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[Q] Launcher keeps forgetting default, Market apps not automatically restoring

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to look at my situation. I'm a new user and have been experimenting, trying a few different ROMs, loved the feel of cyanogenmod7 (b36) but couldn't hack the poor battery life (approx 5 hours light mod use with radio 26.04.02.17). I went back to LeeDrOid (installed v2.0 this time but have previously used 1.51 and got 24 hours battery on moderate use with the same radio). Once back at LeeDrOiD 2.0 I have the following two relatively minor but annoying issues.
1) On all my other ROM flashes android has somehow been able to detect apps I have downloaded from the market and installs them automatically. I've now wiped and flashed v2.0 3 times and it won't find or restore the my (40 odd) apps. Is this a common issue with this build? Is there a specific app or process that is responsible for restoring these apps that I can tinker with?
2) I use ADWLauncher for my home. The system keeps forgetting that I want to use it as default. It often works for about 2 or 3 uses of the home key (eg either to bring up previews, or to return to home screen from an app) and then asks me which program (ie launcher, ADWLauncher EX, even quick desk which I installed on one of the re wipes to try and see if other apps handled the home default better). I've tried clearing from setting>applications manager, and have reflashed but the fault keeps happening. Is this a common problem with this build, or is there something I am missing [most likely scenario].
Thanks in advance for any help your are able to give. The android community is an amazing thing.
Cheers,
Mike.

I was having a very similar issue with the apps not restoring after flashing a new rom. I live in a country where there are no paid apps available.. so i've been using MarketAccess. What i found is that when i forget to open MarketAccess and emulate a US sim BEFORE launching the market for the first time after a flash, my apps wont download. But when i do launch MarketAccess before launching the market, then all my apps download. So i've made it a habit now to install MarketAccess first thing after a fresh install of a new rom.
I don't know if you live in a country with paid apps though so my point may be totally irrelevant lol
As for your second concern about adw launcher... im not too sure about that. Maybe you have a task killer installed? If so that may be interfering. Uninstall that and see if it helps. You shouldnt really ne using task killers anyway. But again you might not have one so this point may be irrelevant too lol

Thanks for responding.
I'm in australia so we have the full Market apps store here. I haven't heard of market access before, is that a standard app our one specific to your zone? This problem only seems to be for this version 2 rom, and not the other roms I have flashed. Scratching head.
With the launcher, I haven't got a task killer installed. I use astro or the system task manager. It's very puzzling, the default setting will sick for a few times usually, then ask me again. Capricious little beasts, these phones
I do use juice defender though, do you think that could be cutting off the default sections while the system is in use? I'll give that a shot.
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Mate, you were on the right track. It was juice defender that was killing the home screen default. I sorted it out in the configure apps section by making it visible. Stupidly, I hadn't thought of jd as a task killer. Thanks for your help.
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Glad you sorted that out.

[Q] How to setup and use autokiller.

could someone explain how to use this autokiller ?

Don't use a task killer,android do this very well. I try one or two task killer and the result is many bug on my phone.
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mastertiti2000 said:
Don't use a task killer,android do this very well. I try one or two task killer and the result is many bug on my phone.
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The thing is my play is very slow and sluggish so I'm trying time get it as fast as possible

Since Gingerbread, Android itself successfully manages the applications, putting them to sleep and the likes when it sees fit, so I wouldn't bother installing one, you end up using more power, as GB re launches some apps that need to be open that you may have killed...

If your phone is slow I'd look at what software you've installed. I've only had my phone a few weeks but I find it VERY fast 90% if the time.
Auto task killer type apps I agree cause more problems then its worth. Haven't used one on this phone nor my previous Acer running froyo
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jdz7t8 said:
The thing is my play is very slow and sluggish so I'm trying time get it as fast as possible
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If you describe your problem in a bit more detail, you might get some decent advice here.
Task killers are not needed to speed your phone up. In fact, they are more likely to slow it down since your cpu will be used alot more while it cycles the closure of apps that will keep opening.

Auto killer, is not a task killer. He is talking about minifree manager i assume.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630262
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super slow android market(built 3.1.5) nightly2.3.5#207

i flashed cm nightly #207 recently.... and the new android market(3.1.5) from this rom is running super slow...very laggy!!!! pages takes atleast 15-20 sec to open...scrolling is also laggy... ANY WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?????

Plzzzz can anyone help......why their is no reply....is their no solution....???
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Flash the old market, and freeze 'Market Updater' using an app like Titanium Backup.
It would have helped you more if you had searched a bit. This is the fourth or fifth time I am making a SAME reply.

I searched...a lot!!! But I got some threads that were asking to push some programing language in the system...so it was out of my hands without any specific help...
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3xeno said:
Flash the old market, and freeze 'Market Updater' using an app like Titanium Backup.
It would have helped you more if you had searched a bit. This is the fourth or fifth time I am making a SAME reply.
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Do you know that method....?
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lol. Anyway, Check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274167
Old market flashable link can be found there. And I guess I need not explain freezing of an app.
I have been using it since I got updated the new market (And obviously, it sucked). And, I am still on the old version. So, it 'seems' like it works.

Thanks nd thanks for that laugh too...it told me that iam still a noob...
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That was actually for your quote of 'pushing programming languages' in the system. I am sure you meant pushing files using a programming language (Actually - Its not even a programming language, Just simple command line commands), but, it just "felt" wrong.

No probs I really don't know much...somewhat new to all this..
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I have the same slow like a snail problem with Market 3.1.5. It's sooo bad that I can't even download any apps. HOWEVER.... I tried on a friend's place with her WiFi connection and the whole things just whizzes by! I came back to my home and to my WiFi and again it's slow to a crawl.
So the problem seems to lie in the internet connection or down to the router...I don't know! I'll try to connect using logcat and see if I get some interesting log output. This is a bit strange I must say as it relates to some problems I have between Ubuntu and WIndows. In Ubuntu my BBC news videos take forever to load and I sometimes need to refresh for them to load whereas with Windows I have no problems. This doesn't occur with Youtube though for example (both flash players). Bottom line... there's something intrinsically different between Windows and Linux and since Android runs on Linux, this problem might be also affecting the Market over some specific WiFi / Routers..

[S-ON] remove/disable crap from htc

Seen on the main XDA page, edited it for Wildfire S: Cleantool
This tool disables HTC bloatware. It keeps taking space on internal memory (APK is still there) but the advantage is that there's more free ram, less background processes and a cleaner app drawer. This way, you should multitask longer and maybe a bit better battery life.
Also device will start up a bit faster.
It disables:
HTC facebook
HTC peep
HTC friend stream
HTC search app
HTC stocks
HTC greader
update version 2
Cleaned it furher up! If you use another launcher then stock, you can use option disable Sense.
download
Instructions:
- unzip to desktop
- be sure HTC drivers are installed, here they are.
- enable usb debugging: go to settings, applications, development and select usb debugging.
- connect phone to pc, select charging mode.
- run the cleantool.2.1.1.bat file.
- select first option, then second option.
- select then reboot and disconnect phone.
For going back to stock: go to settings, storage and choose reset data option.
Credits to scrosler
Hit thanks don't say thanks!
Post a comment to keep this thread alive!

This method delete the apk from /system/app permanently with s-on, too?
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ONeill123 said:
This method delete the apk from /system/app permanently with s-on, too?
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if you would just READ his post ....

And does it stay that way after reboot?
EDIT :Yes, I see.
Can we choose what to disable?
EDIT 2: Don't see any diference in phone memory.
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:s aren't most of those HTC apps less than 100Kb anyways? I wouldn't have thought removing them would save much space? :s

thanks!!!
just an update.
while i was on temp root i tried to install superuser.apk
and titanum backup.. i can now freeze apps!! this is exciting!

Why the double post Henry?

aperture said:
thanks!!!
just an update.
while i was on temp root i tried to install superuser.apk
and titanum backup.. i can now freeze apps!! this is exciting!
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I must try this, with temp root.
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Thanks
Its working fine, now more free RAM earlier in my WFS showing RAm usages 150MB after applying this tool 200+ MB available free RAM.

victorharsh said:
Its working fine, now more free RAM earlier in my WFS showing RAm usages 150MB after applying this tool 200+ MB available free RAM.
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Hmm, mine stayed the same. Before and after applying this tool, around 150 mb.
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No.12 said:
Hmm, mine stayed the same. Before and after applying this tool, around 150 mb.
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Guys, I am sorry but - do you have any idea how to use your phone ?!? 150MB free ?!? WTF dude
At the moment I have 258MB free with S-On Wildfire S, installed bunch of software and left with 35MB free phone memory, all home screens are full of widgets ...
The less I have ever saw is around 190MB free...
Could you please explain to me and the comunity how to NOT use our android phones please ?
P.S. - BTW I am using an antivirus software too which is permanently activated and checking, and now have 259MB free and 131MB used even checked through settings which consumes another 11MB RAM...
P.S. 2 - thats with DATA on, accounts - gmail(calendar, mail, contacts), live mail, contacts, htc sense, weather, twitter, fliker, facebook, google+ = all is set to sync, what else ?

Thanks for sharing this, Henry.
I don't really know if this tool will bring any advantage to me.
Actually I don't have any of those apps (bloatware) running in memory so I guess that it's just good news for some roms, not all.
On the 2.3.5 RUU those apps aren't loaded into RAM unless you use the widgets or open the apps at your will.
This should be nice for earlier/other ROMS that load all that crap on phone startup.
When my phone was branded to Vodafone I had stocks, peep, facebook for sense and other crap occupying memory.
Now without running the Clean Tool I have 267MB free memory for the system and 80MB free for apps.
Considering that I have installed a lot of stuff including: App Monster Pro, GPS software, Poweramp, musiXmatch, ES File Explorer, Google Goggles, Traffic Counter, Wikidroid, YouTube latest version, Battery Indicator Pro, Google Street View, Facebook, AK Notepad, Fast Discharge, History Eraser, Voice Search, Google Translate, Klondike, Gmail latest version, JuiceDefender Ultimate and other small apps I think I cant complain.

Almost 60 downloads keep on going!
Great to see it works!

Yes, I know how to use phone, thanks for asking. :banghead:
I have pretty the same app running, but again, only 130-160 mb available. And that's after using advanced task killer.
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No.12 said:
Yes, I know how to use phone, thanks for asking. :banghead:
I have pretty the same app running, but again, only 130-160 mb available. And that's after using advanced task killer.
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No.12, I strongly recommend you don't use any task killer on your phone. Since Froyo (at least) the O.S. keeps reopening apps all the time.
This is crap I know but that's the way to make some apps load faster.
The task killer will only kill your battery because the phone will spend lots of time closing and opening apps again and again.
Memory access drains battery at a very quick pace.
I know this from my own experience. When I stopped using task killers the battery started lasting much longer. Already happened on my defunct HTC Desire...

But won't I get to the point where memory usage will increase so much and phone will become slow?
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No.12 said:
But won't I get to the point where memory usage will increase so much and phone will become slow?
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Eventually that will happen if you don't restart your phone once in a while...
I had two HTC phones that had less memory than the WFS. A Tattoo and a Wildfire. On those memory ran out and made the phone slow.
That never happened to me on the WFS... but I have a habit of restarting the phone every week and clear app cache with History Eraser frequently. This helps for sure.
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Thanks for this Henry! I'm now Senseless. xD [Pun]
P.S. Wildfire (Buzz)'s screen is too small, sucks.

stocks app is still there why is superuser installed now on my phone? is something i can do with him?

zegi69 said:
stocks app is still there why is superuser installed now on my phone? is something i can do with him?
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Superuser is installed because you are temp rooted. You can always uninstall.
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[Q] Launcher lock in memory?

I'm using myone V rom and everytime I surf the web or go to an app that consumes lots of memory, sense reloads and I have to wait for it to finish and I hate that. Is there another way to lock sense launcher in memory? V6 seems not work for me :/

alexthesniper21 said:
I'm using myone V rom and everytime I surf the web or go to an app that consumes lots of memory, sense reloads and I have to wait for it to finish and I hate that. Is there another way to lock sense launcher in memory? V6 seems not work for me :/
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yes there is a way to lock launcher in memory ..use pimp my rom for this (it has a option to lock apps in memory), i tried this and it worked...
but the thing is that i dont think that u should do it ..coz if any app (most probably a heavy game) would require some ram to run smoothly, will be in a lack of memory..
but still give it a try..

Is this an app or a script? And where can I get this? I don't play games as much, I just surf the web or watch YouTube videos from time to time

alexthesniper21 said:
Is this an app or a script? And where can I get this? I don't play games as much, I just surf the web or watch YouTube videos from time to time
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Its an android application. You can download it directly from play store.
Its good app to fulfil your need...
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well when i was on sense, i removed the default swap and used turbo boost to increase swap size to 200mb data
that way, there was no chance of a launcher withdrawl