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Help Icon Bug on Apps2SD - Solution in Post #47 here

spridell

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Ok so i downloaded a bunch of apps. I used apps2sd to move the moveable ones to the SD card.

Did a phone restart and now any app that is on the SD card NO icon will appear on the home screen. Its just the generic Android Icon. The app still works just no icon.

I then moved the app back to phone storage and restarted and the app icon is back

This is a pretty big bug. Anyone else have any input?


If this was posted already i am sorry and you can move the post.
 
so the apps you have on the SD card, their Icons are showing up on the home screen? Not the generic Android Icon?

Its not a bug, its the app itself. Its like some of my apps that have widgets, if I move the app to the sd card the app itself works but the widget doesn't but if the app is on the phones internal memory then the widget works just fine. I have had similar issues with the OG evo like what you are saying, so its the app itself and not a bug I would say.
 
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to jump on the bandwagon ,

every app i have downloaded has been moved to the sd. i have thus far downloaded less than 10 apps. all icons still show just normally .


For all of you that still have the icons after you installed them on the SD card, Have you powered your phones on and off yet?

I had all the icons too until I powered the phone on and off and restarted the phone. Then the icons went missing.

I know its not the apps because the same apps worked fine on my Evo 4g while they were on the SD card.

Trying to decide if I should do a hard reset or not
 
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For all of you that still have the icons after you installed them on the SD card, Have you powered your phones on and off yet?

I had all the icons too until I powered the phone on and off and restarted the phone. Then the icons went missing.

I know its not the apps because the same apps worked fine on my Evo 4g while they were on the SD card.

Trying to decide if I should do a hard reset or not

Does this happen to random apps, specific apps or all your apps on the sd card?
 
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Does this happen to random apps, specific apps or all your apps on the sd card?


This happens with any app that is on the SD card. As soon as they are back on the phone memory everything is fine.

I didnt nottice it until i did a restart of the phone. Once i did a restart the apps never showed back up.

There is atleast one other person on another forum i know is having the same problem. SO this seem to be a bug of some sort.

But... You guys say yours are working fine.. so it is a bit odd....
 
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I applied the latest update and did a restart, my icons are now the generic icons as well......sigh


I wonder if this update to the Sense did something to the apps.

For the people it is working for, do you guys have the latest update? and did a full restart after the update?

thanks for the help.

i Might try reformatting the SD card before i do a hard reset
 
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I wonder if this update to the Sense did something to the apps.

For the people it is working for, do you guys have the latest update? and did a full restart after the update?

thanks for the help.

i Might try reformatting the SD card before i do a hard reset

I have confirmed For me it is only Amazon AppStore apps that I moved to the SD card. Android Market Apps on the SD never lose the Icon, well at least on my screens.
 
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Most of the apps I have downloaded have reverted to the "Android" icon that you see when you remove the SD card (looks similar to the market app icon). I haven't removed my SD card or done anything out of the ordinary. I went scuba diving and left it in the car; when I got back it was doing this. :thinking::(

EDIT: Going into the "all apps" screen shows you the normal icons, whicn you just need to drag to the screen you want and remove the old ones. Still curious as to why or how this happened though.
 
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Moved your post here - check themuffinman's explanation above to see if it applies to your case.

Ya, that seems to be the problem.

When I turn the phone off, it does not occur, but when I restart the phone I get the generic Android icon. These different ways they talk about as fixes work, but the bug is still pretty annoying.
 
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On another forum they are saying a quick fix is to change to a different Skin and then the icon will be back.

I just tried it and it works

So this is definetly a minor bug with Sense


This worked for me also. I hope it is something HTC fixes with a future patch.

It is weird how changing a skin would work - but it worked for me. Easier then having to re-create all the icons not working.
 
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Its not a bug, its the app itself. Its like some of my apps that have widgets, if I move the app to the sd card the app itself works but the widget doesn't but if the app is on the phones internal memory then the widget works just fine. I have had similar issues with the OG evo like what you are saying, so its the app itself and not a bug I would say.

This is most definitely a bug, and has nothing to do with widget function. If on sd card many icons revert to default Android when rebooting the phone, but none installed in internal memory have this issue. Until a fix is delivered I've moved everything back to memory.
 
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This is most definitely a bug, and has nothing to do with widget function. If on sd card many icons revert to default Android when rebooting the phone, but none installed in internal memory have this issue. Until a fix is delivered I've moved everything back to memory.


yes it is definetly a bug.

Many people on other forums also reporting the same thing.

Now I wonder if this happened when we got the update to Sense. Does anyone have a 3D that hasnt been updated yet? Maybe they can test this out and see what happens.
 
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