I'm running TNT Lite 2.0, which came with a version of ADW Launcher built in.
I want to be able to get rid of the phone icon on the taskbar and replace it with something like Settings. But since I didn't load a standalone version of ADW, will installing a full version over it cause problems?
Reason I ask is that I downloaded and installed ADW Launcher EX (or whatever the paid version is called), and it made my tablet flip out - locked up, strobing screen, etc. I had to do a restore to get it back. So I don't want that one. But the "regular" ADW might do the trick for me. Otherwise I might want to try Launcher Pro or another one.
What's the best way to do it?
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I am currently running VR12 with flykernel10a and I have to say it is a very stable system and battery life is amazing using the suggested settings. I am considering giving launcherpro a go. I like the idea of being able to customize the homescreen more. The question I have is for those people who have launcherpro installed over VR12. Is it as quick or quicker/slower than rosie ?
How would I go about installing launcher pro over rosie ? Will Rosie still be running in the background ? If I do decide to go with launcherpro, would it be better to remove rosie completely ? (How would I go about this ?)
Any feedback is appreciated,
Riyaz
riyaz_7 said:
Hi
I am currently running VR12 with flykernel10a and I have to say it is a very stable system and battery life is amazing using the suggested settings. I am considering giving launcherpro a go. I like the idea of being able to customize the homescreen more. The question I have is for those people who have launcherpro installed over VR12. Is it as quick or quicker/slower than rosie ?
How would I go about installing launcher pro over rosie ? Will Rosie still be running in the background ? If I do decide to go with launcherpro, would it be better to remove rosie completely ? (How would I go about this ?)
Any feedback is appreciated,
Riyaz
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It should be faster, as rosie is pretty slow. If you want to remove rosie, you might want to look at SuperHero 2 as a ROM (it's slightly older now, but it's off a similar base to VR12, but uses launcher pro as the default launcher, with much of rosie removed)
If you do use it and can't get Launcher Pro to open, you might need to install the newer apk of Launcher Pro (www.launcherpro.com) via adb to get it working (since Launcher Pro expires due to being a beta, with free updates available via market or that website)
Is there a way for me to remove rosie on VR12 and exchange for launcherpro without changing the ROM ?
riyaz_7 said:
Is there a way for me to remove rosie on VR12 and exchange for launcherpro without changing the ROM ?
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Well, you could remove Rosie.apk and add Launcher Pro's apk, but nandroid first in case it breaks
Well, ADW keeps force closing each time I try to change the theme.. So, how can I replace it with something else and uninstall aDW completely?
I installed Launcher pro and made it default home screen chooser. Its working smoothly with Mik's gingerbread rom
Doesn't work with CM7 ... I uninstalled the ADW via titanium backup, and then removed the process via another program (after installing Launcher Pro) but of course now the phone is all messed up again. So looks like I'll be re-flashing with CM7 tomorrow.
If anyone knows how to correctly disable/uninstall ADW, and replace it with another one I'd appreciate it a lot.. Starting to hate this mod really bad.
Why do you want to uninstall? I think that adw is built in to cm7. Only install an another launcher, for me works well. I use the launcher 7, but i used the launcher pro too.
Sorry for bad english.
I love CM7. I run it on my Droid Incredible and I wouldn't want to run any other ROM, but since I have the paid versions of both ADW and Launcher Pro I don't have any need for the free version of ADW that comes packed with CM7. I found a mod that replaces ADW with the default Gingerbread launcher, and I've found that I prefer the stock launcher over any of the replacements I've tried. It's fast, minimal, and it just works. My only problem is that launcher2 only has five home screens, and I want seven. A Google search brought me to a version of the stock launcher with seven home screens, and I was able to install it on the latest CM7 nightly, but whenever I pressed the phone icon I got an error message telling me that "this application is not installed on your phone". I tried the launcher on both OMGB and OMFGB with the same results. Is there a version of the stock Gingerbread launcher out there that I can use on CM7 that has seven home screens and a working phone shortcut?
Holo Launcher maybe?
Hello!
Stock=the launcher Motorola shipped the Atrix with.
When I install custom launchers (in this case Zeam), my phone restarts every 24-36 hours.
I tried to do some research of this, and ended up installing an app called "Home Manager", and the results was kind of interesting. It didn't matter which launcher I set as default, I couldn't get the stock launcher to stop running.
When I had cleared the defaults for launchers, I pressed the home button, I noticed that stock wasn't even an alternative default. After a little more research I found an app that made it possible to choose stock as default for launchers (Moto Home Fix).
Again I went into Home Manager and had a peek. And guess what, Moto Home Fix was running aswell as Stock.
Anyone has any ideas of what is causing this? Any way to fix it?
Running on 2.2, rooted not unlocked.
The stock launcher will always run, its part of the phone. Launcher pro, zeam, they kinda like a "mask" over the stock launcher. Someone correct me if im wrong, but that's what I always thought before. Like having sense, with zeam over it. Can't get rid of sense.
Sent from my Atrix
lovfors said:
Running on 2.2, rooted not unlocked.
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If you're rooted and really don't even want to use the stock launcher, just adb into your systems/app directory and rename BlurHome.apk to BlurHome.apk.bak, that should stop it from running... and you can always rename it later if you ever wanted to go back to it..
I pulled ADW from CM7 and use that as my launcher and renamed my BlurHome.apk to what I mentioned aboved... now, if you like to switch alot between different launchers(including stock) on the fly using home switcher or what ever, then I guess you don't want to do that... unless you never want to switch back to BlurHome again..
Once i have a launcher replacement set up (currently GoLauncher) I just go into titanium backup and freeze all but the current launcher.
If you want to rename you don't need to adb to change it. You can do the same in root explorer. find folder system/apps find BlurHome.apk and rename it to BlurHome.bak or something.
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The stock launcher will always run, its part of the phone. Launcher pro, zeam, they kinda like a "mask" over the stock launcher. Someone correct me if im wrong, but that's what I always thought before. Like having sense, with zeam over it. Can't get rid of sense.
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When I tried this on my girlfriends HTC Desire, I was able to kill the stock, so I'm going to guess custom lanchers work as stand alone lanchers, not masks?
Also, if I use titanium backup to freeze the stock launcher, and then do something stupid like uninstalling my new launcher, would a factory reset restore wipe it clean?
How do you add a different launcher to Beastmod 1.3.1? Was looking around and couldn't find it...
I noticed people were talking about prolauncher and golauncher. Which one runs better ?
Thanks
You go to the Android Market and download one. I've never heard of either of those launchers though. Go with ADW or LauncherPro. I prefer ADW.
Thanks. I'm trying one out but sometime ill hit the back button and it goes to the original launcher screen. is there a way to fix this?
You know that to switch launchers you press the home button, it should bring up a menu with launchers that you installed.
If not download home switcher from the market (its free) and you can set home defaults by pressing home
I use Launcher Pro and love it. I cant remember why I liked it better than ADW or GO, but there was something so that's what I use. It works with BeastMOD no problems, but if you try to use it on stock with sense, the phone becomes nearly unusable because of lag.
Just like everyone has already posted, download your choice of launcher from the market, install, make default, and enjoy. Some launchers do not play nice with a sense framework--even though it is aosp-like, there is still residual code that can make some of the less intricate launchers have issues. Stick with the more 'known' launchers (launcher pro, et Al.).