Hello to all,
I dont know if someone did create this post earlier cause i did not find it, correct me if i am wrong.
I am owner of nexus 5 and i have an issue with third party launchers like nova launcher.
I installed recently nova launcher and when i pressed home button it asked me as usually which launcher i prefer
to have as default. I have chosen nova as always..
But when i use google search for example and then i press home button again suddently the window is poping up
again on which launcher i prefer and i choose nova all the time...
This story is too annoying cause it cannot remember that i said always to be nova as default.
If someone has faced this problem your help will be apriciated...
Sorry for bad english if i made mistakes...
Thanks in advance!!!
did you double check in settings > home to see if nova was sticking as the default launcher there? do you have the free or paid version? just curious.
xBeerdroiDx said:
did you double check in settings > home to see if nova was sticking as the default launcher there? do you have the free or paid version? just curious.
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Yeah i double checked it... I used the free version but i tested with other launchers too and same thing happened!!!
Pachenko_Gr said:
Yeah i double checked it... I used the free version but i tested with other launchers too and same thing happened!!!
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thats odd. are you rooted/unlocked, on a custom rom? anything like that?
xBeerdroiDx said:
thats odd. are you rooted/unlocked, on a custom rom? anything like that?
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I am with stock 4.4.2 unlocked bootloader and with twrp recovery not rooted...
Ok i figgured it out what went wrong!!!
I downloaded and installed an app called sport.gr which is for sport news and this app suddendly appeared
at home screens at settings.
I unistalled it and everything is fine thanks for your time!
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I loved to use adw in the past but recently the updates made it unusable for me... so i am looking for a replacement...
Maybe i should just stick to an old version of adw (i unfortunatly didnt backup mine before updating)
So what are you guys using?
Ps: and please dont tell me to google or "this thread already exists" coz i want new information
Yea, ADW has started crashing on ocassions, its really annoying. Dont know what alternative is good like this.
ADW ftw! Never had an issue with it.
I for one am interested in trying the LG Optimus launcher once we get Eclair. Im an organization freak so the customizable app drawer appeals to me. Also looking forward to trying Launcher Pro Plus with Eclair. Currently using ADW and have no problems.
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brunswick000 said:
I for one am interested in trying the LG Optimus launcher once we get Eclair. Im an organization freak so the customizable app drawer appeals to me.
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Have you not tried the "group" feature in ADW? Open the app drawer and press the menu button - choose group - New catalog, name it, choose apps to be in it, then when you go into the app drawer you just press the menu button and choose your new group.
I had been using Slidescreen pro since last 3 weeks and with facebook and Google reader integration working with it,i have laid Timescape and the old ADW launcher to rest in peace.
I can assure you would get a different experience once you start using it........
XperiaX10iUser said:
Have you not tried the "group" feature in ADW? Open the app drawer and press the menu button - choose group - New catalog, name it, choose apps to be in it, then when you go into the app drawer you just press the menu button and choose your new group.
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Yeah i use the group feature. I like it but the LG has all apps on one screen with groups seperated by heavy lines with titles. Im being fussy here is all ADW is by far my fav to date. Just looking to try something new.
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XperiaX10iUser said:
ADW ftw! Never had an issue with it.
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what version do use use? - even in the market adw is getting a lot of 1 - star ratings recently because its damn bugged ...
ps: if any1 got an old version feel free to upload it ... i really loved it
Thank you got asking this question so I didn't have to. ADW has been going crazy for me since I updated.
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KingCifer said:
I loved to use adw in the past but recently the updates made it unusable for me... so i am looking for a replacement...
Maybe i should just stick to an old version of adw (i unfortunatly didnt backup mine before updating)
So what are you guys using?
Ps: and please dont tell me to google or "this thread already exists" coz i want new information
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After reinstalling adw today i havent any problems.
But before that reinstalling it was crap like you said.
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KingCifer said:
what version do use use?
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1.1.4. Have you tried resetting the settings to see if that clears a few things up?
XperiaX10iUser said:
1.1.4. Have you tried resetting the settings to see if that clears a few things up?
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damn i have to write somewhere in my profile that i started to code my own stuff when i was 15 years old ...
sure i tried to reinstall, delete settings, reset, just restart, play with different settings and i even tried to talk to it (j/k)... none of the things worked ...
can you do me a favor and try to press and hold the home key to switch between recent apps and then press the home key again?
everytime i do this i have to set it as default home again - this is way more annoying then the little crashes i experience all the time and for me it makes adw totally useless now ...
KingCifer said:
can you do me a favor and try to press and hold the home key to switch between recent apps and then press the home key again?
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Hi - I just tried that on mine and it worked fine.. nice and quick too!!!
im_iceman said:
Hi - I just tried that on mine and it worked fine.. nice and quick too!!!
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Same here too.
thx guys ... and wtf i cant get it to work
try LIVEHOME which is also a home screen replacement, nearly the same as adw but has a few more features, one of them is transitions, you can flick through you home screens like pages in a book (love it). Try it out.
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thx guys ... and wtf i cant get it to work
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ok after playing around a lot with settings i have to apologize to my beloved adw launcher
ok it still crashes a lot in the newer version but my main problem - that it cant remember the default home - is on the stock android homescreen too so i guess somehow my software is ****ed up *cry* ...
guess i have to reflash (god damnit this **** is more buggy then windows 95)
edit: btw livehome looks really nice ... i like that you can change the icons in the drawer
Update: after reinstall and some hours later i got crashes again and that home-button problem too.
Now i set only the adw-homescreen to "dont auto-rotate" and i have no problems now.
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Running ADW. but slidescreen pro is pretty cool too.
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I use zeam launcher. It's stable fast and not bloated with features
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Ok.. So here's the issue. I'm using Nova Prime.(This might not matter which launcher you use) And I noticed that if I uninstall Nova and use the stock launcher again, it shows shortcuts of things I have downloaded. Problem is most of these I already uninstalled while using Nova. But they still show on stock launcher. Is there a way to stop the Note from creating a shortcut icon on the home page so this doesn't happen? I really don't want to keep using a different home launcher knowing that in the background it will be creating home page shortcuts on the stock launcher. As I said when this happens they are present even If I uninstall the app while using a different home launcher..
Am curious to see if anyone else can recreate this issue. To do so, install something from the play store while using a different home launcher(Nova would be best since its what i'm using) and make sure to set Nova or whatever you are using to default then uninstall the app and uninstall the launcher. You should now see the app icon shortcut still present on the stock launcher and when you press it it says app not found or something.
Anyway thanks . Keep in mind if you uninstall your preferred launcher you will loose your settings so do it only if you want to. Either way I hope there is a way to stop our tab from creating "desktop shortcuts" in the background of other launchers:silly:
i think u can disable "create shortcut in desktop" in play store's settings
omnia1994 said:
i think u can disable "create shortcut in desktop" in play store's settings
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All I see is Auto add widgets. I unchecked it but I don't think thats it. I could be wrong?
Thanks for replying though
hmm, not sure here too. cant check for u cause my android phone is repairing.. maybe u can try urself? simply install a app and see will it create a shortcut on ur desktop
darkwolfelite said:
All I see is Auto add widgets. I unchecked it but I don't think thats it. I could be wrong?
Thanks for replying though
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Auto add widgets is the one, if you uncheck it there will be no more shortcuts on homescreen when you download from playstore.
nickwarn said:
Auto add widgets is the one, if you uncheck it there will be no more shortcuts on homescreen when you download from playstore.
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Thanks. I hit thanks for omnia and was gonna hit it for you also but wont let me yet. will try again later
I am using good old LauncherPro. It uses MUCH less memory.
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I just figured out I can make folders on my gsll phone in the app menu. (Not the home screens) I can put all the carrier BS and other app icons I don't want to see in there. It brought my app screens to 3 swipes from 5. Is that a standard Android feature or something Samsung added in with touchwiz? I would be interested in doing the same on my tablet.
That sounds like a Samsung Touchwiz feature. As far as I know, stock app drawer does not support folders/dedicated pages.
However, you can simply get a non-stock launcher such as Apex or Nova and they support app drawer folders, plus a multitude of extra features lacking in the stock launcher
fsured said:
I just figured out I can make folders on my gsll phone in the app menu. (Not the home screens) I can put all the carrier BS and other app icons I don't want to see in there. It brought my app screens to 3 swipes from 5. Is that a standard Android feature or something Samsung added in with touchwiz? I would be interested in doing the same on my tablet.
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That is possible, just use a third party launcher. I think nova has is
OK cool. I will check out those programs. I figured one of those would do the trick but wasn't sure if I was missing something. Thanks!
fsured said:
OK cool. I will check out those programs. I figured one of those would do the trick but wasn't sure if I was missing something. Thanks!
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*if* it works using nova, would you please not forget to click the thanks button?
I am a very 'thanks'centric person, so I'd like to get that bar a bit more to the right lol
fsured said:
OK cool. I will check out those programs. I figured one of those would do the trick but wasn't sure if I was missing something. Thanks!
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Thanks for the thanks
I guess Nova has it?
I've never used third party launchers myself, since I think that the stock launcher on the Infinity is rather cool
Hi I have a problem with my 8gb moto g occasionally the apps disappear I can click somewhere on the screen and it will start that app but can't see anything.
Seems like that's a glitch with the launcher. Try switching to nova launcher or apex launcher (you can download them from google play). You'll get more features from them too.
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pisherthefisher said:
Seems like that's a glitch with the launcher. Try switching to nova launcher or apex launcher (you can download them from google play). You'll get more features from them too.
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Ah thanks i'll give nova launcher a try have used it before on my last phone it worked well.
tje1991 said:
Ah thanks i'll give nova launcher a try have used it before on my last phone it worked well.
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You're welcome, it seems that the default firmware on the moto g has issues with transparency in general, because sometimes chrome graphically glitches like this too. Maybe try a custom rom like cyanogenmod if you get more issues.
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pisherthefisher said:
You're welcome, it seems that the default firmware on the moto g has issues with transparency in general, because sometimes chrome graphically glitches like this too. Maybe try a custom rom like cyanogenmod if you get more issues.
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Hi i'd like to try and keep the phone standard don't want to void the warranty by putting a custom ROM on there anyway I'm on nova launcher now it is working great love the resizable widgets, thanks so much for your help. This is a very strange problem my last phone was a Chinese dual sim phone the standard launcher on that worked perfect I suppose for the great price of this phone we can expect a few small issues.
Talking about transparency... I noticed it with incoming call contact image. It displays only half of the image and the part where are the buttons is black.
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Same issue
I am also facing this same menu apps disappearing issue. But I dont want to install any launcher. Is there any other way to solve this issue? In settings whats the function for Home? Inside Home setting there are Launcher and other my Network Operator. Whats their functions I dont know.
sakitobaki said:
Talking about transparency... I noticed it with incoming call contact image. It displays only half of the image and the part where are the buttons is black.
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I notice the same issue. In you have root try to instal xpose framework + gravitybox. In gravitybox enable call image to fullscrean. It works very well.
simoniub said:
I am also facing this same menu apps disappearing issue. But I dont want to install any launcher. Is there any other way to solve this issue? In settings whats the function for Home? Inside Home setting there are Launcher and other my Network Operator. Whats their functions I dont know.
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Hi i'd say the only solution if you don't want to install a different launcher is to wait for Motorola to release a software update. As for the home menu, you can change your default launcher with that and network operator just let's you automatically or manually select your operator.
Can't live without the pixel launcher no more, and the speed it adds to the p20 pro is superb.
Have been through pretty much every launcher and this adds to a better user experience.
The version i'm using is P-4623511 -modded-5.2.0
New themeable launcher here.
https://github.com/amirzaidi/launcher3/releases
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Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
Jonathan-H said:
Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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Oh crap really! Hmmm I'll see if I can find the original, I've got a titanium back up if it on my phone, are you rooted? It's working for me, same version etc.
Sorry pal, I'll have a look tomorrow for you.
Let me know if you want the titanium restore file.
Try this one mate
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.xd...rs.com/pixel-launcher-mod-pixel-3-search-bar/
Updated op
use 5.3 versiom, it works smooth till now, do you feel any improvements in battery life?
Any tips and tricks you recommend for this launcher?
New launcher now in OP
New features:
Theming
Gestures
Optimisations
+More
@justbeck
I'd say use swap torpedo to eliminate system lag in general.
Jonathan-H said:
Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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You have to manually give all permissions before opening for the fist time.
Strange Huawei bug with many custom launchers it would seem.
Do it need root, or is there a roothles version
thomas30 said:
Do it need root, or is there a roothles version
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The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.
warface said:
The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.
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I didn't have to do anything tbh.
And that's correct. You don't need root.
Lol @ your avatar, love that guy.
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How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.
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How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.
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In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.
bowlandspoon said:
In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.
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Think that was the one thing I never clicked! Cheers.