Is there a way to keep your apps the same place that they are on your home screens on a new rom.
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Is there a way to keep your apps the same place that they are on your home screens on a new rom.
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Not that I know of. A new ROM completely changes everything (UI) on your phone, so app placement wouldn't be possible.
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Thanks I was just wondering because it is so annoying trying to remember were my apps go from my last rom
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Haha yeah, but on the bright side, you get a ROM just the way you like it!
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I know nova allows you to backup your homeacreens layout.
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Thanks I was just wondering because it is so annoying trying to remember were my apps go from my last rom
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Well if you use a different launcher like Buzz launcher, Nova probably has it, you can backup your launcher layout and save it to your ExtSd card. Then after flashing a new Rom and reinstalling the launcher you can move the backup back to the launcher folder in the phone and go into the launcher settings and restore. You might have to tap to reload some.
If you use Zooper Widget or UCCW widgets on your Homescreen then you'd also want to back those up also externally so you can move them back to phone after the wipe and Rom install.
I haven't tried it with just app shortcuts as I use widgets but I imagine it would be the same as long as you restored your apps back with titanium.
For instance I've switch around from negalite , triforce, sacs and restore the same Homescreen on all of them, and others, I flash around a lot.
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Well if you use a different launcher like Buzz launcher, Nova probably has it, you can backup your launcher layout and save it to your ExtSd card. Then after flashing a new Rom and reinstalling the launcher you can move the backup back to the launcher folder in the phone and go into the launcher settings and restore. You might have to tap to reload some.
If you use Zooper Widget or UCCW widgets on your Homescreen then you'd also want to back those up also externally so you can move them back to phone after the wipe and Rom install.
I haven't tried it with just app shortcuts as I use widgets but I imagine it would be the same as long as you restored your apps back with titanium.
For instance I've switch around from negative, triforce, sacs and restore the same Homescreen on all of them, and others, I flash around a lot.
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Would it matter if the ROM is tw based or aosp based? I think they handle home scene differently.
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I had issues with cm and pacman but it was awhile back and not sure if it was 3rd party launcher issues but maybe it was. pretty sure I was ok on aokp because I really liked that one but I just get better connections with tw roms. So far. Still learning.
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How do I back up my launcher to SD card
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danzelcool said:
How do I back up my launcher to SD card
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Not sure if you can on the stock launcher but in Buzz and nova it will be in those launchers settings. Look for Backup/Restore. It will save it in that launchers folder in the internal 'emulated' sdcard. It will probably be in a folder labeled backup and be a bak file. Just copy & paste to your ExtSd because you'll lose it when you wipe your phone. You can do the same thing if you use Widgetlocker, UCCW and Zooper then you dont have to rebuild those either. After reinstalling your apps you'll have to copy the files back into their folders under the emulated/0 internal sdcard.
Again I don't think you can backup the stock launcher but I suppose you could take screenshots of it to remember how you placed everything.
I highly recommend Buzz launcher, also if you get tired of your layout and don't want to make another, you can just download someone's else's right through the Homepack feature in the settings.
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I'm running nero v3 with voodoo, and having a weird issue. Don't believe it's the rom though. Anyway, I've noticed I now have a program called launcher running when I go to task manager, and if I close it, all my icons on my maun page disappear, and it loads the stock icons. Even with a reboot, it boots the stock icons. It's a pain because I have to put my icons back. Any idea what's going on?
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You should always have some sort of "launcher' running. Thats what controls the app drawer and everything else. Dont kill it.
Yeah, but it wasn't running when I first instilled the rom. I trend to close things with task manager, and I sometimes accidentally close it. Is there a way to get back my icons if I do?
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Do you mean you have customized icons instead of he stock ones?
You should always have a launcher active.
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I'm running nero v3 with voodoo, and having a weird issue. Don't believe it's the rom though. Anyway, I've noticed I now have a program called launcher running when I go to task manager, and if I close it, all my icons on my maun page disappear, and it loads the stock icons. Even with a reboot, it boots the stock icons. It's a pain because I have to put my icons back. Any idea what's going on?
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No, I just mean I place beautiful widgets, and all the icons I normally use, and when I accidentally close launcher, all icons I placed on my desktop are gone, and I have to place them all back. It's a pain. I know I should just not kill the launcher, but I accidentally close it when I close other programs.
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Okay, now my icons come back when I close launcher. Weird, but just glad I don't have to place them again.
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If you only have one launcher and kill it with tasker operations on launcher will forced to start again. Install backup launcher with your widgets as well ; )
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Launcher is like touchwiz. It is the interface. If you kill it it wilk have to start again and takes more battery.
Nero v3 does not have tw unless you dl that version.
So you are not allowing the interface controlling your os to be there. Your essentially killing the controls to ur phone.
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Just wondering how I can remove messaging,phone,and camera from my girlfriends nook on cm7 running from sd card. I cant find the system apps bookmark like I can on any other phone/tablet
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Answer.
To bring that back, you hold on the screen, tap on Launcher Actions, tab Open/close App Drawer, and there you go! Access to your apps, where you can delete them!
Thanks for the answer but I meant delete them permanently from the nook. The phone app just wastes battery and since you cant message and take pics she wants em gone
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sneakysnake16 said:
Thanks for the answer but I meant delete them permanently from the nook. The phone app just wastes battery and since you cant message and take pics she wants em gone
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If you are rooted I would suggest installing TI (Titanium Backup-free) and freeze the app. Sometimes nuking out apps that have interdependency can create problems. Freezing the app in TI should accomplish what you desire safely.
I believe the phone app was proven to not use the battery?
Like cell standby and phone idle under battery use was false.
Oh thanks to the both of you ill do the titanium backup thing but does it remove it from the app drawer?
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sneakysnake16 said:
Oh thanks to the both of you ill do the titanium backup thing but does it remove it from the app drawer?
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Gosh. Been a while since I froze an app. I don't believe so. But as it's frozen, unless you have a butt-load of apps and scrolling through them is an issue, it really shouldn't matter. IMO.
Well to me it doesnt matter but my girlfriend is just ocd enough to care lol
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sneakysnake16 said:
Well to me it doesnt matter but my girlfriend is just ocd enough to care lol
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My wife is the same way, and was getting irritated that they were in her way. I ended up installing Go Launcher EX and then was able to create a Folder in the App Drawer called SYSAPPS. I put all the unwanted system apps in there and they were out of her way. Cleaned the app drawer up nicely. Not sure if another launcher will do that, but knew Go Launcher could. She likes it now.
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My wife is the same way, and was getting irritated that they were in her way. I ended up installing Go Launcher EX and then was able to create a Folder in the App Drawer called SYSAPPS. I put all the unwanted system apps in there and they were out of her way. Cleaned the app drawer up nicely. Not sure if another launcher will do that, but knew Go Launcher could. She likes it now.
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Good to know will try that and see what she thinks thanks
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Using LauncherPro, you can hide any app you want. Just go
"Preferences->General Settings->Hidden Apps", choose the ones you want to hide, tap "save" and they're out of your way.
No need to go through switching launchers. or creating new catalogs. if you freeze them with titanium backup, they will disappear from the app drawer.
Don't turn off google talk, even if you don't use it. google talk must be working in order for the market to function. some other apps, if they arent installed, will filter the availability of certain apps in the market, although I am not sure if that is effected by freezing or not.
On a side note, I have read the threads about the telephone and message apps supposedly not effecting battery life, and they do spins reasonable, but I an beginning to question if theyv are right. I definitely have processes related to unused phone apsa running on my nook using memory.
The android.telephony process is shown to be running in several running apps lists, and is using 2.3 MBA of ram. I am just starting to wonder, is all...
I use both methods mentioned previously. Organize my app drawer using Go Launcher and freeze, as well as backup apps with Titanium. It's also well worth the money if you like to try different roms or tinker but don't want to loose your apps or their data.
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Is there any way to order my apps alphabetically in touchwiz? At the moment it just puts newest app last, which is extremely annoying. I don't want to move every single app by hand, that would take me ages...
Heard of an app called "touchwiz appsorter" but that is not available in google gaystore
This is the reason I gave up on touch wiz and use ADW EX. I don't believe sorting is possible and the app you mention is, I think, incompatible with our version of touch wiz.
Try ADW or one of the Go Launchers.
The apps for sorted folders seemed insufferably slow last time I tried them.
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Search for “appzorter“ in Google play store. IT works fine in Galaxy Tab 7.7
The other option is to go in titanium backup and clear data for twlauncher. It will reset your desktop and app drawer and fix any fc issues you may have with launcher. Your app drawer will be back in alpha order
But yea I recommend using another launcher like adwex. It has no lag
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i think im a little OCD and hate non stock apps being mixed with stock. is there anyway to change it so i can create folders and rearrange it to how i want it to look like? without using homescreen
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i think im a little OCD and hate non stock apps being mixed with stock. is there anyway to change it so i can create folders and rearrange it to how i want it to look like? without using homescreen
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if you mean is making folders inside app drawer then you can yous adw or go launcher for that
Nova Launcher Prime also lets you create folders, and in my opinion is faster than ADW and light years faster than Go Launcher.
These apps are all good and we'll but I don't like the ICS look and I would like something permanent and not an app like a root mod or something..
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That doesn't make sense, just get a new launcher. It is permanent.
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The xposed module isn't working for me. Anyone get a 5x4 STOCK launcher working?
Try this, use odexed version, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462912
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Try this, use odexed version, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462912
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Ah. Well thank you, but that failed gloriously. Replaced the stock launcher with root explorer, changed to original's permissions. still resulted in a continuous force close cycle. thank god this phone comes with a second launcher (easy mode) that i could switch to to restore the old launcher apk.
Any luck getting this working? I'm not
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brennanb said:
Any luck getting this working? I'm not
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Nope. Still looking around.
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Nope. Still looking around.
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this is something i really would like as well. i used Nova to get it for a few days but i went back to stock because i dont want to run another launcher.
hoping someone figures it out.
thanks for posting
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i went back to Nova and honestly i like the notification on app icon and i only lost Accuweather widget. i would go back but have owned Apex for a long time but Nova just seems easier and imports my TW settings
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i went back to Nova and honestly i like the notification on app icon and i only lost Accuweather widget. i would go back but have owned Apex for a long time but Nova just seems easier and imports my TW settings
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How do you import the settings?. I'm using Nova too
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How do you import the settings?. I'm using Nova too
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i had setup all my widgets and app in folders etc... in TW and when i launched Nova it asked if i waned to import settings i choose yes and then i had the option to choose TW and so all my apps and folders were there. some of the widgets may not populate but being root all mine did except accuweather
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i had setup all my widgets and app in folders etc... in TW and when i launched Nova it asked if i waned to import settings i choose yes and then i had the option to choose TW and so all my apps and folders were there. some of the widgets may not populate but being root all mine did except accuweather
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Damn I didn't know your could do that,
Haha. I'm glad you gyys found a decent temporary solution and I may try it, but let's try to get back on topic: 5x4 STOCK launcher... where is it...