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Nova Launcher

byron84 said:
I used Apex for a while it's one of my favorites. Using Nova right now. The issue with the very many launchers I've tried is the frigging LAG. Seriously. 1.5GHz dual core processor with 1GB RAM should not be struggling whatsoever with drawing a couple icons and swiping between home screens. The same hardware on a Gingerbread Note was almost lag free compared to my Note on ICS.

So far the Nova launcher while keeping a minimal number of icons is the smoothest. If I start filling up the home screen with icons then it lags horribly to swipe from one home screen to another and even long pressing an icon to delete it then dragging the icon around lags insanely. Not so if I only have a few icons.

Ah well I still love my Note but Jelly Bean can't come soon enough!
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I'm using Nova Launcher and don't experience any lag. Okay, screen refresh may take a while, but speed is about the same as GB TW. I've jammed one homescreen full of widgets. 4 (1x1) contacts, 2 (4x1) BeWeather Pro widgets, 1 (2x1) AgendaWidget Plus, 2 (1x1) Battery Pro HD, 1 (1x1) Barometer Pro, 1 (2x1) My Data Manager, 1 (4x1) PlayerPro and a live wallpaper in the background. The second homescreen only has the Note PowerSaving widget and 2 other widgets. I'm still trying to 'fix' my homescreens to what I need.

But I also don't have any fancy transition animations running, so maybe that's why it's not lagging.
 
If you get the Nova free version anything in setup that has the green flag next to it that says Prime is what else you get when ordering the paid version.

My main complaints about Nova is that if you go above 5X5 there is a big lag when switching from page to page.

Also if you use the higher grids the Widgets really get distorted and don't fit correctly sometimes. In Nova you can overlap widgets but they still don't fit as they do with TW.
 
I was on Nova Prime, which is great, and just switched to GO Launcher EX. Buttery smooth on my Note LTE. Great customization factor with GO as well. A++:smokingsomb:
 
I've just installed nova launcher today, I'm just having one problem.
When I press the home button it goes to the middle home screen, instead of the first one like it does in ICS.

Does anyone have any idea how I do this, it's quite frustrating.
 
Project2501 said:
I've just installed nova launcher today, I'm just having one problem.
When I press the home button it goes to the middle home screen, instead of the first one like it does in ICS.

Does anyone have any idea how I do this, it's quite frustrating.
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Go to Nova Settings>Desktop>Home screens
Press and hold on the green check and move it to the default home screen you want.
 
Final $0.25 day sale has Nova Launcher Prime. So anyone who wants to go Prime; this is a great opportunity! But better be quick as it's a one day sale. :)
 
joebloggs13 said:
I was on Nova Prime, which is great, and just switched to GO Launcher EX. Buttery smooth on my Note LTE. Great customization factor with GO as well. A++:smokingsomb:
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my app drawer seemed to lag a little with GoLauncher...its smoother with Apex for me.
 
I bought Nova Prime. I'm enjoying it, but I can't figure out how/if you can add an app to a folder that you have already created.

I know you drag an app over an app to create a folder. But it seems once you name it, that's it. If I decide later on that I want to add another app to the folder, when I drag the app icon over the folder icon, the folder icon moves around and won't let me add the new app to it.

I also have Apex and you can add apps to exisitng folders with it. Is there something I'm missing in Nova?
 
dwaded said:
I bought Nova Prime. I'm enjoying it, but I can't figure out how/if you can add an app to a folder that you have already created.
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Open the folder on the homescreen, hit the menu button and then press add. It'll poplulate a list of apps you can add. But hit the 'select multiple' on the bottom left of the screen if you want to add multiple apps and not a single one.

If it's in your app drawer, go into Nova Settings>Drawer>Drawer Groups and press Folder. Then hit the folder you want to add apps to.
 
NeoGrandizer said:
Open the folder on the homescreen, hit the menu button and then press add. It'll poplulate a list of apps you can add. But hit the 'select multiple' on the bottom left of the screen if you want to add multiple apps and not a single one.

If it's in your app drawer, go into Nova Settings>Drawer>Drawer Groups and press Folder. Then hit the folder you want to add apps to.
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Thank you!! That is exactly was what I was looking for!
 
I'm a Nova Launcher fan again.

I tried the paid versions of both Nova and Apex after getting the ICS update a few months ago, and decided, then, Nova was the way to go. Then I switched to Apex because of one major annoyance that I was experiencing with Nova. I didn't notice any speed difference between the two launchers at that time.

Over several weeks leading up to yesterday I had been experiencing increasing amounts of lag as well as other little UI bugs with my Note. I tried going back from Apex Launcher to TouchWiz and Go Launcher to see if those were any better; they weren't. Both were just as bad, if not worse. I had resigned to waiting to see if the JellyBean update would fix things, somehow reluctant to try Nova Launcher, again. Yesterday, frustrated and with a bit of time on my hands, I decided to give Nova Launcher another go.

It was like I had a new phone (or had my old phone back).

The user experience is fast, virtually lag-free, and I'm happy with my Note again. It's a huge improvement from what I remember of Nova Launcher a few months back. For a while there I was considering picking up a Note 2 just for the speed boost even though I don't like anything else about the Note 2 enough to justify replacing my current phone.

I had convinced myself that the Launchers were just becoming too big and inefficient with each upgrade and that the solution would either be (1) Jellybean or (2) a more powerful phone. This wasn't the case at all. If you're unhappy with the performance of your phone with one Luancher, as obvious as it may seem, try a different launcher. You may be pleasantly surprised.

For now, in my opinion, Nova Launcher is king.
 
Nycokla said:
Deleted twlauncher and now all I have is nova prime
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What weather widget is on this screen? Anyone know?
 
i am new to Nova Launcher...and thanks for explaining how to make a folder but i want to konow how to make a folder in appdrawer not on main screen??
 
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