Home screen widget does not update

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Just unlocking the phone to view widget
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The timer and weather 
seem to be current but it does not show Gmail/messages/missed calls 
notifications in the widget

What version of the product are you using? V1.2

Which device and Android version are you experiencing this issue on? Verizon 
Galaxy nexus/Android 4.2.2

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vickmac...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 10:30

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Do you use the widget on your lock screen? I am using DashClock as a widget on 
my home screen and I have the unlocking method set to none, and I'm seeing this 
issue too. But if I enable the lock screen and set DashClock as the lock 
widget, then it updates whenever I wake the device. 

I think the issue is since the app was designed primarily as a lock screen 
widget, there's not a mechanism for automatic periodic updates. One should 
definitely be added. 

Original comment by Colin.K...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 12:32

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Yes, I have it set on the lock screen as well and it updates fine. When the 
widget is placed on the home screen it does not. 

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 12:35

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I am having this same problem except my weather is up updating either.  A 
reboot forces an update but no other changes happen after that.  My last press 
update was from 10:18 am (Current time 7:21pm).  I also removed Press from the 
Home Screen widget but it did not go away.  Weather says 33deg (Currently 41)

Original comment by trey.com...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 12:22

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Hi folks, which device, OS version, and launcher are you using? And are you 
using a custom ROM?

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 4:49

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Device: Galaxy S3 Verizon
OS: CyanogenMod 10.1 (4.2.2)
Launcher: Apex Launcher

Original comment by Andres.P...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 5:05

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Hi. I have the same behaviour since android 4.1.1. All the widgets on my 
homescreen are not updating or updating every 1-2 days. A phone reboot forces 
them to update. I read somewhere around the internet is a known issue of 
Android. I solved installing nova launcher.
Mattia

Original comment by baldini....@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 9:05

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Galaxy nexus, custom ROM JDX13 4.2.2, V1.2. Stock launcher. 

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 12:24

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Nexus 7, Android 4.2.2, stock launcher.

I'm now not sure this is a consistent problem for me. It might have just 
skipped an update or two for some reason.

How often is the weather supposed to update on the home screen widget? And is 
it normal to not match what's shown on the Google Now weather card?

Original comment by Colin.K...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:11

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#9: Which extensions do you have active?

The weather is updated hourly, and since it uses Yahoo! Weather, it will likely 
be different from what Google Now shows.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:21

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I have Gmail, text messages, calendar and missed calls. On the lockscreen the 
widget will show a new email but the Homescreen widget will not. Then sometimes 
a calendar reminder will show on the homescreen widget but when I go to it and 
delete it it still shows as active on the widget. 

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:26

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Alright, I'll need to put together a debug version and attach it here. Will 
reply back asap.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:32

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I really appreciate it. I love this app so much more than HD Widgets. 

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:34

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Awesome.  I'm down to try the debug app.  I added two widgets today on my 
homescreens.  DashClock & the CM10 app "cLock" which does something similar.  
cLock is updating correctly while DashClock is not.

Original comment by byungy...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:38

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Here's a link to the debug app: 
http://code.google.com/p/dashclock/downloads/detail?name=DashClock-1.3-dbg.apk

Could you try it out, take a bug report (varies by device, on a Nexus 4 you can 
enable it in developer options) and attach the report here?

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 8:52

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Should I uninstall the current one?

Original comment by byungy...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 9:03

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Nope, this app is signed with the same certificate so you can just install over 
the current one. BTW, clicking the weather should trigger an update, so it's 
best to capture a bug report after clicking the weather.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 9:07

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Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 9:08

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I've never done a bug report so please bear with me. I installed the apk, went 
to developer options and hit take bug report. It doesn't seem like it did 
anything. Do I need to find it via file manager? Do I need to select debug app 
as deskclock?

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 10:41

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@vickmacky1 — sorry for the lack of info... it takes about a minute to 
capture a full bugreport and afterwards it should popup with the option to send 
via Gmail.

Once you've captured it, don't attach it here, just email it to 
roman.nurik+dashclock@gmail.com

Original comment by roman.nurik on 21 Feb 2013 at 11:06

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I'm not getting any request to send an email.  Tried 3 times

Original comment by byungy...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 11:16

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Yea sorry I'm not either. Do I need to select a debug app?

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 11:20

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Oh, that's interesting. It might be in /sdcard/bugreports/ ?

Original comment by roman.nurik on 22 Feb 2013 at 1:53

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I have a file labeled Backups but nothing is in it. I'm switching to Mmuzzy's 
4.2.2 ROM layer so I'll try again afterwards.

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2013 at 3:22

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I have the same issue. It may help to know know that the home screen widget 
will stay stale until I either restart my launcher or, most importantly, when I 
expand the lock screen widget before unlocking.

I'm guessing the list of items only re-renders after the lock screen widget has 
been expanded or when a new item is pushed to the list. Push and pop seems to 
work fine for some extensions, but not others. (e.g. SMS works, TV Show Faves 
and next alarm don't).

Also worth noting: I have the widget expanded on my home screen, taking up the 
whole page.

Device: Nexus 4
Android version: 4.2.2
ROM: Stock Rooted
Kernel: Stock
Launcher: Nova Launcher (Prime if that matters)

Original comment by dan...@brierton.me on 22 Feb 2013 at 8:15

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Same issue here, although I use Dashclock with Widgetlocker (which should be 
the same as having it on the home screen). It sometimes stops updating (the 
clock updates fine, but not the extensions), and a reboot is needed for it to 
start working properly.

Original comment by daniel....@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2013 at 10:27

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Same issue here. I have it on both lock and desktop screens. It does seem to 
work just fine on the lock screen, but not the desktop. One part that was very 
frustrating was when i had a battery icon in there(Dashclock Battery Extension 
and Battery Extension(Dashclock)are the two names in the play store) both of 
them would not have the right battery percent. Other extensions would not 
update or would never show up until a launcher restart.

I am running: Verizon Galaxy Nexus
              Rom: Paranoid Android 3.00
              Android Version 4.2.1
              Whatever Kernal PA comes with (might be stock)
              Nova Launcher (Prime)

Original comment by sabres4...@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2013 at 4:36

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Issue 287 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 25 Feb 2013 at 4:30

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Is anyone seeing this problem using the stock Launcher with a stock ROM?

Original comment by roman.nurik on 25 Feb 2013 at 6:39

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One observation:

When i turn off Wi-fi & mobile networks but keep gps on in Location
Access,  the weather says it cannot find my location.   Other weather
widgets work fine.   I'm not sure if this is related but just calling out
the difference.

Original comment by byungy...@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2013 at 6:47

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Possibly related to this framework bug: 
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=28216 

Original comment by ke...@teslacoilsw.com on 25 Feb 2013 at 6:51

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I have the same problem.

HTC Sensation 4G
Nova Launcher Prime 2.0.1beta9
CM10.1 AOSP 4.2.2 Jellybean [KANG] [Feb-24]

Symptoms: Widget works fine when it is in the lockscreen but doesn't update 
when it's on the homescreen. As someone reported here, I can verify that when I 
open the lockscreen widget (swipe from up to down while in the lockscreen) and 
then unlock the phone then the widget in the homescreen gets updated.

Original comment by mory...@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2013 at 9:08

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@Roman, I'm using Mmuzzy which is basically a stock ASOP ROM and am having the 
issues. I haven't tried it with Verizon's crappy version of 4.1

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2013 at 1:10

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I have the same problem on my 

Samsung Galaxy S III
Paranoid Android 3.00 (latest stable / AOSP 4.2.1)
Apex Launcher latest

Inspired by HoangDNs test in the thread referenced in comment #31 above, I've 
set the clock shortcut to default instead of the app I had assigned before.
I appears to help, but I've only tested for half an hour (however, the widget 
usually never updates).

Original comment by mor...@krogh.net on 26 Feb 2013 at 8:54

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I'm having the same problem on my nexus 4.  Stock rom. Widget on the home 
screen just stops updating.  Seems to be isolated to this widget. It happens 
with any of the extensions. I have to remove and re add the widget to get it to 
start working again. 

Original comment by dannyp...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2013 at 12:29

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@Roman, I can confirm I'm seeing this problem with stock Android 4.2.2 and 
stock launcher. It's almost noon where I am, and the weather on DashClock is 
saying it's raining and 28 degrees. If I touch it, it takes me to Google which 
is saying cloudy and 43 degrees. It doesn't look like the weather on the home 
screen widget has updated since early morning at least. It's also still saying 
I have 3 gmail messages even though I've read them. I will go ahead and load 
the debug app and see if I can get a report for you.

Original comment by Colin.K...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2013 at 4:57

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Thanks Colin. I've actually removed the debug app, but here is a new one. 
http://code.google.com/p/dashclock/downloads/detail?name=DashClock-1.3.1dbg.apk

Original comment by roman.nurik on 26 Feb 2013 at 5:04

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I've installed the 1.3.1 debug package and enabled developer options, but "Take 
bug report" is disabled. I've gone into the About dialog in DashClock to 
confirm I have the debug version installed and running, and I've tried 
rebooting my device (nexus 7). I haven't been able to find any solutions 
searching on Google.

Original comment by Colin.K...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2013 at 5:27

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@Colin ... that's really strange :-/ If you have the Android SDK tools 
installed, you can just run "adb bugreport > bugreport.txt". Otherwise, I'll 
have to find some other way to get logs.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 26 Feb 2013 at 5:37

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I got the same. Nexus 4 on stock 4.2.2 launcher.the widget and lock screen 
rarely update making this great app useless. I do not have any auto kill app, 
just using batteryguru.

Original comment by jonathan...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2013 at 7:56

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I reported this problem in post #34. I played around with the settings, not 
sure exactly what I did, but it's working fine now...

Original comment by mory...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2013 at 11:04

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All— I'm still trying to reproduce the problem consistently here on my Nexus 
4 and 10. Thanks for your help, and please keep providing more information as 
you find it. Bug reports with the debug APK above would be most helpful.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 1 Mar 2013 at 9:43

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I am using a Galaxy Nexus 4.2.2 stock rom stock everything. I have to resize 
the widget in order to get it to update.

Tried to install your debug version but it will not install.

All I can say is it does not appear to be effecting my Nexus 10 running stock 
4.2.2

Original comment by iain...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2013 at 10:43

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I have an idea about what's causing this. Will work on something for the next 
release and post a link here to a test APK.

Original comment by roman.nurik on 2 Mar 2013 at 12:29

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OK, I believe most people seeing this issue are seeing the issue when the 
widget is in expanded mode. If you're experiencing this, please try out this 
debug APK that is more aggressive (but battery-conscious) at refreshing the 
widget when expanded:

http://code.google.com/p/dashclock/downloads/detail?name=DashClock-1.4.2dbg.apk

Original comment by roman.nurik on 2 Mar 2013 at 5:37

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I have also been having the non updating problem and so far after installing 
this apk file, it has been updating for me just fine. 

Original comment by tim.ungl...@googlemail.com on 2 Mar 2013 at 3:13

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The 1.4.2 debug version seems to have fixed the issue for me.

Original comment by Colin.K...@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2013 at 11:52

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OK, optimistically marking this as fixed in 1.4.2 (not yet published).

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It's been updating for me as well. Thanks for the awesome support!

Original comment by vickmac...@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2013 at 12:57

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I'm using the latest debug version since a few days ago, and now the widget 
seems to update properly, but the drawback is some flickering, aspecially the 
calendar extension. When I turn the screen on, the calendar flickers once, then 
a second later, it flickers again. Sometimes, all the extension flicker at the 
same time.
I'm guesting it flickers when the widget updates, and it seems to do so more 
often that necessarily.

Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm running 4.2.2 stock on a Nexus 4, using 
WidgetLocker. Prior to the debug version, there was no flickering.

Original comment by daniel....@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2013 at 1:40