Just wanted to say i am running 2.85 beta2 whuch can be downloaded off their website. If u set the icons to "default" size there should be almist no lag. Im literally experiencing no lag... With 12 widgets (6 loaded homescreens too).
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Just try it and no lag..Love Go Launcher..
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theres still a little lag but eh its much better than it was before.
Running the beta and Halo kernel. All is smooth. Typing on the Note actually doesn't suck anymore.
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When i used go launcher i noticed a lot more color banding.
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yeah, i have fiddled with ROMS and Kernels - no matter how high you overclock your phone, the GoLauncher just didn't seem optimized for use on the GNote
But I can finally say i'm happy with my phone! lol
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yeah, i have fiddled with ROMS and Kernels - no matter how high you overclock your phone, the GoLauncher just didn't seem optimized for use on the GNote
But I can finally say i'm happy with my phone! lol
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Is it just me, or is Go Launcher laggy? The touchwiz launcher feels absolutely smooth compared to it.
It's up to Beta 4 now.
I'm just using the release version of Go Launcher and I feel it is the smoothest of the rest (TW, LPro, ADW).
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I'm just using the release version of Go Launcher and I feel it is the smoothest of the rest (TW, LPro, ADW).
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I agree, and I've cycled through them all.
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I agree, and I've cycled through them all.
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Well i would assume there would be some final optimizations before they release it to the market. to me at least, beta means unfinished/unpolished product
Does installing the new beta erase all your settings and everything? Or does it just update itself?
just updates your go launcher all your stuff should still be exactly were you put it. Also beta 6 is out and is even smoother
I always used adw-ex on all my phones, it was just too leggy on the Note. I have it set to 9x9 icons with widgets on every page (5). I installed this beta and it was considerably less laggy than ADW. I'm a happy camper lol!
Great find - beta 6 Rocks!
My only ***** with Go is not maintaining sorted folders on the Widget side.
Just installed 6 as well. Don't notice any immediate change. No problems either though. I'll see how it goes over the next few days.
edit: it looks like they took down the 2.85 betas from their site... am I missing it? If not I wonder why...
Well as expected with beta releases there have been a few issues I've experienced that caused me to wait for the market release.
I.e. beta 2 messing with the dock background resulted in a "error must reinstall" type message which reset all the screens. Restore would not recover my settings.
Also in beta 4 somehow when setting the home screen it would actually dissapear.
I know the first issue was fixed but it gets old manually setting up my screens so ill wait for final release of this beta.
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The official 2.85 is out in the Play Store now. I updated my beta to it and it runs better than ever, very smooth!
just installed latest from market.
seems faster BUT how come I have to press the home button twice for it to respond now? I couldn't find any settings...
UPDATE: some strange conflict with Magic Locker. Had to uninstall magic locker and now home key working ok.
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Just installed 6 as well. Don't notice any immediate change. No problems either though. I'll see how it goes over the next few days.
edit: it looks like they took down the 2.85 betas from their site... am I missing it? If not I wonder why...
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yea, i was wondering the same. market shows latest update.
maybe they are making a new redesigned version? lol galaxy note specific ? not
*** EDIT ***** if you guys are running the V6 script, try the NitroLAG Nullifier - it definitely helped reduce A LOT of lag on the homescreen. and make sure in GoLauncher preferences "Advanced -----> System Persistent" is UNCHECKED.
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Anyone know if Launcher Pro will look good at a higher resolution like the Atrix has? I tried LP on my Galaxy Tab and it did not look so good due to the high resolution.
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try it out
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Anyone know if Launcher Pro will look good at a higher resolution like the Atrix has? I tried LP on my Galaxy Tab and it did not look so good due to the high resolution.
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I looks great. I changed it to 5 rows, instead of 4 stock, and you can fit more on each screen than a captivate. It's crazy fast too, and the transitions look great.
i just paid for the PRO version because i really liked the free version. Where do you go in and change how many rows and such? There isnt a Launcher Pro app in the menu.
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i just paid for the PRO version because i really liked the free version. Where do you go in and change how many rows and such? There isnt a Launcher Pro app in the menu.
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You can change most launcher settings by pusing the menu button the homescreen and choosing "preferences" or something similar. There is also a shortcut there to the Android Settings menu, so don't be surprised if you click that one first.
Mine's so laggy?
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Mine's so laggy?
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I notice some of this as well. Nothing that gets me worked up, as this probably hasnt been optimized for dual core phones, but i definitely notice some lag.
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Mine's so laggy?
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Mine is so fast. I truly feel the unleashed speed of the tegra now.
Mine's working fine. Only problem is that on the "People" widget, contact icons dont show up. Well, only the contacts with a gmail pic show, but the ones synced with Facebook dont. Anyone else care to confirm this?
Thanks
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Mine's working fine. Only problem is that on the "People" widget, contact icons dont show up. Well, only the contacts with a gmail pic show, but the ones synced with Facebook dont. Anyone else care to confirm this?
Thanks
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I have had this happen on other phones. I just left the Samsung Epic 4g to get the Atrix and my Epic did the same thing. I waited a few hours (next day) and updated the "people" widget and they all appeared. Let me know if this helps.
Got a thread going in General about reboots. Launcher Pro may (or may not) be the cause.
For anyone installing, post back if the phone reboots at some point (within 24 hours) after installing Launcher Pro.
-James
My launcher pro looks great. I configured 6 columns and 5 rows. I'll post a screenshot later. Love this phone.
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My launcher pro looks great. I configured 6 columns and 5 rows. I'll post a screenshot later. Love this phone.
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Same here, and using Folder Org for grouping apps together, along with the "show apps" as the icon, looks very slick and excellent details on the tiny icons.
Been running the paid launcher pro for more than 24 hours now and customized it to death. Im currently running it with beautiful widgets and live wallpaper, no problems encountered
Its not causing reboots for me, but it is laggy.
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Had LP Paid edition for 24 hours now and also on BW and there has not been anything bad about it so far. I dont feel the laggy as much more like its smooth now. The one thing I dont like about all this is the icons are so much smaller and so is the text for some widgets since resolution is so high.
I tried to put the option for stretch icon to fit in column and width but that didn't really do anything.
Other than that LP on this is pretty nice..... so far so good.
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I have had this happen on other phones. I just left the Samsung Epic 4g to get the Atrix and my Epic did the same thing. I waited a few hours (next day) and updated the "people" widget and they all appeared. Let me know if this helps.
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i cannot get the pictures to sync.
Anyone with the Calibri font think they can whip up some quick dock icons for the Atrix?
Preferably like the ones from Dreamlyfe Mini set?
Bare in mind I'm using ADW, but I have noticed that Live Wallpapers make my phone feel like a brick. The second I put a static one in there my phone went into rocket mode.
Anyone having a problem setting the default Launcher? I installed Launcher Pro and it becomes the default, but I can't go in and change it back to Blur as the default with uninstalling it. HomeSwitcher or HomeSmack are not working.
-Adam
I am very disappointed in Launcher Pro Plus as after about a week of use, it begins to force close almost every time I power on my phone. What a good launcher to try? Thanks in advance!
I am on the P3Droid rooted GB!
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I am very disappointed in Launcher Pro Plus as after about a week of use, it begins to force close almost every time I power on my phone. What a good launcher to try? Thanks in advance!
I am on the P3Droid rooted GB!
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Did You Try Uninstalling And Reinstalling It?
MikeJ92YJ said:
Did You Try Uninstalling And Reinstalling It?
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Waaaay to many times to count.
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Waaaay to many times to count.
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Alright Then Well There's ADW Which Is Cool And There Is GOLauncher EX. Those Are The Top Two. I'm Using LPP, Sorry You're Having Issues With It.
I too had major issues with LPP on the X2. I was a long time LPP user, but switched to Go Launcher and I haven't looked back. I've been using it for a little over a month and I haven't had a single force close or redraw. I won't be going back to LPP anytime soon.
The only thing I missed from LPP when I switched were the calendar and agenda widgets that were built into LPP. I downloaded Colorized Widgets (free) and the widgets are nearly identical to LPP.
I was using the FB and Twitter widgets. Not sure if they were causing the issues! I would get freezes that sometimes turned into force closes. Attempted to contact the Dev..., UH but you know how that's goes sometimes with some of these guys!
quadjacks said:
I am very disappointed in Launcher Pro Plus as after about a week of use, it begins to force close almost every time I power on my phone. What a good launcher to try? Thanks in advance!
I am on the P3Droid rooted GB!
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It was FC on me everytime I swiped to switch screens - made it completely unusable for me. I have tried them all, and nothing beats ADW EX in my opinion.
Rock solid.
Same thing is happening to me. I already bought LPP from the market, it was like $3, I really don't want to shell out another $3 or $4, I think developers should be fixing problems with their apps. I've bought so many apps for a purpose and then later they stop working because of a new android version, or they just become buggy altogether.
Go Launcher EX is free and has all the features of the paid versions of LPP and ADW. Plus, the GO team is constantly updating it.
Im sure the widgets have something to do with it.. I have been using LPP since day 1 on gb and not had had a single FC or issue with it.. Its FAST, and i have a few widgets on it:
-the weather channel
-Scorebook
-Sticky Notes
-Touch Calendar Pro
-Digital Clock Widget
-BT/AP/Wifi/GPS On/Off
not a single issue.. also have a few shortcut icons there.
I even had the 3d effect on for a while, but i turned it off cause i liked the bigger icons top and bottom instead of the fold over effect.. which is nifty tho.
I run launcher pro and only have had 2 force closes since I updated to gb
DROID x2 xda premium .. woot * woot
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Go Launcher EX is free and has all the features of the paid versions of LPP and ADW. Plus, the GO team is constantly updating it.
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Is it me or does it not have an option to hide the status bar? I just tried it out after using LP for a half day and immediately had to switch back. Using Launcher Pro since I updated to GB yesterday, it seems nice, but I haven't found many good themes for it to entice me to get the premium version. On the other hand I came from ADW, and while it seems like LP is better in a few ways, ADW has a large awesome list of themes you can install which has been tempting me to return to it.
I'm the proud owner of a Motorola Photon 4G as of today. This is replacing my Sensation, and will only be used internationally (Asia, so 900/1800 Mhz 2G and 2100Mhz 3G).
Now, I see that there is a way to get rid of the Sprint hands-free activation on every boot, and I presume I can delete some of the Sprint bloatware as well. I noticed that the stock Blur launcher is kinda laggy even scrolling from screen to screen, but the rest of the phone performs very well. So if I do get a different launcher, what should I get?
Otherwise, should I do a custom ROM? I've had every phone of mine all ROM'ed up but I don't know if its worth doing that to a Motorola phone since they usually have encrypted bootloaders. Any stable ROMs that are well-suited for international use?
Im using Nemus Launcher. Its not too bad.
Good luck with getting rid of the lag tho. My whole phone is laggy even with another launcher.
If you unlock, try this ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587770 Sprint bloat is removed, rom is fast, works great. Or you can use Loki's bloat remover. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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I use Launcher Pro with ICON Pack in it..
Its butter smooth and i have 450mb Ram free all time
I have no lag at all -- I'm using Go Launcher, and have "DeBlurred" the phone as bricky23 mentioned (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575259
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Also just fyi, I've read that some folks feel a daily reboot does wonders to keeping the Photon running smoothly (just opinion, no facts/data to back that up).
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I'm currently using MX Launcher. It's got some nice features, but shallow customization and some weird quirks. See my list of caveats in the topic about it. I still think it's worth using, but it's nowhere near as polished as some of the others.
I rephrased my issues with it to a more positive light and emailed the developer. I'd like to see this launcher get better as it does a couple things really well.
1. Cover screen. The center icon on the dock (and you can't change it) brings up the cover screen, which has a clock which follows you based on the tilt sensor. There's a power control widget here, the clock is beautiful, and it has some preset launcher icons on it. You can change them (open the clock by long-pressing 12, 3, 6, or 9 to set that icon) but you can only pick from a few and you have to use stock apps.
2. Long-press icons brings up a menu. Other launchers have this, but in MX, you can hit Info to pull up that app's Settings > Applications > Manage Applications page. Good for clearing the cache or force closing it.
Don't bother looking at the skins. Half are incompatible with our phone. The other half cost money. There is one that is free and compatible, but it's just a cover screen. No home screens. Might be a bug but I removed it promptly.
Thanks for the advice, y'all. I rooted the phone today and deblurred it already. I'm quite liking ADW Launcher right now. What's a good AOSP icon pack I can download? I'm not familiar with customizing launchers.
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Thanks for the advice, y'all. I rooted the phone today and deblurred it already. I'm quite liking ADW Launcher right now. What's a good AOSP icon pack I can download? I'm not familiar with customizing launchers.
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Just search the market ( whoops, "play store" ) for adw icon packs or adw themes -- there's tons of free ones.
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Just search the market ( whoops, "play store" ) for adw icon packs or adw themes -- there's tons of free ones.
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Thanks, I downloaded a free ICS icon pack/theme. My phone works pretty well now!
However, I'm sad that it doesn't play a bunch of my video files that always used to play on my other devices, mostly HTC ones but some AOSP as well. When I downloaded MX Player to view them, it told me that it is using SW decoding.
Is there a way to get better support for media files? The videos in question are plain old mp4, downloaded from Youtube. Some 480p, some 720p and a couple 1080p which worked on my Sensation, so I thought they'd work on the Photon as well since it has a similar chipset.
hi just curious,
which one is better on photon
ADW launcher
or
Go Launcher ?
and if we apply the "deblur" mod, how to get rid of the ADW to replace it with the Go launcher ?
I think GO is better than ADW but if you ask any 2 people, you're liable to get 2 different answers. I can't tall ya why I prefer GO. For one, it's free, but then again it pushes its widgets and locker on you. Two, ADW rubs me the wrong way. I don't know why. So no real, valid reasons. Try both. Use both, use Home Smack to switch.
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I normally use adw ex but i got bored with that recently and have been using launcher 7 which is a windows phone launcher and i love it works great and is a nice change
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Welp, I did some more reading and found out that since the Photon uses a Tegra 2 chipset, it is very picky about what it can decode in hardware. Luckily for me, a lot of my simple stuff works fine in SW decoding mode with MX Player. However, 720p and 1080p videos will need to be recoded.
I'm gonna try using Handbrake and report back. Too bad I don't have a more powerful CPU to re-encode stuff. Re-encoding stuff is why I was wary of my Zune client (I also have an HTC Titan).
MadFlava said:
Im using Nemus Launcher. Its not too bad.
Good luck with getting rid of the lag tho. My whole phone is laggy even with another launcher.
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+1 for Nemus launcher. Easily my favorite launcher I've used so far. Tops the heavy hitters ADW, Launcher Pro, and Go Launcher easily.
Juts posted an analysis of a couple popular launchers.
Just started using mobo launcher yesterday, and after getting used to the different u.i. I really like it.https://play.google.com/store/search?q=mobo+launcher
I'd go with the miui rom =) its amazing!
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I'd go with the miui rom =) its amazing!
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I've used MIUI extensively when I had an EVO and a Defy, and I loved it. At this time, I didn't feel like it was the best since I want a stable experience and stock seemed the most stable.
Maybe when there's an ICS MIUI based on a stock Moto ROM.
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Juts posted an analysis of a couple popular launchers.
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Thank you for the analysis. I'll make a comment in that thread since I'm using GO Launcher now. Thank you for your work on Deblurring the Photon!
I've found that even though ADW uses less memory, GO Launcher seems to run smoother. Luckily, the Photon has 1GB of RAM.
I would definitely recommend going the custom rom route.
Right now I am using cm7.2[kang] with jokers 1.3 oc kernel and it works great. This is the most stab, much faster than stock although the battery only lasts about 4/5 as long for me. I have tried cm9 but there are still many issues right now and I am waiting for some of these to be ironed out before switching over.
As far as launchers go, cm7.2 came with ADW installed stock, and it is very snappy, especially if tuned to take out extra visual effects etc.
http://slickdeals.net/f/6077002-Android-App-Next-Launcher-3D-is-free-today-normally-16
Found thisin slickdeals today. I take no credit just like to share with you guys on this nice launcher. I still use Nova because it's a little more intuitive.
Android App: Next Launcher 3D is free today (normally $16)
Yes, I know the original price for the full version is outrageous at $16 , but let's look past that seeing as how it can be unlocked today for FREE.
First install the "lite" version [google.com], then once you have it installed and running as your current launcher, go into the Menu (the furthest right icon in the dock, 3 vertical dots) and go into Preferences. Go into "About Next Launcher", then choose "Activate" and enter: "nextlauncher3d" as the account and "appoftheday" as the code. Enjoy.
As usual with any new launcher, you've got to set it up to your liking, but it looks pretty slick and appears to be pretty functional. Excellent ratings on the Play Store. [google.com]
Facebook video of the features / UI. [facebook.com]
Credit to Bapoos [reddit.com] on Reddit.
edit: added screenshots from droid-life
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Thanks for the tip. Already downloaded and activated.
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I thought I might try this out. I did what you suggested, but when I got to the About Next Launcher screen, there isn't any 'Activate' button. It wants you to upgrade which takes you to the Google Play full version. The activate button on the 'Features of Full Version' (only place I could find an activate button) is greyed out. Any suggestions??
Edit: NVM you can still select the activate even tho it's greyed out (man, am I conditioned or what?) Thanks for the tip!
Activate button is greyed out but if pressed it should take you to the screen to enter the username and code.
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I thought I might try this out. I did what you suggested, but when I got to the About Next Launcher screen, there isn't any 'Activate' button. It wants you to upgrade which takes you to the Google Play full version. The activate button on the 'Features of Full Version' (only place I could find an activate button) is greyed out. Any suggestions??
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same thing here im only seeing an option for a free 36hr trial
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same thing here im only seeing an option for a free 36hr trial
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The button is grayed out -- but it still works. Simply tap it, and follow the rest of the instructions. Works perfectly. I just installed on my GNex (toro running Avatar ROM) and on my Nexus 10 (AOKP PUB - mrRobinson).
Do the trial and then do the following afterwards at the top. It unlocks the features but doesn't give you the full app. It is still labeled as lite and the full version you can still buy.
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No difference between lite and full except name. Now I'm not sure what happens if you uninstall it and reinstall it later on a different device.
I think it's not tied to your Google account so back it up with your app of choice and restore it when needed.
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nice find. i bought it when it was on sale for $9 or something...never actually used it tho. :laugh: use NOVA launcher.
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Do the trial and then do the following afterwards at the top. It unlocks the features but doesn't give you the full app. It is still labeled as lite and the full version you can still buy.
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Where do you see it labeled "lite" after activation? I just checked Preferences / About Next Launcher and I'm simply seeing Version 1.33
I DO see a discrepancy, though: back in the Play Store, whatever I have installed is NOT recognized as the full product, with is currently at version 1.35.
Must investigate a bit more...
It really isn't worth it. Because I set apex as my home launcher and it kicked it back to trial mode lol. Thanks anyways.
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That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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Intellectua1 said:
That launcher sucks.. Not worth the money or download..
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I'm still playing with it. Sort of trippy screen transitions and some of the animations are cute, but my first impression is that all these tricks will wind up slowing me down -- may be back on Apex or Nova by tonight...
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I'm still playing with it. Sort of trippy screen transitions and some of the animations are cute, but my first impression is that all these tricks will wind up slowing me down -- may be back on Apex or Nova by tonight...
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Yea sometimes simple is better that's why I like Apex and Nova, simple but very functional and easy to use
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Yea sometimes simple is better that's why I like Apex and Nova, simple but very functional and easy to use
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I agree in general. I think Next 3D has potential -- if you use the features sparingly.
For example - I've found some of the animations to be extremely fluid and fast. Default settings on this launcher offer smoother animations than the defaults on Apex and Nova, although you can tweak the settings for those two to also be very fast.
I know that the Next team wants to showcase / show off their feature set. But by setting defaults to showcase everything (e.g., random screen transitions to start), the experience can be overwhelming to a new user -- and wind up being a major turn off. I'm trying to have enough patience to give it a fair test, get it properly configured, etc. One thing: both Nova and Apex can at least import homescreens and icon layouts (and, to some extent with Nova, widget layout), Next 3D doesn't seem to be able to import layouts from either Apex or Nova. This can make it pretty daunting for someone with 180 apps and a normal layout of 3 to 5 home pages.
I've been using the Next launcher for a couple months now. They've came along way from the first release. I have no lags or screen glitches with the animations look like no other phone. Only issue that i have is the default launcher will not stick when rebooted. I have to set it as default every time. It'll stay default till I reboot.
It's basically nova or apex with fancy animations. Features wise they are very similar.
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I gotta say. I've been running Nova for a while now and I just downloaded the free version of Next launcher and I am completely blown away. It's not just fancy animations. Its some pretty awesome widgets, wallpapers, themes, and a lot of customizations you can do to pretty much anything. Some of the animations are a bit much, I will agree, but I'm really impressed with the quality of the widgets and just the theming overall. Very slick! If the full version wasn't so expensive I would have already purchased it.
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I gotta say. I've been running Nova for a while now and I just downloaded the free version of Next launcher and I am completely blown away. It's not just fancy animations. Its some pretty awesome widgets, wallpapers, themes, and a lot of customizations you can do to pretty much anything. Some of the animations are a bit much, I will agree, but I'm really impressed with the quality of the widgets and just the theming overall. Very slick! If the full version wasn't so expensive I would have already purchased it.
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I agree. I've lived with both Apex Pro and Nova Premium for several months, a few weeks at a time with each. They are both excellent, solid products, and they've been evolving nicely pretty well -- primarily doing what it takes to keep up with each other.
Next 3D -- after you've toned down all the random transitions, really seems to have excellent potential. I've already spent quite a bit of time dabbling with Nova's "aggressive" settings and Apex's option to keep code in memory, as well as adjusting screen transition time, but my initial impression is still that Next 3D is smoother. I'll have to spend some more time experimenting to be sure, but I suspect the time will be worth it.
The widgets are certainly impressive, but I was disappointed to see that the weather app seems to in vertical orientation. While that's generally natural with my phone, I use my Nexus 10 in landscape over 95% of the time. A bit annoying to have to rotate the screen to see the weather report in detail. I'll wind up using another weather app instead (back to Beautiful Widgets or HD Widgets for now).
But I really do like the speed and responsiveness, the icon animations, screen transition choices, and little touches like the dock rolling over to display different options. Definitely worth exploring further before a final decision.
Hi all,
I am on a Cyanogenmod 11 Nightly Sprint Galaxy S4. I REALLY wanted to like Themer. It looks AMAZING.
However after using it for a couple days and trying different themes, it came down to one thing - performance.
It just seemed sluggish. When I press the Home button, it took up to 3-5 seconds before switching for the active program back to the Home screen. Then I was frequently seeing a "loading" message.
Secondly, the time it took from tapping an app icon and actually seeing the app was pretty delayed.
My benchmark is that my current launcher is Go Launcher Ex. It's really quick and responsive. Match the performance of that, and I'll be switching.
help
helpplz how to fix error ??
hmmm what version are you running ? running latest here on galaxy s4 and have no noticeable lag when launching an app or going back using home button.Actually running really smooth here.Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling,maybe it is rom related and not themer related.
Remember we are still in beta and there are still some problems,I have had many problems here with previous releases but still found it more adaptable thab go in my opinion.
I'm on note 2 and themer is flying. I'm also running cm11. I'm even under clocked.
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I'm on note 2 and themer is flying. I'm also running cm11. I'm even under clocked.
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thanks for clearing that up m8,not used it with cm11
have you anything else installed which may be causing the issue ? I would try a complete removal then reinstall see what happens,I assume you are running latest version of thmere
Hmm
Was really thinking to use it or not on my xperia arc s but since an S4 lacking performace mine will be blown away I guess
VirusTech said:
Was really thinking to use it or not on my xperia arc s but since an S4 lacking performace mine will be blown away I guess
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I can't speak for others but latest version so far for me is problem free,I have absolutely no lag etc at all on my S4,don't let one users problem put you off m8 give it a go first.
ok
muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I am on a Cyanogenmod 11 Nightly Sprint Galaxy S4. I REALLY wanted to like Themer. It looks AMAZING.
However after using it for a couple days and trying different themes, it came down to one thing - performance.
It just seemed sluggish. When I press the Home button, it took up to 3-5 seconds before switching for the active program back to the Home screen. Then I was frequently seeing a "loading" message.
Secondly, the time it took from tapping an app icon and actually seeing the app was pretty delayed.
My benchmark is that my current launcher is Go Launcher Ex. It's really quick and responsive. Match the performance of that, and I'll be switching.
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it does look amazing
VirusTech said:
Was really thinking to use it or not on my xperia arc s but since an S4 lacking performace mine will be blown away I guess
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Hi, we are still looking into supporting the Arc S, and it should be fully supported within the next few weeks. Stay tuned
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ThemerSupport said:
Hi, we are still looking into supporting the Arc S, and it should be fully supported within the next few weeks. Stay tuned
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Whoo nice.. let's see the sweets we can get
Thanks for the update and input. I still have it installed and will try updates from time to time.
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The feedback is definitely helping me decide whether or not to use this.
muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I am on a Cyanogenmod 11 Nightly Sprint Galaxy S4. I REALLY wanted to like Themer. It looks AMAZING.
However after using it for a couple days and trying different themes, it came down to one thing - performance.
It just seemed sluggish. When I press the Home button, it took up to 3-5 seconds before switching for the active program back to the Home screen. Then I was frequently seeing a "loading" message.
Secondly, the time it took from tapping an app icon and actually seeing the app was pretty delayed.
My benchmark is that my current launcher is Go Launcher Ex. It's really quick and responsive. Match the performance of that, and I'll be switching.
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This sums up my experience as well. I really like Themer, amazing idea and product, but sadly had to disable it yesterday just because the lag and delays were getting worse. Going back to stock experience made everything responsive one again. I'm on a Sony Xperia SP.
HerrDeacon said:
This sums up my experience as well. I really like Themer, amazing idea and product, but sadly had to disable it yesterday just because the lag and delays were getting worse. Going back to stock experience made everything responsive one again. I'm on a Sony Xperia SP.
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Hi,
Here is something that might help:
1. Uninstall Themer.
2. Delete the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder (removing the Exported folder within it in case you saved any themes)
3. Reinstall Themer.
I've seen the "loading" issue.
I run the Note 3, and Themer runs great on it.
However, I notice that if my memory is pretty full, Themer will be 'loading' whenever I return to the home screen.
I imagine (not certain) that to not eat up too much of your phone's active memory, Themer unloads the widgets when it isn't up and using them and your free memory is low.
So when you return to the home screen, it must reload the widgets.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
However I do find that keeping a good amount of open memory eliminates the loading issue.
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Ryo Misaki said:
I've seen the "loading" issue.
I run the Note 3, and Themer runs great on it.
However, I notice that if my memory is pretty full, Themer will be 'loading' whenever I return to the home screen.
I imagine (not certain) that to not eat up too much of your phone's active memory, Themer unloads the widgets when it isn't up and using them and your free memory is low.
So when you return to the home screen, it must reload the widgets.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
However I do find that keeping a good amount of open memory eliminates the loading issue.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
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Hi,
The developers will have a closer look at this, thanks very much for the details!
muzicman82 said:
Hi all,
I am on a Cyanogenmod 11 Nightly Sprint Galaxy S4. I REALLY wanted to like Themer. It looks AMAZING.
However after using it for a couple days and trying different themes, it came down to one thing - performance.
It just seemed sluggish. When I press the Home button, it took up to 3-5 seconds before switching for the active program back to the Home screen. Then I was frequently seeing a "loading" message.
Secondly, the time it took from tapping an app icon and actually seeing the app was pretty delayed.
My benchmark is that my current launcher is Go Launcher Ex. It's really quick and responsive. Match the performance of that, and I'll be switching.
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Same here. Nice idea but implementation is sluggish unpredictable and smoothness is dependant on theme used as well. Back to Nova.
tbong777 said:
Same here. Nice idea but implementation is sluggish unpredictable and smoothness is dependant on theme used as well. Back to Nova.
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Hi, have you tried this method, as it should help fix the issue:
1. Uninstall Themer.
2. Delete the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder (removing the Exported folder within it if you saved any themes).
3. Reinstall Themer.
Hope this helps, if not, please contact [email protected] for more assistance.