[Q] keyboard options/layout - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to specify 2 different keyboards for typing? If I have the phone upright in portrait position I would like to use swype but if I have it in landscape position can it automatically change to the droid keyboard some how?

romagnus said:
Is there a way to specify 2 different keyboards for typing? If I have the phone upright in portrait position I would like to use swype but if I have it in landscape position can it automatically change to the droid keyboard some how?
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Yes. There's a mod in the Android Apps and Themes section that actually can switch it depending on the orientation the phone is in...I'll go see if I can give you a link

Here you go bro

Thank you. My phone is not rooted. I guess I will have to wait for the next unrevoked3 3.7 before I can do this. Thank you very much.

romagnus said:
Thank you. My phone is not rooted. I guess I will have to wait for the next unrevoked3 3.7 before I can do this. Thank you very much.
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No problem, you could just hit thanks under my post, but a post is always appreciated
I'm fairly certain there's a way you can still root

Thanks man will hit the button even I get on the computer
Greenfieldan said:
Here you go bro
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Got my Evo rooted and all is good. Thank you very much for your help!

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[Req] Gingerbread Keyboard for ICS

Can somebody please make an APK allowing installing the GB keyboard alongside the ICS one?
With all due respect- the ICS stock keyboard sucks. The GB stock keyboard was awesome!
Please help!!!
Just download it from the market.
EXT LTE Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.4
Asus Transformer - ICS
Actually, I extracted the LatinIME.APK from a CyanogenMod 7 file.
Then used Root Explorer to install it.
My fear is, and I have yet to check, that installing a new nightly (which I do whenever a new one become available) will reinstall the ICS keyboard over it.
Although I could go through the process of manually reinstalling the Gingerbread keyboard, I would much rather have a solution which doesn't require that.
https://market.android.com/search?q=gingerbread+keyboard&c=apps
This is the oddest problem I have ever heard.... what do you like more about the gingerbread keyboard?
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Drewsipher said:
This is the oddest problem I have ever heard.... what do you like more about the gingerbread keyboard?
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Yeah I'd also like to know why you prefer the GB keyboard as opposed to the very similar but slightly better looking ICS keyboard?
Drewsipher said:
This is the oddest problem I have ever heard.... what do you like more about the gingerbread keyboard?
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First and foremost- swiping the space bar in order to switch between languages.
Excellent keyboard but that of gingerbread ics remains better in my opinion!
Updates:
Switched from the KANG version to the official nightly.
My workaround seemed to work on the KANG version, but doesn't on the official nightlies.
I agree that the ICS keyboard looks better.
I would very much appreciate it if anyone could create an APK for the ICS keyboard which allows swiping the space bar in order to switch languages.
I don't really know why this feature was dropped. Maybe I just don't know how to set it up. If you do- please educate me.
Thanks!
I have no idea why ics keyboard doesn't have the swipe keyboard support for changing language input. this is a step backwards for android.
You can toggle multiple language support in the keyboard settings,Then just long press the space bar
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Duh...
I don't want to long press the space bar. I want to swipe it.
EnginEAR said:
Duh...
I don't want to long press the space bar. I want to swipe it.
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Well from your original post you did say swipe but you didn't make it clear that you were aware of the long press feature,I was just trying to be helpful & being rude or a smart ass isn't helpful nor does it earn you brownie points!!!
Besides,Swiping & long pressing aren't exactly day & night.It takes maybe a millisecond more to long press than to swipe.
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platinumandroid said:
Well from your original post you did say swipe but you didn't make it clear that you were aware of the long press feature,I was just trying to be helpful & being rude or a smart ass isn't helpful nor does it earn you brownie points!!!
Besides,Swiping & long pressing aren't exactly day & night.It takes maybe a millisecond more to long press than to swipe.
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I was neither rude nor a smart ass.
Just to be clear- long pressing the space bar isn't enough. You need to select the language too (yet another redundant press).
I don't know about day and night, but for me the difference is noticeable.
I'm still looking for a better solution than my current one. Would very much appreciate help, wherever and whoever it comes from.
EnginEAR said:
I was neither rude nor a smart ass.
Just to be clear- long pressing the space bar isn't enough. You need to select the language too (yet another redundant press).
I don't know about day and night, but for me the difference is noticeable.
I'm still looking for a better solution than my current one. Would very much appreciate help, wherever and whoever it comes from.
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Right on,Maybe I took it the wrong way.Yeah that's true,It's definitely not ideal.What about a ICS themed GB keyboard,That way you will have the functionality you seek while maintaining the ICS look? If that sounds good I could do that for you.
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platinumandroid said:
Right on,Maybe I took it the wrong way.Yeah that's true,It's definitely not idea.What about a ICS themed GB keyboard,That way you will have the functionality you seek while maintaining the ICS look? If that sounds good I could do that for you.
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That sounds awesome, but I wouldn't ask that of you.
I'm thinking of requesting the swipe functionality from the guys at work on CM9. I'm pretty sure they can handle it.
Thanks for your help anyway. It is indeed much appreciated.
Oh no....u have to take an extra second to do something! Better go tell Google to stop ics updates...
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Language support aside, I find ICS keyboard to be 10x better in every department when compared to the GB keyboard.
Simer03 said:
Oh no....u have to take an extra second to do something! Better go tell Google to stop ics updates...
Sent from my Nexus Prime
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Last time I checked the guys working on CM9 aren't Google employees.
Although, even if they were, I just wrote I was thinking of requesting it. Requesting. Not demanding. Just requesting.
Thanks anyway!
EnginEAR said:
swiping the space bar in order to switch between languages.
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indeed was very convenient and fast.
is there a possibility to mod ICS keyboard and bring back the feature of swiping space bar/switch between input languages that way.
Thanks in advance.

[MOD] SkyRaider1.3 - Volume as Camera Shutter Button

this will allow you to take a picture using either the volume up, or volume down button. this is an edit to the htccamera.apk, so this does NOT mess with the volume settings.
Volume as Camera Shutter Button
Return to Stock HTCCamera.apk
andybones said:
this will allow you to take a picture using either the volume up, or volume down button. this is an edit to the htccamera.apk, so this does NOT mess with the volume settings.
Volume as Camera Shutter Button
Return to Stock HTCCamera.apk
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Any way you can do the search button too? I've seen it somewhere for another device, but not this one.
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tylerlawhon said:
Any way you can do the search button too? I've seen it somewhere for another device, but not this one.
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The Fascinate and the OG DInc both had it.
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tylerlawhon said:
Any way you can do the search button too? I've seen it somewhere for another device, but not this one.
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no IDK how to do this :/
andybones said:
no IDK how to do this :/
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gotta mod system/usr/keylayout/ vivow-keypad or something like that
nitsuj17 said:
gotta mod system/usr/keylayout/ vivow-keypad or something like that
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so I do know how to do this
thanks man!
Any way to disable it from zooming? Like 60% of the time when I hit one of the volume buttons it zooms. Love this mod, thanks.
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dclay89 said:
Any way to disable it from zooming? Like 60% of the time when I hit one of the volume buttons it zooms. Love this mod, thanks.
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very welcome, I noticed that too, kinda weird, not sure what is the deal with it.
I noticed if u like press it so it sows the green rectangle to zoom then press the vol button real quick it should work
Andy Rules
In some other post you said that SR Zeus 1.3 is your fave ROM, most stable, etc. I totally agree, but your ICS theme for it makes it all the more special. Now with this mod, even sweeter! I'm currently rocking CM7 (i need a fully working camera, so no CM9) b/c I'm a flashing addict (ROM flashing, that is). Are there any support groups for those of us who can't go more than a few days w/o flashing? (Sorry for the off-topic).
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In some other post you said that SR Zeus 1.3 is your fave ROM, most stable, etc. I totally agree, but your ICS theme for it makes it all the more special. Now with this mod, even sweeter! I'm currently rocking CM7 (i need a fully working camera, so no CM9) b/c I'm a flashing addict (ROM flashing, that is). Are there any support groups for those of us who can't go more than a few days w/o flashing? (Sorry for the off-topic).
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haha this is awesome!
I'm the same way man, I need help
I flash between zeus and ultimate kang bang like 4 timse a day, depending on what mod/theme im testing haha
I know this is somewhat off-topic, but what would I need to change so that the headphones icon is hidden?
AJGO23 said:
I know this is somewhat off-topic, but what would I need to change so that the headphones icon is hidden?
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editing of the .smali code in the systemui.apk
requires decompiling, editing the code, then recompiling.
that said, I've never tried to even do this MOD, if I did I'd make it, in the mean time, I can just make that icon transparent..
it will be a blank space if say the sync icon or something else is next to it
andybones said:
editing of the .smali code in the systemui.apk
requires decompiling, editing the code, then recompiling.
that said, I've never tried to even do this MOD, if I did I'd make it, in the mean time, I can just make that icon transparent..
it will be a blank space if say the sync icon or something else is next to it
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Alright thanks for the info. I'm currently using Amphibliam's warm theme and I'm pretty sure that mod would override any theme changes right?
AJGO23 said:
Alright thanks for the info. I'm currently using Amphibliam's warm theme and I'm pretty sure that mod would override any theme changes right?
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yea, but if you send me the systemui.apk from that theme, i can edit it.
I'm not near my computer right now, but I'll PM it to you sometime later today. Thank you!
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Any plans to make a mod like this for the stock camera on UKB? Love using the volume rockers as a camera button.
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dclay89 said:
Any plans to make a mod like this for the stock camera on UKB? Love using the volume rockers as a camera button.
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I second that. So much more stable and reliable to use the volume buttons. And UKB is friggin' sweet! Justin rocks!

Samsung quick glance

Does anyone know what the wallpaper is that is used on the quick glance lock screen?
I want to know the same...and possiby change it too.
jaseGS4 said:
Does anyone know what the wallpaper is that is used on the quick glance lock screen?
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It looks like it's a "Live wallpaper" and by even removing the default supplied live wallpapers, this one is not effected - it sticks.
I wish someone would make is customizable.
Any DEVs out there that wanna take this on?
i wish we could unlock the screen by waving over and then pressing anywhere on the screen
that feature was available on the note 2, saved me from pressing the home button
bert269 said:
It looks like it's a "Live wallpaper" and by even removing the default supplied live wallpapers, this one is not effected - it sticks.
I wish someone would make is customizable.
Any DEVs out there that wanna take this on?
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I may add this as an option in my ROM. But you can change the wallpaper through apk tool.
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Appreciated
elesbb said:
I may add this as an option in my ROM. But you can change the wallpaper through apk tool.
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Thanks
Do we know what is the apk that is used for this "quick glance" app?
Thanks for your great work!
bert269 said:
Thanks
Do we know what is the apk that is used for this "quick glance" app?
Thanks for your great work!
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I don't remember off too of my head. I have to look on my computer then.
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thank you
elesbb said:
I don't remember off too of my head. I have to look on my computer then.
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I really appreciate your time with this.
I think it will be great if we can get that customizable!
So has anyone at all tried removing the quick glance lwp and do an apk file PLEASE I been looking everywhere and found nothing I hope to hear from someone soon thanks.
SAME
i really want to customize this. i really want to get rid off the animation. the point of quick glance is also to preserve battery. since super amoled only lit up the pixels used. i prefer just the time and notifications light up. NO ANIMATION.
Apk for this?
nexusmanftw said:
I have an apk for it
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Can you please send me a link to the apk?
Thanks
hmmm. i already got the apk form /system/app/glanceview.apk. i'm attempting modifications right now. changing backdround seems really easy, but i;m trying to remove the animation. i will keep you guys updated on my work
Request for apk
draginslygj said:
hmmm. i already got the apk form /system/app/glanceview.apk. i'm attempting modifications right now. changing backdround seems really easy, but i;m trying to remove the animation. i will keep you guys updated on my work
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Can u please post the glanceview apk. or atleast point me the direction?
Thanks a lot..
APK
aby2aby said:
Can u please post the glanceview apk. or atleast point me the direction?
Thanks a lot..
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here is the APK modded glance view.apk. this is the modded version by me with all animations removed with just a simple black background. and if you want a different background. just open the .apk with 7zip or equivalent and go to /res/raw/background.png and replace it with your own imagine with identical resolution.
when you are done. go place it in /system/app
*make sure you backup your original glanceview.apk in /system/app
* restart phone right after overwriting the apk.
*phone might restart itself right after overwriting, this is normal, and it will ONLY do it once.
please only do this at your own risk.
I don't know how to...
draginslygj said:
here is the APK modded glance view.apk. this is the modded version by me with all animations removed
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Hi, can you explain me where can i find this ? Just want to mod this animation but I can't find it in decompiled Glanceview files..
Chewee91 said:
Hi, can you explain me where can i find this ? Just want to mod this animation but I can't find it in decompiled Glanceview files..
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According to his post above yours it's in
/res/raw/background.png
☞Sent from here☜
baseballfanz said:
According to his post above yours it's in
/res/raw/background.png
☞Sent from here☜
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Yes of course... For the background picture... But I can't find which file control the animated effect at the top of screen.. In order to mod it....

How do I change the lock screen shortcuts?

I just got this today. When I first turned it on it did a load of updates, went to 4.2.2, then multi-screen was disabled. I read that a wipe would fix that, so I did so.
Now on the lock screen there are 4 shortcuts for apps, I can't find anywhere under lockscreen in the settings where I can change them. There's no "lock screen options" button that I think only exists in 4.1.
How can I change the shortcuts? I googled and couldn't find anything.
Also the the "home screen mode" is totally gone from the list. And the initial tips you get when you first turn it on are gone too :/
Try this link. Sry for the prev post. I just saw u are on galaxy note 8.0. I was viewing the entire forum posts. http://androidwidgetcenter.com/android-tips/how-to-set-shortcuts-on-lock-screen-in-galaxy-note-8/
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JellyYogurt said:
Try this link. Sry for the prev post. I just saw u are on galaxy note 8.0. I was viewing the entire forum posts. http://androidwidgetcenter.com/android-tips/how-to-set-shortcuts-on-lock-screen-in-galaxy-note-8/
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I saw that, unfortunately
3. Tap "Lock Screen Options"
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doesn't exist. Perhaps it did in 4.1? But it's not there and I'm on 4.2.2
Can u take a ss on the lockscreen settings? And send it
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JellyYogurt said:
Can u take a ss on the lockscreen settings? And send it
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Sure!
phazei said:
Sure!
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Its right there. Click on short cuts not the on/off button. Click on the name short cut.
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JellyYogurt said:
Its right there. Click on short cuts not the on/off button. Click on the name short cut.
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OMG... I just face palmed so hard.
Thanks!
Is there a home screen mode in that screenshot that I'm completely blind to as well?
phazei said:
OMG... I just face palmed so hard.
Thanks!
Is there a home screen mode in that screenshot that I'm completely blind to as well?
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Wat do u mean by home screen mode?
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You can see the option for it in this screen shot I found:
http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/04/25/note8_readingmode3.png
This is what it looks like on the S3
http://cdn.recombu.com/mobile/images/news/M18709/1359546673_w670_h402.png
Before it upgraded to 4.2 it was there as well as all those tips on each screen when you first load the device.
phazei said:
You can see the option for it in this screen shot I found:
http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/04/25/note8_readingmode3.png
This is what it looks like on the S3
http://cdn.recombu.com/mobile/images/news/M18709/1359546673_w670_h402.png
Before it upgraded to 4.2 it was there as well as all those tips on each screen when you first load the device.
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U wan to change ur home screen mode? Its right thr at the ss u sent me. The first one under device.
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phazei said:
You can see the option for it in this screen shot I found:
http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/04/25/note8_readingmode3.png
This is what it looks like on the S3
http://cdn.recombu.com/mobile/images/news/M18709/1359546673_w670_h402.png
Before it upgraded to 4.2 it was there as well as all those tips on each screen when you first load the device.
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Looks like they remove that setting in the new update, I also had easy mode before 4.2.
themetalman said:
Looks like they remove that setting in the new update, I also had easy mode before 4.2.
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Isnt the home screen option just thr? o.o
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JellyYogurt said:
Isnt the home screen option just thr? o.o
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Not the home screen mode.
themetalman said:
Not the home screen mode.
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Then wat is the op asking? i dun quite understand it.
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JellyYogurt said:
U wan to change ur home screen mode? Its right thr at the ss u sent me. The first one under device.
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Ah, well, in that screen shot, I just found that with a google search to show where it was supposed to be. It's not there on mine as you can see from the original screen shot from my device. I'm pretty sure it was removed in 4.2, but I haven't found anywhere that explicitly says so. Every reference to it that I've found seems to be with 4.1
phazei said:
Ah, well, in that screen shot, I just found that with a google search to show where it was supposed to be. It's not there on mine as you can see from the original screen shot from my device. I'm pretty sure it was removed in 4.2, but I haven't found anywhere that explicitly says so. Every reference to it that I've found seems to be with 4.1
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Here's a video showing it on the Note 8, 4.1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRstHnYOo2s
Hi, sorry to bring this thread back up, but I was wondering if anyone could help me with this issue - it is essentially the same as the original poster, except I haven't got either "lockscreen options" or a "shortcuts" option in the lockscreen menu.
I've attached a screenshot. If anyone could have a look, would be appreciated.

[APP - NO ROOT!!!] [OLD] LauncherHijack - custom launcher enabler

PLEASE USE THIS - IT IS BETTER
https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/launcher-root-launcher-hijack-v2-t3561026
NOT DEVELOPING ANYMORE, don't own this device
Works fine
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Works fine
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cool! are there any graphical glitches when you press home (like, can you see original launcher for 1/2 second?)
parrotgeek1 said:
cool! are there any graphical glitches when you press home (like, can you see original launcher for 1/2 second?)
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Yeah
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Yeah
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Can you elaborate please? a 10 second video would be nice maybe. I want to try to fix it
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I tried this and it did not work for me. When I open the launcher hijack app, there is no button to click. There is only a blue at the top that says laucher hijack. Beneath that is says Hello World. No buttons, nothing else.
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I tried this and it did not work for me. When I open the launcher hijack app, there is no button to click. There is only a blue at the top that says laucher hijack. Beneath that is says Hello World. No buttons, nothing else.
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Go to settings, accessibility, and turn on the detect home button switch. Also it only works with Nova launcher
Thanks...works beautifully. I couldn't root my 4 yr olds HD7 because the pc won't recognize it and I wanted to get her a more personalized interface. Thank you so much.
Nice app. Works great. Much appreciated.
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Acceptable.
Doesn't work with google now luncher! Nova works fine, still flashes the original homescreen before the switch though. Acceptable and thanks.
Nirutam said:
Doesn't work with google now luncher! Nova works fine, still flashes the original homescreen before the switch though. Acceptable and thanks.
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If you REALLY want GNL before I get home from this trip, decompile the apk then go to AccServ.smail and change com.teslacoilsw.launcher to the right package name
This is pretty cool. Now I don't need root to use a custom launcher!
Thanks , work fine.
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Would it be possible to get this app working with other launchers in the future? Thanks for the hard work btw.
Cryptic R. said:
Would it be possible to get this app working with other launchers in the future? Thanks for the hard work btw.
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Yeah, I'm just lazy and no longer own a fire. It's on GitHub.
Works great. Would be awesome to have it auto load Nova Launcher on system restart though!
dymlu said:
Works great. Would be awesome to have it auto load Nova Launcher on system restart though!
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Good idea, I forgot about that
I logged into my xda-developers account that I hadn't in three years just to comment on this. This is awesome, and is going to make me love this device, rather than use it occasionally.
I, too, would love to see it start on boot. Is there a way to automatically or manually kill the Amazon launcher process?
Thanks for this GREAT work!!!!
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I logged into my xda-developers account that I hadn't in three years just to comment on this. This is awesome, and is going to make me love this device, rather than use it occasionally.
I, too, would love to see it start on boot. Is there a way to automatically or manually kill the Amazon launcher process?
Thanks for this GREAT work!!!!
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Yes. I'll add it

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