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[Q] Missing Icons on Desktop

Ever since I upgraded to ICS 4.0.3. When my tablet goes to sleep and I turn it back on all the Icons on the desktop are missing. The funny part is if I touch the screen in the location where the app Icons would normally be it launches the APP. If I do a soft reset and wait for it to power back on the Icons are there. I can still run apps if there are in the task manager when I press and hold the home button. I am running Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUST1 w/ root. Any help woud be greatly appreciated

pcsteve said:
Ever since I upgraded to ICS 4.0.3. When my tablet goes to sleep and I turn it back on all the Icons on the desktop are missing. The funny part is if I touch the screen in the location where the app Icons would normally be it launches the APP. If I do a soft reset and wait for it to power back on the Icons are there. I can still run apps if there are in the task manager when I press and hold the home button. I am running Acer_AV041_A500_1.033.00_PA_CUST1 w/ root. Any help woud be greatly appreciated
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Are you running default launcher or third party launcher?
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I've had that too on Civato's rooted stock (the one with original odex) using stock launcher (full wipe before installing). It looks like the launcher crashes. If you manage to enter settings and go to apps and kill the launcher it will return back to normal for some time.
I've never seen this error on trebuchet launcher in CM9.

So far I've got this on every ICS bootloader/ROM combo that I have tried. It all started after I flashed the v7 bootloader. I have only tried Civato's Roms other than stock. Mine usually happens during playing 3D games and a lot of the times the screen is flashing like crazy. When I (finally) get to the desktop, I have the same issue as you. No icons visible. But they are still there and can be touched to launch them. I have completed a full wipe, data\media and all. I mean totally erased all data from the tab. Went back to full stock 3.1. OTA'd all the way to ICS and so far I've only seen the issue once. Where by this time with the unlocked bootloader/ROM combo it would have done it many, many times.
I want to believe that it is a hardware issue so I can return it while the warranty is still good. But until I am more sure I am just going to Flash a few more different bootloader/ROMs and see if it helps. While it stinks to have this issue, it is really great to have all of these options for flashing. Makes me happy I chose this tablet.

JdgM3NT4L said:
[...]But until I am more sure I am just going to Flash a few more different bootloader/ROMs and see if it helps.[...]
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Just try installing different launcher to replace original.

Missing Icons
I am using the default launcher. Thanks for the tip. The next time it happens It will try killing the launcher from the settings apps. I have downloaded another launcher to try

yaworski said:
Just try installing different launcher to replace original.
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Thanks man. I'll go back to the worst offender. One was much worse than the rest and I have a full nandroid of it. I'll reload it and add a new launcher this weekend and report back. Still running stock and the issue is much better, but with the JB port incoming I'm definitely going to need the patched bootloader.

Launcher Crash

I've been having problems for a while now, but the issue is that all the apps and widgets disappear from my home screen. It happens when I go to my screen with my email, browser, and calendar widgets on it. If I try to swipe to another screen, the widgets stay where they are and flash, but nothing from the next screen appears. The problem persists when I lock and unlock the tablet. If I rotate the screen, the apps and widgets go away, but my wallpaper remains. I can still press the buttons on the status bar and switch to different apps, but can't open new ones unless I open acer ring and search for them, or open them through settings. I did a bit of poking around and all I've determined the issue is a result of the Launcher crashing. If I do a force stop in settings and then return home, everything is back to normal, unless I go to the page with the widgets on it then i'm screwed again.
Any help?
Running RE-FLEXxx Rev 4 and V8 BL, but I noticed problems after updating to the ICS bootloader.

Have you tried other launchers? Nova is a good option. I use GoLauncherHD for tabs. Try a different launcher and see if it makes a difference.

Went with GoLauncher. I tried it a while ago and liked it, but reverted once I started using more roms. Seems to be working well so far, but I'd still like to know what the original issue was. Or a solution.

Welcome to the club.
Well, you're not the only one. It seems to be an issue with the ICS bootloader (Any flavor. Modified or stock.). If it gets too annoying you can remove scrollable widgets like the gmail and browser widget from your home and that will help. It's quite rare from what I understand. Not many people are having the problem besides a few of us. I think the solution will have to come from Acer... if it comes at all. What would be nice is if there was a searchable term for this. It really needs an acronym... SOF (screen of flashiness) maybe??? Anybody?

Problem persists with go launcher, although the flashiness is much more... interesting. Is FOD taken? Gotta have death in there somewhere.

I like "LOD"... Launcher of Death.
Welcome to third party launchers for tablets

Do you have any idea where the issue is? Is it in the launcher, or is it just the one that gets screwed up? And how does the boot loader effect the way it runs?

That's a very good question. How the hell can a bootloader affect a rom? I've read in several places that the trebuchet launcher had the bug...but since you're saying it happened on GoLauncher, then that throws that out the window. I'm running the JB rom and it works great. It's my DD now. Some games don't work, but who cares...lol.

Is there an easy way to make an widget that will force stop launcher? That'd be less annoying than opening settings and doing the whole process there.

Haha just realized when the launcher doesn't work, a widget is useless...

I wish that I had answers. Here is what I know about this. Launchers don't matter much. Every rom that I've tried when used with an ICS bootloader does this regardless of launcher. Every rom that uses the HC bootloader does not. Even the Flexreaper versions of ICS on the HC bootloader do not have this. It is very likely that I am just missing something more practical and am off base by pointing at the bootloader. But so far it has been the only switch that has worked for me. It does seem like 3d apps and advanced rendered widgets are part of the blame. I took a few logcats when this happened. I think I see where the errors happen, but I don't know enough to say for sure, let alone try to fix whatever it is.

My Gmail app does a similar flashing thing then crashes, but launcher still works. Play Music will also go blank/black. Anyone else having this problem or know if they're related?

(I know, 2012.... but nobody posted a solution and I found it.)
Solution was pretty simple. Go to Launcher in App settings, and wipe stored data,. You will lose some setup stuff but in least it won't crash anymore.

[Q] Home Screen Widget/Launcher Redraws/Flickers

I've tried leveraging Google-fu to answer this question but I haven't had any definitive answers.
I have HD Widgets and the Google Search widget on my one and only home screen. Occasionally when unlocking or pressing the home button the widgets will flicker and then come back.
This happens more often when coming back to the home screen from a stock app (messaging, phone, etc.).
I just wanted to see if any one else has experienced this and if there are any possible ideas for fixes floating around.
For clarification - I have the stock MF3 firmware, rooted. I am running Apex Launcher and Widgetlocker. I have the option to keep Apex in memory checked. I have tried lowering the OOM of HD Widgets and Apex with RomToolbox, but of course without a script the value will not stay locked in at -17 so I really don't know if that makes a difference.
EDIT: Problem doesn't appear after latest update. I have 'keep in memory' enabled and it seems to be working.

[Q] Nightly Pac Man Rom Build with Trebuchet issue

I am running pac_scorpionmini-nightly-20131017. For the last few nightly builds, starting a couple of builds before the few days of failed builds, I have been having an issue with trebuchet. When I go to my home screen, all of the icons and widget disappear. I go to recent apps and clear trebuchet and then press home again and everything shows back up. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?

inkbot said:
I am running pac_scorpionmini-nightly-20131017. For the last few nightly builds, starting a couple of builds before the few days of failed builds, I have been having an issue with trebuchet. When I go to my home screen, all of the icons and widget disappear. I go to recent apps and clear trebuchet and then press home again and everything shows back up. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?
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It sounds like you're getting a conflict with another launcher. It seems like a different launcher is trying to work when you press the home button. I would go into Trebuchet settings and make it your default launcher. I would also use TiBU to freeze any other launchers that might be included in the ROM.

RikRong said:
It sounds like you're getting a conflict with another launcher. It seems like a different launcher is trying to work when you press the home button. I would go into Trebuchet settings and make it your default launcher. I would also use TiBU to freeze any other launchers that might be included in the ROM.
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I had a launcher for my Car Home Ultra app. I removed the defaults for it. My issue has improved but instead of closing trebuchet and pressing the home button again I can now go to the apps menu and back to home and everything shows back up. I may do a factory wipe to see if that helps. As far as I can tell there are no other launchers except the one I mentioned.
Thanks for the help.

inkbot said:
I am running pac_scorpionmini-nightly-20131017. For the last few nightly builds, starting a couple of builds before the few days of failed builds, I have been having an issue with trebuchet. When I go to my home screen, all of the icons and widget disappear. go to recent apps and clear trebuchet and then press home again and everything shows back up. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?
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Yeah, Same problem here. I went to the trebuchet settings and ticked "Hide icon labels" and this stopped the problem but I'm not sure if it for sure works or if i managed to get lucky enough for the icons to not disappear Thats all i know to do to fix this, Hopefully someone will find a a REAL solution!

[Q] Launcher redraw ?

I have latest 20G update on my D802. I'm using stock LG launcher. Lately, I get quick launcher redraw, afte unlocking my phone. Weather widget and couple of icons redraw with a "blink". Is there any solution to this? Anybody else expiriencing the same issue?

If the entire launcher is redrawing then it might be getting kicked out of memory. Some 3rd party launchers have an option to remain in memory, can you try one of those and tell me whether those launchers also redraw.
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I tried Nova launcher and it doesn't redraw, but transition animations are choppy (micro stutters, but they are smooth when using live wallpaper), so I decided to stick with stock launcher. As I said, it's not that entire launcher is redrawing, but two folders and 4x1 default weather widget.

I have never used stock kk, so it could be an issue with the update. Try clearing cache/data for the LG apps via settings, Apps->All.
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phobius87 said:
I have latest 20G update on my D802. I'm using stock LG launcher. Lately, I get quick launcher redraw, afte unlocking my phone. Weather widget and couple of icons redraw with a "blink". Is there any solution to this? Anybody else expiriencing the same issue?
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I had the same problem on 20d. Got tired of it and I use apex now. It never redraws and animation is smoother. Free ram is also much more with apex.
Too bad cuz i liked stock lg launcher.
Sent from my LG-D802

Yesterday, I made a factory data reset, after updating to 20H firmware on my D802. Still, this launcher redraw issue is present and it's really bothering me. If I have to do something on the fly and just after unlocking my phone, this redraw happens and whole interface stutters for second or two.

Same here since 20G... Happy to see that I'm not alone... Again a buggy update...

Having the same issue with 20c, nothing changed after a couple of flashes as well.

Been using the stock launcher for 1 year and it always redraw. Finally installed Nova last week and there is no more launcher redraw issue.

I guess I'm lucky; not a single redraw here, not even that one when switching from portrait to landscape (or vice versa). 20H.

I also had the same problem with stock LG launcher but I`ve read somewhere that the problem is gone when there is no folders on launcher.
I had 3 folders and when I removed them the problem is gone
Is anyone with the problem having folders on homescreen? If you do try to remove them and see what would happen

well, actualy folders and widget are indeed redrawing and I can confirm that I have folders...BUT I had some on previous rom I it worked flawlessly...

I just removed one folder that was on my home screen. Lets see if there will be some redrawing now.

Interesting, never thought about folders and redrawing. Got 3 of them tho. Plus 4 widgets (if we count clock). Still no issues, eh...
Sent from my LG-D802

marko1103 said:
I also had the same problem with stock LG launcher but I`ve read somewhere that the problem is gone when there is no folders on launcher.
I had 3 folders and when I removed them the problem is gone
Is anyone with the problem having folders on homescreen? If you do try to remove them and see what would happen
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Never had any folders - still redraws every once in a while... Have 4 widgets though...

For the lag it seems that it occurs when I press home after switching from a band to another or from an antenna to another

Whell, last night I removed folder from the home screen and I still gor redraws, so it must be bad coding in LG Home launcher.

After KK update I've had launcher redraws even after killing all background apps, so I had them hundreds times every day. After updating to "H" release all redraws gone. Not any single redraw.

It is far better with 20h for sure but still having some lags

I have 20H firmware and redraws all the time. Even after factory reset.