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Anything negitive about using a home replacement app?
- Thread starter atmasters
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chanchan05
The Doctor
No it doesnt on mine. The battery seems negligible to me. The old home wont even be running anyway.
atmasters
Android Enthusiast
Is there any need to shut down widgets on the stock home page ?
chanchan05
The Doctor
I dont think they'll be running at all, but if you're worried, just remove the lot of them and delete all the extra pages on the stock home page.
jefboyardee
Extreme Android User
I use LauncherPro would never consider going back to the feckless stock launcher. I have no idea if LP is the best launcher and I don’t care; it works for me.
chanchan05
The Doctor
GO Launcher and LPP actually have similar features. Its either one or the other, choosing is usually based on which one runs faster on your phone. However I do find it easier to customize GO compared to LPP in terms of ease of doing it, as everything you can do on GO, you can do on LPP.
Here's how my GO launcher setup looks like:
Alodia Headphones Theme pictures by kgomez4487 - Photobucket
Here's how my GO launcher setup looks like:
Alodia Headphones Theme pictures by kgomez4487 - Photobucket
Gmash
Extreme Android User
I recommend removing everything from the stock home launcher. Don't know if it's absolutely necessary, but at least you'll know there's nothing running in the background you don't need. I'm in the Go Launcher camp. It does mostly the same thing as LP, but it's completely free!
SUroot
Extreme Android User
Not sure on your phone but on HTC sense based phones, the widgets are still running so you have to set a blank slate on those homescreens.
Go is my favourite launcher.
chanchan05
The Doctor
You can have those LPP widgets on GO for free. Get the corresponding Go Widget and then download the dark transparent skin for it.