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Open Home full feature 1.5 build

Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files

I assume since I'm running the dudes build and it supports widgets it may work. I can always remove if necessary . This doesnt remove open home right? just a different version?
EDIT: it replaces the existing open home

Hmm, I was impressed with the demo of OpenHome when I downloaded it a couple days ago. I'll take a look.

downloading it now. I have just flashed the holiday cupcake build so I assume it'll work with this. I'll let you know.

So far so good. I am glad to have openhome back again in 1.5
I have added all widgets, and they all work as expected. Are some of these the 1.5 "stock" widgets? I assume so because i see 2 music widgets listed, one looks like your own and the other a stock one.
I'll let you know how it goes after some proper usage. great work so far though. thankyou.
oh, p.s .. Will this be a free upgrade for those who had previosly purchased open home full ?

Works well enough. I like it.
Normally use full edition but will keep this until it is updated.
Suggestion: How about that calendar widget from Haykuro's build so those with dude's builds can use it?

Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729

Weather widgets ok here. Problem with battery percentage widget though

Mi|enko said:
Using it. Works well so far. I'm an OH Full user too, will I have any problems going back to the market app when it gets updated/released?
Ps. Is there any way to add support for Jeff Sharky's weather widgets? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509729
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It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.

Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....

BUGS!
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.

faithnolonger said:
Hey guys i like the changes the menus are a little more intuitive now! Shame it doesn't seem to maintain your icons from older version, but weirdly kept my fonts theme etc - not sure if that qualigfies as a bug or not really
One problem i have found though is it seems to scrap folder icons the second you open bettercut again, not a huge problem but ....
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I don't think it has anything to do with bettercut because I don't have it installed and it still goes back to the default folder icons randomly, sometimes it comes back sometimes it doesn't.
Binary100100 said:
I have almost 200 apps to SD so it's convenient to have my favorite "few" on the desktop. After I installed the new apk file... everything was GONE! Huge inconvenience! Then when I pull up the app menu I can watch them appear one after another like the app is doing a search for the installed apps. I also tried Picture Frame. It seems like it pulls up the Camera app, then the gallery. I selected my picture. Cropped it. Saved it. Then it went back to "select picture" again. Strange. Also... AnyCut Open Home Edition doesn't work. Definite bugs.
Other then that I love it. Thanks! Is this going to be in an update and when will it be available in Market? I purchased the full version months ago.
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Yea that kind of pissed me off when I realized it took all my stuff off the screen and the dock. It works fine besides these few issues though.

betterandroid said:
Hey guys,
Is anyone brave enough to test the full feature 1.5 build of Open Home Full? We know we can always find some brave ones here
It requires that you are running android 1.5 on your phone (aka Cupcake). This build has full supports of 1.5 widgets and also a good amount of stability and performance improvements.
We had not done a lot of testing on this build; also this build will expire in a month (5/30). If you want to test the latest and greatest, feel free to install and try this build.
*Remember safe mode is hold menu button when powering on*, if you see anything wrong, just enter safe mode and then uninstall it.
Do NOT install unless you are running android 1.5
Download the apk at
http://groups.google.com/group/openhome/files
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Hey quick question, is there any way to add a 3d effect on swipe? Like when you swipe to left or right screen, screen shrinks and rotates as a 3d cube. That will be awesome dude, you can name the app something different and charge for it again because I know damn well people will pay for it. I definitely will.

BSDADON said:
It's already supported. That weather widget is working fine for me.
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The reguar widget works for me, but not his. It isn't even displayed as an option.

Trying it out on my new Magic

But it's not 'open' in any sense...

Really dissapointed in losing all of my icons on all 7 screens. Glad that "real" widget support was actually added in. Almost went back to dxTop because of this. Please make the full version available on the market as an upgrade to the old full version. It would be nice to make it detect the old settigns and import them in.

Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!

Dcandvolcom1 said:
Hey guys.. uhh i accidentally set my home to default instead of open home.. any help would be appreciated!
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Opps. You have to wipe now.
Just kidding. You deal with it the same way as if you would set the defaults as any other app. Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Home>Clear defaults.

Been using this app for a few days now.I havent ran into any problems with it pretty smooth.Only down side was losing my icons.But no biggie.

Help JIT

I'm using damage control and I used his JIT thing cause people on here talk about it a lot and it said disable sense.. So I'm guessing that meant don't check it? Now my phone keeps re booting. How can i fix this.. I didn't nandriod back up so is there a easy way to do it by just remaining or something? Thanks

MyDroidHax said:
I'm using damage control and I used his JIT thing cause people on here talk about it a lot and it said disable sense.. So I'm guessing that meant don't check it? Now my phone keeps re booting. How can i fix this.. I didn't nandriod back up so is there a easy way to do it by just remaining or something? Thanks
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You're gonna have to go to an older nandroid. Sense and JIT just don't play well.
What you should have done is checked "Sense Apps" in the "Banned Apps" screen.
Keep in mind that any sense widget, like the HTC clock, and I think the rosie will stop working.

DevinXtreme said:
You're gonna have to go to an older nandroid. Sense and JIT just don't play well.
What you should have done is checked "Sense Apps" in the "Banned Apps" screen.
Keep in mind that any sense widget, like the HTC clock, and I think the rosie will stop working.
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Rosie= sense ui
And yes everything htc will not work, wallpapers will give you problems, htc lockscreen gives you problems and every widget connected to sense.
You will need to make sure they are banned in dconfig before you enable jit and reboot.
I know im just restating somethings but im just putting it all in one spot. Making it clear lol

DevinXtreme said:
You're gonna have to go to an older nandroid. Sense and JIT just don't play well.
What you should have done is checked "Sense Apps" in the "Banned Apps" screen.
Keep in mind that any sense widget, like the HTC clock, and I think the rosie will stop working.
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Rosie= sense ui
And yes everything htc will not work, wallpapers will give you problems, htc lockscreen gives you problems and every widget connected to sense.
You will need to make sure they are banned in dconfig before you enable jit and reboot.
I know im just restating somethings but im just putting it all in one post to make it clear. lol

MyDroidHax said:
I'm using damage control and I used his JIT thing cause people on here talk about it a lot and it said disable sense.. So I'm guessing that meant don't check it? Now my phone keeps re booting. How can i fix this.. I didn't nandriod back up so is there a easy way to do it by just remaining or something? Thanks
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you could manually pull the required files. not sure what they are, but you can manually edit the DConf file that lists banned programs, etc.

Funny you guys talking about this i just went from the new fresh rom not toast to damage because i tried to get jit to work on the most recent fresh and my phone went in a boot loop after trying to install JIT on it. It works fine for the new damage control tho... even though i manually installed it and didnt know dc config had the option for it all along otherwise this phone is runnin like a crackhead who stole my car radio.

Powers16 said:
Funny you guys talking about this i just went from the new fresh rom not toast to damage because i tried to get jit to work on the most recent fresh and my phone went in a boot loop after trying to install JIT on it. It works fine for the new damage control tho... even though i manually installed it and didnt know dc config had the option for it all along otherwise this phone is runnin like a crackhead who stole my car radio.
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I did this by accident too ... and during the force close SenseUI loop, it let me get to dconfig (after like 15 force closes) really quickly and uncheck JIT.
Don't swipe the lock screen while JIT + SenseUI enabled either, use Menu, it's more responsive.

[Query] ROM with only ANDROID without HTC software (without Sense, etc)

Is there a ROM available which does not have HTC Sense, and has only Native Clean Andriod in it..

There's no Generic Android rom atm. I'm also waiting + hoping for one.

What about Nexus One ROM? I really digg the UI

If you pay for a premium MoDaCo account, you can cook a MoDaCo rom without Sense UI

I no longer care for Sense. It's great when you have a current Android version, but it creates a big lag-time between new Android release and new HTC rom release.
I wish I had gotten the Nexus One instead.....

Sebastian768 said:
I no longer care for Sense. It's great when you have a current Android version, but it creates a big lag-time between new Android release and new HTC rom release.
I wish I had gotten the Nexus One instead.....
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I feel you mate. I had the same thought. Looking at how slow HTC were in bringing 2.1 to the Hero, I have a bad premonition that the same gonna happen to the Legend.
And I really like the UI/UX on the Nexus One. Any custom ROM that has Nexus One app launcher, photo app, etc.?

Well I've searched and there's only a few (3 that I could found) custom roms available now, all with Sense. I decided for myself to give it another 2 wks and then, if there's still no clean Android rom, I'm selling my Legend and getting Milestone. And no more HTC phones for me as they only make them with Sense now.

MichaelAlexanderBull said:
If you pay for a premium MoDaCo account, you can cook a MoDaCo rom without Sense UI
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not Full... you get a lot FCs if you cook a rom without Sense

There is a rom available on Modaco without sense.. Espresso
It works very smooth and looks great!
This is the link
Edit: No, there still is Sense.. Just with extras.

if you hate it so much,why don't you disable it...
well it isn't quite disabling but it will work fine...go to settings application management and find htc sense and click "remove defaults" or so....next time you hit the home button you will be prompted to use sense or android home...if you want to keep the android home,simply hit "make default" in the same window that pops out when you press the home button

farukb said:
if you hate it so much,why don't you disable it...
well it isn't quite disabling but it will work fine...
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Like you said it's not quite a disabling. All HTC custom apps are still there. I want default Android Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Messages applications

rubbish said:
Like you said it's not quite a disabling. All HTC custom apps are still there. I want default Android Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Messages applications
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How about you disable it, and the abd into your phone and delete HTC sense and all the sense widgets and apps?
That may work?

That may work?
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Don't think so Michael. I'm prepared to be corrected but I don't think default android apps wiill appear upon deleting HTC custom apps.

I did try to remove the HTCSenseLockScreen.apk and it did not give me the default google lockscreen... it was really strange... the lockscreen did work like the sense one where you drag it down, but no background on it and the text was messed up...
Right now i am playing with the Sense from the MyTouch and that look great...

rubbish said:
Don't think so Michael. I'm prepared to be corrected but I don't think default android apps wiill appear upon deleting HTC custom apps.
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Yeah they won't, but i would be willing to cook a rom containing the factory legend rom rooted, and with no HTC apps but stock android apps, if someone would be willing to test this method?

i am willing to test... if you want i have the system from the vodafon 2.02.178.2 build.. well it is in the 2.2 tread on modaco from some china dude.. i mean why not use the latest bug fixes also for the rom if it should be..

farukb said:
if you hate it so much,why don't you disable it...
well it isn't quite disabling but it will work fine...go to settings application management and find htc sense and click "remove defaults" or so....next time you hit the home button you will be prompted to use sense or android home...if you want to keep the android home,simply hit "make default" in the same window that pops out when you press the home button
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It's not about hating SENSE, it's about wanting the stock Android because of updates, ie. a better phone. SENSE is great, when it's paired with the latest Android. But when it's used with an older than current version, it creates lag time.
I am going to sell my Legend and get an Nexus One. It's older, but it's still betterish than anything else out there.

MichaelAlexanderBull said:
How about you disable it, and the abd into your phone and delete HTC sense and all the sense widgets and apps?
That may work?
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I did it this way, deleted allmost every HTC stuff. But if you remove a HTC-app, it will not give you the default android one. You have to get these apps from somewhere. I just thought about creating a rom without that htc stuff.
But i have to say that not every htc app is crap. Some apps are better than the android one.

Have you tried removing Rosie?
Any problems afterwards?

I have made a sense free (ish) Rom, there is still some slight differences like the black bar on top.
But it still beta, i will upload it tonight or tomorrow
EDIT :
Deffo tomorrow, i am too tired to keep working

[MOD][APP]Stock Launcher App Sorter - Abandoned

UPDATE: Unfortunately I have had to abandon this project, please accept my apologies.
I would like to introduce a little project I'm going to be starting, my first attempt at an App for android, one which will bring added functionality to the stock launcher on rooted devices.
Having tried a lot of different launchers, I actually prefer the stock launcher, for all but one thing which is the way it sorts Apps in the app drawer. The stock launcher sorts apps by name like most other launchers, but it splits them into System Apps and Downloaded Apps, so it can be hard sometimes finding the app you want.
My App is going to provide a way of sorting the Apps how you want, without modifying the stock launcher, so that it can last between updates.
My main aim is to provide a simple interface to pick how you want the Apps sorted, primarily alphabetical, ignoring whether they are system apps or downloaded apps.
You could do this by moving apps around manually but it would take a long time, so the idea is to automate this process.
While I work on the base of the app, I would like feedback on what other ways you would like the apps to be sorted, so that when you open the app, you can pick from different options as to how to sort the apps.
I look forward to reading some of your input.

alexp999 said:
I would like to introduce a little project I'm going to be starting, my first attempt at an App for android, one which will bring added functionality to the stock launcher on rooted devices.
...
I look forward to reading some of your input.
Options so far:
Alphabetical
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good luck. I'd add:
1. Most used
2. Last updated
3. Recently installed
4. Also if it is possible add search bar on the first page
All these options are available in GoLauncher. So if you refer to that you know what I am asking
-S

Great,
But can you even add or mod the default tasker like when we long press home key at the bottom it takes us to task manager where we have to kill all unwanted application one by one, can you add a kill all button to that it wwould be amazing if you can do that.
By the way thanks a ton.
Rgds,
Yusuf00786
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i use apex..
stock sucks

The Troll said:
i use apex..
stock sucks
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wow, so harsh.....

yusuf00786 said:
wow, so harsh.....
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obviously u dun have htc phone..
lg's contacts and phone is ugly. plain and simple.. join feature is ineffective.. stock icons are lame.. lockscreen is LAME and slow and buggy with faceunlock.. if u manually join contacts, u cant edit the name.. and the names can be random and wrong..
themes are jus 4.. and ugly.. weather is ugly.. its slow..
list is too long.. lg made an epic device.. *WAAYYY BETTER THAN ONE X* but ****ed up with the software..

I like the launcher but this is annoying, nobody wants to.continue this? I think it would probably be easier to just mod the launcher itself
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The Best Launcher for the MXP

Hi all,
Looking for a new launcher to try - I hate having the Google Now long press on my Home button - just hate everything Google Now.
In your experience, what's the best alternative launcher? Or perhaps, even more ideally, how can I turn that damn long press off? Can I change that through GravityBox?
Anyway, any insight is appreciated, as always!

Well, my Gravitybox has no such option. The only alt-Launcher i tried was Nova. What i really liked about it (and am missing despite GravityBox) was the "scroll-through" or "loop" when swiping continuously in any direction. But really, the Google Launcher is good enough for me. Why do you need the long press free, is there something nearby or similar..?

try nova launcher

My selection of best launchers !
Trust me I tested them ALL !
There's no such a thing as a "perfect laucher"....but since I hate Google now too, maybe you like my picks for a lightweight, customizable, feature rich, googless launcher:
1. L launcher
2. Slim Rom launcher
3. Nova launcher (is a classic!)
4. DarkLauncher (new but promising!)

I've tried quite a few over the years for various devices and keep coming back to good 'ole Nova (which is what I'm using currently on my Play).
Another one I really liked was Lightning Launcher because it's completely customizable but the performance wasn't as snappy as Nova. I haven't tried it on the Play and it's been a few months so might have to give it a shot again.

I have layers it.s okay

Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..

I've been using Go launcher for last 6 years. It's perfect for me.
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XxMikeMasterxX said:
Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..
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As you are rooted, I know that ?
Just install titanium Backup and uninstall the Google now. I too uninstalled it as I didn't use it at all and it always got in between my tasks. ?
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XxMikeMasterxX said:
Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..
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Go to Apps menu, press the Gear icon, choose Default Apps then pick Assist & voice input. Then change the Assist app from Google to None.

pijes said:
Go to Apps menu, press the Gear icon, choose Default Apps then pick Assist & voice input. Then change the Assist app from Google to None.
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This is one of the best posts I've ever read on XDA. Thank you sooo much pijes this is exactly - EXACTLY - what I needed. Goodbye Google Now! Hello sweet sweet Home freedom.

Tsf launcher
The far the best smooth, sexy, beautiful and no battery drain...!! The best launcher to try

ronak123456 said:
The far the best smooth, sexy, beautiful and no battery drain...!! The best launcher to try
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Which is...?

PHey all,
Currently I'm using Nova. It's been working out great. I love being able to customize how many items are on my dock. I rock the dock and my dock is definitely bigger than yours. ;P
Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. Once again, appreciate the community here on XDA.

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Which is...?
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Lol...i thought i gave the name[emoji14]) hhahaha its TSF launcher..
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Nova Launcher all the way

isene said:
Nova Launcher all the way
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Nova Launcher is pretty sexy. I had to go pro - just love it so much. The gestures increase my geeky productivity 100x.

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Nova Launcher is pretty sexy. I had to go pro - just love it so much. The gestures increase my geeky productivity 100x.
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i bought the Prime version (pro) in the christmas sale for like €0,50. I use is beceause is hate every feature of google's launcher... I never use most of google stuff anyway (Search / OK-GOOGLE / )

isene said:
i bought the Prime version (pro) in the christmas sale for like â?¬0,50. I use is beceause is hate every feature of google's launcher... I never use most of google stuff anyway (Search / OK-GOOGLE / )
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"No it's NOT OK Google please stop what you're doing!!!"

XxMikeMasterxX said:
"No it's NOT OK Google please stop what you're doing!!!"
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NO google, do not send search query to NSA.
I like my privacy so i use Duckduckgo everyone should try it it has OVER 9000 more features