About 1 out of every 3 times I reboot my Galaxy Nexus I end up with corrupted fonts. Rebooting again usually solves the problem, but it's starting to get annoying. Does anyone else have this problem, or have any idea what's causing it?
I am currently using the Gummi Custom Rom with Franco's Kernel, but this problem was happening on the stock rom, and other roms and kernels that I have tried.
Are you using the stock Launcher, or some mod?
pedmond said:
Are you using the stock Launcher, or some mod?
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It's Nova Launcher installed as a system app. I didn't think of the launcher because the fonts are still corrupted inside applications, it's not just limited to the launcher. It's not a true "mod", just a normal launcher application, the stock launcher is still present.
BradleyUffner said:
It's Nova Launcher installed as a system app. I didn't think of the launcher because the fonts are still corrupted inside applications, it's not just limited to the launcher. It's not a true "mod", just a normal launcher application, the stock launcher is still present.
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It's a known bug of Nova. Read the first page on their thread.
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It's a known bug of Nova. Read the first page on their thread.
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cool, thanks.
I've had the same problem several times. I have Nova installed but haven't been using it.
I'm using solely the stock launcher, and usually the corrupted fonts don't delve into the apps, just the launcher itself.
It's really annoying because the phone reboots itself randomly, then I have to reboot it again due to the corrupted font. Not that this happens everyday but one a week is often enough to annoy.
The problems seems to have stopped several versions of nova launcher ago. I guess the problem was fixed, intentionally or not.
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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?
decalex said:
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!
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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).
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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.
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I use Sense Roms, because i like the mail app, sms app, dialer etc... but I don't want Rosie... so i use GO Launcher as launcher, but it keeps getting fc's.
Anyone knows how to prevent this?
thx
btw. I'm now using seb's AIO v4.0 but I don't think it's rom related...
does anyone else suffer from the same problem, or is it in the end an invidual problem affected by my settings?
what your experiences with other launchers? Do they never fc in a Sense Rom?
soronk said:
does anyone else suffer from the same problem, or is it in the end an invidual problem affected by my settings?
what your experiences with other launchers? Do they never fc in a Sense Rom?
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I have tried a few launcher apps in the beginning, never had FCs actually. Try to wipe app data or reinstall app. When you first start the new launcher do not forget to tick 'use this as default' option.
Hope this helps.
soronk said:
Hi
I use Sense Roms, because i like the mail app, sms app, dialer etc... but I don't want Rosie... so i use GO Launcher as launcher, but it keeps getting fc's.
Anyone knows how to prevent this?
thx
btw. I'm now using seb's AIO v4.0 but I don't think it's rom related...
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i do the same thing, but with leedroid HD rom.
i actually delete rosie.apk and launcher2.apk from the system after Go launcher is installed (easy if you're S-OFF), no problems so far
you can always nandroid and try for yourself.
yh i had the same problem with go launcher, the reason is go launcher takes up a lot of ram space, which means it doesn't have enough room work so it F/C.
try Regina 3D launcher, its much smother and its also free
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i do the same thing, but with leedroid HD rom.
i actually delete rosie.apk and launcher2.apk from the system after Go launcher is installed (easy if you're S-OFF), no problems so far
you can always nandroid and try for yourself.
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yh i had the same problem with go launcher, the reason is go launcher takes up a lot of ram space, which means it doesn't have enough room work so it F/C.
try Regina 3D launcher, its much smother and its also free
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thanks for your answers and tips
I will delete rosie and eventually try regina 3d
the fact is, i really love GO Launcher, because it has the option to swype or touch on the application at the dock
Just got my galaxy s3 today. Been messing with it sense. Unfortunately i've had issues with some launchers and I don't know why. Apex/Nova/Holo have all been giving issues in the terms of putting down Widgets at the home screen. All three will tell me that there isnt enough room on the page for the widget when that same page is completely blank.
Another issue i had was super lagginess. I haven't rooted yet because im still kinda noobish and i dont want to do anything derpy to the phone. And i wanted to give touchwiz at least a little bit of time. Aside from that though ive been installing and un-installing launchers like mad and im still getting a bit of lag from switching between pages for an example. Ive got scroll effects turned off and speed nearly all the way up (or low in Apex i think) and its still feeling sluggish.
Was wondering what recomendations you guys could give. Like i said i want to stay stock for a bit...at least until cm comes out
When you reboot the phone, do you get the prompt that asks you what program you want to use (for the launcher)? Select your desired launcher, and press Always.
Yea I get that option and ive placed it for my holo launcher but for whatever reason apex and nova were giving me issues like lag and starting to fc things. Was just curious if any one knewbl what was up. Any good launches you would recommend?
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Don't quote me on this but I believe you have to make launchers a system app if you want widgets to work correctly.
At least, that's what I heard. I could be wrong.
Its worth a try?
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I use nova on my phone and tab and have no issues. Might want to try and do a full wipe and start from scratch
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Yep, full wipe is my suggestion as well.
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Don't quote me on this but I believe you have to make launchers a system app if you want widgets to work correctly.
At least, that's what I heard. I could be wrong.
Its worth a try?
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bfranklin1986 said:
I use nova on my phone and tab and have no issues. Might want to try and do a full wipe and start from scratch
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Going to ask something slightly noobish but how do I make one of the launchers a system app? Im still stock at the moment so im trying to figure out whats going on.
I did a full wipe just now and its sill giving me issues that there isnt enough room on the page for the upload of the widget. All im trying to do is upload a stock digital clock widget and its giving me issues in both apex and holo. Is it because they might be touchwiz widgets and the launchers aren't recognizing them? I dont know if that could be the issue but like I said im still stock. Now that i look at it though I may have to root my phone sooner than I wanted. Been on battery for three hours and im already discharged at 51% grr..:crying:
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Going to ask something slightly noobish but how do I make one of the launchers a system app? Im still stock at the moment so im trying to figure out whats going on.
I did a full wipe just now and its sill giving me issues that there isnt enough room on the page for the upload of the widget. All im trying to do is upload a stock digital clock widget and its giving me issues in both apex and holo. Is it because they might be touchwiz widgets and the launchers aren't recognizing them? I dont know if that could be the issue but like I said im still stock. Now that i look at it though I may have to root my phone sooner than I wanted. Been on battery for three hours and im already discharged at 51% grr..:crying:
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Read this.
Q: I can't add widgets to my homescreen from the Widgets tab of the drawer. Help!
A: In order to use the in-drawer widgets feature, you have to either enable the Root Helper from advanced settings or install Apex Launcher as a system app (instructions below), both of which require root on your device. This is due to limitations of the Android framework, so there is no way we could change this requirement. If you have just installed it as a system app and still cannot add widgets from the drawer, please reboot your device and try again. If you do not have root access, you may still add widgets from the system widget picker. Just long press on the homescreen and choose "Widgets" from the popup list.
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I tried lot's of CM10 or 10.1 roms which I have a same problem, when I open Drawer, sometimes it will crash and go back to home screen, it looks like the trebuchet crashed and if I get into drawer again, it spend a long time with a loading cycle.
Have you guys met a same problem?
I have never had that problem, have you tried clearing data on trebuchet and see if it gets reproduced (you will lose all widgets and shortcuts on homescreen)?
Seems like launcher is being killed in low RAM condition
Herman76 said:
I have never had that problem, have you tried clearing data on trebuchet and see if it gets reproduced (you will lose all widgets and shortcuts on homescreen)?
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Tried your method but stillnot solved.
lock -->unlock-->click drawer-->roll right or left-->crash
approx. 20% times. not all the time.
Factory reset? Use another launcher?
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Godra said:
Seems like launcher is being killed in low RAM condition
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I checked my RAM, there is over 250MB free RAM, but I am not sure if it is lower when I unlock my phone
bk201doesntexist said:
Factory reset? Use another launcher?
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Did not try to use another launcher, but I will have a try
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..
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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.