Hello everyone!!!
I'm a proud owner of the xperia s smartphone complete with ics firmware.
However i noticed when i run a few apps (e.g. browser, games, messages) and i go back to my homescreen, it resets itself (app icons reload, wallpaper takes some time to load, scrolling homescreens takes a little longer...) and it is annoying as hell... I can't open my browser and go back to my homescreen without having to wait 30 sec for it to load so here is my question: How do i solve this?
If there are already threads about this problem I would appreciate a link thank you but i already browsed a lot...
thank you :laugh:
here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728379
i don't have this issue,maybe you are using lot of widgets???
if you are rooted delete all unneeded applications and bloatware.
and every time you exit and app use the back key not the home key.
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Is there a way to get rid of stock widgets like MyZine and the
weather widgets? I really dont like either one and they just clutter
up the desktop.
Do I need to "root" the device to do this?
I'm a first time android user so be gentle
Thanks,
Mike
You do not need root to change location of any of the widgets or icons on the screens...
Simply do a long press (press and hold) on the widget or icon in question...If you have the haptic feedback (vibrator) on, you'll feel it pulse after about a second. Then, in the upper right corner of the screen, it will change from the APPS and + to saying "REMOVE". Just drag the icon/widget up to remove and it will be removed from the screen.
The widgets will still be on the tablet, should you ever wish to reinstall them.
Welcome to the world of Android...
Don't delete stock apps, believe me, it's a nightmare when you try to ota update. If you're rooted and have titanium backup pro you can freeze them but do not delete, I learned the hard way.
Hi folks,
Noticed some slowdown with with Xperia Ray when i've a few things going on, like maybe listening to poweramp, and browsing the web, skype open and if i press the home button, the screen takes a couple of seconds to redraw. I have a few things running, im using Widget locker for my lockscreen, and fancy widgets to give me something like the HTC Sense homescreen with time/weather info..
Is there anything bar removing these widgets/apps i can do to increase performance? i've moved any apps i can that are installed to main memory to the SD card
Cheers,
Mick
micks_address said:
Hi folks,
Noticed some slowdown with with Xperia Ray when i've a few things going on, like maybe listening to poweramp, and browsing the web, skype open and if i press the home button, the screen takes a couple of seconds to redraw. I have a few things running, im using Widget locker for my lockscreen, and fancy widgets to give me something like the HTC Sense homescreen with time/weather info..
Is there anything bar removing these widgets/apps i can do to increase performance? i've moved any apps i can that are installed to main memory to the SD card
Cheers,
Mick
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i have noticed this with all the android devices i had x10mini pro,dellstreak,htc sensation, now xperia mini pro.
hello everyone
i'm facing some software problems, the mini diary icon move it self to page 3 on app menu and every time i move it back to page2 it move it self to page3 next day, its not that big deal, but you know, even sometimes the 4 main shortcuts in the bottom (dialer, contacts, messaging and apps) disappear and 4 other apps take their place, do you think i should change the rom? by the way im using an official rom
thanks in advance
Hi! I also have this problem. I'm also on stock (2.3.5)I have noticed the problem after updating the os. Besides your problem,mine cannot hold the icons in folders. I put them in,but after i restat the phone they are allover the menu list. Any fix, anybody? I heard the problem is the launcher...
So I noticed this unfortunate message one day....and it was hard to try and fix it. First, there was no home screen and menu buttons didn't work....and no one online Knew...well this is my short story how I fixed....the problem I made....
First, I was rooted and custom ROM.....but those weren't the problem....I had Titanium Backup and I had Frozen some Apps that I shouldnt have.....PLUS I had other Launchers
SO, when I turned my phone on, the wallpaper was the ONLY THING WORKING!!!! and everything else was not, despite the message....
What you must do is
1. slide down the notification bar
2. press QUICK SETTINGS
3. scroll to the bottom and press ALL SETTINGS
4. Scroll and press APPS
5. press the Home button and you should be sent home.....
5a. If that didnt load up the home screen, Repeat steps 1-4 (sorry)
5b. Click on ALL APPS and find your Default launcher and remove it from default.
5c Once you don't have a default launcher, press HOME...again....
6. go to your apps and open TITANIUM BACKUP
7. Find HTC WEATHER and DEFROST the Weather related apps that are frozen....
8 If the Message keeps coming up....Find more apps that you froze and defrost them.....keep a list of them because the one that stops the message is the app that must not be frozen, and you can use your list to re-freeze the apps again...
This was my story, yours might be a little different but I hope I helped you a little bit....
This doesnt belong here.
I have a Lenovo P780 dual sim since 1 month, bought on Amazon Germany, but shipped from China.
Have rooted it and added many other apps and deleted them when I didn't like them. I use the Apex Launcher. It has been perfect up until today. I wanted to move new app icons into the dock area underneath the normal home screens. I bought the Pro version of Apex Launcher because I thought the added functionality would allow me to do this. Whether or not this upgrade is the source of my present problems, I do not know.
The problem I now have is that once I unlock the screen, the normal home screen is now blank. If someone calls me the phone app lights up and I can pick-up and talk normally, later check my contacts, see the call and text logs. After the call, pushing the "Home" button briefly no longer works to bring back the home screen. Pushing the "Home" button for a couple of seconds brings up the running apps and lets me close it, then when returning to the "home" screen its blank.
Swiping down from the top allows me to seeing the settings buttons such as WiFi etc as it was before. I can click on the "Settings" icon to open the settings, but if I try to change the "theme" the app responds every time that it has stopped working.... Swiping back up returns the blank screen.
HELP please !!!
JohnCPescod said:
I have a Lenovo P780 dual sim since 1 month, bought on Amazon Germany, but shipped from China.
Have rooted it and added many other apps and deleted them when I didn't like them. I use the Apex Launcher. It has been perfect up until today. I wanted to move new app icons into the dock area underneath the normal home screens. I bought the Pro version of Apex Launcher because I thought the added functionality would allow me to do this. Whether or not this upgrade is the source of my present problems, I do not know.
The problem I now have is that once I unlock the screen, the normal home screen is now blank. If someone calls me the phone app lights up and I can pick-up and talk normally, later check my contacts, see the call and text logs. After the call, pushing the "Home" button briefly no longer works to bring back the home screen. Pushing the "Home" button for a couple of seconds brings up the running apps and lets me close it, then when returning to the "home" screen its blank.
Swiping down from the top allows me to seeing the settings buttons such as WiFi etc as it was before. I can click on the "Settings" icon to open the settings, but if I try to change the "theme" the app responds every time that it has stopped working.... Swiping back up returns the blank screen.
HELP please !!!
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Hi. It seems to me that your Apex Launcher have one big proble. Try to install free version and see if this have this problem. Iff not this is a problem... Iff the free Apex have the same problem you need to change your launcher. Search another one on the market.
stympy said:
Hi. It seems to me that your Apex Launcher have one big proble. Try to install free version and see if this have this problem. Iff not this is a problem... Iff the free Apex have the same problem you need to change your launcher. Search another one on the market.
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Sorry Stumpy, but I cannot use your advice. Since I cannot see my home screens, I cannot launch any apps. When I power on my phone I have no access to any apps. However if an email arrives, the GMail email app starts and I can then read and send emails. If I receive a telephone call, the native phone/contact/messages app starts and then I can also use these apps. But I cannot start or see any of the other installed apps, unless it has been prompted to start from outside my phone.
I have backed up all data and applications to my SD card using Titanium Backup before this problem started. I have reset the phone using the internal red button, used the settings menu to restore the data and apps, but nothing helps. I can change the Wallpaper using the Settings icon I can see when I swipe down from the top of the phone but when I try to change the Theme, the Settings app responds with "Unfortunately System UI has stopped". (This always happened since the phone was new - so I then downloaded Apex Launcher to go around this problem)
JohnCPescod said:
Sorry Stumpy, but I cannot use your advice. Since I cannot see my home screens, I cannot launch any apps. When I power on my phone I have no access to any apps. However if an email arrives, the GMail email app starts and I can then read and send emails. If I receive a telephone call, the native phone/contact/messages app starts and then I can also use these apps. But I cannot start or see any of the other installed apps, unless it has been prompted to start from outside my phone.
I have backed up all data and applications to my SD card using Titanium Backup before this problem started. I have reset the phone using the internal red button, used the settings menu to restore the data and apps, but nothing helps. I can change the Wallpaper using the Settings icon I can see when I swipe down from the top of the phone but when I try to change the Theme, the Settings app responds with "Unfortunately System UI has stopped". (This always happened since the phone was new - so I then downloaded Apex Launcher to go around this problem)
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Hi again. Please tell me what rom do you use. Do you have custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
stympy said:
Hi again. Please tell me what rom do you use. Do you have custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
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Hi Stumpy
I managed to get my phone back!
I used my desktop computer to send myself an email with a link to another launcher (Go Launcher). When the email arrived on my phone I could then click on the link which gave me the chance to open the link using Google Play and then install the new launcher. Once the new launcher was installed, I could see everything again, except that I then needed to put all the apps back in the right places. Wow am I happy !!
Thanks for your time and trying to help me!!
JohnCPescod said:
Hi Stumpy
I managed to get my phone back!
I used my desktop computer to send myself an email with a link to another launcher (Go Launcher). When the email arrived on my phone I could then click on the link which gave me the chance to open the link using Google Play and then install the new launcher. Once the new launcher was installed, I could see everything again, except that I then needed to put all the apps back in the right places. Wow am I happy !!
Thanks for your time and trying to help me!!
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I am glad that you manage to resolve the problem. Be carefull next time when you spend money on apps. Try free versions first time and install custom recovery for your phone. They are the best thing for backup.
Sent from my Lenovo P780 with LiFe v.07