Prevent bootstrap popover from disappearing after postback

I have a boostrap popover with asp checkboxes. Autopostback is set to true for checboxes because I want to show columns in my girdview depending on the checkboxes checked. I have 5 properties in one gridview column hence sorting on gridview rows will not work without using a popover. How to keep bootstrap popover from disappearing after postbacks and also maintain checkbox state. All of this stuff is wrapped inside an UpdatePanel.