Install the Google Play Store for More Apps
Get a More Traditional Home Screen Launcher
Just download your launcher of choice—we recommend Nova Launcher—and grab the LauncherHijack APK from this page. Once you’ve installed both, head to Settings > Accessibility and enable “Turn On Detect Home Button Press” in Settings > Accessibility. The next time you press the home button, you’ll be greeted with Android’s familiar home screen, ready for you to add and arrange your shortcuts. Once again, check out our full guide for the step-by-step instructions on the whole process.
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You’ll be taken to a screen with a few different options. Pick what you want—I usually just “Block” notifications from that app—and you won’t be annoyed by them ever again.
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Here’s the catch: you’ll have to pay for it.
From there, you can unsubscribe from ads on that device for $15.
With all of these tweaks, that $50 tablet feels like it’s worth far more. Even if you pay $15 to get rid of ads and $20 for a 64GB microSD card, you’re still getting a full-fledged tablet—seriously, an actually usable Android tablet-–for well under $100. No matter what your budget is, that’s a pretty unbeatable deal.
