Help Lost an applications icon

[Laurence]

Hi all, odd one here on the Galaxy Note 4.
I appear to have lost the icon from my 'phone application which I kept in the quick access bar at the bottom of the screen. The application is still active and launches but now it just says a rather ungrammatical, "phone" with no picture.
I have tried deleting it and going into my main applications reservoir but even in there it is just present as a word, with a blank where the icon ought to be.

I stress I haven't lost the application or its functionality, just its icon.

If I go into Application Manager, aelect All and scroll down to "Phone", the icon is there (3×3 green mosaic with white telephone).

Might I have deleted or dissociated the graphic by mistake? Are they kept somewhere else in the memory and are they restorable?

 

[El Presidente]

Very strange!

Unless you're rooted, it's unlikely you've deleted it.

Have you just taken a system update or anything like that? Are you using an alternative launcher with another icon pack?

I'll move this to the Note 4 area, see if they have any ideas.

 

[seVer]

remove the icon from the launcher bar. go to settings> applications> application manager> scroll to ALL> select Phone, and then Force Stop and Clear Data. If you can, Clear Defaults. Restart your phone and try again.

It's also possible there's a software burp on the phone and you'll have to factory reset. Post up if the above steps worked or didn't.

 

[ronbien]

That has happened to me and a simple reboot/restart of the phone fixes it.
Good Luck!
Ron