Just wondering what launcher you guys use/what works best with the RAZR m? I've always used go launcher (kind of getting sick of it) but I'm hearing that nova works well with android 4.0 + . What are your thoughts/opinions? Thanks
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Nova Prime for me, all though I hate losing the circle widget..
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Apex.
Nova and Apex seem to be the launchers of choice these days. I've used both and slightly prefer Nova, but I couldn't really tell you why. Both are great.
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phositadc said:
Nova and Apex seem to be the launchers of choice these days. I've used both and slightly prefer Nova, but I couldn't really tell you why. Both are great.
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I like to keep it real simple. Nothing on home screen but 10 icons on dock. Just switched to Nova from go launcher and wow its smooth and fast. Love it
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I was using nova but decided to go back to the stock launcher after playing around with it. I figured out how to remove the Google bar and then added some custom dock icons. Add all that with the circles widget and i am very happy with Blur.
I noticed that there's gestures included in the free version of apex. Pretty legit.
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jarzy00 said:
I noticed that there's gestures included in the free version of apex. Pretty legit.
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Yeah the free version of Apex has more features than the free version of Nova.
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I really like the full month view widget that seems to included with this phone. Weird thing is I can't seem to use this widget if I use any other launcher like Nova or Apex. It comes right back if I switch back to Touch Wiz.
Any suggestions?
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lostaggie said:
I really like the full month view widget that seems to included with this phone. Weird thing is I can't seem to use this widget if I use any other launcher like Nova or Apex. It comes right back if I switch back to Touch Wiz.
Any suggestions?
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Unfortunately it isn't possible as it is a touchwiz specific widget that will only work with touchwiz.
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How many of you have replaced the default launcher on your S4? What launcher are you currently using?
I switched from the TouchWiz launcher to Nova Launcher. It now has the ability to utilize the "Transparent Status Bar." If you are using one of the stock wallpapers, your status bar can be transparent while you are in the launcher, just like TouchWiz.
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How many of you have replaced the default launcher on your S4? What launcher are you currently using?
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I've used go launcher for a long time. I'm thinking about switching to nova though. It seems like it has a lot of cool features.
Buzz Launcher ftw.
I've tried both Nova and Go on my S4. I liked both but am staying with Go for now. No big reason why. I just like some of the Go widgets better.
I use to use Nova all the time on my EVOs, but I didn't know if anyone noticed a performance degredation by switching launchers or not. I know until rolled Nova into my ROM on the EVO that it would chew down memory and slow down the device.
I use Nova.
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nivron said:
I switched from the TouchWiz launcher to Nova Launcher. It now has the ability to utilize the "Transparent Status Bar." If you are using one of the stock wallpapers, your status bar can be transparent while you are in the launcher, just like TouchWiz.
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I guess I'm in the minority but I use Apex launcher.
Hey nivron, or anyone using nova. Does that transparent nav bar feature only work on stock wallpaper? Or does user wallpaper show thru too? I'm willing to give Nova a run if so. I hate not having a transparent bar. And just confirming its the top bar with the clock/wif etc.?
Thanks
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I just tested it with one of my other wallpapers and it seemed to work for me.
roninep said:
I guess I'm in the minority but I use Apex launcher.
Hey nivron, or anyone using nova. Does that transparent nav bar feature only work on stock wallpaper? Or does user wallpaper show thru too? I'm willing to give Nova a run if so. I hate not having a transparent bar. And just confirming its the top bar with the clock/wif etc.?
Thanks
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Thanks nivron. Guess ill try out nova for a bit!
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Using TSF Shell.
I use Nova, too.
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Apex and Nova are the most popular, but I use ADW Ex for some of the options that the others don't have. Consensus is usually Apex is smoothest.
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I use nova as well. Try to make it look like touchwiz tho
use luncher pro all the time.
I use nova launcher prime. The best launcher to date in my opinion. Im not a fan of spending money but this one was worth it for the gestures, unread count, extra dock pages, and other features.
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I've been using Apex since my e4gt, don't see myself using anything either.
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Apex and Nova are the most popular,
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No offense to you or either of those launchers, but that is just not true. Go has between 50 and 100 million downloads. The other two are between 1 and 5 million downloads. Heck, Go has over 1.2 million reviews! So I'd say Go is, by far, the most popular.
My question to you all that have replaced your default launcher with the launcher of your choice is this:
Do you notice a higher memory consumption or an increase/decrease in lag vs the default / Touchwiz
For me, Nova is as fast, if not faster than TouchWiz. I didn't really think TouchWiz was really laggy though.
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My question to you all that have replaced your default launcher with the launcher of your choice is this:
Do you notice a higher memory consumption or an increase/decrease in lag vs the default / Touchwiz
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I have been using Nova launcher on my last few phones and cant get myself used to TW launcher. However, it seems Samsung made it so that if you use any other launcher you can not have the full stock weather widget. Any one know if it's possible to make the widget available in other launchers or am I just completely missing something here?
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I have been using Nova launcher on my last few phones and cant get myself used to TW launcher. However, it seems Samsung made it so that if you use any other launcher you can not have the full stock weather widget. Any one know if it's possible to make the widget available in other launchers or am I just completely missing something here?
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Nope it only fully works with tw launcher due to code it relies on built into the launcher
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Search transparent clock & weather in play store. Its really nice
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Nova Launcher with stock 4.2.2
not rooted (yet)
sometimes when I leave an app it goes back to the TW default screen
I have to hit the home key twice to go back to NL
is this a bug or anyone else having the same issue?
Have you went into setting of nova and set it for default launcher?
Why not just freeze Touchwiz launcher?
You can not disable touchwiz home without rooting.
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You can not disable touchwiz home without rooting.
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Oh of course. I missed that, thanks.
I tried that.
I even uninstalled the app
I guess I have no choice but to root
Thanks guys
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