SmartVision 3 - Phone does not boot into the Kapsys home screen

SmartVision 3 - Phone does not boot into the Kapsys home screen

Problem

When the SmartVision 3 starts up it does not speak and the normal home screen is not display.  The standard Android screen with the Google search box is shown instead, an example is shown below:



Applies to

  1. SmartVision 3

Resolution

The process of restoring the Kapsys home screen is not accessible with speech as the phone is not running the Kapsys assisted envieonment.

  1. At the current home screen navigate to All Apps chevron then press OK or touch the icon.
  2. Then choose Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Home App.
  3. On the next screen choose Home Screen.
  4. Restart the phone to test all is OK.

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