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[Q] What is your favorite launcher and why?

I've been through a few launchers now and am still undecided as to which will be my daily driver. For a long time it was GO Launcher from the market due to the amount of options baked in for free, but it was just too buggy, so I plunked down some cash to try Launcher Pro and it was pretty similar overall, but the lack of a true home screen chaps my cheeks. Now I'm wondering (after seeing so many different screenshots of YOUR amazing setups on your Epic...) what Launcher do you prefer, and why?

ADW Launcher is my cup of tea. It is very customizable from docks, downloadable themes/icons, to the overwhelming setting options to make it just how you want it. The free version is by far superior to the other free launchers by offering more ways of customization. you could of course support the Dev by purchasing the ADW Launcher EX which jams a lot more into it. From a themer stand point the ADW is a very workable Launcher for changing things around to fit your needs for the said theme you would like it to be included in. As stated above though, once you settle into a Launcher that you decide to stick with, support the Dev by buying the full version for all their hard work in bringing it to your disposal.

GO Launcher EX. I have them all (LP, ADW and Go) . ADW is a mess when you start going into the menu's. GO Launcher seems to have taken the best from LP and ADW IMO>

ADW is by far the most customizable imo. I use ADW EX and love it. Some people swear by LP. Try them out and use what works for you. As said above support for devs hard work and time is always appreciated.
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Touchwiz, to me its really clean and I can't seem to stray to far from it when I change launchers.
There is a "true" gingerbread launcher out now its pretty sweet that I am currently using though...

ADW for me as well. I have the paid version but the free version is still an awesome find. Lots of great features and customizable themes and icons. I've tried just about all of them and most have a lot of the same features, but I always find myself going back to ADW.

Up until about a month ago I was using adw (free), then I upgraded to Adw EX. It's fantastic. The only complaint I had with adw was the pretty horrible menu organization...Adw EX has solved that! I will say there are a lot of fru-fru options in EX that I don't use (like changing the animation on home screen scrolling) but the dev is super helpful, found plenty of themes and on adw ex, anything I've seen in the "post your homescreen" area, I've been able to recreate.
Oh, and only other thing I didn't like in adw (free) was the inability to ovelap widgets... can do that in EX tho
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Launcher pro, I love the scrollable dock. It keeps my homescreens clutterfree.
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Launcher Pro, the 3D drawer in this is stunning.

Launcher Pro. I love the smooth 3D drawer and the included widgets are actually pretty useful!

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Launcher Pro. I love the smooth 3D drawer and the included widgets are actually pretty useful!
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Heelfan71 said:
GO Launcher EX. I have them all (LP, ADW and Go) . ADW is a mess when you start going into the menu's. GO Launcher seems to have taken the best from LP and ADW IMO>
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Ditto here. LP is nothing special (although pretty stable) and you have to pay for ADW to get the features and customization you get for free with GO Launcher.
I've had no issues whatsoever with GO Launcher. It's been stable, fast and has more options than I even know what to do with.

Sprint ID!...LMAO, J/K!!!....I'm TouchWiz for 4ever, LauncherPro is nice, but it doesn't have the widgets I like. ADW FC's and Crashes like a cheap paper airplane, GO is a close second.

launcher pro, clean and simple yet still alot of customizing available

I really like some of ADW's features but LauncherPRO's widgets are what keeps me using it, plus the developer is working on a complete rewrite of LauncherPRO to make it more efficient and lighter.

Interesting that no one had said anything about Zeam... Yes, it is light on features, but that also means it's light on resources as well (and I don't care how fast you overclock, lighter is always better for performance). Scrolling dock, gestures, and desktop resizing; simple and sweet.
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I've tried launcherpro, adw, tw, and lately Go launcher ex. Right now I'm really liking go launcher ex. Clean, fast, stable, and features that I like.

Launcher pro plus for me. Like stated above, the scrollable dock and the included widgets you get with the plus version is nice. I downloaded a themed version that has all the widgets transparent with blue highlights and all the buttons at the bottom of the widgets instead of the top and they're also more finger friendly. Check it out there are other themed versions also. You have to buy the plus version to get full benefits of launcher pro IMO.
here is the thread if you or anybody alse is intrested: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783427

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I just switched to adw after 8 mths of touchwiz because of cm7. Adw has tons of options. If it was fc'ing there is an option for wallpaper hack that is suppose to make it not fc. I love adw and will not go back to touchwiz.

Launcher Questions

I would like to know some of your opinions. Please I am looking for a launcher that has very little to no battery drain. Very smooth. I used launcherpro but that thing never gets updated and the update they just had doesn't fix anything. So Any Suggestions?

tcooper85 said:
I would like to know some of your opinions. Please I am looking for a launcher that has very little to no battery drain. Very smooth. I used launcherpro but that thing never gets updated and the update they just had doesn't fix anything. So Any Suggestions?
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Get adw ex great launcher and its super smooth with better features
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Adw all the way. I was a fan of luncher pro but after a lack of updates and home screen Freeze up and other bugs, I'm now a fan of adw.

I choose launcherpro, uses the least amount of RAM of all the launchers. So its the fastest when multitasking
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zanderman112 said:
I choose launcherpro, uses the least amount of RAM of all the launchers. So its the fastest when multitasking
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LauncherPro is my choice as well. But, OP, you should try all of the popular free options:
- LauncherPro
- ADW
- Go Launcher (new and getting more popular)
- Zeam (fast!)
- others, but those are the big names

I personally like either Go Launcher Ex (my current favorite) or ADW. The single feature that I cannot live without is the ability to organize the App Drawer.
Go Launcher lets you create folders to move items into. Also has a nice recent list and task manager built into the app drawer.
ADW lets you create categories to assign items to. Dock is a little more feature rich.

k0nane said:
LauncherPro is my choice as well. But, OP, you should try all of the popular free options:
- LauncherPro
- ADW
- Go Launcher (new and getting more popular)
- Zeam (fast!)
- others, but those are the big names
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I'll add some of the others: Open Home 6, Launcher7, HeLauncher, dxTop. And there are some extracted from other phones here on xda like: Acer Liquid Launcher, LG Home, Xperia Arc launcher.
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+1 GO launcher.

i was using zeam and it was nice but then the orientation started acting screwy...so i deleted it and got adw launcher ex and what a difference! i absolutely love this launcher and they have so many different themes (free and paid) that change your phone and icons such as an ipad theme, htc theme, mac os, gingerbread theme. really great app and i haven't seen any type of battery drain. i used launcher pro but i was really a fan. and like i said zeam started misbehaving. you really can't go wrong with adw launcher ex and it barely touches your memory if you install themes which is nice!!!

[ICS] [LAUNCHER] Apex Launcher vs. Nova Launcher

So, every ICS user there, are you using nova or apex launcher. I find them very similar except Apex has a bit more options to choose while Nova is a bit more stable. What are your opinions? Still both are miles ahead of trebuchet atm!

apex all the way

with nova im able to backup all my settings and desktop widget and restore it evrytime i make full wipe..but when i tried with apex..im unable to restore and cause me an FC..anyone know y?

Apex is the best, imho

Apex for me.
I just don't like the scrolling in nova.. feels very fast and jerky

In my case Apex is much more smooth than Nova! And I prefer the scrolling in Apex!

Non TW for me rest are childish .
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Apex

Apex of course, is the best
backup and restore settings and desktop works perfectly for me

Apex fr mee too nova annd other similar launchers r outdated

Apex all the way - smooth and loads of options. Also easy to configure.

apex is by far the best
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Apex

Apex ftw

nova has more transaction effects.that's why i'm using it.

The only advantage (I found) in NL is the option to set a defualt dock. And yeh, Apex rules.

Apex all the way. Tried them all and apex turned out to be the smoothest and stable out of all
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Sticking with Apex.

Apex here too

Not apex, not Nova
I have been using Apex for some time, but now I switched to Nemus and I am not looking back:
It looks superb, it is quick and super stable too. And its folder styles rules, IMHO.
Very few things I did not like: I did not find how to order the drawer alphabetically (you can move the icons the way you want, but lack "sort by..."), I do not miss the widget section in the drawer at all, but there is no option to bring it back.
I don't use fancy transition effects, do not expect many of them, some other customization options would be great, it really worth trying!

[Q] Home replacement and app drawer with folders

I'm, trying to find the best home replacement for my Ace. I love Go Launcher but it uses too much ram.
I need a launcher with folder in app drawer. The ones i know are:
- GoLauncher (heavy)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex
- QQLauncher (some bug for me)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.qqlauncher
- Nemus Launcher (not so eye candy)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nemustech.launcher
Can you suggest me some other free launcher with this function?
I realized i can change all the roms of the world but ram problem still exists if i use golauncher...

Zeam Launcher: For extremely light weight effects but can be less smooth. Very little RAM.
ADW Ex (not the free version) : For good customization and good speed.
Launcher Pro: For moderate customization (not as much as ADW Ex) and good speed. Lower RAM than ADW Ex.
All of the above use less RAM than Go Launcher Ex
360 Launcher: For extreme modifications, effects, lockscreens, etc and good speed But can use a some RAM like Go Launcher Ex.
Personal favourite ADW Ex and 360

My first choice is GO launcher but since it will make ur phone kinda sluggish id suggest the paid version of ADW Launcher

Ok but i need a launcher with customizable folder in app drawer, ADW has categories but not user friendly, LauncherPro and Zeam haven't that function.
I need it because of about 90 apps installed and i need folder to manage all

Dante Smith said:
Ok but i need a launcher with customizable folder in app drawer, ADW has categories but not user friendly, LauncherPro and Zeam haven't that function.
I need it because of about 90 apps installed and i need folder to manage all
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Why folder in app drawer? Use a widget instead..helps in quick access as well.
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Xr01d_GT said:
Why folder in app drawer? Use a widget instead..helps in quick access as well.
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For example?
With folders i can view new apps (out of folders) too...

No..apps you've to add manually.in stock you get the folder option when long press on any home screen..
Check out vlauncher from the store..might help you
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I say the best one is touchwiz......
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QNBT said:
My first choice is GO launcher but since it will make ur phone kinda sluggish id suggest the paid version of ADW Launcher
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I just switched from ADW EX to Go launcher. ADW FC's WAY too much and for no reason. Even just hitting settings and back to home screen FC's the launcher. I love it and all and its the perfect launcher but that's the only draw back and its annoying as hell.
SPB shell is pretty good too. But it takes too long to load when it FC's which is rarely.

Lighting launcher
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pierrox.lightning_launcher (sorry, I can't post links)
It's free and only 55kb. Yep, 55kb. At first I couldn't believe it.
I've tried almost every launcher out there and this is the fastest, is much more customizable than GO Launcher and doesn't suck like Zeam Launcher.

Skahara said:
Lighting launcher
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pierrox.lightning_launcher (sorry, I can't post links)
It's free and only 55kb. Yep, 55kb. At first I couldn't believe it.
I've tried almost every launcher out there and this is the fastest, is much more customizable than GO Launcher and doesn't suck like Zeam Launcher.
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Sounds good..testing it now..

Xr01d_GT said:
Sounds good..testing it now..
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It is horrible for me...
Anyway, my post was about launchers with folder manager in app drawer... We are a little off topic...

Well go launcher is fastest but eats to much ram (15-20)
360 launcher is bit slower than go launcher but eats less ram (always 3-4mg ram)

Folders in app drawer, you only going to find that in go launcher and in 360 launcher no other launcher have that feature. 360 launcher its faster than the go, just try it...

Hey !
You should try this Launcher !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
The Launcher isn't that old and optimized like other Launchers
but it's quite smooth and there're a lot of themes for this Launcher availiable ,too

I tried market version but I have more memory usage than go launcher ... about 20mb or more on my ace ...
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What's your favorite launcher and why?

Just trying to start a discussion on what launcher people are using and why they like them as apposed to others. This thread would be useful for many who are trying to decide what launcher to use or switch to. I know that people can and should try them out for themselves however there are MANY launchers out there and it would be nice for folks to read this thread and get an idea where to start. So who's first?
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Nova. Always works for me and I can restore my icon layout. Makes switching Roms take all of 10 min
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itpromike said:
Just trying to start a discussion on what launcher people are using and why they like them as apposed to others. This thread would be useful for many who are trying to decide what launcher to use or switch to. I know that people can and should try them out for themselves however there are MANY launchers out there and it would be nice for folks to read this thread and get an idea where to start. So who's first?
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I like Nova Prime with the Missed It! add on. It adds notification counts to the icons you specify. Like messages and mail for me. It's nice to see a little bubble on the icon.

Nova Launcher for me too, I have downloaded a few ut always go back to Nova, simply for the gestures and the stability of it. Action Launcher is good but lacks a lot of customisation.

I like Go. Folders in app draw, transparent Nav and status bar support.

I've used Apex launcher for a while because it is very clean and fast with a lot of customization options.

Nova is my favorite... Fast and Stable.

I'm in the minority with this but I like stock.
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Tried Nova, ADW, Go, Apex, Holo, and of course Stock
For now, Nova is the best IMO. Stock comes in the 2nd.

I don't believe in a favorite launcher. I believe they all of them are pretty much equal with each of them to their own uniqueness. It's more of favoritism.
I personally used Apex Launcher and switched to Nova because Nova Launcher Prime was on sale for <$1 so I switched. It also made it very easy to do because it imported my widgets and apps on home screens within one click.
Nova Launcher & Apex are both great choices. Can't go wrong with either or............ or you can use Trebuchet (CM's Launcher). Keep in mind if you use Nova Launcher, update to the latest beta!!! it helps, uses 4.2 launcher code

nova prime is my favorite. there's so much customizability, which makes it perfect for themeing. very fast and stable too. i want to get familiar with either ADW or Apex so I can toggle between themes very fast. Launcher8 has some potential too, but as of now its just too laggy.

Used ADW for a while... then switched to Nova. Nova restoring the widgets is a great feature when playing with multiple Rome.
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Ok, bit different but...
TSF Shell ..it's like butter even on my old Snapdragon 3 based phone
Next launcher.. new but good, desktop/home screens not quite as smooth as TSF
SPB 3d shell ..love it

someone make a poll! i bet over 50% of us, use nova launcher(prime)
is there beta version of Prime nova launcher optimized for JB4.21? or thats only for the NON prime version

zephiK said:
I don't believe in a favorite launcher. I believe they all of them are pretty much equal with each of them to their own uniqueness. It's more of favoritism.
I personally used Apex Launcher and switched to Nova because Nova Launcher Prime was on sale for <$1 so I switched. It also made it very easy to do because it imported my widgets and apps on home screens within one click.
Nova Launcher & Apex are both great choices. Can't go wrong with either or............ or you can use Trebuchet (CM's Launcher). Keep in mind if you use Nova Launcher, update to the latest beta!!! it helps, uses 4.2 launcher code
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Thanks mate, where can I find the beta for that?

Nova Launcher

itpromike said:
Thanks mate, where can I find the beta for that?
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nova settings - check for update - stack icon at the top right use beta

I use Apex Launcher
It is very near to stock, but still very customizable.
I also like the groups in the drawer, the reseizing of widgets to every size (which is sometimes ridicolous, but in some cases very useful) and the ability to hide the dock (that i dont need anymore because of GMD Gesture Control)
I've also tried some other launchers like Nova and Action Launcher (Really cool, too, but not as customizable as Apex) but at least I stayed at Apex.

Nova, but Apex very close
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Used to be almost 100% Nova, but now I have been using Action Launcher.
It is different from the other launchers and I quite like the way the App Drawer is implemented.
And the "Covers" setting is brilliant, for me this makes it worthwhile!!
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