I use the stock ICS launcher.
it seems that apps moved to sd lose their icons [or they become invisible].
I've read a lot of threads about the problem, but not about solutions.
anyone solved this? new launcher? if so is it safe to remove the embedded launcher?
cognus said:
I use the stock ICS launcher.
it seems that apps moved to sd lose their icons [or they become invisible].
I've read a lot of threads about the problem, but not about solutions.
anyone solved this? new launcher? if so is it safe to remove the embedded launcher?
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They should show up the next time the launcher is restarted, or at worst, upon a reboot. Or you could recreate them.
Any of that and the problem should go away. FYI, a problem I haven't seen since Froyo...
no, its sorta the opposite. first, the launcher doesn't need restarting. its on
the icons usually disappear on restart/cold-boot, whatever. it seems to be only a few that have been moved to sd card, not all.
but those few are annoying - like Dolphin Browser! disappears every day, put it back, disappears again. and others.
i guess I could try apex or some other launcher, i just hate having duplicates and my understanding is that removing stock ics launcher is ill-advised.
my further guess is that the problem will remain irrespective of launcher but I'm not certain of anything
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Im running trigger 3.2 and its great except for one minor issue. When I enter or exit the text app I get lag. The screen stutters going in or out the app. I've tried different kernels. Adjusting the speeds in spare parts. I know its minor but its driving me nuts. Thanks in advance.
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Not sure what you mean by the screen stutters when opening Messanger, but if you have a lot of old text messages stored, I could see why it may have a bit of lag opening.
Question, if you open it... it lags and then you press home and then go back to messenger, does it open much faster (it should).
Perhaps you should so what i do and use SMS Backup+ so your text messages are backed up to your gmail in a SMS label.
This way you can delete old threads and it should load faster.
Birgertime also recommends to go into CWR and disable voodoo, reboot... then go back to CWR and enable it if you are noticing lag.
One of those 2 should take care of it.
EDIT, I am on the stock kernel with voodoo and it FLIES for me mutlitasking/opening apps.... not sure another kernel is needed, could just introduce more problems. Trigger 3.3 beta is in rom manager if you are a premium user of that app. You may want to hold off on that though since he is probably working on updates, thanks to the work of whitehawk (lock screens added).
I dont have a ton of old messages, but i do have a few. I really notice the lag when I respond to a text and hit the home button. I may try the sms backup and see if that works. Or I may go back to the stock kernel.
Are you using the stock messaging app? I was thinking of trying Go SMS. Also are you still using ADW launcher? Still liking it?
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I dont have a ton of old messages, but i do have a few. I really notice the lag when I respond to a text and hit the home button. I may try the sms backup and see if that works. Or I may go back to the stock kernel.
Are you using the stock messaging app? I was thinking of trying Go SMS. Also are you still using ADW launcher? Still liking it?
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I have several hundred and have no lag going back home.. I thought you meant on loading messenger. That makes this even more odd to me. Do you have a ton of home screens/widgets? I wonder if ADW is closing due to memory so it's reloading... that may be the screen flicker you mentioned. Are your icons at the bottom of the home screen not there when you press home, and then they appear? That would mean I was correct in adw closing due to memory.
I do use the stock messenger app and I use ADW EX (though I only use 2 screens, 2 widgets and no icons (I just use the hidden dock bar for the apps I would normally have on my home screen now) I LOVE how clean ADW EX allows my desktop. ADW EX is the best launcher in my opinion. And I know there are many good alternatives, this is just the best one for me, mileage may vary.
I have heard good things about Go SMS and Handcent... the stock one does everything I need and looks good too. Don't fix what's not broken, right? Of course... perhaps yours is
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I have several hundred and have no lag going back home.. I thought you meant on loading messenger. That makes this even more odd to me. Do you have a ton of home screens/widgets? I wonder if ADW is closing due to memory so it's reloading... that may be the screen flicker you mentioned. Are your icons at the bottom of the home screen not there when you press home, and then they appear? That would mean I was correct in adw closing due to memory.
I do use the stock messenger app and I use ADW EX (though I only use 2 screens, 2 widgets and no icons (I just use the hidden dock bar for the apps I would normally have on my home screen now) I LOVE how clean ADW EX allows my desktop. ADW EX is the best launcher in my opinion. And I know there are many good alternatives, this is just the best one for me, mileage may vary.
I have heard good things about Go SMS and Handcent... the stock one does everything I need and looks good too. Don't fix what's not broken, right? Of course... perhaps yours is
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Im not using ADW. I use launcher pro. I only use 2 screens and have bob clock and battery text widget. Thats it. My icons are there i dont believe its reloading. I may try another mms or some more kernel combos. Thanks for your help bro. Your a good guy!!
Day one problem with the Atrix!! Still haven't encountered anybody with this problem, but I really would like a solution. It's driving me nuts!!
The best way for me to describe it is a fluctuating wallpaper. It will change it's cropping constantly like it is zoomng in and out. It happens on all launchers. I mostly use adw ex and have messed around all different settings but still have not managed to stop it. I have tried different wallpaper selecting apps to custom crop them, i've cropped them myself on GIMP, nothing seems to stop it. It drives me nuts and I wish it would just go away. I've always done complete wipes before flashing different roms hoping it would disappear but every rom is the same.
Any help would be appreciated...
Does it do this on stock motoblur launcher?
Magnetox said:
Does it do this on stock motoblur launcher?
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The only thing I never really tried... I downloaded a replacement right from the bat. I do however remember the stock motoblur launcher was not cropping wallpapers correctly and i was getting a black border around my wallpapers.
i have ICS LPQ and sometimes in the app drawer my apps get jumbled up
for example on one screen i have organized some apps by what they do like voice apps all the samsung hubs but then everything gets put on different screens then i have to organise them all again
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i have ICS LPQ and sometimes in the app drawer my apps get jumbled up
for example on one screen i have organized some apps by what they do like voice apps all the samsung hubs but then everything gets put on different screens then i have to organise them all again
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Hmmm Thats strange... If you are using the stock Touchwiz launcher then this should not happen. Try to wipe the data of the touchwiz launcher and re organize and see if this happens again.
Also, not sure if you checked... but what setting is your app drawer set to? Like is it set to sort by Title, Commonly used apps, etc?
thanks guys im gonna try wipe the touchwiz launcher data and retry it doesnt happen often but its annoying
Do you solve the problem yet?
Did I do something to slow down my phone? I don't remember my S3 having anywhere near this much trouble with redraws. It is constant. I am almost ready to switch to the stock launcher if I don't find a fix. Does Nova have this issue? Does anyone else with Apex experience this?
Apex Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Keep In Memory
Make sure that's checked.
Use Nova Launcher, much better
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Trying out Nova. So far it seems considerably faster and I've only had one redraw since I installed it. Gonna give it a week or two and then if all goes well I'll upgrade to the paid version.
It's funny how feature for feature it seems exactly the same as Apex.
Before everyone regurgitates the same things over and over again:
1) The keep in memory checkbox exists, but I feel like it doesn't help. I get a dozen redraws everyday still.
2) Nova seems to redraw less than Apex,and when it does, it's less noticeable.
At the end of the day, WHY are redraws even happening? I find this unacceptable.
It's usually a certain widget, despite what settings and mods you might have tried to stop redraws. I found once that Wizz Calendar widget was causing Nova to redraw all the time for me. I removed it and stopped getting redraws almost completely.
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It's usually a certain widget, despite what settings and mods you might have tried to stop redraws. I found once that Wizz Calendar widget was causing Nova to redraw all the time for me. I removed it and stopped getting redraws almost completely.
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Right, it could be a certain widget, but the root cause is that launcher redraws isn't prevented by the Android OS. Unless these widgets are gobbling 512mb of RAM, I don't see why a redraw is necessary.
This has happened twice to me. My screen is all set up the way I like it and then all of a sudden all my widgets disappear. Then a pop up comes asking me to allow widgets and I do. This is very irritating because I dont want to keep making new widgets everytime.
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This has happened twice to me. My screen is all set up the way I like it and then all of a sudden all my widgets disappear. Then a pop up comes asking me to allow widgets and I do. This is very irritating because I dont want to keep making new widgets everytime.
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It's a terrible bug that we're trying to sort out. It should be sorted out soon, but for now it's best to export your theme (Themer Setting - Advanced - Export, then you can find it in the Export tab in My Themes) as this will backup your current screen. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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It's a terrible bug that we're trying to sort out. It should be sorted out soon, but for now it's best to export your theme (Themer Setting - Advanced - Export, then you can find it in the Export tab in My Themes) as this will backup your current screen. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Good to know you're on top of it. It usually only happens to me after a reboot. I usually remember to export before rebooting, but it just happened to me as I woke my device.. of course this was after spending an hour or so working on a new layout :/
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Good to know you're on top of it. It usually only happens to me after a reboot. I usually remember to export before rebooting, but it just happened to me as I woke my device.. of course this was after spending an hour or so working on a new layout :/
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Don't worry this bug is on our top priority list, we'll do our best to get the bug removed as soon as possible.
Apps and Widgets Still Disappearing
Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Also, I was wondering - does Themer affect the default homescreen (TouchWiz in this case)? I had my TouchWiz homescreen set up the way I like with apps categorized into folders, but when I switched back to it, I see that apps and widgets have disappeared or moved around on TouchWiz as well. My suspicion is somehow Themer affected it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Same problem here. I use the Samsung Music widget, resized to show a bit of the playlist and it regularly disappears from my screen. very annoying!
Will this be fixed in 2015?
Also there is a regular hick-up in painting the home screen, like it's not loaded from memory. This really reduces the overall experience with this great launcher!
Nuke.EXE said:
Hi - I see this is an old thread but I found it through Google, and I am a little surprised to see this has been an issue for so long. I am experiencing this very issue. Sometimes app icons and widgets will disappear even without me rebooting anything - just swiping through different homescreens. I have a Galaxy Note 4. Please let me know if there's possibly anything I can do to keep this from happening - I can't count the number of times I've re-created a widget.
Also, I was wondering - does Themer affect the default homescreen (TouchWiz in this case)? I had my TouchWiz homescreen set up the way I like with apps categorized into folders, but when I switched back to it, I see that apps and widgets have disappeared or moved around on TouchWiz as well. My suspicion is somehow Themer affected it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi,
It's a very complex bug to overcome, and we've eliminated it from almost every device. Soon this bug should be fixed on all devices. For now you can always use this quick fix:
1. Uninstall Themer.
2. Delete the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder (Remove the Exported folder if you have saved any themes).
3. Reinstall Themer.
If the problem still occurs we recommend selecting the Save Theme option when you long press on the homescreen, as this will temporarily save that theme. Hope this helps!
- Marco
I'm having the same problem with disappearing widgets on reboot, but only with my LG G2 D801 (not as much of a problem, but also present, on my HTC One M7). The "problem" widgets are the non-Zooper widgets such as Digical+, Poweramp, Chronus, etc.
Hope it gets sorted out, because this launcher is superb (I'll keep using it, but would prefer the problem be eliminated).
Driving me nuts!
I spend at least an hour setting up Zooper and the rest of my widgets. Then something happens forcing me to reboot my phone. Poof! All my hard work is gone. This is 6th time this has happened on my unrooted Note 4! I love this launcher and have become quite used to the theme I've set up. Nothing I've tried works, exporting, saving, nothing. Please fix this! I'm seriously thinking I'll have to find another launcher if it happens again. It's becoming to time consuming.
I have a similar issue. I accidentally drug my widget too close to the dock, which crashed nova launcher. After nova restarted, my widget won't show on the screen, but when I go directly into zooper app, it still shows the widget active in screen?!?