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[Q] The curious case of the missing widgets

Hi,
Pretty much all my custom apps are on the SD via A2SD+ as it comes with the OpenDesire custom ROM. As expected, the system sees them as being in internal phone storage but they only take a tiny fraction of it. They all work fine.
I've tried moving some of them to external storage (so-called Froyo-style A2SD), but what happens is that on the next reboot all widgets from these apps simply disappear. When I try to add them back, they're missing from the "add widget" menu, as well. Rebooting doesn't do anything... Apps themselves work fine though, as I think is expected, they appear later than others after reboot, once the SD card has been "prepared." This isn't the case with A2SD+'d apps.
As far as Froyo A2SD are concerned, I can only have their widgets back by moving them to internal/A2SD+ storage, or reinstall them via the Market--the latter only lasts until reboot?
Can anyone confirm this issue in OpenDesire and/or other ROMs? And most importantly, if this is a known issue, does anyone know a walkaround?
Thanks,
Marco

i've got the same problem too with the missing widget in the "add widget" menu. i don't think it's because of the ROM. it's like you said - because the SD card is being read after the widget menu is being loaded. the only workaround is to install any apps that you wanna use their widgets in the internal storage. and put all the other apps inside the SD card to save some space. not sure bout other solutions though.

[Q] HTC EVO Internal Space Full.

Hi guys I've been messing around with my phone all day. I have been restoring my apps back onto my phone and all that good stuff. I finally fixed my phone and when I was restoring my phone it tells me that my internal space is getting full. How is that possible if I only have 2 apps from the market installed? Any ideas?
thanks!

try clearing cache of your apps. If you have root access, download cachemate and use that. you can also move apps to your SD card to free internal space.
hope this helps
edit: you can also try wiping your phone back to stock if you continue with these issues

Weird I uninstaled Google maps update and and I now have 45MB of internal storage. lol??

Im restoring my apps then going to move them to my SD. Whats a good program to move them?

actually now it's giving me the error again..lol 45mb storage left too. weird

steveojp said:
Im restoring my apps then going to move them to my SD. Whats a good program to move them?
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If you are using a custom ROM and it supports it then apps2sd because you can actually go beyond the 512 MB limit, you can make it as large as your entire SD card if you like... of course it has a trade off: the card must be repartitioned before you can use apps2sd meaning that you need to copy your card over a computer, partition and then copy back your stuff.

I use and would recommend that you use froyo to move apps to SD card. You can also move apps from the SD card back to your internal memory.
You can move most apps to SD Card; but some apps you do not have the option to move to SD card, and must remain on internal phone storage.
Follow these simple steps to move / to know whether the app can be moved or not.
1. Open Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications and tap on the app you want to move.
2. Tap on the box “Move to SD card”.
3. Now tap on “On SD Card” to know whether your app has been moved or not.
You can also move back the app to phone memory by tapping on application and then selecting “Move to Phone” option.

weaselp1 said:
I use and would recommend that you use froyo to move apps to SD card. You can also move apps from the SD card back to your internal memory.
You can move most apps to SD Card; but some apps you do not have the option to move to SD card, and must remain on internal phone storage.
Follow these simple steps to move / to know whether the app can be moved or not.
1. Open Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications and tap on the app you want to move.
2. Tap on the box “Move to SD card”.
3. Now tap on “On SD Card” to know whether your app has been moved or not.
You can also move back the app to phone memory by tapping on application and then selecting “Move to Phone” option.
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The thing is..I only have 2 apps installed from the market and it's saying my internal memory is full. That just doesn't make sense.

Sprints stock ROM will give you a low storage warning when you have less than 45MB free space which I think is a little high. Thank god for apps2sd.

do you use the stock HTC mail app? if you do, try this: when you delete mail in the stock HTC mail app, it doesn't delete it, but just moves it to the 'Trash' folder? I've just cleared 6Mb that accumulated of the last month or so myself...
if all else fails, you might have to factory reset the evo.

thanks for all the help. so i needed up booting in recovery and clearing everything now it went to like 300mb and im restoring my apps. do you think i should put them on my SD card?

I would put what you can on your sd card...you can always move them back to the phone if needed
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curious to know what caused that low memory problem in the first place? that's just weird.

i am not sure what causes the memory leak; but others i know with evos have had the same issue and a factory reset has solved the issue every time. good luck!

[Q] Apps installed but gone from app drawer and cannot be launched.

2.2 Stock Rom, rooted, S-OFF
Apps are visible in the Settings-Applications-Manage Applications-Downloaded section, but there are no icons. Just a grayed out icon with a micro-sd card on it. Showing, what I assume to be, that it is on the SD card, but cannot be launched. The apps are not available via the app drawer.
Ideas?

Help anyone?

Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling them through the Market?

The market won't allow me to install anything. Whether it be a new app or a replacement for these. And starting over is not really a course I am looking to take unless absolutely necessary. Uninstalling and reinstalling 150+ apps does not sound like an entertaining time.
Also if it provides any clue, when in the setting-manage applications area, the sizes of the apps, that usually updates quickly, is forever stuck in the "computing..." phase.

150+ apps? Do you have any storage left? LOL

Sounds like you might have a SD Card problem.
A couple of suggestions -
1. Scan your SD Card (mounted in Windows) for errors. From "My Computer", right-click on the drive and go to Tools. Select the Disk Check.
2. Uninstall the "missing" applications. Go to Settings->SD & Phone Storage and Unmount SD Card. Try to install the applications. If this works, remount the SD Card when you are done. You can use this method to try to install new apps as well.
3. Some people have had luck with deleting the .android_secure folder from the SD Card (this is where Android stores your apps on the SD Card).
If you still can't download any new apps, you might want to go to Settings->Applications->All and clear try to clear the cache (and then the data if needed) and Force Close Market. This may help. If you notice that all of your downloaded apps disappear from the Market, downloading a new app usually fixes that problem for me.
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The market won't allow me to install anything. Whether it be a new app or a replacement for these. And starting over is not really a course I am looking to take unless absolutely necessary. Uninstalling and reinstalling 150+ apps does not sound like an entertaining time.
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subcypher said:
150+ apps? Do you have any storage left? LOL
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185 actually (just did a quick count). And yes, plenty of storage. 32gb (with only 8gb taken up) sd card, and 200mb left on the internal.

nivron said:
Sounds like you might have a SD Card problem.
A couple of suggestions -
1. Scan your SD Card (mounted in Windows) for errors. From "My Computer", right-click on the drive and go to Tools. Select the Disk Check.
2. Uninstall the "missing" applications. Go to Settings->SD & Phone Storage and Unmount SD Card. Try to install the applications. If this works, remount the SD Card when you are done. You can use this method to try to install new apps as well.
3. Some people have had luck with deleting the .android_secure folder from the SD Card (this is where Android stores your apps on the SD Card).
If you still can't download any new apps, you might want to go to Settings->Applications->All and clear try to clear the cache (and then the data if needed) and Force Close Market. This may help. If you notice that all of your downloaded apps disappear from the Market, downloading a new app usually fixes that problem for me.
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1. Done, and done. No errors. I'm used to external and flash media, so this was one of the first things I did.
2. Unmounting the card gets a force close. I select it like normal, but it gives no confirmation, and after a bit gives me the force close message. Going to have to power off and remove the SD card for this option.
3. Noted, will look into that option shortly.
While I can force close and clear data from the market, the clear cache button does nothing. Trying option 2 now.

What ROM are you using? Is it possible that your launcher, widget, or some other system application is on the SD card?
Also, if you clear the Data, it automatically clears the cache, which is why it is grayed out.
If you have a terminal emulator application or access to adb, you can unmount the SD card from a shell and see if that helps.
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1. Done, and done. No errors. I'm used to external and flash media, so this was one of the first things I did.
2. Unmounting the card gets a force close. I select it like normal, but it gives no confirmation, and after a bit gives me the force close message. Going to have to power off and remove the SD card for this option.
3. Noted, will look into that option shortly.
While I can force close and clear data from the market, the clear cache button does nothing. Trying option 2 now.
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FIT-Performance said:
2.2 Stock Rom, rooted, S-OFF
Apps are visible in the Settings-Applications-Manage Applications-Downloaded section, but there are no icons. Just a grayed out icon with a micro-sd card on it. Showing, what I assume to be, that it is on the SD card, but cannot be launched. The apps are not available via the app drawer.
Ideas?
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Use a file manager to look for one of your apps, which I imagine you moved into the apps2sd "folder" on the sdcard. That should tell you the state of the sd card as well. When apps2sd is used it only moves part of the apk to the sdcard, that's why the system still sees the part not on the sdcard.
Get an apk from market ( except you can't ) to fix the symlinks.
If you do a nandroid restore, the issue will still be there cause you did use the ext partition, in apps2sd.
You do get one chance in market to reload all your missing apks, but if you close market it won't remember the missing apks.

nivron said:
What ROM are you using? Is it possible that your launcher, widget, or some other system application is on the SD card?
Also, if you clear the Data, it automatically clears the cache, which is why it is grayed out.
If you have a terminal emulator application or access to adb, you can unmount the SD card from a shell and see if that helps.
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Stock 2.2, rooted, s-off. Using LauncherPro, and no it is not on the SD card. I can navigate it easily and launch any applications from it that are not on the SD card.
Good to know about the data/cache link. Although the cache never acutally gets grayed out. I press the clear data button, confirm the decisions, and it stays in the "recalculating size" (might not be verbatim there) message and never goes away.
Good idea. Although I am going to report that the problem is fixed now, as I took a little more direct route. Steps are below for anyone that has the same problem as I:
Problem: Apps on the SD card are not loading. Visible in the Settings-Manage Applications area, but not unable to actually launch via shortcuts on home screen and do not appear in the app drawer. Unmounting the SD card via the settings gets a force close. Restarts do nothing, clearing the Data/Cache from the market app does nothing. This occurred randomly and has also occurred after apps that were installing/being updated from the market and got stuck in an "install loop", as in they said they were "installing" but never did.
My Solution: Power down, remove SD card, power up, force close market, clear data, power down, install SD card, power up, enjoy.
As stated above unmounting the SD card via terminal or adb might work as well. I cannot confirm as I went the more "direct" route. I thank everyone for their help. This community, quite simple, rules.

[Q] InsertCoin rom - problems with displaying icons

Hi all,
Got a HTC Desire running InsertCoin 1.1.1 (CM7 boot) and everything seems to be running smoothly (been on it for ~1wk, upgraded from IC 1.0.8)
To save space on the phone's internal memory, I've moved several apps to SD Card (only the ones that let you move). However I found two problems each time I reboot the phone:
Apps on SD card, lose their icons and no longer appear in the lockscreen
Apps on SD card, which are put into folders lose their icons
To fix #1 I had to re-configure the lockscreen
To fix #2 I had to re-create the folder
Note:
All apps work as normal
Only apps on SD card are affected.
Apps on SD card which are placed directly on screens don't lose their icons
Was wondering if anyone else is having a similar problem, and/or know how to fix this problem.
Thanks!
pyko
ps. also had this same problem with v1.0.8

The apps you install are basically moved to the EXT part of your SD card already as it implements A2SD+ from the start. Moving apps to the SD (the only ones that let you to) simply transfers it to the fat32 of your SD card and defeats the reason for having 1GB EXT partition requirement for Insercoin ROM. Also, it may be the reason for with your icons and lockscreen breaking.
If you concerned about memory issues, it is because Dalvik cache is still saved on the internal and that is the one eating up your memory. You can either move the entire dalvik cache to EXT or selectively choosing which app's dalvik cache goes to the EXT.
Check this link as this was the script made based on Insercoin's selective data to ext transfer. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072895
Original tip here: http://docs.insertcoin-roms.org/master/en-US/misc/free-space-without-data2ext.html

Thanks for the reply!
Just to clarify, to make sure I am understanding correctly... since there is A2SD+ with my CM7 InsertCoin Rom it is actually not a good idea to move apps to SD Card? ie. I should leave them "on phone" (since it is actually on the EXT?)

Yeah leave it on the phone since it will go to the the ext part of the sd anyway. Moving it to SD the normal Android way would just move it to the fat32 side which would be redundant don't you think.
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[Q] "Move to SD Card" Function missing~!

Hi,
I just bought a HTC wildfire and install severals apps.
After getting warning internal memory are low, I tried to move some (downloaded)apps to my SD card.
But sadly when I select the apps, "move to sd card"(or "move to phone memory") button are not there??? How come?
I tried installed Android Assistance, none of the apps under Moveable tabs have that function?
help please~!

starstone2 said:
Hi,
I just bought a HTC wildfire and install severals apps.
After getting warning internal memory are low, I tried to move some (downloaded)apps to my SD card.
But sadly when I select the apps, "move to sd card"(or "move to phone memory") button are not there??? How come?
I tried installed Android Assistance, none of the apps under Moveable tabs have that function?
help please~!
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1) your phone in non rooted.
Some apps like Facebook etc dont move to Sdcard. For that you have to increase internal memory by using ext 3 partition of your sdcard.
Put simply, you will need to Root your phone. But before that, do some research if u really want to do it.
Best of luck
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