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[Q] Can't set custom launcher as default

Hello,
I read through most of the posts concerning custom launchers but still can't find an answer to my problem.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running on Froyo. I am trying to set GoLauncher as my default launcher but there seems to be a hickup somewhere.
When I hit the home button a window always pops up asking me which launcher I want to use (TW or Go) and I always tick the box underneath to use as default and then select GoLauncher but the window keeps popping up again every time I press the home key.
I also tried to clear the defaults in both TW and Go Launcher but the buttons are grayed out...so I guess the phone does not store my default choice.
Any ideas?

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GH057257 said:
Hello,
I read through most of the posts concerning custom launchers but still can't find an answer to my problem.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running on Froyo. I am trying to set GoLauncher as my default launcher but there seems to be a hickup somewhere.
When I hit the home button a window always pops up asking me which launcher I want to use (TW or Go) and I always tick the box underneath to use as default and then select GoLauncher but the window keeps popping up again every time I press the home key.
I also tried to clear the defaults in both TW and Go Launcher but the buttons are grayed out...so I guess the phone does not store my default choice.
Any ideas?
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**I HAD THE SAME ISSUE**
What Worked For Me Was... Uninstalling, & Reinstalling!!
See If That Works!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Thanks for the replies.
I tried market enabler, no effect whatsoever.
Reinstalling GoLauncher just made me lose all my folders

GH057257 said:
Thanks for the replies.
I tried market enabler, no effect whatsoever.
Reinstalling GoLauncher just made me lose all my folders
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LOST ALL YOUR FOLDERS??
SORRY MAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER HEADACHE!!
When You Say Folders, What Exactly
Do You Mean....
Basically What Type Of Folders,
Is What I Mean?
Maybe I Can Help??
Seeing I Feel BAD Now!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

PMGRANDS said:
LOST ALL YOUR FOLDERS??
SORRY MAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER HEADACHE!!
When You Say Folders, What Exactly
Do You Mean....
Basically What Type Of Folders,
Is What I Mean?
Maybe I Can Help??
Seeing I Feel BAD Now!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Don't worry about it...took me 15min to reorganize them. It was worth the time for the chance of fixing the problem.

GH057257 said:
Don't worry about it...took me 15min to reorganize them. It was worth the time for the chance of fixing the problem.
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Okay, Sorry Again!!
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I have the same problem using htc desire z running froyo 2.3.. not rooted.
Have tried re installing. Tried home switcher. tried other launcher than go launcher ex. Problem still persists..
If anyone has made it work for them. Please share what to do.
Thx

Well.. for me the problem was with the 3D camera app.. for some reason it showed up on the bottom of the list of launcher.. unistalled and presto.. no constant settings launcher as default
Via HTC Desire Z

Have tried everything in this post and none have worked for very long.
I am going to try seeing if the Estrongs "Suite" is installed and causing a problem, but I definitely know this isn't a launcher problem as this happens with several different launchers...I thought it was a HTC Sense issue, but I have now seen (I think) a couple of posts from a Samsung device.
I have the Thunderbolt and since the 2.3.4 update, I have had the same problem. I have read several posts, but no real solution. The Homesmack didn't work. This Really sounds like an HTC issue, but I am still trying to read more posts.

Did you try doing a battery pull? Or going into settings and clearing the stock launchers data and cache?
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Solution
I have Samsung Galaxy S2 -
Applications - Manage Applications - [All] - TWLauncher - Clear Defaults
I think there's also an App called "Launcher" but look for anything with the word "Launcher" in it and clear the defaults
Or try installing "Go Locker" and it'll ask you again which one you want your default to be

Strange ADW Launcher EX issue

I'm running ADW Launcher EX v1.3.3 and CM7 nightly 81.
So I rename quite a few Apps that I have on my home screens. Now if I restart my phone some apps revert back to their original name and some stay renamed. For example, I rename the Xfinity Mobile app to Comcast and any time I restart the phone it reverts back. Where the the At Bat 11 app that I renamed to MLB does does not revert back. There are quite a few other examples...I guess I could list all apps that do and don't revert if that would help.
It's driving my crazy because I can't figure out what is causing this issue. I've tried using lower versions or ADW and it doesn't make a difference. I doubt it's the nightly build causing it but who knows.
Any thoughts on what I can do here??

After doing some further testing I found that if I try to change which screen is the default home screen it doesn't save it either.

I've been having an ADW Launcher EX problem too on my wifes phone. It's been going on for the last 6 or so nightlies. The problem she has is certain widgets resize themselves or disappear altogether. All that we've been doing is going into ADW settings and clicking "Restart ADW". I can't find the cause of it.
I run ADW on the nightlies as well and I only have widgets set, I've never had a problem. It's weird.

I'm going to install Launcher Pro, uninstall ADW, search for adw in root explorer and delete everything left, restart, and install ADW again.
If that doesn't work I don't know what else to try besides wiping my phone completely and starting fresh. I really don't want to do that but we'll see I guess.

You could just uninstall clear data. Or just restart ur phone and wipe cache and davlik. I've done this before to fix odd occurrences
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knoc said:
You could just uninstall clear data. Or just restart ur phone and wipe cache and davlik. I've done this before to fix odd occurrences
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Well I just did a complete wipe and started fresh with CM7 latest stable build and I'm still having the same issues.
Is there any reason certain Apps can't be renamed/saved for some reason?? The ADW launcher that comes with CM7 works just fine and saves the renamed App names. So It's really confusing why ADW EX wouldn't do the same.
Any other thoughts out there on this??

UPDATE
I just installed ADW LAuncher EX v1.3.1 and it seems to be saving my renamed Apps so far. It seems like v1.3.2 and v1.3.3 are causing the issue for some reason now.....very weird

[Q] Why won't certain widgets appear on the list of widgets?

I've noticed this problem since I bought my Sensation. I immediately started transferring over apps from my G2 and Xoom (the ones I planned on using on my Sensation, at least). I know which apps have a widget and which don't. When I long-press on my screen and choose widgets, I see most of the widgets of apps I just installed but not all of them.
There are times when I flashed custom roms to try them out and then go back to my nand (clean stock backup) and the same widgets that didn't show up before would now appear on the list.
Is anyone else having this issue? Does anyone know why this is happening?

Only thing I can think of is that maybe the parent program for the widget got moved to the sdcard. I know widgets have to be in,main,memory to work.
Forgive me if this is an infantile response, I am still fairly new to android, but eager to help if I can.

Ivanstein said:
Only thing I can think of is that maybe the parent program for the widget got moved to the sdcard. I know widgets have to be in,main,memory to work.
Forgive me if this is an infantile response, I am still fairly new to android, but eager to help if I can.
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Hmmm... Interesting, if you're right. In my previous Android phones and on my Xoom, I move all the apps that I can to SD every time and never had this problem. But I will give this a try. I'll report back if this is the case with Sensation on stock Sense UI.

I just restored from a previous nand (good thing I happened to backup for no apparent reason just this morning) and it looks like the widget is there. I checked where the app was and it is in fact on my SD card. So there goes that theory. Hehe.
I wonder if others have the same issue and if they found out the culprit. Thanks anyway, Ivanstein.

One thing I've noticed that with no matter what sensation rom I flash first time i download an app the widgets don't show in the widgets menu until i reboot.

[Q] ADW EX Reverting Custom Icons to Generic

Anyone else using ADW EX launcher's custom shortcuts? I'd been using them successfully until recently. This is what I do: I create a Custom Shortcut, assign a Launcher Action to it (assigning each app drawer category to a custom shortcut), and then assigning an icon from the BigDX Serenity theme. Then I drag the custom shortcut to my dock, and I have all of my apps sorted in categories, easily accessible from my dock. And because I've used an icon for each, that represents that particular app category, I quickly know which dock icon contains which apps.
But now, the custom icons won't stick. They keep reverting to a generic icon after a reboot or after I use Titanium Backup or just about anything. I suspect this has something to do with being rooted, as my husband's Note doesn't do this. He's not rooted.
Needless to say, this is annoying, as I can't remember which icon contains which apps. They all look the same! And I have 11 of them.
Anyone else experience this? I emailed the developer, but have received no response.
EDIT: This seems to only happen when the Custom Shortcut is for a Launcher Action. The icons don't revert to generic if my Custom Shortcut is for an Application.

So, 108 views and no one's experienced this issue? Anyone know of a better way to contact the developer? I've emailed twice, with no reponse.
This problem, while not critical, is extremely annoying.

loribuono said:
So, 108 views and no one's experienced this issue? Anyone know of a better way to contact the developer? I've emailed twice, with no reponse.
This problem, while not critical, is extremely annoying.
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i don't think it has anything to do with being rooted... i think the problem is on adw launcher..
why don't you try clearing adw launcher's data and and see what happens.... adw has backup
feature right?.. back your preferences then clear data on settings/app manager/adw launcher
let's start on that.....
and i saw on playstore that this bigdx theme is a separate download and not from adw...
so you might wanna clear data on bigdx too.. i think that'll solve your problem..
it's not a system issue anyways... so it's either adw or bigdx theme...
or maybe you are using some kind of task manager that kills your bigdx theme on background......
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nadmaj said:
i don't think it has anything to do with being rooted... i think the problem is on adw launcher..
why don't you try clearing adw launcher's data and and see what happens.... adw has backup
feature right?.. back your preferences then clear data on settings/app manager/adw launcher
let's start on that.....
and i saw on playstore that this bigdx theme is a separate download and not from adw...
so you might wanna clear data on bigdx too.. i think that'll solve your problem..
it's not a system issue anyways... so it's either adw or bigdx theme...
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Okay, so I did this:
1. Backed up ADW.
2. Cleared data.
3. Restored ADW.
4. Assigned a custom icon to one of my dock shortcuts.
5. Restart ADW (this typically wipes out my custom icons, as does a reboot)
6. Custom icon is back to generic.
Can't clear date or cache on theme, as those options are greyed out.
Thanks for your suggestions, but still no luck.

loribuono said:
Okay, so I did this:
1. Backed up ADW.
2. Cleared data.
3. Restored ADW.
4. Assigned a custom icon to one of my dock shortcuts.
5. Restart ADW (this typically wipes out my custom icons, as does a reboot)
6. Custom icon is back to generic.
Can't clear date or cache on theme, as those options are greyed out.
Thanks for your suggestions, but still no luck.
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hhmm.. try clearing your data again but don't restore your preferences.. set them all over again.. if it still ends up the same try using a different theme (free ones so you dont have to spend) ..
and if it works then the problem is in your bigdx theme... i hope it helps i don't use adw but most app problems are fixed by clearing data..
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Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
EDIT: Crap, it's the theme. I did all of that and then assigned a picture to a shortcut and a BigDX icon to a shortcut. Restarted ADW. The picture remained, and the BigDX icon reverted to generic. Guess I'll try contacting the theme developer and see if I get anywhere. This is a bummer. It was working perfectly until a week or two ago.
Thanks for your help!

loribuono said:
Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
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you don't have to switch.... i'm just saying you try a different theme and see if it is working.. coz if it's working., then the problem is in bigdx theme and you should contact it's developer and not the adw team.. :angel:
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loribuono said:
Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
EDIT: Crap, it's the theme. I did all of that and then assigned a picture to a shortcut and a BigDX icon to a shortcut. Restarted ADW. The picture remained, and the BigDX icon reverted to generic. Guess I'll try contacting the theme developer and see if I get anywhere. This is a bummer. It was working perfectly until a week or two ago.
Thanks for your help!
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at least we now know the problem!.. :good:
yeah that's odd to suddenly stop working... maybe an update on adw or bigdx caused it....

I tried another theme, and it worked fine. Emailed the BigDX developer, but I've not had any luck emailing app developers lately.
Thanks again!

Okay, I keep reading that this developer and that developer is really responsive. But I've emailed the ADW developer twice and the BigDX developer, and neither has ever gotten back to me. I've been very cordial and complimentary, and included my issues/question. Nothing.
How do you folks get people to answer you?

late to the party but also very annoyed with this situation....
I like to remove the dock and the action bar, so having a way to launch the app drawer is something I need on my home screens... but now I can't do that when im using theme icons
Havent sent any emails but may do so soon if I can't find a solution to this issue....

[Q] Weird widget behavior (GB/Valhalla Black)

Hey guys, this just started happening in the last few days and it's driving me batty...
I have widgets that will randomly disappear... or appear in the wrong place...
For example, sometimes on rebooting, Fancy Widgets will not load... or two will load on top of each other...
For another example, my music player widget (4x2) will appear all scrunched into a 2x1 spot where my bluetooth widget is supposed to be.
Or... no widgets will load at all... and I'll have to re-add them to the desktop.
It's all very strange and annoying.
Anyone have an idea of what's going on here? I didn't even know how to search for this...

I've just had it happen to a few widgets in the last few days on my Nova Launcher on SlimBean v4. After removing the problematic widgets and putting them back, all was well again...

Whenever things get wacky the first thing to do is reboot recovery and fix perms. Then wipe cache/dalvik and reboot. Let the phone sit for a bit to rebuild davlik. Then use your phone.

By any chance are you using link2sd? Or putting the widgets on your sdcard? That causes issues as well
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When I had it happen, it just decided that the Google Music widget was on page 4 instead of page 1, even though it still visually displayed on page 1. I couldn't click on any of the items in the bottom row of page 4... so I long-held on the bottom of page 4, removed the invisible widget, and replaced it on page 1 from where it had disappeared.
I expect that to be a Nova Launcher glitch not a JB or ICS issue though.

hechoen said:
Whenever things get wacky the first thing to do is reboot recovery and fix perms. Then wipe cache/dalvik and reboot. Let the phone sit for a bit to rebuild davlik. Then use your phone.
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Okay, just tried it. Let's see how it goes! Thanks.
Beastmode said:
By any chance are you using link2sd? Or putting the widgets on your sdcard? That causes issues as well
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Don't know what link2sd is. The Widgets are wherever the phone saved them when I DLed them.

JaimeZX said:
Okay, just tried it. Let's see how it goes! Thanks.
Don't know what link2sd is. The Widgets are wherever the phone saved them when I DLed them.
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I've had that happen as well and concluded it is a launcher issue. Happened frequently on Go Launcher. Has not happened at all on Apex.

Interesting. I'm running ADW EX. Been fine for a dang year... just started doing this and I don't think it's updated recently...
Also - no joy on the davlik wipe / fix permissions. I still have a scrunched MIUI music widget where my bluetooth widget should be.