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touch wiz vs. launcher pro

Used touch wiz for a few days. Not bad at all. I just love the simplicity and familiarity of launcher pro.

I had launcher pro on my atrix 4G. This is my first time using touch wiz. Minus the ugly icons I kinda like it so far.
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This is the first time I have ever liked the skin. I have used motoblur, sense, and now touchwiz. Blur was slow and Sense was buggy.
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I'm loving the new TouchWiz.
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I always use launcher pro but I might stick with touchwiz for a while. Its so much better than the touchwiz on the epic.
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Androidfreakz said:
I'm loving the new TouchWiz.
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+1
I just dont see a reason to use the others. I used them on my Moment, Intercept, and Optimus S because of slowness and bugginess.
TW moves fluid, looks good, and all the widgets work well with it so I am way satisfied with my phone. I have not had a issue yet. I want root but I want just the most simple root possible just so I can install a couple of rooted apps I like. The roms and all that I just dont see a need for with this phone. Its about perfect right out the box.

I used LauncherPro on my previous Photon because their UI sucked but the TouchWiz on the Sammy works just fine for me. I have LauncherPro installed but have not switched as of yet. Might just stay with TW as it is working just fine so far.

TW working fine here. Just wish it had the abililty for scrolling widgets and resizing of all widgets, not just the TW widgets.

New touch wiz isn't to bad but I use go launcher it is the best. launcher pro is nice but go launcher stays more up to date and is smoother I think
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I agree I jave used go launcher since I got the phone. Big fan
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yaboybiggs said:
I agree I jave used go launcher since I got the phone. Big fan
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Same here. It's like a blend of ADW and MiUi, I'm a big fan.
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I switched to launcher pro from touchwiz because its much more simple. I have ADWLauncher EX but when I set it as my default launcher it will some how send me back to touchwiz so I'm on Launcher Pro until we get a stable root and rom going then its on to customization of this baddass phone!

[Q] Why use any launcher over GO Launcher on Rooted Phone (Calk EG4T V 1.6 ROM))?

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

TPizzle said:
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???

jamiebburg said:
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).

AJC9000 said:
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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[DISCUSSION] What launcher you prefer on Jelly Bean?

Hi,
We all know that stock launcher in JB is soo smooth and fast.
And we all know that popular launchers (Nova, Apex and others) are not yet updated to run on JB or to run as smooth as stock JB launcher.
What are your experiences with 3rd party launchers on JB?
Are you planning to use stock while those 3rd party launchers are updated?
Any other houghts?
Good luck!!!

For me, Nova Prime is smoother than the stock Jellybean launcher.

Stock is by far the smoothest.
Apex is laggy especially in the app/widget drawer.
Same experience with nova.
I'll stick with stock for now.
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Dameon87 said:
Stock is by far the smoothest.
Apex is laggy especially in the app/widget drawer.
Same experience with nova.
I'll stick with stock for now.
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But the guy above says Nova ir smoother. How come?!
I've noticed in other forums (outside XDA) people say the same about Nova (it's same smooth as stock JB).
I'm a heavy Apex user.. and I don't want to switch to other launcher. What are chances Apex dev will update his launcher with JB vSync (or whatever feature JB launcher uses)?

Stock.

I have 2 GNex both running 4.1.1 and one with Nova and the other with Apex.
I can definitely say for the moment, Nova is smoother. Especially with transition effects.
However I have been running Atom since last night and damn I'm impressed!
Now if it will only take icons from theme packs....
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bat0nas said:
But the guy above says Nova ir smoother. How come?!
I've noticed in other forums (outside XDA) people say the same about Nova (it's same smooth as stock JB).
I'm a heavy Apex user.. and I don't want to switch to other launcher. What are chances Apex dev will update his launcher with JB vSync (or whatever feature JB launcher uses)?
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If you change Nova's animation speeds from Nova to Stock, you'd notice a major improvement in transition smoothness. Hence why I still use Nova.

I usually use ADW Launcher but I tried it on Jelly Bean and it is pretty slow in comparison to stock launcher so I will be using the stock launcher till updates happen to it (and others too).

I prefer stock for now, its super smooth
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Stock has some great benefits, like fling to remove apps and widgets, app reflow, etc, but I'm still sticking with Nova. Kevin is updating the launcher with all the JB features, so we'll have JB smoothness with customizations from Nova. Winning!
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Apex for me. I just like it.
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Lol still rocking adw ex
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apex hands down

GO Launcher.
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Nova Prime only because of Unread Count notification (on Gmail, MMS and Phone). Also the backup and restore function has proved very nice to me in a few ocasions

Amowagou said:
GO Launcher.
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China data stealing launcher? No thank you...
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
China data stealing launcher? No thank you...
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Maybe he doesn't have any china data to steal.
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I love apex and reinstalled it as soon as it was updated for JB but its not as smooth as the stock launcher so for now I'm running that and hoping for an apex update.

MДЯCЦSДИT said:
China data stealing launcher? No thank you...
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Yes, I wouldn't touch Go apps with a ten foot pole.
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I'll use stock until Apex makes a Jelly Bean version.
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Apex for sure.

Force smoothness on any Launcher

[Q] Just got curious as i move from nova to stock launcher. I noticed that no matter what ROM im using, from aosp to tw, the stock S3 launcher is stupid smooth with transitions. Is that part of the build as an entire APK or has samsung done something like project butter where 60fps is forced on the launcher. If so, can the same be done on any other launcher. If not, can a user compile a launcher apk with forced 60fps throughout all of the launcher operation? Thanks

osmosizzz said:
[Q] Just got curious as i move from nova to stock launcher. I noticed that no matter what ROM im using, from aosp to tw, the stock S3 launcher is stupid smooth with transitions. Is that part of the build as an entire APK or has samsung done something like project butter where 60fps is forced on the launcher. If so, can the same be done on any other launcher. If not, can a user compile a launcher apk with forced 60fps throughout all of the launcher operation? Thanks
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Well that makes one of us. I think the stock launcher is horrible.
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I think Nova Launcher is one of the best.

elesbb said:
Well that makes one of us. I think the stock launcher is horrible.
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I dont like it much but you have to say that the thing is smooth as heck.

mrleonx said:
I think Nova Launcher is one of the best.
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Nove is the bast in my opinion as well. Its flies but i do notice some jitters and lags. Very tiny lags but I notice them

osmosizzz said:
I dont like it much but you have to say that the thing is smooth as heck.
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I use apex pro and never noticed any lag or slowness even when throwing Max CPU way down to 800
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I agree that TW is really smooth
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LAUNCHERS
I just came from the gs4g with go launcher ex and tried it again on the gs3 and its still the best iv used yet its better now than ever very smooth no lag at all i tried the tw on the first day and hated it back to go launcher ex and never goin back to tw launcher o btw this phone is amazing i love it lol

Which launcher do you use?

i know, i know, this has probably been asked a million times, but i'm directing this to S3 users here in our little corner of the world, please don't hate
i've been using the holo launcher hd pro now for some time and i truly love the way it works. its smooth, elegant, doesnt get in the way, and best off all, gives me an AOSP look and feel when running a non-AOSP rom. i also use the holo locker as well. i use this launcher on both my S3 and my Xoom tablet
it seems to me that the holo launcher doesnt get enough respect. i see many a custom rom that includes nova or apex, but not holo (or even adw or go launchers for that matter).
when i search for "launcher" on the play store the first five results are in order GO, ADW, Nova, Apex, and Launcher 7, with Nova Prime and Apex Pro 6th and 7th.
Holo is on the first page of results, but is second from the bottom. hardly respectable if you ask me. there are themes that show up higher in that search
anyway, so lets keep it civil and not bash on each others choice of launcher. i just want to get a feel for how popular these launchers are on the S3 or do you prefer the stock TouchWiz interface?
let your voice be heard and vote above!

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Wrong section
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why do you think that? launchers are apps.

My favorite one is the one that gets launched when i press the home button

I use nova prime because of the folders in the app drawer. Go launcher is too heavy.
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Apex is very light, smoth and dont use alot resource therefor batt last longer.
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I'm debating on nova, next, or atom launcher.. I'm using nova atm and i love it but i love the visual features of next and atom is pretty sleek too
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RedJack117 said:
I'm debating on nova, next, or atom launcher.. I'm using nova atm and i love it but i love the visual features of next and atom is pretty sleek too
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i tried Nova prime, alot of features but sometime is lagging for me, Next use too much power, Apex dont have alot of features like all the other once beside that very good
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HiT tHaNk If i BeEn HeLpFuL.

Ive become a huge fan of action launcher. Best new launcher I have used in a while.

jajaja ive tried them all..use to like golauncher but takes up to much ram.. nova lags to much when i add widgets on screen...next seems ok but you cant change icons on the ones that bring look awfull... atom is smooth but its not letting me add widgets only the one launcher brings...smart launcher is kinda boring...and action launchers is slow xD spb is to heavy to.... im using apex now... until i find another one to try out...lol
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Primo
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Nova prime is the best one I've found so far imo.
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I use the stock TouchWiz one, but when I root it I use LGUI3.0 It's so much better, and gives you alot more customization options than TouchWiz. I think TouchWiz is so bland...

I was surprised to see that the default launcher with CM10 doesn't have a back-up function. I switched back to ADW because I was familiar with it from CM7. I also missed the infinite scroll feature that's available in ADW (and some of the others).

Jose0726 said:
jajaja ive tried them all..use to like golauncher but takes up to much ram.. nova lags to much when i add widgets on screen...next seems ok but you cant change icons on the ones that bring look awfull... atom is smooth but its not letting me add widgets only the one launcher brings...smart launcher is kinda boring...and action launchers is slow xD spb is to heavy to.... im using apex now... until i find another one to try out...lol
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have you tried holo launcher at all? i just did a test and it does use about 59mg of ram where as apex shows as cached and ready when you need it, so from that, it seems that apex is much lighter on resources, but i still really love holo, you should try it
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I was surprised to see that the default launcher with CM10 doesn't have a back-up function. I switched back to ADW because I was familiar with it from CM7. I also missed the infinite scroll feature that's available in ADW (and some of the others).
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i should have added trebuchet to the list. it has a lot more than it used to

I used touchwiz for a while it was ok, then I tried atom launcher it was good and smooth except app drawer laggs little bit now using the latest sony home launcher from the xperia Z really smooth and packed whit good widgets..
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Moving to General, as I think that it will garner more votes/views/opinions as opposed to staying in the Themes/Apps section.

Touchwiz ... I purchased apex pro and nova prime and holo plus .. but I love touchwiz launcher
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Apex pro. Tis great
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Next launcher is the best....!!!!
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