Hi guys I didn't see anything about this yet in the forums so I was wondering ... since I have my phone rooted I can uninstall the unwanted apps .... I was thinking of uninstalling the original home screen and replacing with golauncher. Is this worth doing .. I need any pros and cons you guys can come up with ....so far I haven't been too successful with roms ... thanks
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Are you on Gingervolt or Stock?
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Absolutely... I'm running Zeam launcher right meow.
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Im on stock but its rooted
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hackn101 said:
Im on stock but its rooted
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It's definitely worth switching in my opinion there's absolutely no down side, the stock launcher sucks and most others are customizable. Go launchers pretty good, I like adw better but it's all about what you prefer. Be careful if deleting stock apps they can be trouble if they're not deodexed.
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trampledbyturtles said:
It's definitely worth switching in my opinion there's absolutely no down side, the stock launcher sucks and most others are customizable. Go launchers pretty good, I like adw better but it's all about what you prefer. Be careful if deleting stock apps they can be trouble if they're not deodexed.
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I have noticed that while browsing through root file manager you can find the apks of the stock apps .....I'll look into it a little ... I deleted bing and was able to reinstall it that way .... I wonder if I could do the same with stock launcher if needed
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I would freeze the stock home not uninstall it just in case you needed to get it back.
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I would freeze the stock home not uninstall it just in case you needed to get it back.
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Good idea I didn't think about that ... so what about battery you think it'll still drain like crazy ... and sometimes launchers lag a little more than stock launchers?
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Good idea I didn't think about that ... so what about battery you think it'll still drain like crazy ... and sometimes launchers lag a little more than stock launchers?
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I've tried a ton of launchers, if you want one that's quick and light on your battery i'd go with zeam launcher. Adw is more customizable and still very fast, go launcher felt a little slower to me but still a good option, launcher pro is okay but in my opinion slower than the others. You should try a few out until you find one that works for you...
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trampledbyturtles said:
I've tried a ton of launchers, if you want one that's quick and light on your battery i'd go with zeam launcher. Adw is more customizable and still very fast, go launcher felt a little slower to me but still a good option, launcher pro is okay but in my opinion slower than the others. You should try a few out until you find one that works for you...
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I will definitely try them out thanks
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I would say yes replace the stock launcher but don't uninstall it. If any issues arise with go launcher you need thestock one to be there
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+1 for Zeam!
I've tried dozens including Go but I always, always come back to Zeam. I like mine clean and fast and Zeam delivers.
If you want themes then definitely give Go a shot. TONS of devs on that one. And I wouldn't worry about battery. I keep Go installed so I can use Go Locker and have never had issues. /t
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Due to Samsung Permission set on there shared uid, we have came into a problem on the Stock Vibrant ROM that we can't remove Twiz Launcher without having Force Close issue's.
This is for Stock user's with root that wish to remove the Twiz Launcher..
File attached..
btw, I love the Wallpaper with this one..
anyone give this one a try? I'm willing to do it when I get home.
Gonna give it a go will post back.
Edit: Its hanging on install for me anyone else?
What's the difference between installing this, or a different replacement launcher such as ADW or Launcher Pro?
lp1527 said:
What's the difference between installing this, or a different replacement launcher such as ADW or Launcher Pro?
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you can uninstall the Touchwiz launcher with this one using Titanium and you won't get Force Close errors
Can some one plz post a screen shot of this launcher?
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SE7EN- said:
Gonna give it a go will post back.
Edit: Its hanging on install for me anyone else?
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same for me
EDIT: ohhh apk inside, duh.. hhaha
Nvm just read the post above me...... Had no idea this had an apk inside the zip.
Why would I care about uninstalling the twiz launcher? I never see it since I installed ADW from the market.. A far as I an concerned, it is gone.
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Why would I care about uninstalling the twiz launcher? I never see it since I installed ADW from the market.. A far as I an concerned, it is gone.
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It runs faster.
How? The twiz launcher is not running on my phone. Task manager confirms that. So how could it be faster?
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grennis said:
How? The twiz launcher is not running on my phone. Task manager confirms that. So how could it be faster?
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If you Don't get it, take your *****ing some place else...
I like the plain stock Launcher & I know there is a Few others that do as well..
You do don't like plain Launcher, then Move on period.
Just asking ...sheesh
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eugene373 said:
If you Don't get it, take your *****ing some place else...
I like the plain stock Launcher & I know there is a Few others that do as well..
You do don't like plain Launcher, then Move on period.
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I love you man! You just crack me the **** up. You have no shame to speak your mind.
Can it be used on the captivate? Also does it install the original android launcher? Thanks
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I am getting "application not installed" after trying to install this apk. I'm running stock, rooted, adw launcher, 1.2 ghz kernal, and ryanza 1+ lagfix. Any suggestion?
eugene373 said:
If you Don't get it, take your *****ing some place else...
I like the plain stock Launcher & I know there is a Few others that do as well..
You do don't like plain Launcher, then Move on period.
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He wasnt *****ing, you are.
He asked a legit question. Be less defensive.
I'd also like for someone to answer his question.
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N8ter said:
He wasnt *****ing, you are.
He asked a legit question. Be less defensive.
I'd also like for someone to answer his question.
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Well answer me this. Why do you delete blote ware? Is it to save memorie? That would be why you want to run this app. If you delete touch wiz it will free up space. Hence telephone runs faster.
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I keep getting an apparently not installed message?
You do not install the launcher.. It will never work try to do adb install, you have to push it into /system/app.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/new-3d-ui-concept-for-android-introducing-claystone/
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Thanks for posting. Trying out now.
Eh. Too Slow. App Drawer causes it to FC. Poor quality icons. Slow. Doesn't show your music. Uninstall.
Ya, I quickly realized that it isnt epic frindly. Lol, but I'll leave the link for people to try it thereselves
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zanderman112 said:
Ya, I quickly realized that it isnt epic frindly. Lol, but I'll leave the link for people to try it thereselves
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I honestly don't even see it having potential xD.
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I honestly don't even see it having potential xD.
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I dont really understand it. I'll stick to my daily routine of choosing between launcherpro, Xperia arc launcher, touchwiz, and regina launcher. I have way too many launchers on here, most I don't even use.
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zanderman112 said:
I dont really understand it. I'll stick to my daily routine of choosing between launcherpro, Xperia arc launcher, touchwiz, and regina launcher. I have way too many launchers on here, most I don't even use.
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where do you get xperia arc launcher?
Sony Xperia Arc launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43
Use the 800x480 version of your choice from this link
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Not really seeing anything special. Try Regina Launcher or SPB Shell 3D
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Not really seeing anything special.
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Which are you talking about, the onein the OP or the Xperia Arc launcher?
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MikeyLee said:
Not really seeing anything special. Try Regina Launcher or SPB Shell 3D
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SPB shell 3d is pretty cool ibut no landscape kinda kills it.
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I don't like how on spb shell you can't just have one small widget on the bottom corners on the screen main reason I returned it
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I was originally stock, then rooted. After we had the update i never bothered to re-root. I will be rooting again for sure, but is it worth it to install the latest Liberty Rom? I use my phone daily and would like a rom in which everything works. Is their anything not working on the Liberty Rom?
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I'm using liberty now. The only issue I have is that aapps on the sides of the app drawer are sometimes hard to tap. Not a huge issue, the rom is super fluid otherwise. its my favortie rom for the d3.
Thank you so much, im deffinitely getting this rom now. Hows battery life?
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Better than stock for me.
when you say..UPDATE you mean the .890 update or the .894?
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I'm using liberty now. The only issue I have is that aapps on the sides of the app drawer are sometimes hard to tap. Not a huge issue, the rom is super fluid otherwise. its my favortie rom for the d3.
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This is only an issue with Liberty Launcher. Use ADW or LP.
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I hate the liberty stock launcher.. tho I used go launcher forever w/ no issues so I just reloaded it onto liberty. However I just switched to adw to be able to customize more like 2 days ago. I'm not sure if ima keep using adw yet tho despite for once everything looks 100% how I want.
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Love Liberty. I'm using it until CM7 is fixed up a bit more. It's very fast and AOSP like, with the stability of a stock rom. Though I'm using Blur launcher. It never gets killed with the build.prop tweaks from Liberty.
I was just curious of others performance... So on the free adw that comes installed on Broken Out, if I click an app it is very quick at opening it. With ADW Ex this is not the case, also sometimes in Ex the dock icons are unresponsive when you click them, it takes a couple clicks. Anyone else experience this? I love Ex but these issues drive me nuts lol
Also these issues were there before Broken Out so it's not the problem.
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Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Really like ex so I'm trying to pretend it isn't there though
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Ya I have the same thing with Ex, gotta hit the dock icons a few times sometimes.
Mt has the loopy smoothness tweak for the adw built in to broken out ROM, which probably has something to do with it. I think you can change the tweak to attach to adw ex, I'll play around with it and see what I can find.
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elreydotcom said:
Mt has the loopy smoothness tweak for the adw built in to broken out ROM, which probably has something to do with it. I think you can change the tweak to attach to adw ex, I'll play around with it and see what I can find.
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Kk. I looked into the tweak and idk if this will work, haven't used it long enough to tell, but I just edited the init.d script and deleted the input for the stock LG launcher and replaced it with ADW Ex process name.
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revo_65 said:
Kk. I looked into the tweak and idk if this will work, haven't used it long enough to tell, but I just edited the init.d script and deleted the input for the stock LG launcher and replaced it with ADW Ex process name.
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That's exactly what I did.. Also added a line for widgetlocker. Seems to have made a difference as far as speed is concerned
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That's exactly what I did.. Also added a line for widgetlocker. Seems to have made a difference as far as speed is concerned
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Yea after using it a bit it has seemed to help. Thanks for pointing out loopy smoothness as the thing to mess with!
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That's exactly what I did.. Also added a line for widgetlocker. Seems to have made a difference as far as speed is concerned
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Wait so you're saying if you add more lines for certains apps they speed up?
So what exactly did you change ?
So what exactly did you change in init.d file ?
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Wait so you're saying if you add more lines for certains apps they speed up?
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Um i think it is hit or miss. On the loopy smoothness thread he said it might work. But i dont think you want to add to many because it might put too much load on the CPU.
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So what exactly did you change in init.d file ?
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In init.d there is the loopy smoothness file, in there there should be a section towards the top titled launchers. you will see adw and the stock LG launcher process names. So I just deleted the process name for the lg launcher and replaced it with adwex (org.adwfreak.launcher). Then I rebooted and seems to be working much smoother
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Um i think it is hit or miss. On the loopy smoothness thread he said it might work. But i dont think you want to add to many because it might put too much load on the CPU.
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Very true, I was just curious if adding the widget locker process to the would stop the occasional slow unlock, and so far it's been rock solid. No lag
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elreydotcom said:
Very true, I was just curious if adding the widget locker process to the tweak would stop the occasional slow unlock, and so far it's been rock solid. No lag
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Um i think it is hit or miss. On the loopy smoothness thread he said it might work. But i dont think you want to add to many because it might put too much load on the CPU.
In init.d there is the loopy smoothness file, in there there should be a section towards the top titled launchers. you will see adw and the stock LG launcher process names. So I just deleted the process name for the lg launcher and replaced it with adwex (org.adwfreak.launcher). Then I rebooted and seems to be working much smoother
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Well if that's the case I'll try adding go launcher and seeing if it seems to work better.
What did you add for widget locker? Under what list? Thanks guys
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What did you add for widget locker? Under what list? Thanks guys
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The list doesn't matter, those are just for reference. The hash marks in front of those scripts cause the script to skip those lines. However, I added it under the launcher processes as
renice -3 `pidof com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker`
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I was on adw then tried ex on phone and my tablet but went back to regular adw on both. Speed and overall responsiveness were main reasons..
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The list doesn't matter, those are just for reference. The hash marks in front of those scripts cause the script to skip those lines. However, I added it under the launcher processes as
renice -3 `pidof com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker`
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Noob here. I am having the same issues with the widgetlocker being slow and adwEx being slow. I have no idea how you guys are fixing the scripts but would love to fix the same issues. Can someone either show me how or maybe if it's one file upload the fixed file so the lag isn't there. It would be great for us Noobs who have no idea how to fix it. I am trying to learn how to create themes so in time I will maybe know how to do this.
I found the file thanks to root explorer. I changed the settings. When it saved it said it backed up the original and then exited. I rebooted the phone and went back to see if it actually changed it still states the same as if I didn't do anything. Did I do something wrong? Any help?
On the other hand it does seem that the phone is running much smoother.
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I found the file thanks to root explorer. I changed the settings. When it saved it said it backed up the original and then exited. I rebooted the phone and went back to see if it actually changed it still states the same as if I didn't do anything. Did I do something wrong? Any help?
On the other hand it does seem that the phone is running much smoother.
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are you sure you werent looking at the backed up file? Also i dont use root explorer but make sure in the settings it is set to "write" so you can make changes to the system folders.
Otherwise try a different file explorer, i use ES and have had a similar problem where i changed things but after a boot it wasnt changed...root browser by jrummy never fails
For those reading this thread and wonder where init.d is
/system/etc/init.d
And it does seem to make ex more responsive to the touch. Good find.
Just what the title says. IMO its smoother then Apex and Nova. I really haven't had time to play with it but so far so good. Wish this update was available when I was stuck on HC.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher
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I use GO EX, on my SGS3 and Pad 7.7, perfect :good:
We had to wait a long long time for getting an update.....
But at least it was worth the waiting.
Had to fix screen size and some other settings after new update. It was a pain, don't really notice anything new while running on stock ICS
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adinis78 said:
Had to fix screen size and some other settings after new update. It was a pain, don't really notice anything new while running on stock ICS
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After playing with it a bit I stuck with Apex. I think this is a bigger draw to HC and GB devices.
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Was quite happy using adw ex launcher. There is a bug though. When u add a folder on the home screen, initially you could edit the folder to change the icon or rename the folder. It doesn't work anymore. Any idea people.
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Manipur said:
Was quite happy using adw ex launcher. There is a bug though. When u add a folder on the home screen, initially you could edit the folder to change the icon or rename the folder. It doesn't work anymore. Any idea people.
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Double tap on icons/folders to get the edit/remove options.
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No longer able to use the launcher actions along with minimalist text, I used this set up to switch between screens. Have emailed the dev and still waiting on an answer.
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adinis78 said:
No longer able to use the launcher actions along with minimalist text, I used this set up to switch between screens. Have emailed the dev and still waiting on an answer.
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Ok it seems to be working now. All I did was turn off my tab overnight and everything is back to normal
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melorib said:
I use GO EX, on my SGS3 and Pad 7.7, perfect :good:
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THIS. Been using Go Ex Launcher for several years on many different Android devices & it's been amazing, very customizable & easy to use.
After trying EVERY other launcher including paid ones, none come close to Go EX...