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Help Safe mode messes up all my widgets

Hawker

Android Expert
Aug 2, 2011
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www.celica.talktalk.net
I tried booting up into safe mode (to see if I could)
It loaded up my standard screens minus live wallpaper and widgets

Now when I boot up normally, my live wallpaper is no longer set (not a biggie) but ALL my widgets are now filled with "problem loading widget"

Short of deleting and recreating them on my homescreens, any ideas on if there is a quick way to get them back?
 
lol should i keep trying to load safe mode?
anyway do u have to be rooted to go into safe mode?

if you would read info of hawker you would spot (otherwise ur blind) that hes NOT rooted.


and back to topic... did u make any backup before that ? i`m rooted now and i use titanium for that but in your case i`m not sure i can help you :( i`m afraid u will have to set widgets once again from start.
 
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will everything be back to normal once i exit safe mode?

DOH! I suggest you read this thread!

oh well, now you have it... i guess that setting all widgets again can be pain in the ass but theres no option left.

Offtopic

i`ve checked your website and i`m impressed with your celica :) just tell me why the hell you changed such a lovely car for mazda 6 ?

Thanks mate! My little boy was born, so I needed a bigger car to accomodate the family. I loved that Celica. Did loads of work on it, but family comes first butty!

:)

I've deleted them and re-added them now.
What a PITA!

Thought: I'm using GO Launcher, so it may be due to this, or it could be a general problem.
Need someone else to give this a go I suppose!!.... (go launcher AND touchwiz people)
 
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i did exact same thing with the menu button ( the softkey to the LEFT of home screen button) and still no safe mode
most of the time during boot up the menu key didn't even light up so i doubt it had any effect when i press or hold on it

Once the graphic has started to show on bootup, keep fast-pressing the MENU key until you see "safe mode" appear in the bottom left of the screen.

Be our guinea-pig! Tell us what you lose!
 
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err how fast do i have to press?
i'm already spamming it as soon as i turn power on

ONCE THE GRAPHIC HAS STARTED TO SHOW
Ie. the animation splash screen

UPDATE: All buddy widgets, clock, bookmarks and accuweather widget remained unaffected.

This problem seems to relate to non-rom (ie 3rd party) widgets
 
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well im in Cork but maybe i will find it somewhere :) i`m about to change a car and as i dont have kids yet it has to be a coupe (fast one) :D

and coming back to topic. im using laucher pro but i will do backup l8r and check safe mode and tell you whats the results :) i`m bit busy here and dont want to mess up my widgets atm cause it took me some time to set them the way i like... but i ll check it l8r
 
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