Help Beautiful Widgets Keep Disappearing

[dbernard82]

Hey All,
I've had an issue lately where all my widgets by Beautiful Widgets keep disappearing off my homescreens. For the last month+ about once a week i will wake my phone to see that they have all disappeared. The App is still installed and i just need to go and re-place them on the homescreens and everything works fine for awhile until they disappear again. It seems to perhaps coincide with my SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card unexpectedly unmounting (which i understand is a common issue with that specific card). I thought that maybe if i had moved the app to the card that it unmounting might cause the widgets to disappear, but i went and looked and the app is installed on the phone and not the card. Anyone else seen this happen?

 

[Petrah]

Delete the data and cache, and with a file manager delete the folder for BW inside of Android/data.

Be aware that this will reset the app back to it's default settings, and you will lose any downloaded themes. Removing everything helps to make sure it's not a corrupt file somewhere.

If after doing all of that it still disappears, contact the developer. BW was the second app I ever purchased and any time I've ever had an issue they get back to me right away.

 

[JimKnuckles]

I use Go widgets. If I move the app to my SD card... The wifgrts will not work. Are you moving them to the SD card?

 

[itsallgood]

I was having a similar problem with ADW Launcher. Some of my widgets would not open/update when pressed. I tried restarting my phone and restarting the app within the app settings. (Which updated the widgets, but still had the same problems.) My first thought was to uninstall/reinstall the app. But that's to Petrah advice, I just clear all data and cache for the launcher app and everything is working as it should. (This might explain why my battery was draining faster then usually.)

 

[twister6]

Are you by any chance using Nova Launcher? There was a bug with an update about a month ago, made widgets disappear off the screen. Two days ago a new Nova update fixed that problem. Could be a similar issue with any other launcher. Go to Task Manager, RAM, and Clear Memory to see if widget is restored that way. If it is, very likely a memory issue related to your 3rd party launcher. And if you use Nova Prime, make sure to update to the latest version.