Hello all,
is there a way to sort apps in alphabetic order,of course,in samsung own app drawer? And please,dont suggest me a new home launcher,i tried them all,i want a solution in original samung touchwiz app drawer, Thanks!
Clearing the TW app's cache re-sorts them I believe.
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moxxon said:
Hello all,
is there a way to sort apps in alphabetic order,of course,in samsung own app drawer? And please,dont suggest me a new home launcher,i tried them all,i want a solution in original samung touchwiz app drawer, Thanks!
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...you have also tried Touchwiz 4.5 ?
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Electroz said:
Clearing the TW app's cache re-sorts them I believe.
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This worked great, never knew that thanks.
Edit: After I cleared the cache it reset all my widgets on my home screen. Had to redo all my widgets and short cuts. I tried AppZorter and it works but it does not fill up each page it just fills them up half way so you have more pagers to scroll through. I really wonder why Samsung wouldn't make that a feature. Seems kinda dumb to me but I know there are other launcher that do this but I'm really trying to like TouchWiz...
Or try AppZorter on the market
Better yet, just replace the launcher, use something like ADW Launcher, ADW Launcher EX, GoLauncher, etc...
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I tried ADW and loved it, but went back to TW when I realized that I couldn't use the samsung apps. I have now decided that I don't need them and can't get back to ADW.
I tried:
Going into the app manager and found no love
Reinstalling ADW, still no joy
Reinstalling ADW from a backup with no warm fuzzies there either
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Have you tried going to settings, manage apps, then finding two launcher and clearing defaults?
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Halieus said:
I tried:
Going into the app manager and found no love
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afive720 said:
Have you tried going to settings, manage apps, then finding two launcher and clearing defaults?
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Ya, I tried that first but TW is not listed in the application manager so you can't do anything there.
Thanks afive720
you got me thinking and I figured it out.
I installed launcher Pro which I had never used on this phone before when I hit the home button it gave the option of changing the launcher like it should and I picked ADW instead! Now I can uninstall Launcher Pro and I'm good to go!
Oh, the irony I just used launcher Pro to install ADW. lmao
Halieus said:
you got me thinking and I figured it out.
I installed launcher Pro which I had never used on this phone before when I hit the home button it gave the option of changing the launcher like it should and I picked ADW instead! Now I can uninstall Launcher Pro and I'm good to go!
Oh, the irony I just used launcher Pro to install ADW. lmao
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Nice! Reason you didn't find it is because by default, it only lists third party apps. What you need to do is hit menu, and change the filter to display all. Then, you will be able to clear defaults on tw launcher. Just incase you need to in the future, hope it helped lol.
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Thanks now I won't be afraid to experiment a little.
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pres the menu button in the application manager to change filter to all aps
I believe there is an app on the market called home switcher and it lets you choose what home you want as your default right from that app.
Halieus said:
you got me thinking and I figured it out.
I installed launcher Pro which I had never used on this phone before when I hit the home button it gave the option of changing the launcher like it should and I picked ADW instead! Now I can uninstall Launcher Pro and I'm good to go!
Oh, the irony I just used launcher Pro to install ADW. lmao
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That is hilarious, I was just going to suggest that... this same thing
happened to me.
I installed ADW, but I stupidly hit "default" and hit the samsung launcher... DOH!
I, as well, could not find the launcher to clear its default setting.
Then I, out of the blue, decided to install LauncherPro, and BAM...
The option to choose "Home" popped up!!
You are not the only one to use LauncherPro ONLY to get ADW back..
Hi all.
I'm having a problem on my phone whereby the default home screen seems to lose itself after every time my phone goes into lock.
Specs are:
CHECKROM Revolution 1.0
GoLauncher Ex (my choice)
TW 4.5 Launcher
It was working previously with the same as above, and I thought it was the latest update to GoLauncher, but rolling back to a previous APK doesn't work either.
Cheers!
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Any ideas people?
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Black Dwarf said:
Hi all.
I'm having a problem on my phone whereby the default home screen seems to lose itself after every time my phone goes into lock.
Specs are:
CHECKROM Revolution 1.0
GoLauncher Ex (my choice)
TW 4.5 Launcher
It was working previously with the same as above, and I thought it was the latest update to GoLauncher, but rolling back to a previous APK doesn't work either.
Cheers!
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Hmm ...
... could be a GoLauncher Ex issue.
Did you search in the corresponding thread for any solution or similar issues?
Alternatively you can use another launcher like Nemus Launcher app from the Market.
Good luck !
Ok. Try this.
If you don't have titanium backup installed, download it from the market.
When it first opens, at the top in the middle you will see 'backup/restore'. Go into that and select your desired launcher then hit 'wipe data'. Keep in mind you will lose all your widget/launcher setting.
What is weird is that you would think it does the same thing as doing it from settings/application, but it doesn't. The titanium trick has saved me heaps of times when all else has failed.
Also, are you sure it is set as your default or are you just launching it from say 'home switcher' without clearing the old default and setting the new?
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How do I switch launchers?
Thank you for taking my question.
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You get one from the market, either paid or free. Some examples... go launcher, adw launcher. Once installed, press the home button and you get two options.. Tw launcher or the one you just installed, make the one you installed default.
Then that's it. Though you might want to disable the tw launcher from an app like titanium backup.
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Lynk128 said:
You get one from the market, either paid or free. Some examples... go launcher, adw launcher. Once installed, press the home button and you get two options.. Tw launcher or the one you just installed, make the one you installed default.
Then that's it. Though you might want to disable the tw launcher from an app like titanium backup.
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Thank you for taking my question. Maybe it didn't came out right. What I meant to ask was that once I have a few launchers on my phone how do I switch from on to another?
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Oh I see now. Once you pick a launcher to launch by default I don't know how to get that little pop up back... but.. I know that when a launcher updates you get that little pop up back. It happened to my dad, he was stuck like that for a day when it updated automatically on him, I had to set his launcher to a default again.
dunno if you're up for re-installing one?? or putting another one to get that little pop up back?
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Thank you for taking my question. Maybe it didn't came out right. What I meant to ask was that once I have a few launchers on my phone how do I switch from on to another?
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Go into Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, select the launcher you are currently using then select the Clear Defaults button. You shoud get prompted to select a launcher when you press the home button.
Download the App homeswitcher if you want to have and use multiple Launchers. You can easily switch between ADW, LPP, ADW Ex, and other stuff on the fly.
try downloading home switcher for froyo, ive been using it forever and it still works
not sure if its in the right section.
When i first got my gs2 it was on 2.3.3 now im rooted modded etc one feature i miss is the ability to make seperate folders within the app screen itself not the home screen any ideas how this could he achieved on adw launcher ex or has that been scrapped since rom updates etc have moved on. just liked the idea of tidying the apps inyo relevant folders im a bit ocd with little things like that.
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Organised Drawer on the market is the nearest I can think of.
It's more of an app drawer replacement I think, but will do the job.
You still can as far as i know...
From the app drawer: Menu Button -> Edit -> Drop applications onto "Add Folder" at bottom of screen -> Drop newly filled folder into app drawer.
I haven't used any gingerbread rom past KI3 so maybe something changed, but I just upgraded to ICS and the options is still there so i doubt it.
Can you not just touch and drag
An app over another one to create a folder?
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On the ICS stock launcher home screen, yes. In the app drawer, no. In Touchwiz, no.
Isn't he using
Adw launcher?
Edit- NM I've just tried it doesn't work. What about trying go launcher ex I know that allows for folders and a lot more customisation.
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Yeah you might be right. I haven't used ADW EX since before the recent big updates though. Previously when I tried it folders weren't possible in the app drawer...
One of the major reasons I stuck with Touchwiz actually.
Arrgggh! Someone please help, as this is driving me nuts. I have set ADW EX as my default using Homeswitcher, but every time I press the home button, the evil TW is back.
It must be simple, but I'm missing it. Any help appreciated
first you need root and 2nd you need some kind of root explorer. then navigate to system/app choose seclauncher2 and rename it to seclauncher2.apk.bak. but keep you other launcher active.
or i think you can go to settings/apps and try to deactivate it but not sure if thats gonna work, that does not work with all apps
Go to
Settings > apps
Search for touchwhiz
Select
Then clear defaults
Press home key
Chose add as default
And boom
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vegeta1 said:
Go to
Settings > apps
Search for touchwhiz
Select
Then clear defaults
Press home key
Chose add as default
And boom
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that would work too
freebordjunky said:
that would work too
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@vegeta1
Thanks! BTW This is different to the way it is on the Note with ICS.
joe2316 said:
@vegeta1
Thanks! BTW This is different to the way it is on the Note with ICS.
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like how ??
this is the basic way to set a default launcher
no matter on which verion u r
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@vegeta1
I have used Android since Cupcake on the HTC Dream/G1. I have used non-stock launchers for 2+ years. Trust me, this was different.
Normally, I install the new launcher, press home and then get asked which to use and set by default using the tick box. That should be it, but TW kept coming back as default. Even using home switcher, which has never failed me.
joe2316 said:
@vegeta1
I have used Android since Cupcake on the HTC Dream/G1. I have used non-stock launchers for 2+ years. Trust me, this was different.
Normally, I install the new launcher, press home and then get asked which to use and set by default using the tick box. That should be it, but TW kept coming back as default. Even using home switcher, which has never failed me.
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this genrally happens with the launchers present in market
suppose u downloaded go launcher n installed
now the next time u hit home button pop up will be there to chose your fav default launcher go . adw. tw whatever it is
and u chose tw
now when ever u will click on the adw launcher icon in ur drawer it will the icons and stuff to adw like
but when u again click home key
it will take u back to default launcher and that was tw as selected
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That's odd, as I have a Galaxy Note too, and that behaviour doesn't happen, even on ICS. Only the S3 confused me :-D
I have no issues using apex launcher on the s3, same as it has been for every other android version, maybe its an issue with the specific launchers you are using.