Hi,
Fairly basic Android user here with an irritating problem. Running whatever the most basic version of Lollipop is on my M8, installed today but this problem has been ongoing well before that.
So the problem is that the 'Install' button here on the screen in the image attached is totally unresponsive, no matter the app I'm trying to install. Showbox is here but that's just because it's an old apk I had on my phone, I've the same problem for anything I've tried.
In the fine words of Ned Flanders' father, I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas - thought it best to ask for advice from people who know more than me. Any advice much appreciated!
laighean said:
Hi,
Fairly basic Android user here with an irritating problem. Running whatever the most basic version of Lollipop is on my M8, installed today but this problem has been ongoing well before that.
So the problem is that the 'Install' button here on the screen in the image attached is totally unresponsive, no matter the app I'm trying to install. Showbox is here but that's just because it's an old apk I had on my phone, I've the same problem for anything I've tried.
In the fine words of Ned Flanders' father, I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas - thought it best to ask for advice from people who know more than me. Any advice much appreciated!
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You have allowed installation of apps from unknown sources in settings > security > unknown sources, correct?
xunholyx said:
You have allowed installation of apps from unknown sources in settings > security > unknown sources, correct?
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I have indeed!
Do you have any screen dimming app installed? I've had the same issue on my phone with total screen control, whenever I tried to install an app with TSC running the install button was unresponsive. When I stopped TSC from running I could press install without issue.
Some apps will for some reason stop you from hitting install. For example.... I use copy bubble... Which has a floating circle for accessing the clipboard. If that bubble is on my screen, I can't hit install... No matter where the bubble is on my screen. I just close the bubble and it's fine.
Look at apps that may be causing the same affect. ?
BOO5TED said:
Do you have any screen dimming app installed? I've had the same issue on my phone with total screen control, whenever I tried to install an app with TSC running the install button was unresponsive. When I stopped TSC from running I could press install without issue.
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Just to confirm that this was the issue, would never had occurred to me! Was using Twilight, turning it off sorted it out. Thanks a million!
Glad you got it figured out. :highfive:
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As the title says the current app is closed (well minimised) when I power off my device, this is really annoying, is there a registry edit to fix this? It happened in black 2.0 and now in black 3.0.
Thanks
Rob
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The app is closing on suspend not complete shutdown
rob61280 said:
As the title says the current app is closed (well minimised) when I power off my device, this is really annoying, is there a registry edit to fix this? It happened in black 2.0 and now in black 3.0.
Thanks
Rob
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So, I am not sure if I understand. You want the current app to continue running while the device is off ???
todd_jg said:
So, I am not sure if I understand. You want the current app to continue running while the device is off ???
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sorry my explanation was a bit dodgy, I want the current app to be there when I turn the device back on (I'm talking about just tapping the power button not completely shutting the device down) it used to work like this in wm5 and after initially installing black 3.0 but now its closing the app I was using.
thanks
Rob
rob61280 said:
sorry my explanation was a bit dodgy, I want the current app to be there when I turn the device back on (I'm talking about just tapping the power button not completely shutting the device down) it used to work like this in wm5 and after initially installing black 3.0 but now its closing the app I was using.
thanks
Rob
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I've found out the cause of this problem:-
When I enable a password either pin or alphanumeric, the current app is always closed when the screen is turned off, regardless of weather the device is due to lock or not. Anyone else come across this?
R
I am using Black 2.5 and I have noticed this. It isn't a problem since the application is only minimized but it is annoying if I wanted to go right back to it...like WMP or TomTom.
same experience here. no real issue for me though
Its just annoying when am using a spreadsheet and it minimises, I've disabled lock for now, I doubt anyone would return the device if they found it (yeah am cynical)
R
Thanks so much for the idea of turning off the screen lock. I was getting rather annoyed with this as well. Saved me some headache! I guess I can do without the screen lock for now. I love xda-developers.com!
Hello everyone,
I have some problems with android wear. I’m not getting notifications on my watch and there is a message in the home of android wear that says "Notification stopped syncing". It happens sometimes, not always. What can I do? I tried to reset my phone, my smartwatch, the android wear app and moto connect but nothing is changed.
ps. I turned off doze for this app.
I have a Moto 360 and it works fine with m'y OP3
I found the problem. I noticed that it happens when I tap the "clean" button in multitasking. After this the only way to solve that problem is to turn off the device and turn it on again. So if someone is making a rom please solve this problem!
frank1016 said:
I found the problem. I noticed that it happens when I tap the "clean" button in multitasking. After this the only way to solve that problem is to turn off the device and turn it on again. So if someone is making a rom please solve this problem!
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Thx had the same problem. Thought it was something with battery optimalisation.
You can lock the AndroidWear app in the multitasking screen by clicking on the lock button on the top right.
on Youtube, see this tutorial youtube.com?v=Ld_tXSPU7uQ
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clavat said:
You can lock the AndroidWear app in the multitasking screen by clicking on the lock button on the top right.
on Youtube, see this tutorial youtube.com?v=Ld_tXSPU7uQ
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Yes, you can do that but the problem persist even if you do what you said
frank1016 said:
I found the problem. I noticed that it happens when I tap the "clean" button in multitasking. After this the only way to solve that problem is to turn off the device and turn it on again. So if someone is making a rom please solve this problem!
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the "clean" function clears all apps/services/etc from RAM which is something that never needs to be done on Android.
The problem isn't with android wear, it's just a function which shouldn't be included in the ROM at all - don't use clean and youll be fine.
2x4 said:
the "clean" function clears all apps/services/etc from RAM which is something that never needs to be done on Android.
The problem isn't with android wear, it's just a function which shouldn't be included in the ROM at all - don't use clean and youll be fine.
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That's right
Hi,
My home button long press stopped working, I don't know why. Google Now doesn't show up when I long press, it used to...
I went to Settings » Apps » Configure Apps » Default Apps » Assist & voice input > Assist app and it's set to "Google app", so everything is configured properly.
The home button itself is working. When I press it, it goes to the home screen. And it«s also working for fingerprint unlocking. The only thing not working is long press to open Google Now.
I'm on a completely stock ROM, I only have Root + Xposed. I've already tried to disable Xposed and reboot to see if any modules were preventing the long press, but nope. The problem persists without Xposed.
What could it possibly be? Any thoughts?
Nazgulled said:
Hi,
My home button long press stopped working, I don't know why. Google Now doesn't show up when I long press, it used to...
I went to Settings » Apps » Configure Apps » Default Apps » Assist & voice input > Assist app and it's set to "Google app", so everything is configured properly.
The home button itself is working. When I press it, it goes to the home screen. And it«s also working for fingerprint unlocking. The only thing not working is long press to open Google Now.
I'm on a completely stock ROM, I only have Root + Xposed. I've already tried to disable Xposed and reboot to see if any modules were preventing the long press, but nope. The problem persists without Xposed.
What could it possibly be? Any thoughts?
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Does the Google app work on its own? Did you install something like Greenify or Titanium Backup and freeze the Google app?
Yes, it works on its own. I have greenify, but I haven't freezed anything related to the Google app (just Google+). Everything else hibernated are non-Google apps.
I just disabled Greenify app, rebooted and the long press still does nothing. I guess the problem is not Greenify...
Nazgulled said:
I just disabled Greenify app, rebooted and the long press still does nothing. I guess the problem is not Greenify...
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Sorry I couldn't help. I'm out of ideas.
It's OK, really appreciated. Thanks.
Nazgulled said:
It's OK, really appreciated. Thanks.
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after the steps you have done try enabling now on tap from google now - settings - now on tap....
SacredDeviL666 said:
after the steps you have done try enabling now on tap from google now - settings - now on tap....
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Still nothing...
This was working a few days ago... And when I long pressed the home button, a white line started to appear around the screen from the bottom to the top until Google Now on Tap screen showed up. But now I got nothing.
Nazgulled said:
Still nothing...
This was working a few days ago... And when I long pressed the home button, a white line started to appear around the screen from the bottom to the top until Google Now on Tap screen showed up. But now I got nothing.
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could you try reinstalling google now to see if this persists?
I doubt the problem is Google Now. In the option I mentioned in the first post, you can pick the assist app and I switched to something else, it didn't work either...
But I'll try that anyway and report back...
SacredDeviL666 said:
could you try reinstalling google now to see if this persists?
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Didn't work...
This is really bothering me because I don't even know what caused (is causing) this... I hate to be clueless like this
I cleared Cache and Dalvik/ART Cache, didn't fix anything (it introduced a bunch of other problems actually).
I'm desperate, I really wanted to fix this.
No one else has any ideas?
Shameless bump...
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Shameless bump...
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sorry buddy can't find any other way than previously suggested
It's OK, you did all you could and I appreciate that. Thanks.
This sucks man. Now I don't have that thing working and I have no reason why...
Did you find out the source of the problem? I've just finished setting up my new BlackBerry KEYone and noticed the same problem. Others report the feature works for them. I've installed the same apps I had on my previous phone.
Seems like I have to factory reset and set up everything again…
bump!
I have the same problem on huawei p8. It was working well then abruptly stopped.. i've followed all advice but nothing has resolved it.. If i turn off the reading text on screen and screenshot toggles in the assist options, google on tap loads but it's just the google now screen.. nothing about what is on screen. the reading text on screen was awesome especially for translations.. i hope someone can help us resolve this.
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Go to settings ~~ app ~~Google ~~~delete cache and data..
For me its working..
Good evening, just lately I have encountered a bug when trying to install APK's. When I go to install via Package Installer it will open up the screen and when I go to press next it doesn't do anything, I have tried rotating the screen and pressing Next and it just doesn't work whatsoever...
I powered off my device and powered back on and this seemed like it fixed the problem.
Is/has anyone else encountered this? I've also noticed ometimes when typing on the keyboard the sound goes tinny for 5 seconds or so and go back to normal, it's been like this since unboxing too.
I haven't had this issue exactly, but when I install a new app and it asks for permission to access my location/storage/etc.. I can't press Allow.. I can press Deny though no problem at all. Right now I'm manually going into apps/permissions and granting all my apps whatever I think it needs.. Just a pain to do it that way though!
I had this issue the other night. It seems an invisible overlay gets stuck sometimes. Not sure what app or why, but clearing all the recent apps fixed it for me. Try that if it happens again instead of waiting for the phone to restart.
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Also had this problem two days ago and restarting seemed to fix it. I was disabling some of the stock apps at the time so I wondered if that had something to do with it but I don't know, don't think I re-enabled any of the apps or anything before or after the reboot and so far it's been working since.
mikeandjaimie said:
I haven't had this issue exactly, but when I install a new app and it asks for permission to access my location/storage/etc.. I can't press Allow.. I can press Deny though no problem at all. Right now I'm manually going into apps/permissions and granting all my apps whatever I think it needs.. Just a pain to do it that way though!
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Thanks for your feedback and I have also had that problem too. Of course yes we can go into app settings and enable and like you stated it's a pain haha. I know this isn't the place to point these problems out and get them fixed but it's nice to know I'm not the only one ??
redincali said:
I had this issue the other night. It seems an invisible overlay gets stuck sometimes. Not sure what app or why, but clearing all the recent apps fixed it for me. Try that if it happens again instead of waiting for the phone to restart.
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Yes dude, that's correct and thanks for that valuable information I do clean my cache regularly and can't say I've come across the problem for a while, so thanks again.
exonym said:
Also had this problem two days ago and restarting seemed to fix it. I was disabling some of the stock apps at the time so I wondered if that had something to do with it but I don't know, don't think I re-enabled any of the apps or anything before or after the reboot and so far it's been working since.
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I'd like to mention I have disabled and uninstalled quite a lot too, but I can't say if this adds to the problem. It'd just be really nice to hopefully get the new build of software that was recently announced on Xperia Blog but I can't say if this will fix the problems etc. I don't know? ??
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LevsOG said:
Good evening, just lately I have encountered a bug when trying to install APK's. When I go to install via Package Installer it will open up the screen and when I go to press next it doesn't do anything, I have tried rotating the screen and pressing Next and it just doesn't work whatsoever...
I powered off my device and powered back on and this seemed like it fixed the problem.
Is/has anyone else encountered this? I've also noticed ometimes when typing on the keyboard the sound goes tinny for 5 seconds or so and go back to normal, it's been like this since unboxing too.
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I've experienced this issue as well and the culprit seemed to be an overlay permission from another app. As I'm sure everyone knows, this phone's screen is very bright even at it's lowest setting. I like to read at night and the light bothers my wife so I started using an app called Nightowl that further dims the screen. Nightowl produces a overlay that dims the entire screen. If i happen to be running nightowl and try to install the app, I can't tap install. Once I turn off the app I'm able to install like normal. Hope that helps lead you in the right direction as restarting the phone every time a problem presents itself is kind of a bummer.
Hi! I wanted to install this app for using it's floating window functionality, but when I go to enable it, as the screen is on landscape mode, and I guess the resolution is to low? (1280x600), instead of showing the entire window, it shows me only the red area on the picture, making it impossible to enable the "draw on screen" function.
Any guess?
Sorry to Bump an old thread, but does anybody have an input on this? Having the same issue
Shep156 said:
Sorry to Bump an old thread, but does anybody have an input on this? Having the same issue
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Still can't install..
If.u get.it, please.let me know!
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groggycl said:
Still can't install..
If.u get.it, please.let me know!
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So here was my process, I should mention this was on a PX5 Dasaita MTCD(E) I noticed after the fact this was for MTCB.
Installed system updates to latest, MCU as well, I then rooted the head unit and tried to use a resolution changing app to see if it would allow me to see the permission button, in doing so it got stuck sideways without showing apps and I had to factory reset the head unit and start over.
In the end after reorganizing and installing apps, the head unit is now unrooted I'm pretty sure, I went into the advanced menu in app permissions for Musixmatch, and toggled the "Draw over apps" switch to ON, it somehow seemed to work because it didn't when I tried that before root, all of a sudden the app started drawing over like normal and floating lyrics worked.
I mention all this only because it might have something to do with the root/fresh install that allowed it to work. At the end of the day the app is sort of sluggish, floating icon looks blurry, and it seemed to cause the unit to spaz out and freeze up when running the floating lyrics with Google Maps + Spotify, too much to handle I guess.
I hope it helps to some degree! My advice would be to mess with the permission setting and reboot it before rooting unless you're comfortable rooting just for the hell of it.