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[Q] App drawer

Here again with another question: is there a better app drawer than the stock one? I saw one with alphabetical divisions, but don't remember where... Any clue?
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LauncherPro. Better app drawer, and better overall home launcher. IMO

go Launcher has a nice app drawer.

psixda said:
I saw one with alphabetical divisions, but don't remember where... Any clue?
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That sounds a little bit like the drawer that LG put on their handsets, which has user-definable sections in the menu.
Also, +1 for LauncherPro.
An excellent little app IMO.

I already installed launcherpro and I like it, but its app drawer hasn't more functions than the stock one (you can simply hide some apps) it just looks cooler .
I'm looking for something more customizable, as the one from LG.
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psixda said:
I already installed launcherpro and I like it, but its app drawer hasn't more functions than the stock one (you can simply hide some apps) it just looks cooler
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You could try ADW Launcher.
But, to be honest, apart from the LG stock launcher, I'm not sure there's anything out that that'll really do what you want.

Thanks step666 I'm starting to think the same thing. So at the moment I'll keep the launcherpro menu with some apps hided.
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Adw is a good option if you want to separate apps and launcher pro plus is hardly any better from my limited experience with both ( about 3 days for each)
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What some of you seem to be forgetting/missing about LauncherPro is that it's main purpose is not to overhaul the App Drawer - it's not called AppDrawerPro.
What it's designed for, it's very good at IMO.
As for ADW, a friend recommended it to me but I found it to be very poor in comparison to LauncherPro.
Yes, it has more features, especially with regards to the App Drawer, but they're not all that well implemented.

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[Q] best launcher and why?

I use launcher pro, but I was wondering other people's opinion because I don't. Know what makes one better than the other. Performance speed.and things like that. I just know I hate touch wiz.... thanks in advance.....

use the search dude!

edshawn911 said:
I use launcher pro, but I was wondering other people's opinion because I don't. Know what makes one better than the other. Performance speed.and things like that. I just know I hate touch wiz.... thanks in advance.....
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happy with go launcher.

Go launcher. I was a LPP user for years. I use APW Widgets with go launcher. Basically the same Widgets as lpp.
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Yeah go launcher for sure, i had launcher pro for a lil while, then i switched to adw. Adw was great and i thought i would never replace it, but then i tried go launcher and never looked back. Have tried others but always end up coming back to go.
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elflip88 said:
Yeah go launcher for sure, i had launcher pro for a lil while, then i switched to adw. Adw was great and i thought i would never replace it, but then i tried go launcher and never looked back. Have tried others but always end up coming back to go.
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Agreed, golauncher does it for me, but the apk is rather bloated and after reviewing has a lot of useless features that make it sumwat battery unfriendly.. would b nice to have an alternitave with similar features without all the unnecessary extras

Adw is great
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ADW works great for me.
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I've paid for and used Launcher Pro and ADW EX each for months, then I saw saw the thread here on sslauncher. Free, and amazing. I'm never going back to the others.

Launcher Pro was my favorite, but it is becoming outdated due to lack of updates. GO Launcher EX has great features and is free. ADW EX is also good but it is a paid app. I would go with GO Launcher EX. Its fast, lots of customization, and its free.

I actually like TW compared to the others I tried (which is about all of them). I like to be able to touch the dots to change screens instead of swiping. I can go from homescreen 1 to 5 with just one touch. Same with the app drawer. I have 12 pages of apps. I don't need to keep swiping from one page to the other to get through them all, or if I have it on continuous, I don't have to scroll from top to bottom. If I'm on page 1, and I need page 10, I just tap that dot.

I like Go better than all the rest. I like the ease of being able to long press an icon and then being able to delete from screen, change the icon, or add a gesture on the homescreen.
I also like the fact that in the app drawer you can hide apps from showing without having to freeze them using titanium backup. I use this to keep my app drawer organized. I hide all the apps in the app drawer that i have in my dock. No point in having them show up in 2 places.
Also with Go you can have up to 3 docks. you just swipe left or right to get to more apps on the dock. I use this to keep my homescreen as clean looking as possible.

ADW Launcher EX is great! But on ICS I use APEX, Nova Prime, and sometimes Trebuchet, but I only have ICS on my Kindle Fire right now so I can't get the full experience on my phone. ADW Launcher EX can be themed in multiple ways, I use the ICS theme on my phone. So basically use ADW!

tdj's modified touchwiz 5x4 launcher ftw
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edshawn911 said:
I use launcher pro, but I was wondering other people's opinion because I don't. Know what makes one better than the other. Performance speed.and things like that. I just know I hate touch wiz.... thanks in advance.....
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Go launcher is so good, it makes all the others look like a project gone bad

stondec said:
Go launcher is so good, it makes all the others look like a project gone bad
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Go is ok. I see so many people love it, but it always seems to have the most lag fir me.
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I always used LPP for the widgets, but now use ADW EX with APW.
Worth mentioning that I used the default ICS launcher on my Nexus S and was a big fan.
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bobbyphoenix said:
I actually like TW compared to the others I tried (which is about all of them). I like to be able to touch the dots to change screens instead of swiping. I can go from homescreen 1 to 5 with just one touch. Same with the app drawer. I have 12 pages of apps. I don't need to keep swiping from one page to the other to get through them all, or if I have it on continuous, I don't have to scroll from top to bottom. If I'm on page 1, and I need page 10, I just tap that dot.
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I use QQ... same people that madr MIUI. Does the same thing and is faster/less CPU drain. I currently have mine setup with the iPhone theme and love it
Fast..simple...sick

I like Go Launcher, why?
1. Free
2. Calendar widget
3. Customizable
4. Frequent updates
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Go launcher does the work for me...
Lots of customization, Ice cream sandwich themes, go widgets and free

Nova launcher updated

Now on version 1.1.1
New folder features, app drawer features, etc.
(Oooops. Wrong section, meant to post on themes and apps. Sorry folks)
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Moved. I prefer Apex myself, but I'll give the new update a shot.

Lol, at your mention, i'll give apex a whirl.
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It works great with the Tablet UI mod. Now we don't have to use hacked launchers

Apex is nice but I have been using Nova since beta 1. The vertical scrolling in app drawer and transparency slider are nice additions if you're into that
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I was more into Apex for a little while...but since Nova added (or when I noticed) shortcut activities that blow Apex out of the water its no contest.
Wow. I'm rude. Nobody asked me anything
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I was using adw for a long time and just recently switched to nova thanks to a little persuasion by the "god father" john Corleone. I really like it.
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Question: How do you create folders in app drawer? I don't see a create folder option anywhere.
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bhavi_jp said:
Question: How do you create folders in app drawer? I don't see a create folder option anywhere.
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i dont think you can do that

You can only create folders in the app drawer with Nova Prime. Go to Nova settings, Drawer, Drawer Groups

DataHawg said:
You can only create folders in the app drawer with Nova Prime. Go to Nova settings, Drawer, Drawer Groups
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I was able to create folders using the free version of Nova??

dweeze87 said:
I was able to create folders using the free version of Nova??
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I'm guessing you have some sort of hacked Prime then because I wasn't able to and I had to buy Prime.
But Nova Launcher is effing amazing. LOVE the folder option in App Drawer and the transparency. Nova is so much more smoother than Apex and these new features and just making it more epic.

iniz94 said:
I'm guessing you have some sort of hacked Prime then because I wasn't able to and I had to buy Prime.
But Nova Launcher is effing amazing. LOVE the folder option in App Drawer and the transparency. Nova is so much more smoother than Apex and these new features and just making it more epic.
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You could be right and I agree with you regarding Nova. I love it!!

I like it better than Apex also. With Apex you can only save one backup of your settings and screen configuration. Nova lets you save as many as you want and you can rename the backups. It also does a better job of restoring IMO. In my settings there is a blue Prime banner on the option for Drawer Groups where you create the folders.

iniz94 said:
I'm guessing you have some sort of hacked Prime then because I wasn't able to and I had to buy Prime.
But Nova Launcher is effing amazing. LOVE the folder option in App Drawer and the transparency. Nova is so much more smoother than Apex and these new features and just making it more epic.
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I was going to say it was smoother and maybe a bit faster than Apex. I think people say they like Apex better because they don't have to pay to get the Prime features. I was happy to pay for it since I have used it since beta 1. It was even great in the beginning. It was the only launcher that could pull me away from ADW EX. They did finally add swipe to hide dock which I did email them about because it was the only thing I was missing. I love being able to have a completely clean screen
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DataHawg said:
I like it better than Apex also. With Apex you can only save one backup of your settings and screen configuration. Nova lets you save as many as you want and you can rename the backups. It also does a better job of restoring IMO. In my settings there is a blue Prime banner on the option for Drawer Groups where you create the folders.
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I'm new to all launchers not called touchwiz... does it save all your widgets and shortcuts too?
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How did I miss app drawer transparency??
I love Nova. Perfect upgrade from LauncherPro.

I like Nova Launcher prime allot. I purchased it after flashing a ROM that included the free version (I believe it was Venum ICE), and have used it as my daily launcher since.
I was wondering if anyone else has lost the ability to have the wallpaper scroll since the last update. Everything seemed to be working great until I updated it the other day. Out of nowhere, the wallpaper quit scrolling.
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blackcanopy said:
I like Nova Launcher prime allot. I purchased it after flashing a ROM that included the free version (I believe it was Venum ICE), and have used it as my daily launcher since.
I was wondering if anyone else has lost the ability to have the wallpaper scroll since the last update. Everything seemed to be working great until I updated it the other day. Out of nowhere, the wallpaper quit scrolling.
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Same here BC. I think it started with FD16 and doesn't seem to matter which launcher you use. I tried installing Apex too and it didn't work with it either.

I stated to use Apex Launcher and installed an AOKP rom which had Nova preinstalled, I haven't look back sense. Nova +1

Launcher for GN2!

Well I just came from rooted mytouch 4g and loved the endless possibilities of being rooted! But I don't want to root this GN2 yet because of warranty but enough said I want to change my dpi or just change the size of things and love a good launcher with lots of themes but not any launcher IV tried has abilities to change icon size or dpi...
Any one found a good launcher besides nova prime, or go launcher
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adw launcher was updated today and its completely new

haldi15 said:
adw launcher was updated today and its completely new
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+1 adw ex has resizeable icons
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Awesome going to check adw out tonight I Un installed nova prime and put go launcher on last night but being a battery hoe that it is kinda sucks because I'm not always able to charge my phablet
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I hate Go Launcher. It used to be great. Then they switched over to GetJar to download themes, and they have Free to download but pay to use themes. It's a huge mess. I personally like Nova or Apex. Although now that ADW has updated their app, I've been using that. I have to say it works pretty well, though each time I reboot I have to reset it as the default launcher.

I love the stock launcher with a few exceptions; I don't understand why they made the pages a 4x4 grid. The Note fully justifies a 5x5 grid. I wish that the other launchers gave you the ability to quick-scroll between pages in the homescreen and in the dock like the stock touchwiz launcher does.

I changed my DPI to 280 and use Go Launcher with a 6x6 grid and works very well. Now the stock Samsung keyboard and dialer did not scale correctly, but I use Swipe and the Go Dialer.

Adw has gotten as lot better and after a haitus from it I'm back and it's better than it had ever been

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I changed my DPI to 280 and use Go Launcher with a 6x6 grid and works very well. Now the stock Samsung keyboard and dialer did not scale correctly, but I use Swipe and the Go Dialer.
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I kinda switch back and forth now but think I'm liking mine set up just like this its almost perfect haha
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Lovin this LauncherWP8. Very neat and customizable. This phone is otherworldly.

Not finding that on the play store. Are you referring to a theme or an actual launcher?
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Still stuck on Nova launcher. Fast, stable and the backup feature is in the free version. $4 for the pro, gives you message and email counts on the icons, just like TW.
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You could simply use one of the toolkits. And if something happens you can use it revert back to complete stock.
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Well, I finally invested the time in learning enough about Lightning Launcher. It's really COMPLETELY different than other launchers I've tried, which is what I like about it. I've tried Apex, ADW, Nova and briefly touched GO -- they're all pretty much the same -- all pretty good. Lightning is kind of a big pain to figure out and it doesn't give the option for a scrollable dock, but you can pin, resize, rotate and arrange all icons, widgets and folder labels in whatever way you want, all on a zoomable, scrollable page. You can't really apply themes, but you can make up whatever you want. Your screen is really like a window onto an infinite desktop that you have full control over. It doesn't have the fancy animation options that the others do, so there's not a lot of "Wow" factor for others to see, but I have everything accessible from a single screen that doesn't feel too cluttered with icons. Lightning is free from Play and doesn't require root.
FWIW, here's a screen shot of my home page -- The two rows of icons at the bottom are pinned as well as the Google search widget at the top. Everything else moves and zooms in or out behind the pinned stuff. If I want, I can place other items above, below, or to the sides and just scroll to them. Lightning does support other pages that you can switch to with a two-finger swipe, and I use them as sort of a sandbox for trying things out, but everything I want is on my main home page.

I've been using atom launcher for a while first on my s2 and now on my note2. It will let you create folders which is nothing new but you can scroll with your finger or with the S Pen. Also you can vary the opacity of the icons on the home screen if you want to keep some what of a clean look. I'll post pics to better explain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dlto.atom.launcher
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I use nova AND circle launcher.

I am using Apex. Great launcher. Fast scrolling and screen transitions. You can install some nice themes and change the icon packs.
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I'm pretty sure I've tried them all, and seem to always revert back to Nova Pro. Its fast, stable, has nice features without be gimmicky like Go and some of the others. Bottom line I want something that works that isn't at burden on system resource, Nova fits that bill.
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Still sticking with my Go note 2 go launcher locker and animated weather wallpaper as well as go sms and it's great but.....
Question: can I root and not void warranty?
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YourCancer01 said:
Still sticking with my Go note 2 go launcher locker and animated weather wallpaper as well as go sms and it's great but.....
Question: can I root and not void warranty?
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Root modifies your devices's firmware, so...no :/

Apex Launcher + Holo Locker

Hey guys, I'm using these great apps to replace my launcher and lockscreen.
The problem is: Eventually, when I push the home button and unlock my device, all icons are gone for a few seconds (as if the launcher was restarting). I don't know what is going on and didn't found anything on google.
Does anyone know what is causing this? Any tips?
I know it's probably Holo Locker's fault, but it would be nice to fix that without having to remove it.

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Hey guys, I'm using these great apps to replace my launcher and lockscreen.
The problem is: Eventually, when I push the home button and unlock my device, all icons are gone for a few seconds (as if the launcher was restarting). I don't know what is going on and didn't found anything on google.
Does anyone know what is causing this? Any tips?
I know it's probably Holo Locker's fault, but it would be nice to fix that without having to remove it.
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Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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chrismast said:
Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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I have found the option, I'll give a try.
Thanks

It definitly sounds like launcher redraw. It happened to me very often on my SGSI. Normally after using an app the steals lots of ram or one that stores alot in the cache memory.

U should spend 4$$ on the go launcher holiday special,its a lightweight version of normal go launcher ex witch also includes go locker integrated and it is only 4.7 mb.
A lot of the additional crap from go launcher is gone,but still customizable with themes-text color-icon size-etc..it is so fast,smooth and stable..really a joy to use IMO..

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Sounds like a launcher redraw, I don't know holo locker but in apex you got an option to keep it in memory to reduce those redraws. Maybe try it.
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Problem fixed. Thanks.
zodiaxe66 said:
U should spend 4$$ on the go launcher holiday special,its a lightweight version of normal go launcher ex witch also includes go locker integrated and it is only 4.7 mb.
A lot of the additional crap from go launcher is gone,but still customizable with themes-text color-icon size-etc..it is so fast,smooth and stable..really a joy to use IMO..
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The reason for I never got Go Launcher is because imo it's way customized. And I like the look and feel of the stock android from nexus. But thanks for the tip, I'll watch some videos to see how it is...

fndpena said:
Problem fixed. Thanks.
The reason for I never got Go Launcher is because imo it's way customized. And I like the look and feel of the stock android from nexus. But thanks for the tip, I'll watch some videos to see how it is...
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It is slimmed down about 40%.I personally think that to much crap is filled in free go launcher ex,but the holiday edition is so fast and stable.the reviews on play store is amazing,I mean ppl can't/ won't read OP and also don't uninstall their free go launcher and go locker before installing the paid one.go locker is integrated in the paid version.and ofcause u can not restore your settings from free launcher as this is a completely different launcher,but so what it takes max 30 min to set up your app/widgets on homescreen,if u really have cramped up your homescreens..
Refund it within 15min,I do that quite often if I don't like the apps I just purchased.