What launcher are you using?

Darkax · Jul 17, 2012

A question about launchers; do they make phone consume more battery?

Krunk83 · Jul 17, 2012

Apex. Best battery usage compared to GO, Nova, ADW as well as best ICS experience. I need gestures and scrollable dock.

DILands · Jul 17, 2012

Guys - if you answer - please try to ad a "why" - will make it much more useful.

Right now, I'm on stock. The only negative (IMHO) is that it only works in portrait. I tried Nova - really didn't like it (although I may not have gotten deep enough in it) and switched back.

Optimus Prune · Jul 17, 2012

After using GO and Apex for the past couple days, I purchased Apex Pro. They are very close to each other and I will probably bounce back and forth between the two. I liked that upgrading to Pro on Apex gave me a set of unlocked features that were very easy to understand. Go has a whole bunch of modules that can be downloaded or not, some paid and some free. I couldn't quite figure out how much my out-of-pocket cost was going to be for the features I wanted.

I like that Apex Pro not only supports Apex themes, but GO and ADW themes as well. One thing I do not like about Apex is I cannot figure out a way to hide apps in the app drawer ; something that even stock TouchWiz does easily.

diirk · Jul 17, 2012

I messed with Go and wasn't too happy with it. Back to running TW. Will try something esle when I get bored. I had ADW on my DX, sometimes, but usually just ran stock GB.

jazztalker · Jul 17, 2012

Darkax said:
A question about launchers; do they make phone consume more battery?

I'm curious on this as well, would love some more feedback from people who have used multiple launchers on the same phone.

I tried Go on my old phone, and really liked it, but it seemed to suck the life out of my battery.

stonesthrow · Jul 17, 2012

Optimus Prune said:
After using GO and Apex for the past couple days, I purchased Apex Pro. They are very close to each other and I will probably bounce back and forth between the two. I liked that upgrading to Pro on Apex gave me a set of unlocked features that were very easy to understand. Go has a whole bunch of modules that can be downloaded or not, some paid and some free. I couldn't quite figure out how much my out-of-pocket cost was going to be for the features I wanted.

I like that Apex Pro not only supports Apex themes, but GO and ADW themes as well. One thing I do not like about Apex is I cannot figure out a way to hide apps in the app drawer ; something that even stock TouchWiz does easily.

Apex settings > App drawer > Hidden apps

Sandroidfan · Jul 17, 2012

jazztalker said:
I'm curious on this as well, would love some more feedback from people who have used multiple launchers on the same phone.

I tried Go on my old phone, and really liked it, but it seemed to suck the life out of my battery.

Go is a bit heavy on memory and battery. Apex seems to be the lightest one with minimum impact on memory, battery for ICS but pretty fast and smooth.

craighwk · Jul 17, 2012

Using Apex because I"ve found it to be the fastest launcher out there. Nova is good too, but Apex is my main. The stock TW launcher is good, but Apex gives me additional features I really like.

shellbell1471 · Jul 17, 2012

I'm using tsf shell. It looks Fab, smooth slides from screen to screen. Just. Love it.

jimingo · Jul 17, 2012

I know Go contacts has push ads. Just download all the ones you wsnt, scan with "addon detector" and delete the guilty apps. As long as Go keeps it BS free I will be a fan.

ouch1976 · Jul 17, 2012

How is this possible? I'm the only one that uses ADW? I've tried other launchers and I keep coming back to ADW. What am I missing?

t35rk · Jul 17, 2012

ouch1976 said:
How is this possible? I'm the only one that uses ADW? I've tried other launchers and I keep coming back to ADW. What am I missing?

Does ADW allow for one touch calling and one touch messaging from a widget on the GS3's home screen?

mikewilliams66 · Jul 17, 2012

Ok have to update. Just got Go Launcher EX and I have to say so far I love it! It uses a good bit of storage but so far I think it's worth it

joggy · Jul 17, 2012

Do either Apex or Nova allow for customizing of the home button (ex. change double press to call Google Voice search in place of S Voice)?

tonestert · Jul 17, 2012

This is probably a dumb question but will it cause any problems to have launchers like Apex, Nova, & Go all installed at them same time to try them out?

Optimus Prune · Jul 17, 2012

stonesthrow said:
Apex settings > App drawer > Hidden apps

Well flipping A! It was right at the freaking top! I have been in that menu a half dozen times looking for it and I missed it every single time because it is the very first freaking thing.

Thanks mate.

KupKrazy · Jul 17, 2012

tonestert said:
This is probably a dumb question but will it cause any problems to have launchers like Apex, Nova, & Go all installed at them same time to try them out?

It shouldn't. I had ADW and Go installed simultaneously for a while and was switching back and forth between those two and TouchWiz to decide what I wanted and there was no issue. Get Home Switcher to make the switch easier.

KupKrazy · Jul 17, 2012

ouch1976 said:
How is this possible? I'm the only one that uses ADW? I've tried other launchers and I keep coming back to ADW. What am I missing?

LOL, either you're missing out on a lot or your fricken way ahead of the pack.

I am also surprised so few people use Go Launcher! I've been using that since my HTC Inspire days.

jkoch2272 · Jul 17, 2012

I have been using Go because I used it on my DX. I still like it, but I'm not sure I understand why people are so set on nova or apex. I have tried each a little but don't see any differences or advantages of them over Go. Could someone please explain why each of these are better? Other than they were made for ICS

t35rk · Jul 17, 2012

jkoch2272 said:
I have been using Go because I used it on my DX. I still like it, but I'm not sure I understand why people are so set on nova or apex. I have tried each a little but don't see any differences or advantages of them over Go. Could someone please explain why each of these are better? Other than they were made for ICS

I want one touch dialing widgets and one touch messaging widgets. Nova and Apex offer those. Some others just pull up the contact when you press the widget requiring you to press a second time for a call or to type a message. How does Go handle this task?

mpavlansky · Jul 17, 2012

I was a huge fan of Go Launcher for my DX, but when I loaded it on my G3, I was disappointed. I ran Go, Apex, and Touch wiz, and decided to uninstall Go, it had limitations on the scrolling dock that irked me. I'm finding that for me, Apex most closely resembles what I had on my DX, so for now I'm running it. I'd run Touch wiz if it had a scrollalble dock.

ouch1976 · Jul 18, 2012

t35rk said:
Does ADW allow for one touch calling and one touch messaging from a widget on the GS3's home screen?

I don't really understand the question? You can add a direct dial and/or direct message shortcut onto a home screen if that's what you mean. But I don't think that has anything to do with the launcher. Isn't that a stock feature?

rushmore · Jul 18, 2012

I prefer Nova over Wiz due to being able to save settings, increase icons per page, landscape mode and mass app adds to folders (nice), short cuts, plus other options not in Wiz.

Prefer Nova over Apex since Nova has mass app add to folders in the free version. I will buy Nova if I stick with it. Added: Probably will stick with it. IMO, much better than Wiz.

ouch1976 · Jul 18, 2012

I think there are a few things that are pretty surprising in this poll, the first of which is that so many people are using Touch Wiz. I would've assumed that people on this forum are more "techy" by nature and would be more inclined to customize their phone.

While I think Touch Wiz is ok, I can't stand not being able to change my icons, the # of columns and rows, the screen transitions, app drawer settings, etc...

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