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What is the best launcer for Sandvolds ICS. You can chosse between stock, nova, apex and trebuchet launcher.
What are the pros and cons? Some experience.....?
I have no experience with either ics or launchers for it, but I have a great experience in finding threads with the same questions opened all over again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457746
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Just try yourself and then decide.
What's your pick?
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Nova Launcher Prime
Used Apex for a month, now i find Nova faster
MrCapcom said:
Nova Launcher Prime
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+1 as I can get rid of the dock icons and use soft buttons for app drawer and the thing I need.
Nova launcher prime!
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another vote for nova prime
Short Answer - Nova Launcher
Long answer -
I have tried the following launchers one by one while freshly installing new AOKP nighlties (every 5-6 days) in this order -
Nova Launcher (Free), Apex Launcher (Free), ADW (Paid), Go launcher Ex (Free),Launcher Pro (Free).
These are my ratings in descending order -
1. Nova Launcher worked the best for me. Smooth, small footprint, stock looks. I used free version. Paid version has gesture support, can hide apps, etc. I don't need those features.
2. GO Launcher was good but I had to apply theme to make it look like stock, so that was an extra step.
3. ADW was smooth but had to apply a theme and it hasnt been updated in some months
4. Apex lagged a bit while scrolling apps or recents window.
5. Launcher Pro was good, but the developer has moved on to other projects and its been more than a year since this app was last updated.
Apex.
Tried both it and Nova - no difference in stability or performance for me and Apex gave me things for free that Nova required payment for.
Then when they added the Pro version, it added even more features.
I would just like to throw my thought into here saying Apex.
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Currently using apex pro, but nova is nice too.
Apex pro for me, from my experience its smoother than Nova, and saw that apex gets updated more often.
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Apex PRO #1
Nova Launcher Prime
and its not really a home launcher but I would have a hard time doing without Wave Launcher.
Apex
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Have tried : Trebuchet, Apex and have to say Nova Prime is by far the best imho. Used it on my Note and was the only one with zero lag on the ICS leak. Absolutely love it on the Gnex, got the prime beacuse I like to support the Dev's along with the perks it offers.
Nova Prime or Launcher7 (donate).
Apex Pro... It has notification badges for sms, mail, calls. I am addicted to that lol.
Nova launcher hands down. Love this setup with aokp
Long press back to kill app. Long press app drawer for search. Long press home for recents.
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Apex for me.
The best which I just switched to is Apex. I was using NOVA before and I must say that it caused a lot of lag.
Apex is awesome and most of the gestures which u have to pay for in NOVA are free on apex.
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Alright so I was bouncing around the idea of a custom ROM for my Kindle and I may not be ready given the issues that I'll have with Amazon Instant videos specifically. Right now I am rooted and also running Go Launcher EX on my Kindle Fire. I enjoy it more than the stock launcher that came with the Fire, but I am looking for alternatives. I'm not sure there are any that actually work unless I am doing something wrong. I tried installing the Apex launcher last night but I obviously did something wrong as it would not load. Are there any alternative launchers out there that work with non-custom rom Fires? I hope there are alternatives to Go Launcher that don't require me to run a custom rom. I shouldn't have updated Go Launcher a few months ago when I did because I really didn't like the changes. I would also like a launcher that isn't so bloated with options. Options are nice but Apex sounds far better than Go Launcher. I'd love a ICS or JB launcher that did not require a custom rom if at all possible, but any alternative that would work without a custom rom would be great.
I don't know for sure, but isn't the stock ROM GB based? If so, I don't think Apex or Nova will work. Have you tried ADW (the pay version is infinitely smoother than the freebie, fwiw)? That was my go-to launcher on GB.
If I'm wrong, I apologize...just trying to help.
I will try ADW then. I heard about it but I just didn't give it a shot because the reviews say it's no longer updated. But downloading it now, thanks!
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Go Launcher EX is pretty decent too.
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Go Launcher EX is pretty decent too.
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Yeah I've been using Go Launcher EX.. I liked it far better about 4-6 months ago or whenever they changed around a bunch of stuff. If I can find an apk of last year's version or the one I used around 4-6 months ago that'd be awesome. ADW is doing the trick for now. It's simple and quick.
ADW EX is fantastic. I have used it for 6+ months and I have never gone back to stock
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ADW EX is fantastic. I have used it for 6+ months and I have never gone back to stock
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I'm only running ADW and really liking it! The only minor issue I have with it is if I'm using an app then I exit the app and go back to ADW, the icons seems to take about 3 seconds to load. Other than that, like it way better than Go Launcher EX. I think I just needed something different.
The Go launcher HD for tablets is pretty good I use it and have no problem with it.
Nova Launcher Prime is still a quarter in the play store for a couple more hours:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5sYXVuY2hlci5wcmltZSJd
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The Go launcher HD for tablets is pretty good I use it and have no problem with it.
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Go HD wouldn't run on my rooted kindle fire running cm10. Go Ex works just fine. Can anyone refer me to a fix for this?
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as the title says, is it? i loved the launcher on gingerbread, performance slowed a bit on ics but was still by far my preferred launcher, but for jb, its so sluggish and buggy i cant use it, and i went with nova prime. though nova prime is awesome, i miss the verticle 4d scroll option for the app drawer adw had
I think so, no updates in over a year..
I like holo launcher HD on jellybean, it has tons of UI customization and runs perfectly.
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Hello, I have a question as I change the wallpaper on the go launcher.
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Try the Kindle Fire HD forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1782