Hey!
This just started in the last couple of days. My phone seems to be resetting the 'default launcher' setting, so pressing the home button shows the 'pick which application you wish to use' prompt... giving me an option between LauncherPro and htc sense.
Checking the 'make this my default ' box helps, but it then resets again. The timing of the reset seems to be random.
I tried reinstalling LauncherPro, no help.
I'm thinking about rooting and uninstalling the htc launcher, but that is more of a hack than a solution.
Any ideas?
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Update : it seems that it resets whenever I do a long press on the home key (bring up the recent app menu).
Why would that reset it? Weird.
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Zman_DHD said:
Update : it seems that it resets whenever I do a long press on the home key (bring up the recent app menu).
Why would that reset it? Weird.
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Go to settings --> applications --> manage applications --> all --> htc sense --> Clear Defaults (bottom of the page)
Then home key and set launcher pro as default. Worked for me.
Thanks for the reply, but that didn't work :-(
It still resets after every long press of home button.
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This has happened to me once yesterday, but with that said I have only had the phone for two days! I am not on a stock ROM I am using Cyanogen, I am unsure if that matters. Hopefully it won't persist.
Interesting, I assumed that it was a Stock issue...but Cyanogen is affected too? Crazy.
It seems to be getting worse for me. At first it seemed to only happen after a long 'home' button press, but now it's every time I press the home button...getting really annoying.
I'm stock atm, but will root and rom when I get back from holiday next week.
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Just as the title says, I'm not able to set my default home permanently, e.g. launcher pro instead of tw.
I hit the "set default home" button and it does register as my default home, however after opening certain apps or holding the home button(to bring up list of last opened apps) the save is gone and the pop up will prompt me to select my default home again.
A weird thing is that when I hold the home button the default home prevoiusly selected comes up as a choice as one of my last open aplications.
Itsreally getting irritating as I have to keep selecting my default home. This bug happened only after using jm5 + oclf for aroumd 2-3 momths and still persisted after I flashed jp6
Have you tried 'Home Switcher' from the Market?
Yes, however after setting the default home to my favourite launcher it will revert back to no default home again.
Anyway, I found how to fix it.
I froze the launchers I weren't using with titanium which then allowed to go back to one home only.
I assume this could be a hardware problem? My memory chip or something may have been corrupted after using oclf for too long
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Have you tried 'Home Switcher' from the Market?
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You cannot solve this type of problem with setting default home with any app like 'Home Switcher'.
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Qazz~ said:
I assume this could be a hardware problem? My memory chip or something may have been corrupted after using oclf for too long
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No, it is just SW problem.
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Anyway, I found how to fix it.
I froze the launchers I weren't using with titanium which then allowed to go back to one home only.
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Yes, it is a possible "solution". But it cannot help you when you want to use more than one launcher for example. The reason for this problem is that you install in your phone some badly written application. The error is located in this bad app in AndroidManifest.xml file which is integral component of every application on Android. The developer of app defined there wrong <intent-filter> for activity which has something to do with the home app. See more about AndroidManifest.xml here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html.
I have found this thread because I have the same problem as you. I remember that it started to bother me one week ago. I didn't find any solution, so I must go on my own way. When I get a time to solve this bug I decided to start with frozing every application which I have installed last week. And guess what happened? The problem disappeared. Then I defrosted just one frozen app after another and every time I test it with long press and then immediately with short press of home button to see if setting of the default launcher is still persistent. If it was ok I repeated this procedure and defrosted one more app and within a few iterations I quickly identify app which was source for this error. It was a graphic calculator which even doesn't use any permission, so who will guess that such an innocent application could behave so badly and could have deleted the default launcher setting? I definitely won't. Finally I froze only this badly behave app and the error has gone away. I informed the developer and now this calculator app is corrected in a new update so I can use it again without any collision with my launcher apps.
Hi,
I'm using stock 2.3.3 w/ stock launcher, build GRI40. Occasionally, when I press home, I see my live wallpaper but no launcher. I either have to sit for a while until launcher reappears or reboot the phone (or kill the launcher app if System is in app history). Does anyone else have this problem?
Another problem I have is with Maps. Sometimes when searching, the soft keyboard doesn't show up but if I tap where the keys would be, it registers the press as if the kb is there.
And sometimes when going into the details for a point in the map and bringing up the context menu for more options, the screen darkens as if the dialog is there but no dialog is shown. Again, when I tap the screen, it registers the presses as if the dialog is there. I'm using HTC IME mod for N1. Killing the map app doesn't help, only a reboot seems to solve it.
Anyone else having these issues?
Are any of these apps installed on your SD? That would be the obvious fix...
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Are any of these apps installed on your SD? That would be the obvious fix...
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No, all on the internal memory. This is stock Android so stock apps can't be moved to the sd card.
When you update from the Market, the update is placed in /data/app, not system/app, so it's possible your Maps is in data. I know that was a source of Maps problems for me, which I resolved by moving it back to system. If you're not rooted, you don't have that option through... Tricky... :-/
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I know that I've been having problems with the new keyboard, wont show up, wont show key press popups, crashes completely. Maybe it's something I'm doing... I think it's something system wide that just effects the keyboard workings.
I don't know. but you're not the only one with key board issues. =)
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I know that I've been having problems with the new keyboard, wont show up, wont show key press popups, crashes completely. Maybe it's something I'm doing... I think it's something system wide that just effects the keyboard workings.
I don't know. but you're not the only one with key board issues. =)
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I've started having a strange problem with HTC IME Mod. I type stuff and it never draws the suggestions although the suggestions are actually there - moving the Dpad left/right shows the text being replaced in the input box with the suggestion.
This is starting to look like a GB issue tbh, I never had any of these problems in Froyo. All my stuff is stock.
zer0day said:
Hi,
I'm using stock 2.3.3 w/ stock launcher, build GRI40. Occasionally, when I press home, I see my live wallpaper but no launcher. I either have to sit for a while until launcher reappears or reboot the phone (or kill the launcher app if System is in app history). Does anyone else have this problem?
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I saw this problem once, about 24 hours after installing 2.3.3. I was also experiencing severe battery drain. The battery monitor showed "Android OS" using most the battery. I found references to setting the Wi-Fi sleep policy to "Never" to correct this. Sure enough, the battery life has been fine and "Android OS" no longer uses much battery.
It may be coincidental, but since doing this, I haven't had the empty home screen problem and my phone has been up for over a week. You might give this a try if you haven't already and see if it helps.
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I saw this problem once, about 24 hours after installing 2.3.3. I was also experiencing severe battery drain. The battery monitor showed "Android OS" using most the battery. I found references to setting the Wi-Fi sleep policy to "Never" to correct this. Sure enough, the battery life has been fine and "Android OS" no longer uses much battery.
It may be coincidental, but since doing this, I haven't had the empty home screen problem and my phone has been up for over a week. You might give this a try if you haven't already and see if it helps.
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It was already set to 'Never' but I've set it again to 'Never'. Lets see if it makes a difference
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Run Home Switcher again.
Thanks, but I can't seem to do that from the stock home screen, it isn't in the apps list.
If you can get back into the market, install another launcher, or uninstall then reinstall zeam. That should reset the first home button press to select launcher.
If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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yeah, that was what I was thinking. I tried to download softkeys last night from here, but 1.2 won't recognize the file type. Guess I will try again later.
If you can get into the Applications Settings screen, you can clear defaults on the home launcher and that should do it.
Same problem...
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
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Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
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If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
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If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
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With the MN root for 1.2, the B&N Apps button/screen only show the B&N apps, tho... I'm hoping once 1.2 rooting is further along we'll see all of our Apps, but not at this point. I'm still hoping there is some way to do this, so I don't have to start over.
I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
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I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
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I wasn't sure if I was going to get any ideas, so decided to go ahead and start over, so I'm back to stock now and updating to 1.2, then will be MN again. I did take a quick look at the link you provided, tho, and must not have read through it closely enough, because it didn't jump out at me what I would have done. It was a post about phones, but I assume that was okay.
When you say to go through my Web browser and install an APK. How would I have done that? Using the browser on the NC, can you install applications from market.android.com? I didn't think you could...
I'm back MN rooted now...get to reinstall all my apps and fun stuff! Boo! I won't do THAT again!
On a semi unrelated note, has anyone else noticed significant lag when panning through the app drawer using zeam? Using phiremod cm7 I switched to adw (stock) launcher and it seems so much smoother even though I'm not clocking it as fast (1.1 to 800 MHz) which I found extremely odd
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
How did you get your N button to set as physical home? Are you using Soft-keys? In 1.2 so far I have not managed to engage the N button at all to go HOME. Ended up locking the Soft-key HOME icon in the Taskbar to get out of BN screen.
Easy fix, from home launcher: search, then just search for Zeam or what ever app you have installed. With search history on it could even be considered a crude app tray.
do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
Haven't experienced Zeam lag...
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
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I haven't experienced a lag in Zeam with rooted BN 1.2.
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do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
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Thanks! Definitely good to know should I get in that situation zgain. So simple, but didn't occur to me.
Hi I just loaded cm7 and I messed around in the settings a bit (i dont remember changing anything special)and now the home and search buttons don't register........ like they vibrate and do the usual thing but the phone doesn't do anything the home button even when I hold it doesn't vibrate a second time. Please help.
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You might want to get the Home Switcher app from the market (free). It will let you switch between launchers, and might be able to tell you what is going on with the home button.
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Hi I just loaded cm7 and I messed around in the settings a bit (i dont remember changing anything special)and now the home and search buttons don't register........ like they vibrate and do the usual thing but the phone doesn't do anything the home button even when I hold it doesn't vibrate a second time. Please help.
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What launcher do u use?
I changed over to Mosaic and its fixed. Thanks though
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Might be the kernel, I went from miui 1.5.27 to 1.6.3 and the orientation was all whack. I flashed a new kernel and it was all well afterwards, had the same problem when updating cm7 once
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Hey, guys. I need your collective genius. I have a weird issue with my Note 3 that I can't figure out and it's driving me crazy. Basically, after a random period of time, my home button will stop working for single press (so, I can't go home). Long press still takes me to multitasking and the back and menu softkeys still work, but after the device turns off, the power button will not turn it back on. A reboot always fixes the issue, but then it crops up again later at a random time.
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I am rooted
I have Adaway installed and blocking ads
Running Nova Launcher with Teslaunread
Froze the Knox apps with Titanium backup, but I did not use TB to do a restore of any kind. I also have a few assorted bloatware apps frozen like Yahoo finance, but nothing critical.
I do not have a custom recovery and there are no other hacks (i.e. xposed framework, etc)
I uninstalled all non-essential apps, but there's no pattern to when it happens, so an app is unlikely to be the cause.
Basically, I'm just rooted with adblock and a few apps frozen. Nothing crazy. No custom rom or anything and I didn't mess with any system files. Does anyone have any ideas? My next step was to uninstall Nova, but I don't think that's the cause. It's maddening because it happens so randomly that there's no way to really nail down the cause and I'd really rather not do a wipe.
I dont think you have software issue I think its a faulty device. My galaxy tab 3 7.0 had the same issue where it would randomly stop working I had to trade it in
Try "swipe home button" app from Google play. Whrn you think the home button stops use that one instead and if swipe works then it might be a hardware issue if swipe doesn't work either then probably a software one and perform a hard reset. That's all I can think of now.
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Try "swipe home button" app from Google play. Whrn you think the home button stops use that one instead and if swipe works then it might be a hardware issue if swipe doesn't work either then probably a software one and perform a hard reset. That's all I can think of now.
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I forgot about that app! I was looking for a way to enable on-screen soft keys. Thanks.
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So, it looks like it may have been the memory card. It was one of the SanDisk class 10s and I had had it for some time. It had around 1000 pics on it. I got a new class 10 SanDisk card, formatted it in the phone and haven't had a freeze or lock up since.
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