The widgets I have on my homescreen that have displays that update ... e.g. the stock date/time/temp/event widget ... do not update their displays. The data updates, but not the display. I have searched the googleweb and have found many threads on this issue. I have tried the solutions suggested in the threads ... e.g. clear cache ... but they do not work (and did not work for the people originating the threads). I thought I'd try removing then readding one of the widgets, and the widget does not display, the spot I dropped it into remains blank. Even so, the widget is there because you cannot drop anything new into the space, but it does not display ... which I consider the same as widget display not updating. It's apparently a legitimate issue given how many threads there are, and the commonality among them appears to be KitKat. Anybody know if there's a solution to the problem, or at least a way to make the widgets displays start updating again without rebooting the device?
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this initially happened with the gosms widget where it doesnt refresh everytime i get a new sms. i reinstalled gosms and it still had the problem. and now even the clock widget of sonyericsson and the other widgets likr goweather, the date widget doesnt refresh anymore. how do i go about this? are you also having the same problem?
How about Timescape? You can use it to see the messages
I don't use timescape. It's not too private.
Anyway, it's not the issue though.
Even the clock widget (stock SE's digital clock) sometimes don't refresh with the time showed in the status bar. Even the weather widget etc.
MaLt- said:
I don't use timescape. It's not too private.
Anyway, it's not the issue though.
Even the clock widget (stock SE's digital clock) sometimes don't refresh with the time showed in the status bar. Even the weather widget etc.
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ever since the 2.3.3 update ive had the same issue, particularly with the clock. its always out of sync. tried stopping home, reloading the widgets etc, nothing seems to work and its completely random
I'm still with 2.3.2.
I tried using GoLauncherEx and so far they are working fine. But it still happens.
I have noticed that the widgets don't refresh when I'm using the default SE home..
Can someone help me with this?
I've discovered this to be a reproducible (but not solvable) problem. This might be an Android prob, as there are one or two other short threads on this site for other phones. For me it looks like the common thread is an incoming call while using an app. But fixing it... who knows?
I have been able to reproduce it three times:
1. after a week using my Arc, a new clock widget stopped updating except when foregrounded, and not until the next minute ticked over. I also noticed a weather widget wouldn't update reliably.
2. after two months without a solution, i completely reset the phone. All good. While playing a game, I received a call. Afterwards, the widgets wouldn't refresh except as above.
I deleted an unrelated widget because I didn't need it, and (perhaps coincidentally) the other widgets started refreshing properly.
3. a week later, I received a call while using the calendar app. Widgets no longer refresh, except as above. I haven't been able to find a fix this time. Tested widgets like the stock digital clock show the same problem.
If u hav installed beautiful widgets then..
Well after lots of trial and error.. the only solution i found is..
1. uninstall beautiful widgets animation
2. clear data beautiful widgets from settings - apps - beautiful widgets
3. uninstall beautiful widgets..
Living without beautiful widgets is better than facing that refresh problem..
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This method worked on my SE Arc S (.42). You need to have root access.
1) Open the following file: /system/build.prop
2) Add this to the end of the file and save it: ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
3) Reboot.
Hope it helps.
Hello,
I had searched for this bug(?) but I found nothing like this.
Normal situation: if I want to put a new widget in the desktop, before drop the widget somewhere there is a green shadow which indicates that the placement is correct. If another widget is in the same place, this shadow is gray.
My problem: somehow, in concrete places in the desktop, at the time to drop the widget the shadow is gray and no widget is there. This occurs in the 1st desktop the hole 1st row and in the 2nd desktop, the 4th column, 2nd row. All the time are the same places and no matter which widget i try to put.
I have tried: reboot, long press in the gray places (maybe was an "invisible" widget), uninstalling some apps.
I'm newbe in android and don't want to make reset to default. Somebody knows about this issue?
Thanyou.
Never occured that problem, unistall all widgets then reboot, and then try to instal and put it.
First thing to try is wiping data for the launcher. You many need root, never tried without so don't know.
Sent via subspace beacon from my Arc.
This problem is known and is due to a modification of the location of the widgets that were here before; for instance if you move it from memory to sd card.
If you do not want to root, you have to reset the launcher, but you will have after to do your personalization again. To reset the launcher, Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, All, Sony Ericsson Home, Wipe Data (sorry, my system is in French, so my translation can not be exact).
If you have rooted, you have to remove the line(s) concerned by your "ghost" widgets in the file: \data\data\com.sonyericsson.home\files\desktop.xml.gz\desktop.xml
Thanks to all for the answers and specially for thierryb because he got with the solution.
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Thanks to all for the answers and specially for thierryb because he got with the solution.
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i'm just running stock...but had the recent sense 3.0 update.
since then, i've noticed an issue with my people widget.
the widget itself has the right datat, but after some time, when i unlock my device and scroll to the widget...the people are still there, but the associated facebook/sms/email information isnt and its as if i've just placed the widget there in the first place.
it shouldnt do this should it?
Any ideas for troubleshooting? I've googled but didnt really find much out there....maybe not many people have this issue or even use the widget.
the widget itself is the view where it shows a picture and then next to it shows their most recent update (thats the part that refreshed not all the time, but most of the time when i unlock my decide and then scroll to that widget)
what gives?
the widget itself is version 3.0.2120373266,190558
release date 21011/03/31 15:05
its the 3rd type of that widget
Anyone else notice that to do list widgets don't always update/work? AnyDo & Wunder
I was using anydo for a while but noticed the widget doesn't always work and update. Meaning the list isn't there or deleted items are still on it and if you click on the add to do button nothing happens.
So I decided to try Wunderlist and the same thing is happening.
Can this be an issue with 6.0? The to do widgets seem to be the only ones giving me any issues.
I'm experiencing the same issue. Opening the app fixes it, but that defeats the point of widgets. What launcher are you using? (I'm on Nova.)
Hi all,
New to the forum, so be gentle!
I just unpacked and configured my new S9+. One issue is that the Icon Frames-Icons only option only works with particular apps (this was not an issue with the S8). Specifically, I notice that certain apps (Google Voice, Google Calendar, Gmail) all have that ugly white border around them. I scoured the internet and couldn't find a fix. Does anyone have guidance on how to remove these borders? Thanks in advance!
Coming from the S7, I noticed the same issue: some icons are displayed as the setting imply, others are not. I didn't have this problem on my S7: all icons were borderless. I tried turning the setting on/off, restarting the phone with no success. It must be the themes app.
It is not the themes app and restarting the phone won't work.
This is a feature of Oreo. Most icons now follow certain design guides for symmetry including all google apps.
It might be so, but not all Google apps follow this new "feature" of Oreo. For example: Maps, Docs, Slides, Hangouts, Translate don't have the border.
Thanks, all. Is the only way to adjust the appearance to use something like Nova Launcher?
I'm seeing the same issue coming from a S7, doesn't look like my wife's S8 has the problem either.
I noticed this too, how can I restore the default icons, I was messing with the themes and lost them?