When Trying To Edit An APP, System Responds With " Icons can only be arranged in a customizable grid". I Cannot Find This Option "Customizable Grid" on My Note Pro. Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated.
Device Name: SM-P905V
Model Number: SM-905V
Android Version: 4.4.2
Baseband Version: P905VVRUANK1
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Build Number: KOT49H.P905VVRUANK1
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Hardware Version: P905V.05
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Define "edit an app" . . for all we know you're trying to decompile an application and edit code or something. I doubt that's what you're doing but you see my point.
If I had to guess, you're working within a launcher and trying to do something with an app icon but it's not clear what launcher you're using and what specific actions you're taking to get to that issue.
Edit An APP Explanation...
muzzy996 said:
Define "edit an app" . . for all we know you're trying to decompile an application and edit code or something. I doubt that's what you're doing but you see my point.
If I had to guess, you're working within a launcher and trying to do something with an app icon but it's not clear what launcher you're using and what specific actions you're taking to get to that issue.
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I'm new to the Note Pro. My question was ambiguous. I'll try again: When I select the APPS screen from the initial screen that appears when the Note Pro boots up, there is a pull-down menu that has an "Edit" option, among others. When I select "Edit" and then point to one of the listed APPs icons, a message appears at the bottom of the screen that says that editing can only be done when the Note Pro is placed in "Customizable Grid" mode. Thus far, neither Samsung or Verizon tech support knows how to find the "Customizable Grid" option for my Note Pro. I was hoping someone would be familiar with this problem i.e. security setting prevents users from doing so or the option is buried beneath several sub-menus. I hope this helps explain my question.
Thanks For Your Assistance.
It does but I'm not sure why your launcher is locked in that fashion. It sounds like you're in stock touchwiz launcher trying to edit the arrangement of application icons in the application drawer. I switched back to stock launcher on my tablet to try to duplicate your issue and do not get that error or a warning, I'm able to long press any application icon and move it or drag it to the menu options presented to me while holding onto the icon.
Jumping into all menus and settings windows I can think of hasn't brought me to any conclusive solution. Hopefully someone more experienced with stock launcher can chime in.
JJS_Note_Pro said:
I'm new to the Note Pro. My question was ambiguous. I'll try again: When I select the APPS screen from the initial screen that appears when the Note Pro boots up, there is a pull-down menu that has an "Edit" option, among others. When I select "Edit" and then point to one of the listed APPs icons, a message appears at the bottom of the screen that says that editing can only be done when the Note Pro is placed in "Customizable Grid" mode. Thus far, neither Samsung or Verizon tech support knows how to find the "Customizable Grid" option for my Note Pro. I was hoping someone would be familiar with this problem i.e. security setting prevents users from doing so or the option is buried beneath several sub-menus. I hope this helps explain my question. A reboot after that can be helpful too.
Thanks For Your Assistance.
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Have you tried resetting the data and cache for your TouchWiz? You can do it in settings, find TouchWiz under applications, then clear both data and cache. Keep in mind that this will reset your application drawer settings and your home screen arrangements to the factory default.
If I even so much as open the Apps screen on Touchwiz, all I get is " Touchwiz has stopped".
I'm always a little surprised to see people willingly use Touchwiz. It's unstable, one of the worst resource hogs, it has more errors than functionality, and it's cluttered as hell.
Try Apex or Nova. More stable, less resource heavy, more options.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
TouchWiz...........
najoor said:
Have you tried resetting the data and cache for your TouchWiz? You can do it in settings, find TouchWiz under applications, then clear both data and cache. Keep in mind that this will reset your application drawer settings and your home screen arrangements to the factory default.
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Thanks for the follow-up. I tried finding the TouchWiz under APPS and I do not find any reference to TouchWiz. The only APP I see with any reference to WIZ is the Setup Wizard. Under settings, I also do not see any reference to TouchWiz.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks again for your time.
JJS_Note_Pro said:
Thanks for the follow-up. I tried finding the TouchWiz under APPS and I do not find any reference to TouchWiz. The only APP I see with any reference to WIZ is the Setup Wizard. Under settings, I also do not see any reference to TouchWiz.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks again for your time.
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It may be named Launcher or home launcher or something like that. Normally the icon next to it is a White House with a big letter S on it, with a blue roof. make sure when you're looking at applications you look under the ALL tab.
There:
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Forgive me if this is the wrong forum but I wouldn't mind a dev's insight...
How does one go about setting the option to remove the launcher icon when developing an app and what is changed at runtime to add/remove the icon?
For example, Pure Music Widget has an option to remove its own icon from the launcher (and obviously the app still works). You can add it or remove it at will.
I would like to design an app that performs this function (add/remove) for any app launcher icon and imagine that it must be possible. 15 font pack icons in my launcher are redundant as are many other entries... I anticipate this might be a useful function for many people.
But I don't know where to start looking... any pointers? Then I can disappear into a hole and start reading.
TIA
I believe it's a string/setting in the manifest.xml. This is where it is determined if your application is a regular app, or a service, input, &c. That would be the first place to look (especially since that is where the name and icon assigned to your application in the Launcher are referenced).
djmcnz said:
Forgive me if this is the wrong forum but I wouldn't mind a dev's insight...
How does one go about setting the option to remove the launcher icon when developing an app and what is changed at runtime to add/remove the icon?
For example, Pure Music Widget has an option to remove its own icon from the launcher (and obviously the app still works). You can add it or remove it at will.
I would like to design an app that performs this function (add/remove) for any app launcher icon and imagine that it must be possible. 15 font pack icons in my launcher are redundant as are many other entries... I anticipate this might be a useful function for many people.
But I don't know where to start looking... any pointers? Then I can disappear into a hole and start reading.
TIA
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Try taking out the line in the manifest that is highlighted in the sample below.
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Thanks guys for the info.
As I understood it manifest was used for establishing the app, or at least the label in the launcher but I'm not sure that launcher parses each manifest file for the info after an app is installed.
Wouldn't the launcher use its own database (that was populated during an apps installation) to determine what to display? If my thinking is correct it's this database I want to edit. If it exists it must already be r/w.
Or does the launcher really read each manifest file each time it needs to? Ergo one would have to manipulate these to manipulate the launcher?
djmcnz said:
Thanks guys for the info.
As I understood it manifest was used for establishing the app, or at least the label in the launcher but I'm not sure that launcher parses each manifest file for the info after an app is installed.
Wouldn't the launcher use its own database (that was populated during an apps installation) to determine what to display? If my thinking is correct it's this database I want to edit. If it exists it must already be r/w.
Or does the launcher really read each manifest file each time it needs to? Ergo one would have to manipulate these to manipulate the launcher?
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Actually, the Launcher does indeed parse the apps to determine what to display. If you've ever installed a third-party ROM and ran A2SD, and opened the app drawer right after reboot (especially on a G1 or slower device), then you probably saw the drawer populating itself in real-time as Launcher parsed each apk in /[system|data]/app[-s].
However, I am curious why this was moved to themes and apps. This was clearly a development question, and was asked in the development forum. Or is development now only used to indicate kernels, ROM-cooking (which is barely development at all), and hardware hacking?
Regarding the move; it's pretty much arbitrary when it comes to application development questions. Some stay, some go.
As far as directly modifying the Launcher db--that would be a no-go. Your application can't access it as it would not have the correct permission (running as a different user than the Launcher). Plus it wouldn't do what you want for reasons already explained.
olearyp said:
As far as directly modifying the Launcher db--that would be a no-go. Your application can't access it as it would not have the correct permission (running as a different user than the Launcher). Plus it wouldn't do what you want for reasons already explained.
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Okay then... can I run an app in a context that allows me to modify other apps or is my idea dead in the water...?
djmcnz said:
Okay then... can I run an app in a context that allows me to modify other apps or is my idea dead in the water...?
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Not unless the Launcher DB allows global read/write. Read up on the app security model. I'm pretty sure that Pure Music Widget is doing the dynamic launcher icon another way, unless it requires root, which I do not believe it does.
honestly, even i am wondering how those apps does it. if you managed to develop this, then i wouldnt need to develop a hide icon method in my launcher because that seems to be a dirty hack. :/
Didnt advanced launcher on donut had the ability to hide apps..one my favorite missed features :/
have a look on setComponent method, it will allow you to hide launcher icon...
I searched and I don't think this has been posted before
Here is an app that works great, it does have some bugs but i'm sure the DEVs will fix them with new updates.
"Overview
We designed GOTO to give you access to the information you care about without slowing you down.
Numbers appear over the notification icons in the navigation bar at the bottom so you know when there's something new.
Simply slide the thumb icon under the notification icon to preview and release to jump right to the application. If there's nothing new you can slide the thumb icon all the way to the right to unlock."
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I agree...I actually thought that's what they were going to do with the old 2.0 launcher being that it had other unfilled circles....that one's great...just a bit too stylized for my taste...doesn't really match stock Android...unless it can be themed.
I'm stuck in a force close loop with this damn thing. It kept foce closing on me when I installed it, so I thought a reboot might clear things. When I did, I get the lock screen, but if I take any action with it, I'm stuck in a force close loop.
its not a very smart app, but if more work is put into it, it will be much better
it works fine with me, but it doesnt have any settings
when im on the lock screen, and i press the home button, it goes directly to home without needing to slide to unlock
At least you can refund in the android market place. FC-looping For The Lose
its working fine for me
Theres quite a few lock screens on the market that i like including this one but they all have the same problem it unlocks your phone when you press the home key which makes them pointless for me. It looks cool tho
Can someone who has installed it test and see if/how it works with a lock pattern?
TIA.
I probably would've installed it if it had three things:
Stability
Actually locking your phone so the home-key doesn't work
Themed like stock 2.2
As it is now it's pretty useless in my opinion.
Fyi, I've been in contact with the developer, he's stated that he doesn't want to start supporting multiple roms, but if someone with Cyanogen is having force close issues, he'd be willing to look at a log to see if there's anything that can be tweaked to work with Cyan's rom. If you're getting force closes, could you forward a log to him?
Can't find it on the market. I tried the barcode, too. I'm using CM 6.0.0-RC1 and I am from Germany.
No lockscreen app will ever be worth my time IMO, they all have issues. Only one worth a damn ever has been an actual lock screen replacement.
Actually not bad, will try when it gets some update
It has been updated to 1.15 apparently with more preferences and customizations. Does anyone know exactly what the new preferences are?
whitesmoke33 said:
It has been updated to 1.15 apparently with more preferences and customizations. Does anyone know exactly what the new preferences are?
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http://www.gotoandroidapp.com/release_notes.html
I was already quoting the release notes
"Added new settings app to allow for more preferences and customizations"
other than changing the way the wallpaper works, the user name, and the sounds are there any other "preferences and customizations" that are not listed
Update Version 1.36-Fixed Alarm Clock turning off problem
http://www.mediafire.com/?2xbn6qz9bfu71qu
Tested on Nexus One, CM6-204 and work well
codito said:
No lockscreen app will ever be worth my time IMO, they all have issues. Only one worth a damn ever has been an actual lock screen replacement.
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Widgetlocker works 100% perfectly for me. If you need help setting it up lmk.
chrisvuong said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2xbn6qz9bfu71qu
Tested on Nexus One, CM6-204 and work well
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Hmm, that's warez right? You better ensure it's not against the rules..
In any case, I just bought it because it looks real cool. However there are quite a few bugs in this.
If the screen turns off during an app like a browser and you unlock the screen, it should go back to the browser. However, if you then try to exit the browser with the back button, it will go back to the Goto lockscreen, resulting in an endless loop with browser and lockscreen. This is a really bad bug. The only way out is to manually take out the battery to restart the phone. The way around is to enable the home button as that would bring you to the home screen instead of the browser.
Currently the developer is looking at this but still no updates...
Another bug is the camera/volume button cannot be disabled in my case. Pressing the volume buttons will wake the screen whether they are disabled or not.
There are a few other minor bugs but these 2 are major ones that's preventing it from being perfect.
Still I love the slider and 3 animated icons. Hopefully the dev will fix it up.
musashiken said:
Hmm, that's warez right? You better ensure it's not against the rules..
In any case, I just bought it because it looks real cool. However there are quite a few bugs in this.
If the screen turns off during an app like a browser and you unlock the screen, it should go back to the browser. However, if you then try to exit the browser with the back button, it will go back to the Goto lockscreen, resulting in an endless loop with browser and lockscreen. This is a really bad bug. The only way out is to manually take out the battery to restart the phone. The way around is to enable the home button as that would bring you to the home screen instead of the browser.
Currently the developer is looking at this but still no updates...
Another bug is the camera/volume button cannot be disabled in my case. Pressing the volume buttons will wake the screen whether they are disabled or not.
There are a few other minor bugs but these 2 are major ones that's preventing it from being perfect.
Still I love the slider and 3 animated icons. Hopefully the dev will fix it up.
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i dont know whatever it warez or not, just i've found it online and tested, it works well then my contribution without any self-profit, i even can't see it on the market so definitely no clue that it is paid app or not, if someone confirm this. i'll delete it immediately dude.
Hello,
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In case it wasn't clear: it displays your 5 most recent tasks and you can tap on each to switch back to it. You can exclude unwanted ones. You can customize this bar. No ads. Free. Works on 2.1+
Here's a direct link to the market:
MARKET LINK
Won't switch to the app when I tap it. Also didn't start with system automatically even though I set it to.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch running CM9.
garfnodie said:
Won't switch to the app when I tap it. Also didn't start with system automatically even though I set it to.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch running CM9.
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I'm sorry for the unconvinience. It has been fixed. Just forgot about one line . Everything's workin now. Try it!
Thank you!
kbzium said:
I'm sorry for the unconvinience. It has been fixed. Just forgot about one line . Everything's workin now. Try it!
Thank you!
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Installed the update. Still not working, only now it is worse than before.
It still wouldn't allow me to switch apps, it still didn't launch on phone boot up, but now the update prevented me from being able to install apps from the Amazon App Store. I'd hit the install button after the app had downloaded, but it wouldn't register the button press. I could hit the cancel button though just fine. Play Market apps installed just fine. As soon as I Force Stop Fast5, I cold install apps from Amazon just fine.
Very weird. It works perfectly on my device (SGS2) and my friends devices and all emulator devices (2.1+) and i do not get other complains... what's going on?
Have you installed custom rom or something? Do you see all 5 icons? After pressing nothing happens? Or an error?
I would understand if you'd get some errors, but if it's not booting with the device? There is no way it won't boot at normal device configuration...
Thank you for you cooperation!
Have a look...:
see it in action
I think it's isolated issue but I'll try to fix it for you if you'd like to use this app . Wain for report (if you sent it)
Works fine for me. Absolutely perfect!
its a simple task switcher. didn't see any task "manager" function in app(where we able to kill tasks). or it will be available in the future updates?
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its a simple task switcher. didn't see any task "manager" function in app(where we able to kill tasks). or it will be available in the future updates?
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Yep it's a switcher. Will change topic name, sorry. But it works fine for you, right?
It works now on ICS too. There should be a new version active on the market within 1 hour (as always). There was one issue. Fixed.
I will test it. Great job
Edit: "error process buy" say my market
Defy > Defy+
Sorry my bad english
Error process buy? Lol... it's free. Did you try do it from the PC? Market kinda buggy thing. Thanks!
I had no problems with installation nor application so does my friends .
Updated version has been released. Should be working fine for everyone, regardless of Android version (2.1 +).
Try it
the update fixed task-clicking on ICS
- could you please add #111111 as an background color option? that's the color used by android for notification backgrounds
- when opening notification area the icons reorder after like 1-2 seconds. I guess that's because the app isn't running in bg permanently but it's still quite annoying, especially when you're just about to hit one of the icons and then it gets replaced with a adifferent one
- is it possible to have more than 5 apps? (yeah yeah, then the name wouldn't make sense anymore, but...) there's so much whitespace between the icons, it'd well fit 7 of them
Sure. No problem. Download an updated version (should appear on the market within one hour) and tell me if you'd like something more. Everyone else too . I'll see what i can do.
As for 7 icons instead of standard 5 on really large screens: could you please send me an email or post me here if you don't mind everyone looking how do it looks on your screen?
Thanks!
thanks for adding ICS color.
for large screen: just turn your phone 90° to widescreen and you can see it for yourself
any idea about the slow updating?
Check out the newest update (v 1.08). Tick a checkbox in preferences, restart an app and see if that fits your needs . As for more than 5 icons - i'll figure it out if you want to
Cheers!
seems good so far. will report back after some more usetime when it's got a bit more to do than show low-memory-apps what does the checkbox do? start a persistant service?
could you please close the notification bar when selecting an app? always makes me think the click wasn't registered.
No, it just shortens update time . Don't worry if it works right . As for notification: will put an option to do so shortly.
Cheers!
This app blocks the 3rd Party App Install on my device (Motorola Defy). You can still press the cancel button, but the install button has no function.
Tested it on a custom CM7 Version and on a Official CM7 Version(with fullwipe).
Since years i was quite baffled that even most third-party launchers were refusing to offer a way to display frozen apps in a distinguishable way but i was never bothered to do any actual research into why and if there might be something out there that does it.
Today i was finally having enough and tried searching google for a solution with no avail. Only a stackexchange question that resulted in a definition war rather than pointing to solutions and a reddit thread from 9 months ago with no upvotes and no answer.
Thanks to the mentioned stackexchange question i downloaded Nova Launcher today and tried that, but although i really like the design, performance and customizability it does not seem to offer the key feature i was looking for.
What the launcher i'm searching for should offer:
A toggle to enable showing frozen apps in the app drawer (Like actually "pm disable" frozen, not some kind of workaround island type or greenified "hibernated")
When device rooted, tapping a frozen app will unfreeze and start it
When device unrooted it should just open the manage app screen for that device where android itself will offer an unfreeze button
Customizability; Show frozen apps semi-translucent, Show frozen apps in grayscale, Move frozen apps to the bottom of the list or in its own section/group
I forgot to mention that Lucky Patcher actually offers custom widgets to toggle apps but that has to be done manually for every app and is quite lacking in terms of looks and comfort
One last thing; I was even thinking about manually syncing the shortcuts via something like Tasker or Automagic4Android. But to be honest, even if it worked it would still be jank and more of a workaround than a solution
Bluscream1 said:
Since years i was quite baffled that even most third-party launchers were refusing to offer a way to display frozen apps in a distinguishable way but i was never bothered to do any actual research into why and if there might be something out there that does it.
Today i was finally having enough and tried searching google for a solution with no avail. Only a stackexchange question that resulted in a definition war rather than pointing to solutions and a reddit thread from 9 months ago with no upvotes and no answer.
Thanks to the mentioned stackexchange question i downloaded Nova Launcher today and tried that, but although i really like the design, performance and customizability it does not seem to offer the key feature i was looking for.
What the launcher i'm searching for should offer:
A toggle to enable showing frozen apps in the app drawer (Like actually "pm disable" frozen, not some kind of workaround island type or greenified "hibernated")
When device rooted, tapping a frozen app will unfreeze and start it
When device unrooted it should just open the manage app screen for that device where android itself will offer an unfreeze button
Customizability; Show frozen apps semi-translucent, Show frozen apps in grayscale, Move frozen apps to the bottom of the list or in its own section/group
I forgot to mention that Lucky Patcher actually offers custom widgets to toggle apps but that has to be done manually for every app and is quite lacking in terms of looks and comfort
One last thing; I was even thinking about manually syncing the shortcuts via something like Tasker or Automagic4Android. But to be honest, even if it worked it would still be jank and more of a workaround than a solution
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Never heard of or seen anything like that in my almost 10 years on this site and other sites, I'm pretty sure you won't find anything that can natively do what you want, you will probably have to end up settling for "janky workarounds".
interesting...and I was happy with Shortcut Maker apk lol
SDmaid still needs 4 taps to freeze/unfreeze apps while Andoid does that in about same number of taps. There is so much more customization that can be asked from Andoid.
OldNoobOne said:
interesting...and I was happy with Shortcut Maker apk lol
SDmaid still needs 4 taps to freeze/unfreeze apps while Andoid does that in about same number of taps. There is so much more customization that can be asked from Andoid.
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The thing i settled for (for now) is using IceBox to create the shortcuts and just let it re-create them manually from time to time. Still needs some automation from Automagic though
Try to download Aurora Launcher
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The thing i settled for (for now) is using IceBox to create the shortcuts and just let it re-create them manually from time to time. Still needs some automation from Automagic though
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I tried Icebox, AppOps & Automagic ; the phone got stuck at Starting Andoid screen repeatedly so I abandoned. I'm okay with MAT & SDmaid Pro for now.
Lately i have installed my first Android HU - UIS7862 4+64 model.
In the beginning i thought its like any other Tablet / Phone, that i could install any Launcher from play store. So i tried Nova, Vivd launcher. Every thing works, but very soon i found it retrieve back to the stock launcher randomly (it does really random, sometimes when i click back, some times home button).
At this point i thought may be these Chinese unit does not works right with 3rd party launcher? so i uninstalled all 3rd party ones. Now i am on the stock Launcher.
i selected a theme call 'UI16" in factory settings menu, and here comes the weird part. This stock launcher also has random reset to another theme, which i recognize is 'UI13' in factory settings. i have been stuck with this issue since then, being so frustrated with it...
Here's what i have tired and didn't resolve the issue.
1. Select UI in factory settings (UI16, UI13 etc..)
2. Settings > apps > default apps > launcher (from here i see multiple Launcher 3)
3. Settings > apps > Found all 'Launcher 3' > wipe their data (i see all my app Icons, widget settings are gone)
4. Tried to flash a launcher via USB script according to 4PDA (eventually this one show as 'UI08' in factory settings; And added another 'launcher3' in App list)
i ran out of ideas, did someone had faced the same situation? all i want is a stable launcher, do not jump around on me randomly..
Thanks.
Here are the info of the HU
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Here are the Apps screens, see there are four 'Launcher 3', include the one i flashed in
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OP,
If you have the Vivid launcher or any other known launcher, it should appear in the Android settings as an option to choose as the default launcher. You may like to try the Microsoft launcher. That launcher - from memory - will ask if it wants to set as default launcher on first run.
Microsoft Launcher also has a shortcut to Android settings in it's settings.
Post back on how you get on.
Try modifying your config.txt to specify the launcher you want as ro.fyt.launcher. Or maybe comment it out / remove it altogether. You can find it at /oem/app/config.txt. If you're rooted, you can modify this in-place. Otherwise, you'll need to research how to flash it: see 2nd post, section VIII https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...unisoc-ums512-q-a-mods-tips-firmware.4396339/
I only just set mine to nova a few hours ago, but so far it's persisted across a reboot.
I don't recall this behavior in the past, but just updated the firmware on mine and it's been driving me crazy.
All, Thanks for the reply. appreciate the help!
I don't have Root and i am in the process of asking for original firmware from the seller. Before that, honestly i am afraid to modify / delete anything via adb.
Current situation is, i have "factory reset" the HU from factory menu, that wipe all 3rd parties apps, but not the 'UI08' i flashed.
Since then the launcher seems to be able to stay at UI08.
@ludditefornow, I think i have did that somehow. apart from 3rd and 4th pic i posted in the original post, also tried to use some sort of 'hidden menu' apps to open up Android's default setting page. From there it basically gave me the same setting page of pics that i posted.
Also i have tried to ADB "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN", that would call a pop up window on the screen let you select defauly home app. If i remember corrently Nova has similar step during install. Apparently none of mentioned worked.
@ziddey, thanks. i will see what my config.txt looks like. changing "ro.fyt.launcher = xxxxxx" seems promising.
in my observation, in /oem/app, other then "com.android.launcherxxx" apk files that came with the firmware. There is also another item called 'launcher3'. Which i suspect this 'launcer3' is a scheduled task running in the background and trying to keep whatever theme (like UI08) that user selected in factory settings alive.
Other then that, from all my screen pics there is an extra icon on the right of home button (screen's top left). That i have not seen in other Android unit. i kept thinking this what 'launcher3' do as well.
Nice. For what it's worth, I can confirm that changing ro.fyt.launcher resolves the issue. Next time I update/wipe, I'll try just removing that prop entirely.