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Native Android Launcher 2.2 for HTC Evo 4g?

Hey everyone, I am looking for the native android (froyo) 2.2 launcher/theme/look for the evo 4g?
I want to disable HTC Sense UI and use the native android 2.2 UI......
Any ideas on how we can get it? (without rooting or using anything like LauncherPro or AWD?)

RingAnswerHello said:
Any ideas on how we can get it? (without rooting or using anything like LauncherPro or AWD?)
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Well, outside of rooting, I'm guessing the only way would be finding an launcher app that looks similar.
Not a lot of options.

So there is no way to get it unless I root my Evo?
How do I get it if I root it?

RingAnswerHello said:
So there is no way to get it unless I root my Evo?
How do I get it if I root it?
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by installing a custom rom with it, or modifying your own rom to incorporate it.

TJDuckett said:
by installing a custom rom with it, or modifying your own rom to incorporate it.
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Where I can find this custom ROM?
I haven't had any such luck.

RingAnswerHello said:
Where I can find this custom ROM?
I haven't had any such luck.
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Look at the development section. Most roms have screenshots on there, so just find one with the style you're looking for.
of course, make sure to look at the descriptions of the roms, bc they're custom for more thean their looks. A lot of them add and remove features, and they may be things that you don't like. Definitely choose carefully.
Anyways, if you're not rooted, and u've installed the 2.2 update from sprint, you're not going to be able to root at the moment anyways.

TJDuckett said:
Look at the development section. Most roms have screenshots on there, so just find one with the style you're looking for.
of course, make sure to look at the descriptions of the roms, bc they're custom for more thean their looks. A lot of them add and remove features, and they may be things that you don't like. Definitely choose carefully.
Anyways, if you're not rooted, and u've installed the 2.2 update from sprint, you're not going to be able to root at the moment anyways.
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Awesome thanks for your help TJDuckett
I was hoping it was much easier than all of that.....like just some .apk that I install...

Oops, didn't see that don't want to use LP or ADW.. nevermind...
-Jerry

If you just want the stock 2.2 launcher go to settings then applications find the rosie app and clear defaults then when you hit the home button select launcher 2 as default. Sense will still be integrated through out the phone but you will have the stock 2.1 launcher

in the latest 2.2 update for Sprint they removed the native launcher all together. I have attached it to this post for you. Enjoy! It also reinstalls the stock backgrounds which were also removed. BTW this does not require root. Just simply install apk file.

TJDuckett said:
Look at the development section. Most roms have screenshots on there, so just find one with the style you're looking for.
of course, make sure to look at the descriptions of the roms, bc they're custom for more thean their looks. A lot of them add and remove features, and they may be things that you don't like. Definitely choose carefully.
Anyways, if you're not rooted, and u've installed the 2.2 update from sprint, you're not going to be able to root at the moment anyways.
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Just had to give u props for not flipping out on the n00b.
Sent telepathically via my Evo.
-_-

where do we put the apk and how?

The apk is adw launcher which I'm already using.
Sent from my HTC EVO using Tapatalk

nextlevel_44 said:
If you just want the stock 2.2 launcher go to settings then applications find the rosie app and clear defaults then when you hit the home button select launcher 2 as default. Sense will still be integrated through out the phone but you will have the stock 2.1 launcher
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Do you have a link, the one I d/l from here I can't find any Sense widgets :/

Tregrad said:
where do we put the apk and how?
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In the root of your sd card (I made a folder on the sdcard called Android Apk and put all my apk's in there). Than open up Astro, migrate to the apk and install it.

Raadius said:
Do you have a link, the one I d/l from here I can't find any Sense widgets :/
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you cant put sense widgets on launcher2

BigRick10 said:
The apk is adw launcher which I'm already using.
Sent from my HTC EVO using Tapatalk
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No the apk I uploaded is the stock 2.2 launcher.
Sense widgets go with the sense launcher which is why you won't find then when using the Android 2.2 launcher.
To install just double tap the apk in astro or another file explorer.

superevilllama said:
No the apk I uploaded is the stock 2.2 launcher.
Sense widgets go with the sense launcher which is why you won't find then when using the Android 2.2 launcher.
To install just double tap the apk in astro or another file explorer.
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I downloaded it and it said adw when I went to install it.
Sent from my HTC EVO using Tapatalk

BigRick10 said:
I downloaded it and it said adw when I went to install it.
Sent from my HTC EVO using Tapatalk
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Then you didn't install this apk. Mine says:
Name: com.android.launcher
Label: Launcher
File Version: 2.2
Nowhere on the summary or details tab does it say ADW.
It is clearly the stock android 2.2 launcher.

Is there a reason the phone button doesn't work? I get a message saying there's no app installed on my phone.

[Q] What's the difference between launchers and ROMs?

What's the difference between launchers and ROMs?
Will installing a launcher mess with an installed ROM?
Thanks in advance

Launcher is a UI that lays over the ROM to give a different user experience. Go ahead and try them... they are safe. I recommend nova launcher myself
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2

mpthegeneral said:
What's the difference between launchers and ROMs?
Will installing a launcher mess with an installed ROM?
Thanks in advance
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A launcher is an app. A ROM is the whole system of the phone.
The ROM is all the apps and such on your phone. A launcher only has the interface of your home screens.
A launcher shouldn't mess with your ROM.
|Trolling With A Smile|

I found Apex launcher to be good as well, so you can try that one also.
Will try out Nova which Glacierguy recommended later tonight to see how it looks and works.

Thanks guys. I'll go and play around for a bit now :laugh:

Vlacke said:
I found Apex launcher to be good as well, so you can try that one also.
Will try out Nova which Glacierguy recommended later tonight to see how it looks and works.
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CM9 build 12 + Nova Launcher + Cobalt blue theme + Awesome Beats + inverted apps = pure greatness
Sent from my HTC One S running CM9

REQUEST: Flash-able 4.4.3 dialer for 4.4.2

I'm Running PA 4.4 Beta1 w/Themer and I Want The 4.4.3 Dialer app. Ive downled the apk and installed it on my Nexus 5 but it does nothing. Please help.. or tell me what I'm Doing wrong with the install.

When I added the GoogleDialer.apk and GoogleDialer.odex to the priv-app, there weren't any dialer. So, I had the original Dialer.apk and Dialer.odex from the rom I was running and installed that. Once that was done, the Google Dialer worked. But I have 2 dialer installed.
So, try having both the Dialer.apk and GoogleDialer.apk (make sure you fix permission).

jblazea50 said:
When I added the GoogleDialer.apk and GoogleDialer.odex to the priv-app, there weren't any dialer. So, I had the original Dialer.apk and Dialer.odex from the rom I was running and installed that. Once that was done, the Google Dialer worked. But I have 2 dialer installed.
So, try having both the Dialer.apk and GoogleDialer.apk (make sure you fix permission).
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not working for me.

Try this it works for me I modified the Paranoid Dialer Module with the latest dialer.

arby80 said:
Try this it works for me I modified the Paranoid Dialer Module with the latest dialer.
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how do i do that?

arby80 said:
Try this it works for me I modified the Paranoid Dialer Module with the latest dialer.
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didnt see the zip. thank you. flashing now

killajoe said:
how do i do that?
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I meant to upload the flashable zip.

arby80 said:
I meant to upload the flashable zip.
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whatever that was Screwed my service now i have ZERO signal

Odd it worked for me on AOKP. Reflashing the rom should fix it. Here is the original Paranoid Android AOSP- Google Dialer module, that might help.

arby80 said:
Odd it worked for me on AOKP. Reflashing the rom should fix it. Here is the original Paranoid Android AOSP- Google Dialer module, that might help.
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tried reflashing Rom and android kept FCing. couldn't even choose ENGLISH. installed 4.4.3 stock amd back up. i wasnt using the Aosp dialer. i was using googles dialer from PA stock 4.4.2 gaps

killajoe said:
tried reflashing Rom and android kept FCing. couldn't even choose ENGLISH. installed 4.4.3 stock amd back up. i wasnt using the Aosp dialer. i was using googles dialer from PA stock 4.4.2 gaps
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I apologize apparently there are issues with CM based roms which caused paranoid android to take that module down. But if you have the Google Dialer you should just be able to install the apk via a file browser. Which is what I did originally. But I thought all of the gapps packages had the AOSP Dialer, which would make a duplicate dialer on your phone.

Default Wallpapers Location

Hi guys, i want to change default wallpapers before installing a custom rom, where are the system wallpapers located? I found only one wallpaper in the framework-res.apk/res/drawable-nodpi-v4 named default_wallpaper.jpg but i'm not sure (there are other drawable folders with default wallpapers, but i don't see those when i try to change wallpapers from the launcher).. Where are the other wallpapers?

carlese said:
Hi guys, i want to change default wallpapers before installing a custom rom, where are the system wallpapers located? I found only one wallpaper in the framework-res.apk/res/drawable-nodpi-v4 named default_wallpaper.jpg but i'm not sure (there are other drawable folders with default wallpapers, but i don't see those when i try to change wallpapers from the launcher).. Where are the other wallpapers?
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I've not looked into it in the new GEL launcher, but historically it was always part of the Google Launcher apk

rootSU said:
I've not looked into it in the new GEL launcher, but historically it was always part of the Google Launcher apk
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I don't have google launcher in the rom, it's installed via play store.. so in the framework apk there is only the default wallpaper right?

carlese said:
I don't have google launcher in the rom, it's installed via play store.. so in the framework apk there is only the default wallpaper right?
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There will be another launcher on there. For example in AOSP, it has another Launcher, Launcher2 or Laucnher3 or whatever. Its actually impossible to use the phone with no launcher. Basically whatever launcher is built into the phone should contain the wallpapers

rootSU said:
There will be another launcher on there. For example in AOSP, it has another Launcher, Launcher2 or Laucnher3 or whatever. Its actually impossible to use the phone with no launcher. Basically whatever launcher is built into the phone should contain the wallpapers
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Nope, i deleted that too.. since i dirty flash roms, i installed google now launcher once from play store and then everytime i dirty flash i delete the launcher3 from the rom since i already have gel installed..

carlese said:
Nope, i deleted that too.. since i dirty flash roms, i installed google now launcher once from play store and then everytime i dirty flash i delete the launcher3 from the rom since i already have gel installed..
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The wallpapers are in both those apps, so whichever one you have, they're in the apk.
Glad I could help.

Default system wallpaper is located in system/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-nodpi-v4/. All other wallpapers are part of launchers.
Regards, Zagor

More stock android on S7 (no root)

Hello! I love hardware of S7 but some touchwizz stuff i found boring and slow... so... I gather some stuff across XDA to make S7 more vanila.
Keyboard (slow and without features)
Replacement: Gboard - the Google Keyboard > PLayStore
Messages
Replacement: Android Messages > Google Playstore
Phone ( slow and messy)
Replacement: Google Dialler > this Thread > APP
Contacts
Replacement: Google Contacts > this thread > APP
Launcher: (erm Touchwizz)
Replacement: Pixel Launcer Android O > Apk mirror
OK... so if you installed all above.. you can now disable:
com.sec.phone
com.samsung.android.messaging
com.samsung.android.contacts
com.sec.android.app.easylauncher
com.sec.android.app.launcher
com.sec.android.inputmethod
if you disable touchwizz launcher - you can also disable
com.sec.android.provider.badge
com.samsung.android.themestore
com.samsung.android.themecenter
And... now you are step closer to stock Android without root on S7..
If you don't like result - enable disabled apps - uninstall google stuff ....

Samsung's Good Lock is great statusbar/quick tiles/lockscreen vanilla alternative

zg85 said:
Samsung's Good Lock is great statusbar/quick tiles/lockscreen vanilla alternative
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Not on nougat =/ co's doesn't work!

nomaj said:
if you disable touchwizz launcher - you can also disable
com.sec.android.provider.badge
com.samsung.android.themestore
com.samsung.android.themecenter
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Themes change more than the launcher, if you disable theme store you lose the ability to theme everything else

*Detection* said:
Themes change more than the launcher, if you disable theme store you lose the ability to theme everything else
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I keep my disabled on stock theme. All is working ok.

nomaj said:
I keep my disabled on stock theme. All is working ok.
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Yes, if all you want is the stock theme
Most people change their theme

zg85 said:
Samsung's Good Lock is great statusbar/quick tiles/lockscreen vanilla alternative
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Yup. You can customize everything as well

It doesn't allow me to disable contacts. Or calendar. Or any of those apps.. the disable is greyed out. Love S7. But hate absolutely hate TouchWiz. Can anyone show me how to just do a vanilla install.

dgrobe2112 said:
It doesn't allow me to disable contacts. Or calendar. Or any of those apps.. the disable is greyed out. Love S7. But hate absolutely hate TouchWiz. Can anyone show me how to just do a vanilla install.
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You need Package disabler pRO

Any alternative to Samsung's Good Lock on nougat?

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Any alternative to Samsung's Good Lock on nougat?
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I was thinking the same thing. Or a modified version of Good Lock.

just flash TWRP recovery and flash Pixel ROM or vanila, stock Google ROM.
if you don't like TouchWiz why buy Samsung phone ? Motorola, ZTE, Nokia and few other OEM use pixel launcher

umbrokhan said:
just flash TWRP recovery and flash Pixel ROM or vanila, stock Google ROM.
if you don't like TouchWiz why buy Samsung phone ? Motorola, ZTE, Nokia and few other OEM use pixel launcher
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because u`ll lose camera quality and other features if u flash non-stock based rom

umbrokhan said:
just flash TWRP recovery and flash Pixel ROM or vanila, stock Google ROM.
if you don't like TouchWiz why buy Samsung phone ? Motorola, ZTE, Nokia and few other OEM use pixel launcher
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because samsung has one of the best hardwares in their phones and yes I also don´t like touchwiz.

So I decided to give this a shot and I have realized that this is pretty cool to use stock with Samsung. I have been tinkering to see just how much I could make stock and I am coming up with a lot.

You can change status bar icon and etc to AOSP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/theme-statusbar-icons-extras-samsung-t3658050
you can use SUBSTRATUM Theme engine to change status bar icon ans QS tile icons even you are not rooted.