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Weather Snow Animation Glitch

Hello everyone,
i'm in the UK, and at the moment it's snowing, which has revealed a glitch in the Snow animation on the Today screen.
can anyone in the UK, or someone experiencing Snow current check for the glitch, or whether the O2 UK Rom has an error.
The glitch is when the Snow is falling there is a Horizontal line on the right hand side just above the Alarm clockbar, it moves down wards flashing as it goes.
There is another on the left hand side approximately .5cm lower, which is behind, and to the left of the Calendar bar.
using a black background it's really obvious, and once the animation stops there are these two bars sitting on the today screen. I've noticed this is only with the Snow animation.
if anyone can confirm, or even FIX this i'd appreciate it as while where having bad weather, my today screen looks broken.
many thanks,
Luke.

There's already a thread about this. Do a search for that thread and comment in there, rather than having 2 going at the same time
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Here you go mate...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601542

cheers dude, i tried a search, never brought anything up. thank you

diablous said:
cheers dude, i tried a search, never brought anything up. thank you
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Don't worry about it, I find the search practically useless most of the time, never finds what it need!!

:edit:
Sorry have to read first before typing

Saber Rider said:
:edit:
Sorry have to read first before typing
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I missed that, I'm curious. What did you say? Hehe

I Think I *May* Have Discovered Something

I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.

what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".

The Radius Kid said:
I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.
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The Adobe reader app updates through the market so it is the market that checks every so often or when you go to it not like on a pc where it is the program that checks.
The Tell Htc widget/app is to report system errors to Htc, so it wont really make any difference. The only difference you will see if it is turned off is that when you have a system crash the pop-up asking if can send the crash info to Htc wont happen any more and no info will be sent.

steve austin said:
what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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I noticed the screen was much more responsive to touch gestures.
I didn't take notice of any change in memory usage.
I guess I'll have to look at a few more things.

steve austin said:
what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version

nccu_eagles said:
It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version
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its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself

lalitsehgal21 said:
its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself
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Thanks for clarifying that so I don't need to hunt through menus and menus looking for it.
Probably a total placebo effect, but I feel like things are a little snappier? I'll keep an eye on the screen responsiveness as I go through this power cycle and will report back with some thoroughly unscientific results.

that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.

this makes my phone no faster or snapier than what it is

henrik.dk said:
that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.
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I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.

The Radius Kid said:
I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.
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You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.

aNYthing24 said:
You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.
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Good to know,but I put that one up there with spyware.
I'll turn it on if I ever need it.

Yup, this definitely speeds your phone up. It worked for me by making everything more responsive. I thought everyone already knew about this. Its not placebo. Its legit.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App

Thanks my screen is wicked fast.

Just to follow up from my post earlier today with a quick, anecdotal report:
I disabled the HTC reporting as suggested by the OP around noon today, while I was at ~80% charge. It's about 9 hours later after moderate to heavy use today, and at ~15% charge my screen still has yet to lag out on me during unlocking or swiping between screens.
For reference, I would usually notice little stutters throughout the day, and especially more so once my battery dropped below the 25% threshold.
No idea why something as seemingly innocuous as error reporting would have such a marked effect, but that is honestly the only variable that I can recall changing all day today.
The responses in this thread seem like a mixed bag of results, but hopefully these good results continue for me and some lucky others!

just disable "show me" with fre3vo way better than to turn off background data..

Glad it helped some people.

[Q] How can I definitively remove this tiresome bug ??

Hi, I am new on forum and on Nexus S, but not with ROMS
I love this phone, but since I bought it, I have a strange bug. Maybe it appears because I did with "rom toolbox pro" a full backup of apps on another smartphone (acer liquid metal) and now I restored all apps on Nexus S.
this is the bug: sometimes (normally when I'm writing a message, or simply using virtual keyboard) it appear the "open as..." window, where I can choose to open it with gosms pro or gmail.
I tried to open it with both programs, and after this window, on gosmspro the text message is about the bug report, with 2 attached files: 1 .txt files with description of bug (but it's too long, approx 4 mb of .txt!!!) and 2 a .jpg screenshot of bug (but in the image there is simply the lock screen).
In gmail it appears the same thing. But I can't understand where is the problem or where the bug starts, so I ask you how can I find it.
I tried also to uninstall some apps (like gosms, also deleting app data) but without progresses.
If you like it, i can post the screenshot of the bug, or also the .txt or .jpg files in the bug report.
Now I'm using the CM10 , and I had the same problem with Skank ROM.
Please help me, I never found an answer on the web to this tiresome bug. : /
thanks guys and thanks for your BIG work !!!

Post the .txt from gmail on here
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Wipe data and start fresh. That's what you get for backing up apps. Bugs.

AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
Post the .txt from gmail on here
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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I can't upload them here because the max file size is 500kb....
I also tried to upload them to another site but, cause I'm new here and I didn't write 10 messages, I can' t post those url !!!
how can I do ??
It' s a problem for you if I write 8 new empty messages here, so after finally I' ll be able to put url?!
For now, I put the screenshot that I done. :silly:

polobunny said:
Wipe data and start fresh. That's what you get for backing up apps. Bugs.
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Yes good idea but I would found another road first to do that: I' ll lose at least 2 hours re-installing everything.....
oh, another problem doing manual installations: all saves will be lost! so I prefer to show you .txt files for now....I think you ' ll understand

Pm sent
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
Pm sent
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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pm replied.
thanks so much for support

met4ller said:
Yes good idea but I would found another road first to do that: I' ll lose at least 2 hours re-installing everything.....
oh, another problem doing manual installations: all saves will be lost! so I prefer to show you .txt files for now....I think you ' ll understand
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Absolutely. But from experience, it's a good idea to wipe clean once in a while. I usually do it every few months to keep the problems at bay. Sometimes you'll spend more time trying to fix an issue than it would take you to restart from anew, and even if you end up fixing it that's only an issue you see. You aren't fixing udnerlying problems...

So does anything actually crash or is it just this that pops up?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
So does anything actually crash or is it just this that pops up?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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uhm, at the beginning i had 5-6 crashes, but I'm sure that it was linked to the overclock. In fact, when I put 1200 mhz, I was a noobie in that (because I came from smartphones that NEED overclock to have a fluid and rapid system), and when I reset it to 1000 mhz, it never did me another crash no more.
So yes, the bug is only this popup. I know isn't a little bug, but with the passing of times, it appears more and more times, so it's tiresome.
ah, few seconds before bug, the phone vibrate 3 times (everytime).
I'm using a plastic gel cover.
ah, another little thing that I hear yesterday for the first time: the front speaker at the top, sometimes (also 2-3 times in a minute, don' t know if it do that always, as in lock screen) do a very low sound repeated for few seconds (it's hard to explain this, it seems a radio frequency as "toctoctoctoctoc")...sorry for this onomatopea but maybe its' helpful for understanding what I mean

...any news from the .txt that I sent you ?

Take off your case for a whole day, don't put it on your phone. Tell me if it still happens during that day.
I can nearly assure you, up to 99.9%, that your problem will stop.
I know it sounds crazy, but do it. You can thank me later.

polobunny said:
Take off your case for a whole day, don't put it on your phone. Tell me if it still happens during that day.
I can nearly assure you, up to 99.9%, that your problem will stop.
I know it sounds crazy, but do it. You can thank me later.
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OMG that was the problem !??!?
Incredible!!
my last smartphone had similar problem (microphone of acer liquid metal won' t work well with case)!!
but now the case seems to create a worst problem!! I can' t believe that this simple accessories can made theese problems ( considering that technology should give us better phones in every kind of way)....
NEWS : today, for the first time, telephone crashes 2 times: it never happens since my last OC (2 weeks ago) !!
I hope that case was problem for bug and also crashes!!

met4ller said:
OMG that was the problem !??!?
Incredible!!
my last smartphone had similar problem (microphone of acer liquid metal won' t work well with case)!!
NEWS : today, for the first time, telephone crashes 2 times: it never happens since my last OC (2 weeks ago) !!
I hope that case was problem for bug and also crashes!!
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Tell me if the bugmailer problem seems fixed after using it for a while.
Edit: I don't believe the crashes are related however. I'll tell you the magic behind the bug mailer after you tell me if it's fixed!

ok I'll say you in 2 days!
however, for crashes, I think I did a bull**** using a bad app called "cache fixer", because I used to free memory with my old phone.
If I see crashes again, I' ll wipe the phone.

OMG!!! you seems to have reason (fortunately) !!!
I'm nearly sure to have fixed this, now I wanna know the magic trick!!
How a technologic phone can be shocked by a simple plastic gel ?!?!
I guess that answer it's or the semi-pressure of volume/on-off buttons, or somethink linked to the temprature (with cover it increases). Right ?
Other things: for now, no other crashes, but the strange silent rumor on the top of the headspeaker sometimes appears. Can the phone record this low sound on the top? So you ' ll understand what I mean...
for now... thanks!!

met4ller said:
OMG!!! you seems to have reason (fortunately) !!!
I'm nearly sure to have fixed this, now I wanna know the magic trick!!
How a technologic phone can be shocked by a simple plastic gel ?!?!
I guess that answer it's or the semi-pressure of volume/on-off buttons, or somethink linked to the temprature (with cover it increases). Right ?
Other things: for now, no other crashes, but the strange silent rumor on the top of the headspeaker sometimes appears. Can the phone record this low sound on the top? So you ' ll understand what I mean...
for now... thanks!!
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Your phone case presses on VOL +, VOL - and POWER all at the same time. That's a developper feature.
You can "disable" it by turning off USB debug but I highly suggest either fixing your case if possible or getting another one that doesn't press those buttons for no reason.
Edit: I have no idea what you are talking about for the other issue though.

polobunny said:
Your phone case presses on VOL +, VOL - and POWER all at the same time. That's a developper feature.
You can "disable" it by turning off USB debug but I highly suggest either fixing your case if possible or getting another one that doesn't press those buttons for no reason.
Edit: I have no idea what you are talking about for the other issue though.
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oook!
in fact first I tried that and it happened!
do you have any idea for fixing cover, without cut it??

themes=lag?

hey guys, yesterday i bought a new galaxy S6, so far everything is smooth and fast, i heard that applying a theme can cause lag...is this true? because if it does then i dont wanna change my stock theme...

Is it really that hard to apply a theme and test it yourself? Some people are really ridiculous...

BBs19 said:
Is it really that hard to apply a theme and test it yourself? Some people are really ridiculous...
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no its not hard, but if someone already tried that then they can give some feedback...if you cant help then do not comment

I mean, you have the phone in hand right? You couldnt take the 5 seconds out of your time to try it yourself? Instead you thought it'd be better to be ridiculed as you wait several minutes, even hours or days until someone tells you something you could have confirmed yourself?

Chocolina said:
I mean, you have the phone in hand right? You couldnt take the 5 seconds out of your time to try it yourself? Instead you thought it'd be better to be ridiculed as you wait several minutes, even hours or days until someone tells you something you could have confirmed yourself?
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Maybe he's afraid once you change themes, even if you go back, the lag will stick.
Why is everyone on xda so damn quick to bash people for asking questions?

ingenious247 said:
Maybe he's afraid once you change themes, even if you go back, the lag will stick.
Why is everyone on xda so damn quick to bash people for asking questions?
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no kidding , wow way to jump on a fellow xda member reaching out for help , they way I read and took it was yes maybe lag would stick , no reason to jump on someone for asking a Q were all here to help and contribute leave your attitude at the door !

Chocolina said:
I mean, you have the phone in hand right? You couldnt take the 5 seconds out of your time to try it yourself? Instead you thought it'd be better to be ridiculed as you wait several minutes, even hours or days until someone tells you something you could have confirmed yourself?
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just like the two guys above me said...i have my reasons to ask...and again if you cant help then do not comment...i am not waiting for people like you to help...i am not new here...and every time i ask something they answer....

Installing a theme causes a bunch of lag during the install process itself (under the covers there are like 20 apks getting installed). I've always applied themes right after installing them, so any for any lag after that it's hard to say if it's left over from the install or is from the application. In any case, after a reboot I haven't noticed any lag.

piccit said:
Installing a theme causes a bunch of lag during the install process itself (under the covers there are like 20 apks getting installed). I've always applied themes right after installing them, so any for any lag after that it's hard to say if it's left over from the install or is from the application. In any case, after a reboot I haven't noticed any lag.
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how long do you have your phone? because on pocketnow.com they said there S6 started lagging after a week with a theme...and they made a poll about this...they think its because of the themes....

yellowish tone white
Did you compare your screen white with an edge . . ! ! Can you test it and tell me about the whites if there is yellow tone

gibrilm said:
Did you compare your screen white with an edge . . ! ! Can you test it and tell me about the whites if there is yellow tone
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i didnt test the screen whites...the only issue i see for now is the home button...its a bit loose...but its not a big issue...

Camera doesn't focus anymore

So my Camera doesn't focus anymore... Objects in distance of up to 10cm stay clear and even focus if I move the phone. But if I move it away more than 10cm they stay blurry.
Of course I could send in the phone but first I'm in Germany so it would take a long time, second I got a unlocked bootloader so a bit stressful to lock it again... and third (biggest problem) the phone got a broken back 4 months ago and I think Huawei will say the camera broke because of the fall and won't believe me it worked fine until now or they will say that the phone fell down yesterday.
Any other suggestions what to try? I think I will try to replace the camera by myself...

0mrwhatsupguy0 said:
So my Camera doesn't focus anymore... Objects in distance of up to 10cm stay clear and even focus if I move the phone. But if I move it away more than 10cm they stay blurry.
Of course I could send in the phone but first I'm in Germany so it would take a long time, second I got a unlocked bootloader so a bit stressful to lock it again... and third (biggest problem) the phone got a broken back 4 months ago and I think Huawei will say the camera broke because of the fall and won't believe me it worked fine until now or they will say that the phone fell down yesterday.
Any other suggestions what to try? I think I will try to replace the camera by myself...
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I had the same issue.I changed the rear cameras,but now sometimes it takes good picture and sometimes not. I reset it and no change.What should I do?

iorgubiti said:
I had the same issue.I changed the rear cameras,but now sometimes it takes good picture and sometimes not. I reset it and no change.What should I do?
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Check if the cameras are clear.

SALENTINVM said:
Check if the cameras are clear.
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The cameras are clear.In fact my phone is focusing but the image is very blurry .The image is not clear at all,is very noisy.

Put your phone vertically on a flat surface (like standing). Then let it free fall screen facing down. You should good to go after that.
I am trying to illustrate as below
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I have this issue as well. I solved it using above way.

e_mc_square said:
Put your phone vertically on a flat surface (like standing). Then let it free fall screen facing down. You should good to go after that.
I am trying to illustrate as below
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I have this issue as well. I solved it using above way.
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Wow! I has the same issue and I'd been trying to fix it for weeks. And I did what you said and viola! It worked! Thank you so much!

e_mc_square said:
Put your phone vertically on a flat surface (like standing). Then let it free fall screen facing down. You should good to go after that.
I am trying to illustrate as below
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I have this issue as well. I solved it using above way.
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Had to log in just to say THANK YOU! For weeks, since having to get my broken screen replaced, the camera's been blurry and I was this close to going back to the store to complain. Thank God I got to skip that! For anyone thinking this is a joke, it's not! I put my phone on the floor and let it fall face down. Camera's like new again

100% legit works
I cannot explain to you how relieved I am after doing this, it actually works lol, was sceptical because why would it work if you drop your phone. some reverse logics right there. thabkyou so much nd thanks to the reploes too. also made an account just to reply. this works guys, i have an honor 8 too! much love
edit: to the vertical drop method, forgot to quote

i thought you guys were pulling my leg, tried it and problem solved...WOW thanks guys

I just hold it with my left and smack it a bit with my right hand...

Holy cow guys, it worked for me too... How on earth is this could be possible?

I logged in just to say THANK YOU, it works like a charm.

e_mc_square said:
Put your phone vertically on a flat surface (like standing). Then let it free fall screen facing down. You should good to go after that.
I am trying to illustrate as below
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I have this issue as well. I solved it using above way.
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Guys this really works... Even on 6x... Just one serious question... How did you figure out this method??? How
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avi737 said:
Wow! I has the same issue and I'd been trying to fix it for weeks. And I did what you said and viola! It worked! Thank you so much!
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Thanks to you also... Had you not tried it and replied here, no one would have tried it

aditya8356 said:
Guys this really works... Even on 6x... Just one serious question... How did you figure out this method??? How
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Thanks to you also... Had you not tried it and replied here, no one would have tried it
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I think it's simple how it works... The system that focus could be blocked (I don't know why, it could be dust or any other thing) and let telephone fall could unlock it

aditya8356 said:
Guys this really works... Even on 6x... Just one serious question... How did you figure out this method??? How
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Thanks to you also... Had you not tried it and replied here, no one would have tried it
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Well, just by accident. Haha...

Thanks a lot. You are amazing. It worked for me toooo

Thanks
Dear,
Thank you very much for telling vertically stand and fell formula... It works like a charm... ☺
Love u thnx

Almost Dec 2019... i had this focus issue al day, just looked at some threads about Honor 8 problems and everyone recomended to replace the camera... tried what you mentioned here... and worked like a charm.... but.. HOW? i dont get it. but it works.. THANK YOU.

wtf!!!! i thought that it is a joke. it actually helped me and i thought that second camera is jamed or something. I did as you said
1. turn camera on
2. put it on table in vertical position like this |
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4. screen went black and camera is working now
THANK You!!!!!

Ridiculous, but worked perfectly! Thanks guys