Hi all,
I've read hundred of stickies, Q&A's, FAQ's, nd whatever, but I haven't found a similar problem. I's appreciate any help or hint.
When I reboot, many desktop icons (direct links) disappear. Also the wallpaper (I use Ownskin). Widgets and other settings seem to remain unaffected.
This doesn't happen to all icons: e.g, in the 4th desktop screen I have 16 game icons. When I reboot, 8 or 10 of them have disappeared.
I wonder if this is related to having moved some apps to the SD, as if they have somehow lost track of their confg files (sorry if this sounds dumb, newbie Android user).
I am extremely happy with my SGS, but this problem is getting really annoying.
Here's my data
GT-I9000
Official carrier (Spanish Movistar) Froyo.BGJP3 update
Baseband I9000BGJP2
Rooted and lagfixed, carrier bloatware removed.
TIA for your time!
same problem here.. every program i install to sd the icon is gone after reboot.. seems to be some kinda timing thing where when it builds the desktop the sd is in the middle of scanning for media or something.. running stock jpy 2.2.1 with bln kernel.. anyone else..
Your explanation is probably correct. However, I am curious as to why you still need app to SD despite having 2 gb of app space.
that is normal with most apps 2 sd
if you refresh it again, they will show up
dont really need apps to sd with 2 gig you are right.. but apps such as angry birds.. automatically install to sd (ie over 16 meg)..
allgamer. how do you refresh your desktop.. scanning media is not the same.
and it is a pain to manually add icons after every boot.
is this the problem in all froyo.. really needs to be fixed.. there needs to be some kinda delay say 2 minutes after boot before removing icons.. even if it has to show some generic icon till the app is avial.
snapper.fishes said:
Your explanation is probably correct. However, I am curious as to why you still need app to SD despite having 2 gb of app space.
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Yes, that was it! I moved all apps back to memory, and everything is working fine again. You are right, there is no need to put them into the SD, with such an amount of available space. Anyway, I still think this is a bug in Froyo. If it has the option to put apps to SD, it should work correctly.
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Hello,
yesterday I started to move some Apps (around 20) to my SD Card.
On of the apps was "HTC_IME mod" (the keyboard). When I tried to write something now I only had the android keyboard. HTC IME wasn't even in the input settings.
Well, okay, moved it back to phone storage. Still didn't work somehow.. it FC'd.
I reinstalled it and it worked again.
Some minutes later I've seen that 3 Apps aren't in the AppDrawer anymore!
Since I got some of them in a folder on the homescreen I tried to start the apps there. It didn't work! Getting the message "isnt installed on phone" or something like that.
+ All of the apps I moved were shown without the actual app icon but with the default green icon. I tried to start them too and it worked..
I also couldn't move any of them back to the phone storage because the buttons were greyed out and I were only able to uninstall them.
I removed most of the apps without a real icon from the folder and put them back in (Holding them in the AppDrawer and moving into the folder) and did another restart to see if they're without an Icon again or not.
Now the Launcher Force Closed. Couldn't do anything.. (I'm on CM6 and deleted the ADW Launcher and just installed LauncherPro Plus)
Blah blah I connected to USB to get the USB screen (makes the launcher not close anymore) and used the powerstrip app to go the root explorer and reinstall the Launcher. Worked again.
I checked my folder again and I see that all icons are still shown! Yay!
But wait, that can't be true. I did another restart.
Checked the folder and most of the apps are without an icon again (default icon only).
AND I have some apps TWICE in the AppDrawer!!
wtf!? What the hell am I doing wrong?
I just wanted to use the FroYo Apps2SD methode to get some free space on my phone -.-
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AND I have some apps TWICE in the AppDrawer!!
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Another restart fixed it. But it didn't fix the missing icons in the folder and I think it also didn't fix everything what happened before.
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Same problem... But i think it may be related to Market Update.
Common problem... have a read of the following:
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/05/22/storing-apps-sd-froyo/
Also, most reliable results are with stock Froyo Launcher... probably best to use that if you have a lot of apps on SD using Froyo method.
Shameless plug: Kang-o-rama 1.0, which is based on CM6 RC1, is the only CM rom with full apps2ext support. Apps2ext will give you the benefits and none of the pain... see my sig.
Temporary solution
Temporary solution that worked on my N1 is this:
Smokeaire said:
Here some solutions that I and others have posted in the nightly build thread. Go into settings, applications, manage applications, running, adw, then force stop. That brought back the apps icons. The weirdest one I found is to open camera (I then open settings) close camera, and my icons are back. Don't ask me why this works but it does.
Note: All the icons that turn generic are in folders on my home page, including camera.
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Konusan Balta said:
Temporary solution that worked on my N1 is this:
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Oh wth.
I know that the icons were still not shown yesterday morning and during the day I used the camera exactly once.
I just checked the folder on the homescreen and the icons are there .. crazy
Bump!
anyone with the same problems but other solutions?
This is a common and known issue with custom launchers (like LauncherPro you're running) and Froyo's Apps2SD. Plus, it's a known limitation - widgets/keyboards/system service apps/etc can't be moved to SD and keep working reliably. Cyanogen enables the option, but it doesn't say you can use it on everything.
There are no solutions, and it's very well possible that there won't ever be any.
I'm curious as to how long it should take my phone to see all the installed apps I have on my phone after a reboot. My phone sometimes take a good five minutes before they are all visible. Is this a sign of an SD card failing? Maybe it's time to spring for the $81 32gb card on amazon.
I'm running CM 6.1 RC.
If you have apps2sd setup maybe that's ok, that sounds about right. If your worried about your sd card, do a nand and save it to your computer and backup your sd card contents too
garfnodie said:
I'm curious as to how long it should take my phone to see all the installed apps I have on my phone after a reboot. My phone sometimes take a good five minutes before they are all visible. Is this a sign of an SD card failing? Maybe it's time to spring for the $81 32gb card on amazon.
I'm running CM 6.1 RC.
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Well I sure wouldn't go to a slower card (32GB) to solve this. I'd go to a class 6.
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Well I sure wouldn't go to a slower card (32GB) to solve this. I'd go to a class 6.
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The 16gb card I have now is a Class 2, so I wouldn't be loosing speed, aside from the fact that it could take longer to go through more storage to load my apps, but I'd still just stick with a 1gb app partition anyway. I'm trying to wait until the 32gb cards are down to around $50 anyway.
garfnodie said:
I'm curious as to how long it should take my phone to see all the installed apps I have on my phone after a reboot. My phone sometimes take a good five minutes before they are all visible. Is this a sign of an SD card failing? Maybe it's time to spring for the $81 32gb card on amazon.
I'm running CM 6.1 RC.
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Do you mean visible in the app drawer or available as a shortcut on your launcher desktop? I find that any apps using froyo-style apps-to-sd aren't available at the point the desktop starts up so the shortcuts fail to work even though the apps are there just fine in the app drawer. If I restarted AWDlauncher/Launcherpro after rebooting all my shortcuts started working again.
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Do you mean visible in the app drawer or available as a shortcut on your launcher desktop? I find that any apps using froyo-style apps-to-sd aren't available at the point the desktop starts up so the shortcuts fail to work even though the apps are there just fine in the app drawer. If I restarted AWDlauncher/Launcherpro after rebooting all my shortcuts started working again.
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Visible in the app drawer.
If I reboot the phone, it takes forever for the apps to become visible in the app drawer, so then I go to settings / applications / manage apps, and all the apps are listed. Some show their proper icon, but most show the generic SD card icon. This is the case in both the "All" tab and in the "On SD card" tab.
I only ask cause it didn't used to be this slow to load the apps. It seems like it's been since 2.2 that it's gotten slower to load them all. Maybe that's just a FROYO thing or something, idk. But I figured I should check with the XDA crew and find out their thoughts on the matter.
Well all I can say is that I'm running cm6.1 rc1 (and before that cm 6.0) and while I do get some default icons on reboot (only for apps that have been moved to SD), all I have to do it restart my launcher and everything is fine instantly.
Lately I've LP has been freezing on me in a few moments after boot, basically after media scanning is done my UI is frozen and I need to bring up task manager to close out LP and exit out of task manager and it runs fine again, anyone know whats causing this?
it happens i think. i remember just installing chompsms and it's been happening since. switched to handcent and the problem's not there anymore.
maybe some application is causing it on your end?
I have the same problem! No matter what I do, Launcher Pro freezes after booting up, I have to close & re-open!
I had the same problem no matter what setup I used on my phone, even did it straight after a clean factory reset. Gave up with it in the end and am using Zeam Launcher now, very quick and responsive although I do miss the LP widgets
Found a fix, its caused by the .andriod secure folder on the EXTERNAL SD.. delete all the contents from there and mark the folder as READ ONLY and reinstall your apps that were there w/o the EXTERNAL SD card to guarantee they dont come back.
100% fixed on my end!
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Found a fix, its caused by the .andriod secure folder on the EXTERNAL SD.. delete all the contents from there and mark the folder as READ ONLY and reinstall your apps that were there w/o the EXTERNAL SD card to guarantee they dont come back.
100% fixed on my end!
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Ain't that the folder used by apps 2 sd? I would rather put up with fc in lp then screw with app 2 sd.
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Ain't that the folder used by apps 2 sd? I would rather put up with fc in lp then screw with app 2 sd.
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I dont even use app 2 sd in the first place.
I still have thouse hangs at bootup, sometimes goes fine, sometimes it is needed to be closed. I had this folder on my external sd, the folder is empty. Read and Write flags are off
Any other suggestion?
I have same problem... +1
it looks like its an actual error with the app itself, i have had this problem lots of times, i did a full wipe and only installed launcher pro, nothing else, the only 1 app i had on the phone was launcher pro and it still froze.
i just went to ADW launcher, i like it alot and you can resize widgets and stuff, very customisable..
2nd favourite is zeam, would be my number one but i couldnt figure out how to save the settings... theres a wide range of other launchers why not try something else ??
my LP does that as well on my vibrant. it really isn't that big of a deal, unless you repeatedly reboot your phone...
just wait a little while after your phone boots and just let everything load up
Yes, we can try another launcher, but launcherpro is best for me, because I want grid 5x6 icons. Go launcher is great as well, but there is max 5x5 :/
Hi, I just update my Galaxy S to Froyo yesterday, followed one of the tutorial here and apply the lag fix and everything.
I just realize it today that some apps that I've placed on homescreen is always missing when I just reboot the phone. not a big deal since I can just go to apps list and set the shortcut again on homescreen, but it gets annoying after a while. further digging, I found that all missing shortcut are all apps that has been installed on my external 1gb sd cards.
so can anyone help me with this? also my phone felt a bit slow when I boot it. took a while until widget like beautiful widget, and battstat to load. same with scanning internal and external sd card. is this normal? I swear it felt faster yesterday when I just finished updating froyo.
thank you
I cannot help you, but it is a pain that the phone has to scan the SD files averytime you do anything, take a photo, load musica, reboot, and it takes too long to do it...
Its normal
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Does anyone else have this issue? It started happening to me on JB stock LQ4 - I'd put the "sportstracker" app on my homescreen, and every now and again it would be deleted (its an app I use daily, so I notice it!).
I didn't think too much of it, but now I've installed LightJB and the CoCore E 6.0 I half expected this problem to have gone away - but it has happened again! It only seems to affect that one app, which is installed in just the same way that others are - not on the SD card, from the playstore etc etc.
Its more of a mild annoyance than anything else, but I have read of at least one other person experiencing it - any ideas where to look for a solution?
Cheers!
Matt
larkim said:
Does anyone else have this issue? It started happening to me on JB stock LQ4 - I'd put the "sportstracker" app on my homescreen, and every now and again it would be deleted (its an app I use daily, so I notice it!).
I didn't think too much of it, but now I've installed LightJB and the CoCore E 6.0 I half expected this problem to have gone away - but it has happened again! It only seems to affect that one app, which is installed in just the same way that others are - not on the SD card, from the playstore etc etc.
Its more of a mild annoyance than anything else, but I have read of at least one other person experiencing it - any ideas where to look for a solution?
Cheers!
Matt
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Go to settings, then applications, and tap on the app. Move it to phone storage, and then put the app back on your screen and restart. It should stay there. Seems a bit of a bug with touchwiz that if it is on sd card it is removed upon restart.
Yep, touchwizz have that bug.
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Go to settings, then applications, and tap on the app. Move it to phone storage, and then put the app back on your screen and restart. It should stay there. Seems a bit of a bug with touchwiz that if it is on sd card it is removed upon restart.
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I was just about to post to say that it wasn't on the SD card (because I haven't put it there!!), and then noticed that in apps it says "Move to device storage", so I guess it actually is on the SD card for some peculiar reason. Do the app developers get to specify where it is stored?
Anyway, thanks - I'll move it across and hopefully it'll "stick"!
Matt
Use Apex or other launcher and all will be fine.