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[Q]Nova or Trebuchet ?

Hi, just whanted to know which is the best for smooth experience ? I don't want my UI to stutter..

tlf55 said:
Hi, just whanted to know which is the best for smooth experience ? I don't want my UI to stutter..
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Both won't stutter. It depends on your preferences.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Both won't stutter. It depends on your preferences.
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Does nova drain more battery than Trebuchet ?

tlf55 said:
Does nova drain more battery than Trebuchet ?
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Nope, but Trebuchet has more options. For Nova you have to pay for those options.
But Trebuchet crashes when trying to change the number of home screens.

Nova is much smoother and liter
I always use it although Trebuchet is perfectly smooth on our Nexus 4 like on no other device

What about Apex? Tbh in terms of stutter they should all be fine, it comes down to the features and personal preference.
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Apex has been quite amazing. Although, I might change to nova because of the speed.

Always been a Nova fan...fast, customizable, and light!

So in term of battery, there's no difference right ? between apex/nova/trebuchet ?
In terme of stutter sometime it's like trebuchet have some few (very very few and not that noticable but has anyway) i'm in cm10.1.. that's why i'm asking about other before buying the right one ..

tlf55 said:
So in term of battery, there's no difference right ? between apex/nova/trebuchet ?
In terme of stutter sometime it's like trebuchet have some few (very very few and not that noticable but has anyway) i'm in cm10.1.. that's why i'm asking about other before buying the right one ..
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If you're gonna buy, go for Nova.

Nova FTW!!!
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Trebuchet is very simple, offers nothing but speed.
Nova is light too and has a lot of (really) great features that Trebuchet does not have. Nova isn't slow at all, but if you're not sure, try the free version first, you'll see

Nova, hands down! hidden dock and gestures, I love the gesture feature! I have my settings, app drawer, dock, nova settings set up with nova's gesture feature. It took a bit to get used but I can't think of living without it now....
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Nova.
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Really Nova better?
Really guys? Nova is better?
any stuff in particular that nova has that the other one doenst?

I personally like Apex much more than Nova.
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I think Apex is better than Nova because its theme can be changed according to CM10.1 theme or Icon pack .. nova only allows changing the icons
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Ahmad H Storm said:
I think Apex is better than Nova because its theme can be changed according to CM10.1 theme or Icon pack .. nova only allows changing the icons
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also they have the same exact options ... the only option that nova has and apex hasn't is "Overlap when placing" .. or at least that is what i think

I personally prefer Nove. But my advice is: try both out. Nobody can tell you which launcher fits the most in the way you use your phone and which features you use or not.
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Nova apex trebu.. all are good. nova and apex paid versions offer a lot of custom options.. trebu does not have so many features..
and as far as lag or shutter is concerned it mostly depends on your hardware.. on nexus 4 i you have not underclocked your device oand/or dont have a lot of bloated apps installed no launcher should shutter...

I am using Nova Prime and i am really happy with it. It also features option to hide apps from app drawer which i was looking for for a while.

Nova launcher or Touchwiz

Hi people...im using nova launcher for a long time... in relation the battery is better option using touchwiz? Any another good launcher...?
What launcher you use?
thanks!
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tutufjv said:
Hi people...im using nova launcher for a long time... in relation the battery is better option using touchwiz? Any another good launcher...?
What launcher you use?
thanks!
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Well, there are many lauchers out there, in my opinion, Nova/Apex Launcher is the best one, because of it's customizability.
Touchwiz Launcher isn't bad, but there aren't much options to customize it, like larger app grid.
If you want to try a comletely new Launcher, you should try out Themer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer).

Agreed
Shad0wKn1ght93 said:
Well, there are many lauchers out there, in my opinion, Nova/Apex Launcher is the best one, because of it's customizability.
Touchwiz Launcher isn't bad, but there aren't much options to customize it, like larger app grid.
If you want to try a comletely new Launcher, you should try out Themer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer).
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Themer is quite good, but annoyed me that it has no "keep in memory" option, as I'd press home and wait for it to load. Currently I'm using, and loving, the Google Experience Launcher. Aviate is also quite good.

Nova launcher is my main primary launcher, it's speedy and timely updates. The customisation is excellent to although I use the prime version. I've got Apex as well but prefer Nova. Aviate as mentioned above is unique but still needs further development before I contemplate using it primarily.
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Best - Third Party Launcher

Post here which third party launcher you guys are using
I'm using inspire launcher & it works so smooth

Touchwiz ...and forever touchwiz

I usually use Google Launcher with Xposed GEL settings
but as for third party launchers, I prefer Inspire Launcher or Next Launcher
On a side note, "Best" anything threads are discouraged on XDA

Best ???, choose what you like most.
For me Nova Launcher works fine.

Nova paid..ultimate customized
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Nova Launcher :good: :angel:

Brada can you show some screenshots of your nova customization??
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Nova paid..ultimate customized
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I started using dodol launcher and am really enjoying it.

never looked into dodol launcher - will definately try that one
solomoninusa said:
I started using dodol launcher and am really enjoying it.
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GO launcher
i have searched NOVA launcher as best , but i find Go launcher nicer than Nova in some points like : I am not able to hide app like i can do in GO launcher, other like nice effect and icon in go launcher ( yes, you can install huge icon pack in go launcher).
:good: try go and Nova launcher and share your experience here.:good::good:
[ tried Dodol and themer beta, they have cool themes but i dont like those much ]

preferred launcher

What's everyone's preferred launcher for their s8? Looking for a replacement for stock or google now launcher. Thanks for the input!

Nova Launcher has been and probably always will be my go to. Here's what my home screen looks like right now

Nova Prime...

Nova Prime also.

Nova Launcher Prime is the best

ADW2

Nova Launcher

Nova Prime or Next Launcher are my 2 favorites...

Nova Prime +1

You're looking for a replacement that looks like Google Now launcher or switching from stock or Google now launcher? If you're looking for a launcher like stock then why not Google Now Launcher?

Nexus/Pixel launcher. Sooooo much smoother than TouchWiz launcher. It's sad because the TW launcher looks wise is awesome now but animations are sometimes laggy, closing the Samsung browser has horrible lag in the animation.
If someone could edit the TW home.apk to have the same animations and buttery smooth like the pixel launcher that would be awesome! I'd be willing to donate towards the effort. I downloaded + installed Android studio but haven't really messed with it a lot yet.
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I've been using Apex for a few years, but Nova is starting to tweak my interest
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nova prime....for years yet..[emoji1] [emoji106]
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atvking said:
Nova Launcher has been and probably always will be my go to. Here's what my home screen looks like right now
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Very nice arrangement. Can you share the icon pack name?

Nova Prime gets my vote as well.

I use Nova prime. Tried the stock launcher for a while and it was okay but I couldn't stick with it.

I've been using Action Launcher and really enjoying it.

Evie launcher as it's small light weight and very smooth.

ayhamkh said:
Very nice arrangement. Can you share the icon pack name?
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Thanks, the icon pack is Spheroid. The weather widget is custom made in Zooper Pro. The search/date widget is included in Nova Launcher.

strker45 said:
What's everyone's preferred launcher for their s8? Looking for a replacement for stock or google now launcher. Thanks for the input!
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Nova launcher, so far the best

Custom Launchers, Full Screen or Letterbox?

Has anyone tried using custom launchers like Nova on the Essential? Do they use the full screen or do they letterbox around the camera like apps that haven't been updated tend to?

bump.....this is an excellent question I didnt think of. If someone could try action launcher it would be appreciated!!!

Nova and Action Launcher both are not full screen.

bretrick30 said:
Nova and Action Launcher both are not full screen.
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Neither is the pixel launcher port

graffixnyc said:
Neither is the pixel launcher port
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You just killed any excitement I had for this phone. Nova is an automatic install for me. It may take them several months to update

Yup, nothing is full screen right now. Just the stock Essential launcher which is pretty terrible and has virtually no settings.

Isn't the stock launcher literally Essentials own port of the Pixel launcher?

IM0001 said:
Isn't the stock launcher literally Essentials own port of the Pixel launcher?
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Probably fork of launcher3 from aosp
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slothdabski said:
Probably fork of launcher3 from aosp
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Which is the same launcher I am using on my U11 right now instead of Sense.
Love it. Simple, fast, smooth.

worldsoutro said:
You just killed any excitement I had for this phone. Nova is an automatic install for me. It may take them several months to update
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They will fix it in no time..

I'm not too sure it's something that Nova can fix. I just received this email response from them when I inquired about it.
Hello,
This is a bug on their end that we are hoping to have a work around for at some point in the future.
Please contact us using Nova Settings -> Contact Support. This helps us help you better!
Answers to your questions are often found in the FAQ's: https://help.teslacoilapps.com/faq

I have an HTC U11 and own the paid version of the Shortcutter app by LeeDrOiD. I've installed it on my PH1 and it's giving me a few more features such as custom quicksettings tiles and a sidebar. I have enabled his version of night mode which adds some red to the screen. It's gonna have to tide me over until we get root and custom launchers etc. rolling.
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Arrow launcher is not full screen either.
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what about lawnchair? anyone tried?
I want to increase my grid size to 7 by 5 and stock launcher just has 0 customization!

Did anyone who installed a different launcher have any issues switching back to the stock Essential launcher (Launcher3)? I tried Action Launcher and after seeing that it was not full screen I switched back to Launcher3. However, Launcher3 won't run now - it keeps crashing. I tried uninstalling Action Launcher and rebooting but neither helped. I'm stuck on Action Launcher now because the stock launcher crashes before loading the home screen. Any advice? Anyone have the stock launcher apk?
UPDATE - I got it working again by clearing the cache and data for the app. I just have to set it back up with my preferred apps & widgets again.

What sucks is that the the status bar size is HUGE!! I tried many apps for status bar overlay but doesn't work with custom launcher. Pretty stupid of Essential!

varun.gid said:
What sucks is that the the status bar size is HUGE!! I tried many apps for status bar overlay but doesn't work with custom launcher. Pretty stupid of Essential!
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That doesn't have anything to do with essential, the custom launcher developers have to update their launchers to work with essential phone.
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I sent an enhancement request to Nova and they responded with the following:
"Essential has made it that only apps that are whitelisted will use the full screen. You would need to contact them directly."
Looks like we all need to be submitting requests to Essential. Seems to be a stupid decision on their part.

tigercranestyle said:
folks of you want to use custom launchers, it takes about 60 seconds to submit a request here:
https://support.essential.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
one thing android has always been better than ios at is customization. with this phone we can't say that. fill out the request, please. include the name of the apps... nova launcher, action, lawnchair, etc.
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Thanks. Just submitted asking to whitelist Arrow Launcher.
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Ahh the joys of beta testing