Hey guys. I bought a brand new ZTE Axon 7 and installed Chronus first thing. I have the Pro version. The widgets worked fine on my old device (Asus Zenfone 2) with Nova Prime but on the ZA7 also running Nova Prime Launcher, the widgets take a very long time to update data. This applies to all my Chronus widgets i.e. Weather, Stocks etc. They stay at either refreshing or updating for a very long time. I tried clearing cache of the app, uninstalling the app. Uninstalling Nova launcher but the problem with the Chronus widgets also happens on stock launcher on this device. Is there any logs I can collect and send? Tried on both 4G and Wifi. Anyone else using Chronus with the ZA7 facing the same issues?
Asus Zenfone 2 runs Android 6.0
ZTE Axon 7 runs Android 7.0
I submitted this also on the Developer's G+ Community page.
I miss Chronus Many thanks in advance.
I dont have any problems with calendare Chronus widget (google calendar). Sometimes the update is a bit delayed but it's usually when i havent rebooted my device for a week or so (memory leaks).
razorsbk said:
I dont have any problems with calendare Chronus widget (google calendar). Sometimes the update is a bit delayed but it's usually when i havent rebooted my device for a week or so (memory leaks).
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Thanks for the reply. Any chance you can test with a Chronus Stocks widget? Just select Google Finance as the provider and maybe add a stock like Apple or Microsoft etc. Once the widget is added, can you check if you click on refresh, does it refresh instantly or does it take a very long time? I don't use the Calendar widget so not sure if the calendar entries are pulled from the Google calendar app cache but I can try as well.
Well I just did that and it takes forever.
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razorsbk said:
Well I just did that and it takes forever.
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Thanks for testing. So it confirms my suspicion. I'll write to the developer.
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So I managed to resolve this one. It was the power management on Android that creates power policies for every app. Chronus also had 2 power policies applied. I disabled them and set the Auto-start to On. Now the widgets refresh instantly. Problem solved. Thanks @razorsbk for testing.
Thanks for info.
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xuggs said:
So I managed to resolve this one. It was the power management on Android that creates power policies for every app. Chronus also had 2 power policies applied. I disabled them and set the Auto-start to On. Now the widgets refresh instantly. Problem solved. Thanks @razorsbk for testing.
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Thank you!
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This is my first android experience. I got the Note 2 and decided to try out Nova launcher after so many raving reviews. I download and installed it but whenever I click on my gmail widget, the theme reverts back to touchwiz. Everything seems to be okay. Is it not compatible with gmail? Or am I missing something (setting?) Thanks
F123D said:
This is my first android experience. I got the Note 2 and decided to try out Nova launcher after so many raving reviews. I download and installed it but whenever I click on my gmail widget, the theme reverts back to touchwiz. Everything seems to be okay. Is it not compatible with gmail? Or am I missing something (setting?) Thanks
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Did you make nova launcher as default launcher?I also think that nova needs root for widgets.
To make nova default launcher go to nova settings and in "Select default Home" select nova
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Yes, I did. But any time I click on my gmail widget, it reverts back. Once I hit the Nova shortcut icon, Nova comes back. I'd love to be able to use this launcher. I'm trying to stay away from rooting at this time. If it requires it, I'll just use stock TW for now.
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Yes, I did. But any time I click on my gmail widget, it reverts back. Once I hit the Nova shortcut icon, Nova comes back. I'd love to be able to use this launcher. I'm trying to stay away from rooting at this time. If it requires it, I'll just use stock TW for now.
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You need to be rooted to use widgets...
Fired From My FireDevice.
W H A T?
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You need to be rooted to use widgets...
Fired From My FireDevice.
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If that's true, that's a bummer.. I've already uninstalled Nova but my agenda widget was working fine. It was the gmail widget that was causing TW to reappear after I closed out from the gmail widget. Don't use that many widgets, (mail, calendar, agenda, task) but if they dont play nice with Nova, I'll have to stick with TW.
Nova + widgets
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If that's true, that's a bummer.. I've already uninstalled Nova but my agenda widget was working fine. It was the gmail widget that was causing TW to reappear after I closed out from the gmail widget. Don't use that many widgets, (mail, calendar, agenda, task) but if they dont play nice with Nova, I'll have to stick with TW.
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Not True. I have Nova (prime) installed and have been able to use every widget. (it may be helpful to enable widget overlaping in the settings.)
Having the same problem on my SIII but I'm rooted and it only happens when I use the back button to get out of apps, it will back out of the app to touchwiz. I have nova as default so as soon as i hit the home button nova is back. It didn't start until I updated to Jelly Bean. On ICS nova was running smooth as butter.
Nova crashes a lot. I am rooted and have sent crash logs to the Dev and sent seperate emails and have heard nothing back. I like it but when looking through widgets in the drawer it crashes, when resizing from time to time it crashes and when attempting to move a widget yup it crashes. Not all the time but more than it should.
I'm using Nova Prime and not rooted and all of my widgets are working fine.
First try to remove the widget and add it again with nova.
Second clear the default action for TW (in application)
Last i advise you to freeze TW : in application too, normaly the button for uninstal is changed by a "Disable" button.
Try apex. Almost same deal as nova but I like it a little better
Is that a hemi? No silly its Paranoid Android!
EVO 4G LTE S-OFF;-]
Lol, much laggier than Nova.
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Lol, much laggier than Nova.
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+1, Apex is not as smooth as Nova....
thought I was the only one!!
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Nova crashes a lot. I am rooted and have sent crash logs to the Dev and sent seperate emails and have heard nothing back. I like it but when looking through widgets in the drawer it crashes, when resizing from time to time it crashes and when attempting to move a widget yup it crashes. Not all the time but more than it should.
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Same thing happens here! I've tried everything. I think it might be having too many things widgets or some issues with custom home screen grids.
I thought it might be the snote page widget and this slide show widget. Removed both and now it doesn't crash when resizing.
When scrolling through widgets in the app drawer.... I found awesome widgets pro to be causing the problem so I just uninstalled that.
Really hope they fix this since I'm missing my slide show widgets-tried several and my snote widget.
Never going back to touchwiz though ha!
Mines the paid version if that helps. I really really like nova and the landscape mode. Just the issue with the widgets really bugs me, and the few hours I've spend trying to solve it.!
I have APW as well. It has been hit or miss with crashes. I restored the other day and things have been good for the most part. I am a heavy widget used which I am sure is the problem.
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I know this phenomenon as well...and here´s my "solution": This was my experience everytime I got a new Samsung phone. Suddenly, Android jumps back from Nova to TW (e.g. Site Buddy on the Note). And it ALWAYS stopped this behavior after a few days of usage. It was always that easy :laugh:
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I know this phenomenon as well...and here´s my "solution": This was my experience everytime I got a new Samsung phone. Suddenly, Android jumps back from Nova to TW (e.g. Site Buddy on the Note). And it ALWAYS stopped this behavior after a few days of usage. It was always that easy :laugh:
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Wait, so what's the solution? I miss a few of my widgets never going back to touchwiz though!
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Wait, so what's the solution? I miss a few of my widgets never going back to touchwiz though!
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Hehe, that´s why I wrote "solution" in quotation marks! For me, there never was a real "solution" for this issue, the problem simply dissapeared after a few hours/days of usage!
I see! Let's hope it's the case for me too! Although I'm not sure since I've Been using nova for a while, the problems just stated though.
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Hi all,
This is the only consistent issue I've had since day one (B1.532 - B2.257). Homescreen widgets disappear once in awhile without any warning, and frankly, I'm sick of it. They aren't disappearing completely, but they "hide" until I longpress the homescreen and they'll show up again. This typically happens when I use an app for a longer period of time.
My guess is that Android is killing the launcher and it redraws when I hit the homebutton. Not because it's trying to free up some RAM (got plenty of that), but it's trying to rid itself with an "old" process. Nova Launcher has the "Aggressive Desktop" mode where it'll it'll keep the launcher in RAM and not kill it like it does here, but I find it strange.
This is just speculation from my side though, so I'm not 100% positive that this is the case.
Question time! Are you experiencing the same problem, or is it an isolated case?
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Hmmm.. Are you not using Greenify with an all too aggressive setting?
Never had this with my ultra :l
Note2 though had this a lot.
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So far, none like that happening here. But I don't have too many widgets on my homescreen yet, so I dunno if I put some more, if it'll happen. Will get back to you!
I don't use Greenify, and I only use two widgets: DashClock and a calendar widget.
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Just reinstalled Nova again to check if I got the same behavior, but nope. Nova works fine, so it's the Sony launcher.
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Yeah, I can confirm that this does happen with the stock launcher, at least on my phone. And I really only have one page, and one widget. At most I had three pages and about four widgets. The speed that the processor brings the widget back though is incredibly impressive though, so it hasn't actually bothered me yet. I didn't know other launchers kept that from happening though, hmm... May have to get on action launcher or Nova.
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I have clock and 6 shortcut icons, does not redraw
Same behaviour
Hi all,
I have exactly the same problem on mine, I use 4 widgets over 3 homescreens, power amp, tune in radio pro, android pro widgets (just the calendar agenda widget) and 1Weather.
The power amp, calendar and tune in widgets never disappear, but when I go back to the launcher after it has been hidden for a while I can sometimes see a delay in them redrawing, which doesn't really bother me, but the 1Weather widget hides permanently until I long press the screen where it is hidden or reboot which is Ultra annoying, no pun intended :laugh:
I'm on build .257 and have an update to the launcher installed, I've tried uninstalling the update, integrating the update into the rom, converting 1Weather to a system app and even tried locking the launcher and 1Weather into memory with an app called memory locker, all to no avail.
Has anyone had anymore thoughts on this, any ideas, anything else for us to try ?
The updated launcher fixed it for me.
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That's strange, I either didn't notice it or it didn't start doing it until about a week maybe 2 after I installed the updated launcher, it never happened on the stock . 527 launcher in my case.
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LordManhattan said:
The updated launcher fixed it for me.
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Fixed right??... if not check the build.prop
To force launcher into memory and stop redraws past this into the build.prop and then reboot...
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
hamdogg said:
Fixed right??... if not check the build.prop
To force launcher into memory and stop redraws past this into the build.prop and then reboot...
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
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Thanks hamdogg, all else had failed, but this has done the trick, added this to my build.prop on the day you posted it and it hasn't disappeared since, never even see it redraw full stop, cheers mate. :good:
Hi all, this is my first post on here (ever) so go easy!
After owning 3x Mate 9's (MHA-L09 & L29) over the course of the last year, I decided to treat myself and have just received my shiny new Mocha Brown Mate 10 (ALP-L29), imported to the UK from Singapore.
I've noticed one or two "teething" issues however, most niggling being the size of the icons/home screen grid and notifications on the pull down menu, they're all huge!
I have view mode and text size set to "small" in display settings though it doesn't help.
I think, could be wrong, that EMUI 5.0 on the Mate 9 had a "smallest" setting?
Anyway, I was able to shrink the icons, widgets etc to a much smaller size.
Can anyone help with this or am I going to have to hope (and pray) for a software update that addresses this?
It's such a big, beautiful display and is a shame filling it with giant icons....
Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks.
When both view mode is set to small on mate 9 and Mate 10, yes the mate 9 icons are slightly smaller.
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When both view mode is set to small on mate 9 and Mate 10, yes the mate 9 icons are slightly smaller.
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I thought so, must be a coming fix for this?
Just feels like the fantastic screen real estate is wasted.
There should really be a 6x6 grid option built in to stock Emui don't you think?
I know Nova can provide it, but really want to stay stock for now with phone being so new!
(I may even be first in UK with it, not sure!)
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(I may even be first in UK with it, not sure!)
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I have had it for a week and am in the UK ?
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I have had it for a week and am in the UK
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2nd then! What's your impressions so far?
Especially relating to launcher scale?
I've also noticed another issue where I can't delete Gmail emails from the notification shade.
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
olbapnauj said:
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
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Someone said Huawei Widgets and Nova launcher together has some problems. Maybe try another weather widget from play store?
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olbapnauj said:
any fix for this? i tried to use nova launcher but it crashed every time after i added weather widget.
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With the last nova update, no crash anymore dude
I tried to persist with the stock launcher but it got the best of me. It just lacks so many features.
I've used alot of launchers but obviously Nova is a good starting point ( it didn't crash for me) and also evie is another one. My every day launcher is action launcher and it is excellent on the mate 10. Launchers come down to personal preference but in my opinion there are plenty out there that are better than the stock one.
Also pixel 2 launcher apk on this great forums is very good and smooth
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Someone said Huawei Widgets and Nova launcher together has some problems. Maybe try another weather widget from play store?
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I got the crash when I add the Huawei weather widget. I guess it is not compatible with Nova Launcher.
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I got the crash when I add the Huawei weather widget. I guess it is not compatible with Nova Launcher.
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Same here. BLA-029 .119(C636). Latest version of Nova launcher. Can anyone confirm if they are NOT having this problem? Thanks all.
Same problem here. Seems like view mode doesn't affect the size of the icons on the home screen and the size of the notification toggles. I've had the phone for 2 hours and its been bugging me ever since. I hope someone can fix this. I really hate my icons looking so big.
For smaller icons in stock launcher you have to find an icon pack with smaller icons size. I did it in app Huawei Themes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.deishelon.lab.thememanager You can install new theme from this app which is called "card", and then apply icons from this theme in the native Huawei's theme app. For me icons from card theme look nicely and are smaller than original ones. Give it a try.
Currently using Pixel Launcher and icons are smaller now but the notification toggles are still huge.
When choosing one of the launchers mentioned in this thread, can you still use the navigation dock?
Just updated yesterday to Android version 8.0.0 on my T-Mobile Note8 SM-N950U. I have been using HD Widgets V4.1 for years on all my Notes 2, 3, 4 and 8. and now I cannot Refresh my Calendar, Agenda (scroll up or down) and Stock Widgets (refresh) using the scroll feature or refresh icon. It also seems to take a long time to get the widgets to display. I have been playing with this for two days and tried to download a newer version of HD Widgets to no avail. I did searches on the web and on here, too. Checked all my settings, changed some, too. I am using an old launcher. Next Launcher v3.22 as I have tried other launchers, but prefer this one. Any suggestions?
Anyone have this problem? Other than this Oreo 8 seems OK so far. Thanks in advance for any help.
Strange, I'm having similar issues with widgets not updating, except I use Chronus weather widget not HD widgets. I just installed a beta version of Chronus to see if it helps. There are a few others on their support page talking about the same issues.
Going to try another launcher: Nova Launcher Pro. Will post results here on any possible fix.
I have a T-Mobile Note 8 and just updated to OREO with the same problems with the widgets. I'm using Next 3D launcher. My Business Calendar, Beautiful Widgets and others are not refreshing on the screen. Is this a Next 3D problem or something else? Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Just got through installing Nova Launcher Pro and it works fine. I just loaded the widgets that I had on my Next Launcher that would not work/refresh and they all work on Nova. So, I will continue to use Nova instead of Next. Try Nova and see if you have good results. You can get the free version from the Play store. Let us know how you all do. Thanks for responding and providing your info. Hope I have helped you. if I find anything else, I will report on this thread.
Did you get it to work for you? I also installed Nova Launcher Pro on my wife's Note 8 and it is working great.
I had this same issue on my T-mobile Note8 and after switching to Nova Launcher, no more issues. This morning Device Maintenance put Nova to sleep and reverted to Samsung Experience... but i added Nova to the do not monitor list and rebooted so hopefully i'll never see SE9 again... (i hadn't rebooted since i installed Nova yesterday morning - reboots are normally just on Mondays)
Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
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I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
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Hi guys,
First post here so please be gentle with me.
After having a Samsung S7 Edge for quite some time, i took the dive to purchase the Mate 20 Pro (8GB/256Gb model with 256gb NM card) as a replacement which i am very happy with. I did not like the default interface Huawei has put in the phone and so installed the Smart Launcher 5... an app which i had on my Samsung.
All is well and fine up until recently when my clock widget on the home screen no longer updates.. or when it does, requires opening/closing apps and multiple screen wipes before it updates. Pictures below.
imgur.com/mMwfe49
- add https
I've retried reinstalling the Launcher, rebooting the device, restoring launcher from backup, changing the clock widget to another application, removing and readding the clock widget.
Not a major problem, more of an annoyance. Is this a problem with the app itself or an issue with the patch update? Currently running EMUI 9.0.0.171 (C636E10R3P2)
Thanks
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Happens to me sometimes, I think its more to do with battery saving. When the phone is running low on battery it aggressively shuts off background processes, and I believe it closes the process that updates the widget or something similar. It rarely happens to me though, I made sure the widgets are allowed to run in the background. But every now again it does re-appear, mostly like I said when the battery level is low.
I am using Nova Launcher and the Transparent clock weather widget.