Recently I've had a problem running certain apps on my Gen 1 Zenwatch. When the app opens I get a message saying "Screen overlay detected...To change this permission you first have to turn off the screen overlay from Settings->Apps. There's a link to "Open Settings" which does nothing when I tap it.
Examples of apps that have this problem are Shazam (after I tap the tick on the "Allow Shazam to record audio?" prompt), and a voice recording app (after a similar prompt). So a common theme might be apps which require access to the mic?
My build number is M1D64F, and my phone is an LG G4 running Marshmallow. I've looked at the app settings on both watch and phone, and can't find anything related to screen overlays. If I open Settings...Permissions...Audio Recorder on the watch the microphone shows as DISABLED. If I tap on it I get the "Screen overlay detected...." message again.
Any ideas for how to fix this?
So far, the best answer I have found is to go to the Settings--> Apps --> Draw Over Screen (or something similar) and UNCHECK all of the boxes. Then launch your App and select the permissions it wants/needs from the dialog box. Then go back and recheck the Apps you'd like to be able to draw over other apps at will. A workaround, for sure, but it does work.
Rick "BlackIce"
The solution was to uninstall the Wear Mini Launcher app. For some reason this was causing the problem. I've since heard that others have noticed this as well (i.e. the problem with Wear Mini Launcher)
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I have installed Gooogle Now on my stock rooted Touchwiz ROM from the famous Google Now thread.
My only issue is something is hardcoded in the ROM to not allow me to change what app double tapping home starts. There are no apps on the market that say they can do this that work either. I have tried them all.
My issue now is that if I double tap Google Now's "Voice dialer" only shows up which is an activity within the Now application. I have turned s-voice off as I think Now is better. So basically double tapping (which is also the same thing as holding down a bluetooth device's button for voice search to come up) I can only tell it to call people using the Google Now app. Other people on AOSP ROMs can get the full Now Voice Search to show up when double tapping but something in Touchwiz always defaults it just to the "voice dialer" instead. If I uninstall Now I get an option on double tap to choose s-voice or the normal ICS voice search so I know it can be changed but that same window does not come up asking which default task to use when double tapping with Now installed. I have cleared all defaults also, and that window still doesn't pop up.
So something in the Touchwiz ROM prevents me changing what double tap does, or it is something in Now, but I find that unlikely since other people with other devices (even the SII running touchwiz) can change the function.
Any help would be appreciated.
So I have tasker and I use it for a couple things, but one thing in particular is I use it so it turns on my screen for 5 seconds when google voice gets a notification. However, in order to have this enabled, tasker needs to have the "tasker - JB" accessibility option checked. When this is checked, it prompts saying "talkback cannot be enabled while airview is enabled, disable airview to enable talkback". If you go ahead and hit disable it turns on "tasker - JB" and turns off airview (though talkback accessibility is still off).
So I was fine with this for a while until I started using my s-pen. Now when I hover over my emails from my email app (not gmail) it will start reading emails as I hover over them. If I turn airview back on (at this point talkback has NEVER been enabled in the options), it still does the same thing.
In conclusion it seems like the tasker - JB accessibility option is causing talkback to be semi-enabled when hovering the s-pen over. I haven't noticed any other apps talking back besides the stock email app, gmail does not talk back.
Just a funny little quirk..
TalkBack with S-pen in mail app
Had the same issue when I installed an app (WatchIt!) for my SmartWatch which required permission for Accessibility Services. So I disabled TalkBack in the Application Manager, guess what, it defaulted to Google TTS Engine (I noticed a voice change). So, I responded like a war dog, and instantly disabled the same... The d’riod hits back, it defaulted to Samsung TTS (another voice change, this time a female). Finally I had the upper hand when I disabled that too. Now it is working fine.
In more 'formal/serious' terms, disable the following three TTS engines:
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Samsung TTS
TalkBack
Please note that you might have to disable any other too if you have more.
The same thing happens to me and it drives me nuts. I wish I could find a way to fix it.
1. Changing home screen pages from the little "bubbles" at the bottom of the home screen makes it say the number "1" "2" "3"
2. Zooming out on the home screens makes it say "Open home screen paged edit"
3. Selecting one makes it say "Home screen 3 of 5"
4. Opening an app folder makes it say "Folder Open" and then when you close it, "Folder Closed".
5. And of course, the most irritating: Hovering over an email with the pen in the email app makes it read the ENTIRE message out...
I need Tasker to get my notifications, there's got to be a way to disable this stupid thing.
-av
I had a problem with Waze...so I uninstalled and then reinstalled it. When I open it up....it does the normal "Allow Waze to access this device's location?" So I select ALLOW and then I get this "Screen overlay detected" prompt. Says I have to first turn off the screen overlay from Settings> Apps OPEN SETTINGS ....so I hit the open settings and then it goes to the Draw over the other apps "Enabled list" of apps. I then scroll down to waze and it is already set to No...or off. I tap on Waze and then the draw over setting shows the toggle set to off....and also grayed out.
This happens with several apps......I have never had to deal with this "Draw over other apps" setting on any android device I have had yet to date. I had been using the Nexus 6 prior to the G4 and never had this problem with Overlay settings or the draw over apps thing. So I am perplexed at this....is this something that has come about more from Marshmallow?
Any help with getting some of my apps to get past this to start would be very appreciative...thanks!
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Same problem here with a G3
I'm having the exact same issue with Waze on a G3.
I guess you have an app that is using overlays, like Lux Lite or the likes to setup brightness or color. Give that app the permission and your troubles should be over.
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I've got the same problem. But I've set it to allow Twilight permission, and is still doing that endless loop with the greyed-out bit mentioned above.
I got it to work by turning overlay OFF for Twilight.. but then Twilight doesn't work. Why is this app even checking for overlays? Waze gets to be uninstalled for this treason.
So frustrated
I don't use Waze, but this same issue has rendered my G4 a nuisance rather than a useful tool. For example, I cannot add nor edit contacts because my contact list doesn't have permission to access my calendar (which shouldn't matter), but I cannot grant that permission because of screen overlay. I can't add anything to my calendar from my phone because of screen overlay. Custom ringtone... nope. Screen overlay. Essentially anything that involved editing, adding, or deleting of any kind is verboten because of this screen overlay nonsense.
I have tried turning off screen overlay to all apps that will allow me to, but some are grayed out and unable to be changed but they appear to be off. I can't even imagine what app I have installed that would use it so I can target it specifically and uninstall it altogether. Is there a fix for this other than turning it off for all apps? Maybe an app or bit of code that suppresses it?
Thank you in advance.
I am experiencing an error when I lock only one app and it thinks I have locked three. I hit the Close All button to clear out all apps except for the ones I have locked open, but only one remains. After one app is locked the a notification appears at the bottom of the screen stating "3 apps kept open for quick launching" and the "Keep open for quick launching" option is grayed out.
S20 locked apps not appearing in recents https://imgur.com/gallery/Yf4KkcK
Is there any place to find apps that I have locked open? Or maybe just unlock all apps and start over?
ziggyjustice said:
I am experiencing an error when I lock only one app and it thinks I have locked three. I hit the Close All button to clear out all apps except for the ones I have locked open, but only one remains. After one app is locked the a notification appears at the bottom of the screen stating "3 apps kept open for quick launching" and the "Keep open for quick launching" option is grayed out.
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Is there any place to find apps that I have locked open? Or maybe just unlock all apps and start over?
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Since today I'm having the exact same issue on my Galaxy S10. In my case I think it happened because I already had 2 apps locked in One UI 2.1. After installing the new update for One UI 2.5, the 2 locked apps (WhatsApp and Instagram) disappeared from the Recent Apps list. I can re-lock WhatsApp and Instagram, or any other app for that matter, but when I want to lock a second app, it's grayed out. I've tried rebooting, shutdown for approx. 1 minute, cleaning cache and memory with several different apps, nothing seems to fix it. If a factory reset appears to be the only solution, I'll let it be for what it is now. It -is- annoying though.
(I have a non-rooted device, so my options are limited)
reset defaults on the apps your trying to pin
digitaljeff said:
reset defaults on the apps your trying to pin
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I just tried this with Instagram and Whatsapp, didn't work either. I even deleted the whole Instagram app (including leftovers) and re-installed the app. Still the option "Keep open for quick launching" is grayed out. Not only with the Instagram app, but with other apps too. The only app I have pinned at this very moment, is WhatsApp. If I unpin WhatsApp, it does let me pin another app, but just 1. The second app I want to pin, is then grayed out again. (I can make screenshots or a screenrecord if you'd like to get a better look at the problem)
Need 12GB RAM or over for three and need 16GB and over for 5.
Hi,
Since the April update I got an issue with my pixel: every time I cover the front sensor (camera and/or light sensor), the screen goes off for a little time. This is like a pocket mode, but I don't find the setting in the Pixel menu. Does anybody knows how to fix this?
Interesting.....not experiencing the same. GL!
I just rebootet my phone and the issue was gone! Strange...
daniel.1983 said:
I just rebootet my phone and the issue was gone! Strange...
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I assume you are using the default Google Dialer and you've checked it's the default dialer when you go to Android Settings --> apps --> default apps: Phone App.
If this happens again, clear storage on the Phone App and then enable all permissions including advanced options. The way to get into app permissions: long-press on phone app shortcut, app info, then under storage; clear storage. in the same 'app info' window, enable any options under 'advanced' such as display over other apps.
I did experience this a few weeks ago when using a different dialer/phone app (Koler).