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[Q] Disappearing app icons after reboot

I have this weird behaviour, that some app-icons in folder (not widgets) from apps i have moved to sd via settings (not app2sd) disappear after reboot. I have to kill the "Home" task and then they reappear. The apps also still listed as "installed" under settings->applications. Does anyone can confirm this or is my device buggy?
I allready tested different sds to make sure that the sd is not corrupt.
Cheers
Covux

i dont have this problem, try restoring/reflashing

Icons are missing is always market cache. Go to settings/applications/mange applications/all tab/market. Then delete cache. then reboot. Always works. sometimes needs a couple times though.
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ya i just had the same thing happen to me the apps werent uninstalled or anything they were jus removed from the homescreens. kinda bizzare

thatsupnow said:
ya i just had the same thing happen to me the apps werent uninstalled or anything they were jus removed from the homescreens. kinda bizzare
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Happends to me too, so i got rid of se home and downloaded launcher pro plus, hasent happend since
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matknny said:
Icons are missing is always market cache. Go to settings/applications/mange applications/all tab/market. Then delete cache. then reboot. Always works. sometimes needs a couple times though.
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That doesnt work for me. Some icons still not visible in drawer. I can see that after some time, several icons are added but not all. I have to kill the Home task and then all icons are visible. Maybe I try also lauchner pro. I also contacted SE support and they said i should send the phone to repair.. i think its a softwarebug. i really like the phone and dont want to sent it away for a couple of weeks. I also debugged the phone via adb logcat to check if there is maybe a fatal error accessing the sd, but i saw nothing unusual so maybe the se home app is buggy.

hm launcherpro kinda solved the prob. all app icons are generated in the drawer after reboot, but now apps ive placed in home-folders loosing their icons. it seems that mounting the sdcard after reboot takes too long and apps depending on sd having probs. hope its not a faulty hardware. ill do another test with class10 sd
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covux
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Icons disappearing from home screens.

Ok I am having a weird issue with my new Atrix.
I am having icons of stuff I downloaded and added to the home screens disappear randomly.
Everything was fine all day, then I just went into my phone and noticed 4 icons on one screen were missing. The apps are still installed, just gone off the home screen. Not all of them on that screen dissappeared, just some of them.
Has anyone else had this happen to them? If so, what did you do to fix it?

I've had my widgets disappear but not shortcuts. This usually only happens after a crash and random reboot. I flash different roms alot though so don't know if this is a stock problem.
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Which launcher do you use? It used to happen to me on Go launcher. If I exited it from setting it would restart fine. Hasn't happened in a long time though.

joemommasfat said:
Which launcher do you use? It used to happen to me on Go launcher. If I exited it from setting it would restart fine. Hasn't happened in a long time though.
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I'm actually just running the stock launcher the Atrix comes with.
I would love to have the stock GB launcher like what comes on the Nexus S. But I don't think you can just download that from the market.

Go launcher is way better, I suggest you try it. ADW and Launcher pro also have free versions which are much better than motoblur.

Ive had this happen as well. My snes emulator was missing. My phone actually uninstalled it. Hadto reinstall through titanium backup.
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This happens on my stock Atrix every now and then.
Between 1 and 4 icons disappear, always from the same screen.

B3ATTY said:
This happens on my stock Atrix every now and then.
Between 1 and 4 icons disappear, always from the same screen.
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Ya mine is happening on the screen one right from center. I am curious, the next time it happens I am going to move them to another screen and see if it still does it.
It doesn't happen all the time, just every once in awhile, but annoying just the same.

Just curious but are you removing your sd card or have these apps on the external sd card?
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DarrellRaines said:
Just curious but are you removing your sd card or have these apps on the external sd card?
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Actually I don't even have an external SD card in the phone.

my phone does the same thing its always pandora, dolphin hd, netflix, apps 2 sd

twayneo said:
my phone does the same thing its always pandora, dolphin hd, netflix, apps 2 sd
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ya for me it's the same 3 icons in the same place.
Today I moved all my stuff to a different home screen to see what would happen, and it still did the same thing.
I don't know if this is a GB issue or not. My Atrix already had GB on it when I got it.
I wonder if trying a different launcher would help. I was hoping to avoid using a different run cause I am fine with the stock launcher. I am not sure what launcher to try out. I used to use LauncherPro when I still had a Captivate cause I think TouchWiz looks like it was designed by a 10 year old. But LP seems a bit dated, hasn't been updated in awhile and it just too plain.
I was looking at Go Launcher, that seems like a popular one which offers alot.

Go Launcher used to do this to me all the time. figured out it was happening when the screen was being redrawn going from landscape to portrait mode. each time I would switch modes some icons would be gone and some would come back. theyve fixed this bug finally though in the last couple of versions...

I think when you update an app there's a chance it does this. Im sure there's more to the story but I am stock and its doing as you described but on the left screen from center
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I had this problem and it happened fairly often on reboots/power on. Mine wouldnt even show in the app drawer. Tracked it down to apps that were either installed in the Media Area (internal sd card) or External sd card. It usually happened if i started messing with the phone before everything fully loaded. If i waited a little they would eventually show up, sometimes.
If the problem apps are in the Media try moving them back and see if it still happens. I had a lot of apps in Media and external so I ended up doing a back up and then reformatting internal/external storage, then restoring. I haven't had the problem since, but i did move to GB and custom rom about 2 weeks afterwards, so that could have helped also.

I had a similar issue after unlocking my phone and installing a custom kernel. Revert to a lower version of pudding (unlock sbf file) and restore original kernel if u have one
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LordNuminus said:
Go Launcher used to do this to me all the time. figured out it was happening when the screen was being redrawn going from landscape to portrait mode. each time I would switch modes some icons would be gone and some would come back. theyve fixed this bug finally though in the last couple of versions...
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I have version 2.35, and I'm having this exact problem. I checked for an update, but it's the most current version. Anyone know if a new one is on the way?
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this has happened to me as well.
I noticed that it would happen after certain apps would automatically update.
once the apps update, they're gone from my home screens.
then it drives me crazy trying to figure out what shortcuts were where.
completely stock Atrix.
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Same here.....these random reboots are killing me...
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Ok some news to report.
I exchanged my Atrix for another one, and set up a new Motoblur account when I first booted the new phone.
Now for some reason my icons are not disappearing. It's been a day so far and everything is fine.
I don't now if it was the new phone or the new Motoblur account which made the difference. I am thinking it might be the new phone though.
If it starts happening again I'll post another reply.

Constant systemui FCs?

Does any one else experience constant FCs with the systemui process? I get it nearly every single time I use tweetdeck. Rarely in other places. It's a pain because the notification bar with its softkeys vanish and requires a hard reboot.
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you on the emmc or a SD card?
if the sd card, what kind do you have?

Wifflepig said:
Does any one else experience constant FCs with the systemui process? I get it nearly every single time I use tweetdeck. Rarely in other places. It's a pain because the notification bar with its softkeys vanish and requires a hard reboot.
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Sorry, don't use MUI so have no clue, but you might want to put that in the thread title so people using it read it.....

Have you tried fixing permissions? That usually fixes force close problems.
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patruns said:
Sorry, don't use MUI so have no clue, but you might want to put that in the thread title so people using it read it.....
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I am not using MUI. Where'd you get that from?
It's on the sd card, samdisk 8g class 4 (I did my homework), and I did try running the fix_permissions, but for some reason tweetdeck still throws an FC say half the time.
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Wifflepig said:
I am not using MUI. Where'd you get that from?
It's on the sd card, samdisk 8g class 4 (I did my homework), and I did try running the fix_permissions, but for some reason tweetdeck still throws an FC say half the time.
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I saw systemui in the title so I misinterpreted that to mean you were using MUI.
What version of Tweetdeck are you using? The current version in the market is 1.0.7.3 and one of the updates is "fix rare crashes". I also note it reads the phone state, which we do not have. Has this ever worked on your Nook? You could try modifying the permissions by turning that part off.

patruns said:
I saw systemui in the title so I misinterpreted that to mean you were using MUI.
What version of Tweetdeck are you using? The current version in the market is 1.0.7.3 and one of the updates is "fix rare crashes". I also note it reads the phone state, which we do not have. Has this ever worked on your Nook? You could try modifying the permissions by turning that part off.
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I'm using the latest version of TweetDeck. I keep the market apps updated when they become available.
TweetDeck works great on the Nook, it's just half the time I enter it, I get a systemui FC (which is the notification bar). Once that happens, I lose the soft-keys and my notification bar. There's no way to do "back", "menu" or any of that then. End up having to restart the nook to get the softkeys/noti-bar back. When the systemui FCs, everything else works fine - tweetdeck still does its thing, i am just now missing my notibar/softkeys at the bottom. The NC continues to operate fine (I can go to the N/home button and continue using the screens, the app drawer, etc - just lost my noti/softkeys).
SOMETIMES, the system reloads it. Maybe 5% of the time when it FCs the systemui - about 2 seconds later it magically re-appears.
No other app or action on the NC gives me this crash, so I'm not entirely sure what is causing it. If I was getting random FCs elsewhere, I'd start thinking the SD card - but for all intents and purposes, the thing runs solid on the card. I use it for Netflix, DLNA apps to control my laptop and blu-ray players, Angry Birds, N64 and SNES ROMs, Google Music beta - and it's all champs.
Something about TweetDeck, though, is causing this silly systemui crash on me.
I've never had any other issues with apps that read "phone state" (and assumed that its that reason why we still have dialer and phone apps installed on our builds, so those apps won't crash).
Heck, I don't even freeze anything - it's a base CM7 install, no special tweaks. I even tried installing the Notification Restart app which is supposed to restart the notification bar - and that doesn't do a damned thing.

I've never had any other issues with apps that read "phone state" (and assumed that its that reason why we still have dialer and phone apps installed on our builds, so those apps won't crash).
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No, the reason is that CM7 was developed to run on a lot of different platforms so we get everything whether it is needed or not. I'm not saying it will work, but try killing the phone permissions.

patruns said:
No, the reason is that CM7 was developed to run on a lot of different platforms so we get everything whether it is needed or not. I'm not saying it will work, but try killing the phone permissions.
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CM7 is, yes - the specific ports, no. The Nook Color CM7 build (encore) keeps the camera, phone, etc - in there because some market apps, and market themselves won't work without them.

[Q] Why is this happening and is there a way to fix it?

Okay so whenever I'm done texting or have to close an app to go back to my home screen all of the apps and widgets don't show up and I have wait for them to reload again.. it gets annoying cause this happens about 90% of the time I close an app. Is there a way to fix this thing or preventing from happening? >.<

Which launcher are you using?
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abby_nitewolf said:
Which launcher are you using?
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TwLauncher. The default one..

XjokiX7 said:
TwLauncher. The default one..
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For some reason, you have an app that is running that is taking enough cache memory that it is causing TW to close, anytime you are leaving it, instead of staying in memory. This is causing a 'respawn' (everything has to reload.). You have 2 choices here.
1. Figure out what app, or apps are running that you don't need, and shut them down.
2. switch to a lighter launcher. On the surface, zeam and adw are two of the lightest out there, but I've had the best luck in low memory situations with go launcher, myself.
In order to find which apps are doing this, my recommendation is to get rom toolbox (free is fine), and look in the 'auto start manager'. I'm sure there are several apps that do the same thing, but RTb is my preference. Once you get into that section, look at the list of what is starting on boot, and disable the ones you don't need. This won't make the app useless, but it will keep it from running in the background until you open it yourself.

Txwolf1980 said:
For some reason, you have an app that is running that is taking enough cache memory that it is causing TW to close, anytime you are leaving it, instead of staying in memory. This is causing a 'respawn' (everything has to reload.). You have 2 choices here.
1. Figure out what app, or apps are running that you don't need, and shut them down.
2. switch to a lighter launcher. On the surface, zeam and adw are two of the lightest out there, but I've had the best luck in low memory situations with go launcher, myself.
In order to find which apps are doing this, my recommendation is to get rom toolbox (free is fine), and look in the 'auto start manager'. I'm sure there are several apps that do the same thing, but RTb is my preference. Once you get into that section, look at the list of what is starting on boot, and disable the ones you don't need. This won't make the app useless, but it will keep it from running in the background until you open it yourself.
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Well that worked. Thank you sir.

A little off the main topic but speaking of rom toolbox or Tibu for that matter, anytime I use them to either, say, freeze or uninstall anything , both apps just sit there with box showing me there uninstalling or freezing. Only way to stop is to go into manage apps and stop them but they end up doing what wanted to do. Anyone else have this happen, any fix,annoying if anything.
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KJW979 said:
A little off the main topic but speaking of rom toolbox or Tibu for that matter, anytime I use them to either, say, freeze or uninstall anything , both apps just sit there with box showing me there uninstalling or freezing. Only way to stop is to go into manage apps and stop them but they end up doing what wanted to do. Anyone else have this happen, any fix,annoying if anything.
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I recommend using Titanium backup.. it's easier to use and easy to understand. Won't have to deal with this whole freezing crap.

XjokiX7 said:
I recommend using Titanium backup.. it's easier to use and easy to understand. Won't have to deal with this whole freezing crap.
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Have it, happens with that also.
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KJW979 said:
A little off the main topic but speaking of rom toolbox or Tibu for that matter, anytime I use them to either, say, freeze or uninstall anything , both apps just sit there with box showing me there uninstalling or freezing. Only way to stop is to go into manage apps and stop them but they end up doing what wanted to do. Anyone else have this happen, any fix,annoying if anything.
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I know exactly what you mean. I've been occasionally having the same problem with Titanium Backup. It doesn't happen every time, but enough lately that I've noticed it. Not sure of any fix, but I'll post if I find one. I guess it's not that big of a problem considering it ultimately uninstalls/freezes whatever it's supposed to, but it sure is annoying.

XjokiX7 said:
Okay so whenever I'm done texting or have to close an app to go back to my home screen all of the apps and widgets don't show up and I have wait for them to reload again.. it gets annoying cause this happens about 90% of the time I close an app. Is there a way to fix this thing or preventing from happening? >.<
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You should try zeam or apex
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Just found a new launcher(for me anyway). Lightening launcher, very lite and fast. No redraw.
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Jelly Bean custom rom with touchwiz launcher

Hi Guys,
Just joined so this is my fist post, just watched the noob video before joining so please be gentle, my post maybe repeated, so here goes.....
So I followed this path in getting my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 on Jelly Been:-
1. Updated to the latest firmware XXJW4
2. Installed the custom rom from the following link [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820578]
First off, hats off to the developer, this is a very good rom, it's fast, responsive and very easy to use. The rom is built with the function to update it with OTA which is a huge plus. The developers last update of the rom [v1.4.0] is even better, however in the latest update he removed the trebuchet launcher .
The reason why I prefer trebuchet launcher is because unlike the touchwiz launcher when you reboot the phone, apps that are stored on the SD Card, their icon do not revert to the andriod icon (something that keeps happening when I have touchwiz launcher as my main launcher). Also apps that are on the home screen, that are stored on the SD card, appear on home screen after a reboot if you use the trebuchet launcher but not with the touchwiz launcher.
Now the workaround I implemented when using touchwiz launcher (only launcher the developer provided) are:-
1. Once the device is up after a reboot, connect the device to a computer, Turn on USB Storage, then Turn off USB Storage.. This causes the phone to re-scan the SD card of Apps, Music etc... But this option isn't very practical
2. Install the app Appkik [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.appkik2&hl=en], and kill TouchWiz Home process, this will cause the launcher to reload again and then display the apps icon correctly.. Now this option is quicker, but could cause the launcher to become unstable, saying that, since implementing this option, the launcher has crashed 5 times today..
So The question is:-
1. Is there an alternative way of fixing the issues with regards to displaying apps icon correctly when using touchwiz launcher? e.g an app that can restart the touchwiz launcher safely
Thanks
Faz3r86
P.S Please guys don't offer the solution - move the app to the internal storage. As you guys know the internal storage isn't very big and I want to avoid storing apps in the internal storage as much a possible. Also I know that I can probably install a different launcher, but I wanted to keep the rom I installed as close to as possible to the developers release.

If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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Thanks for the tip
AlwaysDroid said:
If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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Thanks for the tip, that seems to have helped, just wish the devleopers for touchwiz launcher fix this issue, according to other posts, others suffer from the same issue

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If it is cm10 based, it probably has the hold back button to kill app. Kill launcher with that and it will restart it. Also for media scan I think you can use dev tools to re scan.
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That hasn't been implemented in Jellybean yet (to my knowledge) due to some issues. I hope it gets added soon though, there are a lot of times when an app starts making noise/using data that I want it immediately killed.