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Help Safe mode messes up all my widgets

Hawker

Hawker

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I tried booting up into safe mode (to see if I could)
It loaded up my standard screens minus live wallpaper and widgets

Now when I boot up normally, my live wallpaper is no longer set (not a biggie) but ALL my widgets are now filled with "problem loading widget"

Short of deleting and recreating them on my homescreens, any ideas on if there is a quick way to get them back?
 
ok i tried spamming home button as soon as power is on
i tried holding down home button as soon as power is on
i tried a combination of spamming and holding down
no safe mode
 
jaliy said:
lol should i keep trying to load safe mode?
anyway do u have to be rooted to go into safe mode?
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if you would read info of hawker you would spot (otherwise ur blind) that hes NOT rooted.


and back to topic... did u make any backup before that ? i`m rooted now and i use titanium for that but in your case i`m not sure i can help you :( i`m afraid u will have to set widgets once again from start.
 
jaliy said:
ok i tried spamming home button as soon as power is on
i tried holding down home button as soon as power is on
i tried a combination of spamming and holding down
no safe mode
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thats cos you need to press the MENU key!
 
oh well, now you have it... i guess that setting all widgets again can be pain in the ass but theres no option left.

Offtopic

i`ve checked your website and i`m impressed with your celica :) just tell me why the hell you changed such a lovely car for mazda 6 ?
 
jaliy said:
will everything be back to normal once i exit safe mode?
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no, it wont! do you actually read with understanding ? read once again fisrt post in this topic what happened to hawker after getting to safe mode...
 
jaliy said:
will everything be back to normal once i exit safe mode?
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DOH! I suggest you read this thread!

Twinn said:
oh well, now you have it... i guess that setting all widgets again can be pain in the ass but theres no option left.

Offtopic

i`ve checked your website and i`m impressed with your celica :) just tell me why the hell you changed such a lovely car for mazda 6 ?
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Thanks mate! My little boy was born, so I needed a bigger car to accomodate the family. I loved that Celica. Did loads of work on it, but family comes first butty!

:)

I've deleted them and re-added them now.
What a PITA!

Thought: I'm using GO Launcher, so it may be due to this, or it could be a general problem.
Need someone else to give this a go I suppose!!.... (go launcher AND touchwiz people)
 
offtopic

that was only reason which appeared in my head, new family member :) i assume u dont have Celica anymore ? :( i`d love to to get my hands on it :D absolutley stunning car!
 
i did exact same thing with the menu button ( the softkey to the LEFT of home screen button) and still no safe mode
most of the time during boot up the menu key didn't even light up so i doubt it had any effect when i press or hold on it
 
jaliy said:
i did exact same thing with the menu button ( the softkey to the LEFT of home screen button) and still no safe mode
most of the time during boot up the menu key didn't even light up so i doubt it had any effect when i press or hold on it
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why on earth u want safe mode if you dont need it ?
 
Twinn said:
offtopic

that was only reason which appeared in my head, new family member :) i assume u dont have Celica anymore ? :( i`d love to to get my hands on it :D absolutley stunning car!
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No, unfortunately its gone, but it went to your neck of the woods Bart (Sligo)
 
jaliy said:
i did exact same thing with the menu button ( the softkey to the LEFT of home screen button) and still no safe mode
most of the time during boot up the menu key didn't even light up so i doubt it had any effect when i press or hold on it
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Once the graphic has started to show on bootup, keep fast-pressing the MENU key until you see "safe mode" appear in the bottom left of the screen.

Be our guinea-pig! Tell us what you lose!
 
hawker said:
Once the graphic has started to show on bootup, keep fast-pressing the MENU key until you see "safe mode" appear in the bottom left of the screen.

Be our guinea-pig! Tell us what you lose!
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err how fast do i have to press?
i'm already spamming it as soon as i turn power on
 
jaliy said:
err how fast do i have to press?
i'm already spamming it as soon as i turn power on
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ONCE THE GRAPHIC HAS STARTED TO SHOW
Ie. the animation splash screen

UPDATE: All buddy widgets, clock, bookmarks and accuweather widget remained unaffected.

This problem seems to relate to non-rom (ie 3rd party) widgets
 
well im in Cork but maybe i will find it somewhere :) i`m about to change a car and as i dont have kids yet it has to be a coupe (fast one) :D

and coming back to topic. im using laucher pro but i will do backup l8r and check safe mode and tell you whats the results :) i`m bit busy here and dont want to mess up my widgets atm cause it took me some time to set them the way i like... but i ll check it l8r
 
hawker said:
ONCE THE GRAPHIC HAS STARTED TO SHOW
Ie. the animation splash screen

UPDATE: All buddy widgets, bookmarks and accuweather widget remained unaffected.

This problem seems to relate to non-rom (ie 3rd party) widgets
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doesn't matter
i spammed/hold all the way till lock screen loads and scanning media appears
no safe mode
 
k i just managed to get into safe mode but i had no widgets on
i'm gonna add a couple widgets and go back to safe mode again to see if it'll show error
 
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