Few days back I opted to change the look & feel of my Galaxy Note so decided to install Go Launcher Ex.It was initially on but started lagging on home screens.Yesterday I uninstalled it and went for the default one.Today I thought of giving other launchers a try so went for ADW & LauncherPro but none seem to work or start even though they show as installed app.
what do you mean they arent working?
have you unset the default in applications?
I mean just nothing happens after installing the launchers...neither any shortcut or any change to the gui...
You need to run the launcher then press the home button and select the specified launcher as default.
Go to manage apps & clear defaults of your last used launcher
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I have LP and have been using it on my Captivate. I accidentally re-set TouchWiz as my default launcher. Besides downloading Home Switcher, anyone know how I can reset Launcher Pro as default?
Thanks!
coldbeverage said:
I have LP and have been using it on my Captivate. I accidentally re-set TouchWiz as my default launcher. Besides downloading Home Switcher, anyone know how I can reset Launcher Pro as default?
Thanks!
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go to settings - applications - manage apps - Press menu - filter - all - find Twlauncher and press clear defaults ......
AHA!!!! the settings button wasn't working before.
I have Launcher Pro set to default launcher, how can i undo this without uninstalling the program? Just if i wanted to use the default tw?
What I do is install a custom launcher and then press home. It gives me the option to set my default again
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Hondo209 said:
I have Launcher Pro set to default launcher, how can i undo this without uninstalling the program? Just if i wanted to use the default tw?
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Go to Settings, then Manage Applications, then select LauncherPro, the go down to Launch by Default, then click Clear Defaults.
The next time you press the Home button, it will ask which Launcher you want to use. If you leave the Use as Default checkbox unchecked, it will ask every time you press the Home button. If you don't mind extra clicks, it's nice to leave no default selected while setting up a new launcher.
thanks! this helped.
Or you can down load home switcher free from the market to pick what launcher to use.
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I use Home Switcher, free from the marketplace, and it'll allow you to switch between any launchers you might have on your phone.
n30nix said:
I use Home Switcher, free from the marketplace, and it'll allow you to switch between any launchers you might have on your phone.
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+1 on home switcher, it works great. Just follow the easy instructions.
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So its starting to annoy me. Does anyone else have an issue with whatever launcher they use it kind if restarts when hitting the home bbutton from an app? I've noticed it with GB launcher adw, xperia launcher. Its annoying because I hit the home button it freezes for a second and I have to wait for my app drawer to load. Does anyone else have this issue? I've come across it in all roms froyo and gingerbread alike.
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Not an issue for me with LP+
Yup... happens to me on any launcher but not after every app-it seems random. I am assuming that Android is killing it to manage memory and then I restarts when home is pressed or I back out of an application to the home screen. Btw, I am running GR-11.
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Yup... happens to me on any launcher but not after every app-it seems random. I am assuming that Android is killing it to manage memory and then I restarts when home is pressed or I back out of an application to the home screen. Btw, I am running GR-11.
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Thats what I'm thinking. Yeah its not after every app close. Is there anyway we can change it so the os doesn't kill it off?
I have the "prevent force-closes" options checked in launcherpro and it usually doesnt close off the homescreen. In the off chance it does close, the launcher needs to rebuild the app drawer etc etc.
Did some more research.
It fixed it for me completely just go into the terminal app (if you don't have one get it from the market), Continnum 5.4.1 came with it.
use this command.
su {hit enter}
echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >> /data/local.prop {hit enter}
reboot {hit enter}
I found what you taught is quite useful. I am not sure whether the script affect all the launcher or default one with OS?
I have disabled Facebook home and uninstalled it. I have the Android default home and ADW Launcher. Every boot it asks me which launcher to go to. Each time I select ADW Launcher and then press Always. But every boot the defaults seem to be reset. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the First or with Jellybean.
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I have disabled Facebook home and uninstalled it. I have the Android default home and ADW Launcher. Every boot it asks me which launcher to go to. Each time I select ADW Launcher and then press Always. But every boot the defaults seem to be reset. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the First or with Jellybean.
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Do you have S-Off? The only reason I can think of that would cause it to do so is if you don't have S-Off. When you uninstall Facebook Home, it will reinstall itself as the default home upon rebooting the device because of S-On. So if you don't have nor want S-Off, I'd recommend simply turning off Facebook Home in the Home Settings rather than uninstalling it.
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I don't know what happened, I was going to pair my smart watch (non-samsung) to my S21 Ultra but it wouldn't, so I rebooted the phone, and it rebooted with the One UI launcher instead of Nova Launcher, so I switched back to Nova, checked the default setting in Nova settings and it was still set to Nova as the default, when trying to leave the Nova settings, it again returned to One UI home, so I checked in settings for default apps, and Nova is still set to the default. So I tried force stopping One UI home, and return home, and again, it opens One UI home, it will not open Nova anymore.
I tried rebooting again, and oddly enough, Nova was the default launcher again. Figured it was just a glitch so I went on with my day and it just happened again but I haven't touched anything, it was on my desk all day untouched and when I picked it up, One UI launcher again.
Now, no matter how many times I reboot, it will always pick the One UI launcher, but the weird thing is when I'm in Nova, I can't swipe to go home because it's already on the default launcher, but when in an app, I swipe to go home and it goes to One UI home, and swiping to go home does nothing within that launcher as well.
So some how, not sure what happened, but the phone is using both launchers at the default now and there's no way to stop One UI from opening.
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, or if there's a fix for it, but would removing One UI with ADB (if possible) cause issues? Like if I force remove this with ADB will the phone even boot to a different default launcher if One UI home isn't there anymore?
I would do more testing but this is my daily driver so I don't wanna mess with it too much, but this is really annoying that it keeps defaulting to One UI home.
I was having the same issue at first. What I did to fix it was set OneUI as default, exit the menu. Go back into that menu and then change back to Nova Launcher. Reboot. It took a couple of tries repeating the same process, but it eventually sticks. I haven't had any issues since.
Also, side note. The Samsung widgets that aren't transparent, first set them up in OneUI with the settings you want them at. Then when you go back Nova Launcher, remove the the original and readd them. There is only 1 widget that I can't get to go transparent, Reminders.