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[Q] Stock gingerbread launcher.

Please tell me why people like it? It has 3 non changable icons that stay one color and looks like its out of place compared to the rest of a home screen setup.
Just wondering whats so great about it? Am i missing something?
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different strokes for different folks.

It gives more of a stock feeling than ADW. And the trashcan is on the bottom dock, the only reasons I used it, then I moved to ADW for honeybread
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I actually think it looks a bit better than adw. It gives more of a clean look.
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Because the app drawer is the best app drawer of all of them! Especially with a phone with good graphics!
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Isn't the same effect app drawer available on adw and lppro?
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Well gb launcher2 is just so much smoother then adw or lp. Home screen scrolling is buttery smooth, and the transition for opening the app drawer is much nicer then the other two. The app drawer cube effect shows 5 rows in the fold compared to the others. Now that I can use themes in CM7 without adw, I use it.

And in the stock launcher the apps in the drawer "bounce" much smoother than LP, not as laggy

I believe i read somewhere on here that the stock launcher is hardware accelerated. That is why is runs faster and smoother.
I personally prefer anything stock. Stock apps seem, to me at least, to be smaller and faster. Try to keep the fluff to a minimum.

I love stock anything! My Nexus One made me love the 3D app drawer, and on my G2, its only smoother! I can't wait to see how smooth a stock dual core Android 2.4 phone from Google is gonna be! The G2x is a good example, however it will be froyo, meaning not fully dual core compatible like 2.4 will be! My guess....Nexus X by Motorola! I can wish, can't I??
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I just love that stock vanilla google experience...same when ICS, Jellybean drop...ill stick to stock...no overlays or launchers for me...BTW is there a zip I can flash for the gingerbread launcher over adw in CM7..? (There was one for NS)
Edit: I know there's a couple in the market but those aren't as smooth as the ones in NS Development...
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http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-launcher-in-cm7-on-htc-desire-z-t-mobile-g2/
You can get it from there, worked very well for me.
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I flashed the dark launcher zip I used to have for my nexus and its working just fine but ill try this one also...thx
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thomas_wlc how did you make this launcher work very well on cm7? i flashed it and its just as laggy as adw (switching between homescreens)

shadal said:
thomas_wlc how did you make this launcher work very well on cm7? i flashed it and its just as laggy as adw (switching between homescreens)
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Hey,
I really didn't have to do anything but flash it. I flashed this over the ILWT cm7 rom and it just worked right out of the box (on 187b as well as 204).
I wouldn't know how to improve the performance of the launcher, except for common guesses such as reflashing/wiping and such.
Maybe it's just a different understanding of what "working really well" means. I never did get it to work perfectly buttery smooth, a very tiny lag always remained (even though it was running a lot better than adw).

What launcher are you using on your GN?

I've noticed significant lag with the Galaxy Nexus and I suspect its the GN launcher. I believe I've tried all the variations of the modded launcher. I'm wondering if everyone else is seeing the same thing?
Do you notice laggy transitions?
Are you dealing with it or running a new launcher?
Which one are you running?
What do you miss from the stock launcher the most?
Do you really like widgets in the app drawer? (i'm on the fence about that one)

Adw ex launcher ftw.
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I'm a huge fan of adw launcher ex!!! That was my first thought.

I tried adw ex right away but didn't like it. Was early on though. But I like the stock launcher enoughcit will be awhile before I try again.
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Are you running a live wallpaper? A stock live wallpaper? If so, there is the cause of your lag.
I've never heard of anyone having a laggy launcher unless it was when using one of the included stock live wallpapers that wasn't the phase beam one.

joshnichols189 said:
Are you running a live wallpaper? A stock live wallpaper? If so, there is the cause of your lag.
I've never heard of anyone having a laggy launcher unless it was when using one of the included stock live wallpapers that wasn't the phase beam one.
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There is extreme lag when using live wallpaper that isn't phase beam but even without there is noticeable lag. Its usually stuttering in the animation when going in and coming out of the app drawer or when scrolling from apps to widgets.

Are you on 4.0.1?

4.0.3
Different roms and different kernels and there isn't much of a change. I mean don't get me wrong its not like painfully slow that I want to hang myself or throw the phone out the window but it isn't even close to as smooth as the early alpha of ICS on the GS2

ADW launcher EX

Odd.. I've never experienced lag :/ try using nova launcher
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Yup. Tried that as well. And "Home Launcher" which is currently my fav as well as the CM9 launcher. Pretty much the same thing all around. I did use adw for a few hours and that was buttery smooth but they have to make some changes to their folder implementation before i can use that everyday

Using the stock ICS launcher. I need to get around to trying some of the other ones on ICS.

Stock and I suspect some of the lag will be addressed by 4.0.3 if you're not already on a custom ROM.
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Nova Launcher Beta7 > *

As much as I like Nova Launcher and ADW Launcher Ex, my first choice of launcher is LauncherPro because, as far as I am aware, it is the only one that has built in widgets for Facebook and Twitter.
I know you can install widget packs like Android Pro Widgets or Colorize Widgets but they all have issues, like jerky scrolling or the Twitter app only showing up to 100 tweets.

samizad said:
As much as I like Nova Launcher and ADW Launcher Ex, my first choice of launcher is LauncherPro because, as far as I am aware, it is the only one that has built in widgets for Facebook and Twitter.
I know you can install widget packs like Android Pro Widgets or Colorize Widgets but they all have issues, like jerky scrolling or the Twitter app only showing up to 100 tweets.
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guess thats an alright reason
i only use 3 homescreens, *usually only 1* and only ever use 1 widget *beautiful widget 4x1* and leave facebook/twitter to the apps
widgets are battery suckers
and if you need to see more then 100 tweets on your homescreen you should be opening the app

I'm surprised no one mentioned Go Launcher Ex, especially when it's free and provides a LOT of support. Check it out, it has very awesome animations for everything. Only downside right now is a bit of lag when opening the drawer, i'm sure that will soon be fixed.

Nova launcher. Best one. No lag. 4.0.3 custom and Franco kernel
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I use ADW.Launcher EX cuz it supports more than 16 apps using the built in Folders feature. Also icon skinning support.
I can't believe the stock launcher can't hold more than 16 apps in a folder... wtf is this, iOS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Trebuchet - not just a Microsoft font anymore
Terminators run on Android

Does touchwiz make a rom slower?

I see that the darkside rom has the option for both touch and touchless. I was curious if it made a difference other than personal taste, or if one runs better than another.

Yes much slower.
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Thank you for clearing it up. Touchless it is!!
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I don't think so, stock rom for this phone is actually pretty snappy.
So I don't think it matters that much which one you go with.
I prefer TW myself.
Powered by the SGSII....

Honestly the only thing I noticed was it freed up a lil ram but I could tell a difference in feel. I like TW it looks nice with the 5 icon dock.

I think its more about software optimization & hardware, most high end phones shouldn't struggle at all jumping from apps to menus etc.

Touchwiz is actually a really light overlay. Compared to htc's sense it runs quite fast
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This is actually bonestock compared to anything from HTC. Its snappy and fast as anything I've used, I would argue faster...
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Touchwiz is a really light launcher. The biggest performance difference you're going to get is gonna be from removing the bloatware.

2hvy4grvty said:
Touchwiz is a really light launcher. The biggest performance difference you're going to get is gonna be from removing the bloatware.
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+100
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i tried go launcher, adw luancher and launcher pro. Now i'm back to TW. I realize I like to keep things as simple as possible.

prodigy702 said:
i tried go launcher, adw luancher and launcher pro. Now i'm back to TW. I realize I like to keep things as simple as possible.
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I agree with you 100% touchwiz isn't bad at all especially on a phone like this a performance difference would be hard to notice
From a Galaxy better than yours.

I also prefer TW over all the other launchers. I like mine nice and simple

You can also try the modded TW 4.5 launcher floating around here as well. Still TW but you can adjust more things and have 5 icons in the dock
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+ 1 for TouchWiz. I meen you bought a Samsung GS2 = TouchWiz. I have a Sensation with Sense 3.5 and it's Nice, but my GS2 will Smoke it Hands down.

I can say that I didn't care for touchwiz myself...I'm just spoiled using Nexus phones before this with CM7 & CM9 I've got ADW with CM7 on mine. Simple as you can get right there...though trebuchet on CM9 is worlds ahead of ADW...

i dont know exactly what the Touchless version does, but you can just install a third party launcher (i use go launcher ex) and freeze or uninstall Touchwiz launcher in system/app

Touchwiz is AOT more than just the launcher.. its the dialer, contacts, messaging, the status bar, the list keeps going..
A "touchless" rom i would expect to have non of these enhanced apks.
I personally do not think the twiz slows the phone down. if anything it gives it a better apeal to the eye without bogging performance.
So to answer the question.. No it does not slow anything down.

The touchless darkside uses zeam launcher which actually reminds me of tw. Try it out see if you like it... If not go back to tw
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i wanted to like zeam... but touchwiz was more responsive. so +1 on touchwiz.

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[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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[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

[Q] How is Apex on this vs. Nova?

I've been using Nova because well... it's Nova! But Apex has an option to use the tablet UI found on many 10' tablets and I'm interested in that. But how does it stack up against Nova for speed, smoothness, lack of lag, stability, battery, and memory use?

omnius1 said:
I've been using Nova because well... it's Nova! But Apex has an option to use the tablet UI found on many 10' tablets and I'm interested in that. But how does it stack up against Nova for speed, smoothness, lack of lag, stability, battery, and memory use?
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Never used Nova but I've been running Apex since purchase and it's great.

Its a preference really, apex spaces things better than nova. Apex will look like stock on the device while nova wont.
Apex vertical widget scrolling is slow and choppy. Nova isn't.
Both are free. Install them and see what you like better.

i use nova on my nexus4, i downloaded it on the tablet and i felt lag in the app drawer so i decided to go with apex, havnt had scroll lag yet:good:
also apex has tablet ui mode, It looks and feels much better that way, for me at least

I use nova but SS launcher is going to be given a whirl
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Nova is running flawlessly for me.
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I use Smart Launcher and it is very fast, lightweight, and is functional.