Just curious what launchers most people prefer and use most for their S3...and why.
I've been an Apex guy myself for a while now and think its best for my needs. Doesn't do everything I want in a launcher but damn close. I've tried em all and used to use either Go Launcher and Launcher Pro...and then Zeam for a while and Holo too but always have come back to Apex.
For me, things I really prefer are:
Homescreens (the more the merrier)
Docks (also the more the merrier AND the ability to have up to 7+ icons in each)
Changing homescreen grid size (to get more icons per inch ie. 7x5 as opposed to standard 4x4 or 4x5)
Resizing and scrollable widgets
App drawer tabs and customizability
These are a few things I look for that Apex seems to provide. Like I said its not perfect but close. I'm still wiling to try others if I haven't already and I'm curious what others use and the main reasons why.
Let us know if you will.
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Nova prime.
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Nova as well. The speed is why I love it. Its faster than apex.
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Nova prime also. Its fast, and i like the vertical app drawer and Swipeable dock
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Apex pro
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Nova for me. I found it easier to setup to my liking and can't think of anything its missing compared to apex.... For my use anyway. It's quick as well. No complaints. I'm just using the free version at the moment bc I've been testing, but will be updating to prime soon.
stock touchwiz, love the look of it
the only thing its missing is a better way to create folders, a nicer folder icon, and the jb feature where homescreen will auto rearrange itself to fit the widget you're placing. hopefully this will all come with the jb updat.e..
TSF shell.
Apex
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GO Launcher of course. Fast and many features. You have to pay for the premium version of other launchers to get some of its features
Apex pro
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GO Launcher of course. Fast and many features. You have to pay for the premium version of other launchers to get some of its features
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Its a resource hog
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I use nova. It seems a tad smoother to me than apex. If not nova then I'll run touchwiz sometimes.
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Apex pro
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Its a resource hog
red s3 ocd 2.1
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Its not a resource hog for me... my phone performs just as quickly as the week i had apex and nova to try - yet I have more features with it.
same on my old phone that only had 1gb ram.
It simply performs the best.
Stock
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Nova prime. Smoother and faster than Apex. Just wish I could disable vibration on the button
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I use Apex launcher, namely because I Paid for the pro version. Its been pretty quick, and if on install its slow I reinstall it and its fast again(this is on initial install). It never slows down afterwards.
I tried ADW, Go, Nova(very fast but heard it was a memory hog?). I would keep Nova but don't feel like paying for another launcher.
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Using Apex pro myself.
Adw ex on ICS.... nova prime on jelly.
Nova Prime
Stock on AOKP.
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Which one do you prefer and why?
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Im digging the apex launcher because it gives you options to edit the icons and put different pictures on tge icons . Like i downloaded adw ics theme by kovdev from market and was able to use the ics icon pix when tapping on an icon and hitting edit. The theme basically has a icon theme pack. I also love the animations im running the beta and it is silky smooth. It looks like i am runnin an aosp build its badasss . I also dl some galaxy nexus lw for more of a ics feel
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i use nova launcer. it is very customizable and it doesn't crash. it is also very fast. i really like that you can customiza also the quick launch bar. i have the free version (it is complete, just less customizable)
still use Go Launcher EX on my ICS devices
extremely customizable
fast
and it works on all the devices
and you can't beat the price FREE!
Apex, because it's essentially SuperStock. It preserves the ICS look and feel, which I love, but it's got a ton of additional options, and the ability to backup my desktop, which makes coming back from wipes easier.
Im loving nova right now. Even the free version is very customizable.
I run that Apex Launcher best from what I have seen.
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Apex all the way
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Apex.
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Where can I find apex launcher? I can't find it in the market, Amazon or 4shared
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Where can I find apex launcher? I can't find it in the market, Amazon or 4shared
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Search xda and u will find it
Apex gives me AOSP plus some more, such as hiding bloat (for free unlike nova launcher)
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okcxb said:
Where can I find apex launcher? I can't find it in the market, Amazon or 4shared
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Should be in the market ONLY if you are running ICS
Apex cuz it has The ics feel with The widgets tab. Nova still shows The old crappy look
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Apex fc'd on me, using nova, free version. Loving it.
Dfjcisnv
is nova launcher found on xda only as well? can't find it on the market
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nevermind, seems they're both only for ICS.
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is nova launcher found on xda only as well? can't find it on the market
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nevermind, seems they're both only for ICS.
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Nova launcher is in the market
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5sYXVuY2hlci5wcmltZSJd
I would like to try trebuchet, anyone got a link to it?
Thanks in advanced
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Nova launcher is in the market
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS50ZXNsYWNvaWxzdy5sYXVuY2hlci5wcmltZSJd
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I can't purchase it because I'm not on ICS. gonna have to wait
Trebuchet is the best in my opinion.. nova doesn't have a true widgets tab, though I've only tried the free version. Trebuchet is after all a cyanogen launcher. I'll post a db for you in a minute sir
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I recently switched to Nova launcher and it seems like its overall smoother than Apex launcher which is what I've been using previously. What launchers have given you the best performance on ICS.
I'm also trying to figure out how to get other governors that would help with performance without killing my battery for AOKP Milestone 6.
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I like nova prime. But atom launcher is also a good favorite. Very light. I used atom on CNA and aokp and had great results
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Everything except go launcher ex is good.
All others have pros and cons. Go launcher feels like too much bloat. Dont know why.
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I have had good performance with apex, however I do like nova as well. Would put them as top 2, in no order.
In my experience, apex is far smoother than nova. Nova was very unresponsive for me.
I looove apex or stock launcher
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I always use apex.. tried nova didn't like it
And go launcher is a big hell no
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Nova seems nice to me especially since I got it for 25 cents. Lol
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Another vote for apex, smooth and great on battery.
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I really don't get the Apex/Nova rave on our device. Sammy gives us the stock launcher, you just have to switch to it. I only use Nova because I got it when it was on sale, not worth the regular price in my opinion.
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I really don't get the Apex/Nova rave on our device. Sammy gives us the stock launcher, you just have to switch to it. I only use Nova because I got it when it was on sale, not worth the regular price in my opinion.
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Apex just gives me a "Stock +" experience. I don't even use as many features as it has. Mainly just to use home button as app drawer(when on home screen), and have app/folder options in the scrollable dock.
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Best performance is stock launcher for me.
I have purchased and tried out both Nova and Apex Pro launchers. After using them both for a while I settled on Apex launcher. I am on a rooted stock jellybean firmware, Poland rollout. Both launchers are very similar in terms of overall design and behaviour but i chose Apex for the following reasons;
1.Fewer ui and app drawer redraws this is possibly because of the keep in memory feature which is not there in Nova. This might consume more memory but for me the resulting smoothness is worth it.
2. Unread email count, to put this into perspective understand I have three Gmail accounts set up on my phone. In Apex I get the total unread count across all 3 accounts whilst Nova gives me total unread for only the main account associated with my device.
The one thing i missed in Apex from Nova was the import homescreen feature as i had to set up my widgets all over again in Apex. That said i am sticking to Apex for now.
GoLaucher Ex is now unistalled from my S3 until further notice but it seems to still work reasonably well on my S2
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im using nova prime and liking it. came from apex pro which is very good
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apex, holo hd, and tsf shell
Nova Prime. The best so far. IMO
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Another vote for Apex here.
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Wrong section much?
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Nobody likes a rent-a-mod sir.
+1 for Nova prime.
I always choose Apex, its been my favorite since ICS. However, on Slick_Rick's latest AOKP it redraws almost every time I return to the home screen.
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I'm a previous nova launcher user. Trying to get a consensus on touch wiz.
TOUCH WIZ!!
Touch Wiz and all its features can't be touched.
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ive always used third party launchers..giving touchwiz a try and i like it a lot so have been using that
I'm ok with Trebuchet and have tried Go Launcher but I really like what they did with touchwiz for jelly bean personally.
Nova, got the paid version a few weeks ago on sale for a quarter. Los of great setting and options
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I never really liked touch wiz at all. This time around im not so against it. I think my favs would be trebuchet, or the sense launcher. Never got a good feeling from nova or any others...
THIS NOTE 2 IS SENT FROM A GALAXY WHERE SAMSUNG SPRINTS TO THE TOP, AND JELLY BEANS EAT APPLES!!!!
Touchwiz is amazing, F the haters!!!! Lol
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Can't do touchwiz even tho its better than on the S2. Its Nova all the way. Just wish you could shrink app icons on it..
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shook187 said:
TOUCH WIZ!!
Touch Wiz and all its features can't be touched.
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Not sure if serious...?
Can't resize widgets, can't change grid size, no scrollable dock, etc.
The modded touchwiz launcher is OK with increased grid sizes, but still too limited. I use Go Launcher. They update it like every Friday, good support, lots of themes, animations, etc.
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I use Go Launcher. They update it like every Friday, good support, lots of themes, animations, etc.
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go launcher seemed to always add battery drain when i used it. i've tried going back multiple times and each time i'd get bad battery life which would go away after uninstalling. it also started slowing down my droid charge, each update added something that caused my charge to be slow as heck (it's only got 512MB of RAM).
it's got some nice features and add ons however.
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go launcher seemed to always add battery drain when i used it. i've tried going back multiple times and each time i'd get bad battery life which would go away after uninstalling. it also started slowing down my droid charge, each update added something that caused my charge to be slow as heck (it's only got 512MB of RAM).
it's got some nice features and add ons however.
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Hmm, I've never experienced that.
I use NOVA. I'd love to use stock, but I cannot stand having less than a 7x7 grid, which just is not possible with TW
I always loved Apex, but it's not worth giving up all the features on this so touch wiz it is
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I use NOVA. I'd love to use stock, but I cannot stand having less than a 7x7 grid, which just is not possible with TW
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6x5 touch wiz is in the development section
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Oh nice, thanks for the heads up. I may have to root and all that now. Hmmmm.
Apex baby
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Used to be hardcore Apex up until I couldn't use it on my GS3 with Paranoid Android. Been using Nova ever since. I'm a big fan of stock Android so TW just doesn't do it for me. I can't wait til we get an AOSP from, hopefully with Nova or Trebuchet built in.
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fryingpan0613 said:
I always loved Apex, but it's not worth giving up all the features on this so touch wiz it is
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6x5 touch wiz is in the development section
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Could you clarify for me what features are in touch wiz that aren't in the 3rd party launchers?
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Could you clarify for me what features are in touch wiz that aren't in the 3rd party launchers?
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The s pen integration. Like how s note opens when I pull it out. You can also do the search with it. I love the profiles, like when I plug in headphones it goes to a Page set up for music.
The customization Of apex isn't worth giving up the features.
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fryingpan0613 said:
The s pen integration. Like how s note opens when I pull it out. You can also do the search with it. I love the profiles, like when I plug in headphones it goes to a Page set up for music.
The customization Of apex isn't worth giving up the features.
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Hmm well I am running nova and when I take my pen out note opens
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How do you setup these profiles. . I have not seen this
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Can someone run though the features they like in tw? The bits I like about the note interface such as taking a screenshot awaiting your palm across the screen still work in Nova. On the other hand especially on the phone with a lot of storage things like the Nova Launcher ability to use folders in the app drawer to organize applications so you don't have to scroll through hundreds of them are really nice. Same with the gestures for control which really cut down on the poking and pecking when it comes to trying to get stuff started quickly. I used TW for a few days and just found it pretty pretty plain Jane with no extra features
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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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).
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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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This phone is a beast! And it has many features that other phones lack. So, a particular launcher for one phone might not be best for our phone.
So, which is it? Which one are you using?
(in no particular order)
GO
Nova
Apex
ADW
Smart
Action
NEXT
None
Unsure
Other: please list which one...
If you have a strong feeling for or against one or more, please tell why. And yes, I have read that one of those named above is possibly a spyware program for a non-US entity.
I have used NEXT, Apex and Nova but I keep going back to the stock launcher. Not a ton of extra features but has always been nice and snappy for me.
I like Nova. It's smooth and has great features. It's lacking in the scrolling effects though.
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Stock launcher. Haven't felt a need to convert since it has all the features I used on other launchers. Normally I'm switching between apex and nova launcher. Holo launcher used to be in the mix as well.
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Stock. I'll try an aftermarket launcher every once and awhile but always go back to stock. It just feels. Snappier.
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
Stock...snappier and cleaner
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Stock...and lovin' it!
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Stock
Smooth, cool, rich
Nova Prime-I prefer the Vanilla Android look. It's also very responsive and lets me hide apps in the app drawer.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I have the paid (Prime) version. Thanks @natienn for reminding me.
Nova Prime!!!!!!
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Stock ..very clean ..very snappy ..find it perfect for my needs..
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Nova Prime. I like downloadable icons packs and a vertically scrolling app drawer.
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I've always used the Apex launcher but the stock is so much better with this phone.
I use the Stock Launcher. While I do own both Apex and Nova paid versions, I really like the Stock widgets and that I can change the icons to whatever I want.
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I use the Stock Launcher. While I do own both Apex and Nova paid versions, I really like the Stock widgets and that I can change the icons to whatever I want.
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Speaking of changing the icons anyone know how to add more to the icon folder??
When the f*ck did we get ice cream??
First time I have stayed with stock launcher. Great job LG!
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Stock cover my needs. :good:
S4 touchwiz ui and its better on this than the s4 lol
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S4 touchwiz ui and its better on this than the s4 lol
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LoL!
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Nova launcher Prime works flawlessy on this phone. Love that I can make the notification bar disappear along with shadow up top. Very customizable. Never any slowdown. I have everything set to lightning fast transitions.