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All Home Replacement apps!

I think its time we come up with a comprehensive list of all home replacement apps. I will do my best here but if I miss something please add it as well.
Zeam,
DXtop,
Helix Launcher,
Helix Launcher 2,
Pro Launcher
Ahome,
Ahome Mini
Open Home,
Home++
Crazy Home
Sweeter Home
Better Home
Tag Home
PandaHero
NexusHome
Live! Home
GDE
Bingo! Home
Slidescreen
AdvancedLauncher
Launcher+
A nice app to manage all of these home replacements is Home Switcher.
I don't have a time to write a summary of each app but I may in the near future.

i wish to download all to chose the better one on my g1 not boot.what u think the best one for me
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romano_ezzat said:
i wish to download all to chose the better one on my g1 not boot.what u think the best one for me
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I personally like Zeam the best.

Slidescreen is nice eye candy, but it's bloated and slow as molasses, even with the speediest roms out there.
Home++ is nice and efficient.
I personally like LauncherPro or Anderweb's Launcher.

By request I've added a poll.

Gimpeh said:
I personally like Zeam the best.
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Isn't that just a ripoff of GDE with none of the cool features? That's how it looked when I downloaded it.
Since the last update, GDE is miles ahead of anything else imo.

What is Pro Launcher? I have only heard of LauncherPro

Let's get some screen shots up!

I was predominantly using Launcher Pro, but after trying GDE I cannot see myself using anything else. Just brilliant!
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GDE
GDE has the best themes its fast and dose not consume to much cpu it also has awesome transitions

Really like Zeam for it's simplicity right now. Double tap anywhere to preview all homescreens makes navigation from app to app pretty damn quick as well using widgets. It's pretty much the biggest reason I've moved up to Froyo again after all the slowdowns and instabilities I was having.
Running Biffmod 2.1 with 2708+. No swap and CC at 18%, CPU at 245/528 and JIT on. Linpack report 3.6MFlops. With messaging and home locked in memory the phone feels snappy enough that I'm not obscenely jealous of all my friends with Snapdragon and Hummingbird procs.

You guys missed Zune home or what it became Faded home. Its kinda like a windows phone 7 zune type interface.

Go Launcher
Please add Go Launcher to the list!
Also, Pro Launcher is actually Launcher Pro in the Android Market.

ADW EX
EX meaning EX-lax for your home screen. It really greases up the works. Fast, fancy, freakin-sexy!!!
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Can we get market links in the OP for these? Or maybe QR codes? If you are willing to add them, after work, I'll get the QR codes for the ones listed. :-D

Adw launcher or launcherpro beta? Whats your take?

I just cant decide which one is the best. I prefer the pinch preview feature that launcher pro has. Works almost like sense ui's, but I like everything else on adw. Mainly the docks and functionality tweaks in the preferences menu. Launcher pro is a bit more snappy, but the pinch preview has gotten me hooked. But the sense ui scroll bouncing is way way better on adw. It gels mute like sense when I scroll. which do you prefer?
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iflip said:
I just cant decide which one is the best. I prefer the pinch preview feature that launcher pro has. Works almost like sense ui's, but I like everything else on adw. Mainly the docks and functionality tweaks in the preferences menu. Launcher pro is a bit more snappy, but the pinch preview has gotten me hooked. But the sense ui scroll bouncing is way way better on adw. It gels mute like sense when I scroll. which do you prefer?
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I like them both alot .....been using ADW for quite sometime,,,,back when you had to flash it before it was in market ....but now that Launcher Pro allows you to modify the app launchers I am starting to like it more .....
but now i just keep them both installed

I been using adw since it was a flashable zip as well. I remember emailing anderweb about putting it on the market. Still a great app, but launcher pro has upped the ante on better functionality.
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I really like launcher pro....I tried Adw but thought laucher pro was visually nicer and faster.

They are both great launchers, I have both installed but currently using ADW. I think, at this point, the scales are tipped toward ADW for me. But you really can't go wrong either way, both great devs and they work in cooperation with each other helping with each others work to make it better. How awesome is that?

Using ADW and haven't tried LP yet.

But you really can't go wrong either way, both great devs and they work in cooperation with each other helping with each others work to make it better. How awesome is that?
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Well if that's the case, then they need to combine their apps and create the ultimate masterpiece. their pretty much very similar in many ways. The two seem like fragments of what the apps are supposed to be. They just need to bring the two together and form like voltron!! they'll take over the market together.
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ADW on Ic3 Rom here and I love it. I tried launcher pro briefly but I really like the layout of adw better.

LP for me. All the icons I use most are included, phone contacts ect...
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I downloaded LauncherPro last week and then I reset my phone and now I can't find in the market anymore.

Well if that's the case, then they need to combine their apps and create the ultimate masterpiece. their pretty much very similar in many ways. The two seem like fragments of what the apps are supposed to be. They just need to bring the two together and form like voltron!! they'll take over the market together.
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LP for me because of the smoothness it offers.
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nesgodawg said:
I downloaded LauncherPro last week and then I reset my phone and now I can't find in the market anymore.
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The developer has acknowledged some kind of problem with the market. You can download the apk from his website. I cannot post links but it is
www dot launcherpro dot com

Awesome! Thanks dude!

launcher pro!!!
it even has the option to make it look like AWD launcher!!
hahaah.. pwnage

Im on the launcher pro bandwagon. Its much better performancE wise. The main thing I like about adw is that 6 icon retractable dock and the way it scrolls. Feels just like sense when you configure it properly. It lags a lil tho. Lp is a lil more reliable, although it had its lags in some areas as well.
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Can't use LauncherPro b/c it requires Android 2.1 but ADW Launcher is great, and the latest version has the pinch-preview desktop switching now too.

Adw and launcher pro are now tied in my book.
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Sense on launcher pro?

Is there a way to use the sense widgets on a non-sense launcher?
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agentpower said:
Is there a way to use the sense widgets on a non-sense launcher?
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Simply put....no lol
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I figured...or I would have seen it somewhere. I just figured it couldn't be that hard for xda...lol
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agentpower said:
I figured...or I would have seen it somewhere. I just figured it couldn't be that hard for xda...lol
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i wish we could. speed of aosp with sense widgets.....badass! but i have asked this question several time before and i got the same answer i gave you lol

Sigh...I'm in such a bind...sense so much better looking...there are no good widgets for asop.. at all...they are fugly lol I want my sense clock on Launcher pro so bad
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Beautiful Widgets clock is pretty nice.

reedsw said:
Beautiful Widgets clock is pretty nice.
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Yup, this.
Spend $2 on BW and you'll never look back. All the eye candy, none of the lag.

whoiswes said:
Yup, this.
Spend $2 on BW and you'll never look back. All the eye candy, none of the lag.
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yeah sense widgets are badass but they do have replacements that look just like them.

Alright I'll try bw... Thanks guys
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Cant we just get a launcher dock for sense that acts like launcher pro?

Cant we just get a launcher dock for sense that acts like launcher pro?

agentpower said:
Is there a way to use the sense widgets on a non-sense launcher?
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First of all, has anyone tried Laucherpro Plus? It has a ton of widgets that are built specifically to be similar to the Sense widgets (e.g., message widgets, mail widgets, calendar widgets, etc.). It's $2.99, basically if you dl Launcherpro from the Market you can upgrade to it.
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Sigh...I'm in such a bind...sense so much better looking...there are no good widgets for asop.. at all...they are fugly lol I want my sense clock on Launcher pro so bad
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Secondly, there are many widgets out there that replicate the Sense widgets. Someone mentioned Beautiful Widgets, which serves the same purpose but doesn't look the same. Do some digging on the forums and you'll find Fancy Widget. It was taken off the Market by HTC because it looks exactly like the Clock/Weather Sense widget.
THEPOGCBR900RR said:
Cant we just get a launcher dock for sense that acts like launcher pro?
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Thirdly, the launcher dock for Sense acts like the launcher dock for Sense. Sense is the Launcher setup, which includes specific widgets, the same way that Launcherpro has its own widgets. Think of the launcher as the controlling aspect of the operating system; it defines what you can and cannot use in terms of shortcuts, folders, and widgets. So in short, no ... but you certainly can make one look a whole lot like the other. It just takes some work.

And yes Fancy Widget looks exactly like the sense weather clock, and works great, I have been using it on the LP for a couple of months now and no issues, Google it you will find it still in a couple of forum and you can scan and download it. I would post it here but I believe it is against the forum rules, so if you don't find it PM me and I will get it to you

Home launcher options

hey all,
I am running the tiamat hammerhead rom... I like it but right now there are not too many great themes for the xoom. A few color changing ones and the touchwiz port which i did like, but im down for something more. The best way to go about this short of doing my own theme is to get a good home launcher and use some custom animations and icon packs...
Here is the rub.. A lot of the home launchers are too phone-ish.. If that makes sense. Any suggestions? I was partial to ADW ex launcher but i looove the stock launching set-up. I mostly would like to maybe change animations, speeds, etc, but most importantly use icon packs. Any ideas for me or suggestions on good launchers with a stock home screen feel? I dont want my xoom to have a home screen like a giant phone lol

I just stick to stock until someone makes a launcher for honeycomb

Kippui said:
I just stick to stock until someone makes a launcher for honeycomb
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Lol i guess that will be the case. No one has any advice...

I would recommend ADW EX, but since it hasn't been updated in 3 months and isn't fully compatible with 3.2...

Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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ryan562 said:
Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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yeah I had adw at first but was disappointed in the phone type lay out... Oh well...I will wait for a better option and let this thread die LOL

ryan562 said:
Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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Not true, imo, ADW EX works great, so smooth with my config and I like having 6 screens. ADW settings is mostly disabled, meaning I can't change the size of icons, basically. But everything else works really well.

okantomi said:
Not true, imo, ADW EX works great, so smooth with my config and I like having 6 screens. ADW settings is mostly disabled, meaning I can't change the size of icons, basically. But everything else works really well.
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Well for me not being able to access those settings is killer and which is why i don't use it at the moment.
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ryan562 said:
Well for me not being able to access those settings is killer and which is why i don't use it at the moment.
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Yeah thy made a 3.2 compatible version today... Still not all the way there in my opinion and quirky as anderweb releases tend to be at first until they find all the bugs. Props to them for the effort but i am still not sold. Gonna have to just try the stargate theme coming out soon! Which looks badass!

[Q][REQ] Ice Cream Sandwich dockbar on GB / Sense 3.5 ROMS

Hello,
I searched via Google before posting this message. If I missed something, I'm sorry..
I'm using RCMix v4 and I think the ICS dock bar is cool than rosie.
Anyway to port it on our GB Sense 3.5 ROMS?
Ps: sorry about bad English.
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i dont see any chance at the moment (but i´m not a dev).
why you not use for example go launcher with an ics theme instead?

Ah I love my phone with sense hate custom launcher apps..
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Debateable i returned to sense again...ive adw pro its sweet
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Maybe you should give a try at Go Launcher Ex and apply kovdev's ICS theme (it is easy to find in the market). It themes dock, icons and wallpapers.
By changing the launcher you'll keep the Sense apps (dialer, messages, facebook, settings, ...), the statusbar and the lockscreen with its alert system. What will change is the dock, the app drawers and the desktop. Go Launcher is flexible, folders can be created in the app drawer and in the desktop (the desktop ones can include shortcuts and bookmarks).
Also, consider that by in launchers different than Sense you cannot have the HTC widgets.
Rosie can still be accessed by creating a shortcut with Anycut.

Okay, I accept with that the Go Launcher is a cool launcher application but as you said Sense widgets are not available.
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mrdenniz said:
Okay, I accept with that the Go Launcher is a cool launcher application but as you said Sense widgets are not available.
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There is no perfect solution yet, until we get a stable ICS rom. I found that I could live without Sense widgets, but I understand that it is a matter depending on taste and on how one uses his phone.
After buying my DHD I kept Rosie without trying to replace it for almost one year... until I discovered that with ADW Launcher I could get more than 4 x 4 icons per screen. That was so addictive that I never turned back
Later I left ADW for GO.
You should experiment until you find a setup that suits your needs, if you think Rosie is the place to be look up for themes for your ROM.