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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] eyeatoma:
Wait what? How do I make the Google feed as the far left screen on Nova launcher? I have Nova Prime and I get blocked with the google feed, and it doesn't let me go far left.

With one UI if you zoom out you can toggle on or off the google feed. I don't even get the option with Nova. Teach me your ways lol
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Go back 1 page to post #33. I gave the other person the link. Have fun.. I have now taught you my ways. ha
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pcriz:
Honestly there is nothing inherently dangerous about using a 3rd party launcher that's any more dangerous than any other app you down load on to your phone.

And if you don't like it, than it's too easy to revert back. The magic of android. Some people are purists and say that was given must be the best for me.

All that said. OneUI has nothing on nove interms of utility and customization. I for instance enjoy a really simplistic layout so I make use of swipe gestures on folders to open apps o don't want cluttering my home screen. Also I'm sure there are video reviews of some of the more popular launchers on YouTube.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Seeing is believing. It's a toss up between Greenify and hyperion launcher as to what boot looped me twice back to back. The launcher was glitchy so it was likely that. Regardless both got tossed out on the 2nd reload that has been stable since.

Nova is great? I don't know... how's it doing as far as efficiency? Personally I found One UI snappier and I always run with no animations. Any lagging is obvious and annoying.

One UI seems efficient.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pcriz:
I honestly don't know what we are supposed to be seeing?

I specifically said to the other person that one ui has nothing on nova in terms of customization. Showing me battery status of the stock launcher not using a lot of battery is like showing me a picture of a fish swimming. That's the baseline.

I've used nova exclusively for years across quite a few phones, battery drain isn't an issue. If you are seeing lag then maybe your perception of it is higher because nothing jumps out at me.

So if I was being honest to any user that was curious I would tell them to give it a go yourself. Not don't ever use one because one time I bootlooped.

And if anything. Greenify bootlooped you. One application meant to circumvent apps access to back ground assets and another app that simply displays applications after the OS has already booted. Seems fairly cut and dry.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Greenify warns you straight up to be damn careful what you select or you'll crash/bootloop That's all over the warnings every time you select an app. :) But it'll let you screw up if you "insist" hahaha.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
That's Galaxy Battery Tracker. It's easy to break out any time slot you want, in this for the last 12 of heavy usage. Practically uses nothing.

I was always seeing 2-4% battery usage with Nova, twice as much or more than the stock launcher. If true that translates to extra cpu cycles it's using.

Turn off all animations to see what you really got... fast machines don't need animations.

.25 seconds is an eternity for a UI, and yeah you can notice lag at least 100ms if not shorter. My eye/hand reaction time average is 70ms.

Since Greenify had been on the phone for at least 2 months vs the launcher's 2-3 days I say it's an easy guess which did it. Greenify wasn't doing much anyway so it was on its way out and I was tired of reloading.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
All 3rd party power management tends to screw up Samsung's including their own🤣

To be fair I wasn't rooted (and didn't do a adb edit for it) so I couldn't take full advantage of Greenify. Other than waiting for it, it didn't cause any real harm as best I could tell.

I was trying to tone down what was a power hog at that time. Eventually I found better methods.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Nova is amazing with the prime add on and the google add on. Be careful restoring backups from V6 to V7 or is it 5 and 6. whatever the latest is.

Nova has massive customizations. More than any 1 person could want and it's also THE most popular add on launcher. BUT, the drawback is, ONEUI launcher is still running in the background taking care of household tasks you NEED and you pretty much lose native gestures. It's really HORRIBLE using native gestures and Nova. Minor cost + stock ONEUI still runs under it. Nova devs do update more than Samsung devs do.

OneUI has had massive improvements, esp with GoodLock add ons. You get the google feed NATIVELY, It's free, gestures and the new smart widgets work. You do lose the massive amounts of customization that you get with Nova tho. (But it has come a long way)

Both are very fast. Both will allow for google integration. Both are almost insignificant battery users. One is free and built in to the phone. The other costs, you need add ons but it gets updated much more often.

I'm still tossed up as to which I like better at this point. I have them both setup almost identical at this point and switch back and forth trying to make up my mind. This week happens to be OneUI's turn.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Device care, background, deep sleeping apps is the BEST thing Samsung ever came out with. Combine that with disabling background data usage permission and said app is about as locked down as you can get without hard disabling it. 3/4 of my apps are in that state because they are the ones I only ever want running WHEN I click them. :)

Greenify is a great way to see what's running, what called it and quickly get to the permissions without hassle. I don't let it do any auto management. It's a dead app at this point with no development. But for my use, it's still handy.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pcriz:
Hey man. You're not going to convince anyone. You can look at the android native battery stats and see what you took a screen shot of, the launcher isn't YouTube. Its not going to vary that much. It wasn't about not knowing it was battery stats, that much is super obvious. It was about not getting your point when no one mentioned the battery of One UI Launcher at all.

Showing me a screen shot of your stock launcher and reciting what you "remember" is a good example of confirmation bias, especially when you started the last post with "seeing is believing".

Also what's this have to do with animations. Did op say they didn't want to use animations? So why is that another linchpin of whatever you are trying to prove? My device can run a whole VM of Linux, multitask as well as a full fledged desktop, heck you can 3d render from it. I could care less about studders in the launcher when some random person decides "powerful phones don't need animations". I don't think anyone is losing sleep over that.

I'm a regular person. Using my phone like a regular person. Certainly not spending my time testing how few ms I can react in.

Op asked for suggestions. Your initial response was that you bootlooped once and you weren't even sure if it was the launcher but even if it was it was a launcher no one has even suggested.

I'm sure if you put the amount of effort in that post as you are trying to in this fruitless "3rd launcher = bad" stance then we would not even be having this discussion.

That said.

Op, my suggestion is nova and like someone else said Microsoft is another launcher I have heard great things about. But you won't know what works for until you try it
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] malikin:
what is your icon pack? i like it so much
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pcriz:
For me the biggest downfall of One UI outside of the lack of customization (it has improved a lot though), is how cumbersome finder is. They need to find tune The results that are displayed and customization to choose what they are displayed in. I never have a desire to search the galaxy store for instance.

And long pressing an app from the app search just to be given the option to "find the app" seems unnecessary. Either give me the long press context menus or let me drag and drop it from the search results.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
I don't use any of the battery optimization as it caused erratic behavior and didn't help with the battery life. I tracked each problem app down and dealt with each on a case by case basis.

All buckets are active; power management is not running. This works well for my N10+'s, one running on Android 9, the other 10. On other models and/or OS versions who knows? However Samsung app issues tend to be long standing spanning multiple generations of devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Oh, finder sucks ba#s. Knock on wood, I don't use it My daily use apps are all in a folder right up front. Any searches I need are almost always google ones.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Disable Galaxy Store and those results vanish.

I toggle it on if needed, same with Playstore. Otherwise they are running in the background causing mischief.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pcriz:
That's still too cluttered for me. I want web results and app results. And if I long press that icon I don't want it to offer to show me where it is in the app drawer. I want a context menu or to be able to drag and drop it
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Compusmurf:
Back to the OP's question.

Nova 7 is ok, do NOT restore a 6 backup to it or you'll do bad things depending on some deprecated setting. Set it up from scratch.

OneUI is ok.

Microsoft Launcher is ok.

(I've used the above 3)

Also:

Niagara Launcher (never tested, but gets lots of rave reviews)

Armchair Launcher (Never tested, but also gets a ton of rave reviews)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] JazonX:
Thanks !

Mixed between Phix and Candycons
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
0.10 is wicked fast. Wonder how 0.5 is still the highest for so many years now!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
I have more of a problem with the lack of search/display options in Samsung Folders.

Lol, where the hell is the flashlight intensity setting? I know it's hidden and can pull it up with Finder but not by searching settings🤣

Samsung has always been sort of goofy, but now they're forgetting what their product is named, what side the spen goes on, what a power user is or a SD card slot was. And yeah I could live without the lame dancing icons on the Goodlock family app.

Samsung is pissing me off without throwing the launcher into the mix. Be nice if they had a current flagship I wanted to buy...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] strongsteve:
Nova 7 works butter smooth for me
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Okie John:
I am using a Samsung S10+ and Nova 7.0,57

like you, have used Nova "forever" it seems, and no other launcher equals it, in my tests back "then".

No reason to look for anything else.

My S10+ won't be replaced until it dies, or the apps quit working on it.

I have Updates turned OFF.

If it works now, why change it?

my experience with Updates have been horrible, and several phones back, I turned updates OFF.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] xda_nz:
I'm still using Apex Launcher (Pro). May move to Nova et al. at some stage, but Apex does all I need, bug free.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] neburg964:
I'm using Nova 7 on my S21+ and it's extremely smooth and fully customized. There must be some other issue causing your stuttering.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] davebuddy69:
This is a no brainer...........Niagara Launcher. Check it out!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] roadkill42:
I use adw 1 launcher it's an older one but easy to use and custmise
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] lovaduck:
Nova 7 works fine for me on a Galaxy A72, phone just got upgraded to Android 12, smooth transition and Nova 7 works just as before: perfectly. Pro edition.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] MrCalico:
I would be scared to post that.. but since you did.. i love the MS Launcher too!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] garyfunk:
I'm still using Nova. I find it fast and everything I need.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] MrCalico:
wow, i see a need to update my signature: Samsung Note 10 (T-Mobile)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] tripdoc79:
Ive been using microsoft launcher for years. Does everything i need it to, nicely integrates everything between personal and work accounts. Everything i need at a glance. And you can always switch to OneUI to enable specific actions you want to use like gestures, then switch back. And i like the layout options.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] bowlandspoon:
I used Nova for years and years but about 18 months ago I switched to Ruthless Launcher. It's a Pixel style launcher but with tonnes of customisation. Dev is responsive on TG and I think there's a thread on XDA too.

Ruthless Launcher – Apps on Google Play

Simple. Elegant. Lightweight. Free and contains no ads.

play.google.com
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] phr0zen:
Haven't seen Lawnchair or Evie mentioned yet, unless I missed it. Both are fast and customizable.

I will say that I believe it was Evie that used to do this weird popping up the app drawer quickly and dropping it back down again when you used swipe controls to go back to the home screen/desktop. Haven't used it in several months so it's unknown if it still does this.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] nacos:
Most likely you have an underlying condition affecting your phone's overall performance. Like you, I've been using Nova for ages, since Samsung S2. Currently I'm on a Samsung S20 running Android 10 and Nova 7 is as snappy and smooth as always - so I have no reason to look elsewhere. Moreover, if you check the memory allocation in running services (developer options), Nova takes up about 150MB of RAM on average, which is absolutely normal. Lastly, I use the same Nova configuration on a Samsung S8 running Havoc (Android 10) and another S8 running stock Android 9 - none are showing the problems you were describing despite obviously, both having far less capable hardwares than yours. My advise, check your environment, something's not right.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Dayuser:
Page 1 post #9 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] malikin:
well-known launchers no need to be mentioned ))
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] phr0zen:
Good to know that Microsoft is a small up-and-coming business that hardly anyone knows about. And this brand new launcher called Nova that, again, no one has ever heard of.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
I've used Microsoft Launcher for years and have never heard of it causing a boot loop. It's faster than OneUI and more customizable.

If you are in Microsoft's ecosystem it syncs your Sticky Notes, To-Do, Onenote, and Outlook Calendars across your Windows and Android devices that you have connected to your Microsoft account.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] howeejin:
try using the default stock launcher. you ARE using a S22 Ultra, right? they said it's the best phone out there, so the default stock launcher should be at best a good one
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] sky.walker:
I love total launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.launcher2

but it's too customizable so i end up spending an hour adjusting something simple because I got side tracked, or couldn't get it exactly how I wanted

No idea if it works well with samsung, it's a light launcher and can make it look like anything, stock, apple, windows, your cluttered desk at work
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] phr0zen:
Wish it worked that way. The stock launcher is "ok" at best. Sure it's responsive, but as others have stated, it's not as customizable and has features that some (including me) do not prefer. @liamR have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it again? Nova runs well on pretty much every device I've owned.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] webjunky:
Stick with the Samsung default launcher.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] kiran1bk:
Some launchers which I liked:

In 2014 I was using Aviate launcher, Yahoo bought it and killed.

Then liked Nokia Z-launcher but even it was killed later on.

Then shifted to Nova Launcher. Continued it for some years. Then heard about Microsoft buying Arrow launcher. Tried it for 2 years. It was good but not as smooth and robust as Nova launcher and also was missing some features of Nova. Finally shifted back to Nova and continuing it.

Some different styled Launchers one can give a try:

AIO launcher,

Olauncher by Tanuj M, (very minimal)

Ratio launcher (new player, so not yet perfect)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hammody:
Hi all..

this is driving me crazy!!! do you all use the old 3 buttons for navigation? there seems to be one issue using the new swipe gesture with 3rd party launcher (Nova, Action... etc). This happens ONLY when on home screen and trying to access the recent apps page, the phone stuters of like 1-2 seconds. The cause of the iisue is very clear. Basically (on home screen) when swiping up and holding (to trigger the recent app page) the phone initially pulls up the apps drawer, then it recognizes it should launche the recent apps page and switches to it.

To investigate more, I added a new gesture - double tab to launch recent apps screen - and it works flawlessly. This proves that the phone

initially confuses "swipe up" Vs "Swipe up & hold" gestures

.

I've never faced this issue before and I'm sure (hope!) there is a fix
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
I've been using Microsoft Launcher for years. It's just as customizable as OneUI and Nova. If you have a Microsoft account or are a Microsoft 365 subscriber, it integrates really well. For example, I use Microsoft Sticky Notes for different things. If I make a sticky note on my desktop, I can access it on my Surface Pro, my Tab S7, and my S22U.

Nova Launcher is also nice, but it didn't fit my work flow. My daughter has the S22 and she loves OneUI.

My three top recommendations, in order are:

Microsoft Launcher (free)

OneUI (free)

Nova Launcher (free), but if you want all the bells and whistles, it's $4.99.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TapaSte:
Nova (prime) is not more updated since the far 2021...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] slider112:
Nova Launcher beta's big redesign had it's latest update in Sept 2022. It's smooth, fast, and handles android 13's animations the best of any launcher I've ever tried. It runs flawlessly on my s22 ultra. Plus the material you redesign looks fantastic.

Nova Launcher

The premier custom launcher for Android, loved by over 50 million.

novalauncher.com
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
You're not alone. I use it too; on both my S22 Ultra and Tab S7. I've never had any issues and it gets updated regularly. I like how it integrates with my laptop and desktop. I am vested more in Microsoft's services than Google's services.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
Obviously, Microsoft is not going to default to a competitor's services. It is going to promote its own. When I swipe to get to the "far left" screen, it brings up my Microsoft Sticky Notes; which I use for making lists like for groceries. I can update the list from any of my devices (laptop, desktop, tablet, phone). You can set it to display a calendar, contacts, whatever. It is much more customizable and usable than OneUI.

If you want a news feed, you can customize what you see in that feed, you are not bound to what Microsoft pushes.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] DWreck360:
I didn't want to write a new post/thread but I was wondering if anyone else had come across an issue of missing apps in their app drawer or home screens? Because I'm missing a lot of game apps. Have dug throughout almost all settings trying to figure out where they are. I have to literally go to app drawer, search the app name and THEN it pops up. Makes no sense. Please any advice on this would help tremendously. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Welcome to XDA.

Which launcher, One UI?

Are the missing apps stuffed in a folder in the app drawer? Did you inadvertently hide the apps with Home Screen Settings?

Did you use SmartSwitch to set up the device or do any major firmware upgrades without a factory reset?

Try clearing the system cache, first...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
What launcher are you using? Check to see if you have any apps hidden.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] DWreck360:
One UI 5.1 I actually rebooted my phone and they all showed back up. Thank you all for the helpful responses. 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
If you don't think it's highly customizable you're not using all the available features including the Galaxy store Good lock family of apps, custom themes and icon packs. One UI should be rock solid stable as well as fast and efficient. Nothing will boot loop a Samsung faster then a buggy 3rd party launcher. One UI never crashes on me.

This what my stock N10+ looks like...
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
Hi there.

I have a P3301 and have been reading a lot of posts os people that has used "PDAMobiz_Dopod_P800W_AKU301_v1.1.2_PowerMap" in Artemis with locked CID.

Can this be possible?

Another question: is really nice to change the original ROM? I get some new features like more speed (without using overclock), and other apps?

Tank you.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] y_bother:
i don't know about the first q.

and for the second ... yes it can make your device much better (if not why ppl cook and other flash ROMs :p)..

like more RAM free and storage :D
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
Well...

I have a P3301... i´ve just buyed it. Wich ROM is more new and recommended for this device?

I was worried about the ROM wich i asked in first post, because the related posts about that, all were posted in 2007...

We are in final of 2008.... and i have a new device... So i wanted a more recent and complete ROM....

Tanks by the help....
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] y_bother:
well in my opinion and for WWE ROM try the following:

if you want a rom with manila i highly recomend FlyROM (the one in my segniture)

if you want a clean and best performance try the YuE v11.3 ExtraClean. :D

and there are other ROMs what i did not tried even they look good like gulloms and T.I.R :D

hope i was helpful

and remeber to CID UNLOCK your device first

CHEERS
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
Tanks a lot.

My first atempt wiil be the YuE v11.3 ExtraClean, because i wanna focus in performance. I am in middle of a .NET mobile development, and want to have a faster Smartphone to test my apps.

Tanks by reply... Other thing: CID locked devices really must bu unlocked first right? I tried unlocking by downloading a app that i get in this forum, but he doesn´t works in Windows Vista: doesn´t recognize my device during procedures... Windows Vista uses "Sync Center" and not "Active Sync"... does anyone had this problem using Vista?

Regards,

Tuschinski.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] y_bother:
yes if you want to flash any ROM except your device original ROM you have to CID UNLOCK first...

and sorry i don't know how to do it in vista :(

maybe someone knows
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
In FlyROM, for example: does it updates just OS, or another features like radio, etc...?
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] y_bother:
no it doesn't the spl will remain .11 and the radio as it was before flashing
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
Can you explain to me waht the SPL initals mean?
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] y_bother:
IPL - Initial Program Loader, a bit like BIOS on a desktop.

SPL - Secondary Program Loader, the bootloader, which starts the OS.

and for the number as you know it's like a version and when it .111 it's unlocked as i know :)

sorry that is all i can tell cuz i'm not knowing alot about these :D
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] tuscho:
Tanks a lot...
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] williamita:
Hey tuscho!

Were you able to flash the new rom in your p3301 with success?