topic Re: Apps on SD Card disappeared after lollipop upgrade in M Series

Apps on SD Card disappeared after lollipop upgrade

MRiddleR — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:13:59 GMT

I did upgrade my Xperia M2 Dual (D2302) from Android 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 via Xperia Companion.

I had some apps on the SD Card before the upgrade, now they are gone from all apps view, but I can still see them under Settings => Apps => downloaded!

I read somewhere that updating Google Play Services and restarting would help, I did restart more than a time now and still apps are not there.

Strange thing is when I get a notification from any of the apps (i.e. Uber) I can launch it clicking the notification but other than that I can't find it in my Apps list.

Any solution?

This my device before the update : /t5/Xperia-M2-M2-Aqua/Xperia-System-Update-won-t-install-Xperia-M2-Dual/m-p/1165758#M10477

And here's after:

Re: Apps on SD Card disappeared after lollipop upgrade

_alexdon_ — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:24:43 GMT

You can take a look here, it is something that happens unfortunately for apps moved to external memory:

/t5/Software-Updates/Latest-software-update-removes-apps/m-p/1048755#M27234

Re: Apps on SD Card disappeared after lollipop upgrade

MRiddleR — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:37:47 GMT

Thanks, following this thread I found the answer here: /t5/Xperia-Z3-Compact/Xperia-Z3C-issue-after-transferring-apps-to-SD-card/m-p/970607#M9612 - quoted below:

Rickard wrote: You may also want to try to reset the home screen from Settings -> Apps -> All -> Xperia Home -> Clear data -> OK but please note that this will reset your home screen to default settings (widgets, shortcuts).