So I bought my Mi 6 a couple of weeks ago, had no major problems with it except some glitches on the manual mode in camera which wasn't a big deal to me cause manual mode on my phone camera really didn't matter much to me.
But after I was amazed with all the customizations in the Themes application, I just faced a glitch that made the cache cleaner (which works by tapping on the bottun on the left side of the home bottun) stop and found long delays that kept my device frozen for like a minute or two, and it sometimes even crashes after taking a long time and then sends an error message saying "Overview isn't responding". So my device was unstable when trying to clean the cache and close all of the open apps which made my device unfunctional for a minute or two. I tried different themes and it was like they all had the same glitch, except the theme Limitless and the default theme which were already installed on my device at the first place.
This issue is annoyingly preventing me from using any custom themes because I couldn't tolerate that sort of delay I had never seen before even on cheapest phones!
I've already reported this issue for like 3 times through the Feedback application on my phone, and I'm writing this here to ask if any of you guys have faced the same problem. And ask for the 4th time from Xiaomi to fix this issue because it prevents me from using any custom themes.
Thanks and have fun.
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Hi!
I have a third generation Motorola Moto G with 1 GB RAM. I bought it a few days ago, it's brand new, original Android 5.1.1 is on the phone.
The phone has some problems:
- sometimes SwiftKey doesn't react when I start writing... and it might take several minutes
- occasionally when I quit from somewhere, the phone freezes, it takes few seconds, then restart
- I don't get notifications when I get new messages in Messenger (I think it's not the phone's fault, Messenger has same bugs on other phones)
- when the Sleeping mode ends, the phone keep in quiet mode, and the alarm clock don't ring
I tried lots of things, but the phone has the same problems.
I hope you can solve my problems.
Thanks!
Sounds like every single "bug" you describe has absolutely nothing to do with the device, but rather the software you've got installed.
Yeah, these sound like software issues... I would factory default and try running it with just the embedded apps and see if your issues continue, which I suspect they will not. Then slowly add your apps back in a few at a time and try to see where the issue is coming from.
BTW, I use Swiftkey as well... never seen a delay at all, but I do have the 2GB RAM version.
Swiftkey used to be a good keyboard alternative but as far as I'm concerned, it totally sucks now. With the recent versions, I had delays so bad on both my phone and my Samsung tablet that I had to drop it. You can stop the keyboard problem by going stock or try another keyboard, there are tons out there. My favorite is Smart Keyboard Pro, no swipe, but I don't use swipe anyway.
Yesterday I tried a full factory reset, I did not keep any apps. I think it works.
I will install all applications step by step, and I can see which is the guilty.
Thanks the advices!
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And Touchscreen sucks. Ghost touch can be fixed by flashing old touch drivers, but the panel is insensitive and doesn't catch some of the strokes.
So far, my third iteration of setting up this phone (twice today) is working, so maybe I don't really have a question, other than "Has anything like this happened to you?", but I thought this was better in the Q&A rather than general discussion section. Mods please move if you disagree. I really did think about this, but couldn't decide where to put it.
I had to buy a new phone about two weeks ago because my S7 Edge's battery swelled up and bent the back of the phone's case. I wound up trading it in on a new S8+ (from Verizon). I love the phone even more than my S7 Edge, which is saying something.
Anyway, I like to use Samsung's themes to switch things up a bit, and I change themes every couple of days. I always search the theme store for new themes that are free. I've learned that most of them are crap, but you can usually tell by looking at the preview shots if the theme designer has gone overboard by using poor color choices/backgrounds in the dialer and messaging apps.
Ok, so first problem: I was playing with a couple of newer (free) themes:
1) Dark Night
2) [LSA]Shinny Moon Town Theme
I switched to the first theme and all was fine, but I thought it was boring, and kept looking.
When I switched to the second theme, I saw a brief message that some elements were incompatible and wouldn't be used, but the message went away before I could really read it carefully. The theme applied, though, and seemed to work correctly.
I liked the colors and style of this theme, but thought the folder icons were too ugly to live with, so I thought I'd just switch the icons back to the stock icons. Here's where things got wonky.
I went to the icons sections, picked the default Samsung icon set, and applied it. The folder icons did not switch back!
At this point, I panicked a bit and just decided to return to the stock theme. When I applied the stock theme, everything looked OK, but I noticed the Infinity wallpaper wasn't working - it just acted like a static wallpaper.
After web searching a bit, it seems this can happen if you set the Always-On Display screen background to not be just blank. I followed the steps in an online instruction for fixing this, but the infinity wallpaper still was not working.
At this point, I tried clearing all of the app caches (in Settings/Device Management/Storage) and rebooting. This did not help.
I then tried clearing the device's cache partition by looking up how to do that online. Timing is a bit tricky on holding down the power key, but after a few tries, I got it right, and managed to clear the cache partition.
Still no working infinity wallpaper. It really seemed broken, and none of the online suggestions I found worked at all.
Now, I realize this may not be a big deal to some, but it's a new phone, and I'm OCD enough to want stuff that was working out of the box to continue to work, so I decided to reset the device.
I did that, and got about 60% through my somewhat involved process in re-installing everything and re-enrolling in various services (iris scanning/fingerprints/credit cards in Samsung Pay/etc. etc. - you all know the drill).
When I went to set Smart Lock options for preventing the device from locking when I'm at home (Trusted Places) or the phone is detected on-body, I found that the Smart Lock screen was completely blank. No options appeared, and no button appeared at the bottom right to allow you to start the setup process for various Smart Lock options..
Back to Google, and I learned the fix was to remove "Smart Lock" from Trust Agents, reboot the phone, and re-add Smart Lock as a Trust Agent.
(PRO TIP: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DO THAT).
After the reboot, I couldn't even keep the Settings app from crashing whenever I tried to visit the settings page where Security-related settings are managed. (Samsung's or Google's wonderfully irritating dialog box: "Settings keeps stopping" - yes, no s**t).
Clearing caches and the cache partition did not fix this problem, either, so I reluctantly and nervously reset the phone for the second time in less than 6 hours.
So, I guess my story so far is that this third time appears to be a charm, and everything so far is working great. I'm staying far away from third-party (non-Samsung) themes in the theme store for now, even though they'd always worked fine for me before.
I have absolutely no idea why I had the problem with the Smart Lock setup, though. Everything worked fine after the second reset as far as the Smart Lock setup and options, although I hadn't done anything in the previous attempt that should have interfered with something as baked in as the Smart Lock stuff. I hadn't even changed the default wallpaper or home screen setup yet!
Also learned my lesson about slavishly following steps on a website (Remove "Smart Lock' as a Trust Agent? If I'd really been thinking, this would have seemed like bad advice to me, but things weren't working right anyway, so maybe a bit of experimentation was justified, I don't know...).
Anyway, just thought I'd post my experiences in case they're of help for anyone searching for these type of problems. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this setup will "take", but I have to say my confidence in messing around with manufacturer-provided capabilities and content, using their built-in software and eco-system on their current-year flagship device, has definitely been shaken.
So, banking on the kindness of some like-minded strangers.
I'm having issues with a Pixel freezing.
OS: Whatever the latest version of 8.1 is in the UK as of 28/03/18 (can't be sure due to issue but I update ASAP)
Not Rooted
Running a custom launcher (Action Launcher)
When I boot the device, Android runs normally for about 30 secs, and then freezes. It still appears to be running, a couple of notifications show and will display the power menu, but does not respond to touch input. I had the 'show touch' feature in developing settings enabled, and the screen is still receiving touch ok so not a hardware problem as far as screen is concerned. I have booted into safe mode, and same result. Recovery mode operates as normal, but doesn't appear to offer anything of use. Also, as it freezes, a FC notification appears, but will be for different apps. I don't know for it's linked, but only after it froze I got a notification saying storage was full, I thought I had at least 1GB but can't be sure. Also, it happened first as I was attempting to share a photo from GPhotos to a contact in Allo. The other day I tried to take a video twice, and both times the system crashed when I pressed stop at the end of the video. Both times the system worked fine when I restarted.
If anyone can shed some light, or has managed to sort same issue, or can direct to a good thread (couldn't find one that helped) I would be immensely grateful, and will send kudos and good vibes.
James
I recently got myself the pixel 2 xl after Leaving my OnePlus 3T and I found myself really miss some of the features and I have also have some weird bugs
Features
Locking recent apps: for example I use Spotify and if I dismiss the app the music stops so in my OnePlus I could lock it and then when I clear all I would stay there.
Floating button or a way to clear the recent apps and notifications without scrolling to the top of list just to be able to clear them all
Gestures when screen is off like turning the flash on or changing songs
Bugs
The double tap to open screen almost never works
The swipe to open sometimes just almost not work and I have to try like 10 times until I just give up and use the fingerprint
And sometimes the phone could just freeze even when not a lot of apps are open until I close the screen for 20 seconds and then it's back to normal
So if anyone knows a way to help fix the bugs or get back those features I would so happy
Since this is the Pixel 2 forum, rather than 2XL, some of your bugs may be better addressed in the other forum. I've no problem double-tapping to wake the ambient display (I don't need "always on"), have never had a problem with swiping and have not had a hang in 6 months with the phone.
As for features, those are presumably One+ additions, so "getting them back" means "adding them". From your description they sound like things that would need root, and I don't know whether anyone has made such mods for rooted phones. But why are you clearing all apps anyway? I don't think I've done that since 2011 or so, and cannot think of any reason to do it.
Large Hadron said:
Since this is the Pixel 2 forum, rather than 2XL, some of your bugs may be better addressed in the other forum. I've no problem double-tapping to wake the ambient display (I don't need "always on"), have never had a problem with swiping and have not had a hang in 6 months with the phone.
As for features, those are presumably One+ additions, so "getting them back" means "adding them". From your description they sound like things that would need root, and I don't know whether anyone has made such mods for rooted phones. But why are you clearing all apps anyway? I don't think I've done that since 2011 or so, and cannot think of any reason to do it.
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About the root I have hoped to avoid that but I'll see what I do. And the reason i clear the apps is because the phone just freeze when more then 3 apps are open and I don't have any app that should Fu*k up the system'
Something is wrong with your unit then, because I agree with previous poster, clearing apps is not really needed since old android times, and could arguably be even worst ..
But this is the wrong place to ask, should post in Pixel XL 2 QA section
I switched from a OP6T after A10 update thinking A10 would have been stable on OP7 considering it launched a while back and may have ironed out the issues but I'm getting bugged about some issues that have lingered on forever..
1. Google Maps / GPS in general would get stuck on the previous location so you'll need to kill Google Maps a couple times before it picks up your current location.
2. Every now and then you can't attach images on Whatsapp. Only way to fix that is to restart the device or kill Whatsapp a few times and it might work if you're lucky.
3. Using gesture navigation with 3rd party launchers still flickers with a black screen before seeing home screen. I understand this is a Google issue but still it is an issue.
4. Company that was super aggressive with their updates has diluted their phone portfolio so bad that they just can't cope up with timely & stable updates. Stable update rollback have been record high for them in the last few months!
5. Multitasking is a joke on OP throwing out phones with 8GB/12GB with capability of holding apps in memory worst than a 4GB phone.
I've been a pretty loyal OP customer since OP3 and this is my 6th OP devices, but I'm on the verge of changing brands because of what once used to be their strength is now their weakness.
Hope things turn around soon for them, and us users!
1. Never experienced that.
2. Never used whatsapp.
3. Didn't know that.
4. Didn't know this either.
5. Or this.
I'm also facing the Whatsapp issue which is pretty annoying as I have to restart everytime when I have send any image
I haven't experienced the Whatsapp issue as yet on 10.0.4, but that's after flashing the latest 10.0.4 and resetting all the permissions.
Also, resetting the permissions seem to have fixed my issues with GPS too.
At this point, I'm glad no major complain anymore.
Issue after update to 10.0.4, notification icon on top left appears only a couple of minutes after the message (noticed with whatsapp). It sounds when the message arrives and the preview can be seen on the slide but no icon. OP7 stock no root. Anyone else?
Other issue since 10.0, if I set more than one alarm in the same day (one every morning and a second only for the evening) a second alarm icon appears on notification bar on the left