I realize this has been a topic that's been talked about a lot, especially since the LG G5 was release in April, so I apologize in advance. But I couldn't find anything that relates to my problem. This is one thing that continues to blow my mind - I don't have any option for Home and app drawer in my settings.
I've been reading article after article about the LG Smartworld app where you can download the older 4.0 Home and app drawer, however it seems performance is sub-par with it and is buggy on the G5. Also, articles state that LG finally released the UX 5.0 Home and app drawer, so why would I settle for the older version? Here's where this doesn't make sense to me, because it seems like this issue has been solved and done with - but I still don't have this option. There is no "App Updates" selection in Settings > About > Software Update. There is no "Update Center" option in About, which leads me to believe this update is for unbranded, non carrier versions of the G5. I have received one update since I bought the phone and that was just a security patch update; further checking Software Update tells me I'm up to date. I cannot for the life of me understand why I cannot find any information about this. Is AT&T blocking this update or something? AT&T blocked updates for me with my Nexus 6 and I had to perform a factory reset with my SIM removed, set up the phone via WiFi, and instantly received the update. Will I have to do something similar in order to get the UX 5.0 Home and app drawer? This is so frustrating, any insight will be greatly appreciated.
Yeah, I also have no "update center" option on my AT&T device. I run nova launcher but still had 4.0 Home and app Drawer just to have the option. After an update that was said to include UX 5.0 I removed 4.0 only to find there was no 5.0 or app drawer. Like you I look and look baut can not find anyway to obtain UX 5.0 with app drawer. I've re-installed 4.0 and continue to use Nova as it my preferred launcher anyway.
But I would like to know how I can obtain UX5.0 if anyone knows or can share the APK.
Did you figure out anything about the app drawer on AT&T?
I have sprint, but not 5.0 app drawer. My app drawer is 4.80..you could download lg world and look around
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/lgele...elease/smartworld-5-1-2-android-apk-download/
UX 5.0 is the entire SystemUi not a launcher. The stock launcher pre-installed is part of UX 5.0 so if you want the app drawer back you will have to install the LG Smart World app and search for LG Home 4.0 install it and you will get you app drawer back or you can install a 3rd party launcher from the play store which is what I did I never use the stock launcher all because of limited features. I use Action Launcher which is the best launcher I have found so far. You can go here
http://m.androidcentral.com/lg-home-40-available-and-concession-g5-owners and read about what LG did and how to install the LG Home 4.0.
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Here is another launcher for ICS. It is like stock launcher but have options like adw and launcher pro ie transparent app drawer, gestures, lock desktop etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
I'm definitely gonna try this out. Not sure how much experience yyouve had with this but installing as system app shouldnt remove the default launcher your rom comes with? ie most ICS roms come with trebuchet launcher?
No, it installs as normal app and you don't need to move it to /system folder for widgets to show up in app drawer.
good find on this launcher, it feels alot like launcher pro but totally revamped for ics
just needs resizable widgets
shreddintyres said:
good find on this launcher, it feels alot like launcher pro but totally revamped for ics
just needs resizable widgets
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That option is in apex settings>advanced.
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I love you Alex.
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Alex9090 said:
That option is in apex settings>advanced.
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I cant believe i missed that, thanks for the heads up, this is quite an awesome launcher i dont think i can go back to anything that doesnt use ics as a base any more
what do you prefer,this or NOVA?
personally on my galaxy nexus i prefer nova..but only because it's more mature.apex is a month newer,but with already a lot of features..nova,at this time,have more features,but i find apex more speedy and i hadn't got any issues or unstability also on gpu-renderized
works great in ICS passion v 12
Guys and girls, just a heads up - updating Apex Launcher is apparently resulting in Force Close dialog ad nauseam - DO NOT update Apex for now or else you'll be stuck. Thankfully I had Avast installed and using the Avast Application Manager I managed to access Apex's App Info page and uninstalled updates, now back to normal but won't update it for now. Recent Apex reviews on Play Store show that this is not ROM-related or an isolated event. You've been warned. (If you read this that is)...
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Guys and girls, just a heads up - updating Apex Launcher is apparently resulting in Force Close dialog ad nauseam - DO NOT update Apex for now or else you'll be stuck. Thankfully I had Avast installed and using the Avast Application Manager I managed to access Apex's App Info page and uninstalled updates, now back to normal but won't update it for now. Recent Apex reviews on Play Store show that this is not ROM-related or an isolated event. You've been warned. (If you read this that is)...
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Last night my phone auto updated the apex launcher and exactly what you said happened. I went into clockwork recovery and tried to restore and it gave an error and now the phone seems bricked. It won't boot up beyond the vibrant screen, and it won't let me get into recovery. What should I do?
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Last night my phone auto updated the apex launcher and exactly what you said happened. I went into clockwork recovery and tried to restore and it gave an error and now the phone seems bricked. It won't boot up beyond the vibrant screen, and it won't let me get into recovery. What should I do?
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Before you tried the restore, did you delete everything *superwipe or format*?
i used apex laucher and i check auto update . but it has a problem so i flash new rom
I was looking at a list of launchers on Wikipedia, and I came across Android Launcher Plus. It looks like a version of the stock Android 2.0 launcher, which IIRC was only seen on the OG Droid. Kind of want to try this launcher just because it was the last version of Android to have the slide-up app drawer. The downloads on their Google Code site is blank. Does anyone happen to have this launcher? Thanks.
Remember the Itching Thumb launcher for Android? It was a WebOS-esque home screen launcher which could manage all running applicatiobs, in a simple UI. Searching the internet returns the odd dysfunctional APK. Is there an updated/equivalent app which does this reilably on Android 4.4.4 KitKat or similar recent version?
Fancy Switcher and Switchr both have modes that look a bit like that.
I'm preferably looking for a home launcher...
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Fancy Switcher and Switchr both have modes that look a bit like that.
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I was preferably looking for a home screen launcher, which would do this, rather than an app which is launched via gestures.(Much like itching thumb) -- Do you know lf any apps which do this?
I've never seen a launcher that does that on Android, but if I'm not mistaken, you can configure Fancy Switcher/Switchr to only activate when your launcher is open.
Thanks
I'll keep on looking, but it is indeed a shame that such an app isn't presently available.
Hi ppl.
It is possible to block/freeze the stock launcher?
without side effects?
i would say yes:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/themes/how-to-enable-android-oreo-style-t3864229
I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-list-bloatware-safe-to-remove-how-t3866647
Tiago A said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-list-bloatware-safe-to-remove-how-t3866647
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I think making changes to your phone OS using ADB commands is an increadibly bad idea unless you are a software engineer and actually understand exactly what you are doing. The Mate 20 Pro is increadibly fast as it is so what do you think you will gain by removing system apps?
It's your phone--if you feel like bricking it knock yourself out.
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
vtec303 said:
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
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Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, [emoji847]
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Did you factory reset then?
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Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
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all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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howndid you get the pie recents back?
he installed the huawei launcher again
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he installed the huawei launcher again
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I think the question is how ? Unless he factory reset;
ok guys here what I did, initially I uninstalled huawei launcher (with adb commands) but it messed up a few things like phone went back to oreo style recents and a few more things went missing from the UI, I do not recommend uninstalling huawei launcher, but anyway I resetted the phone to get Huawei launcher back than did the following:
Go to apps find huawei home click and clear defaults,
Installed nova launcher,
give all permissions to nova, it also needs accessibility and admin rights as well as draw over other apps and allow notification,
from apps on your home screen or app drawer click on nova, for a very short time nova will take over,
very quickly go to apps again (this time nova will be your home launcher, for a short time though), long press nova icon a little menu will pop up "set" without wasting any time click set that will take you to a hidden list of default apps, click on huawei home tht will finally take you to set either huawei home or nova as your default launcher, click nova and voila...bye bye to huawei home, enjoy nova.
But please keep in my mind this procedure is for nova launcher I don't know about other launchers but I hope they act similar, cheers.
the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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I'm not getting that short glance of recents may be cos I have still got huawei launcher in the system and so have the pie style recents, I'm using fluid navigation from day one don't like huawei gestures, but anyway thanks for sharing your set up, cheers.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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谢谢
Thanks, I'm Chinese too.
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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Hi, its not in my huawei app store here in the UK.
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I'm wondering if anyone found a launcher that works on both screens. I have tried nova, Microsoft launcher and one called split screen launcher. Anybody have better luck than the stock one?
hi
any luck>
Nothing. There is another tread under q and a that says that the Microsoft duo and v60 use a different api for the extra screen. Cross support is probably ruled out. Still waiting.......
I've actually been developing a dual screen launcher for a while now, it's still in early development but there's an internal testing program available and I could always use help with testing and ideas.
It's called Duality Launcher, if you're interested, come visit my sub on reddit for more info: http://reddit.com/r/GrayMatterApps
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Nothing. There is another tread under q and a that says that the Microsoft duo and v60 use a different api for the extra screen. Cross support is probably ruled out. Still waiting.......
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Check the past right after yours. I'm testing this launcher right now. It's early days, but it's definitely getting there. It's coming along nicely, and the dev will welcome ideas
Wide mode for lg on Google app store
LHPrez said:
Wide mode for lg on Google app store
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That's not a launcher
LHPrez said:
Wide mode for lg on Google app store
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Is there some kind of macro that can be used when I go home?
Hi Everyone,
I just got this device. I am wondering what the status of Duality Launcher is. Are folks using it? What features does it have? Can someone post some screenshots?
Thanks!
Here's the way to use nova launcher on both screens:
LG Dual Screen Launcher
I have an idea You can try installing some launchers (like Niagara for example) And then set it to launch the app launcher automatically when opening the dual screen. Hope it works for you
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