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[APP][5.0+] CCSWE App Manager (Root/Samsung) - Honest alternative to PDP

[APP][5.0+] CCSWE App Manager (Root/Samsung)
CCSWE App Manager was designed for users who want disable applications and packages to improve performance. It also allows you to hide icons for applications they do not use without uninstalling the entire application. You can also hide icons for stock system applications which will allow you to continue to receive system updates while saving space in your application drawer.
★★ NOTE: You must have a stock Samsung device in order to use CCSWE App Manager (Samsung) ★★
★★ NOTE: You must have root access in order to use CCSWE App Manager (Root) ★★
Contact [email protected] if you have any issues. We are more than happy to offer any help we can but cannot do anything if you simply give us a low rating instead of contacting us.
★★ Features ★★
★ Clear data for any application
★ Disable services and receivers
★ Export and import package lists
★ Hide (disable) application icons without uninstalling the application
★ Home screen widget
★ Favorites list
★ Freeze (disable) applications
★ Password protection
★ Uninstall applications

Wow, thanks for this.
I think i managed to remove like 5 or 6 useless icons from my app drawer
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note using XDA Premium app

Really works and it does so fast, clean and easy. I think it's the only app available on the Play Store that actually does this WITHOUT breaking the apps.
GREAT JOB!
Wish the UI was cleaner, based on ICS design elements.
Thanks!
(Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4)

Works great. Just one thing, when I tried to hide SIM Toolkit, it makes my phone lose the signal n when it got the signal back, SIM Toolkit appear again on my app drawer.

nice
Thanx this a great work...
I'm use for hide all in unused icons.
I'm use a miui launcher a this put any icons in home this unused icons take a one more page of laucher...
This app need to go to front page of XDA....
Sent from my MB525 using XDA

Thanks for all the positive feedback. Next releases will be focused on making it easier to use (filters and status indicators).

Only navigation from maps is going back after reboot.
Btw good work.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

Guess I must be doing something wrong...?
Great idea, this app!
However, I don't get the option to "hide" a particular item...
All it offers for me - when long-pressing an app - is "Clear data", "Freeze" or "Uninstall"...
What am I doing wrong/missing?

androidarmin said:
Great idea, this app!
However, I don't get the option to "hide" a particular item...
All it offers for me - when long-pressing an app - is "Clear data", "Freeze" or "Uninstall"...
What am I doing wrong/missing?
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The freeze option would allow you to hide all icons and completely disable an app but this probably isn't what you want...
Short press the app to transition into the "Details" view at which point you'll see a list of icons associated with the application. Short press the icons you want to show/hide to check them and then click the "Show/Hide Icon(s)" button to process the operation.
After hiding/showing icons some launchers will require you to reboot before they actually show/hide.

I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?

mr_exit said:
Anything I can try?
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You should try installing BusyBox. See if that helps.

mr_exit said:
I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?
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Haven't seen/heard of this before. My first suggestion would be to exit out and retry. If that doesn't work you can PM me here or email [email protected] (better option since it dings my phone ) and I'll try and help you resolve it.

Awesome app!
machx0r said:
Short press the app to transition into the "Details" view at which point you'll see a list of icons associated with the application. Short press the icons you want to show/hide to check them and then click the "Show/Hide Icon(s)" button to process the operation.
After hiding/showing icons some launchers will require you to reboot before they actually show/hide.
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I knew it... This app is AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction, machx0r!
Love the app, and it works exactly as described.
Will get the $$ version for sure...
Thanks, man!

mr_exit said:
I've installed it and when I run it, It asks for root permissions, which I click allow, but then the app just sits there with the spinning circle and "Asking for root permissions" It's been like that for about 10min so I think it's stuck
On a Sony Xperia Arc, rooted gingerbread 2.3.4
Anything I can try?
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I had the same problem here. I restartet the Device and it works now.

this is awesome, i've been looking for something like this since ditching non-stock launchers. Question, will uninstalling undo anything I hid? or do i need to do this before uninstalling to prevent apps from permanently being hidden? I also noticed that hiding the icons this way prevents them from showing up when searching on the Evo.

jonathan.strunk said:
Question, will uninstalling undo anything I hid? or do i need to do this before uninstalling to prevent apps from permanently being hidden?
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This application modifies system settings to hide the icons or freeze applications. They will continue to be hidden/frozen after uninstalling so you should unhide them first or reinstall the application when you need to restore them.

I installed this because it sounded like it would hide the icons but still let me use the apps. I spent about 10 minutes going through my apps and hiding them.
I hid my Apex launcher and after I exited the app the system freaked the **** out going to a few other apps and then finally the default CM9 launcher when I hit the home key.
Also it doesn't highlight everything I check to be hidden in blue. So I had to go through and unhide everything just to be safe, taking another 10 minutes to sort through my app list trying to remember what I ticked off. Around 500 apps, not fun.

Scary Guy said:
I installed this because it sounded like it would hide the icons but still let me use the apps.
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Technically it disables the Activity associated with the icon which does in fact make it unusable while hidden. Beyond a launcher with the capability to hide icons this is the only way to do it.
Scary Guy said:
I hid my Apex launcher and after I exited the app the system freaked the **** out going to a few other apps and then finally the default CM9 launcher when I hit the home key.
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For most launchers this would be fine as separate Activities are created for the "Settings" and "Launcher" functionalities. Unfortunately this is not the case with Apex launcher and I sent them an email a while back suggesting a change.
In general care should be taken while hiding launchers and system apps (titles in red). Maybe I should do something more than just the red text to indicate caution should be taken. Maybe a warning prompt with an option to disable it for those that like to live dangerously ;-)
Scary Guy said:
Also it doesn't highlight everything I check to be hidden in blue. So I had to go through and unhide everything just to be safe, taking another 10 minutes to sort through my app list trying to remember what I ticked off. Around 500 apps, not fun.
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Hmm I haven't heard of this issue but will definitely look into it. The Activities (icon rows) are not cached and are loaded when you enter the details screen so they should represent the current state (ie: blue = hidden).
In the next few days I'll be putting out an updated release that will contain filtering which would have made it easier to locate what you hid. Sorry for your troubles.

Just uploaded version 1.0.5. Only change is to filter Apex Launcher from the list of available applications since it doesn't like being hidden. As always shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll be more than happy to help.

I assume that pretty much any launcher is going to react the same way if it's the active launcher and you're hiding it.
Anyway thanks for the quick response.

[Q] Auto-Rotate not working for Android screens

I just started using my first Android phone 2 days ago, so this is probably a really dumb question, but I've figured almost everything else out and this one not so intuitive.
When I'm in the home screen or the alphabetical list of all apps, if I turn the phone horizontal it won't switch to landscape. It only rotates if I open the keyboard. The settings menu and most apps auto-rotate fine, so I know the phone can sense it right., it's just the basic Android screens that won't landscape unless the keyboard is open.
I'm using CM11 from 21-OCT-2014 and the only extras I've installed are gapps, k9 mail, firefox, google translate and google wallet. The "Auto-rotate screen" box is checked, as are the "0 degrees" and "90 degrees" rotation mode boxes.

enigma9o7 said:
I just started using my first Android phone 2 days ago, so this is probably a really dumb question, but I've figured almost everything else out and this one not so intuitive.
When I'm in the home screen or the alphabetical list of all apps, if I turn the phone horizontal it won't switch to landscape. It only rotates if I open the keyboard. The settings menu and most apps auto-rotate fine, so I know the phone can sense it right., it's just the basic Android screens that won't landscape unless the keyboard is open.
I'm using CM11 from 21-OCT-2014 and the only extras I've installed are gapps, k9 mail, firefox, google translate and google wallet. The "Auto-rotate screen" box is checked, as are the "0 degrees" and "90 degrees" rotation mode boxes.
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Probably depends on the launcher (home screens and app drawer is handled by launcher). Some have a setting to enable it, some don't...

I dunno if this is normal behavior, something I can change in a setting, or a bug in something, and if so what?
Not quite sure what a launcher is, but I only installed the stuff I mentioned before, so I assume my launcher is whatever comes with CM11 or Gapps.

enigma9o7 said:
I dunno if this is normal behavior, something I can change in a setting, or a bug in something, and if so what?
Not quite sure what a launcher is, but I only installed the stuff I mentioned before, so I assume my launcher is whatever comes with CM11 or Gapps.
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add this line to build.prop
log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE

palmbeach05 said:
add this line to build.prop
log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE
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Done, and it worked! Thanks much. Any explanation as to why editing a system file was necessary to do something that seems to me should be automatic? Will I have to do this again after updates or anything?
(Of course nothing is simple the first time; took me over an hour to do this; figured easiest way would be from terminal, but had to find the file without a whereis command, then didn't know how to hit "ESC" when trying to edit with VI since there's no ESC key on our keyboard, finally found it in a menu, then wasn't able to save cuz readonly... tried again after su but same result, considered changing permissions but since I really didn't know what I was doing, did a web search, found a tutorial for editing it with ES file manager, which I installed, but the 2-year old tutorial had different menu structure for putting ES into "root explorer" mode, but finally got it modifiedt, saved, rebooted).

And I still dunno what launcher I'm using. After posting I did some web searches earlier, seems CM has its own launcher (forgot name, something that sounded french), and GApps has a launcher, but I read the CM version of GApps (that I used) doesn't change the launcher, but I also read the launcher from GApps is the one that will pop up google now if you swipe on the side of the screen, and that keeps happening to me (by accident as I'm trying to figure out how to use this thing) so it seems I have the GApps launcher. I dunno.
My problem is solved as mentioned in previous post, just rambling as I'm trying to understand all this.

it's called trebuchet

palmbeach05 said:
add this line to build.prop
log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE
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Just upgraded CM to new version and had to do this again. Is there any way to make this more permanent?

enigma9o7 said:
Just upgraded CM to new version and had to do this again. Is there any way to make this more permanent?
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Use a different launcher? Nova, GoLauncher, Apex, Aviate, etc... most should have options for this.

Is there no way to fix it permanently in the default launcher? I'd just rather not use too many add-ons unless truly needed, but am getting tired of looking up this thread every time I update CM so I can find the text I need to re-insert. I'm happy to figure out how to submit a real bug report but dunno if it's a CM issue or google issue or what...

enigma9o7 said:
Is there no way to fix it permanently in the default launcher? I'd just rather not use too many add-ons unless truly needed, but am getting tired of looking up this thread every time I update CM so I can find the text I need to re-insert. I'm happy to figure out how to submit a real bug report but dunno if it's a CM issue or google issue or what...
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There's no bug. This is by design.
If you don't like it, you can change the launcher or keep doing the build.prop hack.

Curious... why do you think it would have been purposely designed this way? I just assumed it was one of those things that worked right for some phones but not others or something.... There's already settings to turn off rotation (and to select which specific orientation to allow rotation), so if someone wanted it off for some reason they should be able to turn it off that way...
Either way, if it's not a bug report, then it's a feature request, either way I'd like to at least *try* to get it changed before I give up and try an alternative. I'd imagine the developer or whatever wouldn't want people switching to alternative launchers if there's something he could easily fix fix anyway. And I imagine since it's so easy to fix by editing that file, it can't be that hard to fix in the program or whatever, and since supported in other launchers it's not some system limitation or something...
Anyway just my thoughts. I'm still very thankful for being told the workaround, and I'll probably figure out how to write a shell script that adds that line for me so I can just run that after each update (instead of looking up this thread and manually editing a file on an annoying little device). But that only helps me, be better to get it fixed for everyone.

enigma9o7 said:
Curious... why do you think it would have been purposely designed this way? I just assumed it was one of those things that worked right for some phones but not others or something.... There's already settings to turn off rotation (and to select which specific orientation to allow rotation), so if someone wanted it off for some reason they should be able to turn it off that way...
Either way, if it's not a bug report, then it's a feature request, either way I'd like to at least *try* to get it changed before I give up and try an alternative. I'd imagine the developer or whatever wouldn't want people switching to alternative launchers if there's something he could easily fix fix anyway. And I imagine since it's so easy to fix by editing that file, it can't be that hard to fix in the program or whatever, and since supported in other launchers it's not some system limitation or something...
Anyway just my thoughts. I'm still very thankful for being told the workaround, and I'll probably figure out how to write a shell script that adds that line for me so I can just run that after each update (instead of looking up this thread and manually editing a file on an annoying little device). But that only helps me, be better to get it fixed for everyone.
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Android is all about choice, you've been given several workarounds which fix the problem.
Other than that, this is how the stock launcher in CM is designed. A lot of people don't want the home screen to rotate when the phone rotates, I'm one of them.

Overscan Calibrator - How to Launch

Here's something I stumbled on that I haven't seen mentioned... Found it very helpful.....
Problem: On my Samsung HDTV set, I found that many apps (particularly Chrome) were getting key parts of their screens cut off by overscan. But I couldn't find a way to set the overscan on my HDTV or in the Nexus Player.
Solution: While I was playing around with Nova Launcher on the Nexus Player, I found a way to launch something called "Overscan Calibrator" which fixed the issue!
Here's how I did it:
(1) Install Sideload Launcher (so you can launch Nova Launcher)
(2) Sideload Nova Launcher
(3) Use Sideload Launcher to launch Nova Launcher
(4) In Nova Launcher, long click on the screen to bring up the "Add to Homescreen" menu
(5) Shortcuts -> Activities
(6) Scroll down to find "Overscan Calibrator"
(7) Click on it to open the selection and click on the revealed item to add it to the home screen
(8) Now launch "Overscan Calibrator" and adjust the screen so that then entire screen is visible
Then... your entire Chrome screen will be visible !

How exactly do I long press on the home screen? I tried long pressing the select button on the remote but that didn't help

NexusNow said:
How exactly do I long press on the home screen? I tried long pressing the select button on the remote but that didn't help
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You'll have to get an OTG cable and hook up a mouse. Just about any wired mouse works, and many wireless do too. I use the Logitech K400 keyboard/touch pad combo unit.

On my Samsung TV, I just switched the picture size to best fit and the picture being cut off is longer an issue.

This is fantastic. Wonder if we could extract the calibrator out somehow.
xfortrenox said:
On my Samsung TV, I just switched the picture size to best fit and the picture being cut off is longer an issue.
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Older TVs don't have this option. I'm in the same boat with my Samsung. There's no best fit or just fit option. Sounds like they added it to my TV's updates model in 2007. It's been driving me nuts.

How I did it!
I currently don't have an otg cable or a compatible bt mouse but I was able to get the same result.
I sideloaded nova launcher and airdroid and use the desktop client of airdroid to mirror it to the computer.
first I navigated in airdroid to login with the nexus remote. Maneuvering is kind of wonky but you should be able to login with username and password. I couldn't login using google+.
After logging in on the nexus player, I logged into airdroid on my desktop and Mirroring worked! but it looks bad lol but you can still tell what you are doing which is the important part.
Use the nexus remote to open sideload launcher and open nova launcher.
Then on the mirror you can right click with the PC mouse!
Then follow the rest of OP instructions starting at #4
Note: I am using a Panasonic Plasma tv. I have options on the remote for different "Aspects" but no options that auto adjust like "best fit".
There are picture options that I was able to tweak but not for overscan.

If you go into Nova settings -> gestures and buttons -> home button -> shortcuts - activities -> scroll to overscan calibrator, then press once, then press and hold the center button on the remote you can launch the app. No mouse needed.

Alternatively, without needing to sideload anything, just type this into adb shell:
Code:
am start -n com.google.android.tungsten.overscan/.CalibratorActivity

saeba said:
Here's something I stumbled on that I haven't seen mentioned... Found it very helpful.....
Problem: On my Samsung HDTV set, I found that many apps (particularly Chrome) were getting key parts of their screens cut off by overscan. But I couldn't find a way to set the overscan on my HDTV or in the Nexus Player.
Solution: While I was playing around with Nova Launcher on the Nexus Player, I found a way to launch something called "Overscan Calibrator" which fixed the issue!
Here's how I did it:
(1) Install Sideload Launcher (so you can launch Nova Launcher)
(2) Sideload Nova Launcher
(3) Use Sideload Launcher to launch Nova Launcher
(4) In Nova Launcher, long click on the screen to bring up the "Add to Homescreen" menu
(5) Shortcuts -> Activities
(6) Scroll down to find "Overscan Calibrator"
(7) Click on it to open the selection and click on the revealed item to add it to the home screen
(8) Now launch "Overscan Calibrator" and adjust the screen so that then entire screen is visible
Then... your entire Chrome screen will be visible !
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You Sir, just made my night.

I tried the screen calibration, but now it messes up some of the emulators I have on the Nexus Player, and I can't restore things to normal.

Here's an apk I quickly slapped together to run the Overscan Calibrator.
Run it from Sideload Launcher.

Turge said:
Here's an apk I quickly slapped together to run the Overscan Calibrator.
Run it from Sideload Launcher.
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Good work, I've been meaning to make something similar but I got super lazy and forgot.
You should upload it to the market, it's a useful tool!

Turge said:
Here's an apk I quickly slapped together to run the Overscan Calibrator.
Run it from Sideload Launcher.
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I. LOVE. YOU.
haha seriously. wow. my old Sony TV has no setting for this and my chromecast and nexus player were off SO bad and this fixed it all. thank you.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 4

Thank you. Fixed nexus player issues for me.
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Thanks for this or has been bugging me for ages. TV player seems to be the only app with text still hanging off the screen but it is only a few letters and I can live with that. Really should be a stock feature.

For some reason, it's not working for me. I've tried with the Nova Launcher, the overscan APK, and a few other ways. The app opens and has me calibrate, I "click to confirm", but the youtube videos and such are all overscanned still. I haven't had any issues ever with the main menu overscanning, or some of the games. Would it have to do with my TV model?
I'm not sure of the exact model, since I bought it from a thrift store and all of the stickers and numbers were scratched off, but it's a small 16' VIZIO tv.
Update: After doing it once more and checking some games apps, none of them are overdrawn anymore. The only thing that's still overdrawn is YouTube, or rather any videos in YouTube. The HUD is just fine, but the videos are a bit zoomed in, cutting off quite a bit of the experience.

I tried this Overscan app on my Nexus Player running full Android AOSP 6.0.1, but the app just says "Unable to start" when I try launching it from the app drawer. I also tried pulling the app from CM13, which is the default overscan app for CyanogenMOD13 fugu builds, but again it does not run. I tried manually installing it to System/app and /system/priv-app which is where it is located in Cyanogenmod, but it still refuses to run. If I install it and set permissions as a system app, it then tells me "Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package". Nothing I do will get this to run.
However, it works perfectly if I install a ROM with it already part of the ROM, such as with CM12.1 or Pure Nexus ROM. Not sure how to get this to work. Any ideas?

SkOrPn said:
I tried this Overscan app on my Nexus Player running full Android AOSP 6.0.1, but the app just says "Unable to start" when I try launching it from the app drawer. I also tried pulling the app from CM13, which is the default overscan app for CyanogenMOD13 fugu builds, but again it does not run. I tried manually installing it to System/app and /system/priv-app which is where it is located in Cyanogenmod, but it still refuses to run. If I install it and set permissions as a system app, it then tells me "Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package". Nothing I do will get this to run.
However, it works perfectly if I install a ROM with it already part of the ROM, such as with CM12.1 or Pure Nexus ROM. Not sure how to get this to work. Any ideas?s
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Same issue as you. Love running AOSP, but that overnscan issue almost gives me a headache. I tried it in HAL browser, Nova, sideload... Every one says unable to run. Maybe in 6.0 it's controlled by a different portion of the OS...

sivboy said:
Same issue as you. Love running AOSP, but that overnscan issue almost gives me a headache. I tried it in HAL browser, Nova, sideload... Every one says unable to run. Maybe in 6.0 it's controlled by a different portion of the OS...
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What I found strange is that the Overscan Launcher.apk works great in AICP. However AICP is just not ready to be used as a daily ROM. The only ROM I have found that I like enough to keep is Pure Nexus (Which has Overscan Launcher built in), but I'm having issues figuring out how to get my VPN installed thus Netflix is still useless to me. By the time the NP gets a ROM that just works it will be too old to use altogether, lol.

Is there any way to reset the overscan settings?

5.6.0.0 Overview

November 14th, an update was forced into all Amazon Fires.
Main changes:
Notification: Notifications have been modernized, it will now display the app icon instead of a number saying the amount of notifications you have.
Shortcuts: Slightly changes, a tad skinnier
Settings: Some features moved to different categories. New "Alexa" category.
Exploit changes:
Launcher Hijack: I don't know why but it seems to work better on the new update
Hidden Changes:
New "Tabletsubscriptions" app:
•Create accounts and set passwords
find accounts on device
•Full network access
view connections
•Automatically launch at startup
•com.amazon.kor.demo.provider.permission.READ_PROVIDER
Did you find anything not mentioned above?
Just reply below!

TechNash said:
Launcher Hijack: I don't know why but it seems to work better on the new update
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What do you mean by "work better"? Fire Launcher is not showing anymore? Or you think it shows own icons for 100 ms less that before? :laugh:

sensboston said:
What do you mean by "work better"? Fire Launcher is not showing anymore? Or you think it shows own icons for 100 ms less that before? :laugh:
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It just works faster, less lag, and it rarely shows the fire launcher now.
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I'm interested in giving the Launcher Hijacker a shot on the new Fire HD 10 I got yesterday (gotta love CamelCamelCamel for letting me know the price dropped) but my tablet has already updated itself to 5.6.0.0 and now I don't see an option under Accessibility for "To detect home button press". First, any idea if Launcher Hijacker will still work if I don't have that option, and second, if I do need to enable that, any idea where it's moved to?
Thanks.
2017-11-23: Holy cow do I feel like a n00b, which is embarrassing for someone who's allegedly been around computers since Moses was a corporal. The button I couldn't find showed up AFTER I installed Launcher Hijacker. I now have Nova Launcher running on my Fire HD 10 and working as well as I can expect without root access (which I hope the mad geniuses at Kingroot will figure out soon).

Since 5.6 I can't open mobi's unless I reboot and then it loses bookmarks. Anyone else?

NerdFire said:
I'm interested in giving the Launcher Hijacker a shot on the new Fire HD 10 I got yesterday (gotta love CamelCamelCamel for letting me know the price dropped) but my tablet has already updated itself to 5.6.0.0 and now I don't see an option under Accessibility for "To detect home button press". First, any idea if Launcher Hijacker will still work if I don't have that option, and second, if I do need to enable that, any idea where it's moved to?
Thanks.
2017-11-23: Holy cow do I feel like a n00b, which is embarrassing for someone who's allegedly been around computers since Moses was a corporal. The button I couldn't find showed up AFTER I installed Launcher Hijacker. I now have Nova Launcher running on my Fire HD 10 and working as well as I can expect without root access (which I hope the mad geniuses at Kingroot will figure out soon).
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As much as I like Nova Launcher, I have Also tried Evie and Apex on my 7th Gen HD 8 5.6.0.0
I have found that the Apex Launcher works much better with very minimal blinking of the Fire Launcher when pressing the home as compared to the Nova Launcher. I can also hide all of those annoying Amazon Apps that I DON'T use (I know you can do this in Nova Launcher..) without having to pay for the nova Launcher. As far as launcher aesthetics, I prefer Evie the most but Apex performs the best for me and is clean in the terms of options if provides.

on 5.6, there is currently no way to remove unwanted software correct?

leopard_fist said:
on 5.6, there is currently no way to remove unwanted software correct?
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It was patched in 5.4.0.1.
I'm sorry.
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Yes, I have that problem also. I even tried disabling Whispersync in all my devices. However, it gets re-enabled somehow. I have to keep disabling it every time I use my devices.
Xeddicus said:
Since 5.6 I can't open mobi's unless I reboot and then it loses bookmarks. Anyone else?
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tech6 said:
Yes, I have that problem also. I even tried disabling Whispersync in all my devices. However, it gets re-enabled somehow. I have to keep disabling it every time I use my devices.
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I'm still trying to figure out how they managed to block an ADB feature working on LITERALLY every android tablet and smartphone I have worked with.

TechNash said:
I'm still trying to figure out how they managed to block an ADB feature working on LITERALLY every android tablet and smartphone I have worked with.
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They added a block list on their "pm" command. When we call "pm hide/uninstall" it seemingly checks if the app is in the block list.

Supersonic27543 said:
They added a block list on their "pm" command. When we call "pm hide/uninstall" it seemingly checks if the app is in the block list.
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Oh, didnt know block lists worked like that.
It makes sense, thnx for clarifyibg

Any possible way of using Nova launcher?

I'm really tempted to get one of these to replace my s8+, but I'm not sure if I could go without an app drawer. Could I perhaps delete the default launcher using adb? Or would that crash the whole phone?
Edit: this is what worked for me, putting it on the top so other people can find it more easily.
1. Make sure you have Nova or third party launcher installed.
2. Enable usb debugging in developer options.
3. Connect to your computer via usb
4. Type in:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
Optional if you use Gesture control:
5. Swiping gestures from the bottom of the screen won't work, if you want to use gesture controls, download fluid or edge gestures from play store (one is a freemium app and the other is a paid app). I heard Fluid is really really good and it's a sort of free, but I already have Edge Gestures because I bought it for my M5 tablet, so that's what I use instead.
6. Enable gesture app in accessibility services.
7. Type in special access in settings, and disable battery optimization for that app.
8. Go to battery option> battery usage, find gesture app, choose manually launch app and check all three options.
9. Go to recent apps, and tap the lock icon of gesture app to keep the app open in background, or the accessibility services will be revoked.
Hope it works for you.

Just use Nova and then set it as default.

does it not give you the option of using an app drawer like other Huawei phones?

It has but Huawei software is the worst and only drawback of Huawei/Honor phones. If you can ignore the EMUI crapware Huawei phones are the best. Before you could just flash a custom ROM. Now since Huawei no longer provide code, it's impossible. You can get code via third party software but as it's paid there won't be much development.

had the Mate 9 and never had any issues with the Huawei software personally. Dont understand the hate it seems to generate. If the Magic 2 is the same, although i see its been updated from EMUI 9 to MAGIC 2 software now then im very interested in this phone. Just waiting for either global versions to be available or a UK version if they decide to release it here

I tried,adb shell to disable official APP then you can use Nova but still impossible to set the default launcher. But you could still use nova Swip up gesture may be disable to just tap nova in the default setting can fix this . But swip up to show the recent can't work anymore

My Magic 2 has arrived. I installed Nova Launcher on it. At first I disabled the default Launcher but it kept coming back when I rebooted it. So I just uninstalled the default Launcher using ADB.
Another problem I ran into is that when using Nova Launcher, the swipe up gestures don't work, so I had to buy a third party gesture app. But the accessibility services keep turning itself off. I tried managing the app manually in Phone Manager but sometimes the gesture app would still get disabled. Lol.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
My Magic 2 has arrived. I installed Nova Launcher on it. At first I disabled the default Launcher but it kept coming back when I rebooted it. So I just uninstalled the default Launcher using ADB.
Another problem I ran into is that when using Nova Launcher, the swipe up gestures don't work, so I had to buy a third party gesture app. But the accessibility services keep turning itself off. I tried managing the app manually in Phone Manager but sometimes the gesture app would still get disabled. Lol.
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Welcome to Huawei World. The Magic 2 is an expensive phone. So instead of this stuff I would advise you to stomach the software and enjoy it. Accessibility service is a long running problem of EMUI 8 & 9. So at this point, if you are up for it, I advise you to unlock your Bootloader via and third party software. They are paid, keep that in mind. After that flash any project Treble GSI. However keep in Mind you are Running EMUI 9 so it may not work. Alternatively your best bet is to hope for a change and stomach it.

Mannan Qamar said:
Welcome to Huawei World. The Magic 2 is an expensive phone. So instead of this stuff I would advise you to stomach the software and enjoy it. Accessibility service is a long running problem of EMUI 8 & 9. So at this point, if you are up for it, I advise you to unlock your Bootloader via and third party software. They are paid, keep that in mind. After that flash any project Treble GSI. However keep in Mind you are Running EMUI 9 so it may not work. Alternatively your best bet is to hope for a change and stomach it.
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Thabks for the reply. It must be an Honor issue I guess. I have the same gesture navigation app installed on my M5 tablet and I had no issues with it. Although I can't remember if that was before or after I flashed OpenKirin on it. It seems to be working now that I disabled auto optimization for my gesture app. Fingers crossed.
I think I've worked it out now. As long as I have the gesture app opened in the background and have the battery optimization set to manual for the app, the accessibility services won't be disabled. Which leads me to another minor problem of not being able to use the clear app function or I'll have to turn it on again. I think I can live with that for now, at least the behavior is predictable and I know what is causing the problem.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
Thabks for the reply. It must be an Honor issue I guess. I have the same gesture navigation app installed on my M5 tablet and I had no issues with it. Although I can't remember if that was before or after I flashed OpenKirin on it. It seems to be working now that I disabled auto optimization for my gesture app. Fingers crossed.
I think I've worked it out now. As long as I have the gesture app opened in the background and have the battery optimization set to manual for the app, the accessibility services won't be disabled. Which leads me to another minor problem of not being able to use the clear app function or I'll have to turn it on again. I think I can live with that for now, at least the behavior is predictable and I know what is causing the problem.
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Good Luck Man. At this point buying from Huawei/Honor is a risky investment. I hope yours is worth it. With the bootloader fiasco development for these phones is non-existent. There is some hope it may change given the backlash but, well. Good Luck. From what I have heard the Magic 2 is a good phone. Enjoy it. As for me, I am gonna try to avoid these phone. But they are the only budget phones with Good Specs so I am stuck. And yeah. The issues always go away after flashing custom ROMs.

Mannan Qamar said:
Good Luck Man. At this point buying from Huawei/Honor is a risky investment. I hope yours is worth it. With the bootloader fiasco development for these phones is non-existent. There is some hope it may change given the backlash but, well. Good Luck. From what I have heard the Magic 2 is a good phone. Enjoy it. As for me, I am gonna try to avoid these phone. But they are the only budget phones with Good Specs so I am stuck. And yeah. The issues always go away after flashing custom ROMs.
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Yeah man. Im switching from a US unlocked s8+, that has no unlocked bootloader or any dev as well. I do miss my OnePlus though, but it's such a shame that the 6T has no LED notification nor an AOD. Otherwise I would've bought it even though the SD845 is half a generation behind the Kirin 980.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
Yeah man. Im switching from a US unlocked s8+, that has no unlocked bootloader or any dev as well. I do miss my OnePlus though, but it's such a shame that the 6T has no LED notification nor an AOD. Otherwise I would've bought it even though the SD845 is half a generation behind the Kirin 980.
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Notification LED Is a loss. But you can enable AOD via Root. Or you know, just flash a custom ROM.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
My Magic 2 has arrived. I installed Nova Launcher on it. At first I disabled the default Launcher but it kept coming back when I rebooted it. So I just uninstalled the default Launcher using ADB.
Another problem I ran into is that when using Nova Launcher, the swipe up gestures don't work, so I had to buy a third party gesture app. But the accessibility services keep turning itself off. I tried managing the app manually in Phone Manager but sometimes the gesture app would still get disabled. Lol.
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Hello! I'm thinking about buying this phone. But as you have it, there are some things I need to know:
1) Does it have Google play installed? Or do you have to install it yourself? If so, was it difficult or you just enter the honor store, look for Google, and download it?
2) Too many Chinese phones have problems with third party apps notifications (especially WhatsApp). Like you don't receive the notification unless you open the app. Does it happen with the honor Magic 2 Too?
3) The always on display in most Chinese phones is useless cause only shows notifications from messages, phone calls or some Chinese apps like WeChat or QQ (no Gmail, Facebook, WhatsApp).
4) Although the phone has Spanish language, the virtual assistant only works with Chinese voice.
Thanks

Lucky_stipe said:
Hello! I'm thinking about buying this phone. But as you have it, there are some things I need to know:
1) Does it have Google play installed? Or do you have to install it yourself? If so, was it difficult or you just enter the honor store, look for Google, and download it?
2) Too many Chinese phones have problems with third party apps notifications (especially WhatsApp). Like you don't receive the notification unless you open the app. Does it happen with the honor Magic 2 Too?
3) The always on display in most Chinese phones is useless cause only shows notifications from messages, phone calls or some Chinese apps like WeChat or QQ (no Gmail, Facebook, WhatsApp).
4) Although the phone has Spanish language, the virtual assistant only works with Chinese voice.
Thanks
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1) It has Google framework preinstalled, and you would just need to download play store on Huawei app gallery. It's as simple as that.
2) I get WhatsApp messages instantly with the screen off.
3) The AOD is very basic. So it only has the time, battery level. The lockscreen shows you the song you're playing (on Google play music, but not Spotify strangely) and some shortcuts.
4) The phone has Spanish but the assistant is in Chinese only. I'm not sure if they've updated it are planning to update it. I uninstalled it via ADB so can't test that out for you.

I install nova launcher , and use adb command remove default launcher:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
It's work! I can use nova launcher as my default launcher...
But there is a BIG problem:
The home key (or home gesture) don't work! It's mean I can go home at anywhere...
ps: Go "Huawei Store" install & run huawei launcher again can let stock launcher back without factory reset.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
1) It has Google framework preinstalled, and you would just need to download play store on Huawei app gallery. It's as simple as that.
2) I get WhatsApp messages instantly with the screen off.
3) The AOD is very basic. So it only has the time, battery level. The lockscreen shows you the song you're playing (on Google play music, but not Spotify strangely) and some shortcuts.
4) The phone has Spanish but the assistant is in Chinese only. I'm not sure if they've updated it are planning to update it. I uninstalled it via ADB so can't test that out for you.
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Thanks man. You've been most helpful

leedashone said:
I install nova launcher , and use adb command remove default launcher:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
It's work! I can use nova launcher as my default launcher...
But there is a BIG problem:
The home key (or home gesture) don't work! It's mean I can go home at anywhere...
ps: Go "Huawei Store" install & run huawei launcher again can let stock launcher back without factory reset.
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Try fluid gesture app + Nova
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I use edge gestures from the play store, it cost like $2 but I had it already because I bought it to use with my tablet.
You have to go to the recent apps page and lock it in, as well as ignore the battery optimization for it to keep working, otherwise emui will keep disabling its accessibility services access.

leedashone said:
I install nova launcher , and use adb command remove default launcher:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.launcher
It's work! I can use nova launcher as my default launcher...
But there is a BIG problem:
The home key (or home gesture) don't work! It's mean I can go home at anywhere...
ps: Go "Huawei Store" install & run huawei launcher again can let stock launcher back without factory reset.
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Because your are only disabling the apk, NOT uninstalling (which you can't without root). The gestures are only working with the build in launcher.

ChildishGambino3005 said:
1) It has Google framework preinstalled, and you would just need to download play store on Huawei app gallery. It's as simple as that.
2) I get WhatsApp messages instantly with the screen off.
3) The AOD is very basic. So it only has the time, battery level. The lockscreen shows you the song you're playing (on Google play music, but not Spotify strangely) and some shortcuts.
4) The phone has Spanish but the assistant is in Chinese only. I'm not sure if they've updated it are planning to update it. I uninstalled it via ADB so can't test that out for you.
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Did you manage to enable Google Assistant?
For me the app itself works but I can't enable "Access with Voice Match" to say "OK Google" from any screen, not sure why.