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Google News doesn't work on my G-Pad. Anyone else?

Hey Guys,
This issue is driving me absolutely crazy. Since I've had my G Pad, I have never successfully gotten news.google.com to work. It loads, then disappears and I am left with a blank page. I refresh, nothing. I did a factory reset, nothing. I just upgraded to the 4.4.2 KitKat leaked build, nothing - same issue. I really don't want to have to install another browser just to get to Google's own news page!
Am I the only one here? This seems so simple, yet it's so frustrating. My LG G2 works fine, my wife's Galaxy S4 works fine, my Nexus 7 works fine, etc. All using Chrome!
-Collin-

I also can't get news.google.com to work with the default web browser or Google Chrome. But it work with UC Browser HD for Tablet. My G Pad is updated to kit Kat
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I also have this issue but have you tried holding it in landscape orientation? Try both with auto rotate screen on. If you have the page loaded and go to landscape and then back to portrait it does work but still does not look correct.

CollinFX45 said:
Hey Guys,
This issue is driving me absolutely crazy. Since I've had my G Pad, I have never successfully gotten news.google.com to work. It loads, then disappears and I am left with a blank page. I refresh, nothing. I did a factory reset, nothing. I just upgraded to the 4.4.2 KitKat leaked build, nothing - same issue. I really don't want to have to install another browser just to get to Google's own news page!
Am I the only one here? This seems so simple, yet it's so frustrating. My LG G2 works fine, my wife's Galaxy S4 works fine, my Nexus 7 works fine, etc. All using Chrome!
-Collin-
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It bears mentioning that the Google Newstand app is designed specifically to display Google News on mobile devices. Otherwise there are some excellent 3rd party apps to read Google New, the best of which is NewsHog, which I use. For the record, I use Firefox for Android and can easily see Google News, but NewsHog is a far superior experience IMHO.

getmealive said:
I also can't get news.google.com to work with the default web browser or Google Chrome. But it work with UC Browser HD for Tablet. My G Pad is updated to kit Kat
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brian999 said:
I also have this issue but have you tried holding it in landscape orientation? Try both with auto rotate screen on. If you have the page loaded and go to landscape and then back to portrait it does work but still does not look correct.
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Thank you Guys. Glad I'm not the only one. Well, sort of.
Subtleone said:
It bears mentioning that the Google Newstand app is designed specifically to display Google News on mobile devices. Otherwise there are some excellent 3rd party apps to read Google New, the best of which is NewsHog, which I use. For the record, I use Firefox for Android and can easily see Google News, but NewsHog is a far superior experience IMHO.
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I will try that, thanks for the suggestion. Still confuses the heck out of me, however!
-Collin-

p51d007 said:
I had the same issue. Tried 3 different chargers. Finally called at&t and they
sent a replacement. If your USB/charge port looks like this, you'll probably have to have it replaced.
Top pick is my old tilt, bottom one is the new tilt
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Long standing issue unfortunately... if you're logged in, go into your settings and change crack to the old news view.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/news/qV_LshsdF1s/iPHuCDwsdOwJ
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Long standing issue unfortunately... if you're logged in, go into your settings and change crack to the old news view.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/news/qV_LshsdF1s/iPHuCDwsdOwJ
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*back. Can't edit for some reason...

Malware/Adware???

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right section to post this but I'm having something weird happen when I am charging my Nexus 5x.
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When I press my power button while the phone is charging I see this. When I click the setting icon in top right I'm given the option to turn it off but I would rather just remove it completely. It doesn't have any identifying information so I don't know what's causing this. I've try a few adware/malware apps that aren't telling me anything.
Can anyone help?

This is what I see when I press the setting icon

Have you installed any apps recently? I'd start there. It probably asked for some permissions, such as notification access, so if you see anything unusual in there that could be it.

Keithn said:
Have you installed any apps recently? I'd start there. It probably asked for some permissions, such as notification access, so if you see anything unusual in there that could be it.
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I need to try delete more apps...

Its your keyboard-app. I bet you are using TouchPal.
It was the same for me. Touchpal is one of the greatest keyboard-apps IMHO, but lately they changed in the wrong direction with unwanted ads like 'Daily Summary' or 'Charging Lock Screen' or 'AppLock'.
I uninstalled it because of that.

Or the ES File Explorer app that recently admitted to presenting Ads in the lock screen.

scoliosis said:
Or the ES File Explorer app that recently admitted to presenting Ads in the lock screen.
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This is exactly what it is. You can disable this from within this app.

Also, of rooted, use AdAway.
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Tank87 said:
I'm not entirely sure if this is the right section to post this but I'm having something weird happen when I am charging my Nexus 5x.
When I press my power button while the phone is charging I see this. When I click the setting icon in top right I'm given the option to turn it off but I would rather just remove it completely. It doesn't have any identifying information so I don't know what's causing this. I've try a few adware/malware apps that aren't telling me anything.
Can anyone help?
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You must have photo editor pro installed. I had the same issue and read up on it and someone mentioned that they isolated the cause and uninstalled that app and it got rid of that adware lock screen.
It worked for me. Try it.
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VOLTAGEROCK said:
You must have photo editor pro installed. I had the same issue and read up on it and someone mentioned that they isolated the cause and uninstalled that app and it got rid of that adware lock screen.
It worked for me. Try it.
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Yea. This was it. I forgot to update the thread

There was an article at AP a week ago about that
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...sion-of-lock-screen-adware-in-the-play-store/
There is a link to a spreadsheet in the article that contains list of apps that add this adware to your lockscreen without asking...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...QL2OH52Gy_hVgQWo-Ijs30uag/edit#gid=1218206578
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Just curious because I haven't read up on what apps caused this annoying problem but who kept the photo editor app installed?
I liked that app and it really sucks t nuts that I had to uninstall it.
If I remember correctly, there was an option to simply turn off that lock screen adware, right?
But mainly, who kept the app(s) causing this issue? It'd be nice to know if anyone did and if this was a serious issue (which I doubt) or should i have read this entire thread plus the article before posting this?
Sent from my annoying Nexus 5X

VOLTAGEROCK said:
Just curious because I haven't read up on what apps caused this annoying problem but who kept the photo editor app installed?
I liked that app and it really sucks t nuts that I had to uninstall it.
If I remember correctly, there was an option to simply turn off that lock screen adware, right?
But mainly, who kept the app(s) causing this issue? It'd be nice to know if anyone did and if this was a serious issue (which I doubt) or should i have read this entire thread plus the article before posting this?
Sent from my annoying Nexus 5X
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Try Snapseed, Google acquired it because it was considered the best free photo editing app.
No point using an app that has that lock screen adware. They deserve to be removed from the Play Store for violating the rules of displaying ads outside of their own app.

Didn't Adobe make Lightroom free on Android?

Pixel C and Netflix

So I've owned my Pixel C since it came out, and have been a netflix user since that was made available in AU.
Its always been fine, but in the past week, when playing any show, the screen goes white, and flickers.
Youtube, and local files are all fine.....
Havent bothered to contact netflix yet, Anyone experienced this? Have reinstalled, cleared data, etc. No dice
Stock Pixel C, no mods.

sephstyler said:
So I've owned my Pixel C since it came out, and have been a netflix user since that was made available in AU.
Its always been fine, but in the past week, when playing any show, the screen goes white, and flickers.
Youtube, and local files are all fine.....
Havent bothered to contact netflix yet, Anyone experienced this? Have reinstalled, cleared data, etc. No dice
Stock Pixel C, no mods.
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Same here, mine is also acting up.

makitso said:
Same here, mine is also acting up.
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I encourage you to contact them.
I did it over the weekend, and they asked for a short video and asked a few questions. They admitted that the issue lied on their end, as they selectively release updates to a small subset of devices/users to test issues before they go wider - think beta. I think the Pixel C got picked up in this beta and that they will roll out a fix shortly. I'd need to keep updating the app to wait for rectification.

Running Android O DP4, Netflix is working fine.

I upgrade to current Android O 8.0.0 and Netflix is scrambling some, but not all, videos, I get a fraction of a second of full screen then it goes scrambled. I downloaded latest from APK mirror, tried clear cache, clear data, uninstall reinstall, same problem. For example season 1 episode 1 of House of Cards.
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Netflix on Pixel C on Or (official Release) Video Scrambled
nigelhealy said:
I upgrade to current Android O 8.0.0 and Netflix is scrambling some, but not all, videos, I get a fraction of a second of full screen then it goes scrambled. I downloaded latest from APK mirror, tried clear cache, clear data, uninstall reinstall, same problem. For example season 1 episode 1 of House of Cards.
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I am having the exact same problem. Worked fine up to Android O Beta DP 3. DP4 introduced said problem. I had expected the issue to be resolved prior to official Oreo, but sadly not.

trent41 said:
I am having the exact same problem. Worked fine up to Android O Beta DP 3. DP4 introduced said problem. I had expected the issue to be resolved prior to official Oreo, but sadly not.
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I searched around to fix this myself, and seems I need to report it to NetFlix, but all the guides end up practically nowhere in reality. On the Pixel C Android NetFlix app there is no "report" button, I click to support and it goes to browser, which does not allow me to point to a video.
I can wait for this to be fixed, I have lots of non-NetFlix media I can watch.
Amazon Prime works fine! So seems, NetFlix buggy app on Pixel C is going to cause me to watch some Amazon Prime stuff instead.

I used to have the Netflix app on my Pixel C, but it is gone now. Additionally, it can't be installed from the play store. If I try to install it via the play store web app, when I select my Pixel C it says "Not compatible with this device."
It appears Netflix way of fixing the above problem was to disallow people from using Netflix on the Pixel C.

Android P DP3 recent apps text selection no longer working

Title says it. Anyone else having this within the last few days?
Yes, I force closed pixel launcher and tried rebooting.

working fine here still

No issues here.

tluley51 said:
Title says it. Anyone else having this within the last few days?
Yes, I force closed pixel launcher and tried rebooting.
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It's not working for me either..it used to work...

ram4ufriends said:
It's not working for me either..it used to work...
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Yeah, very odd.
Even wiped data in the pixel launcher settings and it didn't do anything

Working fine. I don't use it often but didn't realize it only does one line of text and needs adjustment in it's highlighting. Even though the "t" at the end doesn't look highlighted, it was copied.
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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EeZeEpEe said:
Working fine. I don't use it often but didn't realize it only does one line of text and needs adjustment in it's highlighting. Even though the "t" at the end doesn't look highlighted, it was copied. View attachment 4537223
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Yeah, for some reason I go to long press to select something and nothing happens, then if I let go, it just opens the app that I am long pressing on.
There is a setting in the Pixel Launcher that I found for it. Pixel settings - Suggestions - Overview selection. This was/is toggled on and it still is not working. I tried to toggle it off and back on again, no luck.

Very strange. I toggled it off and on and the option works for both. The obvious restarting your phone doesn't do anything?
tluley51 said:
Yeah, for some reason I go to long press to select something and nothing happens, then if I let go, it just opens the app that I am long pressing on.
There is a setting in the Pixel Launcher that I found for it. Pixel settings - Suggestions - Overview selection. This was/is toggled on and it still is not working. I tried to toggle it off and back on again, no luck.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Very strange. I toggled it off and on and the option works for both. The obvious restarting your phone doesn't do anything?
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No. I even tried toggling off, rebooting. Toggling on, rebooting....no luck.
Unless someone else has any other ideas, I will probably factory reset to see if that fixes it, which I am sure it will. DP4 is around the corner though, so I may just wait.

Yeah might as well wait for DP4 first at least.
tluley51 said:
No. I even tried toggling off, rebooting. Toggling on, rebooting....no luck.
Unless someone else has any other ideas, I will probably factory reset to see if that fixes it, which I am sure it will. DP4 is around the corner though, so I may just wait.
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Same for me, it worked for a while but now it's gone

Seems to be gone for me now too. Hopefully it comes back. Was super useful.

Phazonclash said:
Same for me, it worked for a while but now it's gone
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acheney1990 said:
Seems to be gone for me now too. Hopefully it comes back. Was super useful.
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Glad you guys reported it as well. I thought it was just me...

Missing here as well...

Would like to add that this was not fixed with the DP4 OTA. I am still unable to select text or share anything.

Hi, fresh install of DP5, selection feature in recents don't work.

Still working for me with DP5.
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I'm also using pixel 2 XL and using dp5 but the selection in recent apps section doesn't work. Any help?

I am on stable pie, doesn't work for me. Any help?

Iwin# said:
I am on stable pie, doesn't work for me. Any help?
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it only works if your system language is set to English US. google as usual being an a** by bringing features to US first.

Gboard on Android P DP builds - synch learned words missing

I'm not sure which build it started in (I think it was there in DP2) but in DP3 and now also DP4 with my P2XL I don't have the option available to me in Gboard settings to synch learned words. I have the same version of Gboard installed on my OP3T running OOS 5.0.3 and the option is there. Is this consistent with other users or do I have a problem with my device? I don't know if it's psychosomatic or not but it seems like the suggestions surfaced by Gboard are of less value on my P2XL than they are on my OP3T and I'd like to attribute this to the fact that I can't synch learned words. TIA everyone.

megatomic said:
I'm not sure which build it started in (I think it was there in DP2) but in DP3 and now also DP4 with my P2XL I don't have the option available to me in Gboard settings to synch learned words. I have the same version of Gboard installed on my OP3T running OOS 5.0.3 and the option is there. Is this consistent with other users or do I have a problem with my device? I don't know if it's psychosomatic or not but it seems like the suggestions surfaced by Gboard are of less value on my P2XL than they are on my OP3T and I'd like to attribute this to the fact that I can't synch learned words. TIA everyone.
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Yes its same for me...it was around DP2

I have it and running DP4.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I have it and running DP4. View attachment 4549346
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Damn, inconsistent bugs like this are the worst. So hard to isolate and fix.

What does it look like for you? Blank? Greyed out?
megatomic said:
Damn, inconsistent bugs like this are the worst. So hard to isolate and fix.
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EeZeEpEe said:
What does it look like for you? Blank? Greyed out?
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It's just not there. I have the settings page for the Dictionary but the part about syncing with my gmail account is completely missing.

So yesterday I opted out of the Android P beta program, installed the rollback OTA via the automated tool and set up my phone from scratch. The option to sync my Gboard dictionary with my Gmail account is still just not there. Maybe I should call Google support now that my phone is running Oreo again.

Just upgraded to Pie and issue is still prevalent. I'm on Gboard beta and I tried uninstalling and trying different apks to no avail. This is very frustrating as typing sucks as all my synced shortcuts are not there

Has anyone reported that to Google? I have seen this on a few AOSP Roms that this Option is completely missing. Most people wont even notice but it just sucks to not have the words you saved before.

D-m-x said:
Has anyone reported that to Google? I have seen this on a few AOSP Roms that this Option is completely missing. Most people wont even notice but it just sucks to not have the words you saved before.
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I tried while still in the beta program and support wouldn't talk to me. I've gotten the official OTA and have since done a factory reset and the problem is still here for me, now I can hit up Pixel support again now that I am not running a beta OS.

megatomic said:
I tried while still in the beta program and support wouldn't talk to me. I've gotten the official OTA and have since done a factory reset and the problem is still here for me, now I can hit up Pixel support again now that I am not running a beta OS.
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When I get the time I will try to update to P and report back. Maybe it's somehow Account related. They had that problem a few times with GPhotos I remember, that some things just wouldn't work for certain people.

D-m-x said:
When I get the time I will try to update to P and report back. Maybe it's somehow Account related. They had that problem a few times with GPhotos I remember, that some things just wouldn't work for certain people.
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Yeah it's still there or maybe I just have some crazy bad luck but it sucks why this is the case.

D-m-x said:
When I get the time I will try to update to P and report back. Maybe it's somehow Account related. They had that problem a few times with GPhotos I remember, that some things just wouldn't work for certain people.
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nexus_man12 said:
Yeah it's still there or maybe I just have some crazy bad luck but it sucks why this is the case.
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I think I agree, this may be an account issue. I just set up my old OPO with LineageOS 15.1 and I have the same problem there. I wonder what Google can even do about this? I hope I don't have to make a new account to get this functionality back.

I don't think so. The biggest problem will be to bring it to their attention to actively keep them looking into this matter.
As a sidenote, I just Dirty flashed Pie on top of Oreo and still have the Option. I hope the get this fixed for you guys :/

Looks like this version of Gboard brings this option back as per this thread .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/google-gboard-issue-t3797307

This is indeed a lazy oversight on Googles Part. I remember the same thing happened with Google Photos. Remember the Option to have a floating Bubble on the Screen when you had taken a Photo with the GCamera? That was missing somehow after updating the App, going back to an older APK, activating the option and then update the App would make the option stick.

After official Pie was released, I still have the option just fine. [emoji53]
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D-m-x said:
This is indeed a lazy oversight on Googles Part. I remember the same thing happened with Google Photos. Remember the Option to have a floating Bubble on the Screen when you had taken a Photo with the GCamera? That was missing somehow after updating the App, going back to an older APK, activating the option and then update the App would make the option stick.
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That's just Google in a nutshell. :laugh: :laugh::laugh: