For those of you who are Miui fans out there, I ran into a Miui Launcher. And it's as close as it gets to the official ROM's launcher. From no app drawer, to the dock, to the widgets, to the themes. After editing my build.prop and changing my VMheap and Maxperseconds or whatever that one is, I went back to the Stock Launcher and there were no redraws or any problems. I love Miui icons so i installed custom shorcuts from the market to add my Miui icons to my frequently used apps on my stock launcher. I love the blur effect when switching from screen to screen. Then Unfortunately, i ran into a problem. I found this Miui Launcher and man it is pretty amazing! Now i don't know which launcher to use so ima sleep on it and hopefully I can make a decision based on your feedback but check it out. I left the link to share with ya'll!
http://www.4shared.com/file/CNv35JyZ/MIUI_Launcher_21_by_Vipitus.html
http://www.redmondpie.com/miui-home-launcher-apk-download/
Yours truly,
Trenton
Miui seems cool to me, and that theme looks good, but I personally have no problem with the stock one (yet, As I'm still new to android devices). Only thing I'm trying to change is the notification bar.
How do I remove this launcher and revert back to stock?
Just go to settings applications then manage, and uninstall the miui launcher
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I tried this out the other day, a few apps are in chinese as well as the clock widget.
Hello all!
I just installed the Hello Bean Rom and its smooth and fun - sadly my Launcher Home Screen won't rotate. The other apps and such have no issues with rotations. Just the Launcher itself refuses to.
I assume this is th enormal behaviour.
Is there a way I can get it to rotate? Like a new Launcher?
Thanks in advance.
emerich46 said:
Hello all!
I just installed the Hello Bean Rom and its smooth and fun - sadly my Launcher Home Screen won't rotate. The other apps and such have no issues with rotations. Just the Launcher itself refuses to.
I assume this is th enormal behaviour.
Is there a way I can get it to rotate? Like a new Launcher?
Thanks in advance.
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This is normah behavior, you must download another launcher if you need that to rotate.
Its possible to change the quantity of homescreens in the stock launcher?
limafranco said:
Its possible to change the quantity of homescreens in the stock launcher?
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No, it is not possible. But there are roms that don't use stock as default louncher.
Click thanks if I helped.
I'm using Apex Launcher. He has great features and support ICS and JB try it its free
BTW: u can use adw themes as well for apex launcher
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As the title itself. I'm looking for a compatible launcher for paranoid android.
aside from trebuchet (ofcourse) and s3 launcher. since I've tried already s3 launcher.but i didn't make it to work.
Try Apex launcher or Nova launcher
crosskaiser said:
As the title itself. I'm looking for a compatible launcher for paranoid android.
aside from trebuchet (ofcourse) and s3 launcher. since I've tried already s3 launcher.but i didn't make it to work.
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Search before posting..there are a lot of launcher in playstore..just try urself...easy huh...
apex launcher
nova launcher
holo launcher
iLauncher
LauncherPro
MIUI_Launcher
Phoenix_Launcher
Hello guys,
I would like to find a lancher with the ICS style on my X8 that has the miniCM7 (so with Gingerbread).
I tried to download such launchers as Apex or Nova from the Play Store but it says that they are not compatible with the Xperia X8.
Can you suggest me any ICS launcher which is compatible with the X8 (and Gingerbread)?
Thank you in advance.
P.S. I already saw this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453440, but there a lot of launchers and I'd want any your suggest from what launcher I have to choose.
Vectoryzed said:
Hello guys,
I would like to find a lancher with the ICS style on my X8 that has the miniCM7 (so with Gingerbread).
I tried to download such launchers as Apex or Nova from the Play Store but it says that they are not compatible with the Xperia X8.
Can you suggest me any ICS launcher which is compatible with the X8 (and Gingerbread)?
Thank you in advance.
P.S. I already saw this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453440, but there a lot of launchers and I'd want any your suggest from what launcher I have to choose.
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you cannot download any such thing from play store because it considers our device to be at 2.1. try downloading from third party source.
and they are called ICS launcher because they require ICS to run so you wont find any for GB roms
Use adw launcher
Latest one..
CnC-ROCK said:
you cannot download any such thing from play store because it considers our device to be at 2.1. try downloading from third party source.
and they are called ICS launcher because they require ICS to run so you wont find any for GB roms
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From what I can remember X8 custom ROMs use the xperia arcs fingerprint so its not about the play store thinking were at 2.1.
And OP if you bothered to read the description you would see you need android 4.0+ to run them.
Use Holo Launcher if you want an ICS themed launcher on GB.
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use holo launcher..
search it 0n g00gle..
and if u want m0re.use h0l0 l0cker f0r jelly bean l0ck screen
Thank you, Holo Launcher works fine!
Now, if I want a ICS theme, how should I do?
I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18573172# but it seems to not work properly.. it gets me an error when I choose it from the Theme Chooser.
NIMBAH said:
From what I can remember X8 custom ROMs use the xperia arcs fingerprint so its not about the play store thinking were at 2.1.
And OP if you bothered to read the description you would see you need android 4.0+ to run them.
Use Holo Launcher if you want an ICS themed launcher on GB.
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well last time i checked market was still considering it as X8 and at 2.1.. i will recheck....
Vectoryzed said:
Thank you, Holo Launcher works fine!
Now, if I want a ICS theme, how should I do?
I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18573172# but it seems to not work properly.. it gets me an error when I choose it from the Theme Chooser.
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Make sure you downloaded MDPI version of the theme. And if any error appear just click 'apply anyway'.
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The Holo apps are nice and work well, but are unfortunately battery hogs.
I still use Holo Launcher but I disabled Holo Locker because it was reducing battery life by 50%.
Just go to play store (need to be a rom with 2.3+) and download Holo Launcher or even Apex... I'd recommend you ADW uses less ram. It might work for you! Good luck!
Abadeer said:
Just go to play store (need to be a rom with 2.3+) and download Holo Launcher or even Apex... I'd recommend you ADW uses less ram. It might work for you! Good luck!
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apex on 2.3? :sly::what:
The best way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306594 Maybe it not exacly ics launcher but it's fully bugfree, very fast and smooth.
cascabel said:
apex on 2.3? :sly::what:
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Ok, no Apex. You're right. But still Holo, and ADW.
Abadeer said:
Ok, no Apex. You're right. But still Holo, and ADW.
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you had me search for a 2.3 compatible apex. thought you meant a port.
iks8 said:
The best way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306594 Maybe it not exacly ics launcher
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That's a lot of steps and a lot of work.
The REAL best way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289009
Two steps:
1) Apply theme
2) Install Holo Launcher
That's it. In less than three minutes you have ICS on your GB ROM.
Wicked fast, smooth, bug-free, identical to ICS in almost every way. The only thing you don't get is the status bar and the ICS status bar wastes space anyway.
But holo is very laggy. It's really not much work, just change dock background and icons (if you've got ICS theme you don't have to).
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iks8 said:
But holo is very laggy.
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Not for me. Try increasing the scrolling cache.
Also clear the data for Google Services Framework.
Holo with x8 is laggy, it's just non smooth. I've got clean rom with high oc and lp is much more smoother.
Are you listening?
iks8 said:
Holo with x8 is laggy, it's just non smooth. I've got clean rom with high oc and lp is much more smoother.
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Yeah, you already wrote that. Did you increase the size of your scrolling cache like I told you?
Go to Launcher Settings > Desktop Settings > Scrolling Cache. The higher the quality, the more memory it uses.
Do the same for Settings > Drawer Settings > Scrolling Cache.
If you have the cache set to "none" or "low quality" it will be laggy. Try "Normal Quality" or "High quality" until your lag goes away.
Any lag in an Android phone is always caused by either user misconfiguration or file corruption. A very common reason for a laggy phone is a corrupted mp3 on your SD Card. A bug in Android's Media scanner will keep scanning the file, slowing your phone. The lag will get worse the longer your phone is on since boot.
Yes, I can read, I can listen. I've changed those settings but it didn't help. I've done a little test:
I flashed litecm7 by fabe yesterday then I instaled only 4 or 5 apps so it almost clean. I'm using oxydo zcf 4 with 787mhz max oc on smartass h3.
So I installed 3 launchers:
- pre instaled (in this rom) launcher pro
- holo launcher (from market)
- adw launcher (from market)
All of those I've set exacly the same: 3 home screens, without translations anims, on center screen stock android clock and 4 shortcuts and on right screen power toggle widget. And I've tested smoothness.
My feelings:
- launcher pro - absolutly lag free, even with 3d app drawer
- adw - no lags in homescreens, almost no lags in appdrawer - even with fancy ics animation and transparent background
- holo - laggy!!! Yes I've changed settings but it didn't help! Appdrawer works smooth but homescreens are horrible, even with disabled shadow.
I'm noticing my widgets disappearing after a reboot. It's there a fix?
gunnyman said:
I'm noticing my widgets disappearing after a reboot. It's there a fix?
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I started to have that problem on 2.0.6 on HD with another launcher. I found it selective which Widgets did not load. Updating to the latest version of the widget sometimes helped.
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Fwiw go launcher hd doesn't have a problem.
Ohhh ... better use then Nova Launcher. Smooth, fast, stable and tons of options (for beginner and advanced).
Hope i end tweaked, modified and optimized theme, based on Nova Launcher and Ultimate custom widget (UCCW). I like Nook simplicity and conciseness. Also i try then inverted version. These are my plans. This alpha i post here too, maybe someone want it.