Recommending Go Launcher (was "New Launcher!" and "Go Sms"))

Steven58 · Dec 20, 2010

bigtex19 said:
are there any like how to guides for using a launcher. i am totally clueless on how to use them but i am bored with my stock set up and would like something different.

I don't know of one but it it's fairly user friendly and you have us. Ask questions!

You can also ask the Dev, through twitter. His name is "GoLauncher".

bsdmom44 · Dec 20, 2010

GrandMasterB said:
Well, they really won me over today with that Christmas gift. I have been playing with Go Launcher and Pure widgets all day and I finally uninstalled LPP not long ago. I think I will be staying with Go for a while. There are so many parts reminiscent or MIUI (my favorite Incredible ROM) you can't help but fall in love with it.

GMB

Where'd the wallpaper go? I picked the Christmas style for the dock but can't find the wallpaper.

Napalm · Dec 20, 2010

I was on a ADW bandwagon for a while now. LPP left me wanting for various reasons.

Will give this one a test run some time.

What does GOSMS do that Handcent doesn't? why should I switch?

DoubleEagle · Dec 20, 2010

Trying go sms and can't figure out how to get my contact pictures to sync to my sms contacts. I have sync my pics app but really don't know what im doing wrong.

BurnsideAdmiral · Dec 20, 2010

I tried using my LP icons for my dock but they won't work? Really liked the worded LP icons and kinda sad I can't use them lol.

Steven58 · Dec 20, 2010

They don't work, because the dev says they are oversized.. I'm sure he'll fix it in an update. I like them too as I use Lekky's Tall Min. (don't judge me).

BurnsideAdmiral · Dec 20, 2010

No they were coming up blank earlier for some reason lol. I got it working now but you are correct they are a bit too big. A resizing and I'll be falling in love (if he gives a good calendar widget, that'd be sweet). I love the background on the app drawer. Nice personal touch.

rudybow · Dec 20, 2010

jbhumph said:
Widgets are your friend

For weather I use Beautiful Widgets which is a combo of weather and clock.

Sports...I like SportsTap...easily accessible info that won't drain your battery (ESPN Scorecenter was a battery drainer for me in the past)

Not sure about the news and calendar...I like the Jorte calendar but still miss my LPP calendar as I feel it is THE best out there personally. The news widget used eariler in this thread looks nice though.

Hope this helps!

That does help, especially the weather/clock widget. I thought I had seen several times on here that my phone had to be rooted to get that. Guess not, Sweet. I'll have to check out the sports and Jorte widgets.

I installed some calendar widget last night that looks decent but I'm having trouble syncing it to my calendar. Well the main problem was that I don't use any calendars, not on a computer anyway. It wouldn't let me add a note for Christmas Eve because I didn't have it synced. I started a Google calendar and went through the settings, seemed simple enough but it still wouldn't sync. I'll try this Jorte. Thanks humph.

droid_freak · Dec 20, 2010

Well I have to say I like the launcher however I am bummed that I can't put shortcuts to contacts on my screens. They FC every time

dyno · Dec 20, 2010

Does Go Launcher prevent your phone from sleeping? I just checked SpareParts and my phone has been awake all day... no wonder the battery has sucked. The only other change I made was installing "Agenda Widget".

MikeAce00 · Dec 21, 2010

Is there a way to get that Christmas wallpaper back?

pm1066 · Dec 21, 2010

32str8 said:
LauncherPro+ advantages (LauncherPro is free and does not have widgets or pop up gestures)
11. Backup option (important with complicated setups)

For backup, just backup Go Launcher with TiBu. On restore, it reconstructs everything except widgets--just like LPP's retore.

To me this is a huge advantage over LPP. LPP never properly restores from TiBu. Having a simple one stop shop for backup in TiBu versus having to go into LPP and try a backup is genius.

bsdmom44 · Dec 21, 2010

dyno said:
Does Go Launcher prevent your phone from sleeping? I just checked SpareParts and my phone has been awake all day... no wonder the battery has sucked. The only other change I made was installing "Agenda Widget".

Same issue here. It's killing my battery. Can't have it so I will freeze until a fix is made.

zandroidx · Dec 21, 2010

I switched from LP to Zeam a while ago, even though I paid for LP.
Zeam is super fast, and super stable. I'm just curious why everyone didn't switch to Zeam but did switch to this launcher when, aside from a tabbed app drawer, Zeam is at least as good if not better.

am2107 · Dec 21, 2010

GL has made a duplicate icon of about 12 apps in the app drawer...anyone else have this issue?

Trooper · Dec 21, 2010

zandroidx said:
I switched from LP to Zeam a while ago, even though I paid for LP.
Zeam is super fast, and super stable. I'm just curious why everyone didn't switch to Zeam but did switch to this launcher when, aside from a tabbed app drawer, Zeam is at least as good if not better.

Ive been thinking about trying that launcher, maybe I will check it out. Can you change the icons in the app drawer like LP?

Flying_Hellfish · Dec 21, 2010

Napalm said:
What does GOSMS do that Handcent doesn't? why should I switch?

I have used hancent since day 1 and I tried out GoSms yesterday. The biggest issue with GoSms for me is that it doesn't allow you to customize the alert for each contact like handcent does. (unless I missed that option somewhere)

LaZeR · Dec 21, 2010

Flying_Hellfish said:
I have used hancent since day 1 and I tried out GoSms yesterday. The biggest issue with GoSms for me is that it doesn't allow you to customize the alert for each contact like handcent does. (unless I missed that option somewhere)

True but I have found you can do that with Ringo.

Napalm · Dec 21, 2010

Flying_Hellfish said:
I have used hancent since day 1 and I tried out GoSms yesterday. The biggest issue with GoSms for me is that it doesn't allow you to customize the alert for each contact like handcent does. (unless I missed that option somewhere)

That's what I was thinking, I just couldn't see a reason to switch. Go launcher sounds interesting. But honestly the launcher isn't that big a deal to me. I have switched from blur home to ADW to LPP to ADW back to blur and forth.

So far honestly I like ADW the best, but I will give this one a try. I don't care so much about how it looks as opposed to how it performs. This is why I like ADW.

mikeydooodie · Dec 21, 2010

just switched to gosms so far so good. anyone try mms through it yet?

Steven58 · Dec 21, 2010

Yeah, I get pix all the time through gosms, it's fine.

32str8 · Dec 21, 2010

Phone notification icon on the dock bar not showing up on the go launcher phone icon. Anyone else having this problem?

32str8 · Dec 21, 2010

Anyone find out what Dock Switch in the dock settings does?

droid_freak · Dec 21, 2010

I have to say great customer support. Sent them an email about my contact issue and they are already on the fix within 12 hrs. Looks like I will test the Beta later tonight to see if the problem is fixed.

BurnsideAdmiral · Dec 22, 2010

It'd be really nice when I have it plugged into my dock to get a landscape version. Kind of a pain when I wake up to have to tilt my head sideways and try to use it just to read my text messages.

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