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Getting frustrated with bad UI

I had many android phones before and I never had this many issues getting basic things to work.
Most options are not where they are supposed to or not at all. Instead of spamming further threads I figured I will put them all in one place.
On my phone the swipe and none (lock) options are grayed out "Disabled by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage". Huh ? Also I added my smartwatch as trusted device and it still shows lock screen. Also smart lock settings are nowhere to be found.
No way to control music without unlocking (setting it in notification menu didn't work for me).
Standard quick settings menu is missing (even though in review videos it's there). The command center is terrible. It takes too many taps to access certain things.
Default email client doesn't work with office365.
I want to love this phone so bad, but it makes it so difficult.
Does anyone else have any other frustrations ?

OK, I figured how to disable lock screen. In security options I "cleared credentials" and those options appeared.

try swipe up from center bottom for quick settings

I am unable to install 'Evernote' from the play store. I get error code 504. I have tried everything to resolve the issue including vpn from another country without luck. Could anyone out there with a Blu Pure XL please try to install this app to see if they get the same error? Thanks.

Same boat. I even emailed Blu's support about the Evernote issue & the fact that this phone does not have quick charge even though it is advertised as such 2 days ago. Have yet to hear back from them. Gonna call tomorrow.

Thank you. @thomasanderson

tbirdguy said:
try swipe up from center bottom for quick settings
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Whats interesting about this is every review unit video on youtube prior to release shows the Pure XL with the same swipe down stock lollipop notification window & quick settings as the Nexus 6. I wonder why Blu changed this on the release units to the swipe up quick settings & two tier notification system(not complaining cause I prefer it, just curious), and if that was the reason for the 3 week holdup from the initial release date.
Look at the 3:28 mark on the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkCfilwYIEc
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Thank you. @thomasanderson
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You're absolutely welcome. Contacted Blu today. They told me that they would have to look into the quick charge issue and get back to me(yea right), and as far as the evernote app goes I would have to contact the developer. Interesting thing about that is that Evernote doesnt allow you to talk to them unless you are a premium subscriber. LOL! I was not aware of this. Looks like Ill be moving all my notes to Keep or Onenote for the time
being.

Found another annoyance. Led light is blinking green but there is no notifications on the phone and no way to get rid of it unless I disable the led completely. Also autobrightness doesn't work most of the time. On the verge of returning it.
OK restarting fixes the notification, but still...

BLU Pure XL
so far too many apps that work on my Nexus 5 running 5.1.1 but do not install or run on the BLU Pure XL running 5.1.
Out of Milk (sync does not work)
Evernote (504 install error)
I guess I will have to return the BLU. Super hardware, sloppy software it seems.

aim1999x said:
Found another annoyance. Led light is blinking green but there is no notifications on the phone and no way to get rid of it unless I disable the led completely. Also autobrightness doesn't work most of the time. On the verge of returning it.
OK restarting fixes the notification, but still...
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If you received a text or call, clearing the notifications from the notification bar is not enough. One have to go to the call and touch it to mark it as read. Kind of like an email, it does it for me.

notifications

None of my notifications do the normal heads up display on this phone even for the apps that have all options turned on under notifications. The icon just shows in the top bar. How do I fix

You have to enable Banner for the notifications on which you want heads up like notifications. To do this follow these steps:
Go to Settings > Notification panel & status bar
Open Notification centre/manager
Select your app from the list.
Enable Banners for the app you selected.
ENJOY!!
I hope this helps you.

It is like previous Huawei devices with notifications working only for a few selected apps (FB,Twitter,Whatsapp) or they finally fixed the problem and now everyone gets up even without the app being in the background?

DigiGoon said:
You have to enable Banner for the notifications on which you want heads up like notifications. To do this follow these steps:
Go to Settings > Notification panel & status bar
Open Notification centre/manager
Select your app from the list.
Enable Banners for the app you selected.
ENJOY!!
I hope this helps you.
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This is what I already did. Simply does not work.

km8j said:
This is what I already did. Simply does not work.
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add those apps in the protected apps section under battery manager in settings

Then is confirmed how is like other older huawei devices and the app don't get a notification if isn't open in the background even with all permission given?

Notifications are working perfect in every Huawei. Just set them right.

Did you tried protecting the apps?

I've done every step to make apps notifications work, they only work if opened in the background all the time, for some motive apps like twitter or facebook are in a white list who make them enabled to get notifications even when closed but games or unknown apps aren't in it.
I never got a notification from a minor app when it was closed, in 2 years I sue my Honor 8.
Now I discovered is because Huawei put some bull**** battery managment program in the phone who totally kills everything but their apps and some of the most famous and never fixed it.
I was hoping for the most recent devices to have a fix, Emui 5 or something but seems like they haven't changed their policy.

Go in Settings/app/advanced/ignore battery optimisation and add your apps.
Come on guys.

I wrote that I've done every step, notifications simply don't work.

VooXoo said:
I wrote that I've done every step, notifications simply don't work.
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Try manually updating your device by following below steps, your data will get lost so take a backup before.
Download latest firmware of your device.
Extract zip file and put the UPDATE.APP in the root of your external sdcard.
Press all the three hardware keys (Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button) simultaneously.
The update process will start.
You'll have your device like out of the box.
I hope this helps you.
Sent from my Honor 7 using Tapatalk

My device (Honor 6) is updated to the latest version, I already done a clean restore, nothing changed, only popular apps get notifications, games, minor apps or not from the play store never get notifications. Every setting for getting them is on.

VooXoo said:
My device (Honor 6) is updated to the latest version, I already done a clean restore, nothing changed, only popular apps get notifications, games, minor apps or not from the play store never get notifications. Every setting for getting them is on.
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I think Honor is doing some tweaks to clean the background apps so that more RAM stays free, and the battery life gets longer.
If you were on Honor 7 I would have suggested DigiKernel v1.1 as I didn't have any issues of notification after flashing it.

I haven't touched the OS, no root, flash or mods, is clean...and doesn't work, I've heard of how Emui 5 should fix this bug but my device is out the list of the receivers.

ouardo said:
Go in Settings/app/advanced/ignore battery optimisation and add your apps.
Come on guys.
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I just signed up to say thank you for the solution. :victory:
This option is never mentioned on forums when people asking for solution to notification errors.
"Protecting apps" and " Notification centre/manager" did not help, when the appliction is not checked on the list you say.

TeriYaki_ said:
I just signed up to say thank you for the solution. :victory:
This option is never mentioned on forums when people asking for solution to notification errors.
"Protecting apps" and " Notification centre/manager" did not help, when the appliction is not checked on the list you say.
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doze mode!!!!.
very helpful indeed!!!

TeriYaki_ said:
I just signed up to say thank you for the solution. :victory:
This option is never mentioned on forums when people asking for solution to notification errors.
"Protecting apps" and " Notification centre/manager" did not help, when the appliction is not checked on the list you say.
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You're welcome.
I know it's never mentioned on forums, it always surprises me.

App Specific Notification Sounds Issue - Oreo or EMUI?

I'd settled on the View 10 after previously returning the G6 and OP5T last year. Here in the UK, it seemed a good compromise on features and price. Having had it a couple of days I'm trying to get a handle on its quirks and oddities.
Prior to Oreo, I'd been used to app notifications functioning as you'd expect. On the View 10 things are a bit different. Well, fair enough. However, I'm finding that some apps, an example being Sky News, just make the phone wide default notification sound rather than their own dedicated one. The Sky 'breaking news' one is very distinctive.
Now I've had a look in the settings, both of EMUI and the app, and there's no way to choose or set it correctly. The Inability to choose custom tones/alerts appears, across a swath of apps, to be something of a bugbear for all Oreo users. But here I'm wondering if EMUI is equally to blame as their implementation seems less than perfect. That said Sky could do with updating their app to make it more Oreo friendly.
So have other owners had any specific notification issues?
What's the solution? Well I'm going to try NotifiCon and see how effective that is. Although if I want the same notifications as before I'll have to root to locate the audio file(s).
My tolerance for bugs / quirks is reasonable just as long as they don't constantly impact my usage. That said I've already had my fingerprints go missing in a day and some notifications not appearing on the lockscreen. Further nagging problems won't be welcome.

I'm having the same problem with Viber.
I sent them an email, they investigated and told me this is EMUI 8.0 issue.
Honor/Huawei tends to do some weird things with their OS unfortunately.

NotifiCon
Im using NotifiCon on my Honar 10 but cant get it to send sound notifications when screen is locked

FYI, this is an issue that I too found very annoying. IIRC the issue was that in Oreo the sound settings had been moved out of the individual apps themselves and into the notification settings. However, it appeared that Honor/Huawei had not implemented this correctly within their take on Android 8/EMUI8. I updated my View 10 to Android 9/EMUI9 yesterday and I can confirm that the notification management has now been properly implemented which not only means that it is now possible to set different custom notification sounds for different apps, but also where an app supports it you can set multiple sounds for different notification types within a single app.
If you want to update to Pie there is a threads that details how to force the update... https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-view-10/development/tool-huaweiupdater-update-to-emui-9-t3884904

[FOLLOW BUG FIX] V10.0.3.0 - Miui V10 notifications (ur settings will not save)

[NOTE] - This behavior is exactly the same on both global (Pie 9.0) and stable (Oreo 8.0) version. I´ve checked this, so "Stable" Oreo is also buggy.
Report > http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=4190948&extra=
This bug still remains in latest build (8.10.11). in miui per/app notifications option, notifications are activated by default,
BUT you can see a few options below each app notification page switch: Sound, vibration, show on lockscreen, show headup....
By default, I seem to remember only vibration option is activated, so here (and on each conversation you got a notification in the case of telegram)
You have to activate all options you want: sound, show on lockscreen....
After a while, all this activated options will be resetted by the system (we dont know why) and will switch back to its defaults >> "only vibrate and dont show on lock screen" combination.
So I want to collect information about this bug, wich remains after months, and its a very important thing wich need more atention.
THIS IS A G-FORM WHERE YOU CAN SIMPLY TELL IF IT WORKS OR NOT FOR YOU, SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE IS AFFECTED OR NOT BY THIS BUG
GOOGLE FORM LINKS
(stable releases) > https://goo.gl/forms/CAnQy4Q3nm8Hegzm1 SEE THE RESULTS >> https://goo.gl/affGbh
(dev releases) > https://goo.gl/forms/8VqaS3ByOcIVyILU2 SEE THE RESULTS >> https://goo.gl/MyqHm3

4 responses was deleted due to form changes, so its restarted

This is a Pie issue. Early versions of Pie GSI ROMs had the same issue, but they were eventually fixed. I don't think that MIU is using that fixed Pie ROM as its base.

napes22 said:
This is a Pie issue. Early versions of Pie GSI ROMs had the same issue, but they were eventually fixed. I don't think that MIU is using that fixed Pie ROM as its base.
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Maybe is a Pie issue, but also miui10 oreo (stable right now) is having this bug

This is what happen (video)
https://goo.gl/m4M3nd

Is it only behaving like this with this app ?
I will receive my phone Tomorrow, don't want to keep it if notifications are broken.
(Like on my current Huawei phone)

mchtt said:
Is it only behaving like this with this app ?
I will receive my phone Tomorrow, don't want to keep it if notifications are broken.
(Like on my current Huawei phone)
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Same with WhatsApp vs. GBWhatsapp and sure more apps. Its a system issue on how it manage defaul values depending on preset or non preset apps

I have sent my device back ?
Disappointed by this and also the screen is not that good in my opinion. (Colors and Resolution compared to others)
Performance were great and gesture mode perfect.

Updated forms:
One to stables > with V10.0.3.0PDGMIFH lets try..... (I got the update vía ota, "PDGMIFH" means PIE?)
And one to developer > 8.10.11 right now.

I´ve tested new V10.0.3.0 very excited, but sadly I have to say this issue remains there.
Some of you maybe say "oh, Im not having this issue... my notifications are working well". Yes, but maybe it default is to play sound, vibration and so... but try to uncheck sound or anything, clean recents, and wait to get a notification for these certain contact. Probably your unchecked options will reactivate again.

I have the same issue on Dev Global M10. No notifications whatsoever for Hangouts, Android Messages, Discord, and Snapchat. Gmail works fine though.

Beta updates thread #ColorOS 13 #OppoFindX5Pro #OppoAmbassadors

Hi guys just making this thread to keep everyone as up to date as possible on the ColorOS 13 and what to expect. I'm currently downloading the beta firmware that's been released to the Ambassador's possibly to more users outside the ambassador program so here's the current file size and change log. Any questions fire away.

After 24 hours or so later from installing the beta I have noticed a few slight issues nothing show stopping so far so here's slight run down of things I have found so far:
1. Google Wallet:
Due to this being Beta firmware you are given this error,
I have yet to test to see if contactless payment might actually still work despite the warning message but I do plan to test it anyway.
2. Brightness issue:
After installing the new Beta I noticed that when the device was booting up the screen was lovely and bright. However as soon as it gets passed the boot animation all of a sudden the screen got really dark to the point that even screenshots became dark as well note the warning image above. After some digging about in the settings menu I came across an option within the dark mode settings called "Reduce contrast in low-light conditions". After i disabled that option the screen brightness and screenshots returned to normal again.
3. The Power Menu:
With this new update the power menu has changed quite a lot when you press the power button or the power + volume up depending on your setup you will no longer see the the Emergency, Restart or Power off buttons at the top. What you will see now is a sliding option in the middle of your screen to Restart or Power off. However not sure if it related to my first point but i no longer have options for quick access to my contactless payment options. Hopefully once the official version gets released having quick access to my payment options will return
Before:​After:​

Can you check these things for me?
1. Does ColorOS 13 allow hiding lock screen pattern? It's not there in ColorOS 12 despite being a feature in stock Android since forever.
2. Go to App info of Google Drive, then Open by Default. Does it have the option to turn off 'Open supported links'? It's there in stock Android 12 but not ColorOS 12. An example is provided below.
3. When you use App drawer mode (App drawer seperate with Home screen) and long press a user-installed app icon, does it allow uninstalling, or just removing the shortcut? I can do this in OneUI and OxygenOS 10 but not in ColorOS 12.
4. In App Drawer, when pressing the three dot icon above an app, does it allow going to 'App Info' of that app? Again, I can do this in OneUI but not ColorOS 12.
(the top option is App info)
These little things have been bugging me since updating to 12, so really appreciate if you can confirm if they have fixed them in ColorOS 13

I update to for android 13 and the phone is hot in idel and the battery drain fast

I have a question about the new version. Did they change how notifications behave on the lockscreen? At the moment notifications dissapear from the lockscreen in these scenarios:
- after you unlock and lock your phone, notifications disappear
- after a while (say 5 to 30 minutes) notifications dissapear from the lockscreen after having unlocked the phone.
All oppo, realme and (since oxygen 12) oneplus phones have this behavior.
I want to know if all notifications stay on the lockscreen no matter how many times you unlock your phone or how many hours they have been sitting there.

Any update to our questions?

ZoM4cs said:
I update to for android 13 and the phone is hot in idel and the battery drain fast
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That happened to me, I rebooted and factory reset and now I am back to a fantastic battery with very little drain.

gusoldier said:
I have a question about the new version. Did they change how notifications behave on the lockscreen? At the moment notifications dissapear from the lockscreen in these scenarios:
- after you unlock and lock your phone, notifications disappear
- after a while (say 5 to 30 minutes) notifications dissapear from the lockscreen after having unlocked the phone.
All oppo, realme and (since oxygen 12) oneplus phones have this behavior.
I want to know if all notifications stay on the lockscreen no matter how many times you unlock your phone or how many hours they have been sitting there.
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I have just tested this and had a Facebook Message notification, I unlocked my phone - ignored the notification, and locked my phone - it is still there!
I will wait up to an hour to see if it goes away!

nguyenlucky said:
Can you check these things for me?
1. Does ColorOS 13 allow hiding lock screen pattern? It's not there in ColorOS 12 despite being a feature in stock Android since forever.
2. Go to App info of Google Drive, then Open by Default. Does it have the option to turn off 'Open supported links'? It's there in stock Android 12 but not ColorOS 12. An example is provided below.
3. When you use App drawer mode (App drawer seperate with Home screen) and long press a user-installed app icon, does it allow uninstalling, or just removing the shortcut? I can do this in OneUI and OxygenOS 10 but not in ColorOS 12.
4. In App Drawer, when pressing the three dot icon above an app, does it allow going to 'App Info' of that app? Again, I can do this in OneUI but not ColorOS 12.
(the top option is App info)
These little things have been bugging me since updating to 12, so really appreciate if you can confirm if they have fixed them in ColorOS 13
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I can only answer Question 2
2) Yes - you can turn this off on the Oppo ColorOS 13 Beta

TalkTech.info said:
That happened to me, I rebooted and factory reset and now I am back to a fantastic battery with very little drain
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I dont reset my phone...the bug is on location service, i turn of and now the phone dont heat up

A new update is extracting as I type! CHP2305_11_C.10. Nothing different in the release notes.
So I will check for changes once complete

Ok 1st Thoughts
1) Google Wallet now works!
2) The option to pick Network settings (3G/4G has been removed for us UK EE users
3) New AOD - "home" Showing effects of Global Climate Changes

TalkTech.info said:
3) New AOD - "home" Showing effects of Global Climate Changes
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Pretty cool feature in AOD! What other features are new in AOD?
TalkTech.info said:
2) The option to pick Network settings (3G/4G has been removed for us UK EE users
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Does this mean it automatically chooses the strongest? Or does it mean it automatically goes to 5G settings?

Second beta works perfect

Few days ago i sign up for the beta tester, yesterday evening i got notification for update to 13 beta.
Excited at first but after reading known issues (2nd beta) one of them is "laggy in some situation" i decided to stay at 12 and waiting for the stable version of 13.
Then i wake up this morning, open my phone then realize it has been automaticly updated overnight -_-
I use my phone looking for new features and functions for about an hour, didnt find any bugs except for the universal search in app drawer is not working. Turn that off and now the search function is working properly. Google wallet is not popular around here so i dont use them. So far i like the looks of the new ui.
Gonna update here if i found other bugs, the phone feels a little bit slower tho (barely noticable, 0.xx second slower), hopefully due to the phone still processing updates and optimization of the new os.