After rebooting my phone (android 12) all widgets became invisible or started showing "loading"/"widget unavailable" messages. Does anyone know how to solve this? (ibb.co)

submitted 1 year ago by Serval@sh.itjust.works to c/android@lemmy.ml

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[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

have you tried turning it off and on again again again?

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I tried twice, once with the reboot option and once powering it off for some minutes to let it rethink its life choices. Needless to say that it didn't work.

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have already tried without success to:

Re-add the widgets (it has worked with two of the loading widgets, but not with the others)
Clear the cache
Re-Reboot
Uninstall and reinstall the problematic apps

August 20 update: the problem seems to have solved itself by just waiting?
Since I last commented on this post I haven't rebooted my phone or attempted to re-add my widgets. Today I tried again, just to see if something has changed, and they actually loaded after a few seconds. I suppose it's fine like that.

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I had a phone do that once, turns out the phone casing was pressing thebvolume button and my phone booted in safe mode wich disable installed apps.

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

But in that case I wouldn't be able to use any app, would I?

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

No only system apps.

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I can use everything normally (except for LibreTube that today decided not to load any video, but I don't think it is relevant here), so I guess it's another problem. BUT, just in case, how did you solve?

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Forced it out (normal depressed position) with a razor blade and cleaned it with rubbing alcohol.

[-] fisco@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Just wondering, are you using the stock launcher, or 3rd party...?

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Stock

[-] Zo0@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Have you tried reinstalling the relevant apps?

[-] Serval@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I prefer to keep it as plan Z since there would be many password recoveries and backups (and hope that I can also backup settings) to do. If I haven't solved it in a couple of days, I'll try that.

Edit: I tried to uninstall an app that needed no backup, but the widget is still invisible. Also, some system apps' widgets don't work either and I can't uninstall those.

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023

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