts, messaging, the status bar, the list keeps going..
A "touchless" rom i would expect to have non of these enhanced apks.
I personally do not think the twiz slows the phone down. if anything it gives it a better apeal to the eye without bogging performance.
So to answer the question.. No it does not slow anything down.
The touchless darkside uses zeam launcher which actually reminds me of tw. Try it out see if you like it... If not go back to tw
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i wanted to like zeam... but touchwiz was more responsive. so +1 on touchwiz.
Does anyone have any good or even better great launchers they would recommend ?
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Adw...launcher pro...sslauncher. I'd say try a few and see what u like. Personal experience is always the best input
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Don't forget Go Launcher EX and all the ICS launchers in the market. Look for the ICS launcher made by ACS. That one is very good.
Mi nuh tek intimidation...
Without a doubt, GoLauncher EX! Then get yourself GoSmS Pro and GoKeyboard with all the plug-ins. Go Launcher has a pretty nice ICS theme...
Edit: You can always youtube these recommended launchers to help give you a better idea.
Here's a link to a GoLauncher video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69DEneUXbo
Zeam Launcher is supposed to be the fastest.
I recommend go launcher ex it's fast and has a lot of themes
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asbjörn said:
Don't forget Go Launcher EX and all the ICS launchers in the market. Look for the ICS launcher made by ACS. That one is very good.
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You know, I have to admit, Go Launcher LOOKS great... but I *ALWAYS* have a lag when swiping from screen to screen.
I never seem to get screen lag with ADW or Launcher Pro.
I like the stock ICS launcher, actually.
Dalmus said:
You know, I have to admit, Go Launcher LOOKS great... but I *ALWAYS* have a lag when swiping from screen to screen.
I never seem to get screen lag with ADW or Launcher Pro.
I like the stock ICS launcher, actually.
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hmmmm. I experience no lag. Wasn't a big fan of ADW (maybe just too many cm7 roms) I was a big LP guy for the longest time, wouldn't give anything else a chance. Then I made the switch to GLEX. This runs on all of my devices...
On gb I liked tw launcher
On ics I'm using move because the pics version is missing a few features (choosing home screen and alphebeyical app drawer)
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ADW EX on GB
Nova on ICS
Go Launcher Ex (for now)
360 laucher is pretty dam amazing fast too with a bunch of transitions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
and it works great with just about every rom i have used
Can anyone help me with why I should use any launcher over GO Launcher? I have rooted and installed the new Calkulin V1.6 ROM.
Thanks!
Personally I feel as if Go Launcher was not specialized for Android 4.0, so I stuck with NOVA launcher. BTW you should give that a shot, I didn't like it at first, but I grew into and now its running great. I also run Calk's E4GT 2 v1.6, and it is great. It should come with NOVA launcher if you didn't apply the barebones converter.
Here's a link if you did:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
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Personally I feel as if Go Launcher was not specialized for Android 4.0, so I stuck with NOVA launcher. BTW you should give that a shot, I didn't like it at first, but I grew into and now its running great. I also run Calk's E4GT 2 v1.6, and it is great. It should come with NOVA launcher if you didn't apply the barebones converter.
Here's a link if you did:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
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Is there any to pull my screens from Go Launcher into Nova? Also, dumb question, how do I pull up the app drawer in Nova???
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Is there any to pull my screens from Go Launcher into Nova? Also, dumb question, how do I pull up the app drawer in Nova???
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You can't transfer screens across different launchers, at least not to my knowledge, the format isn't really standardized. If you don't see the app drawer, hold onto any empty space in the launcher until a menu comes up. Select Nova Actions and the app drawer should be there. You can drag that into the dock so it stays there.
Go feels bloated and slow to me, switch back to regular or tw and its faster and smoother.
I use adw ex because go lags n freezes and doesnt have the draw animations I like
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Really? Go never lags or freezes and I have about 30 themes installed and tons of apps.
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Go launcher also lags and freezes for me. I use adw ex
I don't like GO because it looks tacky and it's really bloated. All the widgets just seem to suck battery. ADW EX all the way
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Actually I take that back. I'm loving Launcher 7 right now!
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Trebuchet or Nova
If you want as close to pure ICS as possible, download the Trebuchet launcher. If you want a few more features, I like Nova Prime. I've tried Go! Launcher several times, and although themes are plentiful and there are some impressive transitions, I always get bored of the fluff and extra menus and choose something more minimalist. In my case, I flashed to ICS because I wanted to have a simpler bloat-free experience, and intentionally adding more seems counterproductive.
If you're rooted, I say why use any rom other than blu kuban? Best experience I've had to date.
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Apex to me seems to be the best as of right now and really stable. I even bought the pro key
I use Nova Launcher because it's really smooth, polished, and has a ton of features. I used to use GO but it has sooo much bloatware. Why does a Launcher need to have its own App store, Lockscreens, messages, etc.? GO runs really smooth, but the features and different aspects just make it look unorganized in my opinion and cluttered.
I used Apex launcher (Pro) because I'm running ICS as well and not only is is built for ICS (love the widget drawer!), but damn near has the same customization features of ADW Ex and it's quite speedy and smooth (which I use when I'm on GB).
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Apex to me seems to be the best as of right now and really stable. I even bought the pro key
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+1, I use Apex all the time for my 4.0 roms
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I use launcher 7. I love it, haven't had any problems.
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Just curious what launcher everyone uses? Pros/Cons?
Thanks!
sandman512 said:
Just curious what launcher everyone uses? Pros/Cons?
Thanks!
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Nova
Send From My GS3 Untouchable Thanks to Blazer V 1.6
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Nova
Send From My GS3 Untouchable Thanks to Blazer V 1.6
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Apex Pro on cm10/aokp because it can be themed pretty good, trebuchet on cm9 because I think it is a great launcher, the touchwiz one I modded with scrolling wallpapers on touchwiz because there is no point in running touchwiz unless you want the full experience.
All stock homey
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TW
Touch wiz
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nova
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I've found Nova to be the best since it's based off of the JB launcher. You can also rotate the screen into landscape mode while in the launcher which is a huge pro.
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I've found Nova to be the best since it's based off of the JB launcher. You can also rotate the screen into landscape mode while in the launcher which is a huge pro.
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Apex can also be rotated into landscape mode When I had the gnex I was a big Nova fan but lately Apex has been winning me over. Also, the latest betas for Apex are based off JB. It really comes down to personal preference though.
GoLauncher EX here. Try it.....you'll like it! Very smooth. Never had a problem. Tons of themes.....many free. Check out "Cubed Theme".....my current weapon of choice
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Stock TW
stock jelly bean
Touchwiz 6x5 mod... Notice the beautiful 49ers LWP
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I find it funny that a lot of people are using a stock based ROM with a different launcher and claim their stock based ROM is the best, when every single ROM available has virtually the same tweaks in them. lol.
started with apex pro. didn't feel as smooth so i went with nova.
I've been using ADW EX for years and everytime I try a different one I go right back to ADW.
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Touch Wiz
I'm rolling with Touch Wiz, the first phone I've ever owned where the stock launcher is very nice.
freeza said:
I find it funny that a lot of people are using a stock based ROM with a different launcher and claim their stock based ROM is the best, when every single ROM available has virtually the same tweaks in them. lol.
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I don't want to flash because stock based ROMs don't offer enough improvements and new features to spend time flashing and reinstalling everything, while risking to brick the phone. I rooted the phone mainly to install AdBlock and Titanium Backup.
I run Go Launcher and Dialer One.
A question for those who went from Go to something else- what do other launchers have that Go doesn't?
Nova launcher prime ftw.
FTL launcher is good also .
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How do i take touchwiz off as the stock launcher and make apex my system launcher. I did remove it the first time but it started to act up and the phone actd up and i had to wipe and restore the phone.. So is there away to do this safely with now problems ??????
you dont need to remove the stock launcher to use apex or any launcher. Once you install the launcher and hit the home button it will ask you what launcher you want to make default. As a matter a fact its good to keep TW as a back up launcher in case your othr one messes up.
Yed i now that part. But i hate tw so much lol.. And i was removing some stock apps. But i kno that the Rom Im on its built n the kernal.
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