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For almost a week now, my Marketplace app is no longer starting when i tap the icon (tapping the live tile as well as launching from the app menu fails).
The menu of my phone simply gets a 'refresh' once i tap the button and thats it (very odd).
I made a quick movie to show what i mean: Click (3 MB .mkv)
Has anyone else experienced this or have a solution to get this fixed?
I've had this on marketplace and other apps. I just restart my phone and it works. Would be nice for it to work anyway though
I tried powering down the phone before but that didn't really change anything.
So i decided to just pull out the battery and put it back in.
The marketplace is working again now, for me.
I have the same problem over and over again. Everytime I have to give my phone a reboot... this happens a lot. Maybe because of the really buggy Whatsapp interfering?
This app: Ultimate Rotation Control
has now claimed a second victim. A long time ago, I installed URC on my Motorola Atrix, as a way to force screen rotation in certain apps. Once I uninstalled URC, my Atrix could no longer use the system's auto rotate feature, until I completely wiped it and installed a new ROM.
Well I was hoping that it was just a fluke, a one-time incompatibility with the Atrix. Because I needed it on my new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3, because it was the only way to get Tasker to rotate my screen.
Well sure enough, the moment I uninstalled it from my S3, I could no longer use the system's built-in auto rotate feature, AGAIN.
I have tried rebooting, reinstalling the app, uninstalling the app with different settings (like uninstalling it while in force-rotate mode), toggling system rotate in different conditions... NOTHING I've tried gets it working again!
I've contacted the developer, but in the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions to get my phone's auto-rotate working again? Perhaps there's some hidden system file that URC messed with, that I can go edit to fix all of this? I really don't want to have to do a factory reset again!
moeburn said:
This app: Ultimate Rotation Control
has now claimed a second victim. A long time ago, I installed URC on my Motorola Atrix, as a way to force screen rotation in certain apps. Once I uninstalled URC, my Atrix could no longer use the system's auto rotate feature, until I completely wiped it and installed a new ROM.
Well I was hoping that it was just a fluke, a one-time incompatibility with the Atrix. Because I needed it on my new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3, because it was the only way to get Tasker to rotate my screen.
Well sure enough, the moment I uninstalled it from my S3, I could no longer use the system's built-in auto rotate feature, AGAIN.
I have tried rebooting, reinstalling the app, uninstalling the app with different settings (like uninstalling it while in force-rotate mode), toggling system rotate in different conditions... NOTHING I've tried gets it working again!
I've contacted the developer, but in the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions to get my phone's auto-rotate working again? Perhaps there's some hidden system file that URC messed with, that I can go edit to fix all of this? I really don't want to have to do a factory reset again!
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Flash your ROM again. If your phone isnt unlocked then... i dont know.
jason.hamilton said:
Flash your ROM again. If your phone isnt unlocked then... i dont know.
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Flash what ROM? I'm running stock, rooted. My phone is unlocked.
But of course wiping the entire phone would fix it. I'm asking if there is any way to fix it without wiping everything.
Right now it seems like the only way I can get it working is to have the app installed and running at all times. Strange that I'm the only reviewer that has noticed this behaviour, maybe no one else has ever tried to uninstall it before?
I have noticed a number of times now that I will download an app and its installer will run but when I get to the screen where I have to click either the "install" button or the "cancel" button, that the "install" button does not work. It has no effect and doesn't highlight - just seems completely dead. The "cancel" button always still works when this happens.
It has happened for apps being installed or updated from play and it has also happened on sideloaded or other apps - like my non-play version of tasker which just had an update to download and install. Downloaded just fine, "install" button non-functional. Rebooted the phone, went to the Download folder and launched the apk - now the install button works fine! WTF?!
This is very annoying. The same thing has happened trying to install some apps directly from google play. It will download and start the install, but when it comes time to click the install button - it doesn't work. Reboot the phone, go back to google play, and now it will install properly.
Is anyone else seeing this? How common is it? My phone is rooted, but everything else is stock.
Install button problem
I had this problem with "Turn off the screen" app. However, that's the only one so far
Just happened again - that's about 6 times today
I've been trying lots of apps on my new nexus 5, so lots of installs. From the tasker site, I downloaded two icon packs to the Download directory. I'm using es explorer to look at the details of the two apk files. When I click on them, I get the screen that shows me the applications access and asks me if I want to install it. The install button at the bottom does nothing, the cancel button works as expected.
Now I'm going to reboot - and experience tells me I will then be able to install them both...
Interesting - I was able to install the first icon apk, but not the second one. So installing the first one is causing some sort of state change, or something else started later in the phone's start up process to block it. Rebooting again and waiting this time for everything that starts on boot to start...
That was unexpected - I still can't install it. Going to try rebooting again and trying to install it earlier...
Alright, that seems to be the key. I was able to install it multiple times but eventually the install buttton stopped working.
I started killing applications and trying to install the apk after each app quit. I traced it to Juice Defender Ultimate, which is a surprise. I can disable Juice from its menu, keeping it loaded, and the install works. When I click the enable button in Juice, the install button for the apk immediately stops working.
I will continue searching and experimenting and report back my results. Have any other Juice Defender users noticed the problem?
Juice defender is a crap app. Don't use it, it'll only make matters worse for your battery.
I agree, it's not worth using it. Anyway when I used it some time ago I also had this problem, it's linked to the brightness control, so you need to disable it before every installation. They also have a fixed installer app that automatically disable auto brightness before install and then enable if after it finished. If your phone don't ask what app you want to use to install then clear the default app settings and choose the fixed installer next time.
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I have removed Juice Defender
Thanks for your reply. I had also noticed some unexpected changes in screen brightness with juice defender and will be interested to see if that also disappears now that it's gone.
I also own tasker so I'm looking at using that to save power by changing the phone settings in various ways.
Thanks for the input! It's a strange problem that the cancel button works but the install button doesn't.
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Thanks for your reply. I had also noticed some unexpected changes in screen brightness with juice defender and will be interested to see if that also disappears now that it's gone.
I also own tasker so I'm looking at using that to save power by changing the phone settings in various ways.
Thanks for the input! It's a strange problem that the cancel button works but the install button doesn't.
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Get betterbatterystats to see what wake locks are keeping your device awake. That's the best way to get good battery life. It can take a little figuring but once you know what's causing the problem you can start to address it
It isn't a problem. When an app like juice defender or screen filter or lux auto brightness controls your brightness, they use an overlay to make it look like your screen is getting darker than it can. The overlay, since it covers the entire screen without you noticing, also disables the install button. This is a security feature implemented BY GOOGLE to keep an overlay app with malicious intent from being able to hit the install button and installing things without you knowing.
THIS IS NOT A BUG
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Additional links and info about Juice Defender and the app install button
http://feedback.latedroid.com/forums/70437-feedback/suggestions/2518486-i-can-t-install-apps-from-sd-card-when-jd-is-start
http://feedback.latedroid.com/forums/70437-feedback/suggestions/1681367-issue-can-t-install-apps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324537
I've had this problem in the past with some app but I don't think I've ever fixed it.
As soon as the app loads, I get constant tapping at the center of my screen (I have enabled the 'dot' to show from developer settings) rendering it unusable. A regular desktop mouse cursor even momentarily blinks while this is happening. Prevents me from using the phone altogether, even the reset shortcut won't work. I have to lock the device and go to settings so I can switch apps and use my phone.
Anyone knows about this? Is it app specific or is there something I can do to fix it? I have disabled lots of settings on my device, disabled Xposed altogether, etc. Even tried safe mode but to my surprise you can't run apps in safe mode (how great is that?). Any suggestions?
Hi everyone !
I've been using this phone for a week now and I'm super happy with it, great performances, awesome screen, very well built, an all around good experience. Except for one thing.
I've been testing many scenarios with it to try to understand what is going on with my phone...
Whether it's on aeroplane mode, on mobile data or on wifi, once the screen is off, the pedometer and the GPS stop working. When the screen is on they work perfectly. The pedometer sensor (I use the "sensors test" app) shows me only 493 steps whereas the pedometer sensor on my Xperia Z3 Compact shows 8905 steps for the day (I walk a lot at work). And yes I've got both phones in my pockets.
Apps such as Google Fit, Lifelog, FitBit don't count my steps. On Google Fit I can no longer "start activity" because when I checked the phone the GPS is inaccurate. When the screen is off, my location is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and it goes back and forth like that.
I precise that I already checked every setting needed for the apps to work perfectly such as:
Access to my location is ON
Mode is "Use GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks : High Accuracy"
"Apps with usage access" is enabled for the specified apps
Specified apps are "protected apps" which means they're supposedly "running after the screen is off"
Background data is allowed on those apps
"System Wakeup" & "Keep running after screen off" are enabled for the specified apps
And finally, for my Xperia Z3c, even if in airplane mode, the phone tracks my steps all day long and once I'm back home connected to the Wifi, it uploads my data to the server.
If anyone can help me, it'd be greatly appreciated!
Put those GPS accessing apps and your Pedometer app in protected list, they might be getting low priority after screen off, putting them in the protected list will let them run even after the screen is off. To put them in Protected Apps list go to Settings > Advanced Settings > Battery Manager > Protected Apps
I hope this helps you.
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Put those GPS accessing apps and your Pedometer app in protected list, they might be getting low priority after screen off, putting them in the protected list will let them run even after the screen is off. To put them in Protected Apps list go to Settings > Advanced Settings > Battery Manager > Protected Apps
I hope this helps you.
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They're all already protected apps. That's what I don't understand... Everything is done so that all the apps should be running perfectly.
The thing that intrigues the most is the actual step counter sensor of the phone that stops just a little bit after I lock the device (screen off). I use for that that the "sensor tests" app. That application is also protected (and doesn't require any mobile network or Wifi to work) so even if it stops, wouldn't the number of steps increases/updates once I put the screen on? It's like it literally stops recording my steps/just goes into a coma ;D
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They're all already protected apps. That's what I don't understand... Everything is done so that all the apps should be running perfectly.
The thing that intrigues the most is the actual step counter sensor of the phone that stops just a little bit after I lock the device (screen off). I use for that that the "sensor tests" app. That application is also protected (and doesn't require any mobile network or Wifi to work) so even if it stops, wouldn't the number of steps increases/updates once I put the screen on? It's like it literally stops recording my steps/just goes into a coma ;D
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That's strange, it should get updated. Well, it should be updated even the screen is off, have you tried doing factory reset? Maybe it can solve, but it is highly unlikely though.
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That's strange, it should get updated. Well, it should be updated even the screen is off, have you tried doing factory reset? Maybe it can solve, but it is highly unlikely though.
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I've done a factory reset for something else I couldn't solve at that time (on the day I got the phone and personalized it lol) which is now solved.
So now that I know more about the phone and its settings, I've created a backup and will do another factory reset (likely tomorrow). *Fingers crossed*
My brother got a Honor 5C, I'll try to take his phone for a day and see if he has the same problem or not (doesn't have the same utilisation for his phone as mine)
Thsoukieo said:
So now that I know more about the phone and its settings, I've created a backup and will do another factory reset (likely tomorrow). *Fingers crossed*
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Okay, do it and report, so that we can know if it solves the problem or not.
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Okay, do it and report, so that we can know if it solves the problem or not.
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So I did a factory reset this morning and went on a walk after installing my two favourite apps: Google Fit and Lifelog.
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Everything was tracked during the hour walk! The GPS worked perfectly! Even the application "Health" from Huawei worked too. All 3 had almost the same number of steps.
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Seeing that everything worked I therefore reinstalled all my applications and stuff, being careful of the settings.
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But, and unfortunately there is a but ...
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This afternoon I went for another walk, and oddly only Google Fit recorded my steps. The number rose to 6,500 while the number of steps from Health and Lifelog remained unchanged at 3700 (those at the end of the morning walk)
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I really don't understand anymore...
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Seeing that everything worked I therefore reinstalled all my applications and stuff, being careful of the settings.
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But, and unfortunately there is a but ...
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This afternoon I went for another walk, and oddly only Google Fit recorded my steps. The number rose to 6,500 while the number of steps from Health and Lifelog remained unchanged at 3700 (those at the end of the morning walk)
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I really don't understand anymore...
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How many apps and stuffs you installed?
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How many apps and stuffs you installed?
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When I go to the "apps" menu, I counted 84 (~35 apps from Google Play + Huawei own apps).
Could there be one app messing with everything?
I think so, try deleting all the apps which requires location except the two which you use to measure your steps.
Hi! Did you worked out what was wrong with the pedometer? I am having the same issue.
It is a software issue. The way the oem coded the OS for good battery life has come with many issues like many things shutting down when the screen goes off.