Guys,
is anyone else having problems when coming out of an app to find nothing on the home screen? all apps widgets disappear. I have to reboot to fix this.
I noticed someone else having this problem on another forum but there's no mention of any fix. Any solutions??
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Ok I think i've found a solution to this issue. It appears to be a fault with the stock launcher. I'm using another launcher now (not stock) and i'm not having any issues yet.
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i've also discoverd that, but if you remember wherer one of app icons is on the home screen just hit it and when its starts hit the back key, then it should all be there again
Fisken said:
i've also discoverd that, but if you remember wherer one of app icons is on the home screen just hit it and when its starts hit the back key, then it should all be there again
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I've been experiencing this from time to time, and have been rebooting to resolve. I'll try your approach next time. This issue has been in the background for me, as I"m really wound up with the random, spontaneous reboot issue, but it is annoying when it happens. C'mon ASUS with an OTA fix to all of this.
have you got any widgets on your home screen?
remove them and try again
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I did not had this issue since I updated to ics.
It only happened on hc, after 3 or 4 days with no reboot and many installations.
As you my only way to solve it was to reboot. Or you may try to kill the launcher, to force it to reboot. I got it working some times.
Fisken said:
i've also discoverd that, but if you remember wherer one of app icons is on the home screen just hit it and when its starts hit the back key, then it should all be there again
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i tried tapping all over the screen when i had the problem. However, since changing the launcher I don't seem to be having any problems now.
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We've been having some conversation about this issue here, maybe something we've discussed might help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516744
My problem is that the stock browser will suddenly and inexplicibly crash. Never happened before ICS.
I also observed the same issue of black home screens with stock launcher and now switched to ADW EX, and no issue.
One observation though this may be not the exact reason: I observed this issue only after installing the Volume+ app, before than this, I did not observe the issue after upgrading to official ICS, only yesterday after installing Volume+ app, I observed this issue twice and then switched to ADW EX launcher.
Kumabjorn said:
My problem is that the stock browser will suddenly and inexplicibly crash. Never happened before ICS.
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The stock hc browser crashed fairly often for me. Only once or twice with ICS and now it remembers the tabs open during the crash.
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Fisken said:
i've also discoverd that, but if you remember wherer one of app icons is on the home screen just hit it and when its starts hit the back key, then it should all be there again
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It happens to me sometimes and fixes itself when I touch the screen even without actually launching an app.
You can make the apps re-appear by swiping to one of the other home screens. I have a suspicion that there's something wrong with the draw call for the launcher. The apps are still there, they're just not drawn to the screen. Swiping left or right to one of the other home screens causes a draw call to occur again at which point the apps re-appear.
Also noticed that the camera pop occurs whenever I see the white triangle on the screen. Probably related to that.
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Hi all, a noobie here, I have a DZ running 2.3.3, although I had this problem before the OTA update. When I press the home button, on what is becoming annoying frequently, it crashes, the screen goes white with HTC in green, then the home screen appears, greyed out, with loading in the centre, for 15 to 30 seconds. I have tried uninstalling various apps, to see if they are the cause but it seems to make no difference. Any ideas to at least try and find out what is causing this? I have thought of doing a factory reset but would rather not if there is an easier way.
I have the same problem, It's annoying every now and again, but i've tried a factory reset which hasn't helped in anyway.
I'm not impressed with the 2.3.3 ROM..
It sounds like the launcher is closing itself to save memory. You probably have a memory-hogging app constantly running in the background. You could try force-closing the app in the App Settings menu, or you could install an alternative launcher such as LauncherPro (link) off the Market.
Just trying launcherpro now, so far so good, as stated earlier, I'm a join, would I be correct, from what I have seen so far using it, that I am no longer using HTC Sense?
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Just trying launcherpro now, so far so good, as stated earlier, I'm a join, would I be correct, from what I have seen so far using it, that I am no longer using HTC Sense?
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Your ROM is still HTC Sense. You're just using a new launcher.
Ive noticed recently sometimes when using the softkey home, back or menu I sometimes need to press them 2 or more times.
For instance dolphin browser sometimes if you had scrolled down thn back button would just return where you were, so you would need 2 or more backs to actually go back a page.
With this softkey issues combined with dolphins inherent behavior i habe neess to press back 8 or more times to actually go back. I had to set up aswope left gssture in dolphin to force a previous page.
The touch screen can be either unresponsive, or too responsive in certain situations. It's a little frustrating sometimes, especially when I'm trying to show people how cool the device is, only to press something accidentally, or have to press something multiple times.
So, you're not alone in your pain! I think there are a few posts on here that mention the same thing.
Ya I've noticed this as well especially when in a game app when trying to exit, I have to hit it several times, I think it is more of a software issue, hopefully Amazon will fix it in a future update, I've already sent some feedback to them about the issue. Perhaps if enough people send in some negative feedback, Amazon will respond.
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I've noticed this as well; it's very picky on how it wants to be pushed. You have to know how to push it's button to get it to do anything, much like a woman.
Yep, same problem here.
Same thing here. I'm glad I'm not the only one. My worst seems to be the back button, followed by the menu button. My home button almost always works.
Hopefully custom ROMs will fix this.
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I've noticed that it mostly does this with amazon's own bits. Update would fix it.
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Ok so its not just me. I know my aim is good because at angle I see it highlighted then normal after I release. But yes back the most then menu. Home I think has worked first touch.
Side note ive also had issues sometimes when tapping an area to type in that after 3 or 4 letters the keyboard auto hides. Typing urls and google searches
Oh wow, google wasn't known word for default keyboard.
Anyone have any issues with the touch screen sensitivity or having to tap twice to register an input? I am running Nova Launcher on ICS and seem to notice that every few screen touches are not registered and I have to hit an icon a second time to get it to work. I never noticed this at all on the GNex I had prior.
did you have the error from first minute or after installing / deinstalling anything?
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did you have the error from first minute or after installing / deinstalling anything?
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I honestly don't know - just started noticing it recently. I suppose I could uninstall nova launcher and try it.
Tronner said:
I honestly don't know - just started noticing it recently. I suppose I could uninstall nova launcher and try it.
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Just for a point of reference. I'm using Nova Prime and do not have this issue.
I´noticed the same two days ago, yesterday seams everything OK.
I searched XDA and Google like crazy before finally deciding to post this thread. I can find things that seem similar, but not at the same time. If I missed something, please point me in the right direction..
Most of what I'm reading recommends a different launcher to help with the lag of the stock launcher. I do not have an issue with a laggy stock launcher. Instead I'm having issues with EVERY other launcher I have tried, and believe me I'm pretty sure I've almost tried all of them.
After a few minutes of playing around on my G2, when I hit the home button, or just back all the way out to it, my home screen seems to jump around and my wallpaper appears to resize itself a few times. The soft keys will appear, disappear, and reappear again causing the whole screen to make a kind of up/down shuffle. It also does this when turning on the screen.
It's more annoying than an actual problem, I could just stick with the stock launcher, but I'm not a fan of the icons/folders. I'm not sure if this is the home screen redraw I keep seeing people talk about or what. Is anyone else experiencing this?
Right now I'm using Apex and have it set to stay in memory. Thought that might help, but no.
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Almost every time I push the power button to turn the screen off and then unlock the phone again almost any app I'm in has been closed. I mean it can be literally lock the phone and unlock it right away and it takes me to my home screen instead of back to the app I was in. The app is still in my recents, but as soon as I unlock the phone it takes me to my home screen.
This is happening on my unlocked version directly from OnePlus. When I try it on my T-Mobile version it doesn't close the apps and unlocks right back where I left off. It also is working correctly on my Pixel 3 XL and the RAM management is currently absolute trash on that phone.
I'm using Nova Launcher on both phones, I have tried turning off battery optimization and advanced optimization and it still does the same thing. When I use the stock launcher this does not happen.
Anyone else seeing this or know how to fix it?
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Almost every time I push the power button to turn the screen off and then unlock the phone again almost any app I'm in has been closed. I mean it can be literally lock the phone and unlock it right away and it takes me to my home screen instead of back to the app I was in. The app is still in my recents, but as soon as I unlock the phone it takes me to my home screen.
This is happening on my unlocked version directly from OnePlus. When I try it on my T-Mobile version it doesn't close the apps and unlocks right back where I left off. It also is working correctly on my Pixel 3 XL and the RAM management is currently absolute trash on that phone.
I'm using Nova Launcher on both phones, I have tried turning off battery optimization and advanced optimization and it still does the same thing. When I use the stock launcher this does not happen.
Anyone else seeing this or know how to fix it?
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i use Nova Launcher too. Dont see any issue so far. When for example Chrome is open and i lock the phone (powerbutton) and unlock again, Chrome is still open.
(i have a non-T-Mobile 6T from Amazon with unlocked Bootloader and Magisk, running on OOS 9.0.5)
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i use Nova Launcher too. Dont see any issue so far. When for example Chrome is open and i lock the phone (powerbutton) and unlock again, Chrome is still open.
(i have a non-T-Mobile 6T from Amazon with unlocked Bootloader and Magisk, running on OOS 9.0.5)
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Thanks for the quick reply, it's really starting to annoy me and I'm running basically the same setup as you.
I've done everything short of a factory reset to try to fix it. I might have to do a factory reset when I have a little free time.
bp328i said:
Almost every time I push the power button to turn the screen off and then unlock the phone again almost any app I'm in has been closed. I mean it can be literally lock the phone and unlock it right away and it takes me to my home screen instead of back to the app I was in. The app is still in my recents, but as soon as I unlock the phone it takes me to my home screen.
This is happening on my unlocked version directly from OnePlus. When I try it on my T-Mobile version it doesn't close the apps and unlocks right back where I left off. It also is working correctly on my Pixel 3 XL and the RAM management is currently absolute trash on that phone.
I'm using Nova Launcher on both phones, I have tried turning off battery optimization and advanced optimization and it still does the same thing. When I use the stock launcher this does not happen.
Anyone else seeing this or know how to fix it?
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It happens on my T-Mobile version too. Using Lawnchair v2 as my launcher.
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It happens on my T-Mobile version too. Using Lawnchair v2 as my launcher.
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Thank you, well that helps me rule out that it has nothing to do with routing or bootloader unlocked. I was starting to think that might have had something to do with it because my T-Mobile version doesn't do this.
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Thank you, well that helps me rule out that it has nothing to do with routing or bootloader unlocked. I was starting to think that might have had something to do with it because my T-Mobile version doesn't do this.
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It doesn't always do it. I just did a test and the xda app was right there when I unlocked.
But it happened to me literally every time I locked the screen last night. Even for this short amount of time.
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It doesn't always do it. I just did a test and the xda app was right there when I unlocked.
But it happened to me literally every time I locked the screen last night. Even for this short amount of time.
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Same thing here it doesn't always do it but it doesn't have enough to be really annoying. I can't seem to find any Rhyme or Reason as to why it's doing it.
Edit: I just walked my dog for 10 minutes came back unlock my phone and it's still on this XDA page like it's supposed to be. SMH
Ok, so this has bothered me a lot as well and I have mentioned this and a few other issues in one of my earlier posts.
It's definitely a bug especially, as it does not happen everytime (only most of the times) and OnePlus has to fix it.
However, I do have a theory on why this happens. OnePlus has added a new feature (quick launch?) which let's you access app shortcuts when you press and hold the fingerprint scanner even after unlock. Now this overlay would presumably not work very well if you're inside an app.
So I think OnePlus takes you to the home page to prepare for this quick launch shortcut overlay display.
Obviously, this is a new feature and I believe needs some more development and bug fixing.
I would've hoped that at least turning the quick launch feature off would rid us of this problem, but sadly it doesn't.
Hopefully it's fixed soon.
can you guys check if you have my prob aswell?
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I have a super annoying Problem when using Nova Launcher. My Dialer minimizes when i move my Phone away from my Ear. To reproduce: Open Dialer, minimize the Dialer, open again and make a Call, block the Sensor with your hand shortly. Looks like the Dialer crashes but it minimizes. For ending the Call i have to press the little icon in the Top Bar to maximize it first. Super annoying and with this Problem Nova Launcher is unusable. Somebody else with that Prob or someone have a suggetion to fix that?
I noticed the same problem, I thought I was just swing up to go back home before I hit the power button to turn off the screen out of habit and not realizing it. Glad to know I'm not crazy. I am stock from one plus but running Nova launcher.
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squadric said:
can you guys check if you have my prob aswell?
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I have a super annoying Problem when using Nova Launcher. My Dialer minimizes when i move my Phone away from my Ear. To reproduce: Open Dialer, minimize the Dialer, open again and make a Call, block the Sensor with your hand shortly. Looks like the Dialer crashes but it minimizes. For ending the Call i have to press the little icon in the Top Bar to maximize it first. Super annoying and with this Problem Nova Launcher is unusable. Somebody else with that Prob or someone have a suggetion to fix that?
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I'm using the Google Dialer and not the stock one and I just tried it by covering the sensor and when I uncovered it the dialer was still there. But if I lock the screen and then unlock it it's gone.
JamesR913 said:
I noticed the same problem, I thought I was just swing up to go back home before I hit the power button to turn off the screen out of habit and not realizing it. Glad to know I'm not crazy. I am stock from one plus but running Nova launcher.
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good to know iam not the only one send nova a support ticket, hope they gonna fix it soon. maybe you could do the same?
edit: oh i think i got you wrong
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Ok, so this has bothered me a lot as well and I have mentioned this and a few other issues in one of my earlier posts.
It's definitely a bug especially, as it does not happen everytime (only most of the times) and OnePlus has to fix it.
However, I do have a theory on why this happens. OnePlus has added a new feature (quick launch?) which let's you access app shortcuts when you press and hold the fingerprint scanner even after unlock. Now this overlay would presumably not work very well if you're inside an app.
So I think OnePlus takes you to the home page to prepare for this quick launch shortcut overlay display.
Obviously, this is a new feature and I believe needs some more development and bug fixing.
I would've hoped that at least turning the quick launch feature off would rid us of this problem, but sadly it doesn't.
Hopefully it's fixed soon.
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Not my find but there's an update to the OnePlus launcher in the Play Store that once you update the issue with Nova goes away.
I updated from the Play Store and tried every single app on my phone and when I unlocked my phone they were still there no more going straight to the home screen.
New OnePlus Launcher update fixes the problem.. OP Launcher 3.1.2.181109163305
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New OnePlus Launcher update fixes the problem.. OP Launcher 3.1.2.181109163305
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Awesome find, thank you for posting this in the other thread and here. It fixed my issue.
This is great news! Thanks for pointing this out guys.
Thank god the launcher update fixed it!
Happy to find this topic! Thanks for the solution!