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Home replacement

I use SPB Shell as my home replacement. My problem is I cant set the stock home app as default. When I hit the home button it always goes to SPB Shell even when I have the stock home app set to default and have cleared SPB Shell as the default. I use the Home switcher app from the market and set the stock app as the default. When I clear the default on SPB Shell and hit the home button the stock home app doesnt even show up as an option. Is anyone else having this issue and does any one know of a fix?

The same thing happened for me with launcherpro to go back to stock i had to uninstall LP. I actually like the stock launcher better for the first time ever than LP.

It may be just me, but my screen looks much more vibrant when using SPB Shell. The colors actually look sharper. I have shown it to others and they think the same also.

tmc896 said:
The same thing happened for me with launcherpro to go back to stock i had to uninstall LP. I actually like the stock launcher better for the first time ever than LP.
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Did you just abandon Launcher Pro all together or did you figure out a way to fix it?

What about the home switcher app in the market.
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pittphan said:
What about the home switcher app in the market.
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I use it but it wont keep the default set for the stock home app.

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and this means what?

What I don't get is why install a home replacement of you don't intend on replacing the home?

mufc1991 said:
What I don't get is why install a home replacement of you don't intend on replacing the home?
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First off for what SPB Shell 3D costs of course I'm going to install it, for principal if nothing else. I do however really like it. Secondly I want the option and ability to switch between home replacements if I want to.

has anyone using other launchers like launcher pro go launcher or adw, tried to freeze the stock launcher. i know that most roms come with a market launcher already loaded and therefore there is no stock launcher.
So any ideas if running a market launcher, that freezing the stock launcher would be ok or not
any ideas

There is an app called Homesmack that fixes the issue with the launcher defaults.
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mzimand said:
There is an app called Homesmack that fixes the issue with the launcher defaults.
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I tried it but it still didnt work, but I do like the app better than the home switcher app I was using so I'm gonna keep it. Thanks for the heads up.

smacinskyjr said:
It may be just me, but my screen looks much more vibrant when using SPB Shell. The colors actually look sharper. I have shown it to others and they think the same also.
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Noo, it's not just you. I took the plunge and bought it. It is MUCH smoother, faster in general (IMO), and the colors look GREAT

Glad im not the only one on here to think so.
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try home manager from the. market

I ran launcher pro for a bit now im using go launcher its basicly the same but a few more tweaks!
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Replace Sense lock screen with AOSP

Hi guys,
Running ARHD 12.2. I was wondering if there is a way to replace the sense lock screen with AOSP and also use lock screen widgets, like dashclock.
I would like to avoid widget locker as I'm not thrilled with its functionality.
In my searching, I've come across a few posts alluding to doing this but I have my found explicit directions. If anyone could provide a step by step (or a link to one) set of directions, that would be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
J
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Navigate to /system/app and rename HTCLockscreen.apk to HTCLockscreen.apk.bak. Reboot. Voila! AOSP Lockscreen. But to keep the widgets I had to dirty flash from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 so I'm not 100% if you'll have working widgets, though I don't see why not.
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cdordon said:
Navigate to /system/app and rename HTCLockscreen.apk to HTCLockscreen.apk.bak. Reboot. Voila! AOSP Lockscreen. But to keep the widgets I had to dirty flash from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 so I'm not 100% if you'll have working widgets, though I don't see why not.
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Thanks. Is it 'HTCLockscreen.so.bak.' or '.bak'. it doesnt seems to be sticking!
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A word of advice - while this trick will work, you still might be disappointed. The reason being is the fact that with the aosp lockscreen the phone stays locked even when a call comes in! So to take the call you will have to enter PIN first (my phone is PIN locked). Voila...

[App] HTC Flip

Only on Google Play
HTC Flip for Kitkat (Sense 5.5)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.NxIndustries.Flip
Rgocal talks HTC Flip for KK on G+ https://plus.google.com/100201209156317802250/posts/jPk5NSMxCit
HTC Flip is an application of an idea Ive had for Sense users to easily "Flip" or switch from one launcher to another. In another words...Your using Aviate launcher or a custom themed Nova Launcher setup but you wanna check out your Blinkfeed on Sense5 really quick or switch back to Sense4 quickly for something. HTC Flip will allow you todo just that. Simply as it stands, its currently only a home manager for Sense but with a little effort, I could add a few extra tweaks in there without the need of Root priviledges.
Simple use of the app...Install, Launch, Pick a Launcher you want to switch to..., done. Press Home on your device to simply "Flip" back to your default Launcher.
Currently in order to switch back to Blinkfeed, these would be your options...
Create a custom Widget with Buzz Custom Widget linked to the Sense5 Launcher Activity
Create a custom shortcut using an advance launcher (for EX: Xperia Raral Launcher allows custom activity shortcuts)
Clear your defaults
Exposed Framework (Root)
HTC FLIP does not currently support Kitkat, Flip for KK is your substitute and pro version

Thats a marvelous idea because in a third party launcher you can use pop up widget if you had access to the app in question to one click access it. I personally only use Sense because I love the Sense music widget and app because it has the gracenotes connected. It would be awesome to be able to access all of sense's apps from a third party launcher! Everybody would buy that
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Heres a guide that shows how to get a shortcut on the third party launcher from Sense activities like blinkfeed
Using a third party launcher such as ADW, Nova, or Apex provides much more customization than Sense 5, but since Blinkfeed is part of the Sense 5 launcher, you will immediately lose Blinkfeed.
To get access to Blinkfeed with one of these launchers, follow these steps:
1. Clear the defaults of the current default homescreen launcher. This is done under SETTINGS/APPS. Click on the default launcher. Scroll down and find the clear defaults button. Click it.
2. Press the home key. You should now have a choice of which launcher to use. Select HTC Sense.
Click "One Time Only".
3. Delete all home screens except blink feed. Clear the apps out of the dock. (Optionally you can keep the homescreens and icons in the dock if you wish, deleting them makes a clean Blinkfeed only setup that I prefer).
4. Press Home. This time choose you preferred launcher and tap Always. This should take you to your home screen under the new launcher.
5. Create a custom shortcut. In most launchers you long press the homescreen and choose add or add shortcut. When asked to what you want to create a shortcut you will be choosing an Activity, not an App. In the list of activities, scroll down to HTC Sense. Click it. Choose HTC sense (Launcher) or HTC Sense com.htc.Launcher.Launcher depending on which launcher you are using.
6. You now have a shortcut icon that will take you to Blinkfeed. Clicking the icon will open Blinkfeed. Clicking home again returns you to your preferred launcher homescreen.
That's it!
Variations on above include setting the HTC Sense launcher as the default so that hitting home opens blinkfeed, while another icon is created to your preferred launcher.

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MoDaCo Toolkit has a similar option that exposes a link to the Sense Launcher.

Rirere said:
MoDaCo Toolkit has a similar option that exposes a link to the Sense Launcher.
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I was thinking of trying that out but I don't think it works on cdma roms like sprint and it appears to only use the stock roms that are sense based gsm
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olorolo said:
I was thinking of trying that out but I don't think it works on cdma roms like sprint and it appears to only use the stock roms that are sense based gsm
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I've been using MoDaCo toolkit for months.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245772

Sorry I got this confused with the MoDaco Switch app
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Rirere said:
MoDaCo Toolkit has a similar option that exposes a link to the Sense Launcher.
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Sounds like an ActionProvider right to the sense launcher. Similar to what I want to pull off.

Nx Biotic said:
Sounds like an ActionProvider right to the sense launcher. Similar to what I want to pull off.
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I just tried it and it gives you the blinkfeed app in the app drawer to use as a shortcut basically.
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olorolo said:
I just tried it and it gives you the blinkfeed app in the app drawer to use as a shortcut basically.
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Just seen that. Il have some competition than

Lol that's using xposed mod though a lot of people complain about that slowing their phone down and besides if your not on xda you know nothing about xposed mod
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olorolo said:
Lol that's using xposed mod though a lot of people complain about that slowing their phone down and besides if your not on xda you know nothing about xposed mod
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Thats a good point

You also have to be rooted to use xposed mod and there's a lot more people that aren't then there is, man it's all about simplicity and convenience for most people.
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olorolo said:
You also have to be rooted to use xposed mod and there's a lot more people that aren't then there is, man it's all about simplicity and convenience for most people.
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I perfer my ONE not rooted myself. I perfer to use it for what it was made for, not to ruin it. "Been drooling over the MIUI rom tho, but not the point"
Il start development for this after I wrap things up over at the Razr forums. Rom developing takes it out of you as well as my toolkit. "Links below in sig"

Nx Biotic said:
I perfer my ONE not rooted myself. I perfer to use it for what it was made for, not to ruin it. "Been drooling over the MIUI rom tho, but not the point"
Il start development for this after I wrap things up over at the Razr forums. Rom developing takes it out of you as well as my toolkit. "Links below in sig"
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pretty nice work my friend! You have a One yet?

olorolo said:
pretty nice work my friend! You have a One yet?
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Yes, on Sprint

Nice another dev for Sprint, theres a few making good roms and theming but we could badly use more

First look at an early build of HTC Flip. Basing it off of a Home Manager like user interface and integrating the Sense SDK into it. Looking into adding more shortcuts for the Sense Launcher and Blinkfeed as Launcher Shortcuts. Basically at the moment, It works by the user clicking on the app and selecting blinkfeed when they want to view it while useing another launcher like Apex or ADW. They can also manage their installed launchers. Nothing complicated, Nothing requiring root, something simple and small.
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I pushed the experimental build of this app to google play tonight. Soon as the link is live, il shoot it here.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5B4r0081LETWm1XT1dWTHp4TjA/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Google Play Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Biotic.flip
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4.3 Lock screen widget bug

Has anyone had problems with the lock screen widgets. I apply a widget but my phone won't unlock. When I swipe to unlock it just go right back to the lock screen. It just loops over and over. The only way to unlock the phone is to swipe on one of the shortcuts on the bottom of the screen to go to app from the shortcut but not the home screen.
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2ndaccord said:
Has anyone had problems with the lock screen widgets. I apply a widget but my phone won't unlock. When I swipe to unlock it just go right back to the lock screen. It just loops over and over. The only way to unlock the phone is to swipe on one of the shortcuts on the bottom of the screen to go to app from the shortcut but not the home screen.
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No problems here....which widget did you use? I just used Google Now Cards and its working for me just fine.

Yep, happened to me too with dashclock widget. Will download a new lock screen to try. Probably a stock android one on the play store.
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neswii said:
Yep, happened to me too with dashclock widget. Will download a new lock screen to try. Probably a stock android one on the play store.
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Just loaded Dashclock widget....still no issues. Though I don't like having 2 clocks on my lock screen...looks lame lol.

slayer69 said:
Just loaded Dashclock widget....still no issues. Though I don't like having 2 clocks on my lock screen...looks lame lol.
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Looks pretty bad yeah, I used the analog clocks instead, still doesn't look good. But the problem is the widgets are not clickable. I read something about them not being scrollable too, which may explain why they're not clickable. I'm looking for a lock screen replacement that allows for widgets but no dice yet. Only that ugly lockscreen widget app.
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neswii said:
Looks pretty bad yeah, I used the analog clocks instead, still doesn't look good. But the problem is the widgets are not clickable. I read something about them not being scrollable too, which may explain why they're not clickable. I'm looking for a lock screen replacement that allows for widgets but no dice yet. Only that ugly lockscreen widget app.
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I have noticed on some widgets that I can click on them, but wont see that their are opened until the phone is unlocked.

slayer69 said:
I have noticed on some widgets that I can click on them, but wont see that their are opened until the phone is unlocked.
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Yep, that's what I mean. That's the problem I'm getting. They offer like 7 different lock screens yet they don't offer the stock android one. Still looking for a replacement lock screen. If anyone has any ideas let me know.
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How can I add a lockscreen widget on my HTC stock one
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noneed2aim said:
How can I add a lockscreen widget on my HTC stock one
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To add lockscreen widgets, go to settings > personalize > lock screen and change it to widgets

Any widget I used gets stuck in a loop and I can't unlock the phone. I had "battery widget reborn" and when I try to place it even on the home screen it locks the screen and it gets stuck. Maybe it's a bug in "battery widget reborn"?
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I noticed to get the widgets to work, you have to drag down on the widget (you'll see a blue box being dragged down,) then you should be able to use it.

I ended up getting widget locker. It's actually pretty awesome. Thanks to HTC's 25 bucks haha. 3 bucks ain't so bad either. Now I have a stock lock screen with better widget support.
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I figured out the problem. I had to uninstall "battery reborn" app. It was causing a glitch in the lock screen. My widget now works like it should.
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[Q] Remove GEL Home Screen?

Hi all,
I added the Google Experience Launcher after the last search update. While playing around I added a home screen. Anybody know how to remove it once it's added?
Thanks,
Lenny
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IDroidThere4Iam said:
Hi all,
I added the Google Experience Launcher after the last search update. While playing around I added a home screen. Anybody know how to remove it once it's added?
Thanks,
Lenny
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Shure go to settings, find "apps" there you can find your GEL browser, delete it and your back to stock

Ronnymes said:
Shure go to settings, find "apps" there you can find your GEL browser, delete it and your back to stock
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Ah, sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not trying to remove the launcher apk, I added a home screen to the right when I was playing around with the Google Experience Launcher, I just want to remove that extra home screen so I have the main one and Google Now to the left. Adding the extra home screen was easy, but I can't figure out how to remove it.
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IDroidThere4Iam said:
Ah, sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not trying to remove the launcher apk, I added a home screen to the right when I was playing around with the Google Experience Launcher, I just want to remove that extra home screen so I have the main one and Google Now to the left. Adding the extra home screen was easy, but I can't figure out how to remove it.
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Pull everything you have off of it, and it'll disappear.
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flomexico said:
Pull everything you have off of it, and it'll disappear.
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Thanks, that worked. I originally had nothing on it, don't know why it stayed before. I added a widget though, then removed it and the screen was removed too.
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