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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
That part of it is a tad on the weird side, since it is not called that in the drawer :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ElephantKiller:
I have to be honest, I used ADW back with CM7 and just kept on using it. Easier to keep backed up even since no ics rom seems to use it so it's not a system app.

As long as I can make folders and stick five apps at the bottom I'm happy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] armyboy11b:
I feel apex is very stable and customizable and free. Nova u have to pay for more features and i never use the cm9 version so i might check it out but idk apex has all i need and plus some
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] oddspec:
Apex is nice mite go back to adw when mms counts r fixed with it in ics love apex but it almost the same and i already paid for adw plus 20 bucks worth of pro themes ( i like a custom dock backround )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
+1...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hammersuit:
well it sounds like I need to get more friendly with Apex, but I do agree that trebuchet is a good launcher. Nova has just unfortunately slipped up too many times for my tastes...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Apex ftw!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hammersuit:
I've been playing around with apex and got my homescreens how I like them but one thing i've had trouble with is widgets. Several widgets have needed re-sizing and in order for the widget to not be chopped off i have to re-size it to where it takes up more room than it should. I have stock (240) dpi, and I played with the persistent search bar but no dice. It may just be that they aren't being sized correctly in the first place by apex i dunno...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shahkam:
Why i say trebuchet beats them all its because it works the way it should no issue really simple settings and doesn't too much like a custom launcher...

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Chris V:
Nova.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] docskurlock:
I use Nova and paid for Prime. It's only a little bit of money. I tried Apex and didn't like it as much. I didn't like Trebuchet because I couldn't do anything about the dock. Roll with what you want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Scrambo:
i didn't like Trebuchet launcher. There wasn't really that much customization you could do. Apex was pretty cool IMO but, for some reason i couldn't place down any widgets, so i moved on to Nova Launcher. It works fine for me. I haven't had any problems whatsoever and i can deal with the free version. Just my 2 cents
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] leadman1415:
I like apex it has a little more options to customize things like folders and how they look. It was a little annoying how I couldn't put Widgets down from application drawer but if you long press screen you could place widget down or download apex apk and move it to system apps through root explorer and reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DesertVelo:
Using Apex as well.... install the launcher as a system app and you are good to go. Titanium Backup can move it for you. Beware that you will loose the launcher when you flash or format "system".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brendonlee:
I agree - Apex all the way.

As far as flashing, what I've been doing is, when I download a new nightly, just use 7zip to navigate to system/app, remove trebuchet & add whatever the latest beta of Apex is. Then, when you install it, it saves all your prefs & you don't have to think about multiple launchers installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AndAllThingsWillEnd:
With apex you have to have it set as a system app in order to put down Widgets from the drawer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Felix2402:
I wanted to use trebuchet but couldnt figure out how to use custom icons for the dock. Or is this even possible?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
Is there a way to remove the Widgets tab from trebuchet?

aside from that....a launcher is a launcher is a launcher to me. it launches things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] docskurlock:
Have you tried changing the icons and then dragging them to the dock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Felix2402:
No, i didnt. But im on foxhound now and nova is working pretty good for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] oddspec:
nova all the way Widgets in the dock plus already paid for prime
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cepsbow:
+1 Apex all the way. By far the smoothest, least buggy launcher I've used for ICS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] werds:
I have to agree here. Just been spending some alone time with Apex, at first I wasn't sure how I felt about it but the longer I mess with it the more I LOVE it. All the little customizations are there and fairly well thought out. I can also say that out of all the launchers I have messed with it has the least bugs outstanding that I could tell.

PS I love that my phone now auto-rotates the home screen completely. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Steelhog:
I have been lurking here for a couple of months now since purchasing the I777 and I think have tried most ROM, kernel, and launcher combinations. APEX became the one constant and I have not looked back. I love its simplicity and ease of set up, and now I am not preoccupied with launchers I have more play time with the great choice of ROM available.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Adelaide.:
My vote is for apex. I was using launcher pro on unnamed and apex got me the closest to my old set up. I use a minimalist text based set up with folders to organize things. It also seems to be the most customizable of the the three. I use trebuchet on my touchpad and I like it, but I prefer to tweak my phone a bit more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
My vote for apex... has much more features...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sdmark:
I was using Go prior to ICS, I went to Nova Prime...I really like it. It's very fast and like the gesture controls
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex72:
Compared to what? My vote goes to Nova Prime and I have paid Apex as well. Apex is great but Nova prime takes the cake for me.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Biporch:
Apex by a long shot.

All Nova has to rival it is the smoothness and some features one does not eve expect to use,.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jcracken:
Not much love for Trebuchet, but I still like it the most. The problem I usually have with changing launchers is that I can always tell that they aren't stock, especially with Apex or Nova. They just feel... different. I don't know how to explain it. That's why I always stuck with the stock launcher in Gingerbread. With Trebuchet, it's the closest you can get to the stock launcher and still have extra features. I tried both Nova and Apex; Nova I didn't like specifically because it didn't have the Tablet page transitions that Trebuchet has. I don't remember if Apex did, but I still ended up back to Trebuchet.

As for theming, I don't really use custom icons, and so right now the inability to theme in Trebuchet is fine with me. Eventually, I'm hoping, they add in this functionality. After all, it is an Alpha and they did leave placeholders in the Trebuchet menu for this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
I never really cared one way or the other till yesterday. I had been using Nova pretty much all the time. Just for fun I did a few searches and found Apex. And I'm never going back. The feature list is just amazing compared to Nova. I'm taking about the free versions of course.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Actorios:
I love apex, mostly because of the gestures in the free version. You have to pay for that feature in nova. And i also can remove the search bar. I cant remember being able to do that in the free nova version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
I have all 3 on my i777.

+ Trebuchet. Only Homescreen and Drawer are usable, the rest (docks, icons) virtually useless.

+ Nova. Gestures, Hide Apps, Drawer Groups, .... require Prime. PAID???

+ Apex. For personal references, it's a long mile a head.

Uninstall the first 2 soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
+1. This. I agree. Apex has a huge list of features included in the free version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] oddspec:
I have apex pro and nova prime I bounce back and forth is using nova for hide show dock which isn't out for stable apex yet only beta and nova halo style notify bubbles over those ugly red ones apex has
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jonnyredcorn:
I was using apex because everyone was saying it was much better than nova...free versions anyway. However my biggest problem with apex specifically with AOKP is the backup/restore process. Since task updates very frequently and I like to do full wipes between updates it was a pain to restore from apex because I would have to download from the play store, move into system/apps then reboot and then do a restore. However Nova comes with AOKP and the restore process is cake...after I restore my missing apps from TiBu I restore my nova backup and bam back to how it was in a matter of minutes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Fusion777:
Use TiBu to backup/restore Apex. It loses the widgets but keeps everything else
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bjballar41:
i cant seem to find these in the market are they under something else i really wanna give these a shot not happy with regina ugh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] flippy12:
Hi all,

I tried a little Apex, and it seems very nice. But there is a question for which I didn't yet find the answer:

can unread count (of mails, sms, calls, ...) be displayed on this launcher ?

(for ex, like mails on the ICS launcher)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] theUsualSuspexx:
Are u on ics? these launchers are a no go for gb and yes Regina sucks a- double crooked letters-aka-ss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] theUsualSuspexx:
Yeah it does display unread count...i just can't remember it's out did without ths paid apex t
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] flippy12:
Thx. I taken the paid version, and checked the correct options to have the unread count ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bjballar41:
no im on gb damn any good launchers good on gb im kinda over launcher pro and go launcher adw was ok but nothing great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Shinobu's Smile:
Anyone able to get Apex Pro to display the unread email count for the non gmail icon?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JackRoberts1998:
apex is best :d :d :d :d
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Steelhog:
Really digging Apex, once set up very simple and clean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] In3rDm0RetHeNu:
I thought exactly with you at first until I decided to listen to them and I started using Apex and messing with all of the features and it is awesome. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] abraxo:
Trebuchet has the 'realest' ics experience imo. It looks the most official
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
My apex looks exactly the same as trebuchet would
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xstayxposix:
I really enjoy Apex the best; seems to have the most features.

Regardless they're all great launchers. In fact; I use all three of them.

Apex on SGS2, Nova on SGT10.1 and Trebuchet on Captivate.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sremick:
I prefer Apex... my biggest gripe is that the pinch effect to switch homescreens is messed up. I put in a bug/request for this but it's gotten no attention.

Other launchers get/do this properly (LaunderPro, Touchwiz UX, etc)... not sure why Apex messed it up so much.

It also needs management of homescreens (add/remove/move) from the homescreen preview screen. Again, something most other launchers do properly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rg400smarttowel:
Trebuchet should have the ability to hide apps like most launchers then it would be perfect.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 78Staff:
Been using Nova for awhile, and am a paid user of both Apex and Nova. One thing I always liked about Nova, when you put an app in a folder you can hide it from the app drawer. That way, I don't have pages and pages of apps. I haven't found an option in Apex that does this, or am I just missing something?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Biporch:
There are 2 ways to arrange your app drawer.

*Apex Setitngs, drawer, Hide apps.

OR

*Go into the drawer (You must be paid user) click the apps tab (While in the apps tab) and arrange as you like.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xhepera:
Looks like you got your wish with the latest update in regard to screen management. Makes me happy, anyway. ;)

What's the other issue you mention about, re preview? I've not had any problem there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dimatchka:
Lol I don't even care nova vs apex... they both seem to have the same thing and will continue to copy each other for ever. Just buy one and be happy. I purchased Nova. I don't even use the gestures that I set up.:rolleyes:

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grifforama:
Nova for me has started to slow down. It's redrawing every.time.I.press the home button. Apex doesn't seem to.have this problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] doublen1:
I've tried them all and for whatever reason I stuck with Apex. Probably because I sprung for the paid version before I realized there was a different option. lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] darksidegs2:
I know this thread is a little old but thought I would post my opinion as well for anyone looking for info on these launchers. I personally like Apex the best out of all the launchers I have ever tried. Most customizable and you do not have to pay extra for certain features. You can hide apps, select what drawers you want to show up, change icons, and one of the cool little things I found is that I no longer need an applications icon. I have it set up where the 5 apps I use the most are on the bottom bar and all I have to do is swipe up to bring up all my apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
I prefer Apex
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RatusNatus:
Apex or Atom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lazyfiend:
Apex :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aaroncal:
I usually use the one I find I like best rather than using something someone else likes best...its amazing that thing called power of choice
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] _Slayer_:
Apex

I prefer apex because you can change an application icon as you want
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dogfax:
I don't use nova but I thought that could do it too?

Sent from my new and improved SGH-I777 with tasks AOKP!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] oddspec:
Yes it can free version too I believe not sure cuz I bought nova prime and apex pro as soon as they both came out switch back and forth as they copy each other they really should just team up and combine their work since its about the same thing lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ThierryXN:
Both seem pretty equal to me. I leaned toward Nova because I wanted to support the dude who made WidgetLocker (which I used a ton of when I was on GB). Plus there might be some cool interoperability between Nova and WL that will get me off of AOKP's lockscreen.

posted via my tapatalking Mandroid
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tory13579:
Meh how I use them they are all the same. I keep it simple
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RatusNatus:
Thats why i do have 6 installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ticojpunk:
My experience so far is Trebuchet which came stock on CM10, and Apex Launcher that I installed afterwards. Significantly less lag with Apex. Also enjoy the nicer folders, long press for widgets, amongst other things. It's just a more complete launcher.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RatusNatus:
From the graveyard.

I bought nova. The gestures feature is great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] macropterous:
Just throwing in Holo Launcher... Has been my primary launcher for a couple of months.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] samo_gf:
yes 2nd to ask the same question about resizing apk hvga games and i found that thread but i'm wondering if this would make need for speed hot pursuit work on our galaxy fit ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088980

any help ?:confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] v9dragon:
thanx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
Own a Nexus S. Thinking about upgrade to GN.

In Hong Kong, we got a message that Samsung has stopped the production of GN. Shops are offering final sales at HK$3700 / US$474.

It is a good price to buy. But it is very strange to see that Samsung has stopped the production so early, 5 months after release. GN was just released in November.

Is it possible that GN's hardware is buggy and Google needs to issue a new version?

I tried to look for answers in forums. But no luck. Pls give me some hints. thank you!

Any software bugs don't worry me. I am using CM9. I believe in the power of open source community. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mixmaster333:
So far, I've been more than happy with my GNex.

I bought mine on release day.

Only issues so far have been software related so I flashed AOKP and have never looked back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
Do you see any screen "burn"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
There are no bugs, the global market version is just dropping everywhere. Its a steal I think. Its a low volume model and they're just trying to sell them.

There are price threads right in this forum talking about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Only issues I've had so far have been software-related and nothing related to hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No hardware is perfect. And quality control is a lot worse than you'd like to know. That being said, I highly doubt that Google will quietly "refresh" the hardware. The phones been out too long, they're not doing that and there are no blatant defects.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
Does the life cycle of a smart phone become much shorter now? released less than half a year, then stop production.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
When the GN in stock all sold, there will be no Google developer phone available for sale. Is it strange?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Carriers will not continue to sell devices if:

1. The contract they have with the OEM does not require it.

And

2. Sales are not doing well. They will not continue to buy devices if they are not selling.

Hardware does not have to be the reason.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
I think Google should keep at least one developer phone available in the market.

Anyway, after reading you guys' comments, I have decided to buy one. thx for the info! :D

Hope I can get one since it was out of stock for the last week. GN is so hot in HK. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Google doesn't sell the device directly.

They're going to have another Nexus in 6 months anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
What about the google shops?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
This device is the best selling nexus yet.... period!

There is not a major hardware defect and 6 months has been the shelf life standard for the last year or so. Verizon has sold over a million nexuses and sprint just did this...

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...print-sells-out-pre-orders-after-only-3-days/

People in this forum are the most uneducated hard headed bunch I have ever met. Seriously you all need to learn how to read before guessing things ..... smh

#imbussels
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adeklipse:
If I may contribute:

A few weeks (maybe 6 or 7) after I got the GN, there was a problem with the microUSB connection. It would not charge if it was on, either from a USB port or the wall charger.

To charge it, I had to turn it off or pull the battery several times and connect it while it was still off. Even then, I had to try several times until it finally did charge.

After almost two weeks of that, everything went normal again. To this day, I have no idea whether it was hardware or software related.

Here's a thread with people having a similar issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
You mean #imbeciles?

Anyway, Verizon and Sprint's sales does not reflect what is (or is not) happening in China.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HinotoriBR:
The phone is still produced in Brazil as "Galaxy X" (as Nexus brand is already used by another company that did not allow Samsung / Google to use it to promote the phone), and recently has been introduced to Sprint users, so, my guess is that either it won't be produced/sold in your country or someone is misinformed... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mark manning:
Ha! Ya I was a lil drunk writing that lmao

Sent Telepathically
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kidspuddy:
I love the new update for Tapatalk. But one thing I haven't figured out yet is how to search a specific forum.

For instance I want to search in the Skyrocket sub-forums instead of the whole xda community. I know I'm missing something small to accomplish this but I can't figure it out!

“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
[HTC Sensation] jaliscojorge:
Hi everyone, this is my first post in the sensation forums. Here is my question. A friend of mine has the sensation in stock form and wants to me to install AOKP on it. I've been reading up on how to get s-off and installing cwr. Now I have a vibrant and if on a stock or froyo rom installing a cm7 rom is recommended prior to installing any ics rom to get partitions and such correctly. Is there a rom that needs to be flashed before I can flash his sensation with the aokp rom or is it safe to flash straight from stock rom. Thanks in advanced.

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[HTC Sensation] sshede:
The process goes basically like this:

A) Unlock the bootloader by means of Revolutionary.io

B) Root the Stock Rom

C) Flash 4EXT recovery from the APK downloaded at 4ext.net

D) Download the 3.32 unlocked firmware from the dev thread.

E) Put firmware PG58IMG file on root of SD card and hit up the bootloader, apply firmware.

F) Remove firmware file from SD card so you can get to 4EXT recovery from the bootloader.

G) Put rom on SD card, reboot into recovery, flash rom.

Only one problem is that AOKP isn't really supported, or 100% ready to roll on this device. Virtuous Inquisition or ARHD + Shnizlon's AOSP mod is a much more stable, feature-packed approach.
[HTC Sensation] jaliscojorge:
Thanks sshede, that's a pretty good tut you wrote for me there. And I'll definitely search and look into the roms you recommend. And also time for me to start downloading all those files and the drivers for his phone. I probably won't mod his phone till this weekend so it will give me more time to do my reading up. Thanks once again.

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[HTC Sensation] BurnRubber90:
Lol wut. Aokp is faster, more stable and smoother than VI. I have been using it for like 1 month without a single reboot. Only few bugs (480p camcorder) that don't affect the experience at all. Give it a try, you will think CM is a joke after using AOKP's ROM Control (which is a compilation of a LOT of tweaks/mods/etc).
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Totally subjective. Some people prefer 480p because it doesn't use nearly as much space. Bluetooth isn't 100% functioning either. It may not bother you, but some people need them. And I've tried my fair share of both Sense and AOSP-based roms, nothing is more stable than Sense-based roms right now. All the drivers are straight from HTC, nothing's been patched together.
[HTC Sensation] BurnRubber90:
Yes. The main problem I had with VI was the random black screen of death. Had to pull battery away every couple days as the phone wouldn't turn back on. That's why I don't like that ROM.

And, well, its personal preferences ;)