Home screen App Drawer delay - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am on OMEGA 4.0. There is a general problem in GS3, when you use app's and try to get back to the home screen home screen tries to reload which causes a delay. I remember seeing some mod for this few days ago but i lost track can somebody point me to that. Thanks.

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[Q] pressing Home button brings up clock

After installing VEGAn gingerbread on my brand new gTablet, when I press my gTablet home button I get the clock app, not the home screen. It also boots into the clock app, not the lock screen. Help!
I have seen other mentions of this in the xda forums, but no solution. Anyone have any help?
Thanks!
New information. I reset everything and started over. This time I installed another clock before rebooting the first time. Now, after I reboot and swipe the lock screen open, I am asked how to complete that action, using Clock or Alarm Clock Plus.
If I use the back arrow to get out of that, the Home button takes me to the Home screen for that session. If I reboot, then I get the "how to complete this, Clock/Alarm Clock Plus" option again the first time.
So, it seems that it wants to launch a clock. How do I stop it from wanting to launch the clock then?
Thank you!
This seems to be an existing problem, which has been discussed here, but I don't see a solution.
It is mentioned a bunch of times in this long thread for the release of VEGAn b5.1.1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-884103.html
(search for "clock " (with a space after it))
In that thread, gojimi thought it might be related to a specific run of the devices, but there didn't seem to be a resolution.
Here are a couple other posts which mention this problem, but not a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1018754.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-963413.html
Others have reported it for Cyanogen. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I am also experiencing this problem on Bottle of Smoke and also had it on Vega-Tab gingerbread. Even pressing soft home button goes to clock.
Also I am pretty sure that in both cases it was fine after the loading the Rom and only started after rebooting for the first or second time.
Has anybody found a solution to this rather annoying problem?
Update :-
Also on Flashback v 4.0 through to current... Definitely only starts after 1st reboot after installing rom.
Is everyone experiencing this problem or is it only some units as rumoured?
Am facing same problem on Honeycomb on my gTablet. Not sure how to reset the default for home button!
It's really unusable after this starts as we have to press Back button several times to reach the screen where we can select the apps
I've seen this on just about every ROM I've used.. Gingerbread and Honeycomb. It's real annoying.. I had having to press back a bunch of times just to get back.. UGH.
Quick reply - I've posted this elsewhere in other threads, but the problem is actually a misfiring dock indicator pin. The G Tablet thinks its docked and initiates docked behavior, of showing the clock when the home button is pressed. The solution is an app called Dock Nothingness from the Market! Thought this might help some people.
I got similar problem and brought my Galaxy W to Samsung. They said that my phone got screwed up due to wet 'usb' connector. Cleaning those pins also removed the occational fail to charge problems.

Why does the stock launcher/homescreen constantly refresh/redraw?

I feel like this is something that is an issue in some third party launchers, but this is constantly happening in the leaked TouchWiz Honeycomb build for the Tab 10.1. I think this was happening to me before on the stock OS as well. I am not using ADW or LPP, just home launcher, and even if I am not rotating the display, the widgets and icons are always reloading/redrawing when I come back to it from an app. WHY??
I see no options or settings relating to this and I have done nothing to cause it.
Anyone else having this issue?? It happens to me like 7 out of 10 times when reverting to the homescreens.
I'm seeing the same thing on an Epic running ACS (Froyo). It tends to happen when I rotate the home screen. I've had the phone about 3 weeks - I only noticed it happening within the past week or so. It may have had something to do with an app I installed, but I have no idea what. Any ideas anybody?
Happening on the pre touchwiz stock rom. I use ADW and Stock Launcher. I also can't seem to make the default home setting start set. I repeatedly get prompted to choose a home screen when. K press HOME.
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I think my issue may just be a performance problem with Touchwiz when there are a lot of icons in the home screens. If I clear the data for TwLauncher, it rotates pretty quickly. As I add my icons back, it gradually gets slower. Once I have them all back (I have about 70 icons), it takes 15-20 seconds to redraw. LauncherPro doesn't seem to have that problem, so I'll just use that for a launcher instead.

Trying to do a test, Please help me.

I have when I have the app tiny flashlight +led downloaded, and it's widget on the homescreen to the right of the main one that when I come from txt messenger..or hit home ( to see all the screens at once) then hit home again my screen will glitch.
Will someone please please try this to see if it is my phone, or the app. Please hit the home button a few times, and go from other apps back to main home screen and see if you get a glitch. Only seems to glitch whatever is on that main screen.. like in my case..beautiful widgets and smooth calendar widget. Also had a similar problem with visidon applock. On that one I would hit the home button and after a few times the screen previews would go all wonky.
I just need to know if my phone is messed up or if these 2 apps just cause problems with the RAZR. I just think its odd that I'm having problems with 2 different apps.
Thanks to any that help!!!
CORRECTION
both apps are now deleted and am still having the problem.
Can only describe as a screen glitch. widgets glitch out. I think you have to have some sort of widgets on the screen to see the issue. I took off all widgets other than the stock blur ones, and still have the issue.
Any help or ideas? Anyone having the same issue?
Yep I get this as well, especially on my power control plus widget.
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Surely this isn't normal? When I had beautiful widgets on it was SO obvious and annoying. Wondering what to do now? Take it back?

Jellybean rom cause home button to malfunction

Previously when I was on ICS, if let say currently I'm on the WhatsApp screen and i put to standby, when the next time round I press the home button, it should show the last use app which is whatsapp. After I update to jellybean, it no longer do so but instead minimize my whatsapp screen and went to home screen. At first I thought was apex launcher problem so I uninstall and use nova. Then I tried just using touchwiz and all result in same problem. Anyone encounter this before? Care to share your soluton?
Please use the search tool. This question has been answered at least a dozen times before.

Default Launcher after reboot problem.

Anyone else use Nova Launcher? Seems the phone does not like to keep Nova Launcher as default after a reboot. (Haven't tried others)
Is it a launcher problem or a phone problem?
[edit] OK. Got a response from Nova. Apparently it's a Google/Samsung thing that needs to be worked out. But, trying to restart and keep setting Nova as Default at some point may stick.
Another issue I was having was not being able to press anything right after returning home. That's also a Google issue that can't be fixed on Nova or any other launcher's part.
I see the same thing on my T-Mo S21+. After I reboot the nova home screen comes up as expected but a default home application is gone in settings (none are checked). Using "Close All" takes me to the Samsung home screen instead of the Nova home screen. Setting the default home back to Nova seems to fix the problem (until the next reboot). Fortunately, I rarely reboot...
No idea why.
I had this start on my S20+ after One UI 3 update, I mentioned it on Reddit and someone said it was a known issue and would be fixed in January. Obviously not fixed yet as I too still have this problem, it seems intermitent though, hopefully they will fix it soon.
For what it's worth Nova (6.2.18) works fine for me. Have probably rebooted phone 10 or so times.
Had my S21 last monday, this problem happened during the first hours of use, and has completely disappeared from now on. (Nova 2021 here)
I'm an Action Launcher user, and I haven't had that issue with my device (S21+).
Hurricane Andrew said:
I'm an Action Launcher user, and I haven't had that issue with my device (S21+).
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So probably a Nova issue. Guess will have to wait for an update.
as mentionned above, I don't have the issue anymore with Nova 2021...
What about this other issue? Upon going to home screen from any app. When you immediately press any other icon or do any gestures, nothing but a flash happens.
Upon further inspection. There are little marks on the both lower corners. They disappear after about a second. I think that's what's causing the screen flash. When they disappear, no flash.
Is that a Nova thing or One UI thing? I haven't deviated from how how use/setup the launcher last few years.
[edit] OK. Got a response from Nova. Apparently it's a Google/Samsung thing that needs to be worked out. But, trying to restart and keep setting Nova as Default at some point may stick.
Another issue I was having was not being able to press anything right after returning home. That's also a Google issue that can't be fixed on Nova or any other launcher's part.
I use lawnchairway better than nova for my needs
I didn't have any issues with Nova on my S21 Ultra. I'm giving the stock One UI 3 launcher a try after using Nova for almost 10 years.
SiNJiN76 said:
What about this other issue? Upon going to home screen from any app. When you immediately press any other icon or do any gestures, nothing but a flash happens.
Upon further inspection. There are little marks on the both lower corners. They disappear after about a second. I think that's what's causing the screen flash. When they disappear, no flash.
Is that a Nova thing or One UI thing? I haven't deviated from how how use/setup the launcher last few years.
[edit] OK. Got a response from Nova. Apparently it's a Google/Samsung thing that needs to be worked out. But, trying to restart and keep setting Nova as Default at some point may stick.
Another issue I was having was not being able to press anything right after returning home. That's also a Google issue that can't be fixed on Nova or any other launcher's part.
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The little white marks is google assistant, if you swipe from the corner it will come up. But it's not the cause of the problem unfortunately. Try going to the app switcher first and then going home & pressing something quick. The screen flash doesn't happen on Niagara launcher for me, but the google assistant indicator still comes up. Wish there was a way to fix the screen flash though.
> Another issue I was having was not being able to press anything right after returning home.
This is a gestures + custom launcher issue, it's not solvable by the vendor (Samsung) or the launcher developer (Nova dev) unless Google does something about it.
tvBilly said:
I see the same thing on my T-Mo S21+. After I reboot the nova home screen comes up as expected but a default home application is gone in settings (none are checked). Using "Close All" takes me to the Samsung home screen instead of the Nova home screen. Setting the default home back to Nova seems to fix the problem (until the next reboot). Fortunately, I rarely reboot...
No idea why.
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This is no longer the case for me. My T-Mo S21+ (NYC) updated the firmware yesterday (AUAG), and Nova now remains the default home screen after reboots (and anything else).
fwiw
Nevermind. I just rebooted again, and the default home was no longer set to anything. After resetting it to Nova, it stuck, but whatever the problem is, it still exists. Sorry for the false hope.

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