Is anyone using a different launcher? What S pen features work and what do you lose....?
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I'm using Apex, haven't lost a thing.
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Using Nova, no loss at all.
Using Nova, everything works. The only thing I can note is that the S Pen app doesn't automatically launch after removing the pen any longer. Not sure if that can be restored, but I have not investigated that since I actually like it better this way.
Apex. Only loss is when the Spen is removed the Page Buddy doesnt open automatically and the Spen icon is not displayed in the status bar.
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So Apex and Nova, you lose certain S Pen features. And I believe multiview will not work with 3rd party launchers as well.
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ThaiM said:
So Apex and Nova, you lose certain S Pen features. And I believe multiview will not work with 3rd party launchers as well.
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Incorrect...multiview works perfectly on Nova and I would assume for Apex as well. Pagebuddy doesn't open on 3rd party launchers, but all the apps within Pagebuddy work fine, you just have to open them individually instead of the page automatically opening. No big deal and the advantages of the launchers far outweight that one negative. In my opinion anyway.
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That's a shame to hear that Page buddy gets broken.
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Xelstyle said:
That's a shame to hear that Page buddy gets broken.
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Just put the s pen widget on a screen and problem solved
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Totally agree while page buddy doesnt pop up automatically all the functionality is there just put Snote on your desktop and its ready to go. The Soen itself works fine under these launchers
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Same thing with Holo. Another mildly annoying thing with Holo is that the exposé-like animation (which shows all your screens and allows you to switch to any one of them without cycling) is slow and choppy.
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In my experience nova and apex aren't as smooth as the stock touchwhiz launcher is on this phone. Not saying they are laggy or anything but it is noticeable. I have the paid versions of nova and apex because in general I prefer them, but I've been using touchwhiz with 4x5 mod and perseus kernel and loving it.
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In my experience nova and apex aren't as smooth as the stock touchwhiz launcher is on this phone. Not saying they are laggy or anything but it is noticeable. I have the paid versions of nova and apex because in general I prefer them, but I've been using touchwhiz with 4x5 mod and perseus kernel and loving it.
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TW on this phone is the first stock launcher that I would consider as smooth as Nova...however, the lack of scrolling dock kills it for me. If TW had that, I would definitely stick with it.
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I could live with out the scrolling dock, I just want a fully customizable dock..... But still want s pen features... I'm sure there will be ROMs to fix this...
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Aranen_Zen said:
I could live with out the scrolling dock, I just want a fully customizable dock..... But still want s pen features... I'm sure there will be ROMs to fix this...
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I doubt it since you lose no s pen features with Apex or Nova...those are the two launchers most used by devs when making ROMs.
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Got my note 2.... Using nova. Everything is working fine. Going to wait till bre is up to root just incase. I wonder how does nova react to multi Window roms?
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Got my note 2.... Using nova. Everything is working fine. Going to wait till bre is up to root just incase. I wonder how does nova react to multi Window roms?
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It works fine for me using The Hybrid ROM. I haven't experienced any trouble with it at all
I'm loving Apex! Everything seems to work fine so far. But why can't I re-size my icons in Apex, even though the option to re-size any icon is selected?
What apps do you guys use to change and customize your lock screens?
Well no app can change or customize the lockscreen.. they actually completely replace it. But go locker is a good one
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Im using widgetlooker .. you can too custom wallpapers and add widgets
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Go locker is great........
It also have many types of locks to choose..........
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I am wondering because there is a thread that says post your lockstep. I'm guessing their running on an aosp Rom ?
MagicLocker works well.
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Is this at all possible? I know stock widgets depend on the stock launcher, but can this somehow be hacked/ported?
I have gone over the entire play store, it's incredible there doesn't seem to exist a similar widget. >
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Try this
https://www.box.com/shared/ydyrbepa5vodvwqe1ran
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mirajkar.aniket232 said:
Try this
https://www.box.com/shared/ydyrbepa5vodvwqe1ran
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That's the stock Recent Calls widget, that depends on Stock launcher. I'm looking for something that works on Nova Launcher.
This is going to seem like a weird one, but I can't find the stock widget that's used for clock and weather when I use Nova launcher. Anyone have the file or know where to find it? Thanks.
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If you change launchers you usually don't get access to the stock widgets LG and Samsung only allow you to use it if you use their launcher.
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Didn't know that thanks. Coming from nexus devices.
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I was just trying to find a good third party launcher to start using. I'm on the collective ROM.
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
I was just trying to find a good third party launcher to start using. I'm on the collective ROM.
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
I was just trying to find a good third party launcher to start using. I'm on the collective ROM.
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Try nova launcher. Its the fastest one I've used.
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I agree with florad I use nova launcher and found it was the best and I've tried many other launcher. Lots of customization and love the ability to reduce the icon size because KitKat stock icons I find way to big and it feels light for a launcher and not power hungry! Give it a try
I'm using holo right now on the same ROM, I gave it a shot so I could change a few extra settings with xblast
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