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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
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
oddgit said:
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
xamadeix said:
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....
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"
I tried searching the forums and found nothing...
Like a lot of others, i dont like most of the applications that come bundled on my phone and like to get rid of most of them. I cant seem to figure out what .apk file to remove to get rid of the "Kidzone" application. Any ideas?
If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.
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If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.
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Not in this case. We do not have S-OFF.
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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Download Absolute System from the Market.
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vimk said:
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)
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I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)
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also tried removing the app pack, and it does not remove "kidzone"
Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.
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Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.
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Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?
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Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?
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I second that request!
I made a thread in "themes and apps" about cleaning up bloat - still no luck on kidzone though.
I am fiddling around with dumping sense now, that will probably do it. I'll post back here if I can figure out how to make kidzone go away.
Meantime - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16739548#post16739548
okay - sorry to post after myself but I got rid of kidzone.
First, I restored a CWM backup I made right after root/busybox installation.
So, my phone state is fresh S-OFF/Root with SU & busybox installed.
It may be important to note that I did a factory reset to my phone just before S-OFF/Root & had a freshly formatted MicroSD card.
I then installed ADW Launcher from the Market, and hit my "home" key. Selected "Use Default" and chose ADW Launcher.
Now my phone defaults to ADW as it's launcher.
I then installed "Absolute System" from the Market, and used it to remove "HTC Sense"
Closed out Absolute System, then scrolled between all 5 ADW desktop screens, powered down the phone, then powered up again. (*NOTE fastboot = off)
Booted fine, was able to ditch sense without issue, and KIDZONE IS GONE!
As always, make sure to do a fresh system backup before messing with anything like this, but Kidzone is linked to sense, and replacing sense with another launcher will remove it.
HTC Sense was the only app removed from the phone, and I haven't checked everything to make sure it works yet, but no HTC crash report to send, and no force close issues. (yet - to be determined)
I've been itching to ditch sense since I got the phone, and this was my first quick test at it. Works good so far.
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Checked the "personalize" option at the top of the "settings" list. This just brings you back to the main desktop, doesn't throw an error.
I knew this one thing would be messed up somehow after ditching sense, but the fact that it doesn't make a problem and just closes the menu is fine by me.
I'll spend the rest of the day testing out my phone without sense to see how it runs. I'll post back how it went tomorrow.
Edit - 11/01/2011:
When I said "without sense" I meant without the sense launcher. I expanded on and clarified that in another thread (that app thread) but never cleared it up here.
To fully remove sense is one heck of a project, and will take much more then just switching your launcher.
This is great info - but with this last method - can you still use the stock/factory camera app? Is the camera fully functional, it might not be a big deal to some but would be cool to retain full factory camera functionality.
Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk
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Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk
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Exactly.. + 1 for blue.
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Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?
Nope... Not got any other launchers installed have you?
I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.
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I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.
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strange, my device always has 150+mb free when idle, and 200mb+ when i clean my prog-list,
do you actualy close any programs, or only just use the home-icon.
only a different launcher would not change much, sense will still be present.
No, it's the sense launcher itself that causes the issues, and it's that which keeps restarting, hence seeing the HTC screen while it starts up again. Using a different launcher bypasses the issue entirely, though you do lose the ability to use sense widgets. You still use the sense keyboard and can use HTC's apps though.
I never use the home icon as I don't like leaving apps running, I always quit out of them properly if I can help it. Sense takes up too much of the phone's memory, so when you try to change or exit tasks it runs out of memory and can't do it, hence sense stops and restarts from scratch. Seems to happen more the more apps you have on the phone.
Are you rooted?
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I am now, but it was doing it beforehand too. Hence why I use a different launcher.
I have noticed that on my Sensation the Sense interface restarts every time I close the market using the "Back" key after installing or upgrading one or more apps.
It does not happen if I go back home using the "Home" button...Can anyone else confirm this trend?
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Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?
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Do you have spareparts installed and if you do is app management set to aggressive?
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I used to have the same problem on stock ROM not-rooted so I rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM. This solved my problem and i have no more random reboots.
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I had this same issue and just removed spare parts and bingo it's not crashing any more. Spare parts was kinda pointless on gingerbread as the battery history was the main thing I used it for but that doesn't work on gb.
Thanks d3vilskid
Edit: spoke too soon.... Stopped happening with browser and home key. But still happening with market place and back button.
If u have root u can try the market app ram manager it balances ram for everyday. Use and the paid version can free ram for multitasking And gaming
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Tdj's Demonspeed v10 Kernel
ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0
You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.
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You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.
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True! Just did it yesterday and problem solved! Not a single reload since. And I had a LOT of them. Unfortunately you have to be rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151771&page=2
search for rorycs post, he explained it .