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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LordGeek:
Works great..took my Pebble Blue SGSIII back to AT&T today to pick up the Garnet Red version.. my other was rooted .. custom ROM installed .. reset my counter, ODIN with official UCLG1 .. put phone back in download mode, verified NO counter listing.. and in Settings, About Phone, Status was labelled as Normal (which was labelled Modified before).

Sent from my Super Duper Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bjtheone:
It just resets it. However once you get an alternate recovery or mobile ODIN and use that for flashing non stock roms, you will not increment the counter. It is the act of flashing a non official rom, using odin from a pc, that causes the counter to increment.
[General Topics] :
Ok so I know verizon uses 800 and 1900MHz bands, as will sprint with LTE. However, Wikipedia says that the 800MHz band is reserved for iDEN devices only so how can verizon be using this as a cellular band:confused:?
[General Topics] Acapella75:
Verizon uses the 700mhz band to my knowledge. 800mhz is owned by Sprint.
[LG Optimus Black] zortheck:
Hey guys! Again me.

I have a new question, I alredy install Marvel ROM, but the question is which kernel is better, Marvel Kernel by tantrums, Diana Kernel by Huexxx or Stock Kernel by L-Sh*t?? I meant LG...

Please tell me which and why (: thanks a lot!

And again. Sorry for bad english!
[LG Optimus Black] isilter:
i used both, diana and marvel but i didnt like marvel after diana (i mean zeus) and i think the kernel has many effects on it. and diana kernel is more up to date then marvel. well, i vote for diana.
[LG Optimus Black] zortheck:
Thanks! Now I have other problem! in aroma installer I select ICS keyboard and... I have the stock LG keyboard :/

EDIT: WTF!! Why I can't restore my security copy from my google acount, and where the f**k is the beats tweak?

This ROM sucks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kaze105:
Keywords I searched for didnt end up with the answer. If there is a thread regarding my question (which i do believe there is, but havent found), do point it out.

Since getting my galaxy nexus, ive been using it like crazy and I am do not have enough storage anymore or at least barely.

Considering majority of the space is taken due to apps, is there any I can do other than uninstalling? Im curious how you guys handle the limited storage of the galaxy nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gpfnzl:
You should have more than 13GB worth of storage. I don't think the majority of this space can be taken up by apps.

I keep a few photo's, some music, a movie to watch at work and a couple of nandriods and still have 7GB of free space.

I do a weekly clean out and save stuff I'm not going to use to PC
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GuestD0701:
@Kaze I suggest doing what the person above has said. Erase all nandroids except your stock.. I know for me thats what takes up the most room. Lol. I have a 32gb Gnex but I had a maguro for a while back and didn't fill it up. .......

Other suggestions: Dropbox, Box, Google drive. All those are free clouds. I have 5gb on each. Thats another 15gb for u. Sign up. They all work great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dhleong:
Yes, I can't imagine the majority of 13G being used by apps-- unless you have a thousand apps installed.

Check out "storage" under the settings-- I think it breaks down storage use by apps, audio, video, etc. That'll at least give you a place to start. Note that here, "Apps" also includes data that the apps have downloaded. If you go to Applications under settings and check out each App, it should be able to tell you how much storage space it's using.

Google Music could be a culprit if you have a lot of music pinned-- again, you would have to be a lot, but I know people with hundreds of gigabytes of music, so this less unlikely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kaze105:
I have pretty much all gameloft games and each seems to take around 500-800 MB of space. (not all obviously) A few other games also take up a couple hundred MB.

I also have only 1 stock nandroid backup.

From reading, seems like I dont have much of a choice but to delete them. I was hoping there could have been a way to use the cloud storage or something.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killyouridols:
In my experience. Be ruthless. Download all apps, nandroids, images you never look at and music you don't listen to, to a PC. Chances are you won't miss them not being on your nexus. Its surprising what you might class as 'useful' but find you never use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] android94301:
Hey folks,

I highly recommend replacing the touch Wiz launcher with nova launcher. I have found it much more intuitive, and much easier to use. (I am not affiliated with Nova in any way.)

Several advantages:

1. The bottom bar (dock) of apps is highly customizable, with as many apps as you choose. You can also create multiple pages of docked apps, so it's possible to access 10 or 15 apps on the lower dock.

2. The App drawer is automatically alphabetized, unlike touch Wiz, which I find so much easier to use. There are of course workarounds on touch Wiz, but why bother? I just dock the icon for the app drawer on the lower dock so it's always available.

3. Nova has one step back up of your screen layouts so that if you are wiping your phone regularly in order to reflash ROM's, it's trivial to reset your screen layouts by doing a restore from nova. This saves a lot of tweaking time.

4. You can customize the layout of your desktop with variable margins, a persistent search bar on all pages, gestures, and with nova launcher prime ($4), you also get unread counts for SMS, missed calls, and Gmail, which is very nice.

5. Basically everything is customizable and modifiable. I greatly prefer it over the stock touch Wiz launcher. Check out the free version of nova, as it has virtually all the features other than the unread counts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jsb5388:
I personally prefer apex but I can see the appeal in nova. They are pretty similar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
I tried Apex but had a super annoying rendering hug that would display a box on the main home screen for a split second...

Not even considering that I spent a few hours tweaking Apex for a few hours (loved that it had so many options) but 90% of the Nova defaults were perfect for me and after going from Apex to Nova was convinced that it was right for me.

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] csyrell:
*1. Love Nova
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
Have you tried Go launcher?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fadingintofall:
Just fyi... the "work around" to get the app drawer alphabetized is clicking the menu button with the app drawer open and then clicking, "view type" and switching to alphabetized. Not exactly complicated. Or even a work around.

Nova is great, but I'm actually enjoying touchwiz. I do want to switch over and play with nova more... But eh, not seeing a huge need. Coming from sense (which I hated) I'm quite happy on tw.

Though I do miss being able to back everything up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] doeboy711:
How does ADW work on it. I have been rocking them for a while. I am picking my S3 up next weekend when I get back in town. My wife already has hers though and she is rubbing it in my face lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fadingintofall:
adw for ics is apex, is it not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juancaperez2000:
i start to use ADW ex on my old EVO and is really good launcher, by personal reasons i movo to iphone and now that i back to android i found more launchers, and Nova is really good maybe even better than ADW ex, IMO
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] badseed767:
Using Apex launcher plus. I tried Nova first, but Apex has a few more features. Just my opinion. Coming from my Dinc running Holo launcher after a VERY long run with LauncherPro (rip).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Same here, I prefer Apex Plus also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] qqhorus:
Installed Nova and noticed it was killing my batter so I uninstalled it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Apex here... Nova didnt impressed me

Sent from Verizon Galaxy S 3 w/ XDA APP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EverythingAndroid:
I've been using nova launcher for about a week and I like it a lot. It's very smooth and very fast. It is easily customizable as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
I noticed Nova was a bit smoother than Apex for me, so I've been using Nova and loving it :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tars16:
Any idea what's up with the widget selector for Nova? I click on the widgets tab and instead of the expected widget drawer I get a list of widgets similar to ginger bread.

Is this a feature that's unlocked with nova prime? Or is that widget drawer option something different? Other than that Nova is pretty sweet!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Tried this? On my last rooted phone, Droid Incredible, it worked perfectly. Haven't tried it on this phone though cuz I don't feel the need to root. REQUIRES ROOT:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780828
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvaderx:
I'm running GL - i like it allot.. runs great on the sgs3 with/ICS theme
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Falcyn:
Apex and Nova are both based on the stock 4.0.x ICS launcher, so they're very similar, but Apex gives more features for free.

You're definitely making a mistake if you use Go Launcher or ADW or LauncherPro on this phone, since those are Gingerbread-based. The ICS launcher is just a much, much better base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
You just need root.

If you have root you can go to Nova Settings... Drawer and enable Widgets in Drawer.

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1Android:
been using nova since day one. LOVE it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
APEX is Far better in my opinion. It took a while to figure out the settings I like the most, but now that I have, I try to go to NOVA to see if they have an equivalent setting. They don't. I personally REALLY like APEX's ability to speed up home screen transitions, it looks more like the jelly bean style.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I used the paid version of apex for a long time in my Rezounds, but after using the paid version of Nova and A/Bing it with Apex I have actually decided I like Nova better in my G3.

Nova does everything I need it to and the unread gmail count works perfectly. The unread gmail count worked fine with Apex in my Rezounds, but I could never get it to work in the G3 with Apex some reason.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Death&co:
I recently purchased Nova Launcher but haven't had the free time to set everything up the way I like it yet.

One thing I did notice was when I hit the home button it asked me which launcher I wanted to use. Touchwiz or Nova Launcher and if I wanted to select one as a default. Since Nova Launcher is completely new to me I choose TW as the default. Once I get everything set up, where can I go to make Nova Launcher the default?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
Go into settings and select application manager. Then find Touchwiz launcher under all applications and press clear defaults.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigee1212:
i have nova prime installed and i was using that for a while. but check out Atom Launcher in the play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dlto.atom.launcher&hl=en

pretty smooth and fluid for me compared to apex and even nova.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
What's to check out, it doesn't look like anything special to me??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mayze23:
I love Nova Launcher and use it on my Nexus 7 but the TW weather widget has grown on me. AFAIK there is no way to use it on any 3rd party launcher :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] naveeds786:
I have tried Nova and Apex but am having the same problem with both: I can't get scrolling wallpapers to work. When I select a wallpaper it forces me to crop it instead of letting me use the entire wallpaper. This causes black areas to show up when you scroll left/right. Also, landscape mode on the homescreen messes up the wallpaper. Any ideas on how to set this up properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Well, my solution is to turn off scrolling WP which I never really liked anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jay Evans:
Install Quick Pic.

Start to set the wallpaper as usual but instead of using Gallery use Quick Pic Wallpaper. The problem is that the S3's Gallery app is set to crop only to a single screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] naveeds786:
Thanks for the help! Worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] majixx11:
For me, Apex and Nova were pretty close. I could bounce between the two but for now I'm using Nova since all my settings are already saved from my fascinate ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I had the paid versions of both installed and was A/Bing the two for a while after using Apex for months on my old Rezound.

Yesterday, I finally uninstalled Apex after deciding I actually liked Nova better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] onpoint10101:
nova crashed less then apex on my galaxy nexus, nova runs great on gs3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rushless:
How? It is a ui layer, so can not really do anything unless constantly using the ui.

They both seem to be efficient, but I like Nova since offers the multiple file option for free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dukemagic:
Nova can do that as well, unless I'm misunderstanding you. There's a few options for both home screen and app drawer transitions, from "relaxed" to "faster than light".

Can you provide some examples of stuff Apex can do that Nova can't? I've only installed Nova and am pretty happy with it so I'm not going to bother installing/setting up Apex unless there's a good reason.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ansextra:
I did the same comparison testing between both paid versions and came to the same conclusion. Apex just didn't refresh my wallpaper as smoothly as Nova when switching screens. But I haven't deinstalled Apex. I figure I've got plenty of space for it and if I'm not using it then it's not using battery (I hope)...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrmccain9:
Nova

I use Nova over Apex because I feel like Nova is smoother. I also feel that it's more intuitive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I'm not really sure if it affects battery life or not, but after I had decided 100% to use Nova I figured I would uninstall Apex and not take any chances on it (I have TouchWiz frozen with Titanium backup)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ansextra:
I never decide 100%. The next update from either one of them could change my mind... ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
By the way, I have yet to find a single function that I care about that Apex can do and Nova can't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tdperry:
Really? Then tell me how I can get Apex to do as shown in the screenshot below (multiple user defined tabs in the app drawer).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bwhite757:
No infinite scrolling in the app drawer with Nova is the killer for me. I've been on apex since it first came out on my GNex and love it..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Think again about Go Launcher, it stills the BEST, I can give you example where it blows both Apex and Nova out of the water. It super smooth and faster than both Nova and Apex. Try this test1 just for fun how long it takes to setup 3 home screen from scratch with fully loaded icons and 5x5 home screen rows? test2, can you change custom icons and app launcher in both on home screen and dock? third party app required for wall paper scrolling for Nova. Just a few samples, and of course I have tried all of them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aburgthing:
Well after trying Nova on my Asus tablet, I really wasn't impressed and liked the fluidity of Apex much more. So I thought why even try it on my phone? Well that was a mistake because after reading this thread I said why not give it try for myself again on the Galaxy? After 20 mins. of getting stuff set up, I purchased it! It is for some reason smoother than Apex which I stood by since ICS was released. Not that Apex was laggy or anything, (well maybe a tiny bit), but there are no jaggy screen transitions in Nova set up exactly the same as Apex was. I didn't think I would be convinced but Nova is just a tad bit better than Apex at least on this phone at this stage of their development. Thanks OP, didn't think I would ever change my mind, but I did (although it cost me $4.00).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Nova can do the same thing & as far as settings, other than the infinite scrolling in the app drawer option (which I don't really care about, to me it's far more important for the home screens to have infinite scrolling) the settings all seem to be almost exactly the same to me??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josolanes:
I currently use Nova and really like it but all the comments on Apex have me installing it to give it a shot. I prefer just flat out fast and smooth over options. I can adapt and prefer not messing with options constantly which is what I tend to do if there are many lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I will be VERY surprised if you don't end up sticking with Nova.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josolanes:
Ya I already switched back. I stopped using ADW on my previous phone as I didn't want a ton of options. Same deal with Apex, it lets you adjust as much as you want which is great for those who want it but I like a quick easy setup and feel Nova fits me well. I liked TouchWiz overall but wanted just a little adjusting and Nova had what I wanted and virtually no more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Falcyn:
If you've tried them all, then why lie about what they can do to try and make your point? Both Apex and Nova let you set custom icons for any shortcut, and both support scrolling wallpapers out of the box. Those are basic launcher features.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechSavvy2:
^^^^This. Agreed completely. Someone is obviously biased towards Go. I used to use Apex all the time and it does everything you mention (plus much much more) in seconds, lol. It can literally do EVERTHING you mentioned, including missed count, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
For some reason, I could never get the missed count to work in the G3 although it always worked fine (still does) in my older Rezound.

The missed count works fine in Nova (with the add-on) for the G3......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
For one he said a feature he "cared about" So maybe he doesn't care about that. But I can tell you if you make a folder in the app drawer and put, say, games in it and named it games and then make a folder called Root and added root apps. etc etc and sort the drawer for folder first you basically do the same thing.

All the homes do pretty much the same thing one way or another and EVERYONE I've tried (and its been most) have something the other don't.

What I like about NOVA (which I installed after reading this thread) is how it restores widgets after doing a wipe from flashing new ROMS. Its pretty slick and the closet I've seen to something that can restore widgets. In case anyone wants to know it basically shows the blank widget (like all homes after a restore) but in NOVA's case all you have to do is tap the widget and it will reconfigure and be back to normal after that tap. NICE!

However (again) I'm a Go ex user and find it has the most options. I really love Go's custom gestures. For example you can draw a "C" and have the camera open, A "T" and have titanium backup open, etc etc its pretty slick.

Anyways no need to have launcher wars they all work, they all work good and its just a matter of personal taste and what you personally look for in a home app that makes it better for you than another . SO CHILL! :)

PS GO also has TONS of add-on's in the market with everything from widgets to themes and its free as are most of the add ons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cicatrize:
Love Nova. Bought Prime.

I used to use GoLauncher EX, which is great, but Nova is so stock looking, and it's fast as hell.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kmdtcs:
I'm using nova launcher and it's been great. My favorite feature has been the ability to backup my settings and home screens. I imagine it's not the only launcher with this capability but when you're constantly flashing new roms it's a huge help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] akanealw:
I haven't seen anyone mention this, but Apex can do 10 x 10 home screens whereas Nova only goes up to 7 x 7. I know this may not matter to most of you but I like my home screen fully functional.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Just curious why you don't use any folders on your home screen??

I have way more functions available in folders on my home screen without cluttering it all up like that.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rvenkat:
Apex is my launcher of choice since LauncherPlus died.

They're out with a new beta; looks good so far. Please add an 'h' before the following url to download it:\

ttp://apex.anddoes.com/Download.aspx?type=beta
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sleepy-T:
Wow! Thank you for the heads up. I came from an Incredible and actually like Sense. Touchwiz is freaking ugly and not so intuitive.

Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MichaelTheCrum:
I use wallpaper wizard works great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chamberc:
There was no comparison for me given the terrible battery life with Nova... Apex was far superior in performance and reliability.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ansextra:
Terrible battery life with Nova? First I've heard of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deymayor:
Go Launcher EX is the prettiest although im not sure if it is the most battery-friendly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jws86:
I use apex launcher pro along with synergy 1.3 everything is very fast and responsive with excellent battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yanks4life:
I prefer apex but I can see the appeal in nova. They are pretty similar. To me Apex has a better UI and more options and I just like the smoothness of it. Also since I am not rooted on my S3 I like the fact that in the app drawer you can see the widgets and its not just a list like Nova. That is a big plus to me because its similar to ICS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chamberc:
Then I guess you didn't read the rest of this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29449914&postcount=12
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rkirmeier:
I was using Nova for a while on my Epic Touch (SII) and had battery issues so I switched to Apex and never looked back..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ansextra:
You are correct. Out of seven pages on this thread there was ONE unsubstantiated post that said Apex had better battery life. Somehow that is not enough for me to give any credibility to the comment. But I thank you for showing me the ONE post that you're basing your comment on. Oh yes, and your own comment. Without actual numbers, though, those comments are completely meaningless to me sorry to say.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chamberc:
You're having problems counting. It was 3 posts. A large subset given the few number of posts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ansextra:
Have it your way. I saw what I saw. And none of the posts complaining about battery life gave any substantiation to the comment.

I'm done with this now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chamberc:
Agreed, there are no posts substantiating Nova having good battery life. I saw what I saw. LOL...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FormeriPhoney:
loving Nova, had it since my GNEX when you had to flash it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kiddoc89:
Was on GO but just went to Nova and love it. I'd love to find a tutorial on how to use all the settings (still a noob on android):p