Since ICS, widgets don't work.

[davet]

None of my basic widgets (bluetooth, gps and wifi toggles) appear anywhere. I have done a long click on the home screen and all I get is an option to choose where I want my wallpaper to be sourced. Not interested in that at all. I went to the Store and downloaded a couple of widgets that are supposed to do the same thing, but they don't work, telling me how to install them, but they don't install either. Any ideas? Very frustrating. Thanks.

[NuDroidUsrr]

davet wrote:

None of my basic widgets (bluetooth, gps and wifi toggles) appear anywhere. I have done a long click on the home screen and all I get is an option to choose where I want my wallpaper to be sourced. Not interested in that at all. I went to the Store and downloaded a couple of widgets that are supposed to do the same thing, but they don't work, telling me how to install them, but they don't install either. Any ideas? Very frustrating. Thanks.

  With the ICS update, there is a new "Power Widget" that you can put on your Home Screen to turn those things on and off. Give it a try, it works fine, although it is not the prettiest thing is you ask me... I would have liked to have seen something fancier..

[B33]

If you don't like the Power widget there are Widgets in the Google Play-Store that you can Choose From that will operate Wi-Fi Bluetooth Things Like That..b33

[B33]

Was you able to get the Widgets to Work davet.?

[davet]

No. All I get when I do a 'long click' is the option to choose Wallpaper sources. I do not get what I expect/want, which is to install specific toggle widgets.

[NuDroidUsrr]

davet wrote:

No. All I get when I do a 'long click' is the option to choose Wallpaper sources. I do not get what I expect/want, which is to install specific toggle widgets.

  If you are "Long Clicking" on the desktop, they changed that option with ICS. You have to go to APPS, and then either scroll over through all the apps and then the widgets will show as Jim mentioned, or you can click on "widgets" at the top to go right to the widgets.

[NuDroidUsrr]

davet wrote:

None of my basic widgets (bluetooth, gps and wifi toggles) appear anywhere. I have done a long click on the home screen and all I get is an option to choose where I want my wallpaper to be sourced. Not interested in that at all. I went to the Store and downloaded a couple of widgets that are supposed to do the same thing, but they don't work, telling me how to install them, but they don't install either. Any ideas? Very frustrating. Thanks.

  As to your question about the widgets from the store, does it go through the download of the app, but then you cannot find them anywhere? If so, when you install a "widget" app, they are installed, but you have to then go and add them to your home screen with the procedure talked about already. There may be some configuration to the app, but otherwise a "widget" app has to be placed where you want it.

  Does that help?

[shortylav]

Finding the widget from the app store was easy - but even after downloading it (same one I used before the upgrade), when you press it to enable/disable it - it does nothing. tried a few different widgets - none of the worked. the only one that works on my Droid Razr is the "Power Widget" with more than the GPS feature.

[mortb]

I use "Beautiful Widgets" which has several different types of widgets, such as time, weather, and toggles such as wifi. I have the Razrr Maxx with ICS and so far I have encountered no problems. You might want to download this one and give it a try.

[B33]

I heard they were good widgets to use Mortb i might have to ttry them Myself..