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[Q] Apps icon has disappeared!

Stock Captivate 2.1 Éclair. ADW launcher.
I had an app freeze up the phone. Had to remove battery and restart. Now the Master Bar (or whatever it is called) at the bottom no longer has the Apps icon in it! The other two are still there.
I now have no way to get into the primary apps list--can run only those that have shortcuts on the home screens. I cannot find any way to get the Apps icon back.
Help, help help please. This is a major fail.

Make sure your desktop is unlocked first ...
tap the screen, hold, then select "launcher actions" -> open/close app drawer
you should have a link to open the apps.
then you can drag and drop the link to the dock.

Or enable the awesome option in adw settings that let's you swipe up anywhere on the screen to open the app drawer.
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While on your homescreen press menu -> adw settings -> general behavior -> swipe up actions, and select open close app drawer.
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OK. Cancel this question.
Out of the clear blue, it reappeared, but this really scares me. Had it not fixed itself, I would have had a serious deficiency in the phone.
except, previous shows a method (thanks) to recreate the icon, so it would not have been fatal.

_NULL_ said:
While on your homescreen press menu -> adw settings -> general behavior -> swipe up actions, and select open close app drawer.
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Ooooooo...I like this one. Thanks.
Any other nice tricks/settings?

"Take Photo" app in my app drawer??

I just noticed an icon in my app drawer called "Take Photo".
When you launch it the stock camera pops up. What is unusual though, is that the small square in the bottom left of the screen (in portrait mode) that usually shows the most recent photo taken is blank. And, if you press that button it doesn't show any photos.
If I launch the normal camera app, the recent photo is shown in that square...
Has this icon always been there, or did another app install it?
It doesn't appear in the list of apps in the app manager.
Thanks,
Rich
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You have FriendCaster Pro installed that adds that icon to the app drawer.
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It's probably a facebook shortcut icon.

Thanks. Yes I do have Friendcaster installed. Why do all of these apps keep adding extra icons.
At least the recent FB update removed the extra camera and messager icons when they realised people don't like redundant icons.
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[Q] exiting "app info" screen

I have noticed that when using certain apps (ES File Explorer and Avast! being two examples) that if I enter an "app info" screen from these apps it opens in full screen with no apparent method to exit the screen short of returning to home. Am I missing some gesture? Entering "app info" from default "settings" allows me to back out - but no such option exists in these cases. What is more if I do go to home then restart the guilty app using a shortcut it puts me back to my last location for that app, which of course is stuck in the "app info" screen.
edit: Forgot I'm using Nova launcher

Me to, why does that matter?
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dbh369 said:
Me to, why does that matter?
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My particular problem was that I would enter the info screen through a misclick, attempt to return to the previous screen, use home to access desktop then end up back inside the same (dead end) info page when I attempted to reopen explorer through the desktop. As a novice to tablet interfaces I found this circular dance at best, unintuitive.

Nuor60 said:
I have noticed that when using certain apps (ES File Explorer and Avast! being two examples) that if I enter an "app info" screen from these apps it opens in full screen with no apparent method to exit the screen short of returning to home. Am I missing some gesture? Entering "app info" from default "settings" allows me to back out - but no such option exists in these cases. What is more if I do go to home then restart the guilty app using a shortcut it puts me back to my last location for that app, which of course is stuck in the "app info" screen.
edit: Forgot I'm using Nova launcher
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There is a solution. But you have to install an app. It is GMD Gesture Control Lite. It is free but sometimes nags you to buy the full version. I found out about it because another user wanted to hide the status/navigation bars. The app adds the ability to add finger swipe gestures for specific actions. One swipe that comes with the free version is back. So with that installed, just give the pre-defined swipe action and it goes back. And if you buy the full version it adds the swipe to hide or show the status/nav bar. So, if you give it that swipe, the back bar appears. I found I had trouble with the multi-touch tablet swipes, so I configured it for phone so it only took single touch swipes.
I could see where that app would be handy in a lot of situations. I am going to keep it installed. May even recommend it in my tips thread.
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leapinlar said:
GMD Gesture Control Lite.
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I tried that out but couldn't get consistent behaviour from it. More often than not a gesture wouldn't register.

Ok misunderstood your problem. Yes I've seen that too. Have to kill the app in manage apps
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[Q] Loss of menu buttons?

Every now and then I keep getting no response when trying to nagivate the screen as the HOME, BACK and BOOKMARK buttons are no longer on the screen leaving me to restart the kindle.
Anyone experience this and know how to fix?

Sorry, it's not the menu buttons its the option buttons that appear at the bottom.
The only bypass has been to install an app called fullscreen

I've heard that happening because Gmail was installed. Not sure though
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No that's the notification bar gmail affects,
Did you freeze some stuff by chance? Try going into the kfhd 7 general thread that deals with the bottom bar they've made some modded ones, perhaps yours just got corrupted
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[Q] Issue in cynogen mod 11

I have some app in folder at homescreen, while opening the folder i notice a small lock icon, i pressed the lock icon it ask me for a pattern i confirm pattern as soon as. Then whenever i touch folder it ask me for pattern and then show me app in folder .
Today when i open folder i have notice a small x icon in front of app and as soon as i pressed x icon my app is gone even from app drawer, i reinstall it from play store then even my application icon is not showing in app drawer. Any one know how to fix this issue.