Minor mystery

[RhinoCan]

I've just acquired a reconditioned Pixel 3 and am trying to figure out a few things. Apparently, this model didn't come with a manual and guessing hasn't solved my problems yet!

This morning, I had a bit of a mishap that has me puzzled. I simply turned on my phone swiped left a couple of times to look at news headlines, then swiped right again a couple of times to get back to my apps. Suddenly, all my apps appeared to be gone and nothing I could think of would bring them back. Finally, I restarted the phone and my apps were just the way I'd left them.

I'd like to figure out what happened so that I can avoid the stress of this situation in future. I assume I did something foolish and I'd like to avoid doing that again in future. Also, I'm betting there's an easier way to solve the problem than restarting the phone if I do that foolish thing again. Can anyone help solve this mystery?

 

[ocnbrze]

do you means the shortcuts on the home screen disappeared? maybe you swiped to an open home page with no apps on it yet.

you may want to try a different launcher than the one the pixel has. i love Nova which is free, but the Nova Prime which is $4.99(i think and is a one time payment) unlocks so much more customization. been running it on all of my previous android devices.

Nova Launcher:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

Nova Prime (key)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime

and some here like ADW, but i'm a Nova guy....lol

 

[RhinoCan]

I really didn't understand what was happening: I just suddenly had no shortcuts and I couldn't swipe left or right any more. I can't imagine what I did to make everything go away like that.

 

[codesplice]

Could you swipe up to get to the application drawer?

 

[RhinoCan]

No, I didn't get the app drawer. The only thing I could get to was the settings and the screen that gives you the power off/restart option.

 

[codesplice]

Sounds like your launcher crashed. That's pretty odd. Usually when that happens it should recover on its own within a few seconds.

 

[RhinoCan]

I'll have to keep an eye on it then and maybe consider an alternate launcher. At least I know what failed now and one solution if it ever happens again.

Thanks for your assistance!

 

[codesplice]

It shouldn't be a frequent occurence with the stock launcher. I don't think I've ever seen that happen myself, but I have seen it reported a time or two.