How to set or change default launcher in Android [Galaxy S2]

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Android Logo Linux Windows 150There are several beautiful launchers available to replace the default launcher provide by Android. I had downloaded this stunning Go launcher Ex and I really like it. I had set it as my default launcher. I have also installed Launcher Pro installed on my Galaxy S2. Now the situation is I want to change the default launcher from Go Ex to another launcher.

When I selected Launcher Pro it was changed but as soon as I pressed the home screen, the launcher went back to the previous one (goEx). I wanted my new launcher to be set as the default launcher. Here is how I changed the default launcher and set a new launcher as the default:

  • Go to Settings
  • In here, go to Applications and choose “manage applications”
  • Go to the “all” tab
  • Look for the launcher application which is the default one
  • Click on it and look for the option of “Clear Defaults“
  • Now select your favourite launcher again to launch it
  • Press the home screen. It will ask to set the default launcher. Choose whatever you want

By the way, the above suggested steps are valid for changing any default application on any Android based phone and not just only Galaxy S2.

Make Windows default OS in dual boot with Ubuntu: The easy Way

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When you install Ubuntu (or any other Linux OS), it makes Ubuntu the default operating system. So if you want to use Windows, you have to select it manually within 10 sec otherwise it boots into Ubuntu directly.

But what if you are not a regular Ubuntu user (Why so?) and use Windows most of the time? It irritates you that you have to wait at each boot to select Windows. If you are facing such problems then you might want to make Windows your default operating system so that it boots into Windows by default. [Read more…]

How to reset Unity to get rid of messed up compiz setting

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I keep messing with compiz and in order to make Unity look better I often happen to make it worse. To get it back in its original setting, I use this command in terminal:

Unity --reset

It takes sometime (seems never ending to me) and a restart after that (I do not wait for it to show that the reset has been completed) takes Unity back in it’s default setting.