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Anyone noticing bugs w/ Launcher Pro?

Launcher Pro is by far my favorite launcher application but I have noticed a few bugs with it on my Vibrant lately. I know it's Launcher Pro causing them because my device doesn't duplicate them when running stock TouchWiz or ADW Launcher.
Bug #1 - When activating GPS it causes the entire phone to freeze and sometimes restart.
Bug #2 - Sometimes apps will not launch at all until I reset my device. If I click on a app it closes will open and close within 1 second.
Has anyone else experienced these bugs?

Been using LP for a few weeks now and haven't noticed either of those bus. In fact, LP has given me no problems at all.

I've had LauncherPro installed since the day I purchased my phone in mid-July. Experienced none of these bugs. I don't think it's LP-related on your end.

The dialer also does not connect to an in call dialer. If you get a phone call and exit out of the dialer, you cannot get back to that dialer. When you click your dialer application, it gives you a fresh dialer acting like no one is connected.
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Mark271 said:
The dialer also does not connect to an in call dialer. If you get a phone call and exit out of the dialer, you cannot get back to that dialer. When you click your dialer application, it gives you a fresh dialer acting like no one is connected.
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If you pull down on the notification bar, and then press on the green phone icon, it will take you back to your call that is already in progress.

I'm using launcher pro and I've also experienced both of the issues mentioned in the OP. I've been using LP almost since day one, so I can't say whether or not they're LP bugs specifically. The app launching issue I've noticed more with Handcent than any other. On the GPS issue, I don't have any of the "fixes" applied, so it's not that. I'm thinking about reloading a completely stock ROM to see if that might fix it.
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hockeyrcks9901 said:
If you pull down on the notification bar, and then press on the green phone icon, it will take you back to your call that is already in progress.
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I understand this, but the dialer application should work. Thanks for the tip though.
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i like launcher pro, but it makes my vibrant noticeable slower than the tw launcher.

LP since July 15th... absolutely no issues.
what other things have you done to the phone? Rom? Lag Fix? Etc?

s15274n said:
LP since July 15th... absolutely no issues.
what other things have you done to the phone? Rom? Lag Fix? Etc?
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I'm still on the stock rom. No lag fixes, gps fixes, etc. It's rooted, but that's about it.
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jrwingate6 said:
Launcher Pro is by far my favorite launcher application but I have noticed a few bugs with it on my Vibrant lately. I know it's Launcher Pro causing them because my device doesn't duplicate them when running stock TouchWiz or ADW Launcher.
Bug #1 - When activating GPS it causes the entire phone to freeze and sometimes restart.
Bug #2 - Sometimes apps will not launch at all until I reset my device. If I click on a app it closes will open and close within 1 second.
Has anyone else experienced these bugs?
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I have also had these happen but just with lp. Since the last update I haven't experienced them again. At least for now.
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I don't notice any bugs with LP but I mostly use the stock launcher. Just not a fan of the stock android look...
I do notice one bug in ADW launcher though which I use from time to time and that's the scrolling of the home screens. Sometimes I'll try to flick to the next screen and all it'll do is bounce and stay on the same screen. I had this some problem on the mytouch slide so I know it's not a vibrant issue.

YES! I AM EXPERIENCE CONTINUOUS REBOOTS!
My Epic 2.1.1 rooted with 'one-click' method seemed fine for a day. But once I installed LauncherPro, the device stared to reboot continously every 30sec.
I had to go into recovery mode and wipe/factory reset!
Any ideas?

^ did you try and install a system app? Only way I can see that possible... would have absolutely nothing to do with LP.

My launcher pro is working great. I bought the pro version though, thought I might add that launcher was updated today the 3rd.
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Yeah, I am LOVING the new twitter widget.. only going to get better.

I've had no problems with LP, but I have with ADW. When opening the tray it keeps, for the lack of better words rebooting the tray. It will show the zoom in effect like 3-5 times before it loads the tray.

My phone is rebooting every 30sec once again! DAMN!
After the first bout, I re-rooted using one-click method, installed supseruser and titaniumbackup, then proceeded to restore all new app+data...
I stayed away from LP, but I went with ADW.Launcher. As far as system apps, I dont believe I installed anything like this; what would be an example of a system app?
I was good for one day, and then this morning, it seemed fine but the batt was very low. After plugging in the charger.... a few min later, this reboot cycle began!
I am on my 3rd recovery wipe/factory reset now.
Anyone else experience this or have recommendations?

I have a bug where it doesn't size live wallpapers properly when changing to landscape mode and the keeps the off size when rotating back to portrait. A dealbreaker for me since I love my lw's
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bdveteran18 said:
I have also had these happen but just with lp. Since the last update I haven't experienced them again. At least for now.
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Yeah me either
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default browser always force close

Hi all,
My I9000 is stock 2.2 with custom kernal,
when I use the internal browser, it always force close,
I had try different kernal from XDA,
but the browser still force close when I used for a while,
anyone have the same problem or anyone know what reason causing this issue?
Is there any way to slove this problem?

I have same problem. I am running eclair 2.1. Even the default music player needs to be force closed every time.
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Same here... it is annoying

Any news? I am getting crazy due to this issue
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Lockscreen Issues

A day or so after I got my Atrix (the 24th) it began having this weird lockscreen issue where I press the power button and it wont actually turn the screen on until 5-25 seconds later... this doesn't happen everytime I unlock the device but often enough to be concerning and something I don't want to live with. As a dev all I can think of is too many apps running and trying to get them all out of the way before launching.
Should I try a different lockscreen?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
sipjca
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I think some people reported it had something to do with Launcher Pro. Did you install this app by any chance?

I did. Infact that was one of the first I installed... should I go back to the stock launcher or use ada?
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I think somebody mentioned it has something to do with launcher pro and that it tries to access the external SD memory card. I think they removed the SD card and then LP worked. You could try both and look if it helps until the developer hopefully fixes that.

I don't use launcher pro or any launcher app and I have the same issue.
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I downloaded WidgetLocker and remember reading a section about the "5 second rule" in the settings/tutorial. Don't remember all the details but something about hitting the home button within 5 secs of locking the screen. Sorry I'm short on details.
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I rebooted my phone (it had been running for 5 days) and seemed to have fixed the problem for now. Attic users may just have to reboot more often.
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My wife is having the same issue. She has rebooted several times and it fixes it for a bit, but it eventually comes back. She has never had launcher pro installed or any replacement launcher.

Having this same problem every now and again with ADW free.

I'm having the same problem but am not using any lockscreen widgets or separate launcher. Just stock. The only widgets I've added are beautiful widgets. If I hit the power button twice quickly the screen seems to come on quicker. Such a pain.

apps closing themselves when phone in sleep mode

after the last update it seems like moto added some kind of auto end for certain programs. sometimes i see the message that a certain app as been running for 45mins and draining battery and if i wanted it close but other programs like the browser and music player will close on their own when i put the phone to sleep. when i open a song with the stock music player and when i put the phone to sleep it would play for 2mins or so then stop and close the program. everything works fine when the screen is on. any way to turn this off?
i do use the autoend list in the task manager app but made sure that both the browser and music app is not in the list yet they still close. is this just my phone? im rooted but not running any themes and no other mods and on 4.1.83.

Anyone know what's going on here or is it just my phone?
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neotekz said:
Anyone know what's going on here or is it just my phone?
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Music player stops...take the gallery and purchased media and file manager off auto task
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just a guess do you have the phone in battery saver mode? Have you checked the stock task manager app to see if the programs are on the auto end list?

yokozuna82 said:
Music player stops...take the gallery and purchased media and file manager off auto task
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that seem to do it for the music player. I already have the phone on performance mode.
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Video playback stuttering.

My nexus 7 (4.1.1) stutters every 7-8 seconds during all video playback (Netflix/YouTube/local). It even occurs with WiFi turned off and playing locally stored content (Transformers movie). Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix?

We had another thread going on this but it seems to buried now. You are not alone 'it's happening to me too. It is also happening on games for me too. I think it may have something to do with 4.1.1 update as others and I didn't have problem on 4.1. I am trying to flash a 4.1 ROM but am having issues at the moment doing so.
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Not problems here with 4.1.1 watching Transformers end to end twice. Try doing a factory reset and retry the videos stock.

Did yu mess the build prop? Like did yu try out the tablet mode?
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

I also get some stuttering when I use Netflix but not on sling player nor YouTube
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I made a copy of build.prop but didn't modify the original file. I'm rooted on latest build.

I had changed the density so I can have it in tablet u.i mode but I switched back I put 213... But I had remembered for some reason it was at 212 before I even changed it, but I put 213 cause everyone on xda said that's was what the original number was... Check & see if it's at 212 of not changer it to 212... It worked for me
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Found a fix
Go to Settings then Developer Options and check Disable HW Overlays,
seems to solve it, not sure why.

Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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oraclegustavo said:
Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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That's great shame because it works really well!:crying:

I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Thanks for the info! Turns out Orientation Control app was causing the same problem for me. Uninstalled and stutter is gone. Hopefully a future update will solve the conflict.

Hmmm
oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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What exactly does the rotation control app do? I mostly use my N7 in Landscape mode, would uninstalling this app interfere with this? I'm getting god awful stuttering when I try to play an .mkv file streamed from my rig to my N7.... Makes the movie unwatchable. But my .mp4 movies (720p) play just fine..? I also get the tiniest amount of stuttering in Dead Trigger.

Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.

contestsonly said:
Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.
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Yep, it was the rotation app for me too, removed it and now it's back to "butter". Thanks!

Another satisfied customer here, removing the rotation app removed the video glitch, now I installed Apex Launcher to get the home screen in Landscape mode and it seems to be working without any glitches.

Are there any other apps with such problems? I never installed the rotation control app but I still have stuttering. Disabling HW overlays fixes it, but it sounds like that's a less-than-ideal choice. I can't think of any other app that would be causing the problem.

StrangerWeather said:
Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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I hope so, though for now I disabled HW overlays - Rotation Forces Auto on Ultimate Rotation App is just too darned useful to live without. Plus it boosts the benchmark performance. Not sure about it yet, but I see no side effects with actual usage.

stutter WORKAROUND...
Hi everyone,
Instead of disabling HW Overlays... or uninstalling `Ultimate Rotation` app (which I really like!), set the given app/game to `Manual rotation` in the settings:
1) swipe out and tap the Ultimate Rotation icon
2) `Settings` (bottom right)...
3) `Per App Settings`...
4) tap the app in question...
5) choose `Manual` rotation...
6) exit... and try the game/video (stutter be gone!)
NOTE: I just noticed you can do this while the stuttering app/video is running. Just do Step 1 (as above) while your game is running (it will pause when you tap the Ultimate Rotation icon), then simply choose `Manual` rotation and you`re back in the saddle again.
hope all that made sense...
cheers!