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HELP lost the stock launcher

As my title states I've lost the Stock Launcher option...
I uninstalled a 3rd party launcher, and since then I've not had the option to use the Stock Android Launcher...
When I turn off Sense and go back to the home screen, Sense just starts back up.. I know longer get the Option screen to choose which to open...
How do I get this back?
Thanks!

If the only launcher you have on there is Sense you won't get an option as far as I know. If you had just installed one third party one and then uninstalled it there is no more choice.

Nefariouss said:
If the only launcher you have on there is Sense you won't get an option as far as I know. If you had just installed one third party one and then uninstalled it there is no more choice.
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before installing that third party app I used to have the option for the Stock Android launcher...i'd disable Sense by going to Settings from the home scren, and choosing Applications, then choosing Sense, and force closing it, and de-selecting it as default... then when I'd press the Home button I'd get a choice "Android Launcher" or "Sense"...I no longer get this choice...
I'm totally new to Android.. I came from WInMo and there I'd just go to the registry to fix the problem
I have No idea what to do!

Well shows what I know being new to Android as well. Didn't realize that. Thanks.

Try going into the menu, settings, applications, manage applications and then going to HTC sense and clearing its defaults. If you have another launcher installed it should come up now when you press the home button.

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Try going into the menu, settings, applications, manage applications and then going to HTC sense and clearing its defaults. If you have another launcher installed it should come up now when you press the home button.
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LOL I have been doing that..
Before I installed that third party app i would have two options, Sense and Android Launcher..with Android Launcher being the Stock launcher that you get on the nexus one... I would have no Launchers installed...
Evidently you all don't knwo you can Disable Sense and go to stock... I just want to go to stock again...

mearsfan5 said:
LOL I have been doing that..
Before I installed that third party app i would have two options, Sense and Android Launcher..with Android Launcher being the Stock launcher that you get on the nexus one... I would have no Launchers installed...
Evidently you all don't knwo you can Disable Sense and go to stock... I just want to go to stock again...
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Sorry I didn't know you were doing that already....and I do know you can switch launchers....anyway if you updated to one of the OTA updates, I think Sprint/HTC removed the stock launcher.
http://andranon.com/2010/06/28/new-htc-evo-4g-update-deleting-stock-android-launcher/

well crap that answers my question... they took it away..(

[Q] App Drawer stays open

Previously i was running stock froyo rooted.
Ive flashed the stock gingerbread (odexed) from here and all went well.
ive noticed now that when i open an app from app drawer, when i click "back" to exit out of the app, the app drawer is still open. Before i flashed the stock gingerbread rom, the behavior was, click "back" to exit out of app and i would return to home screen (because app drawer was automatically closed).
Has anyone else experienced this?
If so, does anyone have a solution to go back to the previous behavior?
(note: i dont accept "hit home instead of back to exit out of app" as an acceptable solution. I also dont accept install another launcher as an acceptable solution.)
Please advise. Thank you.
in case it helps...
I have no other launch installed (no LauncherPro, and no AWD Launcher)
I still have stock sense launcher

newtonetienne said:
Previously i was running stock froyo rooted.
Ive flashed the stock gingerbread (odexed) from here and all went well.
ive noticed now that when i open an app from app drawer, when i click "back" to exit out of the app, the app drawer is still open. Before i flashed the stock gingerbread rom, the behavior was, click "back" to exit out of app and i would return to home screen (because app drawer was automatically closed).
Has anyone else experienced this?
If so, does anyone have a solution to go back to the previous behavior?
(note: i dont accept "hit home instead of back to exit out of app" as an acceptable solution. I also dont accept install another launcher as an acceptable solution.)
Please advise. Thank you.
in case it helps...
I have no other launch installed (no LauncherPro, and no AWD Launcher)
I still have stock sense launcher
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you could try and download a gingerbread rom from MIUI.us or go to RM or something and try it.

Thanks for responding mini.
I would like to stay stock.
Anyone else notice this problem or know of a fix?

I am having that problem too and it is driving me absolutely insane. It has to do with how the Go Launcher is actually coded.
The app drawer seems to be in another activity and if you launch something from the app drawer when you exit back to the home screen you will return to the app drawer. However when you start something from the home screen you will return to the home screen when resuming. If you run out of memory while in the app and android kills the home screen then you will see different behavior and return to the home screen no matter what.
There is a really simple fix to this behavior, maybe this weekend I'll take a look at this tool and fix it then post a link for it somewhere.
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If anyone can try to persuade the developers of go launcher to add a menu option for this that would be awesome.
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I actually just took a peek at the site for Go Launcher and it looks like this behavior is new in version 2.61, behavior number 5:
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2011/10/go-launcher-v2-61-beta/
I have sent the developer an e-mail.

newtonetienne said:
(note: i dont accept "hit home instead of back to exit out of app" as an acceptable solution. I also dont accept install another launcher as an acceptable solution.)
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Well you can't exactly come here and pick and choose which answers you want to hear. If you have a problem that you don't understand and/or don't know how to solve then you need to be open minded about the answers you're given. I'm not sure how your particular ROM is coded but that very well may have been a change implemented by whomever created the ROM. There are a number of launchers that have their assignments setup that way. There are also some that don't. If so, then you'll either have to use a different launcher, use the home button to get to the home screen, or flash a different ROM. No amount of picky mentalities on your part is going to change that. The only other thing I can suggest is to reflash the ROM, though I doubt this will yield any results, or download another odexed ROM and flash it. Either way it is definitely a software issue. Which means that the issue lies somewhere embedded in how the ROM was built.
GingerEffect said:
I am having that problem too and it is driving me absolutely insane. It has to do with how the Go Launcher is actually coded.
The app drawer seems to be in another activity and if you launch something from the app drawer when you exit back to the home screen you will return to the app drawer. However when you start something from the home screen you will return to the home screen when resuming. If you run out of memory while in the app and android kills the home screen then you will see different behavior and return to the home screen no matter what.
There is a really simple fix to this behavior, maybe this weekend I'll take a look at this tool and fix it then post a link for it somewhere.
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If anyone can try to persuade the developers of go launcher to add a menu option for this that would be awesome.
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I actually just took a peek at the site for Go Launcher and it looks like this behavior is new in version 2.61, behavior number 5:
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2011/10/go-launcher-v2-61-beta/
I have sent the developer an e-mail.
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The OP isn't using Go Launcher.

Opps, Lmao disregard what I said I'm dumb. This happens in go launcher too .

GingerEffect said:
Opps, Lmao disregard what I said I'm dumb. This happens in go launcher too .
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Yeah I use Go Launcher and I have the same thing happen to me. I don't find it to be a problem at all since the apps I use 95% of the time are on my dockbar. So when I press the home button it actually does go back to my homescreen since I never open the app drawer. That's my way around it. The apps are more readily available in my dock bar anyway. So it's a win/win for me.

[Q] Can't get 5 Columns on homescreens

I've searched all over and can't find info on this...
I'm new to this, but was able to successfully get Codename Android running on my phone without a problem (started with 1.2, then 1.3.2, and now 1.3.3). I did all the wipes and factory resets prior to upgrading each time but I've never been able to get 5 columns to appear on my homescreens despite selecting it in the options. Is anyone else having this problem?
BTW, this is the first ROM I tried and love it. If I can get this column thing squared away, it would be even better.

G111444 said:
I've searched all over and can't find info on this...
I'm new to this, but was able to successfully get Codename Android running on my phone without a problem (started with 1.2, then 1.3.2, and now 1.3.3). I did all the wipes and factory resets prior to upgrading each time but I've never been able to get 5 columns to appear on my homescreens despite selecting it in the options. Is anyone else having this problem?
BTW, this is the first ROM I tried and love it. If I can get this column thing squared away, it would be even better.
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Do you still have the searchbar at the top of your screen? if so push and hold an remove it from your screen like and app an....... Viola!
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Whoops! my bad thats rows....Do you have nova launcher installed? you prolly do as i think most of the custom roms come with it....Look for a app called (nova settings) if you cant find it hold down on your homescreen till you see a popup and select (nova actions) then select (nova settings) it will now be on your desktop so select it and go under (homescreen) then (desktop grid) change columns to 5 and you should be good to go...i just did it and it worked perfectly

Thanks for reply. I've heard of nova but was hoping i could make CNA do it since it is advertised as a feature. I will try nova
Edit: tried nova but prefer CNA launcher. So, if anyone can help get 5 columns?

I have a 5 row 5 column layout and I'm using ADWLauncher EX.
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Use nova. They are all based off the stock launcher anyways in terms of looks and functionality. Any difference you see is due to options you have set. The fact is nova is the most versatile.

[Q] Pressing back button on apps shows stock launcher

I am using NOVA as my daily launcher. Whenever I open any app and press back key, instead getting Nova launcher home and I see stock touchwiz home. How Do I fix this problem? I can get Nova launcher home by pressing home button.

Mine is not doing that. I used an app called homesmack to set nova as default. That may fix your problem. Sounds like every action isn't defaulted to home. Just the home button.
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I had that problem with Nova and sslauncher but only when I had backed out of gmail!? Really strange. Do as Aranen_Zen suggested and install a home switcher to see if it helps.

Thank, I will try home switcher. Does anybody know how to fix without installing any other app.
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techiesam said:
Thank, I will try home switcher. Does anybody know how to fix without installing any other app.
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Not sure if you tried this yet, but go into NOVA settings and scroll to bottom...there's a setting called "set default home". It will show what you have set and can set NOVA as default there. Also, in Manage Applications you can clear defaults somehow if step above didn't work.

I have a Motorola Razr M HD (XT926) and am running into the same issue with Nova.
Pressing the "back" button to leave an app takes me to my default home. However, if I leave an app by pressing "home" I am taken to my Nova home screen.
OP, did you figure this out without installing another app?
Doctor, I did as you said to no avail.

DoctorQMM said:
Not sure if you tried this yet, but go into NOVA settings and scroll to bottom...there's a setting called "set default home". It will show what you have set and can set NOVA as default there. Also, in Manage Applications you can clear defaults somehow if step above didn't work.
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I am not sure but with Nova update (or Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update ??) that problem has gone. I had setup Nova as default launcher but still was getting error.
pyzik200 said:
I have a Motorola Razr M HD (XT926) and am running into the same issue with Nova.
Pressing the "back" button to leave an app takes me to my default home. However, if I leave an app by pressing "home" I am taken to my Nova home screen.
OP, did you figure this out without installing another app?
Doctor, I did as you said to no avail.
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i am not facing that problem now. No idea what fixed it, update to Nova or Firmware upgrade. But I am glad that it has gone.

techiesam said:
I am using NOVA as my daily launcher. Whenever I open any app and press back key, instead getting Nova launcher home and I see stock touchwiz home. How Do I fix this problem? I can get Nova launcher home by pressing home button.
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I have the same problem with my Note 8.0 but it seems to only happen for the Gmail widget, which I use very often. I've tried Nova, Apex and GO launchers and they have the same results. I've tried the suggested home-switching apps but to no avail.

Getting exact same problem
I have a Motorola XT925 RAZR HD. Just installed Nova and set it as default launcher using the Nova settings... made sure the Home Launcher has no defaults... but yeah, backing out of Gmail or Text Messaging would show the default launcher home screen. Rebooting seems to have cured it, but I'll report back if it comes back. Kinda annoying but glad to see others having the same problem, means a software issue, not my phone! heh.

Nova Launcher not sticking

Anyone else having issues on a stock Verizon One getting Nova Launcher to stick? Damn thing keeps defaulting to Sense for some reason. Is there a fix for this? Thanks in advance.

Nova runs fine for me but when I hold the home key to open menu on my homescreen nothing happens. Every once in a while it will work.

Go to HTC Sense in the app settings and clear defaults. Do the same for Nova. Clear defaults for both and see if that solves the problem
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josh995 said:
Go to HTC Sense in the app settings and clear defaults. Do the same for Nova. Clear defaults for both and see if that solves the problem
Sent from my HTC One.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I've given it a shot. Sense said there were no defaults applied, while Nova said it was a default for certain something... the legend was cut off. I cleared them both and we'll see how it goes.

I'm stock currently, also using Nova. I have not had any issues with it. When you first start using the launcher, and you get the popup asking which UI to use, select "always" (rather than "just once") before selecting Nova, as opposed to Sense. Mine sticks.

major_works said:
Anyone else having issues on a stock Verizon One getting Nova Launcher to stick? Damn thing keeps defaulting to Sense for some reason. Is there a fix for this? Thanks in advance.
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I've had this as well, even with Nova selected as default. Sense would pop up randomly when going back to the home screen. What I did is go into app manager and force stop HTC Sense. The problem is when setting another launcher as default, your suppose to clear the others out of memory by using the recent apps, but stock Sense does not allow this apparently...
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There is an issue where if you drag up any of your icons on the dock row in your lock screen it will go into Sense. There is nothing you can do about that. Once you have selected Nova as your default launcher, all you have to do is click the home screen and it will take you back.

OP here checking in. Since I applied josh995's suggestion about clearing defaults for both HTC Sense and Nova, it's been pretty well behaved. FYI, peteschlabar, I definitely checked "always" when I had the choice between launchers. Oh well, it seems to have sorted itself out now. Thanks, all!

I just installed nova again and it worked the first time
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