Hi all,

I had the Phone shortcut on my main desktop but forgot to lock my device before I put it into my pocket. Cue random touch screen inputs as I walked around.

Since then the phone icon disappeared so I just thought I had "closed" it by accident. However, when I go to add a shortcut, the phone app is no longer listed as an option. I can still access it through the main menu but would obviously like to have it as a shortcut again. Any idea how I can get it back?

Thanks.

Have you checked all four desktops to see if the shortcut is on one of those? You can (unfortunately) only have an app shortcut on one desktop (out of the box).

Hi,

Yes indeed I have checked the other desktops. Sorry, should have stated that. It's like it's just disappeared altogether

move all other icons around on the desktop. The phone icon can have been moved under some other icon.

hope this helps

/oxpo

Just tried that and still no luck

Nothing I'm aware off will cause an icon to be removed completely off the system. Most likely its hiding under a widget or other icon. Try disabling the desktop you had the phone icon on and see if it allows you to add the icon on any other screen after.

Thanks, that worked a treat.

I moved all the icons around on my main desktop but could not see it, as soon as I disabled it and tried your suggestion it worked perfectly.

Thanks for your help everyone

This problem would just go away if only we were allowed to add app shortcut icons as many times as we wished.

Please vote for Bug 5371 (please no "me too" comments, though).

Exactly the same thing happened to me with the calculator. It jus disappeared!