Long-pressing home stops bringing up "recent apps" after awhile (completely stock)
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anyone? Am I the only one having this issue??
Re: Long-pressing home stops bringing up "recent apps" after awhile (completely stock
rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Never heard of that problem. You running a custom ROM?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
ChaoticWeaponry said:
Never heard of that problem. You running a custom ROM?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I am currently running Beans v7, but I experienced the same issue on stock ROM also. I thought maybe going to Beans it would subside, but had no luck there.
rhefner said:
Hey folks -
Long-pressing the home/Verizon button will usually bring up the recent apps window with the task manager and other buttons on it. However, after some time, it stops working and doesn't bring up anything until I reboot the phone. But it keeps happening over and over again, kinda annoying. Has anyone had the same experience? Any known fixes? I feel the haptic feedback from it too... :-/
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you use a launcher? I had this issue with Nova. I used my nandroid and it fixed whatever issue I had. I was messing around with some of my settings though.
kimdoocheol said:
Do you use a launcher? I had this issue with Nova. I used my nandroid and it fixed whatever issue I had. I was messing around with some of my settings though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm just using Touchwiz currently, but I do have some launchers installed.. Should I just remove those and see what happens? ....I haven't messed around with too much, but I'm glad that someone else had the same experience and actually fixed it! I'll try to remove the other launchers and see if it happens.. If you have any other techniques, please do let me know.
I can tell you that I'm using Nova Prime & have never had that problem........
I had this issue too on stock. Im on beans b7 and havent had an issue (but I go to my recent apps with LMT pie so im not too sure it's fixed)
A reboot fixed the problem. Weird issue though
rhefner said:
I'm just using Touchwiz currently, but I do have some launchers installed.. Should I just remove those and see what happens? ....I haven't messed around with too much, but I'm glad that someone else had the same experience and actually fixed it! I'll try to remove the other launchers and see if it happens.. If you have any other techniques, please do let me know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think removing the launchers will fix it. Maybe just try freezing them if you had TB. I ended up just restoring from a nandroid and haven't had the issue since.
I am also using Nova Prime.
Related
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Reload ADW and see what happens
Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you on cm7? If so clear app data and see what happens...
cyanogenmod
king..kranium said:
Are you on cm7? If so clear app data and see what happens...
cyanogenmod
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
naw, went back to stock in anticipation of the soak that never came and haven't gotten around to changing out again yet
Why? Ur waiting on tyat root killing 2.3.6? Man id go back to cm b4 its too late!!! Also u might get a little more help because therevis only so much you can do with blur...
cyanogenmod
three west said:
ok, so this has been happening forever, and I've just lived with it, but when I moved to ADW Launcher EX I have an issue where tapping dock icons doesn't always launch properly. Its not a screen issue, because the icon highlights when its pressed, and stuff not on the dock works fine. I often have to hit it a few times to launch email, drawer, etc.
any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have had that issue on different ROMs. Haven't seen it on CM7 however and I'm unsure why. I just assumed it was buggy and didn't worry about it. after a couple presses it would usually launch.
do the default buttons give you the same issue, like X for exit and such? That'll tell you it's not related to the programming of the button or the program itself.
king..kranium said:
Why? Ur waiting on tyat root killing 2.3.6? Man id go back to cm b4 its too late!!! Also u might get a little more help because therevis only so much you can do with blur...
cyanogenmod
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 why would anyone take the update knowing they will kill your root and most likely sbf path. CM7 or Eclipse before its to late
grnsl2 said:
do the default buttons give you the same issue, like X for exit and such? That'll tell you it's not related to the programming of the button or the program itself.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, its only the dock icons, and only sometimes. annoying but livable which is why I finally got around to asking
Travisdroidx2 said:
+1 why would anyone take the update knowing they will kill your root and most likely sbf path. CM7 or Eclipse before its to late
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
two reasons, one is I like to try different things and tinker with the phone, and the other is that nobody really knows what the update is. All that fear is just speculation. Its even likely correct, but now that the soak has never come nobody really knows now do they?
Obviously stock isn't ideal for folks like us, but I've got it tarted up and customized enough that I was OK with it that way waiting for the soak, and would have been OK with it if I was stuck that way for a month or two until somebody found a workaround.
Brave last words lol.
Sent from my MB870 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kiahnlliya said:
I'm having some trouble with my launcher of choice, Apex.
Every now and then it will crash, leaving me with a black screen. The screen will remain black and the phone unresponsive for around 10 seconds. Then I'm thrown back to my home screen.
I'm assuming that it's Apex crashing, but there is no error message or dialog box of any kind, so I can't be sure.
This often happens if I click the back button multiple times to get out of an app, or when I am using an app and then click my home button. It does this with many different apps.
Is there any way I can start troubleshooting this? Logs of some kind? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using apex (pro) and it works fine, maybe you clicking back several times is just making the app FC or just brain-farting android.
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
Kiahnlliya said:
I have the Pro version too. And yeah at first I thought it was me causing it, since the last Android phone I had was running Eclair and I thought that maybe ICS doesn't like back button mashing... But the black screen also happens if I background an app using the home key.
It's really a shame because I'm loving Apex.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm well that's really weird. Do a backup in apex, then force stop, clear data, uninstall and then reinstall it. See if you still have the problem. Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
I had the same issues with apex, couldn't figure out what exactly caused the problems...for that reason I'm on go launcher for now.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA
i have the same problem
bortak said:
Also, see if the "keep in memory" option is checked, this should prevent things like this, or it having to load again when coming back from another app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It seems like this has solved my problem! It was unchecked, so I checked it and now it seems fine! You the man!
Didn´t solve it here, as said above, it is already checked. Maybe an update will solve these problems in near future, it is really sad that apex suffers here.
It appears I spoke too soon, Apex still crashes/freezes for me.
I also tried Nova Launcher and it does the same thing.
I keep very few apps backgrounded, and I have removed a lot of bloatware. My phone should be a lean, mean machine... I guess I just have to live with it, maybe in the future a custom ROM will solve it.
If you guys check your logcat logs, you'll see evidence of apex crashing. I already contacted the developers and they said it's a known issue but are still looking into it. For now I'm using go launcher.. not so smooth, but lots of features
Had the exact same issues, switching to Nova solved the problem for me.
Yup same problem, back on touchwiz for now.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Hi there.
After the last big update to Nova some weeks ago, this started (see attached SS).
Have anyone tried it before? Sometimes it just appears; this time after I played on N64oid. Another weird thing is that sometimes I can just press System Settings (top right corner) and then press the Nexus 7 home button, and then it sends me back to the home screen, like nothing was ever wrong.
I have tried removing the widgets and replacing them afterwards! It removes the problem, but it returns after a while again.
I'm on JB - Paranoid android 2.56; Franco kernel.
Someone know what to do? Thanks in advance.
Nova Launcher Problem with widgets
Ham duden said:
Hi there.
After the last big update to Nova some weeks ago, this started (see attached SS).
Have anyone tried it before? Sometimes it just appears; this time after I played on N64oid. Another weird thing is that sometimes I can just press System Settings (top right corner) and then press the Nexus 7 home button, and then it sends me back to the home screen, like nothing was ever wrong.
I have tried removing the widgets and replacing them afterwards! It removes the problem, but it returns after a while again.
I'm on JB - Paranoid android 2.56; Franco kernel.
Someone know what to do? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem on Note 2 with stock Image, but rooted.
Did you find any solution for this?
I think the problem could be to many widgets or a specific widget that makes the problem.
A reboot solves the problem for me but just for a short time. I did not find any way to reproduce the problem, it seems to be coming up by chance...
I have 22 widgets at the moment, the most are coming because I am useing "App Quarantine" a lot...
lskwl said:
I have the same problem on Note 2 with stock Image, but rooted.
Did you find any solution for this?
I think the problem could be to many widgets or a specific widget that makes the problem.
A reboot solves the problem for me but just for a short time. I did not find any way to reproduce the problem, it seems to be coming up by chance...
I have 22 widgets at the moment, the most are coming because I am useing "App Quarantine" a lot...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I too am having this problem. I have 54 widgets. I was just attributing it to too many widgets, but I think it might be sommat more sinister...Yoyl!
I'm not sure if anyone else experiences this, but when I install any release of carbon, the home button doesn't work. It isn't just a hardware problem, even with the touch screen nav bar enabled, the home button still doesn't work. I have formatted everything. The browser opens and closes immediately, the status bar toggle menu won't show, and the lock screen doesn't show. This rom looks amazing, but it seems like i have some rare problem that hasn't been brought up before.
These problems are still active even in LiquidSmooth. I will be trying other AOKP based roms later.
greasysock said:
I'm not sure if anyone else experiences this, but when I install any release of carbon, the home button doesn't work. It isn't just a hardware problem, even with the touch screen nav bar enabled, the home button still doesn't work. I have formatted everything. The browser opens and closes immediately, the status bar toggle menu won't show, and the lock screen doesn't show. This rom looks amazing, but it seems like i have some rare problem that hasn't been brought up before.
These problems are still active even in LiquidSmooth. I will be trying other AOKP based roms later.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using carbon now and I don't have those issues. I was using liquid with no issues until the recent update, now my browser closes when trying to view flash content.
Carbon has several versions for different devices. Make sure you're using the one for your device.
pool_shark said:
Carbon has several versions for different devices. Make sure you're using the one for your device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using this version: i605. I've only seen this problem being mentioned once before. I really want this rom:/ guess I'll go back to pacman. Do you know any other 4.2.2 rom that is stable, and has the camera in the lockscreen?
greasysock said:
I'm using this version: i605. I've only seen this problem being mentioned once before. I really want this rom:/ guess I'll go back to pacman. Do you know any other 4.2.2 rom that is stable, and has the camera in the lockscreen?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No I don't, sorry. I don't use the special lockscreen features.
You can try rootbox.
I'm having the same issue. Home screen button is not working and lock screen isn't either. When I hit the home button on the nav bar it shows as being hit but nothing happens. It's driving me nuts.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
greasysock said:
I'm not sure if anyone else experiences this, but when I install any release of carbon, the home button doesn't work. It isn't just a hardware problem, even with the touch screen nav bar enabled, the home button still doesn't work. I have formatted everything. The browser opens and closes immediately, the status bar toggle menu won't show, and the lock screen doesn't show. This rom looks amazing, but it seems like i have some rare problem that hasn't been brought up before.
These problems are still active even in LiquidSmooth. I will be trying other AOKP based roms later.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you installed the correct gapps, not all aosp roms use the same gapps.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium HD app
Never had this problem before, just flashed PA3+ and going to resore all my user apps + data but everytime I try to restore it doesn't let me click the actual install button. It's not greyed out or anything it's like that part of the screen doesn't work (it does by the way)
on google people are saying unknown sources install fixed this but it doesn't.
anybody know what's going on lol? probably an easy fix but never had this from all the other ROMs i've flashed
Thanks guys
(oh and whiles we're on it any way to get rid of the 3 buttons on the PA rom? I find it quite useless when i've got the exact same 3 buttons directly adjacent..)
Not seen the titanium problem before, no.
The nav bar can be reduced in paranoid android settings or hybrid properties....
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks, got rid of the nav bar.
Original problem still occurs though
known issue, just disable Halo
Glebun said:
known issue, just disable Halo
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thank you!
everythings sorted now, cheers guys