1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/DeleteZone.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/DeleteZone.java
index 7e4293f44..12713e5cd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/DeleteZone.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/DeleteZone.java
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@ public class DeleteZone extends ImageView implements DropTarget, DragController.
             final LauncherAppWidgetInfo launcherAppWidgetInfo = (LauncherAppWidgetInfo) item;
             final LauncherAppWidgetHost appWidgetHost = mLauncher.getAppWidgetHost();
             if (appWidgetHost != null) {
-                appWidgetHost.deleteAppWidgetId(launcherAppWidgetInfo.appWidgetId);
+                final int appWidgetId = launcherAppWidgetInfo.appWidgetId;
+                // Deleting an app widget ID is a void call but writes to disk before returning
+                // to the caller...
+                new Thread("deleteAppWidgetId") {
+                    public void run() {
+                        appWidgetHost.deleteAppWidgetId(launcherAppWidgetInfo.appWidgetId);
+                    }
+                }.start();
             }
         }