Does anyone else have a problem with icons that no longer exist and return to standard Android icon after a reboot.
It only seems to happen to happen to apps that have been moved to to the SD card by App2SD application
is there anything that I can do to stop this from happening?
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On my classic HTC Desire, it happens for apps moved to sdcard upon reboot, but it resolves automatically after about 30 seconds. It happens probably because card takes some time to mount and be scanned. I guess, unlike on system disk, the Android cannot assume that there were no changes to card thus it cannot cache icons.
Appears to resolve as you suggested for icons that are on home screens, but appears to remain a problem for any that exist within any home screen based sense folders, only way to resolve its to add and remove the apps to the folders.
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ben_pyett said:
Appears to resolve as you suggested for icons that are on home screens, but appears to remain a problem for any that exist within any home screen based sense folders, only way to resolve its to add and remove the apps to the folders.
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I have tested that it works correctly on my HTC Desire (not S) even if the application is in the folder:
1, and it is also directly present on some other screen
2, it is only in the folder.
jtra said:
I have tested that it works correctly on my HTC Desire (not S) even if the application is in the folder:
1, and it is also directly present on some other screen
2, it is only in the folder.
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which app do you use to move the applications to the SD card?
maybe this is my problem?
I've used App2SD http://www.appbrain.com/app/app2sd-save-phone-storage/mobi.infolife.app2sd
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Hi, I believe i found a cause of the horizontal artifacts on the widgets. I first noticed that they appeared after app2sding most of the apps. After a restart, the apps that were sent to the SD card all had the generic Android icon, and the artifacts appeared. If i apply a Sense skin, they go away and the icons return to normal. I moved all of my apps back to the phone memory and the artifacts have not happened.
Can anyone else confirm that this is true?
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Hi, I believe i found a cause of the horizontal artifacts on the widgets. I first noticed that they appeared after app2sding most of the apps. After a restart, the apps that were sent to the SD card all had the generic Android icon, and the artifacts appeared. If i apply a Sense skin, they go away and the icons return to normal. I moved all of my apps back to the phone memory and the artifacts have not happened.
Can anyone else confirm that this is true?
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NOT true.its because of the resolution the app or widget was not modified for qhd resolution i get the lines somtimes and i have no apps on sd wants devs start editing there apps for the sensation qhd resolution it will get better
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Hi, I believe i found a cause of the horizontal artifacts on the widgets. I first noticed that they appeared after app2sding most of the apps. After a restart, the apps that were sent to the SD card all had the generic Android icon, and the artifacts appeared. If i apply a Sense skin, they go away and the icons return to normal. I moved all of my apps back to the phone memory and the artifacts have not happened.
Can anyone else confirm that this is true?
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The exact same thing, in the exact same order, happened to me. So not sure about causation, but there is certainly correlation.
I am not moving apps to the SD card anymore, but occasionally some shortcuts become generic android icons (apps are still there and working). Re-creating a shortcut resolves the problem.
When I use the official Facebook widget I get horizontal lines annd with the offical Twitter widget. That's only when flipping through the screens.
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I got the same problem
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When I use the official Facebook widget I get horizontal lines annd with the offical Twitter widget. That's only when flipping through the screens.
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I have the same problem as well....But it only happens when I am flipping through my home screens.
Good observation, I used to have those lines. And they haven't been appearing in a while, about the same time i moved all my apps to the PHONE memory (i used to have lines when opening folders.)
I think you found a solution.
I've got the exact same problem with my widgets and folders. Any solution ?
Anyone else having this issue. Several random rainbow colored lines running through non-htc widgets like Pandora widget, Google search widget, etc. It didn't bother me as much as before, but now I can't see any or the widget. Is there a fix available for this issue?
Terribly sorry if this is a repost, I searched, but I could not find anything about this.
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I have only had it with the Google voice mail widget, I tried removing it and replacing the icon however it never stayed line free. Finally I just removed it all together
It's because almost every non-HTC widget hasn't been written for the qHD resolution yet (which isn't very common) and hence the graphical issues.
lianw is right. I informed HTC about the situation and they confirmed exactly what lianw said. They urged me to contact developers to ask them to consider the qHD resolution in their apps.
Thanks a lot, I'm glad it wasn't something to do with my phone specifically. Is there a possible compatibility mode for word we can use similar to the compatibility mode for apps?
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I had the same problem with my non HTC widgets as well. I noticed sometimes it only does this on one pane, and sometimes on all of them. Its happened twice to me so far since I got the phone on release day in the US.
My Doggcatcher and Pandora widgets both exhibited this problem.
Move the App to internal memory. That will eliminate the rainbow lines.
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I got the same issue, but it is just from time to time.
do you realy think it is a good idea to move all app from sd to internal memory?
because the google widget (one for which i had that issue) is allready located in internal memory....
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Move the App to internal memory. That will eliminate the rainbow lines.
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Don't applications go into internal memory by default?
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Move the App to internal memory. That will eliminate the rainbow lines.
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Thats a negative
I've seen this as well, in both 3rd part app widgets and even the HTC power control bar widget (debunking the qHD explanantion) in one case a removal/re-add of the widget fixed it, and in another I had to reboot (just a reboot, not a a reset) the phone.
Additional Info: I've only seen it in "bar" type widgets. HTC Sense power control, tweetdeck bar and post widgets and an app called organizer widget.
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Move the App to internal memory. That will eliminate the rainbow lines.
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No, it won't. Widgets won't even work if you move them to the SD card - they have to be in internal memory to begin with.
I've had this problem with a number of widgets - you get horizontal "hash lines" in the widget, and the only way to fix it is to change the scene or skin.
No problem at all with the HTC widgets, but almost every one of the third-party widgets I've tried have this problem eventually.
Hopefully it's some sort of driver issue that will be fixed in an update. Really irritating when it happens.
Hi guys,
Same problem here, it happens with 3rd party apps and also with with stock apps like g search or tips and I think once it was with youtube widget
I hope that it will be fixed soon.
Same problem here, I get them with Elixir widgets. I also agree about the memory placement not being the problem because Elixir won't even show an option for a widget if its on the SD card. My solution has been to remove and replace the widgets.
I have also had problems like the notification bar disappearing, the tray with the apps, phone and personalization button disappearing, and the sense screen getting caught in the initial carousel motion continuously like when the screen is first unlocked. It keeps looping that animation. Or it just spins continuously, from screen to screen like a slot machine sideways.
So, my take is that this version of Sense may not be as refined as others, or the graphics hardware may need a driver tweak.
Maybe its time for them to step up from the GeForce4 MX series of graphics hardware?
I had the same problem with the News and google Search widget. I was asked by HTC to reset my phone and the problem was resolved. havent seen any rainbow lines since then.
I'm having this same issue. Only on non HTC widgets. Doesn't seen to happen all the time. Rebooting helps sometimes and sometimes not. Others reported that installing another home launcher doesn't cause this and I can confirm this also but then there is no access to the HTC widgets :-( I've found no good solution. Hopefully this will be addressed soon....
I have this problem with HTC's own Notes widget and also SwitchPro
I just wanted to also chime in and say I too, am also a victim of this Widget Distortion issue.
My widget distortion happens with the "Power Control Widget" and has also occurred with the "Google Search Widget." Neither are 3rd party widgets, unless anything not HTC is 3rd party?
It would be nice if everyone that posts about this problem could also post a screen shot of their phone with the distortion...?
Mine comes and goes, at the time of this post its not prsent or I'd post a pic... I will edit this post with a pic once it happens again.
UPDATE: I've added pictures of my distorted widgets.
NEW: Now my camera display is distorted with green lines running through it, just like a bad TV screen.
I was just looking at this. Pressing the home button, or pinching the screen, to get all the home screens at once on screen and look very closely the graphics glitch is still visible on the icon which represents the screen the widget is on. Not sure what this means, other than it's not a scanning issue.
Really annoying!
Pictures taken with my Wildfire, Sorry if the quality ain't good.
I think it its a Sense problem. Needs to be fixed ASAP.
EDIT: Sent a message to HTC
"Hi, I have the HTC Sensation and it is a great phone. However, there are problems with some widgets. Third party widgets have some rainbow distortion on them. This happens now and then. To remove it, I have to remove and re-add the widget. Then the problem persists after a few days. Even the official HTC Notes widget has this problem. I have pictures here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16427960&postcount=20
Many users also have this problem and it is really frustrating.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169704&page=2"
I've noticed this problem since I bought my Sensation. I immediately started transferring over apps from my G2 and Xoom (the ones I planned on using on my Sensation, at least). I know which apps have a widget and which don't. When I long-press on my screen and choose widgets, I see most of the widgets of apps I just installed but not all of them.
There are times when I flashed custom roms to try them out and then go back to my nand (clean stock backup) and the same widgets that didn't show up before would now appear on the list.
Is anyone else having this issue? Does anyone know why this is happening?
Only thing I can think of is that maybe the parent program for the widget got moved to the sdcard. I know widgets have to be in,main,memory to work.
Forgive me if this is an infantile response, I am still fairly new to android, but eager to help if I can.
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Only thing I can think of is that maybe the parent program for the widget got moved to the sdcard. I know widgets have to be in,main,memory to work.
Forgive me if this is an infantile response, I am still fairly new to android, but eager to help if I can.
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Hmmm... Interesting, if you're right. In my previous Android phones and on my Xoom, I move all the apps that I can to SD every time and never had this problem. But I will give this a try. I'll report back if this is the case with Sensation on stock Sense UI.
I just restored from a previous nand (good thing I happened to backup for no apparent reason just this morning) and it looks like the widget is there. I checked where the app was and it is in fact on my SD card. So there goes that theory. Hehe.
I wonder if others have the same issue and if they found out the culprit. Thanks anyway, Ivanstein.
One thing I've noticed that with no matter what sensation rom I flash first time i download an app the widgets don't show in the widgets menu until i reboot.
This is driving me crazy. When I open a homescreen folder and then launch an app everything is fine. However when exiting the app if I press the home "button" when the open folder returns it also constantly reopen the keyboard and goes to the folder name editing option. If I exit the app by pressing the "return" button then it just goes to the open folder and there are no problems. Why does this happen? I feel like I should be able to exit an open app by pressing home and not be forced to edit the folder title each time. Please help!!!!!
Had this same exact thing happen to me. It does start to drive you crazy. Not really a fix but a workaround, I started using a launcher since I like to use folders to organize my apps. I am using GoLauncher HD. By using the gestures in GoLauncher HD I can hide everything and by either swiping or tapping bring everything back up. I have all of my folders set up in the dock.
There are other ways but I like this setup.
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The latest firmware, that was pulled, fixes this problem. You can still flash that firmware ; look in the development section. It also fixed the problem with exFAT support for the SD card. Also, it seems to me that the whole note just runs better with the update. However, some people don't like the updates to the S note app.
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The latest firmware, that was pulled, fixes this problem. You can still flash that firmware ; look in the development section. It also fixed the problem with exFAT support for the SD card. Also, it seems to me that the whole note just runs better with the update. However, some people don't like the updates to the S note app.
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Would you please post the thread link to what you are exactly talking about. I went and looked but there are a number of threads and I am still a noob with android. Thanks!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847461&page=3
There you go!
I have the stock HTC ICS ROM on the Desire S. I was trying to free up some space from the SD card, and deleted the "Temporary files from HTC apps", which was amounting to more than 2 GB. After that the widgets are no more there in the Personalization menu, neither are app shortcuts. The widgets that are already added to some screens are still working, so I suppose they aren't actually deleted, but if I remove a widget I can't get it back.
There is also a horrible lag to display the home screen when exiting from an app, or even pressing the home button.
What could be the problem?
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I have the stock HTC ICS ROM on the Desire S. I was trying to free up some space from the SD card, and deleted the "Temporary files from HTC apps", which was amounting to more than 2 GB. After that the widgets are no more there in the Personalization menu, neither are app shortcuts. The widgets that are already added to some screens are still working, so I suppose they aren't actually deleted, but if I remove a widget I can't get it back.
There is also a horrible lag to display the home screen when exiting from an app, or even pressing the home button.
What could be the problem?
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Firstly, the Stock ICS ROM is awful - it was released more for developers than for daily use.
Secondly, if you insist on using it, then reflash and don't delete files unless you understand what you are deleting and what the damage could be.