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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
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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.

[Q] How to disable "Ok Google" (toast) message...

Does anyone know how to disable the "Ok Google" 'toast-like' message on the 360? This happens when I turn my wrist to look at the time and Ambient Mode is On. It comes on for a couple of seconds then it goes away...annoying...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I'm pretty sure that after you use the voice command a few times it will go way automatically.

Slack3r said:
I'm pretty sure that after you use the voice command a few times it will go way automatically.
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I've tried that thinking the same thing but no luck so far

Looking for how to do the same I found this thread from September, but the curious thing is that I've never had that before just until this week, after the update.
It's annoying but more than that I'm frustrated because there is simply no more threads or information but this one and according to the activity of it, it seems that or this was fixed already or simply the OP gave up on trying to fix it.
Anybody else with this annoying new thing or is there really is a fix that I simply can't ? Thanks.

Every time it pops up say "ok google" to it, then dismiss the screen. It will happen 5 times or so and then stop doing it.

Steve-x said:
Every time it pops up say "ok google" to it, then dismiss the screen. It will happen 5 times or so and then stop doing it.
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Thanks for your help but I'm lost, when you say that I need to dismiss the message, the problem is that it's not a Card that you can dismiss, it pops up when the phone awakes and it's there for about 5 seconds and then it goes, but in those seconds, How am I suppose to dismiss it?, I mean, I tried the normal swipe to left, right, up and down but nothing does the trick, at least not dismissing the message, I've tried it about a dozens of times and every time it comes back. Even the pull down that mutes the notifications doesn't fix it, it's still appears

Tap screen once so that you see 'Talk now' and from there swipe to the right. Do that 5 times consecutively and you're a member of the land of the free again.

Oskar-2 said:
Tap screen once so that you see 'Talk now' and from there swipe to the right. Do that 5 times consecutively and you're a member of the land of the free again.
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Tried that with 5 times, nothing, then about 8, then 15 times and still the same...
I don't know man, it's very weird, have the watch since it was released and this is the first time with this issue and the one that seems to not go away.
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OK, I just remembered that besides applying the latest update, the only thing I did was download and applied a new Facer's face and I've been using it since then, so I just went to Facer and selected the first one I saw and applied and there was no more Ok Google message, thinking that it was the Face that I was using until now, I just put it back, and for my surprise, no more Ok Google Message.
So, what happens when i switched to this face a couple of days back? I don't have a clue, but I didn't think that it was the face as I decided to reset the watch last night, and after pairing it and installing facer and applying the face there was the same issue back, so it was obvious for me, or at least I thought so, that it was something with the update.
Anyway, I just want to let you all know that may have or may encounter this in the future that instead of just wasting time looking for a fix, just switch the face and see if it fixes it.
Thanks.

erasat said:
Tried that with 5 times, nothing, then about 8, then 15 times and still the same...
I don't know man, it's very weird, have the watch since it was released and this is the first time with this issue and the one that seems to not go away.
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OK, I just remembered that besides applying the latest update, the only thing I did was download and applied a new Facer's face and I've been using it since then, so I just went to Facer and selected the first one I saw and applied and there was no more Ok Google message, thinking that it was the Face that I was using until now, I just put it back, and for my surprise, no more Ok Google Message.
So, what happens when i switched to this face a couple of days back? I don't have a clue, but I didn't think that it was the face as I decided to reset the watch last night, and after pairing it and installing facer and applying the face there was the same issue back, so it was obvious for me, or at least I thought so, that it was something with the update.
Anyway, I just want to let you all know that may have or may encounter this in the future that instead of just wasting time looking for a fix, just switch the face and see if it fixes it.
Thanks.
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i've validated that the above method works. since this seems to be such a hot topic, and so difficult to understand/troubleshoot, i went ahead and made a video. enjoy.
(warning - apparently i talk like i have a mouth full of marbles when saying "OK Google")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uPqO-X1iw
cliffs: it takes about 5 "Ok Googles" for the message to go away.

640k said:
i've validated that the above method works. since this seems to be such a hot topic, and so difficult to understand/troubleshoot, i went ahead and made a video. enjoy.
(warning - apparently i talk like i have a mouth full of marbles when saying "OK Google")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uPqO-X1iw&list=UUe6qhXZF4u75aROilm0DsHQ
cliffs: it takes about 5 "Ok Googles" for the message to go away.
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That's what I did 3 different tests, first with 5, then with 8 and the last time with 15 times, and it was still there, nothing worked until I changed the Watch Face, very weird indeed.

erasat said:
That's what I did 3 different tests, first with 5, then with 8 and the last time with 15 times, and it was still there, nothing worked until I changed the Watch Face, very weird indeed.
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that's probably the third or fourth time i've done that. i literally just reset my device and recorded that video.

640k said:
i've validated that the above method works. since this seems to be such a hot topic, and so difficult to understand/troubleshoot, i went ahead and made a video. enjoy.
(warning - apparently i talk like i have a mouth full of marbles when saying "OK Google")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uPqO-X1iw
cliffs: it takes about 5 "Ok Googles" for the message to go away.
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hi.
thanks - i couldn't get it to work but i just played your video and my watch did what i wanted
i thought i pronounced it right but the watch seems a bit *****y about "ok google"
but now it's gone. phew
merry christmas

I have a speech issue and cannot say "OK google" even once - is there another way to get rid of this ?

androidthx1138 said:
I have a speech issue and cannot say "OK google" even once - is there another way to get rid of this ?
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Use TTS from Google Translate.

Connections Optimizer is driving me crazy.

Is anyone else having problems with the Connections Optimizer?
For the first two weeks I had the phone, I didn't even know it existed. (I never activated it, nor deactivated it.) Now, the last two days, all day, throughout the day it keeps popping up wanting me to do something, and it's always at the worst time. I first noticed it when I was driving as it kept popping up blocking my nav app, making it dangerous for me to deal with it while driving. Then as I went through my day sending texts, FB, and taking photos, it just kept popping up throughout the day, just barging into whatever I was doing. There's no reason it should pop up when I'm just trying to take a photo.
So, are others having a similar problem? Will it cause any problems if I deactivate it?
Thanks.

DevonSloan said:
Is anyone else having problems with the Connections Optimizer?
For the first two weeks I had the phone, I didn't even know it existed. (I never activated it, nor deactivated it.) Now, the last two days, all day, throughout the day it keeps popping up wanting me to do something, and it's always at the worst time. I first noticed it when I was driving as it kept popping up blocking my nav app, making it dangerous for me to deal with it while driving. Then as I went through my day sending texts, FB, and taking photos, it just kept popping up throughout the day, just barging into whatever I was doing. There's no reason it should pop up when I'm just trying to take a photo.
So, are others having a similar problem? Will it cause any problems if I deactivate it?
Thanks.
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I froze it the day i got the phone. Haven't noticed any problems

How do you freeze it

nflwideout86 said:
I froze it the day i got the phone. Haven't noticed any problems
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dmarkmd5 said:
How do you freeze it
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I'd love to know as well. I turned it off and it just keeps turning itself back on - it did it all day today as well.
And not just the optimizer, but I wish the WiFi would stay off until I manually turn it on - I find myself turning it off all day long as well.

The WiFi optimizer is basically an app that turns your WiFi on and if your around WiFi that you have connected to or one of sprints partners WiFi it will connect to it. I just turned it off. I don't know what pop up your dealing with. Mine never did a pop up

DevonSloan said:
I'd love to know as well. I turned it off and it just keeps turning itself back on - it did it all day today as well.
And not just the optimizer, but I wish the WiFi would stay off until I manually turn it on - I find myself turning it off all day long as well.
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Always scanning is maybe enabled.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Settings -> Mobile Networks -> Connection Optimizer. And just uncheck it. It'll help a little with battery.

also turned mine off the day I got the phone

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)
Something like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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 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:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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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.
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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.