Lollipop improved TouchWiz... staying with Nova!

[jimd1050]

Most of the issues with TouchWiz that made me use Nova as my Launcher with KitKat, improved dramatically with the Lollipop upgrade. Unfortunately, the inability to set your own Icon size, spacing and system tray spacing... sends me right back to Nova. I used TouchWiz overnight and this morning after my Verizon Lollipop Upgrade but I find my desktops cluttered with icons. I like the way I can compress my icon spacing and have a lot of icons on the desktops yet still see my wallpaper. Why can't they allow us to make small customization changes like that with TouchWiz? I'd run it if that were possible!

BTW, I find that Nova is faster now too with the Lollipop Upgrade... just FYI!

 

[Android D]

Most of the issues with TouchWiz that made me use Nova as my Launcher with KitKat, improved dramatically with the Lollipop upgrade. Unfortunately, the inability to set your own Icon size, spacing and system tray spacing... sends me right back to Nova. I used TouchWiz overnight and this morning after my Verizon Lollipop Upgrade but I find my desktops cluttered with icons. I like the way I can compress my icon spacing and have a lot of icons on the desktops yet still see my wallpaper. Why can't they allow us to make small customization changes like that with TouchWiz? I'd run it if that were possible!

BTW, I find that Nova is faster now too with the Lollipop Upgrade... just FYI!

I was using NOVA before the update..after the lollipop update, I noticed tht the gesture of scrolling down the notification panel from 1/2 way across the screen was not working..big deal for me, so switched back to Touchwiz...also with nova, when I was foreclosing a app from the app drawer, it would't do it..but after using touchwiz for a couple of hrs, i think i am going back to NovA!

 

[Lepa79]

I'm back to Nova after lollipop. Did factory reset just because I wanted a clean start. Had my Nova setting backed up. It was a breeze to restore it. In seconds everything was back to where I had it.

Runs smooth and fast. Nothing to complain about. Love a fresh phone after factory resets.

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[robcassman]

But why should we be satisfied with having to start all over for each update!?!

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[NickA]

But why should we be satisfied with having to start all over for each update!?!

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We don't. Some people like to do a factory reset after a major update. I normally do but didn't thus time and I'm running fine.

The question is why don't we have a backup and restore like iOS does.

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[NickA]

Why can't they allow us to make small customization changes like that with TouchWiz? I'd run it if that were possible!

Totally agree. If they are going to stick with TouchWiz at least give us more options.

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[Wayne Sanders]

Most of the issues with TouchWiz that made me use Nova as my Launcher with KitKat, improved dramatically with the Lollipop upgrade. Unfortunately, the inability to set your own Icon size, spacing and system tray spacing... sends me right back to Nova. I used TouchWiz overnight and this morning after my Verizon Lollipop Upgrade but I find my desktops cluttered with icons. I like the way I can compress my icon spacing and have a lot of icons on the desktops yet still see my wallpaper. Why can't they allow us to make small customization changes like that with TouchWiz? I'd run it if that were possible!

BTW, I find that Nova is faster now too with the Lollipop Upgrade... just FYI!

Just put stuff that are alike in folders. Media, like Netflix, youtube, I heart. Emails in a folder. Browser's in one. I have over 50 things in 6 folders.

 

[Lepa79]

But why should we be satisfied with having to start all over for each update!?!

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No need to do it if you are not having major issues. It's a personal preference for me. I like having a fresh clean start with major updates. I take that as a good time to clean up my phone. These suckers get abused day in and day out.

I have every important thing on my phone on auto backup. A factory reset for me is not an inconvenience at all. This is the 1st reset of my note 4 after almost 5 months of heavy use. Love it even more now

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[Android D]

We don't. Some people like to do a factory reset after a major update. I normally do but didn't thus time and I'm running fine.

The question is why don't we have a backup and restore like iOS does.

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thank you...tht's my biggest concern with Android right now.!

 

[Android D]

No need to do it if you are not having major issues. It's a personal preference for me. I like having a fresh clean start with major updates. I take that as a good time to clean up my phone. These suckers get abused day in and day out.

I have every important thing on my phone on auto backup. A factory reset for me is not an inconvenience at all. This is the 1st reset of my note 4 after almost 5 months of heavy use. Love it even more now

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how do you back up apps with app data?

 

[zkyevolved]

how do you back up apps with app data?

Pro version:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...om.koushikdutta.backup.license&token=PbarSb0j

Free version:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&token=dOdY-kJN


No root required

 

[jmk32]

I was using NOVA before the update..after the lollipop update, I noticed tht the gesture of scrolling down the notification panel from 1/2 way across the screen was not working..big deal for me, so switched back to Touchwiz...also with nova, when I was foreclosing a app from the app drawer, it would't do it..but after using touchwiz for a couple of hrs, i think i am going back to NovA!

You can fix the Nova swipe down from anywhere to expand notifications function by getting on the Nova beta version and then turning accessibility on. There's a thread on this forum I started on this subject a day or 2 ago.

 

[Android D]

Pro version:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...om.koushikdutta.backup.license&token=mbAKX4Rq

Free version:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&token=XNt2OVP1


No root required

ugh...tried it. it's a pain to do the entire process...and some of my apps won't backup with Helium!

 

[Android D]

You can fix the Nova swipe down from anywhere to expand notifications function by getting on the Nova beta version and then turning accessibility on. There's a thread on this forum I started on this subject a day or 2 ago.

Yeah I saw tht thread..I am looking into it!

 

[stackberry369]

Totally agree. If they are going to stick with TouchWiz at least give us more options.

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Why don't they partner with the Nova launcher developer like they have with CM?

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[D13H4RD2L1V3]

TouchWiz is still a love-it or hate-it thing to me, personally.

It's better than the last, but I still think it has some ways to go.

I await the day it comes close to that rumored screenshot AC posted before the S5 reveal. That would've made me fall in love with TW.

 

[syspry]

Good old Nova! But it scares me that so much enjoyment of my android experience rests on one app! What would I do without you?

 

[juliesdroidsync]

I am a fan of Nova, too! I set the options under look and feel to faster than light, and it just makes my phone so freakishly fast responding that I can't imagine using anything else. And yes, it is even better after the lollipop updates and a factory reset.

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