[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dr Goodvibes:
I have the official Sony release of XPERIA LT26i JB 4.1.2 [6.2.B.0.200] installed.

When I shutdown (Power Off) my phone all the paid application widgets (applications I have purchased through Google Play) on the home screen are removed as part of the shutdown process.

You can see them disappear from the screen as the power off progresses proceeds.

This started to happen with the JB leak ROM for the XPERIA S.

Using ICS (v4.0.4) a shutdown of the phone wouldn't remove any widgets(paid or otherwise) or applications placed home screen.

It's only paid application widgets that get removed when the phone is powered off.

Free application widgets remain on the home screen

If I have a widget from a paid application placed on the home screen in the normal fashion and I power off the phone the paid widgets are removed from the home screen AND any paid applications placed on the home screen at the time too.

Widgets I note this problem are:

Business calendar

Neutron Music Player

3G Watchdog

SetCPU

If I just have paid applications displayed on the home screen and no widgets from paid applications, then the power off does not removed the paid applications. They remain and are on the home screen when it's rebooted.

This only seems to happen when there is paid application widgets on the home screen.

I can place the widgets and applications back on the home screen AGAIN after the reboot, but this is starting to get ridiculous.

I deleted and re-create my Google Play account(s). No difference.

I have reset factory data /cache and /dalvik cache on each leaked JB version build/rebuild and now also the official version of XS JB 4.1.2

Thought I'd ask the experts for their help on this one as it may be a known problem with a known answer.

Thank you for any ideas.

[Update - problem noted by others too]

Some additional links that note this problem:

Issue 35414 - Widgets of paid apps disappear after rebooting? (4.1.1 Jelly Bean, Nexus S i9023)

XDA Developers - 4.1.1 Jelly Bean widget problem

Thoughts are, that components of the application are stored in /mnt/Asec and not in internal storage which creates this problem which is further compounded by the Google Play Store 'security' features... or something like that. :confused:

I'm still tooling around with the above ideas/possible corrections to see if I can correct the few applications I have on my home screen. :fingers-crossed:

[Update - Fix I used]

Play Store Paid App Live WP and Widgets removed on disconnect from Mass Storage Mode [Solution I used]

OK, using a rooted XPERIA S with Titanium Backup, I was able to backup, un-install and restore the backup of Business Calendar.

I then placed the calendar widget on the home screen and was able to power off and reboot the phone and have the widget 'stick'.

It is suggested that if Google Play Store updates the application in the future, one would have to go through this process all over again.

It'd be like herding cats if you have many paid applications(widgets) on the home screen and they're updated at random intervals. :(

Odd that this problem was identified in JB 4.1.1 on another phone and fixed in JB 4.1.2.... Oh well, that's life I guess. :cowboy: