Tried Nova launcher and went back to stock

[mysamsungs7e]

For some reason Nova did not play nice with my phone. Hmmm

 

[iPhoneTHS]

I was just more impressed with stock.

 

[bassplayrguy]

I was more impressed with stock and Nova seems laggy.

 

[toenail_flicker]

I've found nova works better for me on my tablets than my phones.

 

[digitalbreak]

I love Samsung Themes so I am usually using the stock launcher unless I want some Oreo goodness in which case I switch to Nova launcher.

 

[Jason Rogers1]

I do like stock and ised it ever since I got the note 8 but recently switched to nova and it so much smoother than stock. Also like the themes better

 

[mysamsungs7e]

I was more impressed with stock and Nova seems laggy.

Yes same here...

 

[mike104393]

For some reason Nova did not play nice with my phone. Hmmm

Probably because you're running both touchwise and Nova at the same time. I've disabled touchwise and use primarily Nova. Love it.

 

[mysamsungs7e]

Probably because you're running both touchwise and Nova at the same time. I've disabled touchwise and use primarily Nova. Love it.

Ok how do I disable it?

 

[mike104393]

Ok how do I disable it?

Download bk disabler. You can disable a lot with it. For me, I disable all the carrier's bloatware including anything touchwise

 

[mysamsungs7e]

thanks

 

[Jason Rogers1]

Download bk disabler. You can disable a lot with it. For me, I disable all the carrier's bloatware including anything touchwise

Does it help with phones overall performance and does it free up more RAM? Thanks

 

[ZOMMBIE1]

I've been a die hard Nova prime user for a while. I would always just install it immediately on any device I got, but I switched back to stock and am actually liking it a lot now. I feel it runs smoother and faster than Nova. Battery life is even better for me. Freed up lots of space also and deleted the countless icon packs I had..

 

[mike104393]

Does it help with phones overall performance and does it free up more RAM? Thanks

It definitely does. The program displays how much active ram each program is using. I mean, if you're like me, I like to keep as little background programs running as much as I can control.

I have bixby home, voice, touchwiz, Verizon bloatware, Samsung messager services and calendar turned off since I use a separate app for all of these programs.

I view it this way, if I don't use the stock Samsung app, I prefer turning it off, there isn't a need to leave two app doing the same thing on.

But this phone has plenty of ram, it really doesn't matter. I've noticed it does help when I'm using Dex.

 

[Norg]

Download bk disabler. You can disable a lot with it. For me, I disable all the carrier's bloatware including anything touchwise

Do you mean TouchWiz ?

 

[mike104393]

Do you mean TouchWiz ?

Haha yes that is correct. Thanks for the catch. I just fixed it.

 

[Norg]

Haha yes that is correct. Thanks for the catch. I just fixed it.

That's what I figured, didn't want to assume since there are so many copycats out there ya just never know.

 

[Relletti]

It's funny because I downloaded nova prime yesterday on my note 8 and then uninstalled it 10 minutes later. I just like the stock launcher better on this phone. Wish we could use the icon packs on it though.

 

[Jason Rogers1]

It definitely does. The program displays how much active ram each program is using. I mean, if you're like me, I like to keep as little background programs running as much as I can control.

I have bixby home, voice, touchwiz, Verizon bloatware, Samsung messager services and calendar turned off since I use a separate app for all of these programs.

I view it this way, if I don't use the stock Samsung app, I prefer turning it off, there isn't a need to leave two app doing the same thing on.

But this phone has plenty of ram, it really doesn't matter. I've noticed it does help when I'm using Dex.

Thanks, I will definitely have to try it out. Still on the fence about getting dex though. I really want it but not sure if it's worth it yet.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

I found DeX to be "interesting" but needed more memory than my S8+. Was always always getting "low on memory." Have a Note 8 but haven't attached it yet. There is rumor news of a new DeX Dock device to coincide with the launch of SD845 and S9 Galaxy.

Microsoft even thinks the Snapdragon 835+ can form the basis of an ARM Windows 10 thing.