Hey guys,
I am currently experimenting with different launchers. I got 3 installed right now.
HTC Sense which comes with MDJ Revolution 2.3 rom. Go Launcher, and ADW Launcher EX (which I am actually using right now).
I already used home switcher, ADW is set as default, but Go Launcher keeps loading after every reboot. Is there a simple way to disable go launcher. I don't want to manually switch to ADW every time I reboot.
boba
If ADW EX launcher is installed to sd that would be a reason as to why your phone doesn't start up with it first. Just move it to phone if it is in sd, and things should work now.
Every time I restart my phone all my widgets reset. This is with both the launchers I use, Launcher 7 & LauncherPro Plus. It shows the widget place holder box where the widget once was. Also my widgets on Widget Locker are deleted completely as well.
This means I must re-add all my widgets. This is a pain with extended controls and minimalistic text as these must be customised to my liking before I add them which takes a lot of time.
Neither the widgets nor the launchers or widget locker are installed on my SD. I do not use Apps2SD (the root only version).
I know this is not a ROM issue as it was fine until about a week ago (I haven't changed ROM for ages). Any ideas
Anyone else having trouble with their widgets. I flashed gingervillain to try out gb on my desire but I cannot seem to have my favourite widgets working. E.g simi clock, calendar pad, simi folder, digital clock widget. They simply do not appear in my home screen > add widget list.
Am I doing something wrong?
Do you have apps2sd installed? Maybe they are installed to SD-card? Try moving them to phone.
Thx, you were right. Apps are by default installed on SD card and moving then back allows me to use them on home screen.
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Hi.
I noticed that my Fancy Widget and other clock-widgets doesnt update anymore when i open apps, documents or other services. Example:
Clock shows 19:21, Widgets shows 19:21. As long as my phone stays on one of the 5 homescreens, the time updates as usual. But when i open an app (browser, mail, gallery, or any other app) or game and return to my homescreen i can see the time didnt update since i opened the app or game. Lets say i open my browser 19:22, i visit some websites, and switch back to my homescreen 5 minutes later (19:27), the widget didnt update the time within these 5 minutes. When i stay on the homescreen and wait for next minute, the widget updates the time correct.
Whats wrong?
I dont have any task-killers installed. I have 2.3.3 rooted. I didnt remove any bloatware.
I take it you haven't moved the app to the SD either?
What app you mean? Widgets cant be moved to SD, because they wont work when placed on SD.
Are you using SE launcher or a 3rd party one? Try installing https://market.android.com/details?id=com.th.android.widget.gTabsimiClock&feature=search_result and see if its the same. I am using that clock/weather/battery widget with no problems.
I am using SE Launcher again. I used ADW Launcher EX, but got to many errors, so i went back to my stock SE Launcher.
Edit: I tried simiClock, it happens too. It doesnt matter what clock-widget i am using. It doesnt refresh/update when apps/games are running and i switch back to the homescreen.
Most clocks do not update if you have moved them to the SD card.
Make sure it is installed on the phone.
My stock weather widget never updates the location in the background, only when launching it manually will it update on the home screen.
@dsswoosh
As i posted just before....clocks/widgets dont work at all when moved to SD. I install all my widgets on the phone!!
Montechristo1979 said:
I am using SE Launcher again. I used ADW Launcher EX, but got to many errors, so i went back to my stock SE Launcher.
Edit: I tried simiClock, it happens too. It doesnt matter what clock-widget i am using. It doesnt refresh/update when apps/games are running and i switch back to the homescreen.
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You mean Go launcher ex? try launcher pro, i have tried Go launcher ex, Adw and launcher pro and cannot seem to replicate the problems you are describing, also not had any errors or force closes on any. Do the clock widgets that come with SE launcher do the same? or just 3rd party clock widgets you install? If the stock clocks dont work then maybe reinstalling the fw will fix it.
I tried ADW Launcher EX again (yes, its ADW EX ). Time updates in the background as it should. It seems that its only an SE-Launcher issue. Can someone try?
Maybe it is always like this and i never noticed this before while using the stock SE Launcher?! I think i can live with it, but maybe there is a way to fix it without using a different launcher?
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I tried ADW Launcher EX again (yes, its ADW EX ). Time updates in the background as it should. It seems that its only an SE-Launcher issue. Can someone try?
Maybe it is always like this and i never noticed this before while using the stock SE Launcher?! I think i can live with it, but maybe there is a way to fix it without using a different launcher?
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Indeed your right its ADW Launcher EX ive always just called it adw. Well using the stock SE launcher my clock widgets update in the background so im guessing its a problem with your SE launcher. Possibly reinstalling the fw will fix the SE launchers bug? Worth a try i suppose.
I've been experiencing this on my Xperia Arc too. It has nothing to do with launchers or task killers in my case (I use neither). I have been able to reproduce it three times:
1. after a week using my Arc, I noticed a new clock widget wasn't 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 above widget types 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 shows the same problem.
So for me it looks like the common thread is an incoming call while using an app. I would guess this must be happening to a few other people, as it's the same symptoms as the OP described.
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..
Hi all,
a few days ago, all my widgets stopped updating anymore. The widgets I have installed are:
Beautiful widgets - clock and weather widget.
Mini-info - widget to show battery,phone internal memory, and sd external memory left.
Widgetsoid 2.x - switches for wifi, bt, mobile data,..etc.
Even the clock is not updating. I tried removing the widgets and re-attaching them to the home screen but not use. I also tried un-installing the apps of the widgets and re-installing them and also no use.
I don't know what seems to be the problem. I did not change any settings before this happened.
Btw, I'm on stock jelly-bean, rooted.
I am suspecting maybe one of the widgets is taking too much memory and blocking the auto-updates of everything else?
Any ideas guys?
Make sure task manager app if you have one installed does not autokill these widget apps.
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