[Q] Help! Galaxy S loses home key binding after long press - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I'm having a strange problem with my Galaxy S. The home button will "forget" which launcher it's been bound to after I do a long press. Here's the scenario :
1. I have ADW launcher as my default launcher, bound to the home key.
2. I press home key. It runs ADW Launcher. Perfect.
3. I long press home key. It brings up the list of recent apps. So far so good.
4. I press home key again. It now pops up a message asking me to choose ADW Launcher or the default TWLauncher. It has somehow forgetten ADWLauncher is my default.
5. I select ADW Launcher, and check the "Use by default" checkbox.
6. ADW Launcher becomes my default launcher for the home key, until I long press the home key again. Then it again forgets that ADWLauncher is my default launcher. Goto step 3 and repeat.
This is driving me nuts. It's very inconvenient since I long press the home key quite often. I'm going to try re-installing ADWLauncher, but I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this ? What would you suggest I do besides a hard reset ?
I'm on 2.2, stock rom, updated by Samsung officially ( not rooted ).

No one encountered this before ?

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[Q] set launcher pro as default

hey...im on cog2.2beta 9.1.1
i downloaded launcher pro..am using home switcher...i accidently set touchwiz to be my deafult launcher at the press of home button....when i set launcherpro as my deafult and launch it through home switcher, it does run, but just as i press the home button its back to tuchwiz..even the default is set to touchwiz on home switcher...
how do i set the press of home button to launhcerpro? ? ?
neo_31591 said:
hey...im on cog2.2beta 9.1.1
i downloaded launcher pro..am using home switcher...i accidently set touchwiz to be my deafult launcher at the press of home button....when i set launcherpro as my deafult and launch it through home switcher, it does run, but just as i press the home button its back to tuchwiz..even the default is set to touchwiz on home switcher...
how do i set the press of home button to launhcerpro? ? ?
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settings/applications/manage aplications/
Touch the tab that says Running
Look for twlauncher
Touch it. Choose "Clear Defaults"
touch the home button.
Set LP as default.
thanks...dunno how i missed this....thanks...
neo_31591 said:
hey...im on cog2.2beta 9.1.1
i downloaded launcher pro..am using home switcher...i accidently set touchwiz to be my deafult launcher at the press of home button....when i set launcherpro as my deafult and launch it through home switcher, it does run, but just as i press the home button its back to tuchwiz..even the default is set to touchwiz on home switcher...
how do i set the press of home button to launhcerpro? ? ?
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Isn't there a button in Home Switcher that says "Make default" or something along those lines? Pretty sure there was when I was using it.
miztaken1312 said:
Isn't there a button in Home Switcher that says "Make default" or something along those lines? Pretty sure there was when I was using it.
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There is. Don't work on froyo at least. not sure about eclair.
yea set default worked fine in eclair....in froyo, the set default changes back to touchwiz after the press of home button....so had to clear the default and make the changes once again....

[Q] New to Nook Color

Alright, I did some searching, but like any forum, it's generally messy.
I was interested updating my Nook, to either Froyo, or Gingerbread(?), or the latest firmware from B&N...
Rooting it, and retaining root.
Perhaps getting GApps
Definitely getting Market access.
If anyone could point me to the best links in an orderly fashion, I would appreciate that many folds.
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
good luck
you don't even need to search. all of the threads are on the first page of the dev forum.
That may be but I wasn't aware that development was for the general user. I'm new here using my husband's account.
Thanks for the help guys.
Sorry for being really retarded, but how to add widgets to home screen? Namely the facebook one.
Also how come downloaded apps don't appear in extra till i reboot the book? I can search and access them but not from the extras menu till reboot.
XaSe said:
Sorry for being really retarded, but how to add widgets to home screen? Namely the facebook one.
Also how come downloaded apps don't appear in extra till i reboot the book? I can search and access them but not from the extras menu till reboot.
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What launcher are you using, stock?
Yes... is there a method to do it with stock via ADB or a launcher you recommend?
Try LauncherPro or ADW, or just search the market for "Launcher". After you install a new launcher, the next time that you press your home button, you'll see a dialog with the list of installed launcher apps with a checkbox at the bottom.
If you have SoftKeys installed, I'd set that as the default (ticking the checkbox), and then configure SoftKeys to passthru a single press of the home button to LauncherPro, ADW, or whatever you want for a home screen manager/launcher.
Once you replace the stock launcher, to add a widget, perform a "long press" on the home screen. This is simply pressing on an available (no icon) area of the home screen for ~2 seconds. You should now see the "Add to home screen" dialog where you can select from several actions. Select "Widgets" and a list of available widgets will be displayed.
HTH
Ok set soft keys as home now how doi configure it to passthrough?
Go to the app drawer and launch SoftKeys. Click the screwdriver icon on the toolbar that appears at the bottom of the screen. This will bring you to the SoftKeys configuration screen.
Select "Virtual Home Button"
Select "Normal Press"
A list of all installed launchers will appear.
Select the one that you want the SoftKeys virtual home button to launch when it's pressed.
Press the back button
Select "Physical Home Button"
Select "Button"
Select the option "Single Tap Launcher, Double Tap SoftKeys"
Now, when you press the home button, you'll go straight to your default launcher. A quick double-press will take you to the SoftKeys app, which acts as a task switcher, among many other things.
Thanks that was a big help guys.

B&N Launcher shortcut

Hello, I have tried searching with no luck. I currently have Zeam installed and would like to somehow make a shortcut to the stock B&N launcher, so I can switch between the two quick. I know there is home switcher, but I don't want to have to access a separate program to switch home screens. I want to get to it from the zeam home screen. Thanks in advance.
I don't think you can do that unless you use home switcher.
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If you have SoftKeys installed, you can set different homes for the hardware N button and the SoftKeys home button. I have mine set so that the SoftKeys home button takes me to the B&N stock home, and the hardware N button takes me to Zeam.
jmen1213 said:
Hello, I have tried searching with no luck. I currently have Zeam installed and would like to somehow make a shortcut to the stock B&N launcher, so I can switch between the two quick. I know there is home switcher, but I don't want to have to access a separate program to switch home screens. I want to get to it from the zeam home screen. Thanks in advance.
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I also use softkeys. Currently I'm set up so that a single press of the N button brings up softkeys. A short press on the softkeys home key takes me to Zeam and a long press takes me to the B&N launcher. Also, a quick double tap of the N button will take me straight to Zeam.
Like one of the other posters said, I don't think that there's an elegant way to place a shortcut on the Zeam home screen. A more "hackish" solution would be to remove the default action for your N button press. That way when you press the N button, it will prompt you to choose either B&N or Zeam.

[Q] How to disable the long press of home button,that triggers recent apps?

Hi guys,
I have a faulty home button that randomly triggers recent apps dialog (by long pressing of home button) even if iam not pressing the home button. Its not rom related i tried it. So I want to change the behaviour of phone when long pressing of home button to do nothing on this long press. This feature was possible in CM 10, where you can change the behaviour of hardware buttons. So i want to change the behavior of long press home button to do nothing. I have a rooted pnone of course and 2.3.6. Based rom by nkvi71 (see signature). Is it possible somehow? Thanks for your tips.
Btw i cant change it thru any launcher. For example if I change this in Holo launcher to do nothing on long press of home button, the Rom ignores this settings. And i cant use nova launcher because i have a gingerbread rom. Is there a fix for it?
Use cm7.
It gives you the feature to change it
izz zero said:
Use cm7.
It gives you the feature to change it
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Thanks for your tip i tried this rom based on CM7.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234221 but no luck. In CyanogenMod settings i click on input - 3rd choice) and then I click on 'long press of home button' and then I untick 'Show recent apps' but no luck they still appear on long press of home button even if it is disabled also on holo launcher. Do you know any specifuc cm7 rom that offers explicitly to do nothing on long press of home button? Or am I doing something wrong??

Home button problem...

Possible a really stupid question... But I have already searched all over Cyanogenmod 10.1 settings
and I can't find where to select what I want the home button to do.
Not really an Issue, But I want to use holo launcher and tap the home button so that holo launcher
redirects me to my home screen when I want... That's where the problem comes in, When I tap the
home button it returns me to Cyanogenmod 10.1 default launcher and I have to launch Holo launcher
again...
So... Where do I set the home button setting in Cyanogenmod 10.1 default launcher?
when you've installed the 2nd launcher, at the first click of the home button the phone probbably asked you whether to launch default launcher or the new one, and you clicked the old one and selected always... so now the default launcher launches everytime you press the home button...
to undo this, go to settings > apps > find the default launcher app (trebuchet?) > scroll down to "launch by default" > click on "clear defaults"...
now when you click your home button - it should ask you whether to launch default launcher or the new one (holo), select holo and tick "always"...
Thanks! That solved my problem, Now I can set holo as the default launcher
whith no problems!

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