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Hello everyone,
I just bought my S3 last Sunday. Since then I have noticed several issues with it and I'm wondering if it's worth exchanging. They seem to be both software and hardware issues.
1. It's pretty laggy. For such a "groundbreaking" phone this is lagging much more than my old Sensation. It's rarely smooth switching between screens and going from lock screen to home screen is also laggy. Overall, it's not very smooth. Is this common on this device? Maybe I'm expecting too much.
2. The music player skips and repeats A LOT. Whenever a song is playing, it will constantly have gaps in the music. It will just stop playing for a brief second but then continue normally. It also will repeat parts of a song, such as saying some lyrics twice.
3. Whenever someone calls me, my voice sounds "distant" to them. If I call someone my voice sounds totally normal but when I receive the call I am either echoing or I sound like I'm holding my phone away from my face.
I guess my biggest problem is the lag. It really bothers me since it's supposed to be such an amazing and smooth phone. It takes several times longer to load apps and things than my old Sensation did, and I don't have many apps installed at all. Opening the app drawer is consistently laggy as well.
Are these common issues or do you guys think it would be worthwhile to exchange the phone? As of right now, I'm not very pleased with it.
Thanks for all your input, guys!
Edit: Also, whenever I hit the home button it takes several seconds to load it up. Is there a way to speed this up?
Also, I am not rooted yet. I always like to spend a few weeks with the stock setup before rooting.
Edit 2: Last thing, S Voice is a piece of **** on this. Literally. It takes FOREVER to load up and RARELY does what I say. Does this actually work for you guys or is S voice generally useless?
Not common at all. Exchange.
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elracing21 said:
Not common at all. Exchange.
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thanks! i'll exchange it tomorrow. Are the S3's generally pretty smooth? Any lag at all?
alecjake said:
thanks! i'll exchange it tomorrow. Are the S3's generally pretty smooth? Any lag at all?
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Smooth as butter.
Have you tried installing the latest OTA? It may help with some of your problems. For the home key lag, double press to open s voice, then go into settings and turn off double press home to open.
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1. Try this. Settings >Developer Options > Window animation scale ->change to 0.5x or off. Transition animation scale >animation is off
Also make sure Do not keep activities under developer options is unchecked. Check it first then uncheck it. This should solve the redraw issue on teh homescreen (at least it did for me)
2. Did not happen to me
3. Turn off noise reduction
For the distant sound issue open the dialer>call settings>additional settings>uncheck noise reduction. Even running unrooted the interface should be very smooth however.
DocHoliday77 said:
Have you tried installing the latest OTA? It may help with some of your problems. For the home key lag, double press to open s voice, then go into settings and turn off double press home to open.
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that is yet another odd thing about my device. it claims I have the latest OTA, when I know I don't. Also, it says the music hub is still unavailable (even though I know several people who have it running)
I haven't actually used s-voice myself, but a lot of reviews said it wasn't very good.
Another thing you can try for the lag you mentioned is in Developer Options, change the Force GPU Rendering option.
Also try limiting background processes to 3 or 4. Though you shouldn't have to resort to this. If other options don't work id still take it back for exchange.
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wyuan said:
1. Try this. Settings >Developer Options > Window animation scale ->change to 0.5x or off. Transition animation scale >animation is off
Also make sure Do not keep activities under developer options is unchecked. Check it first then uncheck it. This should solve the redraw issue on teh homescreen (at least it did for me)
2. Did not happen to me
3. Turn off noise reduction
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I just tried all the things you listed in number 1 and it is definitely faster, in a way. When I click the home button, the wallpaper pops up immediately. The apps however take significantly longer to load up and the app drawer still takes quite a while to load. I think I am stuck with a return. Thank you for all your help!
alecjake said:
Edit: Also, whenever I hit the home button it takes several seconds to load it up. Is there a way to speed this up?
Also, I am not rooted yet. I always like to spend a few weeks with the stock setup before rooting.
Edit 2: Last thing, S Voice is a piece of **** on this. Literally. It takes FOREVER to load up and RARELY does what I say. Does this actually work for you guys or is S voice generally useless?
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To speed up the home screen button:
Double tap home screen (bring up s-voice)
Tap menu softkey
Tap settings
Uncheck launch s-voice
You will need to do this with your new device as well.
And s-voice is generally useless, or as far as I've found.
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Yea s-voice makes home button laggy. And have u tried to factory reset it?
Do a master reset without restoring back up. Sometimes this all that is necessary on any Rom. If that fails do a buyers remorse exchange.
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sarni84 said:
Yea s-voice makes home button laggy. And have u tried to factory reset it?
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wow. i cant believe i didnt think of this. i just did a factory reset and it is a world of difference. so much faster and smoother! i still think i'm going to exchange it tomorrow, however. the speaker issue worries me since it is probably a hardware issue
alecjake said:
wow. i cant believe i didnt think of this. i just did a factory reset and it is a world of difference. so much faster and smoother! i still think i'm going to exchange it tomorrow, however. the speaker issue worries me since it is probably a hardware issue
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Yea it usually helps especially with the weird problems. But now if u are still having problems then yea take it back. Because now u ruled almost everything out or have done what u could have. Good luck
some people just want to complain.....
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Mine is so smooth. But I have not rooted it. WIthout any memory eating apps running, it is not only smooth but actually bolting fast!!:victory::victory::victory:
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some people just want to complain.....
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Thank you for making your own point.
make sure power save option is disable.it will make it very laggy
I haven't had any problems with my device. But a lot of times when I'm talking to my girlfriend she always asks if I put her on speakerphone and I haven't. She sometimes also says she hears an echo.
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I posted this question in the correct thread for the ROM I'm using in my signature (also note I'm using the newest version of the KT747 kernel as well), but people are currently more interested in hearing themselves talk on that thread, calling people trolls when the "troll" is actually helping answer questions, and just waste space with non-development chit-chat.... So maybe asking it here will get an answer!
I'm getting a partial wakelock constantly from LPAPlayer, a low power audio player that supposedly gets installed or screwed up when you install AwesomeBeats, but I never had that installed and can't seem how to disable or fix the issue with LPAPlayer eating up the battery, making the CPU run at max while the screen is off....
Anyone got any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
Bump... Same problem here with VZW s3 running stock rooted JB 4.1.1!
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Have you tried flashing clean from stock? And just to clarify, you have LPAplayer without installing the Beats audio equalizer?
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crazililazn said:
Have you tried flashing clean from stock? And just to clarify, you have LPAplayer without installing the Beats audio equalizer?
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No I didn't come from stock but I did do a clean flash. And you are correct and having that wakelock without having installed beats
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travis.bridges10 said:
No I didn't come from stock but I did do a clean flash. And you are correct and having that wakelock without having installed beats
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Maybe it was a bad flash? Have you tried reflashing since you noticed the wake lock?
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crazililazn said:
Maybe it was a bad flash? Have you tried reflashing since you noticed the wake lock?
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I've been on this since about 2 days after it came out never had a problem. The all of a sudden it started 2 days ago. I haven't installed anything new and haven't made any substantial changes. The only media players I use are play and Pandora.
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Just to add in to what Travis has been saying, and it all applies the same for me too, I just reflashed the device with the same ROM, but wiped everything first, including System.... Because these aren't official JB ROMs, I'm not spending too much time getting everything set up on the device right now, so when I wipe, I restore data from a previous backup, and while I'm sure that's not helping anything, there has to be a way to prevent LPAPlayer from using up so much battery!
KryptosXLayer2 said:
Just to add in to what Travis has been saying, and it all applies the same for me too, I just reflashed the device with the same ROM, but wiped everything first, including System.... Because these aren't official JB ROMs, I'm not spending too much time getting everything set up on the device right now, so when I wipe, I restore data from a previous backup, and while I'm sure that's not helping anything, there has to be a way to prevent LPAPlayer from using up so much battery!
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Well one thing I know for sure is that we have the same exact nonofficial JB rom installed (lol) and that I do not have the LPAPlayer issue, nor could I find it installed. Travis says that he uses Google Play Music and Pandora, so maybe it has to do with one of the two. Try using Titanium and freezing these two apps and see if it fixes your battery drain.
I know it isn't Pandora, I don't use it or even have it installed on my phone.... I could see it having to do something with Google Music, I use that constantly while driving. Won't be in the car tomorrow so I'll freeze it tonight and see if anything gets better, one can only hope when no real solutions are being presented!
STILL having the issue, Pandora and GMusic are NOT the issue (as far as I can tell....)
Here's a guy having the same issues too, found that Awesome Beats was the recommendation, and never installed it either, still no resolution for him:
http://www.samsunggalaxys3forum.com...s3-help/7523-interesting-battery-problem.html
Looks like the only solution is to wipe and reinstall everything with TiBU, hoping that the issue isn't stuck in one of my user apps and just the data I'm restoring after every time I wipe....
EDIT - I MAY have found a solution! Those affected, please help me test this - those NOT affected, please check and see if your settings are different!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25475691&postcount=4732
On there, it said to disable LPAPlayer, set lpa.decode=false in build.prop, under System, using Root Explorer, or similar. I like Root Explorer because when you select R/W at the top, press and hold on build.prop, select Open in Text Editor, you can hit the Menu button and Save and Exit while Root Explorer automatically saves the original as a backup, using .BAK. If you're unfamiliar with Root Explorer or need more instructions, let me know, I need others to test this OR see if your lpa.decode setting was already set to false! Mine WAS set to true before I edited it, rebooted, and now I'm testing to see if it works.... after 14 mins, I'm seeing a deep sleep of 5 mins so far, so it may have worked!!! There isn't any mention of any partial wakelocks from LPAPlayer right now either!
KryptosXLayer2 said:
STILL having the issue, Pandora and GMusic are NOT the issue (as far as I can tell....)
Here's a guy having the same issues too, found that Awesome Beats was the recommendation, and never installed it either, still no resolution for him:
http://www.samsunggalaxys3forum.com...s3-help/7523-interesting-battery-problem.html
Looks like the only solution is to wipe and reinstall everything with TiBU, hoping that the issue isn't stuck in one of my user apps and just the data I'm restoring after every time I wipe....
EDIT - I MAY have found a solution! Those affected, please help me test this - those NOT affected, please check and see if your settings are different!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25475691&postcount=4732
On there, it said to disable LPAPlayer, set lpa.decode=false in build.prop, under System, using Root Explorer, or similar. I like Root Explorer because when you select R/W at the top, press and hold on build.prop, select Open in Text Editor, you can hit the Menu button and Save and Exit while Root Explorer automatically saves the original as a backup, using .BAK. If you're unfamiliar with Root Explorer or need more instructions, let me know, I need others to test this OR see if your lpa.decode setting was already set to false! Mine WAS set to true before I edited it, rebooted, and now I'm testing to see if it works.... after 14 mins, I'm seeing a deep sleep of 5 mins so far, so it may have worked!!! There isn't any mention of any partial wakelocks from LPAPlayer right now either!
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Also started noticing this issue on my Sprint GS3, while playing Google Music, as that is the only music player I have, and have not installed any other apps, like Beats, or the like. Via Betterbatterystats I would see that anytime I'd play/use Google Music, LPAPlayer would keep the phone awake, even if I forced closed the Google Music app. Only way to stop it from keeping the phone awake was to reboot my phone, which was a pain since I use it to stream music all day. Anyone know what LPAPlayer is for, where it's located? I can't find much info on it. I'm going to try the above and edit the build.prop entry, as mine was set to true, and report what I get! Thanks!
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Also started noticing this issue on my Sprint GS3, while playing Google Music, as that is the only music player I have, and have not installed any other apps, like Beats, or the like. Via Betterbatterystats I would see that anytime I'd play/use Google Music, LPAPlayer would keep the phone awake, even if I forced closed the Google Music app. Only way to stop it from keeping the phone awake was to reboot my phone, which was a pain since I use it to stream music all day. Anyone know what LPAPlayer is for, where it's located? I can't find much info on it. I'm going to try the above and edit the build.prop entry, as mine was set to true, and report what I get! Thanks!
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Yep, same issue I had too - someone must have edited the build.prop on us in a ROM or something to have that effect on different carrier's SGSIII's.... I've seen MUCH better battery life out of my phone since then, with the only wakelock coming in the form of Light Manager, but everyone who uses LightFlow / Light Manager for their LED notifications complain about poor battery life from wakelocks, so there's nothing I can do with that right now!
Glad I could help, definitely report back and let me know what you come up with when you change that setting and reboot!
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Yep, same issue I had too - someone must have edited the build.prop on us in a ROM or something to have that effect on different carrier's SGSIII's.... I've seen MUCH better battery life out of my phone since then, with the only wakelock coming in the form of Light Manager, but everyone who uses LightFlow / Light Manager for their LED notifications complain about poor battery life from wakelocks, so there's nothing I can do with that right now!
Glad I could help, definitely report back and let me know what you come up with when you change that setting and reboot!
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Yup that was it, after the change and a reboot, I no longer have that issue. I am still searching to try to figure out why/what would have caused it, but the issue is fixed with the edit made, so I hope this helps others as well. Thanks again!
KryptosXLayer2 said:
Yep, same issue I had too - someone must have edited the build.prop on us in a ROM or something to have that effect on different carrier's SGSIII's.... I've seen MUCH better battery life out of my phone since then, with the only wakelock coming in the form of Light Manager, but everyone who uses LightFlow / Light Manager for their LED notifications complain about poor battery life from wakelocks, so there's nothing I can do with that right now!
Glad I could help, definitely report back and let me know what you come up with when you change that setting and reboot!
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I was getting wakelock from LPAPlayer too (on sprint gsIII). Yesterday was the first day i noticed the poor battery like. About two days ago for the first time, i installed lightflow just to check it out. I immediately uninstalled it cause i don't really have a use for the app. I just now looked in betterbatterystats and found it was LPAPlayer. Do you think that app is causing the issue then?
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Yup that was it, after the change and a reboot, I no longer have that issue. I am still searching to try to figure out why/what would have caused it, but the issue is fixed with the edit made, so I hope this helps others as well. Thanks again!
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Glad to hear it!
smac7 said:
I was getting wakelock from LPAPlayer too (on sprint gsIII). Yesterday was the first day i noticed the poor battery like. About two days ago for the first time, i installed lightflow just to check it out. I immediately uninstalled it cause i don't really have a use for the app. I just now looked in betterbatterystats and found it was LPAPlayer. Do you think that app is causing the issue then?
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It's possible, but probably not likely.... I know I had Lightflow installed as well and uninstalled it to use Light Manager instead (Lightflow was causing a separate battery drain not associated with LPAPlayer, from what I understand), but I think that's just coincidence that we both had it installed at one point and it changed the settings to enable LPAPlayer....
I am/was having the same issue. I only saw LpaPlayer giving my phone a partial wake after using Google Play Music. I changed the build.prop as suggested and it looks like that fixed the problem. Thanks
sorry for bumping a month old thread but i've noticed this issue as well. Google music would also freeze up on me. Rather annoying. Let's see if editing build.prop fixes it
KryptosXLayer2 said:
STILL having the issue, Pandora ROM rooted GMusic are NOT the issue (as far as I can tell....)
Here's a guy having the same issues too, found that Awesome Beats was the recommendation, and never installed it either, still no resolution for him:
http://www.samsunggalaxys3forum.com...s3-help/7523-interesting-battery-problem.html
Looks like the only solution is to wipe and reinstall everything with TiBU, hoping that the issue isn't stuck in one of my user apps and just the data I'm restoring after every time I wipe....
EDIT - I MAY have found a solution! Those affected, please help me test this - those NOT affected, please check and see if your settings are different!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25475691&postcount=4732
On there, it said to disable LPAPlayer, set lpa.decode=false in build.prop, under System, using Root Explorer, or similar. I like Root Explorer because when you select R/W at the top, press and hold on build.prop, select Open in Text Editor, you can hit the Menu button and Save and Exit while Root Explorer automatically saves the original as a backup, using .BAK. If you're unfamiliar with Root Explorer or need more instructions, let me know, I need others to test this OR see if your lpa.decode setting was already set to false! Mine WAS set to true before I edited it, rebooted, and now I'm testing to see if it works.... after 14 mins, I'm seeing a deep sleep of 5 mins so far, so it may have worked!!! There isn't any mention of any partial wakelocks from LPAPlayer right now either!
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Just want to say THANK YOU for this post. AT&T GS3 here stock rom 4.1.2 and rooted. This fixed the lpaplayer wakelock for me. I used Root Browser to change the setting and then restarted. Noticeable improvement in battery life as a result.
Over the last several weeks (possibly since the last update), my Launcher feeds aren't consistently displaying. I just get a blank Google screen when I swipe left.
If I open the Google app, then the feeds show up. Refreshing the screen isn't correcting the issue, and I confirmed my settings are all turned on.
Happening to me also.
Deleted data/cache fixes it temporarily
Same here, I just reboot and it works for a while
Same here, usually if I clear cash and stop app then go back and swipe everything pops back up. Weird, thought it was just me.
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A.VOID said:
Over the last several weeks (possibly since the last update), my Launcher feeds aren't consistently displaying. I just get a blank Google screen when I swipe left.
If I open the Google app, then the feeds show up. Refreshing the screen isn't correcting the issue, and I confirmed my settings are all turned on.
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I had this same issue myself and I actually used the google help and after trying everything I ended up going to settings then apps go to Google app or you can go to play store and google app then disable and uninstall updates then reinstall and reboot after doing it and it has seemed to completely fix the problem for me this is going on the third day it has not randomly disappeared on me. I hope it helps guys.
Reporting back that ruling back Google and updating it again has fixed it so far. Hopefully it holds
Same here. Google is turning into a ****ing joke. This is the 4th update this month that ****s something up for me.
The security patch has literally ruined Bluetooth usage for me. Then they update Chrome and I can no longer cast embedded videos from Chrome. Then I get the Google update and it screws up the feed. Now I get the music update and it kills the equalizer almost all the goddamned time.
What a ****ing joke.
After 24 hours, it failed again ?
AndrasLOHF said:
Same here. Google is turning into a ****ing joke. This is the 4th update this month that ****s something up for me.
The security patch has literally ruined Bluetooth usage for me. Then they update Chrome and I can no longer cast embedded videos from Chrome. Then I get the Google update and it screws up the feed. Now I get the music update and it kills the equalizer almost all the goddamned time.
What a ****ing joke.
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Enjoy famed frequent Google updates.
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After 24 hours, it failed again
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Same here. Best bet probably is going to be reverting back to the previous apk and turning off updates until they fix it. It's what I had to do for Google Play Music.
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Over the last several weeks (possibly since the last update), my Launcher feeds aren't consistently displaying. I just get a blank Google screen when I swipe left.
If I open the Google app, then the feeds show up. Refreshing the screen isn't correcting the issue, and I confirmed my settings are all turned on.
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Cryingmoose said:
Happening to me also.
Deleted data/cache fixes it temporarily
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jaben2 said:
Same here, I just reboot and it works for a while
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ahent said:
Same here, usually if I clear cash and stop app then go back and swipe everything pops back up. Weird, thought it was just me.
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This is a known issue with the Google App. Can only assume it will eventually be fixed in an update.
OMG! ok.. i'm not going insane... it's happening to other people too... whew...
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OMG! ok.. i'm not going insane... it's happening to other people too... whew...
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Mine seems to be working fine. Maybe they fixed it
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.
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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.
I love my new Pixel 2 XL but despite my best efforts to identify what app or system service was sending repeated (and annoying) default notification sounds but not showing any other message or indication, I finally hit on a solution that seems to work.
SET THE DEFAULT NOTIFICATION SOUND TO "NONE"
settings>sound>advanced>default notification sound
Then set the notification sounds to whatever you want for each app you actually care to hear from.
Unicorn512 said:
I love my new Pixel 2 XL but despite my best efforts to identify what app or system service was sending repeated (and annoying) default notification sounds but not showing any other message or indication, I finally hit on a solution that seems to work.
SET THE DEFAULT NOTIFICATION SOUND TO "NONE"
settings>sound>advanced>default notification sound
Then set the notification sounds to whatever you want for each app you actually care to hear from.
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I have noticed this as well.
<notification sound> no new text or email...
For me, it's just easier to ignore the errant tone once in a while than to set notifications for individual apps (cause I'm totally lazy like that).
But THAT is the beauty of Android... to each their own and there are always multiple ways to skin that cat
Use a notification log
I had this same issue. Turned out to be an app I had disabled pop ups for.
I have a (potentially) better solution. Add a notification log widget to find the culprit:
1. Long press on home screen and go to widgets.
2. Drag the settings widget to the home screen.
3. In the list of options, choose Notifications
Now you can see a log of your notifications. Next time you get the sound but no pop up, go into the log and find the offender at the top of the list.
For me it was a game I didn't need so I deleted it, but you can remedy the problem as you see fit.
Tesia819 said:
I had this same issue. Turned out to be an app I had disabled pop ups for.
I have a (potentially) better solution. Add a notification log widget to find the culprit:
1. Long press on home screen and go to widgets.
2. Drag the settings widget to the home screen.
3. In the list of options, choose Notifications
Now you can see a log of your notifications. Next time you get the sound but no pop up, go into the log and find the offender at the top of the list.
For me it was a game I didn't need so I deleted it, but you can remedy the problem as you see fit.
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I followed your instructions but don't see any log?
I see the notification section of settings...
I am running stock Oreo 8.0 What are you running?
Unicorn512 said:
I followed your instructions but don't see any log?
I see the notification section of settings...
I am running stock Oreo 8.0 What are you running?
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Wait, I found it!
Very cool, I wonder why a help search didn't show me that...
Unicorn512 said:
Wait, I found it!
Very cool, I wonder why a help search didn't show me that...
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Glad you found it! Sorry I just saw this. I forget where I learned about this, but it wasn't easy to find. I'm glad I could pass it on to someone else, I'm sure it could be plenty useful.
I'm having the same issue but it's not even showing in the notification log. Makes me want to throw it out the window to be honest. There's time where it will go off every 30 seconds. Off to reset I guess and see if that works.
same thing here pixel 2 oreo 8.1 notification sound...no thing new in the "hot list" or email or message
very weird, and randomly at night too which is the suck
2019 and no change
Hello, same issue still persists in 2019. Every few weeks i must dump the default sound as it sets it self up again.
Still no idea why it does it, just a temp bandaid to curb the annoyance. I notice a slightly higher battery drain too, tells me something is running
FireBoy153 said:
Hello, same issue still persists in 2019. Every few weeks i must dump the default sound as it sets it self up again.
Still no idea why it does it, just a temp bandaid to curb the annoyance. I notice a slightly higher battery drain too, tells me something is running
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Sounds like a re-install is in order...if you have an unlocked bootloader, when was the last time you've done an update via Full Factory image? I'd imagine all that might be sorted out by reinstall/updating; with the "-w" removed of course...
I hope you consider it, and I hope this helps...