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Garbled fonts

Hi,
I have been using my Galaxy Nexus for a couple weeks now without problems, but today I was havinbg porblems with signal being lost. I switched it to airplane mode, then switched it back to normal, but it would not switch back. This happened once before, and was fixed by rebooting.
however this time after rebooting, my homescreen and fonts are messed up. The widgets and icons/folders on the homescreen either have garbled fonts, or the text is missing entirely. Same thing for the icons in the app drawer.
The text within apps, such as SMS, browser, contacts, etc, are all fine.
I have rebooted a couple of times but it hasn't made a difference.
Also a file download from gmail seems to be stuck, it's still trying to download after 2 reboots, but there has been no progress...
I know I'm throwing in a few different issues at the same time, but maybe they're related, maybe they're not...
Is there anything else I can try?
My phone is running stock 4.0.1, it was purchased in UK and on O2 network. It is not unlocked or rooted in any way, and I have not recently installed any apps that might cause such problems.

Only thing I can think of referring to you to try is a "Factory Restore".
Mind you, that means it wipes everything, apps, SMS, etc (not gmail/calendar stuff tho).
Other than that, I haven't heard or have read about this problem occurring - so apart from that, I dont know what else I can suggest you try - sorry!

Thanks. That's what I feared...
I was going to try to unlock bootloader to root, so was gonna wipe my device anyway, but I wanted to wait until after the holidays season in case something goes wrong...
I will probably take it into the O2 store this afternoon to see if they have any idea
I wish I hadn't spent so much time configuring my widgets Gonna have to do it all over again

Thats where all the fun lies

Dude, don't wipe it yet!
I had the same issue after my phone died while charging and I had to pull the battery. Fonts where distorted and further reboots didn't help.. BUT:
I changed the font size from small to normal, which immediately fixed the widgets. App drawer was still messed up, but after a reboot it was fixed as well. After that, switching back to small fonts works as well!

I just started having the same issue too... and since I was setting it up I'm not sure which of the 92 apps I installed may be affecting it lol.
I can say that changing the font size only temporarily fixes the issue, and then the fonts get garbled/go black/go completely missing again.
Perhaps a font reinstall would work, and if so could someone make it into a flashable zip or provide instructions on how one would do that?
Thanks
rAy

OK, so it appears that the issue is a charging/heating issue.
I've allowed my phone to drain to 20-15% and then fully charged it the last few days to improve the battery life. The garbled font issue seems to show a few mins after the phone is plugged into the charger that came with it and the phone starts to feel warm to the touch.
The issue seems to continue until the phone has had a chance to cool down a bit (I'm guessing it's more specifically the GPU as it looks similar to an issue caused by overheating GPU in a PC).
Another thing I have noticed is that the charge went from 24% to 50% after rebooting and only being on the charger a few mins.
I'm going to charge it to 100% with the phone off and then erase the battery info using CWM and see if it'll fix that issue at least.
As for the garbled font problem I will continue to watch it, but if it doesn't clear up I may have to exchange this one at the store (although I'm not at all interested in the hassle of that option).
Please share if anyone else notices this!
rAy

This still happens even if I'm fully recharged it seems the battery isn't my problem. I'm using a Verizon Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.2 stock; I recently started to use minimalistic text and also installed Simple Calendar and Widgetsoid to customize my phone. When I was finally happy with my customizations whenever I would restart my phone this would happen
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The text would be garbled and the text under applications would be black (and a bit blurry) instead of white. The only way I know how to fix this is to turn my phone off, pull the battery, and restart it. But if I restart it again after the 'fix' restart the text goes crazy again. Has anyone had this happen after using minimalistic text? Is there a permanent fix? Thanks

No fix for this issue? Could it b tm the extended battery?
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garbled fonts
My nexus kept doing that, I finally went into settings, aps, all-selected launcher and hit clear data. Had to redo all my widgets on my screens but hasn't sone it since! Just got Jellybean this morning! Hopefully won't happen again.

touch screen unresponsive

Hello All,
Got the htc10 about a week ago and love it so far but have found one annoying issue and I am wondering if anyone else has encountered this.
First off I should note that I am running stock T-Mobile. No root or unlocked bootloader.
The screen seems to become completely unresponsive to touch after turning off the screen then back on and immediately going to messenger to send a text. Capasitive buttons still work and the screen isn't frozen as it will open into app switcher.
So far this only seems to happen when going into messenger and right after the screen has been turned back on. It doesn't cut out while using it and it doesn't happen everytime. The screen works just fine after turning it off then back on again.
Any info or help would be great. Just trying to figure out if this is a software or hardware issue.
Thanks

I've had this happen with messenger(fb) as well. I seem to only have this issue if I unlock my phone straight into the app or double tap the notification from the lock screen. Im pretty sure this isn't a hardware issue, I haven't experienced this any other time on any other app.

It appears you are right. I have been testing it a bit and it only seems to happen when the notification on the lock screen is used to open the app.
Hopefully this is a simple bug that is fixed soon as it is quite annoying.

I have the same issue. Also happening in Textra SMS, so it's not a Messenger issue atleast. What kind of keyboards do you guys use?

Any fix?
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Lochalsh said:
It appears you are right. I have been testing it a bit and it only seems to happen when the notification on the lock screen is used to open the app.
Hopefully this is a simple bug that is fixed soon as it is quite annoying.
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Fix??

hi to all.
i find a way to fix this problem... yeeees!
just serach on Youtube : fix tuch screen with electric lighter!
my phone is working now!

Same thing here and used to happen on my m8 too. Mainky happens when I open the WhatsApp app directly from the unlock screen. Capacitive buttons work fine but can't type or touch the screen. Also notice the notification bar is blank. Until I lock and unlock the phone again.
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YES!!!finally a thread with the same issue. i have the htc10 with the finger print unlock and there is a strange glitch that when the screen times out and i unlock with my thumbprint it unlocks the phone and goes to my home screen but the touch screen remains unresponsive. i can use the soft touch home and back buttons but not the screen. drives me crazy. i have to force restart my phone and it will work until the screen times out... and then i am back to restarting.... about a dozen times a day. sometimes i cant answer calls until after i restart the phone... is there any way to fix this?

This is happening to me very often since a few days ago.
Rebooting the phone solves the issue most of the time, how did you fix this?
I'm not sure if this is a software or hardware problem.

Having same issues on htc 10 lifestyle. Still looking for any permanent solution. Reboot helps, but only for a few hours.

Hey guys, wish I could offer a solution but just like to say that this has been happening to me for months and it's awful.
Need to turn the screen on and off again multiple times till it responds.

Question Sony WF-1000XM4 pairing issues

Hi. I've been using this headset with MacBook pro, iphone and pixel 5. There are no issues whatsoever. However i paired it with the Pixel 6 Pro and I noticed that left earbud after a while when idle and nothing is being played just stops working. When i am putting music after a minute or two, only one that plays sound is right. The left one is visible as connected though. I need to put it back to the box and take out again to reconnect. I removed pairing of them from all the other devices, there is a latest firmware flashed, no idea what happens there. Anybody is using this headset and has same issue?

My set works perfectly. No problems. I'm assuming all firmware, sony app updated, etc.

I've got these exact headphones and I've had no issue

I have a pair of akg nc700's i got with my samsung. They work perfectly with every phone i have tried, but with the 6 pro, I cant get the microphone working.

Yoooo this happens to my pair too! I have to disconnect and reconnect to get them both going again or put them in the case and put them back in my ears (effectively the same thing) and it's so annoying... Can't remember if it happened on my OnePlus 6 or not

Mine does the same as well.

I have trouble connecting to my car's BT. I think there's some wonkiness going in with this phone's BT implementation.

I have the exact same problem with my WF 1000XM4, after a while the left earbud just stops working and is silent, you CAN fix this btw by pausing your music and then pressing on the left earbud do change the NC. Then it will work again.
It was bothering me, lol, I thought at first my Sony are defect/broken. So it's probably a software bug.

Ah, so there is an issue... Thanks all. Let's hope the software update will fix this bug

Mines works perfectly also

boober78 said:
Ah, so there is an issue... Thanks all. Let's hope the software update will fix this bug
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Well there aren't that many WF XM4 & Pixel 6 users, did you report this to Google already?
They can't fix what they don't know about.
I just made a feedback report (Settings -> Tips & Support -> Send feedback (scroll to bottom)
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The more people report it, the more important it becomes to Google and the quicklier they will fix it. Always report your problems.

I have that same set off headphones and have zero issues with my 6p. You didn't turn on assistant for the headphones on accident did you? I had issues on my Xperia if I had Google assistant turned on

kintwofan said:
I have that same set off headphones and have zero issues with my 6p. You didn't turn on assistant for the headphones on accident did you? I had issues on my Xperia if I had Google assistant turned on
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I just checked, and Google Assistant is turned On.
If you think it might be the cause of this issue, I'll set it to off and see it that solves my problem.

Have this issue too. No problems on my old phone, a OP5t. Have assistant disabled. Tried resetting and intializing everything

Morgrain said:
I just checked, and Google Assistant is turned On.
If you think it might be the cause of this issue, I'll set it to off and see it that solves my problem.
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My issue wasn't exactly yours but it only affected the left ear bud so it would be worth a shot. I have no issues at all with my headphones with this phone, but I make sure that's turned off

I was on conf call the other day, connected to company issued iphone 11 and as you said, the left ear bud just dead. Disconnected.
had to put it back in the case, take it out, and all good again. So it does happen not just in Pixel i guess.

kintwofan said:
My issue wasn't exactly yours but it only affected the left ear bud so it would be worth a shot. I have no issues at all with my headphones with this phone, but I make sure that's turned off
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I now tried out the headphones for 2 days without having the Assistant enabled, and still got the issue. Even though I (subjectively) think that the Problem has reduced in number, but that could just be coincidence.
Since I am still in return window, I'll probably send them back.
There are people on reddit who claim it's an Android 12 problem, but in either case I'm not willing to cash out 250 € for a product that doesn't work properly.

On a side note, are any of you able to play/pause videos in Facebook or MX Player app using the buttons on the Bluetooth earphones? I haven't been able to do so since they released Android 12 betas. I have tried with multiple earphones on Pixel 4 XL, 5 and now 6 Pro.

Morgrain said:
I now tried out the headphones for 2 days without having the Assistant enabled, and still got the issue. Even though I (subjectively) think that the Problem has reduced in number, but that could just be coincidence.
Since I am still in return window, I'll probably send them back.
There are people on reddit who claim it's an Android 12 problem, but in either case I'm not willing to cash out 250 € for a product that doesn't work properly.
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It's not the sony problem, but clearly the Pixel

boober78 said:
It's not the sony problem, but clearly the Pixel
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True, but either way I have a pair of headphones that are not working, and I'm not willing to pay 250 € for that, even if it's the Pixels fault, so I'm going to return them while I still can^^

Question Random reboots

Hi!
I own an SM-F926B/DS since April with latest updates, and the last couple of months it randomly reboots. Some times reboots without asking SIM PIN, some other times reboots asking SIM PIN, some other times it keeps rebooting and I have to press the side button to make it functional again. Most of the times, the phone is hot on the back. I don't have to use the phone, some times it has rebooted just when I pick it up from the table. There is not a specific pattern, at least from what I can tell, some times 2-3 days will pass without any reboots, some other times a couple of times per day, some other times it goes to a reboot loop. Some times, the phone freezes (usually in Chrome or in settings menu), or some random applications do not open.
I tried removing some apps which I installed the period I noticed the problem, but it didn't make any difference.
I understand that I must do a factory reset, but I'm trying to find other ways to debug the problem before doing this, because I have many apps with many settings and it will take me forever to reinstall them. also, by just restoring a previous backup after a factory reset, I'm afraid that probably I will restore the problem too.
Have you any other advises? Perhaps a way to log the state when the phone tries to reboot or which application requests it?
Are there any others with similar problems?
Thank you.

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I have had the same problem. Ses after the last update it don't seem to be happening now.

I had a random reboot problem back in July and it was the Facebook Messenger app that caused it after an update they did. When they updated it again, the problem stopped. The app also had been eating battery like crazy during that time. So, I'd start with looking at what apps got updated at the time it began happening as well as see if any are killing your battery.

Sounds like a badly behaving app eating battery and CPU to the point it's getting turned off. I would start with usage stats and battery stats whenever this happens and see what's going on in the background and start there.

Thank you for your help.
As I have said, the phone has all the latest updates, so it is not an outdated app or OS issue. Also, I have hundreds of apps installed, taking 10 updates daily, so it is impossible to track down which app might have caused the issue two months ago.
The phone does not turn off, it reboots. This way I can't find the app which may consumes more battery. The only thing that could help and I have not already mentioned, is that in most cases I see issues related to "Google Play Services" like excessive battery usage or stopped responding.

nasos75 said:
Thank you for your help.
As I have said, the phone has all the latest updates, so it is not an outdated app or OS issue. Also, I have hundreds of apps installed, taking 10 updates daily, so it is impossible to track down which app might have caused the issue two months ago.
The phone does not turn off, it reboots. This way I can't find the app which may consumes more battery. The only thing that could help and I have not already mentioned, is that in most cases I see issues related to "Google Play Services" like excessive battery usage or stopped responding.
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It has nothing to do with an app being outdated, but that when they updated it, they coded something wrong. You can try to track which one by looking at which apps consume too much battery in the Settings. Rebooting does not change that stat at all, and rebooting is what it did when Facebook Messenger caused my problem back in July.

ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
It has nothing to do with an app being outdated, but that when they updated it, they coded something wrong. You can try to track which one by looking at which apps consume too much battery in the Settings. Rebooting does not change that stat at all, and rebooting is what it did when Facebook Messenger caused my problem back in July.
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The usual suspect is Google Play Services. In device care I see different apps crashing daily, not the same.
This is a screenshot of battery consumption right now:
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nasos75 said:
The usual suspect is Google Play Services. In device care I see different apps crashing daily, not the same.
This is a screenshot of battery consumption right now:
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My Google Play Services are currently 1.5 and 0.3% (Secure Folder and regular one), so that's not excessive battery use for that. When Messenger caused me issues, it was like 40% or something. It also never crashed.
I tried a diagnostic log app, but it doesn't work to capture random reboots. I just had to wait until they updated the app, which I think was about a week after it started. It mostly happened while I wasn't using my phone.
Hmm.

Last week I eventually did a factory reset. After selecting language for the initial setup, the phone entered a reboot loop again, so it was obvious that it wasn't a software issue. I proceeded with the setup, but without restoring any applications. The phone did some reboots again.
I contacted local customer support, and when I went there they connected the phone to their software and they were able to see in the log files some kernel panicks, memory errors and boot loops since the factory reset. They told me that if I hadn't reset the phone,they would be able to see all the problems since the beginning.
They told me that they have to change the main board, and after two days I got my phone back. This happened on Friday, today is Monday and everything seems fine (I crossed my fingers). I reinstalled everything including applications from Samsung Cloud.

nasos75 said:
Last week I eventually did a factory reset. After selecting language for the initial setup, the phone entered a reboot loop again, so it was obvious that it wasn't a software issue. I proceeded with the setup, but without restoring any applications. The phone did some reboots again.
I contacted local customer support, and when I went there they connected the phone to their software and they were able to see in the log files some kernel panicks, memory errors and boot loops since the factory reset. They told me that if I hadn't reset the phone,they would be able to see all the problems since the beginning.
They told me that they have to change the main board, and after two days I got my phone back. This happened on Friday, today is Monday and everything seems fine (I crossed my fingers). I reinstalled everything including applications from Samsung Cloud.
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Oh wow, what a hassle! Glad the phone seems to be working well now, though! That's crazy that it rebooted that early in the setup process. Did you have to pay for the fix?

No, it was covered by guarantee, the phone is less than 6 months old.

nasos75 said:
No, it was covered by guarantee, the phone is less than 6 months old.
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Well that's a relief!

Question Touches sometimes don't register immediately after going to home screen, etc

Does this happen for anyone else? On my S22, not all of the time but sometimes, when I leave an app, go to recents, go home, etc, a tap sometimes won't register immediately, or maybe for .5 to 1 second. I have show taps enabled and I can see the taps happening, so the phone and touch screen are both aware of the tap, but they still don't do anything for a bit.

I think it's an issue related to One UI Home (Launcher) and its animations. They should definitely improve it and squash those annoying bugs.

markitosd said:
I think it's an issue related to One UI Home (Launcher) and its animations. They should definitely improve it and squash those annoying bugs.
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Diaable all animations. Not needed.
There should be no delay. A second is an eternity. Is it running warm or hot when near idle?
Try clearing the system cache.
Try in safe mode. You may have a buggy 3rd party app.
Did you do any major firmware upgrades without a factory reset afterwards? If so... get reloading.
Do not use SmartSwitch.

blackhawk said:
Diaable all animations. Not needed.
There should be no delay. A second is an eternity. Is it running warm or hot when near idle?
Try clearing the system cache.
Try in safe mode. You may have a buggy 3rd party app.
Did you do any major firmware upgrades without a factory reset afterwards? If so... get reloading.
Do not use SmartSwitch.
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For me, it's been this way since I got the phone, the animations definitely seem to cause most of the issues after turning them off, but some of my taps still dont register. It's significantly more rare with animations turned off but it's still there. Unless it's just normal for some taps not to register every now and then, but I never had this issue on my galaxy s9.

While typing in another app (chrome), I just tried going to my home screen and tapping a different app immediately, it didn't register it on the first try. I don't double tap so I'm not sure how long it takes to stop. It's rare but certainly still there.
I'm curious if anyone else here tries, even with animations off, if they would experience the same issue occasionally (I had my keyboard up and I was typing). While in one app, type or do something for a bit, and then hit home, and tried tapping another app immediately. For context, I am tapping it RIGHT as the screen switches to home. I know I'm not tapping it too fast or anything because my taps register more often than not doing the same thing.
Trying in safe mode is difficult as it seems the issue doesn't present itself immediately, even in normal mode, after a fresh boot. I also tried safe mode with my internet enabled and didn't experience the issue, but I'm still not experiencing it (in normal mode) right now at all. It's important to mention that I've experienced certain hiccups like this since I first got the phone, before I installed any third party apps. Most of the bloatware apps I have uninstalled. The only thing I can think of, that was available then and still available now, are apps like google drive, samsung notes, etc.

Lalam24 said:
For me, it's been this way since I got the phone, the animations definitely seem to cause most of the issues after turning them off, but some of my taps still dont register. It's significantly more rare with animations turned off but it's still there. Unless it's just normal for some taps not to register every now and then, but I never had this issue on my galaxy s9.
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Try increasing touch sensitivity.
In accessibility try this:
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blackhawk said:
Try increasing touch sensitivity.
In accessibility try this:
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Show taps is enabled so I can see the screen acknowledges all my touches, it just doesn't do stuff otherwise sometimes.

Lalam24 said:
Show taps is enabled so I can see the screen acknowledges all my touches, it just doesn't do stuff otherwise sometimes.
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Something running in the background.
Do a factory reset maybe to rule out user data corruption or malware.
Possibly corrupted firmware or mobo failure.
What are the power settings in Device Care?
Disable global power management.
Try this:

blackhawk said:
Something running in the background.
Do a factory reset maybe to rule out user data corruption or malware.
Possibly corrupted firmware or mobo failure.
What are the power settings in Device Care?
Disable global power management.
Try this:
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I have everything off other than auto disable apps, it's instead listed as automatically put apps to sleep, is that the same thing?
I'd rather not factory reset, but I don't think it's malware if I got this phone factory fresh and it had the issues then too.
Considering it seems to get worse the longer the phone is on, I suppose a mother board issue would make sense. At least it hasn't progressively gotten worse altogether since I got the phone a year ago.