Basically i try to make ADW Launcher EX my default home screen but it does not remember it as such. I have to constantly choose which home screen I want when i hit home. sometimes it will remember to use ADW EX, but if I restart the phone any memory it once had as the default homescreen is toast and I have to start from scratch.
any ideas?
nexus 1
CM7 rc1
but i also had this problem with CM6.1
Do you have it installed on the SD?
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nah, its saved on the phones internal memory
Hmmmmm... Have you tried wiping data from both launchers?
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I can try it again, but everything was wiped when i installed cm7 anyways. I thought for sure that cm7 would fix the issue because it happened in 6.1 as well.
I think it might have to do with widget locker and its home helper though.
I know I'm making the most basic suggestions, but since you didn't give much info on what you've tried, it only makes sense to start with the basics...
The reason I suggested wiping data from the apps is because, even through you may have wiped during your install, you may also have restored data via Titanium?
Again, with nothing to go off, I'm making basic, easy, and obvious suggestions first...
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You could always freeze or delete any home screen apps that are taking priority over ADW Ex. Also, if you're using WidgetLocker and you're rooted, you'd be better off disabling HomeHelper and enabling root bypass for the 5 second rule.
Zero problems here, it acts just like any other Home app does, it honors the home launcher defaults.
What you say and what you describe are totally different. You say ADW EX isn't the default but then you say you have to 'start from scratch'. So are you saying that ADW EX is loaded but its settings are reset, or that ADW EX isn't the default?
I use it on my Nexus One (rom in sig) and my Nook Color, zero problems on either.
Double-check that ADW EX isn't installed to sdcard. Titanium and others can in certain situations automatically put all your apps on SD without you knowing. Also, if Widget Locker is on your SD, the home helper function could be causing that. So, is ADW your system default, or is it Widget Locker, with ADW selected within WL?
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My nexus is rebooting by it self, after it reboots. My widgets disappear. Also when press the home it automatically goes to ADW.launcher. After originally chose LauncherPro as my default. How do i fix this? It's very annoying placing widgets back on my homes screens.
Don't move the apps with widgets to SD.
Or use Apps2EXT instead of Froyo's built in Apps2SD.
Go into application settings for adw launcher and clear defaults. The next time you hit the home button you should get a pop up where you can select the default app.
Launched pro was on my sd card. Don't remember doing that, but anyhow I moved it back to my phone and i'm no longer experiencing that problem. Thank you for your help. The ppl and XDA forums ARE THE BEST!
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Don't move the apps with widgets to SD.
Or use Apps2EXT instead of Froyo's built in Apps2SD.
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Lately I've LP has been freezing on me in a few moments after boot, basically after media scanning is done my UI is frozen and I need to bring up task manager to close out LP and exit out of task manager and it runs fine again, anyone know whats causing this?
it happens i think. i remember just installing chompsms and it's been happening since. switched to handcent and the problem's not there anymore.
maybe some application is causing it on your end?
I have the same problem! No matter what I do, Launcher Pro freezes after booting up, I have to close & re-open!
I had the same problem no matter what setup I used on my phone, even did it straight after a clean factory reset. Gave up with it in the end and am using Zeam Launcher now, very quick and responsive although I do miss the LP widgets
Found a fix, its caused by the .andriod secure folder on the EXTERNAL SD.. delete all the contents from there and mark the folder as READ ONLY and reinstall your apps that were there w/o the EXTERNAL SD card to guarantee they dont come back.
100% fixed on my end!
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Found a fix, its caused by the .andriod secure folder on the EXTERNAL SD.. delete all the contents from there and mark the folder as READ ONLY and reinstall your apps that were there w/o the EXTERNAL SD card to guarantee they dont come back.
100% fixed on my end!
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Ain't that the folder used by apps 2 sd? I would rather put up with fc in lp then screw with app 2 sd.
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ickyboo said:
Ain't that the folder used by apps 2 sd? I would rather put up with fc in lp then screw with app 2 sd.
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I dont even use app 2 sd in the first place.
I still have thouse hangs at bootup, sometimes goes fine, sometimes it is needed to be closed. I had this folder on my external sd, the folder is empty. Read and Write flags are off
Any other suggestion?
I have same problem... +1
it looks like its an actual error with the app itself, i have had this problem lots of times, i did a full wipe and only installed launcher pro, nothing else, the only 1 app i had on the phone was launcher pro and it still froze.
i just went to ADW launcher, i like it alot and you can resize widgets and stuff, very customisable..
2nd favourite is zeam, would be my number one but i couldnt figure out how to save the settings... theres a wide range of other launchers why not try something else ??
my LP does that as well on my vibrant. it really isn't that big of a deal, unless you repeatedly reboot your phone...
just wait a little while after your phone boots and just let everything load up
Yes, we can try another launcher, but launcherpro is best for me, because I want grid 5x6 icons. Go launcher is great as well, but there is max 5x5 :/
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Run Home Switcher again.
Thanks, but I can't seem to do that from the stock home screen, it isn't in the apps list.
If you can get back into the market, install another launcher, or uninstall then reinstall zeam. That should reset the first home button press to select launcher.
If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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yeah, that was what I was thinking. I tried to download softkeys last night from here, but 1.2 won't recognize the file type. Guess I will try again later.
If you can get into the Applications Settings screen, you can clear defaults on the home launcher and that should do it.
Same problem...
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
LTLFTCer said:
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
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If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
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If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
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With the MN root for 1.2, the B&N Apps button/screen only show the B&N apps, tho... I'm hoping once 1.2 rooting is further along we'll see all of our Apps, but not at this point. I'm still hoping there is some way to do this, so I don't have to start over.
I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
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I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
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I wasn't sure if I was going to get any ideas, so decided to go ahead and start over, so I'm back to stock now and updating to 1.2, then will be MN again. I did take a quick look at the link you provided, tho, and must not have read through it closely enough, because it didn't jump out at me what I would have done. It was a post about phones, but I assume that was okay.
When you say to go through my Web browser and install an APK. How would I have done that? Using the browser on the NC, can you install applications from market.android.com? I didn't think you could...
I'm back MN rooted now...get to reinstall all my apps and fun stuff! Boo! I won't do THAT again!
On a semi unrelated note, has anyone else noticed significant lag when panning through the app drawer using zeam? Using phiremod cm7 I switched to adw (stock) launcher and it seems so much smoother even though I'm not clocking it as fast (1.1 to 800 MHz) which I found extremely odd
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
How did you get your N button to set as physical home? Are you using Soft-keys? In 1.2 so far I have not managed to engage the N button at all to go HOME. Ended up locking the Soft-key HOME icon in the Taskbar to get out of BN screen.
Easy fix, from home launcher: search, then just search for Zeam or what ever app you have installed. With search history on it could even be considered a crude app tray.
do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
Haven't experienced Zeam lag...
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
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I haven't experienced a lag in Zeam with rooted BN 1.2.
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do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
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Thanks! Definitely good to know should I get in that situation zgain. So simple, but didn't occur to me.
Historically, before a wipe I run a TB batch and backup all my user apps. Then after I put on the new rom, I drop on the full version TB and do a batch reinstall. Unfortunately this doesn't reset my screens, and it's a pain in the butt.
I'm wondering two things:
1. I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965594 and I wondered if this works on Gingerbread roms (no reason it shouldn't, right? but I can see going from Froyo to GB it may not...) (Also, I don't see a way for TB to restore home screens, am I missing something?)
2. I've cheated before and dropped some non-provided system apps directly into the system-app folder. If you drop your favorite app .apk's into the system-app folder within the rom zip, will it install them even though that's the protected folder?
Really, it's just time consuming to reinstall all the apps and reset the home screens, especially when Mix Master Mikey drops a new GR version approximately every time I get the last one updated.
Updating home screens is a pet peeve of mine too.
I have been using SGS tools going from each release of GR to the next. But, it only works with touchwiz.
Now I'm on Mosaic (seems more stable but TW 3 instead of 4) it mostly worked, except Widgets.
This is the reason I don't even use 3 screens .... too much a pain to reset every few days.
I wish there was a better universal solution to this problem.
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I think it depends on your launcher. I'm currently using regina launcher and after updating to the newest GR and using TiBu to restore my apps, my home screens are set except for the widgets.
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I use launcher pro and my apps are all in place when I restore that. I believe also if you go to restore apps and system data deselect everything then press data only then select the green items one of those will put ur apps back in place. That is what I do.
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All right. I've been toying with launchers for a while, right now I'm on Zeam, I've used launcher pro and ADW in the past. ADW had the ability to restore screens, I suppose I should look more into that. I like how Zeam lets you put 0-7 icons in the dock and lets you auto-center them, but I suppose I can find a good alternative.
Right now I double-tap to get my dialer, swipe up for apps and down for notifications and it seems to work pretty well. I'll get my fiddle on this next week.
Thanks again.
I love this launcher very much but its giving me a headeg. When I used 2 times it deleted all setup and got back on default and when that hapend it also deleted some progres on app and games.
From then I used Nemus launcher and didnt have this sort of problem anymore.
Dose someone where the problem might be?
Using 2.1 eclair
Miks0n said:
I love this launcher very much but its giving me a headeg. When I used 2 times it deleted all setup and got back on default and when that hapend it also deleted some progres on app and games.
From then I used Nemus launcher and didnt have this sort of problem anymore.
Dose someone where the problem might be?
Using 2.1 eclair
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i also had go launcher but it's slow,laggy so i switched to zeam launcher and it's very fast and doesn't crashes,try it
I will try, but still hoping to make progres with Go launcher, they have very good themes that I want to use...
EDIT- strange but I cant find zeam launcher on market
Thats your choice,but zeam is faster and stabile. Find apk file on internet,but it should be on the market
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Hello!
I've been using GO Launcher EX with custom ROMs (Floyo 0.20, 0.25, 0.30 and FroyoBread now) and it never did anything like that on my X8, it's "laggier" than the others, but it's okay.
Did you get it from the real android market? You said that you like their themes... maybe it's, somehow, related to theme you've downloaded and installed?
See you, and good luck with it!
Personally I love GO Launcher, and have never had any problems with it at all. Barely any lag either, but I will investigate Zeam.
There will be a bunch of files (cache, settings, etc.) created on the SD card from GO. You could uninstall it, clear these out, reboot your phone and then reinstall it.
Might solve your problem? Find it does for other apps (as it forces it to gather new data)
P.S. You could have a look on the dev site for help, or even raise a bug: http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/
@Striderzin yes i have download from real android market but not themes in that period of time when i head this problem. I will try once more and0 see what will hapen.
@SirMikey hmm i didnt notice that launcher makes its own folders on sd card thx i will delete them.
I am using unrooted 2.1 zeam launcher works only 2.2 and above -.-
when i installed Go LauncherEX, I stopped receiving SMS on my Stock 2.1 ROM, i don't know if it was GL EX or if it was coincidence.
But i don't like the Go LauncherEX, just try LauncherPRO, use only one homescreen, disable the homescreen caching, use only one dock page, do not use a lot of widgets, and with this, LauncherPRO will only use about 7MB of RAM, and it will be very smooth too.