Help Home screen lag

sleedeane · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
So if you install Nova, the default launcher of the S3 will be replaced/overwritten?

Yes.
Go LauncherEx is also very popular.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

sleedeane said:
Yes.
Go LauncherEx is also very popular.

Which is better? The Nova or Go LauncherEx?

ylexot · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
So if you install Nova, the default launcher of the S3 will be replaced/overwritten?

Not really. Touchwiz well still be on the phone, you'll just use the other launcher instead.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

ylexot said:
Not really. Touchwiz well still be on the phone, you'll just use the other launcher instead.

But you can choose to remove the TW?

ylexot · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
But you can choose to remove the TW?

No.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

ylexot said:
No.

Can I switch between TW and Nova?

ylexot · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
Can I switch between TW and Nova?

Yes.

sleedeane · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
Which is better? The Nova or Go LauncherEx?

They are both very good.
I prefer GoLauncher.
Try both of them and see which one you like better.

fourther · Jul 2, 2012

Hmm unfortunately after a day of using Nova launcher.. I encounter the same stupid lag problems

Is this the phone or ICS?

Argh so annoying!

sleedeane · Jul 2, 2012

rjtim said:
Can I switch between TW and Nova?

Install "Home Switcher" from the market to switch between Nova, Go, and TW easily.

sergey · Jul 2, 2012

This is just part of Android in my experience. My Droid did this and my galaxy tab 10.1 does this. Different launchers won't do anything too significant. So get used to it until you get Jelly Bean.

The only real solution to this is Jelly Bean's Project Butter.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

fourther said:
Hmm unfortunately after a day of using Nova launcher.. I encounter the same stupid lag problems

Is this the phone or ICS?

Argh so annoying!

Me too. Though the lag is not as bad as in the TW (though not by much).

Doit2it · Jul 2, 2012

You might try Apex launcher also. I've used it with ICS ROMs on my Droid X and love it. VERY similar to Nova. Doesn't Apex or Nova have a "persistence" feature where it forces the launcher to stay in memory so there are no redraws? I know there's a warning in the settings where you activate it though. Sorry stock GB right now.

Sandroidfan · Jul 2, 2012

Are you guys talking about US or international version? The international version looks very snappy even with Touchwiz UX.

sergey · Jul 2, 2012

Sandroidfan said:
Are you guys talking about US or international version? The international version looks very snappy even with Touchwiz UX.

I imagine the US version. Phonedog did a comparison between the US (AT&T) with the 2gb ram & dual core snapdragon vs. the international version with the 1gb & quad core exynos and they said the international version had less issues with this.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

Sandroidfan said:
Are you guys talking about US or international version? The international version looks very snappy even with Touchwiz UX.

Mine is the international version. I'm from the Philippines.

rjtim · Jul 2, 2012

sleedeane said:
Install "Home Switcher" from the market to switch between Nova, Go, and TW easily.

When you set, for example, TW as the default, but select/launch Nova, when you press the home screen it reverts back to TW. Btw, I installed Home Switcher with Froyo. What is its difference with the standard HS?

Skeeter125 · Jul 2, 2012

sergey said:
I imagine the US version. Phonedog did a comparison between the US (AT&T) with the 2gb ram & dual core snapdragon vs. the international version with the 1gb & quad core exynos and they said the international version had less issues with this.

actually they said the US version was better for opening apps and that, the international was just a little smoother.

ylexot · Jul 3, 2012

rjtim said:
When you set, for example, TW as the default, but select/launch Nova, when you press the home screen it reverts back to TW. Btw, I installed Home Switcher with Froyo. What is its difference with the standard HS?

It's not "Home Switcher with Froyo", it is "Home Switcher for Froyo". Froyo is Android 2.2. You have Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). You should use the regular Home Switcher app.

FYI, here are the Android OS's:
1.5 - Cupcake
1.6 - Donut
2.0/2.1 - Eclair
2.2 - Froyo
2.3 - Gingrbread
3.0 - Honeycomb (tablet only)
4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich
4.1 - Jelly Bean (just released)

Deleted User · Jul 3, 2012

rmcf said:
Yeah this is definitely not s3 exclusive. It happens quite often on my Droid X and it annoys me like no other.

Not that I have a S3, yet, my DX is the same. Quite annoying. Hope the S3 isn't like that.

rjtim · Jul 3, 2012

ylexot said:
It's not "Home Switcher with Froyo", it is "Home Switcher for Froyo". Froyo is Android 2.2. You have Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). You should use the regular Home Switcher app.

Sorry about that. Thanks for the correction.

rjtim · Jul 3, 2012

I am having a problem with the Home Switcher, though. When I set TW as the default in Home Switcher, it still reverts back to Nova launcher when I press the Home key. How do you fix this? For those who have Home Switcher installed in their S3s.

aeiou · Jul 3, 2012

This seems to be an android problem. HTC seems to have this issue with Sense as well. I hate it with a passion. This is one of those things that a common person would think that they wouldve resolved by now. Looks more and more like I will be waiting to see what the iphone5 looks like before I make a decison between Evo LTE, GS3, and Iphone5. No need to rush and upgrade from the Evo if the latest and greatest androids still have the same old issues..smh..

Sandroidfan · Jul 3, 2012

aeiou said:
This seems to be an android problem. HTC seems to have this issue with Sense as well. I hate it with a passion. This is one of those things that a common person would think that they wouldve resolved by now. Looks more and more like I will be waiting to see what the iphone5 looks like before I make a decison between Evo LTE, GS3, and Iphone5. No need to rush and upgrade from the Evo if the latest and greatest androids still have the same old issues..smh..

ICS brought significant boost in UI speed/smoothness from GB. Also the current top phones are way more powerful than old Evo and upcoming Jelly Bean will bring additional speed bump over ICS. If you don't like TW or Sense, use Nova or Apex. They are very smooth.

You need to take thread like this with big grain of salt and try it out yourself before making judgement. If you are coming from old Evo, I'm pretty sure you will be blown away by screen speed of this phone.

mwatson · Jul 3, 2012

I installed nova and got the re draw just by exiting google play.

All launchers do it

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