Help. My screen is flickering just when auto brightness is on - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers

It doesn't happen allot, is this normal

Greetings sir, this has happened to me however I figured it out. I was running an application which would run ads on my phone for Amazon credit. This program was doing the screen dimming/flashing. I believe this issue is potentially app related. Uninstall any data mining apps and try it out.

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can i make certain apps force my screen to stay awake?

It's been a while since I owned a Android and I just moved over to honor 8 from an iPhone.
On my iPhone certain apps forced the screen to stay awake, mostly gps apps and also pokemon go which my gf plays all the time on my phone.
Pokemon go also uses the gps so I'm guessing it's all related to the gps or video since that's another situation where the screen stays awake longer.
So, is this possible on Android and on honor 8?
Changing the autolock is not what I'm looking for since that changes it in all apps and outside of apps.
Thnx
Take a Look an Tasker-App.
Maybe it will give you the solution.
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Take a Look an Tasker-App.
Maybe it will give you the solution.
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You talking about the app called 'tasker' from 'crafty apps eu' in the play store that's about $3?
EDIT: Ok, it took me a while to get it sorted and to figure out why it stopped working all the time (it was the battery saving process that kept killing it's permissions)
But now it's working like a charm.
Thank you so much, I never even knew this app existed. I haven't fully figured it out yet but I can see huge potential in it.
Every Android user should definitely have it installed.
This is a bit off-topic, but do you know any other extremely useful apps like this?
Thnx again.

Help App hijacking calls?

I was driving to my sister's house today and some app (I don't even know the name of it) popped up and I just xed out of it. Well turns out its one of those apps that put fake LED lights on your screen when someone calls ( and a lot of ads) I've looked through my phone and I can't find it! How do I fix this? I don't have allow apps from unknown sources on either.
Here is a screen shot:
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I would factory reset and start from scratch.
Unfortunately, sometimes even Google play gets malware/adware. It's likely that the app that is causing it isn't one you'd suspect. I'd look at the permissions and see which apps have permission to draw over other apps. Start disabling them one by one until you find the culprit, and then uninstall it. You could also do the same with the phone call permission. If that doesn't work then you'll need a factory reset.

Blurred Game Apps which normally aren't blurred (didn't test non-game apps)

Just as title. It just started happening earlier today, which I'm not sure what could've caused it. (no falls or anything today in particular)
The blur is the exact same as Goodlock's blur feature when you opened the status bar (if you enabled it). I tried disabling it but some (yes not all of my games) stays blurred.
What I did earlier were reboot, which somehow fixes the blur. But at the same time, a different game app is blurred. More reboots and sometimes theres even less blurred games, and sometimes almost all of them are blurred.
Does it mean hardware failure?
hi, i am having the same problem. all my games are blurred on S6 Edge FB etc is fine
ekrezem said:
Just as title. It just started happening earlier today, which I'm not sure what could've caused it. (no falls or anything today in particular)
The blur is the exact same as Goodlock's blur feature when you opened the status bar (if you enabled it). I tried disabling it but some (yes not all of my games) stays blurred.
What I did earlier were reboot, which somehow fixes the blur. But at the same time, a different game app is blurred. More reboots and sometimes theres even less blurred games, and sometimes almost all of them are blurred.
Does it mean hardware failure?
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hi, i am having the same problem. all my games are blurred on S6 Edge, but the likes of facebook and twitter are fine. i hope a solution happens fast!!
Hello. All my games are blurred too. It started two days ago. Rebooting doesn't help. Clearing cache doesn't help. I also uninstalled and reinstalled one game to see if that would help and it did not. I downloaded a brand new game and was able to play it just fine and then shut it off and this morning when I turn it on, that game was also blurred. I contacted my phone service provider yesterday as I figured it was something wrong with my phone, and they couldn't figure it out either. I've been Googling for an answer so if somebody has one out there, please, please, give us the answer on how to fix this.
Fixed mine
Hi mate, i cleared all my phone and boosted cache. Then turned it off for around 30mins then turned it back on it worked fine
Thanks
Scott
Same issue to me too
Juugen said:
Hello. All my games are blurred too. It started two days ago. Rebooting doesn't help. Clearing cache doesn't help. I also uninstalled and reinstalled one game to see if that would help and it did not. I downloaded a brand new game and was able to play it just fine and then shut it off and this morning when I turn it on, that game was also blurred. I contacted my phone service provider yesterday as I figured it was something wrong with my phone, and they couldn't figure it out either. I've been Googling for an answer so if somebody has one out there, please, please, give us the answer on how to fix this.
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I am also having this issue in my S6 with some games and apps.
The only way to solve it is to fully reboot the device.
When it is up again I have to open the game inmediatelly.
If I open something else first, and then the game, it becames blur once again.
Fixed blurred games.
I found another thread on this site with a suggestion and it worked. Of course now I can't find that thread but found this original thread. Anyway, here's how I fixed it. Go into settings, application manager, game optimizing service and then click on more, and undo updates. After doing this it was still blurred so then I did a force stop on the game optimizing service and then everything worked again. All my games are clear and functioning normally.
Juugen said:
I found another thread on this site with a suggestion and it worked. Of course now I can't find that thread but found this original thread. Anyway, here's how I fixed it. Go into settings, application manager, game optimizing service and then click on more, and undo updates. After doing this it was still blurred so then I did a force stop on the game optimizing service and then everything worked again. All my games are clear and functioning normally.
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If I could put up 100 Thanks, I would. This was driving me crazy for two days. The annoying thing is I don't have Google set up to auto update ANYTHING, so I thought it was potentially a hardware issue. Must be a Samsung app update... I'll have to freeze the Samsung app service, I think...
To Dalmus
You're welcome, but thanks really needs to go to Ekrezem and PiperTim. It was on another thread here at xda-developers. I appreciate when solutions are made in clear terms for those of us who aren't as tech savvy. That's why I made my post step by step clear. I hope it helps a lot of people.
I applied the same solution, but my GOS keeps auto-updating, and auto update is turned off! Is there a way to stop this nonsence? Is there an official forum or something where we can report it??
Blurry games on S6 edge v6.0.1
My question exactly: did all recommended. Cleared cache, cleared that other thing with a reboot (pressing on/off, volume up, home button) managed to play one game with no blurry image but it started all over again...
I have a Samsung s6 edge v6.0.1
All help very much appreciated
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I applied the same solution, but my GOS keeps auto-updating, and auto update is turned off! Is there a way to stop this nonsence? Is there an official forum or something where we can report it??
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Exactly! Since the 28th march this nonsense is on.... anyone have already solved it?
Found a permanent solution
I've found a simple solution, no wipe cache no reflash, no nougat upgrade etc
All you have to do:
1. Update game optimizing service via galaxy apps store (and dont ever clear data or uninstall)
2. Install samsung game tuner via google playstore and set default to maximum quality (don't forget to save your settings) and restart. You can uninstall this after.

verizon ellipsis qutar7 question

i have the verizon ellipsis qutar7 tablet and i use only for my security system as a monitor and for the most part is does a good job, but i keep getting play store has stopped or messenger has stopped or a few other error messages. the table still seems to show the cameras working in the background but had to see some with the popup on the screen.
so does anyone here have a fix for this? i have tried about all i can to try to fix it but even resetting it has not helped. i have notices turned off so i do not get those taking up resourses. i tried turning off all the apps that i did nto need or use and or disabling others and that did not help. i still get a few notices in the top as icons. but i would like the popups errors to go away for good.
maybe someone knows of an app tha tcan monitor this and stop them? or maybe an app that will restart the tablet at night and then restart the apps you want to be running?
thanks bp.

General Please Disregard - PEBCAK

Edit: I happened to be looking through Developer Options and realized that "Don't Keep Activities" had been enabled. I never thought to check that because I don't enable it. I don't know how it got enabled, but that fixed the issue. Lesson learned: Check it anyway.
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NieR cannot be resumed. It restarts even by clicking the recent apps button of the navigation bar. This cannot be reproduced on other devices.
Settings verified:
app is still enabled in Auto-start Manager
not optimized in Battery optimization
Battery Saver in Developer options is disabled
Background app management is disabled
Detect & stop under Detect battery-draining apps is disabled
Has anyone else noticed this with an app and was able to fix it?
I had this with a music player app. Have you tried adding the app in Optiflex?
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I had this with a music player app. Have you tried adding the app in Optiflex?
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I tried that just after posting. No change.
I am on WW .56 firmware . I dont have the issue as seen in your video with that game (even at 14% battery in ultra durable after 4 mins approx).It resumes where i left. Maybe a firmware related issue?. Try locking the task from recents and give a try.
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I am on WW .56 firmware . I dont have the issue as seen in your video with that game (even at 14% battery in ultra durable after 4 mins approx).It resumes where i left. Maybe a firmware related issue?. Try locking the task from recents and give a try.
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That was the first thing I tried before toggling anything. It seems it isn't an app issue then, so I should probably report it to Asus.
I wonder if turning on persistent lighting could exploit their wakelock.
I updated to the newest firmware WW .86. no issues faced.
I didnt turn off any optimization or change anything. Everything is in its default state. I was not on X mode.
I have no idea. I don't see why it is just that game, but maybe I can find others to determine a common factor.
Yes try another game or two to check the same. I have no idea regarding this issue
Maybe try clearing data for that game and start fresh with permissions or uninstall and reinstall to see if the same issue is persistent.
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Yes try another game or two to check the same. I have no idea regarding this issue
Maybe try clearing data for that game and start fresh with permissions or uninstall and reinstall to see if the same issue is persistent.
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Its not a system crash. I had downloaded the full data package to avoid downloading on mobile data, but also wiped, tried without downloading it, then downloaded it again. I'll have to double check the logs and make sure it isn't a silent crash, but that seems unlikely.
It's not a big enough issue to justify a full wipe, but that would probably fix it.
Having done everything but still persistent mean it is for sure due to system management or something else related to system and app or the game specifically. Because online server sync crash is highly unlikely for this game since before you continue its getting crashed/restarted. Give a try with two other random games if the issue is reproducible
It's looking like Game Genie may be crashing out.
Ironically, I did a raw firmware install and the issue persisted. I can only assume this means it is something in my configuration. I guess for now I will have to increase the screen timeout.
... and then I stumbled onto where "Don't Keep Activities" had somehow gotten checked. Yup...

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