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I installed the wrong theme for ADW and now it crashes every time the home screen displays.

Since the home screen keeps crashing, I can't seem to reach the settings pannel to disable the stupid theme.

I've also tried "Safe Mode" but so far it doesn't help.

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This should help (may even be a duplicate): android.stackexchange.com/questions/4910/… – Al Everett Jul 6 '11 at 18:56
@Al Everett - That looks like it has to do with the issue that Launcher Pro had where it was saying it was expired. Launcher Pro automatically opened the browser which made it easy to download an update. If the launcher is crashing, there is no real way to open any application. – Ryan Conrad Jul 7 '11 at 13:27

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Try installing another launcher. Then press the Home key and it will ask you which launcher to use. Select the "new one". Then try going in to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> ADW and Clear the data.

You will probably also want to delete the "settings backups" that are stored on the sdcard, if you created them.

Then you should be able to switch back to ADW.

If you can't get to the market to install another launcher, you will probably have to side load i using ADB.

Or as Lie Ryan suggests, use the Market Web interface to install another launcher.

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or try push installing from the web-based Android market. – Lie Ryan Jul 6 '11 at 19:24

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