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[Q] App icon problem

I just found this forum and am hoping to find some help. I just switched from an iPhone to the Inspire and so far am loving it except for one small issue. Some of the apps I downloaded will have the icon reset from the one installed to the stock android app icon. This only seems to happen when they are in folders. I can reset them by going into the app menu and dragging the original back into the folder and then deleting the one that was set to stock. It's not a deal breaker problem but it is irritating. I check the forums for a solution and couldn't find one. Anyone have any ideas? Oh, this is on a stock phone, no root or hacks have been tried. Thanks in advance

I had this same problem (icons resetting to stock green and white android icons, but only when they are in folders) after doing a battery pull. And it seems like there has to be a way to restore the "app-specific" icons without having to re-drag them to folders etc. Interested to see if there is a more efficient solution.

Mine seems to do it after I unplug it from being mounted to my comp or sometimes after a reboot. I also hope for a quicker solution.
I have one other thing I think is odd. On all of the pictures I see of other peoples Inspire home screen the App/Phone/Personalize dock is radiused. Mine is very square. Is this normal or is mine just odd?

Nobody else has this problem or any information?

I have had this problem after installing/deleting apps. I just long press the power key and hit restart and that seems to fix it.
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I found that choosing a different skin also brings back the icons. This isn't a serious problem but it is irritating. Anyone know why this happens?

Ive had this happen on my dell when using launcher pro when i had the apps hidden in the app draw. I had to open prefs in launcher pro and restart launcher pro to get them fixed, after every reboot or updated apps it seemed to happen

[Q] SD-Card Apps Bug?

Hi there!
I think I discovered a bug, which as I can see occurs also to other none Sensation phones.
When I put a shortcut on the mainscreen, from an app which I installed on the SD-Card, after a reboot or shutdown the app Logo is replaced by the standard Android Logo and I can't start the app via the shortcut anymore. I have to delete it and then place the app again from the app-drawer on the mainscreen to get it work again.
Does someone else experience the same problem?
Cheers

Yeah that's happened to me too.
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I've experienced the first part where the android icon is displayed until the contents of the SD card are loaded ... it takes a minute and then the normal app icon is loaded
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mkouk said:
I've experienced the first part where the android icon is displayed until the contents of the SD card are loaded ... it takes a minute and then the normal app icon is loaded
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How many minutes does it take exactly? Because I didn't wait longer than maybe 2 or 3 minutes.
I think I'll send an e-mail to HTC to let them know about this problem.
Cheers

NeoDoRant said:
How many minutes does it take exactly? Because I didn't wait longer than maybe 2 or 3 minutes.
I think I'll send an e-mail to HTC to let them know about this problem.
Cheers
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it's a common problem. nothing to worry about.

When android phones first bootup and icon is status bar says sd is preparing, during this time the icon for apps on sd is incorrect, but should be fixed once sd is prepared by OS.

SD card bug
I'm having the same issue, picked up the Sensation yesterday. It doesn't matter how long you wait, the apps never recover. You have to remove the icons from the home screen. Plus apps that use a database stored on the SD will not work continuously, such as Touchdown from Nitrodesk. Other than this highly annoying bug, its a nice phone.

is this a common issue? i know that the OS has to mount the SD card and wait for a bit, but i waited all day and the icons are still screwed up. i had the G2 and had apps on the sd card and they load up fine after a few minutes.
would this be caused by the type/class of sd card? i have a 16gb class 10. the apps load up fine just the icons all look the same

fryrice8850 said:
is this a common issue? i know that the OS has to mount the SD card and wait for a bit, but i waited all day and the icons are still screwed up. i had the G2 and had apps on the sd card and they load up fine after a few minutes.
would this be caused by the type/class of sd card? i have a 16gb class 10. the apps load up fine just the icons all look the same
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Same here. On my wildfire it changes back to normal. But my sensation doesnt change back.

Have you reported this to TMO and HTC? Any response?

Yep, happens all the time. The recent update didn't resolve it.
There's a workaround however - you don't need to re-create the shortcut or anything, just go to Settings->Applications->Manage->All, scroll to HTC Sense (there would be two, we need the first one with a clock as a logo) and force close it. Press Home, HTC Logo appears, bam! Your icons are back. Highly annoying.

NeoDoRant said:
Hi there!
I think I discovered a bug, which as I can see occurs also to other none Sensation phones.
When I put a shortcut on the mainscreen, from an app which I installed on the SD-Card, after a reboot or shutdown the app Logo is replaced by the standard Android Logo and I can't start the app via the shortcut anymore. I have to delete it and then place the app again from the app-drawer on the mainscreen to get it work again.
Does someone else experience the same problem?
Cheers
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well its not the fone issue nor sd card...its app compatibility issue... most apps were designed for froyo...but now running them on 2.3.3 they waork on sd-card as well but their shortcuts do not identify them after restart coz they do not have exact icon update path...its an appp issue ...till its resolved plz keep apps on fone....do not worry u need to work hard to finish 1 gig by apps....and plz dt ever think apps on fone mk it slower...use advance task killer as well....

im just going to put the apps on the phone instead of sd card...until htc does an update, because when i used the gingerbread custom rom on the g2 it had no problem putting apps on sd card.

yeah happens to me too. Just kill sense to force it to reload and that fixes it ... until the the next reboot

[Q] App problem

Hey guys,
Just recenty brought the HTC Sensation and i love it. But i seem to have a problem with the apps.
I have put some game apps on the font screen and all is fine, but as soon as i turn off the phone (power completely down) and turn back on the apps are there but the picture is the default andriod green and white picture.
I delete the shortcut, and re-do the shortcut and picture for the app comes up fine, but as soon as you restart i lose it again?
anyone have any ideas?

this happen to me with one of the angry birds shortcut

Subsx said:
Hey guys,
Just recenty brought the HTC Sensation and i love it. But i seem to have a problem with the apps.
I have put some game apps on the font screen and all is fine, but as soon as i turn off the phone (power completely down) and turn back on the apps are there but the picture is the default andriod green and white picture.
I delete the shortcut, and re-do the shortcut and picture for the app comes up fine, but as soon as you restart i lose it again?
anyone have any ideas?
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Did you move any of the affected apps to the SD card after installation?

dellybelly said:
Did you move any of the affected apps to the SD card after installation?
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Yes i have done

you need to "reload" sense
you can do this easily by changing the skin to any other, then revert to the one you like, and the icons will return to normal
this appears to be a sense 3.0 issue that hopefull is resolved with an update, as it bugs me too

Solidus_n313 said:
you need to "reload" sense
you can do this easily by changing the skin to any other, then revert to the one you like, and the icons will return to normal
this appears to be a sense 3.0 issue that hopefull is resolved with an update, as it bugs me too
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or just change scene than u don't have to set the background again

lol thats the one
goes to show how much i actually care about the icons now

Subsx said:
Hey guys,
Just recenty brought the HTC Sensation and i love it. But i seem to have a problem with the apps.
I have put some game apps on the font screen and all is fine, but as soon as i turn off the phone (power completely down) and turn back on the apps are there but the picture is the default andriod green and white picture.
I delete the shortcut, and re-do the shortcut and picture for the app comes up fine, but as soon as you restart i lose it again?
anyone have any ideas?
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well its not the fone issue nor sd card...its app compatibility issue... most apps were designed for froyo...but now running them on 2.3.3 they waork on sd-card as well but their shortcuts do not identify them after restart coz they do not have exact icon update path...its an appp issue ...till its resolved plz keep apps on fone....do not worry u need to work hard to finish 1 gig by apps....and plz dt ever think apps on fone mk it slower...use advance task killer as well....

Pulse

Hey everyone, I was using the Pulse app and had the widget for a few days. The other day my phone kinda froze and rebooted. When it came back on the widget was no longer there. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, but now there is no widget option... Was this some sort of update and they got rid of the widget for now or is something going wrong here? Happen to anyone else? Thanks!

This happened to me when I did not move the Pulse app from the SD card to the phone. That should be all that you need to do. You may need to now reinstall the app if it can no longer be found on your phone. Make sure to reboot your phone after moving the Pulse app to the phone from the SD card.
(Settings, Applications, Manage applications, On SD card, click the Pulse app, click the Move to phone button, reboot the phone.)

[Q] Apps on SD not showing Icon

Hi everyone,
It seems when I move downloaded apps to my SD card and then restart the phone, their icons show as the default app icon if they are on one of my home panels.
Their icons do show up properly in the app drawer, but thats the only place. Also, this problem only happens after a restart. If i remove them and then put them back on the panels, the icons show up!
Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have a work around?

I have the same issue, I removed the shortcuts and replaced them, but they go back to the generic Android icon after a little while. I have my shortcuts in folders if that makes any difference.

C my post on speed + batt calibration + apps....its explained there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159184
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I am not sure of a permanent fix but if you change the scene (long press on an empty bit of a home screen) choose the scene menu and choose a new scene, Then just go back to your original scene. Quicker than recreating your icons...
-Paul

Are you guys still on GB 2.3.3? I had the same problem before the update to 2.3.4
With 2.3.4, the icons always go back to normal after a few seconds.

Had this strange behaviour too. But after moving the apps to SD you have to remove the icons and put them afterwards back on the home screen. This always worked for me.

brusko1972 said:
Are you guys still on GB 2.3.3? I had the same problem before the update to 2.3.4
With 2.3.4, the icons always go back to normal after a few seconds.
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Running OTA GB 2.3.4. It happen every time I reboot. Normal icons persist on the homescreen but inside any folder the icon lose their mojo. They work perfectly but have the generic icons. I have had this sporadic issue through multiple ROMs including the OTA. That what I like about the "scene" fix. A few click and you are done without recreating the whole folder. (I have a folder full of games for my kids, about 20 items)
I have searched the threads on XDA and found nothing helpful for a permanent fix. (Perhaps my google-fu is weak?) It seems to happen on a lot of HTC devices. I personally have a DINC but I posted here because it was a nice fix that works on all HTC sense ROMs.

Apparently the official answer is to restart sense: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/361453-icon-bug-apps2sd-solution-post-47-here.html#post2907016
I have seen threads where this happens with other Launchers as well.

It's because when the phone reboots it has to wait for the SD card. Why are you moving apps anyway? You using more than 1GB of apps?!?!

EddyOS said:
It's because when the phone reboots it has to wait for the SD card. Why are you moving apps anyway? You using more than 1GB of apps?!?!
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In my case I currently have a DINC, my data/data is considerably smaller and I have not A2SD+ yet. I just found this thread through a search and added a suggestion that worked for me. 1 GB Data partition for phone storage! Man you guys have a nice piece of kit there.