I'm running gb-12 rom right now and I'm just wondering if there was any possible way to have scrollable widgets on a touchwiz launcher (touchwiz 4).
I find the touchwiz launcher much more stable, smooth and responsive compared to more feature packed launchers like adw ex or launcher pro.
I would love using the touchwiz launcher as my primary launcher if it could use scrollable widgets.
..anybody?
No not unless the launcher supports it and very few stock launchers do. I would get a different launcher
Damn....
touchwiz 4 is so buttery smooth compared to launcher pro and adw (when it's not being buggy)
SteveCheeseman said:
Damn....
touchwiz 4 is so buttery smooth compared to launcher pro and adw (when it's not being buggy)
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try go launcher
I've gotta try this, thanks.
I actually just downloaded this app called Android Pro Widgets and the contacts widget actually scrolls (After the hit the scroll button) it's one small extra step but worth it to keep touchwiz. Try it and see if you like it
Right now I'm using Launcher Pro on my Droid 1 but its really laggy at times especially when I go back to the home screen. Any recommendations on an replacement launcher that has these features:
A - Customizable dock at the bottom which I can put shortcuts to my apps.
B - At least three screens so I can put my widgets.
C - Drawer that can let me move up and down not left and right while scrolling for my apps.
Also which widgets are recommended for the following since I highly suspect no other launcher has these - calendar and contacts?
Many thanks in advance.
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Right now I'm using Launcher Pro on my Droid 1 but its really laggy at times especially when I go back to the home screen. Any recommendations on an replacement launcher that has these features:
A - Customizable dock at the bottom which I can put shortcuts to my apps.
B - At least three screens so I can put my widgets.
C - Drawer that can let me move up and down not left and right while scrolling for my apps.
Also which widgets are recommended for the following since I highly suspect no other launcher has these - calendar and contacts?
Many thanks in advance.
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I choose adw launcher ex 1.3.3.. customizable dock, many screen and drawer up + down..
Thank you so much for the recommendation. I have ADW Launcher Ex running now. It feels so much smoother and faster then Launcher Pro was running. For my calendar and contacts widget I switched to Android Pro Widgets which gives the same Sense like experience that the ones Launcher Pro comes with.... if not better since APW comes with some nice skins and better options.
The only thing I don't care about APW at this point is not having the scrollable dock like Launcher Pro has. But I'm willing to give that up in exchange for better performance. The lag on Launcher Pro was starting to really annoy me.
Actually, if you swipe up on the dock, a hidden dock appears.
There is nothing there at first but you can drag unlimited apps to the bottom of the screen and it will fill up and will scroll across...
If you swipe down on it, the default dock appears.
if you don't need scrollable widgets give Zeam a try
I agree that ADW is much faster than current LauncherPro too ... much better
Just overclock the handset a little bit and launcherpro runs like a dream, IF you do a few minor tweaks:
DO NOT use the 3D app drawer. It's pretty laggy and slows down the rest of launcher pro, even if it's not actually on the screen right now.
DO NOT use more than 3 or 4 home screens
Don't use many widgets on your DEFAULT home screen.
Go Launcher is wonderful. Fast, feature filled.
I personally like Launcher ProPlus. I do believe it is faster and smoother than ADW. Also, if you're running CM7 you can lock the home screen in memory and that will help.
Or try V6 Supercharger script. With that script my Launcher Pro NEVER lags.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
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Just overclock the handset a little bit and launcherpro runs like a dream, IF you do a few minor tweaks:
DO NOT use the 3D app drawer. It's pretty laggy and slows down the rest of launcher pro, even if it's not actually on the screen right now.
DO NOT use more than 3 or 4 home screens
Don't use many widgets on your DEFAULT home screen.
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what are you on about?!
I have 7 filled homescreens with widgets:set cpu, calender, word of the day,news,movies, messages,people,gmail and i have fancy widget and batt statt on my default screen. LP is always fast
Demoman
ADW is better than Launcher pro.. check these settings.. if it's a little lag when waking.. check box on "keep home in memory "..
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I've tried these launchers:
- Stock
- Trebuchet
- Nova Launcher (lastest beta)
- Apex Launcher
- Holo Launcher HD
on Paranoid Android 2.13 (based on CM10.0.0) with Trinity kernel on stock UI and CM10 surfaceflinger fix applied and decided to see which launcher(s) was/were the smoothest.
Here's my breakdown:
- Stock
This is arguably the smoothest launcher running on the nexus, animations are buttery smooth and has absolutely null delay when loading app drawer, no matter if you just opened it the second after you closed GTA3. The downside is that the customizability on this one is the Android launcher standard, so no custom icons, no rotation, etc. No redraws, no anything. It is lagless (if you have a healthy device).
- Trebuchet
This one lacks smoothness, and even if you open the weather application to check the forecast and go back to the drawer, it will force you to wait a while while (see what I did there?) loading the drawer.
- Nova Launcher (lastest beta - beta7 and beta8)
This may be the most feature-rich launcher, but while it is smooth with page transitions and doesn't redraw the screen while rotating, the transition to the app drawer still stutters (just a little bit, but still not 60fps), and not even the UI Lock option in the labs section can fix this.
- Apex Launcher (lastest beta)
This launcher is just as feature-rich as Nova, but it won't recognize the Nexus 7 workspace so you have to set it up yourself to make it look right. Transition to app drawer is similar to that of Nova's, and it redraws the screen when rotating, which is a huge bummer for some users.
- Holo Launcher HD
This is the only launcher I've seen that is as smooth as stock. Try it out: install it, and swipe the screen. You'll feel like you are actually moving the pixels with your fingers, even if it is full of widgets. Now open the app drawer, and see how Project Butter was meant to work. If you install Nova or Apex after doing this, you'll notice it's just not the same. Sometimes it will delay a bit while loading the app drawer but this can be fixed by checking the Keep in memory option. Only redraws stuff when rotating with at least one widget in a homescreen.
NOTES:
- Beta versions do not represent the final product, so keep an eye out for updates!
- Sometimes Apex nor Holo Launcher HD will not recognize the Nexus 7 workspace and must be configured manually.
- Every launcher redraws the app drawer when rotating (this usually takes ~3-6 seconds).
The easiest way to see how smooth is a launcher, do this:
- open the app drawer, then
- press the home button
Repeat this as fast as you can and you may see if it stutters or delays the opening of the drawer (Nexus 7's hardware was not meant for stuttering, so you got to be mercy-less).
So far:
- Stock is super-smooth, portrays Project Butter, but not much customizability.
- Holo Launcher HD is as smooth as Stock, but comes with more customizability.
- Nova and Apex's lastest beta versions are stuffed with lots of nice features, they are smooth but not as Stuck or Holo Launcher HD.
- Not to offend the CyanogenMod team, but Trebuchet is a little suckish for the Nexus 7, it doesn't really show off what it can do.
Also there are SPB Shell and TSF Shell, both are one of a kind launchers with swift performance in mind. I haven't really tried them out but I've heard they are extremely smooth!
So tell me, what do you think about those launchers? Which one do you primarily use? I use Nova Launcher.
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I've tried these launchers:
- Stock
- Trebuchet
- Nova Launcher (lastest beta)
- Apex Launcher
- Holo Launcher HD
on Paranoid Android 2.13 (based on CM10.0.0) with Trinity kernel on stock UI and CM10 surfaceflinger fix applied and decided to see which launcher(s) was/were the smoothest.
Here's my breakdown:
- Stock
This is arguably the smoothest launcher running on the nexus, animations are buttery smooth and has absolutely null delay when loading app drawer, no matter if you just opened it the second after you closed GTA3. The downside is that the customizability on this one is the Android launcher standard, so no custom icons, no rotation, etc. No redraws, no anything. It is lagless (if you have a healthy device).
- Trebuchet
This one lacks smoothness, and even if you open the weather application to check the forecast and go back to the drawer, it will force you to wait a while while (see what I did there?) loading the drawer.
- Nova Launcher (lastest beta - beta7 and beta8)
This may be the most feature-rich launcher, but while it is smooth with page transitions and doesn't redraw the screen while rotating, the transition to the app drawer still stutters (just a little bit, but still not 60fps), and not even the UI Lock option in the labs section can fix this.
- Apex Launcher (lastest beta)
This launcher is just as feature-rich as Nova, but it won't recognize the Nexus 7 workspace so you have to set it up yourself to make it look right. Transition to app drawer is similar to that of Nova's, and it redraws the screen when rotating, which is a huge bummer for some users.
- Holo Launcher HD
This is the only launcher I've seen that is as smooth as stock. Try it out: install it, and swipe the screen. You'll feel like you are actually moving the pixels with your fingers, even if it is full of widgets. Now open the app drawer, and see how Project Butter was meant to work. If you install Nova or Apex after doing this, you'll notice it's just not the same. Sometimes it will delay a bit while loading the app drawer but this can be fixed by checking the Keep in memory option. Doesn't redraw stuff when rotating.
Note: beta versions do not represent the final product, so keep an eye out for updates!
The easiest way to see how smooth is a launcher, do this:
- open the app drawer, then
- press the home button
Repeat this as fast as you can and you may see if it stutters or delays the opening of the drawer (Nexus 7's hardware was not meant for stuttering, so you got to be mercy-less).
So far:
- Stock is super-smooth, portrays Project Butter, but not much customizability.
- Holo Launcher HD is as smooth as Stock, but comes with more customizability.
- Nova and Apex's lastest beta versions are stuffed with lots of nice features, they are smooth but not as Stuck or Holo Launcher HD.
- Not to offend the CyanogenMod team, but Trebuchet is a little suckish for the Nexus 7, it doesn't really show off what it can do.
Also there are SPB Shell and TSF Shell, both are one of a kind launchers with swift performance in mind. I haven't really tried them out but I've heard they are extremely smooth!
So tell me, what do you think about those launchers? Which one do you primarily use? I use Nova Launcher.
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Good analysis, was going to do a similar post but am working on the 'best' kernel guide. I use Apex ATM. I have tried Nova but some things annoy me that can't be turned off.
I get the annoying redraw problem with Apex when with V6 Supercharger.
I had a look at Holo Launcher HD might have another look now.
Just tried Holo Launcher HD because of the glowing report particularly this line.
Doesn't redraw stuff when rotating.
Have to say my impressions are almost the opposite of yours.
Its a complete mess "out of the box" the icon spacing is awful , leaving a half millimetre of the label text visible. The margins are set to medium which is pretty much unusable, the choice of icons is a randomly arranged Launcher settings . Settings and a folder with people, calendar and gallery.and for some reason theres 2 google search bars.
OK so thats all fixable but I mention it because you criticise Apex launcher for similar reasons and it is actually a little bit better on default settings.
Next is rotation. Its absolutely terrible on holo launcher. Easily the worst I have ever seen on any phone or tablet. It takes 6seconds to get it to recognise a home screen rotation. In the Drawer its not as bad but it blacks out and redraws exactly like Nova and Apex.
I have no interest in trying it any further. I am not sure what the opposite of buttery smooth is but i would describe this launcher as "sand in the crack rough"
Edit: Just to mention neither Apex nor Nova redraws the home screen and all three are exactly the same in drawer, i.e black screen for 3 seconds and redraw.
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Just tried Holo Launcher HD because of the glowing report particularly this line.
Doesn't redraw stuff when rotating.
Have to say my impressions are almost the opposite of yours.
Its a complete mess "out of the box" the icon spacing is awful , leaving a half millimetre of the label text visible. The margins are set to medium which is pretty much unusable, the choice of icons is a randomly arranged Launcher settings . Settings and a folder with people, calendar and gallery.and for some reason theres 2 google search bars.
OK so thats all fixable but I mention it because you criticise Apex launcher for similar reasons and it is actually a little bit better on default settings.
Next is rotation. Its absolutely terrible on holo launcher. Easily the worst I have ever seen on any phone or tablet. It takes 6seconds to get it to recognise a home screen rotation. In the Drawer its not as bad but it blacks out and redraws exactly like Nova and Apex.
I have no interest in trying it any further. I am not sure what the opposite of buttery smooth is but i would describe this launcher as "sand in the crack rough"
Edit: Just to mention neither Apex nor Nova redraws the home screen and all three are exactly the same in drawer, i.e black screen for 3 seconds and redraw.
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Nice catch, I found my mistake: I tried rotating without adding widgets. Launchers don't really feel the need to redraw until you add at least one of them. Editing right now.
But Apex does redraw when there are widgets, Nova should not. I'm talking about the lastest beta versions. And Holo Launcher HD is still the smoothest as stock when it comes down to animations.
By the way, Apex and Holo Launcher HD must be configured (like you and me said) to get it look right on the N7 workspace. It shouldn't be a hassle.
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DanielEGVi said:
Nice catch, I found my mistake: I tried rotating without adding widgets. Launchers don't really feel the need to redraw until you add at least one of them. Editing right now.
But Apex does redraw when there are widgets, Nova should not. I'm talking about the lastest beta versions. And Holo Launcher HD is still the smoothest as stock when it comes down to animations.
By the way, Apex and Holo Launcher HD must be configured (like you and me said) to get it look right on the N7 workspace. It shouldn't be a hassle.
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My Apex is 1.3.0 Beta 5. It doesnt redraw when rotating home screen with or without widgets as far as I can tell. You are talking a black screen transition and then redraw? Or something else. Its certainly instant whatever its doing.
Does your Holo Launcher not take sever seconds to rotate home screen? Im talking quite literally 6 seconds on mine which is obviously unuseable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788518
Which incidentally is soooo nice.
And agree its not a big deal setting up the screen workspace but given that they all suffer from that its unfair to criticise just one.
I would just love to be able to rotate the app drawer without redraw. Thats about my only feature request.
Mh, Holo Launcher.. thx for the hint, I didn't know about that launcher! I'll try..
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- Apex Launcher (lastest beta)
This launcher is just as feature-rich as Nova, but it won't recognize the Nexus 7 workspace so you have to set it up yourself to make it look right. Transition to app drawer is similar to that of Nova's, and it redraws the screen when rotating, which is a huge bummer for some users.
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Here is my take on Apex 1.3.0 beta6 running PA 2.13 with default kernel. Home screen rotation takes about two seconds. Moving from the home screen to the app drawer is instantaneous...no delay or lag whatsoever. Even if I go back and forth quickly. I am running four widgets on the home screen. However, I only run one homescreen, and that may make a difference. App drawer rotation takes 3-4 seconds because of the redraw. FWIW, I tried Nova (app store version...not sure if it was the current beta) and didn't like the icon spacing, and I could see the top of the text for icons in the dock.
And please forgive my n00biness, but what do you mean by "Nexus 7 workspace"? Is that the screen layout when rotating the device from portrait to landscape?
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Here is my take on Apex 1.3.0 beta6 running PA 2.13 with default kernel. Home screen rotation takes about two seconds. Moving from the home screen to the app drawer is instantaneous...no delay or lag whatsoever. Even if I go back and forth quickly. I am running four widgets on the home screen. However, I only run one homescreen, and that may make a difference. App drawer rotation takes 3-4 seconds because of the redraw. FWIW, I tried Nova (app store version...not sure if it was the current beta) and didn't like the icon spacing, and I could see the top of the text for icons in the dock.
And please forgive my n00biness, but what do you mean by "Nexus 7 workspace"? Is that the screen layout when rotating the device from portrait to landscape?
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I know Apex, Nova, and stock enter app drawer instantaneously, but I'm talking about 60 frames per second animations. Apex and Nova only look nice when they are on lastest beta, the Play Store versions perform ugly on the N7.
About workspaces: Android's layout is different across devices, mobile phones have a different layout than tablets. However, Nexus 7 imtroduces a phablet workspace where the status bar and the navigation bar are separated. So yeah, the workspace is basically the layout.
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I've been torn on which one to use. Seeing as how I'm paranoid android I have trebuchet installed which I'm just not impressed with at all. I also have holo, nova and apex installed. I can't make my mind up which one to use. I know the newest apex update seems dramatically smoother, and they have a tablet mode though it's a wip. But they all seem buttery smooth when the home screens are empty, start adding widgets and shortcuts and then it all goes to hell lol.
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The latest Apex is almost as good as Nova except it doesn't have the menu icon in the top right corner of the search bar (very useful) and has a "g" instead of "Google" in the search bar. I use tablet UI at 177 or 160 occasionally for better play store app compatibility.
Nova's backup feature is also slightly better in that it doesn't overwrite the previous backup. Really not a big deal but it seems to make me a little more comfortable not over writing a previous setup and the file size is small.
The one thing I miss from Apex is that if you set a gesture, like swipe up, to open the app drawer, the same gesture closes the app drawer. Nova does not do this.
I disagree about apex launcher
I am on beta 6 and its as smooth imo as stock
But I agree with everything else you said thanks for the comparison, it was an interesting read as I haven't tried some of those
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Apex would be the best if they just fixed the grid issues. Holo seems to be the only one with a proper grid, but it reloads the home screen too much. And I don't mean reloading as in shutting down the whole launcher, there's just a 1 second delay when hitting the home button and the icons and widgets all reload
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Cor-master said:
Apex would be the best if they just fixed the grid issues.
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Apex has become the slowest launcher with the latest update.
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I think it's world's faster than it used to be. Apex has always been slow compared to the competition. Overall there is no clear winner, everyone I've tried has issues. Is there a better copy utility than desk migrate? Post ics its because useless and does nothing. I like to switch constantly and don't like to keep them all installed... Well suppose I could just use titanium backup lol
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Did any one mention novas latest update? Since then its been ICS based which is what caused lag and stutters. Now however its jelly bean based and is AMAZING to say the least. Butter smooth like the stock launcher with all the customization.
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Speaking of which, is it possible to get rid of the blue lines that appear when scrolling between homescreens? (in Nova)
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Speaking of which, is it possible to get rid of the blue lines that appear when scrolling between homescreens? (in Nova)
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Lines? Screen shot please.
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Yeah I have been using nova launcher and I have filled all of my screens all the way full with some big Widgets and it still is very smooth so I prefer nova launcher
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Lines? Screen shot please.
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Here is a screen shot:
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Ah you have it in tablet mode that is why.
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I used the touch wiz launcher originally, but want to try the google now launcher. But now none of my apps show up. Am I better off starting over from scratch with a factory reset?
Which launcher are you using?
I am using nova.
Assuming you did not disable the TW launcher, go to setting...scroll down to applications and select. When that menu pop up, look to your upper left corner you will see three dots going down...click it. Choose default applications, than you will see the option to choose your default home screen under "set as default".
ZiprLips said:
I used the touch wiz launcher originally, but want to try the google now launcher. But now none of my apps show up. Am I better off starting over from scratch with a factory reset?
Which launcher are you using?
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I like Apex, but it was becoming difficult to tell what themes, icons, launcher would stick. I'd fix one thing and something else would vanish, got tired of that. So I found a theme from the Theme Store and now I can stand looking at Touchwiz!!
mgbotoe said:
I am using nova.
Assuming you did not disable the TW launcher, go to setting...scroll down to applications and select. When that menu pop up, look to your upper left corner you will see three dots going down...click it. Choose default applications, than you will see the option to choose your default home screen under "set as default".
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Thanks for the help.
ZiprLips said:
I used the touch wiz launcher originally, but want to try the google now launcher. But now none of my apps show up. Am I better off starting over from scratch with a factory reset?
Which launcher are you using?
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The Google launcher works fine as long as you don't set up the secure folder, after that is done all the apps disappear from the app drawer...
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I am currently using Nova Launcher Prime. Also have Apex Launcher Pro Installed and running in my Note 7 as just in case.
There are reasons that I am not using TouchWiz UX (Grace) Launcher nor Chrome Now Launcher as you will see below:
Here are a 4 Home Launchers that I didn’t choose to stay with after testing with the Note 7
Google Now Launcher – Way too limited. Didn’t transferred the app icons to the App Drawer. So I can’t even copy the Phone Dialer icon over to the Apps Dock. Disappointed since I was wishing to truly integrate Google vanilla experience to the Note 7.
Go Launcher Z – They only allow you to use their Widgets and no third party Widgets. WHAT!!! No Go! They also are getting into Ads and charging lots to get rid of ads (GO Launcher Super v i p price $19.99 (45% off the full price). Go Launcher Prime is $5.99 which I have.
ADW Launcher 1 (New) – Getting less customized and more Google material style. For an example I like transparent App Drawer. The new ADW Launcher only gives you colors like 90s websites for the background in the App Drawer. I used to love ADW, but they are now going backwards.
TouchWiz UX (Grace) - Very lagging, no default access to Live wallpapers, you can't see some of your icons in landscape mode, etc. I really tried to stay with TouhWiz UX. The one thing that turned me to another home launcher is that I am tired of having to go portrait mode to select apps when I am already in landscape mode.
There are serious enough problems with TouchWiz UX to give good reason for the power user to switch home launchers. TouchWiz UX is lagging, no default access to Live wallpapers, you can't see some of your icons in landscape mode, etc. We can get around that with a custom home launcher like Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher, etc. I found that both Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher doesn't get in the way of Samsung's features. Meaning both of these home launchers allow all Samsung features to work within these launchers on Note 7.
Personally I don’t like "3D" home launchers. Which is the reason I didn’t try them with Note 7.
Recommendation Note:
I recommend trying either Nova Launcher or Apex Launcher. Both worked wonderfully with Note 7 and provide much customization. Nova Launcher is the first one I would try out only because of the third party customization for the Nova Launcher.
I use HomeSmack to switch between home launchers. Works flawlessly with Note 7.
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Nova Prime for me
Running stock launcher and like it...
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Smart launcher 3 here
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Nova prime for me as well
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JaguarXT said:
I am currently using Nova Launcher Prime. Also have Apex Launcher Pro Installed and running in my Note 7 as just in case.
There are reasons that I am not using TouchWiz UX (Grace) Launcher nor Chrome Now Launcher as you will see below:
Here are a 4 Home Launchers that I didn’t choose to stay with after testing with the Note 7
Google Now Launcher – Way too limited. Didn’t transferred the app icons to the App Drawer. So I can’t even copy the Phone Dialer icon over to the Apps Dock. Disappointed since I was wishing to truly integrate Google vanilla experience to the Note 7.
Go Launcher Z – They only allow you to use their Widgets and no third party Widgets. WHAT!!! No Go! They also are getting into Ads and charging lots to get rid of ads (GO Launcher Super v i p price $19.99 (45% off the full price). Go Launcher Prime is $5.99 which I have.
ADW Launcher 1 (New) – Getting less customized and more Google material style. For an example I like transparent App Drawer. The new ADW Launcher only gives you colors like 90s websites for the background in the App Drawer. I used to love ADW, but they are now going backwards.
TouchWiz UX (Grace) - Very lagging, no default access to Live wallpapers, you can't see some of your icons in landscape mode, etc. I really tried to stay with TouhWiz UX. The one thing that turned me to another home launcher is that I am tired of having to go portrait mode to select apps when I am already in landscape mode.
There are serious enough problems with TouchWiz UX to give good reason for the power user to switch home launchers. TouchWiz UX is lagging, no default access to Live wallpapers, you can't see some of your icons in landscape mode, etc. We can get around that with a custom home launcher like Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher, etc. I found that both Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher doesn't get in the way of Samsung's features. Meaning both of these home launchers allow all Samsung features to work within these launchers on Note 7.
Personally I don’t like "3D" home launchers. Which is the reason I didn’t try them with Note 7.
Recommendation Note:
I recommend trying either Nova Launcher or Apex Launcher. Both worked wonderfully with Note 7 and provide much customization. Nova Launcher is the first one I would try out only because of the third party customization for the Nova Launcher.
I use HomeSmack to switch between home launchers. Works flawlessly with Note 7.
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Not sure what you mean by "...can't see all icons in landscape mode...." for Touchwiz. I don't remember Touchwiz rotating to landscape on the home screen. One reason I've not liked it since about donut or was it gingerbread?
Nova Prime here as well.
Nova Prime, but might try AL3 ( Action Launcher ) down the road...
Nova Prime here as well