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[Q] Help!!! Can't get past "Apex Launcher has stopped"

Strange thing happened this morning. Using the device clicked a link in the XDA Developers app, but then canceled it. Device immediately locked up. Did battery pull after waiting 10 minutes. Device froze at lockscreen after booting. Battery pull, waited 10 minutes, could not get past lockscreen (gave a little vibrate when I touched the screen). Cleared Dalvik, booted itself a few times. Finally got past lockscreen, but kept getting Apex Launcher has stopped working - clicking OK just bring up error message again. Tried fixing permissions, no change - just keep getting Apex Launcher has stopped working loop, and I can't get past it...
HELP!!!!! Any ideas?????
EDIT: Data is working as I keep getting email which I can load quickly from status bar after hitting ok on the error message. But then the error message shows again in front of the email client.
ICS - Abduction ROM, Apex Launcher latest stable.

OnceAMatrixMan said:
Strange thing happened this morning. Using the device clicked a link in the XDA Developers app, but then canceled it. Device immediately locked up. Did battery pull after waiting 10 minutes. Device froze at lockscreen after booting. Battery pull, waited 10 minutes, could not get past lockscreen (gave a little vibrate when I touched the screen). Cleared Dalvik, booted itself a few times. Finally got past lockscreen, but kept getting Apex Launcher has stopped working - clicking OK just bring up error message again. Tried fixing permissions, no change - just keep getting Apex Launcher has stopped working loop, and I can't get past it...
HELP!!!!! Any ideas?????
EDIT: Data is working as I keep getting email which I can load quickly from status bar after hitting ok on the error message. But then the error message shows again in front of the email client.
ICS - Abduction ROM, Apex Launcher latest stable.
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I had a similar problem a while back when I first tried out CM7...
I uninstalled the pre-installed ADW and installed ADW EX but for some reason when I'd start the phone ADW would constantly force close and the only thing I could access was stuff that popped up in the notifications bar.
Now, it seems my problem was a little different in that when I would access something else, I wouldn't continue to get all sorts of ADW errors like it seems you do with Apex after opening the email client. I really wouldn't expect that to happen... the launcher is just an app, so if you've switched to the email app and Apex force closes once, there should be nothing starting it up again to allow it to force close again (until you press the home button).
Nevertheless I'll tell you what I did and maybe it'll work for you...
I wanted to be able to get to the market so that I could uninstall ADW and then reinstall it. Since I couldn't get to it via the launcher, I did a long press on the search button, and did a voice web search for something... anything will do, you just need to get to the browser. Once you're in the browser, go to the android market website. It should ask if you want to open in the Marker or the Browser. Choose Market and viola... now you can uninstall and reinstall.
Hope that helps.

Thanks for the reply. That sounds like it would have worked, I had to go out and needed my phone. So I just flashed (updated) to Abduction 1.81 - twice. The first time still was getting the Apex error. Very strange, but it seems better now. Thanks again.
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or go to settings apps - all - apex launcher - clear defaults .....apex often does that when it needs to update

[Howto] Fix GO Launcher EX keeps restarting every few minutes

First off, I searched for a solution for this problem but wasn't lucky. Sorry if this post isn't new/useful for anyone.
I'm using GO Launcher EX and I'm quite happy with it but a few days ago I had the following problem: after rebooting, the launcher kept restarting if I opened an app too early. Thinking that the launcher simply needs more time for initialization I just waited one or two minutes and the issue was solved. But today it kept restarting every two to three minutes even though I didn't start any app. It's probably RAM related i.e. because of low memory available the launcher gets killed by the OS etc. but that's just my assumption.
Solution: in settings go to advanced settings and activate the system persistent mode. That's it

I was having the same problems.Anyway i'm using holo launcher now.
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@leodasal2: did you have the same problem?

mikstev said:
First off, I searched for a solution for this problem but wasn't lucky. Sorry if this post isn't new/useful for anyone.
I'm using GO Launcher EX and I'm quite happy with it but a few days ago I had the following problem: after rebooting, the launcher kept restarting if I opened an app too early. Thinking that the launcher simply needs more time for initialization I just waited one or two minutes and the issue was solved. But today it kept restarting every two to three minutes even though I didn't start any app. It's probably RAM related i.e. because of low memory available the launcher gets killed by the OS etc. but that's just my assumption.
Solution: in settings go to advanced settings and activate the system persistent mode. That's it
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in short, keep launcher in memory
anyways, i never ever experienced that kind of problem with go launcher

If you are using go launcher with all the plugins then you are going to experience it :-D
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Hi Guys!
Not sure if anyone else having same issue even in 2016 but i do have with my Note 3. It keeps on restarting when ever i press home button.. pretty annoying. Any Advice?

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Hello,
Try go launcher ex v4.17

Wallpaper Going Nutty

I am having an issue when I hit the home button, my home screen wallpaper shifts back and forth. Almost like it spazzes out for a sec. From then on, if i am on the home screen, I hit the home button it does the same thing. Sometimes shifts the wallpaper to the right or left, so the remaining half is black, or it will zoom in on the wallpaper.
It doesn't seem to matter if i am using a stock wallpaper or custom. I do not have that many apps installed. All of them are apps that I have used before. This is the odd-er part, A hard reset will stop this issue for couple of days. It then starts ups again. Nothing else will even temporarily solve this except for the factory wipe. I can kill all the running apps, uninstall all downloaded apps, sketchy wallpaper still present. The other issue Ive noticed related to this is when I am in the gallery or quickpic menu, the menu itself is very "glitchy"
I am stock and not rooted. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

nicsneed said:
I am having an issue when I hit the home button, my home screen wallpaper shifts back and forth. Almost like it spazzes out for a sec. From then on, if i am on the home screen, I hit the home button it does the same thing. Sometimes shifts the wallpaper to the right or left, so the remaining half is black, or it will zoom in on the wallpaper.
It doesn't seem to matter if i am using a stock wallpaper or custom. I do not have that many apps installed. All of them are apps that I have used before. This is the odd-er part, A hard reset will stop this issue for couple of days. It then starts ups again. Nothing else will even temporarily solve this except for the factory wipe. I can kill all the running apps, uninstall all downloaded apps, sketchy wallpaper still present. The other issue Ive noticed related to this is when I am in the gallery or quickpic menu, the menu itself is very "glitchy"
I am stock and not rooted. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Simple solution.. Root it =0)~. I haven't seen the issue (been rooted since i got phone) My best guess would be to restore (Odin) to factory.

Mine does it as well and I am rooted. I don't know what it is and only happens when it wants and does not do it every time. I noticed it a few days ago when I pressed the home button or unlocking the phone, the wallpaper jumps a little in one direction and then another and stops. Weird, haven't really looked into it as it really isn't a big deal.

milky1112 said:
Simple solution.. Root it =0)~. I haven't seen the issue (been rooted since i got phone) My best guess would be to restore (Odin) to factory.
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Even after I restore to factory, the issue still comes back. Thanks for the feedback.

nicsneed said:
Even after I restore to factory, the issue still comes back. Thanks for the feedback.
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No worries.. I don't know Tbh.. I've been rooted on the peoples rom since day one lol.

Wallpaper Wizardrii appears to be the culprit. Added apps one by one until the problem came back. Uninstalled wizardrii, problem has stopped. Too bad because I liked the app.

nicsneed said:
Wallpaper Wizardrii appears to be the culprit. Added apps one by one until the problem came back. Uninstalled wizardrii, problem has stopped. Too bad because I liked the app.
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I thought that was the problem as well, never individually tried them. Really liked that app too.
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[Q] launcher crash every once n awhile

Hi, im running AndroidNow 6.1 and since i installed ot for the first time(version 3.2) my launcher crushes every once n awhile.
It happens with stock,google,nova or any other launcher - i prefer stock.
What happens really is, when i press home/back to exit an app to the homescreen,there pops the recent apps screen(with no open apps visible)and when i press home again to exit this screen , i see blank home page and then the icons refresh and everything reload. Latet when i open the app drawer i experience a little lag that the icons are reloaded also.
What seems to be the problem? Im rooted and ive got clean master but i dont think its related.
Please help me, thanks.

Am i the only one who experience this?

Happened to me few times. You are using 3rd party launcher?
Ps. You dont need clean master

i use the stock one,but it happned with all . why shouldn't i use it?

Tell me why you should?
This devices does not need that. It does more harm then use.

I love the feature that it prevents apps from starting on boot up.
Do you know how to solve my problem with the launcher crash?

I have the exact same problem.
This happened with the stock ROM and any launcher I tried.
Then I flashed a custom ROM (based on stock though), progressively reinstalled applications and after some time, the problem came again. Then, I progressively froze some applications with Titanium Backup, and now it happens much less than before (2-3 times a day against everytime I press "home").
My conclusion is that, even though that's a launcher crash we see, the fault probably comes from a background application. I'm still searching which one. Did you find something interesting since you opened the topic?

Have you installed hotmail app from play store?

NOxplode said:
Have you installed hotmail app from play store?
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No

Any news on this one guys ?
It's happening to me too :crying: (Stock + root)

szafran81 said:
Any news on this one guys ?
It's happening to me too :crying: (Stock + root)
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What I did recently was to :
- Disable the application "LIA Informant"
- Disable the application "LIA MrGDBLogger"
- Disable the application "LIA S4URecommender"
- Clear the cache (click on Settings > Storage > Data in cache)
The problem happened several times in a day before, but only occured a few times in weeks since I did this trick. The workaround was probably clearing the cache. But since the problem gradually came back after the last time I reinitialized the phone, I'm still afraid it comes back sooner or later.

I did clear cache a few times now - it always comes back.
Would be great if someone could find a fix for that, because it's very annoying.
The bad thing is that there is no send error report option. At least there would be a starting point with an error info etc.

Have you tried disabling the applications mentionned above?
I (almost) chose them randomly, but it really made a difference for me and the problem doesn't seem to come back.

Done that just now.
Will post back with the results in some time.
Do you maybe know what those apps do ? (I like to know what I'm turning off in case of any other problems)

GDB (in the Unix world) is a debugger. I have no reason to think that this GDB is the same though, I just guessed the problem should come from a system application and this one may be one.

Turning off those apps made no difference.
Was thinking that it may be one of the widgets on the home screen.
Later today, or maybe tomorrow I'll make a list of what I'm using and post it here - maybe this way we'll get whats causing this.

The only widgets I have now are Zooper Widget and Shuttle+.
But honestly, since the problem makes any launcher crash (and I think any application left in foreground when the screen turns off), I believe the root of the problem a system app/optimization, and likely one from LG since not many people seem to complain.
I hope 5.1.1 will come soon to the G3.

Any news on any update ? (not necessarily to 5.1.1)

Udated to 20p yesterday - clean update (just to be sure I've wiped 3 times - 1 before and 2 after the update).
Had a couple of hours of peace, and then it started again.

szafran81 said:
Udated to 20p yesterday - clean update (just to be sure I've wiped 3 times - 1 before and 2 after the update).
Had a couple of hours of peace, and then it started again.
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I updated to CM 12.1 two weeks ago and never encountered this problem since then.

"Unfortunately, Home has stopped"

I am getting this error message essentially making the phone useless. I got notification I had an update on Friday. It auto updated, I installed it, it rebooted, and this message continuously pops up and I cant use anything. Factory reset did nothing, and the only semi work around is I was able to get Nova Launcher on there. It semi works but the message comes up every time I lock and unlock the phone.
Nobody seems to know the answer to what the hell this is or what happened but I need someone who is smarter than I to help me fix it please. Any advice is very much appreciated. Phone is unrooted.
Thanks in advance.

Go to setting, General, Apps, All Apps, and fine "Home". Clear cache and reboot.

blackangst said:
Go to setting, General, Apps, All Apps, and fine "Home". Clear cache and reboot.
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tried that, it didn't seem to work. Is there something I'm missing? Do certain apps cause this?

Having the same issue right after updating to 6.0; clearing cache didn't work for me either. I suppose I'll try a different launcher in the meanwhile.

"Unfortunately, Home has stopped
I am now rooted using the video instructions from ROOT JUNKY, but I am getting this error message "Unfortunately, Home has stopped" I went to the Apps setting and resets app preference and also clear the home cache but to no effect. i am able to get the simple home setting but not the other advance home setting. please help if you can. Thanks inadvance
LG G4 H815

Problem solved for Lg G4. Go to Settings, General, Apps swipe left to "All" then scroll down to "HOME" not easy home. Open it and clear cache and also "clear data" you will get a warning message when you try to clear data, but that's ok. I was afraid to do this but it works for me, It will only clear and Home screen preference or shortcut you had. You can setup your preferred shortcuts after again. restart and select "Home" as your default. Let me know if this helps

Think not.. Still home crashes
Nope, that's not a fix. All it did was wreck my app placements and settings.. Nothing else. Immediately after clearing the cache and data it crashed exactly the same way.
Home has stopped is becoming increasingly annoying, and also increasing in frequency. I'm going to try Uninstalling the app update that started it all: Voice Mate 4.70.10.
I'll see if this works. If so I'll post here. If not, consider this an open thread and hopefully someone in the G4 community with some skills and knowledge will find a solution.

Anyone found a solution to this problem?

Unfortunately home has stopped!!!!!!!!!
Talend said:
I am getting this error message essentially making the phone useless. I got notification I had an update on Friday. It auto updated, I installed it, it rebooted, and this message continuously pops up and I cant use anything. Factory reset did nothing, and the only semi work around is I was able to get Nova Launcher on there. It semi works but the message comes up every time I lock and unlock the phone.
Nobody seems to know the answer to what the hell this is or what happened but I need someone who is smarter than I to help me fix it please. Any advice is very much appreciated. Phone is unrooted.
Thanks in advance.
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If you have an LG G4 you may have seen this message and waited for the home screen to re-start again, only to happen again and again, I’ve searched all the forums to no avail, so I installed another home screen to got rid of the problem, now have a permanent fix, you have to disable Smart Bulletins:
Go to apps, hit menu, select home screen settings, turn off Smart Bulletins.