Hi,
does anyone know if themes (e.g. icon packs) are going to affect performance and battery?
Very minimally unless your using like a 3d launcher or something.
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themes do not have any effects...but the launchers themselves do...
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Go launcher vs launcher pro
What are the cons and pros
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launcher pro hasnt been updated in months... the widgets will not pull new posts either.
I would avoid it.
Send to work fine for me. I thought it looked better than go launcher, that's why I had posted.
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I prefer ADW or Go Launcher. I have LP Paid and it's a pain, support is slow to non existent.
Go launcher all the way!!
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Go launcher to me is a battery killer
I don't see how its much different
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Go launcher for sure
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Go Launcher.
Lots of customizability and animations which are totally awesome It is also super stable. Loved it on ny Droid 1 and now my Bionic.
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Adw. Go. Launch consumes to much resources.
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I say GO. I made the jump from LPP and love GO. I also use GOSMS and GOContacts. That team makes a great product!!!
I do wish they'd do a little more work on their widgets. This is something I'd pay for to get.
Launcher PRO PLUS is a must im using a older version which works great plus way to many features to list can resize widgets custom docks etc and I still can use Scrollable Widgets so i say Launcher PRO PLUS is YES.
I've used them all. GO has been my favorite as far as features, appearance, and customization options. Can't really say I noticed any difference as far as stability or battery usage.
However I've recently switched to a Windows Phone 7 style layout because I like to use Folder Organizer to group my apps and then create my own custom icons using Desktop Visualizer. Unfortunately Go currently doesn't support hiding the dock bar and auto sizing widgets, so I'm back to ADW.
Aside from that, if you're using the standard Android layout, here's how I rank them and why.
1) Go Launcher
- I like the dockbar icons, they're cleaner than the rest IMO.
- I like the ability to hide apps in the drawer - don't believe you can do this in ADW, not sure about LPP. Alternatively if you're rooted you have other options to remove bloatware.
- I like the tabbed drawer view: All Apps, Recent Apps, Running Apps. You can kill apps from the Running Apps view if you're into that.
- I really really like the ability to uninstall apps from the drawer by long-pressing and then selecting the red-X to uninstall
2) LPP
- I like the HTC Sense style widgets.
3) ADW
- I like the ability to hide my dock.
- Doesn't seem to be as customizable as the others.
I have used all and here is what I find.
#1 is ADW in terms of stability
#2 is the stock Launcher
#3 is Go Launcher
#4 is Launcher Pro.
Let me say that I LOOOOOVVVVE Go Launcher, without question it is my favorite but it is not the best! It has every feature of Launcher pro plus, custom backgrounds, the only one that can have nine homescreens, controllable animations, and more options for the app list management. But IMO it gets really laggy sometimes just like Launcher pro. ADW never seems to lag for me but the drop down shortcut bar sucks to me and their options aren't that extensive. They should adopt the scrolling shorcut bar like the other and then i may use it more often.
Go Launcher
-Motorola Droid
-Motorola Droid X²
-Motorola Droid Bionic
Well for me that I'm using a older version of Launcher Pro Plus cause I wanna keep scrollable widgets on my homescreen if I upgrade as the Dev said I'll loose it.
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I like ADW EX with the large osx style dock.
For some reason I don't trust go. They make a lot of apps that require a lot of permissions and they're all free. Why? Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
I use both LPP and ADW ex. LPP was the best IMO but the dev seems to have stopped updating it. There was supposed to be a major rewrite earlier this year that never happened. I'm slowly transitioning to ADW ex fully.
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Launcher Pro here.
I am using Launcher Pro. I was using ADW for a while but it felt laggy. When I went to Launcher Pro that was all resolved.
I have used a lot of launchers, I own SPB Shell 3D and Launcher Pro. I tried ADW on Cyanogen and also GO.
Go is nice because of the themes, there is a bunch of themes and some really good ones, plenty of free ones too. Nice widgets. The folder system is also useful. I will say that the transition effects on GO are slower then Launcher Pro. Go does have an extra transition setting when you get out of the app drawer you can make it do different things, like a spinning effect to the home screen etc.
Now as far as speed, Launcher Pro wins hands down, the transitions are super fast, app drawer is also really clean and smooth. I also noticed a significant speed increase on my droid 2 with launcher pro as well, it just has some really good programming for transitions.
They both have the sliding dockbar on the bottom which is customizable and I like that feature.
Also for the record, the Droid Bionic owns SPB shell 3D, pretty darn fast compared to my Droid 2.
Hello,
I searched via Google before posting this message. If I missed something, I'm sorry..
I'm using RCMix v4 and I think the ICS dock bar is cool than rosie.
Anyway to port it on our GB Sense 3.5 ROMS?
Ps: sorry about bad English.
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i dont see any chance at the moment (but i´m not a dev).
why you not use for example go launcher with an ics theme instead?
Ah I love my phone with sense hate custom launcher apps..
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Debateable i returned to sense again...ive adw pro its sweet
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Maybe you should give a try at Go Launcher Ex and apply kovdev's ICS theme (it is easy to find in the market). It themes dock, icons and wallpapers.
By changing the launcher you'll keep the Sense apps (dialer, messages, facebook, settings, ...), the statusbar and the lockscreen with its alert system. What will change is the dock, the app drawers and the desktop. Go Launcher is flexible, folders can be created in the app drawer and in the desktop (the desktop ones can include shortcuts and bookmarks).
Also, consider that by in launchers different than Sense you cannot have the HTC widgets.
Rosie can still be accessed by creating a shortcut with Anycut.
Okay, I accept with that the Go Launcher is a cool launcher application but as you said Sense widgets are not available.
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mrdenniz said:
Okay, I accept with that the Go Launcher is a cool launcher application but as you said Sense widgets are not available.
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There is no perfect solution yet, until we get a stable ICS rom. I found that I could live without Sense widgets, but I understand that it is a matter depending on taste and on how one uses his phone.
After buying my DHD I kept Rosie without trying to replace it for almost one year... until I discovered that with ADW Launcher I could get more than 4 x 4 icons per screen. That was so addictive that I never turned back
Later I left ADW for GO.
You should experiment until you find a setup that suits your needs, if you think Rosie is the place to be look up for themes for your ROM.
Hi
I am using Nova launcher on my HTC One and I am curious to know if it is better/worse in terms of CPU usage, memory usage and ultimately battery life than the Sense launcher?
Should make no difference apart from it being more customisable than the stock launcher.
Yea it shouldn't change much of that, it just allows you to do different/more things than the stock launcher... and it has a lot more perks.
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Hello everybody,
I would like porting the CM Launcher or another launcher with usable launcher settings with out any Force Close.
I was use Search Bar and become much crap.
I know that I need more than only the launcher.apk.
Can everyone write a guide how I can port?
Which files I need note?
LG 4X HD - Better than a Smartphone
You can't have a guide on such things. Everything is different. This is what development is about. Go ahead and do some research.
Nemeziz 56th said:
Hello everybody,
I would like porting the CM Launcher or another launcher with usable launcher settings with out any Force Close.
I was use Search Bar and become much crap.
I know that I need more than only the launcher.apk.
Can everyone write a guide how I can port?
Which files I need note?
LG 4X HD - Better than a Smartphone
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Just use nova launcher
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I really really don't like the nova launcher or another launcher. Because they have to much setting the are really non person needed.
LG 4X HD - Better than a Smartphone
ive heard about the new Buzz Launcher and saw amazing themes...
so what do you think about the current drain and cpu drain?
or is the old but gold apex launcher the best for the 4x hd (p880)
give me your experiences
From time to time i use buzz launcher and i think it ia great especialy themes for it.Didnt noticed any significant battery drain while using it.
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kornspitz said:
ive heard about the new Buzz Launcher and saw amazing themes...
so what do you think about the current drain and cpu drain?
or is the old but gold apex launcher the best for the 4x hd (p880)
give me your experiences
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I don't like buzz launcher. There are a lot of themes, but you have to download applications that the uploader used for making the theme. For example: desktop visualizer. I think Themer is much better but I use aviate now.
Buz launcher
I am using Buzz launcher for last 4-5 months.In my opinion,it is the best launcher out there.Fluid,so many themes,you can personalize it in any way you want.It doesn't use much battery or ram,to me it is way better than Nova,Apex,etc.:good:
Here are some screenshots of my homescreens.
Really cool! :thumbup: look at my
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Can you send me a aviate key or inviting?
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also bazooka launcher is nice and very fast.