Hello all, I am really wanting to change the default launcher on the nook color but my wife is being a hard sell. She doesn't want to lose the scrolling book cover feature that runs along the bottom of the home screen. Are there any apps or widgets out there that will allow this feature on an alternate launcher? I would love to do more with my home screen but she uses it more than I do so I need to accommodate her as well.
EsotericPunk said:
Hello all, I am really wanting to change the default launcher on the nook color but my wife is being a hard sell. She doesn't want to lose the scrolling book cover feature that runs along the bottom of the home screen. Are there any apps or widgets out there that will allow this feature on an alternate launcher? I would love to do more with my home screen but she uses it more than I do so I need to accommodate her as well.
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you could install zeam and just never check the checkbox for the what the default home screen should be. That way when you click N it'll give you a prompt to which homescreen you want to go to. I did that and I keep accidentally checking the box while navigating through. I wish there was a way to have a widget to link to the BnN homescreen so I could navigate there if and when I want to, which isn't too often. But it's kind of like a cyber book shelf and I don't care much for the library interface.
Just get the home switcher app from the market.
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xwint3rxmut3x said:
you could install zeam and just never check the checkbox for the what the default home screen should be. That way when you click N it'll give you a prompt to which homescreen you want to go to. I did that and I keep accidentally checking the box while navigating through. I wish there was a way to have a widget to link to the BnN homescreen so I could navigate there if and when I want to, which isn't too often. But it's kind of like a cyber book shelf and I don't care much for the library interface.
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You could use home switcher or alternatively, go to uninstall the application and reset the default behavior.
Also, installing another Launcher will bring the choice back
Yea, I totally feel you guys. I was just trying to avoid having to switch home screens. Have my cake and eat it too sort of situation. Maybe I will play with some ideas tonight and repost if I discover any neat tricks... (of course that assumes I can pry it away from her...)
I would say install SoftKeys and set it as the home launcher. Then in the SoftKeys app set it so one hardware click B&N Launcher and two hardware clicks your custom luncher. So when she uses it the home button brings the nook home screen but if you want the custom launcher press it twice I do the opposite but I still access the old launcher every now and then
you need another nc.
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I would say install SoftKeys and set it as the home launcher. Then in the SoftKeys app set it so one hardware click B&N Launcher and two hardware clicks your custom luncher. So when she uses it the home button brings the nook home screen but if you want the custom launcher press it twice I do the opposite but I still access the old launcher every now and then
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How do you set two launchers to the Home button with Softkeys? I only get launcher and softkeys as options.
B&N home popup
I installed Zeam, but still frequently get the B&N popup when I try to go back by left swiping the soft arrow at the bottom. How do I kill that?
Go to the settings for SoftKeys and you can set a short press of the button for one launcher and a long press for a different launcher.
My preferred lancher is ADW. I downloaded AnyCut from the market and used it to make a shortcut to "Home" on the desktop. That opens the Nook home screen if I want it. You can also download Home Switcher or Home Manager from the market to open a different launcher or change the default.
So I found out that using Desktop Visualizer on Launcher Pro Plus that I can create a widget to launch B&N Home. Problem solved. Now I have two new ones:
1) My keyboard keeps flipping out and doing repeated button presses
2) I can't add shortcuts to the Launcher Pro home screen (widgets = fine, shortcuts = no dice)
Anyone else having these issues? I know that, regarding the keyboard, I just installed a screen protector right before it started having problems, but I can't imagine how that could cause them. I may just wait it out and if it persists, try a factory reset...
Edit: I also forgot that problem #3 is that I can't remove or change shortcuts in the dock for Launcher Pro. Kind of lame to have my dock icons as phone, contacts, and messaging...
robeggen said:
Go to the settings for SoftKeys and you can set a short press of the button for one launcher and a long press for a different launcher.
My preferred lancher is ADW. I downloaded AnyCut from the market and used it to make a shortcut to "Home" on the desktop. That opens the Nook home screen if I want it. You can also download Home Switcher or Home Manager from the market to open a different launcher or change the default.
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I have yet to find anywhere to long press the physical home button, only the soft button. I'd like to be able to launch an alternative launcher (or the softkeys themselves) with a long press rather than double press.
howardmoon said:
I installed Zeam, but still frequently get the B&N popup when I try to go back by left swiping the soft arrow at the bottom. How do I kill that?
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I've tried 4 different launchers and no matter how I set their respective Home Button options, I still get the B&N popup from the soft button. How can it override the launcher settings?
howardmoon said:
I've tried 4 different launchers and no matter how I set their respective Home Button options, I still get the B&N popup from the soft button. How can it override the launcher settings?
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You mean the Carrot/Arrow button? You're always going to get that, it's part of the framework. Most likely that won't go away until a custom ROM is available.
Ah, thanks. Crap
One other option is to use the original B&N Home with Smart Taskbar and Button Savior. You won't have widgets on your screen at all times, ST makes a pretty decent launcher for other apps.
My launcher (ADW Launcher Ex) resets about 100 times a day.
In fact, it resets every single time I use the "back" button or the "home" button to return to the home screen.
I.E. reboot phone. Unlock screen. I open handscent messaging app. I close the app (hitting back) and the entire launcher resets/reboots and lags my phone terribly.
I have no idea how to stop this.
I really don't want to do a full reset (have over 200 apps)
I am on Darky Rom 2.3.3 - 10.1 - Kernel Dark Core 2.4
I have about 7 or 8 widgets on my home screens too.
Anyone know how to stop this ?
Please someone help. I will donate $5 via paypal if you can fix this.
yup i'm using the same launcher and i notice it reset quite often.
Funkadelick said:
My launcher (ADW Launcher Ex) resets about 100 times a day.
In fact, it resets every single time I use the "back" button or the "home" button to return to the home screen.
I.E. reboot phone. Unlock screen. I open handscent messaging app. I close the app (hitting back) and the entire launcher resets/reboots and lags my phone terribly.
I have no idea how to stop this.
I really don't want to do a full reset (have over 200 apps)
I am on Darky Rom 2.3.3 - 10.1 - Kernel Dark Core 2.4
I have about 7 or 8 widgets on my home screens too.
Anyone know how to stop this ?
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Does this happen with other launchers? If doesnt,try reinstalling adw ex. Disable "Wallpaper Hack" in adw settings. Is your ram full all the time? Maybe system is running out of ram(samsung gingerbread problem). Also delete your taskiller apps and try Juwe´s ram script. Hope this helps
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still someone need fix for this ?
spend long time searching for this resets...
i almost have the same issue with the go launcher.
after every reboot i have to assign the home screen to go launcher. it doesn't remember its previous setting...
If you're like me and your screen keeps flipping/inverting on your note using a ROM with a CRT on/off animation, than you can use any launcher that adjusts the orientation of the phone automatically to fix as long as you don't have a security lock on your home screen. It worked fine using launchers such as ADW Ex, SPD Shell, and a few others I tried. All you have to do is flip the phone sideways and wait for it to fix. This is holding me over till a fix is presented.
Dan
I have my ADW launcher set to landscape, i still get the flipped over crt off animation.
ddelong22 said:
If you're like me and your screen keeps flipping/inverting on your note using a ROM with a CRT on/off animation, than you can use any launcher that adjusts the orientation of the phone automatically to fix as long as you don't have a security lock on your home screen. It worked fine using launchers such as ADW Ex, SPD Shell, and a few others I tried. All you have to do is flip the phone sideways and wait for it to fix. This is holding me over till a fix is presented.
Dan
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Well, i keep pressing the home button on my flipped lockscreen till the Vilingo voice app starts. Command it to go "Home" landscape and DING.. back to normal
@EarlZ the Landscape thing isn't there to prevent the flipping but it can revert it.
This worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415445
Flash the zip file via CWM. This will remove the CRT on and eliminate the flipped screen.
http://www.multiupload.com/KDELFV43NQ
I guess we dont want to remove it, but fix it
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This morning I updated my Note 1 from ICS 4.0.4 to Jellybean 4.1.2
as soon as I updated I stopped getting notifications. no notifications for incoming messages from what's app nor instagram or Facebook.
then later in the day I lost the home button
home button does nothing. but I know it's software because when I turn off the screen, pressing home button turns the screen on.
help please
issue resolved
I wanted to remap the home button to solve it
I use Go Launcher EX
I remembered that I can change home button function through go launcher.
I tried that but it didn't work.
then it occurred to me to see if these problems existed in Samsung TouchWiz's launcher.
so I SWITCHED to it and then immediately I got notifications instantly and the home button worked again.
I then switched back to go Launcher& everything is well again.
it appears there was a conflict between jerky bean & go launcher.
OK I picked up my GG last week and slowly but surely I been tweaking it and decided to root and install null-14. So far I have root, on UK firmware and and free falling theme. For some reason when I move my GG to see time or perform a task the motion sends a command to NOVA Launcher and instead of a default home screen I get the screen that shows five home screens with center chosen as default (checked mark) I can seem to fix this issue. All I can do is touch the screen and then it goes to the default home screen with all my widgets and icons. Am I missing something? this only happens when I choose NOVA as my launcher no problem with Touchwiz launcher. below is the screen shot of what greets me every time I do a motion to look at the time.:
Blanco954 said:
OK I picked up my GG last week and slowly but surely I been tweaking it and decided to root and install null-14. So far I have root, on UK firmware and and free falling theme. For some reason when I move my GG to see time or perform a task the motion sends a command to NOVA Launcher and instead of a default home screen I get the screen that shows five home screens with center chosen as default (checked mark) I can seem to fix this issue. All I can do is touch the screen and then it goes to the default home screen with all my widgets and icons. Am I missing something? this only happens when I choose NOVA as my launcher no problem with Touchwiz launcher. below is the screen shot of what greets me every time I do a motion to look at the time.:
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Change it in gesture settings of nova