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Flex T9 keyboard free on Amazon. Combines swype and the gingerbread keyboard. I like it, what do you guys think.
Now if we can get someone to make a dark theme for it we will be set.
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Thanks for the heads up, giving it a try now, this is the first thing I will have typed with it. Definitely less typos than with Swype thus far. haha, it even has gratifi. Nice.
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This is keyboard is awesome
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Its nice. But I've found the trace to be a litte slow.
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I'm a big Swype guy, but I'm surprisingly happy with this.

I used it for awhile. It is nicer than swype, but I'm to use to swype
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Ha, been using this keyboard all day. I like! Don't know why I like it cause I hate swype. Been a Smart keyboard Pro user for months.

I like it. It seems to work well. I just wish it did a auto space after punctuation.

Dulanic said:
I like it. It seems to work well. I just wish it did a auto space after punctuation.
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I wish it had auto space a well.
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skyward01 said:
I wish it had auto space a well.
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I did find that it will automatically put a . if you double space. But that doesn't help with questions.

Definitly like better than swype. I just could not get used to sliding and need to lift my thumbs. This is a great keyboard.
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whats with the warning that 'this app collects all input including passwords and credit card numbers"
i've never installed an optional keyboard before..is this a normal warning or should i be worried all my keypresses are being offloaded like CIQ

eigerzoom said:
whats with the warning that 'this app collects all input including passwords and credit card numbers"
i've never installed an optional keyboard before..is this a normal warning or should i be worried all my keypresses are being offloaded like CIQ
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It just stores all combinations on key presses. It doesn't store out anywhere except your phone.

this keyboard is garbage.

intheb0x said:
this keyboard is garbage.
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I actually really like this keyboard. It's way more accurate than swype for me. I'm gonna keep it I think.
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intheb0x said:
this keyboard is garbage.
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I second that!!!

ZachLL88 said:
Care to explain?
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lol i could spend all day explaining the joke of a keyboard this is.
spend some time with it for awhile and u will see what i mean.
i rotate between swiftkey and a swype-like awesome keyboard with a prediction list that shows up while u slide ur finger around, its no longer on the market but its called shape writer. its available for download around the internet.

I like it a lot better than swype, which I use for portrait. It seems to be more accurate, and the word choice options are easier to use and less obtrusive.
For landscape, I normally use swiftkey, and I think swiftkey is much better for me. Swiftkey does a better job with correction, capitalization, and punctuation, has the option for space key to accept the main word choice, adds spaces correctly, and shows more of your typing at the top to allow for easier editing.
So, I think I'll program keyboard manager to use this for portrait and swiftkey for landscape.

Why are you guys comparing these virtual keyboards when we have a physical keyboard that's now working 100% with no key skips thanks to mkasick? Am I missing something? For quick texts, I sometimes use Swype myself but I use the physical keyboard for just about everything else and since the fix, it's been terrific.

Keyboard Help - Going Crazy

I know there are many keyboard topics, but I just can't find a one that works well on my Play.
-Smart Keyboard (Trial)
*Best keyboard for my needs, but it seriously slows the phone down after a day or two. As soon as I uninstall, everything starts working perfectly again.
-Stock Xperia Play
*Terrible. Doesn't remember contractions and doesn't have the mic button.
-Keyboard from Android 2.3 (free)
*Okay, but has a stupid emoticons symbol where the 'Enter' button should be during sms composition. I dislike the way it handles punctuation after typing out words.
I'm honestly starting to hate this phone because it's such a pain to enter data, no matter what I try. Never had issues on my old iPhone.
What is everyone using? And no, I don't want to use swype.
Thanks!

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-Keyboard from Android 2.3 (free)
*Okay, but has a stupid emoticons symbol where the 'Enter' button should be during sms composition. I dislike the way it handles punctuation after typing out words.
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I use this one. Never noticed before about the emoticons button instead of enter until you mentioned it.
Doesnt bother me though. I dont see a reason to use enter for sms anyway. If you are going to write a novel, make an email

Swype its free on their site
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Better keyboard 8 is pretty good. Best for predictions and has an unfussy interface.
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replicant101 said:
Swype its free on their site
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Not a fan of moving my finger around the screen like that.
dsswoosh said:
I use this one. Never noticed before about the emoticons button instead of enter until you mentioned it.
Doesnt bother me though. I dont see a reason to use enter for sms anyway. If you are going to write a novel, make an email
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Haha, yeah...I just have a bad habit of writing multiple thoughts in texts messages.
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Better keyboard 8 is pretty good. Best for predictions and has an unfussy interface.
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Thanks for the suggestion..I'll try this one next.

The_Newtype said:
Not a fan of moving my finger around the screen like that.
Haha, yeah...I just have a bad habit of writing multiple thoughts in texts messages.
Thanks for the suggestion..I'll try this one next.
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Go to gimpsta.com use the kitchen to create yourself a htc_ime mod, best keboard imo
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Swype ftw
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Check out the 8pen
http://www.the8pen.com/

Definitely Swype. So much faster than any other method of text input on phones.

SwiftKey x beta ftw

nelly_boy said:
Better keyboard 8 is pretty good. Best for predictions and has an unfussy interface.
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Another vote for Better Keyboard 8

The_Newtype said:
Not a fan of moving my finger around the screen like that.
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Did you know that you dont have to swype your finger to type? You can also just type normally without having to change anything. Even normal typing is much better using swype than the stock keyboard. First few days swype pissed me off but now i swear by it

aitmanga said:
Another vote for Better Keyboard 8
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hello bro, any new for flash r800a mexico?? saludos...

Slide it keyboard works great too
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CM9 Stable (updated 8.19.12)

Everything Install Guide[\url].
《Enjoy》
=-O:-$:-[:angel::-\:'-X:-/x--I

On cwm you can go all the way down just keep on clicking down with the volume and than once at the bottom of the screen it will start moving
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Couple of tips.
- Don't like the Market spewing new apps on your home screen? Just disable it in the settings.
- The persistant search bar can be disabled in Trebuchet's settings.
- Nova Launcher is an alternate to Trebuchet. I'm using it. It has a couple of useful features, like grid size. You can also disable widgets in the drawer, and get your standard long-press menu back. I highly recommend doing this if you use Beautiful Widgets, as that will spam up your widget drawer. Use AppWidgetPicker 2.0 pushed to /system/app to take care of this.
- Want your 4G toggle? There's a widget for it. It'll show up in the quick panel later.
Unfortunately, the voice actions are not available as of yet. Voice Search can be downloaded from the Market, but the speech-to-text as demonstrated on the GNexus is nowhere to be seen. It's an upstream issue.
sooper seekret CM dev IRC channel said:
<@wispoffates> I think CM9 needs to fix it internally
<@wispoffates> the option in kb config is there someone must have removed the button on purpose
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I haven't explored VVM yet, but will post when I've got something. EDIT: As of right now, VVM is just plain not happening. I switched to Google Voice, which works well at the moment.

I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.

I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.

The soft keyboard is a pain and I can't figure out how to set a static IP for wifi. Battery percentage doesn't work. I like how the LED notifications are fixed and how haptic feedback is back and working way better. The ROM overall is very fast. I backed up all my apps and contacts/SMS with mybackup pro and everything works perfect! Has anybody figured out how to get visual voicemail working?
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Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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This really doesn't feel like an alpha. Its not perfect but man I can't believe we were spoiled with this. Thank you to everyone who gave this to us. The og epic feels new.
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Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?

i have been running it for an hour and I like it so far but It can't be daily driver at the moment..
Most of my favorite games don't work or freeze (my biggest complaint)
asphalt 6 crashes
blood and glory doesnt work
deadspace doesnt work well due to the multi touch issue
street fighter IV crashes
few lags, but the rom is really smooth
camera recording issue (already noted by cm) and few minor bugs (like showing battery percentage in status bar doesn't show) and a few fc's here and there..
I haven't used the GPS for a while but it fine so far.
The CM team is amazing for the awesome rom (cm7 as well) and I am loving it so far...i am definitely donating
I think this rom is more a beta because it only has a few quirks to work out imo

brooksyx said:
Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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Yep I found it now... but can't get it to work for the life of me... played with it for an hour but nothing...
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luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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Get the Swype beta.

luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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You don't need swype beta. Just download one of the themed swypes in the apps section and flash it. Just make sure you mount system in CWM and unmount when you're done.
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The blue theme looks great with ICS!
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SpicyBurrito said:
I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.
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Its killing me too.
j00manji said:
I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.
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Why not? Titanium backup is working fine...
flastnoles11 said:
Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its part of the gapps. did you install them?

WOW! If this is an alpha release, what is the final release gonna be like? Will it give happy ending massages too? Great Work! Love it!
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Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)

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J3ff said:
Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)
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Well cm7 doesn't even do that so I wouldn't hold my breath... Also there's no Google car home app for ics right now. Won't let you DL from the market
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Cm9 Alpha5

Wow! So snappy and smooth. Just can't thank all those involved, which make all this happen, enough.
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
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mmiller2001 said:
Wow! So snappy and smooth. Just can't thank all those involved, which make all this happen, enough.
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
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Whats new?
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txtmikhail said:
Whats new?
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http://epiccm.blogspot.com/
Changelog
Fix to allow Chrome Beta to work on CM9.
Fix that prevents the modem from crashing in certain conditions.
Fixed ability to turn off blinking LED during low battery. Blinking LED causes the battery to drain faster. Settings > Display > Pulse low battery light.
Slick new CM9 Bootanimation by Cameron Bezadpour, optimized for Epic by Rodderik.

XxLostSoulxX said:
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/
Changelog
Fix to allow Chrome Beta to work on CM9.
Fix that prevents the modem from crashing in certain conditions.
Fixed ability to turn off blinking LED during low battery. Blinking LED causes the battery to drain faster. Settings > Display > Pulse low battery light.
Slick new CM9 Bootanimation by Cameron Bezadpour, optimized for Epic by Rodderik.
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He didn't mean that literally...
He meant as in when has it NOT been smooth
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Big Goron said:
He didn't mean that literally...
He meant as in when has it NOT been smooth
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Oh haha right took literal translation My B. Lol I couldn't tell if he was be sarcastic or not
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Nothing listed should result in the improvement I'm seeing, but I formated my SD card at the same time, but A5 is rocking for me right now.
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Whats new?
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Took the plunge finally. CM9 is sweet!
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I don't see much of a performance improvement (I don't think there should be one, either), though if you do wipes anyway you're going to avoid a lot of slowdowns.
Shame about the new boot animation, though. I kinda dug the colorfulness of the last one. This is a little too bluish, wooshy, scifi looking, like a wonky portal effect from 10 years ago. Reminds me of the unfortunate tastes that gave the mod community a few too many Matrix themes.
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Thank you!
This is by far the best rom for the phone I've used. Thank you for the dedication Cyanogen mod team!

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I don't see much of a performance improvement (I don't think there should be one, either), though if you do wipes anyway you're going to avoid a lot of slowdowns.
Shame about the new boot animation, though. I kinda dug the colorfulness of the last one. This is a little too bluish, wooshy, scifi looking, like a wonky portal effect from 10 years ago. Reminds me of the unfortunate tastes that gave the mod community a few too many Matrix themes.
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You can change the boot animation back to the old one if you want to. The new alpha-5 boot animation caused me to have a seizure so I found the bootanimation.zip file and replaced the new one with the old one lol
Just get the bootanimation.zip file from one of the previous versions of CM9 (/system/media) and replace.

Sunchips said:
You can change the boot animation back to the old one if you want to. The new alpha-5 boot animation caused me to have a seizure so I found the bootanimation.zip file and replaced the new one with the old one lol
Just get the bootanimation.zip file from one of the previous versions of CM9 (/system/media) and replace.
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You folks want a flashable .zip of the old boot animation?

Big Goron said:
He didn't mean that literally...
He meant as in when has it NOT been smooth
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Sorry but I did mean that.. I used a ? At the end
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Yes, it's always been smooth but this install seems even smoother. I know each phone can be finicky with roms, but my phone seems wet for alpha 5 lol.
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Is the audio bug still present? The one that requires the screen selection sounds to be turned off in order to minimize the AudioOut_1 wakelock? Haven't seen it mentioned since the early alpha builds.
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Is the audio bug still present? The one that requires the screen selection sounds to be turned off in order to minimize the AudioOut_1 wakelock? Haven't seen it mentioned since the early alpha builds.
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Still there for me.
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It's crazy what these guys have done.. I don't know if I could even replace my Epic 4G with anything that's out right now.. We have the only qwerty device on Android 4 on the planet.. ICS, Wimax, and an Overclocked hummingbird makes this phone arguably better than the Droid 4..

I don't know if it's just happening to me, but my phone's time is all over the place. The lock screen stays perfect, but the status bar one stays stuck & I have a widget that lags even longer!
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Alpha 1 felt slow and chunky to me, with the exception being the browser. May give a5 a shot since the ram settings got tweaked in a4.
If the app switcher still takes >2sec to open it will be a no go.
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Alpha 1 felt slow and chunky to me, with the exception being the browser. May give a5 a shot since the ram settings got tweaked in a4.
If the app switcher still takes >2sec to open it will be a no go.
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Its absolutely incredible. I thought the same when i was on alpha0, but ever sunce i went to alpha 4 & 5, i cant ever see myself going back to gingerbread.
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josidhe said:
Shame about the new boot animation, though. I kinda dug the colorfulness of the last one. This is a little too bluish, wooshy, scifi looking, like a wonky portal effect from 10 years ago. Reminds me of the unfortunate tastes that gave the mod community a few too many Matrix themes.
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Epic CM Team Blog: Flashable Bootanimations for Epic 4G
They work on CM7, CM9 and BML ROM's too!

Action Launcher

So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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4$? I'll rather save up that other dollar and buy myself some lunch at subway
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It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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blade30p said:
It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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No it's not mine. Thinking of giving it a test drive once more features crop up though
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Ngo93 said:
So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
Action Launcher
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I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I haven't noticed any lag with it And I agree it looks great and has great ideas, but it's just lacking in features. The way I use my phone tho, the missing features don't bother me.

It's a launcher developed by Chris Lacy. He does good work. I use his twitter app, tweet lanes. It's one of the better twitter clients imho. He's very responsive to user feedback. This launcher is in its infancy so it'll get better
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If in its infancy than why charge so much?
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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I'm using it currently. I like it as it's simple but a bit different to what you normally get. Gotta have the apps list transparent as well as the homescreen bar.
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It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
Tapatalked

I'm using this one since today on my Xperia Play ( My N4 hasn't arrived yet.. Germany - 'preordered' ****up )
And it runs smoothly even on this old device.

What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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droidmakespwn said:
$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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Nova and Apex are free, there are paid versions which you can unlock certain features. Completely different to Action Launcher which doesn't offer a free/trial version.
At least with Nova/Apex you can see how it runs on your device over a day or two compared to Action Launcher which you basically have 15 minutes to trial it and if you don't like it you only have 15 minutes to request a refund.

Ngo93 said:
What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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I was concerned about this too - I think you can open the app drawer with the home button, but some apps you want will still be at the top of the list. Infact, if you use the A-Z most will be at the top.
Does anyone know if there is a way around this (e.g, when you press the letter they are offset from the top by a couple of apps)?
I will certainly keep an eye on this, I was quite impressed with the frequent updates for tweetlanes.

The app drawer isn't really on the top left, you can press the home button and it will open, and you can also just swipe right when you are on your "left most" home screen.
I use this on my Nexus 7, and I think its great, good to see something different and not horrifically overpriced!
For me, all it needs is a landscape option, I wouldn't really use landscape on my N4, but I would use it quite a bit on my N7!

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I've got zero lag on mine and Chris Lacy fixed the FC when adding widgets. This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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aSquard said:
This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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Completely different.

Why are mobile phone users so cheap in general? Skip your pizza next Friday.
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dannejanne said:
It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I can't figure out how to make covers. Any help?
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