I prefer to use Nova launcher however there is one big problem that I am experiencing while using it on my Samsung Galaxy S3 Verizon version. The dock divider disappears at random. It happens far too frequently to just ignore. It happens on the play store version and on the beta as well. I would like to buy Prime, however will not do so until this is fixed. It will only return after I enter and exit certain apps or if I restart Nova Launcher. I have switched to Apex until someone can find an answer to this.
Stupid question, but did you accidentally uncheck the option to show it?
Look in dock settings. There is an option for it to be off, in addition to an option to have it fade.
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Stupid question, but did you accidentally uncheck the option to show it?
Look in dock settings. There is an option for it to be off, in addition to an option to have it fade.
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I do not have it set to off. It comes and goes without changing any settings. For example, I go into the play store to update an app and when I back out to get back to the home screen the divider disappears. it does not happen all of the time which makes it harder to pin point where the bug is coming from. If I enter messenger and back out of messenger then the divider comes back. What does the fade option do? I thought it might be the beta version, however it happens on the official version as well.
It just fades away after a few seconds. Uncheck that and test.
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It just fades away after a few seconds. Uncheck that and test.
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That was not checked. I do not see anyone else reporting this issue and I have done a good amount of searching. I am starting to wonder if it is a setting or app in my individual phone that is causing the bug. It is too bad because i believe Nova to be a smoother experience than Apex.
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That was not checked. I do not see anyone else reporting this issue and I have done a good amount of searching. I am starting to wonder if it is a setting or app in my individual phone that is causing the bug. It is too bad because i believe Nova to be a smoother experience than Apex.
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I switched from Apex which I have used for a long time on previous devices to Nova in my G3 (I have the paid version of both apps) & I tried everything I could think of & could not duplicate your problem.
I prefer the dock divider to be hidden, but when I set it to show it works perfectly for me.
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I switched from Apex which I have used for a long time on previous devices to Nova in my G3 (I have the paid version of both apps) & I tried everything I could think of & could not duplicate your problem.
I prefer the dock divider to be hidden, but when I set it to show it works perfectly for me.
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What are your desktop height and width settings? Interesting, maybe I will pick up the paid version and see if that helps and return it if I can reproduce the bug quickly.
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What are your desktop height and width settings?
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width is set on medium
height margin is set to none
Try going into facebook and looking at someone's photo that they had posted and then back out of facebook. That produces the bug for me.
I believe I found out what my issue was. I realized that this only occurred on one of my homescreens. This particular homescreen had many app shortcuts on it as it had two folders with 6 apps each on it along with the other apps taking up the rest of the space on the homscreen. I reduced the amount of items on the homescreen and upon the launcher reproducing the screen after entering an app, the divider no longer disappeared. I believe that there was just too much going on with this particular screen.
That's cool that you figured it out, I agree 100% that Nova is better than Apex for this phone.
I thought I had it, but it has returned. I know what the issue is as I can recreate it every time. I do not know of a fix yet. If infinite scroll is off and you scroll to the homescreen on the far left or right you get a blue animation basically telling you that you can scroll no more. I personally like this animation. If I do that, and then click on my messaging app in my dock and then exit the app, the divider disappears on my galaxy s3. It does not happen every time, but I would say that it happens more often than not. If you change the dock height to large, it does not happen. It only happens when the dock height is on it's default which is medium. Once again, this is using nova launcher prime and it occurs on the official and on the beta.
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To all of those using the stock launcher, could you please try to reproduce this and confirm please. i have observed that touching the screen on 3 different points (space between the icons on the last row of the 3d drawer.Not exactly between the icons but a bit below it. just imagine where the imaginary cube line would be) on the launcher drawer just acts weird; as if you are touching the main application launcher. Also if you just try to scroll up or down from one of these points , nothing is being registered.
i have attatched a pic with the locations of those points. feedback appreciated. thanks.
I just tried it and it works fine on my phone
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I just tried it and it works fine on my phone
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What u mean it works fine???? i am 100 % there is a problem. i reproduced the problem/bug with 2 htc desires running the gingerbread launcher and also i found out that even the stock froyo launcher had that issue too.
well i guess i just feel safe now that i know it's not something with this phone. thanks anyways
I have that exact same issue.
I just scroll from above the bottom of the lowest row of icons and it's fine...
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To all of those using the stock launcher, could you please try to reproduce this and confirm please. i have observed that touching the screen on 3 different points (space between the icons on the last row of the 3d drawer.Not exactly between the icons but a bit below it. just imagine where the imaginary cube line would be) on the launcher drawer just acts weird; as if you are touching the main application launcher. Also if you just try to scroll up or down from one of these points , nothing is being registered.
i have attatched a pic with the locations of those points. feedback appreciated. thanks.
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Yes I have the same issues (could reproduce both phenomenons) and I had that already on my N1 I think.
it works fine for me.
not 100% that i'm getting my fingers in the right place. (fingers are a bit to wide)
Same here. Never noticed before.
Works fine for me as well.
I've noticed that there's a large buffer zone for the home icon.
Edit: Tried it again at those three points. Watch the home icon get highlighted/lit up as you hold that spot. Software issue? Or designed like that.
Yep. The icon being highlighted in the special zones is the exact problem I wanted to point out. Even if u try to scroll from these zones, nothing happens.
It is related to the launcher only. So nothing to worry about.
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Yep. The icon being highlighted in the special zones is the exact problem I wanted to point out. Even if u try to scroll from these zones, nothing happens.
It is related to the launcher only. So nothing to worry about.
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I think it is nothing we should worry about. The question is why they integrated the home button in the application launcher anyway; everybody has a home button on its android phone right. Without the home button in the launcher they would have had more space for another row of icons and they could have avoid this issue.
I was able to reproduce as well, although I never scroll from that low, so I hadn't noticed it.
Has anyone figured out a way to stop the redrawing of the widgets when coming back to the home screen?
I would love to know this too.
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Yes I would love to know this as well
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most annoying thing on this phone... This thing is perfect otherwise, it really kills the speed of the phone when widgets are redrawing all the time...
Not sure what is being referenced - my WeatherBug, Simple Calendar and Google Search widgets don't flicker or refresh when I switch back to the Home screen (or, to whichever screen I have widgets on).
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This was the main reason that pushed me towards rooting and custom roming.
Couldnt handle the constant redrawing. i guess 2GB of ram wasnt enough
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I do not run the TW launcher but did you guys try disabling the the double tap home button to open up s-voice. I think this is on by default and I think I remember reading a while ago that this caused lag going back to the launcher. Maybe worth a shot to see if it helps.
Without the ability to re-size all widgets in the TW launcher it is kind of a useless launcher to me. I use Apex and the ability to theme the dockbars and everything make it even better then Nova for me.
I dont have this issue like this. As Eman said open s voice and goto settings and uncheck "open via the home key". When you hit the home key it waits a tad for you to hit it again to activate svoice.
Also goto settings developer options and change the animations from 1.0 to 0.5 or off. I run them on off, gets rid of lag.
I had this issue when I turned off animation and transition, when I turned them back on they don't do it anymore.
Also the dev option "do not keep background activities" will cause this too. If you are using Power Saving, the "screen power saving" option lowers the refresh rate of the screen, Disable it if your using powersaver.
My 2 cents.
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I dont have this issue like this. As Eman said open s voice and goto settings and uncheck "open via the home key". When you hit the home key it waits a tad for you to hit it again to activate svoice.
Also goto settings developer options and change the animations from 1.0 to 0.5 or off. I run them on off, gets rid of lag.
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Dude your a genius. Just sped up stock to as fast as aosp. S voice is def the primary cause though. Thanks dude!!!
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I dont have this issue like this. As Eman said open s voice and goto settings and uncheck "open via the home key". When you hit the home key it waits a tad for you to hit it again to activate svoice.
Also goto settings developer options and change the animations from 1.0 to 0.5 or off. I run them on off, gets rid of lag.
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I run those exact settings but still get the redraw after exiting some apps...
With animations on 0.5 the redraw is there. With animations off it works well. Any idea how to accomplish this without turning animations off?
Never mind it still does it even with animations off.
I think people don't understand that isn't lag going into the home screen. The problem is that once we are on the home screen, the widgets basically reload themselves and we have to wait for that
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I think people don't understand that isn't lag going into the home screen. The problem is that once we are on the home screen, the widgets basically reload themselves and we have to wait for that
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All I can say is deal with it or use a different launcher lol. That method shown before is as good as it will get sir. Sorry. Unless you can code and fix it lol
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I run stock unrooted, and redraw problem went away when I switched to Nova launcher.
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I think people don't understand that isn't lag going into the home screen. The problem is that once we are on the home screen, the widgets basically reload themselves and we have to wait for that
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Yeah, this is a confusing thread for me.
So, one or more people didn't know that there's a set delay to get back to the home screen when you click the Home button, because it's waiting for a potential double-click to start S-Voice - and, that the double-click feature can be disabled.
The main point seemed to be what you described: moving to a screen with widgets causes them to refresh their contents. I admittedly found this point odd because I have NEVER seen such symptoms on my Galaxy S III (unrooted, stock). Power saving is turned off on my phone and the only Developer option which has been changed is enablement of USB Debugging.
Is this happening for particular widgets, perhaps?
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Yeah, this is a confusing thread for me.
So, one or more people didn't know that there's a set delay to get back to the home screen when you click the Home button, because it's waiting for a potential double-click to start S-Voice - and, that the double-click feature can be disabled.
The main point seemed to be what you described: moving to a screen with widgets causes them to refresh their contents. I admittedly found this point odd because I have NEVER seen such symptoms on my Galaxy S III (unrooted, stock). Power saving is turned off on my phone and the only Developer option which has been changed is enablement of USB Debugging.
Is this happening for particular widgets, perhaps?
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No idea. Unless their widgets are set to update every time it's viewed as opposes to every four hours? That's my best guess is people having it set to update constantly
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my homescreen does this too, I'll be browsing the web or something, and if I do it for more than a few mins, press the home button and at the homescreen the widgets redraw, only takes a split second but a little annoying
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my homescreen does this too, I'll be browsing the web or something, and if I do it for more than a few mins, press the home button and at the homescreen the widgets redraw, only takes a split second but a little annoying
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Same here... there are links all over Google about this. I was just hoping someone here figured out a fix...
A new version of ADW Launcher was released in late October 2012--both free and EX version.
Many things changed from the previous version.
Quite a few people say "it is better," but I have some issues. First, a phenomenon never seen with the previous version...often, after 'doing things,' when the phone returns to the home screen, there are no icons for brief to not-so-brief time. Very disconcerting. They do eventually populate, but it is shocking when it happens and does not leave the impression of a well-produced app.
Second, with previous versions, I =LIVED= with using the dots placed left and right of the bottom dock to move (navigate) from screen to screen. Those have disappeared, even from the fee version. On my phone, using swipes to move the screen usually launches the app your finger first touches to do the swipe--very annoying. Emails to the dev asking if the navigation dots will return have not been answered.
(NOTE: I am not talking about the INDICATOR dots at top that show what screen you are currently on.)
I present this for people who may be considering ADW to know. The previous versions I highly recommend; the latest, I do not unless issues are resolved.
Anyone know an alternative way to show opened apps? When i used Nova i could set one like "pinch out" or something.. On ADW i can't fine the way to do that.. Ι avoid using home button every time..
A new update for ADW EX was just released 11-06-12, 1.3.3.7 on my phone.
It did not put back in the dots that will navigate to different screens.
Also, the phenomenon of icons being completely missing (blank screen) after settings changes remains as well.
Disappointment continues.
Its crap. I use menu button unlock in my phone and when I do it pops up the settings screen. No way to disable it. I sent an email to the dev and got no response. going back to the old one.
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Its crap. I use menu button unlock in my phone and when I do it pops up the settings screen. No way to disable it. I sent an email to the dev and got no response. going back to the old one.
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He has not answered any of my two emails to him either.
Does anyone have the old ADW apk? I have a TitaniumBackup, but file in it is not the apk. ???
Attached is a screenshot to prove I have the EX version. If you only have non-EX, I will even use that--I hate this new version so much.
The ghost icons effect happens to me each time I change any ADW setting, for me it is no problem because I think it is due to the need of restarting app to make changes happen. I prefer the old scheme when you press the menu button, but I think it is just a matter of habit. Anyway, bugless for me as the previous one, and quite smooth, more than Go Launcher for example, at a friend's Galaxy 3 it makes the phone itself way faster than with Go Launcher.
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The ghost icons effect happens to me each time I change any ADW setting, for me it is no problem because I think it is due to the need of restarting app to make changes happen. I prefer the old scheme when you press the menu button, but I think it is just a matter of habit. Anyway, bugless for me as the previous one, and quite smooth, more than Go Launcher for example, at a friend's Galaxy 3 it makes the phone itself way faster than with Go Launcher.
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I just don't see anything that is better than before, and several (important to me) things that are much worse...the "ghost" icons--I call them disappeared icons as they are gone for a LONG time on my phone, and the removal of the navigation dots for screen moves, which was my total navigation mode.
When I swipe to move screens, half the time I activate an app where my finger first touches the screen. Argghhh! I need the dots back. Author won't even answer.
OK, I think I have had a mind out of body situation here...
I deleted the new ADW EX and installed the old one (1.3.3.56). Am in the process of adding my shortcuts to the various 7 screens and setting the options and dock.
BUT...
the main reason I switched back was to get back my "navigation dots" left and right of the dock that I used to navigate from screen to screen. I cannot find how to turn the on in the options.
I have looked and looked. Can someone have mercy on me and tell me how those are commanded to be there, please?
(I KNOW they used to be available because I used them ALL THE TIME to move to different screens.)
Morning All,
as described this is annoying for nova launcher users. So is there a button remapper that works with the note 20u? I can skip the gesture navigation for now if needed. or is there an actual solution for this?
TIA
Could you please elaborate? What do you mean "launcher won't stick? You cannot set Nova as default launcher or what? I'm using Nova Prime and it's working just fine, haven't noticed so far anything unusual. Even the new gestures works with it...
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Morning All,
as described this is annoying for nova launcher users. So is there a button remapper that works with the note 20u? I can skip the gesture navigation for now if needed. or is there an actual solution for this?
TIA
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I'm with @Rapier on this one we don't have enough information to help you.
He probably didn't set Nova as the default launcher and it defaults back to One UI every time he restarts
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It is set as def launch, when I swipe up it deselect the def launcher so it defaults to the one ui(samsung junk)
maybe more clarification is needed, goto recent screen then gesture the 'back" it will revert to one ui. Or with nav bar press home button and it will continually ask if you want to set as default launcher. Also when you goto default launcher nothing is selected. Hope this clears things up a bit.
That's strange. I have Nova Prime working perfectly since day 1, never faced the issues you're describing. Have you tried to reset to factory then install Nova first thing and try again?
Using Nova also and no problems here.
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maybe more clarification is needed, goto recent screen then gesture the 'back" it will revert to one ui. Or with nav bar press home button and it will continually ask if you want to set as default launcher. Also when you goto default launcher nothing is selected. Hope this clears things up a bit.
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Check if you installed any new apps.
I faced this issue, when I installed cenlar (bank) app. Once I uninstalled it, it all good.
Did you ever find a writing result for this? I'd really love to know how to fix this issue.
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Did you ever find a writing result for this? I'd really love to know how to fix this issue.
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I had this issue on the new update. What I did as a workaround is to first go to app settings and set One UI as default launcher. Then clear its cache. After that, I go to Nova Launcher and set it as the default launcher. As long as you don't restart or turn off your device, it will stick.
I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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Plenty of people have this issue, some launchers don't work properly, I'm getting others issues as well like folders showing up in recents.
There's no real fix at the moment, you either change launcher or keep the issues.
Darn. Okay, thanks for letting me know that it's not just me.
I haven't had any issues with Nova Launcher. I'm using the Prime version. Perhaps that makes a difference?
Have you changed the settings within the config utility?
Yep, I've had Prime Nova for many years.
I change a TON of settings in the Nova settings.
It doesn't happen often enough to make troubleshooting easy.
I guess I could try resetting it back to factory defaults for a week or so.
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I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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You mention that you're rooted and have mods installed...I would definitely look there first. I say this because I use Nova Prime on my 7 Pro and have zero issues. In fact I have been using Nova Prime on all my phones for years without any problems. YMMV
Every single third party launcher and device has this issue (and more) ever since Android 10 came out and tied Recents and Launchers together, it's worse with gesutres but can happen with navbar too.
Those who claim to not have it either ignore it, don't use their device fast or don't mind lag
Lawnchair alpha 4, no issues
Not rooted, qp beta, nova prime, no issues like that on mine.
..certainly no one can have accessibility function for gestures in nova launcher, this is due to google - android 13 security,
double tap would be a bless, so i don't understand why google is providing double tap on the back of the phone, but only strange single tap (lock screen) on the front of the device.. ?
I ran into a similar issue with Android 12 & 13 - it's a little tricky to get the gestures for Nova to work on the lock screen and provided a couple of screen shots to make things easier for you.
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I ran into a similar issue with Android 12 & 13 - it's a little tricky to get the gestures for Nova to work on the lock screen and provided a couple of screen shots to make things easier for you.
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..got latest 13 7pro + nova prime beta, except notifications, accessibility (nova launcher) is unavailable for security reasons - as google kindly prompting this in the settings..
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..got latest 13 7pro + nova prime beta, except notifications, accessibility (nova launcher) is unavailable for security reasons - as google kindly prompting this in the settings..
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To enable accessibility, go to 3 dot menu in app info and bypass the restriction there.
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To enable accessibility, go to 3 dot menu in app info and bypass the restriction there.
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spot-on thanks!
I followed this advice and Nova is still broken. Oh well. I guess I could try another Rom, but how do we launch the default launcher?
No problem with Nova 8.0.3 here. But i dont use navbar.
And accessibility is working as well. I use it for double tap to sleep.
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I followed this advice and Nova is still broken. Oh well. I guess I could try another Rom, but how do we launch the default launcher?
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CZ Eddie said:
I'm rooted and have mods installed, so they could be part of the problem too.
Anyone else seeing this? Every once in awhile, I'll press the "home" button on the navbar.
And instead of showing me my home screen with icons & such, it only shows my background.
I have to press the home button a second time before my icons and folders show up.
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I only have that occasional issue if I have a **** ton of memory hungry apps running. And I think it started with the January update
Using total launcher and something similar happens to me. When I use gestures to pull up recent apps, I'll just see my homescreen instead of the apps themselves. Very weird but the behavior still works in that I can press the screen and it goes to the last app, which is what I want majority of the time.
Nova gestures work for me via Accessibility - but only for a few hours. Then, I can't see a note in Accessibility menu for Nova non-malfunctioning. Turning the Allow toggle off and on resolves the problem, temporarily.