ADW versus Launcher Pro on EVO

[dkelley]

guys.... if you try any launcher other than sense on a sense rom, make sure you set your sense launcher to "clean slate" with NOTHING on it at all before changing launchers. otherwise sense's widgets will keep running in background all the time taking cpu and memory.

same is true when changing from ANY launcher to another: if you have 2 or more launchers installed and have widgets on any of them, those widgets will run. Admittedly it isn't clear if every widget works that way, but certainly it's proven that some do. I just learned this myself, but it explains everything to me. and I just did some quick test now and sure enough the performance and stability differences are huge when done as I described.

also with launcherpro make sure you set the memory settings correctly if using the latest version. stops FCs.

 

[gman eb#AC]

I use launcher pro. I wish the mail/message icons had a notification for when you had new or unread messages. Any way to get more icons for the bar?

 

[dkelley]

I use launcher pro. I wish the mail/message icons had a notification for when you had new or unread messages. Any way to get more icons for the bar?

you should probably post that question on the official launcherpro forum. I think it's something hard to remember like launcherpro.com LoL

I agree by the way... would be nice.

 

[gman eb#AC]

you should probably post that question on the official launcherpro forum. I think it's something hard to remember like launcherpro.com LoL

I agree by the way... would be nice.

Sorry, what was I thinking? LOL?

 

[Raadius]

I guess ill be the bad seed out of the group and say I didnt like Launcher Pro, I couldnt customize it the way I wanted too, I did like the 3D app drawer though. Never try ADW but I heard it was laggy and had force errors so I wont even bother.

 

[2CupsWithString]

I just put launcher pro on today. I love it, it has that stock feeling with enough tweaks. I like how you can change what's on the launch bar, as a google voice only user, that was really helpful and the pre-made icons were slick.

The drawer is sweet as well.

I went down to 5 home screens with this, just figured it'd be less clutter. Just added one folder for "entertainment" apps.

I had to buy feedR to use with 4 feeds I want a home screen.

I'm still trying to find a good HTC Calendar widget replacement but hitting the calendar app icon isn't a big deal.

 

[oasis9389]

idk what i was seeing but launcher pro was virtually un-usable on my evo.. constant lag and constant FC.
ADW has been a dream, i love the set icons on the dock and all the customizations.

never a FC

 

[Kedar]

I think CyanogenMod uses ADW Launcher as default now... which I would love to try out.
But it seems like people have been getting FC's on both LauncherPro and ADW.... apparently mostly launcherpro.

 

[LikeAChampion3]

I saw that ADW had a recent update...may try it again. Anyone else switch back to find it improved greatly?

 

[youngzayiles]

I love launcher pro.. Just sucks cuz I always miss my sense widgets..

 

[twan2001]

Personally, I didnt know about launcher pro until I read this thread and i'm just saying that this is the best thing that I've downloaded to my phone... I have a good list of apps. I loved Sense UI, but Launcher Pro's customization puts Sense to shame.

 

[ldudiaz]

Launch Pro bands down

 

[The Twanksta]

I download ADW first, didnt care for it, seemed harder to customize the way I like, downloaded launcher pro due to the spotlight it has gotten..and WOW! I must say this is the single best thing I have done to my evo besides SWYPE and rooting to Baked Snack(40hrs of battery!)

BTW, in case some of you havent updated your Launcher Pro, they have now added customizable icons with notifications! This is probably my favorite feature of all!

I also have my screen animations set to "8" and the phone is extremely fasts and never lags, WAY faster than sense.

 

[gottria]

My favorite feature of LP is the sliding launch bar. I keep my one touch dials there,one swipe and touch and I'm dialing.

 

[The Twanksta]

My favorite feature of LP is the sliding launch bar. I keep my one touch dials there,one swipe and touch and I'm dialing.

This too of course! I just downloaded the "folderorganizer" widget/app and its pretty awesome as well!

 

[Nebilim]

I just put launcher pro on today. I love it, it has that stock feeling with enough tweaks. I like how you can change what's on the launch bar, as a google voice only user, that was really helpful and the pre-made icons were slick.

The drawer is sweet as well.

I went down to 5 home screens with this, just figured it'd be less clutter. Just added one folder for "entertainment" apps.

I had to buy feedR to use with 4 feeds I want a home screen.

I'm still trying to find a good HTC Calendar widget replacement but hitting the calendar app icon isn't a big deal.

try smooth calendar

 

[The Twanksta]

Jorte calendar rocks! And the widget looks awesome, fully customizable as well!

 

[Nebilim]

Jorte calendar rocks! And the widget looks awesome, fully customizable as well!

Jorte is SLOW

 

[dcatiller]

guys.... if you try any launcher other than sense on a sense rom, make sure you set your sense launcher to "clean slate" with NOTHING on it at all before changing launchers. otherwise sense's widgets will keep running in background all the time taking cpu and memory.

same is true when changing from ANY launcher to another: if you have 2 or more launchers installed and have widgets on any of them, those widgets will run. Admittedly it isn't clear if every widget works that way, but certainly it's proven that some do. I just learned this myself, but it explains everything to me. and I just did some quick test now and sure enough the performance and stability differences are huge when done as I described.

also with launcherpro make sure you set the memory settings correctly if using the latest version. stops FCs.

Thanks for the info on this post. I had tried both LP and ADW and had both of those and Sense complely conrigured. Once I removed ADW and set Sense to clean slate, LP is solid on my Evo. I had though LP was the problem, not knowing that all ththose widgets still had an effect.

 

[PedroTheGoat]

Launcher Pro simply just runs smoother even though ADW is integrated into CM6. At least for me anyways.