diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index d96855e..d75006e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -276,14 +276,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setTag(Object tag) {
-        if (tag != null) {
-            LauncherModel.checkItemInfo((ItemInfo) tag);
-        }
-        super.setTag(tag);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void refreshDrawableState() {
         if (!mIgnorePressedStateChange) {
             super.refreshDrawableState();
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/ItemInfo.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/ItemInfo.java
index a130604..134e116 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/ItemInfo.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/ItemInfo.java
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@
 
     ItemInfo(ItemInfo info) {
         copyFrom(info);
-        // tempdebug:
-        LauncherModel.checkItemInfo(this);
     }
 
     public void copyFrom(ItemInfo info) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
index d820448..8d029e7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Launcher.java
@@ -378,14 +378,7 @@
         }
 
         if ((diff & (CONFIG_ORIENTATION | CONFIG_SCREEN_SIZE)) != 0) {
-            mUserEventDispatcher = null;
-            initDeviceProfile(mDeviceProfile.inv);
-            dispatchDeviceProfileChanged();
-            reapplyUi();
-            mDragLayer.recreateControllers();
-
-            // TODO: We can probably avoid rebind when only screen size changed.
-            rebindModel();
+            onIdpChanged(mDeviceProfile.inv);
         }
 
         mOldConfig.setTo(newConfig);
@@ -410,8 +403,19 @@
 
     @Override
     public void onIdpChanged(int changeFlags, InvariantDeviceProfile idp) {
+        onIdpChanged(idp);
+    }
+
+    private void onIdpChanged(InvariantDeviceProfile idp) {
+        mUserEventDispatcher = null;
+
         initDeviceProfile(idp);
-        getRootView().dispatchInsets();
+        dispatchDeviceProfileChanged();
+        reapplyUi();
+        mDragLayer.recreateControllers();
+
+        // TODO: We can probably avoid rebind when only screen size changed.
+        rebindModel();
     }
 
     private void initDeviceProfile(InvariantDeviceProfile idp) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
index b1664f1..c559f2b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherModel.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.LauncherAppsCompat;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.PackageInstallerCompat.PackageInstallInfo;
 import com.android.launcher3.compat.UserManagerCompat;
-import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.IconCache;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.LauncherIcons;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.AddWorkspaceItemsTask;
@@ -207,57 +206,6 @@
                 hasVerticalHotseat, verifyChanges);
     }
 
-    static void checkItemInfoLocked(
-            final int itemId, final ItemInfo item, StackTraceElement[] stackTrace) {
-        ItemInfo modelItem = sBgDataModel.itemsIdMap.get(itemId);
-        if (modelItem != null && item != modelItem) {
-            // If it is a release build on a release device, check all the data is consistent as
-            // we don't want to crash non-dev users.
-            if (!Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE && !FeatureFlags.IS_DOGFOOD_BUILD &&
-                    modelItem instanceof ShortcutInfo && item instanceof ShortcutInfo) {
-                if (modelItem.title.toString().equals(item.title.toString()) &&
-                        modelItem.getIntent().filterEquals(item.getIntent()) &&
-                        modelItem.id == item.id &&
-                        modelItem.itemType == item.itemType &&
-                        modelItem.container == item.container &&
-                        modelItem.screenId == item.screenId &&
-                        modelItem.cellX == item.cellX &&
-                        modelItem.cellY == item.cellY &&
-                        modelItem.spanX == item.spanX &&
-                        modelItem.spanY == item.spanY) {
-                    // For all intents and purposes, this is the same object
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // the modelItem needs to match up perfectly with item if our model is
-            // to be consistent with the database-- for now, just require
-            // modelItem == item or the equality check above
-            String msg = "item: " + ((item != null) ? item.toString() : "null") +
-                    "modelItem: " +
-                    ((modelItem != null) ? modelItem.toString() : "null") +
-                    "Error: ItemInfo passed to checkItemInfo doesn't match original";
-            RuntimeException e = new RuntimeException(msg);
-            if (stackTrace != null) {
-                e.setStackTrace(stackTrace);
-            }
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
-
-    static void checkItemInfo(final ItemInfo item) {
-        final StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = new Throwable().getStackTrace();
-        final int itemId = item.id;
-        Runnable r = new Runnable() {
-            public void run() {
-                synchronized (sBgDataModel) {
-                    checkItemInfoLocked(itemId, item, stackTrace);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-        runOnWorkerThread(r);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set this as the current Launcher activity object for the loader.
      */
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/BaseLoaderResults.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/BaseLoaderResults.java
index 210f744..97cf267 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/BaseLoaderResults.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/BaseLoaderResults.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 
     protected final WeakReference<Callbacks> mCallbacks;
 
+    private int mMyBindingId;
+
     public BaseLoaderResults(LauncherAppState app, BgDataModel dataModel,
             AllAppsList allAppsList, int pageToBindFirst, WeakReference<Callbacks> callbacks) {
         mUiExecutor = new MainThreadExecutor();
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
             appWidgets.addAll(mBgDataModel.appWidgets);
             orderedScreenIds.addAll(mBgDataModel.collectWorkspaceScreens());
             mBgDataModel.lastBindId++;
+            mMyBindingId = mBgDataModel.lastBindId;
         }
 
         final int currentScreen;
@@ -285,6 +288,10 @@
 
     protected void executeCallbacksTask(CallbackTask task, Executor executor) {
         executor.execute(() -> {
+            if (mMyBindingId != mBgDataModel.lastBindId) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "Too many consecutive reloads, skipping obsolete data-bind");
+                return;
+            }
             Callbacks callbacks = mCallbacks.get();
             if (callbacks != null) {
                 task.execute(callbacks);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
index ac5076c..daf99e9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/ModelWriter.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Favorites;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherSettings.Settings;
 import com.android.launcher3.ShortcutInfo;
+import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ContentWriter;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.ItemInfoMatcher;
@@ -112,19 +113,18 @@
         ItemInfo modelItem = mBgDataModel.itemsIdMap.get(itemId);
         if (modelItem != null && item != modelItem) {
             // check all the data is consistent
-            if (modelItem instanceof ShortcutInfo && item instanceof ShortcutInfo) {
-                ShortcutInfo modelShortcut = (ShortcutInfo) modelItem;
-                ShortcutInfo shortcut = (ShortcutInfo) item;
-                if (modelShortcut.title.toString().equals(shortcut.title.toString()) &&
-                        modelShortcut.intent.filterEquals(shortcut.intent) &&
-                        modelShortcut.id == shortcut.id &&
-                        modelShortcut.itemType == shortcut.itemType &&
-                        modelShortcut.container == shortcut.container &&
-                        modelShortcut.screenId == shortcut.screenId &&
-                        modelShortcut.cellX == shortcut.cellX &&
-                        modelShortcut.cellY == shortcut.cellY &&
-                        modelShortcut.spanX == shortcut.spanX &&
-                        modelShortcut.spanY == shortcut.spanY) {
+            if (!Utilities.IS_DEBUG_DEVICE && !FeatureFlags.IS_DOGFOOD_BUILD &&
+                    modelItem instanceof ShortcutInfo && item instanceof ShortcutInfo) {
+                if (modelItem.title.toString().equals(item.title.toString()) &&
+                        modelItem.getIntent().filterEquals(item.getIntent()) &&
+                        modelItem.id == item.id &&
+                        modelItem.itemType == item.itemType &&
+                        modelItem.container == item.container &&
+                        modelItem.screenId == item.screenId &&
+                        modelItem.cellX == item.cellX &&
+                        modelItem.cellY == item.cellY &&
+                        modelItem.spanX == item.spanX &&
+                        modelItem.spanY == item.spanY) {
                     // For all intents and purposes, this is the same object
                     return;
                 }
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
     /**
      * Delete operations tracked using {@link #enqueueDeleteRunnable} will only be called
      * if {@link #commitDelete} is called. Note that one of {@link #commitDelete()} or
-     * {@link #abortDelete()} MUST be called after this method, or else all delete
+     * {@link #abortDelete} MUST be called after this method, or else all delete
      * operations will remain uncommitted indefinitely.
      */
     public void prepareToUndoDelete() {
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 
     /**
      * If {@link #prepareToUndoDelete} has been called, we store the Runnable to be run when
-     * {@link #commitDelete()} is called (or abandoned if {@link #abortDelete()} is called).
+     * {@link #commitDelete()} is called (or abandoned if {@link #abortDelete} is called).
      * Otherwise, we run the Runnable immediately.
      */
     private void enqueueDeleteRunnable(Runnable r) {