Hi, I am just trying to find out the root cause of an issue I have been experiencing.
With some custom ROM's after reboot standard green icons display on my menu instead of the proper ones. I do and did use apps2 SD but found moving the apps back to phone and rebooting displays the app icons properly again.
Would this be normal because of using apps2 SD ? Before I found icons showing even when apps are on SD.
Just trying to find out what can be done to have apps on SD without this problem occurring.
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Well I am on stock ROM and it happens to me as well but the icons do come back themselves after a while. Although its only for the apps saved to SD.
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How to get icons showing correctly when on SD is what I'm trying to find out, anyone know ?
I have now put apps back on phone instead of SD seeing as the DHD has plenty of internal storage so is there even a need to use apps2 SD maybe not.
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I am sorry, I don't really understand the question. I doubt I could help even if I had understood the problem.
Is it a graphical bug? Perhaps a image file has been corrupt and needs adding again?
The problem is when using apps2 SD after reboot icons show as standard green android icons with some apps.
I have found so far that putting that apps back on phone resolves this.
The question is how to fix it if it is possible to have apps on sd and still show correct icons.
It's easy. Save your scene, load a default HTC scene then load your saved scene. The icons will default to the normal app icon instead of the standard green Android icon. A workaround for this is to create your shortcuts with an app like BetterCut. Those are "stable" so to speak and don't default to the green Android icon after a reboot.
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hello guys i need some help.
ok so since i install and uninstall alot of games and apps
frequently, having to manually modify the folders on my screen is a fuss,
so i am using the app "autoapporganizer" which is doing a fine
job up untill now. now what i want to do is take those folders
(1x1 size) which btw are widgets and put them on my "adw ex launcer" dock.
can anyone help since putting widgets on the dock isn't supported?
Only thing you can do is remove the dock and put them at the bottom of the main screen. You could also try apps like powerstrip. Search market for it to save me explaining it.
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Does anyone have any idea why the icons keep disappearing? I'm talking about the shortcuts to applications you can put where the widgets are. It's the place were you can put shortcuts, widgets or folders.
You mean in the launcher, yes?
I had the same problem. It sometimes happens to the apps that are on sd card and when you boot the phone and start using it too early, before all apps load. Next time try to give your phone some time after reboot, a minute or minute and half shoult be fine to load everything and then start using your phone. I do it every time and it's fine for me.
Cheers
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im also experiencing this, after a reboot even if i wait for 10-15 minutes before i use it, some apps from the shortcut i made are not there anymore..
Then it's a software problem?
It's an Android problem i believe ; you can use titanium backup to backup the sony ericsson home app or you can use a launcher which allows you to backup your homescreen i.e go launcher.
I found turning off the animation fixed this for me.
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Had the same problem and after re-creating folders several times [painfully as I had all my games in individual folders by genre] I finally gave up on it. It happens anytime you pull the battery / switch sim card or unmount the sd.
The solution I came up with was an app called 'Apps Organizer' I now label and create folders/shortcuts using that app and all works well
Hi There,
I recently did a hard reset and install all my apps - I am an obsesive compulsive about this...lol
Anyway...I noticed I have a Android icon on my phone. I did not install anything to generate this icon, I am running stock firmware on Bell with stock ICS launcher.
When I click the icon I get served with a window asking me to select my default browser (native or chrome). I did not add the icon there so I have not gone any further.
anyone ever see this before/
Sounds like an app has added a web shortcut to your desktop. Doesn't mean its malicious though, Just remove icon.
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I believe when you did the reset and restored all of your apps, whatever launcher your using decided to save your desktop setting and layout. I am assuming that you may have had a search icon there before the reset and after the reset you don't have the same search app installed. I could be completely wrong but I remember having that android icon on my home screen after installing a new rom and restoring with titanium backup. It didn't restore some of the system apps so I just deleted it off my screen and put it back on.
Thank you for the response guys.
I think I may have found the culprit. I installed a app called EasyMP3 Downloader (that was the last app I installed). It would appear this app uses AirPush for obtrusive mobile marketing.
I tried removing the EasyMP3 Downloader - but the search icon is still there.
fyi...I did not install any launcher or use titanium to restore. my GS is %100 stock I just logged into google to reinstall all my apps and they installed EasyMP3 after the fact.
Hold your finger on the icon and drag to the top of screen to delete (I think, haven't used stock launcher for ages!l
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killyouridols said:
Hold your finger on the icon and drag to the top of screen to delete (I think, haven't used stock launcher for ages!l
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Thank you. I know how to remove it. My concern was how it got there in the first place ;-)
I think is has to do with the ad serving function i mentioned earlier. I may just do another hard reset to make sure.
On my menu, I arranged the apps but when I turn off my phone and turn it on, the some of the apps that I arranged goes at the end. It doesn't stay where I placed it. Why is this?
You have probably put the apps that disappear on your sd card. Remove any widgets from the school card and put them back into system. Some of the others just wait for your sd card to mount.
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I do wait for the whole phone to load and it still some apps goes at the last screen of the menu. E.g. Virtua Tennis, I put it at the first screen on my main menu (not homescreen) and then when it reboot the phone, it goes at the last slide of the main menu. This app is supposed to be on the sd card... So is there a fix for this?
You can try using another launcher that doesn't do that. Sony's launcher does that on mine too. I don't think there's a fix. I now sort my apps alphabetically :\
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I do wait for the whole phone to load and it still some apps goes at the last screen of the menu. E.g. Virtua Tennis, I put it at the first screen on my main menu (not homescreen) and then when it reboot the phone, it goes at the last slide of the main menu. This app is supposed to be on the sd card... So is there a fix for this?
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Yes, there is.. use link2sd. Move all your apps into your internal and link it to your sd card
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i do use link2sd but I dont know how to move it into the internal. Do you mean move it into the internal memory and then rearrange it in the menu and then put it in my sd card?
I often get the circling arrow type of refresh notification when trying to open the drawer in launchers like Apex and Nova. I have the latest radio and set my build.prop to keep launcher in memory. I have almost 200 apps. Is there any way to make ameliorate the problem? It "refreshes" way too often and takes way too much time. I've been using Smart Task Bar and even when installing new apps, as far as I can recall, it has never made me wait to show all apps. What do you guys think is the problem here? Would moving apps to SD help? I vaguely recall it makes the startup slower.
You cannot lock the home launcher process in memory via the build.prop like you can with GB in ICS.
Second, I feel like Smart Taskbar is hijacking the launcher process and as such your home launcher is not getting the appropriate priority it needs to stay in memory. Every time you see the app reloading animation that means your launcher has been killed and has reloaded.
You should try V6 Supercharger to reprioritize your home launcher and unfortunately, uninstall Smart Taskbar since if it's using the launcher priority you will always have to deal with a reloading launcher since it'll be killed very often.
On a different device (and possibly Android version) I'm sure Smart Taskbar would be great, but if it's sitting behind all your tasks, all the time, it's using up memory, which is why your launcher keeps getting killed.
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Apex launcher has been fine for me, and I'm at around 160 apps now.
"Move to SD" moves the app to the FAT32 portion of the SD card, which would be much slower overall. I'm using SD-ext which still shows as installed to internal, but all the apps are on an sd-ext partition of the SD card (moving to SD would be pointless from there as it's already on the SD just on a faster/leaner ext4 partition). Besides some applications simply do not like being stored/run from a FAT32 partition.
Thanks for the replies. Although when flashing andromo I picked to have supercharger installed, following your advice, I chose to reinstall via directions from the supercharger thread with script manager and the .sh file. Works better now with less refreshing of launcher. Added bonus, global touch responsiveness significantly improved.
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