UPDATE: This post contains information about Sweeter Home Preview 1 which has now been superseded by Sweeter Home 2. Some information in this post may be outdated or inaccurate for use with Sweeter Home 2.
The two questions I seem to get asked most is how to install Sweeter Home and how to download and install a shared theme, so we’ll tackle these in two basic tutorials for the people that are just getting started.
If you’re running RC33 of Android on a standard G1 you should have no problem finding Sweeter Home in the Android Market. Open the Market app, hit search, and typing “Sweeter” should be enough to get you there.
If you can’t find Sweeter Home in the Market you can always go here on your computer and use this method to install on your Android phone.
Once installed there is no need to launch the app (although if you do you’ll find some handy instructions). To launch into Sweeter Home just hit the home button on your G1 and you’ll see the following screen. For the time being don’t use by default, but once you’re comfortable that you want to use Sweeter as you’re default home then go for it!
Congratulations, you’re now running Sweeter Home!
NOTE: if you have an ADP G1, or any non RC33 ROM flashed onto your G1 you may have trouble finding Sweeter Home, or you may not be able to find it at all. Although Sweeter Home is currently a free app it was designed with copy-protection included. In trying to remove the copy protection the developer found this actually broke all existing themes due to a database bug in Android, so if you can’t get hold of Sweeter Home you may just have to wait until the full version is launched, or hope that Android 1.5 fixes the db problem. (Or you could try this, but it may very well be an old build).
Keep up the good work, if you continue with this great blog Im sure you will become one of the big names when it comes to Android in general and really with sweeter home! Keep it up!
I’ve installed Sweeter Home and it appears in my apps, but hitting the Home button doesn’t bring up a dialog; it just reloads the Home screen.
You probably need to reset the defaults.
Tapp “Menu” button
Tapp “Settings”
Tapp “Applications”
Tapp “Manage Applications”
Browse for Home
Tapp “Clear Defaults”
Tapp “Home” button on phone, you should be presented with options for which Home app you want to use.
Failing that, try uninstalling and reinstalling Sweeter Home…
Hi
I have a Android dev phone with cupcake version.
And I've tried the youtube(QR code) method. Sweeter Home is still unavailable.
My ROM is from HTC website and the build number is dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43148830 test-keys.
Elvis, email me.