So, I´ve been having the S for almost a week now.
I have the fullscreen calender list widget on a homescreen. And so far everything ran as it should. But yesterday Sense crashed while I was scrolling to that screen.
And since then I seem not be able to get it running as it was before.
Here is what I tried:
- Reboot (of course)
- Remove and add the widget again
- Remove the widget and place it on another homescreen
But the only thing that seems to be working is not showing all used calenders.
So, I suppose it might have somehting to do with the amount of entries in those calenders. Maybe too many or something.
Anyone else has that problem or know a solution?
I've had that in the beginning.
I'm now with the HTC for ~3 weeks and am connected to exchange, Facebook & Google calendars.
I didn't do anything to overcome this so it might be related to some kind of a "broken" meeting in one of those.
Try choosing only one at a time and then scroll and see if it works. if it does continue to add one by one to narrow the problematic one.
Sorry, forgot to mention that.
I can view every single one without any problem.
But when I view all of them together, Sense FCs.
Right now I am viewing all calenders but the weeknumber one.
Just to make things clear for me:
I'm using the agenda widget of there sense, is it the same with you?
Have you tried the Android one vs. The sense one?
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the calendar widget is buggy.
I don't use it anymore since it makes my device to freeze.
I guess we need to wait for an upgrade from htc.
Try resizing it. When it crashes go back to screen that contains widget and quickly put finger on it as though you are going to delete widget. You should now get arrows allowing you to resize. Make the widget smaller. If it is then stable, resize back to full screen again.
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6gex said:
the calendar widget is buggy.
I don't use it anymore since it makes my device to freeze.
I guess we need to wait for an upgrade from htc.
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but again, I used to have it too, but now it's gone, so I suspect it's related to a broken entry in the calendar and not necessarily the application itself.
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absthechatter said:
Try resizing it. When it crashes go back to screen that contains widget and quickly put finger on it as though you are going to delete widget. You should now get arrows allowing you to resize. Make the widget smaller. If it is then stable, resize back to full screen again.
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Holy cow! That really did work!
Well, at least it´s not instantly FCing. So, let´s see if the problem will come back.
Thank you very much.
Yeah the calendar widget is buggy for me also. Resizing did not helped. I ended up using ICS calendar widget..
Happened to me on day one. You can remove the screen in the helicopter mode and then just readd it again.
HTC should really release an update.
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Until there is an update available you might use Business Calendar: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netgenius.bizcal
I installed the update today, Software numer 1.78.401.2 and so far it seems the issue has been resolved. Haven't tested it for very long yet, but previously it would crash within one minute. I'll report back after at least a full day of use.
Update: The calendar widget hasn't crashed once since I installed the update so I can confirm the issue has been fixed.
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I am new to sense coming from a nexus one. I have noticed that the sense agenda calendar widget refreshes way too much. Every other time I swipe to the screen with the widget it says "loading" and takes a few super annoying seconds to load.
Is there an update setting somewhere or should I just go back to Pure Calendar Widget?
I haven't this problem. When i swype to the widget, my agenda appeare immediately, but i don't have a lot of task to sync...
I do have quite a few tasks and calendars synched but even still it shouldn't be updating this often. In pure calendar widget I rarely see it refresh.
I love the look of the sense agenda widget so hoping to get it to work properly.
I am also seeing "loading" much more than I would like. It always happens to me on Sense devices. Might be the number of cals I sync.
I do not have many tasks (approximately 4/mo.) and it has to load very often...almost every time I go through all the home screens.
Yeah it doesn't seem to be an issue of how many entries, rather how often it refreshes. Anyone know if there is a good way to report this to htc ?
Might have fixed it.... go to HTC Hub, settings menu.... accounts and sync... remove the check from update when opened
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caliber177 said:
Might have fixed it.... go to HTC Hub, settings menu.... accounts and sync... remove the check from update when opened
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I haven't even created an HTC sense or hub account so can it really be controlled from there for me?
My "fix" didnt even work for me, so Im still working on it.
kd78 said:
I am new to sense coming from a nexus one. I have noticed that the sense agenda calendar widget refreshes way too much. Every other time I swipe to the screen with the widget it says "loading" and takes a few super annoying seconds to load.
Is there an update setting somewhere or should I just go back to Pure Calendar Widget?
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I have the same issue - quite annoying...
For the people having this problem....
Do you have Facebook for HTC Sense enabled?
What calendars do you have enabled?
Autosync on?
HTC Hub account logged in?
caliber177 said:
For the people having this problem....
Do you have Facebook for HTC Sense enabled?
What calendars do you have enabled?
Autosync on?
HTC Hub account logged in?
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In the same order:
Yes
Exchange + Facebook
Yes
No
caliber177 said:
For the people having this problem....
Do you have Facebook for HTC Sense enabled?
What calendars do you have enabled?
Autosync on?
HTC Hub account logged in?
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Yes
Google Calendar only
Yes
No
caliber177 said:
For the people having this problem....
Do you have Facebook for HTC Sense enabled?
What calendars do you have enabled?
Autosync on?
HTC Hub account logged in?
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Yes
4 google/google apps calendars
Yes
No
Been doing more research.... seems like it doesnt matter if you have
facebook for sense logged in, as I dont for days and still see this problem,
autosync on or off, no matter.
multiple calendars, or even no calendar at all, or even just "PC Sync" calendar with no events...
Seems like it polls right after switching from wifi to 4g and vice versa...?
Really not making any sense, and I really have no clue as to who to even email to bring this issue up.
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Been doing more research.... seems like it doesnt matter if you have
facebook for sense logged in, as I dont for days and still see this problem,
autosync on or off, no matter.
multiple calendars, or even no calendar at all, or even just "PC Sync" calendar with no events...
Seems like it polls right after switching from wifi to 4g and vice versa...?
Really not making any sense, and I really have no clue as to who to even email to bring this issue up.
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It seems to poll also when I unlock my phone after leaving it alone for sometime or occasionally, when I quit an app after using it.
What if we can get our hands on a Calendar Agenda Widget apk from Sense 2.5 or 2.0 and try to install it?
I have the same problem with the agenda reloading.
I want htc agnda widget that showed profile photos next to the appointment or birthday that was taken from facebook.
I had that widget on a rom i tried on my HD2.
But most important. Make it work without the waiting time to show the appointments.
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But most important. Make it work without the waiting time to show the appointments.
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That.
Android user from day1, new to Sense and it drives me nuts. Very much used to LP pro and never had that problem.
Fix it! (shakes fist @ htc)
No dice on getting another HTC Calendar widget from older version, the thing will not allow an install.... guess we need to wait for root.... :/
Hi Guys
I am facing a problem with HTC widgets. The problem is that the widgets keep reloading their content frequently
So as i flip through the 5 pages of widgets (mail, people, calendar, news, etc), the contacts in the people widget or the appointments in the calendar widget for example would disappear and the widget would reload them within 5 seconds
I never faced this problem with my desire HD, I dont know but it looks like a memory shortage/allocation problem that is leading to sense clearing whats held in RAM for those widgets.
Has anyone faced this before ? looks like sense 3.0 is still highly unoptimized from a memory usage perspective. On top of this, my desire HD used to fly as compared to the Sensation, Dual core my Ass.................
This happens for me as well but I never considered it a problem. It seems to me that the widgets actually don't update all the time and instead are updating On-demand so the first time you scroll to it in, an __- hour period (I'm not sure how long the time frame is) it takes a few seconds to populate the widget.
I figured it was a battery saver and didn't don't mind it.
I do get a weird text jump back and forth between contact name/contact number in the text messaging widget though and it happens pretty frequently.
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This happens for me as well but I never considered it a problem. It seems to me that the widgets actually don't update all the time and instead are updating On-demand so the first time you scroll to it in, an __- hour period (I'm not sure how long the time frame is) it takes a few seconds to populate the widget.
I figured it was a battery saver and didn't don't mind it.
I do get a weird text jump back and forth between contact name/contact number in the text messaging widget though and it happens pretty frequently.
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Hi BonesRed
does not seem to be an update problem, since not only the friend stream widget does that, but also the contacts/calendar widget
This never happened with the desire HD, and whenever data is being reloaded, the old data is kept displayed until updated with the new data
Apparently the native widgets work good for me, but other ones like pandora, soundhound etc. have pixel glitches, see pic, sometimes only 1 widget sometimes the whole screen.... don't know if anybody else has the same problem and don't know if I should exchange my sensation.
I have the same pixel problem with my Google search bar widget
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My widget content will reload but only after a considerable amount of time without use. After the initial load, flipping through pages has no reloads until it's been in my pocket for awhile again.
puiutzuusa said:
Apparently the native widgets work good for me, but other ones like pandora, soundhound etc. have pixel glitches, see pic, sometimes only 1 widget sometimes the whole screen.... don't know if anybody else has the same problem and don't know if I should exchange my sensation.
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same for me
so, anybody has a solution or we're doomed?!?!?
Doomed.................................
that sucks, mean while the commercial goes on and on- the YOU phone"CAN GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT INSTANTLY"........ like what? if I'm not able to see my home screen...... hopefully an OTA will bring happiness and unlocked bootloader..... don't want to change too much on it, just tweak a little and get rid of bloatware..... HOPES UP HTC!!!
Castle5665 said:
My widget content will reload but only after a considerable amount of time without use. After the initial load, flipping through pages has no reloads until it's been in my pocket for awhile again.
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That never happened with the desire HD..............
I'm actually having the opposite provlem, at least with the friendstream widget. I can't get it to update. I've tried manually synching from the widget and from android settings menu but nothing seems to work, its still stuck on July 18th for some reason. Any one have any suggestions?
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screen glitch
My widgets are causing pixil glitches as well. Any ideas on what the cause is
BonesRed said:
I do get a weird text jump back and forth between contact name/contact number in the text messaging widget though and it happens pretty frequently.
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I experience the same thing. Also inside the messaging app itself sometimes the contact name is displayed and sometimes the contact number.
I have all the issues stated in the thread do far too. I love this phone but it's not as fast as they promote it to be and the pixel glitches only happen on my google search bar and market widget. hopefully they will get it figured out.
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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....
Staydown225 said:
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?
Staydown225 said:
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"
Hello everyone, the HTC Sensation is my first smartphone and I've had it for about two happy months. However, just today, it flashes the message "There are no calendars selected" on the bottom of my screen. I then go to check my agenda, and it doesn't show. Also, when I try to edit a task using the HTC calendar app, it FC's. I did not do anything to immediately cause the issue. (As if I were to delete a file, I would experience the repercussions right away. Not the case here)
All of my events are still visible through the "Pure Grid Calendar" widget, but not through the "Business Calendar" agenda widget.
If the fix were to require a phone-wipe, is there any way I can save everything so that my phone shall be exactly like it is at the moment, aside from the issue? (Progress in games, song ratings, etc)
Thank you for your help.
HTC Sensation - 2.3.4
Go Launcher EX - 2.63
T-Mobile
you can use an app called titanium backup to help you save your applications. you wont be able to do a backup of your current state without the issue because you dont now what the issue is. Titanium backup is going to be the best best for you so you can re-install your apps one by one to narrow down your problem apps. I personally think its Go Launcher. i hate secondary launchers lol, after wiping i would install app quarantine from the market and use that to "quarantine" apps such as stock browser, set up wizard, just apps you dont use so they dont take up ram or become active in the background. just something to think about. let me know if this helped
Yes, that will help me out when I need to do a wipe. However, I just can't reason why the launcher could cause the issue. It started without any recent change to it.
I did recently add the Pure Grid widget, but that was two days ago. Could be related.
I think the launcher trying to use its own built in apps could conflic with stock apps. Idk just my beliefs lol. I've never had a successful secondary launcher. Something like that always goes wrong. But to each his own. Just try delete a few apps that you have suspect. Reboot after each one and see if that makes a difference before you take super wipeing measures. You never know it could be something simple
The issue becomes more interesting still.
I went back to HTC Sense and the Pure Grid Calendar widget continues to work while the Business Calendar widget states that no calendars are selected. However, the HTC agenda widget shows all the tasks, while the HTC calendar widget does not!
The one thing I did like about sense was the smoothness and finished feel. But I need the customization of something like Go Launcher. If I can solve this issue, I may go for a new ROM that can do that: Go Launcher customization and themes with Sense smoothness.
Thank you.
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The issue becomes more interesting still.
I went back to HTC Sense and the Pure Grid Calendar widget continues to work while the Business Calendar widget states that no calendars are selected. However, the HTC agenda widget shows all the tasks, while the HTC calendar widget does not!
The one thing I did like about sense was the smoothness and finished feel. But I need the customization of something like Go Launcher. If I can solve this issue, I may go for a new ROM that can do that: Go Launcher customization and themes with Sense smoothness.
Thank you.
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SENSE 3.5 allows you to customize the widgets and has a nice feel. Most users stick with it because of the flexibility that your thinking. Maybe think about trying arhd 4.1.6
I have the same problem. The difference is that I know it isn't the luncher. I deleted on purpose my calendar app, but i also deleted the calendar sync app and now I can't use any calendars. Anyone know where I can download the original calendar app and calendar sync app?
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The same problem just popped up on my phone. I have not added any launchers... I do use the business calendar app, has anyone found a solution?
hi...
i got problem with my htc calendar widget on my Desire S. I'm using the agenda calendar widget. The date not auto refresh every day I see the date row shows yesterday's date. the manual refresh also dont work. every time i need to remove the widget then put it back on my screen. this very troublesome to me.
currently i'm running on stock rom with sense 3.0. i just switch from WM OS to android. this my first time using android.
need help from others.
tq
Similar problem here
I have a similar problem. The widget is not refreshed on a new day. However, I noticed that at about 8AM it will refreshed to the new day.
This is really an annoying issue...
In the past I was using the daily/weekly view and didn't notice this strange behavior. Did you tried to contact HTC support?
Is this not like the month widget where you just leave it for a few seconds and out works?
I tried to avoid using HTC widgets when I was on stock as they are slow...
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