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Grid View: Alphabetical A-Z Order Possible?

Hey guys.
Is it possible in grid view to have the applications in A-Z Alphabetical order as when it is currently in grid view all the apps are jumbled up in no particular order unless you click edit and move them...
That's why I use the list view so I know where things are.. I have over 120 apps or more and it gets difficult tracking down what you want...
I like grid view.. so if anybody has a way of getting them in A-Z order that would be fantastic.
Look forward to your replies.
Thanks

by gridview, do you mean page scrolling left-to-right like touchwiz and iphone? Launcher pro has the vertical which is alphabetical.
I wouldn't agree with your sentiment that the apps are in no-particular order, actually it's categorically incorrect. They are in their chronologically installed order unless you alter the order. Compared to stock android and LauncherPro this gives you a customization that is missing in the stock, I think a combo of both is key. I used to have more apps than you and I loved chronological order because I suffered from 2 things, installing 3 apps at once and only remembering 1 name and also just using an app once and needing it a week after installed but forgetting what it was. Touchwiz was there for me in both cases, with LauncherPro I'm a bit lost, so I have to add them to a homepage of newly installed (as much work as reordering apps in Touchwiz, but not as convenient).

Hi. Yes.. scrolling left to right... Ok so it is in installation order.. but I really need it to be in A-Z ... I already have on my home screen app organiser etc... but it would be handy to have the grid view showing A-Z

well AFAIK you can't get this done with anything. Most use vertical scrolling, TW uses grids but you can't enable alpha sort. As long as I know the name of the app I want I use gesture search, as it'll get me to the right app, sometimes even if I remember the name of the app incorrectly...for instance if I remember the middle or last name but not the first name, it'll still pull it fairly accurately and it refines your searches over time.

I saw this feature in one of the galaxy s vibrant review videos (on youtube)... and that phone also had a black version of the feeds & updates widget... but I have a feeling that the official release vibrant doesn't have these features?
Could anyone with a vibrant confirm this?

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this magically happened when I installed something just then. Lagfix. Before I had lag fix I manually organized ~90% of the icons but I installed quite a few apps after my last organization of apps. After I installed Lagfix, everything was in place, save Superuser Permissions, which is right behind Youtube.

My app list in TW re-ordered itself alphabetically one day, but I've no idea how it was triggered and haven't been able to replicate.
Also only my own installed apps were re-ordered. The stock apps (that can't be uninstalled/moved) still appear before my own installed apps.

I know this thread is getting old, but there is a way:
Under your applications list, filter it to view all and clear the data for TWLauncher.
When you return to your home screen (it will lag for a bit) the home screen will be returned to factory settings BUT all your apps will be re-ordered alphabetically.
Not an ideal fix, but if you've got 70 apps out of order its probably easier to recreate your home screen than re-order those apps.

^does that work for rooted galaxy s? I cant get to TWlauncer from app list.... unrooted

[Q] About Customizing Stock ROM

Hello. I am using Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000, N7000ZSLR1, Android 4.1.2 Hong Kong version. There are something I am not quite satisfied with the ROM, I have rooted my device with Chinese one key root app so I wonder if there are some ways to customize the ROM.
1.　The first thing is Notification screen. In this Android 4.1.2, when you pull it down, the shortcuts at the top will first display the tiles in picture 1, then it will automatically swipe to picture 2:
Picture 1:
Picture 2:
Is there any method that can modify / remove tiles at the top? Or at least make it like picture 2 in default when I pull down, no swiping.
2.　In this ROM, the Task Manager no longer display in app drawer like Android 2.3.6, instead I need to long press Home button to go to "Recent App" screen and tap the pie chart icon at the lower left corner to open Task Manager. I'm curious, the system app is in \system\app, and it IS an .apk. So I wonder if I can at least make a shortcut from it and add to "Home Screen", I always need to use it and I don't want to download third party app for this shortcut.
Recent Apps screen:
View in ES File Explorer:
3.　The default Launcher in the stock ROM is TouchWizHome, and by default there are no indication when you tap an icon to open the app. So I wonder if I can add some "effect" to notify me when I open an app, like dim the icon or glow at the edge of icon.
4.　If you are a Titanium Backup user, please tell me that should I wipe system apps' data first before uninstall it. Because it always gives me a feeling of "unclean" if I don't wipe the data before uninstall it. I always uninstall system app to keep my phone slimmer and faster.
Thank you in advance.

Wrong thread.
Try to search for an xposed module...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847786
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stock launcher

Hey guys has any one had issues with the stock launcher. I install new apps and they do not show in the app drawer. I even word data from TouchWiz home and they still don't show. Using a third party launcher they show just fine but stock hit or miss if they actually end up in the app drawer. I can search for them so they are installed but if I got locate it does not show it in the drawer.

Crsdr37 said:
Hey guys has any one had issues with the stock launcher. I install new apps and they do not show in the app drawer. I even word data from TouchWiz home and they still don't show. Using a third party launcher they show just fine but stock hit or miss if they actually end up in the app drawer. I can search for them so they are installed but if I got locate it does not show it in the drawer.
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Open the apps drawer and hit the 3 dots in the top right corner.
Select sort and choose Alphabetical rather than custom.
I believe this may be your issue...

Outbreak444 said:
Open the apps drawer and hit the 3 dots in the top right corner.
Select sort and choose Alphabetical rather than custom.
I believe this may be your issue...
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Nope tried toggling back and forth it is just weird not all apps and even clearing all data to set it back up they do not show up..... Yet I search it finds the icon so I can open but if I choose locate it is no where to be found in the drawer.

Home / Recent Apps / Notification Drawer stopped working

So today, after loading an app, my Nokia 8 decided to reboot itself. After rebooting, a few things ceased to function.
The Home button no longer worked. The recent apps button stopped working, I can pull down the notification bar however, the settings button and extending the notification bar to show notifications no longer functioned.
On top of this, Google Play stopped functioning with regards to installing software and you will notice that you cannot access the developer options anymore (as well as all your personal settings being reset!)
Was at a complete loss at what to do... I managed to install the Nova Launcher from an apk file from there accessed the short cuts to the Setting Wizard and re-ran it.
You can re-run the setting with the same email address and as soon as it's finished, everything should be working back to normal. You may need to reset a few preferences (such as keyboards etc / glance screen etc) but at least all the buttons work again.
Step instructions:
- Download Nova Launcher. If you cannot from the google play store, search for it on Chrome and download an apk version
- Install it (you may get a pop up advising you need to let apps installed from chrome, go to settings and allow it)
- Once installed, click on Open. This should launch the Nova Launcher
- Long press anywhere on the screen
- Choose Widgets.
- Look for the Activities widget and hold and place it anywhere on the screen.
- Scroll down to Setup Wizard. There's two, one that's "Setup Wizard" and the other "SetupWizard" without a space. Choose the first. There should be an option under it called ".SetupWizardUpgradeActivity". It might be slightly different for you pending the version OS you have but that's what came up for me.
- Select that to create the widget shortcut then click to open.
- This will bring you to the setup wizard and then just click Next all the way through (turn off any preferences you may have in the past)
And voila. Back to normal afterwards!
Note: You don't need to use Nova Launcher as your default launcher. You can even uninstall it if you want.

Works!
Thank you, this totally worked!
I think Skype crashing and crashing the phone caused this for me. It's getting an uninstall as a special thank you.
Cheers,
Peter

Please help! I don't see any option for setup wizard!

Question Task Changer/Manager Alternatives?

Coming from Oxygen, there's still a lot of visual stuff I dislike about One UI, though I will say, it's FAR better than the last Samsung I used which ran TouchWiz.
Running Nova and Theme Park to get things looking/running the way I generally prefer.
The one last piece that I really dislike but can't find a complete solution for is the Task Manager. I have Home Up running, but the part that annoys me is the Recent App shortcuts. They appear to be randomly generated, and the icons are horrific and cartoony. I just don't like it.
Is there an alternative or way to just turn the recent app shortcuts off? Screenshot attached for clarity.

Home up, task changer, disable "hide search bar"
Enter recents, three dots menu in search bar, settings, disable "show recommended apps"
Now you can hide search bar again

tobias14 said:
Home up, task changer, disable "hide search bar"
Enter recents, three dots menu in search bar, settings, disable "show recommended apps"
Now you can hide search bar again
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I actually discovered that RIGHT as I got a notification of your reply.
Big thanks for chiming in.
While I still generally think One UI < Oxygen, with enough tweaks, I can deal.

Question for you OP. How'd you get home up working while using Nova. None of the settings seem to stick when changing task manager using goodlock homeup when move is set to default.

SlakWReX said:
Question for you OP. How'd you get home up working while using Nova. None of the settings seem to stick when changing task manager using goodlock homeup when move is set to default.
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there is a recent update to One UI Home that fixed that issue for me with lawnchair.
if youre not getting it through samsung, you can sideload it from here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...rience-home-touchwiz-home-12-1-05-11-release/
you also may or may not have to update home up.

uicnren said:
there is a recent update to One UI Home that fixed that issue for me with lawnchair.
if youre not getting it through samsung, you can sideload it from here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...rience-home-touchwiz-home-12-1-05-11-release/
you also may or may not have to update home up.
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Thanks that worked! Looking clean now. I also hated the suggested apps at the bottom. I use a higher dpi and that was not affected by the dpi change. So it looked even worse on my phone. They looked huge compared to everything else.

SlakWReX said:
Question for you OP. How'd you get home up working while using Nova. None of the settings seem to stick when changing task manager using goodlock homeup when move is set to default.
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Hi there
I was wondering if there is any way to apply the new homeup with the task changer on one ui 2.5 or any other good lock plugins for that matter
Samsung is only updating them for android 11 and was really hoping to get them on my phone
BTW I have a note 9 so no updates for me