Help i want google as my default

[nateap87]

as everyone knows, when you press the search button, you get htc's search app that pops up. i just want the stock google one. totally new to sense. someone please help!

 

[.MgB.]

If you use one of the alternative launchers (Launcher Pro for example) it will just pull up the normal Google Search, other than that, I don't know if there is a way to over ride Sense.

 

[fath0m]

as everyone knows, when you press the search button, you get htc's search app that pops up. i just want the stock google one. totally new to sense. someone please help!

While on a home screen:

1. Go to "Personalize"
2. Press "App"
3. Press "Google Search"

 

[clos1084]

While on a home screen:

1. Go to "Personalize"
2. Press "App"
3. Press "Google Search"

that only adds Google search to your home screen. The OP wants to make Google search app the default when they press the capacitive search button instead of the HTC search app

 

[fath0m]

that only adds Google search to your home screen. The OP wants to make Google search app the default when they press the capacitive search button instead of the HTC search app

Oh ok, I read the original post too fast. Maybe something like that is modifiable once rooted?

 

[cigar3tte]

I don't have Thunderbolt so can't try it, but have you installed "Google Search" and "Voice Search" from the Market?

 

[soco352]

Not on a TB so don't really know that answer but I think you could try settings>applications>manage applications>all....then find the HTC search and clear the default...next time you hit the search "button" it might ask you what you want as default????

 

[nateap87]

yeah, i'm not by any means new to android. i had the g1 since day one and then got the droid a few months after it came out and rooted it. but sense is a completely different experience. i've done everything that could logically change google search to the default but no luck. from the menu i went to search and messed with the settings there. within the sense search bar i went to its setting and again, no luck. i noticed with adw ex it had google as the default. i want options!

 

[Vegas863]

You could try using a different ROM. I am using The Perfect Storm ROM and when I long press the search button it brings up Google Voice Search.