Anybody tried or has any recommendation for launchers for AT&T Note 4.
I need additional homescreens for my widgets and 2 docks for my most used icons. These can't be added to the Touchwiz.
I installed Nova launcher Prime version, got everything set, but guess what - the pin-to-homescreen capability of the action memos was lost. The pin icon on the action memo screen got removed. Initially I didn't know that it was because of the launcher, I called up samsung customer care and was with a guy with remote access to my note 4 for 2 hours, but eventually I had to do factory reset to get back that pin icon. Then I installed apps one by one and after each install I checked if the icon was there on the action memo and found the culprit to be nova launcher. Also, it does something that even after uninstalling this launcher, you don't get that icon back, so I had to do factory reset again.
Then I tried next launcher 3D (lite version), the pin icon got removed in this launcher also but luckily, it came back after I changed back my launcher to touchwiz.
Does this imply that I will have to stick to Touchwiz if I want to action memo pinning function?
I like the pin function, but I need more homescreens and 2 docks for my most used apps at the bottom of the screen. Please help !!
I stopped using s memo altogether. Use something like Google keep. Snote/smemo locks with samsung
2bnoted said:
Anybody tried or has any recommendation for launchers for AT&T Note 4.
I need additional homescreens for my widgets and 2 docks for my most used icons. These can't be added to the Touchwiz.
I installed Nova launcher Prime version, got everything set, but guess what - the pin-to-homescreen capability of the action memos was lost. The pin icon on the action memo screen got removed. Initially I didn't know that it was because of the launcher, I called up samsung customer care and was with a guy with remote access to my note 4 for 2 hours, but eventually I had to do factory reset to get back that pin icon. Then I installed apps one by one and after each install I checked if the icon was there on the action memo and found the culprit to be nova launcher. Also, it does something that even after uninstalling this launcher, you don't get that icon back, so I had to do factory reset again.
Then I tried next launcher 3D (lite version), the pin icon got removed in this launcher also but luckily, it came back after I changed back my launcher to touchwiz.
Does this imply that I will have to stick to Touchwiz if I want to action memo pinning function?
I like the pin function, but I need more homescreens and 2 docks for my most used apps at the bottom of the screen. Please help !!
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fbauto1 said:
I stopped using s memo altogether. Use something like Google keep. Snote/smemo locks with samsung
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This -- If I recall correctly its only works with the Touch WIz Launcher
fbauto1 said:
I stopped using s memo altogether. Use something like Google keep. Snote/smemo locks with samsung
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I like how Google Keep can keep our data organized, however it doesn't work with thr note's spen. You can't take notes on Google Keep with our spen.
lawalty said:
I like how Google Keep can keep our data organized, however it doesn't work with thr note's spen. You can't take notes on Google Keep with our spen.
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Exactly, and this is one of the best features of Note 4 - to pin action memo widgets. Hopefully, the Nova Launcher / Next Launcher will update soon to fix this issue.
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I upgraded my Note to the Note II. On the homescreen of my Note I, I can place 5 icons in a row on the homescreen.
Now, with the Note II, I can only place 4 icons in a row on the homescreen, and the dock has 5!
Is somewhere an option, so I can place 5 icons in a row on the homescreen too?
None that I found, TW launcher doesn't even have settings AFAIK. If you want more, get either a modded TW (maybe SGS3 forums) or a completely different one.
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None that I found, TW launcher doesn't even have settings AFAIK. If you want more, get either a modded TW (maybe SGS3 forums) or a completely different one.
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One of the nicest things about Android that gets taken for granted is the ability to customize your user interface. While most folks tend to stick to app icons for launching their apps, Tagy offers an alternative approach: a tag cloud. Tagy is actually a set of widgets that let you specify a list of apps, contacts, or bookmarks to appear in a single widget. Then, as you use the widget, the items you use more often will get bigger.
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Is somewhere an option, so I can place 5 icons in a row on the homescreen too?
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This can be remedied by simply downloading and using a different launcher.
Android allows the user to completely change the UI by using different launchers.
There are many launcher apps available in the market, but 'Go Launcher' is my personal favorite.
Just download 'Go Launcher' and install it. Once you run it and set it as default, you can change the grid size to anything you want (10x10 max). It even allows you to get rid of the dock, (which I really like), since I have no use for the dock icons on screens other than the home screen.
For instance, I currently have a 4.3" phone with no dock row and a grid size of 8x5 icons and no icon labels. Works very well for me.
One side effect is that you won't be able to use any apps or widgets that need the TW framework to run. I have never used a TW ROM so I don't know any more specifics.
In any case, if you don't like the new launcher, you can change it back to the default TW by going into 'Apps' settings; select the current launcher app and click on 'Clear Defaults'. Press the 'Home' key and this will prompt the system to ask you to choose a launcher. Simply choose your default TW and go back to your original screen. You can do this unlimited number of times without any problems. This will allow you to try out different launchers available in the Play Store.
Good Luck!
i'm using Nova launcher, and have it set as 7 down by 6 across... 5 custom dock buttons for ease of access at the bottom finish it off for me
basically the same setup as i had on the Note really lol
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OMG, I wish I had seen this thread prior to purchasing my AT&T SGNII. SMH
I'm thinking about getting the Note 2 but have one quick question, if you installed a 3rd party Launcher, how much of the special S Pen functionality are you losing? I'm assuming some of the stuff such as video previews, gallery previews and calendar event previews that I've seen in many reviews are a function of the app rather than the Launcher. The only thing I can see missing would be going to that special S Pen homepage when you remove it but I wanted to verify that. I don't know of any other really cool S Pen features other than what I've seen in reviews (every store I've gone to hasn't had it in stock so I haven't played with it yet).
Yep. So far from what I can tell you only lose the special S Pen homescreen since that's part of the touchwiz launcher. Everything else is still there and still works.
This is my experience, too.
Note that there are four Page Buddy pages - S-Pen, Earphones, Docking and Roaming.
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Yep. So far from what I can tell you only lose the special S Pen homescreen since that's part of the touchwiz launcher. Everything else is still there and still works.
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Right, I forgot about those other pages.
I also just remembered that you also lose the recommended shortcuts in the notification pulldown also.
Which is odd since that should be part of the system not the launcher.
l3thalsab3r said:
Right, I forgot about those other pages.
I also just remembered that you also lose the recommended shortcuts in the notification pulldown also.
Which is odd since that should be part of the system not the launcher.
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Yea, no functionality is lost other than the instant S-Pen page thats part of the touchwiz launcher. Battery life also has improved for me by about an hour reliably since removing touchwiz as my default launcher and using Nova Prime. I'd say its win/win since those silly widgets can be added to any launcher page if you really want them.
Is there any loss in Note 4 functionality if one switches away from Touchwiz? I would really like to start using Google Now Launcher, but would any of the S Pen / Samsung's functionality be compromised?
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Is there any loss in Note 4 functionality if one switches away from Touchwiz? I would really like to start using Google Now Launcher, but would any of the S Pen / Samsung's functionality be compromised?
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No loss spen/samsung functions on top of the launcher. Switch away.
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Is there any loss in Note 4 functionality if one switches away from Touchwiz? I would really like to start using Google Now Launcher, but would any of the S Pen / Samsung's functionality be compromised?
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Using apex launcher here and everything is just fine. Just can't use some specific touchwiz widgets
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I normally download Nova when I first get any phone but for some reason this time I don't wanna switch from Touchwiz. I tried Nova and I'm tired of my phone looking the same with every phone I get and DL Nova on
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Is there any loss in Note 4 functionality if one switches away from Touchwiz? I would really like to start using Google Now Launcher, but would any of the S Pen / Samsung's functionality be compromised?
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trant01 is right. The S Pen will work just fine and have total functionality. The only thing you'll really lose are a few widgets signed directly to Touchwiz UI. Change away!
I have tried Nova, Go Launcher, Apex, and Next Launcher and they all keep almost all the functionality. So much better than Touchwiz UI... Once you switch you will not be disappointed regardless of which one you choose. :good:
I really really didn't want to use a launcher on this phone, but I could not tolerate the horrible 4x4 grid any longer. Nova launcher works awesome on this phone.
Is there any way to maintain most of your icon layout when switching between launchers
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I was so happy when I learned about Google Now Launcher here, so I'm reposting it for those that want a more stock experience. Check out Google Now Launcher. It's the bees knees!
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Is there any way to maintain most of your icon layout when switching between launchers
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Some Launchers allow you to import your other Launchers home screen layouts. Though not always perfect it is sometimes better than nothing or completely useless that is for you to decide.
Also your previous launcher layouts will remain intact unless you uninstall it so there is no harm in installing Launchers to try them out.
I'm coming from an iPhone 5s so these two look great:
http://androidcommunity.com/zero-the-launcher-that-feels-like-its-barely-there-20141028/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epic.launcher.mi
I will also try out the Google Now launcher. I will play around with Touchwiz first before I decide.
I will probably end up going with Zero Launcher if it allows me to keep the ability to slide Flipboard out from the left. I don't think it will though. Does anyone know if that Flipboard feature is only exclusive to TouchWiz?
Hi all,
I have jumped on the Amazon Fire Phone. I'm already a prime member, using an old LG P930 with Cyanogenmod, but as you can imagine the hardware is a bit old. For $100.00 (since I'm already a prime member the extra year of Prime would have been purchased anyways) this phone was a no brainier for me. My question is, what launcher are you guys running? The Nova launcher works well, but gives an error when installing widgets. Trebuchet fails to launch unfortunately. So far my favorite launcher is Cheetah Launcher by CC Launcher. Everything works, it's clean, and allows the use of my widgets. (Pandora and 1 weather is a must for me). Swiping up to go back works just fine. The only thing I don't like is you don't get notifications of emails or messages in the dock. Also, the default AOS status bar seems a bit weak. It notifies you and the notification goes away. I have been seeing something, wanting to grab it later, and then forget. :|
Anyone else got any launcher or good apps that go well with them to make it more user friendly? I'm very impressed what a simple launcher and side loading apps will give you with this device with out downgrading it or rooting it.
- Jeremy
I've tried nova launcher and Doodol launcher. They both seem to work with the exception of wallpapers
Anyone have any idea of what needs done to get wallpapers working?
On 3.5.0 wallpapers only work with root (xposed tweak)
Yahoo Aviate works well with sll of their built in wallpapers (no widgets work, and you can't select a picture from your gallery though)
Buzz Launcher works with wallpaper support (including your own images). No widgets work though.
I tried a bunch of launchers today and those two are the best so far
So annoying that widgets didn't work on Nova, which has always been our preference, so I set up GEL on wife's new phone. So far she's ok with it, except for being confused how to get out of the Google Now panel (she thought it was an app and was trying to swipe up to get "back" not realizing it was just the left most panel of the launcher).
One thing I did try to set up also that isn't working is Pie Control. It worked for a little bit when first loaded, but subsequent attempts to activate it haven't been successful. I suspect the swipe-in capabilities are hi-jacked by the Fire OS.
Another annoyance is the inability to make direct-dial shortcuts.
I installed, or attempted to install the GNL and wasn't successful. I'll give it a go again. I think I remember the install took, but it wouldn't open the launcher. Still, if looking around, check out that Cheetah Launcher. It just doesn't give notifications in the dock.
Speaking of notifications, does anyone know of a good notification bar? The stock bar on this phone doesn't show an icon that there is a pending kik message, voicemail, text, etc.
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So annoying that widgets didn't work on Nova, which has always been our preference, so I set up GEL on wife's new phone. So far she's ok with it, except for being confused how to get out of the Google Now panel (she thought it was an app and was trying to swipe up to get "back" not realizing it was just the left most panel of the launcher).
One thing I did try to set up also that isn't working is Pie Control. It worked for a little bit when first loaded, but subsequent attempts to activate it haven't been successful. I suspect the swipe-in capabilities are hi-jacked by the Fire OS.
Another annoyance is the inability to make direct-dial shortcuts.
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So I installed the Google Now Launcher .apk again. It then stated I needed google search. Downloaded that .apk. It told me to clear my launcher defaults, I did, but Google Now Launcher isn't an option in the launcher selection. Any idea?
Never mind. I restarted the phone and is good to go. I seem to like the Cheetah Launcher much better so far!
I use Vire Launcher. Its built in wallpapers work perfectly and all widgets work and can be resized. It also has some cool effects.
tried vire launcher and dodol launcher. neither launcher seems to update my missed call count or text messages count properly. ie always showing missed calls.
anybody having this issue as well, or know of a fix?
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tried vire launcher and dodol launcher. neither launcher seems to update my missed call count or text messages count properly. ie always showing missed calls.
anybody having this issue as well, or know of a fix?
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I've installed a few launchers, okay - a lot of launchers. Below are the ones that I found that give the count of SMS, missed calls, etc.
- Nine Launcher (not a huge fan)
- C Launcher Lite (not bad - not very customizable)
- Solo Launcher (pretty slick - but outside widget support doesn't work)
I'm currently on the hunt for a good status bar or notifier.
The Google Now Launcher seems to work very well without any lag. Its very light weight although not very customizable. So far it seems to be a good place to start until other launchers become more compatible. I added the dashclock widget to the homescreen, with better weather addon, plus the other alerts I need and this seems a complete setup right now that matches my Nexus 4 setup.
Xyth said:
The Google Now Launcher seems to work very well without any lag. Its very light weight although not very customizable. So far it seems to be a good place to start until other launchers become more compatible. I added the dashclock widget to the homescreen, with better weather addon, plus the other alerts I need and this seems a complete setup right now that matches my Nexus 4 setup.
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Does anybody know, how can i create folders in goole now launcher. I tried holding 1 app icon and pasting it over another, but straight away it takes to the main screen.
Thanks
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Does anybody know, how can i create folders in goole now launcher. I tried holding 1 app icon and pasting it over another, but straight away it takes to the main screen.
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Drag one icon and drop onto another icon. This creates a folder that you can then name.
GoLauncher Ex
GoLauncher Ex seems to work well, all widgets worked for me
Xyth said:
Drag one icon and drop onto another icon. This creates a folder that you can then name.
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Thanks, but this is only working at the home screen, not in the apps menu.
Is it working for you in Apps menu as well? Let me know i have tried 100 times, and soon as i try to drag 1 icon it takes me to the home screen,.
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Thanks, but this is only working at the home screen, not in the apps menu.
Is it working for you in Apps menu as well? Let me know i have tried 100 times, and soon as i try to drag 1 icon it takes me to the home screen,.
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I don't think you can make folders on the apps menu. I don't seem to be able to on my Nexus 4 with its stock launcher, so its no surprise you cant do it in the Google launcher we are loading.
Thanks for this question though. I thought the launcher was limited to 3 pages but I found that you can create more empty pages by long pressing the home screen and moving the existing side pages to one side of the home page, then dragging icons to the side that now has no page to create a new page. I tried simply dragging icons earlier but it would not form a new page until I moved the old page first. Strange process but it works.
Fire Phone Lauchers - Wallpaper and Widgets
Hi All -
I've gone through just about every launcher I can find to find one that both wallpaper and Widgets work on... With no luck.
Buzz Launcher has wallpaper working, a number of launchers have widgets working, but none with both...
Has anyone else had any luck with both? Do we know what makes one or the other not work? Would rolling back to older versions of some of these launchers (pre-lollipop and kitkat) work?
Thoughts? Help? Suggestions?
Thanks!!!
Has anyone tried Action Launcher Pro? I wonder if it gets along with Fire Phone (no root).
I've tried at least 20 different launchers today. The only one that has wallpaper and widgets working is still Vire Launcher.
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I am new to Android and I have recently installed Nova on my Note 10 and got it looking exactly how i want it but when i go to quick switch or close my apps the Icons on the top are the old ones that i was running on Samsungs AI, Is their anyway to change this in the settings or is this just how Samsung cover it so you can fully use Nova?
The Icons appear on my Home Screen and App Drawer but when i select the home button to swipe between open apps the top app icon is my old one from when i was on samsungs AI instead of nova.
I am running Android 9 and Nova Prime 6.1.11
Any help would be brilliant.
Have you chosen Nova to be your default launcher? Not sure what else would be causing your icon pack to not stick.
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Hi,
I have defaulted it in the Nova Launcher and in the Settings but it sticks for the home screen and the App Draw but not if your flicking between open apps or in the Apps section in settings, I wonder if anyone who has a 10 is having this issue as well with Nova Launcher?
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Have you chosen Nova to be your default launcher? Not sure what else would be causing your icon pack to not stick.
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Pilly88 said:
Hello,
I am new to Android and I have recently installed Nova on my Note 10 and got it looking exactly how i want it but when i go to quick switch or close my apps the Icons on the top are the old ones that i was running on Samsungs AI, Is their anyway to change this in the settings or is this just how Samsung cover it so you can fully use Nova?
The Icons appear on my Home Screen and App Drawer but when i select the home button to swipe between open apps the top app icon is my old one from when i was on samsungs AI instead of nova.
I am running Android 9 and Nova Prime 6.1.11
Any help would be brilliant.
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As additional info on this as I've tried to help in person but run out of ideas...
We've double checked that Nova is definitely set as the default launcher - issue persists
We've tried clearing Nova's app cache - issue persists
We've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Nova - issue persists
We've tried clearing partition cache - issue persists
It's a bit confusing as on the surface Nova seems to be doing it's job, but when going in to the apps part of the settings menu all of the default Samsung theme icons are there instead of the ones set in Nova (not the case on the other Android phones running Nova that we have access to, which keep the icon pack loaded in to Nova through the entire system). Then trying to switch between apps seems to reset the whole thing to the default Samsung theme.
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Update: We think it's a Samsung problem!
Tried Apex and Smart Launcher 5, both having the exact same issue. At this point I'm inclined to think it's actually an issue with something in how the new Samsung Note 10+ works with launchers.
Anyone else got this working properly? What launcher have you used?
I think it is how the system is designed . maybe with android 10 that will change
Fingers Crossed It will, Thank you.
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I think it is how the system is designed . maybe with android 10 that will change
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first thing I did upon receiving my exynos note10 plus was to install nova, prime version, and download the icon packs of my choice, and, as always, zero problems, any customization I set, sticks no matter what, so, The issue has nothing to do with samsug or ultimately with Pie
Maybe it's a Note 10 thing, have you tried a device reset?
No problems with Nova on my Exynos Note 10 plus 5G, as on all devices in my house, S9, Note 8, Note 9, the first customisation is Nova Prime.
Maybe someone with Note 10 could chime in.
Have you tried going into the settings of Nova launcher, selecting look and feel, select icon style, select icon theme. And then toggle between the marshmallow default, the system, and the icon pack you use. I use the icons from a Samsung icon theme pack. And have to do this. But it works Everytime.