[Q] where have my widgets gone? - Acer Iconia A500

So i turned on my tab today and all my widgets on my screen were gone. My desktop visualizer shortcuts to folder organizer apps were completely wiped along with my clock. WTF? It took me ages to sort them out and now they're bloody well gone. Why? I did nothing different or unusual with the tab yesterday. Interestingly though my sons screen is totally fine with all his regular app shortcuts to his kiddy stuff. Anyone else have a similar problem?

this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18947171#post18947171

Had that happan on HV very old version. Like you, just turned on and all was gone.?
What are you running..?

shaun298 said:
Had that happan on HV very old version. Like you, just turned on and all was gone.?
What are you running..?
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Taboonay 2.2 and richardtrip kernel 3.7.

gh123man said:
this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18947171#post18947171[/
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So titanium bacup could be my problem. That's weird I always thought of it as my failsafe backup that could never go wrong. Naive I know but I'm fairly new to this stuff :
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irishmoe said:
gh123man said:
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So titanium bacup could be my problem. That's weird I always thought of it as my failsafe backup that could never go wrong. Naive I know but I'm fairly new to this stuff :
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Never used it, titanium (very few apps) and never apps2sd
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advice for getting my awake time down (its at 100%)

I just recently noticed that my phone has a 100% awake time and I cannot find a reason why. The partial wake lock function in spare parts says nothing is keeping it awake for a long period of time... Any advice on how to fix this? Any help is much apreciated. Im running fresh 1.1 with gumbo kernal less agressive
USB charging does not allow the phone to sleep.
I rebooted my phone right after i took it off the charger this morning and monitered it throughout the day and it still was 100%...
Kind of a silly question, but have your recently installed any new apps? I know that my Facebook for Android keeps my phone awake quite a bit. In fact, I think I'm about to uninstall it if it still keeps it awake after I remove the widget. Anyone else have that problem with Facebook? Not to hijack.
Did you look in Spare Parts for the total times on Partial Usage?
notasimpleway said:
Kind of a silly question, but have your recently installed any new apps? I know that my Facebook for Android keeps my phone awake quite a bit. In fact, I think I'm about to uninstall it if it still keeps it awake after I remove the widget. Anyone else have that problem with Facebook? Not to hijack.
Did you look in Spare Parts for the total times on Partial Usage?
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it says it keeps it awake for a little but not that much I'll try removing that widget and see if it helps
It's not the widget. SOME Fresh ROM users see the same thing when they first flash the new kernel. A reboot fixed it for most.
if all else fails, backup your apps/sms and RUU/root/reinstall rom/restore
try removing the htclocationservice apk. my friend had this problem and thats how we fixed it.
rm HtcLocationService.apk in /system/app
you dont need it btw, android has its own.
gbhil said:
It's not the widget. SOME Fresh ROM users see the same thing when they first flash the new kernel. A reboot fixed it for most.
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Just turning the phone off and on? I've tried that and already and it hasn't worked
myke66 said:
try removing the htclocationservice apk. my friend had this problem and thats how we fixed it.
rm HtcLocationService.apk in /system/app
you dont need it btw, android has its own.
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is this the same as HTC location Picker?
if so how do you delete it I dont see an option
vrajpal said:
is this the same as HTC location Picker?
if so how do you delete it I dont see an option
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No, its not the same as htclocationpicker.
get into your phone cd system/apps
do "ls"
and look for HtcLocationService.apk
sorry im kind of new at this, what do you mean by phone cd?
vrajpal said:
sorry im kind of new at this, what do you mean by phone cd?
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Is your phone rooted?
yes running fresh 1.1 and gumbo kernal
vrajpal said:
yes running fresh 1.1 and gumbo kernal
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You need to remove it via ADB. There are stickies about removing programs. Check them out. Just make sure it's the right file.
thanks for your help much apreciated hopefully this works
vrajpal said:
thanks for your help much apreciated hopefully this works
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Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
after doing a factory reset of my phone the awake time went down on my phone, this means it has to be an app or widget correct?
vrajpal said:
after doing a factory reset of my phone the awake time went down on my phone, this means it has to be an app or widget correct?
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It could have been an app or widget, but it could have been a number of things other then that. Start adding your apps back 1 by 1 and see if they affect your wake time. I like i said earlier, we were able to fix it by the location service alone.
vrajpal said:
after doing a factory reset of my phone the awake time went down on my phone, this means it has to be an app or widget correct?
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yeh..just realized that the YouMail app was keeping my phone awake..uninstalled that and it's sleeping like a drunk on the Saturday after payday

NEW BUG! Weather Widget Donate Update

For everyone with Weather Widget Donate. Dont install the latest update, it throws your phone into a reboot mode. You have to then quickly remove the widget and uninstall it. Just be advised dont update.
send the dev an email I updated with no issues any way to catch a log
Whew! You just saved my a$$ lol. Thanks.
lightforce said:
For everyone with Weather Widget Donate. Dont install the latest update, it throws your phone into a reboot mode. You have to then quickly remove the widget and uninstall it. Just be advised dont update.
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gtrplr71 said:
send the dev an email I updated with no issues any way to catch a log
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$h1t I just updated right before reading this post and my Nexus One is doing the reboot boogie WTF
Vision77 said:
$h1t I just updated right before reading this post and my Nexus One is doing the reboot boogie WTF
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Could you just adb into the phone and remove the app? Might solve the problem for you.
Mi|enko said:
Could you just adb into the phone and remove the app? Might solve the problem for you.
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Okay Problem solved(I think) In the middle of of the phone bootlooping I held down the power button and the trackball, which put the phone in safe mode. From there I went to the settings/manage applications and uninstalled the problem child So far so good.
Oh man I should've read the post seconds earlier...I was freaking out in the boot loop then removed the widget then the app asap...Now I'm back to 3.6 (the new one is 3.7) and things are cool again now...
+1 for the bootloop. I just got a replacement N1 from HTC and thought I'd got another lemon
rob61280 said:
+1 for the bootloop. I just got a replacement N1 from HTC and thought I'd got another lemon
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I tried to restore from backup but the fuxoring market then re-downloaded stuff in the queue and I got into the boot loop.
Doesn't happen if you install from scratch after a wipe.
They fixed it now with 3.8
lightforce said:
They fixed it now with 3.8
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Did they say what caused the problem?
lazinase said:
Did they say what caused the problem?
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Nope i just saw on the comments that it was fixed.

Nexus one home launcher and lock screen on Fresh Rom 2.0b?

Anyone know how to get the Nexus one home launcher and lock screen on Fresh Rom 2.0b?
mike2o6 said:
Anyone know how to get the Nexus one home launcher and lock screen on Fresh Rom 2.0b?
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for the lock screen just goto Godzson's post and scroll down till you see lockscreen fix or soemthing like that. follow those instructions for your lockscreen....
danimal_01 said:
for the lock screen just goto Godzson's post and scroll down till you see lockscreen fix or soemthing like that. follow those instructions for your lockscreen....
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it doesn't work.. I did this and it worked.. but it's mess.. look pic
I've had the same thing happen to me. I'm thinking about trying to push a lockscreen from 2.0 to my phone... it's too late though now and I have homework to do. Pyro, mind trying that?
mrinehart93 said:
I've had the same thing happen to me. I'm thinking about trying to push a lockscreen from 2.0 to my phone... it's too late though now and I have homework to do. Pyro, mind trying that?
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do you have the file, i can try...also where do i push it to
mrinehart93 said:
I've had the same thing happen to me. I'm thinking about trying to push a lockscreen from 2.0 to my phone... it's too late though now and I have homework to do. Pyro, mind trying that?
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I can.. but I can't find locksreen apk and don't know what name of file..
You know what? On second though, I actually have no idea where the Android lockscreen is stored... Silly me. The HTC Lockscreen, however, is stored in /system/app/HtcLockscreen
mrinehart93 said:
You know what? On second though, I actually have no idea where the Android lockscreen is stored... Silly me. The HTC Lockscreen, however, is stored in /system/app/HtcLockscreen
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Its built into the core of the Android system as far as I know. its not an individual program .apk that can be installed or pushed.
I'm not so much concerned with the Launcher as the Lockscreen I really want that and maybe if it was clear that would be dope too but mainly just the 2.1 lockscreen
rockcrawler said:
Its built into the core of the Android system as far as I know. its not an individual program .apk that can be installed or pushed.
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I don't know which one it is, but the GoogleBits v1.9 for AOSP has the lockscreen in there, don't know which apk it is, but it's in there, I pushed it on an vanillia aosp 2.1 that didn't have a lockscreen once i did, it showed up.
and look around for launcher2.apk which is the nexus one's "home"
sorry don't have time to find them both and link them, but they're in darch's thread somewhere. hopefully that points you guys in the right direction
EDIT: oh forgot, after you push the google bits, remove the htc one and it will revert to the google lockscreen, but only after you push the google one *this is important*
EDIT2: oh agian... do a nandroid backup first
I remember that now I did have that lockscreen when I used that rom but it lacked too many things I needed so I went back to Fresh 1. maybe Noj can chime in on this and lend a hand or does anyone else know how I can get that lockscreen
If its like the one from the Droid you could use lockbot pro
BrianDigital said:
If its like the one from the Droid you could use lockbot pro
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You could, but that's just another app that has to be running
heres a good nexus launcher2.apk
doesnt have the 3d effect but its stable
i am also including a home launcher, to me it looks alot better then the vanilla home
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I don't know which one it is, but the GoogleBits v1.9 for AOSP has the lockscreen in there, don't know which apk it is, but it's in there, I pushed it on an vanillia aosp 2.1 that didn't have a lockscreen once i did, it showed up.
and look around for launcher2.apk which is the nexus one's "home"
sorry don't have time to find them both and link them, but they're in darch's thread somewhere. hopefully that points you guys in the right direction
EDIT: oh forgot, after you push the google bits, remove the htc one and it will revert to the google lockscreen, but only after you push the google one *this is important*
EDIT2: oh agian... do a nandroid backup first
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It was a good idea, but doesnt work. I tried it. I think its a lot more involved than that, or at least thats what I gathered from what Ive read. Im missin that sweet lady too..
nexus launcher
Nexus one launcher, working great on my 2.0b
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5812855&postcount=2086
edit: crap too late someone posted it already!
phonetec said:
heres a good nexus launcher2.apk
doesnt have the 3d effect but its stable
i am also including a home launcher, to me it looks alot better then the vanilla home
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Will this work on Fresh Rom 2.0b?
mike2o6 said:
Will this work on Fresh Rom 2.0b?
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I just pushed it to and it did worked.. but not stable.. very agressive laggy... still no luck with lockscreen... still same.
Pyro8 said:
I just pushed it to and it did worked.. but not stable.. very agressive laggy... still no luck with lockscreen... still same.
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it's really only a issue if your using lwp with it, try the other launcher with lwp
is there a way we can get 5 home screens and use lwp? if you push and use launcher2.apk to the phone and use that for your homescreen, lwp screws up your phone. at the same time, using the regular launcher only gives 3 screens... =/

Titanium BackUp

Does anyone still freeze app using Titanium BackUp?
If so, tell me what you guys freeze, please.
I'll just freeze apps if I suspect they are giving me issues. Last one was the eset anti virus program.
deadpass said:
I'll just freeze apps if I suspect they are giving me issues. Last one was the eset anti virus program.
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Ah okay, well ive been having issues with my phone randomly rebooting and nothing working, cant send mms, apps freezes, and etc. But i can still make out calls.
Maybe what im freezing is the problem.
Could be. Unfreeze everything and reboot, see if that helps. If it does then you know there's something you shouldn't be freezing. What rom are you on? What programs are you freezing?
I happened both for me on Boinix-V and Project-V. I froze both DRM, Device Management, GTalk, and SNS. I also got a phone replacement and the same problem i am getting.
Yep.
I freeze email and Gmail.
I'm 16 I don't use email or gmail. lol wtf?
that saved a crapload of battery too
oh and i always freeze DRM
aaronhiep said:
I happened both for me on Boinix-V and Project-V. I froze both DRM, Device Management, GTalk, and SNS. I also got a phone replacement and the same problem i am getting.
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Well if it's happening over multiple roms and phones then I would be inclined to say that it's something you're doing. Does the problem go away after you unfreeze?
i freeze market updater so my colored theme markets dont change color
movieaddict said:
i freeze market updater so my colored theme markets dont change color
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I also freeze market updater for the same reason.
deadpass said:
Well if it's happening over multiple roms and phones then I would be inclined to say that it's something you're doing. Does the problem go away after you unfreeze?
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Well i did a fresh install of asgard and i havent had the problem.
I think it might have been something i downloaded or froze, ill do a little testing to see.

[Q] How do I stop google maps running

so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.
I don't want to uninstall it.
irishmoe said:
so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.
I don't want to uninstall it.
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I keep my GPS turned of when I'm not using it, and Google Maps is never running in the background.
Do you use Google Latitude or have any maps/latitude widgets on screen? those will cause this activity.
Nova5 said:
Do you use Google Latitude or have any maps/latitude widgets on screen? those will cause this activity.
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Have latitude but never use it and no widgets or the like
kjy2010 said:
I keep my GPS turned of when I'm not using it, and Google Maps is never running in the background.
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Mine is always off too
irishmoe said:
Mine is always off too
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No idea then Moe, sorry. It never shows in my running services unless I have my GPS turned on and actually running MAPS.
kjy2010 said:
No idea then Moe, sorry. It never shows in my running services unless I have my GPS turned on and actually running MAPS.
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Yeah it's a pain in the feckin arse!
irishmoe said:
Yeah it's a pain in the feckin arse!
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When I cooked my ROM, I took everything out that ran in the background that I never used;
Clearfi, Media Server, etc. but never touched anything related to GPS, or maps, so I have no idea why it wouldn't be running on mine, and running on yours. Which version of HC are you running?
I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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Ahhhhh there's no telling then lol
Send them PMs and see if you can get an answer that way.
so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.<br />
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I don't want to uninstall it.
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Use system tuner pro and freeze any app.it won't run again until you boil it.
I think that the maps service will run if you have 'shared your location' with the browser or other apps that use maps for location specific information. This can be switched on in Settings -> location and security.
josinpaul said:
Use system tuner pro and freeze any app.it won't run again until you boil it.
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I'm in Taiwan where google have pulled paid apps so can't get that app here!
irishmoe said:
I'm in Taiwan where google have pulled paid apps so can't get that app here!
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No, but you can make sure everything related to location in your settings is turned off as stated by someone else?
Check under Settings and disable anything related to location, besides GPS (really not needed to disable, it only runs when an application that use GPS is running) .
See my screen capture.
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QUOTE=kekinash;18423471]Check under Settings and disable anything related to location, besides GPS (really not needed to disable, it only runs when an application that use GPS is running) .
See my screen capture.[/QUOTE]
Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
kjy2010 said:
No, but you can make sure everything related to location in your settings is turned off as stated by someone else?
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Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though
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See my screen capture.
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Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though[/QUOTE]
irishmoe said:
I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
kjy2010 said:
Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
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Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
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Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel[/QUOTE]
Quick question Moe. Why do you use a custom kernel? Do you overclock?
Just asking, because when I first got my tab I must have flashed every ROM and kernel that was out at the time, and found none with less problems, and more stable than the stock 3.2 kernel.
Nothing more than curiosity.
kjy2010 said:
Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel
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Quick question Moe. Why do you use a custom kernel? Do you overclock?
Just asking, because when I first got my tab I must have flashed every ROM and kernel that was out at the time, and found none with less problems, and more stable than the stock 3.2 kernel.
Nothing more than curiosity. [/QUOTE]
To be honest I'm just trying stuff out to see what all the fuss is about. Both seem to be highly recommended so when i decided to go custom I just went with those two.

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