After having severe battery problems with gingerbread based ROMs I tried out Fasty 1.5, which was ok except for several process force closes. So I upgraded to 1.7 which solved most of those, but now I've got a problem with touchwiz. When I boot up TW force closes, then it loads up and I can run things. But if the phone goes to sleep, when I unlock it I get a black screen. The status screen works and I can launch things with that (like gmail) but TW never comes back and I'm forced to reboot.
The Sony/Ericsson launcher works OK, and so does the unpaid Launcher Pro I have.
Anyone else have this problem? Are there any other launchers that work well with Fasty?
Could always try to use an upgraded tw launcher from sgs tools. Itd be under upgrade stock apps
Sweet, thanks!
ETA: Yup, that did it! I installed another TW launcher (CrushD) and it's solid.
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I've been using CM7 on my Milestone from the first RC3 build and otherwise it seems to be working pretty well, but there's some issues with widgets on ADW Launcher and LauncherPro. I'm using Fancy Widget and for some reason neither is updating correctly. It updates every now and then for no apparent reason, but most of the time, the clock is stuck in the same time for hours.
Same issues with other widgets as well, such as Pure Calendar
Anyone else having the same issues and any suggestions for fixing it?
First off, I'm getting a little annoyed at the lack of updates for LP+, and I'm considering switching launchers, but I tried (and bought) ADW EX and I have problems with, yes i know, lack of customization. Back to the issue. I'm running MIUI, and whenever I try to change a dock image or icon, I get FC's with LPP...anybody have any Idea why?
Just curious what the GTab owners that are running HC are using as their default launcher? I just flashed HC today, and actually intend on keeping it for a while. My problem is, I really miss using launcher pro on my Froyo roms. Just the ability to resize wigets and define columns and rows is invaluable. I've been reading on Xoom forums that many of it's users have actualy reverted back to ADW or LP. It's also been said that the HC widgets (scrollable) will still work, regardless of the launcher used.
SO...easy question, anybody go back to VTL or LP in lieux of the stock HC launcher? I think I'll mess with it tomorrow and see if I like it better. The one thing I think I like about the stock launcher is the long press ot add items to the home screen.
I am in the same boat. The HC launcher sucks. Sure there are some aspect that are nice but nothing that would make me stick with it as a long term launcher.
I may try my LP+ a little later.
TJEvans said:
SO...easy question, anybody go back to VTL or LP in lieux of the stock HC launcher? I think I'll mess with it tomorrow and see if I like it better. The one thing I think I like about the stock launcher is the long press ot add items to the home screen.
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I don't think VTL is compatible with HC.
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I don't think VTL is compatible with HC.
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I was running it for a while to see if I wanted to go in that direction. I never really used VTL all that much. Sometimes too much customization can get confusing. It ran fine while installed, no FCs (well, no more than stock launcher or LP, anyway) and no problems with widgets, etc. I think they probably said that it wasn't compatible for Honeycomb so that folks that install it don't come asking them to fix things. i mean, technically, honeycomb itself is buggy, so until the firmware is stable, a launcher can't be blamed for any hiccups that may occur.
In any case. I ended up installing Launcher Pro, and frankly, I'm loving it. It doesn't have the same honeycomb feel when adding items ot home page, but really, I only do this occasionally, anyway. and the app drawer isn't the same, obviously, but all in all, I like how it looks, and runs. I can use the entire screen for widgets (and resize them BIG +) and icons.
The only thing lost is the dock that's at the top of the HC screens, with search, apps, and + (add item to home screen)
well, I never use search, and I long press ot add items, so all I needed was my app drawer access. I set LP for 1 dock, no background, then added the app drawer icon to the very bottom of the "dock" so it looks like a perminant app drawer icon right above the notification bar. Looks sharp, if you ask me.
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I was running it for a while to see if I wanted to go in that direction. I never really used VTL all that much. Sometimes too much customization can get confusing. It ran fine while installed, no FCs (well, no more than stock launcher or LP, anyway) and no problems with widgets, etc. I think they probably said that it wasn't compatible for Honeycomb so that folks that install it don't come asking them to fix things. i mean, technically, honeycomb itself is buggy, so until the firmware is stable, a launcher can't be blamed for any hiccups that may occur.
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So it does. I gave it another shot and got a pretty sweet setup I think.
So I switched over to LP+ and now my battery life while not on (in standby) sucks and now I am back to the random shut downs when trying to power up from standby. The way it used to with older ROMs witch had never happened with an HC rom.
Now I could be full of it but that is me experience since installing LP+ Take it for what it's worth.
Hi!
I have now experience with 3 different ROMs and I've noticed something: The launcher gets some laggy scrolling when there are lots of icons on the homescreen. In contrast with a fresh install even the TW-launcher scrolls smoothly...
I had:
-stock ROM (KKA)
-custom LB1 (GB with stock launcher)
-custom LB1 (GB, ICS-theme, GO EX launcher)
With Midnote 1.5 I even experienced two ROMs: At first Midnote 1.0, stock launcher scrolls smoothly. Then Midnote 1.5 with GO EX launcher, fresh install runs smoothly, after installing lots of programs and shortcuts on the homescreen scrolling is laggy...
Anyone an idea how to solve this problem? RAM is only half full and both storage/program memory is sufficiant...
Move some to another screen. Problem solved!
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If you have any transparent widgets on your homescreen, get rid of them. I removed a couple and noticed huge difference on ADW Launcher Ex.
Seriously, we have a 1.4GHz Exynos and the solution is to not use transparent widgets and get rid of icons on homescreens? LOL
Two solutions:
1. Upgrade to ICS. I know the launcher lag very well and have never experienced it on any of the ICS leaks. Obviously there are some small issues with the leak being 1.2Ghz or AOSP not having video recording, SoD, battery drain, etc etc. So...
2. Stay with GB and use [KERNEL][GPL][11 MAR - #9] franco.Kernel Honestly, I have tried most every kernel around here and this one is the only one that has never bogged down with GB. Personally, I think #6 is the best for stability and battery performance (but I haven't tried #9 that just dropped today).
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Just remembered Franco doesn't leave previous version on his OP. So here is the link to #6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23093966&postcount=1241
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Seriously, we have a 1.4GHz Exynos and the solution is to not use transparent widgets and get rid of icons on homescreens? LOL
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EXACTLY my thinking, thanks!
So the franco kernel helped a little bit but not much. Still noticeably laggy. Funny thing is that switching in the system settings from "some animations" to "full animations" made it also a bit less laggy...
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Seriously, we have a 1.4GHz Exynos and the solution is to not use transparent widgets and get rid of icons on homescreens? LOL
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With Gingerbread, yes. That is the only solution for an unrooted user using 3rd party launcher. Touchwiz launcher is properly hardware accelerated but since it doesn't have the ability to resize widgets (and most widgets do not stretch to the 5th column on Galaxy Note), we need to rely on 3rd party launchers.
I am hoping all this will change with ICS.
I switched to TwLauncher for comparison. Now I have:
-5 homescreens
-7 widgets
-62 shortcuts
Scrolling is smooth, sometimes a little stutter on the stopping motion. But by far better than with Go launcher EX...
I'm on 902 and running Eclipse 2.2, and before every rom install, I reset to factory, wipe cache, format system and wipe dalvik.
I've reinstalled a couple times and have not gotten rid of this problem. Sometimes, upon unlocking the phone, the "eclipse launcher" crashes. And if it doesn't completely crash, the phone behaves very slow and does some really strange things... until the launcher eventually crashes... I contacted the developer with a logcat I created and he confirmed the launcher was crashing. He suggested I install a third party launcher to see if it fixes the problem. I installed ADW launcher EX. Well it fixed the problem, but my battery life has taken a bit of hit. I'd prefer to run the stock launcher, but not sure what else to try. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
Well uninstalled ADW Launcher EX. Battery life is back to normal. Eclipse launcher still crashing after pattern security unlock. Not always, but every 3 or 4 unlocks, usually after charging my phone overnight.
I too am/was having the force close, and the super slow screen transition. I think its an issue with the eclipse launcher itself for bionic, because a friend of mine does not have this issue with eclipse on his Razr.
I have found a small file size home launcher called Nemus launcher. Very very snappy, great options, so far, problem free while on eclipse, give it a try!
search " Nemus Launcher "
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I too am/was having the force close, and the super slow screen transition. I think its an issue with the eclipse launcher itself for bionic, because a friend of mine does not have this issue with eclipse on his Razr.
I have found a small file size home launcher called Nemus launcher. Very very snappy, great options, so far, problem free while on eclipse, give it a try!
search " Nemus Launcher "
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Finally someone else with the same issue! Glad I am not alone. I will try out this nemus launcher. Thanks for the suggestion!
Solved the Eclipse launcher crash problem. The default launcher for Eclipse has been conflicting with Beautiful Widget's Home Widget. I have been running the default launcher with no Home Widget for 5 days, no crashes. Although the Home Widget used to work with no conflicts, I assume that after I changed the weather refresh variable to refresh upon "phone wake", that the problem started happening. (I never associated this at the time). I have not tested the Home Widget with a different refresh variable yet. But for now am happy that I am running the default launcher and have exceptional battery life again!
Both third party launchers I tried fixed the above crash problem (while running home widget), but drained more battery. Glad to be back to default.
Edit: This ended up not fixing the problem. Spoke too soon...
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Solved the Eclipse launcher crash problem. The default launcher for Eclipse has been conflicting with Beautiful Widget's Home Widget. I have been running the default launcher with no Home Widget for 5 days, no crashes. Although the Home Widget used to work with no conflicts, I assume that after I changed the weather refresh variable to refresh upon "phone wake", that the problem started happening. (I never associated this at the time). I have not tested the Home Widget with a different refresh variable yet. But for now am happy that I am running the default launcher and have exceptional battery life again!
Both third party launchers I tried fixed the above crash problem (while running home widget), but drained more battery. Glad to be back to default.
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I use beautiful widgets too, but dont have it set on wake. Still not using eclipse launcher though, the Nemus launcher has been perfect as far as performance, customization and battery usage. no complaints here..
Glad you figured out the issue though!
Yea so I jinxed myself. Launcher crashed this morning. I'll try a few other things, will report back if I can get a week of stability I guess.