Original 3 Screen Android Home HTC Hero/G2 Touch. Bypassing Hero Sense/Rosie UI

[dmanbwxe]

It IS possible to utilize the original 3 screen android home on the G2 Touch/HTC Hero with out any hackery.

If you cant access the original home by default,

Here's what to do...

Go to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications.

Scroll down to 'TouchFLO' and hit 'clear defaults' Obviously this will clear the default action of taking you to the TouchFLO or Rosie UI home.

When you have done this every time you press the home button you will have a choice. Home or TouchFLO.

HERE'S THE HANDY THING ABOUT IT...

So far a bunch of apps have either had trouble or not worked at all due to the TouchFLO UI on the hero. And for obvious reasons. So...

Hit home and choose to launch TouchFLO by default (so you don't have the option of the normal android home) Download Bar Control by the legendary Andrew Schwimmer for free on the market. open it and scroll to home. Click on home and choose an icon from the list. I chose the home icon but go crazy and choose the little android or whatever.

Now you can only go to the TouchFLO home when you press the physical home key but in you notification bar you can tap the home (or whatever icon you chose) icon and go to the original 3 screen android home.

WHY ITS A COOL FEATURE...

When in the original 3 screen android home the sense UI is not taking up foreground processes. as far as I know anyway. Reason I think this is I am a: now able to install and fully use apps that wouldn't work whilst on the Touch FLO home. And b: my Copilot Live Sat Nav works far better with almost no glitches. Thus bringing me to the conclusion that switching homes is a banging idea/feature

Thank you for you time

dmanbwxe

[techboi]

HERE'S THE HANDY THING ABOUT IT...

So far a bunch of apps have either had trouble or not worked at all due to the TouchFLO UI on the hero. And for obvious reasons. So...

Thanks for the tip.

What apps havent worked on the Sense UI? I havent any trouble yet with any apps.

[LazyGenius]

Thanks for the tip.

What apps havent worked on the Sense UI? I havent any trouble yet with any apps.

Yup same here. The only app I have had trouble with is my account but I had trouble with that on my g1 as well.

[dmanbwxe]

Better cut was the first app I tried. had a nice icon set that I was disappointed I couldn't use. Copilot as I mentioned. just kept crashing until the home screen swap thing. And although I love the twitter app on Hero. I have a personal account and one for my band (www.myspcae.com/boyswithxrayeyes). could have been me but this also had problems on TouchFLO. works fine on the normal home. which is great coz I can post to both accounts.

Good times

[techboi]

havent tried other two apps you mentioned, but twitter has been excellent imo, no problems over edge or wifi

[dmanbwxe]

Yeah the hero Twitter app is awesome and works fine. I meant if you have multiple twitter accounts it's handy being able to use twidgit as well. That way you can post from two seperate widgets to two different accounts.

[techboi]

got ya

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[chaz_uk]

I'm new to Android with the hero and was wondering what the non HTC UI was like. I'll give it a whirl and see how it is.

Thanks!

[kevs]

I've managed to get this to happen by mistake, how do I get rid of this choice? I've tried ticking the set to default box but i still get the option. Am I missing something and just being daft or has any one else have this happen?