being a flashaholic i feel i am setting up my launcher screens oevr and over. is there any file that i can back up in TiBu or some 3rd party ICS launcher or app that can do this? its nice not having to redo all the icons folder and widgets...
suggestions please?
I don't know about the stock launcher but I use Nova Launcher Beta 5. I can backup and restore (all settings and icons) with TiBu plus it has its own builtin backup feature as well. Which I haven't tried myself yet ... but should work.
You can save adw settings and configurations.. I have been using it the past few days
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Is it possible to save the stock launcher configuration via Titanium backup?
Titanium will back up shortcuts and folders. But there is no way to restore Widgets.
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I find myself spending considerable time "re-organizaing" my phone after flashing. Is there a way to keep the folders I created, and better yet, the layout of my homescreen, widgets, etc. when flashing new roms?
jwiner said:
I find myself spending considerable time "re-organizaing" my phone after flashing. Is there a way to keep the folders I created, and better yet, the layout of my homescreen, widgets, etc. when flashing new roms?
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Most custom launchers support this. I've used go launcher ex, adw launcher, and launcher pro and they all will backup your configurations.
artvandelay440 said:
Most custom launchers support this. I've used go launcher ex, adw launcher, and launcher pro and they all will backup your configurations.
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+1 its what I do
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Miui backup saves homescreen layout and apps, but only for MIUI
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I personally don't back up my layout because I think its fun setting it all back up again.
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Thanks jwiner for asking this question. I assumed the answer was no, so was glad to see that I could back up using ADW settings. I am on CM7 currently but hadn't paid much attention the ADW settings until now.
Does that back up the widgets too? After restoring with TiBu I always get a "cannot open widget" or something like that. LPP says it's an Android thing that can't backup widget configurations
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Widgets will be saved in the spot you set em. However, you will need to delete & reset each one.
That's been my experience as well. Thanks
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There is no way with stock HTC sense to save the layout.
Custom roms with alternative launchers do have so options however you still need to reinstall the appropriate applications for the widgets to function correctly.
Same here
I'm using ADW and as far as I can tell, you can backup only the current layout, but I want a way to save each of my layouts and be able to go back and choose one of them again like you can in the Sense layouts. It takes me several days to get everything set up, custom icons made, and tweaking until it's just right. So it sucks that you can't go back and reuse all of them when you want.
kmodek said:
I'm using ADW and as far as I can tell, you can backup only the current layout, but I want a way to save each of my layouts and be able to go back and choose one of them again like you can in the Sense layouts. It takes me several days to get everything set up, custom icons made, and tweaking until it's just right. So it sucks that you can't go back and reuse all of them when you want.
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Do you use Titanium?
I thought launchers with backup/restore only restored settings and actual apps on the screen. Every time I used them they never restore widgets, I always have to remove the gray block and re-add the widgets.
If you use a folder tool like folder organizer Titanium will backup those folders and apps inside of them.
So one thing thats kept me from really using ICS daily is the fact that I can't restore Launcher pro from titanium backup. It just says restoring and nothing every happens and I have to kill TB. I've had this across any version of ICS that I try. I can download it and re setup my home screens but thats annoying. If I install from market and do a restore from inside launcher pro it will work, but if I reboot then it goes back to default launcher pro. Any ideas?
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So one thing thats kept me from really using ICS daily is the fact that I can't restore Launcher pro from titanium backup. It just says restoring and nothing every happens and I have to kill TB. I've had this across any version of ICS that I try. I can download it and re setup my home screens but thats annoying. If I install from market and do a restore from inside launcher pro it will work, but if I reboot then it goes back to default launcher pro. Any ideas?
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Being a long time launcher pro fan I was pissed when I realized I could not get launcher pro to work correctly on ics. I bounced between nova and apex for a while before landing on nova prime. I have been happy with it. Might wanna give it a spin.
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I'll give it a try....Hopefully they will fix launcher pro, if not then may be moving to a new launcher....
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I'll give it a try....Hopefully they will fix launcher pro, if not then may be moving to a new launcher....
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That's what I did too. I am currently using Nova Prime and loving it. It is better than launcher pro in my opinion.
If I helped you out in any way please thank me. Thanks.
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I'll give it a try....Hopefully they will fix launcher pro, if not then may be moving to a new launcher....
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The last time I looked it had been like over a year or something without an update on launcher pro.I don't know if it is being maintained at all...
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I think the problem with laucherpro and ICS is the LP Widgets. To get around this I've started using the "Android Pro Widgets" available in the play store with the "Modern ICS APW theme" which are just as good if not better than the LP Widgets.
edit: I forgot to actually state that I am using LauncherPro on ICS and had the same trouble. Just restore the app without the data and it should work fine. Take my advice above if you need the LP style widgets
I want to back that up for when I do full wipes, to keep icon location/folder location...
Would be nice if I could keep my notification set to what I had them set to.. but that is not really an issue and is faster to do... setting up my folder takes awhile :/
What launcher do you use? Most of them have a backup/restore option. I know Nova does for sure. Just make sure all apps and stuff are installed before restoring. Check in your launcher settings.
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I want to back that up for when I do full wipes, to keep icon location/folder location...
Would be nice if I could keep my notification set to what I had them set to.. but that is not really an issue and is faster to do... setting up my folder takes awhile :/
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Apex will also backup the "desktop", though it may be only in Apex Pro, which is what I use.
Like already said, most aftermarket launchers have backup capabilities...usually found in the settings menu of the launcher.
I use Titanium Backup, and when restoring apps, it will restore your icons and placement as well. Widgets will need to be replaced manually if you have any of them placed on your home screen.
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Use go backup pro
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I use TBackup to backup all apps/data. After wipe, restore Holo Launcher with data will put everything back as was.
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NunHugger said:
Like already said, most aftermarket launchers have backup capabilities...usually found in the settings menu of the launcher.
I use Titanium Backup, and when restoring apps, it will restore your icons and placement as well. Widgets will need to be replaced manually if you have any of them placed on your home screen.
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TB doesn't restore app icon location for me on CM10
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I use TBackup to backup all apps/data. After wipe, restore Holo Launcher with data will put everything back as was.
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I don't know if I have holo launcher... is that the default? I am running cm10
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TB doesn't restore app icon location for me on CM10
I don't know if I have holo launcher... is that the default? I am running cm10
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Trebuchet is the default launcher for CM. Back up and restore it in TiBu.
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Trebuchet is the default launcher for CM. Back up and restore it in TiBu.
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Thanks, I feel alil stupid now =p
Or try TrebuchetBackup
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I want to back that up for when I do full wipes, to keep icon location/folder location...
Would be nice if I could keep my notification set to what I had them set to.. but that is not really an issue and is faster to do... setting up my folder takes awhile :/
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Should the enter key!
Buzz launcher remembers without doing anything in settings but you will have to replace your widgets.
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I understand you can rename icons with a custom launcher ie nova apex etc.. but I dont want to lose my splanner widgets which you do.... I am running cleanrom 1.5 att with tw launcher and would love to shorten some of the icon text names... any ideas? I use to use an app called app renamer in play store but it doesnt work on jellybean... you lose your settings on reboot.
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I'm a new XDA user and new to rooting so please bear with me. I am simply looking for a TouchWiz launcher mod (I think mod) that allows me to use a 5x5 app format. I have the SGH-I317 with build: JZO54K.I317UCAMH3. Can anyone help me out?
You just need a different launcher...
Give Nova launcher a try from the play store..
No root required ...and it gives you the options to grid up to 6x6 I believe ...
Otherwise ...to get TW launchers with grid changes you would need root and a custom rom most likely ...g
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I haven't had the best experience with launchers from the play store. Had a go launcher before and it was just too much. I went with the root because I figured I could just mod the touch wiz or flash a better touch wiz Rom.
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Never mind. I gave up looking for a mod and downloaded the Nova Launcher. VERY easy to use, customizable the way I like and very smooth.
Now the only question I have about having multiple launchers is... How do I prevent them both from running at the same time? I already set the default that when I press the home button, it goes to the Nova Launcher. And then in Nova Launcher settings "swiped away" the touchwiz launcher. But is it still running in the background? Do I even still need it? If I don't, how do I remove it? And no worries, I have a backup from before I installed Nova.
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Once you swipe away the tw launcher you have set nova as default. Only the default launcher will run. I would not remove the old tw launcher as it can be a backup in case nova acts up. In other words, its good to have multiple launchers installed. Only one launcher is active at a time.
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