aHome

by Android Tapp Apr 8, 2009 5:00 AM – 49 Comments

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aHome offers the ability to customize the Home screen with skins and icons.

Price: Free, $4.99

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Features:

aHome Android app features a console that allows you to launch the app, go to the Theme Downloader, or read the FAQs. aHome is cool because it allows you to easily download premade themes from the market (some free, some at a cost), to customize your phones desktop/home screen. aHome comes with a few widgets like location-based weather and digital clock that enhances your phone by bringing the information to you. The free version offers most everything as the paid except auto-rotate.

: aHome Console

: aHome Menu

: aHome Theme Downloader

: aHome Vista Theme

: aHome iPhone Theme

: aHome Mac OS X Theme

: aHome Mac OS X Screenshot 1

: aHome Mac OS X Screenshot 2

: aHome Mac OS X Screenshot 3

: aHome Settings

: aHome Manage Desktop

: aHome Special Apps

Usefulness:

aHome Android app is more cool-factor than useful; i.e. showing off to your iPhone buddies that your G1 or Android powered phone home screen can look like the iPhone home screen, or Mac OS X, or Windows Vista, Star Wars, or even Mario Brothers… etc.

Ease of Use:

Gripe Alert: Our biggest gripe with aHome or even Open Home Android apps are their saturation of the market with themes. Another is the lag when returning to the “Home” screen. Lastly the responsiveness of swiping the screens seems far less sensitive (almost as if you should swipe an icon versus desktop free space).

Frequently Used:

If you replace your default home screen with aHome, then you would be using it every time you tapp the “Home” button. (If you don’t want to be asked every time which app to go home with, tapp the checkbox for “Set as Default”. To clear aHome as default: tapp Menu > System Settings > Applications > Manage applications > aHome > Clear defaults)

Interface:

aHome Android app is all about Interface; search the market for “ahome” to see all the themes offered.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (3.9 out of 5)

Should you Download aHome? Give the free version a spin, check out the themes available and determine spending the $5 bucks!

Developer: mAPPn, Inc.

Tags: aHome, Android Apps, Android Skins, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Custom Android Home Screen, Customize Home Screen, Home Screen Replacement App, Location Based, Weather Forecasts

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49 Comments

By TSE on April 30, 2009 at 12:37 pm:

This was the first app I downloaded, and it was pretty cool!

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- By josh on November 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm:
  
  i just got my htc and i cant even find ahome app… only the themes is all i can
  
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  - By Ciana on December 23, 2009 at 11:45 am:
    
    Download openhome.
    
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    - By josh on January 6, 2010 at 10:33 pm:
      
      I cant find either one.
      
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- By Cassius V. de Magalhaes on April 18, 2010 at 8:02 am:
  
  Doesn’t works on Motorola Milestone. It should warns which devices works on. They do bad business because this.
  
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By douglee63@gmail.com on May 3, 2009 at 10:24 am:

How can I make ahome my default home setting, because every time I go back to home I have to restart it

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By Android Tapp on May 3, 2009 at 10:33 am:

@douglee63

You have to clear the Defaults of any other “Home” app you have. Maybe you have the default Home that your phone came with, if so… follow these instructions to clear and apply aHome as your default:

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. Before tapping the aHome, check “Use by default for this action”.

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- By sarah on October 25, 2009 at 10:51 am:
  
  what if you don’t anything set as default this is crazy i cannot get anything going lol!!
  
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By humberto rivera on June 22, 2009 at 2:47 am:

I like it………………………..

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By Jayson on August 3, 2009 at 9:39 am:

Yeah, this is what’s really bugging me about aHome. The thing is, i don’t care for all the themes too much right now. All I want is the ability to have more desktops than the default home screen. Currently, I have all 3 screens filled with stuff. I guess this really is a fault of the current Android UI. If you download a lot of apps, they fill up your apps drawer, and there is just no way to group them into folders, unless you want to manually create a folder on the desktop and copy programs to it. but then the next time you download a new app, you have to search for it in your drawer just so you can drag it to a folder, that btw will no longer be in alpha order cuz all new icons that you copy will be copied to the end of the list.

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- By Justin on September 13, 2009 at 12:31 pm:
  
  All you need to do is drag an icon or widget over to the right edge of the screen and presto, as many screens as you need.
  
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- By Linuxluver on September 24, 2009 at 3:55 am:
  
  Android may only have 3 screens, but you can put about 16 folders on each screen and each folder can hold a HUGE number of apps. Do the math: 3 x 16 x 20 (say…) and you have 480 icons….which is almost three times what you can fit onto an iPhone set of 8 screens…..and you can put a lot more than 20 icons in each folder.
  
  A lot of people don’t know about the folders…..it’s a huge advantage over the iPhone.
  
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  - By rod on November 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm:
    
    gah! folders! you just saved me five bucks and made me feel like an idiot all at once. so um, thanks?
    
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By Alicia on September 17, 2009 at 6:01 pm:

Can someone be kind enough and send this app to me?
flymsrenee@gmail.com

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- By Alicia on September 17, 2009 at 6:04 pm:
  
  Nevermind….i found and bought it…. =) thanks though
  
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  - By josh on January 6, 2010 at 10:35 pm:
    
    What did you type when you searched for it?
    
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    - By Android Tapp on January 7, 2010 at 6:51 am:
      
      Searching “ahome console” gets it but the it’s still buried in all the aHome themes. Try scanning the QR Codes above with this review or visit this page on your phone then tap on the QR Code, it will take you directly to the app in the Android Market.
      
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By Alicia on September 17, 2009 at 6:03 pm:

Nevermind….already found it…i LOVE it!

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By DJ on September 17, 2009 at 9:07 pm:

I downloaded the $4.99 version of ahome and download the mac osx “skin” How do I get the wallpaper to look like the stock osx one as pictured above? Also my icons arent showing up like above with the browser looking like safari etc how do i do this?

thanks,
DJ
ehousehead@me.com

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By DJ on September 17, 2009 at 9:15 pm:

i try to load wallpaper in theme and it says failure to load wallpapers from theme

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By DJ on September 17, 2009 at 9:17 pm:

i also cant delete icons and widgets

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By DJ on September 17, 2009 at 9:19 pm:

ok i figured out how to delete widgets and icons but my icons are still wrong and my wallpaper as well

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By DJ on September 17, 2009 at 9:43 pm:

because the skin wasnt working 100% i rebooted my phone….. now it goes to a black screen after the android screen….. and wont boot up! I hope I can fix this I want a refund this is bull!

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By Malia on September 19, 2009 at 12:06 am:

Do I have to pay $4.99 every month?

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- By Android Tapp on September 19, 2009 at 6:13 am:
  
  No, this is a one time fee.
  
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By ThrillHo on October 9, 2009 at 5:13 am:

Random question, I used the “aHome lite” version, and was generally happy till it came to widgets.
Is it me? Or does aHome Not support 3rd party widgets (like Last FM, Facebook, e.t.c)? If not, then I will not be buying the full version unfortunately. I really like widgets.

Anyone?

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- By Sam on January 31, 2010 at 6:32 pm:
  
  the full version supports 3rd party widgets
  
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By alex on October 17, 2009 at 9:09 am:

how do i actually download ahome?

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- By Android Tapp on October 19, 2009 at 5:58 am:
  
  If on your phone, tapp the QR Code that says “Free App” or “Download” to go directly to the market and downloard/buy.
  
  If on your PC, use Bar Code Scanner to scan the QR code on your monitor with your phone to go directly to the market.
  
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By patrick on November 18, 2009 at 9:46 am:

Hey, i cant find Ahome on the market on my Htc hero, i just found ahome lite?
somone now how to get it

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By Jean on December 12, 2009 at 8:47 am:

I purchased ahome and used it for a while, but the latest version is slowing down my phone so much it is not usable. I had to remove ahome. I installed open home instead and it is much better….

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By Sean on December 30, 2009 at 6:53 am:

Is it just me, or are the aHome and Openhome applications not listed in the market?

All I can find is hundreds of themes and icon packs. No application to actually download though :S

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Sean

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- By Android Tapp on December 30, 2009 at 7:09 am:
  
  Have you tried Scanning the QR Codes on our reviews?
  
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By Sam on January 22, 2010 at 7:34 pm:

I downloaded the free version, but cant find the vista theme, i found the “Happiness Vista” but its not the same, any help?

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By sheree on March 15, 2010 at 8:25 pm:

does it take long for ahome to download?

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By adib alami on March 25, 2010 at 11:47 am:

I really cant find the app on the market i searched everything I can only find the themes. and what the heck are QR codes?

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- By Android Tapp on March 25, 2010 at 4:52 pm:
  
  QR codes are the black and white bar codes we put with every Android app review. If you’re on our website on your desktop or laptop your can actually scan it with Barcode Scanner to link you the app in the Market.
  
  If you’re viewing this page on your phone it’s easier as you can click the QR code to go to the app in the Market.
  
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By carlos on April 20, 2010 at 7:37 pm:

how do i work the ahome on my phone and how do i put the themes on my phone using the ahome app. i have a motorola cliq and also which ahome do i download…

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- By Android Tapp on April 21, 2010 at 7:12 am:
  
  Have you download the “aHome Console” first? Then press the Home button and check the box prompting “Set as default” then aHome, this way every time you press the Home button aHome shows and not the default home screen. This is needed then download themes after. Thru the console is how you switch themes.
  
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By KiRyah on May 10, 2010 at 10:56 pm:

Hi, Yes I put in the QR Codes, and it says that there is not APP found by that name. Can someone please help?

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By Philip on June 8, 2010 at 11:48 am:

I cant find aHome on android market! Where do i dowload it??

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- By Antonio Wells on June 8, 2010 at 12:26 pm:
  
  Have you tried scanning the QR barcode above? Or visit this page on your Android phone and click on the QR barcode?
  
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By Katie on June 18, 2010 at 3:48 am:

Okay, so. Is there ANY way I can buy this application with it sending it to the phone bill?? I reallllllly want the hello kitty theme )

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- By Android Tapp on June 18, 2010 at 11:34 am:
  
  If you have T-Mobile, they support putting app purchases on your monthly bill.
  
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By Matt on July 3, 2010 at 9:41 pm:

I downloaded the ahome full version and i accidently put my home screen as the default screen but i wanted ahome to be it, how do i change that?

Thanks

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- By Antonio Wells on July 4, 2010 at 8:16 am:
  
  Go to Settings » Applications » Manage Applications » find “Home” app » click “Clear Defaults”. Then press Home button, click the check box below, then choose aHome so it becomes your default home screen without asking again.
  
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By Trine on October 6, 2010 at 11:40 am:

I bought aHome in the Market and was really looking forward to it cuz it looked really cool. I have a HTC Tatoo phone. It runs and everything but looks NOTHING like the screenshots above. I don’t have a dock and the settings menus don’t look like that. Have they changed aHome since this summer or is it just not supported on my phone?

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By bmac on December 29, 2010 at 3:00 pm:

Hmmm – doesn’t seem to work on the Samsung Captivate (Eclair 2.1 update 1). Keep getting error – need to force close … so I had to uninstall.

Too bad…it looked interesting.

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