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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.
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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.
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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.
Hello all,
I'm having some issue with the Google Play Music app force-closing. Every time I start it, it FCs within 5 seconds and I can't do anything with it. I was originally on the vanilla version of it, but over the weekend I switched to the inverted color scheme version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231787
In hopes that it might fix the problem. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
I've tried uninstalling and rebooting the vanilla version and the inverted one, I've tried wiping the cache and Dalvik, all to no avail. And I can't find any threads on the issue for the recent version of the app. Can anybody help?
Devilfisher said:
Hello all,
I'm having some issue with the Google Play Music app force-closing. Every time I start it, it FCs within 5 seconds and I can't do anything with it. I was originally on the vanilla version of it, but over the weekend I switched to the inverted color scheme version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231787
In hopes that it might fix the problem. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
I've tried uninstalling and rebooting the vanilla version and the inverted one, I've tried wiping the cache and Dalvik, all to no avail. And I can't find any threads on the issue for the recent version of the app. Can anybody help?
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Need more info like rom. I haven't had this problem at all because I don't play music on my phone, but my bf did. I put slim on his phone and play music did this very thing. He was fed up so told me to put it back to stock and no issues anymore. don't know what the problem was.
Definitely need some more info on what ROM you're using. Downloaded the app from the playstore and it's working fine on slimbean. Have you changed DPI on your phone, that is s common factor with apps fc'ring.
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I knew I forgot something in the OP. I'm on the 4.2.2 version of PAC-man. If I recall correctly mine is the 22.1.0 version, flashed it two weeks ago.
I didn't think about the DPI, I'll give it a go.
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I tried playing with the DPI in the PA settings, and sure enough it closed if I changed it from default. But, it only FCs in portrait orientation. If I use the application in landscape, it works fine. In addition, it only FCs at the all music menu when in portrait mode. And the music is still playing even after the FC... I'm quite thoroughly confused as to what could be the issue. Also I have reset to default DPI and it's still behaving this way.
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Hi all,
I have had my Nexus 5 phone for a few weeks now and I love it.
Before that I owned a Galaxy S2, running on CM10.2 with Dorimanx Kernel with Nova Launcher.
I really love the N5, it really is a beast and answers most of my expectations.
However, I have recently been confronted to a problem : my homescreen widgets are not syncing/updating anymore...
Not much of them though :
- Beautiful Weather 4 x 2
- Stock Agenda 2 x 3 redimensioned at 4 x 3
- Today 4 x 2 redimensioned at 4 x 3
Before that I also tried on my N5 : Dashclock + Widget Locker and some extensions for Whatsapp, Google Music, Hangouts, Gmail, etc...
Lockscreen widgets worked fine and were correctly synced and updated.
I have noticed that my homescreen widgets are only updated once : when I set them up or when I turn on my device. After a few seconds they stop updating. Even the update button in some widgets does not work.
This is really annoying as I really like my N5 and this is really bothering me.
I have searched through all the web and through the forum and I have not found anything useful. I have tried uninstalling all these apps and reinstall them. I have tried installing them one at a time and it does not work.
I have seen your N5 homescreens in the forum and it makes me jealous as they are really looking good and rely on synced widgets.
Has anyone got a clue ?
Thank you all very much.
Marc
Hi all,
Just a quick update : I have installed Nova Launcher 2.3 Beta and all my widgets seem to be working fine in Nova Environment. Well synced and updated.
Has anyone kept the default Nexus 5 launcher (Google Experience) and observed the widgets are not syncing ?
I have tried to reset the Launcher by going into the app details and stopping the app and resetting the cache and data. It still does not work.
The weird thing is that I seem to be the only one experiencing this issue as I really have not found the problem stated elsewhere. Or maybe for other devices and particular widgets but I have tried all the solutions and none worked.
Are you running Google Experience on your N5 and are you having these issues ?
I do like Google Experience feel and is there another way to reset it ?
Do you have any clues on how to debug this ?
Otherwise, do you know where I can post this problem and find help ? Is there any Google support for this Launcher ?
Thank you all so much for your help !!
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Hi all,
Just a quick update : I have installed Nova Launcher 2.3 Beta and all my widgets seem to be working fine in Nova Environment. Well synced and updated.
Has anyone kept the default Nexus 5 launcher (Google Experience) and observed the widgets are not syncing ?
I have tried to reset the Launcher by going into the app details and stopping the app and resetting the cache and data. It still does not work.
The weird thing is that I seem to be the only one experiencing this issue as I really have not found the problem stated elsewhere. Or maybe for other devices and particular widgets but I have tried all the solutions and none worked.
Are you running Google Experience on your N5 and are you having these issues ?
I do like Google Experience feel and is there another way to reset it ?
Do you have any clues on how to debug this ?
Otherwise, do you know where I can post this problem and find help ? Is there any Google support for this Launcher ?
Thank you all so much for your help !!
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Same issue here...
EDIT
After fighting that problem for 2 days without any luck (tried restarts, reinstalled beautiful widgts, widgetoid etc.) the problem is gone now after posting yesterday into this thread.
Nice.
The only thing that changed since then is that i deinstalled tapatalk - but I can hardly reproduce the problem or solution...
Really a small chance but maybe the OP has tapatalk installed too?
Hi licht,
Thanks for your feedback though you are right, I don't know how I can reproduce your solution.
And by the way, after a successful day on Nova the problem has appeared on Nova now !!
So I guess this isn't launcher related...
There is a pb with Kit Kat somewhere...
How could I debug this ? What is the process responsible for updating home screen widgets ?
Thanks to the community !
OK I've had this problem too.. Very occasionally.. But it's happened in holo launcher..
A restart fixes it..
And I do have tapatalk installed too though am not sure it's related
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Hi letmedanz,
Thanks for sharing.
I have done the restart, of the widgets, of the launcher and of the phone...
I just don't get why it works and then just stops working...
I wish I could find the process responsible for the update and my monitor it.
Thanks anyway.
Having the same issue, i guess it's only a few of us. Have you tried reflashing stock img? i might give that a go.
Actually, on Nova it runs just fine. I think I'll just keep Nova. I'm too lazy to reflash...
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Actually, on Nova it runs just fine. I think I'll just keep Nova. I'm too lazy to reflash...
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Hmmmm don't care for nova, unnecessary memory usage. I thought you said earlier it wasn't a launcher issue?
Will try to solve it tomorrow, perhaps it is as simple as wiping cache? Will keep you guys' updated.
You are right to point that out because I thought it was also not t refreshing on Nova. But it actually did, and for some time now it runs fine.
Thanks for trying it. I'll be checking your results in here.
The only modification i have done is installed AdAway other than that i am stock. Oh i also have gravity screen off installed.
I found out I had this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=spinninghead.talkingstopwatchlite running in the background still doing a timer, so many hours! =]
Exited it and now my widgets refresh. Can anyone explain how this app would get in the way of the widgets updating?? =\
problem solved
My nexus 5 block sync all widgets:
The solution is, deinstall phone weaver!
Sören
What is Phone Weaver ? Is it a specific program ? Because I don't have it.
I thought it was the stopwatch app i had running causing widget freezes, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Widgets are still refusing to refresh. Will flash 4.4.2 (clean install) hopefully that helps.
Issue is well documented here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=28216
See if this works for you guys https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/uu27aDrcwFs/9L9JRo6kXqkJ
Vladimir Vakhromeev
I've found solution which works for me. I hope it could help others as well.
all that I did is ran in CMD:
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity
after this nexus asked for locale and name again. Then I've put back my widgets.
I had no problems about a week.
Please, notice that it could be done at your own risk!
I tried the above and it seems to be working so far. Post your results =]
So i have found a temporary fix without needing to reboot.
I used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel.r1 to kill all processes and tasks, the widgets start to work! The bug will occur again most likely.
Now when the bug does occur again i just have to go kill the process/task 1 by 1 to figure out which one resets the widgets, probably google search (launcher)
This must confirm there is conflict with ram! any insight?!
Anyone figured out a solution that does not involve booting, restarting the phone or manually running an app? that is no permanent fix. and this is extremely disappointing.
as the title says gallery won't show all wallpapers on the device, it is supposed to show all folders that contain wallpapers , photos, and videos but the gallery doesnt show all wallpapers except the DCIM folder
i tried to download other gallery apps like QuickPic and worked fine with me and showed all wallpapers on the device then i went to the main gallery it started to show some folders that weren't been showed before but not all the folder also not all the wallpapers inside them i tried to download another gallery apps like Customizable gallery 3D it showed only the folders and wallpapers that the main gallery shows them
so any solution for this problem?
50 views and no reply?
can some1 help me plz find out this problem?
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50 views and no reply?
can some1 help me plz find out this problem?
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Try clearing data for the Gallery app or reflashing your rom. I prefer using QuickPic and haven't used stock gallery apps since I preordered this phone. QuickPic allows you to set multiple different file paths to include so it picks up just those pics/vids in those directories.
I have cleared the cache and data but still not showing all wallpapers i got, but i noticed that some folders have begun to be showed also not all folders/wallpapers on the phone
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I have cleared the cache and data but still not showing all wallpapers i got, but i noticed that some folders have begun to be showed also not all folders/wallpapers on the phone
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You might want to try reflashing your rom then. As I said, I'm rather inexperienced with the stock Gallery app cuz I prefer third party. I never liked the UI of stock gallery apps.
I had trouble too with the stock gallery. I ditched it for Quickpic a long time ago.
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Hi, since yesterday I've been starting to have this issue. The pictures in official Samsung Gallery app do not rotate. In the rest of official apps the rotation works and also in other gallery apps. I have unlocked SM-G920I phone. Anyone else with same problem. I guess it has to be some software issue
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Hi, since yesterday I've been starting to have this issue. The pictures in official Samsung Gallery app do not rotate. In the rest of official apps the rotation works and also in other gallery apps. I have unlocked SM-G920I phone. Anyone else with same problem. I guess it has to be some software issue
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I've only seen that if you quick launch into the camera from a locked phone. If you unlock your phone 1st, then go into the gallery, it does not display that behavior (if I remember correctly)
I read somehing similar on a Spanish forum and it was Nova Launcher Beta's fault...
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I read somehing similar on a Spanish forum and it was Nova Launcher Beta's fault...
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Thanks! I will check that. I'm currently using it
I got that today but no nova launcher
Don't know where you guys are from but I've been hacking around Samsung devices since the Galaxy Note came out. My discovery and conclusion was that here Australian Samsung firmware has the stupid gallery app NOT Auto rotate. I've installed non Australian firmware on Note, S3 S4 etc and they all auto rotated ok. Nothing to do with Nova Launcher.
Gallery rotation fix
Ok guys I have found a workaround that led to a fix.
I had the same problem this morning sudden loss of rotation in just the Gallery app.
It is definitely a software conflict of some type and can be fixed by doing the following.
First download Adaptive Rotation lock, I got the paid version, but the free works ok.
Install on phone and set rotation in the app to force auto it's is the only one that works initially. Go to the gallery and rotation works. I was going to leave it at that until Samsung issued a gallery update or I swapped the APK.
I played around with the gallery and camera app for a while, cleared back grounding apps and used smart manager to clean up. I went back into the adaptive Rotation lock app hit disable at the bottom, and now the gallery app is back to normal without the app running.
Hope it has the same effect for you guys if not use the rotation app until a software patch is issued.
I have the same problem on my s6.
I am rooted and using nova beta.
The adaptive rotate app works but I don't want to have it running all the time... I hope a fix comes out eventually
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same problem here.
no root.
no nova launcher.
when I access the gallery app directly, photos won't rotate.
but - when I access the gallery app through the camera app - auto rotation works.
weird, isn't it?
The fix I applied was super simple.
Previously, gallery did not rotate when launched from a folder on the nova home screen.
When I moved the shortcut out of a folder, to occupy just one spot on my home screen, it started to rotate.
Also, launching gallery from the app drawer always was able to rotate as well
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The fix I applied was super simple.
Previously, gallery did not rotate when launched from a folder on the nova home screen.
When I moved the shortcut out of a folder, to occupy just one spot on my home screen, it started to rotate.
Also, launching gallery from the app drawer always was able to rotate as well
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man, I owe you a beer!
launched the gallery app from the app tray - worked!
scrapped the homescreen shortcut, made a new one - works just fine
For Nova launcher: go to nova launcher menu > look and feel > screen rotation and select auto rotate.
Gallery app now rotate correctly from folder.
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The fix I applied was super simple.
Previously, gallery did not rotate when launched from a folder on the nova home screen.
When I moved the shortcut out of a folder, to occupy just one spot on my home screen, it started to rotate.
Also, launching gallery from the app drawer always was able to rotate as well
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OMG! I'm OCD with stuff like this and have been scouring the web for help as it just didn't make any sense. Thanks so much for finding this out. As soon as I removed my shortcut and re added it, it worked. I also quick tested and seen that it worked in app drawer. Did you submit this issue to Nova Launcher dev?
EDIT: I just quoted your fix and this issue on Nova's beta Google+ page. Thanks again!
Chris
I tried this before reading your reply and got the pix in gallery to rotate as well. Thanks for your comment though.
1ns4nity said:
The fix I applied was super simple.
Previously, gallery did not rotate when launched from a folder on the nova home screen.
When I moved the shortcut out of a folder, to occupy just one spot on my home screen, it started to rotate.
Also, launching gallery from the app drawer always was able to rotate as well
Sent from my SM-G920I using XDA Free mobile app
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Don't know where you guys are from but I've been hacking around Samsung devices since the Galaxy Note came out. My discovery and conclusion was that here Australian Samsung firmware has the stupid gallery app NOT Auto rotate. I've installed non Australian firmware on Note, S3 S4 etc and they all auto rotated ok. Nothing to do with Nova Launcher.
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mmmmm... same issue with last Kenia (AFR) firmware...
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mtatjewski said:
man, I owe you a beer!
launched the gallery app from the app tray - worked!
scrapped the homescreen shortcut, made a new one - works just fine
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Ok, not nova launcher but Apex Launcher with auto rotation off (inside apex launcher settigs), same issue. If apex launcher auto rotation on, then it works, but you can still set launcher auto rotation just changing the shortcut for a new one.
So, just deletting gallery shortcut from homescreen and creating a new one will work auto rotate on gallery again.
Thanks all!
I'm having this same issue on my galaxy s7 edge.
My phone is not rooted
I do run nova launcher.
I noticed the issue happened after I downloaded package disabler. After I disabled a bunch of apps only gallery would not rotate.
I did an batch re-enable and gallery rotated again. At this point I went through disabling each application individually, testing gallery after each application until I got to s-voice.
When I disabled s-voice GALLERY WOULD NOT ROTATE. Just to be sure I disabled/re-enabled gallery 3 times and tested it each time with s voice disabled gallery would not rotate, with s voice enabled gallery WOULD rotate.
No idea how or why s voice would effect gallery but it does, at least in my setup. Anyways I hope this helps someone ��
easy solution
you just need to delete the Gallery's (system app data) in the SETTINGS/installed app manager
I can confirm that deleting the Gallery app shortcut and replacing it works. I also have Nova Launcher installed.
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I realized I was using a nova launcher imported icon for my gallery from my note 2 (have note 5 now). I deleted it and used the updated gallery icon from the app drawer and it solved the auto rotate issue with the gallery. EASY.
1ns4nity said:
The fix I applied was super simple.
Previously, gallery did not rotate when launched from a folder on the nova home screen.
When I moved the shortcut out of a folder, to occupy just one spot on my home screen, it started to rotate.
Also, launching gallery from the app drawer always was able to rotate as well
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Just wanted to say your solution worked for me in 2023 on a Samsung S20 Ultra. Was ready to throw the phone at a brick wall. Owe you a beer mate haha