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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pkakarla:
hello.. for sprint touch is there anyway we can use the volume slider on the side for scrolling pages (similar to up/down keys..)???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Azimuth21:
Try Smartskey
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Beast84:
Dude that app is a gift from the gods lol. Such a simple thing that shoulda been included originally. It makes things so much simpler for one handed use. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pkakarla:
thanks a lot.. Azimuth21.. this is exactly what i need...
[Essential Phone Accessories] Twowong4words:
This suggestion might not be a solution for everyone but life is a series of compromises I guess. I've bought half a dozen glass screen protectors(all the ones available on amazon) and several phone cases as I was unwilling to go without a full glass protector on my phone so this is the solution i came up with. Confirmed repeatable, I'm preforming this on my 3rd PH-1(pictures) while i write this. (don't worry, its not because they broke!)

So basically:

Orzero 9H glass screen protector + Poetic Guardian Case

https://www.amazon.com/Orzero-Essential-Tempered-Protector-Replacement/dp/B077XT5V7Z/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539386003&sr=8-1&keywords=essential+orzero

https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Poetic-Resistant-Protection-Full-Body/dp/B078T3N1S7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539386315&sr=8-1&keywords=essential+poetic

The glass protector itself is the best of all the glass protectors i've tried so far but it still has its shortcomings. The glue is applied to the black thin line around the border which is ok on the bottom but the top is too thin. Once installed it "floats" around up top near the camera. NOTE: Eventually the glass gets the spotted rainbow effect in the glass center. Not noticeable once the screens on but some i know would like to know this before hand. Slick glass feel tho, no more finger printy then the factory glass. With a hard press you can move it around and recenter it but im sure eventually it will fall off left alone.

That is where the case comes in. The case is two piece, the bumper that is raised around the screen(inner case), overlaps and has a plastic cheapy protector glued in place.

Clean and apply the glass protector. Clean the edges of the glass protector and ensure its centered. Take the inner case and remove the cheap plastic protector that it comes with. LEAVE THE GLUE on the inner case. Install the inner case over the phone ensuring the protector is centered once again before pressing down around the edges firmly. Install remaining outer case rubber.

You now have an Essential phone WITH A GLASS SCREEN PROTECTOR!! The case is IMO not the prettiest but feels great, easy to grab and grip, cutouts and port covers all work properly, buttons are still clicky. My wife even likes it more then her retired iPhone, and that's saying something :D

Remember to press against the glass protector at the bottom mainly, if you need to remove the inner case so it does not lift.

Hope this helps those PH-1 owners who wish to enjoy the security of a glass screen protectors. :highfive:
[Essential Phone Accessories] Saaber:
Poetic's glass screen protector also works with the Tudia Glost case. I think that was posted in the cases thread some time ago. That's the combination I'm using now. So far the Poetic screen protector has stayed on very well. It has the same rainbow issue when the screen is off, but like you said, you can't see it when the screen is on.
[Essential Phone Accessories] Twowong4words:
Ya, i avoided that case since lots of reviews about the back cracking upon dropping it. Haven't seen the peotic brand glass protectors either but im sure this works with any protector and case with similar designs
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
WORKAROUND HAS BEEN FOUND

https://xdaforums.com/emui-discussi...-launchers-t4053261/post81803425#post81803425

In the 9.0.0.110 and 120 builds of Chinese variant CLT_AL00 P20 Pro emui 9 beta, as well as all emui builds, beta or not, containing the wechat fingerprint payment patch, Huawei seemed to have pulled a oppo and removed the option to change the default launcher. Would not be surprising considering they just removed the option to unlock bootloader.

*update: launching default app settings from activity launcher appear to show the launcher options again however it is still impossible to select one as default as the buttons are greyed out.

*update: further investigation shows that every chinese build of emui in the past month that include support for wechat fingerprint payment, both emui 8.2 and emui 9 and across both hauwei and honor, seem to have removed the ability to use third party launchers, the resaosn I did not see this before, as it seems, is that Huawei club has been diligent in deleting the threads up until now. It is incredibly sad for the active community of Huawei users, me included, who want a little more out of their phones, I hope this issue can be give more public attention amid coverage of the mate 20 launch so people know what they are getting into.

***UPDATE ADB UNINSTALL AND DISABLING THE HUAWEI HOME LAUNCHER NO LONGER WORKS

****UPDATE EMUI 10 BETA STILL HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE IN CHINA ROMS
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sniper20:
No problem for me. I love the stock launcher. So no difference here.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tusenkonstnar:
A deal-breaker for me. Was waiting for mate 20 pro but if this is true i Will Go back to Samsung instead
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FOXTEiN:
I would think this is just for the beta.

If you apply as a beta tester for a new piece of software, you are at least expected to actually use it, aren't you?!!

I am in the beta program for EMUI 9, and I am definitely willing to keep using the stock software for the test period and keep reporting errors I find to Huawei. I would need them to rectify as much errors as possible during the beta so that the final release would be as stable and functional as it gets. For myself, you and everyone with a P20 Pro.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
This only became present in build 110, not any other beta builds, also it seems to neatly a "bug" when no other piece of software was altered, this build was only meant to add wechat fingerprint payment to China AL00 variants, don't see how that could be related.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
I completely understand, but for a lot of people, me included, like to have a little bit more control over customisation that the emui launcher does not offer, my phone is also running emui chinese version so I don't get google feed when I swipe right which is a dealbreaker.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dreamville:
I'd sell my phone if this is true
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] walkerx:
the beta app should allow users to still use 3rd party launchers and any other app, otherwise how can they test there won't be problems, that the whole point of the beta so the customer can test it in the environment they are used to. if Huawei didn't want them to use 3rd party launchers they should state this in the T&C's of the requirements for testing.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Do keep in mind that this is the Chinese version of the beta distributed through hicare and Huawei club
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Svetz:
dont over react, thats the chinese build and its a beta wait 2-3 days to see the mate 20 Reviews with android pie , let see if it is in the final software, then you can decide. :cowboy:
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] vlad.spatariu:
Hate to break it to you guys. My honor 8x had an update today to emui 8.2, with the wee chat fingerprint thing, the latest security update and added navigation gesture controls and it seems that they removed the option to change the launcher for this model as well. I've been busting my head all day over this. It's worth noting that I'm not in any beta. Seems like Huawei is shoving their launcher up our throats on their entire phone product line. :(

If any of you finds a fix to this, I'm all ears!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
The only workaround, as it seems right now, is to uninstall the Huawei home launcher, Huawei driving mode, using the adb method as well as every other launcher from your phone, this will force it to use your preferred launcher...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] vlad.spatariu:
Have you tried this? In case of messing things up, can you undo this? Thanks!

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Just uninstalled it. Had to get rid of all the launchers but the main one that I wanted. Worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Yeah it's pretty messy but it's what I am running rtn so it should work pretty well, otherwise I would not have recommended it. Would have been great if this wasn't needed in the first place but here we are now
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RiTCHiE007:
But this is just in the beta! Its called a beta so that people can test out the software before release and find bugs so what use would it have when you can install a 3rd party launcher and then to not find bugs in the normal launcher.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
But it is present in all software patches of emui, beta or not, that introduces the wechat fingerprint payment for mate 10, P20, honor 8x and many others from what I found on the Huawei forums and from the guy who just commented above.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RiTCHiE007:
Buit the wechat payment is only for asia tho so no doubt that in the final v9 release they wont lock down the launcher.... trust me on this.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
I hope for all our sakes that you are right but it is currently very wide spread, and Huawei is not acknowledging it as an issue
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] vlad.spatariu:
I'm absolutely convinced that at least for their China roms, they'll lock down the launcher. As I said, I'm on production builds, no beta.

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Thank God for Jalk44's suggestion otherwise I would've sold this phone in a heartbeat. It's a pretty **** move on Huawei's part. This is an intentional restriction. I know development, you can't have a usability regression like this by accident, no matter how tangled and unclean your code is and it certainly wouldn't have passed QA. We need to face it, Huawei is making some aggressive moves in order to have its software used.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ant78:
updated my firmware and im no longer able to switch to any other launcher without it crashing
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Just to clarify, the topic mentioned in this thread is regarding the issue where it is impossible to physically change launchers in the setting menu, is this what you are encountering on your Huawei device?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bbaayezi:
I'm from China and using p20 pro running emui 9, I've check the official forum and the administor says this customize launcher functionality will be removed in current emui 9 and other future system release. The reason is they've got too much complaint about some launcher continuously pushing ads during using period. Personally I think the explanation from the administor just make no sense.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Could you post the link to this thread to shows us where this is from? Then I can add it to the description.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bbaayezi:
Just got a message that I'm not able to include external link in my reply cuz I'm new in xda:(maybe later

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Btw, ive tried the approach you mentioned to switch default launcher but I'm not able to uninstall default Huawei home launcher on my phone. Do I need to connect my phone to the pc and do the work?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ant78:
That is correct, I'm unable to use any other launcher and I'm not very happy !
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/

Here is a detailed guide
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bbaayezi:
Got it. Thank you so much.:)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
If you are willing to tinker around a bit there is the guide in the post above to uninstall the Huawei launcher, further detail are in a previous post.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] HellDiverUK:
My old Mate 10 Pro would randomly change to the EMUI launcher all the damned time anyway - mostly when running Nova. Less so when running Action Launcher. It used to crash Nova then default back to EMUI, probably once every few days.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Emui default backs to the stock launcher, if it is still installed, whenever any launcher is installed or updated.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
But removing the option altogether is most definitely not the solution
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] HellDiverUK:
I mis-typed. I meant it would crash third-party launchers, rather than just change. Crash, complain, change.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
If u tried to

Use Huawei system widgets on a third-party launcher, such as settings widget, Huawei weather, etc or use the pixel 3 launcher. It will crash and revert back to stock launcher

This thread is about the fact that they removed the ability to change launcher altogether
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Svetz:
I watched a video related with mate 20 pro and EMUI 9, he was running nova launcher just fine, only problem i think is navigation gesture on nova don't work but that a nova launcher thing not EMUI , here is the video minute 02:50 :[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/xpGWc3rdXRQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Then the problem here maybe limited to Asia versions... Rip those of us who are running these builds.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] oriveradel:
C432 running version pue 108, nova prime works just fine
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Did u read the description, it's the Chinese AL00 variants receiving wechat fingerprint unlock, for P20 pro pie beta that would be build 110, for P20 pro on oreo build 171.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] @Kira96:
GUYS!! I ALREADY HAVE THE SOLUTIONS XD

First if u want to install Nova,ect

Install ur launcher choice first via Google playstore

Secondly after install open the launcher via playstore,

Thirdly set up ur launcher setting,

after done.

Go to setting>app>default app> default launcher change to nova,ect then try press home and it will work.. pls follow the step if not it will not allowed u to change launcher :) btw using beta 9.0 emui on honor view 10 cheer ,

Edit:Update rootless pixel launcher not working but other can so maybe u can try and error and happy trying ^^

Edit: sorry i not read the description that it affects on Chinese build but it worth a try ^^'
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
This would be how someone changes launcher in an ideal world, not one where the option to do so has been removed if u read the description
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] CandyAndy:
I have the latest 9 beta and no issues. Running action launcher like I always have
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] beachletter:
Talked to someone from Huawei today. It looks like the option removal was due to them getting a lot of complaints related to shady resellers installing fake emui launchers on the Huawei phones they sell. These launchers look like stock ones, but they came with tons of adware and malware and (since it is a malicious fake launcher) doesn't allow the user to uninstall them form the home screen. This has caused Huawei service centers in China to be overloaded by angry users.

To stop this nonsense and give their service centers a break, the EMUI team turned off the option to change default launcher.

It is not clear whether they will find a better long-term solution that will allow legitimate users to continue using legitimate 3rd party launchers. They seem to be looking for one.

If they would eventually find a better solution, it is not clear how long that would take.

It is also not clear if this change will be limited to China region ROMs, or will it be spreading to international ROMs.

If you're unfortunate enough to get a ROM with this option turned off, the only way to continue using your 3rd party launcher is to use adb command and disable the stock launcher.

That's all I know for now.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ant78:
this sucks, can't believe they have done this. My phone is up for sale on ebay now because of this
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bbaayezi:
news from the Chinese official forums： they said they will bring back the default launcher option back in the next version (the newest beta version is 9.0.0.120). I think that's because everyone wants this option back:)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Thanks for informing everyone
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
Great news, thanks for telling us, everyone here will be relieved
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
So next update after 120 will bring back launcher options.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] trivita:
enable usb debugging

install any 3rd party launcher

run below command in console

adb shell pm disable-user com.huawei.android.launcher

temporary solution
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
You could just use the uninstall command:)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jab_:
I think this is not only happening in beta builds, because I have a Honor 10 (chinese version) 8.1.0.171 (not even Android Pie), there are other 2 more upgrade versions (8.1.0.181 and 9.0.0.120) and since the 171 I'm not allowed to use third -party launchers, but in 9.0.0.120 there is a update note about it: "you will be unable to use third-party launchers if you install this update. This issue will be resolved in the next system update". I don't know if this happens in global versions as well, but it is kind of a deal breaker for me.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Rmplp1:
HONOR Note 10 8.2.0.151 (C00) same issue, option to change launcher has disappeared. Other options to change the launcher from within Nova, MS and others does not work.

I also have a problem with Google backup, i am continuously getting a message 'try again later'.

This is a Chinese version so am pretty stuffed now since the last update.

1) Any workarounds?

2) Will Huawei UK swop the device over for a UK/EU software version?

Many thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] y1ppy:
Same thing happened to my Note 10 and I just did what trivita posted a few posts above. Back on Nova launcher again, all good.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mikejasonsmith:
Thanks. Does this work on an unrooted phone?

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Can you be a bit more specific with the instructions or do I need to fastboot?

Thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] y1ppy:
Works on an unrooted phone. I followed this guide https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/ and then used the adb command trivita posted.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xdaaccount3859:
I just did this using the instructions here (don't ask me about the usb drivers needed to make this happen, I have no idea how to reliably get them set up).

I got something resembling a confirmation in the command prompt (Package com.huawei.android.launcher new state: disabled-user), and then while I was already in settings, I could go to the default apps and actually see the option to select a default launcher! (seeming) SUCCESS!

However, I could not actually select my preferred launcher once I clicked into the launcher selection menu. It showed HiHome (or whatever it's called) as radio button selected and my other launcher below. I could not select the other launcher and while browsing around settings trying to figure if the oem launcher was disabled, the default launcher option disappeared. I didn't even have to reset the phone to have the HiHome launcher return to active default.

On a previous effort, the Twisted home app "works", but the app switcher gesture is broken and I could not actually get it to register the swipe up and hold motion as activating the app switcher. I may go back to this option and just live with the navigation buttons.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xdaaccount3859:
Update:

1. Forgot to mention I'm working this on my Chinese Mate 20 Pro. that would explain differences in outcomes

2. Ran the adb commands again but this time I used the uninstall command, not the disable command. That definitely killed the stock Huawei Home launcher. It did not revive a few minutes later or even after a power cycle. I expect it to return only through an OTA or factory reset

3. When I removed the Huawei Home app, I was left with just my preferred Action Launcher. That was fine for a little bit. Gesture nav wouldn't work, but the 3-button nav was fine. then things got weird. Hitting home button started prompting me to select a new default for home, which Action Launcher (AL) was already, then the default app selection for launcher started showing two redundant listings for AL. I gave up and replaced AL with Nova and that has been working brilliantly.

4. Side effect from switching to Nova: the app switcher is back to classic Android card cascade. not my favorite, and they're all so stacked I can barely select effectively. Still absolutely worth it for Nova
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
After disabling or uninstalling Huawei home, the system will only default to a launcher if it is the only option, if you use nova then uninstall every other launcher, reboot, and It will be the default. Whenever there are two or more launcher on your phone it would not be able to default to any one of them.

Just like the pixel launcher, the overview screen screen is s part of Huawei home and uninstalling or disabling it will set you back to the original o overview screen.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jalk44:
If you cannot disable it just uninstall it, same command except pm uninstall

Here is how

www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/amp/
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MishaalRahman:
You can also try this command:

adb shell cmd shortcut clear-default-launcher --user 0

Then see if you're able to select another default launcher, without removing the EMUI one.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] YoSoyCarlosG:
I just noticed that with the latest 157 update on Mate 20 Pro the default launcher option is back, but... I have a Chinese phone so I can't actually change it...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xdaaccount3859:
Got the same update (chinese branded import from Hong Kong).

The update says it improved gesture navigation as part of its release notes.

I had uninstalled Huawei Home via ADB; It remains uninstalled and the OTA updates have not re-installed it since.

My default launcher is still selected on Nova and it works normally.

I can recommend using Fluid NG (via play store) as a great replacement for navigation gestures. I set navigation to use gestures, which except for the "back" gesture doesn't work. Fluid NG fills in the rest of the gestures.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gfreek:
I want to do the same but before I do is the recent task overview same as pie or does it revert back to the old oreo style like pack of cards?