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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] XaryPi:
Hm... I'm actually using Arikui Launcher as my standard launcher which is really fast and smooth and is kinda like Windows Phone with tiles and to scroll vertikal but you can also add pages like normal Android UI. So you have pages to scroll etc. And it gets still updated. Also you can send an email to the developer with features you want to see implemented and he will add them if they are good. (I suggested to be able to select different colors for each tile and today there was an update with this feature (; )

Also other Launcher installed but not using them:

MiHome (MIUI Launcher), Atom Launcher (installed today. Seems to be really good!) OdinHome (Again like WPhone), SFLauncher (most special launcher I've seen in time... This launcher adaptated the Google Now design to a launcher. Seems very interesting!), And another WPhone styled Launcher: Tile Launcher Beta.. Also very good. imo.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sars89:
for me, am using go launcher ,and i love it ;),

i tried so many launchers, all have their pros and cons, but go launcher is superior 'cuz it has own amazing widgets , alots of features that others don't have and alots of customizations such as themes plugins... etc.

it's THE BEST

=)

Momen Sars
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] smeddy:
TSF Shell is perfect. The pendant widgets, the rotating icons, the slick smoothness... It all combines to make it a launcher like no other.

If I'm forced away from it, then Nova is the best traditional launcher in terms of smoothness/features (and as I'm temporarily on my S2, it's what I'm using).

But TSF is worth it. I just wish there was a proper trial or a cheaper price, as you need to spend a good hour or two figuring out the possibilities to make it your own.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TheNoticer:
AW: Best replacement launcher for Note

trebuchet from CM or TouchWiz 5
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] billydeanb:
for me,nova launcher prime is the best. it is really smooth.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MichelFell:
AW: Best replacement launcher for Note

For me, TFS Shell Louncher is the best.

Groove michel

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] raj.neo:
Have tried most of the launchers....

But kept coming back to Nova Prime :)

Was on TSF for quite a while though. But eventually the simplicity and usefulness of Nova Prime brought me back :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] contrabram:
MX Home little LAG, but i love the interface, littel bit look like GoLauncher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sreins:
AW: Best replacement launcher for Note

I love Nova launcher prime. Has the best from all other. ;)

Sheers

Sven

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jayant2204:
Tsf shell
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
SF Launcher for me. Looks really good on the Note :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] delacius:
Is it truth that launchers drain a lot of battery. Had one before and it was not that smooth and drained battery, back then ICS worked much better.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] UncleManuel:
A couple of days ago I tried SPB Shell 3D again and it works surprisingly fine! The launcher itself runs smoothly, the only lags are coming from the ROM itself (JB 4.1.2). Battery drain is superb: 10mA in standby (5mA in flightmode). No hickups or major bugs so far... :good:

But it has to be clearly said: The 3D launchers are toys for optical pleasure, there are more practical launchers out there (f.e. Nova launcher)... ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] indrajatmiko:
alternatively i use go Launcher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
I think there are three kinds of launchers. First enhancement launchers, then 3d launchers and some built totally on creative new concept. For me they represent business wear, party wear and Holiday wear. Apex, nova, adw give you most wanted customisation denied in stock launcher. But they keep basic functionality same. Most of them will give you stability, lesser memory dependency and lower battery drain. My experience of apex and nova is very good. So they are very good for day to day use, like business wear. Launchers like tsf shell provide you with a complete new experience and truly use phone capabilities to maximum. But most of these launchers in there quest of providing 3d experience don't have very basic requirements. They are a treat, but not for everyday use. Launchers like sslauncher and atom will stretch creativity in a totally different environment and they provide you with a pleasing concept of novelty with complete control.

Its good to have steady one in each category installed. For regular use, business wear, I use apex and nova. For party wear, showing off at social occasions I use tsf shell. And on holidays and other occasions I use sslauncher. Seems working for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
I'm on ICS and my installation of nova doesn't retain the theme after a reboot. Does someone face this issue?

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-15 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsmix:
SPB Shell 3D..............Not at that price..................Apex or Nova mainly, open to suggestions with reasoning.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
Only nova.

Why? Because I bought it :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
From the number of downloads, go launcher is on number one, adw on two, nova, Holo and Regina 3d on third, apex on fourth and tsf and next, last. Without considering other launchers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
Go launcher is first because nova and apex are available only on ICS and above.

Adw for same reason. At least that's what I think. Tsf and next deserve that position.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gnammo:
I have nova on tablet and note and works very well! :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
Anyone?

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-15 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
Have you tried setting it as default launcher, and selecting aggressive desktop in nova settings?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
It's already the default launcher. I haven't tried the aggressive setting, and I will, but are you and others not facing this issue at all? It would be good to find out what's causing it.

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-15 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] incisivekeith:
I tried the aggressive settings. Nova Launcher does not retain the icons after a reboot. Are there any more suggestions? Also, how do I stop Nova from creating icons on the screen after installing an app?

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRK v11.2, LRK Modem, speedmod k3-15 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shintenkenX:
Flashed my Gnote w/ Asylum CM10.1, built in Nova launcher is ok but I tried Next launcher 3D and was more impressed, snappier, smoother and 99% lag free, plus I like the random effects :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] richterbelmont:
APEX

apex launcher for me is the best! been using it for 2 years and so far im still satisfied!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eyeoncomputers:
+1 for Apex launcher.

I like the stock UI feel and it has the option to cache the launcher in the memory, so there is no lag when using it or when returning to the launcher from an app or game.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] _terror_:
Smart Home, or smart launcher.. don't really remember haha. It's very clean and fast. clean home screen without any icons, then just swipe to the right from the left side of the screen to bring up the menu. Supports both landscape and portrait. I love it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yslee:
Answering my own question: Launcher Pro works great. Only slowdown for me is when the app drawer comes up. Setting the app drawer launch animation speed to 10 disables the animation, therefore the lag.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
ive tried go launcher EX for a while and yes i had lag flipping thu screens :( , anyone knows a way to resolve it properly ?

thx
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bobanovicz:
There is no way to resolve this in my opinion for any alternative launchers.

We must wait for update with support Note screen resolution and density.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
Go launcher EX lag resolved

ive found the solution in another thread , i didnt try it my self yet ,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19110674&postcount=11

UPDATE : the above link suggestion didnt really "solve" the screen transition lag , it reduced it a bit but its still annoyingly laggy :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] epicfailguy2:
I hope Launcher 7 gets adapated for the note with 3 ROWS of tiles soon ! I can't wait.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] psionic11:
Regina 3D Launcher successfully uses the S Memo widget.

Here's what I like about Regina 3D:

- different wallpaper for each homescreen (up to 7)

- nice 3D effects

- nice app drawer (numbered pages)

- folder within folders!

- icons not locked to 5x5 grid (finer grid resolution)

- password-protected Secret Workspace (3 more hidden homescreens)

Here's what could be better:

- snappier response

- live wallpaper support (still works on lockscreen though)

- support for landscape mode

- more dock shortcuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WE7TGziT0
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] robmeik:
SPB Mobile Shell update

This launcher has been updated and now you can alter the size of the Android widgets!! It is a great alternative and it seems to make the Note even snappier all round, from responsiveness to opening and scrolling through the screens - a great alternative to TW!! :)

Some of the SPB widgets are excellent too!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] BerreZ:
Launcher Pro

I've tried some launcher and by far the most responsive and tweakable is Launcher Pro.You only lose some Samsung Widget.

For a smooth scroling trouch pages you have to set memory usage to low.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cr4z33:
GO Launcher EX and its ICS theme.

I don't need anything else. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] easycure1974:
Tried it again but I still think it lags to much compared to my old SGS II :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
ADW ex still lags here , even after i disable scrolling cache , it gets a bit smoother if i disable scrolling wallpaper too but still laggy on 5*5 screen transitions with many widgets :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] titus1:
I've had GO Launcher EX, LauncherPro Plus and ADW EX installed on my Note...

But I'm using QQ Launcher Pro. Downside is...it doesn't have the widgets that comes with GO, LPP & ADW like messages contacts etc. And it doesn't have many themes like the other Launchers. But thank goodness, the Colorized Widgets works in QQ.

But one good thing about the QQ that it has a widget named "Quick switch" that includes the functionality to lock the Screen.

The best screen effects are (at least for me) Classic (NO rollback) & Cascade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DMax99:
hmmm... I'm using the same launcher (tab version) and its perfectly fast. disabling the scrolling cache actually lags mine up, so I just left it at auto, and it works really well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] surflien:
yes. especially you freeze the Touchwiz via Ti backup. and you got more free ram.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
I get lags with ADW Ex as well if u use anything other than the normal transition.. Probably the only way for ADW Ex or any launcher not to lag is to call on the 2nd CPU to perform Real time priority rendering instead of reading on the main thread.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mdalacu:
You can set priority on thread level not un cpu number.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cryptkilleronline:
Spb shell 3d launcher

Hi,

i use spb shell 3d in tablet mode and love the size of the icons, but find it leaves a border top and bottom as if the actual 3d windows cant stretch to the 1280x800 resolution of the note....

please see att pics

Is there anyway to get the icons this small using twlauncher

or correct spb shell to resize to the resolution of the note ?

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] galaa:
does using launchers lag the phone?

I used launchers with my Desire HD and it lagged after prolong usage, and end up I deleted it and switched back to HTC Sense.

Wonder if Note will face the same issue...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cenkaetaya:
hey do you guys know the difference between Go launcher and ADW?

i am a big ADW fan but not sure what the difference really is....

also do you guys use stock adw settings or tweak them for best performance? i usually disable all animations and things to make it run super fast.

i have my settings saved here: http://cenka.net/androidsettings.php

i dont know if you guys are getting lag with all the transitions / effects; have you tried turning them all off?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] GALAXYNOTE:
check out this launcher from China

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU

looks amazing
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] remixtech:
So TouchWizz is the only launcher wich don't lag actually?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] qazzi76:
I'm beginning to think that this is the case...

I get Lags on every single Launcher i've tried (LP, ADWEX, Go Launcher) Even at 1704mhz performance governor with abyssnote kernel 1.1, 1.2 and 2.0

The only launchers I've tried that have no lag at all are touchwiz and spb launcher both of which don't support scrolling widgets...

It's quite irritating...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eliashadow:
We must wait until launcher devs make their launchers to fit in our resolution.Nothing else we can do...

Btw today released one of these lunchers (launcher7) but its not in my taste...

Anyone want to try it,there are not lugs at all...;)

https://market.android.com/details?id=info.tikusoft.launcher7
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] StNickZA:
Just thought I'd add my two cents...

I use LauncherPro, primarily because its what I have used since the days of my HTC Hero, and I still find it to be the most responsive launcher I have tried. As others have noted, the opening animation for the App Drawer is slow, so I've set the speed to 10, which essentially disables that animation. All other animations / movements are super-slick and smooth.

Support for scrolling and resizable widgets is probably the biggest thing stopping me from going back to TW.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
To fluid to good to be true, and I think it was not on a phone cpu the demo they made to many animation without a hikup. Or it was the shell without having anything else running on the phone, only shortcuts ;-) except the apps required for the demo.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fadishehadeh:
Launcher pro + set memory use to low = no lag anymore
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hazem77:
SPB Shell works perfectly in tablet mode... no lag at all, although i hope they will enlarge font just a little bit...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lolcat12:
How do you set the memory?

done it in preferences .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maniacscorpio:
Try MX Home .... You will love it on BIG screen
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] denialnw10:
Bought adw ex when I saw it for 10p on the Google billion app sale. The best 10p I ever spent! It is a lit better than the freeversion and after following James Harrisons 3D UI guide it runs like a dream!

Go launcher was good for free, but the lag was tricolours after a while. I have absolutely no lag now with adw ex.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lucian777:
Go launcher ex.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kanej2006:
If you want the best & the QUICKEST go for LauncherPro
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bOFFE:
Launcher7

Launcher7 gives me what I want on my big screen. A clean fresh look with big icons. No mess and waste of space:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kanej2006:
This is strange, at first Windows 7 would not work properly. When pressing the menu it would not respond. It was basically unusable and unresponsive. This was the free version.

However, when trying the Launcher 7 donate edition it WORKED perfectly!

I have just one problem, how to make it as good looking as yours. Could you please guide me on how to add windows and change the picture/preview?

I'd like to add some other windows such as gallery, games, etc. Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alexchan.ccs:
I followed James Harrisons' guide too.

His extended use of folder grouping reduced the lag (only put minimal icon on each screen). Result less icon blocking those eyes candy wallpaper, at the same time improved the screen render speed(less icon less lag).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] skymota:
+1 Go Launcher EX
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
Go Launcher

Another +1 with go launcher.

Used it on the streak, works fine on the Note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Namuh:
Where can I find James Harrisons Guide for ADW Ex you guys are talking about?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] evil-doer:
me too with go launcher, works excellently with the note. also on my touchpad now as well, now that it supports tablets better.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] silvehosszu:
I dont know. Tried every launcher, Launcher Pro, ADW, GO Launcher, SPB Shell; tried 3 different roms (KKA Stock, KL3 rooted, Rocket Rom v11), tried to set transitions to fast from spare parts + but have no luck with the app drawer. When ever I enter or exit from the app drawer everything is choppy and slugish.

Only the stock launcher (TW) does not exhibit this kind of behaviour. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] marcob1:
After trying them all (believe it or not), I'm with Launcher Pro, old but fine, just like good wine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kanej2006:
Same here bro, EVERY launcher lagged apart from only 3 which are:

SPD Shell 3D

Launcher 7

LauncherPro

After trying out all three I decided to stick with LauncherPro for the following reasons:

1 - It's the smoothest of the bunch

2 - Best for battery.

3 - Interface & ease of use
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] qazzi76:
If you have Lags you're not using the latest ROM KL7

KL7 has removed the laggy behaviour on all Launchers for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jlarsson1978:
What is regarded as lag is a very subjective thing. I can say that with KL7 and the latest update of Go Launcher EX, I am experiencing just a little lag (Go Launcher EX has the least lag of all custom launchers). But there is still noticable lag, even with fully charged battery and everything set to fast. I think this is partly affected by which widgets you use. I have two different weather widgets at the center homescreen and one FB widget on the next one to the right. Those two screens lag the most when doing the transitions - however all screens lag sometimes.

EDIT: Just downloaded Launcher Pro which I haven't tried for a while - wow that is really smooth!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nijai:
been using go launcher since day 1.loved it very much
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] juiceppc:
I agree that most launchers are laggy. LauncherPro is not however. But I like the folder preview view in ADWex. Does LaucherPro paid version offer this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alexchan.ccs:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353227

NOTE DEMO:

Amazing Galaxy Note Mods!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJKzmLHmCk&list=UU4QZ_LsYcvcq7qOsOhpAX4A&index=2&feature=plcp

GUIDE:

(3D UI Tutorial) How To Make Your Android Phone Interesting. (Galaxy Note)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17cSpKUdJcI&feature=BFa&list=UU4QZ_LsYcvcq7qOsOhpAX4A&lf=plcp

Make Iphone's Jealous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yqFSr7J5I&list=UU4QZ_LsYcvcq7qOsOhpAX4A&index=1&feature=plcp

My homework follow James' tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UehLlsOj7rM
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] julian071:
Tried both Go Launcher Ex and LauncherPro, because I want to use this device in landscape only. I use scrollable widgets for social media, calendar and mail.

Both are good, excellent even. Go is free, LaucherPro is not. Go is slightly slower in drawing the screen and in scrolling the widgets, and much slower in the app drawer. TW is faster then both, tho LauncherPro comes close.

I also like about LauncherPro that you can adjust the number of columns on your home screen. Together with a lower DPI you can really fit a lot of icons. I also like that the social media widgets show a preview of pictures and video's, look really nice. With Go that needed one extra click on the post.

In the end I chose LauncherPro because of the speed and the nice (resizable) widgets.

I had best performance when letting LauncherPro use lots of memory, instead of not to much as is advised elsewhere in this thread.

If you turn on high quality scrolling (did not notice a performance impact), also hardly any banding when scrolling.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pantweb:
Zeam Launcher

Minimal, really minimal, but nice options to enable home screen rotation, customize number of icons and screens.

Really small memory footprint. From ~550MB just switched on to ~300MB.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] daredem:
SPB Shell 3d love it...

Go into home settings-experimental-change from tablet mode to phone mode...Icons will be normal size...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
ADW , Tocuwiz 4.5 on LC1

A little input from my side after moving to LC1 ,,,

First ADW has gone a lot lot smoother , so has touchwiz 4.5 which i have been using since day 1 on the note by making my own themes...

The app drawer in ADW is also behaving a lot smoother and it not lagging or anything ....

do try to get onto the latest LC1 and your experience will improve i reckon
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thehackersz:
tried ADW, Go Launcher... i'm not satisfied with the result. I'm using ZEAM and Stock for the best result.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
Umm are u on LC1?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
i'am on LC1 and using ADW whith no lags at all! Tryed GoLauncher and others but i thing ADW is the most customisable!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
yupp agreed,,,

alternatively i use Touchwiz 4.5 as well ,,, actually works quite nicely as well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maniacscorpio:
Guys try hi launcher it's awesome and free....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jp217p:
Try to use tw launcher. I went to that from go launcher because of its lag. Seems not as many features but by far its quicker.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zexco:
This TSF Shell is pretty slick looking nd fast
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kkg720:
Does anyone know how to get nova launcher working on the note?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] beestee:
I believe it needs ICS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] duncantjonat:
I tried the TW Launcher 4.5 also and it is indeed as smooth as the stock TW Launcher. Only a pity there is no real Note (tablet) version yet.

I am using the 360 Launcher now and must say it seems as smooth as the stock launcher also:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] marottejm2:
what rom do you have? becose launcher 360 its slow for me. realy laggi
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xperiax10.awesome:
Hi guys,

Anybody tried to use the xperia launcher on note???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] knightnz:
Go Launcher EX + Neon theme ftw.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android3220:
Launcher pro the smoothest for a fact. Try it out its free :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] knightnz:
Unfortunately he hasn't updated it in almost a year.

And it's not a "fact", if you want smooth then get "Zeam". It's not big on functionality, it's just fast and gets the job done.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Android3220:
Lol yes I might have gotten a lil over with the "fact" response :-P

I tried zeam doesn't feel faster is there some settings you changed?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] theadamt:
Go Launcher Ex +1

For the longest time Launcher Pro was my daily launcher regardless of which ROM I was using going back to my Samsung Vibrant days. And I still think it may be the smoothest/zippiest, but in virtually every other category Go Launcher Ex has surpassed it in my opinion. Just so many customization options along with basic functionality and it runs pretty smooth as well. Until there is some kind of upgrade to LP, it's going to have to take a back seat.