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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Mine will probably look very similar to my current GS II. :) Nova Launcher and the stock icons. App Drawer divided into categories.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] srvi12:
i think the new TW UX is awsome! fast,simple and look great!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Schrotty35:
I use the Apex and have a problem with the Widgets. I can not add this or the Widget have not the full resolution.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
try through the settings my friend. sure there is an option there you can play with:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sak500:
No issues for me using Apex for last couple of days. 2 screenshots one when i first got the SIII with TW and 2nd yesterday on Apex.

I would have kept tw if it allowed adding more rows / columns as i like more widgets on my desktops.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] FireStone00:
I use Apex and work perfect.I don't have a problem with widgets and looks great.Chose Apex in my opinion is more better than GO.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Post 1 has been updated. Click here to check it out
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Juristium:
Have swapped to Nova its more stable than Apex. It was crashing on me the whole day yesterday.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] waazup531:
Love the watch widget. Is it stock? I am currently waiting for my S3 and i do loved the one on HTC One X.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Wond3r:
Why do you think Apex is better than GO?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
No, it's part of Beautiful Widgets.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] truewt:
somehow I've never liked GO, feels laggy and bloated (you feel compelled to install it's whole suite of apps).

But of course that was way long ago, probably 10 iterations ago, using my old SGS1 which was running single core. Not sure if it works far better with S3.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] lostsoul:
Well sadly it's laggy.

I think it's not ICS optimized, although I heard from GB users that the latest (few) releases are laggy anyway.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Juristium:
Does anyone have the same issue as I am having for Apex Launcher? It's hanging / freezes very often.

And as for nova launcher I don't face such issue.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] DirkStorck:
Hi. Could someone please tell me if I lose some of the new features if I use another launcher? Thanks :-)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Nokiolina:
I've noticed that using another launcher (golauncher, apex or nova) I can't set s-planner as a widget

Can you confirm this? Why?

So actually I use TW....:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Question for someone who has an S3 and using another launcher. Do scrolling wallpapers work with Nova or Apex??
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ardeban:
Yes they do.

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
That's good to know. Thanks. :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] RTBee:
Each launcher has it's own features, like scrolling, animations, the way it looks and feels. So you'll add or subtract "launcher" features, but features on the phone itself should remain.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Juristium:
They do.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Juristium:
The amount of people using S3 with Apex Launcher doesn't face crashing issue? Wow.

Guess it's me then.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Ohamn:
Hi Goku80!

I think you find a fairly extensive launcher "test" in my previous post! http://www.addictivetips.com/android/the-best-free-android-launchers-for-home-screen-replacement/ :rolleyes: Check it out! Chances are that this is what you're looking for! ;)

// ohamn
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
many thanks buddy boy.. and no the link you gave me is not what i am looking for as members do not really want to be lumbered with reading so much...they just want to see as many launchers in one place and just a brief description of what they do...then it is down to the user what one to go for...but anyway nice article.;)

will update this thread more as time comes
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jonny68:
I am going to give Apex a go, i like Touchwiz but everyone seems to be raving about Apex so no harm in giving it a go.:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
good launcher mate..loved it on my s2 when using cm9 and loved it while i had my one x..even though i must say Rosie is a good launcher as well
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] oasis90:
I'm using Apex..The best, IMHO ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
haha can not argue with the Gallagher brothers:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] one.giggs:
Apex is awesome, does anyone use touchwiz anymore? Haha
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] woodwars:
I've switched to Apex - really nice and slick, Touchwiz was ok but couldn't find a way to remove the homescreen page indicator - what a waste of screen space. Don't think I'd use the gestures either. Previously used Nemus on my htc desire as it was the smoothest with the limited resources that had but apex seams to have more features.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] atan.ismail:
I was (and still am) a fan of GO Launcher. However, when I was using the HOX, GO Launcher looked damned fugly, especially with the ever present "three dots menu" being at the bottom of the screen.

And so, I got Nova Launcher (and also bought the key for it). It was good.

Never was a fan of HTC stock launchers.

Since I switched to SGS3, I am satisfied with TouchWiz... one of my major requirements of having other launchers is the ability to hide apps in the Apps Menu so as not to have it look cluttered. Some apps are actually widgets and other than installing widgets, the apps themselves are of no real use, furthermore, once you have apps on the home page(s), why have the same in the Apps Menu?

With TouchWiz, you can hide 'em apps. So far, no real reason for me to install any other launchers.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Can you make separate sections in the App Drawer with Touchwiz? I don't like having all my apps all in one section. Instead of making folders on the home screens, with Nova I could separate them in the App Draw.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] brooon:
As posted here some minutes ago, I just want to share my Go Launcher settings, since I´m damn impressed by its speed and usability on my SGSIII. I liked Go Launcher before, but switched to Apex on ICS due to some minor lags I experienced e.g. on my Note.

But on the SGSIII: Go Launcher really serves all my needs best (by far)!

Settings:

(sorry, it´s translated pretty bad since I´m using GoLauncher in another language)

Iconsize: 90

Fontsize: 10

Gridsize: 7*5

automatic adjustement of elements: yes

screen speed: 75

Effect: wave

System persistant: yes

prevent phone from forcing to stop: yes

EDIT: And don´t forget to use an ICS theme (best one IMAO):) )
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
ok ladies. Post 1 has been updated and looks alot more nicer now and has more info regarding different launchers.

will get a mod to give me post 2 so i can edit links there and maybe another post to get lockscreens here as well...please tell me what you think of post 1 guys thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Jaytt:
Switching between several launchers at moment but go back to TW on the basis of the S Widgets,

S Tasks for example is not available under any other launcher. If anyone can export the widgets it would be sound
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] waazup531:
i am really a noob regarding android modding and stuff, but i gave apex a try and i ended up being incapable of adding quite a few widgets. (i got the message : "not enough space" bla bla)

basically this means that those are actually incompatible with the laucner itself? (unless the smartphone is rooted or so?) or do i need to get the pro version?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
No, that just means there wasn't enough room on that page for the widget. You just need to put it on another page. :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] waazup531:
Well, i tried that, even on a "blank" page and i ended up with the same message. I'm talking about the clock widget form SGS3 or the BobClockD3. None of them worked. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Jarul:
With Apex Launcher, why does it required root to drop widgets into the home screen from the drawer?

is there a setting i'm missing?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
I'm not sure, but all ICS launchers require it.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spyrale:
it requires root to put 1x1 widget in the dock, not into homepage.

Tapatalked.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sailindawg:
@OP

The first post is very good. I read it today for the first time. There was a post some responses down that had a very good article link from another site regarding launchers. You should reference those article links in your post #2 for ease oc reference.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
You did not read post 2 then I already have that link there.

@all OP now has MIUI Home Launcher now has been added and post 2 now has all the links to the launchers for you guys to check them out and download.

Lockscreens are coming soon
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] disiz:
Thanks to you I've discover TSF Shell, it really great ! Thanks guy
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
You welcome mate. That is the whole point of the thread. Cheers
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Gotta love Nova Launcher. Just easy to use and never causes any problems. Also a lot less memory intensive than Touchwiz.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] LollieLaurie:
I've tried Apex and Nova but I just love Go Launcher more.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Guest69:
I'm using adw launcher pro, great if you use your phone in landscape most of the time.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1115242&stc=1&d=1339160991
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tcd74:
It seems to me, nova crashes often on galaxy s 3 and i was way more stable on galaxy s 2. Danm i would like to blend the new TW and nova
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
I've been using Nova since I got mine. Haven't experienced one crash yet.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tcd74:
It happens pretty often for me. Lately it was when longpressing a widget to modify it. Launcher crashed. Some widgets crash nova more then other.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Which widgets? I can't reproduce your problem.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
Nova too, no crashes on my device, smooth as silk...

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tcd74:
The gamehub widget, and especially to-do-list widget, which is not a samsung widget. Do the crashing.

I must say, despite these minor issues Nova is my preferred launcher. Love to have 7 folders in the dock, which leaves me alot of space for great and usable widgets. Also the gestures are awesome. For eksempel i start my camera app by sweeping two finger down the screen. Thats some of the stuff that make Nova better then the rest. And it's almost as smooth as TW5
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Oh, that explains it. :) I've removed both of those apps with Titanium Backup already.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tcd74:
Ok, I'll freeze the gamehub widget as aswell, but the to-do-widget is really usable, can't part with that, with my brain refusing to remember all the boring stuff :-D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] on2a:
I just tried Nova after being on Apex for the last 2 months. Its changed quite a bit, developer has really made a strong launcher here. As far as I can tell its the only launcher that supports Recent Apps linked to a gesture. So I can swipe up (or whatever) and see all my recent apps - which saves on holding on the home button. Apex, Go Launcher etc have gestures but not for Recent Apps...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tcd74:
Time to update Nova. Just came up. :-D it seems to fix some FC's and add some cool stuff that I've been missing. This makes Nova the best by far.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Ohamn:
Hey there Goku80. I actually haven't written that article. I just pointed it out as a interesting read!

But thanks for making me seem like an important writer!!! :D

This thread just keeps getting better and better!

Keep it up!

// ohamn
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
:D LOL my pleasure buddy.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Lockscreen collection with download links

Post 3 now has lockscreens with download links for you guys to check out. just like with the launchers i will be doing the same thing with lockscreens as i was asked by a few people to add.

in the coming days will be adding more lockscreens for you guys to check out

enjoy:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] PollPixx:
I love the bubbling efect with default lock, but those icons are annoying.

Anyway, you can mention go locker too if you want, lots of themes available for that. And it's free ...

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
will do.:) just trying to do to many things at once and not as quiet around my house as i would like it to be..will add it though do not worry;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] paulmor:
Is the Clock/Weather widget in Apex, Post 1, part of the Launcher?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
hi ya mate..no it is not..that is called beautiful widgets and you can get it from the market:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] corrsea:
Although I'm not a fan of it on android, I'm surprised you have not included SPB Shell in the opening post. It was what made winmo bearable in the old days and remains highly polished and functional, with lots of eye candy. Completely overpriced though.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] daoutlawz:
I'm using nova with widget locker but widget locker sometimes delays showing the screen even with root..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Uninstall and reinstall see if that works.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] daoutlawz:
Was happening before root too. It seems to be happening more with a custom wallpaper for widget locker.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Strange. Let me get bk to you on that mate.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ramonguthrie:
Looking for a Good Launcher

What Launchers work with SGS3 TouchWiz so far?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
All of them. :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Ohamn:
I ordered my SGS3 yesterday and I hope it will come this week! Still not sure if I will use Go Launcher or stock touchwiz! I kind of reverted back to Go Launcher after two weeks with apex. But if I know myself it will probably be Go Launcher after 15 minutes of touchwiz! :rolleyes:

//ohamn
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Touchwiz is not bad. Really snappy from what I played with dude.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sailindawg:
Great thread Goku!! I can't wait to get my SIII & sell my IP4. Thanks for starting this thread! ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
You welcome and thank you. More to come I promise. Trying to get Recognized Contributor status. Doubt I get it though.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] drknezz:
So what lockscreens work that don't go back to the standard lockscreens every so often. Tbh I hate the new lockscreens and waiting for a system patch to make it AOKP quad like my old SGS1 had..

Sent from my storming fast Galaxy S3!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Widgetlocker.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Fatelord:
I use Nova prime it's nice but when I exit an app after a prolonged use it always takes a couple of seconds to reload the widgets which is a bit of annoyance .. never happens with Touchwiz
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Try clearing cache and data and reboot. See what happens. It will clear your set up but might solve that issue.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Ohamn:
Geezus, here I go again! :p

Try Go Locker!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qaXViYW5nLmdvc2NyZWVubG9jayJd

It supports themes and works really well. You can even make your own themes online. Check it out and give some feedback!

And no, I'm not sponsored by Go Launcher, I just think its a damn good app that gets lots of updates and new functions. :rolleyes:

//Ohamn

Press the thanks button if I was to any help! :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] beautyangel:
+1 Apex launcher

Goes for the best Apex launcher;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
ADW Launcher and MXHome launcher have been added to post 1.

Links to download in post 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jastonas:
How nice that the stock launcher is missing from the poll....
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Human error.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Kaibosh:
Apex here.. Tried both Nova & Apex on my S2, and ended up sticking with Apex (but I desperately wanted to stay with LauncherPro :)

I quite like TW now - if I weren't already spoilt with alternate launchers and being able to modify so much, I probably would have stuck with TW on my S3.. I'm hoping that the quick jump/alphabet thinggy in the TW app drawer makes it's way to Apex.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
few more launchers that have been added to OP..quite few are really good and would say even different than apex...try miui home launcher..that looks pretty nifty.:) but yeah TW launcher i am using it on my one x and i have to say very snappy:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Kaibosh:
I just had a look after the latest update (today) of Apex, and recent apps are available in gestures now..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jonny68:
Folks hoping someone might be of some assistance here, i use Apex and have been very happy with it but ive noticed the last 2 days scrolling between screens has been laggy, ive cleared cache and memory but to no avail, when i click into the apps it's fine it's just on the main screens, ive reverted back Touchwiz briefly to see if it's laggy too but it's not at all, how could Apex suddenly become laggy like this?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
What version you using Jonny mate.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jonny68:
The latest version updated it in Google Play earlier.

Can't understand it, ive even taken off some widgets but the lag is noticeable whereas in Touchwiz there is no lag at all!!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
have you tried rebooting? or gone into settings apps and cleared data and cache and then see if it gets any better?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jonny68:
I have mate ive cleared cache, data and RAM and no difference yet in Touchwiz it's whizzing along, ah well back to TW it is then.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Give Nova Launcher a try. It's pretty much works like Apex.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
hehe you love my thread dont you:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
??? What do you mean?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jonny68:
Thanks folks i might just stick with Touchwiz for now might try Nova at a later date,.i may even try Apex again after ai flash a custom ROM maybe it might be different then.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
your always here bro. which is good

no worries jonny mate:)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
next few days guys will be updating post 1 and see what the latest updates are for each launcher and will be adding more lockscreens in post 3
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] eiskafee:
I'm liking TW but...

I've been using Stock TouchWiz for last 10 days and I really really like it.

I prefer it over several other launchers I've tried.

Is there any way to make the wallpaper scrollable without leaving TouchWiz as my default launcher? That's the only thing I want to customize in TW.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Download 'Wallpaper Setter'.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] eiskafee:
It does not scroll my wallpaper on home screens. I'm using Default TouchWiz on an unrooted Galaxy S3.

Does anybody know of a way to make wallpaper scrollable without using a launcher? High appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gsw5700:
Did you click on 'keep in memory' ?

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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Baldilocks:
Yes it does. Long Press, Look for the Wallpaper (No Crop) when you long press on the homescreen.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
New Launcher added to post 1 and link to download in Post 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] daoutlawz:
Its great that your keeping this up-to-date but this thread would be invaluable if you actually did a mini review of all the launchers?

Good job either way! :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Wished I had the time to try all launchers mate and do a review but I not that lucky. In post 2 were you have all the links there is an article were has reviews of launchers.

Sent from my Hybrid PKMN powered HTC One X
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] hisee:
Best lockscreens? Go locker? Or any other pl suggest me
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Goku80:
Widgetlocker mate

Sent from my Hybrid PKMN powered HTC One X
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] twoashj:
Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Gramrock:
I downloaded the Zeam launcher but its only theming the homescreen and app's part.. what about color theme and stuff i want blue icons and blue clock and stuff, just the original blue of the first ics on galaxy nexus...

can anybody tell me which ROM i can flahs for that ort which launcher changes the exactly that ?

thanks. Gram.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Chillz88:
Use adw or go launcher or nova for that mate... zeam doesnt alow all that...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Gramrock:
Hey m8, i tried them all now, none changes the font color of the status bar
[Samsung Infuse 4G] anycard:
Hello, I've been around this community since I bought my Infuse back in August 2011. I would like to say I love the community here but felt like I should give something back. *So here is the teaser post*

I have finally got AOKP built successfully from source (touch screen was holding me up). I wouldn't have been able to do this without Entropy, JT or their predecessors work. However I don't have enough posts to put this build in the Infuse4g Android Development forum. Plus I'm waiting to see how this thread goes (I don't want to be stepping on anyone's toes by releasing it).
[Samsung Infuse 4G] papu4ara:
I will be glad to become a tester.

If you can put it here.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
If it was I, I would have some testers for the build of yours and have them provide you with feedback then shot it out to the GP "general public"...and follow the seasoned dev leads...you can always make some post in the threads that are already there in place regarding CM9...questions and other threads to build your post count, but most importantly, while your building your post count, you have your testers make some runs with your build, but as you have read in the dev thread...be aware of the questions and comments and yes the ones that don't read will be your hardest questions given....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jblparisi:
I am excited to hear that as i had plans to work on a build myself.

Do you have a source tree up on Github or similar?

Keep us posted, thanks.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] anycard:
Please PM if you want to be a tester and provide feedback. I'm sorry I don't have a github but might tackle that this weekend if time permitting. I'm new to this so be easy if you want to test. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deathblade:
i'd be glad to test for you as well... also is this a port from the i9000? if so then i was just working on this same thing earlier
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubonic78:
So many saying they're working on this or wanting to. I like it.:thumbup:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deathblade:
well it would've taken me forever to get it finished, cuz i have it right now where you can flash it but it'll bootloop, plus i dont know much about porting or developing, so im glad someone else beat me to it, it seems like a good rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] anycard:
PM's were sent with link. I did notice one issue with external sd card not mounted correctly just like in JT's preview build.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deathblade:
for gapps take from non jt build cm9
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
Pm me for the test build. If something screws up, i can get myself up and running again. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] anycard:
wow finding more and more bugs. thanks for the testers
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NunHugger:
Great work...I am working on an aokp myself. I however am still working on getting it to build ;)