How to start an app on CM7

bonzodog2

I have Cyanogenmod7 installed on an HTC Wildfire. It was installed by the previous owner. I can install apps, but they don't all appear as an icon on the home screen, e.g. WifiAnalyser and OfflineMaps do, but Viber doesn't.
I have looked at length for a place that lists them all, where I could choose one to launch, bit I haven't found it.
Any CM7 users here to help me out?

niallb

CM7 was Android version 2.3.
You might just be finding that Wifianalyser and offlinemaps are compatible with the old version of android and viber isn't.

Are you installing these apps from the Play Store or directly from downloaded APKs ?
Viber needs at least Android 4.0, so shouldn't be appearing in the playstore for you at all.
I'm not surprised that it fails to install properly.

You could put a newer version of cyanogenmod on that phone which would make it compatible,
but with CM7 I think you've nowhere to go.

bonzodog2

Yes, I installed viber from the playstore. I can launch it if i go back to playstore and look for viber, then it has an open button.
I have viber desktop too, it shows a text I sent someone, but not pictures I sent.

ED E

1. Install a different launcher such as Nova.

2. Bin that phone.

niallb

Nova is a good launcher and I used it when I had CM6 on a Galaxy Spica.
Do you not have an icon to get to the full list of installed apps? It's like a square with 4 squares inside it?
You should be able to swipe through them all (maybe vertically instead of horizontally)

bonzodog2

niallb wrote: »

Nova is a good launcher and I used it when I had CM6 on a Galaxy Spica.
Do you not have an icon to get to the full list of installed apps? It's like a square with 4 squares inside it?
You should be able to swipe through them all (maybe vertically instead of horizontally)

No such icon here.
playstore says nova is incompatible with my device.

DopeTech

bonzodog2 wrote: »

No such icon here.
playstore says nova is incompatible with my device.

Search "launcher" in the play store and the compatible ones will appear

niallb

Try holding your finger on an empty piece of screen and see are you offered the chance to add buttons to the screen.
You may find the apps button by doing this. They may be called widgets or shortcuts.

The phone itself is 7 years old, and it's not practical to expect it to work 'out of the box' anymore.
It's around the same age as an iPhone 3Gs, and that was a flagship phone - the wildfire was a bargain one.

Apex launcher was what I used before Nova, but it requires Android 4.0 at least these days.
You'll need to download an apk from back in the days your phone was still current - around 2011.

I think we should crowdfund bonzodog2 a new phone. Nobody should have to live like that

bonzodog2

Basil3 wrote: »

I think we should crowdfund bonzodog2 a new phone. Nobody should have to live like that

You should have seen my previous phone*! It still works, BTW. And the 2 before that.
I like the Wildfire, its compact and the battery lasts ages. If I want to do computer stuff I use a computer. My computer collection is probably older than the Wildfire.

However, anyone who wants to donate a more recent phone, send PM :cool:

*Sony Ericsson k750i