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There are lots of pro features in Smart launcher. I checked and found too many to list here

If you do not have Smart screen off, Blur background, wallpaper 3D, smart widgets, folders, ultra immersive mode. You are missing out. You could check LawnChair Alpha version if you only care about a minimal barebones launcher experience. But, you mentioned trying tons of open-source launchers so you already did.

sounds like there isn't an issue. i have a license without the feature pack, and for that feature pack they want to charge me 20 times what i paid for the app.

Okay.

the only feature i'm missing is one they removed from my license, icon notifications. that was the first thing in the feature pack way back when, and it wasn't worth paying extra to get back. no way in hell am i paying for it now.

It is expensive. But, compared to what happens to cheaper or free launchers. I think it's alright.

BTW, I'm curious do you have features like Smart Sleep, Blur background, wallpaper 3D. Or you only miss out on notification dots.

Here's what I found on the docs page of smart launcher 6:

I already paid years ago for SL3. Do I need to pay again for SL6 Pro?

If you already purchased Smart Launcher 3 Pro you don’t need to pay again for Smart Launcher 6 Pro. If you purchased your license with an in-app purchase, your license will be automatically detected. Otherwise, if you purchased SL3 Pro as an app aside, you need to keep it installed together with SL6 to verify your Pro license*.

You can check your license status in Preferences → Info version.

If you have both versions installed but you can't have your license verified, try to uninstall and then reinstall SL3.

Please remember, Smart Launcher 3 Pro license doesn't include the Feature Pack. This optional purchase unlocks some new features introduced by the latest updates (it's already included in SL6 Pro).

*Please note, both versions of Smart Launcher must be installed and genuine (not cracked and installed via Play Store).

I would recommend contacting the devs to see if they can fix your issue.

Then you are on an old version. Latest is Smart launcher 6. Try it could fix some issues for you

You must've been using smart launcher since versions 3, 4 and 5. I have been using Smart Launcher since 2022 when it was on version 6, across 3 different smartphones. I had bought the lifetime license. I do not experience the locking up or force-closed issue you mention.

If its severe enough you can contact support for help. But, if you are on android 15 that's on google. You can follow the progress of the bug report here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/353538494.

Here's the reddit thread from smart launcher with possible workarounds like rotating your screen or turning on/off dark mode to force a view change

Hmm, I wasn't being a prick. You commented your guess in this post so I replied. I did not know you were replying to yourself. Sorry, I missed to read that!

Of course!

It's written in the article. You won't need to guess if you read it. The article is in depth & interesting. Not your average 5 min think why

DSP (Digital Signal Processor) is used anywhere where a digital signal is processed like audio, video, etc. When you play your favourite media its played by your processor's DSP instead of your CPU saving battery. Speech recognition is another area where DSP is used for this.

Nowadays, it does more than just play media. Including doing AI tasks on a NPU(Neural Processing Unit) like Object recognition, running LLM(Large Language Models) to generate pictures, suggest frequently used apps, etc.

and what kind of code can take advantage of this? apps? javascript in browser apps? or a non-app system process with a specific privilege?

As for code anything that processes signals can be accelerated by it.

User code does not get privileged access to it. JavaScript is sanboxed but system processes in chrome and firefox can use it for media playback.

For accelerated AI tasks on the NPU. It depends if the app developer leverage the specific neural SDK for Qualcomm, mediatek. Or use NNAPI API, or LiteRT

It's standard on most smartphones like the CPU, GPU. If you want you can ask perplexity.ai for specific info in it.

I have given a short summary. But, there's lot more you can read if interested.

I'm guessing either something changed in their testing methodology, or Motorola and xiaomi both became slower for some reason, or perhaps samsung became faster and aggresive with their 45w PD+PPS charging. Because, other motorola and xiaomi smartphones charge fast at 40-50mins typical.

Even my own phone(not a xioami/Motorola) charges at a similar speed. In any case these speeds can change due to various factors like heat and usage. So, if your phone is hot it will charge at a different pace compared to if it was cool to the touch.

You should consider the actual phones which do include this feature. Gsmarena has a phone finder function which can help narrow the results.

FE used to stand for Fan Edition, but now it's just a slightly tweaked, cheaper S series smartphone.

Sorry, for late reply. Apparently, due a server configuration issue. Lemmy.world posts and replies were not syncing to reddthat.

Anyway, I just re-checked and my local marketplace was showing the 12GB/256GB variant as not deliverable. I checked in storage option on site, and the 512GB variant was hidden inside. Changing to that made the option available.

So, I could've bought this phone. I will consider the future phone 3a/4a or phone 3/4. Thanks for helping.

Also is Lineage OS shipping patches? I know many devices have been abandoned by the vendors so it is entirely possible this will go unpatched in older devices

This is a vulnerability in a proprietary Qualcomm's DSP. The patch will only be made available to OEMs. LineageOS cannot patch this vulnerability if the device itself is no longer receiving official updates.

I get the point of chromium. But, for firefox if you argue about it being useless without add-ons. The same can be said for chromium browsers apart from it being controlled by google.

Instead of smart folders they should consider copying Smart launcher and categorize apps in categories of seperate pages. That's the one I like the most and one of the reasons I use smart launcher.

You will wait a long time and still see no results. What's wrong with existing Chromium or Firefox?

This won't help sell a new device.

I guess expensive and in development combined with lack of interest. Hopefully, the situation improves and we see higher adoption of QI2 with Magnetic Power Profile. So far I only see HMD Skyline which supports QI2 (MPP).

Oneplus has been notorious for some reason with wireless charging. They include it on and off on their smartphones. This phone may also include magnetic wireless charging with/without a case. But, yeah true for other smartphones...