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widgets not working/not updating

I just got a brand new N5. So far so good but theres a couple of things that are bothering me... mostly the fact that widgets dont seem to self update at ALL!! When I tap on them they still work, but the actual widget stays the same. Anybody know how to resolve this? Im coming from a Note 2 and Im really liking this device but this might be a deal breaker!! Thank you all in advanced!!

What are you running on your N5 at the moment?
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the update to either 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 (cant remember) jacked up my main weather widget. it stopped syncing time as well. it was EZ weather i believe. i switched to CM's cLock and that works just great. i think some app devs just need to update their code in order for some of these apps and widgets to work correctly again on the latest KK.

Bruce Lee said:
What are you running on your N5 at the moment?
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Its all stock. I haven't modified it at ALL. I just got it yesterday.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543397&highlight=widget+sync
Known issue. I haven't tried to reflash, since i am getting great battery life. I can't find the cause either.
I've tried clearing cache of the google search app which includes the launcher, still no go.
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Since you recently purchased it, see if you can exchange it. but I doubt it's a hardware issue.

xBeerdroiDx said:
the update to either 4.4.1 or 4.4.2 (cant remember) jacked up my main weather widget. it stopped syncing time as well. it was EZ weather i believe. i switched to CM's cLock and that works just great. i think some app devs just need to update their code in order for some of these apps and widgets to work correctly again on the latest KK.
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This is true for a huge range of widgets. Many of the battery % widgets do the same...they don't change until you tap on them. It's obnoxious because the entire point of a widget is to actually keep updating.

Having the same problem here. even the email widget wouldnt load email. it gets stuck at Loading...
Nexus 5, Android 4.4.2

nevermind

[Q] Anyone else having some issues with the S6?

Got the phone yesterday, and playing with it today, I'm noticing some issues with the phone that I hope can be corrected, because I'm kind of regretting the purchase.
First off, auto brightness turns itself off constantly. Every few minutes. Browsing facebook, twitter, etc and going nowhere near the controls, all of a sudden my screen with double the brightness for no reason, and when I check, auto brightness is unchecked in the pulldown menu. VERY annoying.
Opening links in Hangouts or Google Messenger to Chrome occasionally lags the phone out completely, or the click registers and does nothing.
I'm hoping that this is either a defective phone I can have replaced, or something fixed with a quick software update, but it's aggravating to deal with. Jumping from the Nexus 5 to a non-AOSP phone has me hesitate enough, and this isn't helping.
Edit: Just remembered, I turned off Samsung's keyboard and I'm using Google's official keyboard, and the Samsung keyboard keeps enabling itself! It's not actually switching to the Samsung keyboard, but I'm literally sliding the switch to "off", and it's sliding back to the on position on it's own accord.

Can confirm, auto brightness turns off automatically.
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Do a hard reset. Chances are that all of the issues will be fixed.

Touch wiz lag is awful after installing all of my apps. I'm also wondering why I have to swipe to unlock even when it's set for just fingerprint.

Couldn't say anything about Touchwiz, as I'm using Nova Launcher. Only get lag when I'm clicking links, as mentioned. Going to do a factory reset and see what happens. I REALLY hate doing this without Titanium Backup, and Helium was buggy as all hell. For the initial setup, I ended up manually installing all the apps I had on my Nexus 5, which was a pain in my god damned ass.

anyone rooted yet? just curiuos if anyone has tried?

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anyone rooted yet? just curiuos if anyone has tried?
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I'm not rooting until they either confirm tripping knox won't affect Samsung Pay, or there's a way to root without tripping it at all.
So I just did a hard reset, and of COURSE there's no way to keep your storage intact when you reset (**** you Samsung), the device switcher won't work with the Nexus 5 (Again, **** you Samsung), and I had to redownload every app by hand. As much as we ALL hate Apple, iTunes backup & restore is SORELY needed on Android.

Ritual82 said:
Can confirm, auto brightness turns off automatically.
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I changed my screen from Adaptive to basic, after I did a hard reset. Only been an hour but it hasn't toggled itself yet.

entropism said:
I changed my screen from Adaptive to basic, after I did a hard reset. Only been an hour but it hasn't toggled itself yet.
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I did a factory reset as well but left adaptive on, so far so good.
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are you saying the phone lags??? wtf...again???

Not experiencing any of this. My screen is set to basic though. No lag, using Chrome but not using messenger or hang outs. No keyboard issue either.
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AfroCreame said:
Touch wiz lag is awful after installing all of my apps. I'm also wondering why I have to swipe to unlock even when it's set for just fingerprint.
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Not seeing this either. Restored 90+apps
Finger print working without having to swipe
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I did receive a charger that didn't work out of the box though and had to get credited some money so that I could buy a oem fast charging charger

Are you saying that the phone doesnt lag at all even after installing/restoring 90 apps??
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hajyihia said:
Are you saying that the phone doesnt lag at all even after installing/restoring 90 apps??
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I'm not seeing much lag if at all, but I WAS seeing the issue with the Auto-Brightness, until I did a hard reset.
Battery issues are pretty bad, but it seems to just need a software update, or an updated radio. The Cell Standby drain is strong with this phone.
Of the lag I did see, my phone actually froze up, gave a snowy image on half the screen, then crashed. Only happened once, so I'm not worried (yet).
One thing that's annoying the hell out of my though: Swiping the notification shade down takes a few tries, and sometimes clicks dont register. I never experienced this before on other phones, but I've noticed it happens more when I hit things with the sides of my thumb vs touching it flat. very odd.

entropism said:
I'm not seeing much lag if at all, but I WAS seeing the issue with the Auto-Brightness, until I did a hard reset.
Battery issues are pretty bad, but it seems to just need a software update, or an updated radio. The Cell Standby drain is strong with this phone.
Of the lag I did see, my phone actually froze up, gave a snowy image on half the screen, then crashed. Only happened once, so I'm not worried (yet).
One thing that's annoying the hell out of my though: Swiping the notification shade down takes a few tries, and sometimes clicks dont register. I never experienced this before on other phones, but I've noticed it happens more when I hit things with the sides of my thumb vs touching it flat. very odd.
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this isnt good, we all thought samsung done it this time but it looks like we were wrong....the trouble is there is no other flagship phone to consider...

hajyihia said:
this isnt good, we all thought samsung done it this time but it looks like we were wrong....the trouble is there is no other flagship phone to consider...
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You really need to calm down and stop acting like the sky is falling. The first batch is ALWAYS buggy, and that's exactly what this is, and what this thread is about. Software bugs.

entropism said:
You really need to calm down and stop acting like the sky is falling. The first batch is ALWAYS buggy, and that's exactly what this is, and what this thread is about. Software bugs.
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^^^
And to add to that, the phone hasn't even been OFICIALLY released yet. It releases in 9 days. There are obviously glitches before releases...

iMask said:
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And to add to that, the phone hasn't even been OFICIALLY released yet. It releases in 9 days. There are obviously glitches before releases...
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EXACTLY! I especially love the "T-Mobile is so awesome, look how fast they're releasing updates for the S6! No other carrier has yet!"
Uhhhh... Which other carriers have the phones in people's hands at this point in time? Oh yeah, right.

entropism said:
You really need to calm down and stop acting like the sky is falling. The first batch is ALWAYS buggy, and that's exactly what this is, and what this thread is about. Software bugs.
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its not about getting calm, its not the first time a samsung flagship lags when they are released, we always say they will release an update to sooth everything up, but it never happens...do not try to convince your self that the phone is perfect...you have to accept facts, believe me i really, really hope they fix these bugs and lags....because as i said i am planning to get a new phone in two weeks and the S6 is the only option...

hajyihia said:
its not about getting calm, its not the first time a samsung flagship lags when they are released, we always say they will release an update to sooth everything up, but it never happens...do not try to convince your self that the phone is perfect...you have to accept facts, believe me i really, really hope they fix these bugs and lags....because as i said i am planning to get a new phone in two weeks and the S6 is the only option...
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Stop making assumptions. The phone isn't even released yet in most parts of the world.

hajyihia said:
this isnt good, we all thought samsung done it this time but it looks like we were wrong....the trouble is there is no other flagship phone to consider...
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ONE person mentioned lag. ONE. Most people in that thread said they didn't see lag. but there you go saying "OH NO, Samsung has done it again!"
Again, it's not even released yet, the phone has bugs. RELAX and let this work itself out.

[Q] What else are we missing?

As more of us get our phones today's, ive noticed little things missing
I cant seem to find simple sharing (I looked in the gallery)
Where is the Samsung stock internet browser? (isn't it needed to use finger print to log in to sites)
I didn't see onedrive installed., don't we receive 100 gigs?
the touch buttons (cant be turned off or put on timer) -.-
What else you notice?

I too noticed the samsung browser missing. I even looked in the samsung store to see if we could download it , no dice.

Verizon has thoroughly gimped the Samsung Galaxy S6
Looking through one of the nicest devices I've ever owned, trying to find all of the features that I've been reading about everywhere on the internet, when the realization slowly dawns on me: Verizon has removed many of the features of Samsung's software suite that made it worth using in the first place. Gone is the Samsung Store. I can't actually find it anywhere, which is really rather odd (hopefully Samsung will sneak it in during the night when nobody is looking...) Gone also is the ability to link Samsung's native music player to a variety of cloud services, instead you are locked into Verizon's rather poor attempt at cloud storage (meaning no playing music straight off your Drive from within the stock Music app, and you can forget about playing from Onedrive through it too.) Speaking of Onedrive, it didn't come preinstalled. That was one giant read warning light, followed by confirmation buzzers when I installed it and then scoured through all of the settings looking for the button to press to get my free 100GB of online storage. It would appear that this option simply doesn't exist for us. Funny. I forgot to laugh. Another thing that I found to be fairly odd: battery life. It isn't terrible, not really, but the device ran warm and got absolutely terrible reception for a few hours after activation. I'm going to have to keep an eye on it after it's had its drink from the mains to make sure that it was merely a fluke.
Has anyone else noticed anything that Verizon appears to have nixed on their Galaxy S6 that I've missed?

they answered a lot of the reasons i would root and mainly i finally get to add more columns and rows THANK GOODNESS
but i can not seem to figure out how to switch back and forth to my Bluetooth stereo or headset when on a call there was a bluetooth button that appears to be gone and i have to hit speaker button to get off BT

samsung account
The Galaxy store will show up when you log into your Samsung account and install some updates. Still I've yet to find our 100 gb's of One Drive or the stock browser.

I'm most frustrated by Simple Sharing and capacitive settings missing. Most of the other stuff I don't really care about.
Hopefully we'll get root, and then be able to flash ROMs with these options baked in
Overall I'm very happy with my S6 though. These are mainly just minor grievances

I was going to get mine today because Verizon I 100$ less than the rest and then use it on t Mobile. Us it not worth it? Should I pay the extra 80 or so for a t Mobile or unlocked variant? Or are you guys alright with what you have?
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Sprint version is only 48$ more so would you all recommend I grab that instead and just have it unlocked?
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Also is the 100 gigs of one drive unlimited or for a limited time?
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I really don't understand the point of removing the stock browser. I understand verizon or any provider throwing on their services even if i have no use, but why and what gives them the right to change the fundamentals of a product.
I can't use google music right now because I have to many devices authorized but when i go to de-authorize it says I can't. A call to google and they have to have a specialist get back to me as they are not in there office now. I get not wanting more then a given number of devices authorization but what do they care what device i de-authorize. Make it so once de-authorized i can't authorize the same device without jumping through hoops. This is not how I pictured this all going down while I was waiting for this phone. Like the phone and how speedy it is, but these problems plus what seems like not to good of battery life are making me rethink.

Where is the task manager?

Is the favorites widget for contactz missing or am I missing it?
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If someone made a lot if another variant like t Mobile or something we'll get all these features right? That's how it was on my Verizon g2. Cloudyfa was a dev who made a international variant rom for all devices so we had all the lg features. If this happens then the Verizon version Wil pretty much be the best since we can use it with relatively any carrier, and it's also 100$ cheaper than all other carriers when paid in full.
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fletch33 said:
they answered a lot of the reasons i would root and mainly i finally get to add more columns and rows THANK GOODNESS
but i can not seem to figure out how to switch back and forth to my Bluetooth stereo or headset when on a call there was a bluetooth button that appears to be gone and i have to hit speaker button to get off BT
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Hello,
Did you happen to find a work around for this because I'm experiencing the same issue. BTW i love Fletch.

capt77 said:
Hello,
Did you happen to find a work around for this because I'm experiencing the same issue. BTW i love Fletch.
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i did and it was right there the whole time but not as convenient as the old method before LP. when you are on the call look for the "More" button at the top right of the screen and its in there.
i blame it on the Underhills

If you download OneDrive from the play store, it will still give you the 100gb. Same thing happened to me on Verizon.

ATT S2 Software update r730aucu2bpd4

This morning I was presented with an update, now running software version r730aucu2bpd4
Anyone else see this? No information on ATT website or anywhere else on the web, except for a mention on a vietnam facebook webpage, that I cant read lol.
I didnt manage to catch a screenshot of the update popup, noting the changes.
Attached is a picture

My Gear communicates way better now with my Note 5 but I'm still unable to send messages from watch while using numbersync.
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Thanks. I really hope they fix the number sync instability. . I am constantly getting "numbersync has been disabled" error and when I try to re-enable it I need to reboot my device. I also receive messages in bulk, days later often times.

simbill said:
Thanks. I really hope they fix the number sync instability. . I am constantly getting "numbersync has been disabled" error and when I try to re-enable it I need to reboot my device. I also receive messages in bulk, days later often times.
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Yea I think its the way they make you use that message back up and sync app. I constantly get people not getting my texts and it's a battery hog.
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What was your prior version? I currently have R730AUCU1AOL3, which appears to be earlier then yours. I wonder if I will get the update as well. Speak of the devil & he shows up. Downloading now.
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Spoke to soon. It downloaded but failed to copy to watch. Well it took three tries to copy to the watch but it is installing.

roger25118 said:
What was your prior version? I currently have R730AUCU1AOL3, which appears to be earlier then yours. I wonder if I will get the update as well. Speak of the devil & he shows up. Downloading now.
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Yes, prior to waking up this morning I was on AOL3. ATT website as of this morning still listed AOL3 as the latest. Seems to be working well so far, and walking in Manhattan today the "auto walking" feature of s-health started much smoother and quicker than previously. (for the first time the vibration notified me that it was automatically recoding "walking")

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Spoke to soon. It downloaded but failed to copy to watch. Well it took three tries to copy to the watch but it is installing.
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Mine froze at 99% and 100% for about 15 mins, I got nervous but let it sit there and it finally finished.

I'm loving the update very much so far, especially the screen timeout feature. Now Samsung just needs to activate Samsung Pay!
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The new update brings the connection to the iphone?

Just got the update here too. Cool!!

Well after a few days my battery is getting hit hard so as my phone not sure why but after the update my gear s2 is draining fast with my same old settings. On my phone the bluetooth seems to be active more times now than before. Is anyone having same problem?
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sinichi21 said:
Well after a few days my battery is getting hit hard so as my phone not sure why but after the update my gear s2 is draining fast with my same old settings. On my phone the bluetooth seems to be active more times now than before. Is anyone having same problem?
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I haven't noticed anything strange with my battery life aside from my usual drain

Same here, no difference in battery life on the watch or the phone (GS7E).
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optimummind said:
Same here, no difference in battery life on the watch or the phone (GS7E).
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Hmm well thats sad that means something is wrong with my phone or my gear.. I guess I will try factory resetting my gear and see. Thank you for the reply
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I haven't noticed anything strange with my battery life aside from my usual drain
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Can I downgrade from Marshmallow without rooting?

Hello...
Can I downgrade my G3 from Android 6 Marshmallow to Android 5 without having to root it?
I got the update but I really didn't like it. There are a lot of things missing.
Thank you

What specifically is missing?
As for your first question you can flash back to KitKat and then update to 5.. there is a thread for that.
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To expand on the OP a little bit /Thread jack?/...
I'm having the strangest problem - The lower third of my screen acts like every swipe is just a touch. So when I try to scroll, it registers it as a click. I'm on Turbo ROM right now, but this problem has persisted across RR and AICP. Someone suggested that I go back to factory. Would it not be a good idea to just go back to LP?
I'm hesitant since I remember with my S3 going back to KK (I believe...) caused a brick since you couldn't return to the earlier bootloader. I may be remembering some of the details there wrong, but I'm still concerned about going back. Has anyone done this successfully?
Thanks in advance

Hi...I haven't done it yet, but I think I will...Marshmallow slowed my WiFi connection (have no idea why).
One very important thing is missing. The option to block a phone #.
The themes option and the live wallpapers are also missing.
I am also having battery issues, I have to charge earlier. The battery used to last longer with 5. Please notice that now I'm not even using a live wallpaper!
There are some positive things about 6 like the improved roll down menu/shortcuts. There is a flashlight and screen light regulation bar.
I'll try to downgrade to kit Kat and then to 5. I'll post what happens.
 @autosurgeon do you know where the thread for the downgrade to kk is? Could you post it for me please? I am new here and kind off having a hard time finding things! Thank b you so much!

Blocking a phone call is not missing. Wifi slow is usually the DNS server your provider uses I run an app called DNS pro it keeps me on Google DNS servers.
The themes are missing on the lg home launcher I don't use it so I don't care.. Nova is so far superior.
Battery discharge is caused by a an app misbehaving or because you didn't do a factory reset after the upgrade.
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To block a call stock dialer.
In the dialer hit the three dots top right.
Hit call settings
Hit call reject
Use the plus sign in the top right to add numbers either from your recent calls list or manually.
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Remember all your apps have to be setup as on push settings and when they can wake up the phone as after the upgrade many will update to the 6.0 version and some of those settings will change to default. Facebook did this as did Google now and both are battery hogs when in default. They wake the phone up 20 plus times per hour to phone home.
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Awesome! I found the call reject! Thank you!
It's just a pain...you know...I'm getting old....I'm 38, female and I try my best to keep myself updated with technology, but I must say that I don't have patience anymore to get used to the new looks and features!
Please be patient with me...I have some more questions. Lol
So...if I do a hard reset now, what will I lose on the phone? Any apps? Contacts? Messages? Configurations? I am always afraid of hard resets. I had bad experiences with Samsung.
Running the apps on push settings....how do I do that?
And what is exactly NOVA? Why is it better? What can I do with it? Is it free?
I'll try the dns pro!
Thank you!

Nova is a launcher app. And yes it has a free non pro version you can try. Try it it's better if you like the features I do. It has a ton of features (;
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Make sure you have at least one Google account setup on your phone and all things are set to backup. As for text messages if on att they have a backup app for that if not you can use a text messaging backup app from the play store and back them up on your micro SD card.
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Your apps will reinstall once you add your Google account back to the phone after the reset.
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As for your first question you can flash back to KitKat and then update to 5.. there is a thread for that.
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Just for reference, which thread are you speaking of that shows the proper way to achieve this?
I am not finding it...
Thanks!

@tmoca .it's hyelton guide to go back to stock kit Kat.just use search.

taticc said:
Hello...
Can I downgrade my G3 from Android 6 Marshmallow to Android 5 without having to root it?
I got the update but I really didn't like it. There are a lot of things missing.
Thank you
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I [just] downgraded my wife's last night from MM (6.0) to Kit Kat 4.4.2...Marshamallow KILLED my wife's D850. Burning battery, dropped calls, re-boots even after factory reset. I did what was in post #3 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64624353&postcount=3 )
After downloading KK and .Dll it took a total of 10 minutes and was one of the easiest flashes I did. After flashing back to KK, I took the OTA to Lollipop. She called me today and we talked for 15 minutes with no dropped calls and NO over heating. my question is stay on 5.01 or go to 5.1.1? I will probably go to 5.1.1 now i know how easy i can do this again if it doesn't work out.

Peterbluez said:
I'm having the strangest problem - The lower third of my screen acts like every swipe is just a touch. So when I try to scroll, it registers it as a click. I'm on Turbo ROM right now, but this problem has persisted across RR and AICP. Someone suggested that I go back to factory. Would it not be a good idea to just go back to LP?
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on the g2 phones, this would indicate a broken digitizer, and since the digitizer is fused with the screen, you need to replace your screen