I just wondered, does Huawei back up and restore also save the default launcher and home screen settings?
I'll be using a USB with otg for the back up and restore.
To answer my own question yes it does lol.
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Alright so I just got a Samsung Fascinate through a trade here on XDA and everything seemed to be in working order...except for the actual software in the phone. For one, the home button doesn't take me home, it simply takes me to a blank screen. I can pull down the notification bar and everything...but I can't get home to actually access and apps or anything. The only way I can access anything is when I hold down the home button to get most recent apps.
I've tried multiple times to hard reset..battery pulls..everything. Someone please help me out. I contacted the previous owner of the phone and he said you just have to press the home button a little harder...that didn't work.
It obviously works because it takes me to a blank screen and allows me to access the most recent apps..but it won't actually take me home.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance guys
Considering the Hines button is capacitive, pushing harder does nothing.
Is the phone rooted or stock?
If stock, try to Odin fresh stock. If rooted, try a different rom
Try installing a different launcher such as Adw, launcher pro or zeam to see if the problem goes away.
Now it does have a crack, but I don't think thats the problem because when I press it it still takes me to a blank screen so it must work.
And he gave me those options..and said it was semi-rooted? Considering I just came fresh from a Moto Droid I really know nothing about the process. Is Odin like SBF? I just want to have the phone in its original state to see if I even like it first..
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Try installing a different launcher such as Adw, launcher pro or zeam to see if the problem goes away.
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I would second this suggestion. Often, launchers can have individual settings for what the home button does (i.e., with Go Launcher EX, the home button can be set to take you to your home screen, and if already on your home screen, pressing the home button will open up a shortcut, app, preview homescreens, etc.). So, by installing another launcher, it my clear away whatever setting is on the phone you got (i.e., launching a blank screen). Another option would be to go into your Setting > Manage Applications, and find your default launcher. Open it, and then "Clear Defaults."
Alright I got it to work by restoring completely with odin and changing the home screen launcher.
Thanks guys! It's much appreciated
So since SPB Shell 3D isn't working correctly for me I downloaded Home Switcher from the market so I can switch back to the Stock Launcher w/o having to uninstall SPB. I opened the program and saw a list of Launchers to pick.
Agile Lock
Home (Moto-Blur)
Launcher Pro
SPB Shell 3D
The top said that SPB was my default. So I chose Home (Motorola) as my new default and clicked launch. It then went to me stock launcher home screen. Everything seemed great. Then the next time I clicked the home key, it defaulted back to SPB. Home Switcher does not allow me to set anything other than SPB as the default launcher. So I uninstalled SPB completely so I can run the stock launcher with no issues. Suddenly, it decides to load Launcher Pro instead. Again, I went back to Home Switcher and set Moto-Blur as my default launcher. I clicked launch and it took me back to my Motorola Homescreen. Again I thought everything was okay until I hit the Home key and it defaulted to Launcher Pro. Wtf! So in a last ditch effort, I uninstalled Launcher Pro also and pressed home to go back to my Motorola Homescreen only to be met with a black screen. My Stock Launcher was gone. I could still see my notofication bar and if I hold the home button I get my recent app list. So I chose Home Switcher and was able to launch the Moto Launcher from there. Then I reinstalled Launcher Pro and it works okay. So it seems that somehow I lost my Stock Motorola Launcher. How could that happen? And how can I fix it? Factory Reset? All these other guys running SPB say they love it and have no issues. Why won't it work correctly on this phone? Even with the stock messaging app, she is still getting the repetition of text messages.
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So since SPB Shell 3D isn't working correctly for me I downloaded Home Switcher from the market so I can switch back to the Stock Launcher w/o having to uninstall SPB. I opened the program and saw a list of Launchers to pick.
Agile Lock
Home (Moto-Blur)
Launcher Pro
SPB Shell 3D
The top said that SPB was my default. So I chose Home (Motorola) as my new default and clicked launch. It then went to me stock launcher home screen. Everything seemed great. Then the next time I clicked the home key, it defaulted back to SPB. Home Switcher does not allow me to set anything other than SPB as the default launcher. So I uninstalled SPB completely so I can run the stock launcher with no issues. Suddenly, it decides to load Launcher Pro instead. Again, I went back to Home Switcher and set Moto-Blur as my default launcher. I clicked launch and it took me back to my Motorola Homescreen. Again I thought everything was okay until I hit the Home key and it defaulted to Launcher Pro. Wtf! So in a last ditch effort, I uninstalled Launcher Pro also and pressed home to go back to my Motorola Homescreen only to be met with a black screen. My Stock Launcher was gone. I could still see my notofication bar and if I hold the home button I get my recent app list. So I chose Home Switcher and was able to launch the Moto Launcher from there. Then I reinstalled Launcher Pro and it works okay. So it seems that somehow I lost my Stock Motorola Launcher. How could that happen? And how can I fix it? Factory Reset? All these other guys running SPB say they love it and have no issues. Why won't it work correctly on this phone? Even with the stock messaging app, she is still getting the repetition of text messages.
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If you go into "manage apps" and the stock launcher app does it give you the option to set it as default? The Home Switcher app may not be setting it properly.
Did you post this in Android Forums as well? I'd try Homesmack to see if you can restore the stock launcher.
Hello all.
I've been recently using Go launcher, ADW Launcher and Launcher Pro. Then I decided to get back to the stock launcher but didn't know how to do it. So I uninstalled them all and now all I can see is a black screen.
I managed to run titanium backup and restored my phone and launched go launcher again. But how to get back to my stock launcher? Is re-installing the rom the only option?
Go to market and download moto home fix. That worked for me!
Homesmack is a great option for this, too. Also lets you choose your own app for the double tap home feature.
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Thank you. I guess moto home fix is on the phone by default.(When you clear defaults and press the home key and a message pops up "continue action using...".) Anyway, I managed to recover the stock homescreen after downloading and installing "Home Switcher". However, after rebooting my phone, Go launcher was still interfering with the stock launcher. I had to freeze it, so I could restore the original one. I don't know why Go launcher made this problem.
I can't believe I missed the stock launcher this much!
So how do we fix this, I could google and find that others are experiencing it, known glitch, but what's the fix or work around.
Every time you set it as default it goes back to the crappy emui launcher
I also just found out I can't change the default phone dialer, calendar and a few others using the default app manager, i just tried, but its defaulting to android hwresolver, calendar, etc...
i first froze it with titanum backup and that seemed to work... now uninstalled it with titanium backup (made a backup) and that got rid of it, much less memory useage now yay...
Can't seem to use an aftermarket lock screen either, keeps defaulting to the stock lock screen....
so it appears basically most of the system apps can't be changed even if you set as default seems to go right back except if you freeze or uninstall well that's lame...
I normally use ZUI locker and it's not sticking...
That's why they pulled the update. Maybe when it goes back up the issues will be fixed.
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i first froze it with titanum backup and that seemed to work... now uninstalled it with titanium backup (made a backup) and that got rid of it, much less memory useage now yay...
Can't seem to use an aftermarket lock screen either, keeps defaulting to the stock lock screen....
so it appears basically most of the system apps can't be changed even if you set as default seems to go right back except if you freeze or uninstall well that's lame...
I normally use ZUI locker and it's not sticking...
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You can set your phone to have no lock screen by going to settings>security>screen lock off. Then set your 3rd party lock screen. I'm using CM Locker with no issues at all.
Alternatively, you can freeze the stock lockscreen as well, its called keyguard, but I find this unnecessary, once it's off in settings.
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i first froze it with titanum backup and that seemed to work... now uninstalled it with titanium backup (made a backup) and that got rid of it, much less memory useage now yay...
so it appears basically most of the system apps can't be changed even if you set as default seems to go right back except if you freeze or uninstall well that's lame...
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Please don't post that you can't OTA until you have restored the default launcher that you deleted.
I had his problem a few months back. You could try my post from another thread :
"Hi. I had the same problem on b606. Nothing would stick as a launcher as Huawei Home always overrides everything.
I got around this by installing nova launcher from playstore ( I'm sure any other launcher will work fine ).
Nova Launcher wouldn't stick as default launcher, Huawei Home always overrode it, so after making sure I had another launcher installed, I installed Rom toolbox pro and used the manage apps setting ( Titanium should also work). I scrolled down to Huawei home, tapped on it and selected "FREEZE". As soon as you do this, the option to set Nova as default launcher appeared and has worked perfectly ever since.
Like I said, you can use any other launcher, just make sure you have it installed before you freeze "Huawei Home" "
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i first froze it with titanum backup and that seemed to work... now uninstalled it with titanium backup (made a backup) and that got rid of it, much less memory useage now yay...
Can't seem to use an aftermarket lock screen either, keeps defaulting to the stock lock screen....
so it appears basically most of the system apps can't be changed even if you set as default seems to go right back except if you freeze or uninstall well that's lame...
I normally use ZUI locker and it's not sticking...
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+1 on the locker issue. Hi Locker wouldn't stick for me even with the stock locker set to none and set to off in the security settings.
im using nova launcher and not having any problems except missed calls notifications
I have no mods - I simply went to Settings > Manage Apps > Default App Settings and selected Nova Launcher as my default launcher. Then, before backing out of the Launcher options page, I immediately rebooted the phone. It has stuck since.
I'm using 5.1 and nova launcher. I noticed this but found a solution. Open nova from the app drawer so your in the nova settings menu. Scroll down and you'll see 'set as default launcher' this seems to stick. Hasn't reverted back for me yet unless you fully power down your phone. As for the lockscreen I use Microsoft's 'Next' lockscreen. It allows you to just swipe down and still have he security of the system pattern lock.
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as my own experience, LG backup was not able to save and restore the home screen icons settings. On MM, i had to use a external launcher to get my home screen back again.
How is it on NOUGAT? Can someone please report his own experiences? Are there the possibility of 100% recovered icon settings?
No , Doesn't save the arrangement and home screens
ok i see, it is the same situation as before. THX!