LockStar Widgets broken

[waqqas31]

Right after I updated to the March security update.

The March Update specifically broke "App Widgets" (accessed via the LockStar button).

The widgets now appear in the Notification Shade and the Quick Settings menus.

Samsung, please fix 🙏

[Tom6068]

That is weird as if the quick panel saved wallpaper for its background (I do not know if that is a setting/feature but I could not find it).  Do you per chance has a wallpaper screenshot saved with the clock in it and the background? If so, change your background on both the Home and Lock screens to something else before do the next step. Try going to Settings/Apps then scroll down to "One UI Home" and open that. The scroll to "Storage" and open that and clear the cache. If that does not work, then go back and clear th data as well but that will reset the home screen settings.

[waqqas31]

Thx for the reply, but it's definitely not a wallpaper problem. 

I tried turning off QuickStar (since that has customized my notification shade and Quick settings toggles), but the App Widgets were still visible. 

The App Widgets do not appear on my home screen. Only on the AOD, Lock screen and the notification shade and Quick settings. 

[Tom6068]

Then try the suggest I mentioned on clearing out the One UI Home cache, etc.

[waqqas31 · Accepted solution]

In the end, it was these simple steps that fixed the issue:

Reapply Widgets: Remove the affected widgets from LockStar, restart your phone, and reapply the widgets to see if the issue resolves.

Thanks for your help!

[Tom6068]

Good one! I hope you enjoy your phone!

[waqqas31]

Thanks!