I loaded Nova Launcher on my phone and it was basically like Superuser was borked and I had to give permissions for root to all my apps again, but they still didn't work. Nothing was fixed until I deleted Nova. Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to switch launchers without messing up root without S-OFF?
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I loaded Nova Launcher on my phone and it was basically like Superuser was borked and I had to give permissions for root to all my apps again, but they still didn't work. Nothing was fixed until I deleted Nova. Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to switch launchers without messing up root without S-OFF?
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You don't need root to use another launcher (aside from widgets in the drawer issue.) What the heck are you doing?:laugh:
Nothing special. I downloaded Nova from the Play Store, switched to it and started customizing it. I opened up Root Explorer or Titanium Backup (I forget, and Superuser wouldn't let me give root access). I tried reflashing Superuser, deleting all previously authorized apps in SU, reinstalling the apps themselves, and nothing worked. So, I deleted Nova and everything worked again after authorizing again.
I installed the Next Launcher about 4 hours ago. I don't know what happened last time, but this thing is SWEET!!! I don't have any issues with Superuser and I've tweaked it to perfection. I suggest this launcher for EVERYONE.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/11/what-is-the-next/
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I installed the Next Launcher about 4 hours ago. I don't know what happened last time, but this thing is SWEET!!! I don't have any issues with Superuser and I've tweaked it to perfection. I suggest this launcher for EVERYONE.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/2012/11/what-is-the-next/
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I might try that, but Nova works awesome for me on the DNA
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I'm getting a force close error on com.android.settings any time I try to access the Display settings menu. This thread seems to indicate that a font is to blame, but I only have one font installed (Felbridge FlipFont) and uninstalling it didn't fix the issue.
I use Handcent, which allows you to see all the fonts on your system; several apps have their own fonts, but I don't think they appear in the font picker so I don't think they're to blame. (I've tried uninstalling a few to see if that helps.)
I am using official Vibrant 2.2, installed recently through ODIN. I seem to recall that all apps stayed put when I upgraded except the FlipFont, which I had to redownload. But again, uninstalling the font doesn't do anything, so I'm not sure it's the issue. I'm not rooted either, and I'd be willing to if it would fix this, but I haven't found info yet on rooting froyo for the Vibrant. (I'd rather not root if the problem can be fixed without it...my G1 was rooted but I prefer not to root the Vibrant.)
What else besides a font issue might be causing FC on the Display menu?
ETA: This odd language issue wasn't it either, though that is from the Oxygen ROM discussion area.
I've had that problem on past ROMs, had nothing to do with fonts. My first idea would be to try and fix permissions in ROM Manager or Clockworkrecovery but since you arent rooted I guess those arent options. Only other option I see is to reflash the ROM.
Just reflashed in ODIN and it didn't work. I am going to see about rooting, because I have no idea what else to do!
What rom are you running? Are you installing any themes over top of it?
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I'm running KA6, straight from Tmobile. I am using ADW.Launcher and I have a couple of themes installed for it, is that what you mean? I've already tried uninstalling ADW but I didn't uninstall the themes. Will try that now.
I'm fully rooted now, FWIW...first thing I did was kill off the startup sound!
ETA: Removing themes didn't help (if that was even what you meant)
ETA (again): Fix permissions through ROM Manager didn't fix it either. I can't imagine what it would be at this point. Someone on the Tmo forums suggested that perhaps I had uninstalled the font I was using, and I should reinstall it - but I have and it didn't help.
I suppose as problems go, not having access to a single settings screen is minor; the phone is fine otherwise. But still...I'd like to have those settings.
ETA (three!): Found this thread on the Tmo forums where the person has the same problem I do. People suggested a font issue again; one person suggested a factory reset. The OP never replied to say if that worked, so I'm still exploring other options; I'm running Titanium Backup meanwhile in case I do have to reset.
Thanks for your continued thinking on the matter!
Well, this warrants another post, rather than editing.
Apparently I'm an idiot. Somehow I was set to use a font that I had uninstalled. As soon as I remembered having tested the font (refunded, didn't like it), I bought it again, reinstalled, and Display settings came up perfectly.
So it was a font issue. It cost me $1 to fix...oh well. Everything is fine now. Ha!
I have the same problem and am stuck with a FC. I had 5 fonts, uninstalled all 5 of them, no luck. Reinstalled them, yet no luck. After an uninstall, my current font theme did not change, so was wondering how I could change it without going to Settings->Display?
Anyone experienced this weird problem before? After some use of about few min usage with 2 or more apps running, if the HOME button is pushed, it would reset the launcher and ask me to pick the default launcher again. I have ADW Launcher, Touchwiz, and LauncherPro. Everytime it does this by prompting "> Complete action using ...", I select ADW and checkmark "Use by default for this action." Some 10 - 20 min later, it loses the selection and ask me again even after reboot, uninstall, reinstall, same problem. I have stock froyo ROM, but rooted, with other kernels. I had latest supercurio kernel, it had same problem. I'm testing Overstock kernel, still same problem. The problem is not so bad, it is bearable as long as I don't press the HOME button. It just gets annoying and happened like 70% of the time of pushing that button. Anyone knows how to fix this? Danke.
Same problem here, but with go launcher. Im using darkys 9.5
Home switcher didnt solve it!
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Same problem here, but with go launcher. Im using darkys 9.5
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Did you ever resolve it?
No, i guess the only way to solve is only having one installed... Bitte
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I had a similar issue recently. It was an app (MoboPlayer) causing it. Every time I would long press the home button it would lose the default setting. The dev recently fixed it, but I'd suggest having a look at what apps you recently installed and do some testing.
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I had a similar issue recently. It was an app (MoboPlayer) causing it. Every time I would long press the home button it would lose the default setting. The dev recently fixed it, but I'd suggest having a look at what apps you recently installed and do some testing.
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Wait so you are saying an app can cause this? I thought the apps are chrooted (sandboxed) so can't really affect each other except for OS affecting them. What's the best way to figure out what was recently installed? I have lots. If none, I guess I can try uninstall all the apps...and reinstall just a few to see if that holds up.
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Wait so you are saying an app can cause this? I thought the apps are chrooted (sandboxed) so can't really affect each other except for OS affecting them. What's the best way to figure out what was recently installed? I have lots. If none, I guess I can try uninstall all the apps...and reinstall just a few to see if that holds up.
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Just a idea..
-Have Titanium backup.
Backup the launchers(keep 1 there though you need 1), if you have to save the data, save the data.
uninstall it.
reboot.
restore it
that might work?
or erasing the data from the apps might work too
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Wait so you are saying an app can cause this? I thought the apps are chrooted (sandboxed) so can't really affect each other except for OS affecting them. What's the best way to figure out what was recently installed? I have lots. If none, I guess I can try uninstall all the apps...and reinstall just a few to see if that holds up.
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I thought the same thing, but it was definitely MoboPlayer causing it for me. It went away when I uninstalled, and returned immediately when I reinstalled it. I emailed the dev and he fixed it.
If you have Titanium Backup, under the Backup/Restore tab, you can tap the "ordered by" header to sort by install date.
When this happens the easy fix is to go task manager and shut all programs it will reset for you your settings np. This happens to me occasionally when my 4yr old plays with my phone, somehow she jacks it up and erases some the launchers like the phone, etc. So, I found this restores easily.
The problem was ADW.Launcher Free. Without it, things seem alot more stable.
I have a solution
I was struggling with this very issue. I thought it was due to partially corrupt system data. I installed another ROM, from scratch, rebuilt it to my specifications, then added a different launcher once again (different one this time). Rebooting resulted in the default lost and also all widgets showing with an "error loading widget" message in their place.
I finally figured out what was going on. It's because I had selected the option "move to SD card" as the default when installing applications. So, the launcher was on the SD card. Well, this creates a problem with timing, because the SD card is prepared a little later on in the boot process, after the required time to load the launcher. The result? Android draws up the default launcher. And for some reason, the older launcher ends up compromised with some of its default settings.
Once I moved my launcher app back to phone memory, the problem went away.
This method I got from Evo 4G forums. I don't claim this as my own and I can't remember who posted it first, hopefully it can help someone. Remember nandroid first cause if anything goes wrong you can go back.
I first removed the old sywpe using Titanium Backup and then used root explorer to delete the swypecore.lib(also has numbers but I can't recall). You can search in system/libs or just do a search with root explorer menu. After that I restarted to see if there were any fc's. None at startup so then I went and installed swype 3.0 After setup I restarted again(because usually the fc's start after reboot) And sure enough when I went into swype it fc'd. So I uninstalled and made sure swypecore.lib was deleted as well in root explorer. Installed swype beta 3.0 one more time and this time it held with no fc's. Hopefully if you get an fc the first time you can try again and have sucess.
I froze swype and installed over it. It won't authenticate til you unfreeze, but it worked for me
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I froze swype and installed over it. It won't authenticate til you unfreeze, but it worked for me
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Nice. Didn't think of that but I did get the 3.0 beta to work after uninstalling the baked in swype. I am a registered beta user and I always keep the apk handy.
From the official Swype support forums, read the last paragraph.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15364394#post15364394
More or less what the OP said.
Honestly just do a search with root explorer for swype and reboot the phone and do once more search and if everything is gone you should be good.
After that instal the swype installer
I know what I'm about to say is a little off topic, but I think it's cool that Swype is attempting to help out people who aren't running "official" firmware on their phones.
Is it just me or does it seem like more apps fc once you have root?
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Root gives you the ability to install some apps that are not compatible with the Nook.
Do stock apps FC on you, or just ones you side-loaded?
If sideloaded you may need to find a specific version of that app known to work on the Nook.
We need a master list (wiki maybe) of app versions known good...
This will change when we can finally get Roms installed. The nook tablet is missing many essential drivers and apps that make it possible to run other apps. It really has been stripped down... We are getting close. Fingers crossed...
As mentioned, root access on its own shouldn't effect stability . As for FC's? I haven't seen one yet on my rooted NT. I'm using ADW EX, have used Go and have a ton of apps installed including many of the $.10 apps from the market. This thing is super stable! I've found a few quirks like the white on white menus, but they have been aesthetic in nature.
Root related force closes should only occur, imo, if you've messed with permissions, folder structure, or manually edited system files to affect stability. If you've installed things that required messing with permissions, you need to reboot the nook (which resets a lot of permissions). Other than sideloading incompatible* apps (or different versions that aren't supported on an NT) I haven't seen any issues.
*Not in android store? Likely on the incompatible list.
I've been using Go launcher yeah - I heard the very recent ADW messed up the way dock works? I considered testing it out but read that recently.
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Root related force closes should only occur, imo, if you've messed with permissions, folder structure, or manually edited system files to affect stability. If you've installed things that required messing with permissions, you need to reboot the nook (which resets a lot of permissions). Other than sideloading incompatible* apps (or different versions that aren't supported on an NT) I haven't seen any issues.
*Not in android store? Likely on the incompatible list.
I've been using Go launcher yeah - I heard the very recent ADW messed up the way dock works? I considered testing it out but read that recently.
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^^you hit it square on the nose. When i firsted rooted apps installed no problem then i tinkered w/ a db file and all hell broke loose. Lol. Once i did a full wipe / factory reset / reroot ive yet to encounter a force close. Im still trying to figure out how to use the bn appinstaller so programs show on the main page.
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Once i did a full wipe / factory reset / reroot ive yet to encounter a force close.
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Yep! When in doubt or when things go haywire, this is usually the easiest fix. Glad it works
Their have been several reports of the widget engine crashing on some ICS ROM's in the developers forums. From what I have found out is an issue with the layout of the screen this is causing the issue. I you notice, the widgets that have a 5x size are the ones that are crashing. Lets use Jorte Calendar as an example. Install Jorte and try to load a widget, it crashes. Ok, now go into Jorte setting > widget setting, and make all the 5x widget unavailable. Problem solved. This problem does not exist in other launchers, on in the default launcher.
I would have posted this in the developers forum, but I am new to this forum.
The development area would've been the wrong place to put this. Due to the fact that that section is for dev's to post their creations and such.
As for your problem I am not sure. I couldn't open then personalize tab when I was running ICS. Usually a reboot fixed that problem though.
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The development area would've been the wrong place to put this. Due to the fact that that section is for dev's to post their creations and such.
As for your problem I am not sure. I couldn't open then personalize tab when I was running ICS. Usually a reboot fixed that problem though.
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You must not have understood my post. The developers do not know what the problem is. I was stating that I have a clue of what the problem is.
The problem lye's in the way the launcher deals with widgets that are too big for the screen. When the launcher tries to access a widget that is too big for the screen layout (4x4), the widget engine crashes instead of ignoring the over sized widgets.
Our threads differ a little bit. I'm making a list of bad apps, while you got a potential solution. you may want to PM a dev. they can work magic
Okay. THanks
I have only experienced the widget FC on one custom ROM. I believe it had something to do with one of the apps I installed, because it worked fine until I started downloading applications from the market. I tried a few times to reflash to pin point, but I didn't have a lot of time to see if that was the main cause of the issue.
personalize problems in ICS
I finally gave up on ICS yesterday after struggling for a week with problems with personalizing screens. I tried to narrow the problem down to specific apps, but eventually concluded that it was not caused by specific apps involving widgets. Every time that I downloaded more than a half-dozen apps from the market, I would start getting the "unfortunately, personalize has stopped working" messages, preventing me from adding any further apps to home screens. I could continue adding widgets or shortcuts, but not apps. Not even rebooting helped, and I would end up having to re-flash the ROM and start all over. It seemed to depend on the number of market apps that I downloaded, not necessarily the specific app. Even apps without widgets such as quickboot would cause the crash after the first half-dozen apps were downloaded.
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I finally gave up on ICS yesterday after struggling for a week with problems with personalizing screens. I tried to narrow the problem down to specific apps, but eventually concluded that it was not caused by specific apps involving widgets. Every time that I downloaded more than a half-dozen apps from the market, I would start getting the "unfortunately, personalize has stopped working" messages, preventing me from adding any further apps to home screens. I could continue adding widgets or shortcuts, but not apps. Not even rebooting helped, and I would end up having to re-flash the ROM and start all over. It seemed to depend on the number of market apps that I downloaded, not necessarily the specific app. Even apps without widgets such as quickboot would cause the crash after the first half-dozen apps were downloaded.
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Joelz latest sense rom has a fix included that will eliminate this problem. It completely worked for me, and I was having it big time.
Thanks, I will check that out. You are TheMan!
Edit: actually, it was his ROM that I was using when I had all the problems. It was ICS Sense Redefined-Always Brilliant![Sense 3.6][4.0.3]. I could never get past the personalize problem to add more than a few app short cuts.
even after jolez fix im having problems on scotts rom... i had no problem on his 2.3 but when i flashed his 2.4 all hell broke lose... i cant even some apps from the market like engadget? and no i havent done any other modding except installing apps?
anyone have any ideas bc right now i only have about 20 apps installed that actually work
Same here. Lots of FC's and some apps don't work.
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I had to bail on ICS after struggling mightily to resolve the personalize problem, and I was scared to death about bricking the brand new phone after fighting the mainver problem seeking a return to stock root. Luckily, I found the RezRom GB Rom that includes an automatic fix for reversion from ICS. I highly recommend it, though I quickly nandroided back to stock root. I will be going back to RezRom this weekend when I have more time to tweak it.
The FC's of Sense and personalization appears to be related to apps installed on the SD Card.
Go into settings > apps > on phone (2nd tab) and uncheck any apps that have a check mark and move them to the phone.
If you have none checked and still getting the FC's then for sure I am wrong.
^ but none of mine are on the SD card?
Getting it on cleanROM 3.0 for the first time, no apps on sd card.
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Getting it on cleanROM 3.0 for the first time, no apps on sd card.
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yea i was to so i went back to 2.3.. im guessing its ics 4.0.3 bc i never got it on 4.0.1