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Is anyone else having issues with the quick contacts widget in alternate launchers? My other stock blur widgets work in Go Launcher except this one. Running Theory's ROM 1.2 if that makes a difference.

Doesn't work for me either in Go Launcher.

I was wondering the same thing. I swear I saw a post stating that the moto blur widgets worked with alternate launchers, but I cant get this widget to work with ADW, LPP or GO launcher.
I like that widget a lot.

Bump... has anyone had any success with getting this to work properly? I actually liked the stock contacts app for the short time I was running the stock launcher.
It would seem it adds the widget, but it's invisible and doesn't function... I am able to long press and delete it with go launcher.

Still no dice in Go Launcher. On the other hand, I have been using this lately and am really liking it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonyericsson.zwooshi&hl=en
It actually automatically fills up with contacts based on how recently/frequently you interact with them, pretty nice if you ask me.

Its a blur app and u need the blurred launcher.
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moosc said:
Its a blur app and u need the blurred launcher.
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That is not true. Other blur widgets work outside of the blur launcher. Also, this widget shows in the list of available widgets from other launchers but when you add it (in my exerience on Go Launcher) it adds an empty space to your screen that you can't say unless you try to put another widget down as it will say the spot is occupied already. You can delete the empty spot though.

Any update on this issue or do those who use alternate launchers just out of luck with this widget?

+1 you need a blur launcher its built into /system/apps it like having a razor blur camera and downloading it and won't work correctly at least from what I have read over the months on alt launcher you pick the widget and it won't even be visable
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Home.apk gets frozen

From time to time my widgets on the home screens are getting stuck. for example clock widget, weather widget, music widget. clock stops on a random hour. Music widget is completely not working., The only solution is to restart the phone or "Force stop" the Home.apk. I´m on 10H firmware and I've already restored the phone to factory defaults. Just wondering if someone experienced same thing? if yes can you advise how to fix it? The non stock widgets I´'m using are: BeWeather Pro and ClockQ Premium.

Have not yet heard of that problem?
May use another launcher (apex for example)
and see if it occures with it the same way.
Greetings

It looks like BeWeather was doing it. I've removed the widget from the screen yesterday and since that time no issues at all. Will report that to developer of the app.
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What is your experience with alternate launcher

I've tried apex and nova launcher. Both runs very smooth compared to original Motorola launcher.
But after while the system went back to original launcher. I don't know why. Maybe it's running out of memory.
What is your experience with alternate launcher.?
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I flick between Holo Launcher HD and Nova for months as I can never decide which one I like more.
Been using Holo a lot more for the last few weeks and had no problems with it ever going back to the original launcher. I think Holo is better due to the extra options of being able to set swipe up and down shortcuts on the apps on the dock and it seems to be a lot smoother when using Holo Locker (which is a better alternative lock screen to the one that came with the phone as you can stop the annoying vibrate noise as well as choosing which apps you want as the shortcuts)

Do I need root to install alternative Launcher?
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omiez said:
Do I need root to install alternative Launcher?
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Nope, just install from the play store like any other app then press the home button and when it asks you which launcher you want to use you can select the new launcher (on this options screen you can tick the default tick box to make it the default all the time then you'll never see the default one)

i have the xperia launcher, works fine in my razr, very smooth but now im using the stock jelly bean launcher (have ics)

knjigo said:
I've tried apex and nova launcher. Both runs very smooth compared to original Motorola launcher.
But after while the system went back to original launcher. I don't know why. Maybe it's running out of memory.
What is your experience with alternate launcher.?
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I've been using a port of the Sony Xperia T launcher. When the phone asked which launcher to return to, I selected the Xperia launcher permenantly. It works just fine, I haven't had any issues at all.

I've tried apex too.
Like it, very customisable and powerful.

nova
IntraOrdinaire said:
I've tried apex too.
Like it, very customisable and powerful.
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i use nova launcher. like it because it's smooth fast and not ram hungry (and offers good customisation in grid and icon size).

WP8: fast, no lags; all the advantages of Win8 without the horror of Microsoft experience.. only thing I miss is the moto circle widget.. :-\

Is there any launcher where the circles widgets works? I'm using nova launched and it doesn't work and I miss them!

As far as I know, NO third party launchers supported - really a shame, most beautiful widget I've ever seen.

bmszabo said:
only thing I miss is the moto circle widget.. :-\
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Funny you should say that. I keep coming back to the moto launcher, despite all its shortcomings, because of the moto circle widget... And I have never cared for a manufacturer homescreen widget before, but this one is really well made.
If someone ever managed to make it work with any launcher, I would switch without hesitation to Lightning Launcher.
Of course, another possibility is to mod the moto launcher and improve it; here is what I would like to see:
* reclaim the space at the top used by the search widget
* configurable number of rows/columns, or in combination with the above mod, increase from 4 to 5 rows
* lockable layout
* custom icons
* custom folders (iphone, or simi folder style)
* vertical paginated app drawer scrolling

bmszabo said:
As far as I know, NO third party launchers supported - really a shame, most beautiful widget I've ever seen.
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There is a very similar widget available in Google Play, I think it was called Circles Widget.

Try rings digital weather clock; I have tried all of them, this one is closest to the Original - but still misses lots of functionality.. :-\

im using Apex, its smooth

I use the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Launcher, which is in the Google Play and the developer is Tim Hutt. I found it the best stock launcher porting right now.

[Q] How to use sony widgets after freezing stock xperia home?

I decided to use another launcher in place of the stock xperia one
so I also froze it with rom toolbox
In this case some of Sony provided widgets e.g. weather, disappear from the widgets menu or list in the app drawer
Is it possible to recover them and make them usable with other launchers somehow?
Thanks a lot

algarues said:
I decided to use another launcher in place of the stock xperia one
so I also froze it with rom toolbox
In this case some of Sony provided widgets e.g. weather, disappear from the widgets menu or list in the app drawer
Is it possible to recover them and make them usable with other launchers somehow?
Thanks a lot
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Not as far as I know. I can't use them on Apex Launcher or Nova either (even without disabling the sony launcher).

You cannot use sony widgets on custom launchers

gregbradley said:
You cannot use sony widgets on custom launchers
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Some of them do work on nova
for instance the camera widgets and some from walkman
but not the music controls and others
kinda bummer....

algarues said:
Some of them do work on nova
for instance the camera widgets and some from walkman
but not the music controls and others
kinda bummer....
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Same here with Next Launcher, but better sacrifice some widget than use the stock launcher which is very ugly.

There is a sony walkman widget in the playstore that I use with nova, it's not quite as pretty but gets the job done.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voiche.musicwidget
I haven't found one for the weather which I like but HD widgets is just as nice

[DISCUSSION] What Launcher are you using and why?

Lets hear what launcher you are using, why you are using it, and any negatives that there might be about it . I'll start:
I'm currently using Aviate Launcher because of looks and simplicity. Icons are smaller and you can use Icon Packs to change the look of stock icons. It knows when I am home travelling, at work, shops and restaurants, and even morning and night time, and changes based on what apps are most relavent for those situations. It also will create "collections" of apps depending on what type of app it is. For example under my Entertainment category I have Netflix, YouTube, Flixter, HBO Go and The CW in the main view and I can expand the category to see even more apps such as IMDb and Eventbrite. These collections can be modified, added or removed. It also has all of my apps listed in alphabeticle order on the far right screen for apps that might not be in a specific category. I'll update this post with screenshots for those who are curious to the look of it.

Not sure why I couldn't edit my original post to add pics from the mobile app...
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I am using nova for it is the best battery friendly launcher out there. Not only that but also that the performance and speed is unbeatable than any other launcher. I currently am running it with mador icon pack with black wallpaper in order to save battery. I have tried tons of launchers out there in the play store and occasionally revert to aviate launcher too.

How I have my phone set up with nova launcher

Xperia 206b
Best app drawer sorting & more.
A minor bug where upon uninstalling an app from this drawer the launcher crashes, but rare. Not lollipop ready. No longer supported.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/best-launcher-xperia-206b-workatound-fix-t2704222

Now I am using action launcher 3 plus and is very good closest to nova too in simplicity and battery friendly

Nova is pretty clean
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Nova is pretty clean
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Where did you get those widgets with the temperature and what not

CchewW's Nova Home
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Where did you get those widgets with the temperature and what not
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Icon Pack: Moonshine
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nexbit.icons.moonshine&hl=en
Clock Widget: Digital Clock Xperia
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.digitalclockwidget2&hl=en
3 Battery Gauges: Battery Widget Reborn (I added 3 widgets and placed them next to each-other)
$2.49 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.apps.reborn.pro&hl=en
Free - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.reborn.beta&hl=en
P.S. Notice the Hours Gauge - this displays hours left on charge (which is clearly incorrect in my screen shot) - it will take a few charge cycles for the App to calibrate this number.

Nova launcher. It has never ever given me a problem and it has a ton of features. Sometimes I even forget that I'm not on stock launcher, lol.
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Apex launcher, "smoke & glass" icon pack.

I use Nova. I like having a clean setup and Nova allows me to customize pretty much every aspect of the launcher. I even have Lollipop animations and folder colors now In order: Homescreen #1, Homescreen w/ folder open, App Drawer.

I've been using Apex (free) on my previous Galaxy S3. I went to try Nova on this new phone, but noticed you can't disable the widgets from the app drawer... Apex does this on the free version. So, I'm sticking with Apex on the new phone too... it does everything I need it to, is very customizable (even on the free version), and it's fast too.

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I've been using Apex (free) on my previous Galaxy S3. I went to try Nova on this new phone, but noticed you can't disable the widgets from the app drawer... Apex does this on the free version. So, I'm sticking with Apex on the new phone too... it does everything I need it to, is very customizable (even on the free version), and it's fast too.
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You cant disable from the app drawer But u can do one better
and remove it from showing in the app drawer

Action Launcher 2 cause it just works

Nova prime. Gestures alone is win. Don't need to go all the way to top for notifications. Been using it for years.

I use Themer. Can't beat it. With this and Color Status Bar, I have a custom and easily swappable setup that helps me recover from my crack flashing addiction.

Hmmm... I have the pay version of nova, holo, and action. I tend to use action 2 most, the setup for folders and blinds exists nowhere else and is exceptionally useful. I switch to holo otherwise for change of pace, its the same as nova, apex, etc but lighter and smoother. The launchers that try and give you a changing setup depending on time and/or place totally don't work for me.

Lol, I just use stock google now launcher. ?

I used Aviate for a day or 2 and noticed horrible battery life. I'm talking like 12 hours and battery is down to 25%. Switched to Goggle now launcher and have much better battery life, so I'm sticking with that for the moment. I'll bounce between this, themer or Buzz launcher.