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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
Nova and Apex for me

Both Nova and Apex are great,,,i personally think Nova is more stable that Apex and doesn't FC's at all ...APex still has some issues ,,,Using Nova on Galaxy Note and Apex on Galaxy S2 btw....

on the flip side the new Apex Beta allows u to theme now as well...and that too using Go or ADW themes so that is a big plus from my side for Apex,,,looking forward to a stable version of Apex before i switch from Nova to Apex...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kcake:
Nova is pretty sucky compared to Apex. I find apex a whole lot smoother
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
care to elaborate why?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thehackersz:
Xperia S Launcher Serious Beast!

OP

Download Link
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
Did you install a ROM ?

cos im not able to get Ice Cream 4.0

on my Note yet :(

Anyone in India has got updates
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dentalguru:
most polished and flexible -go launcher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ywnmmsb:
Nope !!! the only choices you have are German ICS if you are not rooted.

If you are rooted you have multiple roms like cm9....

I am on stock German ICS no root with apex launcher as love the new ICS email app of samsung. The original ICS one is toooo white for me..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] iyousif:
Zeam FTW :)

Lite and fast!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SpyderTracks:
If you're a fan of win phone GUI (controversial I know) check out launcher 7 on play store. Tried many themes through other launchers like go launcher, and adw, but this one wins hands down for integration and support. Also very easy on battery which surprised me. Full live tile support as well, needs to be seen to be believed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
apex got updated today and i can feel it more fluid and smooth , less FCs (none yet) and lots of bug fixes... and guess what , THEME support now :D

gotta say they r doing a great work

Edit : actually im getting some redraws and force closes now (been playing around with the floating video app)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nessqn:
I need to lock screen with gesture(its difficult to do power button press on the note) and only Go Launcher offers it at present.

I tried Apex Launcher Pro and Nova Prime,but both lacks this feature.

I wrote to both developers regarding this:Apex replied to suggest it in feature request forum,Nova told to install a 3rd party app.

Also I had issues in installing Nova Prime,the pro features were not available after payment and had to mail developer to get a code...

Sticking to Go-Launcher for the gesture lock atleast for now,but i feel its bloated compared to Nova and Apex.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] toxicthunder:
i think widget locker can provide you with what you want.

---------- Post added at 06:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 PM ----------

Personally, if I renamed Apex to Nova and vice-versa you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.

So where and how does it suck for you?

---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

This is from a previous post I had made some time back.

Hope it helps. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
Also add Touchwiz 4.5 to the list works greta on my note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] trixie1961:
Best laucher for samsung galaxy note

I have had the samsung galaxy note for four weeks now and I think it is brilliant my electronic diary died on me after 15 years so when the note came out it was just what i wanted as i am used to using a pen.

I have downloaded the launcher dx it has so much going for it and I found it by going on youtube and watching the different launchers.

You can add loads of different widgets as well as folders and the app draw works like a genies lamp.

Hope this will be of use to you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] yees-no:
Apex launcher is the way to go !!

smooth and sexy simply is the best =)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mrlongshen:
I install about 7 launcher on my note. Lol :eek:

Sent using my Samsung galaxy note N7000 as a VVIP user in xda forum.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TomPiXX:
Nova

Gesendet von meinem GT-N7000 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jamir5:
tsf shell for me on gb.

apex for ics.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] oiwnos:
Go all the way

I find it suprising how Go launcher isn't mentioned.

They say because it is considered the one you can modify the most to be the havier . but this is a consern you will see in the xperia mini or at the most galaxy s1 forums...

I haven't met anyone using the endless capabilities of Go lancher and then swiching back to anything else...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
I have tried only 2 launchers, nova and apex both paid version. I prefer nova over apex. Nova is lot more stable and transition animations are lot more smooth. I couldn't stand laggy animations and random FC, also I love nova's app drawer with multiple scrolling tabs which apex I couldn't do.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] junialum:
I do it on Nova Launcher.

1. Download this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._result&rdid=com.katecca.screenofflock&rdot=1

2. Set your gesture to the program you downloaded.

3. Enjoy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mike208:
Does anyone know what font this is? Love the written look to it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mtmello:
Go launcher rocks but isnt in HD res... Apex and Nova have all in HD res...

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] liron_69:
ssLauncher the original v1.6.6 (current)

The best launcher ever for the note !!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
Hi

Which other Launcher has the option like APEX

where we can slide/scroll the bottom Icons & can have 7 icons in one row ?

Please
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DaBountyHunter:
I tried out Zeam after a recommendation on these forums. Very light weight and does what I require. Uses very little battery life too. Check it out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mike208:
I may have to try ssLauncher again. Tried it once on my evo, but I never took the time to really learn how to use it. Love the magazine style page transitions though
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
The Tv Style shut down is cool

Can we have that happen when it auto shuts ? (in 30 sec, time I have set)

or only will happen we hit the shut Icon ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] liron_69:
hi, give it another chance.

It's really simple to customize ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vegetables:
is there any launcher that doesnt lag ? besides tsf shell

Sent from my Egyptian Galaxy Note - RR7
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] violentgoomba:
SS Launcher by far the most flexible launcher I have ever tried. I was able to get a 3 column windows phone style interface (launcher 7 only supports 2 columns) with small-med-large tiles (you can specify dimensions)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartoi:
3rd party launchers seem to lag on touchwiz roms. Apex runs so much smoother on PA.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nanboo:
Ask the landlord of this transmitter is suitable for all ICS
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vegetables:
hope i get an answer

Sent from my Egyptian Galaxy Note - RR7
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lifehijack:
Try Nova Launcher if you're on ICS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DroidModder:
Try out Apex Launcher if on ICS. It offers a lot of customization

Droid Syndicate

Leader/Founder
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Nemus Launcher.

You can sort apps like system apps + downloaded app + developer

So all my google apps are grouped and sorted alphabetically.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Nova Launchers is good, but kind of laggy and doesn't have SMS Notifications without Prime which costs money.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DroidModder:
Yeah I had Nova Running when I installed aokp and I uninstalled it and loaded a TW5 launcher

Droid Syndicate

Leader/Founder
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Nova launcher prime is the best
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
Nobody beats APEX :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] niks10:
I love Apex, but it hangs on my UK GT-N700 Stock (Upgraded to ICS)

I have then switched to Nova Launcher and not a single hang, so far.

I like Apex though, and I use it on my Tab.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] oraserk:
found Atom launcher and giving it a try. until now all seems smooth enough, thou cant change icons on the screen as with Apex and others. somehow got lags with Apex :-$
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
I like Apex we can make 7 icons in the row

can Nova or any other Launcher do that

Please let me know so i can try them

Thank you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] criminalz:
Using atom launcher, used to be nemus but better buildt for ics.

Fantastic launcher, scarily fast and low mem. Also able to use theme for go launcher.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
Launcher Pro here, never had an issue.:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
Sure you can do that with Nova.

When in the Nova settings, hold volume down-button and a setting named Labs will show.

If you want to remove the Labs-setting, just hold volume up.

Tapatalked from Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
abandoned apex bcos it hangs and goes into that black screen many times , switched to nova since a month now , its got everything on apex and may be more and i like it very very much , highly recommended , never hanged a single time with me and its very smooth (occasional lag happens but not a big deal) , support is great with constant developing and updates.

thx for that volume button labs menu tip , never knew they had such a potential in settings :) , very nicely developed app.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alexhan:
When i use APEX in my mobile (Galaxy Note, N7000, ICS 4.0.4 from SamMobile) the Widgets for calendar simply disappear from the widgets options, after i uninstall the APEX, this widgets back to options, any help about it?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
Its Nice

but,

When I set Rows

I went in Settings/Desktop/Desktop Grid/

the background wallper doesnt scroll with the 5pg, its becomes a still wapper

I have to set default launcher & then set Nova again & then it works

then it scrolls with the pages i have

Hope you understand what i mean :)

also feel battery drain or am i imaging it

Thanks i
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nerobot:
I've tried a couple but I have to say my favorite is Go Launcher.

To me seems very smooth and I use the double tap gesture a lot.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tariqsaleem:
have tried a few and currently using Nova Launcher, its running pretty smooth for me. I like how I apply Go Launcher and ADW themes while keeping the performance improvement that I get by using this launcher.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LAKAME_MAN:
my ideal launcher would be:

touchwiz with landscape mode+ hidable apps (hidable?? you know what I mean) + resizable widgets.

Anything similar?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DroidModder:
Or look at just regular old GO LAUNCHER LOL!!

Droid Syndicate

Leader/Founder
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hmtsjmftsch:
Because it was mentioned somewhere in this thread, today I decided to try atom launcher. It's brilliant! So much faster and more fluent than Apex or Nova, which I tried before (for me at least). Out of those two nova worked best for me, but its now replaced by atom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Just installed Atom Launcher. I'm loving the Alphabetical A-Z drawer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] linker3000:
I've removed all Go apps as they have slipped push ads into a couple (like Go Contacts) and they turn up in the status bar like SMS messages. Currently using Holo Launcher from the store, on stock GB
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] darthvedor:
TSF Shell really fast and beautiful. Lots of customization and few amazing widgets !!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
You're welcome :p

In Nova Settings/Desktop/ there is a setting under the "Scroll"-section named "Wallpaper Scrolling". There you manage how wallpapers will scroll :)

About battery draining, I don't have a huge battery draining since I am using stock 4.0.4 and not 4.0.3 :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pakkredd:
SPB shell 3d it's fantastic for me :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] debernardis:
Imho all launchers are more or less the same... Boring! Need some fresh idea.

I'd happily use a launcher with two buttons, one like the windows start button, with drop-down menus and submenus to categorize my apps; the other to open a tiny window with running apps, recent apps, and some fixed app.

Maybe a third button with most used contacts.

The rest of the available space, reserved for widgets.

Could it be done?

Carefully crafted on my Galaxy Note, for your eyes only :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nipuna:
Apex is awesome on 4.0.4.. No lags or issues. Oh and i dont use any touchwiz stuff, widgets, hubs.. Infact ive removed all dat crap. 7 screens wit apw and other widgets, folders n widgets in dock.. Apex is mighty fine!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] abhinav quietly brilliant:
+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jenizaro:
Apex Launcher Pro (Cube Out transition effect) + Multipicture LWP (Cube Out transition effect) = Yeah thats it! :victory:

TSF Shell is expensive but smooth and promising with new updates. I believe there will be more widgets available in future ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kwamena:
Nova launcher prime is the ultimate. It makes the note really fast. I love it
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eroracing:
I use MX Home Launcher with dashboard theme. Its completely different than your normal launcher but cool as hell to show off the note!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilordvader:
Thanks you :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thedid63:
Hi, SS LAUNCHER :the Best for G.Note... ;-)

Envoyé depuis mon GT-N7000 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] prodnus:
Apex launcher is very smooth for me on KingDroid 5.1 with CleaNote V4 :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anjath:
this is getting confusing.. let's have a poll to see which is the most preferred launcher :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] becosemsaida:
After reading this thread with some atention i installed APEX pro version, first days no lags, no problems nothing what could indicate a problem. Then came the update to 4.0.4 and although i flashed trough KIES and preserved my settings and lay-out APEX was starting to lag and stutter. Re-installed and same thing, returning from an app to homescreen could take about 20s, some forceclosing started to happen. Since i disabled completly TW this was very confusing for the note and started to have to do resets. Got confused with it and did a hard reset on my note, installed APEX again, configured the device and....... same problems, lags and force closings. Sorry to say that i deleted APEX and now i installed NOVA Prime.... for 3 days i have it installed no problems at all.

APEX and NOVA are about the same and if NOVA can do better then APEX (or the other way around) i don't mind. Still one of the best launchers.

Every install was done with the latest version so it couldn't be the problem of a default version.

Tried tfs shell but very confusing..

becosemsaida
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Zombies:
apex Launcher is very good with differnt dpi

ZOmb
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
atom launcher seems good

Hi!

I am probably reporting too late, as the last post was posted in 2012. but i thought i had to report my experience. i have used, nova, next, go, launcher pro, ADW, apex and many other launchers. i am currently on Atom launcher. its pretty, with good graphics and options. it may not be providing as many options as lightening launcher. but its steady good and for my day to day operations, my favourite, its relatively new and hence hoping few additions from the developer. but overall its a very good launcher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Iron Doktor:
I love Nova and have been using it on my GNote since day one. It's fast, regularly updated and has a great set of features.

Recently I bought a Note Tablet and on that I found one thing that Apex does better than Nova - it lets me set columns/rows for portrait and landscape view separately, while Nova unfortunately only has one setting for both.

So it's Nova on my phone and Apex on tablet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] XxPixX:
I would have to say tsf launcher, very very smooth, a lot of features and it is constantly updated with more features, the only thing I don't like about it is its hefty price
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] abhinav quietly brilliant:
bestest ever next launcher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TheNoticer:
AW: Best replacement launcher for Note

1. Go Launcher Ex (Widgets!)

2. Nova Launcher Prime

3. Apex Launcher Pro

4. Next Launcher (Smooth, fast, stable, expensive.)

5. Tile Launcher Beta (Windows 8)

6. Bazooka Launcher (from CyanogenMod.)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] altae:
AW: Best replacement launcher for Note

+1 TSF Shell

Sent from my revived Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] qazibasit:
Holo launcher, i got bored from tw and i switched my rom to slim beans and i like its default holo launcher
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gurnishdhillon:
Holo launcher for me too.way too many custimizations and lesser memory usage than either of nova or apex
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Sujanmool:
Nova 2.0 is the best yet. Newly update made it more smooth and there is any known bug yet. Nova for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] elhazguy:
Apex pro for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] desh_iit:
TSF Shell

I like (love) TSF shell with some nice themes (paid :( ), any other launcher is event close to this launcher (recently purchased Next launcher, super ugly , wasted my money). My second choice is Apex(free version), Xperia Launcher and TW itself.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kishorparmar:
Nova launcher and Go launcher for me :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
Nova Prime
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vanpopel:
Apex launcher.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
Does installing many launchers on one phone and continuous switching hampers performance? Or battery life? I will be doing it anyway, just curious.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
If you leave them active in the background, then yes. If you kill them and then reload them constantly, then yes. If you keep switching between, then maybe not so much.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
Is there any launcher which allows to set different icon grid for different home screens? I would like to have such facility.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vanpopel:
TSF Launcher. You can set icons where you want, total liberty. Even you can rotate icons.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Now I use Apps Organizer. I don't care about any launcher.

All the apps are organized in folders like Google, Reference, Tools, Root, News, Games, Social etc and shortcuts are on the home screen.

I don't need to press app drawer button :cool:

Using stock CM launcher.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] plasticpig72:
3D Next Launcher, for me has been the most trouble free, smoothest launcher and it looks great.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kishd:
Try zeam Launcher from play store. Minimal and fast. Best Launcher for any android.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] antz_77:
TSF Shell 3D is the best launcher at all

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zc1:
It's no surprise that there are so many differing views. 'Best' depends on what you're looking for.

If you're after flashy/form over function then TSF, SPB and Next are great. They have a lot of 'neat,' flashy but not particularly useful on a day-to-day basis-type features and some very good organization-related features (eg. for moving icons between homescreens, selecting/grouping icons, etc). Others such as Apex, Nova and Holo have a ton of utility-, function- and control-type features, but making the homescreens look good is still up to you.

I started with Go Launcher, then moved to SPB shell for the flashy 3D screens when I had a phone that could actually run it (Atrix). I heard great things about ADW, LauncherPro, etc., but couldn't see the attraction so I tried them, and then understood. Eventually I moved on to Apex/Nova and, most recently, Holo. In the middle I tried a ton of other launchers that didn't have the mix of features that I was looking for, including TSF Shell (great for reorganizing my screens, and had that neat dock on the left rather than the bottom, but didn't make actually *using* my devices any more efficient, otherwise. I didn't need quick access to the menu for screen transitions. I needed quick access to my stuff).

Different strokes for different folks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] KBEscalona:
Well Xperia Launcher is still the best balanced launcher for me. Simple yet effective. Problem is some Samsung widgets does not work. You'll ended up using a different app.

You can't have it all.

Cheers!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
apex has stopped rotating the screen

after using most of the launchers i fixed on apex, because nova is having three problems. one, in apps drawer initially it lags speed and response is two slow. its organisation of apps drawer is also cryptic and not easy. and third after making tabs in apps drawer, and when you open apps drawer and jump directly to a tab, it does not show anything. then you have to come back to main tab and go back again. this was the reason to shift to apex. but now apex is not rotating screen orientation. this is crazy. so now back to nova with all the problems mentioned above.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] niczob:
3D Next launcher is VERY expansive, and it does not propose basic feature like changing grid size of home screen. That's a shame.

Annoying price for the features it offers. And less smooth than Apex or Nova ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
Do you know what grid less means?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] niczob:
Am I missing something with this launcher ? It seems I did. Sorry.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] warfareonly:
It means you don't have a grid. How can you change something you don't have? In return, you can freely resize icons and rotate them. Seems like a fair trade off...

Also,I use Nova. Next is too gaudy for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] expinox:
R: Best replacement launcher for Note

ssLauncher for max (!!!!) customization, no grid, put everything everywhere, also half widget out of screen (!!), individually resizing icons, 24 style for shortcut, individually set for font, size, color and icon, shortcut for panel, different wallpaper for each panel....and more.

Light and smooth and respect for battery.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] amd-dude:
Next Launcher 3D is pretty sweet.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ndHAubmV4dGxhdW5jaGVyIl0.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] godmakarand:
Using TWF for two days. I keep coming back to nova, just for its most simple easy to use ways. In nova I can find anything within my jungle of apps, though it doesn't have search in app drawer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kayaker:
A bit late for this thread... Still using APEX... Probably need to find out more about which of Nova or other launchers are doing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Towserspvm2000:
Nova - just does the job right.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tryunus:
After your post, i installed the ss Launcher. It's great and very smooth. You can change everything. I think this would be my default launcher, after JB Update too.

edit: Where can i find the pro vers. of ss Launcher. Did you know it expinos

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sitanshu91:
I like launcher 8

Windows style