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Did the native Maps app on Your Windows Phone 7 device suddenly loose the ability to find the local Starbucks? Does it keep coming back with "No Results Found" for anything other than city names or addresses? Did the search button, which used to bring up bing search with scout, music, vision, and voice search options, suddenly decide to just open up Bing in IE? Well, apprently MS and it's partners have hacked your registry disabling such searching, hoping to finally prompt You to throw that perfectly working two-three year old device in the trash to upgrade to a WP8/10 device (if You're not pissed enough to go to Android yet).
Don't worry though, if Your WP7 search button and Bing Maps search is not working, It's fixable; here's what they changed:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions]
"CurrentVersion"="Default"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions]
"CurrentEtag"=""52757f6711ded01:0"" <<<CurrentEtag added, not sure if this matters
"CurrentVersion"="VersionA" <<Version changed from "Default" to "VersionA" which has search disabled, amongst other things (see below)
"Default" config Version settings for en-us;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions\Default\Locales\en-us]
"AddressSearchCulture"="en-us"
"AudioDurationList"="3000,6000,9000,12000,15000"
"AudioPeriod"=dword:00000bb8
"AudioRequestType"="AudioFeatures16"
"AudioSampleCount"=dword:00000005
"AudioSearchEnabled"=dword:00000001
"AudioSearchMarketList"="US,CA,AU,GB,FR,IT,DE,ES"
"AutoSuggestEnabled"=dword:00000001
"BusinessReviewsEnabled"=dword:00000001
"EditThisPlaceUrl"="https://gazetteer.bingmobile.com/nearby/editplace.htm"
"EventCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"FinanceInstantAnswerUrl"="http://mny.mobile.msn.com/en-us/quote.aspx?symbol={0}"
"ImagePivotEnabled"=dword:00000001
"LocalPivotEnabled"=dword:00000001
"MapCulture"="en-us"
"MovieCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"NeighborhoodEnabled"=dword:00000001
"ProductCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RoutingCulture"="en-us"
"SearchEnabled"=dword:00000001
"SpeechInRoutingEnabled"=dword:00000001
"TrafficEnabled"=dword:00000001
"VisionDetectorList"="UPC, QR, MSTAG"
"VisionDisplayText"="Scan barcodes, QR Codes, Microsoft Tags, books, CDs, and DVDs."
"VisionOCRLanguagesList"="EN,ES,IT,DE,FR,NL,PT"
"VisionRecognizerList"="OCR,Product"
"VisionServicesEnabled"=dword:00000001
New "VersionA" section / settings:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions\VersionA] <<whole new key/subkeys
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions\VersionA\Locales\en-us]
"AddressSearchCulture"="en-us"
"AudioDurationList"="3000,6000,9000,12000,15000"
"AudioPeriod"=dword:00000bb8
"AudioRequestType"="AudioFeatures16"
"AudioSampleCount"=dword:00000005
"AudioSearchEnabled"=dword:00000001
"AudioSearchMarketList"="US,CA,AU,GB,FR,IT,DE,ES"
"AutoSuggestEnabled"=dword:00000001
"BusinessReviewsEnabled"=dword:00000001
"EditThisPlaceUrl"="http://www.bing.com/local/reportproblem" <<<<"EditThisPlaceURl" different (maybe this is what broke the search button)
"EventCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"FinanceInstantAnswerUrl"="http://mny.mobile.msn.com/en-us/quote.aspx?symbol={0}"
"ImagePivotEnabled"=dword:00000000 <<<<<< Image Pivot disabled (0 vs 1)
"LocalPivotEnabled"=dword:00000000 <<<<<<< LocalPivot disabled (0 vs 1)
"MapCulture"="en-us"
"MovieCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"NeighborhoodEnabled"=dword:00000001
"ProductCardEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RoutingCulture"="en-us"
"SearchEnabled"=dword:00000000 <<<< SEARCH DISABLED (0 vs 1) WTF MICROSOFT/HTC/T-Mobile?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
"SpeechInRoutingEnabled"=dword:00000001
"TrafficEnabled"=dword:00000001
"VisionDetectorList"="UPC, QR, MSTAG"
"VisionDisplayText"="Scan barcodes, QR Codes, Microsoft Tags, books, CDs, and DVDs."
"VisionOCRLanguagesList"="EN,ES,IT,DE,FR,NL,PT"
"VisionRecognizerList"="OCR,Product"
"VisionServicesEnabled"=dword:00000001
The "VersionA" config version has even worse settings for some other locales, disabling everything from the looks of it. Take a look at the attached reg files for details (I renamed to .txt; CARE NOT TO APPLY TO YOUR PC REG OR IT WILL BRICK YOUR PC!!!).
So, the solution; all You've got to do is change the "CurrentVersion" value under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions\] from "VersionA" back to "Default".
If You're so inclined (I know I am), You can also delete the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\SearchMaps\Configuration\Versions\VersionA] key alltogether.
On My Radar, this not only restored the maps search capabilities, but also restored the search button!!!
Some background:
Starting sometime in September I noticed that the search feature in the native Maps app on my Radar seemed broken; it stopped working to pull up businesses, POI, and anything other than city names or complete addresses. "Seattle" worked fine, but anything like 'coffee', 'gas', 'library', or even 'starbucks' came up with "No results found". I did some searching and apparently I wasn't the only one; with the end of WP7 support MS and it's partners seem to have been neutering features such as the search button (now goes directly to bing, remember voice search anyone?) etc. I flashed Deepshining Radar v4.0 WP7.8 and switched to the Nokia marketplace so I could have Here Maps and Drive, that at least got me search functionality with info better than gMaps and voice navigation, but slower on these older devices, and split in to two apps :/. While HTC Locations also looked promising, it could not seem to find an internet connection when it needed it, and the interface is pretty rough.
Magically though, the Maps search was working again, so I was stoked, but not for long...a half a day later the search died again, and again i was only able to search for addresses. I did another factory reset, this time the search worked only for minutes until the phone finished configuring itself. The only difference was I left the SIM in. I tried it again with the SIM out, letting the phone finish doing it's thing till I got that first "5 tips for getting the most from your WP" text message before I put in the sim. This kept search working for a few hours again. This confirmed My suspicion that some setting was getting changed somewhere.
Out came wp7 root tools and reg backup. I looked around and found maps/search related settings under HKLM\System\SearchMaps, as well as some stuff under HKLM\System\OnlineServices\providers\bing\mapslocal and some other places) so I took dumps of HKLM\system before and after, compared them, and this is what I found. See attached for complete dumps.
I changed the config version back to 'default', and everything works again, including the Search button!!!
Took Me all weekend to figure out, Hope this helps anyone else in the same situation.
It's still working days later, I'm pretty sure it's a permanent fix now.
Hi, Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing.. but can you give a bit of details, I'm supposing my device should be interop unlocked.. which is not at all, can You direct me to the best thread with the most simplified steps to do so ?? Thanks !
I recently discovered you can access Google Assistant - previously only available for the expensive Pixel phones - on just about any Android v6/7 phone if you temporarily change the language to US English. I've been playing with it, as well as Google Now, which is apparently is set to replace and I have a few questions that perhaps people who've been using/following these apps for longer might be able to answer:
1) is there a way of saying "read this page out loud"?
2) can i translate the current page to another language ("read this page in french")?
3) can i get it it to open the browser (Firefox, in my case) and go to a page ("open Slashdot in Firefox", "Firefox open Slashdot" etc)?
4) can i get it to acknowledge me when i say "ok google" other than the limp little vibrate it does. There's an option to have it unlock the phone with "ok google" but if i'm not looking at the screen, or holding it (so i can feel the quick vibrate) I have no idea if it's picked my voice out of the background noises (say when i'm driving). It would make sense to have it just reply "yes [your nickname]".
5) when is the nickname used, anyway? I've never heard it say it.
6) Is there really no way of typing, instead of speaking, to Google Assistant?
7) I can't get it to play a video from Netflix on my Chromecast enabled TV, despite following the instructions online. It doesn't help that you can't follow them 100% because the options they describe differ between the online help and the Home app. Has anyone got this working?
8) I've set a work address in Google Maps but it's coming up empty in Google Assistant. Home is ok in both locations. They are both ok in Google Now too. What's odd is that it doesn't accept my work address when I type it, despite it being acceptable to Google Maps. This means that although I can enter a "close enough" address for the purpose of navigation, it's never going to allow location based reminders work.
9) Location based reminders don't seem to work anyway. It works for my home address sometimes, but i've never managed to get one set at a shop or train station to fire.
10) The shopping list interface is awful. It takes you to a really basic web page (it reminds me of my first attempt to create a list of items in html!) with no save option, and i now have some checked items I cannot remove. Perhaps if there was a save option I could do so. I actually thought this was a sort of javascript-less fallback option when I first saw it but it's not changed since then so I guess this is it.
For each of the questions above I've tried various ways but come up short. I'm using the latest stock rom for the Sony Xperia Z3, in the uk (the rom is the US one though).
For A while I spent a great deal of time trying to get screen mirroring working on the Amazon tablets. I posted my research on the Fire 7 forum, when I should've also posted here. I am happy to report, screen mirroring works 100% prefect, and do NOT need root access. My Fire HD 8 is currently on FireOS 5.4.0.0. I am only posting my results of my work in this thread. You can read my research in the other forum. I hope everyone has fun with this. Though I didn't actually do anything to get it working. All the credit goes to developers like @ggow and LineageOS for helping to make the process a reality.
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So I just wanted to update everyone. I still own my Fire HD 8 and I recently unlocked the bootloader to my rooted XT907 phone and flashed Marshmallow Lineage 13. I also acquired a Fire 7 rooted and also with a custom ROM, Fire Nexus (From XDA). I also now have a Samsung Galaxy S7, unlocked from carriers and rooted. I am happy to report, with the right app, the entire thing works perfect across all devices, rooted or not.
My current device list:
-Fire HD 8, 2016 - No root, bootloader locked, stock ROM
-Fire 7 2015 - Rooted, bootloader locked, custom ROM
-Motorola Droid Razr M - Rooted, bootloader unlocked, custom ROM
-Samsung Galaxy S7 - Rooted, bootloader locked, stock ROM, carrier unlocked and not attached to one
Unfortunately Google, your manufacturer and your service provider, all went through extreme measures to block out the functionality on many levels, especially older devices running Lollipop and KitKat. As such it's almost impossible to get the process to work for more than a few seconds on those devices if at all, and that's even with root. So many of the abilities and functionalities had been blocked or deleted and the damage can't be undone on older Android devices, again especially those with KitKat and Lollipop (unless custom ROMs for those versions). In order to 'fix' such damage on those devices, I truly believe the only way to do so is to start that particular OS over from scratch, rewriting the entire code so those functions work in harmony. Like a string of Christmas lights, If one doesn't work, the whole thing crashes. At least developers like @ggow and ones at LineageOS know about such things, and because of their continued hard work, are able to bring those functionalities alive. It truly is a shame this can't be brought out is a more vast range of devices because 'screen mirroring' really is cool.
It appears that Amazon does NOT really block the functionality, at least on the HD 8. It's more like they make it difficult for you to acquire working apps in order to get the process to work. I searched far and wide and trust me, of the few I did manage to get working, they use functionalities built into the app, rather than stock components. Except for one: RemoDroid. It looks like an outdated piece of software and even feels like it. It's only purpose is to bring out the stock screen mirroring functionalities in the device it's installed on. But again, like Christmas lights, if the functions are severely blocked, it won't work.
I can screen mirror to and from every one of these devices now. It appears the more recent devices have the functionality intact, including the Amazon HD 8, and possibly the rest. RemoDroid uses the actual built in 'cast screen' software to capture and send. If you pull down the statusbar, and look at your quick settings, you will see the 'cast' icon is turned on and in use by RemoDroid. Just make sure the devices are all on the same Wifi network and the process should work. If it doesn't, one of your devices isn't compatible and likely won't be. You can thank Google, your manufacturer and your service provider for that. They won't rewrite your OS so you're likely to be locked out of screen mirroring indefinitely.
I will make a video at some point to show it working on my non rooted, stock Fire HD 8 so everyone can see it in action and be able to have fun with it. Instructions posted below this post.
Video Here
Instructions
1) Download RemoDroid and install on your HD 8.
2) Install RemoDroid on a device that has ability to screen mirror, but no software to do so (Like the HD 8)
3) Make sure both devices are on the same WiFi network. Start the app on both devices. If rooted, grant the app root access. On the HD 8, ignore the no root warnings.
4) On the HD 8, tap 'stream', ignoring the warnings.
5) On your other device, tap connect. In a few seconds your HD 8 should appear on the list. Tap it. Your HD 8 screen is now being mirrored to your device :highfive:
6) On that device, tap the back button and tap ok to stop the connection. On the HD 8, stop streaming.
7) On your other device, tap 'stream'
8) On the HD 8 tap 'connect' and select your other device from the list. You are now mirroring to your HD 8. :highfive:
Sooo.... I just did the normal method for 5.4.1 and I had no problems? Was there a knew update that my firewall stopped?
TechNash said:
Sooo.... I just did the normal method for 5.4.1 and I had no problems? Was there a knew update that my firewall stopped?
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Are you asking in the right thread? I don't understand the question.
Hmm, what the reason to cast/mirror screen to the another (probably, with a smaller screen) Android phone/tablet? Screen mirroring has sense if you streaming to the large TV screen only but RemoDroid can't work this way.
And I'm unsure what the Fire HD 8 has a WiFi direct enabled network adapter (maybe, it's a prime reason why this functionality isn't implemented yet).
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Hmm, what the reason to cast/mirror screen to the another (probably, with a smaller screen) Android phone/tablet? Screen mirroring has sense if you streaming to the large TV screen only but RemoDroid can't work this way.
And I'm unsure what the Fire HD 8 has a WiFi direct enabled network adapter (maybe, it's a prime reason why this functionality isn't implemented yet).
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It is enabled. And I've been trying to get it to work from device to device as opposed to a TV.
DragonFire1024 said:
It is enabled.
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How do you know?
DragonFire1024 said:
And I've been trying to get it to work from device to device as opposed to a TV.
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I understand that. What I don't understand, why do you need casting from device to device first, what do you mean by "internal casting software" second, and why do you waste your time for this useless RemoDroid, third?
This app, Screen Stream Mirroring Free is working fine for the screen casting to DLNA renderer or Chromecast dongle (tested on both, on the 55'' smart TV screen). Of course, it's a little slower than Miracast (i.e. WiFi direct) but Fire HD 8 don't have Miracast (or WiFi direct) support at all (probably 'cause of incompatible WiFi chip but I don't really know, may only guess).
sensboston said:
How do you know?
I understand that. What I don't understand, why do you need casting from device to device first, what do you mean by "internal casting software" second, and why do you waste your time for this useless RemoDroid, third?
This app, Screen Stream Mirroring Free is working fine for the screen casting to DLNA renderer or Chromecast dongle (tested on both, on the 55'' smart TV screen). Of course, it's a little slower than Miracast (i.e. WiFi direct) but Fire HD 8 don't have Miracast (or WiFi direct) support at all (probably 'cause of incompatible WiFi chip but I don't really know, may only guess).
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It's not about needing. It was fun (and still is lol). In KitKat 4.4 the technology was blocked in Android, from the source code to the software level. Some of the "internal" functions needed for it to operate (software like a casting and receiving app known as a source and sink) were blocked in the framework (/system/framework/framework-res.apk) and other parts were blocked in the WiFiDisplay configurations in Android's source code (/system/etc/wifidisplay_config.xml) and so on. That app you speak of works to use Chromecast, but not device to device. (I've tried dozens of apps and root tricks etc). RemoDroid is the only one to use the available software that isn't blocked and make up for the rest.
Wifi direct can be found in the hidden settings using Activity Launcher. It's tied into Cast Screen (hence my research months ago). I can get the tablet to connect to at least two other devices directly. What to do from there? *Shrug* Ask Amazon...they blocked that out too.
DragonFire1024 said:
Wifi direct can be found in the hidden settings using Activity Launcher. It's tied into Cast Screen (hence my research months ago).
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Could you please expand this? Are you still talking about Amazon Fire HD 8?
[UPDATE] Just installed Activity Launcher on Fire HD 8: there is no "Cast Screen" activity found.
[UPDATE 2] As far as I understand, this "RemoDroid" app is not using WiFi direct; it working with HTTP protocol and own built-in HTTP server. It has NOTHING TO DO with the real screen casting; it uses slow HTTP protocol (and own plugin) to display screen content on the other devices. So, it's ineffective, slow and with huge lag. Definitely, it's not a WiFi direct/Miracast.
So I still don't understand your point. BTW, are you developer?
sensboston said:
Could you please expand this? Are you still talking about Amazon Fire HD 8?
[UPDATE] Just installed Activity Launcher on Fire HD 8: there is no "Cast Screen" activity found.
[UPDATE 2] As far as I understand, this "RemoDroid" app is not using WiFi direct; it working with HTTP protocol and own built-in HTTP server. It has NOTHING TO DO with the real screen casting; it uses slow HTTP protocol (and own plugin) to display screen content on the other devices. So, it's ineffective, slow and with huge lag. Definitely, it's not a WiFi direct/Miracast.
So I still don't understand your point. BTW, are you developer?
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I said because it's fun. I've been researching this for months and it's there. I have both an HD 8 and a Fire 7. Cast screen was there as of 5.4.0.0. Using Activity Launcher, it's in the settings menu.
Does there need to be a point to this? No. I never said there was one. And you're not obligated to use this function, but this was what it was to do originally.
I'm not a developer nor do I claim to be and never have claimed to be one.
OMG, now I understand! Man, you should better explain your finds and don't mess up with the completely different topics.
First, your assumption what everyone is very familiar with the third party app called Activity Launcher is wrong. I've heard that name a very first time from you here (btw, thanks a lot for the reference!)
Second: you are right, WiFi direct screen casting still here (but for some reasons Amazon made this setting hidden/not available). Here I made a pretty simple and small instruction (it's what I tried to get from you ):
- install Activity Launcher from the Play store;
- start it, scroll to the "Settings" app, tap on "Settings" to expand;
- you'll see all "Settings" app activities and may pin (make shortcut) "Cast screen" activity to your start screen or just launch it!
This is a really good find but you need to explain it properly at the OP
P.S. As for app you've mentioned (RemoDroid): it has nothing to do with the WiFi direct/Miracast (i.e. standard Android screen casting technique) but it's a nice and probably funny third party app, using own technique (HTTP) to emulate screen casting. But - fortunately and thanks to you - we can use the very standard Android screen casting!
P.P.S. Tried on my dongles: works pretty fine with Chromecast, cheap Chinese Miracast (bought for a few bucks on aliexpress), Windows 10 with the Realtek RTL8811AU USB dongle. Not working with the Microsoft Wireless Adapter.
sensboston said:
OMG, now I understand! Man, you should better explain your finds and don't mess up with the completely different topics.
First, your assumption what everyone is very familiar with the third party app called Activity Launcher is wrong. I've heard that name a very first time from you here (btw, thanks a lot for the reference!)
Second: you are right, WiFi direct screen casting still here (but for some reasons Amazon made this setting hidden/not available). Here I made a pretty simple and small instruction (it's what I tried to get from you ):
- install Activity Launcher from the Play store;
- start it, scroll to the "Settings" app, tap on "Settings" to expand;
- you'll see all "Settings" app activities and may pin (make shortcut) "Cast screen" activity to your start screen or just launch it!
This is a really good find but you need to explain it properly at the OP
P.S. As for app you've mentioned (RemoDroid): it has nothing to do with the WiFi direct/Miracast (i.e. standard Android screen casting technique) but it's a nice and probably funny third party app, using own technique (HTTP) to emulate screen casting. But - fortunately and thanks to you - we can use the very standard Android screen casting!
P.P.S. Tried on my dongles: works pretty fine with Chromecast, cheap Chinese Miracast (bought for a few bucks on aliexpress), Windows 10 with the Realtek RTL8811AU USB dongle. Not working with the Microsoft Wireless Adapter.
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Sorry I had assumed you read the link to my research. You are right I should explain it better. If you have appwidget active on your launcher, you can make 'cast screen' a shortcut on your desktop, but it has to be enabled again if you reboot.
As it stands now, the cast from device to TV is what it is for. The original idea was to do to or from ANY device. If cast were in the quick settings on the pull down, you would see RemoDroid using the cast function. Remo wouldn't work on my KitKat 4.4 because the functions internally were too blocked. If you look in the HD 8 build.prop you'll see the properties exist to allow casting and wfd to work, which allow Remo and the Chromecast to function. Most custom ROMs enable the feature so it works on any device, as it was meant to and much easier.
I also noticed the video uploaded improperly. That was my fault as I didn't grant proper permissions to my camera app.
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If you have appwidget active on your launcher, you can make 'cast screen' a shortcut on your desktop, but it has to be enabled again if you reboot.
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"Appwidget" (whatever it is, probably, another third party app?) isn't necessarily for this, "Activity Launcher" can create permanent shortcuts (I not tried to reboot but looks like it's a permanent - at least, until Activity Launcher isn't uninstalled). Just a long tap on item and choose "Create shortcut" from popup menu.
Here are screenshot to demonstrate "how to":
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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"Appwidget" (whatever it is, probably, another third party app?) isn't necessarily for this, "Activity Launcher" can create permanent shortcuts (I not tried to reboot but looks like it's a permanent - at least, until Activity Launcher isn't uninstalled). Just a long tap on item and choose "Create shortcut" from popup menu.
Here are screenshot to demonstrate "how to":
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I discovered appwidget in /etc/permissions. It is a script that allows launchers to use widgets, even though Amazon blocks it. They just did a write up about our thread related to it on XDA news. It also allows the creation of shortcuts. So you can long press the cast screen activity using Activity Launcher to make a short cut on your launcher's desktop.
"Activity Launcher" creates a shortcuts, not a widgets Here is a source code, and this is a SO question (code based on)
Small tip: if you don't like standard "gear" icon, you may install any app with better icon, and tap "Edit shortcut" in pop-up menu (instead "Create shortcut"). With the edit dialog, you may tap on the gear icon and select any from already installed apps primary icons.
P.S. Shortcut will remain the same (and will work too!) if you uninstall app with selected icon, and even you uninstall Activity Launcher.
BTW, @DragonFire1024 (I forgot to ask you), have you found a way to avoid "Fire Launcher" flickering by pressing home button? I remember something about substitution of standard buttons with third party "tricky" app but I don't like that solution (and it has some cons, AFAIR).
I found and tried your advice but it doesn't work for me: everything came as described but I'm getting permanent flickering of back/empty screen. I'm on Fire OS 5.4.0.1
P.S. Played for a little with second advice (about "Multi-action Home button"), and now can't get rid of the "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry" Any advice? Should I reinstall "Fire Launcher" and uninstall "Multi-action Home button"?
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BTW, @DragonFire1024 (I forgot to ask you), have you found a way to avoid "Fire Launcher" flickering by pressing home button? I remember something about substitution of standard buttons with third party "tricky" app but I don't like that solution (and it has some cons, AFAIR).
I found and tried your advice but it doesn't work for me: everything came as described but I'm getting permanent flickering of back/empty screen. I'm on Fire OS 5.4.0.1
P.S. Played for a little with second advice (about "Multi-action Home button"), and now can't get rid of the "The requested action is not permitted. Check Parental Controls settings and retry" Any advice? Should I reinstall "Fire Launcher" and uninstall "Multi-action Home button"?
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If you can still downgrade Fire Launcher, you can "fix" that in this thread. If successful, follow the steps below to "fix" the recent's button:
1) Open Activity Launcher, tap top left and select All Activities.
2) Scroll to System UI section and tap it. Long press 'App Switcher' and create a shortcut. Place it as close to the recent apps (the square button) as possible. When you want to swipe close your apps, use that shortcut. You'll avoid parental warning.
EDIT: Just noticed you linked to it. At the time, that fix worked. If it no longer does, then you are out of luck as of the moment. Since you cannot uninstall/disable apps anymore, you can't downgrade it.
I ended up with the factory reset. It looks like this "bad magic" is not working anymore, by result you can "achieve" just a non-working home button only
However the pros is: after reset and reinstalling, the "flickering" become significantly faster (or no flickering at all), now Nova Launcher mostly working like a normal launcher on Android OS. However I can't set (after reset) Google Now Launcher as a default launcher, LauncherHijack didn't see Google Now as a launcher, only Nova available. So, bye-bye, "OK Google"
Conclusion: will never touch that stuff again, FireOS with Google services working pretty fine, and don't need other "improvements".
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Are you asking in the right thread? I don't understand the question.
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I mean I did the screen mirror method for normal android devices and had no problem...
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TechNash said:
I mean I did the screen mirror method for normal android devices and had no problem...
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It's a lot easier now and more likely to work on newer android versions now that Google redid the way Chromecast works. When I had started my research months ago, close to maybe a year now, it was far more difficult, at least on these tablets. It's a very long story.
Hello. This is similar to the post here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74886167&postcount=41
But that thread has no answer that works for me. I have a Lenovo 8504F Tablet. I have it rooted using Magisk 18.0. I am a programmer, I am very knowledgeable with programming, UNIX, etc... But I am at my wit's end here.
I love this tablet, it is close to being stock android. I have it set up just like I like it. However, every time I install any app via APK or Google Play, an "Alexa" icon shows up to the right of the "recent" button in the navigation bar at the bottom right. And I CANNOT get rid of it.
"Amazon Alexa" and "Lenovo Alexa" came pre-installed. They have been uninstalled. Yet the icon still appears. I have tried everything I can think of to get rid of it. If I wrote about all the things I have tried, this post would be the length of a large book.
Just a few of the hundreds of things I have tried are:
* Uninstalling using Titanium Backup
* Using the "Debloat" module in Magisk
* Modifying the sysui_nav_bar setting
Specifically, this seems to be caused by "Lenovo Alexa" which apparently is deeply embedded into this system. I know, for example, that the sysui_nav_bar setting is normally "space,back;home;recent,menu_ime" Well, this Alexa hanger-on is apparently running as some sort of "System UI" extension and replacing the menu_ime icon (which is normally blank on my Tab) with an Alexa icon.
I cannot possibly list all of the things that I have tried to get rid of this annoyance. I am normally the person that people come to for help, but now I need some! I am not an Android expert by any means, but I know my way around. Any advice from someone who is an expert would be very much appreciated. This is driving me insane.
If any further info is needed, I can certainly provide it. I actually joined this forum specifically to get help with this issue.
Thank you all in advance for any help with this!!!
glurk_ said:
Hello. This is similar to the post here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74886167&postcount=41
But that thread has no answer that works for me. I have a Lenovo 8504F Tablet. I have it rooted using Magisk 18.0. I am a programmer, I am very knowledgeable with programming, UNIX, etc... But I am at my wit's end here.
I love this tablet, it is close to being stock android. I have it set up just like I like it. However, every time I install any app via APK or Google Play, an "Alexa" icon shows up to the right of the "recent" button in the navigation bar at the bottom right. And I CANNOT get rid of it.
"Amazon Alexa" and "Lenovo Alexa" came pre-installed. They have been uninstalled. Yet the icon still appears. I have tried everything I can think of to get rid of it. If I wrote about all the things I have tried, this post would be the length of a large book.
Just a few of the hundreds of things I have tried are:
* Uninstalling using Titanium Backup
* Using the "Debloat" module in Magisk
* Modifying the sysui_nav_bar setting
Specifically, this seems to be caused by "Lenovo Alexa" which apparently is deeply embedded into this system. I know, for example, that the sysui_nav_bar setting is normally "space,back;home;recent,menu_ime" Well, this Alexa hanger-on is apparently running as some sort of "System UI" extension and replacing the menu_ime icon (which is normally blank on my Tab) with an Alexa icon.
I cannot possibly list all of the things that I have tried to get rid of this annoyance. I am normally the person that people come to for help, but now I need some! I am not an Android expert by any means, but I know my way around. Any advice from someone who is an expert would be very much appreciated. This is driving me insane.
If any further info is needed, I can certainly provide it. I actually joined this forum specifically to get help with this issue.
Thank you all in advance for any help with this!!!
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From what I've read of others having the same issue, they were able to uninstall Alexa and its icon after they updated the firmware and updated the Alexa app. It was also mentioned that there are 2 apps in settings associated to Alexa, when you go to system settings>apps tap the menu button at the top then tap "show system", this will lost the "invisible" system apps and services, look to see if there are any apps associated to Alexa on that list and see if you can uninstall/disable it/them.
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I've been trying to log into Huawei's community forums for a while, but no matter what I try, it results in an error page. It's the most extraordinarily frustrating experience. I wonder if anyone else has any tips to getting logged in.
My main reason for wanting to log in, apart from having a general look for tips, etc, is to find out how to inform them of a bug in their OS. Does anyone have any recommendations for how best to do that?
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
James_Watson said:
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
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Well, that's very civilised of you. I'll write in English, since that's the only language I know
Actually, I have three bugs - well, I think they're bugs, except, perhaps, for the first one.
1. This one isn't really a bug, but I bet the people on the Huawei forums can help.
FYI, I use a sim card from CMLink - SIM #1 [1], which piggy back off EE in the UK, and CMCC in China, and provide useful roaming plans for use between the two countries. They only provide data plans limited by the month, and I have signed up for their 22GB plan. To track usage, I have a P10 and have been trying to set it up to automatically calibrate the data usage measure on a daily basis. I think it does this by sending an SMS containing simply 'Check' to CMCC's service number '10086', and extracts the data from the response (not 100% sure about that, but hey). There seems to be a 'calibrate' button in the settings to do this manually (under the usage graph), but when I try I get the message 'Incorrect network provider. Reselect and try again.' I'd really like to get this going.
2. Related to above, I've set the setting to show the usage under the notifications when you drag down from the top of the screen. I've configured my plan information - ie 22GB per month, and starts on the 17th of each month. However, while the 'Today' seems to increase appropriately, the 'Left' is stuck at the maximum. I imagine the 'Total' is supposed to stay at 22GB. I expect the 'Left' to go down as I use it throughout the month.
3. This one is unrelated to above. If I open a browser and go to my web mail site, there is an option on the menu to 'Add to Home screen'. As expected, when I select that option, it does add an icon to the homescreen. Since it is something I want on every page of the homescreen, I drag that icon onto the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. I do that for a couple of web pages - my email and my calendar. At this point, it all works swimmingly. However, if I reboot the phone, then those icons seem to be moved back onto the homescreen, and also are 'greyed out' and placed under the clocks (the clock widget) I have placed there. So, that's not 'expected'.
What do you think?
Max.
Device info:
Model: VTR-AL00
Build number: 9.1.0.201 (C00E75R1P12patch02) GPU Turbo
EMUI version: 9.1.0
Android version: 9
Android security patch: 1 August 2019
Kernel version: 4.9.148
Network (I selected things that might be helpful):
SIM 1 (my UK CMLink SIM): China Mobile, LTE, SMS centre number - a UK number
SIM 2 (my Chinese CMCC SIM): China Mobile, EDGE, SMS centre number - a China number
[1] ...and also a 2nd one, SIM 2, which is a local SIM
James_Watson said:
In fact, I often log in the community forum as my mobile phone is a Huawei device. I would like to help you report the bug.
You may post your bug description here. You can write in English or in Chinese.
If it is in English, I will translate it by myself before submit to the forum .
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You could also, if you would be so kind, help me fix my problems logging into the Huawei community forums...
davidmaxwaterman said:
You could also, if you would be so kind, help me fix my problems logging into the Huawei community forums...
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What's your question about logging into that forum?
But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
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davidmaxwaterman said:
Well, that's very civilised of you. I'll write in English, since that's the only language I know
Actually, I have three bugs - well, I think they're bugs, except, perhaps, for the first one.
1. This one isn't really a bug, but I bet the people on the Huawei forums can help.
FYI, I use a sim card from CMLink - SIM #1 [1], which piggy back off EE in the UK, and CMCC in China, and provide useful roaming plans for use between the two countries. They only provide data plans limited by the month, and I have signed up for their 22GB plan. To track usage, I have a P10 and have been trying to set it up to automatically calibrate the data usage measure on a daily basis. I think it does this by sending an SMS containing simply 'Check' to CMCC's service number '10086', and extracts the data from the response (not 100% sure about that, but hey). There seems to be a 'calibrate' button in the settings to do this manually (under the usage graph), but when I try I get the message 'Incorrect network provider. Reselect and try again.' I'd really like to get this going.
2. Related to above, I've set the setting to show the usage under the notifications when you drag down from the top of the screen. I've configured my plan information - ie 22GB per month, and starts on the 17th of each month. However, while the 'Today' seems to increase appropriately, the 'Left' is stuck at the maximum. I imagine the 'Total' is supposed to stay at 22GB. I expect the 'Left' to go down as I use it throughout the month.
3. This one is unrelated to above. If I open a browser and go to my web mail site, there is an option on the menu to 'Add to Home screen'. As expected, when I select that option, it does add an icon to the homescreen. Since it is something I want on every page of the homescreen, I drag that icon onto the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. I do that for a couple of web pages - my email and my calendar. At this point, it all works swimmingly. However, if I reboot the phone, then those icons seem to be moved back onto the homescreen, and also are 'greyed out' and placed under the clocks (the clock widget) I have placed there. So, that's not 'expected'.
What do you think?
Max.
Device info:
Model: VTR-AL00
Build number: 9.1.0.201 (C00E75R1P12patch02) GPU Turbo
EMUI version: 9.1.0
Android version: 9
Android security patch: 1 August 2019
Kernel version: 4.9.148
Network (I selected things that might be helpful):
SIM 1 (my UK CMLink SIM): China Mobile, LTE, SMS centre number - a UK number
SIM 2 (my Chinese CMCC SIM): China Mobile, EDGE, SMS centre number - a China number
[1] ...and also a 2nd one, SIM 2, which is a local SIM
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Your three question are really confused and difficult to understand for me as I never used a CMLink sim card.
But I will try my best to get to know your situations and help you as more as I can.
First, let's clarify your 3rd question.
On my Huawei phone, there are at most 5 icons on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. Every icon here for apps on my device works fine even if I reboot my device. So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Try to drag an icon of another app or widget there. Check if it will work well, please.
> I never used a CMLink sim card
I don't think there's anything special about the CMLink, except that it works in either country pretty much the same as the other. It is the same as any other SIM card with a monthly limited data plan. So, you could consider that it is the same as a Chinese SIM card, I suppose.
> So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Well, I guess I don't know exactly what the problem is, of course. My impression is that they hadn't considered this use-case much at all - I notice the Huawei browser doesn't have this 'add to homescreen' functionality at all.
However, you prompted me to experiment a bit more, and it doesn't happen with all web pages. Previously, I had my email and calendar on there, and they both were moved back onto the homescreen underneath other icons/widgets and greyed out (and didn't actually work to launch the web pages). However, now, the calendar page does seem to stay on there, and works when I click it. I also have tried both Chrome and Brave, and they both seem to show the same problem. I can't really see how it could be a web page problem, since nothing is being launched. I suppose it could be a web *manifest* problem, since that is where the icons usually come from...though looking in chrome devtools, I see that it has no manifest, and so the icons must be taken from the <meta> in <head>. The calendar, which does seem to be staying on the quick launch bar, also doesn't have a manifest file - so not that then.
It's pretty easy to reproduce though:
1. open your browser (chrome, probably) on https://www.fastmail.fm/
2. click on the menu and select 'Add to homescreen'
3. 'Add' on the dialog
4. 'ADD on the next dialog
5. go to the homescreen and locate the shortcut
6. drag and drop it onto the quick launch bar.
7. restart
Well, that's frustrating - I was writing those down as I did them, and when I restarted, it looked fine :/ I wonder if it makes any difference which position the icons are in on...ah, yeah, it looks like it is more reproducible if the shortcut is the left-most. Arghh. This time I lost a *native* app I had on there too - WeChat of all things - you'd imagine they'd make sure that works fine. Actually, it wasn't the WeChat app I had on there, but a shortcut to one of the contacts - you can add a wechat contact from the menu on their item in the wechat contacts list - 'Add to Desktop' it is in English. Hrm I notice that, while the web page shortcuts get moved back onto the homescreen, the WeChat contact shortcut is just gone....and I can't even add it again from WeChat - it says it is, but nothing appears :/
Gosh, it's really a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's too broken and inconsistent to even bother filing any bug. I'm tempted to apply for a job there to try and help, but in any case, I can't see too many Westerners being happy with such issues I suppose Chinese people just don't do this sort of thing.
> What's your question about logging into that forum?
>
> But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
> Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
Well, the question is where I can get help with logging in - but, if it is all in Chinese, I would modify my question to be: where can I find forums that are in English, and corresponding community support? Since there is a huge market for English speakers, I imagine they have somewhere for us to learn how to use it, and ask questions and report problems, etc?
davidmaxwaterman said:
> What's your question about logging into that forum?
>
> But as I found, it seems a community forum in Chinese. Almost all posts there are in Chinese. So, will you get any effective response even if you can log in it?
> Maybe it's better to contact a local Huawei customer service center in order to get some helps. Do you think so?
Well, the question is where I can get help with logging in - but, if it is all in Chinese, I would modify my question to be: where can I find forums that are in English, and corresponding community support? Since there is a huge market for English speakers, I imagine they have somewhere for us to learn how to use it, and ask questions and report problems, etc?
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Yes, your requirement is very reasonable.
When I posted some questions about mobile phone usage here, there would be someone would replied to my thread and tried to get more detailed info to help me. They said they were the Huawei official staff.
I will post a thread about "where for you to ask questions and report problems in English" for you soon.
On the other hand, you can access the forum either via web application (mobile web as well as computer web) or via an official app. You can also try the app. If you need it and can not find the apk, I will show you the link.
James_Watson said:
Yes, your requirement is very reasonable.
When I posted some questions about mobile phone usage here, there would be someone would replied to my thread and tried to get more detailed info to help me. They said they were the Huawei official staff.
I will post a thread about "where for you to ask questions and report problems in English" for you soon.
On the other hand, you can access the forum either via web application (mobile web as well as computer web) or via an official app. You can also try the app. If you need it and can not find the apk, I will show you the link.
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Thanks. I look forward to finding out if there is a forum for English language users somewhere. I do kind of feel like they could spend more attention to this requirement, unless, of course, I'm just not looking hard enough. I remember when I was using a ZTE phone - they were very popular due to having front-facing speakers, and so had a pretty good US based forum and it was very useful. [Side note - I wish Huawei would produce a phone with front-facing speakers].
I don't think an app will get me very far...I probably have it on my phone already - I see one called 'HiCare', for example, and there's the top line on the settings. It's all very unfamiliar and things so often don't seem to quite work as expected. I kind of wish the Huawei stores had 'help' sessions like they do (or did anyway) in Apple stores.
davidmaxwaterman said:
> I never used a CMLink sim card
I don't think there's anything special about the CMLink, except that it works in either country pretty much the same as the other. It is the same as any other SIM card with a monthly limited data plan. So, you could consider that it is the same as a Chinese SIM card, I suppose.
> So, is it a defect of the couple of web pages - email and calendar?
Well, I guess I don't know exactly what the problem is, of course. My impression is that they hadn't considered this use-case much at all - I notice the Huawei browser doesn't have this 'add to homescreen' functionality at all.
However, you prompted me to experiment a bit more, and it doesn't happen with all web pages. Previously, I had my email and calendar on there, and they both were moved back onto the homescreen underneath other icons/widgets and greyed out (and didn't actually work to launch the web pages). However, now, the calendar page does seem to stay on there, and works when I click it. I also have tried both Chrome and Brave, and they both seem to show the same problem. I can't really see how it could be a web page problem, since nothing is being launched. I suppose it could be a web *manifest* problem, since that is where the icons usually come from...though looking in chrome devtools, I see that it has no manifest, and so the icons must be taken from the <meta> in <head>. The calendar, which does seem to be staying on the quick launch bar, also doesn't have a manifest file - so not that then.
It's pretty easy to reproduce though:
1. open your browser (chrome, probably) on https://www.fastmail.fm/
2. click on the menu and select 'Add to homescreen'
3. 'Add' on the dialog
4. 'ADD on the next dialog
5. go to the homescreen and locate the shortcut
6. drag and drop it onto the quick launch bar.
7. restart
Well, that's frustrating - I was writing those down as I did them, and when I restarted, it looked fine :/ I wonder if it makes any difference which position the icons are in on...ah, yeah, it looks like it is more reproducible if the shortcut is the left-most. Arghh. This time I lost a *native* app I had on there too - WeChat of all things - you'd imagine they'd make sure that works fine. Actually, it wasn't the WeChat app I had on there, but a shortcut to one of the contacts - you can add a wechat contact from the menu on their item in the wechat contacts list - 'Add to Desktop' it is in English. Hrm I notice that, while the web page shortcuts get moved back onto the homescreen, the WeChat contact shortcut is just gone....and I can't even add it again from WeChat - it says it is, but nothing appears :/
Gosh, it's really a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's too broken and inconsistent to even bother filing any bug. I'm tempted to apply for a job there to try and help, but in any case, I can't see too many Westerners being happy with such issues I suppose Chinese people just don't do this sort of thing.
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1. About CMLink, okay, I just posted a thread for you to Huawei community about how to report issue about Huawei phone usage for those speak English. Wait for their response, please.
2. Now I have gotten to know the feature 'Add to Home Screen'. In my Firefox Focus browser, I found it. I will have a try soon.
James_Watson said:
1. About CMLink, okay, I just posted a thread for you to Huawei community about how to report issue about Huawei phone usage for those speak English. Wait for their response, please.
2. Now I have gotten to know the feature 'Add to Home Screen'. In my Firefox Focus browser, I found it. I will have a try soon.
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Awesome. That's very cool of you, thanks Maybe I'll try Firefox too...
Max.
davidmaxwaterman said:
Awesome. That's very cool of you, thanks Maybe I'll try Firefox too...
Max.
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I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then selected 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
Btw, it's time to home for me. I will try to help you tomorrow. Would you like to support my apps available on Google Play? Thanks in advance.
James_Watson said:
I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then select 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
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Ah, I hit this too. I suspect it is simply that you need to grant the app permissions to add to homescreen in the phone's settings in the Apps->permissions...or somewhere like that.
It's a bit odd that they don't get this automatically...I never had this issue with Google Android phones.
James_Watson said:
I tried Firefox Focus just now.
When I opened a simple web page, then selected 'Add to Home screen' from the menu, entered some words for the icon title, tap 'Add' at last.
But it was so strange that then I couldn't find this icon on the home screen at all. It must be a bug of Huawei EMUI system. The QC engineers should ignore this use case.
Btw, it's time to home for me. I will try to help you tomorrow. Would you like to support my apps available on Google Play? Thanks in advance.
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You are right. I granted the app permission 'add to homescreen' to Firefox Focus, and then tried the feature again.
The function works well. Even after rebooting, the icon is still there on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. So, I misunderstood that feature.
James_Watson said:
You are right. I granted the app permission 'add to homescreen' to Firefox Focus, and then tried the feature again.
The function works well. Even after rebooting, the icon is still there on the row on the bottom of the screen that is shown on every page. So, I misunderstood that feature.
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Cool. It seems like it might be working better for you than for me. I've not tried firefox yet, but chrome and brave both seem to lose any shortcuts on the quick launch bar, but not always. It is also quite curious what has happened to the shortcut from wechat...since that's a native android app :/
Perhaps you're on a more recent Android/EMUI version? What kind of phone are you using?
TBH, I'm seriously considering the P30 Pro 5G when I get back to the UK, and this is sort of a test run with a hand-me-down phone which I presume is very similar in UI/UX, so it is all 'influencing' my decision.
davidmaxwaterman said:
Cool. It seems like it might be working better for you than for me. I've not tried firefox yet, but chrome and brave both seem to lose any shortcuts on the quick launch bar, but not always. It is also quite curious what has happened to the shortcut from wechat...since that's a native android app :/
Perhaps you're on a more recent Android/EMUI version? What kind of phone are you using?
TBH, I'm seriously considering the P30 Pro 5G when I get back to the UK, and this is sort of a test run with a hand-me-down phone which I presume is very similar in UI/UX, so it is all 'influencing' my decision.
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In fact, my phone is an old model, Mate 8 with EMUI/Android 8.0. I also have a wechat installed on my device.
Btw, would you like to leave a 5-star for my app which is available on Google Play? Thanks.
James_Watson said:
In fact, my phone is an old model, Mate 8 with EMUI/Android 8.0. I also have a wechat installed on my device.
Btw, would you like to leave a 5-star for my app which is available on Google Play? Thanks.
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LOL, well I would be happy to, except I don't have Google Play on my phone...or Google anything, I think....except Chrome, of course. I'm a web app developer, so I prefer to use web apps than native android apps.
davidmaxwaterman said:
LOL, well I would be happy to, except I don't have Google Play on my phone...or Google anything, I think....except Chrome, of course. I'm a web app developer, so I prefer to use web apps than native android apps.
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I posted a thread in that forum for you yesterday. https://club.huawei.com/thread-21560821-1-1.html
But till now, I have not gotten any response. So, I sent a PM to the ADMIN just now.
You may try to log in the web app or the native app for the community forum. There you might post a thread in English as your device language is English. Have a try, please. Good luck to you.
Yesterday, I managed to contact the CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, through his social network account. But till now I have not gotten his reply to my PM.
I suggest you post your issues on the Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Huawei/ . Good luck to you.