...with any other launcher than touch wiz. I emptied the tw screens and.reduced them to one home screen, but still think about going back to tw. Anyone else expierence this? Is there a solution?
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I didn't use TouchWiz for long before going to LauncherProPlus. But I can say that removing any clock widget(android,beautiful widget,clockr) from your home screen noticeably increases battery life.
I saw a post somewhere that insinuated that launcherPro used more battery than the stock launcher, thus decreasing battery life.
Have any of you any comments regarding this? I have always been a LauncherPro user and i have always complained about battery life with various devices ( I found the HTC Inspire almost unusable because of poor battery life and the Atrix was a similar experience and even my broken HTC desire Z was borderline for battery).
I recently switched back to the stock launcher (albeit without actually uninstalling Launcher Pro) and I can't say I've noticed any difference in battery life.
I would say though that using the LP Pro widgets for Friends and having that do frequent sync checks will chew through some battery life, if you didn't have similar widgets on the go in the stock launcher.
jcrompton said:
I saw a post somewhere that insinuated that launcherPro used more battery than the stock launcher, thus decreasing battery life.
Have any of you any comments regarding this? I have always been a LauncherPro user and i have always complained about battery life with various devices ( I found the HTC Inspire almost unusable because of poor battery life and the Atrix was a similar experience and even my broken HTC desire Z was borderline for battery).
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I just got worse framerates when using Launcherpro, no battery drain though.
It was a must on the HTC Hero, on the nexus S its kind of pointless i guess.
I've been trying different launchers on this Ace I got recently and it's kinda hard for me to really tell which one drains more battery. My experience with Go Launcher EX and Launcher Pro has been pretty good so far, and although I'm leaning more towards Go for the great weather widget, I still don't know which one to stick with battery-usage-wise.
What has been your experience with different launchers in this regard?
I love ADW Launcher EX the most ans it is the only that I purchased other than Titanium Backup Pro...
Respecting others never hurt, let's build a better XDA community.
360 launcher is also good very lightweight and fast doesn't consume much battery also
Holo Launcher, and it just came out from Beta! It's in the store
Zeam is really lightweight, can't imagine it would use much.
The touchwiz launcher isn't bad, its what I'm using on CM7
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I guess TW launcher is the lest battery consuming. Zeam launcher is great though. Try Nemus launcher too
im using sony home..u can download it on themes and apps section.. very smooth and has low ram usage
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Launcher Pro doesn't seem to drain the battery that much. I've been using Holo Launcher for the last few weeks which is nice & light, it's now available to download from Play Store!!
Holo launcher
Just switched to it
Really smooth and light weight
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zamuz27 said:
I've been trying different launchers on this Ace I got recently and it's kinda hard for me to really tell which one drains more battery. My experience with Go Launcher EX and Launcher Pro has been pretty good so far, and although I'm leaning more towards Go for the great weather widget, I still don't know which one to stick with battery-usage-wise.
What has been your experience with different launchers in this regard?
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ADW EX hands down.
Stock launcher
For me, the better launcher would be the stock one. I have tried ADW, EX, Go, etc. Now i'm using LEWA's, its smooth and freaking awesome yet Im battling with my battery which only lasts for 1 1/2 days(MAX). wew!
Zeam is not lightweight. It uses more ram than launcherpro.
Don't associate app size with resource consumption!
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Zeam is not lightweight. It uses more ram than launcherpro.
Don't associate app size with resource consumption!
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i'm not it uses very little ram on my phone according to memory usage app.
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I installed a lot of popular launchers and got there memory usage:
FTL Launcher = 29MB
Go Launcher EX = 33MB
Zeam Launcher = 23MB
ADW.Launcher = 24MB
Launcher Pro = 34MB
TwLauncher = 24MB
Holo Launcher = 23MB
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Zeam and Holo are joint winners for memory usage.
Note: this is for memory usage not battery life, it also depends how much of the CPU launcher is using.
If there is any more launchers you want me to add just say
You must try different launchers and compare ram usage of them. Which launcher is using little ram, that is lightweight and keeps your battery well...
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You must try different launchers and compare ram usage of them. Which launcher is using little ram, that is lightweight and keeps your battery well...
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battery life isn't just related to memory usage, but in the previous post i have shown memory usage of various launchers.
Vote for zeam
tomb20 said:
battery life isn't just related to memory usage, but in the previous post i have shown memory usage of various launchers.
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In my opinion, battery life and stability is related to ram usage. Thank you
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Launchr 7 eats cpu + ram. Holo launcher uses only 13mb of my ram which is quite good.
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abhibnl said:
Launchr 7 eats cpu + ram. Holo launcher uses only 13mb of my ram which is quite good.
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+1 Holo launcher
Xperia s launched is also lightweight.
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Been using miui for a while now on my s3. Not rooted. still on android 4.1 with miui laucher..loved it. But the battery was abysmal. Used to charge twice a day.
Recently changed to nova - its day and night difference. Battery lasts almost a day now.
Is this a known issue with MIUI launcher?
Wrong forum?
Just wondering, I don't dislike Sony's launcher but I feel there's too much wasted space and the icons are so big I feel like I have a toy phone.
I have been using Nova (prime) and have not seen any decrease in battery life.
No, nova consumes very little battery so you won't even notice any difference
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Nova is king for that AOSP look/feel but more feature rich. Highly recommend over stock... Which is good to be fair but too bold and didn't utilise the homescreen space to the best degree