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I know I've read somewhere that homescreen icons disappearing after reboot is inherent to Froyo and TW. However, this only happened to me after installing Bonsai 3.0.1 using the twcrushd launcher. I've been using Bonsai since 1.1.4. The TW launcher in Bonsai 3.0 did not have this behavior.
I didn't hear anyone else talk about this, so I assumed it was just me. I even Odin'd back to stock EB13, re-rooted, and installed Bonsai 3.0.1. Still no change. Other launchers do not seem to have this issue.
So I guess my question is, is this normal behavior using twcrushdlauncher?
Just to make it clear, it's not that I get the default icon placeholders waiting for the SD card. The icons are completely gone.
Same exact thing for me. Moving back to phone works to get them back but then tried to get them to stay after moving back to sd, no luck. I'm guessing the card may need to be reformatted. I hope I'm wrong.
holes45 said:
Same exact thing for me. Moving back to phone works to get them back but then tried to get them to stay after moving back to sd, no luck. I'm guessing the card may need to be reformatted. I hope I'm wrong.
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Save yourself the time. Already tried it. Backed up the SD card, formatted on computer, formatted again in phone. No change. LOL!
Thanks for the heads up. I just changed all my apps back to phone memory. Guess till we figure it out, just need to deal with the memory hit.
Grr... I won't be able to fit all my apps on the phone memory. Does Darktremor's Apps2SD work on our phones? Wonder if that would fix anything...
I had apps in phone memory disappearing, so just went back to TW3.
00dwan said:
I know I've read somewhere that homescreen icons disappearing after reboot is inherent to Froyo and TW. However, this only happened to me after installing Bonsai 3.0.1 using the twcrushd launcher. I've been using Bonsai since 1.1.4. The TW launcher in Bonsai 3.0 did not have this behavior.
I didn't hear anyone else talk about this, so I assumed it was just me. I even Odin'd back to stock EB13, re-rooted, and installed Bonsai 3.0.1. Still no change. Other launchers do not seem to have this issue.
So I guess my question is, is this normal behavior using twcrushdlauncher?
Just to make it clear, it's not that I get the default icon placeholders waiting for the SD card. The icons are completely gone.
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Have you tried another launcher? does this kind of behavior happen in any other app?
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Have you tried another launcher? does this kind of behavior happen in any other app?
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No other launchers don't have this issue. I've had serious fc and apps getting screwed up w/ launcherpro in the past. I really liked the twcrushd, but I just tried go launcher ex and I think I've found my new launcher. After 2 days it seems fast, stable, and I like it's features and style.
hmm
I have noticed this for a while with any froyo rom. The icons do show a generic image on the launcher after boot....but, they do eventually display the proper image and work correctly. Sometimes I have to restart my launcher, but within 2 minutes they fix themselves. It seems to me thats the last task thats completed after booting up. I have never had them disappear for longer than 2 minutes
Launcher pro fixed it for me. Actually, regular twlauncher worked too. Guess it was just twcrushdlauncher. Thanks for the help!
Sean Hicks said:
I have noticed this for a while with any froyo rom. The icons do show a generic image on the launcher after boot....but, they do eventually display the proper image and work correctly. Sometimes I have to restart my launcher, but within 2 minutes they fix themselves. It seems to me thats the last task thats completed after booting up. I have never had them disappear for longer than 2 minutes
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holes45 said:
Launcher pro fixed it for me. Actually, regular twlauncher worked too. Guess it was just twcrushdlauncher. Thanks for the help!
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Yeah that was usually the case for me too, but I left it on for hours before realizing they weren't there. Also, when they appeared late, there would usually be a generic android logo placeholder. This was not the case here. I really tried everything as described in the OP.
holes45 --> All the other launchers worked fine for me too. I'm glad you found a replacement you like!
Yup, me too. Put TW3 back on and restored data from Titanium and all my homescreens were back to before upgrade.
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Took a wrong turn at Albuquerque!?
I don't know when or how, but I deleted TWLauncher from my apps, and like you all my apps keep disappearing and it is ridiculously frustrating! I hate LauncherPro and was wonder if their were any alternatives or a way to d/l TWLauncher from somewhere?
I'm using Go Launcher EX and loving it. Unfortunately I don't have twlauncher anymore either (except in a nandroid backup somewhere) but I'm sure you can find it. You can even take the apk from an older version of bonsai (inside the zip file in system/app).
r0nin ar1es said:
I don't know when or how, but I deleted TWLauncher from my apps, and like you all my apps keep disappearing and it is ridiculously frustrating! I hate LauncherPro and was wonder if their were any alternatives or a way to d/l TWLauncher from somewhere?
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Here you go:
Thank to the both of you, helped me out in two different ways and I appreciate both, never thought about looking in the actual zip file and its nice to just know what Im looking for, again THANKS.
Running an R800x and DoomLord Kernel, but no matter what ROM I flash except for FrAsErTaG, I get no launcher. I get a screen with the time/battery, but none of the hardware buttons work. I cleared the /cache /data and /dalik-cache to no avail. I would stay on FrAsErTaG, but for some reason, the camera freezes when I try to take a picture. Has ANYONE else have had this problem?
Sounds like the Rom removed se home. Not sure why the other replacement launcher isn't working. Is this happening in my Rom, zerorom, as well?
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Yes, it is. It's annoying as heck as well.
Are you able to connect your phone to your google account during set up? Because you could log on to the market on your pc, and download a home launcher. I thought it was a neat feature of the market. You could try it
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You could push a launcher to your phone with adb!
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RadicalR said:
Yes, it is. It's annoying as heck as well.
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See, that doesn't make any sense to me. I've had this problem a few times while working on the ROM, but found that Launcher Pro fixed it up for me just fine, so it is a part of the ROM. Not sure why it wouldn't be triggered for you... very odd.
Nope, I can't sign into the market. And I haven't tried pushing a .apk of a launcher yet.
As for it not triggering, anything I could do to help debug this?
It shouldn't not be triggering. Is your home button working?
Basically, it should bring up a list of anything that will respond to the home intent.
Like I said, none of the buttons responds. This includes the "home" button.
Wiping /system, reflash stock and then install a ROM and see what happens.
Like this guy did: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17483008&postcount=50
Several times I have edited my app drawer order, grouping apps by type on each page (a page for games, a page for internet stuff, a page for utilities, etc.), creating folders, etc. Then I hit Menu > Save, and everything is fine, until I reboot my phone. Then it loses the app order, and a few apps get seemingly randomly moved to their own pages, so the total number of pages grows from about 5 to upwards of 8 or 9. It seems like the most recently added apps get moved, but not always. I move them all back how they should be, but they only stay until a reboot.
Anyone else have this happen? Or better, found out why? Or even better, how to make them stay?
Really? Does nobody sort their apps? Or nobody has had this problem?
xak944 said:
Really? Does nobody sort their apps? Or nobody has had this problem?
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Are you on stock or a custom ROM?
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JohnCorleone said:
Are you on stock or a custom ROM?
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Stock+root.
xak944 said:
Really? Does nobody sort their apps? Or nobody has had this problem?
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I don't sort them in the App Drawer. I leave them arranged alphabetically grid or list. I do arrange the ones I most often use somewhere on the 7 Home Screens though.
They will not stay. It is an annoying problem. I use folders now to group my apps. And I have my apps sorted to stop the spacing issue.
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I will try to replicate it. I am using ADW EX so I will switch it up and see what happens
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Still happening on Starburst ROM 1.5, so the problem it's with TouchWiz and is not ROM-specific.
I made a backup of TWLauncher with Titanium, so when my drawer gets really messed up I restore data from the backup (killing the running process) and it does restore my app layout as it was when I made the backup. Not a solution, but a lot quicker than re-sorting 50 apps. If only I could figure out how to trigger a save of the layout...it seems to just do it occasionally and I can't figure out what triggers it (certainly not when the Save button gets pressed...as if that makes sense).
Had anyone replicated this issue on TouchWiz 3.5? (or is it 4.0... whatever the flashable one is that's newer than what ships with the device).
I know what u mean but for me its all good after i fix it a second time untill i change then itll revert to just before i changed
It only happened to me on 4.5 thiugh
Good thing actual tw4 launcher doesnt have that problem
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Still happening on Starburst ROM 1.5, so the problem it's with TouchWiz and is not ROM-specific.
I made a backup of TWLauncher with Titanium, so when my drawer gets really messed up I restore data from the backup (killing the running process) and it does restore my app layout as it was when I made the backup. Not a solution, but a lot quicker than re-sorting 50 apps. If only I could figure out how to trigger a save of the layout...it seems to just do it occasionally and I can't figure out what triggers it (certainly not when the Save button gets pressed...as if that makes sense).
Had anyone replicated this issue on TouchWiz 3.5? (or is it 4.0... whatever the flashable one is that's newer than what ships with the device).
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Yes, it's a problem with TouchWiz - I can replicate this behaviour on my S2, factory 2.3.5 ROM without root
Mesquire said:
Yes, it's a problem with TouchWiz - I can replicate this behaviour on my S2, factory 2.3.5 ROM without root
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Bummer. Guess we have to wait for an official update to get an updated launcher.
are you saving the changes ?
You have to make your changes then hit menu again and save changes.
otherwise they don't stick.
after clicking save don't press anything for 30 secs or so
that seems to do it for me
if i save and immediatly go back it doesn't save
xak944 said:
... Then I hit Menu > Save, and everything is fine, until I reboot my phone.
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mjcollum said:
are you saving the changes ?
You have to make your changes then hit menu again and save changes.
otherwise they don't stick.
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Says so right there in the OP.
mjcollum said:
after clicking save don't press anything for 30 secs or so
that seems to do it for me
if i save and immediatly go back it doesn't save
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Okay, I'll do some organizing and give that a try.
hi all,
after updating my galaxy s2 from 2.3.3 to 2.3.5 with kies, i had the same problem about sorting applications page.
i didnt reset my phone before or after updating with kies. first i tought that i might be about this. i was looking for a solution and i read these posts. without resetting my phone i just tried to delete files of TW Launcher.
Settings>Applications>Manage applications>All(tab)
find and tap "TW Launcer"
tap "Clear data" button.
after that my home screen and applications screen look default.
applications screen sorted alphabetical.
i customized my home and app screen again and till now didnt change anyting, i mean didnt forget the layout of apps.
i wanted to share this little unprofessional solution with you =)
if there is a better way i want to learn.
finally i have a question, after updating to 2.3.5, when i tap contacts, it opens slowly, after 1 or 1.5 seconds lag(black screen) it opens. but not always. it happens just sometimes.
do you have the same behaviour?
sory for my english. looking forward to see your answers or comments.
i tried and there is no problem anymore
tuncaycoskun said:
i tried and there is no problem anymore
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How about you share what you did?
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How about you share what you did?
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14th post,
see my firs post
I'm really surprised I haven't seen more people complaining about it but I guess most are not running TouchWiz.
To re-explain the problem I'm having..
You arrange all the applications in different panels the way you want (after you hit "applications" not the home screen panels)
After turning the phone off and on again Or plugging it in to the computer via USB and removing it, all the applications are a mess again. Not the way you arranged them and there doesn't seem to be any logic behind it.
It's not just the way they were the last time you turned the phone off or the last time you plugged in the USB cable.
I also thought having folders in an earlier panel may be causing later panels apps to get bumped around but I've tried it with the folders in the last panel and I get the same randomness.
Similar threads Without a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324365
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296060
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358464
I'm rooted and stock (official jellybean). Whenever I delete a home screen that I don't want, Touchwiz crashes. I've wiped and it doesn't help.
What's the issue with that?
I just checked and mine does the same thing. I don't feel like resetting my home screens, but you can try going to settings->manage applications, scroll over to all, find touchwiz home and clear cache and force stop, then try. I doubt it will work, but worth a try if it's bugging you.
If you can't fix it then worse comes to worst...or rather better in my experience...download and install Go Launcher EX. Way cooler than the TW launcher and you can still use TW features but not the TW widgets (calendar, accuweather, etc but plenty of great alternatives). If you have Titanium Backup I've even found that freezing (disabling) TW hasn't caused any issues if you're using a different launcher.
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epic4GEE said:
I just checked and mine does the same thing. I don't feel like resetting my home screens, but you can try going to settings->manage applications, scroll over to all, find touchwiz home and clear cache and force stop, then try. I doubt it will work, but worth a try if it's bugging you.
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Doesn't work. I tried it last night I was just so tired I forgot to add it to the OP.
aquariex24 said:
If you can't fix it then worse comes to worst...or rather better in my experience...download and install Go Launcher EX. Way cooler than the TW launcher and you can still use TW features but not the TW widgets (calendar, accuweather, etc but plenty of great alternatives). If you have Titanium Backup I've even found that freezing (disabling) TW hasn't caused any issues if you're using a different launcher.
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Yea, I know about 3rd party launchers and I even bought Nova Prime but I don't like them that much :silly: I actually like TouchWiz and always have (even though I had an EVO 4G). I'll just deal with 7 screens, 6 of which are blank
mstrmscn said:
I'm rooted and stock (official jellybean). Whenever I delete a home screen that I don't want, Touchwiz crashes. I've wiped and it doesn't help.
What's the issue with that?
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Haven't experienced this myself, but have seen other posts saying they fixed it by going to Settings, Home Screen Mode, switching to and applying Easy Mode, then switching back to Basic Mode.
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WHYDavid said:
Haven't experienced this myself, but have seen other posts saying they fixed it by going to Settings, Home Screen Mode, switching to and applying Easy Mode, then switching back to Basic Mode.
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Didn't work :/
mstrmscn said:
Yea, I know about 3rd party launchers and I even bought Nova Prime but I don't like them that much :silly: I actually like TouchWiz and always have (even though I had an EVO 4G). I'll just deal with 7 screens, 6 of which are blank
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Wish I could help, but am in the same situation as you. Cannot delete home screens and have tried everything. I too have Nova Prime but switched back to tw after noticing it was draining my battery faster than tw does. Yep 5 blank screens here.
i had this happen on jbomb dom 6.0 i wiped and reflashed rom then was good
jbadboy2007 said:
i had this happen on jbomb dom 6.0 i wiped and reflashed rom then was good
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Too much hassle (not really, I just don't want to do it )
I had the same issue. Ultimately and unfortunately I did a factory reset and it worked. I could delete home pages afterward.
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I had the same issue. Ultimately and unfortunately I did a factory reset and it worked. I could delete home pages afterward.
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I ended up doing the same thing today but as soon as I set my phone back up the way I wanted it, it stopped working again. I only have 3 screens instead of all 7 last time but I found a use for the extra screen.
Guys. Wondering if anyone has the same issue ?
I have organized the apps in my app Drawer into folders.... however after I restarted the phone.. the app Drawer does not memorized it... all the apps that I put into folder now no longer organized... however the folders are still there , just with out the apps...
I tried this on both mine and my wife ...
In my app drawer I put all of att apps in a folder. Then I restarted the phone. The folder is still there with all the apps in it. I do know, if an app get updated, sometimes they move out of any folders. Recently my note4 did go though a bunch of app updates, do you think this is what may have happened?
app drawer bug
I checked mine.. some of the apps are in folder but some other folders become empty with no apps in it.... this didnot happen with my note2 eventhough there is app update..
Happened to me as well. I found a reasonable workaround though: in the app drawer, open the settings menu, select Sort By and then select Custom (not aplhabetical). This fixed the problem for me.
Thanks i will give it a try
It does not work. My apps still come out from the folder...
I'm having the same issue. In addition, some TouchWiz settings are not sticking through reboots. It's starting to become really, really annoying... I shouldn't have to reorganize 80+ apps every time I reboot the phone. I've already done a factory reset, tried clearing data on the launcher, and neither have worked.
I hope there is an update to fix this soon... i am surprised we are not seeing much feedback on this..
johnus said:
I'm having the same issue. In addition, some TouchWiz settings are not sticking through reboots. It's starting to become really, really annoying... I shouldn't have to reorganize 80+ apps every time I reboot the phone. I've already done a factory reset, tried clearing data on the launcher, and neither have worked.
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Seriously just got the "note4" and this happened to me as well.
We need help please fix this bug. .
I went back to using Nova Launcher Prime. No more issue.
My wife's phone also suffers from this. It is a rather annoying problem made even worse by the fact that I have to listen to her complain to me about it numerous times.
johnus said:
I went back to using Nova Launcher Prime. No more issue.
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Darn, was hoping to give TouchWiz a fair shot before I replaced it, but with this and a few other glitches, I'm going to switch to Nova also until it gets a few bug fix updates.
Smart Launcher here. I like simplicity and it groups apps into categories for you. You can edit and add of course.