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Bugs so far in S6 Edge+

Its been more than 2 weeks since I have this S6 Edge+ and so far, I love the design and software. There is no lag so far, no matter which application/game I threw at it... However, from time to time, I have encountered quite a few bugs in the device which I would mention below. It would be helpful if somebody else too confirms that they have witnessed these. Actually all of them went away with a normal restart, so I have my doubts if any of you have noticed any so far...
So, here's the list:-
1. First time when I connected my phone via USB to my PC, I selected MTP (The option appears when you connect the USB cable to a PC) and I was unable to browse through any of the files. That was weird because once I selected Camera (PTP), I was able to see all the files. I tried again with MTP and it was same, so I just continued with PTP instead to copy the files I needed to.
After that day, I didn't connect my USB until today and it worked just fine today (I was able to see files through MTP). Although I have restarted my phone several times between then and now, so not sure what fixed it or broke it in the first place.
2. A couple of days back (probably last Friday), I was watching a video on facebook browser and I turned the phone to landscape mode. However, the video or the browser didn't turn. I thought it could be due to any facebook app issue, so I switched to normal browser (Open in Chrome option) and yet again the browser won't tilt. I closed it and opened the official YouTube app and tried a video and strangely that didn't work either. At this point, I was mad. I tried all other apps, nothing was working. I did try turning Auto-Tilt on/off several times during this but nothing worked. I just restarted my phone as a last resort and it started working just fine. Didn't have any issue till date.
3. I use CloudMagic app for my corporate email. Yesterday when I received a mail, I just got a notification on lock screen. I swiped it away. Later, when I unlocked the phone, I saw that there was still a notification from the app. When I dragged down the notification bar, I saw that there is a blank space left for the notification and the other notifications are displayed after that blank space. And no matter what I did or try, the notification simply wouldn't go away. I even selected CloudMagic from Application Manager and selected Force Stop which should have practically stopped everything related to that app but the notification still didn't go. So, I'm assuming this is not application issue, this could be some notification manager issue with S6E+. Here's a screen cap from that day:-
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4. This one happened today and it was quite irritating too. I went to Developer Options -> Animator duration scale -> Animation scale 10x. After this, you would realize that all the animations would become very slow. You can try tapping on Recent button and see all the recent apps open up at slo-mo. I did that to beat the Android Lollipop Easter Egg game. After that, when I changed it back to 0.5x or 1x, the Animation rate wouldn't change. I tried doing it couple of times. Tried turning off Developer Options and turning back on but it didn't work. The animations were so slow for every application till I restarted the phone. After restart though, it worked fine.
5. Well, this one isn't a bug I'm sure but this isn't curable using a restart. The screen of the Edge+ is highly sensitive, so even if I tap to touch, sometimes it just registers the touch as touch n hold and hence the tap action isn't performed. This is visible in games like "Clash of Clans" where I would have to click multiple times on Resource Generators (Gold Mine & Elixir Mine) to take out the generated deposit when the zoom level is at minimum. I've seen another post from a user who reported the same issue. Game just happened to be one of the examples to witness this issue.
I'm not really annoyed with any of the above bugs and given the chance, I would still buy the S6 Edge+. I can even live with all the above bugs (if they are bugs at all), as long as they're fixed with a restart.
Just want to know if you guys had any of such issues yet ? or may be noticed some other bug in the system yet ?

Hi.
I've been using the Edge Plus for about 5 days and the only bug that happened to me was the blank notification, I solved it myself by restarting the phone, it is important to mention that this only happened once.
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alex_mx said:
Hi.
I've been using the Edge Plus for about 5 days and the only bug that happened to me was the blank notification, I solved it myself by restarting the phone, it is important to mention that this only happened once.
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I know, it happened only once for me too. However, its been just 2 weeks since the phone has released, which isn't a very long time to see this issue repeating. Let's hope it doesn't.

I have the phone for 2½ weeks now and what I have noticed is that sometimes it will not awake from deep sleep so screen will remain blank even though I have pressed the home button and then action will be initiated after sometime.. Don't know why but sometimes just happens, maybe once a day during last week.. All apps I have installed are the ones I always using and none of them is like non trusted etc
Sent from my S6 Edge+

cellem said:
I have the phone for 2½ weeks now and what I have noticed is that sometimes it will not awake from deep sleep so screen will remain blank even though I have pressed the home button and then action will be initiated after sometime.. Don't know why but sometimes just happens, maybe once a day during last week.. All apps I have installed are the ones I always using and none of them is like non trusted etc
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This happened once to me too... But never again!

I'm having a really annoying "bug" or im doing something wrong, my apps are ordered by "alphabetic" but if i uninstall an app the app's on the second page for example don't "move" to the free slot, i have to go and order to re-order everything again....
I'm doing something wrong?

DemonSoul said:
I'm having a really annoying "bug" or im doing something wrong, my apps are ordered by "alphabetic" but if i uninstall an app the app's on the second page for example don't "move" to the free slot, i have to go and order to re-order everything again....
I'm doing something wrong?
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That's just how the phone works, you gotta re order the apps every time you install a new one!

Dvanzutphenkann said:
That's just how the phone works, you gotta re order the apps every time you install a new one!
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quit frustrating i must say :s but ho well

Love mine! But I have two things. Every now and then when I turn the screen on the phone freezes for like 7 seconds or so. It doesn't bother me that much since it only happens once every other day.
The second thing is that when I connect my phone to via Bluetooth to my cars audios yster to listen to music. Everything is studdering and lagging so bad I can't listen to it. Then I need to disconnect and reconnect a few times and if I'm lucky it will work. Today though I connected (and it was bad) but then I used the smart cleaning app on the phone and after that it worked fine for the rest of my trip. Might be some cache from some app that's causing this. I'm going to try to use the smart cleaning app a few days in a row now when I'm connecting the phone to see if that helps, I hope so.
Sent from my 6 Edge Plus

cknorthpole said:
Love mine! But I have two things. Every now and then when I turn the screen on the phone freezes for like 7 seconds or so. It doesn't bother me that much since it only happens once every other day.
The second thing is that when I connect my phone to via Bluetooth to my cars audios yster to listen to music. Everything is studdering and lagging so bad I can't listen to it. Then I need to disconnect and reconnect a few times and if I'm lucky it will work. Today though I connected (and it was bad) but then I used the smart cleaning app on the phone and after that it worked fine for the rest of my trip. Might be some cache from some app that's causing this. I'm going to try to use the smart cleaning app a few days in a row now when I'm connecting the phone to see if that helps, I hope so.
Sent from my 6 Edge Plus
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These sound worse than what I mentioned above. Luckily never happened with me, otherwise I probably would have got it replaced by now.

mines froze couple of times to?
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cellem said:
I have the phone for 2½ weeks now and what I have noticed is that sometimes it will not awake from deep sleep so screen will remain blank even though I have pressed the home button and then action will be initiated after sometime..
Sent from my S6 Edge+
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This.
And mine keeps sending "crash reports", don't know why - and I have no clue how to check whats happening - as it just says "sending report..." etc.. and then goes away

apurva.giri said:
These sound worse than what I mentioned above. Luckily never happened with me, otherwise I probably would have got it replaced by now.
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Yeah. I did a factory reset yesterday (first one for me on this phone) and now there is no issue at all when it comes to connecting to my car. Haven't experienced any freezes as well but that's to early to say I guess.
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cknorthpole said:
Yeah. I did a factory reset yesterday (first one for me on this phone) and now there is no issue at all when it comes to connecting to my car. Haven't experienced any freezes as well but that's to early to say I guess.
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Good to hear that. However, we can't just depend on Factory Reset every time something like this shows up...

Device G9287 . Lock your screen with pattern and then double press the camera button and open it.You will see blue line scanning your phone and the phone becomes unresponsive.Press back button and click home button thrice and then phone becomes responsive and you can draw the pattern and it will accept it.

Just got that bug some one said about the when the phone is locked and you touch it, the screen just stays black

The 'night clock' seems to take a hell of a lot of battery.
I woke up the other night after having it on from 11pm-7am with nearly 40% drain with 'android system' being kept awake for 12 hours - Can only assume it was the clock that's doing this.
I cleared the cache, no better, factory reset - Bit better, but still seeing a 20% drain over night with almost no apps installed since I got it (I like to make sure everything's working as expected before installing everything).

Alex---1 said:
The 'night clock' seems to take a hell of a lot of battery.
I woke up the other night after having it on from 11pm-7am with nearly 40% drain with 'android system' being kept awake for 12 hours - Can only assume it was the clock that's doing this.
I cleared the cache, no better, factory reset - Bit better, but still seeing a 20% drain over night with almost no apps installed since I got it (I like to make sure everything's working as expected before installing everything).
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Is the 20% drain with or without the night clock?
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That's with the night clock. I'm going to leave it off completely tonight and see how it behaves.

Alex---1 said:
That's with the night clock. I'm going to leave it off completely tonight and see how it behaves.
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Do let us know.. I never kept night clock on and my battery drain is about 3% throughout the night if I keep wifi & mobile data off.
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Touch Screen Problem

So, I have ran into quite a problem. It didnt really happen out of the game Piano Tiles 2 but still, its annoying. I press onto the black tile but it doesnt register my touch. I dont know if it has something to do with the compatibility but it works perfectly fine on my m8. I havent unlocked, s-off or rooted my phone so thats not the problem. If anyone has a fix for this or the same problem please reply
EDIT: Tried testing the touch with an app called touch screen test, and as I thought it doesnt register every touch on the edges of the screen. It registers like 3 of 10 hits, sometimes more sometimes less. Does it have something to do with the sharp panel, which i dont think matters but I didnt see the problem on any other threads here.

I've been having issues with my phone's touch responsiveness since day one.
Swipes are registering as taps, long presses registering as taps, and some taps are not registering.
It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen.
I haven't rooted, unlocked the boot loader or s-offed.
It's an AU Telstra stock phone.
I thought it might be my screen protector, so I changed that and it still happens.
Maybe it's my launcher? IDK why that would be, I had Nova on my M8 and that worked perfectly. I changed back to stock launcher and still getting the issue.
In fact I have all the same apps installed that I had on my M8, and my M8 had a perfectly responsive screen.
I specifically came here today to see if anyone else was having the issues or if I'm the only one, maybe we have dud units and it's not wide-spread?

I am having the same problem now. It wasn't present at first. I tried a factory reset, but it didn't help.
I am going to try and get a replacement.

Only with Sharp panel there's the problem?

I went and saw Telstra yesterday to show them the problem, I was worried because it's an intermittent problem that phone would behave in front of them, but luckily it did screw up in front of them.
They have a policy where faulty phones will be replaced as a straight swap over in the first 30 days.
I've installed nearly everything and haven't had the issue once.

I don't really know what type of panel it is related to, etc. I called HTC, and they are overnighting me a replacement. I don't expect to see this problem surface again on the new model. It doesn't seem to be a wide spread issue. Maybe the screen didn't adhere properly to the digitizer, but I am not an expert in this area.

This is what I noticed too before sending it back to the store. Now that I think of it, try enabling glove mode for the screen to see if it still misses certain touches.

Ill try that. I still consider it a flaw, and HTC has already shipped the replacement (if my UPS tracking alert is from them).
It isn't that the screen doesn't pick up the touches, because it does. But If I try to touch anything in the upper 15% percent of the screen, it doesn't register properly. For example; the search bar in the google play store, search button in the gmail app, etc. If I try to push that, sometimes it doesn't respond, but most often it will register as a swipe, or actually register as a press somewhere in the middle of the screen.
I believe it is a hardware flaw. The problem persist, despite a factory reset. If I turn the phone in landscape, the problem stays localized to the mentioned portion of the screen; thus I believe it is hardware vs software.

Ok I tried glove mode and it does say i touched the screen, but for every app ive tried it doesnt recognize it still. So glove mode says i clicked, but it didnt on the screen. Hows that possible? maybe really not a hardware flaw idk

BlueGoldAce said:
Ill try that. I still consider it a flaw, and HTC has already shipped the replacement (if my UPS tracking alert is from them).
It isn't that the screen doesn't pick up the touches, because it does. But If I try to touch anything in the upper 15% percent of the screen, it doesn't register properly. For example; the search bar in the google play store, search button in the gmail app, etc. If I try to push that, sometimes it doesn't respond, but most often it will register as a swipe, or actually register as a press somewhere in the middle of the screen.
I believe it is a hardware flaw. The problem persist, despite a factory reset. If I turn the phone in landscape, the problem stays localized to the mentioned portion of the screen; thus I believe it is hardware vs software.
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Yes, that same thing happened to me, furthermore, I received the phone with the capacitive buttons damaged, they don't light up.

pedrito0906 said:
Yes, that same thing happened to me, furthermore, I received the phone with the capacitive buttons damaged, they don't light up.
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HTC messed up the return for me. After waiting 2 weeks, I returned the phone and moved back to the Nexus 6p.
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My HTC 10 screen doesn't respond to touches in the search bar at Google Apps and most apps actually except FB & Instagram. And when u slide the tool dock down, the 6 tabs under date & time aren't responding!
When I tired rotating the screen, they were in a different position and they worked normally.
I downloaded a screen test app and it was registering all touches correctly except in this rectangle on top of screen (at the dock & search bars position) it registers it as two thumbs on screen at the top quarter of that non-responding rectangle.
Does anybody know exactly is that a software or a hardware issue and how to solve it if the phone is not under warranty?
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My HTC 10 screen doesn't respond to touches in the search bar at Google Apps and most apps actually except FB & Instagram. And when u slide the tool dock down, the 6 tabs under date & time aren't responding!
When I tired rotating the screen, they were in a different position and they worked normally.
I downloaded a screen test app and it was registering all touches correctly except in this rectangle on top of screen (at the dock & search bars position) it registers it as two thumbs on screen at the top quarter of that non-responding rectangle.
Does anybody know exactly is that a software or a hardware issue and how to solve it if the phone is not under warranty?
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Same issue, just happened today, let me know if you found a solution

damn it
Please add necessary info, like sw version #, display panel info, etc. that might help to track.
A reboot to safe mode is always worth trying. If many of us ran into the same issue, maybe we can locate if it's HTC ROM related, or 3rd party apps related, or the worst: hardware related.
For my device, sometimes it's not very responsive on the side of the screen, but I've never had an area totally untouchable.
HTC 10, EU, 2.41.401.4, Sharp panel.
Edit on 26 May 2017: I just regret to say things above....Because I have the similar problem right now...I have no idea what happened...
take a look at image below:
The lines I drew were curved strangely bt the screen itself...
I tried a reboot and cleared the cache, it seemed to be working. Only after a few hours, it came back...I rebooted to save mode to test, but it still exists and getting worse:
I have no screen protector applied, phones wasn't dropped or got punctured recently...what's going on...

My solution
Mine is fixed yaaay
I had the same issue the upper 15% doesn't work...
A week ago I did a command from the PC to lower the screen so i can use the device:
adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,260
Today I wanted to revert back to full screen instead of using only 85% so i did the command with default values:
adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,0
Now it is working with no issues so i can confirm it is not hardware fault must be software.
If anyone has the same issue try the first command and reboot the phone the use the second command. (You need a PC with adb installed)
Good luck

Safarend said:
Mine is fixed yaaay
I had the same issue the upper 15% doesn't work...
A week ago I did a command from the PC to lower the screen so i can use the device:
adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,260
Today I wanted to revert back to full screen instead of using only 85% so i did the command with default values:
adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,0
Now it is working with no issues so i can confirm it is not hardware fault must be software.
If anyone has the same issue try the first command and reboot the phone the use the second command. (You need a PC with adb installed)
Good luck
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I have htc 10, and Only 1 cm from the top of the touch screen is not working, so the notification panel can't pull down.
with this solution can I fix it?

Developed the same problem a couple weeks ago. Factory reset did not help.
Currently using the "overscan fix" described above (used 0,250,0,0)
Reverting to default does not fix the problem for me.

I fixed my htc10 after a month of dealing with htc RMA unsuccessfully.
Seriously try this. It fixed my phone on the second click. I was shocked.
https://youtu.be/VERfODYHX3g
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today I tried following trick with my HTC One M9+ and it worked. touch issue has been resolved surprisingly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VERfODYHX3g

November update 2

Samsung just released second November update.
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I have just installed it and removed my old registered fingerprint as indicated in the changelog, however now I cannot add a new one.
I keep getting: "Make sure the fingerprint sensor is clean and dry, then try again." at 41%, well done Samsung..

ThePietn1 said:
I have just installed it and removed my old registered fingerprint as indicated in the changelog, however now I cannot add a new one.
I keep getting: "Make sure the fingerprint sensor is clean and dry, then try again." at 41%, well done Samsung..
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Same problem her!
My fingerprint sensor was working fine, now after this new update i can't register new fingerprints.
Did a factory reset to see if it solve the problem, but still the same.
My fingerprint sensor it is useless now!
Whats wrong with u samsung??

Hhahah same thing, now its not working at all

Update: I have contacted Samsung on Facebook but I did not yet receive a message from them, it seems like their support forum is also filled with complaints from users.
I got it working after a long time! After trying dozens of times, I was finally able to register my fingerprint again.
The trick is to hold your thumb straight on the scanner, just like in the picture that is shown above the scanner when adding a fingerprint.
It will take a long time (almost 5min for me), but after that it works fine even if you rotate your finger to unlock the phone.
For me personally it even works a little bit faster and it's much more accurate, it didn't miss my finger once anymore!

Mine is working now very fast and good.
I will wait till tomorrow, and see if it stays like this.
I didnt have any problem, with this update.

Here's what I have done:
1- remove all biometrics (face+fingerprints)
2- restart the device
3- register one fingerprint
everything is working perfect and it is much faster this time
(for people who get the message of clean the sensor/41% you just need to wipe it and hold well for the registration to go smooth)

After today's second November update, the accuracy of reading the fingerprint sensor when inserting new fingerprints has been significantly reduced. Either the sensor constantly warns you that your finger must cover the entire area of the sensor or prompts you to clean your finger or the glass of the display. These problems mainly concerned my right thumb when the other fingers were able to enter the cecek without major problems. The whole desperate I tried the method described here on the forum already described somewhere and within the scope of one fingerprint I alternated on the sensor and four fingers of one hand. All I was surprised to find out that I have registered a total of eight fingers at once and everything works great. Please try it, it costs nothing, just a little time. A505FNXXS3ASK9/A505FNOXM3ASK9/A505FXXS3ASK9

It's improved, but you need to be more careful with registering fingerprints. Cover the sensor fully and don't take the finger off immediately when the percentage rises.
Also don't delete all fingerprints at once. I have 3 fingerprints registered, one left hand, two right hand (same finger, for better accuracy, I'm right handed). When an update comes like this, remove one fingerprint, then readd the finger you deleted. You continue until all old fingerprints before update are deleted and you readded them all.

Bl4Ck R34Ct0r said:
Here's what I have done:
1- remove all biometrics (face+fingerprints)
2- restart the device
3- register one fingerprint
everything is working perfect and it is much faster this time
(for people who get the message of clean the sensor/41% you just need to wipe it and hold well for the registration to go smooth)
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I've done so, but cannot add new fingerprint. Waiting for answer from Samsung service. Better before update ...
Edit: now works up to 41% ... then less percent or message: sensor must be clean & restart

de-coder said:
I've done so, but cannot add new fingerprint. Waiting for answer from Samsung service. Better before update ...
Edit: now works up to 41% ... then less percent or message: sensor must be clean & restart
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Hey man, the trick is not moving your finger, just place it vertically as shown in the illustration and keep it that way..

Is Root working well after update?
just wondering if magisk is working fine without random reboots after this update?
should i flash the new firmware or stay with the old one with root working fine
thanks in advance

samsung wrote me to reset to factory settings. bad idea. everything as before.
I noticed, however, that the A50 can only read the fingerprints vertically

de-coder said:
samsung wrote me to reset to factory settings. bad idea. everything as before.
I noticed, however, that the A50 can only read the fingerprints vertically
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Really? I use my thumb horizontally and slightly tilted and it works fine.

NoCo33 said:
Really? I use my thumb horizontally and slightly tilted and it works fine.
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Removing the screen protector, removing face recognition and fingerprints then changing the position of the finger when not recognized plus patience works. No trouble unlocking afterwards.

i had the same issue. so i removed my screen protector and re registered my finger print. its working fine now

Man...registering with screen protector on was VERY difficult. But once I struggled through it (I think it took me 15 minutes for 3 fingers total), it seems to be more accurate. Maybe it's my bias but it feels a BIT slower...whereas before as long as the screen was clean, it was very quick to either register, or refuse.
UPDATE: I change my mind. My phone sat unattended for 6 hours and when I tried to unlock it didn't work for any of my fingers. Even when I go into the test mode it would not detect any of my fingers. Cleaning the screen (which hadn't been used over those 6 hours) didn't help. After rebooting the scanner worked again.
By then I'd deleted one of my fingers, and it would keep telling me my finger wasn't covering the screen.
I think I like the October iteration better. It's less reliable but also much less fussy and didn't require a reboot to fix.

This just sucks. I am stuck without the fingerprint login now.... cant go past 41% whatever I try. Way to go Samsung.

I have the same problem.. I can not register a new one.. it says to clean the sensor around 40%... is there anyway to downgrade the update?

Ok Finally I could add one fingerprint.. but i had to remove my tempered glass. so yeah I had to throw away my tempered glass to add a finger print. this sucks..

Annoying random screen orientation issue

Hi guys
I have a Note 10+ totally standard set up.
When watching anything in Landscape mode it will randomly switch to portrait. I have timed this and it happens roughly every 6 minutes and 10 seconds without fail.
Any ideas? It seems to have started happening around 2 or 3 firmware updates ago.
I have tried turning off auto rotate and S pen gestures and it still happens.
It also happens when using Maps in Landscape mode, it shrinks down to minimised mode in the home screen.
I'm hoping someone else has encountered this and can help me fix this annoying issue?

I have something similar, while watching you tube vanced in landscape it would jump to the miniplayer. I did some reading and changed a setting and now it jumps from landscape to portrait mode. It still jumping even when I force all in landscape. I have not timed it yet but it could be well every 6min. On top of that I can see every X time a flicker when using the phone like the screen flickers once. Seems very similar to your problem.
My note 10+ is a Exynos version with Android 11 & One UI 3.1 security patch 1 Now 21. No root/complete stock.

cfds said:
I have something similar, while watching you tube vanced in landscape it would jump to the miniplayer. I did some reading and changed a setting and now it jumps from landscape to portrait mode. It still jumping even when I force all in landscape. I have not timed it yet but it could be well every 6min. On top of that I can see every X time a flicker when using the phone like the screen flickers once. Seems very similar to your problem.
My note 10+ is a Exynos version with Android 11 & One UI 3.1 security patch 1 Now 21. No root/complete stock.
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Yes, same here every now and again I get a screen flicker like you mention. How long has this been happening for you? I'm sure it was about 3 updates ago

A couple of months? I have been considering doing a hard reset and reinstall all my apps again. My wife has also a Note 10+ and she has none of these symptom's, both are stock non rooted phones running latest UI...
To me its a software glitch but to find the origin of this will not be easy unless we can trace a process happening every 6 minutes.

cfds said:
A couple of months? I have been considering doing a hard reset and reinstall all my apps again. My wife has also a Note 10+ and she has none of these symptom's, both are stock non rooted phones running latest UI...
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I don't update, haven't for 2 years and no issues... updates break devices especially on carrier variants.
Clear system cache.
Make sure all power management is disabled, to check; Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active.
If that doesn't work try safe mode to rule out a 3rd party app.
If you have done a major firmware upgrade, factory reset.

I tried to clear system cache but could not get the device into recovery mode, turns out on android 11 you need the USB cable hooked up to a laptop...I as hardly connect my device to my laptop I have not cleared it yet.
PWR management I will look into. I had the device in safe mode but not long enough.

cfds said:
I tried to clear system cache but could not get the device into recovery mode, turns out on android 11 you need the USB cable hooked up to a laptop...I as hardly connect my device to my laptop I have not cleared it yet.
PWR management I will look into. I had the device in safe mode but not long enough.
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If you can still roll it back to Android 10, do so.
One of the reasons I got a second N10+ was knowing it be running on Pie, however it was Q instead.
Q isn't bad however 11 and 12 are a mess.

Timed it today, occurs every 6 and a bit minutes...

cfds said:
Timed it today, occurs every 6 and a bit minutes...
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Monitor in Device Care>Memory what apk(s) are at the end of the list. It's likely one of them.
Remember to refresh and expand the list.
I've used this method to find insanely obscure problems and avoid a factory reset.
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cfds said:
Timed it today, occurs every 6 and a bit minutes...
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It must be the same issue I'm having

Sounds like power management... disable it.
Make sure in the individual apps Battery>allow background activity is enabled.
The update may have changed default settings... you'll need to track it down. Fun times...

Same issue here... At first it was annoying that every 6 minutes the screen exited landscape mode. But then I got really enraged when I was shooting a video in landscape. And on top of returning to portrait, the recording is canceled..... I'm really not willing to reset the phone, I would really like to find the root cause of this issue...

I did it! I found the culprit.
This issue was already getting in my nerves, so I decided to attach my phone to Logcat. Then after some events I started do find some pattern:
Every time the phone "auto-rotates" it fires a WindowManager log like this:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.453 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Destroying surface Surface(name=com.samsung.android.messaging/com.samsung.android.messaging.ui.view.firstlaunch.GoogleFirstLaunchActivity$_22315)
And the one that allowed me to pinpoint, was this rotation message:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.619 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Reparenting to original parent: null, destroy=true, surface=Surface(name=RotationLayer)/@0x4f79623
Then I went googling this message and found this thread:
Strange issue after latest Samsung android update - Page 1 - Computers, Gadgets & Stuff - PistonHeads UK
So I did what the guy suggested, I downloaded Google Message and replaced Samsung Message one as the system default SMS app.
I didn't need to remove the samsung messaging via adb. Just force stopped it. But if after I reboot my phone it starts do do it again, I will remove it!!!!

andrehen said:
I did it! I found the culprit.
This issue was already getting in my nerves, so I decided to attach my phone to Logcat. Then after some events I started do find some pattern:
Every time the phone "auto-rotates" it fires a WindowManager log like this:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.453 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Destroying surface Surface(name=com.samsung.android.messaging/com.samsung.android.messaging.ui.view.firstlaunch.GoogleFirstLaunchActivity$_22315)
And the one that allowed me to pinpoint, was this rotation message:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.619 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Reparenting to original parent: null, destroy=true, surface=Surface(name=RotationLayer)/@0x4f79623
Then I went googling this message and found this thread:
Strange issue after latest Samsung android update - Page 1 - Computers, Gadgets & Stuff - PistonHeads UK
So I did what the guy suggested, I downloaded Google Message and replaced Samsung Message one as the system default SMS app.
I didn't need to remove the samsung messaging via adb. Just force stopped it. But if after I reboot my phone it starts do do it again, I will remove it!!!!
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On my Android 9 and 10 N10+'s that app runs with no issues. It's a well behave app for me that I use a lot.
Changed system settings is set to not allow.
This is it's typical memory usage pattern on 9:

blackhawk said:
On my Android 9 and 10 N10+'s that app runs with no issues. It's a well behave app for me that I use a lot.
Changed system settings is set to not allow.
This is it's typical memory usage pattern on 9:
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com.samsung.android.messaging has aways been a well behaved APP. The thing is, like the OP related, and like myself and other reports here, this issue began in the last updates from Samsung, like in the the past month or so.. It's probably trying to show an activity `GoogleFirstLaunchActivity` and can't, causing this behavior. But I do think in the next update or two, this issue will be sorted out.

andrehen said:
I did it! I found the culprit.
This issue was already getting in my nerves, so I decided to attach my phone to Logcat. Then after some events I started do find some pattern:
Every time the phone "auto-rotates" it fires a WindowManager log like this:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.453 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Destroying surface Surface(name=com.samsung.android.messaging/com.samsung.android.messaging.ui.view.firstlaunch.GoogleFirstLaunchActivity$_22315)
And the one that allowed me to pinpoint, was this rotation message:
2021-12-02 00:43:27.619 1012-1107/? I/WindowManager: Reparenting to original parent: null, destroy=true, surface=Surface(name=RotationLayer)/@0x4f79623
Then I went googling this message and found this thread:
Strange issue after latest Samsung android update - Page 1 - Computers, Gadgets & Stuff - PistonHeads UK
So I did what the guy suggested, I downloaded Google Message and replaced Samsung Message one as the system default SMS app.
I didn't need to remove the samsung messaging via adb. Just force stopped it. But if after I reboot my phone it starts do do it again, I will remove it!!!!
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I just Force stopped the message app and it still does it every dammed 6 minutes. It's really doing my head in.

andrehen said:
com.samsung.android.messaging has aways been a well behaved APP. The thing is, like the OP related, and like myself and other reports here, this issue began in the last updates from Samsung, like in the the past month or so.. It's probably trying to show an activity `GoogleFirstLaunchActivity` and can't, causing this behavior. But I do think in the next update or two, this issue will be sorted out.
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I do hope an update fixes it, it doesn't seem to be an issue with the messaging app for me.

Paul203360 said:
I just Force stopped the message app and it still does it every dammed 6 minutes. It's really doing my head in.
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Did you download google message and set it to default? I think that if the Samsung Message still is the default SMS client, it can't really be forced to stop. (It just restarts by the OS)
When I installed google messages all my existent messages from samsung message was transferred over. And as I mostly only use SMS to receive authentication codes nothing really changed for me.

andrehen said:
Did you download google message and set it to default? I think that if the Samsung Message still is the default SMS client, it can't really be forced to stop. (It just restarts by the OS)
When I installed google messages all my existent messages from samsung message was transferred over. And as I mostly only use SMS to receive authentication codes nothing really changed for me.
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No, I didn't, I will give that a try. If it transfers everything over that's ideal. Will give it a go. Cheers
SOLVED!!! What a result, Andrehen your an asset to XDA. Really appreciate you sorting this problem out for us. Thanks fella

cfds said:
I have something similar, while watching you tube vanced in landscape it would jump to the miniplayer. I did some reading and changed a setting and now it jumps from landscape to portrait mode. It still jumping even when I force all in landscape. I have not timed it yet but it could be well every 6min. On top of that I can see every X time a flicker when using the phone like the screen flickers once. Seems very similar to your problem.
My note 10+ is a Exynos version with Android 11 & One UI 3.1 security patch 1 Now 21. No root/complete stock.
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Hi cfds
Did you get the issue sorted?
If not, follow what andrehen says. It worked perfect for me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lalam24 said:
For me, it's been this way since I got the phone, the animations definitely seem to cause most of the issues after turning them off, but some of my taps still dont register. It's significantly more rare with animations turned off but it's still there. Unless it's just normal for some taps not to register every now and then, but I never had this issue on my galaxy s9.
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Try increasing touch sensitivity.
In accessibility try this:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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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.
Try this:
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I have everything off other than auto disable apps, it's instead listed as automatically put apps to sleep, is that the same thing?
I'd rather not factory reset, but I don't think it's malware if I got this phone factory fresh and it had the issues then too.
Considering it seems to get worse the longer the phone is on, I suppose a mother board issue would make sense. At least it hasn't progressively gotten worse altogether since I got the phone a year ago.