Android :: Open Home & Apps Worth It?
Mar 21, 2010
Just curious for an opinion or two I've been tempted to download Open Home from Better Android because of all their cool icons, skins, and other things. At the same time, I see comments about it slowing down the phone significantly or causing all sorts of forced closes, etc.Are most people using and liking Better Android apps? I've got an HTC Dream, so I'm on the old operating system. Not sure if that makes a difference.
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Mar 28, 2013
A few days ago my Sony Xperia T (running Jelly Bean 4.2.1) started having a problem - when I select any app to open on my homescreen they are completely unresponsive, the touch registers on the screen but all of them refuse to open. I've tried pretty much everything I can think of to fix the problem, first I turned the device on and off for a punt, which didnt work. Then I went through all my apps to make sure there was nothing out of the ordinary on my device and as far I can tell there isnt. I next installed a task manager app to kill all processes, again this did nothing. I then installed a virus scanner to scan all the files on my phone but nothing was found. I then decided to clear all of the devices files by restoring it, this fixed the problem for about 10 minutes before the problem returned. I then re-installed Jelly Bean 4.2.1 on my device, which again fixed the problem only temporarily. when using the device to do anything else the touch screen is completely responsive, so I have no clue why all my apps just refuse to open.
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Dec 3, 2009
I haven't paid for any apps yet though I have bought smartphone apps in the past, plenty actually (former Crackberry user). The thing that I love about the Android platform is that there's so many choices for anything you can think of in terms of everyday use and the free versions are actually good and well maintained.
With that all said and done, what are some apps for the Motorola Droid that you feel are worth my money? So far I've considered a few...
1. Beautiful Widgets (Love the clock look + it has weather which I like and toggle buttons for wi-fi/gps/etc)
2. Abduction (free version is fantastic so just to support the developer I'm considering getting the paid version)
3. GDE/Dxtop, haven't decided which I want, but I will be trying them out individually before I decide on a purchase, the moto droid forum seems pretty split on which is better/more stable.
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Nov 1, 2009
Ive had open home downloaded for over a month and i only used it for a short period of time before switching back to the default homepage setting. Now, because of the new features added to Open Home i want to switch back, and every time i open 'Open Home' it only opens until i hit the home key. Then it does not ask me what i want to use as my default as it used to. I went to settings>applications>manage applications>open home to clear all defaults but it is not highlighted for me to select it. How can i set Open Home to my default again?
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Jan 10, 2010
I open task manager i find no apps running i leave it for 1 min for example and i reopen it, i find some apps running without i run them such as MAIL, Touch input, com.htc why do they open
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Jun 9, 2009
I would like to buy Open Home,Im on Rogers I see all the skins & themes but you need Open Home for them to work we have no paid Apps in our market is there someplace I can buy it
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May 8, 2009
how are you set up?
P1-Google Widget on top, Browser, email, and youtube apps, and Most used Bookmarks.
P2-Friends Contact shortcuts
P3-Dialer/Contacts apps/Family contacts shortcuts
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Aug 4, 2010
For those of you using an open home, which one are you using and what makes you prefer it? I am thinking of trying one.
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Oct 4, 2010
According to a press release from Google, Sweden is getting paid apps within the next two weeks (finally!). I was looking through what I'm going to be able to get, and I started thinking about a home replacement app. So which one should I get? Ahome or Open home? And while I'm on the subject, are there any other paid apps that I should get?
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Oct 20, 2009
What is "Open Home" or "Ahome"? I keep seeing a lot of themes/fonts that require open home, but I'm not sure what it is or how to get it. I was able to find the ahome app once and it said the price was $3.99, but now I'm not able to find it even on a search.
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Nov 26, 2010
I'm new to Android and smart phones and so I'm trying to figure it out. First of all I have an unrooted HTC Aria. I would like to customize my phone. I downloaded LauncherPro from the market but I've heard of another app called Open Home. Are they similar apps? For instance, does one need both on their phone or just one or the other? From what I can tell Open Home allows for much more customization?
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Mar 22, 2010
Just downloaded Open Home and trying to figure out what that little icon in the bottom left represents ( a phone & arrow, with W4 or W5 usually )
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Nov 11, 2009
Any idea? It doesn't seem to close apps like TaskKiller or TaskPanel. So what is it doing?
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Aug 27, 2009
I have Open Home on my HTC Hero However I cannot set it to be my 'default desktop', so when I click home, it doesnt take me to my personalised Open Home, it takes me instead to the phones standard 'Home Desktop'. So each time I want to use Open Home I have to launch Open Home from the menu!
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Dec 8, 2009
I have had open home (full version) for a few weeks now and I'm very pleased with it so far. The last couple of days I have been rearranging my folders and widgets and some of the open home settings.I also changed my background but when I chose the picture I wanted I only got the option of cropping in portrait. Now the background doesn't move from side to side when I change screens.I am assuming it's a setting I changed when I was playing around but I can't find any way of changing it back to the original landscape background that moves from side to side.
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Jun 30, 2010
I saw on someone's review of an Open Home icon pack that the icons looked good in Launcher Pro.
I'm wondering if anyone knows how to make them work -- I can't figure out how.
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Feb 8, 2010
Im using aHome lite and openhome lite and noticed you cant use any widgets like calander and favorite contacts ect. Does the full version of these allow widget compatability? thats pretty much the thing thats gonna determine if I pay or not. (Im using the HTC Hero)
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Jun 23, 2010
does it slow down your phone at all? my friend has a moto droid and he has it and it has horrible lag what ever you do on his phone (of course i get on his case for that because he says the droid is better then the DINC but that a different story). and my other question is can you use a skin and an icon pack at the same time using open home?
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Aug 14, 2010
I'm sure its been covered somewhere but does anyone have an explanation as to why when I open advanced task killer it tells me a bunch of apps, that I didn't open, are running? Doesn't really slow my phone down too much, just annoying... Running Eris Root KaosFroyo
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Oct 28, 2010
When i get a list of recommended apps for my wildfire 90% of them don't open.
i do know that is cos of the resolution and etc.
is there anyway it can show phone specific apps?
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Aug 17, 2010
To get the car and desk home apps you see on the advertisment, you need market enabler, set it to us tmobile(long press the provider to set), then search in the market for 'desk home samsung vibrant' and 'car home samsung vibrant'.
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Jan 13, 2010
All I know is one's more expensive then the other. Any reason not to go with the cheaper one (Better Cut)?
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Nov 16, 2009
just wondering how the feedback is from droid users and if I should buy it or wait for better droid support for it.
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Dec 13, 2009
it wasn't working right so i uninstalled it and when i went to reinstall it, i searched in the app market and it says home++ installed. and the open and install buttons are both greyed out.
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Dec 19, 2009
This afternoon, I wiped my phone and am starting from scratch. Lock 2.0 was giving me some issues and with all the installing and uninstalling of app's I've been doing in the past couple of weeks, I just decided to start with a fresh slate.
Before I back and download Lock 2.0 again, I wanted to inquire with others out there on their experience with the App. I love it, but I wasn't sure if I didn't set it up correctly or I didn't understand how the app worked because it never did replace the default lock screen after I installed and configured it. I always had to manually launch it, unlock the screen and then it would take over.
Not exactly what I had in mind for my money. Was thinking it was a full replacement for the default lock screen. Maybe I didn't read the fine print well enough.
Also, what's been the experience with Open Home on the Sprint Hero?
I'll come clean and admit I'm a Mac super-user stuck without an iPhone (I love Sprint!!). I carry my iPod touch and my Hero with me pretty much everywhere. I am LOVING my Hero though! It does exactly what I wanted it to.
I like to get in and customize to the nth degree, but not at the expense of crappy app's that mess up my stuff.
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Nov 30, 2009
I am about to get my Hero back and was wondering if Open Home & Sense UI played nice together? Will I get to use Open Home & HTC Widgets? I have been using it on my Moment, but not sure if I even need it with my hero, just want to be able to use different icons & skins. Would I be better with Pandahome or DX?
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Dec 19, 2009
I'm running Open Home on my Droid; trying to figure out how to take a screen shot.I have the option for Screen Shot under Menu > More > Screen Shot and it states that the screen shot is captured but I can't figure out where it actually writes the image to?
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Jul 16, 2010
Just wanted to get some pointers on using open home on the sprint hero. Is it the best for the hero? Does it work well? Are contacts or people more customizable?
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Mar 18, 2010
There's nothing wrong with downloading the file of a paid app and installing it on your phone, right? Because I did that for a few.Also, what's everyone's opinion on Open Home vs. DxTop?
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Jul 27, 2010
Is there not a browser 'home' button, or do you have to open a new window every time?
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