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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnM:
I've found Nova to be the best since it's based off of the JB launcher. You can also rotate the screen into landscape mode while in the launcher which is a huge pro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
Apex can also be rotated into landscape mode :p When I had the gnex I was a big Nova fan but lately Apex has been winning me over. Also, the latest betas for Apex are based off JB. It really comes down to personal preference though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] burghfan3:
GoLauncher EX here. Try it.....you'll like it! Very smooth. Never had a problem. Tons of themes.....many free. Check out "Cubed Theme".....my current weapon of choice

Sent from me and my SG3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidBabe:
Stock TW
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eltrutgnik:
stock jelly bean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBustCh3rries:
Touchwiz 6x5 mod... Notice the beautiful 49ers LWP :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
I find it funny that a lot of people are using a stock based ROM with a different launcher and claim their stock based ROM is the best, when every single ROM available has virtually the same tweaks in them. lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rey_1178:
started with apex pro. didn't feel as smooth so i went with nova.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fendergrab:
I've been using ADW EX for years and everytime I try a different one I go right back to ADW.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] animal7296:
Touch Wiz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AwkwardBarnacle:
I'm rolling with Touch Wiz, the first phone I've ever owned where the stock launcher is very nice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stopeject:
I don't want to flash because stock based ROMs don't offer enough improvements and new features to spend time flashing and reinstalling everything, while risking to brick the phone. I rooted the phone mainly to install AdBlock and Titanium Backup.

I run Go Launcher and Dialer One.

A question for those who went from Go to something else- what do other launchers have that Go doesn't?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] humdrum2009:
Nova launcher prime ftw.

FTL launcher is good also .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I'm actually a Holo launcher kind of guy myself. I liked Nova on CM9 back in my Epic days, but Holo was the only one that would actually work with Gingerbread.

They could use a few more animations (I paid the $2 or whatever already) but I'm a fan of it. Pretty lightweight if I remember right too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Stock ROM running Go Launcher Ex... The ability to create folders anywhere (home screens, dock and inside the app drawer) is the one feature I constantly find missing from other launchers, as well as the stock launcher. I also love all the customization it offers (the sphere animation is hella-cool and smooth as silk on the S3) as well as some of the added features it provides (a built-in gallery-like function was nice on my Epic where memory was so tight, that allowed me to get rid of the built-in gallery app and save some memory, not an issue with the S3 of course). Like the other poster said, it's been problem-free for me (well, save one issue with dock icons resetting when you change the font on the S3, but the dev work with me on that a little and has since fixed the issue... otherwise, rock-solid).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TookRDerbs:
Ashell on stock Rom everything themed blue :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
Tried them all and always go back to GO.Fast,nice to look at and great ui.I just hope it doesnt become to bloated with all these new features,of which 80 percent i never use.

One thing i wish they would add is ability to lock the dock apps so my grandmother or my son dont remove them by accident,i do it sometimes too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
Nova
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lviv73:
No risk bricking the phone,i had 5 phones and never bricked one.Plus Samsung phones are almost impossible to brick.

I flashed blazer 1.6 and removed over 40 apps from it that i will never use,thats less thing running equals to greater battery life-something you will.never achive on stock rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Pete7ate:
Folks,This is a great discussion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TrollMctrollington:
nycrim many

I use GO Launcher but I've never branched out. Maybe I'll check out these other ones.

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In my humble opinion the best Stock based ROM is the one with the options for removing as much as possible. Customization is key. Currently I fancy the FreeGS3 ROM becuase of the options in the Aroma Installer. But even that is not bare enough for me. I just want the apps that I want you know? Nothing else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ToiletDuck555:
Am I the only one that still uses Launcher Pro?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
Pretty much :p:D

...I'm sure there are a few others who still use it but it is definitely no longer as popular as it used to be.

I read this article recently in regards to the developer of LP

http://phandroid.com/2012/07/29/cal...es-if-you-get-this-message-please-do-respond/

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Next1776:
NOVA Prime, not alot of bloat, and lots of features. Love the gestures.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zeron89:
Go Launcher for me. (Miui theme), Until Miui comes to SSG3. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Go launcher is very sexy. I also like adw launcher. But I love the stock touchwiz launcher. It works really good and being able to hide apps is the main reason I use it. (There's many apps I never open.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Undead46:
I'm still using Stock for my SGS3, but I've used Go Launcher EX, Apex Launcher Pro, and ADWLauncher EX on my EVO4G and I can't tell you which was the best, I liked them all.

It seems as though Go Launcher EX is the only one being updated lately though, so I'll probably try it out sooner or later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stopeject:
I agree that the risk of bricking is low, but I doubt that removing apps that don't even show up in the "Battery Usage" screen will greatly boost battery life. Annoying apps can be removed with TB.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
Best comment I've seen in weeks, it p*sses me off when I see comments in a ROM thread about how a different ROM is better, everyone is sharing the tweaks so no one ROM is better,it is more opinion based on removed or added apps and theming. AOSP is another story.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
I used Go Launcher on my stock EVO 3d and used it for the first month on the GS3. I switched the other day to Nova (Jelly Bean version) and it ran so smoothly I thought I could finally switch. It still runs smooth (slightly smoother than Go) but there are a few features that Go has that Nova doesn't and it is starting to turn be back to Go. I tried Apex and it just doesn't feel as smooth as Go and Nova.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackdragon79:
Stock

Apple just give up the IPHONE sucks deal with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sandman512:
This made LOL...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CrooklynMayoKMJr:
I'm using apex. Works well for me.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steelo_unbelievable:
Same here.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nyc1231:
same here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thewayofwright:
Its old, but it does everything I need/want. ADW Laucher
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pacifik.fuzion:
Running Nova Prime on CM10. Nova is the smoothest launcher on JB for me so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donsh00tmesanta:
stock ics
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bueller213:
ADW da best

Sent from Samsung Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kchitown1977:
I found one its a WIP but I think it has potential.... Full screen launcher in play store
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fire_kid2003:
Miui default

And launcher 7 for fun
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] almightywhacko:
I am using Holo Launcher.

The only con, is that it won't show unread email count on the stock Mail app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pjbarnoy:
I was using Nova until a couple days ago, and I figured I'd try Apex since they're similar, and I have to say that Apex feels more slick and more responsive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
I am using the AOSP Jellybean launcher
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] coffeehandle:
Go Launcher.

Possibilities are endless
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sephirothvfc:
Has anyone tried SPB shell 3D launcher? I don't know if the 14.95 is worth it but it looks nice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
It's nice but it's almost too much, same with tsf shell, but boy is tsf shell smooth
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
I've used SPB... I think the money IS worth it, I don't feel bad having paid for it certainly... although it's important to note that I'm NOT using that shell now.

I got it when I had my Epic... it ran well enough there, surprisingly well in fact, but would occasionally slow down and sometimes crash, I believe due to the Epic's memory situation. I tried it on my GSIII for a few days and it ran flawlessely, smooth as butter and not a single slowdown or crash, as you'd expect if it indeed was a memory issue on the Epic.

I love the way it looks, I love many of the widgets it provides. It really does make your device look and feel more futuristic in a way, and frankly many of the widgets are highly useful too. It's cool in my opinion!

The reason I don't use it and use Go Launcher instead is down to two things: the limitation of the dock and the fact that I can't have folders in the app drawer.

The dock is a single dock only, with I believe 5 icons if memory serves, and one of them is the app drawer, which is pinned as the right-most icon. I don't like that arrangement with the app drawer icon stuck in its place or the fact that I can't have multiple docks I can scroll between.

I could probably convince myself to live with those things though given how neat the shell is otherwise, but the second problem is much bigger for me... folders in the app drawer has become a BIG requirement for me and any launcher I'd consider. A big, long, scrolling list of apps, regardless of how it scrolls, is just not very usable to me when you have a lot of apps installed (even if it's just the default apps I'd probably say the same). Similar to how I organize my start menu on my PC everything gets put in logical folders so I can quickly find what I'm looking for by category. In fact, I have it down to one screen of icons in my drawer, mostly folders, with a few apps that I commonly use (but not commonly enough to make it on the dock) not in folders... I can't live without this organization, call me anal if you want :)

That's just my experience, obviously there's a lot of personal preference there. But, is it worth the $14.95 pricetag? I think it is... it works well and does add value in my opinion... if they ever add folder capabilities in the app drawer I'd use it full-time for sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
I just went to the Play Store and looked at the videos they have for TSF and SPB shell. TSF looks absolutely amazing! Does it really work as smoothly as it shows on the video? I swear if I could use this for more than 15 minutes to try it, I would probably spend the $16 for it if it really works that smooth. You guys should go check out the video!

As for now, I am back to using Go Launcher. It is extremely solid and does everything I want. For now.:laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
Tsf is that smooth, took a little getting used to but I ran it for quite a while on my s2, but out seems to have updated alot so I won't try it again until I feel like relearning it lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fzammetti:
Yes indeed, it IS that smooth (I bought that one too and wound up not using it permanently... apparently I have money to waste :cyclops: ) It's also got some REALLY cool widgets... the music widget is probably the best, although I remember having some trouble getting it to work initially, but once it did, WOW! But, ultimately I decided it just wasn't as useful overall as I'd hoped it was.

But yeah, smooth as silk and arguably the most unique launcher out there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nickitt:
Started with the stock TouchWiz.

Then: Nova

Then: LauncherPro

Then: SPB Shell

Now: TouchWiz again.

Just depends on if you like simple things or more intuitive launchers :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j76ms:
I had to give TSF Shell a try for 14.5 minutes. Lol I loved it but can not justify the $17 price tag for a launcher. It DID run extremely smooth and was awesome! Even with all the awesome widgets installed and eye candy turned on it ran very smooth. I love the uniqueness of it! Had to return it though:(

If you are very bored with other launchers on the market and don't mind spending the money, go for it! I know you won't be dissappointed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jelucas30:
This might sound dumb to you all but I just recently got a Sprint Galaxy S 3, coming from the original Evo, and am new to Ice Cream Sandwitch. I recently tried to install a custom Rom, which i have a lot of experience in with the Evo, on my phone. Little did I know that in the forums that the Galaxy S 3 is seperated into five versions. The international, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Or if I did I was too stupid think of it today.

What I did was I tried to install a custom Rom for the international version on my phone. It's called Revolution HD. I wiped factory, cache and Dalvik, and then I used a Revolution HD super wipe script that came with the Rom. So I'm assuming it wiped everything, including drivers for the phone. For some reason I pulled the battery after the initial install failed and now it won't turn back on at all. Not into recovery or anything. It's almost as if I don't have any power on the phone but everytime I plug it into the computer it tries to install drivers which always fails.

Does anyone know if there is a way to restore this, or it the phone a lost cause? If so I would really appreciate some help.:crying::D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
Can you get into Download mode at all (volume down, home and power)? if so you could flash the stock ROM and may be ok.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
its bricked

You need jtag. Sorry to say it

Best service available

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
Doesn't sound to good to me, seeing that the driver install fails. will it go into download mode?(shut phone down, power on by pressing power, home, and volume down at the same time) If so, they may be a solution. You have to know how to use ODIN to try and flash factory software. There is a noob toolkit http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746680, from this toolkit you can do lots of things, but only if the drivers install properly(which can be done from the toolkit). Good Luck, Hope its not hard bricked.

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I think so also
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jhong209:
Every Samsung phone I've rooted I needed different drivers and most of them never worked. And the auto install also always failed. I eventually just went into download mode. As long as Odin recognizes it, it worked for me.

Sent from my SGH-I727
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jelucas30:
Just wanted to update you guys. I finally gave up and went to the Sprint store and made up a lame excuse that I dropped my phone and that it wouldn't restart......:confused: Luckily they bought it because it was still within the first 14 days of purchase and I didn't have any visible damage or scratches to the phone at all. I appreciate all the qiuick responses, but all is good now!.!. Thanks.:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jelucas30:
Just a word of advice to anyone that may stumble across this thread, and may have done the same stupid/lame brain mistake I did, make sure you are intsalling a Rom custom for your phone. I was not used to having a phone that was available on all carriers coming from the original Evo, so I assumed that the first Galaxy S 3 Rom I found was compatible for all phones.:( No, not the case.... Do your research people!!!! This is something that can be avoided.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thelawnet:
I have a Touch Pro2 Vodafone, but unlocked, and flashed with custom 6.5 ROM and it continually has the problem of the screen going blank and not coming to life.

I have tried Energy Rhodium 29022 and another ROM but both have the problem.

I guess it might be a hardware fault, but not sure really.

Any suggestions for fixing?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
task29?

Does it "always" go to the blank screen, or is it intermittent?

Also, when you say going blank and not coming back to life - does this mean when the phone is rebooting? When it's off and being turned on? What are you doing that induces this behavior? Has the phone always done this? Have you tried the stock ROM?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] TinkerbeII:
You could also try remapping one of your buttons as a 'Power Management' button using the keyboard configuration to see if your power button is at fault. If all else fails, try flashing the shipped Rom to see if the problem continues. Good Luck!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] wizardknight:
Sounds like a failed light sensor. Somewhere there was an app you could install that would display the sensor reading. If it was 0 then you had a bad sensor.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
I know of such a thing for Android, but does one exist for WinMo?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] wizardknight:
I want to say that there was. It wasn't the primary function of the app, but info you could get from it. It has been more than 6mo since I was fooling around with WM on the TP2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thelawnet:
I ran task29 before

Have tried three roms

Problem occurs e.g., today, blank screen, cannot activate, remove battery, try to turn on, get the buzzing sound which means it's turning on but still blank.

Press buttons, oops looks like I'm calling someone.

Phone still blank. Then get incoming call - it wakes up.

This happens regularly, blank and cannot wake up.

Usually charging it wakes it up.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
Flash back to stock, if it's still occurring there it's probably a hardware issue. As was stated earlier, the proxy sensor is suspect for sure.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] wizardknight:
That really sounds like a bad sensor.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] christopherwoods:
And the advantage to that is, if it is a bad sensor, you could always perform some surgery on your device and install a new screen & digitiser as I did on mine. I had a problem with a slightly rattly earpiece afterwards but I think it was something I did. Handily I was able to purchase a pre-built screen and digitiser as a single unit complete with ribbon cables, I just had to swap it out and reattach the various ribbon cables. Proximity sensor and LDR are all in the one unit above the screen... Which is quite useful as they're all tiny surface mounted components ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] wizardknight:
If you don't want to invest money, and like android I think that FRX07.1 does not use the sensor. That build would let you use the phone as is.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] TinkerbeII:
Any updates there OP? Did you make any advancement? =]
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamedselim:
i know that my previous nandroid backups may not work but if i'm already in in cwm 6.0.10 could i flash cm9 or i will have to return again to cwm version 5 to be able to flash cm 9 not 10 ?and what are the main improvements in cwm recovery between version 5 and 6 ?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnuts:
You can flash CM9 with CWM 6 just fine. The biggest advantage to CWM6 over 5 is the backup system. Backups should require less space and incremental backups should be significantly faster now as well.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottx .:
You can flash anything with a .zip with cwm 6.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spthacker:
Could be a newbie thicko here (got N7 today)

Installed my apps etc and like on my HOX thought I'd use titanium backup to move them to SD, it states its done it, but doesn't actually do as it states they are all still able to move next time I open it????

I've also tried ROM toolbox, it states there are no apps moveable??

My N7 is unlocked and rooted OK, any thoughts please?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i.amtom:
Maybe cause there is no sdcard? The n7 has no third-party storage options, only internal.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spthacker:
I thought it was the same as the HOX where the storage is split in two, internal and sd? [Even though its not actually a card]

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RictopherJames:
Another question (somewhat related) is it possible to move apps to a flash drive with stickmount? I'm quite new at this, sorry if a dumb question, just want more games than my 5gb can hold :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AZImmortal:
Everything is on the same partition now so that you're not limited to how many apps you can install on the system partition (other than actually running out of memory).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spthacker:
That makes sense, thanks for clearing that up :victory:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahkam:
Hey all I have been trying to pair my phone which seems to work I can use my ps3 controller to change homescreens however when I try playing a game it just doesn't work at all my controller has one light on but that's about it ? And in the sixaxis controller app when I press "pair" it says "no controller found - please connect it via USB " ? I connect it where ? To my PC ?

Sent From My Sexy Sensation Running Aokp.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahkam:
Anyone ??

Sent From My Sexy Sensation Running Aokp.
[General Questions and Answers] joseph457:
Could anyone fix Arc XP V1.4 Rom?
[HTC Rezound] AndroidCraig:
Hi All,

I just got my CLN Rez, and it is a rev. B phone. my old one is an XA revision. Which is later and what are the differences? is one better than the other?

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] carngeX:
I believe Rev B is newer.

Haven't confirmed, but I saw some things before about XA being a bit more problematic with heat issues, and B improving upon that.
[HTC Rezound] scy1192:
mine is an XA and I got it in May 2012. Could've just been sitting in a warehouse all that time though. No heat issues btw, but my capacitive buttons are pink.
[HTC Rezound] LOBBS:
I ordered mine through the Verizon site and got a B. My wife two weeks later added a line and a Rezound for herself. She got an XA. Her's has the pink buttons and has always had problems. Laggy, hot, camera locks up the phone requiring a battery pull, apps that do random crap for no reason. Mine has been rock solid since day one.
[HTC Rezound] AndroidCraig:
Thanks. looking at both, the B definitely has red buttons vs the pink on the XA. I've had relatively few problems with the XA, until last week when I needed a new SIM card for data connectivity issues. After that everytime I rebooted my phone, my wife would receive a text telling her my phone had a new SIM card. it was automated and never appeared in my outbox.

Then I had issues getting ICS on my phone, so VZW ordered me a new one. Now since getting ICS on teh XA, it doesn't automatically mount the SD Card. So I think I'll activate the B, get the ICS update and unlock and root it. Still don't know if I want S-Off as I don't know if I want any custom Roms. I just need root to kill ads and freeze bloatware.
[General Questions and Answers] fiknahs:
i installed [ALPHA][ROM][4.1.1] CyanogenMod 10 for Samsung Galaxy S on my phone....works fine for me but i cant mount my external SDcard.... need help ... if there's another ROM that works better,will appreciate it if u guys tell me about it...thanx.. FIKnAhS:)