HelixLauncher /HelixLauncher 2

[toastedoats]

Running Stock 2.0.1 at the moment, and HL1. This is the perfect app for what I wanted for my launcher area! Cant wait to get my warranty replacement (again) so I can toss this in with a 2.1 ROM

 

[RinTinTigger]

Running Stock 2.0.1 at the moment, and HL1. This is the perfect app for what I wanted for my launcher area! Cant wait to get my warranty replacement (again) so I can toss this in with a 2.1 ROM

But then choose Helix Launcher 2 ....its just BIG!

 

[jefbystereo]

So far a whole day of 0 problems. I am really impressed so far. Is there a way to remove the icon label for each app? I really like the clean look of the bottom icons without their little labels.

 

[RW-1]

Running Stock 2.0.1 at the moment, and HL1. This is the perfect app for what I wanted for my launcher area! Cant wait to get my warranty replacement (again) so I can toss this in with a 2.1 ROM

But then choose Helix Launcher 2 ....its just BIG!

Other than better cut support, what is the advantage of 2 over what we have now? Mine ruins great on 2.0.1, if I do go with a custom ROM, it will likely be Cyanogen, which brought it to everyones attention to begin with hehehe.

 

[pc747]

HL2 has been buggy for me I uninstalled it and went to HL1.

 

[jstafford1]

I'm running Simply Stunning 2.0.3 and can't use HL2 FC on open constantly.

 

[radsaq]

I love the look of this, especially the app tray at the bottom, but unfortunately I am going to stop using it until the next update. Whenever I attempt to back out of a program or return to my home screen, it will usually end up on a blank screen and lock up for about 10 seconds or more before everything reappears. It's just enough of an annoyance to make me give up on this for a while.

This actually isn't an issue specific to HelixLauncher, but is due to the time it takes to iterate through all the applications on the system after the home application has been stopped due to memory pressure. See Issue 3075 - android - Optimize (zipalign) applications when installing [Home screen is very slow to launch] - Project Hosting on Google Code

 

[solorca]

I love the look of this, especially the app tray at the bottom, but unfortunately I am going to stop using it until the next update. Whenever I attempt to back out of a program or return to my home screen, it will usually end up on a blank screen and lock up for about 10 seconds or more before everything reappears. It's just enough of an annoyance to make me give up on this for a while.

This actually isn't an issue specific to HelixLauncher, but is due to the time it takes to iterate through all the applications on the system after the home application has been stopped due to memory pressure. See Issue 3075 - android - Optimize (zipalign) applications when installing [Home screen is very slow to launch] - Project Hosting on Google Code

On my phone at least, this launcher is the blame. With it, I have the problem constantly. Without it, I've never had the problem.

 

[solorca]

Actually, after reading that post, it specifically says it's a 1.5 issue. I am on a 2.1 rom.

 

[dpw2atox]

I am currently using HL1 on my Droid running 2.1 ESE53. I tried to run HL2 but it just FC'd over and over and over.

Overall though it seems to be working great.

 

[radsaq]

Actually, after reading that post, it specifically says it's a 1.5 issue. I am on a 2.1 rom.

Come on, didn't you read the whole comment thread end to end? It is not specific to any version of Android.

 

[mills]

I have droidmod1.0 and this works amazingly, faster and smoother than before!

 

[huskur]

Droidmod here also......both launchers run like clockwork. No FC's yet and stupid fast!!!

 

[mills]

Same here!

Seems like EVERYTHING is faster!

 

[Ricocht77]

Unrooted, and this feels much smoother and faster, quite impressed, perhaps one day i will root, but i've only had the phone a month and im still figuring out all the goodies lol