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Help Removing annoying Huawei main screen
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Welcome wuggy!
I moved your thread here to your device forum so other can help
It appears you want the app drawer to be your home screen?
I moved your thread here to your device forum so other can help
It appears you want the app drawer to be your home screen?
Thanks a lot Mikestony!
Yeah basically I want to remove that main screen thing and any software, graphics etc. associated with it.
I just want the pure and simple black background default Android screen thing and that's it... no fancy animated backgrounds, no big clocks or weather reports. If I want the weather report I'll just look outside the window.. lulz
To quote this dude:
Yeah basically I want to remove that main screen thing and any software, graphics etc. associated with it.
I just want the pure and simple black background default Android screen thing and that's it... no fancy animated backgrounds, no big clocks or weather reports. If I want the weather report I'll just look outside the window.. lulz
To quote this dude:
Well you probably can long press on any of those apps/widgets and drag them to the trash can, leaving you with an empty screen.
You can also change your wallpaper to anything else you like, such as a black background.
And you can add any app or widget you like to the screen.
Is that what you mean?
I hope I understand what you want
You can also change your wallpaper to anything else you like, such as a black background.
And you can add any app or widget you like to the screen.
Is that what you mean?
I hope I understand what you want
You're talking about this one right? The default Android one?
The problem is this one (the whole thing):
It must be something Huawei added. Is it as simple as removing some pre-installed Huawei app?
It's kinda like having two different operating systems on my mobile, very confusing. It's got its own weird multi-workspace thing, the UX is horrible and it's impossible to set a plain black background. So whenever I wanna use the default Android screen, I first have to go through this thing and then press this button:
when in reality the only button I should have to relate to would be this one:
Thank you!
The problem is this one (the whole thing):
It must be something Huawei added. Is it as simple as removing some pre-installed Huawei app?
It's kinda like having two different operating systems on my mobile, very confusing. It's got its own weird multi-workspace thing, the UX is horrible and it's impossible to set a plain black background. So whenever I wanna use the default Android screen, I first have to go through this thing and then press this button:
Thank you!
The first picture you posted is your app drawer, accessed when you hit this button:
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This button :
is your menu button correct?
This button :
is your menu button correct?
You can remov those apps that are on your homescreen (the screen with the weather on it). You can also remove the weather widget from the home screen.
You can add whatever app you like to that homescreen.
You only have one app drawer.
When you swipe your homescreen left and right, other screens appear correct?
Edit: I wish I had that phone in my hand to see what you are experiencing.
You can add whatever app you like to that homescreen.
You only have one app drawer.
When you swipe your homescreen left and right, other screens appear correct?
Edit: I wish I had that phone in my hand to see what you are experiencing.
The problem is that it seems like Huawei has added their own homescreen on top of the default Android one. I guess they wanna do like Apple and create their own signature user experience.
I just received my masters in user experience design and this is by far one of my worst user experiences ever
If anyone knows how to remove this Huawei wrapper I'd be much obliged
I just received my masters in user experience design and this is by far one of my worst user experiences ever
If anyone knows how to remove this Huawei wrapper I'd be much obliged
I'm sorry. You can always use a different launcher if we can't figure this out.
Do you wish to remap the keys? In other words, make the keys do something different than what they do now?
Maybe I am missing something here. What you call the default Android home screen, I call the app drawer.
Correct so far?
Correct so far?
o.k...so far we are on the same page lol
The app drawer that Huawei has added, is the screen you posted with the weather on it?
The app drawer that Huawei has added, is the screen you posted with the weather on it?
o.k....humor me and long press on the weather widget..does an icon appear that looks like a trash can or a delete icon or something?
If so, you can drag it there to get rid of it, or take your finger off of the screen and nothing will change.
If so, you can drag it there to get rid of it, or take your finger off of the screen and nothing will change.
The other option is to try a new launcher.
I don't know if these are compatible with your device, but the Play Store will tell you if they are:
Nova Launcher.
Go Launcher
LauncherPro
ADW Launcher
That's a couple of the many launchers available
I don't know if these are compatible with your device, but the Play Store will tell you if they are:
Nova Launcher.
Go Launcher
LauncherPro
ADW Launcher
That's a couple of the many launchers available
I have a similar problem with my HUAWEI G510-0100:
the custom Huawei home screen completely replaces standard Android application drawer!
Indeed, any time I install a new app, a warning message appears "shortcut already exists"; this is because there is NO application drawer on this phone, only a home screen: deleting an icon/app from the home screen results in uninstalling the app!
Or you can see it in another way: there is no home screen, only app drawer, so you can't create shortcuts to apps, you can only list ALL installed applications!
From this point of view, it looks like the "home screen" is "compressed" in the lower bar, which can contain up to five icons, eache one can be just one app or a folder containing multiple apps. 
Can this "feature" be "fixed"?
the custom Huawei home screen completely replaces standard Android application drawer!
Indeed, any time I install a new app, a warning message appears "shortcut already exists"; this is because there is NO application drawer on this phone, only a home screen: deleting an icon/app from the home screen results in uninstalling the app!
Or you can see it in another way: there is no home screen, only app drawer, so you can't create shortcuts to apps, you can only list ALL installed applications!
From this point of view, it looks like the "home screen" is "compressed" in the lower bar, which can contain up to five icons, eache one can be just one app or a folder containing multiple apps. Can this "feature" be "fixed"?