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for anyone who's not necessarily a fan of Facebook there is a redeeming feature of the HTC first beneath the Facebook home it runs stock Android on Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is how to on Facebook your HTC first it's a commonly known fact that the HTC first is unlike most other HTC Android smartphones not only because it's the first smartphone to come prepackaged with facebook home but because it does not have any version of since UI running beneath facebook's launcher instead it runs a mostly stock version of jelly bean android 4.1.2 and unlocking this mostly stock interface and turning the HTC first into a stock Android device a rare yet highly soft feature is actually very simple there are even various degrees in which you can disable Facebook home if you'd like Facebook home and want to keep it active but one a quick and simple way to jump back to the stock Android launcher there's an easy way to do that if instead you want a small dose of Facebook home but prefer the standard launcher you can leave the lock screen notification portion of Facebook home active or if you really don't like Facebook home and you only bought the first two enjoy an HTC device with stock Android out of the box you can quickly disable all Facebook home functions and forget it even exists the hardest part is figuring out how you want to interact with Facebook home if at all fortunately there's no real way to mess up here so if you decide any of this is not for you going back to how things were in the beginning is as simple as hitting a single icon seriously to keep Facebook home completely enabled and only jump to the stock launcher periodically simply press the home button swipe left to access the application drawer scroll down to the very bottom and select the more icon this immediately takes you to the stock launcher when you press the home button again you'll jump right back into facebook home it's that simple best of all this more icon can be added to your quick launcher the user-defined pages of applications to the right of the application drawer throw the stock launcher icon in one of these and you're no more than three taps away from the stock launcher at any given time say you're not a fan of Facebook home appearing when you press the home button but you don't mind it being the first thing you see when you hit the power button there's a quick fix for that to pull down the notification shade and press the Settings icon select apps and in the alt tab find facebook home which is listed as simply home select home scroll down and press clear defaults when you press the home button again you will be prompted to select a default launcher select launcher which is the stock launcher and press always when you press the power button on your device you will now see your miss notifications in facebook home you will also have access to the previous application Facebook Messenger and the Facebook home application drawer but when you press the home button you'll be taken back to the stock Android launcher if neither of those are what you're after there is one final solution shy of routing the device and it's most definitely the easiest of them all from anywhere in facebook home press the menu button and select home settings the very top option is turn off facebook home confirm the action and reap the benefits of a stock Android experience if you later decide you want to turn facebook home back on for any reason simply tap the home icon in the application drawer select home always and you're back to normal remember though if you select the stock launcher as your default Facebook home will once again appear whenever you press the power button to turn the device on to turn this off again you will have to disable it in the facebook home settings thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video if you did be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe and give us a follow in all the usual places twitter google+ and facebook at pocket now and you can follow me on twitter at casper tech i'm taylor martin and i will see you next time