"Close All" Button doesn't return to proper launcher - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 on Lollipop, Specs:
SCH-1525
Android 5.0.1
Baseband Version 1545VRUGOC1
Rooted
I'm having a problem with the "Close All" button found in the recent apps (Hold down Home button). After I use it, it displays the Touchwiz launcher rather than Nova or Apex. I tried both to get it working. Since trying a few things: Cleared Cache Partition in Recovery, Cleared Cache of the Apps I thought would be conflicting (Touchwiz App and Home Settings App) I've had no success. Now, the "Close All" button blacks out my screen until I hit the home button, in which it goes to actual selected launcher. I've created a video to show what it is doing now:
Can't post video until I've posted more, SORRY!
I appreciate it you are able to help. I know this isn't a big thing, but it's enough to be annoying.
Thanks!

it is making a black screen because it closes the launcher. Since you are rooted you could reinstall the launcher as a system app which wont be closed by the Close All button

Matthew M. said:
it is making a black screen because it closes the launcher. Since you are rooted you could reinstall the launcher as a system app which wont be closed by the Close All button
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Okay, made Nova a system app, still same problem . Now it's going to my Touchwiz App Drawer, not even the home page.... It's really confusing me.. Now I'm determined.
I had another thought, what if it isn't an app or app killing, rather an error on the "app" that runs the multitasking window. I'm going to Google it right now, to see if I can find it and if I can clear it's cache.
Thoughts?

iamspoticus said:
Okay, made Nova a system app, still same problem . Now it's going to my Touchwiz App Drawer, not even the home page.... It's really confusing me.. Now I'm determined.
I had another thought, what if it isn't an app or app killing, rather an error on the "app" that runs the multitasking window. I'm going to Google it right now, to see if I can find it and if I can clear it's cache.
Thoughts?
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Yeah, no luck Googling it.

Yea I have the same problem but usually goes to dialer

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Returning to stock from ADW

I am running GB 3.5, and then ADW Launcher 1.3.6 Standalone. I was using the stock MotoBlur/GingerBlur launcher 'home screen' for while I was at work...and the ADWLauncher 'home screen' for all my apps, entertainment, not at work stuff. Whenever I hit the 'home' button, I would have the option of 'ADW.Launcher' or 'Launcher'. Yesterday, the sensitive screen accidentally marked the check box for 'use by default for this action'. Now I am stuck in ADW.Launcher, and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get the original launcher with all my work settings on it to come up. I'm sure it has to be something really simple, but I'm at a loss.
Anyone know how to remove the 'use as default' checkbox so I can get both launchers back?
thanks
settings applications, adw clear defaults should do it
You need this ------->
Home Switcher
CaelanT said:
You need this ------->
Home Switcher
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Why add an app and take up space when clearing the ADW defaults works?
barry99705 said:
Why add an app and take up space when clearing the ADW defaults works?
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Lol......cos' there's more than enough room on an Atrix. Don't think this one tiny app is gonna put storage over the edge. Also, if you end up trying different launchers, can make changing between much easier. Take a chill pill. A lot of people use it!
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barry99705 said:
Why add an app and take up space when clearing the ADW defaults works?
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Clearing the adw defaults doesn't work at least not for me. If you install any other launcher you need the home switcher app or someone similar to be able to select motoblur again. Or uninstall the other launcher.
Clear Defaults is greyed out for me...says no defaults are set. I will try Home Changer app.
thanks
do you have titanium backup? if so, make sure that when you scroll down to "launcher", it is not frozen. If it is, just click on it and defrost it. then clear defaults and press home. voila!!
I went the 'Home Switcher' route, works well...and I have so much room on the Atrix I'm not worried about space....have 300+ apps right now, still running smoothly. It would be nice if the Home Switcher became part of the 'long-press' search button menu. Is there a way to do that? I know I downloaded an 'AutoRotate Switch' and a few other things that show up there. Does that have to be done on the development side, or can I somehow move Home Switcher to that menu for easy access.
Thanks for ideas, I always come to xda for the best solutions!
EDIT: So I added 'Home Switcher to my drop down notification menu using Bar Control, and am happy with that for now. I'm still curious about how it works getting things to long-press search menu though. Now that I have this quick way to switch Launchers, I'm thinking of adding a few more, like SPB 3D. Whenever I haven't been to the default launcher in a while, it takes a while to load, which leads me to believe it doesn't always stay active eating up resources while not in use. Anyone have any experience having 3 or 4 at the same time, and the impact on performance?
ethantarheels123 said:
do you have titanium backup? if so, make sure that when you scroll down to "launcher", it is not frozen. If it is, just click on it and defrost it. then clear defaults and press home. voila!!
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I have TB, so am I understanding correctly...I can freeze whole Launchers (all setup) if I won't need them for a while...and then un-freeeze them when needed...with everything returning as before? I've only frozen a couple things before, just testing it out...never a Launcher though.
JVogler said:
Now that I have this quick way to switch Launchers, I'm thinking of adding a few more, like SPB 3D. Whenever I haven't been to the default launcher in a while, it takes a while to load, which leads me to believe it doesn't always stay active eating up resources while not in use. Anyone have any experience having 3 or 4 at the same time, and the impact on performance?
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This is why I mentioned Home Switcher. I had 5 or 6 launchers at one time, always switching back and forth "playing". I love my toy ........... I mean Atrix, and the launcher bug does bite until you find one or two which you will stick with. So many, and so many ways to customize. I never saw any performance hit with multiple launchers myself.

[Q] Default Launcher won't stay default

First of all I have a Sprint Epic Touch 4G AKA Samsung Galaxy 2 S and not rooted, but I think this is an Android problem after 4 days of trying to find a solution.
I keep getting prompt to select which launcher(launcher or twlauncher) when I press the home button. I would select set as default and then select twlauncher. This would work fine and I could do what I want and the home button acts normally. BUT if I long press the home button to bring up task manager and a list of recent apps, it would break the default setting on twlauncher. I could go to setting and manage app and see that the default on twlauncher is now cleared even though I did not manually clear it. I tried checking set as default and then select launcher. It too won't stick AFTER I long press the home button.
Long story short, I downloaded several launchers from the market and none of them will stay set as default IF I long press the home button. It breaks the default every time and ask me to select the launcher to use when I press the home button. Now this would be great if I could just delete all the other launcher and have only one but I can't delete the stock launcher or twlauncher.
Here are the related threads that are just on XDA alone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844975
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733874&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838633&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907973&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955029&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951833&
highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932197&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971784&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972858&highlight=default+launcher+keeps+resetting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...light=default+launcher+keeps+resetting&page=2
So the first time this happen, I was driving down the road using telenav when I see the prompt to select which launcher(something that I've never seen after using the phone for 2 weeks). Did some research elsewhere and found no solutions so here is what I have done in chronological order:
1. Start task manager and kill all active app and clear memory from RAM
2. Clear defaults from manage application....twlauncher
3. Click home button, click set as default and then launcher instead of twlauncher- still does not stick after long press home button.
4. Manage application...twlauncher CLEAR DATA (sure enough my neatly organized homepage and apps folder was reset to stock).
5. Pull battery
6. Cycle power on and off.
7. Gave up after 24 hours and factory reset the phone.
8. Went on my merry way and reinstall apps and customizing home page and apps pages and so on.
9. In hindsight, I should have long press home button every time I installed a new app to see which one will break the default.
10. Phone works fine for 24 hours and then it mysteriously acts up again. It ask me to choose which launcher again.
11. Went back to googling and tried the following which did not work:
a. clear media hub data and default
b. installed Sprint "clean" ID and then later deleting it.
c. installed go launcher and see if it will stick
d. installed launcher pro
e. installed home switcher
f. I don't have Qik or some child lock apps
g. search XDA and found about 15 threads and tried everything in those thread short of using Titanium to freeze one launcher.
Any update on a working solution? Right now I just won't long press the home button to bring up task manager or recent apps and everything will work just fine. Minor annoyance but I guess I can live with it until the ICS update.
its because the task manager is part of TWlauncher and will break the default launcher selection when you use it
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b-eock said:
its because the task manager is part of TWlauncher and will break the default launcher selection when you use iy
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No it won't break the default launcher on my wife's stock Samsung epic 4 G touch. I could long press the home button and it won't ask me to choose which launcher when I press the home button.
Fixed Default Laucher Problem.
So I decide to finally root the phone and install Calk's Rom 2.0. Everything was working great but finally, long press the home button breaks the default launcher again. There was only two launchers installed by default. Launcher Pro and TWLauncher. I wiped Dalvik Cache but the problem resurfaced after a few long press.
I launched ES File Explorer, enable root access, show hidden files, navigate to system/app and rename LauncherPro.apk to LauncherPro.bak. That fixed the problem and I rebooted just to make sure. Since there is only one launcher available now, I can't break the default launcher anymore no matter how many time I long press the home button.
Have you tried uninstalling the original home app???
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b-eock said:
Have you tried uninstalling the original home app???
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What do you mean by "original home app"? Home switcher, launcher, twlauncher?
I did not find the option to uninstall LauncherPro in Calk 2.0 ROM and no option to freeze it using appextractor either. But renaming the extension to .bak did the trick. I like twlauncher better than launcherpro anyway.
No need to flash new rom or do a factory reset
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
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That really worked!!! OMG!! Thank you so much!! I was going crazy trying to find a solution!!! haha haha
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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You saved me too man ! Thanks a lot !
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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Thanks, dude!! I was about to wipe my phone. A photo app I have been using for years was causing it. Oddly enough it updated last night and this begun.
usit said:
Rooted Galaxy S4 i337 ATT
I had the same problem and did a factory reset that temporarily solved the problem but that is definitely not the solution.
The problem is the third party software that could be any app (for me was"Photoid Pro")
The Solution: When it happen for the first time (you must reboot after each App installation and if you are prompted to select a Launcher) immediately delete the app you just installed and reboot again, I am sure you will be back to your default launcher.
If already have the problem you should install "Launcher Switcher" from "google play" open and if you see anything beside your launchers Delete them and that would set you back to default launcher.
Install One App at a time so you know the culprit.
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Dude, you are amazing, had that same problem for quite some time now, went thru a lot and nothig until I hit this, problem solved so easily, too bad Launcher Switcher it's not in development any more. Thanks again dude!!!

Apex Launcher crashes

I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kiahnlliya said:
I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm using apex (pro) and it works fine, maybe you clicking back several times is just making the app FC or just brain-farting android.
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
Kiahnlliya said:
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
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Hmm well that's really weird. Do a backup in apex, then force stop, clear data, uninstall and then reinstall it. See if you still have the problem. Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
I had the same issues with apex, couldn't figure out what exactly caused the problems...for that reason I'm on go launcher for now.
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i have the same problem
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Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
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It seems like this has solved my problem! It was unchecked, so I checked it and now it seems fine! You the man!
DidnĀ“t solve it here, as said above, it is already checked. Maybe an update will solve these problems in near future, it is really sad that apex suffers here.
It appears I spoke too soon, Apex still crashes/freezes for me.
I also tried Nova Launcher and it does the same thing.
I keep very few apps backgrounded, and I have removed a lot of bloatware. My phone should be a lean, mean machine... I guess I just have to live with it, maybe in the future a custom ROM will solve it.
If you guys check your logcat logs, you'll see evidence of apex crashing. I already contacted the developers and they said it's a known issue but are still looking into it. For now I'm using go launcher.. not so smooth, but lots of features
Had the exact same issues, switching to Nova solved the problem for me.
Yup same problem, back on touchwiz for now.
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[Q] [FIXED] DirectDial Shortcut Not Working for Go/Apex Launcher?

Keep getting a 'Unable to access application, please restart Go launcher', when I tap on a Direct Dial Shortcut on my home screen. This happens for both Go and Apex launchers. TW works ok.
Weird thing was, it used to work when I got the phone. Anyone with similar problems?
I've been using Apex free for two days but not had an issue yet.
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I have been using NOVA launcher and have the same issue. When I hit the direct dial widget I get a small message saying "app is not installed". If I clear defaults for the phone app then i get a choice between phone and skype, then hitting phone from there works. But that is definitely not a solution.
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I have been using NOVA launcher and have the same issue. When I hit the direct dial widget I get a small message saying "app is not installed". If I clear defaults for the phone app then i get a choice between phone and skype, then hitting phone from there works. But that is definitely not a solution.
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Yup, installed Viber and the choice menu pops up. If I select a default, I get back the same error message.
Faz1980 said:
I've been using Apex free for two days but not had an issue yet.
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Is your phone rooted by any chance?
No, not yet.
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I have the same problem with the direct dial widget for all of the 3rd party launchers. I wonder if it's a permission thing on the Samsung that was not implemented correctly.
I had no such issues with 3rd party launchers on my HTC One-X.
Hit on the bulls eye! I have googled same problem and came directly into this subject. I also have a Galaxy S III and use Apex Launcher instead of memory eating monster Samsung TW; I also install Touch Pal contacts and dialer since Samsung has not been able come with a decent T9 dialer for ages. Anyhow, the problem is direct call shortcuts do not work on my device neither. As for detailed information, I use Omega v4.0. Also note that, I have recently used Apex Launcher on my Galaxy S II with I9100XWLPG (4.0.3) and did not have this problem.
I hope someone comes with a solution, it's annoying.
Regards.
In Nova Launcher it is already fixed. I switched until Apex is fixed too.
Any solution to this? GoLauncher still creating problems.
Fixed!
Its Fixed In Go Launcher! Sent them an email on Tuesday, fixed today. Pretty efficient.
most definitely not fixed!
Direct Dial still not working in Apex launcher. Issue reported to them well over a week ago and have received the odd useless email response from them. Not at all impressed with their "customer service"
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Its Fixed In Go Launcher! Sent them an email on Tuesday, fixed today. Pretty efficient.
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I got my SIII about a month ago, and direct dial never worked on Launcher Pro. Did you have to reinstall or something?
Hi, I've a GS III i9300 with Go Launcher and my direct dial refused to work.
Finally, I've managed to make it work :victory:
My exact problem was : I managed to have a direct dial icon on the desktop, and it turned "green" when I clicked on it (everything's normal so far), so it should have worked, but nothing happened, the screen stayed on the desktop like this.
I'm pretty sure the problem can be different for each configuration.
Here are few steps you could follow to have a better idea of your problem.
1/ Be sure that the problem comes from the launcher you have.
To know that, it's very easy, just install a home switcher, like Home Switcher from the market (Link here).
2/ Then go to your apps, click on Home Switcher then launch the default TouchWiz launcher (if you still have it, or another launcher you may have installed)
3/ Now your are in another launcher, so try to add a direct dial icon on the desktop (The usual way is to make a long press somewhere, then you choose apps & widget, then you search a bit between the widgets you get, then long press on direct dial (or speed dial), you place it somewhere, then you select a contact from your list)
4/ Try this direct dial icon. When I tried, it worked directly, so I knew the problem was somewhere around my Go Launcher.
If it's still not working for you, the problem isn't -probably- coming from your launcher !
(Now, you probably have to search somewhere else, like on your rom/kernel...)
5/ If it's working for you, I think it's good news.
Now you can probably go back to your launcher (Go Launcher in my case) and try some things.
Like configuration/parameters --> more --> applications manager --> download --> search for "Go Launcher EX" (or your launcher)
Here you can try to "Clear Defaults", "Clear Cache" & "Clear Data". (Caution : Clearing the data should revert the application back to it's state as it was when you first installed it)
Then reboot your phone and check if it's working.
6/ If it's not. The problem can be another app you've installed that's messing up your Go Launcher.
In my case, I've installed a great app, X Privacy (The Xda topic about it here) that allowed me to feed any app installed with empty/anonymous data.
In this app, you can set & restrain exactly which part of the phone you've turned anonymous (accounts, call, contacts...) for which app.
I had restrain everything for Go Launcher, that's why direct dial wasn't working anymore. I just had to uncheck the part "call (phone, sms, mms)" concerning Go Launcher in X Privacy and now it's working like a charm.
7/ If you don't have X Privacy installed, the problem maybe comes from another app.
I suggest that you uninstall one by one the apps you suspect to mess up your phone, and keep trying.
If you've a custom rom, you may seek help on the dedicated topic.
Good luck !
Found the solution..!
Whoever's havin' the direct-dial widget problem- I had the same problem & after a lot of head-scratchin' & tinkerin', it occured to me-
Go to Settings>Developer Options & see if the option "Do Not Keep Activities" is checked. If it is, uncheck it.
You're good to go..!
Direct Dial App Not Installed Error - Fixed
This is an old thread but decided to answer it here for others searching. I found it on a thread overseas.
Go to Settings/Apps/ scroll to and select your launcher Apk. Select the "Permissions" section and see whats not allowed and it will answer your questions. Enable Contacts, Phone at least. I enabled all of mine.
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Direct Dial App Not Installed Error - Fixed
This is an old thread but decided to answer it here for others searching. I found it on a thread overseas.
Go to Settings/Apps/ scroll to and select your launcher Apk. Select the "Permissions" section and see whats not allowed and it will answer your questions. Enable Contacts, Phone at least. I enabled all of mine.
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This worked for me in AIO Launcher. Needed to give phone permission. Many thanks.
With Nova Launcher, this started happening for me after a recent android system update.
None of the above solutions worked.
All my direct dial icons were previously created by going into the contacts app, selecting the contact, and adding to the home screen.
I was able to get it working, by long pressing the nova background - widgets - contacts - direct dial.
So, just adding it this way, somehow fixes it.

[Q] Problems With Action & Apex launchers in HAM2

Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
arampapaz said:
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
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OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
ganymede7 said:
OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
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It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
Netrunner157 said:
It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
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OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
ganymede7 said:
OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
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make a backup of your current rom before you try the following:
1) reset the app data for your launcher and redo it
2) try a factory reset.
ganymede7 said:
Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
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I'm using a MT2L03 on 4.3 and have been using Nova since nearly day one myself, haven't had any issues. Sometimes I forget I have a launcher and that it's not stock built into the phone, haha I had issues with Apex at first too, + it was lagging, guess it doesn't like to play nice with our phones.
Been using Nova since the first day... It's solid and no issues
Nova +1
Problems With Action & Apex Launchers in HAM2
Hi guys. After reading the replies to my original post here, I installed Nova Launcher and have had no problems since. Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm an Apex user and have had zero issues.

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