Hello,
I've been an Android user since the Moto X, but I'm new to the Galaxy S4 and Jellybean. My question is about the app drawer on the S4. I've noticed that there's a blank space where an app would typically be on the second page of my app drawer. It's where the very last app should be on the second page right after the play store app. This blank space is nudged between the Play Store app on the second page and the Polaris Office app alongside more system apps on the third page. I don't understand why there's a blank spot here where normally an app should be. I tried getting the latests OTA update and resetting the phone to factory default settings. This seemed to fix the issue temporarily but it just came back yesterday evening seemingly at random. It's very frustrating. It looks to me like spyware, but I keep a very secure password on the device and I'm the only one who knows it. Any idea what is causing this?
$corpio said:
Hello,
I've been an Android user since the Moto X, but I'm new to the Galaxy S4 and Jellybean. My question is about the app drawer on the S4. I've noticed that there's a blank space where an app would typically be on the second page of my app drawer. It's where the very last app should be on the second page right after the play store app. This blank space is nudged between the Play Store app on the second page and the Polaris Office app alongside more system apps on the third page. I don't understand why there's a blank spot here where normally an app should be. I tried getting the latests OTA update and resetting the phone to factory default settings. This seemed to fix the issue temporarily but it just came back yesterday evening seemingly at random. It's very frustrating. It looks to me like spyware, but I keep a very secure password on the device and I'm the only one who knows it. Any idea what is causing this?
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Tap the menu button and sort the list, if you delete an app or disable it will make a void in your default app list setup. Nothing wrong with your phone.
/edit.. I just looked, Open your app drawer and select "View type" Default is Customizable grid, select Alphabetical and it will sort and remove the blank spot.
magneticzero said:
Tap the menu button and sort the list, if you delete an app or disable it will make a void in your default app list setup. Nothing wrong with your phone.
/edit.. I just looked, Open your app drawer and select "View type" Default is Customizable grid, select Alphabetical and it will sort and remove the blank spot.
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I switched to alphabetical sort mode and everything was continuous, and then when I switch back to the customizable grid the void is still there. When I try to edit the sort of the apps, it won't let me put an app in the void space. Is that normal?
I think that is how it is. Messing with it now and seeing if I can move stuff around or not hmmmmmm
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press menu then press edit :highfive:
$corpio said:
Hello,
I've been an Android user since the Moto X, but I'm new to the Galaxy S4 and Jellybean. My question is about the app drawer on the S4. I've noticed that there's a blank space where an app would typically be on the second page of my app drawer. It's where the very last app should be on the second page right after the play store app. This blank space is nudged between the Play Store app on the second page and the Polaris Office app alongside more system apps on the third page. I don't understand why there's a blank spot here where normally an app should be. I tried getting the latests OTA update and resetting the phone to factory default settings. This seemed to fix the issue temporarily but it just came back yesterday evening seemingly at random. It's very frustrating. It looks to me like spyware, but I keep a very secure password on the device and I'm the only one who knows it. Any idea what is causing this?
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How did you have the Moto X before the Galaxy s4
magneticzero said:
I think that is how it is. Messing with it now and seeing if I can move stuff around or not hmmmmmm
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I'm wondering if the IMDB app could have caused the void. I noticed that it's the only app that came with my phone that is placed after all the apps I downloaded myself. Maybe it jumped out of place on the second page somehow.
JaeKay said:
How did you have the Moto X before the Galaxy s4
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moto droid x more than likely
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I have ICS 4.0.3. and I want to know how to close App?
How do you know for sure this App is closed, without having to go in Settings and close it there every single time manually.
You don't.
Android handles management of apps and will close them when it needs too. It will also pre-launch apps so they are ready to use. So no need to worry about closing them. Just go back to the home screen or whatever and don't worry about it.
If something is misbehaving you can go into your Settings > Apps find you app and hit Force Close, but that should not need to be done often. If you do then find a different app.
Even if you do this to "close apps" Android will probably just relaunch them in a few minutes anyway. You just don't need to "close" apps. That is a traditional PC convention and does not translate to Android.
nixtip said:
I have ICS 4.0.3. and I want to know how to close App?
How do you know for sure this App is closed, without having to go in Settings and close it there every single time manually.
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Click on recent app tab, find the app that you wish to close, swipe left or right to close it. Love this feature so much.
Open the recent apps button at the bottom (3rd from left and looks like 2 boxes) and then swipe the app you want closed to the left or right.
Edit: Crap. Lol someone beat me to it
andyxover said:
Click on recent app tab, find the app that you wish to close, swipe left or right to close it. Love this feature so much.
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Pretty sure that is just a list of apps you opened recently. Swiping them off just removes them from the list, and doesn't stop the application from running. You can test this by swiping it off then going into your Settings > Apps. For me, the app is still running even when swiped from the list. Also things stay there even when an App has actually been forced close.
UmbraeSoulsbane said:
Pretty sure that is just a list of apps you opened recently. Swiping them off just removes them from the list, and doesn't stop the application from running. You can test this by swiping it off then going into your Settings > Apps. For me, the app is still running even when swiped from the list. Also things stay there even when an App has actually been forced close.
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Correct this doesn't close the app but just gets rid of it in the list of recent apps.
UmbraeSoulsbane said:
Swiping them off just removes them from the list, and doesn't stop the application from running.
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I didn't know this! Thats good to know. I won't bother doing this after hit the home button then!
wgr73 said:
I didn't know this! Thats good to know. I won't bother doing this after hit the home button then!
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LOL. Yeah, when I first saw this I was kinda confused by it. I know how Android manages memory and apps, so I didn't understand what it was for: especially with prominent placement on the System Bar. I guess they just felt they needed something for people used to closing apps.
This would be great for people that run 3 or 4 apps all the time since they would not need to have them on the Home screen or go to the App Drawer.
Android does a good job managing memory, so you should only need to close apps that are having problems. This can be a hard transition from the Windows world.
wgr73 said:
I didn't know this! Thats good to know. I won't bother doing this after hit the home button then!
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Now this isn't necessarily true.
I played w/ this a bit and put the Task Manager widget on the home screen. On some apps, if you remove them from the recent apps list, the task disappears from the Task Manager maybe 5-10 seconds later. Now while I realize that not all running apps necessarily show up on the Task Manager, I've noticed that if an app/process is ended on the Task Manager, it is no longer listed under running apps in the settings.
And when you use the Task Manager to close certain apps, they'll still show up in the Recent Apps list but instead of showing a proper image of app activity, it'll be just a blank black square. When you tap that square, it just opens the app as new.
I used the app called system to verify and swiping does close them....awsome.
One of my favorite features of ics
Modded by MBOK
* This is an Xposed module. You MUST have Xposed Framework installed. Otherwise this app WILL NOT FUNCTION.. You can download Xposed here: http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
With Quick Access, you can allow your selected apps to be launched over the lockscreen without unlocking your device. You can also swipe up from the on-screen home button to launch Google Now or launch applications from lockscreen widgets without unlocking your phone . For example, allow your camera, music, and to-do list applications to be launched over the lockscreen to access them in an instant. Allow your friends to browse your music library without fully unlocking your device, quickly add a task to your to-do list; or never miss that photo opportunity; with Quick Access the possibilities are limitless!
In addition, Quick Access also enables you to expand your status bar in secure lockscreen and also show all widgets (instead of only lockscreen widgets) in lockscreen widget picker
Computer Mode: This allows you to let the timer keep going, even when the screen is off. This means that you can use EyeRelax to limit your time on the computer, television, or whatever other device you own, without using battery to keep the screen on and the timer running!
Notes:
- To launch applications from DashClock widget, please select DashClock in Quick Access. Or more specifically the activity: com.google.android.apps.dashclock.WidgetClickProxyActivity.
- To launch Google Now by swiping up from the on-screen home button while in the lockscreen, please select Google Now in Quick Access, or more specifically the activities: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.SearchActivity AND com.google.android.velvet.ui.VelvetActivity.
- This application does not actually launch the applications (yet), it just allows them to be launch (via other methods) over the lockscreen. A good application to do that is DashClock.
Downloads:
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TwinBlade.QuickAccess
Xposed Repo: http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.twinblade.quickaccess
will surely giv a try.
Hi
Will it work on Samsung TW 4.2.2 lockscreen?
Publiuss said:
Hi
Will it work on Samsung TW 4.2.2 lockscreen?
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Yes it should work with all stock Android lockscreens.
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
chrisch91 said:
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
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dadykhoff said:
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
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dadykhoff said:
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
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Thanks for the bug report. The issue has been fixed and version 1.2 has been push to the play store and the xposed repository.
chrisch91 said:
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
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I'll give an example. If you select your music application in Quick Access, you don't have to unlock your lockscreen to view that app. If you launch your music app and turn your screen off and on again, normally you'll have to unlock the lockscreen to access your music app, but with QA the music app will be displayed over the lockscreen so it's the first thing you see when you turn your screen on.
Another example with lockscreen widgets. If you have a google now widget on your lockscreen and click on it, normally you'll have to unlock first; with QA google now will be displayed over the lockscreen.
I have the examples make sense.
Ahh know i understand, thx!
Have trouble with this. I select the apps in QA, reboot, and nothing on my lockscreen.
Any suggestions?
Eighthourblink said:
Have trouble with this. I select the apps in QA, reboot, and nothing on my lockscreen.
Any suggestions?
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If you launch one of the apps you selected, turn your screen off and on again, do you see your lockscreen or the app you just launched?
Does not work for me I am on slimrom
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kevdliu said:
If you launch one of the apps you selected, turn your screen off and on again, do you see your lockscreen or the app you just launched?
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ah, okay now it works perfectly. Didnt know I had to launch the app first.
i like this app / idea . Thanks
is it available in the Downloads section of the xposed app??
karanrajkapur said:
is it available in the Downloads section of the xposed app??
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If your Downloads page is set to sort by status, it's right there in alphabetical order. If it's sorted by last update, it's the fifth listed. If it's sorted by creation date, it's the first one at the top of the page. And this is ignoring the fact that Xposed has a search function.
Quick Access (v. 1.3) crashes every time I try to launch it.
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 with stock ROM (4.3).
OP: High hopes for this little app if got working perfectly!
BUG: Reboot command fails to execute. The app gets stuck at the command, and force closes!
divinemamgai said:
OP: High hopes for this little app if got working perfectly!
BUG: Reboot command fails to execute. The app gets stuck at the command, and force closes!
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Sounds like a root issue to me.
FWIW, it's better to just use the reboot option in the power menu anyways. The reboot option in the power menu allows apps and processes to terminate gracefully whereas when an app reboots it just kills all apps and processes.
interesting concept. so is this the same kind of idea as what google maps does then? where if the screen goes off, and you unlock, it will just wake up to maps? and then if you try to back out, it'll request that you do the passcode?
I have a Lenovo P780 dual sim since 1 month, bought on Amazon Germany, but shipped from China.
Have rooted it and added many other apps and deleted them when I didn't like them. I use the Apex Launcher. It has been perfect up until today. I wanted to move new app icons into the dock area underneath the normal home screens. I bought the Pro version of Apex Launcher because I thought the added functionality would allow me to do this. Whether or not this upgrade is the source of my present problems, I do not know.
The problem I now have is that once I unlock the screen, the normal home screen is now blank. If someone calls me the phone app lights up and I can pick-up and talk normally, later check my contacts, see the call and text logs. After the call, pushing the "Home" button briefly no longer works to bring back the home screen. Pushing the "Home" button for a couple of seconds brings up the running apps and lets me close it, then when returning to the "home" screen its blank.
Swiping down from the top allows me to seeing the settings buttons such as WiFi etc as it was before. I can click on the "Settings" icon to open the settings, but if I try to change the "theme" the app responds every time that it has stopped working.... Swiping back up returns the blank screen.
HELP please !!!
JohnCPescod said:
I have a Lenovo P780 dual sim since 1 month, bought on Amazon Germany, but shipped from China.
Have rooted it and added many other apps and deleted them when I didn't like them. I use the Apex Launcher. It has been perfect up until today. I wanted to move new app icons into the dock area underneath the normal home screens. I bought the Pro version of Apex Launcher because I thought the added functionality would allow me to do this. Whether or not this upgrade is the source of my present problems, I do not know.
The problem I now have is that once I unlock the screen, the normal home screen is now blank. If someone calls me the phone app lights up and I can pick-up and talk normally, later check my contacts, see the call and text logs. After the call, pushing the "Home" button briefly no longer works to bring back the home screen. Pushing the "Home" button for a couple of seconds brings up the running apps and lets me close it, then when returning to the "home" screen its blank.
Swiping down from the top allows me to seeing the settings buttons such as WiFi etc as it was before. I can click on the "Settings" icon to open the settings, but if I try to change the "theme" the app responds every time that it has stopped working.... Swiping back up returns the blank screen.
HELP please !!!
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Hi. It seems to me that your Apex Launcher have one big proble. Try to install free version and see if this have this problem. Iff not this is a problem... Iff the free Apex have the same problem you need to change your launcher. Search another one on the market.
stympy said:
Hi. It seems to me that your Apex Launcher have one big proble. Try to install free version and see if this have this problem. Iff not this is a problem... Iff the free Apex have the same problem you need to change your launcher. Search another one on the market.
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Sorry Stumpy, but I cannot use your advice. Since I cannot see my home screens, I cannot launch any apps. When I power on my phone I have no access to any apps. However if an email arrives, the GMail email app starts and I can then read and send emails. If I receive a telephone call, the native phone/contact/messages app starts and then I can also use these apps. But I cannot start or see any of the other installed apps, unless it has been prompted to start from outside my phone.
I have backed up all data and applications to my SD card using Titanium Backup before this problem started. I have reset the phone using the internal red button, used the settings menu to restore the data and apps, but nothing helps. I can change the Wallpaper using the Settings icon I can see when I swipe down from the top of the phone but when I try to change the Theme, the Settings app responds with "Unfortunately System UI has stopped". (This always happened since the phone was new - so I then downloaded Apex Launcher to go around this problem)
JohnCPescod said:
Sorry Stumpy, but I cannot use your advice. Since I cannot see my home screens, I cannot launch any apps. When I power on my phone I have no access to any apps. However if an email arrives, the GMail email app starts and I can then read and send emails. If I receive a telephone call, the native phone/contact/messages app starts and then I can also use these apps. But I cannot start or see any of the other installed apps, unless it has been prompted to start from outside my phone.
I have backed up all data and applications to my SD card using Titanium Backup before this problem started. I have reset the phone using the internal red button, used the settings menu to restore the data and apps, but nothing helps. I can change the Wallpaper using the Settings icon I can see when I swipe down from the top of the phone but when I try to change the Theme, the Settings app responds with "Unfortunately System UI has stopped". (This always happened since the phone was new - so I then downloaded Apex Launcher to go around this problem)
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Hi again. Please tell me what rom do you use. Do you have custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
stympy said:
Hi again. Please tell me what rom do you use. Do you have custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
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Hi Stumpy
I managed to get my phone back!
I used my desktop computer to send myself an email with a link to another launcher (Go Launcher). When the email arrived on my phone I could then click on the link which gave me the chance to open the link using Google Play and then install the new launcher. Once the new launcher was installed, I could see everything again, except that I then needed to put all the apps back in the right places. Wow am I happy !!
Thanks for your time and trying to help me!!
JohnCPescod said:
Hi Stumpy
I managed to get my phone back!
I used my desktop computer to send myself an email with a link to another launcher (Go Launcher). When the email arrived on my phone I could then click on the link which gave me the chance to open the link using Google Play and then install the new launcher. Once the new launcher was installed, I could see everything again, except that I then needed to put all the apps back in the right places. Wow am I happy !!
Thanks for your time and trying to help me!!
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I am glad that you manage to resolve the problem. Be carefull next time when you spend money on apps. Try free versions first time and install custom recovery for your phone. They are the best thing for backup.
Sent from my Lenovo P780 with LiFe v.07
Has anyone experienced on overly aggressive closing of apps by the OS on the phone?
I run "Conversations" as an XMPP messenger on my phone (https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=conversations&fdid=eu.siacs.conversations). Previously, had it installed on a couple Samsung devices without issue.
Eventually, after the Honor 5x is inactive, Conversations will be closed and I cannot receive messages until the app is loaded again. Even when telling the app to keep itself in the foreground (by way of notification drawer), the OS still closes the app when the phone is inactive for a while.
I would assume this issue is with EMUI, but I am not sure. Can anyone else shed some light on this?
It is an EMUI thing. You will do yourself a huge favor if you go to settings>Power saving>Protected apps, hit "menu" and "Add all"
rdbud said:
It is an EMUI thing. You will do yourself a huge favor if you go to settings>Power saving>Protected apps, hit "menu" and "Add all"
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@rdbud, Thank you, that appears to be right on. This phone is my wife's phone, and she confirmed that the app stays running now. Good find.
terrypearson said:
@rdbud, Thank you, that appears to be right on. This phone is my wife's phone, and she confirmed that the app stays running now. Good find.
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You can also "lock" an app in memory by hitting the Recents app square and then sliding down on any app. It will place a lock icon next to the app to show it is protected.
terrypearson said:
@rdbud, Thank you, that appears to be right on. This phone is my wife's phone, and she confirmed that the app stays running now. Good find.
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Keep in mind that it won't protect any subsequent apps you install. So if you install any new apps, you should go back in and make sure it's protected.
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honordevice said:
You can also "lock" an app in memory by hitting the Recents app square and then sliding down on any app. It will place a lock icon next to the app to show it is protected.
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That's an interesting feature, but is it the same as the protecting the apps in the settings? Or does it keep that app locked open so switching is easier? I have all my apps protected, but none of them have locks in the Recents app.
The only true solution that many dont know is
Just open the "phone accelerator" app .
Then open settings and then protected apps
And check the app that u want to run in the background .
Once done , now check ! U wil be able to receive notifications from the app u wished to run in the background.
Trying to delete a widget on my home screen and when I press and hold the widget, no trash can shows up. Anyone else have this issue?
Mr. Moe said:
Trying to delete a widget on my home screen and when I press and hold the widget, no trash can shows up. Anyone else have this issue?
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Drag it to the top of the screen, see if a trashcan appears.....
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Nope .....
fatboypup said:
Nope .....
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OK, but, it says "Remove" right there in the pop-up, just tap remove, it should disappear.
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KOLIOSIS said:
OK, but, it says "Remove" right there in the pop-up, just tap remove, it should disappear.
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My nope, meant I was not having a problem deleting them
Nope mine doesn't show trash can or have pop saying delete, etc.. on any widget or folder on any screen. I can move things around but can't delete anything.
fatboypup said:
My nope, meant I was not having a problem deleting them
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Gotcha, I'd mistaken you for the OP, my apologies .....
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Mr. Moe said:
Nope mine doesn't show trash can or have pop saying delete, etc.. on any widget or folder on any screen. I can move things around but can't delete anything.
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Is your Samsung pay working if not you might have to do a factory reset anyway
Mr. Moe said:
Nope mine doesn't show trash can or have pop saying delete, etc.. on any widget or folder on any screen. I can move things around but can't delete anything.
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Ive reproduced your issue. If you move the widget at all it removes the popup. Tap and hold the widget and dont move it AT ALL then you should see the popup. Tap on remove. Don't drag the widget to it
me2151 said:
Ive reproduced your issue. If you move the widget at all it removes the popup. Tap and hold the widget and dont move it AT ALL then you should see the popup. Tap on remove. Don't drag the widget to it
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Still nothing. Took to tmobile store they were confused too. There was another customer there with his new note getting content transferred. They tried it on his phone worked fine. They are going to see how they van order me another one.
Mr. Moe said:
Still nothing. Took to tmobile store they were confused too. There was another customer there with his new note getting content transferred. They tried it on his phone worked fine. They are going to see how they van order me another one.
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If you haven't turned-in your device already,try a cache partition wipe..............
I'm having this exact same problem. Has anyone found a solution to it?
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I just figured it out. If Animator Duration Scale in developer options is turned off, then for some reason it disables the popup menu that shows when long pressing a widget or shortcut. I turned it back to 1.0 and I am now able to delete widgets and shortcuts. Now I'm off to reinstall all of the apps that I uninstalled while trying to troubleshoot this issue.
usmaak said:
I'm having this exact same problem. Has anyone found a solution to it?
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I just figured it out. If Animator Duration Scale in developer options is turned off, then for some reason it disables the popup menu that shows when long pressing a widget or shortcut. I turned it back to 1.0 and I am now able to delete widgets and shortcuts. Now I'm off to reinstall all of the apps that I uninstalled while trying to troubleshoot this issue.
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I posted this same issue in another thread when I had an issue - you need at least .5 set in order for that menu to pop up. Stupid, I know.
mcdanielvzw said:
I posted this same issue in another thread when I had an issue - you need at least .5 set in order for that menu to pop up. Stupid, I know.
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Maybe they'll fix it. In the meantime, I do have it set to .5.