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[Q]Some questions about basic app, need help

Well i got my android phone a week ago (motorola defy) and ever since i've been finding out some lag and some minor problems with the apps running on it. The slide lock lagged but i installed a new one with widgets and it works just fine. Now i need some advices about other ones.
1. Youtube stock app for android 2.1: When the video loads and i move the bar within the place where the video had been loaded, but guess what, it gets stuck and does the loading again, and not like the windows browser's youtube...Is it suppose to be that way?
2. The keyboard is kind of hard to type with and i've been looking at some keyboard layouts but whenever i installed one, it said that it'll record whatever i'll type so in a way is it dangerous? because when i type my password on internet, does it get sent over to some website or is it totally safe?
3. Also I'm using launcher pro, it works fine but i was wondering if the stock launcher is working in the background as well which can cause lag along with launcher pro?
4.Also my stock browser laggs sometimes when it's zoomed in. So i would need some suggestions about another faster browser?
Thanks for any kind of help and advice

funny, i expected something from you guys as my questions are one of the common questions...or is someone can't be bothered here to help me out? ...

shad0wboss said:
Well i got my android phone a week ago (motorola defy) and ever since i've been finding out some lag and some minor problems with the apps running on it. The slide lock lagged but i installed a new one with widgets and it works just fine. Now i need some advices about other ones.
1. Youtube stock app for android 2.1: When the video loads and i move the bar within the place where the video had been loaded, but guess what, it gets stuck and does the loading again, and not like the windows browser's youtube...Is it suppose to be that way?
2. The keyboard is kind of hard to type with and i've been looking at some keyboard layouts but whenever i installed one, it said that it'll record whatever i'll type so in a way is it dangerous? because when i type my password on internet, does it get sent over to some website or is it totally safe?
3. Also I'm using launcher pro, it works fine but i was wondering if the stock launcher is working in the background as well which can cause lag along with launcher pro?
4.Also my stock browser laggs sometimes when it's zoomed in. So i would need some suggestions about another faster browser?
Thanks for any kind of help and advice
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1. No idea...
2. Its safe, no worries, slideit is imo the best keyboard. But there are a lot of alternatives.
3. The stock launcher is in sleep I assume, with Home Switcher you can swop. When only 2 or 3 launchers installed your system doesnt lag. Or you can freeze it with titanium backup, not sure if it can do any harm when you freeze your stock launcher.
4. Try miren browser, it is really good.
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thanks alot for your help, really appreciated it.
About the youtube stock app, what i basically mean is that, when a youtube video on computer on any browser...is loaded completely (red color strip). You can freely move the circle thing within the red color stripped which basically mean that that part is loaded can be be watched freely. BUT with my stock youtube application, that's not how it works. If i move the cursor a bit, it just hangs there and then i have to start the video from the beginning, loading and alll that. So i wanted to know if there's a good alternative youtube app with cache? so that once the video is loaded (when connected to internet), you can watch it even if you have no internet connection at that time...

Nexus 5 - widgets sync issues

Hi all,
I have had my Nexus 5 phone for a few weeks now and I love it.
Before that I owned a Galaxy S2, running on CM10.2 with Dorimanx Kernel with Nova Launcher.
I really love the N5, it really is a beast and answers most of my expectations.
However, I have recently been confronted to a problem : my homescreen widgets are not syncing/updating anymore...
Not much of them though :
- Beautiful Weather 4 x 2
- Stock Agenda 2 x 3 redimensioned at 4 x 3
- Today 4 x 2 redimensioned at 4 x 3
Before that I also tried on my N5 : Dashclock + Widget Locker and some extensions for Whatsapp, Google Music, Hangouts, Gmail, etc...
Lockscreen widgets worked fine and were correctly synced and updated.
I have noticed that my homescreen widgets are only updated once : when I set them up or when I turn on my device. After a few seconds they stop updating. Even the update button in some widgets does not work.
This is really annoying as I really like my N5 and this is really bothering me.
I have searched through all the web and through the forum and I have not found anything useful. I have tried uninstalling all these apps and reinstall them. I have tried installing them one at a time and it does not work.
I have seen your N5 homescreens in the forum and it makes me jealous as they are really looking good and rely on synced widgets.
Has anyone got a clue ?
Thank you all very much.
Marc

Hi all,
Just a quick update : I have installed Nova Launcher 2.3 Beta and all my widgets seem to be working fine in Nova Environment. Well synced and updated.
Has anyone kept the default Nexus 5 launcher (Google Experience) and observed the widgets are not syncing ?
I have tried to reset the Launcher by going into the app details and stopping the app and resetting the cache and data. It still does not work.
The weird thing is that I seem to be the only one experiencing this issue as I really have not found the problem stated elsewhere. Or maybe for other devices and particular widgets but I have tried all the solutions and none worked.
Are you running Google Experience on your N5 and are you having these issues ?
I do like Google Experience feel and is there another way to reset it ?
Do you have any clues on how to debug this ?
Otherwise, do you know where I can post this problem and find help ? Is there any Google support for this Launcher ?
Thank you all so much for your help !!

mlastra said:
Hi all,
Just a quick update : I have installed Nova Launcher 2.3 Beta and all my widgets seem to be working fine in Nova Environment. Well synced and updated.
Has anyone kept the default Nexus 5 launcher (Google Experience) and observed the widgets are not syncing ?
I have tried to reset the Launcher by going into the app details and stopping the app and resetting the cache and data. It still does not work.
The weird thing is that I seem to be the only one experiencing this issue as I really have not found the problem stated elsewhere. Or maybe for other devices and particular widgets but I have tried all the solutions and none worked.
Are you running Google Experience on your N5 and are you having these issues ?
I do like Google Experience feel and is there another way to reset it ?
Do you have any clues on how to debug this ?
Otherwise, do you know where I can post this problem and find help ? Is there any Google support for this Launcher ?
Thank you all so much for your help !!
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Same issue here...
EDIT
After fighting that problem for 2 days without any luck (tried restarts, reinstalled beautiful widgts, widgetoid etc.) the problem is gone now after posting yesterday into this thread.
Nice.
The only thing that changed since then is that i deinstalled tapatalk - but I can hardly reproduce the problem or solution...
Really a small chance but maybe the OP has tapatalk installed too?

Hi licht,
Thanks for your feedback though you are right, I don't know how I can reproduce your solution.
And by the way, after a successful day on Nova the problem has appeared on Nova now !!
So I guess this isn't launcher related...
There is a pb with Kit Kat somewhere...
How could I debug this ? What is the process responsible for updating home screen widgets ?
Thanks to the community !

OK I've had this problem too.. Very occasionally.. But it's happened in holo launcher..
A restart fixes it..
And I do have tapatalk installed too though am not sure it's related
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Hi letmedanz,
Thanks for sharing.
I have done the restart, of the widgets, of the launcher and of the phone...
I just don't get why it works and then just stops working...
I wish I could find the process responsible for the update and my monitor it.
Thanks anyway.

Having the same issue, i guess it's only a few of us. Have you tried reflashing stock img? i might give that a go.

Actually, on Nova it runs just fine. I think I'll just keep Nova. I'm too lazy to reflash...

mlastra said:
Actually, on Nova it runs just fine. I think I'll just keep Nova. I'm too lazy to reflash...
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Hmmmm don't care for nova, unnecessary memory usage. I thought you said earlier it wasn't a launcher issue?
Will try to solve it tomorrow, perhaps it is as simple as wiping cache? Will keep you guys' updated.

You are right to point that out because I thought it was also not t refreshing on Nova. But it actually did, and for some time now it runs fine.
Thanks for trying it. I'll be checking your results in here.

The only modification i have done is installed AdAway other than that i am stock. Oh i also have gravity screen off installed.

I found out I had this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=spinninghead.talkingstopwatchlite running in the background still doing a timer, so many hours! =]
Exited it and now my widgets refresh. Can anyone explain how this app would get in the way of the widgets updating?? =\

problem solved
My nexus 5 block sync all widgets:
The solution is, deinstall phone weaver!
Sören

What is Phone Weaver ? Is it a specific program ? Because I don't have it.

I thought it was the stopwatch app i had running causing widget freezes, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Widgets are still refusing to refresh. Will flash 4.4.2 (clean install) hopefully that helps.
Issue is well documented here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=28216

See if this works for you guys https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/uu27aDrcwFs/9L9JRo6kXqkJ
Vladimir Vakhromeev
I've found solution which works for me. I hope it could help others as well.
all that I did is ran in CMD:
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity
after this nexus asked for locale and name again. Then I've put back my widgets.
I had no problems about a week.
Please, notice that it could be done at your own risk!

I tried the above and it seems to be working so far. Post your results =]

So i have found a temporary fix without needing to reboot.
I used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel.r1 to kill all processes and tasks, the widgets start to work! The bug will occur again most likely.
Now when the bug does occur again i just have to go kill the process/task 1 by 1 to figure out which one resets the widgets, probably google search (launcher)
This must confirm there is conflict with ram! any insight?!

Anyone figured out a solution that does not involve booting, restarting the phone or manually running an app? that is no permanent fix. and this is extremely disappointing.

[Q] default keyboard keeps replacing swiftkey

I have installed Swiftkey from Google Play and select it as the input method but after a few hours or so the default keyboard is selected again. I can't seem to make Swiftkey the default keyboard permanently. Anyone else run into this?

duckworth said:
I have installed Swiftkey from Google Play and select it as the input method but after a few hours or so the default keyboard is selected again. I can't seem to make Swiftkey the default keyboard permanently. Anyone else run into this?
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This might be your issue?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...pon-updating-them-reverts-to-google-keyboard/
Supposedly only on updates...but it wouldn't shock me if the behavior happens more often than that....it's called a bug for a reason.

bakemcbride21 said:
This might be your issue?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...pon-updating-them-reverts-to-google-keyboard/
Supposedly only on updates...but it wouldn't shock me if the behavior happens more often than that....it's called a bug for a reason.
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Interesting. I wonder if that is the issue. Is anyone else having this problem with other 3rd party keyboards on the M8?
I will have to see if there is a way to convert it to a system app.

duckworth said:
Interesting. I wonder if that is the issue. Is anyone else having this problem with other 3rd party keyboards on the M8?
I will have to see if there is a way to convert it to a system app.
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I'm not having that problem with the Google Keyboard installed from the Play Store.

No but i had Kii installed on my note 3 and it kept switching back to stock keyboard. For some reason the updated versions wouldn't work I had to stick with one build
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Same here.. I ended up resorting to freezing the stock keyboard w/ TiBu to get SwiftKey to permanently stick

Do you use S8+ stock keybaord or SwiftKey or Gboard?

Do you use S8+ stock keybaord or SwiftKey or Gboard? if you use different keyboard can you give reason?

Been using SwiftKey for many years now. It almost feels like the stock keyboard for me. I have tested a few others, but I keep coming back to SwiftKey.
Cant specify exactly why, it just feels right.

SwiftKey for sure. Gboard isnt for me.
The stock I like but the question mark in a bad position. I had to go back to SwiftKey and I don't know why it took me so long to do so.

swift all the way it keeps my settings and spellings i cant live with out it...

Swype for me...

Swiftkey for me too, been using it for ages on loads of devices, it's the first app I download on a new phone.
Would like to try Gboard but the not syncing my dictionary due to the samsung security is a deal breaker for me

Samsung stock on S8 plus is pretty good I used Gboard but again jump to Samsung keyboard I hope I can change its white color to back!

Gboard is a king of keyboards for me.

I'm trying out cheetah keyboard for a few days now and I like it so far.

Shaady said:
Swiftkey for me too, been using it for ages on loads of devices, it's the first app I download on a new phone.
Would like to try Gboard but the not syncing my dictionary due to the samsung security is a deal breaker for me
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Umm.. you do have sync on Gboard...

Gboard, because it can correct three languages at the same time without having to switch.
I tried swift and liked it but came back to Gboard.

blinkaz said:
Umm.. you do have sync on Gboard...
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Ummm could you tell me how?
Unless I have missed something, the option to sync my keyboard is greyed out and cannot be enabled. Did some searching and apparently it is a samsung issue

Shaady said:
Ummm could you tell me how?
Unless I have missed something, the option to sync my keyboard is greyed out and cannot be enabled. Did some searching and apparently it is a samsung issue
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It works for me, rooted.

Shaady said:
Ummm could you tell me how?
Unless I have missed something, the option to sync my keyboard is greyed out and cannot be enabled. Did some searching and apparently it is a samsung issue
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same problem here Gboard can't save sync my words.....seem's like Samsung Knox blocked it

GBoard, because I type quickly and the other keyboards always tend to have some issue keeping up with me, but not GBoard. It's as close to Swiftkey being fast as I'm ever going to get. Also, it's one of the many keyboards that can run on most any device without issues or lag despite a lower-end device.

So I've used Swiftkey for years, but for some reason on my S8 its been causing it to freeze overnight. I didn't think it was the issue but as soon as i removed it, i stopped getting the freezing issue. Been using GBoard and its the closest so far to Swiftkey, but i still really miss it...

umbrokhan said:
Do you use S8+ stock keybaord or SwiftKey or Gboard? if you use different keyboard can you give reason?
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gboard because Gif, search and synch with my G-Account
but i prefer smasung keyboard because the clipboard really useful

Swype for me, been using since the beginning of android. Many themes, multi-language support (able to literally change language in 2sec flat), Bilingual, Swype gestures, swiping word prediction is very accurate imo after i tried the others, it is nowhere near Swype.
Con: I just dislike their Nuance/Dragon dictation voice if only it could change it to Google voice.

gtaelbordo said:
gboard because Gif, search and synch with my G-Account
but i prefer smasung keyboard because the clipboard really useful
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Gboard synch with my G-Account how?

Gboard, works great for me, light, simple and the stock dark theme that comes with it looks great.
Dictionary sync works great across 2 devices, so I'm a happy camper.

Play Store & Touchpal Lag

Hi, i've got the phone from a week now, it's cool but i've noticed some lag in play store and touchpal app. In play store is not smooth microlags everywhere and in touchpal it's worse. Have u got the same problem with play store? Is there a fix for this? Thanks

Anyone has noticed this? i've tried to optimize the apps with boost+ clear cache and data but nothing. Play store is very laggy and stuttering. Other apps are smooth. How can i fix this?

I removed boost+ from my device. Too many lags in some games...
I think it's him that causes the most issues, my playstore is normal, but touchpal is laggy by default in all devices that I've used.
It's just a behavior of the app, the htc and the official version has the same issue, I think it's due to theme loading, they may have done something not following google best practices.

thanks for your reply! Could it be the net? I'm currently on a 7MB

WhiteSmokeLester said:
thanks for your reply! Could it be the net? I'm currently on a 7MB
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Can be, yes. When your link is to slow, the view(recyclerview, gridview, listview) in android takes more time to get the data and display it, maybe it's this "lag" that you're experiencing...

WhiteSmokeLester said:
Hi, i've got the phone from a week now, it's cool but i've noticed some lag in play store and touchpal app. In play store is not smooth microlags everywhere and in touchpal it's worse. Have u got the same problem with play store? Is there a fix for this? Thanks
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You might be a whole lot happier if you switched to the GBoard virtual keyboard. Touchpal stinks.

michaelbsheldon said:
You might be a whole lot happier if you switched to the GBoard virtual keyboard. Touchpal stinks.
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I used to agree with you. But now I'm using blackberry keyboard or touchpal, depending on the last update. The error rate typing eith GBoard for me is to high, can't figure why...
When I use blackberry I almost write everything perfect, the only problem is the keyboard theme. In touchpal I can set the size to be exact the same as the blackberry, so I get the theme that I want and with the precision.
That's for me, for you may be different, keyboard is to personal to a opinion fit to everyone.

michaelbsheldon said:
You might be a whole lot happier if you switched to the GBoard virtual keyboard. Touchpal stinks.
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Yeah i've changed it, touchpal is not for me! Thanks guys

Yeah, Touchpal is complete GARBAGE, got rid of it ASAP.