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Using astro I've set Movies (basic android app) to play my videos. Now I want to remove this association but I simply can't find a way to do it... Looking into applications didn't help (The Movies app doesn't show at all: I think it's part of the gallery app but the gallery app isn't set as default). I've tried downloading an app from market called DefaultApp Reset but it didn't help either: Movies was not there.

Any hints?

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What phone do you have? – Matthew Read♦ May 23 '11 at 15:14
Acer Liquid Metal (s120) – Pitto May 23 '11 at 16:10
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Try it with a Default App Manager. See this question – Flow♦ Nov 22 '11 at 21:48

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Had the same problem. Solved it by clearing defaults in my Gallery application.

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Normally you would do this from Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications. Find the app in the list, click it, and choose Clear Defaults.

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As I wrote in the question the main problem is that I can't find the "Movies" application to clear its default – Pitto May 23 '11 at 7:12
It's probably called media player or video player. – Sparx May 23 '11 at 13:56
It is not there. I've passed apps one by one... – Pitto May 23 '11 at 16:11
@Pitto Hmm. Maybe if you installed another video player, it would allow you to select a new default? – Matthew Read♦ May 23 '11 at 16:35
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Ah, yes. In 2.2 (at least on my SGS) there's an "All" tab. – Matthew Read♦ May 23 '11 at 17:04
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Just...

  • go to settings → applications → manage applications
  • select the All tab
  • scroll down and find Gallery
  • open this entry, tap the clear defaults button
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It's not the best I could do but installing brand new Gingerbread (obviously) solved the problem

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