So, decided to try this launcher a few months ago for another device...priced at $14.95 I was skeptical. I downloaded it once more, to my new Photon...effin lovin it!
Love what it adds to my Photon experience. Yes, definitely overpriced...but totally changes your Photon to eye-candy goodness. I found the new Moto Blur to be rather bland IMO.
Loving the Message widget, totally dig the 3D carousel effect. The World Clock widget is fun, and the whole thing gives my Photon a quasi-Sense feel. Some cool looking / working widgets...and it flies on our Photon! Combined with Beautiful Widgets here and there I'm totally satisfied with my screen layout!
It's a bit of a memory hog @ roughly 90mb usage...but I tend to keep things skinny usually anyways, so no ill effects.
EDIT: I can't help but notice how lag-free this launcher is. I truly expected something so flashy to come with bunches of lag...SO not the case. Amazingly smooth. Also they've added rotate option now (I bought it a few months ago for another device so didn't know it had changed so much) for use in landscape!
Oh...here's the Market Link:
SPB Shell 3d
Have this on my EVO and is very smooth and fast. I like the interface. Used to be a die hard LP+ user and SPB Shell is less laggy when moving between screens. Plus, can put up to 16 screens with this. LP was taking way too much time to be re-written and not enough upgrades for my liking. Seemed to get more jerky after every update.
I'll be rockin this on my Photon this week as well if Blur doesn't do it for me.
How is this on battery?
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How is this on battery?
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So far so good
Depending on what you want, you can select preset profile or create your own.
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Been thinking of getting SPB Shell ever since my friend showed it to me on his EVO. I an very tempted to buy this now that I have my Photon but kind of wanted to spend more than 4-5 days with the stock launcher.....lol
been using it since it came out for android love it also, for me i look at this way, this is the third phone i have used it on, with different versions of android, so far all it has done is improve my experience its paid for itself.
I bought it and liked the look and feel but on my phone it was crashtastic. Maybe something I am running doesn't agree with it very well. Handcent possibly...
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Just took the plunge and bought it!!
VDub2174 said:
Just took the plunge and bought it!!
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Let me know how you like it or you can show me one day in the Riverend!
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Let me know how you like it or you can show me one day in the Riverend!
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You go to the Union games too?!?!
SPB is really awesome so far and offers a lot of customization.
Anyone tried the kickstand trick (going into widget clock) with SPB? Doesn't work with LP so I suspect it won't work with SPB either.
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Anyone tried the kickstand trick (going into widget clock) with SPB? Doesn't work with LP so I suspect it won't work with SPB either.
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Nope, doesn't work. The screen doesn't even go into Landscape mode which doesn't bother me at all since I never use landscape mode.
Thanks for the idea. I am using go launcher but I am to try that 1
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Nope, doesn't work. The screen doesn't even go into Landscape mode which doesn't bother me at all since I never use landscape mode.
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It does work you just have to adjust the spb home settings
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It does work you just have to adjust the spb home settings
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Just saw that actually, my bad.
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It does work you just have to adjust the spb home settings
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Do you mean landscape works or the widget clock works with SPB?
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Do you mean landscape works or the widget clock works with SPB?
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Landscape works, but the Clock Widget doesn't show, I just saw my regular home screen.
This thread is worthless without pics!!!!!!
I was liking this shell OK until I tried the HD dock I the necessary notification to get webtop to work fails to come up for me with this shell loaded
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I don't have the dock so can't test this....but I bet someone with a rooted phone, the dock, and Tasker could try and make a script to run the clock when docked and maybe pop up an option for webtop? Just a thought. Then any launcher could have the same functionality.
Still like SPB over stock launcher even with those drawbacks.
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Hi Guys,
Quick question out of Adw launcher and LauncherPro or Go Launcher Which is the best to use??
I want Photo Widgets But it seems theses Home replaceMents Dont have them
Launcher pro and ADW use to have Photo widgets but not anymore
do you guys have any ideas or should i just stick to Sense
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I just tried Go Launcher Ex for the first time yesterday and I must say I am in love. Hands down the best launcher I have used to date. There are so many options and I love all the cool transitions. The Touch Wiz skin is pretty cool as well...It also has it's own free widgets that you can download.
I thought I was going to miss the Sense launcher but I do not see myself going back anytime soon.
The 3Evo was born to have 5 rows in it's launcher. It just fits perfectly. Add that with some Beautiful widgets, and it just can't be beat!
ive been using ADW and lovin it
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Adw ex for me. Smooth as a .........
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Love launcher pro, but it sucks on e3d for some reason and it appears abandon my Federico. Was using ADWex but it isn't as smooth as launcher pro (when lp works properly anyway) so I tried go launcher, love it, extremely smooth, do miss the 3d (aka 4d) drawer though. Aside from that it kicks lp's ass.
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GO Launcher is like launcherpro on steroids!!!!! Already loved Launcherpro but when GO Launcher came out.... man ol man!!!!! goodies!!!1
the animations are out of this word....love the app drawer can have em too!
D. None of the above.
Spb 3d mobile shell is the only other launcher I use. Go back and forth between it and stock. It's widgets are by far the best in my opinion. It's not quite as smooth as sense and it costs... But well worth the money if you ask me.
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Spb 3d mobile shell is the only other launcher I use.
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I like that one a lot too. Use it intermittently. Only thing I don't like about that one is that when you go to "all apps" and you scroll fast, when you touch to stop the scroll, the apps crawl up or down for a second or more (to lock on to a row) and if you try to touch an icon to start an app while the scroll is still crawling, it ignores it. You have to wait until the crawling scroll is done and then tap again. So I've gone back to Sense just because the fact that it scrolls all apps a page at a time is nice.
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I can't use any of them, because none of them (without root) will give me a simple 1x1 widget that will display my unread exchange emails. (I can't use k-9 because my work uses Exchange 2010).
15 BUCKS FOR A FREAKING LAUNCHER???
bwahahahahahahaha joke right?
I also like Go Launcher but the sense is really fast and go Launcher has a lag when changing pages.
I see that spb has experimental stereoscopic built into it. does that do anything on the evo3d?
Personally, I have tried all that you've listed... Also GDE.
I have stuck with Go ever since I really figured it out. It gets my vote!
I tried Go for a little bit. (Few hours) Unless I missed it in the options I didn't see where I could get a full screen app drawer. I just felt like I was missing a lot if real estate when I opened the drawer. Got in my nerves :/ Small I know, but that's me.
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I tried Go for a little bit. (Few hours) Unless I missed it in the options I didn't see where I could get a full screen app drawer. I just felt like I was missing a lot if real estate when I opened the drawer. Got in my nerves :/ Small I know, but that's me.
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lol, that is pretty small considering all the other great features.
I switch between ADW EX & Go Launcher....I like to keep things clean looking, so Go Launcher I set up with the scrolling dockbar hidden (revealed with a down swipe). With ADW EX I use basically a dual dockbar & toggle between the 2 with a downswipe on the screen. 1 home screen and lots of real estate to actually enjoy my wallpaper.
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lol, that is pretty small considering all the other great features.
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Lol. Yea. I know it seems petty, and I sound like a spoiled little jerk, but it annoys the hell out of me, lol. I just can't get passed it. Atleast I'm not one of those assholes that will rate it one star in the market just because it has one little thing I don't like. I really did like it.
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15 BUCKS FOR A FREAKING LAUNCHER???
bwahahahahahahaha joke right?
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I am enjoying my 3vo. But being my first real android, I do miss having quality apps from winmo days. They do cost more, but worked and looked better to me. Every one seems to be used to free mediocre apps that no one tries the pay apps. Unfortunately if no one pays there won't be many quality apps. I used SPB MS in winmo and will now try it here. I miss Agenda One as my calender also.
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money has absolutely NOTHING to do with quality
no matter how ya slice it, 15 bucks for a launcher is highway robbery
the best things in life are free....
i.e. my kids, cyanogen, and miui
Been using Launcher pro for a while now, never looked back.
Has anyone tried Launcher Pro on the Photon 4G?
Side note i have use it on all my other phones. But I'm wondering if Moto plays nice with LP?
Thanks in advanced to anyone that answers or reads.
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I've been using Launcher Pro since the day I got the photon and haven't had any problems.
Launcher pro was the first thing I installed on my photon. Works great.
I have tried several launchers (Launcher Pro, Regina, Honeycomb, GoLauncher) on the Photon, and all seemed to work well. I currently have Launcher Pro installed (that is the launcher I commonly use), and have no problems.
+1 same here!
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Launcher pro was the first thing I installed on my photon. Works great.
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only flaw i've noticed is that when changing docks, they don't appear normally as they did on phones like EVOs. this is most likely due to the resolution change from WVGA to a qHD display. aside from that though, works beautiful, just gotta have the docks resized to appear proportionate.
Update I went ahead and downloaded it on the Photon 4G and its really nice but in a odd way i miss the the stock look... It could the the way im setting up shop again just like my last 2 phones so i may need to change icons up a bit...
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Launcher Pro works fine, but I found an odd bug (I think). If you have the 'Home' button set to open the app drawer, it works in both portrait and landscape. But when you open the kickstand (select home launcher, not clock widget at the popup) and the phone is forced into landscape, the 'Home' button will no longer open at app drawer.
use it everyday i love it
Best launcher ive used so far, had it on my evo,epic and now on my photon =] u wont have any problems with this launcher
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I've been using Launcher Pro since the day I got the photon and haven't had any problems.
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Last week I bought shell 3d but it keeps crashing. I've since gone back to Launcher Pro and plan on staying with it.
I had an issue where my docks were not refreshing so in the empty space thete was still colors from the previous apps being dragged across..
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Anybody with Launcher Pro try it with the HD Station dock? When I put my Photon into the dock and bring up webtop, the photon screen locks up and doesn't turn into a touch pad.
I can't seem to get an app that shows the battery life in 1% increments while using LauncherPro. anyone have one to suggest?
Also, can't find a 3g on/off toggle to work either. suggestion?
other than that, i'm usually a stock guy (from epic), but i am using launcherpro now and love it...the universal inbox was the kicker for me....i didn't like the email box on the stock....on launcherpro things seems to be much more customizable!
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I can't seem to get an app that shows the battery life in 1% increments while using LauncherPro. anyone have one to suggest?
I use Battery Circle and it works great with Launcher Pro
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Minimalistic text is what I've been using for the one percent battery. The only thing I've noticed with launcher pro is that when I use my kick stand my home screen does nothing. No popup no force landscape nothing. (May have missed something but kick stand box is checked in settings). Other than that it works great and I like it.
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Minimalistic text is what I've been using for the one percent battery. The only thing I've noticed with launcher pro is that when I use my kick stand my home screen does nothing. No popup no force landscape nothing. (May have missed something but kick stand box is checked in settings). Other than that it works great and I like it.
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No, the kickstands trick doesn't seem to work with any alternate launcher. I use LP and created an activity shortcut I put on my dock that opens the nightstand mode.
Some where I read in the reviews that finally Sense 4.0 provides hone screen rotation, but today I check the phone in sprint store and it does not...Now I know that I can use 3rd party launchers but then I will lose sense advantages...What is with android and home screen rotation is it another of of the apple patent thing?
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Some where I read in the reviews that finally Sense 4.0 provides hone screen rotation, but today I check the phone in sprint store and it does not...Now I know that I can use 3rd party launchers but then I will lose sense advantages...What is with android and home screen rotation is it another of of the apple patent thing?
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I will do it in Car mode even after you exit car mode if using the HTC Dock. It will also do it when using media link.
I am not sure why they won't allow us to do it at will though. I would like this to happen.
Many custom Roms allow landscape...
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Many custom Roms allow landscape...
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with sense or without sense?
Is there a way to achieve this without flashing a ROM? is there a build.prop setting that could be changed? it does work in car mode after all....
You need a modified rosie.apk. You need to be rooted to change it but don't need to be bootloader unlocked. There are threads about it on here.
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With sense. There are a couple of ways to do it.... If you do not want to root, you can get app from the play store that will rotate the home screen..... I forget the name of the app though....
Or you can flash a custom rom... I m using charmeleon rom and there is an option for screen rotation.
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With sense. There are a couple of ways to do it.... If you do not want to root, you can get app from the play store that will rotate the home screen..... I forget the name of the app though....
Or you can flash a custom rom... I m using charmeleon rom and there is an option for screen rotation.
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oh ok... i still have not got evo, but wanting to switch from sgs2, want to make sure i m not making a mistake as sgs3 is around the corner too...
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oh ok... i still have not got evo, but wanting to switch from sgs2, want to make sure i m not making a mistake as sgs3 is around the corner too...
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If I were you, I would just wait for the sgs3 to come out.... So you can compare the two and make your choice then.
Also you can check out reviews of it and there will be reviews directly comparing both.....
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If I were you, I would just wait for the sgs3 to come out.... So you can compare the two and make your choice then.
Also you can check out reviews of it and there will be reviews directly comparing both.....
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yeah that is the plan, not leaning more towards evo though, as i have used only htc phones sgs2 is the only samsung phone i owned...but yes will wait one more week and see...thank you so much for providing me correct info, if i had asked this kind of question in SGS2 forum, being an evo owner, i would be dead by now..
The app is rotation locker from playstore. After installing click on it and longpress auto rotate. Bamm you have landscape rosie
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As others have mentioned it does rotate home screen and app screens if you exit car mode with the phone still docked. I have not been able to rotate these screens outside of the dock, however.
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As others have mentioned it does rotate home screen and app screens if you exit car mode with the phone still docked. I have not been able to rotate these screens outside of the dock, however.
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I am still not getting the answer...Is it because os some patent infringement or something else?
I have tried a few android phones and none seem to provide it. Now I tried apex launcher, go launcher and others and they can provide it, so I am still not sure why we do not get it in stock launchers?
Rotation locker worked great on my phone but has one maybe unknown side effect. If you have it set to permanently stay on landscape or you have the auto rotation feature enabled and you enter the camera app you will be in for a nice treat.
The camera app focus disorients and everything looks funny and in a strange angle. You have to aet tthe phone to portrait mode so everything could go back to normal.
Other than that, the app works great!
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I know most people use Nova or Alex launchers, but I was wondering if anyone be used spb shell yet. I had been using it on my old desire which made sense but Its a memory eater and took ages to load up after each reset, had lots of resets of its own, but did have a nice enviroment in all.
Any thoughts?
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Check out the new version of tsf shell as well, afaik tsf is less memory eater than spb
spb 3d runs without issues on s3!! I used it for 2 weeks without any problems :good:
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spb 3d runs without issues on s3!! I used it for 2 weeks without any problems :good:
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I used spb shell in the winmo days... What are the benefits of it?
I've been using it on and off without any issues. Looks good!
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I downloaded it again and set the features that I'd like. Cannot say for sure if it gives me much more than touchwiz. I like the gallery option and the 3d appearance, I don't like the fact that in the apps once you reach the end you have to go back again, to flick through them, ad finally it does take up a bit more time to load up than the wiz if I use equal amounts of screens for all my apps. I'll see what I will do. I haven't digested it yet!
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I downloaded it again and set the features that I'd like. Cannot say for sure if it gives me much more than touchwiz. I like the gallery option and the 3d appearance, I don't like the fact that in the apps once you reach the end you have to go back again, to flick through them, ad finally it does take up a bit more time to load up than the wiz if I use equal amounts of screens for all my apps. I'll see what I will do. I haven't digested it yet!
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How do I activate spb again after I go back to touch wiz? I can't find an option to do that? Someone said to clear the "launch by default" on the application manager but that option is grayed out.
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Download a free app from the market called home switcher
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I know most people use Nova or Alex launchers..
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Then maybe I'm the only one using Trebuchet
As others said, TSF is a very nice launcher. Super fast and it looks pretty sleek. You should give it a try.
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Then maybe I'm the only one using Trebuchet
As others said, TSF is a very nice launcher. Super fast and it looks pretty sleek. You should give it a try.
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TSF SHell is the Smoothest launcher that is out right now........completely lag free.
if your willing to buy it i think it puts spb shell (which i also own) on a lower level. spb gets old quick to me. tsf has nice little features which make it unique enough to be fun.
tsf shell
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waste of money in my opinion.
for the price of this i could have bought several Good apps or games.
just my opinion.
spb shell not so much. but i keep coming back to stock.
it´s faster, simple, beautiful
ruianast
I would never pay £10+ for a launcher regardless of how good it was.
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Tried SPB again the other day for the first time in a while - try activating the tablet mode, then setting the grid to 4x4, it's rather nice.
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I have eventually stopped using spb. It uses much more memory and has no significant improvements.
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Go launcher is best launcher. Its free
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Saw it on my uncle's galaxy note and it was a major let down like beautiful widgets they just unnecessarily use more ram and cpu usage.
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Okay let's have it. What are some of the apps you absolutely have to have on your phone? Apps that improve the functionality of the phone or just allow u to do really neat things...(not including the standard root tools like titanium)
Looking for other ideas. And go
There was another thread with a couple listed. I use button savior to be able to use back, home, menu and power/lock with spen. Pretty nifty, and stays well hidden. GMD gestures is another good one to customize spen gauss with and without pen button. I don't use it though, it's only five bucks too.
Edit: Pixlr, Nova, and JuiceDefender as well. Misread the subject, I thought it was spen apps :|
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I like systempanel lite. Let's you keep an eye on what's running and battery temp. Also show's you what all four cores are doing. That's nice for the drool factor!
Draw something because the s-pen makes it that much better :laugh:
i must have one man one jar game app. without it, i get extremely bored.
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i must have one man one jar game app. without it, i get extremely bored.
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I love Skype mobile. Uses no data works with bt . Very handy on the go. Cannot get it to work though
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I love Skype mobile. Uses no data works with bt . Very handy on the go. Cannot get it to work though
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You must be talking g about the Verizon version? Cause regular Skype works just fine.
I can't live without Super Hexagon, Flow, and Bridges.
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Button Savior. Because uh, it should have been implemented by Samsung in the first place for the S Pen!!!
Definitely Zooper Widget and Minimal Reader. I have the pro versions of both apps and I love both of them dearly. And Nova Launcher (Prime), of course. There are so many!
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Button Savior. Because uh, it should have been implemented by Samsung in the first place for the S Pen!!!
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This is one of the most amazing apps on my phone now! Thank you so much! This combined with GMD S-Pen Control makes my Note II even more amazing...
I like Phone my pc im note home much and when I need to check something on the home computer this app works awesome you can even view your web cam its pretty cool..
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I like Phone my pc im note home much and when I need to check something on the home computer this app works awesome you can even view your web cam its pretty cool..
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I had an app similar to this on my thunderbolt though I forgot the name. Neat stuff though.
IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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Agreed! A couple of days ago my buddy with an S3 saw Nova on my phone and couldn't download it fast enough on his!
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IMHO Nova Launcher is the first thing this phone needs out of the box. Makes it so much more user-friendly, and keeps waste of screen space to a minimum.
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Definitely.
That's why Nova was an over 2-1 favorite as the best launcher in the voting here too.
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I can't live without Super Hexagon, Flow, and Bridges.
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Super hexagon makes me want to throw my phone.... addicting game.
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DayWeekBar!
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For me it starts with smart battery monitor. From there adfree, screen filter, fbreader, wsj tablet app, alarm clock xtreme, rotation locker, vzw backup assistant, winamp, extra media scanner (for adding flac files), chess free, flash player, and the pulse app for other news. I game on my pc.