Weird little bug I just discovered:
I sideloaded the Google Now Launcher by following this thread. Everything was working great, until I tried the Ultra Power savings mode. When I turned it on, then back off, all my icons on the Google launcher home screen had been deleted, except for phone, contacts, and settings. Nova launcher and Touchwiz launchers kept all their icons.
Anyone else experience this, or any idea why this might be?
virmagnus said:
Weird little bug I just discovered:
I sideloaded the Google Now Launcher by following this thread. Everything was working great, until I tried the Ultra Power savings mode. When I turned it on, then back off, all my icons on the Google launcher home screen had been deleted, except for phone, contacts, and settings. Nova launcher and Touchwiz launchers kept all their icons.
Anyone else experience this, or any idea why this might be?
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I had exactly the same thing happen. No clue what happened. My widgets were gone, too.
I mean, I took the two seconds to restore them, but still. I will say, on the plus side, that my phone was at 8% from about 7PM until 11PM, and between 9:30 and 11, saw almost constant screen-on time. Ultra Power Save mode is pretty badass, far's I'm concerned.
I had the same problem. If you are rooted and have xposed installed you can download the Gel settings module. Within it is a backup launcher icons and restore function. It requires the paid app 3$ I think.. But worth it to just restore icons easily after ultra power saving mode.. Also plenty of awesome features as well
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Had the same issue; haven't tried the xposed option yet (looking into it, xposed sounds cool for other stuff)
I use Titanium Backup, and restore the Google Search module. Then all the Google Launcher (Now) icons come back. Its an extra step, but like OP mentioned, the Ultra power saving mode is badass fo sure!
--Galaxy S5, Rooted, Google Launcher.
Still not fixed !
Still not fixed in 2016 ! Same problem with my Galaxy Note 5. Tried the feature yesterday, this morning no icons on Google Now launcher !!
Just happened to me on S7e and nougat
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Symptom: I have stock Sense 4.0 Weather Lock Screen setup and it works fine, for a while. Eventually it stops displaying any weather info and just shows the weather wallpaper on the lock screen.
Trouble shooting done: I tried setting using other Sense "active" lock screens and they continue to update info on them fine. This problems seems to be limited to the weather one.
Equipment & config: Stock EVO 4G lte ROM, rooted, stock recovery. Using Apex Launcher as the default launcher.
Thanks for any input!
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Symptom: I have stock Sense 4.0 Weather Lock Screen setup and it works fine, for a while. Eventually it stops displaying any weather info and just shows the weather wallpaper on the lock screen.
Trouble shooting done: I tried setting using other Sense "active" lock screens and they continue to update info on them fine. This problems seems to be limited to the weather one.
Equipment & config: Stock EVO 4G lte ROM, rooted, stock recovery. Using Apex Launcher as the default launcher.
Thanks for any input!
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Im guessing its because you are using nova launcher. The weather lockscreen might be more deeply woven into sense than the rest. I would use sense launcher and see if the problem remains.
njfoses said:
Im guessing its because you are using nova launcher. The weather lockscreen might be more deeply woven into sense than the rest. I would use sense launcher and see if the problem remains.
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I'll give it a try. (But using Apex Launcher wins over not have weather lock screen...)
Just setting the launcher default back to the Sense Launcher did not "wake up" the lock screen on it's own. So I switched the lock screen to "wallpaper" and then back to "weather". I'll see if it manages to keep working.
OK, switching back to the stock Sense Launcher did not clear up the problem.
Another possibility. I use the car dock and while I think HTC made a very pretty Car Dock Launcher, it really isn't as flexible as I need. Really, you can't even put your own shortcuts on it!
So, I installed the Google 'CarHomeGoogle.apk' (v. 2.2.1) and the 'CarHomeLauncher.apk' (v. 2.2) to make it visible.
It looks like the weather lock screen works fine, until I use the Google Car Home launcher. I will do some more testing to confirm.
If this turns out to be what is happening does anyone have recommendations for a car launcher that doesn't break the weather lock screen? One that works with ICS so that it doesn't stick the "three-dot" menu on the screen!
I'm experiencing this also. Stock rom using sense.
I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
Hope this helps!
ultra d said:
I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
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Sounds logical, was the case on the 3d, though i'm not experiencing it since auto sync is on. Fresh 5.1.1
OK, after more testing it is definitely the Google Car Home app that is killing the Sense 4.0 Lock Screen Weather.
I can reproduce it and it does not occur if I don't run that App. I'm not sure what about that App breaks it, but it is not the "Auto Sync" toggle. All I have to do to fix it is to set the lock to something else and back to Weather and it works fine until I run Google Car Home again.
I'm going to try out "Car Dock Home v3" from "IG88 Apps" to see if that works any better with Sense.
OK, using "Car Dock Home v3" as the Car Dock launcher exhibits the same behavior.
I thought it might be a problem with some of the Apps that I normally run while in Car Mode. So I tried just using the dock and going into and out of Car Dock Mode and it still did the same thing.
Next thing to try is to go back to the Sense 4.0 "Automotive Home" as the default Car Mode launcher and see if THAT causes the same problem.
I can't believe that you can't put your own shortcuts on the stock Car Mode Launcher. The most common thing I do is listen to podcasts, and there is no way to start my App to listen to them! How does something like that get through the design phase?
One thing I haven't mentioned before: This only happens when I actually put the phone physically in the car dock. If I just load the Car Home app everything works fine.
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I had this same issue last week. It turned out that an app I had briefly installed then removed (I forget the name of the app, but it was to help prolong the charge of the battery), had turned off auto-sync (settings>Accounts & sync>Auto-sync on/off).
Hope this helps!
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mine is updating, but it is showing the wrong city..... I was in Orlando last week, and am now a thousand miles away or so and it still shows orlando, I thought I changed the city to my current one, but it still shows orlando on the lockscreen any idea what to do?
Mine is doing the same thing the weather will update but not the location. I only way I have been able to update it is to restart the phone. I would like to know if there is a fix for it too.
OK, I tested using the stock Sense 4.0 "Automotive Home" Car Dock App. Using this App does not break the Weather Lock Screen. (Well, that is good news at least...)
While testing it out I found ANOTHER annoyance with this App. If I hit the "Phone" button on my Bluetooth remote it brings up the App's dialer screen, not the voice dialer App! If I am working hands free, I want to voice dial! Of course there is no setting to change this...
For as much work as HTC put into this Car Dock App it is REALLY hard to tell that they had anyone actually USE it. Maybe they will update this app for better functionality... (lolz)
Is anyone having trouble with getting their wallpaper to stick? It seems like after a reboot, any wallpaper that I set is returned to the stock wallpaper. This also applies to the vibration profile that I set for notifications. Stock VZW rom, rooted with no modifications whatsoever.
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I am also having issues with this. Im rooted but still stock rom running nova prime. I have tried setting the wallpaper as home screen and as nova wallpaper. My lockscreen also sometimes disappears. I am also running widget locker for my lockscreen and sometimes it disappears. This doesnt just happen on reboots for me. Sometimes it happens when I dont use my phone for a while (like overnight) even if the phone is on the whole time. Are you running titanium backup or juicedefender? I thought they might be causing it. Anyone else having issues or have a fix?
Are either of you using Xposed or 3minit? If you do any framework changes it reverts the wallpaper.
Also using Nova Prime. Not using Xposed or 3minit or anything else that messes with the framework. I have Titanium Backup run a batch job every night, but the wallpaper doesn't reset every night.
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Also using Nova Prime. Not using Xposed or 3minit or anything else that messes with the framework. I have Titanium Backup run a batch job every night, but the wallpaper doesn't reset every night.
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I am also not running either of those. Rooted but stock still. I cant imagine why nova would change my background on the lock screen and turn widgetlocker off. Widgetlocker is still enabled when I open it but it doesnt show up before the lock screen until I open the app. All 3 changes seem to happen randomly. The other day my lock screen changed and wouldnt change back until I rebooted.
This happened to me again overnight last night. My widgetlocker lock screen and my homescreen disappeared. I also had a notification that titanium backup had performed a backup last night. Im sure this has to be some sort of settings issue. I cant imagine were the only 2 people with nova and titanium. Does anyone know a fix for this? Its driving me nuts.
Bump. We cant be the only 2 this is happening to.
I just got the phone today and so far that's the thing I hate most about it. Text on certain web pages looks awful unless you zoom in because it's so sharpened.
Also, I couldn't stand the default launcher so I installed Google Now Launcher. Double-tap to turn off the screen no longer works with the Google Launcher. Any way to rectify that?
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I just got the phone today and so far that's the thing I hate most about it. Text on certain web pages looks awful unless you zoom in because it's so sharpened.
Also, I couldn't stand the default launcher so I installed Google Now Launcher. Double-tap to turn off the screen no longer works with the Google Launcher. Any way to rectify that?
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I'm not sure about that launcher but if you're rooted and have xposed + G3Tweakbox module you can enable Knock Off on the Nav Bar.
There's also an app called Screen off you can use with Nova gestures or you can use Greenify to have it set up so you Knock off the screen and it Hibernates your apps plus locks it.
Both those options require you to have Nova though. Just an idea. I'd imagine there is a way to do it with your launcher possibly with the xposed module that's been made for it. Maybe if your not rooted look into doing so using Stump Root ( very easy ) and then check out xposed.
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I'm not sure about that launcher but if you're rooted and have xposed + G3Tweakbox module you can enable Knock Off on the Nav Bar.
There's also an app called Screen off you can use with Nova gestures or you can use Greenify to have it set up so you Knock off the screen and it Hibernates your apps plus locks it.
Both those options require you to have Nova though. Just an idea. I'd imagine there is a way to do it with your launcher possibly with the xposed module that's been made for it. Maybe if your not rooted look into doing so using Stump Root ( very easy ) and then check out xposed.
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Thanks. I'm not rooted and won't be for a bit. I have two weeks to test the phone out before I can return it to Verizon for a refund if I decide I don't like it. It's hit and miss so far.
Does Greenify require root for it to work with knock off?
I guess I'll have to look into to some other launchers that support the knock off feature. It's annoying pressing that back power button when you have your phone laying on a desk.
I really don't want a bloated launcher though. That's one of the things I love about the Google Now Launcher. It's nice and simple. The only improvements I would like to see be made to it is the ability to have 5 rows of icons instead of 4 and the option to hide apps in the app drawer.
Just a note: I discovered with the help of a user on another site that you can still use knock-off to turn the screen off if you double tap the very top of the screen on the notifications bar regardless of the launcher you are using.
One problem solved.
Now to figure out the terrible sharpening issue that occurs on some web pages.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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+).
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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.
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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).
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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.