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First of all I have a Sprint Epic Touch 4G AKA Samsung Galaxy 2 S and not rooted, but I think this is an Android problem after 4 days of trying to find a solution.
I keep getting prompt to select which launcher(launcher or twlauncher) when I press the home button. I would select set as default and then select twlauncher. This would work fine and I could do what I want and the home button acts normally. BUT if I long press the home button to bring up task manager and a list of recent apps, it would break the default setting on twlauncher. I could go to setting and manage app and see that the default on twlauncher is now cleared even though I did not manually clear it. I tried checking set as default and then select launcher. It too won't stick AFTER I long press the home button.
Long story short, I downloaded several launchers from the market and none of them will stay set as default IF I long press the home button. It breaks the default every time and ask me to select the launcher to use when I press the home button. Now this would be great if I could just delete all the other launcher and have only one but I can't delete the stock launcher or twlauncher.
Here are the related threads that are just on XDA alone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844975
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733874&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838633&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907973&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955029&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951833&
highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932197&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971784&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972858&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...light=default+launcher+keeps+resetting&page=2
So the first time this happen, I was driving down the road using telenav when I see the prompt to select which launcher(something that I've never seen after using the phone for 2 weeks). Did some research elsewhere and found no solutions so here is what I have done in chronological order:
1. Start task manager and kill all active app and clear memory from RAM
2. Clear defaults from manage application....twlauncher
3. Click home button, click set as default and then launcher instead of twlauncher- still does not stick after long press home button.
4. Manage application...twlauncher CLEAR DATA (sure enough my neatly organized homepage and apps folder was reset to stock).
5. Pull battery
6. Cycle power on and off.
7. Gave up after 24 hours and factory reset the phone.
8. Went on my merry way and reinstall apps and customizing home page and apps pages and so on.
9. In hindsight, I should have long press home button every time I installed a new app to see which one will break the default.
10. Phone works fine for 24 hours and then it mysteriously acts up again. It ask me to choose which launcher again.
11. Went back to googling and tried the following which did not work:
a. clear media hub data and default
b. installed Sprint "clean" ID and then later deleting it.
c. installed go launcher and see if it will stick
d. installed launcher pro
e. installed home switcher
f. I don't have Qik or some child lock apps
g. search XDA and found about 15 threads and tried everything in those thread short of using Titanium to freeze one launcher.
Any update on a working solution? Right now I just won't long press the home button to bring up task manager or recent apps and everything will work just fine. Minor annoyance but I guess I can live with it until the ICS update.
its because the task manager is part of TWlauncher and will break the default launcher selection when you use it
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b-eock said:
its because the task manager is part of TWlauncher and will break the default launcher selection when you use iy
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No it won't break the default launcher on my wife's stock Samsung epic 4 G touch. I could long press the home button and it won't ask me to choose which launcher when I press the home button.
Fixed Default Laucher Problem.
So I decide to finally root the phone and install Calk's Rom 2.0. Everything was working great but finally, long press the home button breaks the default launcher again. There was only two launchers installed by default. Launcher Pro and TWLauncher. I wiped Dalvik Cache but the problem resurfaced after a few long press.
I launched ES File Explorer, enable root access, show hidden files, navigate to system/app and rename LauncherPro.apk to LauncherPro.bak. That fixed the problem and I rebooted just to make sure. Since there is only one launcher available now, I can't break the default launcher anymore no matter how many time I long press the home button.
Have you tried uninstalling the original home app???
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Have you tried uninstalling the original home app???
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What do you mean by "original home app"? Home switcher, launcher, twlauncher?
I did not find the option to uninstall LauncherPro in Calk 2.0 ROM and no option to freeze it using appextractor either. But renaming the extension to .bak did the trick. I like twlauncher better than launcherpro anyway.
No need to flash new rom or do a factory reset
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I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
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That really worked!!! OMG!! Thank you so much!! I was going crazy trying to find a solution!!! haha haha
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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You saved me too man ! Thanks a lot !
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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Thanks, dude!! I was about to wipe my phone. A photo app I have been using for years was causing it. Oddly enough it updated last night and this begun.
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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Dude, you are amazing, had that same problem for quite some time now, went thru a lot and nothig until I hit this, problem solved so easily, too bad Launcher Switcher it's not in development any more. Thanks again dude!!!
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
Also, I'd like to do something about the wake-up delay. When pressing power or home to wake the screen up, there's a wait of a good half a second - I want it instantaneous, like my old phone was.
Any ideas?
Bump.
Afaik this delay is caused by waking up from deep sleep. There isnt much you can do, unless you want to force your phone to stay awake it will drain the battery quickly, though.
Try apex or nova launcher..
For multitasking try "wave launcher".not an ordinary launcher, check market
Editr try gesture launcher
Edit 2: or dock4droid also cool 4 multitasking
setspeed said:
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
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Bump for this.
I'd really like to be able to open the multitasking menu, with a single press of the home button.
Home2 shortcut in the market is.pretty useful.for key shortcuts like double click home or double click search key. Check it out
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Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
fenstre said:
Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
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What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
jgrimberg1979 said:
What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
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Multitask Shortcut. Perhaps there are other apps that do this, but I haven't looked.
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
zodiaxe66 said:
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
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I found a way to swipe into multitasking, so I won't bother with the Home button:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28899928#post28899928
Hi developers
i have loading delay on my Sam.GS3
when i use an application or work for 2-3 minutes on setting or ...
and then back to main menu OR press Home key to back to home
i see delay to load shortcuts or widgets, or when wanna back to main menu delay to load apps icons and etc.
i cleared the cache and closed all running apps (but just system apps.)
but still i see delay.
however i had this problem on Xperia Arc, Xperia S but i could free RAM and then i could see that the smartphone work faster and more responsible
BUT now Galaxy S III (however) it has QuadCore processor But i have problem and cannot clear RAM and cache.
what s your opinion and what should i do to have faster mobile and real quadcore access.
Regard
x102x96x
x102x96x said:
Hi developers
i have loading delay on my Sam.GS3
when i use an application or work for 2-3 minutes on setting or ...
and then back to main menu OR press Home key to back to home
i see delay to load shortcuts or widgets, or when wanna back to main menu delay to load apps icons and etc.
i cleared the cache and closed all running apps (but just system apps.)
but still i see delay.
however i had this problem on Xperia Arc, Xperia S but i could free RAM and then i could see that the smartphone work faster and more responsible
BUT now Galaxy S III (however) it has QuadCore processor But i have problem and cannot clear RAM and cache.
what s your opinion and what should i do to have faster mobile and real quadcore access.
Regard
x102x96x
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U got 2 ways to fix this problem:
1) go to setting-->Developer options-->Window animation scale and Transition animation scale set to off or 0.5x (this should be help)
2) Root your device and install titanium backup, it allow u to freeze apps, like some samsung background apps eg: allshare.etc u can close it through there
then it can save ur ram.
Hope this could help u.
It's a problem with the launcher. Samsung is taking a play out of Apple's book here. They've configured the launcher such that when ram demands are high, regardless of how much free ram is left, the launcher closes so that the current app will run smoothly and the user will be unaware of the decrease in ram. Sadly, not everyone likes this.
hi
can i use another kernel or rom to have faster SGS3?
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x102x96x said:
hi
can i use another kernel or rom to have faster SGS3?
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You can use another kernel or another rom if you want to try them.
jje
so changing the kernel and rom can effect on speed and performance of device???
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U can flash OMEGA rom, for example, which has all the tweaks U will ever need, and it comes with omega kitchen preinstalled,and there U can find different kernels, to improve battery life, mods to reduce home button lag, etc..
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pedja381 said:
U can flash OMEGA rom, for example, which has all the tweaks U will ever need, and it comes with omega kitchen preinstalled,and there U can find different kernels, to improve battery life, mods to reduce home button lag, etc..
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But it may not cure your problem 100% .
TRYLag
for the home button lag - disable the home button when pressed for S-voice.
I also got transitions & pop-ups set to 0.5x rather than 1x (in dev options under settings)
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.
jje
JJEgan said:
But it may not cure your problem 100% .
TRYLag
for the home button lag - disable the home button when pressed for S-voice.
I also got transitions & pop-ups set to 0.5x rather than 1x (in dev options under settings)
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.
jje
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i did and also disabled allshare of samsung but still i have delay to reload home screen.
it s too little delay to load widgets and shortcuts on my home screens.
and maybe it s normal ?! is it?
(but with Quad core processor and delay, it s annoying!)
Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
arampapaz said:
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
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OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
ganymede7 said:
OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
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It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
Netrunner157 said:
It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
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OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
ganymede7 said:
OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
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make a backup of your current rom before you try the following:
1) reset the app data for your launcher and redo it
2) try a factory reset.
ganymede7 said:
Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
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I'm using a MT2L03 on 4.3 and have been using Nova since nearly day one myself, haven't had any issues. Sometimes I forget I have a launcher and that it's not stock built into the phone, haha I had issues with Apex at first too, + it was lagging, guess it doesn't like to play nice with our phones.
Been using Nova since the first day... It's solid and no issues
Nova +1
Problems With Action & Apex Launchers in HAM2
Hi guys. After reading the replies to my original post here, I installed Nova Launcher and have had no problems since. Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm an Apex user and have had zero issues.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 on Lollipop, Specs:
SCH-1525
Android 5.0.1
Baseband Version 1545VRUGOC1
Rooted
I'm having a problem with the "Close All" button found in the recent apps (Hold down Home button). After I use it, it displays the Touchwiz launcher rather than Nova or Apex. I tried both to get it working. Since trying a few things: Cleared Cache Partition in Recovery, Cleared Cache of the Apps I thought would be conflicting (Touchwiz App and Home Settings App) I've had no success. Now, the "Close All" button blacks out my screen until I hit the home button, in which it goes to actual selected launcher. I've created a video to show what it is doing now:
Can't post video until I've posted more, SORRY!
I appreciate it you are able to help. I know this isn't a big thing, but it's enough to be annoying.
Thanks!
it is making a black screen because it closes the launcher. Since you are rooted you could reinstall the launcher as a system app which wont be closed by the Close All button
Matthew M. said:
it is making a black screen because it closes the launcher. Since you are rooted you could reinstall the launcher as a system app which wont be closed by the Close All button
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Okay, made Nova a system app, still same problem . Now it's going to my Touchwiz App Drawer, not even the home page.... It's really confusing me.. Now I'm determined.
I had another thought, what if it isn't an app or app killing, rather an error on the "app" that runs the multitasking window. I'm going to Google it right now, to see if I can find it and if I can clear it's cache.
Thoughts?
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Okay, made Nova a system app, still same problem . Now it's going to my Touchwiz App Drawer, not even the home page.... It's really confusing me.. Now I'm determined.
I had another thought, what if it isn't an app or app killing, rather an error on the "app" that runs the multitasking window. I'm going to Google it right now, to see if I can find it and if I can clear it's cache.
Thoughts?
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Yeah, no luck Googling it.
Yea I have the same problem but usually goes to dialer