[Q] icons not showing when on SD card

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So I'm having a rather annoying issue with the icons on my device. In order to save space I moved all my games and large programs i only use rarely to the sd card. i'm trying to keep more space for running programs and such (which is another issue i'm having, seems my phone wont keep more than 100mb running space without me constantly hitting the kill button. and even then its annoying that at start up i have 180mb running space, but quickly loose 100mb and can't get it back till i reboot).

anyway, seems that all the programs i've moved to the storage card only show the generic android icon rather than their icons. this is only on my home screen tho. the programs show the correct icons in the program menu. is there a way to refresh the home screen after boot to fix this? or anything i can do other than putting them back onto my phone?

You could force stop the launcher by going into manage applications. That'd refresh it.

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i don't see any process called "launcher" or any with that in the name either.

Originally Posted by viperv303

i don't see any process called "launcher" or any with that in the name either.

Sorry, you didn't specify which launcher you are using. If it's stock then it's called Sense. Or you could've downloaded one from the Market such as Launcher Pro Plus, ADW, ADW Ex or Zeam (my personal preference).



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yeah, I'm still on sense. for now i like it, will branch out and see what others offer eventually.


so if i kill it? then what? will it auto restart or something?

Originally Posted by viperv303

yeah, I'm still on sense. for now i like it, will branch out and see what others offer eventually.


so if i kill it? then what? will it auto restart or something?

Yup. When you press the Home key.



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cool, thanks. seemed to have solved it, mostly. a few of the apps are still stuck with the default android icon, but the rest are now displaying correctly. guess its a side effect of installing apps to the sd card?

Not sure... I've seen apps on SD take a moment to show after a boot but they always show up for me. Unless the the app is no longer actually installed.

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I had this issue repeatedly with angrybirds when it was in a homescreen folder. Since I moved it out of the folder it hasn't done it.

Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App

seems that is where this problem happens the most. i made folders and put my short cuts in there to help minimize the number of icons on the desktop. was under the impression that it'd help ever so slightly in making it quicker (device wise). but i'm starting to think it doesn't matter that much...