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Alcatel Joy Launcher

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  • 09-08-2017 2:47pm
    #1
    nkav86
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭


    I can't find much on this online. My phone automatically updated to this, when I tried to reset it just reapplied it to my phone. It's awful, I'm left with an octopus icon on my home screen that I can't get rid of. It covers my apps so I keep clicking it by mistake, when I do click it I get taken to the Google app search page. Driving me absolutely mad, has anyone had this problem? Or, hopefully been able to solve it.


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    You could try installing a different launcher like Nova and set it as the default.


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    nkav86
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    Good suggestion, thank you! I'll try anything at this point


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en


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    nkav86
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    Thank you so much! It worked, I'm terrible with this kind of thing I never would have known I could do that. It's amazing how much these things can bother ya, also hate mandatory updates. Thanks again!!


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    You're welcome! Yeah, some updates are a pain. You can save your settings within Nova so if it does update or you upgrade again it will restore the layout etc for you.


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    nkav86
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    GBX wrote:
    You're welcome! Yeah, some updates are a pain. You can save your settings within Nova so if it does update or you upgrade again it will restore the layout etc for you.


    Amazing, I'm having way too much fun rearranging icons. This gives so much more space than before


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    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Happy days .. you dont even need to download any games now so :D


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    NinetyTwoTeam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭NinetyTwoTeam


    Thanks I got that stupid octopus too I thought I had a virus. Why would they force something so awful on users it's baffling


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    nkav86
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    Its ridiculous, especially the fact that you can't get rid of that damned octopus.
    As GBX suggested, Nova is a godsend


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,166 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    I suspect its popular in the Chinese/Malaysian markets that they care about.


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    Shakyfan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    TBF the update has it's good points, it seems to have speeded up my phone apps, some of which were painfully slow at times. However the octopus is a pain in the ....! I found the update on my phone last Saturday and assumed at first that it was some kind of virus (judging by the reviews on GooglePlay I wasn't alone there). Perhaps if they had given people some kind of warning that it was coming or an explanation but there was nothing. I did send them a message asking if the person who thought up the octopus was on drugs at the time and got this reply

    "The Octopus widget has now been disabled since Aug 14th and our team is currently working to roll back the software - we will keep you posted with the progress of this. Until then, it may be worthwhile using another ad-free launcher from PlayStore in place of Joy Launcher".

    Sure enough by Sunday evening the octopus had gone but I switched my phone off earlier and when I switched it back on the bugger had returned!

    The cleanup option is quite handy but they have to ruin it by trying to push new apps onto you at the end. TBH if I have just cleared 5 or 6 MB I'm hardly going to want to install another app which takes up maybe twice as much space.


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