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I have 3 home screens but when I press the "Home" button, it always goes to the 3rd (last) home screen. Is there a way to specify which home screen I want to return to when pressing the "Home" button?
 
So far no one knows a way to specifically pick your home screen. But after some testing one poster did figure this out. If you have anywhere from 1-3 screens the "home key" screen will be the screen to the far right. If you have 4-7 screens it will be the 4th screen from the left. Odd I know but true. So the only way to have your "home key" Screen to be the middle screen is to have 7 screens which is what I now have.. 4 of which I am not even using. I am hoping this gets changed in an update so that you can actually select which screen you want to be your home screen.
 
This is typical Android.... The Middle screen will always be your default screen. But if you use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher in the Market, you can customize it anyway way you want. Even pick which homescreen and how many screens you want. Try it out. I recommend it better than the touchwiz ui
 
olieebur said:
This is typical Android.... The Middle screen will always be your default screen. But if you use LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher in the Market, you can customize it anyway way you want. Even pick which homescreen and how many screens you want. Try it out. I recommend it better than the touchwiz ui
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This is not true.. I wish it were.. Read the post above.. The middle screen is not always your default screen.

So if you use launcherpro does it just automatically replace the touchwiz?
 
You can change the default home screen if you use LauncherPro

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Terry S said:
This is not true.. I wish it were.. Read the post above.. The middle screen is not always your default screen.

So if you use launcherpro does it just automatically replace the touchwiz?
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Ah yeah, On touchwiz you would have to work around going from the right and left sides to pick on homescreen you want.

Launcherpro will replace the homescreen touchwiz ui, everything else is still touchwiz. if you don't like launcherpro or any other 3rd party home launcher, install home switcher in market. you can easily switch between which launcher you want and set as default.
 
"if you don't like launcherpro or any other 3rd party home launcher, install home switcher in market. you can easily switch between which launcher you want and set as default."

Thanks for the info, was looking for something exactly like Home Switcher!
 
Trinhbo said:
I have 3 home screens but when I press the "Home" button, it always goes to the 3rd (last) home screen. Is there a way to specify which home screen I want to return to when pressing the "Home" button?
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Since TouchWiz has a specific screen chosen at the 'home screen,' I just removed the far left and the far right screens to keep the home screen in the center. All you would need to do to get the default in the middle is delete the far left screen, and add a new one on the far right.
 
I just hit the menu key >edit> and then you can toggle your screens left to right by holding down on one and then sliding it around the others. Whatever window you want to keep as your MAIN homescreen just toggle all the way to the left.
 
My home screen got messed up when removing a page. Went from 7 to 6 pages. Added the 7th page back...but still can't get it the screen where I want it.
 
I never knew this was a problem..
try this..

click the menu soft key---> and tap edit..and then scroll to where you want a new screen and tap add (the + sign) then scroll to the right or to the left to add a new blank page..
depending on which direction you scroll... your home page should change position..if you mess around with this you will eventually get the hang of it...

I find it easy..i only use two pages though lol not seven
 
Probably posted elsewhere but this is the thread I found.

On my Fascinate there is a cog wheel on each screen. If you press it allows you to choose which home screen you want.
 
Trinhbo said:
I have 3 home screens but when I press the "Home" button, it always goes to the 3rd (last) home screen. Is there a way to specify which home screen I want to return to when pressing the "Home" button?
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Hi,
I found that by deleting all but one home screen, the default home screen gets reset to no1.
If you plan on doing that, be sure to take screen shots of your home screens as you'll have to set them up again.
How to take Screenshot on Galaxy s2 | CsHaReD

Cheers,
Mal
 
nathanfooism said:
I just hit the menu key >edit> and then you can toggle your screens left to right by holding down on one and then sliding it around the others. Whatever window you want to keep as your MAIN homescreen just toggle all the way to the left.
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:DThis works like a charm with the galaxy s2
 
my default home screen is kaspersky mobile security 9 ... will i be able to use go launcher or launcher pro without changing it to default home screen? for security reasons i need kaspersky to be my default home screen but i reallly wanna use the widgets on the go launcher or launcher pro? how can i use both?
 
my default home screen is kaspersky mobile security 9 ... will i be able to use go launcher or launcher pro without changing it to default home screen? for security reasons i need kaspersky to be my default home screen but i reallly wanna use the widgets on the go launcher or launcher pro? how can i use both?
 
swipe your fingers to pull up all screens ... press menu .. click set home screen, select which one you want and then push done ... DONE .. THERE YA GO
 
On my Android, when I am on my home page, I go to the menu and then press and hold Edit. When I have done this, all seven of my screen option will appear on my screen. The present home page will say "Home" underneath; the other six will say "Set Home." If I want to change my home from whichever I am using, I simply touch "Set Home" onteh cosen page and the "Set Home" will change to "Home" and my former "Home" will change to "Set Home."
 
I use to get what Richchristian described but somehow my home screen changed the the order of screens shuffled for no reason and now the double tap of the home screen does nothing. I also dont have edit in my menu, at least on home.
Is there a way to run the home screen edit another way? I also can edit the file manually if anyone knows where it is. I didn't see it in /etc.
 
Hi,

this was the best topic of Google Results to my problem, so I think that many people will come here with same problem than I.

I've got the the solution and want to share with you all. (Sorry the bad English)

My problem: my home button go to 1st Screen always, doesn't matter my fail tries to reorganize the screens. That happened because I removed the home screens until remains only one. After that, apparently the Android Launcher set something like "default home screen = 1" and I've never could change that.

But, reading this topic I have an idea: clear the TwLauncher data (Config -> Applications -> TwLauncher -> Clear Data). That will reset the launcher to the factory default settings. It works for me.

Tks guys!
 
Go to "edit" using the menu or by pinching any home screen.

You will see all your home screens. Above each one is an icon that looks like an arrow. It isn't. It's a house!

Tap the icon (NOT the image of the screen). It will be highlighted. This screen now becomes your default home screen. :)
 
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