I've searched the forums and have not found anyone posting about this issue, so sorry if this is a duplicate. Also, this is my first tablet so I'm not sure if this is a known issue with Asus tablets.
Twice now I've had all of my icons disappear from my home screen. There's nothing there but the wallpaper and the screens will not scroll left or right. The task bar still works, so I can open notifications, display open programs and so on. The keyboard shortcuts still work, so I can enter settings and open the browser, but each time I return to the home screen nothing is there. I know the screen still responds to touch because if I press in the upper right corner of the screen I can still enter the apps tray.
The first time this happened I was taking the tablet out of the keyboard dock. The screen loaded without unlocking it and there were no icons. The second time I was using the just the tablet, brought it out of sleep mode, and the same thing happened. The only remedy I've found is powering the device off.
Has anyone else encountered this issue?
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yep. i had it happen when i was switching from home screen to apps too fast. it will require a reboot to fix. i havent experienced it since i started using Nova Launcher
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My homescreen totally works DDD
Mate, this has happened to me a few times as well. Most likely caused by an incompatibilty between your launcher and a widget or application. For me it was Pulse and a battery monitor widget. After deleting the offending applications I have not had the issue reoccur.
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Mate, this has happened to me a few times as well. Most likely caused by an incompatibilty between your launcher and a widget or application. For me it was Pulse and a battery monitor widget. After deleting the offending applications I have not had the issue reoccur.
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Interesting. I'm not using a third party launcher, just the stock one. I wonder which widget or app is causing the problem? I'm not using allot of widgets. Just the stock e-mail ones, music player, FB, Google+, Flixster, and the time and weather widget. I was using the Beautiful Widget but I just didn't like how it looked on my tablet for some reason so I removed it a while ago.
Thanks for the input!
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Mykew said:
Mate, this has happened to me a few times as well. Most likely caused by an incompatibilty between your launcher and a widget or application. For me it was Pulse and a battery monitor widget. After deleting the offending applications I have not had the issue reoccur.
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hay Mykew how do you know witch apps are the one's that cause this problem cause i get the same thing on my tablet and i got it before the update
to .26 and after any help would be appreciated
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Can be a bit tricky to figure out which app is hurting you (buggy ones can fc or freeze the stock browser too), particularly if you have heaps of apps on. One way to go about it is to think of what the likely culprits are (Pulse, widgets, google+ can be a bugger too) and use a program like titanium backup to 'freeze' the application (or you can just systematically delete them if you prefer to use more time). Put the browser through it's paces till you find out that it isn't screwing up any more.
Force closing the launcher (Settings -> Apps -> running processes or whatever it's called) shoud help.
I was having that issue regularly. Trial and error determined it was the dual battery widget causing the issues (or just coincidence that when I uninstalled the widget, the issues stopped).
It still happens, rarely, so I suppose it wasn't just that widget, but with the widget it happened constantly.
Now when it happens (maybe once a week or two) I just FC the launcher and all is well.
Interesting, some people were reporting issues with the Dual Battery Widget, I'm running it on the main screen all the time, however, and it's been just fine since the .26 update (earlier I was getting random reboots in various apps which could be not app-specific). Wonder what's the real case.
actually i get this too only when i change from landscape to portrait, back to landscape then portrait about 5 times and then apps dissappear.
Dual battery widget works fine for me too. It's all about bit voodoo witch doctory atm.
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Hi guys!
I´ve just updated my TF101 to ICS and it´s really fast. But I have a problem with the laucher. Some times, when touch the home button to go to the homescreen, the laucher and all the icons desappear.
I can´t go to the apps that are open (with the multi-task button) but the launcher doesn´t appear.
The only solution I know is shuting down the Tf101 or closing the laucher app, but it is quite boring to do ir every 5 or 10 min.
Does it happen to anyone here?
Happens to me as well.
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Same here... needs re-boot to recover...
I only had that if the option to kill tasks as u exit them was checked on. Its under developer options towards the bottom.
Edit: actually that's only the case on my phone. I have the option checked on my tablet and it works just fine.
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I seem to have the same issue.
I had the issue and then I did a factory reset, I haven't seen it since
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Wdustin1 said:
I had the issue and then I did a factory reset, I haven't seen it since
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digger44 said:
Same here... needs re-boot to recover...
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Ok thanks for all I´ll re-boot it, but will I lose all my apps? I´ve never done a hard reset.
Everything that wasn't stock on the tablet will have to be reinstalled.
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Ok thanks for all I´ll re-boot it, but will I lose all my apps? I´ve never done a hard reset.
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same here but may be able to narrow it down.
I am having the same problem. The whole screen just displays the wallpaper and removes any icons or buttons. So I can pan sideways and can sometime know what I am clicking on by memory but all icons go until I reboot.
weird thing is.... I have done a factory reset. reloaded my apps and settings. Its all working fine until I pop the Gmail and Calendar widgets on the screen, then boom. Gone again.
At the moment I am running without any widgets and I have not had a repeat. Do any of you clever clogs have any ideas on this one. Seems to be a small percentage of users with the issue.
Same...
I had the same problem however it seems to have stopped now. Perhaps as a result of my app purge that i did the other day.
Anyway for those still having this problem i suggest you use the notification bar to access the settings then from there you can go to the Launcher under apps and do a force close. after a bit it will reopen again with all screen icons and widgets back.
Guys I think this is the same issue, it happens on my tf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519943
yep
Happens to me too,
I managed to fix it the latest time without rebooting, by going into settings, running apps and stopping the launcher and anything google. Next time this happen I will make a note of which killed process gives me my app icons back.
also its strange that even with the app icons gone, you can still click around the screen and open things, as if they were there.
same ...
same problem on my tf101
I fixed this by clearing the data for the Launcher in settings. Hasn't happened since but annoying as it meant rebuilding my homescreens :-(
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you should try Nova Launcher, it looks and acts like the default launcher in ICS. But with a couple functions added. I havent had any troubles with it.
Just search it in the market. to get the widgets to work just move it to /system/app
I installed ICS on mine at the weekend. For a couple of days it reasonably stable, though certain apps lagged somewhat. Then it got much, much worse. There's a recurrent problem with the launcher. If you've gone away from it, such as to use an app, and then return, firstly the widgets and stacked/grouped app icons vanish, then all the rest of the icons vanish, and the three squares on the top right of the screen. The icons are still there, as it's possible to stab on the screen in the right place and launch the app that the invisible icon links to. All five screens of the launcher have vanished. The tablet still runs, as the live wallpaper still runs, and the recent apps are accessible.
Other problems include major freezes or lags. It's common to go to launch email or the web browser only to have to wait 20 seconds or so before anything happens. I've had to wait 5 minutes before now for Opera to launch. Eventually the tablet will freeze and I have to reboot it, but even then, apps take an age to launch, and regularly freeze. It's getting to the point of being totally unusable. It's taken many, many attempts to write this email as the app crashes of its own accord, and perish the thought that I copy and paste any text in, including the email address - it's enough to crash the email app.
My TF101 ran Android 3.2 perfectly fine, and very, very quickly. It was gloriously stable. I can't get more than 2 hours of use out of this without having to reboot; this afternoon I've been having to reboot every 10 minutes.
I've drawn Asus' attention to these problems via Twitter and Google+, and I know they've been told about it on Facebook, but there's been a wall of silence.
Richard
I had the problem with a disappearing launcher on ICS on 4 different launchers. Recently I removed a few widgets (NewsRepublic, Bacon Reader, and DroidWidget) and haven't had the problem reoccur. Maybe some widget incompatibility is to blame?
galt said:
I had the problem with a disappearing launcher on ICS on 4 different launchers. Recently I removed a few widgets (NewsRepublic, Bacon Reader, and DroidWidget) and haven't had the problem reoccur. Maybe some widget incompatibility is to blame?
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Could be. Mine's more stable (touch wood) since I got rid of both Beautiful Widgets widgets off my home screen.
Guys I´ve finally done a hard reset on my tf and all goes fine.
Thanks for all
Same problem here with the stock ICS launcher. Using ADW Launcher EX without problems.
Some apps seems to be running super fast at times and then others super slow at times with ICS. Guess I'll do a Titanium backup and factory reset and see if that helps. ugh...
When I press the recent apps key while in the home screen, the lower part of the screen flickers. This happens when there are a lot of apps on the list. Has anyone else noticed this problem? The flicker is more like diagonal.
Here's a video:
I've seen it before on my tf101 as well
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This is really annoying. Any idea how to fix this?
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This is really annoying. Any idea how to fix this?
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No idea. Hopefully Asus releases kernel source soon so devs can find all the screw ups.
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Doesn't happen on my TF. You are probably using some old app that is causing issues on ICS.
Appears every now and then for me too. Doesn't annoy me too much, but I think there will be some minor updates by Asus that fix some bugs. I'm really curious how the support of the TF101 will be in the future, as there is the newer Prime now (and some other Tablets coming). What do you think, will we see official Jelly Bean for the TF101 by the end of the year or so or will we need to use CM10?
This happens on my TF also. I have noticed that the YouTube app also sometimes makes a similar graphical effect, and then recent apps + being in the YouTube app usually makes the tablet go crazy.
This is also very similar to the 'screen tearing' seen on the TF201, which leads me to believe its software, and will be ironed out by asus in time.
There is no problem with the recent app list on my transformer, but I've this in You Tube homescreen - the You Tube logo on the upper left corner is flickering.
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For those who are not experiencing this, are you using a custom rom or stock? Also, this happens if there are more than 7 items on the recent apps list. I think this problem is related to the launcher itself. I tried iLauncher, and there is no flicker on the screen when I press the recent apps button.
I tried the SPB launcher and seems to be working fine.
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For those who are not experiencing this, are you using a custom rom or stock? Also, this happens if there are more than 7 items on the recent apps list. I think this problem is related to the launcher itself. I tried iLauncher, and there is no flicker on the screen when I press the recent apps button.
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Using Them EOS ROM, have the flicker with stock launcher and Apex but not with ADW EX launcher.
Guess since Apex is based on the stock it's happening with it too
I have it when I type on YouTube sometimes..
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I've been through different ROMs -- ARHD and Revolver but same thing happen. I noticed though that this issue does not occur when the TF is upside down.
I finally found a temporary fix: hold down the key a little bit longer but not longer that it will take a screenshot. I hope this will be fixed on the next updates..
is a mistake that will have to fix asus.
I put several roms, several launchers ..
and any such error does not happen, except if I open more than 15 different applications, the error appears!
if placed vertically does not appear that annoying error.
Never had that issue. Not on stock (.17) or team EOS nightly which Im running now.
Im using nova launcher.
I've been having problems with the default ICS launcher sort of crashing. i say "sort of" because it deson't actually crash because if it did...it would restart.
the desktop part of the launcher stops drawing. the wallpaper is still visible, and the dock still functional. i can still scroll, etc. the only problem is that the icons/widgets are gone. it seems like i can still click on them however, they're just not visible.
the only way to fix it is to force stop the launcher. which i don't mind doing once in a while, but it seems once it happens once, the launcher becomes relatively unstable and it happens often. a restart would re-stabilize it until it happens again.
anyone have the same issues and possible workaround?
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finalhit said:
I've been having problems with the default ICS launcher sort of crashing. i say "sort of" because it deson't actually crash because if it did...it would restart.
the desktop part of the launcher stops drawing. the wallpaper is still visible, and the dock still functional. i can still scroll, etc. the only problem is that the icons/widgets are gone. it seems like i can still click on them however, they're just not visible.
the only way to fix it is to force stop the launcher. which i don't mind doing once in a while, but it seems once it happens once, the launcher becomes relatively unstable and it happens often. a restart would re-stabilize it until it happens again.
anyone have the same issues and possible workaround?
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I had that issue with go launcher HD, I switched to apex so far no iconless screen. And it is better then stock. You may want to give it a try
Native launcher crashes
I have tha same issue, i really like the native launcher, don't wanna change.
I think it's a widget related issue.
try removing all the widgets from your screens and see if it solves the problem
I noticed a bug in the "tap to scroll" functionality of the homescreen. Normally (since hc/ics), you can tap on the left or right of the screen edge to switch screens (instead of swiping). This also works in the app drawer. However, since the update, there seems to be a bug in this area. Here's how I duplicate the bug;
On the home screen, see if you can scroll by tapping on the left or right edge of your screen. If you can not, rotate your screen from landscape to portrait and then back.....now you should be able to scroll via tapping. If you could scroll before rotating, go to the next step....
Now, open the app drawer. The tap to scroll works here also. Now, return to the home screen. Try tapping to scroll again. It will not work now.
To regain the ability, you will have to rotate the screen back and fourth again.
The app drawer doesn't seem affected by this issue. Only the homescreen.
Can anyone else duplicate this issue?
(Just for the record, fresh install of the update)
I can tap to scroll just as I could in ICS. Bit of a shame, since I hate that feature.
I can confirm the "tap to scroll" bug. It works fine until you try to do the same thing in the app drawer and then try to do it on the home screen again - just as the above poster stated... Not a big deal for me as I never used it anyway (at least purposely)....
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Although I do use both tap and swipe, its not the end of the world for me either. Just wanted to be sure I'm not the only one.
I'm sure Asus will patch it at some point (although I'm not sure if the intention was to remove it or keep it based on the findings)
Borrowing this thread a bit. I don't have the problem you described however it's related to the home screen.
After the JB update, whenever I swipe to the main screen and the animation is about to end, I get some lag. Always the same kind of lag at the end of the animation and only on the main homescreen... After the JB update I noticed the lag and did a factory reset but now after installing some apps,it's back again. This happens witb all power modes and it doesn't matter if I clean the screen from apps and widgets, still the same laggy partat the end..
Anyone who recognizes this? I'm stock rooted...
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Borrowing this thread a bit. I don't have the problem you described however it's related to the home screen.
After the JB update, whenever I swipe to the main screen and the animation is about to end, I get some lag. Always the same kind of lag at the end of the animation and only on the main homescreen... After the JB update I noticed the lag and did a factory reset but now after installing some apps,it's back again. This happens witb all power modes and it doesn't matter if I clean the screen from apps and widgets, still the same laggy partat the end..
Anyone who recognizes this? I'm stock rooted...
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Sounds like you have an app causing problems. Try to figure out which app it is... maybe it'll get patched later.
Dezghal said:
Borrowing this thread a bit. I don't have the problem you described however it's related to the home screen.
After the JB update, whenever I swipe to the main screen and the animation is about to end, I get some lag. Always the same kind of lag at the end of the animation and only on the main homescreen... After the JB update I noticed the lag and did a factory reset but now after installing some apps,it's back again. This happens witb all power modes and it doesn't matter if I clean the screen from apps and widgets, still the same laggy partat the end..
Anyone who recognizes this? I'm stock rooted...
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I've noticed the same thing, using Apex Launcher and Nova Launcher (its a very faint lag, almost not noticeable). What launcher are you using? I tried stock launcher and it didn't happen.
Wallpaper does not scroll after JB update. I am using Apex launcher. Does anyone have the same problem?
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Hm, I have the same tap to scroll bug.
My wallpaper doesn't scroll either. Using apex or nova it's the same.
And more than that, if I turn the tablet to portrait mode the wallpaper sticks to the top of the screen leaving a big portion of the screen black (without wallpaper) on the bottom.
I have this bug too. It kind of bugs me, because that is my primary way of changing home screens while holding a newborn. I too found that simply rotating the screen will fix the issue, but about half the time I do that, my home screen icons are all missing!
I'm guessing a patch will be coming soon to fix this? (like 6-8 weeks )
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I've noticed the same thing, using Apex Launcher and Nova Launcher (its a very faint lag, almost not noticeable). What launcher are you using? I tried stock launcher and it didn't happen.
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Stock launcher.
I have the same bug the OP has too.
Hopefully they can fix this soon.
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I'm also getting that exact same problem as the OP. Glad to see I'm not the only one. Funny that only a few people have this problem. I did a wipe data/ factory reset a couple of times and that didn't help either and I don't have any other apps installed as I only now got my Infinity (its only rooted but still locked and on stock ROM). Hopefully ASUS will send out a fix soon. I really miss the tap/touch to scroll on the home screen.
I think that *everyone* who uses the stock launcher actually has this problem... One possible solution is to install the free "Holo HD" launcher (I just confirmed that the touch to scroll feature works) - it's a nice launcher similar to Nova, Apex, etc. It runs really well. Nova/Apex and or Trebuchet launcher might fix this issue as well. Trebuchet is the most similar to stock (almost can't tell the difference). Holo HD, Apex and Nova have more features though...
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I can confirm the issue as stated in first post. Works in app drawer, not on home screen. Rooted, stock JB.
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I noticed that when my phone drops down to critical i.e. 10% battery, the widgets on my home screens stop updating. Perhaps this is by design in an effort to save battery, but my problem is that even after I fully charge my phone the widgets remain frozen. I'm not running any special widgets, just a basic clock, calendar, a few toggles and battery monitor, but they all freeze just the same . . . I end up having to reboot my phone in order to get the widgets working again, which can be a pain and seems completely unnecessary.
Does anybody else have this kind of trouble? Could my completely stock/non-rooted device be experiencing issues? This is the only problem I've noticed so far with my S5 - everything else works exactly as it should.
Just a quick update: I did a factory reset and that didn't make any difference - two days later and all my home screen widgets freeze and don't start updating until I reboot the phone. List of widgets I'm using:
Fancy Widget
Switch Pro
Android Pro Widgets
BattStatt Pro
These are all widgets I've used for years without any issue, which makes me think that it involves KitKat.
Any suggestions?
I use fancy widget but haven't experienced any problems with it. Have u checked the refresh rate setting? When I put it on this phone and set it back up the refresh rate was set to refresh like every 6 hours
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I use fancy widget but haven't experienced any problems with it. Have u checked the refresh rate setting? When I put it on this phone and set it back up the refresh rate was set to refresh like every 6 hours
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Thanks for the reply - no that is not it, because it affects all of my widgets and not just fancy widgets. Something odd I've noticed is that even after fancy widgets and the rest all freeze, the stock 'weather' widget still works! I've been reading a lot trying to get to the bottom of this issue, and someone on another forum mentioned the following:
"this issue occurs because kitkat has changed the way it manages background alarms. most widgets that update frequently use "alarmmanager" to trigger each update. but in kitkat, the trigger event is intentionally delayed so that android can group processes together, saving battery life and data use. so, for all those clock and weather widgets, the developers have to write a bunch of new code for kitkat devices, so that their widgets update at the intended time."
After reading this, I decided to test a theory and set my alarm to go off 2 minutes later. The alarm went off, and sure enough I checked 5 minutes later and all widgets were frozen . . . So now I'm wondering if it has something to do with the 'Timely alarm clock' app that I'm using... Going to go back to stock Alarm clock and see if that makes a difference.
Just an update for anyone interested: I found other XDA users on Verizon that were having this same issue, and someone suggested that we try installing Nova launcher. Sure enough, after installing Nova two weeks ago and I haven't had one issue with my homescreen widgets freezing.
I highly recommend Nova, especially if you're experiencing some odd quirks with TW.
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Just an update for anyone interested: I found other XDA users on Verizon that were having this same issue, and someone suggested that we try installing Nova launcher. Sure enough, after installing Nova two weeks ago and I haven't had one issue with my homescreen widgets freezing.
I highly recommend Nova, especially if you're experiencing some odd quirks with TW.
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I love nova launcher. Been using it since my epic 4g days.
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