Hi,
I am having issues with my "home" button..
It should take me to the homescreen when I press it, but now.. I have to select between "android Home" or "sense UI Home"
I have tried to check the "make default" when this screen comes up, but it does not keep!
Sometimes it goes away.. but only for a few times.
then I have to reselect it again.
Lately, it is almost every time.
I have gone into, the settings>application> Management..
and "cleared default"... then reselected it.. still same thing!!
what is wrong? It is so annoying!
can anyone... point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Factory reset?
anybody seen this before??
maybe this helps
i have seen this on my own hero, but i know now how this happent.
It came from an app from the market that normaly had nothing to do with the home screen, in my case it was a simpsons puzzle game, everytime i play the game my home button "Forgot" my default home app!
it seems that the app is just porly programed.
hope that helps.
i think that this happened right after, i installed "spare parts"
i have uninstalled it.. but it still happens??
This also happened to me after I installed 'Lockbot'.
I uninstalled, and now the default action is saved!
Not sure exactly what the cause is though?
that means.. I have to uninstall all me apps? hate that idea..
wish.. there is a more direct approach..
hhhmmm......
Go into...
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications
Find the entry called HTC Sense and set it as default.
Alternatively, if you want Home as default then find the entry for that instead.
Either way, next time you press the Home key it should work as normal.
this is driving me nutz!!!
Not big deal, but annoying as hell!
I have downloaded from the Market: Home Switcher.
But still have the same issue. "home switcher" also looses the default home (Sense) after a few tries too.
Dan330 said:
this is driving me nutz!!!
Not big deal, but annoying as hell!
I have downloaded from the Market: Home Switcher.
But still have the same issue. "home switcher" also looses the default home (Sense) after a few tries too.
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i have this problem aswell. i have the before mentioned simpsons puzzle installed, aswell as spare parts. i used spare parts before and it didn't happen, but it happens even if don't use the simpsons puzzle. i have no idea...
edt: i can provoke this by using long-press home app switcher.
lelle_inzim said:
i have seen this on my own hero, but i know now how this happent.
It came from an app from the market that normaly had nothing to do with the home screen, in my case it was a simpsons puzzle game, everytime i play the game my home button "Forgot" my default home app!
it seems that the app is just porly programed.
hope that helps.
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thanks for that hint. for me this is as definitive as it gets: simpsons puzzle installed, forget home on every home long-press. uninstall "ultimate simpsons puzzle" and everything is fine. gonna inform the dev.
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Hi all,
I have changed from the touchflo interface to the standard interface, seems a lot smoother to me (and i like the look) but is there a way to remove all the htc sense apps that are no longer in use?
Or is there a standard Android rom for the Hero?
Cheers
If I just wanted to see what the standard interface looked like, how would I do this?
AndyCr15 said:
If I just wanted to see what the standard interface looked like, how would I do this?
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Normal Android Home On Hero
Here's what to do...
Go to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications.
Scroll down to 'TouchFLO' and hit 'clear defaults'
Obviously this will clear the default action of taking you to the TouchFLO or Rosie UI home.
When you have done this every time you press the home button you will have a choice. Home or TouchFLO.
Now how can you put it (TouchFlow) back to default ?
If I don't want to have the popup when i click the home button ?
Ticking the "make default action" doesn't work for long
piflechien said:
Now how can you put it (TouchFlow) back to default ?
If I don't want to have the popup when i click the home button ?
Ticking the "make default action" doesn't work for long
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download home switch from the market! this should work for you !
geovass said:
download home switch from the market! this should work for you !
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suprise surpise i can't find it on the market on my orange hero
piflechien said:
Now how can you put it (TouchFlow) back to default ?
If I don't want to have the popup when i click the home button ?
Ticking the "make default action" doesn't work for long
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To switch back to TouchFLO do the same like in the first procedure but instead of TouchFLO, select the 'Home' app.
Getting the selection screen often is a bug caused by some apps (like task managers etc). Try uninstalling some and re-check.
Whenever I press the home button, I see this message:
complete action using
- set Home as default. Do not use this as default default. You had been warned.
- TwLauncher.
Use by default for this action.
I've no idea how out of the blue this message keeps propping up. The warning sounds alarming as well.
Anyone knows why I'm getting this, what does it mean, and what should I do?
lol, that is funny. "You had been warned", sounds like a death threat
Did you install anything that would mess with the home button?
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lol, that is funny. "You had been warned", sounds like a death threat
Did you install anything that would mess with the home button?
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I installed the free version of Lock 2.0 and I think it is referring to this. Yes, it does sound like death threat, doesn't it
I get a similar message too but my options are Launcher Pro or TWLauncher (Touchwiz). I haven't set Launcher Pro as default yet (testing reasons) so i do expect it on mine. Underneath the options i have a tick box 'Use by default this action' don't you have that option Steve?
oh and i'd be more inclined not to pick the death threat one either lol
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I get a similar message too but my options are Launcher Pro or TWLauncher (Touchwiz). I haven't set Launcher Pro as default yet (testing reasons) so i do expect it on mine. Underneath the options i have a tick box 'Use by default this action' don't you have that option Steve?
oh and i'd be more inclined not to pick the death threat one either lol
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I just tried to install the Droid X keyboard. The procedure now results in the third item being shown.
Seems like a number of applications that we install are all trying to fight for thte default home crown.
I like TouchWiz interface very much, so know what to do now.
Thanks for your input.
I was reseting my Epic and was presented with a surprise dialog box that allowed me to choose the non-TouchWiz home screen. It was one of those "what do you want to use to complete this action" type prompts. I don't really know what I did to get it because it doesn't happen normally. It was either that I was touching one of the soft buttons at the right time or that I unlocked the home-screen as soon as I possibly could.
I ended up with three home-screens and the pullout application drawer. Also when I touch and held on the home-screen, the Samsung widgets were not available.
I just thought I'd share.
Did you install LauncerPro or something similar? That's exactly what happens when you install a new launcher frontend and the Epic doesn't have a default home-screen.
Samsung widgets are not available on LauncherPro, but there are comparable/better ones available on the market, too.
Yea. Phone comes with just a" home". Go to settings,applications,manage applications and find twlauncher. Select clear defaults. Hit the home button and then u can select the basic launcher.
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@nmezib - nope, I just did a factory reset so there was nothing nonstandard installed.
@sultan - That's it, very cool.
What your seeing there is the stock Android launcher. This is what ADW is based on. You can go and clear the cache of TouchWiz in Appmanager and it will prompt you with that dialog again.
Not sure why, but when I turned my streak (1.6, no hacks/updates), once it boots, I could before depress the off/on button for a split second, and the screen would go to sleep. Now, it won't. If I hold the off/on button, the menu pops up like normal to power it off. Tried removing the battery.
Short of a blow it out reset, anyone know what I can do to make it go to sleep when I tap the off/on button?
this happend to me with a build of analog clock v2
in case you have installed a clock modification or docking application , this is probably it.
Weird...I haven't installed any docks, or clocks.
I guess I'll just go through the apps one by one, installing them and see what happens?
I don't have that many installed.
Screen off (just installed so I could turn off the screen)
Z4 root (but hasn't been run)
Google sky map
Speedtest
Epocrates
Google Maps
Facebook for Android
Radar Now
Watchdog task manager lite (not running full time?)
Dell Backup & restore
Fandango Movies
Skyfire Browser
Advanced Lock (worked ok for a week before the pwr button issue)
Astro file manager
compass
Xda-Developers
AT&T mark the spot
Google Googles
Shop Savvy barcode scanner
Photobucket Moble
Weather bug (lite)
Get ES File manager. It's way better than Astro.
Looks like you may have identified the offending app on your own. Try removing Advanced Lock
Lord60 said:
Looks like you may have identified the offending app on your own. Try removing Advanced Lock
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Tried taking out advance lock, the watchdog thingy, and a few other
apps, rebooted, still no joy.
Oh well...I'm sure a wipe will fix it...at least I can use the widget I installed
to turn off the screen, which I guess in a way is probably better, since I
won't be hitting the on/off button as much
This happened to me after I did the EM unlock and explored the options. Came out of it and power button wont go to sleep anymore. Thought I might have changed a setting, but can't find it. Peace
I think mine did that too come to think of it.
I picked this up on sale the other day. I like it but when I press the home button it takes be back to the default launcher screen, can't figure out how to fix that (I have used open home to make it default).
Madelynn28 said:
I picked this up on sale the other day. I like it but when I press the home button it takes be back to the default launcher screen, can't figure out how to fix that (I have used open home to make it default).
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ADW Settings>General Behavior>Gestures>Home Button Binding
From there you can pick what you want the home button to do...hope this helps man..
Tried that but its not sticking... hmm thanks anyways
Ok now I see the problem. Using home switcher when selecting my default home app it is not keeping the adw launcher. For some reason it is reverting back to the stock android launcher.
Fix its, just cleared everything in manage apps...
A problem i have
I just installed ADW launcher on my tab and for whatever reason the damn "menu" icon won't go away on my homescreen. Its right next to the multitask button and it refuses to go away. I have seen many people who use adw not have this problem any ideas?
Madelynn28 said:
I picked this up on sale the other day. I like it but when I press the home button it takes be back to the default launcher screen, can't figure out how to fix that (I have used open home to make it default).
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When you first installed adw and pushed the home button for the first time, you should have been given an option (pop up menu) to either go to the stock launcher or adw, and under those two options theres a checkbox to make it your default choice. You may have accidently checked it and went to the stock launcher.
I'd try going into settings/applications/all and find the stock launcher and if you select it than there should be an option to clear defaults for that app.
k2thejx5 said:
I just installed ADW launcher on my tab and for whatever reason the damn "menu" icon won't go away on my homescreen. Its right next to the multitask button and it refuses to go away. I have seen many people who use adw not have this problem any ideas?
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I know the last few updates for adw has had some issues so I'm not sure if this is one that people are complaining about.
But what I did was create a shortcut to show/hide the action bar.
Just long press the screen, than go to launcher actions and select hide/show action bar. I also replaced the icon with a transparent png so it's invisible on my screen.
jon-.- said:
When you first installed adw and pushed the home button for the first time, you should have been given an option (pop up menu) to either go to the stock launcher or adw, and under those two options theres a checkbox to make it your default choice. You may have accidently checked it and went to the stock launcher.
I'd try going into settings/applications/all and find the stock launcher and if you select it than there should be an option to clear defaults for that app.
I know the last few updates for adw has had some issues so I'm not sure if this is one that people are complaining about.
But what I did was create a shortcut to show/hide the action bar.
Just long press the screen, than go to launcher actions and select hide/show action bar. I also replaced the icon with a transparent png so it's invisible on my screen.
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Thanks for the response but that isn't the problem here look at my picture. See the icon? it won't go away
k2thejx5 said:
Thanks for the response but that isn't the problem here look at my picture. See the icon? it won't go away
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I see what youre saying.
This must be something they added with the latest updates, but I can see why they did. If you use adw on a phone pressing the menu button brings up options for the launcher. These options are customizable by the way and actually come in handy. So maybe their just trying to make it more uniform to phone versions.
But I dont think theres any way you could get rid of it, adw is calling for the os to display the button, so unless theres a setting with in the app or unless you edit the apk youre stuck with it lol. The older versions like the one Im running now dont have this, so thats why you didnt see other users with the issue.
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I see what youre saying.
This must be something they added with the latest updates, but I can see why they did. If you use adw on a phone pressing the menu button brings up options for the launcher. These options are customizable by the way and actually come in handy. So maybe their just trying to make it more uniform to phone versions.
But I dont think theres any way you could get rid of it, adw is calling for the os to display the button, so unless theres a setting with in the app or unless you edit the apk youre stuck with it lol. The older versions like the one Im running now dont have this, so thats why you didnt see other users with the issue.
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Ahh that makes sense thank you. Would you mind telling me the version you are running?
k2thejx5 said:
Ahh that makes sense thank you. Would you mind telling me the version you are running?
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Version 1.3.3.1 .
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Version 1.3.3.1 .
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Thank you! ill make sure I "legally" obtain this version to try out!
Solution.
I have been using ADW Launcher EX version 1.3.3.55 and I think this solution will work with other/older versions as well.
Search the Market for: Home Manager. Once you install and run this app it will give you the option to clear default then select the the default home you want. I've been using this myself and can assure you it works. I suppose it enables a service that ensures the default home settings 'stick'. Anyway once you're done and it works then you can disable the the status/notification bar option in the app as it doesn't need them running to function properly. Happy Home Skinning!