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 The trick is to run the **SetupWizardUpgradeActivity** from the **com.google.android.setupwizard** app. The app may have different names upon localization, e.g. **Setup Wizard** for English or **Configurazione Android** for an Italian version.
-A common recipe is to install the **Nova Launcher** app, which has a widget capable of starting an app activity, directly. Unfortunately the Google Play Store was not working too, so I had to relay on some other method to download the **apk file**. Actually I tried the [[http://apkleecher.com/|apkleecher.com]] and [[https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/|apps.evozi.com]] services, which turned out to provide the very same contents into the apk archives, despite the archives itself had different checksums.
+A common recipe is to install the **Nova Launcher** app, which has a widget capable of starting an app activity, directly (see below for an alternative). Unfortunately the Google Play Store was not working too, so I had to relay on some other method to download the **apk file**. Actually I tried the [[http://apkleecher.com/|apkleecher.com]] and [[https://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/|apps.evozi.com]] services, which turned out to provide the very same contents into the apk archives, despite the archives itself had different checksums.
 So I downloaded the Nova Launcher apk on the PC and transferred it to the phone via the **adb push** command. Then I had to allow **unknown sources** permission to the file manager app.
+A preferable alternative to installing Nova Launcher, is to install **[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.szalkowski.activitylauncher/|Activity Launcher]]** (available from F-Droid). This application does just what is required: add a widget to launch an app activity.
   * From the phone file manager, clik the apk archive to install the **Nova Launcher**.
   * Long tap over a free dekstop space, to add a new widget.
   * Search the Nova Launcher **Activity Widget**, and place it on the desktop.
-  * Search the **Setup Wizard** (or whatever is your localized name) in the proposed list, from the sublist choose the **SetupWizardUpgradeActivity**.
+  * Search the **Setup Wizard** (or whatever is your localized name) in the proposed list, from the sublist choose the **SetupWizardUpgradeActivity**. This app/activity is found in Android 8.1 Oreo, other versions may have different ones.
   * Now start the activity tapping the widget icon and **complete the wizard procedure**. Beware that the setup procedure may change some settings you had previously, e.g. the auto-update feature.
   * Now you can **uninstall** the Nova Launcher app.