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[Q] Graphics Issues

I don't know if this is related to upgrading to Lollipop, but I am having graphics issues trying to play games on my Nexus 5.
Whenever I try to play a game, my phone works for a bit (maybe 15- 60 seconds) and then freezes. The only way I can get out is by dragging the status bar from the top to get access to my menu. If sound is on, you can hear the game still executing in the background but the graphics are frozen.
Also, my Maps seems to break about 30 seconds in as well. Navigation is completely useless and frozen, but I can still hear the voice directions and the GPS is still working.
Does anyone else have these issues? My phone has been unlocked and running custom roms until Lollipop, I am running stock now. Maybe my installation got corrupted? Should I just reinstall fresh?
( http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/2nzax0/graphics_issues/ )

Does your phone heat up? My initial theory was thermal throttling.
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5.1.1 still aggressively kills common apps

This is super frustrating.
I knew that Android 5.0 had issues, because prior to 5.0, my LG G3 never ONCE closed out a chrome tab while I was playing podcasts.. After I got to 5.0.2, I had problems with the browser being closed when in the background AND I had about 5 other apps I was actively switching between... though I had to leave the browser in the background for a good 5-10 minutes before anything bad happened.
Things are quite different on the S6 Edge, and there's no improvement moving to 5.1.1 -- at all. In fact, it might be worse.
I've gotten in the habit of rebooting my phone every 4-5 hours to help combat this, but it's still infuriating.
Common examples:
- I get in my car, start Escort Live, start playing music on Spotify, then load up a route in google Maps. Within 3-5 minutes, Escort Live will close in the background without warning. Sometimes Spotify closes as well, simultaneously. Sometimes maps will close.
- Playing a podcast in Chrome, sometimes just hitting the home key will kill what I'm listening to.
I've exhausted my search efforts looking for some way to keep these apps alive. There's no legitimate reason to ever close Maps, Escort Live, Torque, Spotify, or a Chrome tab playing audio. What's going on here? I know that it was widely established that 5.0.2 still had this issue, but rumors were circulating that things were fixed after 5.0.3+. This is noticeably worse that my LG G3. It basically eliminates the ability to multi-task.
Does anyone have any tips to fixing this? Currently I am not rooted, because I wanted to see if 5.1.1 would help out with this issue.
Thanks!

wow...this is unfortunate news to hear. I was holding out hopes that 5.1.1 would finally allow the edge to shine as the phone it should have been. sounds like there's still a long ways to go. Wish I wasn't still waiting for the damn OTA....sigh..

Maybe you could use Smart Switch to upgrade? Not sure what version it provides...

We just need CM12 lol.
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jkt97401 said:
We just need CM12 lol.
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I'm wondering if I can create an init.d script to have an app stay running. I'd chkconfig on using tasker or whatever. Probably need root for that.

Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=63268027
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Having some apps crashing and not working correctly.

So I've been running CM13 by Sultan for the past few months and I've noticed a few apps are behaving weirdly. I'm not sure if these apps are having bugs with 6.0 or CM13. I did not have these bugs back on 5.1 / CM12.1.
If I use the NX Bus app (local buses app), when I click on the map button, the app crashes and force closes. This means I cannot look at stops or bus times.
Also, bejeweled blitz crashes if I do a 'free retry' by watching an advert and then returning to the challenge mode, the game doesn't load the challenge correctly, sometimes the score is not visible and special gems do not appear.
The Three UK app also doesn't not refresh my allowances when I refresh them, it just seems to time out and not receive the updated balances.
The Facebook app causes a persistent notification about not being connected to a cast, and doesn't let me remove the notification or close the casting notification. (there is an x in the notification but it does not close it) (it also does nothing when I tap on it)
The XDA app also can sometimes take a very long time to connect to the server and times out.
Its like some apps are not linking correctly or something. The Facebook one is weird, I cannot see any setting within the app to switch off the casting mode.
Should I try a different version of android?
These issues aren't particularly bad but noticeable and annoying.
Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks
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Apps Being Unresponsive or Hanging

Hi guys. Everything is great with my v20. The problem is that there are certain apps or games which I use, although fully updated which stop responding after a few hours. There is this one game which I usually leave open to farm on its own on auto. Eventually it stops responding to touches on the screen even if the sprites on the app itself keep moving. It comes up with a notification prompt to close the app, wait for the game to respond, or send feedback I have to reboot the phone to get it to work. Anyone else experiencing this kind of behavior and how did you remedy it. I already tried turning off power saving mode and the game optimizer to no avail.

prinzhernan said:
Hi guys. Everything is great with my v20. The problem is that there are certain apps or games which I use, although fully updated which stop responding after a few hours. There is this one game which I usually leave open to farm on its own on auto. Eventually it stops responding to touches on the screen even if the sprites on the app itself keep moving. It comes up with a notification prompt to close the app, wait for the game to respond, or send feedback I have to reboot the phone to get it to work. Anyone else experiencing this kind of behavior and how did you remedy it. I already tried turning off power saving mode and the game optimizer to no avail.
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Nothing can be done, you just have to wait for the app to update, although two apps I use xe.com and tsum tsum is having problem it's still usable.
It's a android 7 thing, so it's a waiting game.:fingers-crossed:

Most likely the Android 7 being the culprit, just watch for updates it would seem that there are some changes under the hood that are causing compatibility problems.
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Yep. Probably nougat issue or memory leak problem. I'm leaning towards nougat. Luckily I've rarely had the problem.

Thanks guys. I kinda figured out it was a nougat problem since it's not consistent with all apps and just 2 apps in specific.
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Has my phone been hacked?

OnePlus One running Android 5.1.1. This evening I noticed the attached message in my notification shade. There is no "NPO" app visibly installed on the phone and I have no knowledge of a "Chromecast-Matthieu" in my vicinity. If I try to cast through an app I am familiar with (Youtube, Pocket Casts) I do not see that device. If I try to pause the cast or close the notification, it restarts and/or reopens within a few seconds. I can turn the WiFi off and it goes away, but turning WiFi on again it reappears. I have rebooted the phone. The apps that got updated recently seem to be trustworthy. I do not have a Google Home device. I guess that is a renamed Google Cast app (?). I uninstalled that and it had no effect.
How freaked out should I be about this? What can I do to fix it? Can cast device names be hidden like SSIDs?
Thanks,
David