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[Q] Launcher pro bricked my phone

Hi,
I have the Htc Desire android 2.1 with launcher pro. I loved it until recently it is showing that Launcher Pro has expired & it won't allow me to do anything. I restarted the phone, took out the battery but nothing seems to work. I am basically locked out because I trusted this product. Please help me out here, I would appreciate it. Again, htc Desire 2.1,launcher pro free version saying expired & opening up the browser only. I can't do anything else & I can't reboot as I would lose my contacts & data.
I tried looking at the solutions provided over the internet but nothing suits my situation. A lot of those solutions work for android 2.2 but I have 2.1 which I cannot update right now. Please help me people.
Thanks in advance. My phone is bricked until one of you guys can tell me a solution.

First of all that is not a brick. Second can you get in to settings? If yes, got to application management go to launcherpro and clear the defaults hit the home button and select the Sense launcher or download 'ClearDefaultHome' and clear the defaults. If that does not work you can do a factory reset but you will lose all your data.
And last where did you get that version of launcher pro? From the market?

Same problem here - but for the HTC Wildfire...
I'm having exactly the same problem - My version of Launcher pro was downloaded from the Android Market and has worked fine until this morning when it expired.
My phone will not let me access my home screen or any of my applications. When I press 'Home' it just takes me to my browser which contains an error message stating 'You do not have permission to access /index.php on this server. Additionall, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request'.
As I cannot access my home screen, I am unable to access my settings in order to manage my applications and uninstall Launcher Pro... Starting to panic now!
Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!
Thanks x

Not bricked.
Erm, your phone is not bricked.
Well the way i see it,
1) you could email the maker of launcher pro and explain your situation, though I think its more of a user error
2) Do what TheGhost1233 said, try to go into your settings, and select clear default on launcher pro app. Use htc sense again.
3) factory reset everything and set up everything once again
4) root and flash a new rom (Its more fun )
edit* For people who can't access their settings, try downloading another app that allows you to change settings.

If a factory reset is a to big of a step you could also try to remover launcherpro (in recovery) via ADB.

Thanks for your replies! As ghost1233 and friedkimchi suggest, I am unable to go into my settings or do absolute anything with the phone. I have the exact same problem as described by the other person in this thread of not being able to anything but just go to the browser which I cannot use because wifi is not enabled and cannot be because I can't access anything.
I bought the launcher pro from the android market and it was a free version which I have been using for months now. I seriously want to avoid the factory reset thing until I can because I do not want to lose the data. If I have to then I will but just trying to see if I can avoid it somehow. Nothing seems to be working now.

Yes The Ghost1233, factory reset is a big step because I would lose all my data and contacts. But then, what is ADB and I thought recovery meant factory reset.

guptavar said:
Yes The Ghost1233, factory reset is a big step because I would lose all my data and contacts. But then, what is ADB and I thought recovery meant factory reset.
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Same problem here... How to remove launchwe pro via ADB? please help.

http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1747#p8659

lukyjay said:
http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1747#p8659
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Thanks, this seems helpful and points us in the direction where everyone is suggesting us to go to i.e. install ADB and uninstall Launcher pro in recovery mode. There is this video provided in this link which tells how to do that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SOSXwkc_8
Is this what you guys think is the last resort we have here for this problem and if I install ADB, would that be make my phone rooted?
Thanks for all your help and replies!

No it won't root your phone but you will run in to the problem that your phone probably does not have USB debugging enabled.
But i suggest you follow the linked thread (the launcherpro forums) for further help.

I do not obviously want to run into any kind of problems. What do you suggest then. This is not something that I am choosing, I did not find any other options. Please suggest what would be my options given my situation. I am not a nerd so I do not know if I will be able to do all this installation thing properly or not. This was kind of a relief that this would not root my phone. I don't know why I am afraid of it but I really like the handset and I don't want it to be screwed because of anything.
Thanks

a coworker of mine had the same issue today. I'm just reposting the link from another website, since I typically come to xda to find answers to stuff like this... either manually type this into your ANDROID browser, or if you could somehow make it to this page from your phone, just click this link... from your phone lol
market://search?q=pnamerg.adw.launcher
it is the direct adwlauncher link to the android market!
hope this helps! =)

Bakano said:
a coworker of mine had the same issue today. I'm just reposting the link from another website, since I typically come to xda to find answers to stuff like this... either manually type this into your ANDROID browser, or if you could somehow make it to this page from your phone, just click this link... from your phone lol
market://search?q=pnamerg.adw.launcher
it is the direct adwlauncher link to the android market!
hope this helps! =)
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Thanks, I wish I could use the browser to use the internet but the wifi is disabled and I cannot reach into my settings to enable it.

You used free version of launcherpro, right?

Pjerisimo said:
You used free version of launcherpro, right?
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Yes, that's right. It was a free version that I have downloaded from the android market.

idk if some of you are still having the same problem but if you are, i got this from another forum and it seemed to work for them:
Hold down the 'home' key in order to start your native task manager.
You should see the Settings icon, probably in the bottom right, of your tasks.
If you don't see Settings, double-tap your Home key in order to open Voice Dialing. When it opens, say 'Open Settings.'
Once you're in Settings, go to Applications, and remove LauncherPro.
Hope this helps.
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if that doesn't work you, and could open the browser type this in:
(it should download adw launcher)
bubiloop.com/download/org.adw.launcher
ps. my cousin had this problem and search for a solution and found it, just thought i would share since. xda always helps me out

Hey, I tried doing all this except for the download thing but it does not work. I cannot download anything because wifi is disabled and there is no way I can enable it. If I could have had a back up of my data I would have probably tried the hard reset.
I really appreciate all you folks to try and help me out. I am still trying.

guptavar said:
Hey, I tried doing all this except for the download thing but it does not work. I cannot download anything because wifi is disabled and there is no way I can enable it. If I could have had a back up of my data I would have probably tried the hard reset.
I really appreciate all you folks to try and help me out. I am still trying.
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the download worked for my cousin.
when she held the home button it opens the most recent apps. and she had the browser there. she opened up the broswer and typed that in. and it worked now she has adw launcher.

Go Launcher Ex uninstall = Black Home screen bug

i was using go launcher ex and when i uninstall it, my home screen was stuck with a black home screen with only notification bar at top ..... A chance i had made a ROM backup with Rom Manager earlier or my phone will still be stuck on that black home screen.
Hard reset didnt help to repair phone
Lg support tool application from Lg website didnt work too
I wrote this post just to share my experience with Go Launcher Ex and i will never and ever re-install a Go products.

I may be mistaken but it sounds like you didn't have another launcher enabled when you uninstalled go launcher ex. That's why you ended up with the black screen with the notification bar.

Hi,
did you uninstall the LG Home Launcher before installing GoLauncher? If so, you don't have a launcher installed on your phone right now. In that case it's more your personal failure than a problem with GoLauncher... sorry.
Your Android Phone needs a Launcher. If you uninstall the stock launcher you have to make sure that already another one is in place and vice versa. If not it will end with the black screen you mentioned.
Good luck next time.
sent from LG-LU6200

Cromson said:
Hi,
did you uninstall the LG Home Launcher before installing GoLauncher? If so, you don't have a launcher installed on your phone right now. In that case it's more your personal failure than a problem with GoLauncher... sorry.
Your Android Phone needs a Launcher. If you uninstall the stock launcher you have to make sure that already another one is in place and vice versa. If not it will end with the black screen you mentioned.
Good luck next time.
sent from LG-LU6200
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sorry but NO i didnt uninstall the Lg Home launcher im not that retard !!! i only install Go launcher ex then use it for a week then uninstall it.

julienlefebvre1981 said:
sorry but NO i didnt uninstall the Lg Home launcher im not that retard !!! i only install Go launcher ex then use it for a week then uninstall it.
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Cool down, i thought you want some help? It was my guess, because exact the same thing happened to me back in the days...
Where is your LG Home launcher now?

I bet the stock launcher is frozen via TiBu.

myrez said:
I bet the stock launcher is frozen via TiBu.
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Yeah something like this, its definitly deactivated... not a specific GoLauncher problem. Would be interesting to know, where the LG Home Launcher is hiding.

Cromson said:
Yeah something like this, its definitly deactivated... not a specific GoLauncher problem. Would be interesting to know, where the LG Home Launcher is hiding.
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Good question ...... i was able to receive call, sms, but wasnt able to make call (because of black screen) the Rom manager backup had save my phone
i just weird that the uninstallation had hide/remove/delete etc the Lg launcher....

I see, had the same problem once as i'd no-bloated the LG Launcher. I also had to restore my backup, no way to get the launcher installed again.

That's what happened to me, but luckily I have Debug mode enabled so I just connect the phone with PC, and use adb shell to launch Titanium Backup to defrost the Home launcher.
So if you luckily have Debug mode enabled before you black-screen accident:
1. Install Android SDK on your PC which include adb shell
2a. If you froze the Home launcher with TiBu and want to defrost it, open adb shell from command line and follow this link to launch Titanium Backup: stackoverflow.com/questions/4567904/how-to-start-an-application-using-android-adb-tools
2b. If for some reason 2a doesn't work, or you didn't froze the LG Home launcher but it is not loaded for some reasons, reinstall Go Launcher or any other launchers using Sideload Wonder Machine (google for it)
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A good tip for all is: always enable debug mode then you can solve a lot of problems with your PC!

Deleted nova launcher app-Bootloop-just been dum :(

Hello members
I had a little fit this morning after my screen lock did not lock the screen. Nova Launcher pushed through an update as well as Google yesterday. Anyway, I thought it must be Nova, so I tried to uninstall instead of switching to Goole Launcher. The uninstall option was not available so I went to Titanium App and deleted Nova Launcher. What a stupid idea that was.
So I am stuck in bootloop and cannot get onto the home screen. I made an install zip file with an earlier Nova Launcher to install through TWRP. It said install successful though no change. Still bootloop.
Is anyone here who would have time and could help me ? Thanks
ROM is ArchiDroid V3.1.5

kiwigi said:
Hello members
I had a little fit this morning after my screen lock did not lock the screen. Nova Launcher pushed through an update as well as Google yesterday. Anyway, I thought it must be Nova, so I tried to uninstall instead of switching to Goole Launcher. The uninstall option was not available so I went to Titanium App and deleted Nova Launcher. What a stupid idea that was.
So I am stuck in bootloop and cannot get onto the home screen. I made an install zip file with an earlier Nova Launcher to install through TWRP. It said install successful though no change. Still bootloop.
Is anyone here who would have time and could help me ? Thanks
ROM is ArchiDroid V3.1.5
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Reflash your rom without doing anything else.
And next time post your questions in the q & a thread specific for your device not this section

Ok, thanks. My apology for using the wrong subforum. Regards G
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Change Launcher not possible in latest MIUI 10 CN Beta 8.9.6?

HI guys, just received the Mi Max 3 and updated it straight to MIUI 10 China Dev build, but I'm unable to change the launcher, I've never had trouble before with Xiaomi devices, once I install a new launcher, I normally just go to default apps and select it there from the list of available launchers, but not this time, I've tried Nova, Google Pixel, Lawnchair, none of them show up on the list of launchers, are you guys experiencing the same?
Thanks XDA
UPDATE: Got it, had to go a bit too extreme to get it working, so tried factory reset, without setting up any apps, just straight to sideload Nova apk, but still no luck, so the solution was:
Sideload Nova Launcher APK (from apkmirror website), open cmd/shell and run the following commands:
1 - adb shell
2 - pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.mihome
3 - pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.home
So basically, removed all references to MIUI launcher and now pressing the home button takes me to NOVA Launcher =D
Hope this helps for someone that goes through the same.

Have tried Nova Launcher.
Install launcher.
Hit home button, hit once again and there will be shown option to choose your default launcher. Choose one.

ptr21 said:
Have tried Nova Launcher.
Install launcher.
Hit home button, hit once again and there will be shown option to choose your default launcher. Choose one.
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Thanks for the quick reply, but no, I don't see that pop-up =( are you running the latest MIUI CN 10 beta 8.9.6?
Please see screenshot, only have "System launcher" and the option to download "Jeejen Home screen", no other launchers showing =(

I'm on 8.8.30, but there is no difference, it has always been so.
Try uninstalling launcher, then reinstall and hit home button at once.

ptr21 said:
I'm on 8.8.30, but there is no difference, it has always been so.
Try uninstalling launcher, then reinstall and hit home button at once.
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Done that already, no luck, I had the Mi 8 before, also running MIUI 10 CN beta and didn't have this issue, thanks for your time, I'll try some other stuff later today, to try and get this sorted, thank you =D

Did you hit "Open" button in play store after installing?

ptr21 said:
Did you hit "Open" button in play store after installing?
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Tried that and also after installing pressing "home" button straight away, tried this with different launchers as well =/

Right, went a bit extreme, did a factory reset and nothing, tried adb to remove the MIUI launcher, hopping it would force the launcher to pop-up, but nothing, after removing MIUI launcher (package com.miui.home), pressing the home button did nothing, I was stuck in settings screen xD, so factory data reset again, jeez, what have they done with this MIUI 10 =/

To change default launcher go to settings -> Home screen and recents -> change default launcher. I'm on Miui 10 Dev 8.9.6 but I've always seen that option even on 8.8.3. I always install Lean launcher when I first get my new phones. Hope this helps.

psygnosi said:
To change default launcher go to settings -> Home screen and recents -> change default launcher. I'm on Miui 10 Dev 8.9.6 but I've always seen that option even on 8.8.3. I always install Lean launcher when I first get my new phones. Hope this helps.
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Tried that as well, did not work, the only solution I found was removing the MIUI launcher through ADB. Sold my Max 3 and ordered again, but this time I got the official Global version it is quicker to re-order then waiting for the bootloader unlock permission xD should get it this Friday... Thanks for your reply =)

Help. I can't uninstall stock launcher with ADB

Hell
I have Chinese mate 20 x
Every time i try remove stock launcher it failed
I reset phone
Installed nova of line launcher
But no go

??

Which Software Version are you on ?

Try Using huawei multitool.

filip_pine said:
Which Software Version are you on ?
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195

q8_devil said:
Try Using huawei multitool.
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But I'm not unlocked or rooted

rowihel2012 said:
But I'm not unlocked or rooted
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You dont need to.
You just need for uab debug to be on and then go to modification in huawei multi tool.

q8_devil said:
You dont need to.
You just need for uab debug to be on and then go to modification in huawei multi tool.
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Thanks i will try it

Any updates ?

q8_devil said:
You dont need to.
You just need for uab debug to be on and then go to modification in huawei multi tool.
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I can't find any launcher settings in modification area

filip_pine said:
Any updates ?
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No can't find launcher settings in the multi tool app

I'm on 195 on both my devices and i can remove launcher by ADB... Have you tried to factory reset ? Your best bet will be Root if you have your Bootloader Unlocked... Get the System App Remover and debloat everything on your device... I always use this app to remove junk...

filip_pine said:
I'm on 195 on both my devices and i can remove launcher by ADB... Have you tried to factory reset ? Your best bet will be Root if you have your Bootlpader Unlocked... Get the System App Remover and debload everything on your device... I always use this app to remove junk...
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I'm not unlocked
I tried slot of times reset but always adb message failure internal
While removing stock launcher

Well well, something strange has happend to me as well. Both of my Mate 20 X units were running 195, i was able to remove the stock launcher without any problems on both of them.. however, i might have remove some system apps because i screw one of my devices and i had to Factory Reset it to get it working again.
After i have Factory Reset it and tried to remove again the Stock launcher : FAILURE ... just like you said...
Is it strange right ? I was able to remove it first time, now ERROR... (( Dangg, i spend so much money on these ,, piece of ..sh..t '' devices and i'm not able to Get a Bootloader Unlocked Code, not able to Root, not even to remove the stock launcher... Dang Huawei... I'm gonna have to sell these and stick to Xiaomi or Samsung...
PS : HUAWEI, is this some kind of a joke ?! I am so disappointing about this... If i would have known, i would't throw my money on you... Learn from Samsung and Xiaomi...

filip_pine said:
Well well, something strange has happend to me as well. Both of my Mate 20 X units were running 195, i was able to remove the stock launcher without any problems on both of them.. however, i might have remove some system apps because i screw one of my devices and i had to Factory Reset it to get it working again.
After i have Factory Reset it and tried to remove again the Stock launcher : FAILURE ... just like you said...
Is it strange right ? I was able to remove it first time, now ERROR... (( Dangg, i spend so much money on these ,, piece of ..sh..t '' devices and i'm not able to Get a Bootloader Unlocked Code, not able to Root, not even to remove the stock launcher... Dang Huawei... I'm gonna have to sell these and stick to Xiaomi or Samsung...
PS : HUAWEI, is this some kind of a joke ?! I am so disappointing about this... If i would have known, i would't throw my money on you... Learn from Samsung and Xiaomi...
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Yea
Same happened to me
Managed to remove it first time only
My mate 20 x will be last phone from this ugly selfish company

I found app calls
Full screen gestures form app store
I can use swipe up from bottom to other launcher option
Not force me to back to the ugly stock one

rowihel2012 said:
I found app calls
Full screen gestures form app store
I can use swipe up from bottom to other launcher option
Not force me to back to the ugly stock one
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You kinda lost me here buddy, can you details what do you mean ?

filip_pine said:
You kinda lost me here buddy, can you details what do you mean ?
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Go for google play store
Download this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agooday.fullscreengestures
Gave it all permissions
Go to swipe from the bottom option
Then choose center swipe
Choose the launcher you wanna use from app shortcut
Now when you swipe back to home it will directly go to the launcher home not the stock one

It's happened to me after small update for the AI, look like they block launcher disabled or uninstall, now I'm stuck with the most stupid launcher forever I hope someone find another way to disable it again.

usoofii said:
It's happened to me after small update for the AI, look like they block launcher disabled or uninstall, now I'm stuck with the most stupid launcher forever I hope someone find another way to disable it again.
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Hi buddy, i already post a Tutorial on How to Remove Stock Launcher on v.195 Update
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/how-to/guide-how-to-remove-stock-launcher-195-t3904514