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All widgets get 'stuck' every so often

Right now my clock (beautiful widgets) is stuck at 8:58, when it's actually 18:36. My agenda widget and calendar widgets won't update if I add tasks, and I can't refresh them. The clock in the taskbar at the top of the screen is correct.
The widgets get stuck like this once or twice a week, and a restart fixes it.
Anybody else had this issue, or knows what the cause may be?

not had this issue or read about anybody else experiencing this.

My gmail widget does this all the time. Keeps showing old unread messages which I actually have read. Apps is fine.
Clock has never got stuck though.
Btw do we have a fix yet for laggy scrolling on android widgets

do you often end all tasks in task manager? if yes ,that could be the problem

shadehh said:
do you often end all tasks in task manager? if yes ,that could be the problem
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^^One possibility
I have had my Poweramp widget fail to do anything from time to time. The task manager must be ending the task required for it to run. Some apps have an option to stop task managers closing them.

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do you often end all tasks in task manager? if yes ,that could be the problem
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I do, yes. Could that be doing me more harm than good? I'll lay off it for a while and see if the problem is less regular.

Disable the WinAmp widget and restart your device, don't kill the tasks for a while.
I think that's the best you can do for test.
wilkomints said:
I do, yes. Could that be doing me more harm than good? I'll lay off it for a while and see if the problem is less regular.
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I can reproduce this at will on my HOX. I've opened a case with HTC on it too. It *appears* that this is being caused by HTC's super-duper agressive task killing (it's a feature, not a bug), killing off sleeping processes that keeps widgets with live data updated. After a reboot, facebook widget legs me gleefully scroll through posts, beweather can be updated by clicking "update", and the power control widget will change the "light" under the button based on the state of that which the button drives, however after using the phone for awhile, loading/unloading apps and whatnot, the memory falls below the threshold and the in-built task killer goes to town and hangs up a good deal of apps and then the widgets are frozen until the next reboot. I know the interface isn't frozen because any widget with a shortcut (touch and run something) still works, and the facebook widget registers a scroll "touch" by the arrow highlighting, but the data never changes, so it has to be something behind the scenes that went away and shouldn't have.
If anyone has any other suggestions as to a cause, let me know, I'll happily pass on to HTC in my case with them.

Stuck widgets on CM9 for HOX
wilkomints said:
Right now my clock (beautiful widgets) is stuck at 8:58, when it's actually 18:36. My agenda widget and calendar widgets won't update if I add tasks, and I can't refresh them. The clock in the taskbar at the top of the screen is correct.
The widgets get stuck like this once or twice a week, and a restart fixes it.
Anybody else had this issue, or knows what the cause may be?
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I got the exact same problem, but only on the CM9.1 (which according to the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706001 has been incorrectly tagged as Alpha 8 on the Cyanogenmod download site). The widgets are frozen, but are interactive - if I touch my frozen Beautiful Widget the weather page appears. If I touch the buttons on my frozen Apollo music player widget, it plays/pause/skips music tracks etc but the widget itself doesn't get updated. A restart of the launcher (Settings --> Launcher --> Homescreen, and then exit the Settings app by pressing back back back) fixes the issue... for a while, before the widgets eventually get stuck again. See screenshot (note actual time vs Beautiful Widgets time).
Searched the forums, the CM9 thread and on Google elsewhere but no one else seem to have the same issue. Very puzzling. One guy has a similar issue but it got solved when he switches off "Forced GPU rendering", which didn't work for me. Would appreciate any help!
Cheers,
Kelvin

iCantRememberMyUsername said:
I got the exact same problem, but only on the CM9.1 (which according to the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706001 has been incorrectly tagged as Alpha 8 on the Cyanogenmod download site). The widgets are frozen, but are interactive - if I touch my frozen Beautiful Widget the weather page appears. If I touch the buttons on my frozen Apollo music player widget, it plays/pause/skips music tracks etc but the widget itself doesn't get updated. A restart of the launcher (Settings --> Launcher --> Homescreen, and then exit the Settings app by pressing back back back) fixes the issue... for a while, before the widgets eventually get stuck again. See screenshot (note actual time vs Beautiful Widgets time).
Searched the forums, the CM9 thread and on Google elsewhere but no one else seem to have the same issue. Very puzzling. One guy has a similar issue but it got solved when he switches off "Forced GPU rendering", which didn't work for me. Would appreciate any help!
Cheers,
Kelvin
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had same prob a while ago, installed ROM Toolbox and under 'performance overview' clicked on auto memory manager/presets/...>mild<... ticked apply on boot and apply, rebooted and bingo no more freezing widgets.
it may be that simple for you (or maybe not) give it a shot why not?.. hehe
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox&hl=en

Thank you! It did help greatly in minimising the problem, but it hasn't stopped it totally. In the last 12 hours since implementing your suggestion, the widgets had frozen once, and I noticed it after I was streaming some videos. I'm guessing the video streaming triggered the "OMG we need more RAM, KILL THE WIDGETS!" response of the OS but other than that the widgets are ticking along happily.
Would be great if there's a more permanent solution to this, but I'm guessing this would require the CM developers looking into it.
Cheers! :good:

Ah. Well, after web browsing (which strangely causes the HTC One X to heat up more than I'd expect it to), the widgets are back to being stuck. I guess the ROM is not quite ready, but being a new user I can't feedback to the development thread on my experience with the ROM.
Perhaps I'll head back to a Sense-based ROM. (The Jellybean ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763240 is excellent, but MX Player on s/w decoding doesn't have audio, and Beautiful Widgets disappear upon reboot or USB connect...)
Cheers again for your help, beanbean50.

Have same issue with multiple widgets. Anyone close to finding a solution? Or do we have to wait for the next OTA update?

drewsky208 said:
I can reproduce this at will on my HOX. I've opened a case with HTC on it too. It *appears* that this is being caused by HTC's super-duper agressive task killing (it's a feature, not a bug), killing off sleeping processes that keeps widgets with live data updated. After a reboot, facebook widget legs me gleefully scroll through posts, beweather can be updated by clicking "update", and the power control widget will change the "light" under the button based on the state of that which the button drives, however after using the phone for awhile, loading/unloading apps and whatnot, the memory falls below the threshold and the in-built task killer goes to town and hangs up a good deal of apps and then the widgets are frozen until the next reboot. I know the interface isn't frozen because any widget with a shortcut (touch and run something) still works, and the facebook widget registers a scroll "touch" by the arrow highlighting, but the data never changes, so it has to be something behind the scenes that went away and shouldn't have.
If anyone has any other suggestions as to a cause, let me know, I'll happily pass on to HTC in my case with them.
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I'm using a Motorola Atrix 2(ICS) and have the same issue , it's not just task killer i guess , when you uninstal /freeze some system apps this can happen , and if you're using a custom launcher (nova prime to me) , just restart the launcher and they'll start working again , sometimes you have to restart the launcher twice , you can't do this if you're using a stock launcher obvious

[Q] Slow Home Screen Refresh

I have a stock, non-rooted G2, running GB 2.3.4, which I love. The only complaint I have is that the home screen often takes a while to refresh when coming back from another app, or even when turning on.
I'm using the stock launcher, I have seven screens, and 8 or 9 widgets that need to refresh. It doesn't seem to matter whether I've recently cleared my cache or not, or whether I have animations on or not.
Similar threads from other phones suggest there may be settings somewhere to improve this performance, although I probably don't have that app loaded... Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance...

You're close to maxed out on home screens and widgets so it's expected to have a lag when coming out of an app. The stock launcher *may* have some tweaks (it's been a while since I've used it) but most third party launchers have a "keep home screen in memory" setting which speeds up coming out of an app and back to the launcher.
Really though, I'd suggest trying to slim things down a bit. I know it's fun and all to have widgets for everything and apps sorted into home screens but there comes a point where it becomes faster to do things "the old fashioned way" than to have widgets and screens lagging to do it for you.
For example, I have three screens; my main one (clock/weather widget), my most used apps (phone, mail, messages, voicemail) and my camera/video camera, another screen for social apps and another for note apps and daily utilities. I also hide all the apps I don't actually lauch manually (URL shorteners and other "share to" type apps).
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Widgets not responding and DISAPPEARING

I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 - yes, rooted, but still running stock ROM for now. I like Titanium and other apps that require root.
The issue I'm having is that widgets are often not responding after a while. I have the HD Widgets and Multicon, business calendar and a people/contact widget as well as battery pro.
The issue most frequently was the HD widgets would still perform their functions, but not change on the screen what they were doing. (Wifi, bluetooth, brightness). And battery pro would stop actively monitoring. Reboots solved those MINOR issues and it wasn't a huge deal.
TODAY, however, reboot blew away ALL widgets on my screens. Many multicons were gone, calendar widget, people widget, HD widgets. ALL were gone. Oceans of blank screen where I had 4 screens of nicely organized icons before. SO WTF HAPPENED? Why are widgets seemingly an issue for TouchWiz (which, admittedly, I do like) and the GS3?

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I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 - yes, rooted, but still running stock ROM for now. I like Titanium and other apps that require root.
The issue I'm having is that widgets are often not responding after a while. I have the HD Widgets and Multicon, business calendar and a people/contact widget as well as battery pro.
The issue most frequently was the HD widgets would still perform their functions, but not change on the screen what they were doing. (Wifi, bluetooth, brightness). And battery pro would stop actively monitoring. Reboots solved those MINOR issues and it wasn't a huge deal.
TODAY, however, reboot blew away ALL widgets on my screens. Many multicons were gone, calendar widget, people widget, HD widgets. ALL were gone. Oceans of blank screen where I had 4 screens of nicely organized icons before. SO WTF HAPPENED? Why are widgets seemingly an issue for TouchWiz (which, admittedly, I do like) and the GS3?
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Something about the ICS TW launcher...just doesn't play nice with many widgets. I'm not a dev, so I don't know why, but I do know that this has happened to other people I know. Perhaps TW force closed and cleared data spontaneously? Most of the problems I had were with widgets that have to auto-refresh. The You-Tube one for example, which is scrollable, would dissappear sometimes. Nova Launcher rarely had this problem.
The good knews is that TW on the JB leaks for our phone has not had this problem. Samsung has definitely improved TW on 4.1.1 and hopefully soon you'll be able to enjoy this.

[Q]Apex - A couple of issues.

Hi All,
Recently switched from Nova to Apex, good choice !
Apex had everything I need in the free (gesture)
They seem exactly the same to me, other than the odd feature.
BUT !!
I noticed 2 errors, one pretty big, the other just a massive annoyance.
Error 1 - When going into landscape, all of my Icons disappear, and turn to Android Bots (as if the icon is lost), all icons are bunched up and widgets get stretched weirdly etc <--- NOT MY BIGGEST ISSUES
Error 2 (AND BY FAR THE MOST ANNOYING) - When using Nova, I never noticed any lag but with Apex, when I unlock my screen, it takes like 2 seconds for it to load, the Background loads instantly, the rest follows a few seconds later.
I mean, I'm not fussy, but that in my opinion is too long, to the point its noticeable and I end up waiting for it. Wereas before it was Unlock - > Click icon.
Now its Unlock - Wait - Wait - Click Icon.
Can anyone shed any light on these issues?
Thankyou.
Wilks3y

Try locking launcher to memory.

TToivanen said:
Try locking launcher to memory.
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Will give it a go.
This is going to have a negative effect on the rest of the phone though right?
As its essentially kept in RAM then?

Wilks3y said:
Will give it a go.
This is going to have a negative effect on the rest of the phone though right?
As its essentially kept in RAM then?
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Hmm, no... I think one x gives you enoough memory to keep working good, and i don't think that 1 launcher will just ruin it. Also check that you don't kill apep/nova with task killers.

Why would I kill my launcher with a Task killer?
I don't mean to be rude but I couldn't picture ANYONE doing that....
Its only lagging when I unlock from screen off.
Takes like 2/3 seconds to load.
Like I said, background is there instant. HD Widgets shortly after then the rest.
Its like Apex does it in stages, but not fast enough so its noticable.
CAN ANY1 GIVE ME ANY TIPS?
PS - Does having sense populated slow it down?
Should I clear sense?

[Q] Nova Launcher: No home button animations

Hey everyone. I just got a M8, like today, and I'm loving it. I've been happily getting all my apps and everything sorted, but I've hit a bit of a problem with Nova Launcher. It's installed, set as default, I've ported across the settings from my old phone (HTC One X, Sense 5, 4.2.2) and everything looks good, except..... For some reason, when I hit the home button I get no animations. Just a little bit of lag and then the screen just switches to default. The Sense 6 launcher, however, does the nice scrolling thing back to my home page, which I want, but Nova doesn't.
I've hit google, found nothing. Tried all the settings I can think of and nothing jumps out at me (the App Animation setting seemed the obvious, but that didn't seem to help). So, has anybody else had this problem? Am I missing something incredibly obvious? Or is this just the way it is with the M8 and the current version of Nova? It's not enough to really annoy me, but the lack of animation is a bit jarring.
Thanks!

Te Kaihau said:
Hey everyone. I just got a M8, like today, and I'm loving it. I've been happily getting all my apps and everything sorted, but I've hit a bit of a problem with Nova Launcher. It's installed, set as default, I've ported across the settings from my old phone (HTC One X, Sense 5, 4.2.2) and everything looks good, except..... For some reason, when I hit the home button I get no animations. Just a little bit of lag and then the screen just switches to default. The Sense 6 launcher, however, does the nice scrolling thing back to my home page, which I want, but Nova doesn't.
I've hit google, found nothing. Tried all the settings I can think of and nothing jumps out at me (the App Animation setting seemed the obvious, but that didn't seem to help). So, has anybody else had this problem? Am I missing something incredibly obvious? Or is this just the way it is with the M8 and the current version of Nova? It's not enough to really annoy me, but the lack of animation is a bit jarring.
Thanks!
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try nova beta http://novalauncher.com/beta/

Te Kaihau said:
Hey everyone. I just got a M8, like today, and I'm loving it. I've been happily getting all my apps and everything sorted, but I've hit a bit of a problem with Nova Launcher. It's installed, set as default, I've ported across the settings from my old phone (HTC One X, Sense 5, 4.2.2) and everything looks good, except..... For some reason, when I hit the home button I get no animations. Just a little bit of lag and then the screen just switches to default. The Sense 6 launcher, however, does the nice scrolling thing back to my home page, which I want, but Nova doesn't.
I've hit google, found nothing. Tried all the settings I can think of and nothing jumps out at me (the App Animation setting seemed the obvious, but that didn't seem to help). So, has anybody else had this problem? Am I missing something incredibly obvious? Or is this just the way it is with the M8 and the current version of Nova? It's not enough to really annoy me, but the lack of animation is a bit jarring.
Thanks!
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If you go to App Animation and set it to Jellybean, this works for me

try nova beta http://novalauncher.com/beta/
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Thanks, but the changelog on the site suggests I'm using the latest version of Nova anyway..
If you go to App Animation and set it to Jellybean, this works for me
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Tried that, but does nothing
It really is weird, especially when I can't find ~anybody~ having the same problem on this device. It's almost like Nova freezes up slightly when it would normally be running the animation, as if it's conflicting with Sense 6 or some way the home button is rigged up.
Bizarre.
Right now, my options are either live with it (it isn't that annoying after all, it just bugs me) or go back to Sense (which runs lovely, but i can't get on with the vertically scrolling app drawer).

Te Kaihau said:
Right now, my options are either live with it (it isn't that annoying after all, it just bugs me) or go back to Sense (which runs lovely, but i can't get on with the vertically scrolling app drawer).
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Are you on Sense or GPE or another ROM?
I use Nova and leave the app animation on system default. The animation works just fine (not to say that you don't have an issue but just to let you know that it should work). Do you have animations on your stock launcher (sense/google now launcher)? If not, then perhaps there is an issue with your device that may require a reset and reinstall?

nycebo said:
Are you on Sense or GPE or another ROM?
I use Nova and leave the app animation on system default. The animation works just fine (not to say that you don't have an issue but just to let you know that it should work). Do you have animations on your stock launcher (sense/google now launcher)? If not, then perhaps there is an issue with your device that may require a reset and reinstall?
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Thanks for your reply.
I'm on Sense, completely stock. Nova was one of the first things to go on when I got the phone too. To be honest, I've just been using the Sense launcher in the last week and I'm getting used to it. Not as nice as nova, but pretty smooth and simple. Now, there are other things about KitKat that are annoying me even more. Really starting to consider rooting, althoughI've never done it before and I'm a little nervous. Maybe I should practice on my One X?

nycebo said:
Are you on Sense or GPE or another ROM?
I use Nova and leave the app animation on system default. The animation works just fine (not to say that you don't have an issue but just to let you know that it should work). Do you have animations on your stock launcher (sense/google now launcher)? If not, then perhaps there is an issue with your device that may require a reset and reinstall?
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Um. Okay. I just switched to Nova and now the animations are working..... No idea what I did. Only thing I can think of is maybe turning off fastboot last night before a reset, although I'm sure I tried that last weekend......
Whatever. Happy now ?