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[Q] Other Launchers (Nova, Apex...)

I'm still waiting note 2 to arrive to Turkey. I'd like to ask has anyone tried GN2 with other launchers like nova or apex. If than, what do u lose?
I think it's hard to pull down notification bar one handedly and gestures included in nova and apex are helpful in this situation.

I think you lose PageBuddy, which is helpful when you pull out the Spen.

cholepuree1 said:
I think you lose PageBuddy, which is helpful when you pull out the Spen.
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I think you got me wrong; I'm talking about pulling down the notification bar with your thumb of right hand when holding phone in your right hand.
In nova you have gestures, swiping down anywhere on the screen is enough.

I use Go Launcher and it runs extremely well. No problems found. Gesture support is included so pulling the notification bar down with a gesture is very useful on this big screen.
I tried Nova but 'Go' is better as it has a lot of extra 'bolt on' apps.
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I am using Apex (paid version) and it's serving me well, with a bunch of decent settings to play with.

I am using nova prime version and its working flawlessly...
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apprentice said:
I use Go Launcher and it runs extremely well. No problems found. Gesture support is included so pulling the notification bar down with a gesture is very useful on this big screen.
I tried Nova but 'Go' is better as it has a lot of extra 'bolt on' apps.
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I use go launcher ex...its the best I have used so far
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DMax99 said:
I use go launcher ex...its the best I have used so far
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i'm using good ol' Launcher Pro and surprisingly smooth and can access notification with home button....

Any launcher works with PageBuddy?
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apprentice said:
I use Go Launcher and it runs extremely well. No problems found. Gesture support is included so pulling the notification bar down with a gesture is very useful on this big screen.
I tried Nova but 'Go' is better as it has a lot of extra 'bolt on' apps.
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Hi...I am also using go launcher..everything is working fine except for 1 thing. With go launcher, when I remove the s pen it dosent pop up the s note page automatically. When I go back to touchwiz this feature works fine. Does this happen on your device too?
Thanks
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iznee said:
Hi...I am also using go launcher..everything is working fine except for 1 thing. With go launcher, when I remove the s pen it dosent pop up the s note page automatically. When I go back to touchwiz this feature works fine. Does this happen on your device too?
Thanks
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I just tried it and can confirm the pop up S-Note does appear without any issue on Go Launcher, when the pen is removed.
I take it you've enabled this feature in the S-Pen settings?
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apprentice said:
I just tried it and can confirm the pop up S-Note does appear without any issue on Go Launcher, when the pen is removed.
I take it you've enabled this feature in the S-Pen settings?
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My apologies...what i really meant was the page buddy feature was not available when extracting the s-pen with go launcher..the pop up s note works fine when selected in the s pen settings on either launcher.
Thanks.

I was asking the question (on another forum) about "what we loose" if we use another launcher.
So you can confirm everything works ? (except Samsung widgets I imagine)
What about default gestures like Covering the screen, sweeping for a screenshot, shaking for updates, moving the hand over the GN II to wake up

Anyone else having the "shadow bug" on Apex? How can it be fixed please?

DMax99 said:
I use go launcher ex...its the best I have used so far
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Do you know what bothers me on Go launcher Ex? Indeed, it IS the best launcher I´ve seen so far as well, but what still makes me using another launcher (Nova) is the App Drawer. It doesn´t matter which theme I´ve tested...the drawer always looks cheap or is lagging on Go launcher Ex.

brooon said:
Do you know what bothers me on Go launcher Ex? Indeed, it IS the best launcher I´ve seen so far as well, but what still makes me using another launcher (Nova) is the App Drawer. It doesn´t matter which theme I´ve tested...the drawer always looks cheap or is lagging on Go launcher Ex.
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You can use an alternative app drawer like this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=JakedUp.AppDrawer
Works fine with go Launcher ツ
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Gregz78 said:
I was asking the question (on another forum) about "what we loose" if we use another launcher.
So you can confirm everything works ? (except Samsung widgets I imagine)
What about default gestures like Covering the screen, sweeping for a screenshot, shaking for updates, moving the hand over the GN II to wake up
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The gestures all work including those you mentioned and split screen, so do all features with the S-Pen. Anything that's a Touch Wiz feature such as Samsung Widgets, Page Buddy don't. There's little that don't and you get more pros than cons using another launcher.

jbounours said:
Anyone else having the "shadow bug" on Apex? How can it be fixed please?
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Salut!
Yes I had the problem using APEX either on stock or omega 3 ROM. Was very obvious with transparent widget i.e. APW and very annoying.
There is a fix for the S3 saw that from another thread were a member stated that fix should work for our NOTE 2.
So I gave it a try...
The fix is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894633
Somehow using CWM and that s3 fix ZIP did not work for me. So I used root explorer extracted the libhwui.so renamed the original one in /system/lib and copied the extracted one
And voila indeed fixed after rebooting
There might be some side effect i.e.: in EMAIL when scrolling there can be flickering flashing on some mail with HTML/images but it seems only if DEVELOPER option force GPU rendering is checked...I'm not 100% sure on that one but noticed it on some mail
So I confirm the statement of the XDA member the S3 FIX is functional on the NOTE 2 but possibly with some side effects....
Cheers
Jean-Marc

Hmm I'd better stay away from side effects and wait to see how it goes with a later fix maybe

Using Nova Prime. Good.

jbounours said:
Anyone else having the "shadow bug" on Apex? How can it be fixed please?
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What, may I ask, exactly is this shadow bug? I have been using Apex and it seems to work flawlessly with no problems.
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What launcher are you guys using?

What's going on guys? Seeing as to how this phone is super fast and snappy, I thought I'd create the first "Themes and Apps" thread for the Razr M
Almost as soon as I got the phone, I downloaded and installed Go Launcher, Go sms, go calendar, go task, go note, and go switch because thats what I'm used to and those apps/widgets kick ass...
but I know that the "circles widget" is supposedly really cool and the stock launcher wasn't too bad...so I was wondering, what launchers are you guys having success/fun with? Go launcher runs super fast with all the animations and whatnot, so I can definitely imagine the other launchers probably run great too

Stock Moto Blur Jelly Bean launcher!!!
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A lot of people are either running with apex or nova these days. IMO they're pretty similar except the fact that apex has gestures included for free (which is one of the main reasons people use it) while as nova does not have gestures included. IMO I thought Nova was a little snappier but that's just one guys opinion. I recently switched back to the stock launcher because I missed the circles widget. Plus I might upgrade to jellybean soon but I'm waiting because there was a couple articles online that said the official version might be released this week! Prolly not... but better to have hope than none at all lol.
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Was using Nova for a while but am now using the stock launcher.
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I'm on Nova, the paid version. Smoother and snapper, and gives me the freedom I need to do what I need.
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Stock blur on jb fast.
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Stock launcher till now.
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Nova
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I'm just addicted to themed icons, I think that's why I'm stuck on go launcher
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Go launcher because of the themes also, but then went back to the stock because I also miss the circles widget.

I'm using Go Launcher also. Not really in love with the circle widgets, so that's no loss for me.

Personally, I'm not into themed icons at all. Or any theming for that matter. Prefer a stock (or close to) look. Using Nova Prime and the JB icon pack.

techfellow said:
Go launcher because of the themes also, but then went back to the stock because I also miss the circles widget.
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i know!! its so lame we cant use circles widget on 3rd party launchers.....itd be awesome if someone could create a hacked APK that if we sideloaded could let the widget be accessed by any app

+1 on hacked circle widget not a big fan of it personally, but good too have options
And I'm rooted on JB leak, debloated running blank all black lightning launcher with swipepad
Saves RAM saves battery works great no lock screen either

Nova Prime with JB leak. Pretty much installed that right away when I got the phone but I'm kind of curious to use the stock launcher, however I got Prime on sale and I love the gestures to add another 5 app launches from the dock.

I am using the razr m launcher in my inspire...

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scottjb said:
Was using Nova for a while but am now using the stock launcher.
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Hi,
I've just gone though the ROMS-CM 10 and Eclipse, but found that CM 10 has really bad speaker problems for incoming calls, which I could not, nor others users could not, work around. Although its the most interesting ROM and quite smooth, and allows for themes from Market. The Eclipse is very smooth and I think built better, but frankly boring. Neither of these allow for the Moto 3 rings, which I noticed nearly everyone in this string has missed or gone back to. Also, I'd hoped to be able to allow for the larger screen in a ROM, where the soft device tools at the bottom are eliminated (using changes in Build.Prop and the app: "Button Savior" as replacement-which is a fabulous app), and while CM 10 allows for their elimination, except for "menu" still the black area remains. Eclipse doesn't allow for this at all. Making the changes in Build.Prop works in CM 10 re: the screen but the speaker issue turned me away after awhile along with losing all notification alerts and signal strength meter.So back to stock moto and found that Nova launcher, with root, allows for, what seems, at least a %60 transparency on the bottom of the screen as well as the elimination of the top notification bar, but the alerts occur and incoming emails can be seen in the Lock screen-works well. So, I'm now back to stock w Nova, although the Moto 3 ring app cannot work on Nova.

Using Action Launcher. I love it.
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Stock most of the time but occasionally Nova prime. If it weren't for the ugly Motorola icons I could probably live with the stock launcher all the time. One more clock widget free is certainly close enough to the circle widget to live with (except the text messages not showing up in it) on Nova and I enjoy the options of Nova but the stock launcher performs as good as any and is pretty close to stock android save the left most quick settings I could take or leave.

Apex
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Halo/PIE/Torch possible on sense?

Hey all, it's my understanding that Halo and PIE are built to work on AOSP based roms. I would love to go back to the stability and bonus features of sense, but having to have the menu button eyesore at the bottom of most apps is a deal-breaker. Is there any possibility of getting these addons working on a sense based rom? If not, are there any apps with similar features that can be used with sense?
I would also like to add a torch option on the quick settings menu if that could be done. I realize I can download a flashlight app, but I have been spoiled with having quick access to it on iOS 7 and AOSP.

Flash bonestock. It has a torch toggle, and also go to settings, display, and check "longpress home for menu"
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Lee1733 said:
Hey all, it's my understanding that Halo and PIE are built to work on AOSP based roms. I would love to go back to the stability and bonus features of sense, but having to have the menu button eyesore at the bottom of most apps is a deal-breaker. Is there any possibility of getting these addons working on a sense based rom? If not, are there any apps with similar features that can be used with sense?
I would also like to add a torch option on the quick settings menu if that could be done. I realize I can download a flashlight app, but I have been spoiled with having quick access to it on iOS 7 and AOSP.
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Floating Notifications is an app that is as close as you can get to Halo. There is a free trial period for about 30 days.
As far as pie control, I think there is a launcher called LMT Launcher in the play store that has a pie-like fixture.
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res0prw2 said:
Floating Notifications is an app that is as close as you can get to Halo. There is a free trial period for about 30 days.
As far as pie control, I think there is a launcher called LMT Launcher in the play store that has a pie-like fixture.
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LMT launcher works, but it's not in the play store. it's on XDA though. just search for it.
pie control (which is in the play store) works as well, just not as neat as LMT.
sometimes, though, with LMT, it takes a few tries to get an app to start. it's annoying. if pie control showed the time and other notifications like LMT does, it'd be so much better.

Both of these look good. Do they allow you to disable the stock menu button?
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wiredout46 said:
LMT launcher works, but it's not in the play store. it's on XDA though. just search for it.
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My bad. It know it was included in a rom I was using at some point (can't remember which one) and it had been floating around in my TiB for a while now. I assumed it was available in play store as well.
Lee1733 said:
Both of these look good. Do they allow you to disable the stock menu button?
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Do you mean the three dots button? You can install a custom rom to do that or xposed has several modules that let you do that. Try Sense 5 Toolbox module.
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Lee1733 said:
Both of these look good. Do they allow you to disable the stock menu button?
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there are no 3 dots on bottom of screen on my ROM.
technically yes, they can be ported, for example IHTFP69 ported HALO to TW on Samsung. No one said it could be done, he is a genius.
Try my ROM out, if you don't like it, try another.

andybones said:
there are no 3 dots on bottom of screen on my ROM.
technically yes, they can be ported, for example IHTFP69 ported HALO to TW on Samsung. No one said it could be done, he is a genius.
Try my ROM out, if you don't like it, try another.
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I just finished downloading your rom and making a nandroid backup. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for all the suggestions! I've been trying to hold off until 4.3 but with the recent delay it's just not worth waiting anymore.
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Lee1733 said:
I just finished downloading your rom and making a nandroid backup. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for all the suggestions! I've been trying to hold off until 4.3 but with the recent delay it's just not worth waiting anymore.
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Thanks man, hope you like it!
It will be at least another month maybe 2 before we see 4.3

Replying here instead of in your thread in case anyone else is searching for this answer.
I am loving the rom so far, but I have two questions. The menu bar is gone almost everywhere, but it's still present in dolphin browser. Is there any way to fix that? It doesn't show at all on AOSP. LMT launcher is every bit as good as pie and the menu button being there prevents it from working properly.
I also don't seem to have a torch/flashlight widget in the quick settings. There is an app though which I can make work for me if there's no way to get it in quick settings. Just a minor personal preference.
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I got the menu bar removed by changing a setting under display and gestures. It has the unfortunate side effect of making a long press on the home key open the menu as well, but it's still better than the always-present menu button.
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Nexus 5 swipe-left google now

Does anyone know if someone has brought the "swipe left-google now" feature from the Nexus 5 to the Nexus 7. i was playing around with the nexus 5 at BB and noticed when i swipe left from the main homescreen it opens now full screen, kinda like how the iphone goes to the search screen.

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Does anyone know if someone has brought the "swipe left-google now" feature from the Nexus 5 to the Nexus 7. i was playing around with the nexus 5 at BB and noticed when i swipe left from the main homescreen it opens now full screen, kinda like how the iphone goes to the search screen.
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Just download the Google experience launcher

Flash cm11 or any new 4.4 custom rom, its built in!

LoVeRice said:
Flash cm11 or any new 4.4 custom rom, its built in!
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Lol why replace the ROM when its just a launcher. Kinda over kill

Check out this thread. The second link has the latest version.

Download Epic Launcher on Play Store. I'm using it now , it can use the icon pack for Apex/Nova Launcher.

Great! Something new to check out.
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I updated the files in my thread today.
Guys you should try the updated GEL Launcher and search on the Nexus 7 working flawlessly all features enabled http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506829
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Omar04 said:
I updated the files in my thread today.
Guys you should try the updated GEL Launcher and search on the Nexus 7 working flawlessly all features enabled http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506829
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Installed Google Search= v 3.1.24.941712 on my Nexus 7 (2013).
Minor bug: There is one less row and one less column, so stuff disappears.
Major bug: The rightmost shortcut on bottom dock will disappear after restart or stopping the Google Search service.

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Installed Google Search= v 3.1.24.941712 on my Nexus 7 (2013).
Minor bug: There is one less row and one less column, so stuff disappears.
Major bug: The rightmost shortcut on bottom dock will disappear after restart or stopping the Google Search service.
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Yeah I notice the Major bug of last icon on right. I leave it blank for that reason.
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Omar04 said:
I updated the files in my thread today.
Guys you should try the updated GEL Launcher and search on the Nexus 7 working flawlessly all features enabled http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506829
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Is this any different than the GEL that I've been running on my N7 for the last month?!

tgyberg said:
Is this any different than the GEL that I've been running on my N7 for the last month?!
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Bug fixes, better preformamce, code cleaned, new cards, those are on the search app, the home app just call GEL from search app but may have some changes too.
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I installed the GEL launcher then I added a google now widget to the desktop. When I click on the widget, it prompted me to install google now. After that I had the swipe-left google now. After I got it working, I removed the google now widget.

this feature works perfectly with Google Experience Launcher on my Nexus 7, i'm only worried about the "OKAY GOOGLE" listening thing......it might kill my battery

[Q] A few questions with the MOAR MK3 7.1.0 rom

Hello everyone,
I recently flashed this rom on my Sprint GS3 (after being out of the custom rom world for a bit) and I had a few (probably noob) questions. With regard to theme-ing, after I change the color of something, is there an easy way to change it back to default or do I just have to try and hand match it as close as possible?
Also, I installed (flashed) the 4.4 AOSP launcher from myhub, but there does not seem to be any kind of settings menu for it. It defaults to only 2 pages, which isn't nearly enough to hold my apps and widgets. Is there anyway to get more screens? If not, how do I uninstall it? (In application manager, it only gives the option to turn off, not uninstall).
Sorry if the answer to these are already in the forums somewhere, but I've looked and can't seem to find anything.
Thanks,

Haven't upgraded to the latest version, but I don't *think* there's a way to revert to a "default" color.
With the launcher, you should be able to get to the settings option by hitting the menu button while on ur home Page?
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Thanks, I don't think there is a way to go back to default either...and if you go to the settings for the launcher it just takes you to the Google now settings. It's really strange.
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hilltop804 said:
Thanks, I don't think there is a way to go back to default either...and if you go to the settings for the launcher it just takes you to the Google now settings. It's really strange.
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You can only create a new screen by dragging an app icon or a widget from an existing screen to the right side of that screen, the G.E.L. will then make a new screen available to place that app or widget on. Personally, Nova Launcher is a much better alternative, or Apex for that matter.