PA issue - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm not sure if I should post this in the official PA thread or not (maybe just the bug itself), but I recently ran into an odd bug and would like to be able to recover from it.
I tried to open Google Reader while having feedly installed and had a login error. Upon fixing that, my phone reset itself and started acting oddly.
My main concern and question are regarding the home screens. After the crash, my battery dropped a ton and my home screens were reset. This wouldn't be a huge issue, except that I also seem to have lost the stock power widget which I was a large fan of. Is there a way for me to get it back?
Thanks
As a side note, I tried doing a restore of my titanium backup launcher which messed up my PA home screen settings and didn't restore the widget I want.
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read this or google news for google reader first..
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-final-farewell.html?m=1
now, reflash your rom(gapps, kernel, whatever mods), dont wipe a thing, dirty flash it. thisll fix whatever corrupted when the phone freaked out about the google reader thing(the app, maybe kernel too, probably threw a bunch of errors in its logcat if was being watched). it will bring the power widget back.

simms22 said:
read this or google news for google reader first..
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-final-farewell.html?m=1
now, reflash your rom(gapps, kernel, whatever mods), dont wipe a thing, dirty flash it. thisll fix whatever corrupted when the phone freaked out about the google reader thing(the app, maybe kernel too, probably threw a bunch of errors in its logcat if was being watched). it will bring the power widget back.
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I knew that Google Reader had been terminated, but I was trying to migrate my favorites to feedly. Thanks for the help. I figured a dirty flash would do the trick but I wasn't sure.
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simms22 said:
read this or google news for google reader first..
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-final-farewell.html?m=1
now, reflash your rom(gapps, kernel, whatever mods), dont wipe a thing, dirty flash it. thisll fix whatever corrupted when the phone freaked out about the google reader thing(the app, maybe kernel too, probably threw a bunch of errors in its logcat if was being watched). it will bring the power widget back.
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It didn't work. The flash has probably fixed any corrupted components, but I still don't have the widget. I'm not sure what could have happened at this point.
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hoponpop said:
It didn't work. The flash has probably fixed any corrupted components, but I still don't have the widget. I'm not sure what could have happened at this point.
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so you dont have power control listed in your widget options? does pa have an option to customize the power control, is it listed there?

simms22 said:
so you dont have power control listed in your widget options? does pa have an option to customize the power control, is it listed there?
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Not one that I can find :banghead:
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hoponpop said:
Not one that I can find :banghead:
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ask in the pa thread if there are options for the power control widget in pa settings somewhere.
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hoponpop said:
Not one that I can find :banghead:
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i just thought of something.. go to the phones main settings, apps, all, launcher, then clear its data, then reboot. your home screen icons/widgets will probably be cleared, but it might fix the problem.

simms22 said:
ask in the pa thread if there are options for the power control widget in pa settings somewhere.
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i just thought of something.. go to the phones main settings, apps, all, launcher, then clear its data, then reboot. your home screen icons/widgets will probably be cleared, but it might fix the problem.
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I'll give that a try. I figure I'll just restore an image I have from a week or so ago if need be
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Blandroid on N1

I just noticed, blandroid rom on the rom manager menu, has anyone tried it on N1? I'm using cm7 Rc4 and I know you'll all say stick with it, but I'm still curious.
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I noticed it a couple of weeks ago. It says it's a stable 2.3.3 with no bloatware. Sounds very intriguing...in fact so much so that I downloaded it, but have yet to flash it...lol.
Certainly tempting isn't it, is this a case of who goes first lmao, out of interest how big is it? I notice the cm7s are just over 80 mb.
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Some info here:
http://blandroid.org/
Features
SuperUser and busybox pre-loaded ("Rooted") 2.3.1p0
ClockworkMod recovery and nandroid backup/restore image 2.3.1p0
Global setting to always silence camera 2.3.1p0
Ability to reboot, reboot to bootloader, and reboot to recovery from global power-off menu 2.3.1p0
"Copy all" shortcut from long-press menu on any text field 2.3.1p2
MMS/SMS App: Settings for dark background and font sizes 2.3.1p0
Web Browser: Ability to change user agent and an increased number of maximum windows
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Seems like a plain stock ROM, nice to see to be honest.
Noticed the same thing, but was wondering what all it supports, site doesn't say much. I.E. what kernel it has/supports, TB alert stuff like that.
Hopefully the dev comes and explains what all he's done.
Well, I flashed it, for like an hour then when back to cm7 using the recovery I made.
First thing, market didn't work.
Secondly it didn't have the extra apps cm7 has, which I expected, but I instantly missed theme chooser.
Thirdly it wiped my contacts list.
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sparkyryan said:
Well, I flashed it, for like an hour then when back to cm7 using the recovery I made.
First thing, market didn't work.
Secondly it didn't have the extra apps cm7 has, which I expected, but I instantly missed theme chooser.
Thirdly it wiped my contacts list.
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First. The market issue is probably a wipe issue as I had the same problem with two different MIUI GB ROMs.
Secondly. That would be the lack of bloatware mentioned above. It's like stock android, so not sure why you even flashed it if you wanted bloatware.
Thirdly. It didn't wipe your contact list you didn't sync with google, becaue all of your contacts are backed up there.
You know what, I knew that'd be the replies I got, to be honest I'm curious of any rom that 1might increase battery life, currently using 85% over 10hours!! And of course the dreaded wonk which is seemingly inherent with cm7.
I couldn't force Google to sync with my phone, all my contacts are stored with Google you're right there.
Btw how would I get the market back?
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Blandroid 2.3.4p0 works pretty good. Just curious about this app hidden in the list written in Chinese ...
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Solacetech said:
Blandroid 2.3.4p0 works pretty good. Just curious about this app hidden in the list written in Chinese ...
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I think it is another keyboard app. When you go to change the keyboard, it lists something in all Asian symbols.
I just deleted it and I have not noticed any difference with how blandroid runs.
The wonk was almost fixed on latest release of cm7. If you don't have the latest version, try it.
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Nearly fixed isn't fixed. The problem is really dragging out and these stock ROMs are showing that its fixed with them. Wonking isn't the only issue at the moment either. There is still problems with the sound levels after docking the phone sometimes where its maximum level is halved etc.
CM is an ace project and I truly respect the guys and their efforts behind it, but CM7 is very buggy, and when it starts to affect the ability to take calls its hard to use it.
Oh! Thx for the reply. I got scared and ran back to cm7
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Give E-xtrememod 2.0 a try, been on it since yesterday and no probs so far, looks nice too!
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I dropped cm7 for this rom. Great battery life no wonking - no more cm7 for me
christiankk said:
I dropped cm7 for this rom. Great battery life no wonking - no more cm7 for me
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What sort of battery life do you get and is there good support from the Dev?
I could go for no wonk
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I like!
Went for this until the CM stable kills the wonk; now I may not go back. I haven't used it for long enough to know about stability. I think of it as pure AOSP, but already rooted (and a just a few essential CM goodies).
http://blandroid.org/about
So far, I haven't found anything missing I need.
And if you want a bit more eye candy and customization, just install launcher pro or adw.launcher from the market.
I give it thumbs-up!

The Google Experience .....

I haven't seen anyone really mention this if someone had I apologize. In flashing and modding my Note 3i have discovered that KitKat 4.4 is a popular topic. We now have some of the apps to flash to our devices and now we have the actual stock Android launcher from KitKat 4.4!!!!!! The Google Experience Launcher is amazing by far the best stock launcher ever and one of the smoothest I have ever used also. I have been using it for a day and after set up I am currently using it as my daily. The only thing I really don't like is that you are unable to change the icons on the home screen and there are no native gestures implemented but no big deal. Now they have implemented some major changes the app drawer now contains only your apps, widgets have their own section, you can arrange and add more home screens. Google Now is actually completely incorporated into the launcher itself and the search bar is constantly listening for you to say Ok Google to start a search using voice commands through Google Now. There are 3 apk's you will have to install to make this work they are totally dependant upon each other so if one is missing it will not open or work. I will post a link for you so you can download and give it a try for yourself I hope you guys enjoy and remember I did not create this or have anything to do with it I am just sharing it. If you brick your device it's not my fault ...
Link to original post
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...om-the-nexus-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/
Screen shots and download links below....
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
Screeshots
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
Download Files Here included the Hangouts w/sms also
Just download and install like normal Apk's !!!!!!!
https://db.tt/yYBEINwp
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The only problem I noticed is that the icons in the app drawer are huge, which makes them look blurry
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I wish that app settings in xposed framework would work on this. I tried it and it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?
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Just a heads up that you'll need to go into Google Now's language settings and change them to English UK and then back to English US for the search function to not start crashing. I actually just left mine on English UK and haven't run into any issues.
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I changed the screen density to 300 in the build prop and I like the way it looks, but when I press the home button it goes to the home screen and the keyboard pops up. Does anyone know why?
Edit... If I use samsung's keyboard this doesn't happen. So I'm now happy.
Edit 2....its popping up again.
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Just a quick question, how do we change back to stock of we don't like it... Do we just uninstall the apk's and reboot? Thanks in advanced...
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Also how do we install the apk's, so we just drop them in the app folder or yahoo the and install the app? Thanks again...
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lyall29 said:
I changed the screen density to 300 in the build prop and I like the way it looks, but when I press the home button it goes to the home screen and the keyboard pops up. Does anyone know why?
Edit... If I use samsung's keyboard this doesn't happen. So I'm now happy.
Edit 2....its popping up again.
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Just go to the app manager and clear defaults in the launcher and to install the apk's you just download and install them like you would an app from the play store just click the download and hit install that's it
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
dreDrennon1 said:
I haven't seen anyone really mention this if someone had I apologize. In flashing and modding my Note 3i have discovered that KitKat 4.4 is a popular topic. We now have some of the apps to flash to our devices and now we have the actual stock Android launcher from KitKat 4.4!!!!!! The Google Experience Launcher is amazing by far the best stock launcher ever and one of the smoothest I have ever used also. I have been using it for a day and after set up I am currently using it as my daily. The only thing I really don't like is that you are unable to change the icons on the home screen and there are no native gestures implemented but no big deal. Now they have implemented some major changes the app drawer now contains only your apps, widgets have their own section, you can arrange and add more home screens. Google Now is actually completely incorporated into the launcher itself and the search bar is constantly listening for you to say Ok Google to start a search you voice commands through Google Now. There are 3 apk's you will have to install to make this work they are totally dependant upon each other so if one is missing it will not open or work. I will post a link for you so you can download and give it a try for yourself I hope you guys enjoy and remember I did not create this or have anything to do with it I am just sharing it. If you brick your device it's not my fault ...
Link to original post
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...om-the-nexus-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/
Screen shots and download links below....
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
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I have installed all three apps but I Dont have the always listening feature working. Is there a certain order that they have to be installed in? Any other special dependencies that need to be met? I've done the process of searching and changing laguages but not always listening working. The search works but I have to hit the button and it doesn't say "Say OK Google" to search. Any ideas?
If everything is installed and you have the launcher working just say Google or Ok Google while on the homescreen there is no special order to install the apps
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dreDrennon1 said:
Just go to the app manager and clear defaults in the launcher and to install the apk's you just download and install them like you would an app from the play store just click the download and hit install that's it
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
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Thanks for the help but the keyboard still pops up. I changed the screen density on my nexus 4 running also KitKat and it does the same thing.
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lyall29 said:
Thanks for the help but the keyboard still pops up. I changed the screen density on my nexus 4 running also KitKat and it does the same thing.
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That may be something to do with the dpi I don't know about that I didn't change anything on mine
My Galaxy Note 3 Is Definately A Go .......
dreDrennon1 said:
If everything is installed and you have the launcher working just say Google or Ok Google while on the homescreen there is no special order to install the apps
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Launcher is installed and works but does not respond to voice. Notice the screenshot attached and how it differs from yours...mine doesn't say "say Google to search" or whatever.
My doesn't either anymore that goes away after you use it a could of times hit the menu button> settings> and make sure Google Now is turned on
My Galaxy Note 3 Is Definately A Go .......
dreDrennon1 said:
My doesn't either anymore that goes away after you use it a could of times hit the menu button> settings> and make sure Google Now is turned on
My Galaxy Note 3 Is Definately A Go .......
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Check and check...
dreDrennon1 said:
Just go to the app manager and clear defaults in the launcher!
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Unfortunately, mine says "no defaults set" and the "clear defaults" button is greyed out. Weird.
bigmout said:
Unfortunately, mine says "no defaults set" and the "clear defaults" button is greyed out. Weird.
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Hit the home button and pick a default launcher
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xavier6303 said:
Check and check...
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Not sure what to tell you Bro I installed and immediately said Ok Google and it worked I had to hold the phone kind of close but I always do that with voice commands
My Galaxy Note 3 Is Definately A Go .......
dreDrennon1 said:
Hit the home button and pick a default launcher.
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It goes automatically to Google Launcher with no Touchwiz option. A little tinkering reveals you have to clear the defaults for Google Search.

Broken slide aside?

Is anyone else's slide aside not working? I still have the apk in my system/app but it has never worked. I have gmd and use a gesture to move between apps but I want to at least try it out. Can anyone provide me with an apk to try to replace mine if it is broken or corrupted? Thanks in advance.
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rip9150 said:
Is anyone else's slide aside not working? I still have the apk in my system/app but it has never worked. I have gmd and use a gesture to move between apps but I want to at least try it out. Can anyone provide me with an apk to try to replace mine if it is broken or corrupted? Thanks in advance.
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Just to double check but you do have it activated in Settings correct?
Jimi Mack said:
Just to double check but you do have it activated in Settings correct?
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ummm, it is not in my settings anywhere. i googled image searched the settings menu where it is and mine is nowhere to be found. i have the file in my system/app but it does not show up in settings.
rip9150 said:
ummm, it is not in my settings anywhere. i googled image searched the settings menu where it is and mine is nowhere to be found. i have the file in my system/app but it does not show up in settings.
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You should find it in Settings, under Device and then Gestures.
if someone could send me a copy of theirs that would be great and ill see if replacing it fixes the problem. i really dont want to reset my phone just to try it out
Jimi Mack said:
You should find it in Settings, under Device and then Gestures.
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Yea it's not there,not even in the help slideshow
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rip9150 said:
Yea it's not there,not even in the help slideshow
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What carrier are you with and are you using a custom Rom?
Jimi Mack said:
What carrier are you with and are you using a custom Rom?
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verizon, rooted, custom recovery, no rom. i rooted it right out of the box and installed twrp the next day. i didnt try to do slide aside until after twrp i believe. but i do vaguely remember the tutorial come up for it. like i said i can see it in titanium, root explorer, and apps, sometime it ill even show up in running apps, it is just not functional. its just very weird that i have the file but it disappeared completely from my settings menu, unless it is somewhere else with verizon. thanks for you help with this by the way.
rip9150 said:
verizon, rooted, custom recovery, no rom. i rooted it right out of the box and installed twrp the next day. i didnt try to do slide aside until after twrp i believe. but i do vaguely remember the tutorial come up for it. like i said i can see it in titanium, root explorer, and apps, sometime it ill even show up in running apps, it is just not functional. its just very weird that i have the file but it disappeared completely from my settings menu, unless it is somewhere else with verizon. thanks for you help with this by the way.
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I will admit this has me scratching my head. It does not show up in the Settings listing (which where it is with Verizon, as I have Verizon as well) but you are seeing it in the System folder. The first thing I would say is try a hard reset to see if this corrects the issue. You will need to re-install all your apps, unless you make a back up first.
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By any chance did you Freeze it "not knowing" with Titanium. This could explain your issue??? Maybe.
No I checked to see if I froze it by mistake or disabled it but it isn't. Maybe something else I froze is affecting i?? Like I said I use gmd to switch apps, I just wanted to try it out. Not a big enough deal for me to reset. Thanks for you help though
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Have you messed with settings menu at all like you do when installing split view mod? Mine is frozen and still in gestures menu...
I would suggest reinstalling or flashing stock settings menu.
Before i rooted it used to work, but after i rooted and used gmd gestures it stoped not sure why. But believe me you don't need it i simply froze the app, plus it will hinder my gesture options of using 3 fingers.
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Yea I tried freezing gmd to see if that was the problem and it still didn't work. Like I said, it is completely missing from my settings menu. Oh well
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rip9150 said:
Is anyone else's slide aside not working? I still have the apk in my system/app but it has never worked. I have gmd and use a gesture to move between apps but I want to at least try it out. Can anyone provide me with an apk to try to replace mine if it is broken or corrupted? Thanks in advance.
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Rip,
Did you ever figure out the issue? Its happening to me to. Im on verizon rooted with stock rom and I no longer see it in my settings/gesture menu but I see the app still on my phone. I saw someone in IRC say it was a bug with the app. But was wondering if anyone ever found what the issue is.
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Rip,
Did you ever figure out the issue? Its happening to me to. Im on verizon rooted with stock rom and I no longer see it in my settings/gesture menu but I see the app still on my phone. I saw someone in IRC say it was a bug with the app. But was wondering if anyone ever found what the issue is.
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No I never did resolve it. Once a decent 4.4 rom came out I just went that way anyways and continue to use game swipe up gestures for home, back, menu, kill app, and to switch between previous and next apps. My nav bar is completely hidden so it maximizes screen space
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Screen rotation issues on Nc2?

I seem to have lost my screen rotation in all apps. The usual methods to get it working aren't. Any suggestions?
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Did you delete any bloatware?
airmaxx23 said:
Did you delete any bloatware?
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Damn....all the Verizon poo and some Samsung garbage. I'll try a relax when I get home and report back. Thanks guys!
Edit: reflash not relax....Samsung keyboard strikes again!
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Dc4479 said:
Damn....all the Verizon poo and some Samsung garbage. I'll try a relax when I get home and report back. Thanks guys!
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I haven't been able to track it down yet but one of the apps messes up the rotation when it is removed.
airmaxx23 said:
I haven't been able to track it down yet but one of the apps messes up the rotation when it is removed.
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I'm gonna go safe and freeze them first next time. I got a little ahead of myself and I know better than that. Lol
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Dc4479 said:
I'm gonna go safe and freeze them first next time. I got a little ahead of myself and I know better than that. Lol
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Freezing all of them does not mess up the rotation, it isn't until the app is uninstalled completely that it messes it up.
All set! I reflashed 4.4.2 and it's working again. Thanks guys
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Does anyone know which apps cause this issue? I ran my self made debloat script and lost rotation.
Any info would be great. Thanks
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dlsolo said:
Does anyone know which apps cause this issue? I ran my self made debloat script and lost rotation.
Any info would be great. Thanks
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I think it's the SensorService 2.33 app. The one with the SHealth icon.
Gladyscoleman said:
Some of the application have different kind of virus. and its popup the enable notification for the working if we permit the notifications then this kind of error are occurred in cell phone.
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This had nothing to do with a virus, one of the system apps disables rotation when removed.
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I think it's the SensorService 2.33 app. The one with the SHealth icon.
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Is not that app, I've removed it and rotation still works. I'm hoping I can figure out which one it is today.
airmaxx23 said:
This had nothing to do with a virus, one of the system apps disables rotation when removed.
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Is not that app, I've removed it and rotation still works. I'm hoping I can figure out which one it is today.
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Yeah, I restored that apk to the priv-apps and that didn't fix my the problem. This afternoon I'm going to reflash and one-by-one delete my bloatware and see if I can find the source of the issue.
I'll report back.
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dlsolo said:
Yeah, I restored that apk to the priv-apps and that didn't fix my the problem. This afternoon I'm going to reflash and one-by-one delete my bloatware and see if I can find the source of the issue.
I'll report back.
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I have a lot deleted already today and haven't tracked it down yet. The thing that makes it a pain is that you really need to reboot after each app for it to take effect. I've been deleting (moving them to a different folder) in batches of 5 to speed things up a little.

New TouchWiz UI for Marshmallow users, removes Sprint branding (no root)

Some of you may have seen this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/samsu...iz-is-a-ui-giant-leap-forward-two-steps-back/
Turns out it appears to work for the Note 4 Marshmellow users as well. I've been using it for only a little bit, one change I noticed is that it removes the Sprint branding in the upper left without requiring root. I searched for the app in Galaxy Apps, it wasn't available there, but you can download the apk attached to this post
The recent apps feature is pretty terrible, but it's something different you guys can try.
EDIT: I tried this with the fingerprint scanner, it made me not able to get past the lock screen, all I saw was a blank wallpaper. I guess it works on the Note 4 but not optimized for it. I was able to finally get past it by clicking on the notifications, messing with the settings on GoodLock, causing it to crash, and then my phone rebooted with it uninstalled.
This is interesting. I'm testing it out to see how it goes. Can you say anything about battery life compared to without it?
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samatagana said:
This is interesting. I'm testing it out to see how it goes. Can you say anything about battery life compared to without it?
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CAREFUL!! I just set up finger print scanner with this to see how it functions, now I can't get past the lock screen, all I see is my wallpaper, even in safe mode, I might have to do a hard reset :\
Edit: finally got past the fingerprint scanner after the app crashed and made my phone reboot, and then gave me the option to type in the password instead. It worked great prior to setting that portion up though, so mixed feelings about it so far.
Costas86 said:
CAREFUL!! I just set up finger print scanner with this to see how it functions, now I can't get past the lock screen, all I see is my wallpaper, even in safe mode, I might have to do a hard reset :\
Edit: finally got past the fingerprint scanner after the app crashed and made my phone reboot, and then gave me the option to type in the password instead. It worked great prior to setting that portion up though, so mixed feelings about it so far.
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negative. there's a lockscreen bypass you can flash in TWRP
it simply disables your lockscreen. I have seen it and for some time, had it, but no longer thanks to a goofed internalsd format ;(
if you find it, please post link!
It felt laggy to me, I've already taken it down. I love the notification bar though
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Sterist said:
negative. there's a lockscreen bypass you can flash in TWRP
it simply disables your lockscreen. I have seen it and for some time, had it, but no longer thanks to a goofed internalsd format ;(
if you find it, please post link!
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Is this what you're talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780696
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Costas86 said:
Some of you may have seen this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/samsu...iz-is-a-ui-giant-leap-forward-two-steps-back/
Turns out it appears to work for the Note 4 Marshmellow users as well. I've been using it for only a little bit, one change I noticed is that it removes the Sprint branding in the upper left without requiring root. I searched for the app in Galaxy Apps, it wasn't available there, but you can download the apk attached to this post
The recent apps feature is pretty terrible, but it's something different you guys can try.
EDIT: I tried this with the fingerprint scanner, it made me not able to get past the lock screen, all I saw was a blank wallpaper. I guess it works on the Note 4 but not optimized for it. I was able to finally get past it by clicking on the notifications, messing with the settings on GoodLock, causing it to crash, and then my phone rebooted with it uninstalled.
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are there any added features? i.e. multi-user support or even a theme store?
HwaA18 said:
are there any added features? i.e. multi-user support or even a theme store?
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not really imo, apart from letting you group notifications and setting alerts for them, and making the notification pull down menu look closer to stock android.
Edit: I take that back. When you take a screenshot now it comes up with 3 options, more/share/crop. If you hit more, it lets you take a scrolling screenshot without having to use the s-pen.
Is it work for note 4 lollipop?
diam_84 said:
Is it work for note 4 lollipop?
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I believe it is only for Marshmallow
Thanks
samatagana said:
It felt laggy to me, I've already taken it down. I love the notification bar though
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Is this what you're talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780696
I think the particular one was called LockscreenBypass or maybe that's what I renamed it to. this was a long time ago. the link says work on jb and kk, the one I used I did successfully use on lollipop
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Alright, well, I jumped back on board to see if I could make this work for me. What I did was install the APK as usual and then used TB to delete the system UI (launcher). Since I use NOVA anyway, I also deleted TouchWiz and TouchWiz Easy crap... This setup has me running faster and with better battery life than ever before! Can't wait for a kernel for this MM situation!
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samatagana said:
Alright, well, I jumped back on board to see if I could make this work for me. What I did was install the APK as usual and then used TB to delete the system UI (launcher). Since I use NOVA anyway, I also deleted TouchWiz and TouchWiz Easy crap... This setup has me running faster and with better battery life than ever before! Can't wait for a kernel for this MM situation!
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That's crazy that you deleted TouchWiz, didn't even know that was possible lol, hopefully you don't run into any issues, because I had it crash once which caused it to just uninstall itself from my phone.
Good Lock updated with some gesture controls (Which I have yet to test) and bug fixes.
https://mega.nz/#F!cd1DVQwS!FBkArUVxwDSCY16XTbedng
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Is this easy to revert back to standard UI if I don't like it?
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Edit: I'll answer my own q, there is an uninstall option in the settings.
This actually seems pretty nice, I appreciate the chance from the same old Samsung noti dropdown.
I am missing the wifi calling on quick settings already, however.
Three options in the settings. Uninstall is one of them
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samatagana said:
Alright, well, I jumped back on board to see if I could make this work for me. What I did was install the APK as usual and then used TB to delete the system UI (launcher). Since I use NOVA anyway, I also deleted TouchWiz and TouchWiz Easy crap... This setup has me running faster and with better battery life than ever before! Can't wait for a kernel for this MM situation!
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How did you delete systemui? Isn't that the main android system?
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fastmikey1969 said:
How did you delete systemui? Isn't that the main android system?
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He remove the launcher, not the UI
I like this app is there a, Way we can edit the color of it tho. I don't really like the purple
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Mr nerd said:
I like this app is there a, Way we can edit the color of it tho. I don't really like the purple
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Yes, go into you routine setup and change the color from there
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