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[Q] Launchers

Can someone tell me what the best launcher is to use? And does anyone know if someone is working on making a Galaxy Tab launcher? Because that'd be amazing!

iloveflynn said:
Can someone tell me what the best launcher is to use? And does anyone know if someone is working on making a Galaxy Tab launcher? Because that'd be amazing!
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Honestly Launchers are like cars, what works for me may not work for you... Personally I use, and love, ADW EX. That being said people swear by Launcher Pro.

Zeam has been great for me.
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I rather enjoy ADW myself. But I've got Zeam and LauncherPro that I use from time to time just for a change of pace.

I seem to be having trouble with shortccuts (adding) on launcherpro an dean,
I just get a quick black screen and then i'm dumped bcack to my main screen.
I do not have a crash. I uses autonooter to root my book.
Is it just a bad root and i should do it again from scratch?
Or is this a launcher/book issue?
Thanks
Robyn
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Sorry that was Zeam not dean (darn auto correct )
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Still trying to find the Launcher that allows a scrollable bottom dock bar, and/or the option to change the visual effects when swiping through home screens.
Anyone know which one I'm looking for

Coreym said:
Still trying to find the Launcher that allows a scrollable bottom dock bar, and/or the option to change the visual effects when swiping through home screens.
Anyone know which one I'm looking for
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LauncherPro does both of these excellently. I highly recommend trying it.
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Coreym said:
Still trying to find the Launcher that allows a scrollable bottom dock bar, and/or the option to change the visual effects when swiping through home screens.
Anyone know which one I'm looking for
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I'm using awd ex, and I'm very happy with it. Recommend it for everyone. Prefer it over LP (used both alot)
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I personally prefer Zeam over ADW and launcher pro

ADW is the way to go. Always been happy with it...

I was using LauncherPro, then switched to ZEAM. However I recently revived an old OpenHome purchase for my old Behold 2. I dropped the Eris theme on to it and have not turned back. The bottom sliding drawer is a nice touch.

I hate the zeam app drawer. But it is the fastest one. I use adw ex
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I used to run Zeam, came pre-installed with one of the Auto-Nooter scripts or something, but recently switched to ADW. I use ADW EX on my Android phone and highly recommend like many otheres here (my girlfriend owns the Nook Color or would be running the EX version of it on the Nook too)
ADW EX ftw...

Best Home Screen Launcher??

Best Home Screen Launcher??
Im using Regina 3D Launcher, for me it works for categorizing my apps, and the 3D effect is a nice plus, I have seen others but they did not catch my eye, maybe we can list all the one we have used and note the pros and cons. Im using Galaxy Tab T-Mobile 7" w/32gb cls 10 and 114 apps most of them on sd card.
Pros= 3D Eye candy
Secret hidden area
Easy setup
Free!
Easy config Backup/Restore
Seperate wallpapers for each page
Fast and fluid scrolling
Cons= No live wallpapers
Limited to 10 Pages
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But isnt there a problem, that u cant turn the homescreen to Landscape?
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hd2shadow said:
Best Home Screen Launcher??
Im using Regina 3D Launcher, for me it works for categorizing my apps
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If you think thats good get Auto App Organizer
It allows you to manually or automatically categorize apps upon installation and you can also set shortchuts to teh folders on homescreen with choice of icon, Its one of the most useful apps iv'e ever used

I have tried regina 3d but not being able to use in landscape made it a no go. Currently I am using Go Launcher EX which is by far my favorite. One issue I have is not being able to see the entire menu options with the status bar being on the bottom. Otherwise great Launcher. Personally I wish there was a launcher designed for 7" tablets running froyo or gb that was more tablet oriented.
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[Q] More than 5 Home Screens?

I was wondering if there was a way to change the number of screens on the Droid 3's motoblur. I noticed the welcome video had 7 screens and that sounds perfect to me. Also, does motoblur no longer have profiles? I'd love a work/home profile for apps.
-cm

It's not Motoblur, whats on this Droid!
More homescreens means another installing launcher I think...

I would also like to figure this out, I only want 3 screens, 5 its more than I need
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I prefer one screen myself, with my most used apps nearest the bottom + the dock buttons. I use Launcher Pro for that. Launcher pro also allows me to hide over 30 stock apps that I don't want to see. LP will allow for up to 7 screens.

CLB-NL said:
It's not Motoblur, whats on this Droid!
More homescreens means another installing launcher I think...
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I'd love to agree with it not being Blur, but if you go to the Files app, Internal Storage->Android->data, and scroll down the list, one of the folders is for an app named 'com.motorola.blur.home'... hmm... I wonder what that could be It seems Motorola themselves just wants to move away from the name, but they can't seem to update their apps to reflect that

I was running 1 screen for a while on my OG, and loved that set up, but I'm using more widgets now than I was then. And until I can use that sweet quick contacts widget in LP, I'm stuck with the blur.
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[Q] HTC One Scrolling wallpapers

Has the scrolling wallpaper simply vanished, or did I miss the memo? My original Motorola Droid can still scroll wallpapers, and my terrible Samsung Droid Charge could right up to the second to last update. Fully expected the One to have this feature, but it seems to be missing/buried/disabled. Was this feature deemed too processor intense and abandoned? Did Google just decide it was ugly, or is there some other reason scrolling wallpapers would be disappearing from Android?

It's a Sense thing. Install a different launcher like Nova or Apex and there you can find scrolling background in the settings.
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LarsAussems said:
It's a Sense thing. Install a different launcher like Nova or Apex and there you can find scrolling background in the settings.
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Apparently it's a touchwiz thing too, then. Why can't they just leave that option in and let users decide?
Well, if I get tired of this launcher I just may try out Nova and Apex. I've heard of them and have wondered how they compared to launchers that have been around longer like Launcher Pro.

There's an app called landscape wallpaper, it makes the wallpaper scrollable again
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Whats your favorite launcher for tablets like ours

Ive experimented before with a few, mostly for phones though (and thus smaller screens). Currently running GO Launcher on my SGS3, but I don't think GO looks as nice on a larger screen.
I remember liking Nova launcher on another phone from back in the day, that and Launcher Pro (i think) and Holo Launcher. Basically I want something as lightweight as possible (for speed reasons, the HD+ isn't a powerhouse) and also I like having an app drawer that scrolls vertically (preferred but not required).
Whats the consensus?

I like Apex, fast,looks great, lot of settings and some pretty nice free themes. I used the free Apex for a couple of days then bought the pro version.
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I'm using Nova Prime and I like it a lot. It can do vertical app drawer and I use the gesture feature with gestures setup same on my Galaxy Note 2 phone.
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I'm partial to ADW Launcher (or ADW EX for the still-cheap paid version with more choices for scrolling and screen transitions), but I'm not sure how lightweight it is.
That said, I've not actually switched back over to that since I put CM10.1 on a few weeks ago - I'm still for the moment on the native Android launcher but will probably be switching back soon.
One nice feature is that you can set up groups of apps within the app drawer - you still have an "all apps" group, but you can divide apps into other groups as well. You can toggle the "all apps" group behavior between all applications and only uncategorized ones (handy when putting apps into groups to check for missed ones), but that may be an EX feature.

I am using Nova but the Next Launcher 3D Pro keeps pulling me back in. Its harder to use in terms of getting to the different screens and the customization. Its def not as intuitive as Nova but it different.
Maybe that's why I keep trying to make it my default but can't bring myself to do it yet.

I prefer go launcher HD. It doesn't run slow on my Nook HD+ as some have said.
I turn off the dock. love the simplicity and that you can swipe down to show running apps and kill
them by touching the little broom in the corner.

NOVA for large device like HD+, SMART for smaller one like HD.
I prefer a clean desktop with a few widgets that blend in, and NOVA provides kind of a Mac OS feeling. For smaller screen the SMART "flower" is finger friendly, and the drawer configuration is also nice. I just wish it could be more configurable.

nova launcher

snoozer854 said:
I like Apex, fast,looks great, lot of settings and some pretty nice free themes. I used the free Apex for a couple of days then bought the pro version.
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Ditto...

I like Buzz Launcher. I made my tablet look like a comic book.

Nova launcher for me. It seems to have the best customization options.
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I use the native CM launcher on my Nook. I like the Holo launcher too.
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