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 I heard about it but I just didn't give it a shot because the reviews say it's no longer updated.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.
veeman said:
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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shravbits said:
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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I haven't rooted my INC 2, and don't see the need for it yet. I just want to know if anyone has tried a different launcher on their INC 2 besides sense.
nyccharlie said:
I haven't rooted my INC 2, and don't see the need for it yet. I just want to know if anyone has tried a different launcher on their INC 2 besides sense.
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I used adw ex before I rooted.
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launcher pro for me. much better dock options than sense.
i used Launcher Pro for the longest time(always hated Sense). i recently decided to give Go Launcher EX a try and use the Honeycomb theme for it. it's very similiar to Launcher Pro just a bit more stylish.
I have LPP, ADW and Go Launcher all installed and freeze all of them except the one I'm using at the time and all of them work great on the Dinc2, imo.
I am getting to be very fond of Sense though and the widgets and bells and whistles are nice sometimes.
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I have LPP, ADW and Go Launcher all installed and freeze all of them except the one I'm using at the time and all of them work great on the Dinc2, imo.
I am getting to be very fond of Sense though and the widgets and bells and whistles are nice sometimes.
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I love go launcher and lpp
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Go Launcher is probably the best one out there right now.
which launchers are you guys using?
i use go launcher but just wondering what other people are using.
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Tried ADW but went back to stock.
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I'm using Go Launcher.
Was using ADW EX, but switched back to stock because of better formatting with honeycomb widgets (mainly landscape, portrait scaling) and a couple other tiny, but annoying graphical bugs.
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Launcher Pro. I like the sliding app drawer.
I was using ADW, but it started to force-close too often.
I tried SPB Shell 3D. Looks awesome and fluid, but (always a but), the launcher often has to load when coming out of an app. Takes about 3 secs but kills the experience. Went back to stock. Would like something Metro like, though.
i tried go launcher and launcher pro but nothing is as smooth as the stock one. i guess ill stick with the stock one for now until there's a better alternate.
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Stock is the best........ IMO
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I've tried Launcher Pro, Regina 3D, ADW and Go Launcher EX. I like Go Launcher EX best and I am still using it. Regina 3D was a bit wonky.
Just got my A100 yesterday and tried adw, launcher pro and go launcher ex and found I like go Pilcher the best.
salkiri said:
I like go Pilcher the best.
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Huh? Wuzzat?
jschall said:
Huh? Wuzzat?
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I believe he meant "go launcher" auto correct must not like him xD
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I get best results using stock launcher. I used ADW EX for a bit but went back to stock. As for everyone using Go Launcher, do you guys know whether or not the Go Team has disabled the data collecting feature on Go Launcher? There was a big fiasco concerning security a while ago due to that.
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I use Go Launcher. Is there a way but to share saved configurations to share with other ppl? Maybe make a thread about your creations.
I LOVE to tweak around, but mostly end up having the worst result a tech Dev would have to decrypt in order to set it back to default
Some have better luck in making epic launchers
neelz said:
I tried SPB Shell 3D. Looks awesome and fluid, but (always a but), the launcher often has to load when coming out of an app. Takes about 3 secs but kills the experience. Went back to stock. Would like something Metro like, though.
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I am one of the two people who created Windows Phone Android (getting decommissioned and maybe opensource soon). I have Metro Launcher running on my tablet. Yes I am pretty anal about exact look and feel and this one looks/feel like my Build Windows 8 tablet. I am not sure if I want to release it for public use though. WPA was great but too much diverse hardware made it very hard to support.
I use a old version of ADWLauncher EX. The new version is really great for my phones, but gives two menu icons for my A100. It gives tons of customization options while staying stock looking if you want
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I am one of the two people who created Windows Phone Android (getting decommissioned and maybe opensource soon). I have Metro Launcher running on my tablet. Yes I am pretty anal about exact look and feel and this one looks/feel like my Build Windows 8 tablet. I am not sure if I want to release it for public use though. WPA was great but too much diverse hardware made it very hard to support.
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I would love to try it i have an hd7 and love metro ui
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I use go launcher I think it runs smoothly and the like hw my pictures look as wallpaper much better
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I like the stock launcher just fine. I haven't tried any others because I haven't seen anything in the descriptions that sounded like they did anything better.
Same with widgets. I have yet to find any widget packs that in the screen caps look nicer or do much of anything useful we cant already do. A few extra widgets I do use and like are the dictionary.com "word of the day", InTune, Dolphin HD bookmarks but those come with the specific apps.
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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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I am still on ADW EX. It's still pretty good but with no updates looks to have been abandoned.
What is everyone else using? One thing I am looking for is a home replacement with 6 custom dock slots. As I have 6 things (phone, contacts, google voice, google talk, messages, email) that I always want available to me.
Well.. there is a lot of launchers out there.
I myself try to remain stock, like on cm9 trebucht I mod the dock by to represent sense 4.
Honestly I don't really like them anymore but it still is a decent launcher and thats Go Launcher.
I believe there is a launched thread here somewhere in xda. Might have to dig a bit, most launchers designed before and after GB have pretty much stopped. Either they were in too deep or just stopped working on it.
I'd love to use honeycomb launcher but unfortunately syndicate is a horrible development team, they are slow with updates and usually never fix the bugs.
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I still love go launcher ex. I just recently went back to sense because of a new touch of blue install, but still using go on my Toshiba thrive.
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For ics, nothing beats apex.
Adw for gb, adw ex just had an update in dec. Just my two cents, I can't handle sense, so slow and boring. Go seems to be a resource hog. For miui, I like ftl launcher, gives you an app button and it still themes the apps.
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GO is what I use. They have lots of options and update constantly...sometimes too constantly.
My current favorite is Holo Launcher. It's pretty much of a newcomer, but it's pretty lightweight, good and fast, and gives a great ICS experience on a Gingerbread ROM. It has a scrolling dock with up to 7 items per dock page.
I use nova.. apex lags for me
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Sidnese which
On Gingerbread I use Go Launcher EX and on ICS I use Apex Launcher.
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GO is what I use. They have lots of options and update constantly...sometimes too constantly.
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haha soo true. I used GO launcher back on my tablet when it was stuck on honeycomb, cuz the stock launcher was horribly slow, but I love the ICS launcher, so i was on that
I'm on Go Launcher EX. Has never lagged for FC'ed yet...no issues.
With Go Launcher can I set 6 custom dock icons?
I'm still rocking LPP. I like it. I have 5 static icons and 5 swipe actions as well using those icons. It still works fine for me.
360 launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qihoo360.launcher
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Hand76 said:
With Go Launcher can I set 6 custom dock icons?
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Yes. Latest version of Go Launcher Ex allows for this customization.
On GB, I used Go Launcher w/ ICS Theme, and on ICS, I usually use what's built in - usually being Trebuchet. Apex comes with AOKP builds/milestones, and seems pretty reliable - just like Trebuchet. I don't think there's that much of difference, because ICS is just so damn sexy out of the box. xD
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Hand76 said:
With Go Launcher can I set 6 custom dock icons?
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Seems so - pretty sure you can have scrolling docks with both Go and ADW. I think they both support folders too.
adw for now
Go launcher for a while, but just haven't put it back on yet.
I use Zeam Launcher; it's lightweight, configurable enough, and fairly no-frills (which for me is a big plus).
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go launcher
Right now i'm running the stock launcher for CM10 on mine (albino's build)
Gonna be a dirty boy and Double post. I just switched to Nova Launcher. On Albinoman's 4.1 rom for the Dinc it's buttery smooth in any animation setting. I tried Go-launcher, but I got overwhelmed by all the tie-ins it tried to make me do "go launcher widget, go launcher theme, go launcher icons" etc. Nova seems to strike a good balance between basic'ness and customization/animation.
Anyone having any luck with this? I'm running rooted stock right now and ADW launcher seems REALLY buggy. It's freaking out with the default dialer app, and the scrolling is abysmal. I miss my custom look though.
Anyone have any launchers that work well with the note 2?
Are you using ADW EX or the free version. I cannot vouch for the free version but I love my ADW EX.
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I'm running the ex I have no problem paying up for good software I was trying to run it on Venum Ice a few weeks ago and was having troubles. Going to try it right now and see how Macksrom is working as well. Just waiting for backup to save.
I have used both adw launchers with no problems. Using ex now.
I stopped using ADW and started using Nova after ADW had some issues. Nova is similar to ADW, and I'm very pleased with its capabilities and performance.
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I also had the same problems you described running ADW EX over stock rooted. Ended up just going back to TouchWiz. Other than general nuttiness and lag, my biggest problem was the alarm indicator wouldn't show, so I was worried that ADW EX was interfering with that somehow and my phone wouldn't wake me up in the morning. If nothing else, it was nice to have scrolling wallpaper for a little while.
I might try Nova to see if it's improved from the last time I tried it, but I'm pretty used to ADW EX by now so I hope the dev corrects the issues with an update soon.
I actually switched to Apex and it's been working great. Even held me off from skinning a new rom........ so far