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Home launcher options

hey all,
I am running the tiamat hammerhead rom... I like it but right now there are not too many great themes for the xoom. A few color changing ones and the touchwiz port which i did like, but im down for something more. The best way to go about this short of doing my own theme is to get a good home launcher and use some custom animations and icon packs...
Here is the rub.. A lot of the home launchers are too phone-ish.. If that makes sense. Any suggestions? I was partial to ADW ex launcher but i looove the stock launching set-up. I mostly would like to maybe change animations, speeds, etc, but most importantly use icon packs. Any ideas for me or suggestions on good launchers with a stock home screen feel? I dont want my xoom to have a home screen like a giant phone lol

I just stick to stock until someone makes a launcher for honeycomb

Kippui said:
I just stick to stock until someone makes a launcher for honeycomb
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Lol i guess that will be the case. No one has any advice...

I would recommend ADW EX, but since it hasn't been updated in 3 months and isn't fully compatible with 3.2...

Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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ryan562 said:
Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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yeah I had adw at first but was disappointed in the phone type lay out... Oh well...I will wait for a better option and let this thread die LOL

ryan562 said:
Yeah adw ex doesn't work well with 3.2 at the moment. I believe the older adw (non ex) works but u gotta find an .apk for that
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Not true, imo, ADW EX works great, so smooth with my config and I like having 6 screens. ADW settings is mostly disabled, meaning I can't change the size of icons, basically. But everything else works really well.

okantomi said:
Not true, imo, ADW EX works great, so smooth with my config and I like having 6 screens. ADW settings is mostly disabled, meaning I can't change the size of icons, basically. But everything else works really well.
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Well for me not being able to access those settings is killer and which is why i don't use it at the moment.
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ryan562 said:
Well for me not being able to access those settings is killer and which is why i don't use it at the moment.
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Yeah thy made a 3.2 compatible version today... Still not all the way there in my opinion and quirky as anderweb releases tend to be at first until they find all the bugs. Props to them for the effort but i am still not sold. Gonna have to just try the stargate theme coming out soon! Which looks badass!

Nova Launcher on Xoom w/ ICS?

Now that ICS has come to the Xoom, has anyone tried installing Nova Launcher on it? Any issues to be aware of before trying it?
I really like it on my GNex and want to use it for both devices, if possible.

danman7 said:
Now that ICS has come to the Xoom, has anyone tried installing Nova Launcher on it? Any issues to be aware of before trying it?
I really like it on my GNex and want to use it for both devices, if possible.
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Works Perfectly!

danman7 said:
Now that ICS has come to the Xoom, has anyone tried installing Nova Launcher on it? Any issues to be aware of before trying it?
I really like it on my GNex and want to use it for both devices, if possible.
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Not having much luck with it. A lot of the screens won't let me add anything.

Am I doing something wrong? I don't see a dock

Cubanluke88 said:
Am I doing something wrong? I don't see a dock
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There's no dock in ICS.
Version 13 running beautiful for me, insane speed and 0 lags!!!
Finnaly a good launcher for Xoom!

SlugmanBR said:
There's no dock in ICS.
Version 13 running beautiful for me, insane speed and 0 lags!!!
Finnaly a good launcher for Xoom!
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I think you're kinda wrong, at least for Nova. If you look in the settings for Nova, there are settings for a Dock. And when shown on other devices (Galaxy Nexus from what I've seen) there is a dock.

their is a dock just play round with it, will appear
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Cubanluke88 said:
I think you're kinda wrong, at least for Nova. If you look in the settings for Nova, there are settings for a Dock. And when shown on other devices (Galaxy Nexus from what I've seen) there is a dock.
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I think what he meant was, that there was no dock on the xoom.

asmanthebell said:
their is a dock just play round with it, will appear
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Can you be more descriptive? Have you gotten the dock to show on the Xoom?

Beta 13
Home screen transition animations => stack
Starts messing up the ability to use icons on the screen... clicking on icons makes the launcher think you are trying to turn pages...
"cube" works well...
Great launcher... looking forward to tablet specific and "pro" options...

Didn't work for me!!(nova)

I got it to work but it wants to push my wallpaper down about 1/4 of the screen

Try apex launcher....
Works awesome
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Please where can i download the apex launcher?
best regards
Craxx
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Craxx said:
Please where can i download the apex launcher?
best regards
Craxx
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
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Last 2-3 days i am using Nova Launcher and better than stock launcher
Best Regards
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LPHS said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
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thx for the link
Craxx
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Anybody like nova over ADW?

nova is very cool, i use it
...some bugs still there, but never mind...
Craxx
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I had a few minor problems with mine when I tried on cm9 it was like the apps became part of the background and would not move but I deleted and re installed without an issue. I prefer the stock cm9 just fine I only run it at 1.2 compared to the usual 1.5 its so smooth.
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[Q] Good Launcher replacement for NOOK home

hello,
i am looking for a new launcher in replacement for the nook home. I have rooted stock and currently im using Zeam Launcher. I want a "somewhat ics resembling" type launcher. I used to have Apex Launcher but it lagged my nook down. I tried using trebutcher but I cannot place widgets for some reason.
Thank you

epicavi said:
hello,
i am looking for a new launcher in replacement for the nook home. I have rooted stock and currently im using Zeam Launcher. I want a "somewhat ics resembling" type launcher. I used to have Apex Launcher but it lagged my nook down. I tried using trebutcher but I cannot place widgets for some reason.
Thank you
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I've had good success with Nova Prime. Using paid version but free should work well. Works well on stock root and CM10.

+1. Only thing you might want is function assigned to long-press home, that isn't available with Nova...

RustedRoot said:
I've had good success with Nova Prime. Using paid version but free should work well. Works well on stock root and CM10.
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I was wondering why my launcher was lagging at default settings. Well, I never could solve that, but I did check out Nova Prime. The lag is now gone. Thanks! :good:

[Q] Homepage app display to big, can i make smaller?

Anyone know if you can make the middle (2nd) homepage with the apps on etc. a bit smaller than the default big ones on a 4x4 display.. My previous phone;s Galaxy S2 and Nexus all had a 5x4 display for the app icons and i really don't like the massive gaps between all the app icons.
Can't see anything in the options to do this...
Is it possible?
Thanks

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You will need to use a 3rd party launcher like Apex or Nova for that. Not possible on the stock launcher.

4x5 is option in Stock...
Not enough for Stock?.....

sferg.410 said:
no replies????
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Get Nova launcher, you can customixe the size of the icons.

sgtrhd said:
4x5 is option in Stock...
Not enough for Stock?.....
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Yes 5 x 4 in the app pages but i am talking about the 2nd homepage where it is 4 x 4... why cant the home page be 5 x 4 also... seems to be the only bad bit of design i have found with the phone...

grneyez said:
Get Nova launcher, you can customixe the size of the icons.
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Cant use anything that involves rooting the phone as I use banking apps and they do not work when a phone is rooted.

OK, I see nova is an app.. I will look into it. Thanks

sferg.410 said:
Cant use anything that involves rooting the phone as I use banking apps and they do not work when a phone is rooted.
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I use Nova and my phone is rooted and I use banking apps with no problem. What banking apps are giving you issues? See attached. for a screenshot on Nova.
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grneyez said:
I use Nova and my phone is rooted and I use banking apps with no problem. What banking apps are giving you issues? See attached. for a screenshot on Nova.
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I use UK Banks. LloydsTSB and Barclays banking apps and Barclays PingIT. I have only had my HTC for 4 days... dont know anything about rooting it yet.. Had a Gnex before and when i rooted that, none of the banking apps would work as they could see it had been rooted and considered it a security problem
Have Nova now and it is good, just a shame i lose the direct screen rotate widget/icon that the HTC One comes with but Nova does not recognise.. found that pretty useful and i find screen rotation very annoying when i dont want it to rotate but it does and it is at a slight angle!!

I guess UK Banks are more secure good thing. I use multiple banking apps to pay bills transfer funds, etc. never had any security issues. As for rooting, its a whole new world for your phone. Most important thing is to read,read. And read the developers instructions before attempting to root. You could brick your phone if your not careful. Glad you found Nova useful. Good luck if you decide to root your ONE. Remember read!!!!
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grneyez said:
Get Nova launcher, you can customixe the size of the icons.
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You can do that in apex as well
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[Q] Nova Launcher

Hi,
I'm experiencing a little bug on Nova launcher on my HTC One, since installing it yesterday when I press the back button to close an app it shows the Sense app draw rather than the Nova home screen....I've used Nova before on other devices and have never seen this before.
Is there anyone else that uses Nova launcher and is having the same issue and possible have a fix etc? I have searched for the issue and other people on XDA have had the same issue, but thread has not been updated in last 6 months.
Thanks

I use the Nova Launcher on my ONE and don´t get this error. Maybe because i have frozen the Sense Launcher with Titanium.
Greets
maverick1103 said:
Hi,
I'm experiencing a little bug on Nova launcher on my HTC One, since installing it yesterday when I press the back button to close an app it shows the Sense app draw rather than the Nova home screen....I've used Nova before on other devices and have never seen this before.
Is there anyone else that uses Nova launcher and is having the same issue and possible have a fix etc? I have searched for the issue and other people on XDA have had the same issue, but thread has not been updated in last 6 months.
Thanks
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SpeedyCarv said:
I use the Nova Launcher on my ONE and don´t get this error. Maybe because i have frozen the Sense Launcher with Titanium.
Greets
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I'm currently not rooted, but I hope this is a simple fix as I don't want to root just to use another launcher, not saying rooting is pants or anything I just don't want too.

maverick1103 said:
I'm currently not rooted, but I hope this is a simple fix as I don't want to root just to use another launcher, not saying rooting is pants or anything I just don't want too.
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You can force stop the launcher for the Sense one. That is like freezing it
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Taylor_Swift said:
You can force stop the launcher for the Sense one. That is like freezing it
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Hmm not sure why I didn't think of that, thanks though just tried it and it seems to of fixed my issue! :good:

I had the same issue. It was solved after doing a proper reboot (not fast boot)

dinoc said:
I had the same issue. It was solved after doing a proper reboot (not fast boot)
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Yes that could true, I did reboot but I have fastboot enabled. Thanks
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