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Open Home full feature 1.5 build

Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files

I assume since I'm running the dudes build and it supports widgets it may work. I can always remove if necessary . This doesnt remove open home right? just a different version?
EDIT: it replaces the existing open home

Hmm, I was impressed with the demo of OpenHome when I downloaded it a couple days ago. I'll take a look.

downloading it now. I have just flashed the holiday cupcake build so I assume it'll work with this. I'll let you know.

So far so good. I am glad to have openhome back again in 1.5
I have added all widgets, and they all work as expected. Are some of these the 1.5 "stock" widgets? I assume so because i see 2 music widgets listed, one looks like your own and the other a stock one.
I'll let you know how it goes after some proper usage. great work so far though. thankyou.
oh, p.s .. Will this be a free upgrade for those who had previosly purchased open home full ?

Works well enough. I like it.
Normally use full edition but will keep this until it is updated.
Suggestion: How about that calendar widget from Haykuro's build so those with dude's builds can use it?

Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729

Weather widgets ok here. Problem with battery percentage widget though

Mi|enko said:
Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729
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It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.

Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....

BUGS!
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.

faithnolonger said:
Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....
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I don't think it has anything to do with bettercut because I don't have it installed and it still goes back to the default folder icons randomly, sometimes it comes back sometimes it doesn't.
Binary100100 said:
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.
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Yea that kind of pissed me off when I realized it took all my stuff off the screen and the dock. It works fine besides these few issues though.

betterandroid said:
Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files
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Hey quick question, is there any way to add a 3d effect on swipe? Like when you swipe to left or right screen, screen shrinks and rotates as a 3d cube. That will be awesome dude, you can name the app something different and charge for it again because I know damn well people will pay for it. I definitely will.

BSDADON said:
It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.
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The reguar widget works for me, but not his. It isn't even displayed as an option.

Trying it out on my new Magic

But it's not 'open' in any sense...

Really dissapointed in losing all of my icons on all 7 screens. Glad that "real" widget support was actually added in. Almost went back to dxTop because of this. Please make the full version available on the market as an upgrade to the old full version. It would be nice to make it detect the old settigns and import them in.

Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!

Dcandvolcom1 said:
Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!
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Opps. You have to wipe now.
Just kidding. You deal with it the same way as if you would set the defaults as any other app. Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Home>Clear defaults.

Been using this app for a few days now.I havent ran into any problems with it pretty smooth.Only down side was losing my icons.But no biggie.

[Q] Problem with limited rows for apps on homescreen

So, I've rooted my NC and I really like it as an Android tablet. (I have yet to use it for it's B&N intended purpose!)
One grief I'm having though is that I seem to only be able to place Apps into 4 rows X 4 columns. The attached screenshot shows what I'm talking about. I should be able to get another row if icons in between "YouTube" and "Police Radio" but, it just won't do it.
I know that this is a simple setting somewhere that I just haven't found but, I'm stumped!
I am running Zeam but, I ran into the same issue running ADW.
Anyone know what the issue may be?
Thanks!

johnopsec said:
So, I've rooted my NC and I really like it as an Android tablet. (I have yet to use it for it's B&N intended purpose!)
One grief I'm having though is that I seem to only be able to place Apps into 4 rows X 4 columns. The attached screenshot shows what I'm talking about. I should be able to get another row if icons in between "YouTube" and "Police Radio" but, it just won't do it.
I know that this is a simple setting somewhere that I just haven't found but, I'm stumped!
I am running Zeam but, I ran into the same issue running ADW.
Anyone know what the issue may be?
Thanks!
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had the same problem. what version of zeam are you on? i'm guessing 2.5.2. there is a 2.6.0 version available (attached)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9609044#post9609044

califrag said:
had the same problem. what version of zeam are you on? i'm guessing 2.5.2. there is a 2.6.0 version available (attached)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9609044#post9609044
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I upgraded to 2.6.0 but the issue still exists.
Any other ideas?

johnopsec said:
I upgraded to 2.6.0 but the issue still exists.
Any other ideas?
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did you go in and change the settings?
long press home screen preferences>workspace>number of rows\columns

califrag said:
did you go in and change the settings?
long press home screen preferences>workspace>number of rows\columns
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Woo Hoo! Califrag to the rescue! That did the trick. Thanks!

[MOD] AdeoMOD - Navalynt Style (for Adeo v.02)

Based on DesignGears Adeo (REDUX) v0.2
I know I have a lot of people to specifically credit/thank but it's 12:30am here and I'm ready to fall asleep at the keyboard! I will have to revisit this in the morning and check for any feedback you all have.
BTW, Battle:LA, AWESOME MOVIE!
So I did a bit of theming after I got the services.jar file edited to support transparency in the notification drop-down. I also made the following additions to the ROM:
AppWidgetPicker
Playstation App
Fenny's WebTop Mod
Adobe Flash 10.2
Titanium Backup
Larger APNs list (apns-conf.xml) for unlocked phones
This is packed up with the Adeo v0.2 update since DesignGears did such a great job of scripting that update. You *should* be ok to re-apply this over v0.2 but I have not tested that myself.
INSTALL AT YOUR OWN PERIL - THIS HAS ONLY BEEN TESTING WORKING ON MY OWN HANDSET
DOWNLOAD LINK
Also included in the download file are the icon/dock images I used with LauncherPro which you will see in the screenshots.
UPDATE: If you have issues with MotoBlur widgets after this update you will need to perform a factory data reset. Actually, if you use the Blur features, just plan on performing that reset no matter what.
PICASA WEB ALBUM (higher quality screenshots)

Reserved (10char)

I'm testing this right now. Thanks, it looks awesome. Also, you might wanna make sure that you tell people that they need Adeo 0.1 BEFORE applying this update.
(A Mod might move it though... >.<)

hey man i just tested it. i do have the never software flashed on it (the sbf file frmo teh forums), and it seems to work fine, however i saw a glitch or so to say, namely when i did the webtop over hdmi only, after disconnecting the hdmi, and pressing the off/on button to put the screen to sleep, i tried to get it from sleep again and the screen just stayed black no matter what i did, i had to pull out the battery and now it works again.
so it might be a glitch with the newer version and teh webtop hack.

works well and very pretty but,
my social networking is messed up. my contact widgets are not linked anymore.
it was cool to test out!, how do i uninstall?

songoghon said:
works well and very pretty but,
my social networking is messed up. my contact widgets are not linked anymore.
it was cool to test out!, how do i uninstall?
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What did you had? Adeo 0.1?

no sir, .2.
tried to recover and only getting the android with the /!\

songoghon said:
no sir, .2.
tried to recover and only getting the android with the /!\
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I'll help you out in a second. Press the corner in that menu of the ! where the search button is, but up on the screen so you can pull out the recovery that is hidden in that screen.

ill give that a shot man, thanks. BRB!

Fixter said:
I'll help you out in a second. Press the corner in that menu of the ! where the search button is, but up on the screen so you can pull out the recovery that is hidden in that screen.
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THANKS!!! pwned

Nice. I'm going to look into this. It doesn't have Motoblur? Also. Hello! Small world! I'm from Anchorage, AK too! lol.
I freaked when I saw your screenshot. Thought I was the only guy here in our igloos.

songoghon said:
works well and very pretty but,
my social networking is messed up. my contact widgets are not linked anymore.
it was cool to test out!, how do i uninstall?
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Well, there were a lot of people having problems with their MotoBlur after the 0.2 update and I believe this "ROM" is based on that update so maybe a factory reset would have fixed it?

live4nyy said:
Well, there were a lot of people having problems with their MotoBlur after the 0.2 update and I believe this "ROM" is based on that update so maybe a factory reset would have fixed it?
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Yes, factory reset will fix it. I had issues with with Adeo .2 and a factory reset got everything working fine.

xMusik said:
Nice. I'm going to look into this. It doesn't have Motoblur? Also. Hello! Small world! I'm from Anchorage, AK too! lol.
I freaked when I saw your screenshot. Thought I was the only guy here in our igloos.
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Yup, had to upload via dog sled to! It does have MotoBlur, no way of completely removing that right now. I just choose to use LauncherPro Plus instead of the stock MotoBlur launcher because I never use any of the Blur crap. If we ever get a custom recovery I will definitely work on a Blur-less ROM!
crnkoj, thanks for the feedback on the webtop mod! I have not even tried it yet but I'll probably play with that later this afternoon. If it continues being a pain I'll remove it from the updater.
songoghon, some people have reported that issue with blur specific widgets after the Adeo v0.2 updated (as mentioned above). The only solution which seems to work universally is a factory reset.

The primary reason for this mod/theme/pseudo-rom is for my own personal use which is why you guys might find glitches I don't see. Everyone uses their phones a little differently so I really appreciate the feedback!
I still have some ideas for the graphics since I really dislike the lock screen sliders and I can see a few small glitches. Updates will be posted as I work on it (and as I have the time).

lpsi2000 said:
Yes, factory reset will fix it. I had issues with with Adeo .2 and a factory reset got everything working fine.
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yep, worked for me

is the link for the download the new one with the custome theme andother packages you listed?

I don't like that the messages app icon and email app icon are really small.. The trans. of the notification bar is slightly to transparent and cant read text very well maybe adding a white boarder to the text or changing trans. to something slightly darker. Really like the rest of it... Great job on this.. Keep up the good work...

Jnewell05 said:
I don't like that the messages app icon and email app icon are really small.. Great job on this.. Keep up the good work...
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+1 on that quoted section above. If those two Icons were normal sized - i would have no complaints period. Love the theme job here. Please keep this going and update it as often as you can. This is very nice looking. I love the Signal bar design
[edit] There are actually a few icons that got shrunk down to very tiny sizes.... Hope this is an easy fix and an easy update to those who have this installed

*bump* I know OP is limited on time available - just wondering if anyone else has found any issues with this mod. Anxiously awaiting next release!

Launcher with Possbilities! VTL Launcher

New launcher I been using this morning on my tablet, it uses adw coding so that means adw themes can be used from the market.
Here the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046302
Great launcher. It says its not ready for Honeycomb but it runs fine on mine with Tiamat 2.2.1 rom.

Page not found!

keunhuvac said:
Page not found!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046302

Sorry.. don't know how I messed the link up.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

Xoom now wont boot after install of VTL
Hi, installed this launcher earlier.. had a play then turned off xoom. Now when I turn it on, it hangs at the flashing m logo. Any ideas? Even to just boot would be nice!

wingnutta said:
Hi, installed this launcher earlier.. had a play then turned off xoom. Now when I turn it on, it hangs at the flashing m logo. Any ideas? Even to just boot would be nice!
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You my sir are going to have to wipe (or restore your backup)! Boot into recovery by rebooting device and 3 seconds after red M shows up hold volume down button until lettering is displayed on top left of screen. Navigate with volume down button until Android Recovery is displayed then hit volume up. Navigate to wipe date/factory reset.
This launcher is for the most part ADW, but its missing the screen switcher under custom shortcuts. It has all other features but that, and thats the one I want.
Also on the far left screen and far right, the screen freezes and won't fully turn to the screen until I scroll back. Rather annoying. Back to ADW. And no swipe up/down to open/hide ANY dock bar.
There are some nice features though and am sure someone will enjoy it.

I tried that but as soon as i go into Android Recovery i get the green android with a triangle (From desire work i know thats not right - not rooted as yet!)
I cant believe that i have to wipe simply after installing an apk! - Not impressed and wife is gonna go ballistic when she finds out that she will lose 2 months of "My Country" work!
I dont think VTL launcher will be on her shopping list! Will start a new thread in Q&A as might as well root now if gonna lose everything! Cheers

I have rebooted many times with it instaled and have no issues... I didnt set it as the default launcher because its not completely readt for honeycomb devices. but other than that it shouldnt have had anything to do with the boot process of the tablet.. im just as confused as you are on that. ... What rom are you running? I have tiamatt 2.2.1 hammerhead..
wingnutta said:
I tried that but as soon as i go into Android Recovery i get the green android with a triangle (From desire work i know thats not right - not rooted as yet!)
I cant believe that i have to wipe simply after installing an apk! - Not impressed and wife is gonna go ballistic when she finds out that she will lose 2 months of "My Country" work!
I dont think VTL launcher will be on her shopping list! Will start a new thread in Q&A as might as well root now if gonna lose everything! Cheers
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I used this launcher a few months ago and ran into the same bootloop issue. As strange as it may sound I was able to pull it out of the bootloop by giving it time to boot up and then repeatedly tapping the screen (boot xoom, wait until you feel it should be operational, start tapping screen, uninstall vtl). Worth a shot before wiping, hope it works for you. I dont know what caused it, dont know why tapping fixed it, DO know it hasnt happened again!

mscott998 said:
New launcher I been using this morning on my tablet, it uses adw coding so that means adw themes can be used from the market.
Here the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046302
Great launcher. It says its not ready for Honeycomb but it runs fine on mine with Tiamat 2.2.1 rom.
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Was thinking about trying this...any issues with it? Are you still using it? Comments/thoughts?

I used it for a month or so and really liked it, but it wouldn't work after the 3.2 update, as I recall. Tried for a long time to reach the dev, but it seems he disappeared. The website he/she setup for it was (maybe still is) totally stagnant for a long time. Its a shame, because I really liked the VTL launcher, but I think it is dead (at least for now). Was hopeful when I saw this thread it had been resurrected, but I guess not.

To bad, I was a little leery of trying it after hearing about the boot loop issues. Really want a decent launcher for the Xoom, launcher pro looks to big for me.

tragicremedy said:
To bad, I was a little leery of trying it after hearing about the boot loop issues. Really want a decent launcher for the Xoom, launcher pro looks to big for me.
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have you tried ADW ex? I currently use that and love it
I have heard of multiple people getting boot loops from this launcher...

Pocket / Read it Later App is not longer available for the nook

Hey everybody,
i know there alot of nook users that use Read it Later (Now called "Pocket").
Since they changed to the new name it cant be installed on your nook from the android market.
i think they discontinued the android 2.1 support.
I have opened a ticket at their support system to get it back on the nook
If you want this too or just want to help me to get it back,
please leave a reply on the ticket
http://support.readitlaterlist.com/...android-21-for-older-devices-or-ebook-readers
Thank You!

Could you pull the necessary files from a Nook that has ReadItLater currently installed?
Failing that, I would email 'Pocket' support and ask for the application. You might get it. It was available publically only hours ago, how strict could they be?

i have thought about that too (add the files here) but i only have the pro version.
I dont think its allowed to publish the apk from a paid app ?! but i dont know, if iam wrong correct me

Yes it now requires 2.2.
Although it never worked properly on my nook anyway. Had some serious scrolling problems. When scrolling down by swiping the screen it would often move in the wrong direction. I had the same problem with the IHT app by the way.
Have a look at the Readability thread in this forum. Maybe that is for you. Its what I am doint at the moment.
Sent from my NOOK using XDA

Grr. Old app no longer syncs
Wasn't going to complain too much not to get the "pocket" rebrand since readitlater was still working fine... but now it isn't. Can't download any of my articles (though it can see they are there). They must have changed the system to no longer be compatible with the old version.
New ticket here (url broken to see if I'm allowed to post it, I'm a bit noob round here)
support.readitlaterlist.com/discussions/problems/
3895-readitlater-on-android-21-no-longer-syncs
But I'm not hopeful anything will be done.
*sigh*
Okay, this "readability" thing then....

You can use Instapaper with Instafetch app. It has eink friendly UI and made especially for nook
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Readitlater is working fine for me.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Free registration at instapaper.com, free app. from google market "Read later for Instapaper" (author Capone) plus official bookmarklet from instapaper.com for browser which adds current page to the reading list. I almost happy with this solution.
Cons: no images, font is horrible and i see no way to change it, you need to refresh the list manually to download new articles, don't use full screen mode because it will hide options button at the top of your nook. Cheers

dfherg3 said:
Free registration at instapaper.com, free app. from google market "Read later for Instapaper" (author Capone) plus official bookmarklet from instapaper.com for browser which adds current page to the reading list. I almost happy with this solution.
Cons: no images, font is horrible and i see no way to change it, you need to refresh the list manually to download new articles, don't use full screen mode because it will hide options button at the top of your nook. Cheers
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Capone's "Read Later for Instapaper" has been removed from the Google Play store. Presumably because it no longer syncs (the spinner spins, but makes no progress) and if you clear data and try to set it up again, the (correct) username and password aren't accepted. Presumably Instapaper have blocked it from logging into an account that doesn't have a $1/month subscription attached (the API is only open to third-party apps if the account does so). The official paid Instapaper app doesn't require the subscription, but requires Android 2.3.3.
Has anyone got a copy of an older version of the official Instapaper app that still runs on Android 2.1?
EDIT: I've found Laters which works on Android 2.1 on the Nook, so I think I'll switch back to Pocket.

I read today that Pocket is now available for the Kobo reader. May be is it possible to use the kobo version on our NST?

ReadItLater 1.0.1 apk
Hi all!
I found the .apk file for ReadItLater 1.0.1, and it works like a charm

ang3l said:
Hi all!
I found the .apk file for ReadItLater 1.0.1, and it works like a charm
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It works but I can't find option to zoom in, any ideas?

andromenda said:
It works but I can't find option to zoom in, any ideas?
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There is an option to increase or decrease the text size in the menu when reading Push Text Style on the menu. You can also choose Article view or full web page view in th options.

Readitlater seems to be the best option right now. It is possible to scroll with the nook buttons by enabling "Volume rocker scrolling" in the Readitlater settings. You have to go into Nook Touch Mod Manager and set your hardware buttons to Volume up and Volume down, but fortunately the keys still work fine in reader apps when set like this.

Newer version
This is the 1.3 version. I 've tested it, it works pretty good and has the "volume rocker" option too. Only minus is that if you map hardware keys to volume up and down, while they work well with read it later they don't work with stock reader
Also sometimes you swipe to scroll down but it scrolls up (weird bug..)

geopapa said:
This is the 1.3 version. I 've tested it, it works pretty good and has the "volume rocker" option too. Only minus is that if you map hardware keys to volume up and down, while they work well with read it later they don't work with stock reader
Also sometimes you swipe to scroll down but it scrolls up (weird bug..)
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This version fails to install on my nook...

ang3l said:
This version fails to install on my nook...
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Strange.. maybe you must wipe remains of any previous versions from the root filesystem. What is the exact error?

geopapa said:
Strange.. maybe you must wipe remains of any previous versions from the root filesystem. What is the exact error?
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true.. I had to uninstall the previous version before installing this one. nice and smooth now with the hard buttons

I can't login anymore.. Does it happen to you also or is it just me?
Probably they ve locked access from older versions :banghead:
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geopapa said:
I can't login anymore.. Does it happen to you also or is it just me?
Probably they ve locked access from older versions :banghead:
Sent from my GT-I9070 using xda app-developers app
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I can log in(version 1.3) with my email address, but the scroll is strange. It scrolls just half the page.