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al...@android.com
Use an alternative home launcher.
ja...@gtempaccount.com
Using the stock 2.3 launcher this happens..there is also times when the screen will not scroll and only will scroll once the phone is rebooted..
ji...@gmail.com
Got my Nexus S today from the Carphonewarhouse. Phone updated to 2.3.1 and after having it plugged in I added two email accounts. When I returned to the home screen via the 'home' button I have the same issue as the OP. A reboot was the only way to resolve this.
ja...@gtempaccount.com
I am also having this issue but it did not happen until I deleted an app that was on the home screen.
ja...@gmail.com
I have also encountered this problem many times. I had to restart the device to be able to drag and drop again.
lb...@gmail.com
I am having the same problem on the Nexus S. When I have the problem, I have to reboot the phone. Then when I reboot it, I sometimes find these icons that went missing in one of the created folders (even though I never dragged it to any folders). I am also usually unable to move folders into a different location without fully shutting down and rebooting the phone. It will work after a fresh reboot but very quickly start to experience the same issue again. The only way I have been able to get icons where I want them in some cases is to long hold the desktop where I want to set it and create the shortcut manually there. Opening up the "all applications" menu and dragging to the desktop fails to work unless it is freshly rebooted. Sounds like another Nexus S bug.
ja...@gmail.com
Try to kill the launcher and not restarting the phone it works for me
lb...@gmail.com
@shahamk what do you mean by "kill the launcher", these are unrooted phones running stock android on the Nexus S.
ja...@gmail.com
Unrooted too
Goto setting->application settings->running services->choose all (top of the screen)
Find 'launcher' and press on it
Press force stop
This should fix the problem like restart does
I created a shortcut to running services on my home screen but I'm not if this is an option of one of my many installed apps :-)
Goto setting->application settings->running services->choose all (top of the screen)
Find 'launcher' and press on it
Press force stop
This should fix the problem like restart does
I created a shortcut to running services on my home screen but I'm not if this is an option of one of my many installed apps :-)
lb...@gmail.com
Ahh good to know. Well this is a temp solution but yes this is another bug Google needs to resolve on 2.3.
ja...@gmail.com
Yes, hopefully it will be resolved soon. My friend is always complaining about it.
lb...@gmail.com
I am running Gingerbread 2.3.1 on a Nexus S.
This has happened to me many times when I was rearranging icons on the homescreen or bringing in new icons to the homescreen from the app drawer using the long-press-on-icon, move, and release-to-drop method. Sometimes as soon as I let go of my finger to set the icon down where I want it, the icon disappears. After a while, I discovered that these disappeared icons had somehow ended up inside random folders on my homescreen. One solution around this that worked for me was to long press on the empty homescreen area where you want your icon, select Shortcuts > Applications, and choose your app from the list.
The UI for rearranging icons on the homescreen should be changed to exactly resemble that of the iPhone's (maybe without the shaking icons thing). Please fix this, Google!
This has happened to me many times when I was rearranging icons on the homescreen or bringing in new icons to the homescreen from the app drawer using the long-press-on-icon, move, and release-to-drop method. Sometimes as soon as I let go of my finger to set the icon down where I want it, the icon disappears. After a while, I discovered that these disappeared icons had somehow ended up inside random folders on my homescreen. One solution around this that worked for me was to long press on the empty homescreen area where you want your icon, select Shortcuts > Applications, and choose your app from the list.
The UI for rearranging icons on the homescreen should be changed to exactly resemble that of the iPhone's (maybe without the shaking icons thing). Please fix this, Google!
ja...@gtempaccount.com
I ended up installing a third party launcher called "Launcher Pro". It is free of this bug plus lets you do more with your launcher page anyway. It is still bad that Google released this phone/software with so many bugs (plenty of other serious bugs reported on Nexus S).
me...@gmail.com
Adw ex is way better than launcher pro btw.
od...@gmail.com
@mco hey thanks for telling me about adw. I just downloaded it and it has a lot more features. I think I will start using that from now on :)
od...@gmail.com
I have verified this issue on two Nexus S phones (mine and my wife's). I've also discovered one method to reproduce it, hopefully someone can verify for me:
1. First, reboot the phone. This is just to ensure we're starting fresh
2. Verify any icons, widgets, etc on the home screen can be repositioned.
3. Create a folder on a home screen. You can leave it empty if you want.
4. Open the folder.
5. Leaving the folder open, launch the Market and install an app. Don't leave the market until the app has successfully installed.
6. Now hit the home key to return to the home screens.
7. You should notice that the folder is closed. Now try to move an object to a new position.
I have found that after doing these steps, I can no longer re-arrange objects on the home screen. They just snap back to their original positions. This keeps happening until I reboot the phone or "Force Close" the launcher. (The latter seems to make the phone unstable, though).
As a work around, I make sure any folders on the home screen are closed before installing or removing apps.
Hopefully my notes can assist in a fix.
Thanks,
Mark
1. First, reboot the phone. This is just to ensure we're starting fresh
2. Verify any icons, widgets, etc on the home screen can be repositioned.
3. Create a folder on a home screen. You can leave it empty if you want.
4. Open the folder.
5. Leaving the folder open, launch the Market and install an app. Don't leave the market until the app has successfully installed.
6. Now hit the home key to return to the home screens.
7. You should notice that the folder is closed. Now try to move an object to a new position.
I have found that after doing these steps, I can no longer re-arrange objects on the home screen. They just snap back to their original positions. This keeps happening until I reboot the phone or "Force Close" the launcher. (The latter seems to make the phone unstable, though).
As a work around, I make sure any folders on the home screen are closed before installing or removing apps.
Hopefully my notes can assist in a fix.
Thanks,
Mark
lb...@gmail.com
Same issue on brand new Nexus S with stock rom and launcher. I have 2 gmail accounts too, links appear in random folders.
ga...@gmail.com
I am running Gingerbread 2.3.1 on a new Nexus S.
The only way I can add a shortcut to a homescreen now is by long pressing exactly where I want it and choosing my shortcut from the pop-up menu. I cannot move icons once they are on the homescreen - they just disappear. The only exception to this is a folder icon - it won't disappear, it just snaps back to its original position. I cannot drag icons from the app menu - they also disappear. All of the disappearing icons eventually show up later in one of the folders, after a reboot or sometimes after a few hours have passed. If I try to drag an icon like music, for example, five times (each time disappearing) then five copies of the music icon will show up later in one of the folders. I believe this bug may be related to having folders on the homescreen. I say that because I didn't have the problem for the first few days of owning the phone and it was only after several days that I began creating folders on the homescreen. I'll have to test this by eliminating all my folders. Oh, and rebooting is not solving my problem.
I know this bug has been around for several months (at least since June of 2010) and affects Froyo as well. This bug needs to have a higher priority, since it affects the primary interface between Android and user - the homescreen. As a new Nexus S owner and also new to Android, I can say that it's more than a little frustrating.
The only way I can add a shortcut to a homescreen now is by long pressing exactly where I want it and choosing my shortcut from the pop-up menu. I cannot move icons once they are on the homescreen - they just disappear. The only exception to this is a folder icon - it won't disappear, it just snaps back to its original position. I cannot drag icons from the app menu - they also disappear. All of the disappearing icons eventually show up later in one of the folders, after a reboot or sometimes after a few hours have passed. If I try to drag an icon like music, for example, five times (each time disappearing) then five copies of the music icon will show up later in one of the folders. I believe this bug may be related to having folders on the homescreen. I say that because I didn't have the problem for the first few days of owning the phone and it was only after several days that I began creating folders on the homescreen. I'll have to test this by eliminating all my folders. Oh, and rebooting is not solving my problem.
I know this bug has been around for several months (at least since June of 2010) and affects Froyo as well. This bug needs to have a higher priority, since it affects the primary interface between Android and user - the homescreen. As a new Nexus S owner and also new to Android, I can say that it's more than a little frustrating.
lb...@gmail.com
As a side note, this only happens in the Google launcher. 3rd party launchers I have installed do not have this issue so Google needs to look into this bug. I have installed a 3rd party launcher to clear the issue (plus have additional features anyway).
ta...@gmail.com
Gingerbread 2.3.1 on Nexus S
Followup to my post of yesterday... I deleted all my folders on the home screens and voila... problem solved. All shortcuts are acting as they should - I can drag them around, place them where I want them and not one has disappeared. I can create new ones by dragging from the app menu - in short, everything is back to normal. I have been testing this for about 24 hours. I will wait another day and then go back to creating folders on the home screen. I'd be willing to bet the problem will reappear quickly. I'll post the results in a couple of days.
Followup to my post of yesterday... I deleted all my folders on the home screens and voila... problem solved. All shortcuts are acting as they should - I can drag them around, place them where I want them and not one has disappeared. I can create new ones by dragging from the app menu - in short, everything is back to normal. I have been testing this for about 24 hours. I will wait another day and then go back to creating folders on the home screen. I'd be willing to bet the problem will reappear quickly. I'll post the results in a couple of days.
dp...@gmail.com
Also experience the same thing as Martin in comment 18 and 20.
In my testing, if you have a folder on the home screen, move to another screen and try to move an icon to the same place on that screen, the icon will just go missing. After reboot, it will show up in the folder that was on the home screen.
A bit irritating. Using Nexus S with 2.3.2.
In my testing, if you have a folder on the home screen, move to another screen and try to move an icon to the same place on that screen, the icon will just go missing. After reboot, it will show up in the folder that was on the home screen.
A bit irritating. Using Nexus S with 2.3.2.
al...@gmail.com
Update to my post of Jan. 21st. Less than 48 hours after recreating folders on the home screen the bug is back. Shortcuts disappearing when created or moved - it seems that the launcher erroneously acts as if there is a folder open and this is where these shortcuts are going. Hours later or after rebooting they appear in one of the folders. The last thing I did before the bug reappeared was update a few of my apps in the Market.
I am reluctantly going to a third party launcher until the bug is resolved. More than a little disappointed - doesn't seem like a very hard bug to find.
I am reluctantly going to a third party launcher until the bug is resolved. More than a little disappointed - doesn't seem like a very hard bug to find.
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Android System Webview 42.0.2311.137
Android WebView exception
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: YI13NAdIdRetrivalThread--0
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.yahoo.att, PID: 16093
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: android.content.pm.PackageManager$NameNotFoundException: com.google.android.webview
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getFactoryClass(WebViewFactory.java:174)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:109)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at android.webkit.CookieManager.getInstance(CookieManager.java:42)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.mobile.common.util.f.a(CookieHelper.java:34)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.mobile.common.util.f.a(CookieHelper.java:27)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.doubleplay.a.a.b(AccountManagerAdapter.java:138)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.doubleplay.a.e.a(AccountSdkAccountManagerAdapter.java:205)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.snoopy.c.a(YIDCookie.java:90)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.uda.yi13n.ay.a(YQLProxy.java:910)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at com.yahoo.uda.yi13n.i.run(GooglePlayWrapper.java:177)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: android.content.pm.PackageManager$NameNotFoundException: com.google.android.webview
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.getPackageInfo(ApplicationPackageManager.java:167)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getFactoryClass(WebViewFactory.java:146)
05-26 21:17:30.031 16093 16154 E AndroidRuntime: ... 12 more