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--- doc:appunti:hardware:blackview_bv5300_pro_change_launcher [2024/08/26 12:22] – niccolo
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 ====== Changing the default launcher on the Blackview BV5300 Pro ======
-I have a **Blackview BV5300 Pro** smartphone; I managed to [[blackview_bv5300_pro|root the phone]] to gain administrator privileges and now I want to change the default Blackview launcher which is called **BvLauncher**. I wish also to disable or remove several system apps (some from Google, others from BlackView), which annoy me because I don't need them, but they spawn running processes and require to be updated from time to time.
+I have a **Blackview BV5300 Pro** smartphone; I managed to [[blackview_bv5300_pro|root the phone]] to gain administrator privileges and now I want to change the default Blackview launcher which is called **BvLauncher**. I wish also to disable or remove several system apps (some from Google, others from Blackview), which annoy me because I don't need them, but they spawn running processes and require to be updated from time to time.
 The main reason for me using a different launcher is because BvLauncer has a bug preventing to disable the **At a Glance** widget. Another bug prevents the resizing of widgets, e.g. I cannot have a 3x3 [[https://f-droid.org/bo/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/|Etar calendar]] widget or a 3x3 [[https://f-droid.org/bo/packages/com.termux.widget/|Termux:widget]].
-I suspect also that the Blackview launcher is somewhat a spyware, because the phone tries hardly to prevent you from choosing another Home app the app is always restarted even if you force-stop it (the same apply to the other BlackView launcher, called **DKGameMode**).
+I suspect also that the Blackview launcher is somewhat a spyware, because the phone tries hardly to prevent you from choosing another Home app the app is always restarted even if you force-stop it (the same apply to the other Blackview launcher, called **DKGameMode**).
 ===== Lawnchair =====
+{{.:bv5300pro:bv5300-pro-lawnchair-launcher.png?180 |Lawnchair launcher on the Blackview BV5300 Pro}}
 Obviously I want an **open source** launcher, so I ignored the plethora of launcers available on the Google Play store. In the past I used the **[[https://f-droid.org/packages/amirz.rootless.nexuslauncher/|Rootless Pixel Launcher]]** from F-Droid, but unfortunately the app was not ported for newer Android versions.
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 When you //remove// an app with De-Bloater, it detects if it is a system app which received an update. This means that the app is installed actually twice: the original one into the system partition (which is not deletable) and the update into the user partition. In this case De-Bloater suggests you to delete the update before, so De-Bloater will disable the original one only.
-Having installed Lawnchair as an alternative Home app and recents provider, I can hide the stock **BvLauncher** app so that the com.blackview.launcher process would no longer execute. The same is for the **Game mode** (DKGameMode.apk), an alternative launcher provided by BlackView intended for the heavy gamers.
+Having installed Lawnchair as an alternative Home app and recents provider, I can hide the stock **BvLauncher** app so that the com.blackview.launcher process would no longer execute. The same is for the **Game mode** (DKGameMode.apk), an alternative launcher provided by Blackview intended for the heavy gamers.
 When you //remove// an app with De-Bloater, the De-bloater Magisk module is updated creating a dummy file which will override the actual app into the running system at next reboot. The dummy file contains just the name of the app removed. If you //restore// the app in De-Bloater, the dummy file is removed.