I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kiahnlliya said:
I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm using apex (pro) and it works fine, maybe you clicking back several times is just making the app FC or just brain-farting android.
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
Kiahnlliya said:
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
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Hmm well that's really weird. Do a backup in apex, then force stop, clear data, uninstall and then reinstall it. See if you still have the problem. Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
I had the same issues with apex, couldn't figure out what exactly caused the problems...for that reason I'm on go launcher for now.
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i have the same problem
bortak said:
Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
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It seems like this has solved my problem! It was unchecked, so I checked it and now it seems fine! You the man!
Didn´t solve it here, as said above, it is already checked. Maybe an update will solve these problems in near future, it is really sad that apex suffers here.
It appears I spoke too soon, Apex still crashes/freezes for me.
I also tried Nova Launcher and it does the same thing.
I keep very few apps backgrounded, and I have removed a lot of bloatware. My phone should be a lean, mean machine... I guess I just have to live with it, maybe in the future a custom ROM will solve it.
If you guys check your logcat logs, you'll see evidence of apex crashing. I already contacted the developers and they said it's a known issue but are still looking into it. For now I'm using go launcher.. not so smooth, but lots of features
Had the exact same issues, switching to Nova solved the problem for me.
Yup same problem, back on touchwiz for now.
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ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
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Reload ADW and see what happens
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three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
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Are you on cm7? If so clear app data and see what happens...
cyanogenmod
king..kranium said:
Are you on cm7? If so clear app data and see what happens...
cyanogenmod
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naw, went back to stock in anticipation of the soak that never came and haven't gotten around to changing out again yet
Why? Ur waiting on tyat root killing 2.3.6? Man id go back to cm b4 its too late!!! Also u might get a little more help because therevis only so much you can do with blur...
cyanogenmod
three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
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I have had that issue on different ROMs. Haven't seen it on CM7 however and I'm unsure why. I just assumed it was buggy and didn't worry about it. after a couple presses it would usually launch.
do the default buttons give you the same issue, like X for exit and such? That'll tell you it's not related to the programming of the button or the program itself.
king..kranium said:
Why? Ur waiting on tyat root killing 2.3.6? Man id go back to cm b4 its too late!!! Also u might get a little more help because therevis only so much you can do with blur...
cyanogenmod
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+1 why would anyone take the update knowing they will kill your root and most likely sbf path. CM7 or Eclipse before its to late
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do the default buttons give you the same issue, like X for exit and such? That'll tell you it's not related to the programming of the button or the program itself.
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yeah, its only the dock icons, and only sometimes. annoying but livable which is why I finally got around to asking
Travisdroidx2 said:
+1 why would anyone take the update knowing they will kill your root and most likely sbf path. CM7 or Eclipse before its to late
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two reasons, one is I like to try different things and tinker with the phone, and the other is that nobody really knows what the update is. All that fear is just speculation. Its even likely correct, but now that the soak has never come nobody really knows now do they?
Obviously stock isn't ideal for folks like us, but I've got it tarted up and customized enough that I was OK with it that way waiting for the soak, and would have been OK with it if I was stuck that way for a month or two until somebody found a workaround.
Brave last words lol.
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I got my s3 on wednesday. I noticed that sometimes I press the home button when in an app, nothing happens, then a few seconds later the screen goes black, except for the notification bar. Then it finally shows the homescreen and it redraws all the widgets. It will then work for a while abnd then happen again, probably about 5 or 6 times a day.
I have since rooted it and put a custom rom on, and it did the same thing. i have now gone back to stock rom.
i am using Apex Launcher.
Anyone else had these problems?
I have had the same thing happen to me sometimes with Apex, but not with any other launcher. I believe it's a bug in Apex. Try checking the "keep in memory" option, although that didn't help me.
I did wonder if it was Apex, I thought it happened with touchwiz as well, but thinking about it I cant be sure. i will give keep in memory atry, or ill switch to Nova for now. Ill keep you updated
Its because you have too man apps running in the background. Then your homescreen gets kicked out of RAM to free RAM. So it has to redraw. Maybe your launcher uses a Lot of memory?
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I have used Apex launcher on the s2 and its fine. Its only on the S3 with 1Gb Ram, with not a lot running. Almost certain its not out of RAM unless its a bug with Apex and the s3.
Just seen on the APEX app xda forum there are others with the same problem on their s3s. SO it must just be an Apex bug with the S3
I use the paid version of apex and I don't have the problem where the screen goes black. I do have the redraw issue with the option to keep in memory on.
But apex redraws really quickly, much quicker than the redraw of touchwiz.
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I have the paid version too. The guy on this page half way down posted about the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663&page=393
I get this when using the stock launcher. Sometimes after pressing the home button, it'll go black for a split second, then the icons and widgets do then appear 1 by 1 but pretty quickly. It's as if the launcher is doing a quick restart.
Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
MarkMcLovin said:
I get this when using the stock launcher. Sometimes after pressing the home button, it'll go black for a split second, then the icons and widgets do then appear 1 by 1 but pretty quickly. It's as if the launcher is doing a quick restart.
Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
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Yea same here. Its been mentioned before in this section, and possible solutions has been mentioned. Not sure they ever foudn one, that worked 100%
never had such issue try disabling the 2 time press from s voice i mean when you press 2 times the home button to open the s voice app
Pretty sure its just Apex, Im using stock launcher and so problems what so ever so far
n1r0k said:
Pretty sure its just Apex, Im using stock launcher and so problems what so ever so far
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I am using stock launcher and its fine mostly But when I load up a few tabs of heavy webpages in browser the home screen redraws. It's definitely a memory issue and not just specific to any particular launcher.
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I am using stock launcher and its fine mostly But when I load up a few tabs of heavy webpages in browser the home screen redraws. It's definitely a memory issue and not just specific to any particular launcher.
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black screen is just apex, it's a different and far more annoying problem than redraw.
Tapatalked.
Yeah Im talking about the current app/screen freezing for about a second or two, then a black screen appearing with just the notification bar visiable, for about 2-3 seconds, then finally the home screen loads and redraws.
This has only happened to me with Apex and I have seen others with the same problem.
I do find it strange that its not more of a well known issue, considering Apex is one of the most common launchers on ICS and the S3 has been out comign up to a month.
well, tried apex, stock, nova. somehow all have same problem. more or less. try removing your big widgets, like the clock. think they are causing the redraw problem.
coz i also have this problem. but soon realised that it doesn't happen on pages with no widgets.
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I had the same problem with apex launcher, the screen goes black as if it was frozen and then its started to redraw, I switched back to the stock launcher, it still redraws, but it only takes 0.5 seconds comparing to apex of 3-5
Hope that they fix it soon ( Samsung or apex team).
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i heard that rom update has fixed the issue of redrawing, didn,t try it yet. I m still on le8
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Same problem here. Let me know if someone finds a fix!
i'm on LEA rom and this still happens to me, gets very frustrating since this issue occurs randomly, will try nova launcher for now and see how it goes.
Its definitely occurring when the home screen redraws and is down to lack of ram and system not protecting the launcher from closing.
I am testing Go Launcher and so far, an hour of testing I have had no redraws so I'm gonna stick with that and see what happens.
Phone has killed apps but not go launcher so far
Long-pressing home stops bringing up "recent apps" after awhile (completely stock)
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
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Anyone? Am I the only one having this issue??
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rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
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Never heard of that problem. You running a custom ROM?
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ChaoticWeaponry said:
Never heard of that problem. You running a custom ROM?
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Yeah, I am currently running Beans v7, but I experienced the same issue on stock ROM also. I thought maybe going to Beans it would subside, but had no luck there.
rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
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Do you use a launcher? I had this issue with Nova. I used my nandroid and it fixed whatever issue I had. I was messing around with some of my settings though.
kimdoocheol said:
Do you use a launcher? I had this issue with Nova. I used my nandroid and it fixed whatever issue I had. I was messing around with some of my settings though.
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I'm just using Touchwiz currently, but I do have some launchers installed.. Should I just remove those and see what happens? ....I haven't messed around with too much, but I'm glad that someone else had the same experience and actually fixed it! I'll try to remove the other launchers and see if it happens.. If you have any other techniques, please do let me know.
I can tell you that I'm using Nova Prime & have never had that problem........
I had this issue too on stock. Im on beans b7 and havent had an issue (but I go to my recent apps with LMT pie so im not too sure it's fixed)
A reboot fixed the problem. Weird issue though
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I'm just using Touchwiz currently, but I do have some launchers installed.. Should I just remove those and see what happens? ....I haven't messed around with too much, but I'm glad that someone else had the same experience and actually fixed it! I'll try to remove the other launchers and see if it happens.. If you have any other techniques, please do let me know.
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I don't think removing the launchers will fix it. Maybe just try freezing them if you had TB. I ended up just restoring from a nandroid and haven't had the issue since.
I am also using Nova Prime.
Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Tillmorn said:
Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Hmm that's strange.. No problems at all here with Nova Prime. I've switched the app drawer icon many times and doesn't happen.
Maybe try clearing cache/Dalvic for the entire phone not just Nova data, may help may not
- Tapatalked from the G3
Been running Nova since day 3 so 3 and a half weeks at least (later upgraded to Nova Prime) and no such issue...
If it were happening constantly I think it'd be a little easier to pinpoint an issue. Best I can tell though, it only crops up after changing the icon pack a few times. Also, adding another app drawer shortcut to the home screen does not alleviate the problem either. Something is causing it to randomly lock up, and I believe it may have something to do with LG's stock software. Granted the only evidence I have to back that up stems from never having issues with any of my other devices and the fact that there is little to no reference of this in conjunction with Nova to be found on the web.
Tillmorn said:
Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Search is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/change-app-launcher-icon-nova-t2826053
droidkevlar said:
Search is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/change-app-launcher-icon-nova-t2826053
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This is what I get for posting a topic after not searching for another answer since mid July when I first noticed it xD. Curious that it would require moving back to stock. That makes me believe it really is something in the code on LG's part that is causing it. Hopefully Nova can find a workaround for it.
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Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
arampapaz said:
I have been using Nova since day one with my HAM2, and I have had no issues at all. Runs super smooth, and everything works as it should. Maybe give Nova a try.
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OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
ganymede7 said:
OK, thanks for your reply. I'll give Nova a try today. If I have a problem with that, then I think there is a problem with my HAM2.
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It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
Netrunner157 said:
It's possible the power saving modes in the HAM2 are causing issues. Try using the phone on regular power mode, not endurance or smart.
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OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
ganymede7 said:
OK Netrunner, thanks for the tip. I've been considering switching to normal mode anyway. This gives me a good reason to do so. I just switched the phone to normal mode. I'll post here if I have any problems with Nova launcher. Thanks.
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make a backup of your current rom before you try the following:
1) reset the app data for your launcher and redo it
2) try a factory reset.
ganymede7 said:
Just wondering if anyone here has tried using Action, Apex, or Nova launcher with HAM2? I've installed both Action and Apex launchers and neither one will run reliably. With Action, it did run for about two weeks, then just stopped. I re-installed it but it never ran properly again. Periodically the app drawer would disappear, and the apps on the home screen would re-arrange themselves. The list of apps that can be accessed by swiping from left to right also disappeared. Apex launcher worked for a short while (meaning a few minutes) and then the widget that I have on the home screen disappears and the apps on the screen re-arrange themselves. Some apps show up on a different screen. If I leave home page and open an app or if I open an pp on the home page, it depends on how I return to the home page as to whether the widget disappears and the apps re-arrange themselves. If I return to home page by pressing the home icon, then everything is changed when I return. If I return to home page by pressing return button, then everything remains the same.
My Ascend Mate 2 is Model MT2L03 with 16 GB internal storage and a 32 GB SD card. It has Android version 4.3, Emotion 2.0 Lite, and Kernel version 3.4.0. Apart from the launchers mentioned above and hiding the notification bar to provide more space on the screen, I have not made any changes. I'm not sure whether the problem I'm having with the two launchers is unique to my phone or whether it's a problem with all HAM2's. Would appreciate any feedback.
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I'm using a MT2L03 on 4.3 and have been using Nova since nearly day one myself, haven't had any issues. Sometimes I forget I have a launcher and that it's not stock built into the phone, haha I had issues with Apex at first too, + it was lagging, guess it doesn't like to play nice with our phones.
Been using Nova since the first day... It's solid and no issues
Nova +1
Problems With Action & Apex Launchers in HAM2
Hi guys. After reading the replies to my original post here, I installed Nova Launcher and have had no problems since. Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm an Apex user and have had zero issues.