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Notification Light Issue

So when will there be an update to fix this? Notification light at the bottom ONLY works for low battery and charging nothing else...

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sonic2911 said:
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I hope! haha seems to be an issue with the Z as well.

yup, z and zl are same -,-
im thinking again to buy ZL or TX. TX is much cheaper -,- but hard to get the good display version

sonic2911 said:
yup, z and zl are same -,-
im thinking again to buy ZL or TX. TX is much cheaper -,- but hard to get the good display version
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Nice phone but when going from the Note 1 and then Note 2 from last year I cant go to any screen smaller than 5inches

oh, u got the bid hands

sonic2911 said:
oh, u got the bid hands
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Nope. VERY small hands haha

hyelton said:
So when will there be an update to fix this? Notification light at the bottom ONLY works for low battery and charging nothing else...
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I don't have the device yet, but have you tried LightFlow?

exchequer598 said:
I don't have the device yet, but have you tried LightFlow?
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Not yet, But this issue seems to be a known issue and has to do with the settings but I think I might try it.

hyelton said:
Not yet, But this issue seems to be a known issue and has to do with the settings but I think I might try it.
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PLease let us know if Lightflow works for the ZL. Thanks

caliber177 said:
PLease let us know if Lightflow works for the ZL. Thanks
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Lightflow did not work Got an update today and it didnt work either..

hyelton said:
So when will there be an update to fix this? Notification light at the bottom ONLY works for low battery and charging nothing else...
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Notification led works fine here. No issues whatsoever for last 3 days. It blinks for missed calls, sms, other notification on lockscreen, while charging, when battery is low (<15%), on playing media or changing media (pics/songs etc) playback. The led even changes its colour according to the pics being viewed or album art of the song being played, which feels quite awesome :victory:!
I have the international Xperia ZL black (C6502) currently running latest stock sony rom (build ver 10.1.A.1.434), not rooted & oem BL status (ie locked).

Yes it works for some people but it's a KNOWN SONY ISSUE! Even with the z.
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Fixed it! Had to reset and make sure Google account wouldnt backup or load a backup and now works

hyelton said:
Fixed it! Had to reset and make sure Google account wouldnt backup or load a backup and now works
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By works, do you mean you are able to set custom LED notifications using light flow? Mine works while viewing pictures, listening to music, low batt and missed call. But there are no options to customize it.

anirudh412 said:
By works, do you mean you are able to set custom LED notifications using light flow? Mine works while viewing pictures, listening to music, low batt and missed call. But there are no options to customize it.
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By works I mean that It WORKS when I get MMS,SMS,Email, Missed call, Gmail and so on. Before Notifications would only work during battery low or battery charging which is a KNOWN issue with Sony at the moment for the Z and the ZL. But yes I use light flow to change the colours.

hyelton said:
By works I mean that It WORKS when I get MMS,SMS,Email, Missed call, Gmail and so on. Before Notifications would only work during battery low or battery charging which is a KNOWN issue with Sony at the moment for the Z and the ZL. But yes I use light flow to change the colours.
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Sorry for being retarded, but you mean LightFlow works for you now?

anirudh412 said:
Sorry for being retarded, but you mean LightFlow works for you now?
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Yes.

hyelton said:
Yes.
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Wonderful! So you say you did a factory data reset? and uncheck 'allow google to back up this phone'?

Weird. Mine worked out of the box.
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Air Swiper - Air swipes to control your phone

If you have dirty hands or you just can not touch your phone just hover or swipe your hand above the phone sensor. And the thing will get running for you. Please keep in mind that I am still improving it. So please report every bug you find. Contact me on [email protected]. Hope you will like it.
Thank you.
Official XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389752
Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.helmisek.project.airswiper

Cool app but I like to have my screen lock with pattern and it doesn't work.
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downloaded.. and it's worked.. ! thanks

This is cool and the wave of the future!

Sweet!

lol nobody wants to touch there phones anymore

Downloaded.
It's some pretty cool business.
I can't get the swipe to open to the SMS to work though; most other functions seem functional.

Downloading now and will report any bugs I find, thanks.

Hi works really well to turn on/off screen,but when you have it enabled for WiFi also it gets a bit confusing.when you swipe to unlock screen great,hold hand for 2 seconds great WiFi comes on but when you want to just turn off WiFi it turns off screen no matter and you need to swipe screen back on and turn off WiFi manually as it always turns off screen before you turn off wifi,not a complaint just an ob but a really great app
many thanks am using it to turn my screen on and off.
many thanks.

sas007 said:
Hi works really well to turn on/off screen,but when you have it enabled for WiFi also it gets a bit confusing.when you swipe to unlock screen great,hold hand for 2 seconds great WiFi comes on but when you want to just turn off WiFi it turns off screen no matter and you need to swipe screen back on and turn off WiFi manually as it always turns off screen before you turn off wifi,not a complaint just an ob but a really great app
many thanks am using it to turn my screen on and off.
many thanks.
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Well thank you for your report. I am going to improve it. Happy to see you like it.
Johmama said:
Downloading now and will report any bugs I find, thanks.
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Looking forward to your results.
swiggins said:
Downloaded.
It's some pretty cool business.
I can't get the swipe to open to the SMS to work though; most other functions seem functional.
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yyz71 said:
lol nobody wants to touch there phones anymore
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Well I don't know what is happening to you because everybody who has GNex 4 is not having this problem.
RealiZms said:
Sweet!
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Thanks.
galaxys said:
This is cool and the wave of the future!
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Happy to see you like it!
zarboga said:
downloaded.. and it's worked.. ! thanks
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No problem.
blankit said:
Cool app but I like to have my screen lock with pattern and it doesn't work.
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Is Air Swiper an device administrator?

Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery

El Killer said:
Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery
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Downloaded as well, was wondering the same thing. Will report later about battery usage

El Killer said:
Downloaded and works great. just want to know if this will drain a lot of battery
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Yeah the app works very well. Please guys report if it drains battery or decreases the sensors age .
Sent from my Nexus 4

I dont get a great battery drain, will check with stats and report
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Maybe an issue? When disabling the game mode, the screen turns off (Turn off/on the screen by motion is enabled).
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blsrbl said:
Maybe an issue? When disabling the game mode, the screen turns off (Turn off/on the screen by motion is enabled).
Sent from my Nexus 4
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This is behavior needed to fully active the game mode. I am actually trying to get it working without it.

New update information
Hey guys I actually fixed a lot of stuff I did a lot of changes but some things are still delaying me from being able to release the new update.
Actually new update may be possible to be seen by the end of this week.
As long as I am working on it alone it is really hard for me and I am giving it, all the free time I have I spend a lot of nights on it.
So if you guys would be that kind please consider some small donation. I want to buy S4 to see how the things are going on it. Or an HTC One so I can test the app on powerful device and improve it more and faster. Or just buy me a coffee or a donut. Many thanks, many thanks.
I would really appreciate it and I'll give you credits in the OP
Note: If anyone made a donation, PM me. Thanks.

Tried this and its a great little feature, not sure how useful it is yet but the idea of it is great! Well done

RYARNI said:
Tried this and its a great little feature, not sure how useful it is yet but the idea of it is great! Well done
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Happy to see you like it.

helmanss said:
Happy to see you like it.
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anyone tried this app with the new nex7 FHD? and does it drain battery much? TIA

Annoying Ass Issues w/ Mate 20X.. Hope You Guys Can Help

I'm planning to buy this phone. But bugs keep me from buying it. I shouldnt spend $700 with stupid issues it shouldnt have. Hope you guys know of a fix....
1. Can I turn off auto brightness without rebooting? Why no toggle for it in status bar?
2. No dark notifications... why aren't notifications dark?
3. Why does the EMUI look so outdated?
4. Some features not working with 3rd party launchers like Nova. Is there a fix?
Dont mean to sound like an ass. But I shouldnt have to invest almost a grand for a phone with issues other phones dont have. Its ridiculous. If you guys have solutions to these issues please let me know. Hope to join the huawei family without them.
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The fact thet you're here in XDA tells me that you play more with your phone than keeping it bone stock.
1 - Nope, auto brightness isnalways ON which I find stupid.
2 - There is Dark mode that turn the system UI black including Notification panel but not Notification Banner.
3 - I hate EMUI
4 - You can't change launcher on most recent update and there no fix to that. You can on older version like 9.1.0.120 but you need an unlocked bootloader and root.
So do your self a favor and stay away from any Huawei Device and go with Oneplus or Xiaomi

Have bought this phone (UK version) but yet to recieve it.
Not being able to change launcher, is that an issue just for the china version or the international version too on the latest update? That would be a biggie.
Also are there any issues with notifications not getting through all the time (an affliction a lot of Huawei phones suffer from). I had the Honor note 8 (Chinese) and this issue made it infuriating to use. A phone without notifications working properly is a dumb rather than a smart phone in my book.
Lastly one of the best bits about the Honor Note 8 was the ability to clear the notifications by double tapping on the finger print sensor. Do you have that on the Mate 20 X?

I'm planning to buy this phone. But bugs keep me from buying it. I shouldnt spend $700 with stupid issues it shouldnt have. Hope you guys know of a fix....
1. Can I turn off auto brightness without rebooting? Why no toggle for it in status bar?
Dunno, brightness never bothered me
2. No dark notifications... why aren't notifications dark?
who said that ? THEMES !! it comes will all sort of colors, just download huawei theme manager from playstore, it also including fonts as well
there is also a theme editor from the playstore where you mix and match and come up with your favorite theme all from your phone.
3. Why does the EMUI look so outdated?
because it is ! next month they are releasing a new version where they copied alot from OneUI, which is a good thing and they focused on smoothness and cleaner UI
4. Some features not working with 3rd party launchers like Nova. Is there a fix?
i am using nova, i think this is a chinese version issue not global
Dont mean to sound like an ass. But I shouldnt have to invest almost a grand for a phone with issues other phones dont have. Its ridiculous. If you guys have solutions to these issues please let me know. Hope to join the huawei family without them.
i have it for almost 4 months, and i got the note10+ with my renewal and trust me, i sold it without even opening the box. nothing comes close to Mate 20x as a complete package these days, its really fast, battery lasts forever, great screen, amazing camera, amazing charging speeds and one of a kind speakers.

vodovodo said:
who said that ? THEMES !! it comes will all sort of colors, just download huawei theme manager from playstore, it also including fonts as well
there is also a theme editor from the playstore where you mix and match and come up with your favorite theme all from your phone.
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What do you mean?? The notifications drop down is dark. But the notifications banner color is white! Is there any way to get this to turn dark? Does the Power Shade app work as a solution?
vodovodo said:
i am using nova, i think this is a chinese version issue not global
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So I can install launchers in the global version without any problems?

Auto brightness, is always on auto after a reboot but can be turned off via toggle?
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Limeybastard said:
Auto brightness, is always on auto after a reboot but can be turned off via toggle?
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Are you sure about that? Auto brightness is disabled until after a reboot.

deloj said:
Are you sure about that? Auto brightness is disabled until after a reboot.
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What I was saying is that one can turn auto bright off but it resets to auto of reboot, that's what I think.
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Limeybastard said:
What I was saying is that one can turn auto bright off but it resets to auto of reboot, that's what I think.
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Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?

deloj said:
Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?
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No I was asking inmy original post hence the question mark.
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deloj said:
Oh thats what you think so you never tried it?
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Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.

zain0300 said:
Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.
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That's what I was trying to ask and say. Thanks.
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vodovodo said:
THEMES !! it can give you dark notifications
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Would you please name one? Thank You
PS: yeah, pretty sure not being able to change Launcher is only a Chinese problem. Cause I'm able to change it on my Mate 20 X in USA. I used to use Rootless launcher for quite a bit. But switched back because of the ? animations.
(Quite jealous of the OnePlus animations and gestures control. I miss them from my OP 5T)
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zain0300 said:
Auto brightness turns on after every reboot but you can toggle it off. It stays off until you reboot the phone again.
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Is there a way through a tweak or custom rom to toggle it without rebooting?
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deloj said:
Is there a way through a tweak or custom rom to toggle it without rebooting?
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You can toggle it ON/OFF whenever. It does not require a reboot. Adaptive brightness turns ON anytime the device is rebooted. It is not such a big deal do not worry about it if you are going to buy the device.

Alternatives to Notifybuddy

Since MIUI 11, a lot of us apparently have trouble making Notifybuddy work properly on our devices.
As it seems like dev of the app has not time / doesn't want to fix the app for MIUI users, I was wondering what was your go to app for screen notifications.
I tried several that don't work either, so I ended using "always on amoled" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newgen.alwayson).
I spent some time configuring it in the most minimalistic way and it does the job.
What are you using ?

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Since MIUI 11, a lot of us apparently have trouble making Notifybuddy work properly on our devices.
As it seems like dev of the app has not time / doesn't want to fix the app for MIUI users, I was wondering what was your go to app for screen notifications.
I tried several that don't work either, so I ended using "always on amoled" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newgen.alwayson).
I spent some time configuring it in the most minimalistic way and it does the job.
What are you using ?
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I tried that app and I liked it but the phone never goes to sleep if the clock is active...
I'm using True Edge app, from the same developer.
I've opened thread for it too...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-9t/themes/edge-lighting-notifications-t4001223/page2

welder73 said:
I tried that app and I liked it but the phone never goes to sleep if the clock is active...
I'm using True Edge app, from the same developer.
I've opened thread for it too...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-9t/themes/edge-lighting-notifications-t4001223/page2
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This is a valid alternative indeed.
But I must say I like seeing the app notification icon on my screen all the time and glowing edges for a small amount of time (and possibly edge reminder every 5 or 10 min)

tiritibambix said:
This is a valid alternative indeed.
But I must say I like seeing the app notification icon on my screen all the time and glowing edges for a small amount of time (and possibly edge reminder every 5 or 10 min)
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Ok, if you don't mind battery drain in idle...

welder73 said:
Ok, if you don't mind battery drain in idle...
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Yeah I know. But it doesn't look so drastic (2% today and I was messing around with the app) and I really need that feature :s

tiritibambix said:
Yeah I know. But it doesn't look so drastic (2% today and I was messing around with the app) and I really need that feature :s
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2%? That's the consumption of the app I guess...
But I'm talking about the drain whe you go to sleep, test it...
A lot of users reported that they lost 20% and more overnight...

welder73 said:
2%? That's the consumption of the app I guess...
But I'm talking about the drain whe you go to sleep, test it...
A lot of users reported that they lost 20% and more overnight...
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Bummer. I guess I'll have to plug my phone to charge it at night...
And / or schedule the app to stop working while I sleep ;p

tiritibambix said:
Bummer. I guess I'll have to plug my phone to charge it at night...
And / or schedule the app to stop working while I sleep ;p
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There's an update for True Edge and it comes with the new option - Notification reminder

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There's an update for True Edge and it comes with the new option - Notification reminder
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Nice. Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna have a look

AOD substratum?

is there a AOD mod or theme so i can change the clocks?

You rooted?

iamreinvented said:
You rooted?
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Yes i am.

AjaySp said:
Yes i am.
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now that I think of it a little bit more it actually turns out I only know one for AOD not one that changes the clocks

AjaySp said:
is there a AOD mod or theme so i can change the clocks?
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Yes there is
Such a madness or sis substratum theme
Madness is paid byt sis not
And I'm not sure that works on stock rom you know
However it's mire wise to use custom rom tgat have more clocks by default and you can use themes without any major problem

Hey thank you i wasnt able to find them on playstore. can you link them here

AjaySp said:
Hey thank you i wasnt able to find them on playstore. can you link them here
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Madness is on play store
And search sluffy_icons on telegram to see sis

AjaySp said:
Hey thank you i wasnt able to find them on playstore. can you link them here
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unfunnyguy.subs
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I couldn't get S.I.S. to work. I didn't feel like registering for Telegram just for this, so I didn't look very far into it. Building the lockscreen themes stated that it couldn't find certain resources to replace, so it aborted.
I did get Madness to work, however. Since it focused so much on the lockscreen and not AOD, I was a bit skeptical... but every lockscreen clock I tried out worked just fine with AOD, though finding one I wanted to use was a bit time consuming. All I wanted was a large clock despite using tiny DPI text in the OS. There were a couple larger clocks that were not affected/ruined by my DPI settings.

It seems like there's an issue when the device is unplugged, the AOD clock doesn't reliably update. I've heard that homescreen widgets can have this issue if a non-system font is used for the clock. I may have to do some more research about this as it's a sizable problem to have a visible clock with the wrong time. (sometimes off by more than an hour)

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It seems like there's an issue when the device is unplugged, the AOD clock doesn't reliably update. I've heard that homescreen widgets can have this issue if a non-system font is used for the clock. I may have to do some more research about this as it's a sizable problem to have a visible clock with the wrong time. (sometimes off by more than an hour)
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try turning off adaptive battery
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try turning off adaptive battery
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The AOD clock is controlled by System UI. Adaptive Battery has never interfered with Android's own clock before. Help me understand what your thought process is...?
I admit that I haven't done a lot of research on the internals of substratum, but my impression was that it did not use an active process to make the changes.

Turning off adaptive battery didn't help.
This is what I'm experiencing that only started after using the substratum modification.
https://jljtgr.com/aod_clock_norefresh.mp4

jljtgr said:
The AOD clock is controlled by System UI. Adaptive Battery has never interfered with Android's own clock before. Help me understand what your thought process is...?
I admit that I haven't done a lot of research on the internals of substratum, but my impression was that it did not use an active process to make the changes.
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Turning off adaptive battery didn't help.
This is what I'm experiencing that only started after using the substratum modification.
https://jljtgr.com/aod_clock_norefresh.mp4
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i don't know the process behind it, but since i turn off adaptive battery the time was updating, have you contact the dev on telegram?
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i don't know the process behind it, but since i turn off adaptive battery the time was updating, have you contact the dev on telegram?
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I don't have a Telegram account so I was going to worry about it tomorrow after some rest. The real reason I made the video was to show them, actually.

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I don't have a Telegram account so I was going to worry about it tomorrow after some rest. The real reason I made the video was to show them, actually.
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i have a workaround, just disable and re enable the motion sense after enabling theme. and let me know

SarathEXP said:
i have a workaround, just disable and re enable the motion sense after enabling theme. and let me know
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Thanks for tracking this thread down before I had the chance to look at Telegram, heh.
I tried rebooting without making any substratum changes, then disabling and re-enabling Motion Sense. Unfortunately, it didn't help.
It seems that it takes a couple hours idle for it to start happening. Then once it happens, it will keep happening until the phone is fully unlocked. Tapping the screen will update the time once, but it still requires an unlock or similar(?) to fix for longer than a minute.
Approaching the phone with only motion sense waking the phone will not even update the time, even though it shows the lockscreen wallpaper instead of being dark.
https://jljtgr.com/aod_clock_norefresh2.mp4

jljtgr said:
Thanks for tracking this thread down before I had the chance to look at Telegram, heh.
I tried rebooting without making any substratum changes, then disabling and re-enabling Motion Sense. Unfortunately, it didn't help.
It seems that it takes a couple hours idle for it to start happening. Then once it happens, it will keep happening until the phone is fully unlocked. Tapping the screen will update the time once, but it still requires an unlock or similar(?) to fix for longer than a minute.
Approaching the phone with only motion sense waking the phone will not even update the time, even though it shows the lockscreen wallpaper instead of being dark.
https://jljtgr.com/aod_clock_norefresh2.mp4
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One of my user reported this workaround. this doesn't seems to fix the issue completely. I can't fix this as the issue is not from my end.