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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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Nexus One Theme

ayone know where i can find a good Nexus One theme?

Haven't seen a theme change notification bar color yet.can mess with my mode themes to customize your own and download helix launcher from market to make it a little like nexus one,till we have root I doubt you'll see an exact replica of n1 on this phone.

Don't forget adw launcher. Real nice. Or wait till the froyo update
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I just hate these bubbles around the icons and I figured a good theme would get rid of them
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HELIX IS GREAT... AND RUNS FASTER (YOU CANT USE THE HTC SENSE WIDGET... BUT THEY SLOW THE PHONE DOWN ANYWAY)
ZEAM IS GOOD TOO
These and a couple of others are free in the market place, there is even a home switcher app to jump back and forth.
Enjoy!

motorjonny said:
HELIX IS GREAT... AND RUNS FASTER (YOU CANT USE THE HTC SENSE WIDGET... BUT THEY SLOW THE PHONE DOWN ANYWAY)
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Can you back this up? I have the HTC Mail, Calendar, Messages, Flip Clock, Twitter, Music, and News. Each one is a 4x4 on its own homescreen, and I'm using the 7 homescreens. On the one with the flip clock, I also have 8 shortcuts.
I have yet to see this slow down the phone in the slightest, so I'm not sure what you are referring to with the slowdown.

launcherpro is actually the fastest stock android launcher app.
And motorjonny is right, the HTC widgets WILL NOT work on any other home/launcher app. they only work with sense.

cant believe no ones said GDE with the nexus theme! gde costs from market, but nexus theme is free...

neok44 said:
launcherpro is actually the fastest stock android launcher app.
And motorjonny is right, the HTC widgets WILL NOT work on any other home/launcher app. they only work with sense.
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^^ I agree with them

Spb 3D launcher

What you guys think of the spb 3D launcher a bit expensive but i think its worth the money
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it probably lag down the phone
i'll pick LauncherPlus Pro or Go Launcher EX any day vs. SPB
SPB has a long history of being broaded
it's purely eye candy, all the functionalities that it includes can be had for free using other apps

AllGamer said:
it probably lag down the phone
i'll pick LauncherPlus Pro or Go Launcher EX any day vs. SPB
SPB has a long history of being broaded
it's purely eye candy, all the functionalities that it includes can be had for free using other apps
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No lag at all, actually.
But I don't think it's worth $15.

Not the new update dude its flawless it runs great on my ns just downloaded not laggy at all it feels as fast as adw ex
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It's alright... smooth enough, but really it's just way too much going on for my tastes. Do you honestly need all those fancy animations going off everywhere?

Eye candy. Functionally, inconvenient.
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doniqcc said:
What you guys think of the spb 3D launcher a bit expensive but i think its worth the money
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i like it, very neat

the new HTC Sense 3.0 on the HTC EVO 3D has many of the same animations that spb has. I wonder were they got that idea from lol.

Spb has been around for a while now you never know
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You can't place widgets and apps where you want on a page.
The Dock is antiquated when compared to any launcher with a scrollable dock.
The bundled widgets are useless. There are better free ones. No social network integration or google integration. The calendar widget isn't picking up my google calendar.
It has a ton of potential but right now it is form over function.
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that's because it's pretty much a direct port from the Windows version
they are not very innovative bunch IMO
Greg Tolan said:
You can't place widgets and apps where you want on a page.
The Dock is antiquated when compared to any launcher with a scrollable dock.
The bundled widgets are useless. There are better free ones. No social network integration or google integration. The calendar widget isn't picking up my google calendar.
It has a ton of potential but right now it is form over function.
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Way too pricey....

SPB Shell 3D
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I've replaced launcher pro with spb and my battery life is much improved. Anyone else?

instigator008 said:
I've replaced launcher pro with spb and my battery life is much improved. Anyone else?
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Me to its amazing cuz you would think spb with all those features would use more but no
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doniqcc said:
Me to its amazing cuz you would think spb with all those features would use more but no
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I lost only 4% in 8 hours overnight. Before that I was losing up to 40% in that time.
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15 minutes is just not enough time to check this thing out.

ADW Launcher EX <3

I am a big fan of ADW EX, but decided to try SPB. It is superb, even faster than ADW and looks amazing.
15 bucks is a bit expensive, I think 9-10 dollars would be fair.

juliano_q said:
I am a big fan of ADW EX, but decided to try SPB. It is superb, even faster than ADW and looks amazing.
15 bucks is a bit expensive, I think 9-10 dollars would be fair.
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it costs $15 for a launcher replacement that you can't even place widgets anywhere on?

Home screen replacements

So I have been using blur since the day I got it but wanted to see if there was any ics Fish stuff and there and I found this just kind of curious on if you guys ate using alternates or stick w stock launches I love it my self keep in mind its still in beta
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.qihoo.launcher.theme.JgvIfjiqLOyeLxg
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Go launcher, before that I used launcher pro plus

I've kind of stuck with the blur launcher actually, but I DO use the Go Launcher on my Tab 7, because it is way better than what Samsung was shipping...
Go's a great launcher, with some great plugins. I believe the underlying engine is ADW....

Give this one a whirl its still in Chinese to start but I really like this one used to like adw ex but after update it became dumb IMO after it loads it converts to English kind of a mix of miuu and adw and has custom lock screens built in
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If you want your phone to look like an iPhone, there is the espier launcher. Its not my every day launcher but I have it to show iPhone people that I can make my phone look just like there's but I'm not stuck with my phone looking like everyone else's excluding the wallpaper.
I personally use go launcher but used launcher pro and adw launcher in the past. I havent used a stock launcher in a very long time.
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