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What would you want in a custom ROM?

So, now we have the possibility to have custom ROMs, flasheable with CWM. THere are already two guys who have put effort out there, and maybe they'd want some ideas on what you people would like. What do you consider that should be in your custom ROM of choice?
Myself, I would love a Reboot and Screenshot option in the power off menu.

Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?

I want the touchpads to be able to contol the system/launcher, like the D-Pad cans.

Great question.
I already have reboot options in the power menu of my ROM. Taking a serious look at the Screenshot option. Not many ROMs appear to have it though, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone

Naatan said:
Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone
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there was a guy who edited the HomeAPK and made it 3 screens landscape
you can edit the Home through comp. to make it more

The stock launcher, at least in the last build, does have landscape support
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USB OTG would be nice, though that would take some work to do since the stock SE kernel for our play do not support it
Regards Dousan...

sdlaurin said:
Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?
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This, with the auto brightness fixed, and overclocking. 'tis all I want in a ROM.
Sent from my R800

Naatan said:
Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone
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The one that comes with the phone does have landscape mode.........
1) Auto Brigtness disable
2) Overclock
3) Use the touchpad as a touchscreen emulator (eg swiping on the touchpad is the same as swiping on the screen, great for browsing without touching the screen)
4) Enable the FM radio

sdlaurin said:
Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?
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+1 for this. The only thing I liked about the Verizon Play is that it's basically running stock gingerbread. Currently, I'm using my custom "hybrid" of r800i rom mixed with r800x launcher/apps. The upside is that I removed all the sony junk and replaced it with stock android apps (dialer, calendar, contacts, etc) while keeping stuff like working touchpad (which failed me in cyanogenmod) and playstation pocket. The downside is that I can't replace the sony lockscreen and statusbar with the stock one. For now, I'm just using widgetlock to emulate it.
If someone can get a working stock gingerbread rom with NOTHING extra (not even hidden SE apps and services), but still have working playstation pocket and touchpads/xperia optimized apps. I will use it.

AndroHero's ROM is certainly in that path.
But really... the stock GB Launcher too? It couldn't be more spartan if it tried...

I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.

need a 3g and wifi transfer rate in status bar, to make sure all the things running at the background and another app like fpse or psx4droid just for play ,bcz this is xperia play
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Vanilla GB Rom, with PSPocket and Touchpads working (which if CM7 did, would be AWESOME)

zerojay said:
I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.
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Actually AndroHero is working in that direction too.

zerojay said:
I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.
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I can't get reboot in power menu working. Well i can get it to work, but then the power off option reboots the device too

There's also the issue with Recovery just rebooting and not directly starting recovery yet. I'll take a look at what Power off is doing on mine as well.
Power Off seems to work fine for me. Are you maybe running it with the USB cable plugged in?

ROM i want?
Something useful,like a better signal for WIFI,5MPHD (if allowed by its hardware limitations) , however,what i REEALLY want is the 10Finger Touchscreen imporvement blagus is working on on SEtweak

Cat_On_Droid said:
ROM i want?
Something useful,like a better signal for WIFI,5MPHD (if allowed by its hardware limitations) , however,what i REEALLY want is the 10Finger Touchscreen imporvement blagus is working on on SEtweak
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About the 10 finger touch screen. what would you use it for? i've always wondered this lol.

just got my nexus... landscape view?

OK just got my nexus 7 from ebuyer....
Where is bloody landscape mode ??? For viewing emails / surfing please tell me I'm not stuck in this thin portrait mode.. tiny keyboard its not good!!!
Hoping there is a setting somewhere I've missed... please help
Steve

Ahhh found it.. if you swipe down the notification bar its an icon on there.. web email now work but the launcher won't rotate.
Panic sort of over lol

CdRsKuLL said:
Ahhh found it.. if you swipe down the notification bar its an icon on there.. web email now work but the launcher won't rotate.
Panic sort of over lol
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Launcher is locked afaik, just get another one.

Get Apex Launcher

man you are another level (hopeless)......=P
im really pleased that the homescreen layout is kept portrait and all the apps rotate, just makes things easier for me

Check the Dev Forum. They've enabled the landscape mode for the launcher by tricking it into thinking it was a 10 inch tablet or by changing the dpi to 170.
I don't know how to change the dpi otherwise I'd tell you but I don't really care about the launcher staying in portrait mode for a 7 inch tablet.
Edit: After an exausting 30 second search there are dpi changing apps on the Play Market. You need *root* though.

locked into portrait
Seihaku said:
Launcher is locked afaik, just get another one.
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WTF!?! Had I known this, I wouldn't have bought it. Now I've ripped apart all packaging, and need to start replacing system software on a new device. I'm amazed none of the testers mentioned this.

Its not a big deal, and if you don't wanna get a new launcher/root then get the Ultimate Rotation App. Its like ~$2 in the Play Store, which is less then the gas money to go return it. It works flawlessly with the stock launcher.

csell said:
WTF!?! Had I known this, I wouldn't have bought it. Now I've ripped apart all packaging, and need to start replacing system software on a new device. I'm amazed none of the testers mentioned this.
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God you are a noob. You wouldn't have bought a device because the stock launcher doesn't rotate. lmfao.

its an easy fix.. just install RotatedHome by doodleapps from the market. Its stock launcher with autorotation enabled.. Works perfect
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Yes, there's a few options for rotating the launcher, check the dev section. Rooting takes 5min (and you can restore it back if you need to return) of your time. And then all you need to do is edit a system file to allow rotation and your done. That said, very strange google didn't include rotation in the stock device - can't for the life of me see how it's a negative, the landscape launcher works perfectly.
I've noticed that some games in the play store mention the the rotation apps interfere with their games - so maybe that's not the best option. This is the method i used, works better than changing the DPI IMO, unless you're set on getting the tablet sytle layout.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800042

veeman said:
God you are a noob. You wouldn't have bought a device because the stock launcher doesn't rotate. lmfao.
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Yeah, seriously. This isn't like iOS/WP where you're stuck with one launcher, OP. You don't even need to root or do any magic, just get another (usually free) launcher from the bloody market.
That said, have to disagree with whoever's configuring stock nowadays.

Ultimate Rotation Control.
What about Ultimate Rotation Control?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5sLmZhbWVpdC5yb3RhdGUiXQ.
The link above is for the trial version. The paid one costs 2.99.

Leanback Launcher Code

I see references to apps with "Leanback Launcher Code". What exactly does this mean?

It means it will show up on the main screen. Just FYI Leanback launcher is the name of the "home" screen app.
If the app doesn't have the Leanback Launcher code it it you need to go to settings apps to be able to see it.

Sleeepy2 said:
It means it will show up on the main screen. Just FYI Leanback launcher is the name of the "home" screen app.
If the app doesn't have the Leanback Launcher code it it you need to go to settings apps to be able to see it.
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Thanks for the fast response. I just picked up the NP on friday and I'm not yet familiar with the lingo. So far I'm pretty impressed.

zoid_99 said:
Thanks for the fast response. I just picked up the NP on friday and I'm not yet familiar with the lingo. So far I'm pretty impressed.
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It works exactly as I expected and hoped. It's great for my use, I do wish there was more space as I would like to add a few more games but I will get around to testing some of the expansion ideas with USB at some point,

Sleeepy2 said:
It works exactly as I expected and hoped. It's great for my use, I do wish there was more space as I would like to add a few more games but I will get around to testing some of the expansion ideas with USB at some point,
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Can you link to the expansion methods you are looking to use?

custom navigationbar app (pc taskbar and mobile navbar and notificationlighting)

hi for the last year or so i've been working on designing a custom environment for android, i just released a custom navigationbar app called arc lighting navigationbar on the playstore allthough it has been used and tested on galaxy devices such as the note 9 it works on any other phone too, this app will let you customize the navigationbar extensively, which includes changing each button back,home,recent apps to various icons both presets and icons from any iconpack, you can also place colored layers behind the icons, each color can also follow your wallpaper or app, you can customize it so much that you can turn it into a taskbar for desktop use meaning you can use any phone as a pc without a seperate environment such as samsung dex, the app is called arc lighting navigationbar, i couldn't possibly describe everything it can do so you'd have to test it i don't think theres anything you can think of that you can't do with when it comes to customization, whats left is the dockmenu for true desktop and mobile environment but the developer i am working with does not want to finish the work until this app gets traffic as i owe him too much money for the work he did.
here you can see it on a s9+ https://www.facebook.com/symetium/videos/441167859757603/
and here you can see it on a xperia 1 including it's desktop ui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKuIKY2fvH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BsPqgkDKc

zzcool said:
hi for the last year or so i've been working on designing a custom environment for android, i just released a custom navigationbar app called arc lighting navigationbar on the playstore allthough it has been used and tested on galaxy devices such as the note 9 it works on any other phone too, this app will let you customize the navigationbar extensively, which includes changing each button back,home,recent apps to various icons both presets and icons from any iconpack, you can also place colored layers behind the icons, each color can also follow your wallpaper or app, you can customize it so much that you can turn it into a taskbar for desktop use meaning you can use any phone as a pc without a seperate environment such as samsung dex, the app is called arc lighting navigationbar, i couldn't possibly describe everything it can do so you'd have to test it i don't think theres anything you can think of that you can't do with when it comes to customization, whats left is the dockmenu for true desktop and mobile environment but the developer i am working with does not want to finish the work until this app gets traffic as i owe him too much money for the work he did.
here you can see it on a s9+ https://www.facebook.com/symetium/videos/441167859757603/
and here you can see it on a xperia 1 including it's desktop ui
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in the beginning of the message you say you are developing the app and its in the play store and then at the end u speak about the actual dev is someone else and they dont want to finish the work for x reason.
sooo.. what are we to do with this?
is it available or not?
or is this just to monetize youtube links?

bober10113 said:
in the beginning of the message you say you are developing the app and its in the play store and then at the end u speak about the actual dev is someone else and they dont want to finish the work for x reason.
sooo.. what are we to do with this?
is it available or not?
or is this just to monetize youtube links?
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i designed the app and he helped me develop it

zzcool said:
i designed the app and he helped me develop it
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oh ok thanks.
can you link to the app please?

bober10113 said:
oh ok thanks.
can you link to the app please?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symetium.arclightingnavigationbar
remember that it's not perfect yet

This app is freaking cool. Very very hard to figure out. Having said that I'm good try cuz it's freaking cool.

lincolnsxda said:
This app is freaking cool. Very very hard to figure out. Having said that I'm good try cuz it's freaking cool.
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honestly it means a lot when someone truly appreciates my work i have to go through a lot of 1 star ratings for really weird reasons such as too complicated or uses too many permissions so it's nice when someone actually appreciates it thank you, and yes it is difficult to figure out as i wanted customization per button rather than all 3 at once, i could have made it simpler and had one light control for all buttons at once but each button has it's own full set of settings icon, color,light indicator,movement, layer etc i don't find it complicated as i designed it but i understand if other people do.

I'm impressed. To be able to do that without root is awesome since this thing is in root limbo. As soon as I have 6 bucks I'll donate. I'm on an N9... Can't get the advanced option to work... Any thoughts?

lincolnsxda said:
I'm impressed. To be able to do that without root is awesome since this thing is in root limbo. As soon as I have 6 bucks I'll donate. I'm on an N9... Can't get the advanced option to work... Any thoughts?
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well i am really sorry to say but the advanced option does not work on galaxy phones for some reason so the app has been made to block the advanced option to function, we tried to get it to work but it crashes the phones ui theres something with oneui so you'd need to use the mode that requires no root or software, the difference between advanced and simple is simply no transparency theres no other difference so you get all the same features as advanced but instead of modifying the navigationbar it will place one ontop of the old one i recommend doing this with gesture navigation enabled as then you get a very thin navigationbar as well as the gesture navigation, but i am so sorry for this i should have been more clear on that, made me sad considering you liked the app.

Sounds great. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

lincolnsxda said:
Sounds great. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
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you're welcome let me know if you need any help, as mentioned i do recommend enabling gesture navigation first this makes the navigationbar much thinner than usual it also allows you to use gesture navigation or taps at the same time.

these are ugly navbars!

onlineemails said:
these are ugly navbars!
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personally i like it but thats a matter of taste

Can't seems to enable permission from pc. 1st step it asked to connect my phone, after I vonnected my phone and press the 2nd step (enable), it asked me to connect my phone while my phone was still connected and my oc can read my phone. [emoji24]
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FTVLaunchX: custom launcher, no root (replacement for LauncherHijack)

Welcome to FTVLaunchX – a simple helper application to allow custom launchers on Amazon Fire TV devices – no root required!
It is inspired by the famous LauncherHijack of @BaronKiko and tries to overcome several issues relating to it:
- Reliably intercepts any & all presses of the home button
- Starts the selected launcher on boot
- Starts the selected launcher when waking up from sleep
- Fixes the ominous missing-cursor bug in Silk
- etc.
Please find a thorough description, installation instructions as well as the source code over here:
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX
Get the APK: FTVLaunchX-1.0.1
EDIT: uploaded new release 1.0.1!
If you want to say Thank You or fund further development, then feel free to drop me buck or two, see https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX#Donations
Please report back if you did test on your devices (so far tested on Fire TV Stick 2nd Gen & Fire TV Stick 4K) – I will watch this thread for any issues and/or feature requests.

Thanks for this. Works with no issues and really well on my Fires TV Stick 4K.
When I press home it opens my launcher quickly (TV Launcher 3).
When I wake the device from sleep I do see the amazon launcher for a split second (literally a quick flash).
When I reboot it takes 20-30 seconds to automatically start my launcher.
This could be because it is giving way to IP Vanish which is set to launch on startup.
As soon as IP Vanish launches, I press the back key or the home key and my launcher immediately loads.
Love your work.
Also there is another way of returning to the default Amazon Launcher. Maybe you already know it
Use the Alexa Remote (Voice) and say "Home" or "Settings".
Thanks again.

Flakie said:
When I press home it opens my launcher quickly (TV Launcher 3).
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Yes, it should be a tiny bit quicker and what's more important: way more reliable! Except for the split-second when coming out of sleep I never see the Amazon launcher anymore (I also use TVLauncher 3).
Flakie said:
When I wake the device from sleep I do see the amazon launcher for a split second (literally a quick flash).
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Aye, this is to be expected but should really just be a fraction of a second.
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When I reboot it takes 20-30 seconds to automatically start my launcher.
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Aye, I know - it's because I let the system decide on when to launch it. As you said, there may be other things also being launched and so it has not the top priority. Maybe I'll experiment with raising the priority of FTVLaunchX but I wanted to stay on the safe side for the 1.0 release.
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As soon as IP Vanish launches, I press the back key or the home key and my launcher immediately loads.
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Yes, you can also press the home key as soon as the Amazon launcher comes up and it should work - it's just the auto-start method which takes its time...
Flakie said:
Also there is another way of returning to the default Amazon Launcher. Maybe you already know it Use the Alexa Remote (Voice) and say "Home" or "Settings".
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Ha, I totally forgot about that one – I'll add this to the docs, thank you!
Oh, and just to clarify: do you think that we should also try to catch that and start the custom launcher when hearing "Home"? This may not be possible and IMHO it's way better to leave that as a valid exit method to get back to the original Amazon launcher...
Oh, and a big thank you for testing and replying!

Thank you so much! I finally have my cursor back in the Silk Browser because of this!

JUSTINMARMER said:
Thank you so much! I finally have my cursor back in the Silk Browser because of this!
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Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...

Got any images we can use for an article?

MishaalRahman said:
Got any images we can use for an article?
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Here is an icon and a banner:
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLa...p/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX/blob/develop/app/src/main/res/drawable/banner.png
Can render them at any size if you need larger variants;
Or if you need a screenshot then voila: https://imgur.com/a/UethyYm

TheRealQubix said:
Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...
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Wish I could help. I'm running several Fire Sticks. All v2 and 4k. No cubes.

TheRealQubix said:
Oh, and just to clarify: do you think that we should also try to catch that and start the custom launcher when hearing "Home"? This may not be possible and IMHO it's way better to leave that as a valid exit method to get back to the original Amazon launcher...
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Personally, I prefer it going back to the Amazon Launcher.
I have done a few installs of these and for the users it is the easiest way they can get there. The less complexity for them, the better

Flakie said:
Personally, I prefer it going back to the Amazon Launcher.
I have done a few installs of these and for the users it is the easiest way they can get there. The less complexity for them, the better
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Exactly my thought too!

TheRealQubix said:
Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...
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I just tried it on my Nvidia Shield 2017 model and it works great. The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher. Home button works great everytime. If you don't mind I will post it on the Shield tv section or you can. It would be easier for some people that don't understand adb. Great job!!!!

brick00444 said:
I just tried it on my Nvidia Shield 2017 model and it works great. The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher. Home button works great everytime. If you don't mind I will post it on the Shield tv section or you can. It would be easier for some people that don't understand adb. Great job!!!!
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Good to know that it works on that device too – feel free to post it over there! (Since I don't have any experience with the Shields it's probably better since you can include some relevant instructions...)
Oh, and regarding the "bug": this is more or less by design but as I said in another reply above: I might try to experiment to make this a bit faster by raising the boot priority; something for the next release

TheRealQubix said:
Good to know that it works on that device too – feel free to post it over there! (Since I don't have any experience with the Shields it's probably better since you can include some relevant instructions...)
Oh, and regarding the "bug": this is more or less by design but as I said in another reply above: I might try to experiment to make this a bit faster by raising the boot priority; something for the next release
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Thanks again, great job.

brick00444 said:
The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher.
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Ok, I've raised the boot priority to the maximum... find the 1.0.1-dev APK as an attachment.
Let me know if that reacts any faster for you on boots (though a couple seconds will probably be normal, I guess; it all depends on what other things are installed etc.).
Ping to @Flakie too.

I'm getting voiceover on official Hulu app on my v2 stick.

What launcher are available for TV stick? Any Android TV launcher?

JUSTINMARMER said:
I'm getting voiceover on official Hulu app on my v2 stick.
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Yes, that's because Hulu (and some other apps) added some weird code in one of their releases, please try the following:
Settings > Accessibility and make sure that VoiceView AND Screen Magnifier are turned off, the latter one being really important!
You can also hold Back+Menu (toggles voice view) and Back+FastForward (toggles screen magnifier) for two seconds.
If that doesn't work then head into Hulu and turn off app sounds under your profile settings.
If it is still on then go to your apps list in Settings, find the Hulu app, clear its cache AND data, force stop it and then relaunch the app. You will have to sign in again but that should really do the trick.
Please report back!

MrKaon said:
What launcher are available for TV stick? Any Android TV launcher?
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You can find some links on the GitHub page of FTVLaunchX but there are quite a few others like AppStarter, HALauncher, ATV Launcher Pro or even Kodi itself...
My favourite is TVLauncher 3 but everybody will have a different taste... you can find some of them on Aptoide, but most need to be downloaded somewhere else.

thanks for this ive got it on my 4k stick using ATV launcher and looks mighty fine !

From the description looks good. Immediately uninstalled Hijack and installed FTVLauncherX. First tried adb install -g, but adb said -g is an unknown option, so installed it directly from a dir on the stick, granted the permission via adb. Now when my Firestick 2nd starts it does start with the native Amazon Home Launcher and stays there. It switches to my launcher only when pushing the home button. I use ATV Launcher Pro.