Hi all!
I want to buy a Chinese Mate 10 non-pro (the one with 6gb ram/128gb internal). I found this one, on Wonda mobile (https://www.wondamobile.com/huawei-...-unlocked.html#product_tabs_additional_tabbed), where rebranding is included in the price, and they claim that they uninstall all the Chinese apps and bloatware, and put Google Play apps on it (they put L29-C636*ROM on it, so the model is now identified as L29) My question is about search engine and search predictions, because I've read on a few places here on xda, that the C636 International rom has only Hiboard installed, and no Google, so that when I scroll to the far left of home screens, I get Hiboard, and chinese text predictions/suggestions when searching for stuff.
Can anybody confirm on this? Has anybody bought this specific model of non-pro Mate 10 and dealt with this problem? And if so, is there any way to deal with this problem that DOES NOT include rebranding?
Thanks in advance!
I can't confirm this for AL00, but I rebranded my Pro from C432 to C636 and Huawei Home has Hiboard at the left-most screen.
Google is installed too, but it only shows Hiboard there.
neverone said:
Hi all!
I want to buy a Chinese Mate 10 non-pro (the one with 6gb ram/128gb internal). I found this one, on Wonda mobile (https://www.wondamobile.com/huawei-...nlocked.html#product_tabs_additional_tabbed), where rebranding is included in the price, and they claim that they uninstall all the Chinese apps and bloatware, and put Google Play apps on it (they put L29-C636*ROM on it, so the model is now identified as L29) My question is about search engine and search predictions, because I've read on a few places here on xda, that the C636 International rom has only Hiboard installed, and no Google, so that when I scroll to the far left of home screens, I get Hiboard, and chinese text predictions/suggestions when searching for stuff.
Can anybody confirm on this? Has anybody bought this specific model of non-pro Mate 10 and dealt with this problem? And if so, is there any way to deal with this problem that DOES NOT include rebranding?
Thanks in advance!
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I've got a stock ALP-L29 and can confirm that swipe left on stock launcher only gives option for HiBoard. I use the rootless Pixel Launcher which brings up Google Now with swipe left.
Now on alp l29 131c636 swipe left hiboard
but swipe up from bottom Google.
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I've got a stock ALP-L29 and can confirm that swipe left on stock launcher only gives option for HiBoard. I use the rootless Pixel Launcher which brings up Google Now with swipe left.
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Thanks for that suggestion. I used Lawnchair but this is much better
Thank you all for help. So far I know I can disable Hiboard, and, if I can use Google by swiping up as suggested by @wooley4766, that might be just fine for me.
Although I was planning to use swipe up action to bring up app drawer, but I guess I'll make do. This hardly is a deal breaker.
Does having Hiboard mean having Chinese suggestion when googleing or searching generally?
neverone said:
Thank you all for help. So far I know I can disable Hiboard, and, if I can use Google by swiping up as suggested by @wooley4766, that might be just fine for me.
Although I was planning to use swipe up action to bring up app drawer, but I guess I'll make do. This hardly is a deal breaker.
Does having Hiboard mean having Chinese suggestion when googleing or searching generally?
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Hi!
I'm really hoping someone is going to see this, because I know it is an old thread and people have moved on.
So I finally got my hands on a non-pro Mate 10, the CN00 version rebranded fo ALP L29. The phone is mostly debloated and so far I am really happy with it.
I am bound to either use or disable the HiBoard on the far left home screen, but I want to give it a chance. So far I can only see the weather (sometimes), number of steps and my phone's uptime. How can I adjust it to receive some interesting news, or any content whatsoever? I don't see such options anywhere.
Thanks
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I've got a stock ALP-L29 and can confirm that swipe left on stock launcher only gives option for HiBoard. I use the rootless Pixel Launcher which brings up Google Now with swipe left.
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How did you do that? I have ALP-L29 8.0.0.143 (C636), pixel launcher rootless installed and it doesn't seem to have a leftmost screen with the Google feed.
vectus888 said:
How did you do that? I have ALP-L29 8.0.0.143 (C636), pixel launcher rootless installed and it doesn't seem to have a leftmost screen with the Google feed.
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I have since switched to Nova since the rootless pixel launcher would only bring up the Google feed on and off. Sometimes I would have to change to the default launcher and change back before the Google feed showed up. Not sure what changed in that launcher with the recent updates but it was just getting annoying.
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Hi all, this is my first post on here (ever) so go easy!
After owning 3x Mate 9's (MHA-L09 & L29) over the course of the last year, I decided to treat myself and have just received my shiny new Mocha Brown Mate 10 (ALP-L29), imported to the UK from Singapore.
I've noticed one or two "teething" issues however, most niggling being the size of the icons/home screen grid and notifications on the pull down menu, they're all huge!
I have view mode and text size set to "small" in display settings though it doesn't help.
I think, could be wrong, that EMUI 5.0 on the Mate 9 had a "smallest" setting?
Anyway, I was able to shrink the icons, widgets etc to a much smaller size.
Can anyone help with this or am I going to have to hope (and pray) for a software update that addresses this?
It's such a big, beautiful display and is a shame filling it with giant icons....
Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks.
When both view mode is set to small on mate 9 and Mate 10, yes the mate 9 icons are slightly smaller.
tboy2000 said:
When both view mode is set to small on mate 9 and Mate 10, yes the mate 9 icons are slightly smaller.
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I thought so, must be a coming fix for this?
Just feels like the fantastic screen real estate is wasted.
There should really be a 6x6 grid option built in to stock Emui don't you think?
I know Nova can provide it, but really want to stay stock for now with phone being so new!
(I may even be first in UK with it, not sure!)
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(I may even be first in UK with it, not sure!)
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I have had it for a week and am in the UK ?
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I have had it for a week and am in the UK
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2nd then! What's your impressions so far?
Especially relating to launcher scale?
I've also noticed another issue where I can't delete Gmail emails from the notification shade.
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
olbapnauj said:
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
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Someone said Huawei Widgets and Nova launcher together has some problems. Maybe try another weather widget from play store?
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olbapnauj said:
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
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With the last nova update, no crash anymore dude
I tried to persist with the stock launcher but it got the best of me. It just lacks so many features.
I've used alot of launchers but obviously Nova is a good starting point ( it didn't crash for me) and also evie is another one. My every day launcher is action launcher and it is excellent on the mate 10. Launchers come down to personal preference but in my opinion there are plenty out there that are better than the stock one.
Also pixel 2 launcher apk on this great forums is very good and smooth
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Someone said Huawei Widgets and Nova launcher together has some problems. Maybe try another weather widget from play store?
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I got the crash when I add the Huawei weather widget. I guess it is not compatible with Nova Launcher.
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I got the crash when I add the Huawei weather widget. I guess it is not compatible with Nova Launcher.
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Same here. BLA-029 .119(C636). Latest version of Nova launcher. Can anyone confirm if they are NOT having this problem? Thanks all.
Same problem here. Seems like view mode doesn't affect the size of the icons on the home screen and the size of the notification toggles. I've had the phone for 2 hours and its been bugging me ever since. I hope someone can fix this. I really hate my icons looking so big.
For smaller icons in stock launcher you have to find an icon pack with smaller icons size. I did it in app Huawei Themes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.deishelon.lab.thememanager You can install new theme from this app which is called "card", and then apply icons from this theme in the native Huawei's theme app. For me icons from card theme look nicely and are smaller than original ones. Give it a try.
Currently using Pixel Launcher and icons are smaller now but the notification toggles are still huge.
When choosing one of the launchers mentioned in this thread, can you still use the navigation dock?
Hi is it possible to use nova launcher on the mate 10 pro? Also is it possible to use google stock apps for dialler, messaging and photos? Basically replace Huawei apps with google apps?
Yes it is! I am doing just that on the Mate 10 (non-pro) so I am sure it will work the same for the pro version.
Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Default apps
I had read that there were some issues running Nova over the EMUI. I'm really tempted to get this phone but with the Nova Android experience I am afraid. Also hoping for a slight price drop
Not sure what you read...or where...but I have used Nova on this (and all my phones) for years and there are no issues for me???
Nova can crash when you're trying to add a emui widget to it. I had to replace the stock clock widget with a 3rd party widget because of that...
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Yes it is! I am doing just that on the Mate 10 (non-pro) so I am sure it will work the same for the pro version.
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Not exactly. Luncher Nova crashes and system suggests uninstall it.
Some of you are saying it crashes and others are saying emui works fine. Now whicb is correct
I use Nova everyday with no issue and have been for three weeks on the Mate 10 pro. I am not sure about the EUMI widgets causing issues because I don't use them on Nova. My friend has an honor 8 and runs Nova everyday for a year with no major issues. Sometimes if nova updates you may have to reset it as your default launcher. I would say you shouldn't have any major issues with Nova but your mileage may vary.
Well, since the EUMI widgets are causing the crashes then I would lay the blame directly on EUMI. Nova works great on all phones so....YMMV. I don't use widgets at all. My Mate 10 runs great without issue using Nova Prime as the launcher.
Nova works fine on the Mate 10 Pro as long as you don't use the stock EMUI widgets. If concerned about widgets and not bothered about paying then get KWLP or/and KWGT - you can get some good screens and widgets for free if you look around
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Nova works fine on the Mate 10 Pro as long as you don't use the stock EMUI widgets. If concerned about widgets and not bothered about paying then get KWLP or/and KWGT - you can get some good screens and widgets for free if you look around
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I heard that the Mate 10 pro crashes running other launchers. Causes the device to restart and resets to default launcher. I want to get the next Hauwei P series but worried about EMUI causing unwanted problems. I would like to use Nov launcher but won't put up.with the bugs that come with it. Not if I'm paying a premium price for a flagship handset
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I heard that the Mate 10 pro crashes running other launchers. Causes the device to restart and resets to default launcher. I want to get the next Hauwei P series but worried about EMUI causing unwanted problems. I would like to use Nov launcher but won't put up.with the bugs that come with it. Not if I'm paying a premium price for a flagship handset
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Read posts, its Huawei stock widgets causing problems and happens with all other launchers. Don't use Huawei widgets and you be fine. The problem is not Nova Launcher, it is Huawei widgets.
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Read posts, its Huawei stock widgets causing problems and happens with all other launchers. Don't use Huawei widgets and you be fine. The problem is not Nova Launcher, it is Huawei widgets.
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Another problem is that EMUI running on the Mate 10 pro has notification problems. You don't receive notifications most of the time. Also app crashes are frequent on this device. This is really disappointing as it is a beautiful device. I want to upgrade to the new P20 pro but worried about software problems
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Another problem is that EMUI running on the Mate 10 pro has notification problems. You don't receive notifications most of the time. Also app crashes are frequent on this device. This is really disappointing as it is a beautiful device. I want to upgrade to the new P20 pro but worried about software problems
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I'm getting all mine that I have configured for notifications. Which apps are crashing as again not really seen an issue
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jaseman said:
Yes it is! I am doing just that on the Mate 10 (non-pro) so I am sure it will work the same for the pro version.
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Hi, how did you change the dialler? The google phone appl in the play store says it is not compatible with my phone. I have mate 10 pro.
Thanks.
i used nova on phone for 3 months. didnt use huawei widgets on it. not 1 crash or reboot. oh and i didn't miss any notifications from viber, messenger or gmail even though i left all battery settings on auto except for weather widget witch is on manual. im on c432 so have no idea if some other regions are bugged some way
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i used nova on phone for 3 months. didnt use huawei widgets on it. not 1 crash or reboot. oh and i didn't miss any notifications from viber, messenger or gmail even though i left all battery settings on auto except for weather widget witch is on manual. im on c432 so have no idea if some other regions are bugged some way
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Same, been using the Mate 10 Pro for a month with nova launcher. Never had a single crash or reboot.
Never had issues with notifications, messages or calls. No complaints here.
gammexane said:
Hi, how did you change the dialler? The google phone appl in the play store says it is not compatible with my phone. I have mate 10 pro.
Thanks.
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I was speaking about using Nova Launcher on mate 10 (non-pro) without issue. I use the default dialer now with a dark theme, but for a while I was using the Asus ZenUI Dialer and Contacts app which worked just fine for me. I do not use widgets at all.
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I was speaking about using Nova Launcher on mate 10 (non-pro) without issue. I use the default dialer now with a dark theme, but for a while I was using the Asus ZenUI Dialer and Contacts app which worked just fine for me. I do not use widgets at all.
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Thanks, I am using the same dialer, but, I want the google's... Don't know why I can not use it, maybe an Emui limitation.
As i say. Today i buyed this phone from store. Dual Sim version. Its nice, only one thing irritate me. This google assisstant widget. Its possible to remove this thing?
Any help with this?
Well, I remember that Android 8.0 Oreo has locked the Google Bar. I was trying to get rid of it. The only way is disable the Google service app (i guess)
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Well, I remember that Android 8.0 Oreo has locked the Google Bar. I was trying to get rid of it. The only way is disable the Google service app (i guess)
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This not work i tried.
Only change launcher work.
I just installed nova launcher. No more search button
Tell me what launcher is the most suitable for Vivo Nex s ?
I recommend Nova. On Samsung, I could not convince her, but here it is.
I sorry for my English, I use Google Translate.
chudybws said:
I recommend Nova. On Samsung, I could not convince her, but here it is.
I sorry for my English, I use Google Translate.
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So everyone reccommends Nova launcher , so do you use the free or pro version ?
Free
I sorry for my English, I use Google Translate.
LordKonovalov said:
Tell me what launcher is the most suitable for Vivo Nex s ?
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I am using Nova launcher, the pro version.
Very happy with it, well worth the money
Cheers
tossero said:
I am using Nova launcher, the pro version.
Very happy with it, well worth the money
Cheers
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using rootless pixel launcher and I enjoy it ^^
Me too.
I will suggest smart launcher 5 it helps to keep icons near your thumb and fingers so that u need not to jump to top of the big screen again and again
im using nova launcher pro version. Superb and love it!
Nova launcher pro... No question ask
The New Hyperion Launcher Pro it is. it´s from the substratum devs, has all i need looks great and has awsome customization!
and with the hyperion dock addon you get google feed on the left side swipe. it has a beta tree and updates come constantly.
I like this Launcher more then Nova Pro and i used nova launcher quite long maybe 4 years. try it out guys, y´all have nothing to loose it has a free version too!
smisi said:
The New Hyperion Launcher Pro it is. it´s from the substratum devs, has all i need looks great and has awsome customization!
and with the hyperion dock addon you get google feed on the left side swipe. it has a beta tree and updates come constantly.
I like this Launcher more then Nova Pro and i used nova launcher quite long maybe 4 years. try it out guys, y´all have nothing to loose it has a free version too!
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how to get google feed ? I didn't get you
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how to get google feed ? I didn't get you
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you need a companion app called Hyperion Dock you can found the new version here:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/proje...lease/hyperion-dock-1-3-android-apk-download/
nova as always, without a doubt
How to set a permanent launcher so that it does not change on the vivo launcher ?
I was previously using Yandex launcher and will say it is best but recently switched to smart launcher bcz for larger screens it makes easy to show icons/options towards lower portion so easy to click using thumb.
Change launcher
r. 1982 said:
How to set a permanent launcher so that it does not change on the vivo launcher ?
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You need to get a vivo account which requires a chinese phone number you can get at onlinesim.ru/en for a few cents (paypal possible). After adding the vivo account in the account menu in settings you can activate "allow the launcher to be replaced" in more settings / security and then change it at security / device manager and reboot.
But I don't know if this is necessary in the global version... Does anyone know?
P.S.: Here is a video describing how to change launcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCLSUugXf0
No, this procedure is not required for the global version.
You can replace the stock launcher without any problem.
Cheers
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using rootless pixel launcher and I enjoy it ^^
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I installed the rootless pixel launcher from the play store and it only worked for a few hours and now will not load? I have the Global version of Nex S.
Update: After deleting and reinstalling and rebooting it seems to be holding fine.
Hi ppl.
It is possible to block/freeze the stock launcher?
without side effects?
i would say yes:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/themes/how-to-enable-android-oreo-style-t3864229
I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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I don't think you can disable the stock launcher or most of the Huawei System Apps. Freezing an app makes me think of Titanium Backup but you would need to be rooted to use that.
Unless you have the Chinese hardware model you can change default launcher like on any other phone. There isn't really a need to disable it or likely much benefit from doing that.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-list-bloatware-safe-to-remove-how-t3866647
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I think making changes to your phone OS using ADB commands is an increadibly bad idea unless you are a software engineer and actually understand exactly what you are doing. The Mate 20 Pro is increadibly fast as it is so what do you think you will gain by removing system apps?
It's your phone--if you feel like bricking it knock yourself out.
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
vtec303 said:
ok guys I have successfully removed emui launcher from my mate 20 Pro and using nova launcher now, but I am back on oreo style recents, any solution to that, cheers.
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Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, [emoji847]
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Did you factory reset then?
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Zanr Zij said:
Accept it or factory reset to get EMUI launcher back
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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You don't need factory reset to bring back the emui launcher if you removed it with adb shell. you can always reinstall it via huawei's app store.
Removing the emui launcher causes gesture navigation to stop working, as well as the ultra power saving mode.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
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all set now, nova is the default launcer and my recents are back to pie recents....loving it now, ?
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howndid you get the pie recents back?
he installed the huawei launcher again
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he installed the huawei launcher again
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I think the question is how ? Unless he factory reset;
ok guys here what I did, initially I uninstalled huawei launcher (with adb commands) but it messed up a few things like phone went back to oreo style recents and a few more things went missing from the UI, I do not recommend uninstalling huawei launcher, but anyway I resetted the phone to get Huawei launcher back than did the following:
Go to apps find huawei home click and clear defaults,
Installed nova launcher,
give all permissions to nova, it also needs accessibility and admin rights as well as draw over other apps and allow notification,
from apps on your home screen or app drawer click on nova, for a very short time nova will take over,
very quickly go to apps again (this time nova will be your home launcher, for a short time though), long press nova icon a little menu will pop up "set" without wasting any time click set that will take you to a hidden list of default apps, click on huawei home tht will finally take you to set either huawei home or nova as your default launcher, click nova and voila...bye bye to huawei home, enjoy nova.
But please keep in my mind this procedure is for nova launcher I don't know about other launchers but I hope they act similar, cheers.
the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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the problem still is...
when the huawei launcher is installed and you want to use nova AND you want to use gestures, the recents are completely ugly. everytime you swipe to home, you will see for a short moment the recents. that was a nogo for me because it just looked damn ugly.
so i uninstalled the huawei launcher, enabled the Huawei Gestures (which are not working on the bottom, only on the sides, if you uninstall the launcher), installed nova and installed N-Fluid gestures. Now its working like a charm, i dont care if the recents are looking oreo or pie style
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I'm not getting that short glance of recents may be cos I have still got huawei launcher in the system and so have the pie style recents, I'm using fluid navigation from day one don't like huawei gestures, but anyway thanks for sharing your set up, cheers.
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I couldn't find the emui launcher in huawei's app store. Do you mind to tell me the full name of what I suppose to search from Huawei app store?
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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谢谢
Thanks, I'm Chinese too.
henexekrar said:
IIRC it's called "drawer home" in english app store. my huawei ID region is in China so I'm using the chinese app store, and I'm able to find "华为桌面" in it.
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Hi, its not in my huawei app store here in the UK.
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