Nexus 6 -Launchers

[eric002]

Just out of curiosity, if the nexus 6 is rooted, if you download a third party launcher, can you delete the stock Google launcher? The only reason I would want to, is because other launchers might have more features but I really do love the Google launcher a lot... just figured I would ask once.

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[danielson2047]

If you're rooted you can delete anything

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[Ed Briggs]

If you're rooted you can delete anything

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Why delete it? Just use the new launcher as your default. The stock launcher will take up very little room.

 

[Rukbat]

I always run Nova on any phone, but I usually have 5 or 6 launchers installed, in case someone asks a question about where to find something on one of them. (Even on my old Gingerbread phone, with almost no storage, I had 3 launchers installed.)

 

[eric002]

Why delete it? Just use the new launcher as your default. The stock launcher will take up very little room.

I guess it's just a feeling of guilt more than anything else not using the stock Google launcher no I was asking for custom icons and whatnot but I suppose I can deal with you google launches still I love the Google now cards and whatnot and I'm not sure of any other launcher features that.

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[tadpoles]

I guess it's just a feeling of guilt more than anything else not using the stock Google launcher no I was asking for custom icons and whatnot but I suppose I can deal with you google launches still I love the Google now cards and whatnot and I'm not sure of any other launcher features that.

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If Google doesn't feel guilty about what they do to you I don't think you should feel guilty about deleting a piece of their software from YOUR phone.


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[eric002]

If Google doesn't feel guilty about what they do to you I don't think you should feel guilty about deleting a piece of their software from YOUR phone.


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Do any other launchers feature of the Google now cards?

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[tadpoles]

Do any other launchers feature of the Google now cards?

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I don't know. Nova Prime is all I use. What is a Google now card?

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[eric002]

I don't know. Nova Prime is all I use. What is a Google now card?

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Up-to-date information based on your likes and interests from Google

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[tadpoles]

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Data mining, eh? I don't think Nova does that.

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[eric002]

Data mining, eh? I don't think Nova does that.

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It's nice to stay up today with my personal information though

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[tadpoles]

Well, you don't need to delete the Google launcher at all. Just try Nova, Go, Apex, Next, Action or whatever and make that your default and if you don't like it you can instantly switch back to Google's launcher.

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[eric002]

Well, you don't need to delete the Google launcher at all. Just try Nova, Go, Apex, Next, Action or whatever and make that your default and if you don't like it you can instantly switch back to Google's launcher.

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That's true I can always give it a shot. Thanks for the help.

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[wtherrell]

Google now cards are independent of the launcher. I use Nova Prime launcher and Google now cards show up when I swipe up from the bottom.

 

[eric002]

Google now cards are independent of the launcher. I use Nova Prime launcher and Google now cards show up when I swipe up from the bottom.

Ok, so let me get this straight. You use Nova prime launcher and you still get the Google now cards? But you said, that's extremely important to me why I love Android

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[wtherrell]

Ok, so let me get this straight. You use Nova prime launcher and you still get the Google now cards? But you said, that's extremely important to me why I love Android

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You got it straight!

 

[eric002]

You got it straight!

OK thanks then.

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[npaladin-2000]

Having GoogleNow essentially be one of the homescreens is limited to the Google Launcher. Which I really tried to like, but I missed my Nova customization too much (Heck, on a 6 inch screen, 5x5 icons looked too big, I went 6x6).

It is a bit redundant when you can just swipe up from the home button and get it, or configure an action for swiping up from Nova's app drawer button. Ultimately, the lack of configurability in the GoogleNow launcher is what made me give up on it. I prefer flexibility.

 

[bigdaddytee]

You can turn Google Now off completely, which disables opening it by swiping up from the home soft key.

 

[npaladin-2000]

You can turn Google Now off completely, which disables opening it by swiping up from the home soft key.

Why would you want to do that?

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