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Touchwiz forgetting app drawer layout?

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?

xak944 said:
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

[Q] Cog Wheel Flashing/Texting Flicker

There's a picture of a blue cog wheel flashing in the top right corner everytime I press the power button and view my home screen. Anyone have this issue?
Also, does anyone else have the bug where you try to open a thread (texting) and it just goes back to your page of contacts like 5 times before you can view your thread?

Here are the solutions!
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There's a picture of a blue cog wheel flashing in the top right corner everytime I press the power button and view my home screen. Anyone have this issue?
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Have you rooted your phone? It has not happened to anyone in this world in Stock ROM.
Look, the Amazing Spiderman 3D Live Wallpaper has a sign in the top right corner when we switch between homescreens. So, I think it might be something with the wallpaper you're using..
OR
It may be some app you downloaded that runs all the time (like a battery saver app) which shows some sort of sign when the screen is turned On and the phone is Awake.
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Also, does anyone else have the bug where you try to open a thread (texting) and it just goes back to your page of contacts like 5 times before you can view your thread?
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Yes, it happened to me. Not 5 times, but I must say that the Stock Messages app is bad! Very, Very, Very bad!
It'll go away by itself.. At least now it doesn't happen with me... Actually its because HTC One V hasn't loaded all the threads and we command it to open a thread. So, after 1 second when all the threads (the whole messages app is loaded) it takes us back to show the full messages app loaded.

Ah great explanation, thanks man. Any new messaging apps that you would recommend? The phone is actually my mothers with that issue that has been not sending texts at random intervals and wanting htc error reports as well. It has a 3d wallpaper, not rooted and I don't think either of those have to do with the wheel. It's pretty much stock.

Here you are! Messages app- SOLVED !
chevymeister said:
Any new messaging apps that you would recommend? The phone is actually my mothers with that issue that has been not sending texts at random intervals and wanting htc error reports as well.
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No. I won't recommend any 'cause I've never seen any! Also, it's not needed! You know... My memory RAM was too low (always 30-40MB free). But when I uninstalled many apps that I never used, with the phone getting faster, the messages app has also got smoother. :laugh:
Now why did this affect the Messages app? --Because I uninstalled apps that took a lot of RAM, my RAM got released much after they got uninstalled. Now I have 70-80MB of RAM free and indirectly this helps the Messages app by allowing it to take RAM and store cache. Now I dont have any problem with Messages app..
Perform the following steps-
Clear the data and cache in Settings-Apps-Messages.
Open the messages app and use it.
Go to Settings-Apps.
Under the Running tab, gently tap on the green area at the bottom right (which indicates your free RAM).
The Running tab will then show the cached processes.
The more the memory is used by the Messages app, the more it gets smoother.
If no memory is used, let me and eveeyone on XDA know.
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It has a 3d wallpaper, not rooted and I don't think either of those have to do with the wheel. It's pretty much stock.
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WHICH 3D Wallpaper?

Paresh Kalinani said:
No. I won't recommend any 'cause I've never seen any! Also, it's not needed! You know... My memory RAM was too low (always 30-40MB free). But when I uninstalled many apps that I never used, with the phone getting faster, the messages app has also got smoother. :laugh:
Now why did this affect the Messages app? --Because I uninstalled apps that took a lot of RAM, my RAM got released much after they got uninstalled. Now I have 70-80MB of RAM free and indirectly this helps the Messages app by allowing it to take RAM and store cache. Now I dont have any problem with Messages app..
Perform the following steps-
Clear the data and cache in Settings-Apps-Messages.
Open the messages app and use it.
Go to Settings-Apps.
Under the Running tab, gently tap on the green area at the bottom right (which indicates your free RAM).
The Running tab will then show the cached processes.
The more the memory is used by the Messages app, the more it gets smoother.
If no memory is used, let me and eveeyone on XDA know.
WHICH 3D Wallpaper?
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I'll have to ask next time I see her. Thanks for the help so far.

Well, after looking at it today (it was the wallpaper with that stupid cog!!)
I've determined it's only issue now is she can't send texts with pictures attached or it fails. Any ideas on this?

chevymeister said:
I've determined it's only issue now is she can't send texts with pictures attached or it fails. Any ideas on this?
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This happens even with my One V...
This used to happen even with my old phone...
Thank God that cog problem is solved...

chevymeister said:
Well, after looking at it today (it was the wallpaper with that stupid cog!!)
I've determined it's only issue now is she can't send texts with pictures attached or it fails. Any ideas on this?
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Factory reset
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That's the solution I was hoping it would not be. Lmao. Ok I'll give it a shot later, thanks.
Did it work for you Paresh?

I don't want that problem to get solved!
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That's the solution I was hoping it would not be. Lmao. Ok I'll give it a shot later, thanks.
Did it work for you Paresh?
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I've not tried a Factory Reset... anyways..., I don't need that problem to get solved... 'cause I don't send pics!
I just upload them on Facebook!

Unfortunately S Health has stopped working

Anyone else having this issue? Every time I open it, I get a blank screen and then the error message. Any solutions?
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go into app manager and clear data and wipe cache?? try that

Tried it, to no avail. After performing around factory reset & reinstalling everything, I finally found the culprit. It was the multi window mod which lets you use all the apps in multi window.
All problems started after its install. Even the phone started to lag and give random force closes. Got rid of the mod and all is back to normal again.
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umair239 said:
Tried it, to no avail. After performing around factory reset & reinstalling everything, I finally found the culprit. It was the multi window mod which lets you use all the apps in multi window.
All problems started after its install. Even the phone started to lag and give random force closes. Got rid of the mod and all is back to normal again.
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how did you got rid of the mod? because i uninstalled the multiwindow manager app, but i don't know how to remove the mod and my S health isn't working.. i have the gs4 octa core

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how did you got rid of the mod? because i uninstalled the multiwindow manager app, but i don't know how to remove the mod and my S health isn't working.. i have the gs4 octa core
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I removed shealth from the enabled packages in multi window manager, saved, rebooted and it started working for me.

ramhen said:
I removed shealth from the enabled packages in multi window manager, saved, rebooted and it started working for me.
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Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway

ezezl75 said:
Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway
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What did the developer tell you the fix was?

ezezl75 said:
Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway
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Hi! I have the same problem on my GS4. Could you plz tell us what is the solution that the developer told you? Thanks~

Fixed S Health; Reset Flash Binary? Maybe????
I seriously don't know how I did this I was just tinkering around trying to get this to work and I got it!!!!!! I actually hope that this can help others I'm gonna try to walk you through what I did. You will need Titanium backup PRO and a be on your original ROM as I have the ME7 build and have not flashed any ROMs yet. Oh speaking of that while doing these steps I think I reset the flash binary because the "custom" unlock screen is gone now to. I still can't get the stock music app working though. This issue actually started when I transferred a full TB file to a brand new phone. When I first changed it I changed the Android ID to a new one, I think this is where the issue starts. I had apps from anothers ROM (Phone) on a new ROM, and my Android ID was changed.
So here's what I did. I'll start where i'm sure I know it started working and that's after I was able to get to the deeper features of TB.
1. Menu>Your Device...(Make sure you have your original bakcup that has the settings you transferred in, if not your probably out of luck)>scroll down the Your device section>Manage Android ID>
I attempted to restore my ID to the backup and it told me that was the ID>
I figured what the heck and changed the ID to a new one and rebooted...after rebooting I went back into TB....it gave me the warning for having a new ID I told it to keep the old one (can't quite remember the wording but it's the one on the right...last time I told it to keep the new one.)
I then cleared dalvik cache, the beauty of TBP without a custom ROM
Menu>>storage>>clean up dalvik cache.
Once again I removed the S Health App, reinstalled and rebooted. When booting I noticed the Samsung "custom" unlock screen was gone as well.
I tapped that little s health button and after an agonizing wait, it has RETURNED!!!!! UPDATING!!! YEAH!!!!
Now I can't guarantee these steps will work for you but if it does that would be awesome. Has anyone figured out an easy way like that to reset the flash binary?
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Samsung custom screen back again. lol

umair239 said:
Anyone else having this issue? Every time I open it, I get a blank screen and then the error message. Any solutions?
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For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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So glad I tried this first before going down the other complicated routes. This solved my problem immediately...thanks for sharing.
Note 3 -- Tapatalk

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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Yes!! This worked for me. Galaxy note 3. Thanks!

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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This also worked for me att note 3 rooted stock.

S health
I had the same issue on my Note 4, i notice that if you uninstall the last update to Shealth, it works under art.

After update to 7.0 -recents Apps screen cleared after reboot

Hi,
after upgrading my M9 to Android 7.0 (4.23.617.1) my recent Apps Screen is cleared after rebooting the device. As I often use lists and .pdf's I got mailed (also for work) it's very uncomfortable to search all the last received mails, open them, click on the attachment and have the list open. Is there any way to get the recent App list restored after reboot?
best regards

Groby said:
Hi,
after upgrading my M9 to Android 7.0 (4.23.617.1) my recent Apps Screen is cleared after rebooting the device. As I often use lists and .pdf's I got mailed (also for work) it's very uncomfortable to search all the last received mails, open them, click on the attachment and have the list open. Is there any way to get the recent App list restored after reboot?
best regards
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None that I'm aware of.
I suppose you might be able to work your way through the Android log, but that seems like much more work than just searching your files & email.

Yes, that is really not better!
Well, may there comes an Option to switch it on/off in the future. Even when it would be just can be done when rooted - for me it's worth it.
Thank you for the quick reply!

Scrolling screenshot

Hi all. What about scrolling screenshot on your devices? This function disappear for me, ordinary screenshot only.

I'm on September security update (the latest one) and i have it

04kapuk said:
Hi all. What about scrolling screenshot on your devices? This function disappear for me, ordinary screenshot only.
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It disappeared to me aswell even though I haven't update my phone since the first days of use

Phil_gloves said:
It disappeared to me aswell even though I haven't update my phone since the first days of use
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It seems to appear only on apps with scrolling lists, i tried on chrome and it doesn't work but it shows up on WhatsApp for example

Hi, I wrote an app to take screenshots of entire webpages (not from apps like WhatsApp etc./ only from webpages). If you like you can give it a try , your opinion about Webshot would be highly appreciated!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jdsoft.webshot