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Possible touchscreen / stock launcher issue!!

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

pohlmeyr said:
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...
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

deeren said:
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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deeren said:
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.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
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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.

Screen Flashes in Messaging App

I noticed that my screen will flash sometimes when I am sending a text message. Has anyone else had this problem?
I really hope this wasn't posted already, I did try searching for something related.

afrat said:
I noticed that my screen will flash sometimes when I am sending a text message. Has anyone else had this problem?
I really hope this wasn't posted already, I did try searching for something related.
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yes, i've noticed the same thing. plus font sizes changing randomly on their own. lots of bugs with the stock messaging app. makes it rather annoying to use imo.

Have you tried a different app to see if it solves the problem?
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Whoa guys pinch to zoom on messaging is what increases and decrease the font try it and as far as the flashing try.clearing data in messaging app and reboot funky things happen.time to time

afrat said:
Have you tried a different app to see if it solves the problem?
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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yeah, i'm currently running the stock ICS messaging app from the market. it does not flash so it is most certainly an independent problem for the HTC messaging app.
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tyshemi said:
Whoa guys pinch to zoom on messaging is what increases and decrease the font try it and as far as the flashing try.clearing data in messaging app and reboot funky things happen.time to time
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that doesn't alleviate the problem.
edit: i'm about to go back to the stock HTC one though because the LED flash sometimes won't turn off on the stock ICS one. this devices software is all kindsa borked.

I havent really had any other problems beside the data dropping once and a while imo solid device

Fyi I'm bone stock and have no big complaints

tyshemi said:
Fyi I'm bone stock and have no big complaints
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No big complaints here either. Loving this phone!
I'm sure all these little bugs will be fixed soon enough.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

I actually joined just to respond to this thread.
The other issue I'm running into in addition to the changing font sizes and flickering keyboard (which I think might be somewhat related) is an occasionally mis-colored status bar. When I say "occasionally", I mean that when I reboot my phone, there's a 50/50 chance it'll be wrong.
When it does mess up, here's what happens:
In other apps, the status bar is black or transparent black (correct).
In the messaging app text screen, it's a light gray (wrong).
In the messaging app text screen, if I slide or touch the status bar, it's black (correct).
In the messaging app at the conversation screen, it's black again (correct).
I thought maybe it was because I was using a non-standard keyboard, but I've tried both the stock HTC Sense keyboard and Smart Keyboard Pro and they both have the same issue.
Also, just for clarification, when I say "flicker" I don't mean the screen corruption seen on some of the other devices. I mean that for a brief instance, every section of the screen that should be black or dark grey (the status bar, the menu bar, and the keyboard) become a light grey color before flashing back to their correct color. It only lasts about 1/5th a second, but the sudden color change is really noticeable.

NerdyLlama said:
I actually joined just to respond to this thread.
The other issue I'm running into in addition to the changing font sizes and flickering keyboard (which I think might be somewhat related) is an occasionally mis-colored status bar. When I say "occasionally", I mean that when I reboot my phone, there's a 50/50 chance it'll be wrong.
When it does mess up, here's what happens:
In other apps, the status bar is black or transparent black (correct).
In the messaging app text screen, it's a light gray (wrong).
In the messaging app text screen, if I slide or touch the status bar, it's black (correct).
In the messaging app at the conversation screen, it's black again (correct).
I thought maybe it was because I was using a non-standard keyboard, but I've tried both the stock HTC Sense keyboard and Smart Keyboard Pro and they both have the same issue.
Also, just for clarification, when I say "flicker" I don't mean the screen corruption seen on some of the other devices. I mean that for a brief instance, every section of the screen that should be black or dark grey (the status bar, the menu bar, and the keyboard) become a light grey color before flashing back to their correct color. It only lasts about 1/5th a second, but the sudden color change is really noticeable.
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I haven’t experienced the status bar bug yet. Have you tried clearing the app data and restarting like others have suggested?
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

mrvirginia said:
yes, i've noticed the same thing. plus font sizes changing randomly on their own. lots of bugs with the stock messaging app. makes it rather annoying to use imo.
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I have been experiencing this problem now as well. The font does randomly change. I will set it on medium and sometimes it will be on small or be larger when I go back into the app.
I am also starting to receive text messages twice now. It only happens when I haven't been texting the person for awhile, and it's only their first text. Has anyone else experienced this?

Question about messaging app

So when you text someone, let's say their name is Dan, a circle with the letter D will appear next to the message they sent you. If you want, you can set a picture and the pic will take the place of the circled letter.
My GF just got the pixel and not only does the circle and letter appear next to the person's message, but it also appears next to her messages as well.
On MY phone, I see the circle and letter for the other person, but not for myself. Is there a way I can enable that for myself and set a picture for myself as well?
I hope this makes sense. If not, I can try and post some pics of this phenomenon.

magnumtripod said:
So when you text someone, let's say their name is Dan, a circle with the letter D will appear next to the message they sent you. If you want, you can set a picture and the pic will take the place of the circled letter.
My GF just got the pixel and not only does the circle and letter appear next to the person's message, but it also appears next to her messages as well.
On MY phone, I see the circle and letter for the other person, but not for myself. Is there a way I can enable that for myself and set a picture for myself as well?
I hope this makes sense. If not, I can try and post some pics of this phenomenon.
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Know exactly what you're talking about. And if you're using the Verizon Messages+ app, there's no changing it. Other messaging apps let you have avatars for both the sender and the recipient, or none for both.

Neither my phone or my GFs phone are Verizon, but her phone has the circled letter by her name and mine doesn't. She just got the same phone yesterday (used), did a factory reset and started from scratch. Not sure what's different about her phone from mine

magnumtripod said:
Neither my phone or my GFs phone are Verizon, but her phone has the circled letter by her name and mine doesn't. She just got the same phone yesterday (used), did a factory reset and started from scratch. Not sure what's different about her phone from mine
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What messaging app are you using? You do not have to be on Verizon to use the Messages+ all. So, what app do you use, and what does she use?

quangtran1 said:
What messaging app are you using?
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Just the stock app
It's just called messenger

magnumtripod said:
Just the stock app
It's just called messenger
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I've never seen an avatar for my messages other than in hangouts.

Do you have multiple entries in Contacts for yourself? I wonder if the default entry "Me" causes confusions as to which avatar to display.

quangtran1 said:
Do you have multiple entries in Contacts for yourself? I wonder if the default entry "Me" causes confusions as to which avatar to display.
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I don't have any entries for myself in contacts. I actually tried to add myself, but it still didn't display an avatar next to my messages

This always bugged me too. i noticed if i sign-in to google + it updates my picture for the "me" contact and uses my pic for messenger as well.

So I just factory reset my phone, and when it initially restarted, messenger was showing a circle with my initial by my messages. Then an update from the play store for messenger installed, and now that circle is gone.

This morning my edge apps lost one column, anyone else have this issue?

As the title states, My edge apps column shrank down to one column instead of the usual 2. Is there any way to get this back to normal?

SolaceKane said:
As the title states, My edge apps column shrank down to one column instead of the usual 2. Is there any way to get this back to normal?
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If I'm understanding you correctly, just open the edge panel them click on settings then at the bottom of the apps edge should be the edit button. You should be able to click on that to add your apps back.

Anastayja said:
If I'm understanding you correctly, just open the edge panel them click on settings then at the bottom of the apps edge should be the edit button. You should be able to click on that to add your apps back.
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No. not the individual apps like the music player, device maintenance etc. Theres a panel called "apps edge" and by default it shows 2 columns. For some strange reason it now shows only 1 no matter if i turn off then back on that specific panel or rearrange it or try to remove and add apps.

Ok. I thought you were talking about this...

Well I seem to have resolved the issue by messing around with it for a bit. I will just leave my reply here in case anyone else has this issue.
After rebooting phone I basically started removing apps off the edge panel. I removed about 2 of them and went to put one back on and the 2nd column appeared again. Don't know if this is considered even a fix but I figured I should let people know what I did in case it happens to them before they factory reset their phone.

Anastayja said:
Ok. I thought you were talking about this...
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yes that particular edge panel.
for some reason this morning mine appeared like this :
Instead of showing 2 columns it was stuck on 1

MIUI thinks I'm swiping back

So, the problem started when I was typing fast, sometimes the keyboard would minimize itself. Then I realized it was only when I was near the "a" key (independent of the keyboard app). So, I got to make some tests, it turns out the screen thinks I am swiping to go back, when I'm not. Please check this video: https://youtu.be/cdg4_oJ68aM
Is there something I can do?
I'm on a Mi Mix 2s 9.5.19.0

I had this problem too. I no longer own the phone though so I'm afraid I can't help. I was wondering if it was fixed in the MIUI 10 beta but nobody has answered it so far. If anyone can chime in to say if it's fixed now would be nice, it made typing basically impossible for me.

Well, it was a display defect. I have to wait 2 weeks for the replacement part to arrive, but it's under warranty. Until then, I'll just use the on screen buttons.

It happens to me from time to time, but not sure if this is my fault. I don't understand the methodology of your test on the video (what are you pressing and when?).

hayatesan said:
It happens to me from time to time, but not sure if this is my fault. I don't understand the methodology of your test on the video (what are you pressing and when?).
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It's the test module of MIUI, I'm just tapping left, right, left, right, etc, sometimes it is interpreted as a swipe between the 2 points (when a line appears). But it's pretty agressive in my display, got it checked and they are going to replace it under warranty.

So I shouldn't get any red lines when just taping right and left? I have those....
That's what happens to me and I'm getting back randomly after a few seconds of quickly taping left and right.
Where did you buy your phone?
I bought it on Aliexpress with Goldway but sending it back for a replacement is not really an option for me.

hayatesan said:
So I shouldn't get any red lines when just taping right and left? I have those....
That's what happens to me and I'm getting back randomly after a few seconds of quickly taping left and right.
Where did you buy your phone?
I bought it on Aliexpress with Goldway but sending it back for a replacement is not really an option for me.
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That lines get interpreted as swipes, so that's why my keyboard minimized when i was using it. If you want something more graphic you can try it on a simple drawing app (like this one), please look at the attached file. I live in Bolivia, here Xiaomi has official representation, so they come with a 15-month warranty.

Kristof_clg said:
That lines get interpreted as swipes, so that's why my keyboard minimized when i was using it. If you want something more graphic you can try it on a simple drawing app (like this one), please look at the attached file. I live in Bolivia, here Xiaomi has official representation, so they come with a 15-month warranty.
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So this shouldn't happen at all?
Please see image attached.
Could other users confirm that when they just tap left and right very quickly, no lines are created? Thanks!
Xiaomi now sells directly in France but I have the 8/256 version only sold in China for now anyway.
Now it happens to me from time to time to have the keybord closed with a "false" back, but not enough to really think there was an issue, I just didn't understand why it closed. Thanks for pointing that, now I'm gonna be annoyed each time.

hayatesan said:
So this shouldn't happen at all?
Please see image attached.
Could other users confirm that when they just tap left and right very quickly, no lines are created? Thanks!
Xiaomi now sells directly in France but I have the 8/256 version only sold in China for now anyway.
Now it happens to me from time to time to have the keybord closed with a "false" back, but not enough to really think there was an issue, I just didn't understand why it closed. Thanks for pointing that, now I'm gonna be annoyed each time.
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But hey, you know what i did in the meantime? I installed XDA Gestures, configured the same gestures as MIUI, and hid the gesture pill. Voilà, you get the same but without that problem. :good: That's good for now.

Kristof_clg said:
But hey, you know what i did in the meantime? I installed XDA Gestures, configured the same gestures as MIUI, and hid the gesture pill. Voilà, you get the same but without that problem. :good: That's good for now.
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You mean:
1) Put back navigation bar on MIUI, disable gesture
2) Install XDA gesture and remove the navbar, configure it as MIUI
3) ?????
4) Profit
Is that it?
There are quite some options in XDA Gesture settings, could you post a screenshot of your preferences (like the 4 screens) so I can copy them? Sorry to bother you with this!
Also instead of using the sides to swipe back, it will use the lower part of the screen only? That's how your fix works?

hayatesan said:
You mean:
1) Put back navigation bar on MIUI, disable gesture
2) Install XDA gesture and remove the navbar, configure it as MIUI
3) ?????
4) Profit
Is that it?
There are quite some options in XDA Gesture settings, could you post a screenshot of your preferences (like the 4 screens) so I can copy them? Sorry to bother you with this!
Also instead of using the sides to swipe back, it will use the lower part of the screen only? That's how your fix works?
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Here are the settings attached (the pill color is transparent), just changed the right swipe to go to last app, instead of back. Remember that to install XDA Gestures you have to use ADB from your PC/Mac, for that to work you have to enable both "USB Debugging" toggles shown in the screenshot.

Does attached mean my unit is ok?

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Here are the settings attached (the pill color is transparent), just changed the right swipe to go to last app, instead of back. Remember that to install XDA Gestures you have to use ADB from your PC/Mac, for that to work you have to enable both "USB Debugging" toggles shown in the screenshot.
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Thanks a lot, gonna do that on monday, just waiting for my bootloader waiting period to end (I know I can to this without root or anything, but as I'll need to do it again....)
Just to confirm, this means the gestures will be at the bottom of the screen only, no back function from the edge, right ? I don't think it will bother me much if this is like that.
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vince_junior said:
Does attached mean my unit is ok?
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Seems to be fine, if you were tapping fast each side, this is perfect. I can't manage to do this without having false swipe.