Anyone else using ADW EX launcher's custom shortcuts? I'd been using them successfully until recently. This is what I do: I create a Custom Shortcut, assign a Launcher Action to it (assigning each app drawer category to a custom shortcut), and then assigning an icon from the BigDX Serenity theme. Then I drag the custom shortcut to my dock, and I have all of my apps sorted in categories, easily accessible from my dock. And because I've used an icon for each, that represents that particular app category, I quickly know which dock icon contains which apps.
But now, the custom icons won't stick. They keep reverting to a generic icon after a reboot or after I use Titanium Backup or just about anything. I suspect this has something to do with being rooted, as my husband's Note doesn't do this. He's not rooted.
Needless to say, this is annoying, as I can't remember which icon contains which apps. They all look the same! And I have 11 of them.
Anyone else experience this? I emailed the developer, but have received no response.
EDIT: This seems to only happen when the Custom Shortcut is for a Launcher Action. The icons don't revert to generic if my Custom Shortcut is for an Application.
So, 108 views and no one's experienced this issue? Anyone know of a better way to contact the developer? I've emailed twice, with no reponse.
This problem, while not critical, is extremely annoying.
loribuono said:
So, 108 views and no one's experienced this issue? Anyone know of a better way to contact the developer? I've emailed twice, with no reponse.
This problem, while not critical, is extremely annoying.
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i don't think it has anything to do with being rooted... i think the problem is on adw launcher..
why don't you try clearing adw launcher's data and and see what happens.... adw has backup
feature right?.. back your preferences then clear data on settings/app manager/adw launcher
let's start on that.....
and i saw on playstore that this bigdx theme is a separate download and not from adw...
so you might wanna clear data on bigdx too.. i think that'll solve your problem..
it's not a system issue anyways... so it's either adw or bigdx theme...
or maybe you are using some kind of task manager that kills your bigdx theme on background......
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nadmaj said:
i don't think it has anything to do with being rooted... i think the problem is on adw launcher..
why don't you try clearing adw launcher's data and and see what happens.... adw has backup
feature right?.. back your preferences then clear data on settings/app manager/adw launcher
let's start on that.....
and i saw on playstore that this bigdx theme is a separate download and not from adw...
so you might wanna clear data on bigdx too.. i think that'll solve your problem..
it's not a system issue anyways... so it's either adw or bigdx theme...
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Okay, so I did this:
1. Backed up ADW.
2. Cleared data.
3. Restored ADW.
4. Assigned a custom icon to one of my dock shortcuts.
5. Restart ADW (this typically wipes out my custom icons, as does a reboot)
6. Custom icon is back to generic.
Can't clear date or cache on theme, as those options are greyed out.
Thanks for your suggestions, but still no luck.
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Okay, so I did this:
1. Backed up ADW.
2. Cleared data.
3. Restored ADW.
4. Assigned a custom icon to one of my dock shortcuts.
5. Restart ADW (this typically wipes out my custom icons, as does a reboot)
6. Custom icon is back to generic.
Can't clear date or cache on theme, as those options are greyed out.
Thanks for your suggestions, but still no luck.
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hhmm.. try clearing your data again but don't restore your preferences.. set them all over again.. if it still ends up the same try using a different theme (free ones so you dont have to spend) ..
and if it works then the problem is in your bigdx theme... i hope it helps i don't use adw but most app problems are fixed by clearing data..
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Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
EDIT: Crap, it's the theme. I did all of that and then assigned a picture to a shortcut and a BigDX icon to a shortcut. Restarted ADW. The picture remained, and the BigDX icon reverted to generic. Guess I'll try contacting the theme developer and see if I get anywhere. This is a bummer. It was working perfectly until a week or two ago.
Thanks for your help!
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Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
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you don't have to switch.... i'm just saying you try a different theme and see if it is working.. coz if it's working., then the problem is in bigdx theme and you should contact it's developer and not the adw team.. :angel:
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loribuono said:
Ugh, I'd really like to not have to switch themes. I really like this one and have been using it successfully for almost two years, until recently. I'll try your additional suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!
EDIT: Crap, it's the theme. I did all of that and then assigned a picture to a shortcut and a BigDX icon to a shortcut. Restarted ADW. The picture remained, and the BigDX icon reverted to generic. Guess I'll try contacting the theme developer and see if I get anywhere. This is a bummer. It was working perfectly until a week or two ago.
Thanks for your help!
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at least we now know the problem!.. :good:
yeah that's odd to suddenly stop working... maybe an update on adw or bigdx caused it....
I tried another theme, and it worked fine. Emailed the BigDX developer, but I've not had any luck emailing app developers lately.
Thanks again!
Okay, I keep reading that this developer and that developer is really responsive. But I've emailed the ADW developer twice and the BigDX developer, and neither has ever gotten back to me. I've been very cordial and complimentary, and included my issues/question. Nothing.
How do you folks get people to answer you?
late to the party but also very annoyed with this situation....
I like to remove the dock and the action bar, so having a way to launch the app drawer is something I need on my home screens... but now I can't do that when im using theme icons
Havent sent any emails but may do so soon if I can't find a solution to this issue....
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Hello,
I read through most of the posts concerning custom launchers but still can't find an answer to my problem.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running on Froyo. I am trying to set GoLauncher as my default launcher but there seems to be a hickup somewhere.
When I hit the home button a window always pops up asking me which launcher I want to use (TW or Go) and I always tick the box underneath to use as default and then select GoLauncher but the window keeps popping up again every time I press the home key.
I also tried to clear the defaults in both TW and Go Launcher but the buttons are grayed out...so I guess the phone does not store my default choice.
Any ideas?
Download home switcher from the market
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GH057257 said:
Hello,
I read through most of the posts concerning custom launchers but still can't find an answer to my problem.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running on Froyo. I am trying to set GoLauncher as my default launcher but there seems to be a hickup somewhere.
When I hit the home button a window always pops up asking me which launcher I want to use (TW or Go) and I always tick the box underneath to use as default and then select GoLauncher but the window keeps popping up again every time I press the home key.
I also tried to clear the defaults in both TW and Go Launcher but the buttons are grayed out...so I guess the phone does not store my default choice.
Any ideas?
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**I HAD THE SAME ISSUE**
What Worked For Me Was... Uninstalling, & Reinstalling!!
See If That Works!!
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Thanks for the replies.
I tried market enabler, no effect whatsoever.
Reinstalling GoLauncher just made me lose all my folders
GH057257 said:
Thanks for the replies.
I tried market enabler, no effect whatsoever.
Reinstalling GoLauncher just made me lose all my folders
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LOST ALL YOUR FOLDERS??
SORRY MAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER HEADACHE!!
When You Say Folders, What Exactly
Do You Mean....
Basically What Type Of Folders,
Is What I Mean?
Maybe I Can Help??
Seeing I Feel BAD Now!!
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LOST ALL YOUR FOLDERS??
SORRY MAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A BIGGER HEADACHE!!
When You Say Folders, What Exactly
Do You Mean....
Basically What Type Of Folders,
Is What I Mean?
Maybe I Can Help??
Seeing I Feel BAD Now!!
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Don't worry about it...took me 15min to reorganize them. It was worth the time for the chance of fixing the problem.
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Don't worry about it...took me 15min to reorganize them. It was worth the time for the chance of fixing the problem.
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Okay, Sorry Again!!
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I have the same problem using htc desire z running froyo 2.3.. not rooted.
Have tried re installing. Tried home switcher. tried other launcher than go launcher ex. Problem still persists..
If anyone has made it work for them. Please share what to do.
Thx
Well.. for me the problem was with the 3D camera app.. for some reason it showed up on the bottom of the list of launcher.. unistalled and presto.. no constant settings launcher as default
Via HTC Desire Z
Have tried everything in this post and none have worked for very long.
I am going to try seeing if the Estrongs "Suite" is installed and causing a problem, but I definitely know this isn't a launcher problem as this happens with several different launchers...I thought it was a HTC Sense issue, but I have now seen (I think) a couple of posts from a Samsung device.
I have the Thunderbolt and since the 2.3.4 update, I have had the same problem. I have read several posts, but no real solution. The Homesmack didn't work. This Really sounds like an HTC issue, but I am still trying to read more posts.
Did you try doing a battery pull? Or going into settings and clearing the stock launchers data and cache?
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Solution
I have Samsung Galaxy S2 -
Applications - Manage Applications - [All] - TWLauncher - Clear Defaults
I think there's also an App called "Launcher" but look for anything with the word "Launcher" in it and clear the defaults
Or try installing "Go Locker" and it'll ask you again which one you want your default to be
ADWLauncher EX 1.1 released and ADWNotifier free for everyone
Hi everyone and happy new year!
I’ve released an small update for ADWLauncher EX with the following changes:
Added option to open the app drawer in full screen (hiding the dock/dockbar)
Added options to tweak the “fancy icon backgrounds” (now you can select a custom color and enable/disable glossy effect)
Fix the dock icons reverting sometimes on rotation
Fixed import/export ADW settings for Samsung devices running android 2.2.1 update
Lots of fixes for “ForceCloses” and other stability and code improvements.
And to celebrate the new year and the ADWLauncherEX success, I’ve published the ADWNotifier app free for everyone on the market!
Hope you enjoy!
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2011/01/adwlauncher-ex-1-1-released-and-adwnotifier-free-for-everyone/
amazing launcher
Thanks to you, my Launcherpro has been collecting some serious dust.........thank you x10 for the best launcher available!!!
Thanks for the update. This is by far my favorite launcher.one suggestion, is there any way to get the cube and book transition in next release. Keep up the good work.
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Maybe I'll try out ADW Launcher EX now that ADWNotifier is free. I saw no reason paying for a "feature", which is standard with Launcher Pro.
adamfair said:
is there any way to get the cube and book transition in next release. Keep up the good work.
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great request!
loving the launcher
but .... still getting lots of fcs even after the update
sticking with it tho as its very pretty and very quick. As a non-developer not sure what I can do to help with testing/debugging
Can EX import settings from the free launcher yet?
Hey, I installed ADWLauncherEX form market. Now, I'm running into some problems:
The Launcher won't save any settings, I set. In fact, every time I exit the settings dialog, the changelog pops up again. Anyone know, what to do about that?
paranoid2007 said:
Hey, I installed ADWLauncherEX form market. Now, I'm running into some problems:
The Launcher won't save any settings, I set. In fact, every time I exit the settings dialog, the changelog pops up again. Anyone know, what to do about that?
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same thing happens to me..
any ideas?
edit: found it, you have to use an app like root explorer and delete 2 directories located in dbdata/databases.I don't recall their exact name, but they both contained the string "adw" and were almost at the end of the list.
nikolasmar said:
same thing happens to me..
any ideas?
edit: found it, you have to use an app like root explorer and delete 2 directories located in dbdata/databases.I don't recall their exact name, but they both contained the string "adw" and were almost at the end of the list.
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Thanks, that did the trick. Found only one folder cointaining the string "adw", but it worked nevertheless. If it weren't for these internet forums I'd have grey hairs by now.
paranoid2007 said:
Thanks, that did the trick. Found only one folder cointaining the string "adw", but it worked nevertheless. If it weren't for these internet forums I'd have grey hairs by now.
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no worries man..i found one aswell,but most of the people with the same problem wrote they found two..
Nevertheless it works like a charm so..
Launcher works great for me so gar on a Galaxy S. However, I noticed one annoying thing: Loading the shortcut list for applications takes an eternity (I have 300+ apps installed). The same thing goes for the dialog in ADWNotfier, where you can select the SMS oder Mail-App. This definitely needs some code improvement.
Hey, I downloaded the app yesterday and it still wont download to my phone I have the captivate and it just runs a bar saying authorizing i left it overnight and it still has that running so i canceled and redid it, still nothing it wont physically install whats wrong?
I love the speed of ADW EX.
Only significant complaint so far is that there's no direct access to System Preferences from the launcher menu. Shouldn't have to go into sub-menus to access the system prefs.
Question: Is there a way to get SMS/Gmail/Voicemail notifications in the dock?
Both LauncherPro+ and Go Launcher will attach such counts to the relevant icons, but I don't see this in ADWLauncher EX. In ADW Settings > General Preferences > System Preferences there's options for "Show notifications" and "Bubble font size", but I have no idea how these apply. I sent myself a SMS, and though my Notification bar was showing one message, there wasn't anything visible in the Launcher itself.
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OK. Got it working. Didn't realize I need to download ADW Notifier as well.
Would be nice if the notifiers were smart and only wiped the numbers after you actually read the email (for example) rather than as soon as you open Gmail though. That's how Go Launcher seems to work.
So far I'm liking this. I am having a problem, and I don't know if it's a feature or a bug. Every time I swipe down on any part of the screen the notification bar will come down. I switched back to Launcher Pro and it did not do this. Also when switching to the hidden dock it drags the icon form the normal dock. I would also like to see a way to change the dock backgrounds like on Launcher pro. And I'm with saltorio, It would be nice if there was a system prefs from the main menu. But I could get used to it where it is now. Keep up the good job.
darkreign2049 said:
So far I'm liking this. I am having a problem, and I don't know if it's a feature or a bug. Every time I swipe down on any part of the screen the notification bar will come down.
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Look for the gestures in the settings...
You sir are a genius. Thank you so much. That was the problem. If I had more time I could have probably figured it out.
khaytsus said:
Look for the gestures in the settings...
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Been running it on my dx with tranq and no issues here.
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So is ADW ever going to get some widgets similar to LPP? Would live to give ADW a serious consideration but having to pay for other apps just to make up for ADWs shortcomings doesn't make sense.
Last night I was manually updating 4 apps from Google Play and after the 4th updated my Note restarted itself. When it came back to the homescreen it was with a clean install of Go Launcher Ex; 4x4 icons, requests to download Go widgets and none of my icons, folders or widgets to be seen anywhere. Majorly pi$$ed off with it, so much so that I'm back to using TW at the moment. I can't for the life of me remember what the last update before the reboot was but I do know there was a Go Launcher update ready to download after that. Anybody else have this issue, or did I just get 'lucky'?
raines43 said:
Last night I was manually updating 4 apps from Google Play and after the 4th updated my Note restarted itself. When it came back to the homescreen it was with a clean install of Go Launcher Ex; 4x4 icons, requests to download Go widgets and none of my icons, folders or widgets to be seen anywhere. Majorly pi$$ed off with it, so much so that I'm back to using TW at the moment. I can't for the life of me remember what the last update before the reboot was but I do know there was a Go Launcher update ready to download after that. Anybody else have this issue, or did I just get 'lucky'?
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Never faced such issue. But why not use something called "back up", it is exactly for moments like these!
anilisanil said:
Never faced such issue. But why not use something called "back up", it is exactly for moments like these!
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You're absolutely right and it's my bad that I didn't. Still hacked off that it happened though.
Something like this happened to me. The Note restarted on "safe mode". I could read it on the bottom of the screen, a bit transparent so it could be there and you don't see it properly. On safe mode almost all apps that aren't stock are disabled. I had to restart the phone 2 or 3 times in a row to reboot in the normal mode.
When it happened to me I thought that it was a factory reset
Hope this is your case
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rossygnol said:
Something like this happened to me. The Note restarted on "safe mode". I could read it on the bottom of the screen, a bit transparent so it could be there and you don't see it properly. On safe mode almost all apps that aren't stock are disabled. I had to restart the phone 2 or 3 times in a row to reboot in the normal mode.
When it happened to me I thought that it was a factory reset
Hope this is your case
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You sure you dont have a windows Note? Never heard of a safe mode in Linux!
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raines43 said:
You're absolutely right and it's my bad that I didn't. Still hacked off that it happened though.
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I empathize. You don't even have a Titanium back up or something like that? You could restore system settings from that. Just in case. And high time you start having back ups now .
rossygnol said:
Something like this happened to me. The Note restarted on "safe mode". I could read it on the bottom of the screen, a bit transparent so it could be there and you don't see it properly. On safe mode almost all apps that aren't stock are disabled. I had to restart the phone 2 or 3 times in a row to reboot in the normal mode.
When it happened to me I thought that it was a factory reset
Hope this is your case
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Thanks rossygnol, I'll check that out. I'd forgotton how much I don't like using TW!
I empathize. You don't even have a Titanium back up or something like that? You could restore system settings from that. Just in case. And high time you start having back ups now .
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Yep, lesson learned. Always backed up my previous devices but got sloppy with the Note. Starting again today. Empathy appreciated.
only ever had that happen on my old hd2 when go launcher crashed
Go Launcher has now been reinstalled, reconfigured and backed up to the sd card. I best get on and do some work now.
anilisanil said:
You sure you dont have a windows Note? Never heard of a safe mode in Linux!
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I'm not talking abt something I read but something I experimented. It also happened to me on my SGS1
I have a problem even with ADW Launcher EX - lags when you have 3 screens of widgets... Go Launcher isn't my favourite launcher, but has less lags than ADW... I dont know, which launcher shall I use...
Today, I tried SPB Shell - very smooth, fast, no lags and nice - but I don't think it is worth it's price
Problem with last update
Since the last update I cannot use Preferences: the screen shows up one second, then back to the home screen.
Also, some widgets settings do not show up, and I cannot add applications to home screens.
why if i use go launcher ex (active), can't find S-Planner widget in the widget list in home screen, does anyone know?
it works well with TW launcher, widget looks like hidden in go launcher
I think S-planner become one most important app here
TurtlePie said:
why if i use go launcher ex (active), can't find S-Planner widget in the widget list in home screen, does anyone know?
it works well with TW launcher, widget looks like hidden in go launcher
I think S-planner become one most important app here
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I think I read somewhere that the S Planner widget shares some components with the TouchWiz launcher; hence it won't work with 3rd party launchers.
Hi all,
I recently got the Kindle Fire version 10.2.3, and installed ADW Launcher for it. This worked fine, but then a few days after installing, one of my widgets stopped displaying. I tried to remove the widget and add it again, but after removing it I couldn't get it back. When I clicked on the "widget" button to add it, nothing happened.
I tried to remedy this by updating to ADW Ex, and everything else worked fine, but again, I cannot add or alter or do anything with widgets.
When I press down on the home screen and the options pop up, all of them work, except for 'widgets'. I can see the icon, but upon pressing it nothing happens.
I have deleted and reinstalled both ADW and ADW Ex several times, and always the same happens. I don't know what to do! It's really annoying because ADW seems to be the only launcher that works with this version of the Fire. But the widgets are a central function of the launcher and I want them to work!
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks in advance!
camels13 said:
Hi all,
I recently got the Kindle Fire version 10.2.3, and installed ADW Launcher for it. This worked fine, but then a few days after installing, one of my widgets stopped displaying. I tried to remove the widget and add it again, but after removing it I couldn't get it back. When I clicked on the "widget" button to add it, nothing happened.
I tried to remedy this by updating to ADW Ex, and everything else worked fine, but again, I cannot add or alter or do anything with widgets.
When I press down on the home screen and the options pop up, all of them work, except for 'widgets'. I can see the icon, but upon pressing it nothing happens.
I have deleted and reinstalled both ADW and ADW Ex several times, and always the same happens. I don't know what to do! It's really annoying because ADW seems to be the only launcher that works with this version of the Fire. But the widgets are a central function of the launcher and I want them to work!
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks in advance!
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I wonder if you installed something that is conflicting since you had it working at first
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guitarman2010 said:
I wonder if you installed something that is conflicting since you had it working at first
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I don't know what it could be though. It doesn't make much sense. Any ideas? Has this been known to happen with specific apps?
Hey guys, this just started happening in the last few days and it's driving me batty...
I have widgets that will randomly disappear... or appear in the wrong place...
For example, sometimes on rebooting, Fancy Widgets will not load... or two will load on top of each other...
For another example, my music player widget (4x2) will appear all scrunched into a 2x1 spot where my bluetooth widget is supposed to be.
Or... no widgets will load at all... and I'll have to re-add them to the desktop.
It's all very strange and annoying.
Anyone have an idea of what's going on here? I didn't even know how to search for this...
I've just had it happen to a few widgets in the last few days on my Nova Launcher on SlimBean v4. After removing the problematic widgets and putting them back, all was well again...
Whenever things get wacky the first thing to do is reboot recovery and fix perms. Then wipe cache/dalvik and reboot. Let the phone sit for a bit to rebuild davlik. Then use your phone.
By any chance are you using link2sd? Or putting the widgets on your sdcard? That causes issues as well
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When I had it happen, it just decided that the Google Music widget was on page 4 instead of page 1, even though it still visually displayed on page 1. I couldn't click on any of the items in the bottom row of page 4... so I long-held on the bottom of page 4, removed the invisible widget, and replaced it on page 1 from where it had disappeared.
I expect that to be a Nova Launcher glitch not a JB or ICS issue though.
hechoen said:
Whenever things get wacky the first thing to do is reboot recovery and fix perms. Then wipe cache/dalvik and reboot. Let the phone sit for a bit to rebuild davlik. Then use your phone.
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Okay, just tried it. Let's see how it goes! Thanks.
Beastmode said:
By any chance are you using link2sd? Or putting the widgets on your sdcard? That causes issues as well
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Don't know what link2sd is. The Widgets are wherever the phone saved them when I DLed them.
JaimeZX said:
Okay, just tried it. Let's see how it goes! Thanks.
Don't know what link2sd is. The Widgets are wherever the phone saved them when I DLed them.
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I've had that happen as well and concluded it is a launcher issue. Happened frequently on Go Launcher. Has not happened at all on Apex.
Interesting. I'm running ADW EX. Been fine for a dang year... just started doing this and I don't think it's updated recently...
Also - no joy on the davlik wipe / fix permissions. I still have a scrunched MIUI music widget where my bluetooth widget should be.