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How to change Home Default?

When I click the Home button, I currently get three options
ADW.Launcher
Home
Timescape
and check box to set on of the as default. my question how change if want to change something else once set one as default?
Thanks is advance

GPdhillon said:
When I click the Home button, I currently get three options
ADW.Launcher
Home
Timescape
and check box to set on of the as default. my question how change if want to change something else once set one as default?
Thanks is advance
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There's an app in the Market that's called Home Switcher. Install that and you'll be able to pick your home launcher of choice.

settings/ applications/ manage applications/ [select the home replacement app] and then select "clear defaults"...
next time you press home you'll get the options presented to you again..

Or another quick way is to go to timescape then go to settings then check set as home button. Then uncheck it
Then press the home button and you will see the Home Options Window.

Thanks Guys

Change Default Home Screen

How do you change the default home screen? Like when I press the home button it will use that instead? Cause im trying out the ADW Launcher but its not in the applications lists so I cant open it.

When using a program try holding the home button, this should pop up with a menu that says "complete action with" and show Home or ADW. Or something like that, I know Ive seen that menu before.

Yea, it used to show the menu. But then I set the Home as default action so if I press home it will bring me to the home i dont want and if I hold it, it shows a box with recently opened apps

Darthhister said:
When using a program try holding the home button, this should pop up with a menu that says "complete action with" and show Home or ADW. Or something like that, I know Ive seen that menu before.
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Holding the home button is the action for bringing the recent app list. *FAIL*
xGary said:
Yea, it used to show the menu. But then I set the Home as default action so if I press home it will bring me to the home i dont want and if I hold it, it shows a box with recently opened apps
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Go into application settings and clear the defaults for Home.
Settings-> Applications-> Manage Applications
Scroll down do the Home application (cant remember if its called home or what, deleted my Launcher.apk ages ago after getting root). Once you have cleared the defaults. A press on the home button will show you options to select your home screen, this will include ADW, Home and TimeScape, select ADW and check "Set as default".

Quick Short cut menu for 3g/WiFi/Airplane mode without widget

Hi Guys,
I am not sure if you are already aware of this, but I found one quick way to access the activity for quickly enabling/disabling 3G/WiFi/Bluetooth/Airplane mode on Dell Streak using ADW Launcher icon. Here are the steps
1. On ADW Launcher desktop, long tap to add shortcut
2. Select Custom Shortcut.
3. On the next popup, tap on Pick your activity
4. On next screen, select Activites
5. On the next screen, scroll down to Settings(lot of scrolling)
6. Expand Settings
7.Select 'Wireless & networks(.StatusSettings)'
8. Change name to something you want and tap OK on the Custom Shortcut popup
9.You are done. Now whenever you tap on the icon, you will see old Dell Streak 1.6 kind of popup to quickly change various settings.
I am using Dell Streak with official 318 froyo.
Cheers,
Sandesh

Also works with LauncherPro
Thanks Sandesh,
I can confirm that it also works with LauncherPro perfectly!
I really miss the quick tap to turn on these functions before 2.2 - now we can have the best of both worlds
Thanks again for the tip!

Nice find. There are a lot of interesting things in the activities list.
Launcher Pro can also create shortcuts to activities. It's under the shortcuts menu when you long press on a screen.

task manager and home button

would it be possible to download a task manager and modify the behavior of the home button so that a long press brings it up like on the GSII?

If you get ADW launcher EX, it has this functionality.
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I wish I could get ADW or launcher pro to work. Only go launcher will work on my Fire. All the others FC!
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blauciel said:
If you get ADW launcher EX, it has this functionality.
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Cant find this setting. Can you tell me where it is?
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Menu - More - ADWSettings - General behavior - Gestures - Home key binding.
Then select "Open app..." I imagine any app is selectable there. (tbh i think Gestures is an odd place)
Though I now realize that's not long press, but simple tap of the home key. However, you have swipe down and swipe up to use as well.
I sideloaded ADW Launcher without any trouble. Are you rooted, BriDroid?
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As an alternative, you can download and an app called Task Switcher in the market. It essentially replaces the initial function of pressing the Home button. Once installed if you press the home button it brings up a task manager similar to the default on most phones and tablets. One of the choices is the standard home app, in my case Go Launcher but it works for any Home screen app. Press home a second time and it will bring up a choice menu where I press Go Launcher.
Next time you press the home button twice takes you to your desktop top.
So effectively it provided the task manager function with the only caveat, that I've found, is you have to press it twice if you want to go to the actual home screen, which for me is no big deal. I'm already used to pressing the home button twice quickly to get to the desktop.

[Q] Task switcher on double tap?

Hi, is there any way to change behavior of home button? right now you have to hold it for 2 seconds to get to task switcher. I would like to open task switcher using double tap on home button.
I have tried Home2 Shortcut, but it can only bind apps on double tap and unfortunately task switcher isn't there...

You can root and use Xposed G2 module (see G2 android development). This will allow to change buttons even to nexus style ! (Back home recent)
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