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.
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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
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Most apps I've installed are gone after reboot if stored on the SD card. Can anyone can tell me which applications would work if stored on SD card.
I even tried some games but only works if they on the phone memory.
If you are using launcher pro then there is a bug. I don't know if it with the launcher or ROM but it happens to me and a couple of other people I have read. If you restart your phone then just force close launcherpro, press home button and when it restarts it will see all your apps. I am guessing it is something to do with it loading before the SD card has initialised so it doesn't pick them up. Small price to pay for a great from and a blazing fast launcher though IMO!
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despite the apps going missing from the app drawer in Launcher Pro, it's still possible to add shortcuts to the 'missing' apps on your homescreens
only if you use usb storage they dissapear and dont reappear... go into advanced task killer and kill launcher pro ... press home and all will be fixed
Thnx for info just force close launcher pro and they all back. Also, when you install widgets if they go to sd first then move them to phone and restart the phone only then you can see them.
Hey guys,
no need to 'kill' LauncherPro. Just go to manage apps and clear the defaults for the app. Then press your home button, and reapply the default choice to use LauncherPro. That fixed it for me
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.
I keep having problems with my shortcuts on my homescreen.
I have all my favourite apps in 4 folders on my homescreen, when I open apps, sometimes for the second time when they prob still running, they won't open and just force close.
They keep doing this unless I open them from the app draw and then they are fine again.
It's not all apps and it's not all the time but it's annoying when it happens as I obviously have them on my homescreen to speed things up lol.
Anyone shed any light on this?
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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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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?