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TouchWiz won't stay on by default!

Randomly when I hit the home buttn I am prompted with the option touchwiz or home. I can pick either on while checking the load default and it still asks again a few min later. What am I missing?
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That's a first, never had that happen.
Have you recently installed any User interface programs like ADW launcher or launcher pro?
How about any programs in general.. please be a little more specific.
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It only happens to me when I hold the home botton and bring up the task manager. When I hit the home botton again it prompt me to choose the launcher.

dukenewt said:
It only happens to me when I hold the home botton and bring up the task manager. When I hit the home botton again it prompt me to choose the launcher.
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Try getting home switcher from the market and tell it to set touchwiz home as you default. See if that works.

I Will try and load my appbrain list but no to launchers. Just goole stuff and a couple widgets.
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I can't post links yet so check out appbrain user: ErlyD I have no launcher apps and I did try that home launcher app recommended. But still have the problem.
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Sgs tools and you go to the bottom menu and choose which launcher you want and bam! Launcher is set to default. I'm using 2.2 quantum and confirm it works.
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Sgs tools and you go to the bottom menu and choose which launcher you want and bam! Launcher is set to default. I'm using 2.2 quantum and confirm it works.]
Does my epic have to be rooted? I ran the app and set it yet still get the problem. It randomly asks when I hit home. Each time I set default then select touchwiz.
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Will factory reset help with this problem? What other way can I reset clean?
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I'm having this same issue!
I tried Home Switcher and Home Manager...same exact symptoms.
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Download sgs tools from market. Install. Go to bottom menu upgrade stock apps, then choose laucner you want and follow instructions from there, easy fix.
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Edit: this only works on rooted phones, I'm sorry if I miss read the problem.

Bottom option is:
.prop editor
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I've looked over SGS Tools, over and over again. I do not understand where the option to make this fix is.
Could you give more specific instructions? Thanks!
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Same here only .prop editor do we have to be rooted? To use this correctly?
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I think I got a fix. I went to manage apps and cleared defaults on touchwiz but also cleared tw data. It sucked cause my icons and everything else I took the time to setup cleared but after rebuilding it seems to be working. Been about an hour now and the menu hasn't popped up.
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Sorry guys I must have been way too blazed I swear I read that you guys had the froyo beta and had this problem, as I did have this issue. But it seems some of you are dealing with this on stock, without root and this will only work if you have root.
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I believe that this issue is related to the installation of a certain application. As a matter of fact, I uninstalled several applications after going on a few downloading sprees (yeah, I get bored and have money burning a hole in my PayPal account) in hopes of fixing the issue, to no avail.
Otherwise, could it possibly be related to a glitch caused by setting a certain number of icons or widgets on the homescreen, causing the launcher's data to interfere with its default settings?
Either way, I took ErlyD's advice, cleared the data, and will rebuild my homescreens in hopes it won't happen again. Or else I will figure out what causes it.
- G

I would love to follow his advice, but TouchWiz isn't listed in my manage applications list...what the heck!
Actually, none of the stuff that came installed is listed....nascar, amazon, etc.
Where do I find these?
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Okay...found it via running programs.
Cleared data.
Didn't solve my problem.
Crap.
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It failed. Sorry for the trouble it lasted longer than before though. I went a few hrs before it popped up. I am going to have to start uninstalling apps to see what happens.
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Rptation is not perfect

Hi all,
my galaxy tab orientation work fine after restart but while using it for couple of around 15 min , the main pages stop rotatings and only applications does.
Any idea how can i fix this?
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My factory-installed firmware also had some screen orientation bugs. But everything works fine with the current updates. Though I'm not using TouchWiz, which I think you are referring to. In any case, be careful with updates and don't lock yourself out with a signed bootloader

X8 auto rotation not working.

I tried an app called live home or home live on my rooted x8, since then the auto rotate function has stopped working. Even when typing this it doesn't work. I have since uninstalled the app, rebooted hoping it would come back. Sadly it hasn't. Does anyone know how to get it back ?.
Auto rotation is selected. Stock 2.1 rom
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Well, maybe a master reset can do the trick for you, too bad that you will lose all your setings and programs. : (
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Have you checking if its just been turned off in settings > display???
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maybe the app disable it n change the setting for it, try install it again, enable the auto rotatin (hope there is one) n uninstall if u don't need it anymore

I uninstalled it, restarted it then reinstalled the App seems to work now, wonder why it did that.
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Locking the Stock Browser?

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to lock the stock epic web browser so that it cannot be accessed opened without a password?
I need to lock my internet browser from unauthorized use and can't seem to figure out how to do it.
Thanks in advance if you can tell me how or know of an app that does this.
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I have used king kong lock in the past..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droid.g.applock2
Hope that helps

I have been using an app called Seal lets you lock only the apps you want. can use pin or pattern lock.

Thanks for the replies! I checked out some apps and found App Lock Free to work well.... so far.
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Video playback stuttering.

My nexus 7 (4.1.1) stutters every 7-8 seconds during all video playback (Netflix/YouTube/local). It even occurs with WiFi turned off and playing locally stored content (Transformers movie). Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix?

We had another thread going on this but it seems to buried now. You are not alone 'it's happening to me too. It is also happening on games for me too. I think it may have something to do with 4.1.1 update as others and I didn't have problem on 4.1. I am trying to flash a 4.1 ROM but am having issues at the moment doing so.
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Not problems here with 4.1.1 watching Transformers end to end twice. Try doing a factory reset and retry the videos stock.

Did yu mess the build prop? Like did yu try out the tablet mode?
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

I also get some stuttering when I use Netflix but not on sling player nor YouTube
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I made a copy of build.prop but didn't modify the original file. I'm rooted on latest build.

I had changed the density so I can have it in tablet u.i mode but I switched back I put 213... But I had remembered for some reason it was at 212 before I even changed it, but I put 213 cause everyone on xda said that's was what the original number was... Check & see if it's at 212 of not changer it to 212... It worked for me
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

Found a fix
Go to Settings then Developer Options and check Disable HW Overlays,
seems to solve it, not sure why.

Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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oraclegustavo said:
Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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That's great shame because it works really well!:crying:

I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Thanks for the info! Turns out Orientation Control app was causing the same problem for me. Uninstalled and stutter is gone. Hopefully a future update will solve the conflict.

Hmmm
oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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What exactly does the rotation control app do? I mostly use my N7 in Landscape mode, would uninstalling this app interfere with this? I'm getting god awful stuttering when I try to play an .mkv file streamed from my rig to my N7.... Makes the movie unwatchable. But my .mp4 movies (720p) play just fine..? I also get the tiniest amount of stuttering in Dead Trigger.

Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.

contestsonly said:
Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.
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Yep, it was the rotation app for me too, removed it and now it's back to "butter". Thanks!

Another satisfied customer here, removing the rotation app removed the video glitch, now I installed Apex Launcher to get the home screen in Landscape mode and it seems to be working without any glitches.

Are there any other apps with such problems? I never installed the rotation control app but I still have stuttering. Disabling HW overlays fixes it, but it sounds like that's a less-than-ideal choice. I can't think of any other app that would be causing the problem.

StrangerWeather said:
Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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I hope so, though for now I disabled HW overlays - Rotation Forces Auto on Ultimate Rotation App is just too darned useful to live without. Plus it boosts the benchmark performance. Not sure about it yet, but I see no side effects with actual usage.

stutter WORKAROUND...
Hi everyone,
Instead of disabling HW Overlays... or uninstalling `Ultimate Rotation` app (which I really like!), set the given app/game to `Manual rotation` in the settings:
1) swipe out and tap the Ultimate Rotation icon
2) `Settings` (bottom right)...
3) `Per App Settings`...
4) tap the app in question...
5) choose `Manual` rotation...
6) exit... and try the game/video (stutter be gone!)
NOTE: I just noticed you can do this while the stuttering app/video is running. Just do Step 1 (as above) while your game is running (it will pause when you tap the Ultimate Rotation icon), then simply choose `Manual` rotation and you`re back in the saddle again.
hope all that made sense...
cheers!