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App Launcher Not Adding Apps

Ok, i have an elf. of the phone variety.
No funny hats or curly shoes with bells on.
On the third panel of the HTC today screen,
the app launcher, it will no longer add anything.
I can click on the plus icon, and it will show me
a selecion of programs to add, but after clicking
"select" or "ok" it still wont show the item in
the launcher.
Anyone else had this problem?
More importantly, has anyone got a solution?
(and i have searched the forum. found nothing)

LOL....no really? I thought you actually got one of santa's little helpers
Hmmmm....never heard of that one. Did you make any changes to the phone recently? Install something, flash a new ROM? Have you tried soft resetting the phone? Also try to disable the HTC home plug in and then try to re-enable.

well, i did capture one a couple of years ago, but some rights organisation said it was politically incorrect for me to keep it, so i had to let it go.
anyway.
ive not changed the rom in any way. ive only just got it a couple of days ago.
but ill now try disabling it and enabling it again. see if it helps.
thanks for the idea

ok, nope, turning the htc home off and on again didnt work
and i didnt really keep anything and pretend it was an elf.
my previous comment didnt come out sounding sarcastic enough.
any other ideas?

If you havn't got HTC Home Customizer = get this and install on your device.
Not only can you customize the HTC Home plugin to make it prettier you can also add your app shortcuts through HHC and see if they will add that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308
This is the link to HTC Home customizer XDA - This link aslo has link to official site - it is freeware and worth downloading and installing anyways.

well, thats a prety fantastic program. Ive finally been able to get rid of that weather tab that i never use.
Sadly, whenever I try to add anything to the app launcher through the htc home customizer, it throws an error and closes.
???
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Fiddle-De-Dee
Just played with it some more and got it working ok.
i was making a silly mistake with the HHC.
Thanks for your helps folks.

sounds like something got really messed up on your device, probably a registtry change or another app is causing conflict.
Did you get this device brand new?
Have you installed anything recently? If so Try uninstalling it and see if it is working properly now?
Have you been playing around with changing registry settings? If so, try changing things back to the way they were originally.
Maybe if you got the device used, someone else had made these changes.
A hard reset will reset the device back to factory settings and may solve your problem. Unfortunately, you will loose everything you have put on your device, apps, contacts, any customization. You may want to look into backing up some of your data before performing the hard reset. Once hard reset is completed, you can add your custom apps again and start customizing again. No big deal really if you have not done much with your device yet. I have had to do it twice on my device - Just time consuming since I had a lot of customizing already done and had to redo it. Now I know to back up my data before doing a hard reset.
edit: I was typing this reply before you edited your post. Glad to hear that you got it working. Enjoy

"unable to start HTC Sense"

I've searched the forums all day and there doesnt seem to be an answer, basically when i turned on my HD2 today it would not load Sense on startup, it keeps trying then eventually comes up with "Unable to start HTC Sense, tap here to try again" i've tried that about 30 times and still nothing! anyone have any ideas of how to get it to start? (checked my startup folder and there isnt much there)

I had this once, after installing and uninstalling a mod which fu**ed up the system (don´t remember which one). Only a hard reset could cure, but then again, maybe a much more experienced WinMo user could have solved it better...

I had a similar problem where I would re-start my HD2 and it would get to the screen where it loads Sense then it would re-boot. This would keep going round in cicles until I removed the battery.
It turned out to be MobiReg 1.11. I had to do a hard reset and not re-install this app.
I hope this helps.

RichardC said:
It turned out to be MobiReg 1.11. I had to do a hard reset and not re-install this app.
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Hi, I am author of that application and I must confess that this is first news that my application can cause this. If you are in mood for debugging, I would like to verify that issue and to discover root cause of this behavior.

I ran into the same problem with my HD2 with this app. Although mobireg did install and run for a while just fine on it for a while. So I think the cause of it was another program which I had installed. It was more for an older windows mobile version and I don't think it was for sense either. I don't recall the name of it but after I installed that my HD2 started to restart over and over. And after I wiped it clean it would still restart over and over whenever I had reinstalled mobireg.

If you have CHT, try reinstalling it. Has worked for myself and others.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Texas01 said:
If you have CHT, try reinstalling it. Has worked for myself and others.
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I second it...It worked for me..

I'm having the same problem I've checked and unchecked HTC sense, re-booted, removed battery, re-installed CHT and still nothing is working. I go from one problem to another with this phone and i'm no computer wizard but a phone shouldn't be this much hard work.

If you've tried all the possible solutions in this thread and had no luck then Im afraid its hard reset time...
Any recent installs or did it come out of nowhere? (CHT / sense mods??)
edit, just noticed your cht comment.
Try installing a different version of cht.....(older or newer depending on which one you used last)
Long shot but you never know.....
Also try logging out of HTC peep and disabling the twitter tab from "settings - personalise - sense tabs"
just in case that up to its old tricks.........

Cookies home tab. :(

So since day one of getting my HD2 the first thing I installed was Cookies Home Tab and Editor. Since day one I had been experience lags and my HD2 seemed really twitchy. Especially the "Sleep Lock Screen of Death" was a constant annoyance. Well I would like to post that I have unistalled the CHT & Editor and for about three days now have not had the lockscreen of death or have it locked up during SMS's. SirPhunkee suggested that i disable the recent documents tab and I think that has help out as well. I still use the stock SD card with almost 1,000 songs and a few pictures and a lot of games installed and it is working like a champ. If you guys are beginning to get frustrated with your phones...give this a try and let me know what's up! Thanks

No offense to Cookie Monster by any means. He does great work and I did have the lates cookies installed. 1.7.1

post in the cookie thread also try unchecking timeout its on the bottom left corner of the today screen.
settings, menu, all settings, Home, Items, uncheck home timeout

jfmckenna said:
post in the cookie thread also try unchecking timeout its on the bottom left corner of the today screen.
settings, menu, all settings, Home, Items, uncheck home timeout
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Thanks Jimmy...I'd completely forgotten I'd taken that step a long time ago, and is probably why I don't get the SOD, even though I'm running CHT and CHTEditor...in fact I've seen no noticible slowdown at all since I've been running them (at least a week now).
toreone, if you find that is already unchecked, run it for a day or two more, see if you get anymore SOD's, then if not, throw CHT back on there, (double check to make sure the home timeout is still unchecked), and see if it remains stable then.

sirphunkee said:
Thanks Jimmy...I'd completely forgotten I'd taken that step a long time ago, and is probably why I don't get the SOD, even though I'm running CHT and CHTEditor...in fact I've seen no noticible slowdown at all since I've been running them (at least a week now).
toreone, if you find that is already unchecked, run it for a day or two more, see if you get anymore SOD's, then if not, throw CHT back on there, (double check to make sure the home timeout is still unchecked), and see if it remains stable then.
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ok...I will double check the time out and run it for a few day without the cookie and see what happens..if im good I will install cookies again and see what happens.....stay tuned lol

sirphunkee said:
Thanks Jimmy...I'd completely forgotten I'd taken that step a long time ago, and is probably why I don't get the SOD, even though I'm running CHT and CHTEditor...in fact I've seen no noticible slowdown at all since I've been running them (at least a week now).
toreone, if you find that is already unchecked, run it for a day or two more, see if you get anymore SOD's, then if not, throw CHT back on there, (double check to make sure the home timeout is still unchecked), and see if it remains stable then.
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np just found out about it yesterday reading around the forums, i still have much to learn

Thanks JF this solved my SOD using Cookie's im an extremely happy customer now.

jfmckenna said:
np just found out about it yesterday reading around the forums, i still have much to learn
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You will soon reach the point where "I still have much to learn" evolves into "I have much that I've learned that I still have to remember" LOL

dukins said:
Thanks JF this solved my SOD using Cookie's im an extremely happy customer now.
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your welcome enjoy!
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You will soon reach the point where "I still have much to learn" evolves into "I have much that I've learned that I still have to remember" LOL
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Looking forward to the day!

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sirphunkee said:
Thanks Jimmy...I'd completely forgotten I'd taken that step a long time ago, and is probably why I don't get the SOD, even though I'm running CHT and CHTEditor...in fact I've seen no noticible slowdown at all since I've been running them (at least a week now).
toreone, if you find that is already unchecked, run it for a day or two more, see if you get anymore SOD's, then if not, throw CHT back on there, (double check to make sure the home timeout is still unchecked), and see if it remains stable then.
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Turns out it had been unchecked for a while I had read about that a while back and did I had just done a factory restore and was not sure If i had went back and unchecked it. Turns out it was uncheck. I will continue running without cookies for another couple day then throw cookies back on.

HTC HD2 running very slow...

Hey all,
Have noticed that my device has been running ever so slow past few weeks. Nothing is running in task manager and am finding myself resetting my device many times per day.
Any others having or had the same problem?
Advice or tips would be great...

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/fastcleanupforpocketpc.shtml
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402487
and a lot more

xtreme__boi said:
Hey all,
Have noticed that my device has been running ever so slow past few weeks. Nothing is running in task manager and am finding myself resetting my device many times per day.
Any others having or had the same problem?
Advice or tips would be great...
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have you installed any cabs recently? try downloading clearRAM but you shuoldnt really be needing to reboot it several times a day.
Have you flashed a custom rom? or using stock?

Havent installed any cab's recently. But noticed it has been slowing down since installing cookies tab. Plus its running on vodafone rom. Already have clearRam installed, that doesnt really help.
The device slows right down, even the animated is rubbish. Instead of it being smooth.. it kinda judders

If i were you i would install a custom ROM - go for it dude!

Remember to back up your data first, been reading that the home tab doesnt uninstall very well.
It may force you to do a hard reset like me

Make sure you have the chainfire drivers installed and used a rom based on the 2.13 base. Nothing but speed here

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Make sure you have the chainfire drivers installed and used a rom based on the 2.13 base. Nothing but speed here
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Thanks, downloaded that CAB and see how I get on with the HTC today, and will post back. Fingers crossed the device will stop slowing down. It's beginning to really drive me mad, or get on my nerves!

as mentioned allready i'd go for a custom rom

djchubbs said:
as mentioned allready i'd go for a custom rom
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So many to choose from...

The best thing you can do is take a popular rom like dutty, energy,artemis, clean ex.

Well, the 1st thing I've always do when come to a new forum is click the Views function for descending, to see which is most popular 1st, then start from there

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So many to choose from...
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well i cant say which is the best as i havent tried many, but im running the energy, and its amazing.

I can confirm the problem was down to cookies home tab. I uninstalled it earlier, and the device has been running great ever since. So am gutted as I really enjoyed using cookies home tab, but it just kept slowing my device down after a few hours of use

My phone is slow as crap as well. After reading the posts I am going to try a new rom.

Really strange that lots of people are currently complaining about a slow device, mine has also become suddenly very laggy. I have the Elagancia ROM which has C00kies home tab built in - maybe it is this program that is the brunt of the trouble?

chainfire is not speeding up the phone at all. maybe 1 or 2 programs that most dont use, thats it. no use installing.
Cookies def slows down the phone. Especially if you have the weather animation on. If you got 3 full pages of shortcuts its slow. Recommend using 1 page.

I ain't trying a new ROm as I am not having problems with the VF ROM currently installed.
But I had to hard reset my device after uninstalling Cookie's tab, because it messed a few things up. Thank god I got SPB backup on this device.
Won't be going back to Cookies home tab tho... great tweak for the device, but with having the reset the device upto 5 times (or more) as day is a bit frustrating for me.

jornbjorn said:
chainfire is not speeding up the phone at all. maybe 1 or 2 programs that most dont use, thats it. no use installing.
Cookies def slows down the phone. Especially if you have the weather animation on. If you got 3 full pages of shortcuts its slow. Recommend using 1 page.
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Didnt even think about reducing the number of pages, I changed it from 3 to 1 and not its so much faster.

I have been having the same issue on my phone and after deleting all of my text messages (you have to delete them, then go to deleted items and clear them) my phone is running much faster.

Help installing clock files

I thought i was getting smarter...i was downloading and installing stuff with no problems until this clock program. Can some one tell me how to make it work please. I am running cht's newest version but can't get the clocks to show up...it shows that they are installed...but can't find where they are and how to make them work. Help please...thank you

It would probably help to know what clock app you are trying to use.

It should be in the advanced settings in CHT...there's a drop-down list there to choose whatever compatible clock you have installed.

Thank you I will look in the advanced setting and see if that helps.

I have cookies 1.8.5 and there is no advanced drop menu I can find. I'm trying to use the clock called "the bull C3". From forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670136

spursfan1966 said:
I have cookies 1.8.5 and there is no advanced drop menu I can find. I'm trying to use the clock called "the bull C3". From forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670136
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Ok well I'm running an older version of CHT (1.7) so I don't know if it's in the same place, but I access it by hitting the "menu" soft button on the home screen, then choosing "edit home layout". Once it enters the editing mode there, you should find the "advanced" button in the bottom right.

Ok...I found the advanced menu right where you said it was..but the clocks I installed don't show up in the options...do I have to install the cab file in a special place to get it to show up in the advanced menu?

spursfan1966 said:
Ok...I found the advanced menu right where you said it was..but the clocks I installed don't show up in the options...do I have to install the cab file in a special place to get it to show up in the advanced menu?
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Hmm...it was my understanding that whichever clock you have installed (I think you can only have one "actively installed" at a time) would show when you picked the appropriate option in the list...like "analog 1" or "analog 2"
Try picking each of the options that do show in the clock list, and see if any of them are the one you think is installed

Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.

spursfan1966 said:
Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.
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lol no, I just can't say for sure how to choose them in 1.8.5...you might have better luck finding someone who knows the answer by posting in the thread the clocks are in

Hey I don't know what happened but I lost the standered anolog clock, so I restarted my phone and the one I installed just showed up!!! It must be a miracle from GOD!!! Like I said before Thanks alot for your help...thank you, thank you, thank you. You must have willed it onto my phone with ESP or something. YOU DA' MAN!!! I have never had so much trouble with an app.

spursfan1966 said:
Hey I don't know what happened but I lost the standered anolog clock, so I restarted my phone and the one I installed just showed up!!! It must be a miracle from GOD!!! Like I said before Thanks alot for your help...thank you, thank you, thank you. You must have willed it onto my phone with ESP or something. YOU DA' MAN!!! I have never had so much trouble with an app.
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lol I'm glad it works for you now, I know how frustrating that kind of thing can be. Had you done a soft-reset after you first installed the clocks? Sometimes changes in WM just need to be kick-started with a 2nd reboot.

Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.

spursfan1966 said:
Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.
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Nope...I know that there are some AV apps out there for winmo, but I've never felt compelled to test or use any. I'd have a hard time believing that your issue was casued by anything like that though. I'd suspect it's more likely related to the fact you installed all the clock cabs at once, but that's just a guess.

spursfan1966 said:
Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.
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In Marketplace look up 'Lookout'. Its free and works great. But if you are on the stock ROM still dont use it. I had some issues when I was on my original ROM and it froze it to the point I had to hard reset. But it includes antivirus, Malware scan, firewall, etc. Plus it has a nice feature where if its stolen you can remotely (from any PC) 'NUKE' your phones contents. You can also pinpoint its location and go get it. GL!

sirphunkee said:
Nope...I know that there are some AV apps out there for winmo, but I've never felt compelled to test or use any. I'd have a hard time believing that your issue was casued by anything like that though. I'd suspect it's more likely related to the fact you installed all the clock cabs at once, but that's just a guess.
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Alright...thanks guys...I appreciate all the help I can get, and hopefully one day I can return the favor.

spursfan1966 said:
Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.
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After installing the clocks cab. then go into edit mode press the old clock till the remove tab appears, then hold the empty sapce till add new tab.appears and select analog 1 from dropdown menu, soft reset and new clock should show. In fact you can get 2 different clocks to display-- one for day and one for night.

how do you get one clock for day and another for night?

spursfan1966 said:
how do you get one clock for day and another for night?
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Most of the clocks for the 1.8.5 it says you have to uncheck sense install/restart your phone/then click sense back on...yeah pretty complicated other wise it will not show up...usually a reboot will take care of it...As far as two different clocks..I am pretty sure that is not possible...only one at a time...