Hello 👋

Disclaimer I would switch to try grapheneos if I could currently my phone from Verizon apparently can not have it’s bootloader unlocked so…

I am looking for launcher suggestions that are maybe less intrusive if that’s possible. I mostly just want to get rid of the Google search at the bottom and the ‘at a glance’ at the top of the home page I can’t figure it out.

Edit: forgot my phone model ‘Pixel 8 Pro’

  • Johnny Wishbone
    8•6 hours ago

    There is a 3rd party launcher issue on Pixels that will some times freeze the UI. It has to do with the use of the recents menu. It has been the bane of my existence on my pixel 6 for 18 months. Didn’t used to do it. It could be easily fixed by Google but they won’t.

    See this comment

    https://lemmy.world/comment/12418890

    • @[email protected]English
      2•4 hours ago

      This happens on my Pixel as well. I forget which launcher I use but I keep the icon on my homescreen so I can just hold it to get the app info and force stop it.

      • Johnny Wishbone
        2•4 hours ago

        I set up a tasker intent that launches the pixel launcher then my kills it after 1 second followed by a restart of total launcher. This works well Got it as a quick settings tile. I use total launcher but it does it with lawn chair as well. Factory reset didn’t help.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•6 hours ago

      As a counterpoint, I’ve been using Lawnchair on my Pixel 4, 6, and 8, on stock, LineageOS, and GrapheneOS, and never had this happen to me.