Homescreen Icons Disappear??

[ikith]

They're worth keeping to save battery.

Programs use a line of code that calls an exit when it is done running the rest of its given task. Plus Android is linux based which means when something in the background isn't being used there are no CPU cycles going to it and I believe the kernel/operating system pulls all but the required amount of memory to keep it running and uses it elsewhere.

So using a task killer does nothing PLUS now that you have a task killer running in the background killing un needed tasks it is using memory and cycles itself therefore doing more bad then good.

All in all if you just back out of a program like browser using the back button or the home key the program in question will close as soon as it is done doing what it needs to do.

If you guys want a built in alternative to a task killer open your program list hit menu filter then hit running and that will show everything that is running in the background and if you click on an application your can hit force close and that will close it.

 

[Hardcase]

I have this problem, too. Sometimes a shut down will work. Sometimes it does require a battery pull. The only task manager i have is Toggle Settings. I use it more to set volume and power schemes for different situations.

 

[honestlyx21]

You don't need to battery pull. Even if the phone is unresponsive either wait, or simply press (ctrl)+(alt)+(del). It will reboot the phone automatically.

ps. the control button is the shift button.

 

[mkazen]

Actually the 3 fingered salute is holding down the dial button (green), hangup button (red) and menu at the same time (at least on the G1). Not sure how it's done on phones with only an on-screen menu button...

 

[lolthisismyname]

I am having this problem too on my Motorola Droid. It happened with Home++ and Helix Launcher as well as the default screen. I am going to try uninstalling Advanced Task Killer and will see if the icons disappear again.

 

[honestlyx21]

Actually the 3 fingered salute is holding down the dial button (green), hangup button (red) and menu at the same time (at least on the G1). Not sure how it's done on phones with only an on-screen menu button...

thats why i gave the alternate in the post above you. the droid uses the keyboard to hard reboot.

alt+shift+del

 

[hAHAha Halo]

This first started happening after 2.1 update. But all it did was lock up the phone for a few seconds, all icons were gone and the screen couldn't slide or anything. Then after a few seconds the SD Card pretty much rebooted and it was like it had just turned on. But now its starting to get your problem and the phone wouldn't freeze it would just act normal and had to restart phone. Does anybody know if there's an SD Card rebooter app so you don't have to restart phone?

 

[Jenny Langford]

OK I tried the reboot both by turning it off and removing my battery...still nothing. Any ideas?