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[Q] simple question about home key

At some point in time, I set my Droid 2 to launch the Messaging app when I press the home key twice. I use ADW launcher. I switched to chompsms and want this application to open instead of the default messenger and I cannot seem to find the setting to change it. Anyone know? I don't even remember if it's an ADW or default setting, but I can't find it anywhere.
Thanks.

Solved. In case anyone has a similar problem, it's in the application section of settings. Doesn't look like you can launch a custom app from it, though. Oh well.

[Q] How do I change my stock browsers default home page?

I've been hijacked by Asus! Not the home page but the DEFAULT home page. Ever since I registered my device with Asus, now every time I lauch my stock browser it automatically logs into my google account and launches asus.com, which is set to my default home page. It used to ask me if I wanted to restore my last browser session or start with my homepage, now it does not.
Even when I set my homepage to say google.com, the next time I reboot and lauch the browser it is getting reset to my DEFAULT home page which is set to asus.com. How can I change this to go to google.com by default and why is my chosen homepage getting reset with my default page as well as settings I have chosen (javascript, cookies, etc all getting reset to DEFAULT settings not my chosen settings for my chosen homepage) ???

Are you using browser2ram?
Mine resets itself sometimes but it goes back to xda which is what I have it set to. I assume you know how to change the default home page from settings?

sbdags said:
Are you using browser2ram?
Mine resets itself sometimes but it goes back to xda which is what I have it set to. I assume you know how to change the default home page from settings?
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Yes I am using browser2ram. You can change the home page from settings, but not the DEFAULT page (Menu>Settings>General>Set Homepage>(Popup bullet list: current page, blank page, DEFAULT page, most visited sites, other)
Its this default page that is set to asus.com and I can't figure out where to change that. No matter what I pick from the Set Homepage popup, say I choose most visited sites or other and set it to http://www.google.com, then next time I reboot and launch the brower it goes to asus.com which is the DEFAULT page.
ps-I have CMClient and DMClient and a few other system apps FROZEN. Could this be the culprit?

elfaure said:
Yes I am using browser2ram. You can change the home page from settings, but not the DEFAULT page (Menu>Settings>General>Set Homepage>(Popup bullet list: current page, blank page, DEFAULT page, most visited sites, other)
Its this default page that is set to asus.com and I can't figure out where to change that. No matter what I pick from the Set Homepage popup, say I choose most visited sites or other and set it to http://www.google.com, then next time I reboot and launch the brower it goes to asus.com which is the DEFAULT page.
ps-I have CMClient and DMClient and a few other system apps FROZEN. Could this be the culprit?
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If you choose "Other" (under Menu>Settings>General>Set Homepage) you can supply your favorite opening page without ASUS interfering.

Make a shortcut on shield tv

So i've downloaded the apk for epsxe from my phone's ftp server, and I'm not interestedin going to settings, app settings to launch it every time. How can I do this. Is there a way to do this without tasker and a weird workaround?
Edit: some of the other apps seem to add their own shortcut

tooandrew said:
So i've downloaded the apk for epsxe from my phone's ftp server, and I'm not interestedin going to settings, app settings to launch it every time. How can I do this. Is there a way to do this without tasker and a weird workaround?
Edit: some of the other apps seem to add their own shortcut
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Use "Sideload Launcher" by Chainfire. It puts all your apps in a Android TV Launcher box on the main screen. Otherwise there's no other way.

i've been able to add stuff from the shield hub and the Android TV netflix app icon shortcut to NovaLauncher using add widget then searching for the app icon. if ur not interested in using a different launcher i think SideLoad launcher is your best bet

Batfink33 said:
Use "Sideload Launcher" by Chainfire. It puts all your apps in a Android TV Launcher box on the main screen. Otherwise there's no other way.
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Thanks, that works just great

Default apps on TouchWiz

This is more of a touchwiz question. When I click on a web link from some app I get a dialog asking which browser I should open the link with. It then designates that browser as the default and opens subsequent links with it. I want to choose the browser every time I click on a link. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance

This app had been working pretty good for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith
It allows you to set a default app, or to show you the list so you can choose yourself. It also features a timer, so you can choose that it always chooses a default app if you choose nothing for a few seconds. It's very nice!

Thanks. It did the trick.

Default navigation app

Hi everyone,
I can't seem to get my P40 Pro to set Waze as the default navigation application, or at least, the default handler for Google Maps URLs.
Does your "Default apps" menu look like mine? I want to start by double checking that I'm not missing a setting here.
As you can see in the "Open by default" screenshot, Waze should be opening all these Google links but it doesn't. When I click any URL like ""maps.google.com/....", it opens directly in the default browser (Firefox) without even prompting me to open with another app.
Any thoughts?