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Smart Launcher installed on Gear

I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.

Looks good mate
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stevan588 said:
I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.
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go you have a link or the .apk?

link please can't find it anywhere
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stevan588 said:
I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.
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May I know how you take screenshot?
Edit: I success capture already.

How did you install it? i see it on the play store but how did you push it to the gear?

So...
What use of posting this without method for how to install it..
Either you be co operative enough to share the installation method, or don't post at all..
That's so selfish if you just post without sharing the way and methods.
Some people will report ti moderators.
The XDA is whole community sharing center.
Not anly a place to show your Muscles..
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Here you go: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...real-apps-running-on-the-samsung-galaxy-gear/
To put it simply, enable USB debugging, connect the device to your computer using a cable, and then use ADB to install apps/push content to your device
Here's the apk for the free version of smart launcher https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjakgpyyj3che69/ginlemon.flowerfree-1.apk
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So...
What use of posting this without method for how to install it..
Either you be co operative enough to share the installation method, or don't post at all..
That's so selfish if you just post without sharing the way and methods.
Some people will report ti moderators.
The XDA is whole community sharing center.
Not anly a place to show your Muscles..
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How did you install it? i see it on the play store but how did you push it to the gear?
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I posted already a method for how to install any Google Play Apps on the Galaxy Gear including the Smart Launcher in object. My thread with the guide "How to install Google Play Apps" can be found on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477702

Thx for sharing
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Now you are the man.
Thanx.
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I installed Smart Launcher but how can i see notifications? Another issue i found is that if you switchon screen you can't switch off with hardware button, you must wait the auto sleep time...

Request - Keyboard video
I'm not ready to start pushing apps to my watch but I had a request for someone that did.
I'm wondering if someone can install the Fleksy keyboard & duplicate this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXW2-uGezs by typing in well..any app just to show off typing on the watch.
Thanks to anyone in advance.

polstein said:
I'm not ready to start pushing apps to my watch but I had a request for someone that did.
I'm wondering if someone can install the Fleksy keyboard & duplicate this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXW2-uGezs by typing in well..any app just to show off typing on the watch.
Thanks to anyone in advance.
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If I could find a copy of the keyboard that would would I would do this. Every APK i have found has frozen when I tried it.

dtmcnamara said:
If I could find a copy of the keyboard that would would I would do this. Every APK i have found has frozen when I tried it.
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I haven't tried their keyboard in a while, but I didn't remember freezing issues. Assuming we can eventually get something like sms working, wonder which keyboard - if any - would really be practical for a watch. If not Fleksy - wondering about Minuum or Snapkeys or Flit or something.

polstein said:
I haven't tried their keyboard in a while, but I didn't remember freezing issues. Assuming we can eventually get something like sms working, wonder which keyboard - if any - would really be practical for a watch. If not Fleksy - wondering about Minuum or Snapkeys or Flit or something.
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when searching in ES File Manager I use google keyboard and its working great so far. I cannot wait for my Omate TrueSmart to arrive, hopefully it will have a perfectly running fleksy keyboard that we can pull from the watch and run on the Gear.
On another note, I got the Fleksy keyboard loaded on the watch, but am having a hard time enabling it, there is no true Android Settings on the watch to change input.
Going to play around with ES File Manager and see if I can manually set it keyboard.

I tried smart launcher briefly, but ended up going with nova and deleted SL.
I have used Nova Prime forever in my phones (after trying every launcher available including the ridiculously overpriced POS Next Launcher)
I decided Nova was the best launcher for the gear watch also.

jmorton10 said:
I tried smart launcher briefly, but ended up going with nova and deleted SL.
I have used Nova Prime forever in my phones (after trying every launcher available including the ridiculously overpriced POS Next Launcher)
I decided Nova was the best launcher for the gear watch also.
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I tried Nova first, but with the last of widgets its kind of hard to see what time it is.
Once we get a custom "ROM" on here I will go back to Nova, until then SL is working pretty well

dtmcnamara said:
I tried Nova first, but with the last of widgets its kind of hard to see what time it is.
Once we get a custom "ROM" on here I will go back to Nova, until then SL is working pretty well
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Well. I use the stock TW launcher for everyday use as I like the clocks etc. you get from TW.
I switch to Nova when I will be doing more app switching......

So far I've tried Apex, GO, Nova, ADW, and Smart Launchers, and I'll be sticking with Smart. It's the only one that keeps the clock on the home screen. Loaded UP Icons as well and have been using those.
Now if only I could figure out how to get the Pro version of Smart Launcher on the Gear. I purchased Pro for my Note 3, but can only export the Smart Launcher Pro folder from the Note 3, and can't drop that back into the Gear. Any ideas? Would like to toy around with some of the features (mainly the other color options).

Amazon Fire 10HD- 7th Gen- 5.6: Google Apps not Appearing

Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom

TomMapp said:
Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom
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Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too

Blaiser47 said:
Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too
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Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom

TomMapp said:
The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating. Any help on this would be great!
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This is an increasingly frequent complaint with recent builds of FireOS 5.6, especially in the HD 10. Root cause is not apparent and there does not appear to be a durable workaround at the moment. My guess is a 'glitch' snuck into the stock launcher that will be addressed in a future update. Conspiracy minded members will claim Amazon is up to no good. Will see where it goes.
For now not much you can do other than wait for a fix or attempt to use a different launcher with accompanying pros/cons.

TomMapp said:
Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom
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It's called Home Pages

Blaiser47 said:
It's called Home Pages
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Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom

I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.

Hippie459MN said:
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
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The answer (apparently) lies I the dozen or so posts immediately preceding yours. Take a read to see if that information proves helpful.

Hippie459MN said:
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.
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Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?

Blaiser47 said:
Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?
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I did not but I did delete the 2 apps and then later did a reboot and then just reinstalled them to see if it would have issues again and this time they both showed up on the home screen. I hope my kid doesnt run into issues and cant find his apps if he installs them. Either way, they are there now and hopefully no more issues. Fingers crossed.

7 gen HD Question for Launcher and Search Bar
TomMapp said:
Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom
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Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..

ChristinaLK said:
Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/google-play-shortcut-longer-t3727439/post75014720

Guide for Google now without google launcher.

Hey,
I see lots of people has been asking about google now in there launcher and many people knows that how to solve it without magisk.
There is workaround which i want to share may be it helps somebody.
First you need to install nova launcher prime which you can get like from anywhere just google it and then install a small app called google now companion app which is only supported by nova.
there is also a magisk version available of companion app but it is for those who just dont have root and magisk so by this you can have google now without having google now launcher and you will get google now integrated to the best launcher.
Thank you.
And sorry for bad english.
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khan_pegasus said:
Hey,
I see lots of people has been asking about google now in there launcher and many people knows that how to solve it without magisk.
There is workaround which i want to share may be it helps somebody.
First you need to install nova launcher prime which you can get like from anywhere just google it and then install a small app called google now companion app which is only supported by nova.
there is also a magisk version available of companion app but it is for those who just dont have root and magisk so by this you can have google now without having google now launcher and you will get google now integrated to the best launcher.
Thank you.
And sorry for bad english.
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That is the way I have mine setup. Works great.

borijess said:
That is the way I have mine setup. Works great.
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Here

i just use evie launcher.

borijess said:
Here
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But how could you have a different kind of google now.
I have already installed the most updated one but mine is little bit different
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mickyjs said:
i just use evie launcher.
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So is it work.
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lawnchair and lawnfeed works great

khan_pegasus said:
So is it work.
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you just double tap the screen and it goes into google now or you go into settings and put it on a different gesture. as standard swipe down opens evie launcher but i switched that to expand notifications so now it works like the built in launcher, swipe down anywhere to open notifications. you may also want to switch off launch assisstant on home button or use it for something else if you are using gesture navigation as the last thing you need is more ways to launch assisstant lol. you could put the google now on that though then you can swipe up for home and swipe up again for google now.

Exactly. The most valuable real estate on a phone is the home screen because you can go directly to an app with one touch. The second most valuable real estate is the screen to either side of home and if you have a paged dock, the dock to either side. By using a swipe to the feed you wipe out an entire screen of the second most valuable real estate on the phone just to access one app when you can get to that same app by simply tapping a 1X1 icon, using a gesture, etc. I never have figured out why people like the swipe to feed, it wasn't done for us, it was done because Google has research that showed most people will not venture further than one screen left or right of home. Make one of those the feed and they knew they would up their take. In terms of user interfaces it's a straight up loss for users who in no way benefit from the loss of that screen for one app. But whatever.
Lots of launchers have a feed swipe BTW, if you absolutely insist on making your phone less efficient by wasting that screen you don't have to limit yourself to Nova.

how to turn on google now feed?

Title.
just got my x2 pro and i am having trouble in turning on "swipe left for google now feed" feature. have never used color os before so i am clueless. please help me out.

It is very possible the Feed is not on that launcher. You may need to install a third party launcher to do that.

aakash261194 said:
Title.
just got my x2 pro and i am having trouble in turning on "swipe left for google now feed" feature. have never used color os before so i am clueless. please help me out.
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i got it working perfectly but it took some time to get it to work right.
i am using nova/nova prime and downloaded the nova google companion apk from teslacoils website.
this is what i did in this order:
download nova(and nova prime if you have it)
use adb to uninstall the stock launcher(com.oppo.launcher)for swipe gesture controls to work you can only use the back on left or right bottom selection
use adb to uninstall the oem browser (com.nearme.browser)
use adb to uninstall athena (com.coloros.athena)<--- once you remove this when going to recent app you will have to swipe them away manually to close the X will not close them
use adb to uninstall (com.oppo.quicksearchbox)
then go to google and type in nova google companion (should see a link to download the apk) install it
give nova/nova prime/companion all autostart/background running permissions
it should work after those steps are followed. also the good new is once the athena is removed notifications come through without issue for 3rd party apps (facebook/instagram/snapchat etc) just have to give all permissions to display (autostart is only allowed for 5 non system apps) bust since athena is gone even the apps that i dont have autostarting are coming through without delay.
hope this helps!!!

Third party launcher being blocked

Well Xiaomi don't allow third party launchers.
I managed to get around this annoying setting with Nova Launcher by going into Nova Launcher settings and setting it there.
Just in case anybody panics

Same thing happened to me, it seems that setting it from Nova did the trick, i was panicking for awhile that i had to use that ****! LOL

I was panicking and i found another way also..
i downloaded 'mimui hidden setting' --> manage applications --> show system apps --> system launcher --> launcher --> and here I was able to select nova
anyone else had any hurdles?
i wasn't able to instal 'Revolut' from the appstore..
and google contacts isn't syncing..

danitaro said:
I was panicking and i found another way also..
i downloaded 'mimui hidden setting' --> manage applications --> show system apps --> system launcher --> launcher --> and here I was able to select nova
anyone else had any hurdles?
i wasn't able to instal 'Revolut' from the appstore..
and google contacts isn't syncing..
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Give contact sync all permissions and pop up etc and auto start. Should work fine. Works for me.

I had to follow this guide and manually install the APD for the background service but after that everything worked flawlessly.
https://www.nextpit.com/how-to-sync-google-contacts-with-xiaomi-miui

How the heck are you guys typing with 3rd party launcher?
Third party launcher seems to force removal of the bottom gesture bar. When this happens, then when typing on the keyboard, the space button for example is directly touching the bottom of the device, and it becomes hard to use the space bar with it so close to the edge because the touch detection gets wonky. Have you guys noticed this? This is with Gboard. Any workarounds? It's just too hard for me to type like that.

adampa1006 said:
How the heck are you guys typing with 3rd party launcher?
Third party launcher seems to force removal of the bottom gesture bar. When this happens, then when typing on the keyboard, the space button for example is directly touching the bottom of the device, and it becomes hard to use the space bar with it so close to the edge because the touch detection gets wonky. Have you guys noticed this? This is with Gboard. Any workarounds? It's just too hard for me to type like that.
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Nope. Working perfect using lawnchair and SwiftKey here.

danitaro said:
I was panicking and i found another way also..
i downloaded 'mimui hidden setting' --> manage applications --> show system apps --> system launcher --> launcher --> and here I was able to select nova
anyone else had any hurdles?
i wasn't able to instal 'Revolut' from the appstore..
and google contacts isn't syncing..
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Did you uinstall revolut finally?
If that app doesn't work, the phone is a no go for me...

boober78 said:
Did you uinstall revolut finally?
If that app doesn't work, the phone is a no go for me...
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I installed it. It works perfectly.
Actually everything works perfectly. Don't see any difference from my Samsung S20. except that this phone is much better :d

danitaro said:
I installed it. It works perfectly.
Actually everything works perfectly. Don't see any difference from my Samsung S20. except that this phone is much better :d
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Are you on Chinese ROM or xiaomi.eu?

chinese

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How did you do it? I cannot see revolut in the play store. Deal breaker for me.

Just sideload it.. google: revolut apk
En then choose apkmirror or something and I stall it and it works the same..

danitaro said:
Just sideload it.. google: revolut apk
En then choose apkmirror or something and I stall it and it works the same..
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Did it already. Confusing part was, there was a bundle package that didn't install, but separate apk did the trick..

I found that if you enable, "OEM unlocking" in the Developer settings, it disables the security settings that has to due with the launcher restrictions, and I was able to choose any launcher.

Problem is, can you use full screen gesture with 3rd party launcher ? Can't seems to make it work with Nova on MIUI 12.5 A11

Never used this device but with my 10+ the native launcher is superior to all 3rd party ones I tried including Nova. Stability is crucial for a launcher as it can boot loop you in a second... been there, done that, twice. No other app on a stock phone can trash a clean load faster is what I discovered
If you see glitches and especially unstable behavior with a 3rd party launcher know that a boot loop may be ust the next reboot away.
And if that isn't bad enough all the launchers I tried including Nova were slower, used more resources, battery and/or weren't as functional as the stock one. Many weren't even stable
I don't have time for that kind of $...

Before the MiUi 12.1.1 you could use a tool from an russian developer forum and temporary bypass everything by adb loading some sort of apk.
Yesterday I updated to MiUi 12.1.1 and if you have 3rd party launcher, closing app via app view/task manager doesn't work, also Xiaomi doesn't allow you to use gesture navigation with 3rd party launcher.
If you set the 3rd party launcher, and activate gestures with a bit of adb magic, it will work for a couple of seconds. I believe a python script that loops the command, would help here but I noticed that it prevents you from locking the device and it sometimes crashes the OS.
Anyway, I'm kinda tired of MiUi right now and I'll be switching to an Android GSI rom or the unofficial Pixel Experience rom.

otonieru said:
Problem is, can you use full screen gesture with 3rd party launcher ? Can't seems to make it work with Nova on MIUI 12.5 A11
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Nope, can't either unfortunately.