Widgets... to work do they have to be on phone storage only?

[freefall]

I've noticed that after I've rooted I have issues with widgets. Do you have to have the relevant app stored to the phone instead of to the sd card for them to be available?

 

[Harry2]

Widgets must installed on the phone storage.
As I heard, while phone is booting widgets want to start before the OS mounts the SD card.

Harry

 

[freefall]

thanks for replying. So, if widgets boot up before the os mounts the sd card then I can't use widgets? That seems really extreme to me. How does everyone else manage to use widgets?

 

[Harry2]

With a rooted phone possible?
Maybe helpfull ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951083

Harry

 

[freefall]

With a rooted phone possible?
Maybe helpfull ...
[Q] How to get widgets to run from SD card - xda-developers

Harry

I think this is the thing I am after. I searched but got hundreds of threads which did not throw much up, must learn how to search better. I think this should do it, sounds a bit tricky for a newbie rooter but worth a pop.

Thanks

 

[Hadron]

If you use an ext partition (the root-only apps to SD approach) then widgets work. It's when "moved to SD" via the applications menu that they don't. At a quick glance that's what that post is referring to.

Have a look at the root memory FAQ, linked from the "all about rooting" sticky post in the root forum (red link in my sig) for more information.

 

[freefall]

Thanks a lot for the help guys. The above info helped. Also, by having LauncherPro on my phone storage massively helped. I have loads of free space now. Widgets seem to be working nice and stable, but if I have any more issues I will do the above.