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[Q] home switcher wont stick?

hi, im perm rooted with s=off and a clockwork recovery, when ever i default a launcher with the app "home switcher" it never sticks. i was wondering if anyone else has the same problem

Home switcher says right in the download that it doesn't work with Froyo... however, it does work with some ROMS better than others as I've been playing with on my Evo for about 4 months. Sometimes it acts just like you describe. Sometimes it lets me actually stick with a default. Blame the author... he isn't updating it.

Oh wow thanks I didn't even see that lol but yeah I switched to homeshack and it works!
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Never heard of that one and it doesn't come up in market. Where did you get it?

Homesmack** sorry for the typo
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Got it thanks!

lonlawrence said:
Home switcher says right in the download that it doesn't work with Froyo... however, it does work with some ROMS better than others as I've been playing with on my Evo for about 4 months. Sometimes it acts just like you describe. Sometimes it lets me actually stick with a default. Blame the author... he isn't updating it.
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Actually, it does work with Froyo even though it says that in the Market (that's probably the official line, so we can't ***** about it). If you read comments & online there are plenty confirmed working w/Froyo.
I had it on my MT4G and it worked fine until I permrooted w/S=OFF. Now any time the phone restarts I have to choose the default launcher again.
So, OP is correct, but since it's officially not supported... Glad you found an alternative.

oops didnt refresh page before posting

Fyi, I've tried Home Manager and it doesn't stick either.
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Home Switcher has an app made for Froyo (HomeSwitcher for Froyo) I use it and it works very good. There is an added step to take before it sticks but it never fails.

Why do you need a home switcher? Its not hard to change defaults through your settings.
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gohausmachine said:
Why do you need a home switcher? Its not hard to change defaults through your settings.
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It's quicker

Just use home switcher switch to home u want then dl/ open titanium back up uninstall the desktop htc sense. Or freeze it problem should be fixed.
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MMS fix

Does anyone kno how to fix the small and burry mms in android NAND build?? Ive tried different apn settings and still nothing.......im running Tytungs NexusHD2 gingerbread v2.1
Help me plz!!!!
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Please try searching first...was discussed earlier today, here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10923960#post10923960
Worked for me, good luck...

bdkinney said:
Please try searching first...was discussed earlier today, here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10923960#post10923960
Worked for me, good luck...
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If u wud read first.....i am not running mdj cyanogen mod.....so i dnt have the custom user agent menu in message settings......

jyazzie110 said:
If u wud read first.....i am not running mdj cyanogen mod.....so i dnt have the custom user agent menu in message settings......
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Have you even tried this? I'm 99% sure this is not particular to mdj's build. It's an option on hyperdroid gingerbread, and that doesn't even have cyanogen.
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dung8604 said:
Have you even tried this? I'm 99% sure this is not particular to mdj's build. It's an option on hyperdroid gingerbread, and that doesn't even have cyanogen.
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Yes i have tried this.....im not running a hyperdroid version either.....maybe im just SOL??
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And you're lookung in the stock messaging client, right? Not chomp or something?
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dung8604 said:
And you're lookung in the stock messaging client, right? Not chomp or something?
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Yup im sure.....i may have to just flash another rom but i really dnt want to
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I have been running tytungs 1.9 nexus build and I have had problems with mms not sending and just hanging. I have had that problem for a while. I installed go sms and did a test mms through "go sms" to my wife's phone and it worked just fine. This may not help you but it fixed my issue. I have not tried to send it through the regular sms client though. I dont know if it will work on the GB build or not though.
Good luck.

jdmitr said:
I have been running tytungs 1.9 nexus build and I have had problems with mms not sending and just hanging. I have had that problem for a while. I installed go sms and did a test mms through "go sms" to my wife's phone and it worked just fine. This may not help you but it fixed my issue. I have not tried to send it through the regular sms client though. I dont know if it will work on the GB build or not though.
Good luck.
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I tried the "go sms" app and pics still cone in small and blurry.....thx tho
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did you see this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10839515#post10839515

SGT said:
did you see this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10839515#post10839515
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Unfortunately, I believe that fix will only apply to sense ROMs. You can try though, just make sure you back up first
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dung8604 said:
Unfortunately, I believe that fix will only apply to sense ROMs. You can try though, just make sure you back up first
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I just tried it and it doesnt work.....
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jyazzie110 said:
If u wud read first.....i am not running mdj cyanogen mod.....so i dnt have the custom user agent menu in message settings......
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I did read...and I apologize, The custom user agent settings were on both Gingerbread builds I've used, so I assumed it was stock...if the build you're using doesn't have those settings it doesn't mean I "dnt" read.
If I were you I "wud" flash a different build.

go sms fix
I have found if you disable the "auto retrieve" setting in the htc sms app , and use the GO sms app to download the pictures it will work fine, at least it did for me! if I turn on the auto retreive it will down load small and blurry, so this setting may be the answer ( the dev team actually wants you to turn this setting on ??!! )

[Q] Bionix Frost 2.2.1 Update 1

I searched for this answer but didnt find it so dont flame me..im familiar with flashing the roms and all that. For the update 1 on bionix frost..how exaclty do i flash it with the no wipe update. do i just flash it like i would any other rom but when i select choose zip from cw i select the update???i just dont want to mess up my phone. and also i do not get any voicemail notifications when someone leaves me a voicemail...thanks

yep. Just flash it through CW and you should be set.

Pixa241 said:
I searched for this answer but didnt find it so dont flame me..im familiar with flashing the roms and all that. For the update 1 on bionix frost..how exaclty do i flash it with the no wipe update. do i just flash it like i would any other rom but when i select choose zip from cw i select the update???i just dont want to mess up my phone. and also i do not get any voicemail notifications when someone leaves me a voicemail...thanks
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do you already have frost on your phone? if so just flash it like you would any other rom.

is frost the bionix 1.3 version?

ok thanks thats all iw anted to know....what about my voicemail notiication problem....i saw some stuff about google voice but didnt understand it.... ijust want to know when someone leaves me a voicemail and be able to hear off of my phone and i dont have internet.

jhipe71 said:
is frost the bionix 1.3 version?
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NO, Bionix is 2.2 based.
Frost is 2.2.1 based.

I'm sorry, but this ROM was terrible, for me, at least. It had incredible lag, to say the least. It wouldn't boot anything in less than a minute. I'm going back to Bionix until this is better.

for me it was all good especially after the update...its running very smooth...the only problem i have is the voicemail notification problme....anyone???

I just straight flashed from bionix v1.2.1 to Frost full-wipe and haven't had such problems. GPS and maps are working, and no lag on menu. This ROM feels more smooth than bionix v1.2.1.

Same here everything is perfect no problems after da update and now my vibrant is faster then ever I love this forst im goin to use it intil miui is done.....
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I made a lot of tweaks for speed after the initial release. So if you only tried Frost before the update id suggest downloading it again.
As far as vm notifications, ill check it out tomorrow.
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krylon360 said:
I made a lot of tweaks for speed after the initial release. So if you only tried Frost before the update id suggest downloading it again.
As far as vm notifications, ill check it out tomorrow.
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Vm notifications have to do with the visual voicemail app. I personally use gvoice so I never noticed it but people report it works now after adding it back in.
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after addidng the visual voicemail app or the gvoice??

Ok got it fixed you were right....i installed the visual voicemail app and it got fixed...thanks for all the help

HTC logo loading every time I press home

Hey everyone. I'm pretty sure everyone is having this problem since the last update. Every time that I'm using any app and I press the home button the htc logo shows up and it starts loading.. It. Doesn't take that long but it's getting annoying. Does anyone knows how to fix it? I've tried to delete Apps and widgets on my home screen.. I think it worked but it keeps doing it sometimes. Help please. I got my evo 2 months ago.
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josuetrujo said:
Hey everyone. I'm pretty sure everyone is having this problem since the last update. Every time that I'm using any app and I press the home button the htc logo shows up and it starts loading.. It. Doesn't take that long but it's getting annoying. Does anyone knows how to fix it? I've tried to delete Apps and widgets on my home screen.. I think it worked but it keeps doing it sometimes. Help please. I got my evo 2 months ago.
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Hate to tell you but that is one of the drawbacks of GINGERBREAD. All I can say is just keep clearing cache, history, etc. Grab a cache cleaner in the Market. No root required. My favorite is "QUICK APP MANAGER" it's not free but it's worth the donation.

I don't know for sure, but I've read that turning off fastboot then rebooting the phone helps...

That's one reason why I got rid of sense. Sense looks nice. But its bloated, slow, and does weird things like that. Not saying AOSP is perfect but performance wise... its so much better. At least for me it was
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josuetrujo said:
Hey everyone. I'm pretty sure everyone is having this problem since the last update. Every time that I'm using any app and I press the home button the htc logo shows up and it starts loading.. It. Doesn't take that long but it's getting annoying. Does anyone knows how to fix it? I've tried to delete Apps and widgets on my home screen.. I think it worked but it keeps doing it sometimes. Help please. I got my evo 2 months ago.
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In your post you say "I got my EVO 2 months ago" . Hopefully you mean EVO Shift. If you do than the answer you need is in the links below. Before you do anything, remember DO A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST. The first link is to a BUILD PROP EDIT . It will give Sense more room to breath. The Second link is to a flashable zip. for boot.img . The zip is in the 8th post on the thread. It should give you a smoother/faster Sense experience, and possibly faster data. Hope these help . Don't forget to thank the people the threads for there work.
BUILD PROP EDIT :
http://themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=256&t=2108
boot.img for faster sense, faster data
http://themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=256&t=2385

My bad. I ment to say evo shift
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Wait... I have to root my phone to do that right?
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It's all good, as long as it's right and helps.

josuetrujo said:
Wait... I have to root my phone to do that right?
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Yes, your phone has to be rooted.

I had the same issue, and I stopped using sense, and am using LauncherPro. I purchased it back when I had my hero, so I figured I'd dust off the app, and put it to good use. I don't get a launcher reload every few minutes, and if it does reload, it's very quick (less than 10 seconds).

prboy1969 said:
BUILD PROP EDIT :
http://themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=256&t=2108
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My build.prop file does not have the "ro.HOME_APP_MEM" setting in it anywhere. I used ES File Manager, and looked under /System.

tokuzumi said:
My build.prop file does not have the "ro.HOME_APP_MEM" setting in it anywhere. I used ES File Manager, and looked under /System.
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It's the very bottom line in your build.prop
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strapped365 said:
It's the very bottom line in your build.prop
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The last line in my build.prop says:
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
I'm using the stock-rooted rom, from x99percent.

It is a problem with the latest update having more aggressive memory settings than before. I am not sure why it was set that way... but if you are rooted you can fix it.

HOME MEM set to 4096 and upped the vm heapsize to 64m = no Sense reloads and this thing flies so fast, you'd think the kernel was OC'd.

tokuzumi said:
The last line in my build.prop says:
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
I'm using the stock-rooted rom, from x99percent.
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Mine was missing it as well, I just added it to the end of the file and it appears to be working. Not sure if it helped any.

I have the same issue!!! So damn annoying! It spikes the CPU utilization and makes the phone unusable!! Please someone help.......

Dumax76 said:
I have the same issue!!! So damn annoying! It spikes the CPU utilization and makes the phone unusable!! Please someone help.......
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Download EStrongs File Manager from the market (ES File Manager)...it's free
Navigate to /system
Click on Build.prop
Click on one of the options to edit the file (I used ES Editor, or something like that)
Scroll to the end of the file, on a new line, and add the following:
ro.HOME_APP_MEM=3072
Click on the back button. When it asks if you want to save, click Yes
The only time sense reloads on me is if I go into manage applications, and back out, or if I've done a lot of web surfing. Haven't played any games that really tax the system, but sense reloading has been less.

i add the last line but get an error..help?
as the title says..i get an error.
i followed the instructions to a T....addes the last line, pressed the back button, and then it say do you want to save and i press yes. it then says an error occurred, would you like to save/continue anyway?
i got nervous so i backed out...
i have a rooted evo shift running gingerbread 2.3.3....any thoughts?
much appreciated....
wixter

wixter said:
as the title says..i get an error.
i followed the instructions to a T....addes the last line, pressed the back button, and then it say do you want to save and i press yes. it then says an error occurred, would you like to save/continue anyway?
i got nervous so i backed out...
i have a rooted evo shift running gingerbread 2.3.3....any thoughts?
much appreciated....
wixter
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Has anyone complained to Sprint about this? Is there any fix for us nonrooted users in the works?

My sisters evo shift restarts EVERY app

Okay, so I'm a rooted evo user and my sister has a unrooted shift. I understand that this is a known problem but I haven't found any real solution to it. Whenever she goes from one app another, the app before gets closed. So if she went back to that app it'd restart(whether it'd be HTC sense or a game she went back to after replying to a text)
This kind of angers me because I'm pretty much a android fan boy and I dont like the fact that my sisters getting the wrong impression of android; she wants to go back to blackberry. Any one have a clear cut solution?
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Did she do the latest sense update? It fixes a lot of the bugs from the new update
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Crossrocker said:
Okay, so I'm a rooted evo user and my sister has a unrooted shift. I understand that this is a known problem but I haven't found any real solution to it. Whenever she goes from one app another, the app before gets closed. So if she went back to that app it'd restart(whether it'd be HTC sense or a game she went back to after replying to a text)
This kind of angers me because I'm pretty much a android fan boy and I dont like the fact that my sisters getting the wrong impression of android; she wants to go back to blackberry. Any one have a clear cut solution?
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
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I was having the same problem then I did a force software update and that fixed almost all of the sense restarts. I had a couple of apps that would still restarted so i went in and cleared the cache and that fixed those apps. setting > applications > manage applications > scroll to apps still FC and select > then hit "clear cache" or just uninstall and then reinstall from market

What ROM is she running? Sense based or not? CM7?

VICODAN said:
What ROM is she running? Sense based or not? CM7?
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Unrooted shift = Sense
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The latest OTA update still does not fix the HTC Sense reloads. I just ended up installing the GO Launcher EX as a replacement launcher.. no sense widgets but no more stupid loading screen

I font know about you but after about a day, Go Launcher seemed to slow down my phone
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Has anybody tried turning off all window animations? I ask because my wife has a shift and thru 2 updates she has not had this issue.Her phone is not rooted.
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That seemed to fix thanks I didn't know about that setting
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Good glad it worked for u,sorry didn't tell you where to find that setting>display>animations>no window animations. For anyone that needs to know
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Alright, thank you guys. Ill try it out. I also installed go launcher on her phone before but that too restarted
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.