STOCK ROM Bugs and Issues... - Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone stumbled on any quirky undesirable bugs.
(Please state which firmware your on for good practice.)
Can anyone confirm this quite annoying bug I've been facing:
So the notification panel - when you pull the panel down to access your notifcations you are supposed to be able to expand and collapse many of the individual notification that allow this expanded view notification (by a hold swipe down/up)... However when I attempt to expand something like my WhatsApp/gmail/SMS it will not stay expanded it will collapse back on release.
(@ 1m30seconds illustrates the correct expansion which I'm failing to achieve ontnhe z5c https://youtu.be/g0fvdWKKJG0
This has occurred since both initial .11 through to .32 firmware.

dillalade said:
However when I attempt to expand something like my WhatsApp/gmail/SMS it will not stay expanded it will collapse back on release.
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I have exactly the same issue. However I had to randomly reboot earlier and it's working as it should at the moment.

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Gestures do not work correctly

This is the biggest reason I cannot use Themer as my daily driver.. I am big on gestures and Themer's do not perform correctly.
Easy to reproduce:
- Set "pinch in" gesture for whatever (launch Hangouts for example).
- Set "Two Finger Swipe Up" gesture for another app (i.e. Camera)
- Set "Two Finger Swipe Down" gesture for another app (i.e. Gallery)
Try using the two finger swipe, either up or down, and watch the "pinch in" gesture take effect.
Gets it wrong almost 99% of the time. Apex/Nova/TSF Shell do not share this problem, so something is wrong with Themer's gesture recognition.
I know it might sound trivial but with this problem I cannot use Themer.
ingenious247 said:
This is the biggest reason I cannot use Themer as my daily driver.. I am big on gestures and Themer's do not perform correctly.
Easy to reproduce:
- Set "pinch in" gesture for whatever (launch Hangouts for example).
- Set "Two Finger Swipe Up" gesture for another app (i.e. Camera)
- Set "Two Finger Swipe Down" gesture for another app (i.e. Gallery)
Try using the two finger swipe, either up or down, and watch the "pinch in" gesture take effect.
Gets it wrong almost 99% of the time. Apex/Nova/TSF Shell do not share this problem, so something is wrong with Themer's gesture recognition.
I know it might sound trivial but with this problem I cannot use Themer.
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Hi,
What device/Android version/ROM are you using? We've just tested this on a Nexus 5, and the "Pinch In" gesture appears roughly 20% of the time by accident. We'll pass this onto the developers to see what they can do. We apologize for the inconvenience, hopefully this can be resolved within the next update.
ThemerSupport said:
Hi,
What device/Android version/ROM are you using? We've just tested this on a Nexus 5, and the "Pinch In" gesture appears roughly 20% of the time by accident. We'll pass this onto the developers to see what they can do. We apologize for the inconvenience, hopefully this can be resolved within the next update.
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T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3, Stock, unrooted, running 4.4.2
I'm also running into a weird gesture issue. I removed the swipe up/down to show/hide the notification bar, however it keeps restoring.
I don't know the time frame for the reset, though it has happened a few times over the last few days.
Samsung GS3 running Task's AOKP 4.4.2
*I just tested it, gestures seem to reset on reboot. I'll test setting some gestures and rebooting to see if those stick or not.
*If swipe up/down are set to inactive they will reset to show/hide notification bar on reset. Other gestures (pinch,...) don't seem to be effected. If one of them (swipe up or down) is set to something and the other is inactive, they do not reset on reboot.
ThemerSupport said:
Hi,
What device/Android version/ROM are you using? We've just tested this on a Nexus 5, and the "Pinch In" gesture appears roughly 20% of the time by accident. We'll pass this onto the developers to see what they can do. We apologize for the inconvenience, hopefully this can be resolved within the next update.
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There's no way it's only a 20% occurance. You must be testing it slowly, very carefully placing your fingers and making sure you perform the gesture slowly. I don't think that is how anyone uses the gestures, at the very least not how I do it.
Gestures are designed to be quick and convenient. If you follow my instructions, and perform the gestures like a normal user would (i.e. unlock the phone, and quickly execute the gesture without taking account careful finger placement, etc) then it will fail much more than 20% of the time.
Whereas, by comparison, that does not happen (ever!) with the other launchers I mentioned. I seriously doubt it is a "20%" failure rate.
ingenious247 said:
There's no way it's only a 20% occurance. You must be testing it slowly, very carefully placing your fingers and making sure you perform the gesture slowly. I don't think that is how anyone uses the gestures, at the very least not how I do it.
Gestures are designed to be quick and convenient. If you follow my instructions, and perform the gestures like a normal user would (i.e. unlock the phone, and quickly execute the gesture without taking account careful finger placement, etc) then it will fail much more than 20% of the time.
Whereas, by comparison, that does not happen (ever!) with the other launchers I mentioned. I seriously doubt it is a "20%" failure rate.
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The good news is that the developers are now prioritizing this issue (other tests proved much higher failure rates), so hopefully a fix will arrive in the next update.
ThemerSupport said:
The good news is that the developers are now prioritizing this issue (other tests proved much higher failure rates), so hopefully a fix will arrive in the next update.
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Awesome!
One thing I know for sure, is the customer support Themer has is the best in the industry. Which seems fitting for what is likely the most innovative app in the history of Android, IMO.
ingenious247 said:
Awesome!
One thing I know for sure, is the customer support Themer has is the best in the industry. Which seems fitting for what is likely the most innovative app in the history of Android, IMO.
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Glad we could help, if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask. We're always here to provide as much help as possible.
Yahhh. I have been.
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Themer "pinch gesture" not working on galaxy s5
ThemerSupport said:
Glad we could help, if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask. We're always here to provide as much help as possible.
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I'm having a similar issue with my Samsung Galaxy s5. When i use either pinch in our pinch out no action takes place. I tried setting these to different apps and functions but still no results. Any ideas on a fix for this? Thank you.
Stoneking1018 said:
I'm having a similar issue with my Samsung Galaxy s5. When i use either pinch in our pinch out no action takes place. I tried setting these to different apps and functions but still no results. Any ideas on a fix for this? Thank you.
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Hi,
We are looking into gesture improvements. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Any way to disable apps being automatically removed from recents screen in Nougat?

My work flow currently relies on apps being on my recents screen since it reminds me of work left do to. After upgrading to Nougat, I noticed that some apps started disappearing from the recents screen after a while. On further searching, I found that it's a feature in Nougat. Is there any way to disable this behavior so that apps stay in the recents screen until I dismiss them manually? Thanks.
downloaderfan said:
My work flow currently relies on apps being on my recents screen since it reminds me of work left do to. After upgrading to Nougat, I noticed that some apps started disappearing from the recents screen after a while. On further searching, I found that it's a feature in Nougat. Is there any way to disable this behavior so that apps stay in the recents screen until I dismiss them manually? Thanks.
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Many months later, Oreo penetration is growing and this is STILL an issue. Google clearly intend for this work as it does, but i fail to see the logic behind it. I've often only got four apps in Recents, but they'll all get kicked out if i don't use them. They are still in Memory though, but have to be relaunched from their shortcut.
Google, what happened to you?
DirkGently said:
Many months later, Oreo penetration is growing and this is STILL an issue. Google clearly intend for this work as it does, but i fail to see the logic behind it. I've often only got four apps in Recents, but they'll all get kicked out if i don't use them. They are still in Memory though, but have to be relaunched from their shortcut.
Google, what happened to you?
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Yup, even if you only have 3-4 apps on the recents screen, they get kicked off. It's like Google wants it's users to stop using the recents screen by making it unreliable.
I requested for this feature on reddit as well as many xda threads(where it was relevant of course) & nobody seems to be interested. Guess it's time to learn xposed app development. You might have to wait few years though.

[ OPEN BETA Program ] [ ONLY for Chinese Find X variant ] colorOS 5.2

all of you on chinese variants of Find X, can now upgrade to new colorOS 5.2 simply by installing Beta App below , follow on screen steps and after that: go to normal upgrade method from Settins. You will have new OTA ready to download
Not applicable for Global and European variants CPH1871 / 75 .
LINK
After that you'll get a developer mode WITHOUT that annoying red banner in top notifications. You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade), but NO Icons in Top. Fastboot unlock is still not possible. There is a higher Battery drain.
Btw: looks like, you CAN'T downgrade to official firmware yourself. So please TAKE CARE.
wolfgart said:
all of you on chinese variants of Find X, can now upgrade to new colorOS 5.2 simply by installing Beta App below , follow on screen steps and after that: go to normal upgrade method from Settins. You will have new OTA ready to download
Not applicable for Global and European variants CPH1871 / 75 .
LINK
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Thanks.
Downloading now...
Still no notifications when the screen is off. Just a sound.
Smartthings\Hue\Yi Home\Google Home\ HotUKdeals\Whatsapp\Blue mail\WearOS apps no notifications
And I get no notifications from my phone to my android TV via the app Notifications For Android TV
Think I may sell this phone and move on.
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dragon-tmd said:
After that you'll get a developer mode WITHOUT that annoying red banner in top notifications. You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade), but NO Icons in Top. Fastboot unlock is still not possible. There is a higher Battery drain.
Btw: looks like, you CAN'T downgrade to official firmware yourself. So please TAKE CARE.
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"You'll get notifications (lockscreen, notification shade)"
Wish I got that
Is it correct that this information can not be returned to the official firmware?
After messing around for some time. I get notifications from most app when the screen is on.
But when the lock screen(blank black) starts, I get no notifications what so ever. Just sounds.
Anyway to fix this?
What's new in colorOS 5.2?
I get no notification issues and I use this china variant on color os5.1, for notifications ( FOR ALL apps, allow ALL PERMISSIONS, go to power management app and disable ALL power saving features for said apps as well as allowing all permissions from "power management" and this works for me even with screen off i get my notifications with the edge notification light
Most of my apps are now working as should(smartthings won't give notifications).
I went on to the beta and then I reset everything, and all has been great.
Marcelo_BSB said:
Is it correct that this information can not be returned to the official firmware?
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Yes it is. I've tried to make downgrade and doesn't work. The recovery says that the version that I've installed is newer than the latest official and abort the flash process. Fortunately the beta works pretty good but keep it in mind.
As supposed...latest ColorOS 5.2 arrived, and sadly nothing interesting
Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
krazyken04 said:
Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
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Nope. Still only five apps.
krazyken04 said:
Does this allow for more "locked" apps or at least do away with the need for locking apps?
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Rolled the dice and found out that:
- It does not remove the need for locking or increase the 5 app limit
- It also does not allow more than 5 apps to auto startup
Interesting development though: after doing the beta firmware update, I can no longer get into Phone Manager (and thus cannot easily get into auto startup apps)
After tapping on "Phone Manager", I get a screen overlay message that says "Permission Denied".
Can confirm that it does remove the dev orange bar. It will not remove the orange bar that is present from using Accessibility Settings.
EDIT: Updates as I poke around below
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- After update: Shut down and Start up now retain my accessibility settings (previously even answering the phone would reset them). I use accessibility to add navigation options to the side of the device.
- I deleted com.coloros.safecenter, and now I have no "Auto Startup" options in individual app info. I'm unsure if this is just a new development in the beta or not though. I also still cannot get into the app Phone Manager (where auto startup is usually collected)
- I now also have some sort of flyout thing on the right side containing "Quick Access" apps. I never had this before. This is controlled from: Settings > Smart & Convenient > Smart Sidebar
- A new app inside of Accessibility permissions showed up called "Baidu IME for OPPO", but I'm pretty sure this was stock and I had just removed it right when I got the phone
- I'm also able to swipe notifications to the right to dismiss!
krazyken04 said:
Rolled the dice and found out that:
- It does not remove the need for locking or increase the 5 app limit
- It also does not allow more than 5 apps to auto startup
Interesting development though: after doing the beta firmware update, I can no longer get into Phone Manager (and thus cannot easily get into auto startup apps)
After tapping on "Phone Manager", I get a screen overlay message that says "Permission Denied".
Can confirm that it does remove the dev orange bar. It will not remove the orange bar that is present from using Accessibility Settings.
EDIT: Updates as I poke around below
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- After update: Shut down and Start up now retain my accessibility settings (previously even answering the phone would reset them). I use accessibility to add navigation options to the side of the device.
- I deleted com.coloros.safecenter, and now I have no "Auto Startup" options in individual app info. I'm unsure if this is just a new development in the beta or not though. I also still cannot get into the app Phone Manager (where auto startup is usually collected)
- I now also have some sort of flyout thing on the right side containing "Quick Access" apps. I never had this before. This is controlled from: Settings > Smart & Convenient > Smart Sidebar
- A new app inside of Accessibility permissions showed up called "Baidu IME for OPPO", but I'm pretty sure this was stock and I had just removed it right when I got the phone
- I'm also able to swipe notifications to the right to dismiss!
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So you still have the continous weird flashing statusbar? (You use accesability, right?) Or is that gone after reboot?
I9000bramgmail said:
So you still have the continous weird flashing statusbar? (You use accesability, right?) Or is that gone after reboot?
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Still have it unfortunately And yes, I'm using accessibility. Beta DOES get rid of the yellow bar if you only have Developer Mode enabled.
I've gone through one entire reinstall because I removed some pretty necessary stuff without pulling the APK's first. Now I'm an expert at backups of both individual APK's and the entire system through ADB hahaha.
I'm working on a guide to "westernize" or "un-colorOS"ing this phone and will be aggressively deleting apks to try and get rid of the yellow bar.
I did find that they have
Code:
com.android.systemui.PLUGINS
and that gets spawned from a ColorOS apk but I can't seem to remove the plugin. I have a hunch that's where it lives, since the orange bar groups everything under the "System UI" grouping.
Will keep you all updated!
EDIT: Oh! I was also able to create a +1 phone number account through oppo id services and use that to restore back to stock Beta after I screwed up the phone without backing anything up this first time. So I wouldn't be too scared of doing this upgrade. You can at least restore back to beta.
Had a little update.
Don't know what oppo added but great see updates coming
deuse said:
Had a little update.
Don't know what oppo added but great see updates coming
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Yeah same but haven't updated yet, I posted screenshots earlier and would love for someone to translate ha!
When the official version is released, can I install even using this beta?
upvieira said:
When the official version is released, can I install even using this beta?
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Well I hope so as I'm on the beta as well.
Thank you, I ran it but till now no notification about the new beta.

New software version in India - available

Just got new software version (still android 10)
Downloaded and installed.
March 1 security update.
Not sure whats new in it except security patch.
Is it stable? Did it resolve any bugs?
Yes. It is official update from system update center.
Visually i can see change in volume bar style and dot in bottom navigation bar to auto hide and unhide
The battery life seems to have take a hit.
bhatia.mani said:
Just got new software version (still android 10)
Downloaded and installed.
March 1 security update.
Not sure whats new in it except security patch.
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Same here in USA.
The volume rocker visualization has changed.
Instead of a bar across the top, there is now a bubble bar with a settings circle on the left.
Still searching for a change log but haven't found one yet.
New Feature?
I stumbled across the ability to use two apps on one screen since the update.
Using the native android method of pressing and holding the recent apps button.
I'm almost 100% positive this was not available before the update - though I used it extensively on my old phone.
Specter597 said:
New Feature?
I stumbled across the ability to use two apps on one screen since the update.
Using the native android method of pressing and holding the recent apps button.
I'm almost 100% positive this was not available before the update - though I used it extensively on my old phone.
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Hi, quick question. Can this multi window function work in gesture mode (in place of the usual navigation buttons)? Asking as there is no 'recent app button' in the gesture mode. Thanks!
Definitely battery get a hit.

General (FIX!!!) 3rd Party Launchers and the Recent Apps button issues, consistent replication.

I'm sure some of you have experienced the Recent Apps button (3 button navigation) not working with 3rd party launchers (Nova, Microsoft, etc). The only fix I have been able to find is to switch the default launcher to the Pixel Launcher, and then back to your 3rd party launcher of choice.
Luckily, I have been able to replicate this problem consistently. While using a 3rd party launcher (Nova launcher in my case), open any app (and only one) and press the Recent Apps button 3 times quickly. The Recent Apps button should stop working. It does not break when there are no recent apps or when there are 2 or more.
Hopefully, this information might be helpful to minds smarter than my own.
If anyone else is experiencing this or is able to replicate the issue as well, I'd like to hear what your setup and experience with the issue is.
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I've been using Nova on my P6 since I got it, until 2-3 days ago anyway when I decided to try Gesture Navigation instead.
I've never had the issue you're showing, not a single time. What I DID encounter a few times is that instead of the proper Recents overview when tapping on Recents I'd only see a weird view of my homescreen, like when you longpress anywhere on the homescreen, except that it was ONLY the homescreen and no settings/wallpaper or other options. That happened randomly and was hard to reproduce, but I've never seen the issue you're showing in the video
Did you import/restore any apps/settings, esp. for Nova, when you set up the phone? That seems to cause a lot of issues when coming from a non-Pixel device. I hard a weird glitch were the display would briefly light up every 10-20 minutes when the phone was just sitting there untouched, a factory reset and fresh install of all apps fixed it.
Maybe try that too?
Nimueh said:
I've been using Nova on my P6 since I got it, until 2-3 days ago anyway when I decided to try Gesture Navigation instead.
I've never had the issue you're showing, not a single time. What I DID encounter a few times is that instead of the proper Recents overview when tapping on Recents I'd only see a weird view of my homescreen, like when you longpress anywhere on the homescreen, except that it was ONLY the homescreen and no settings/wallpaper or other options. That happened randomly and was hard to reproduce, but I've never seen the issue you're showing in the video
Did you import/restore any apps/settings, esp. for Nova, when you set up the phone? That seems to cause a lot of issues when coming from a non-Pixel device. I hard a weird glitch were the display would briefly light up every 10-20 minutes when the phone was just sitting there untouched, a factory reset and fresh install of all apps fixed it.
Maybe try that too?
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This is a fresh install of Nova. I Imported all my apps from my Galaxy S10+, so I'll try that and report back with results.
Other than that, what do you think of the gesture navigation? I pretty much wrote it off as soon as I got the phone.
natepichler said:
This is a fresh install of Nova. I Imported all my apps from my Galaxy S10+, so I'll try that and report back with results.
Other than that, what do you think of the gesture navigation? I pretty much wrote it off as soon as I got the phone.
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I've never been a fan of it, never used it before and still don't like it. The only reason I'm trying it again is because I'm still not rooted and simply can't stand looking at that ugly white navbar (yea yea, I know I'm weird ). It works I guess, but getting to Recents for example is a hit & miss with gestures, navbar is much more reliable for me.
Whatever your issue is I hope you get it sorted
natepichler said:
I'm sure some of you have experienced the Recent Apps button (3 button navigation) not working with 3rd party launchers (Nova, Microsoft, etc). The only fix I have been able to find is to switch the default launcher to the Pixel Launcher, and then back to your 3rd party launcher of choice.
Luckily, I have been able to replicate this problem consistently. While using a 3rd party launcher (Nova launcher in my case), open any app (and only one) and press the Recent Apps button 3 times quickly. The Recent Apps button should stop working. It does not break when there are no recent apps or when there are 2 or more.
Hopefully, this information might be helpful to minds smarter than my own.
If anyone else is experiencing this or is able to replicate the issue as well, I'd like to hear what your setup and experience with the issue is.
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I can replicate this on my P6 also, 3 taps and recents is broken. I have to change launchers or power cycle (reset) to get it working again. I originally imported settings and apps from an LG V35 10 days ago.
sdbe said:
I can replicate this on my P6 also, 3 taps and recents is broken. I have to change launchers or power cycle (reset) to get it working again. I originally imported settings and apps from an LG V35 10 days ago.
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Interesting. What launcher are you using?
natepichler said:
Interesting. What launcher are you using?
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Nova.
sdbe said:
Nova.
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FIX!!!!!!
Settings > System > Developer Options > Animator duration scale
Turn to 'Animation off'
The Window animation scale and Transition animation scale has no effect on this.
After changing this, I have not been able to replicate this issue.
My best guess is that the recent apps button is pressed while the animation is still going, and the phone has the electronic equivalent of a mild stroke.
Can anyone else confirm that this corrects the issue? I haven't seen a solution like this on any of the many threads about this.
natepichler said:
FIX!!!!!!
Settings > System > Developer Options > Animator duration scale
Turn to 'Animation off'
The Window animation scale and Transition animation scale has no effect on this.
After changing this, I have not been able to replicate this issue.
My best guess is that the recent apps button is pressed while the animation is still going, and the phone has the electronic equivalent of a mild stroke.
Can anyone else confirm that this corrects the issue? I haven't seen a solution like this on any of the many threads about this.
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Turning animation off prevents the 'recents' button failure, but I wouldn't call it a fix since then animations won't work. Personally I will keep animations set to .5 and try not to press 'recents' too many times. The lack of animations gives the Nova UI a flat and amatuerish look.
This is a Nova bug, probably due to Android 12 incompatability, since it doesn't happen with the Pixel launcher. I guess we can hope that they correct it eventually.
Thanks for identifying the cause, I had this happen multiple times before I read your post and didn't have any idea what was causing it.
sdbe said:
Turning animation off prevents the 'recents' button failure, but I wouldn't call it a fix since then animations won't work. Personally I will keep animations set to .5 and try not to press 'recents' too many times. The lack of animations gives the Nova UI a flat and amatuerish look.
This is a Nova bug, probably due to Android 12 incompatability, since it doesn't happen with the Pixel launcher. I guess we can hope that they correct it eventually.
Thanks for identifying the cause, I had this happen multiple times before I read your post and didn't have any idea what was causing it.
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I have some shaky hands so I end up pressing the button a few times fairly often.
I think the issue is with Pixel Launcher. I have confirmed that this issue happens in other launchers as well (Microsoft Launcher). I also found that killing the Pixel Launcher fixes it too.
Nimueh said:
I've been using Nova on my P6 since I got it, until 2-3 days ago anyway when I decided to try Gesture Navigation instead.
I've never had the issue you're showing, not a single time. What I DID encounter a few times is that instead of the proper Recents overview when tapping on Recents I'd only see a weird view of my homescreen, like when you longpress anywhere on the homescreen, except that it was ONLY the homescreen and no settings/wallpaper or other options. That happened randomly and was hard to reproduce, but I've never seen the issue you're showing in the video
Did you import/restore any apps/settings, esp. for Nova, when you set up the phone? That seems to cause a lot of issues when coming from a non-Pixel device. I hard a weird glitch were the display would briefly light up every 10-20 minutes when the phone was just sitting there untouched, a factory reset and fresh install of all apps fixed it.
Maybe try that too?
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This. I have this problem where the recent apps don't show, and instead I just get a zoomed out version of my homescreen. This happens CONSTANTLY and is the most annoying thing about this phone. It happened to me on the stock launcher as well as on Nova.
Anyone know of a fix for that?
Diablo2424 said:
This. I have this problem where the recent apps don't show, and instead I just get a zoomed out version of my homescreen. This happens CONSTANTLY and is the most annoying thing about this phone. It happened to me on the stock launcher as well as on Nova.
Anyone know of a fix for that?
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Did you activate developer options and tick don't keep activities near the bottom of the options, perhaps by mistake?
weinbers said:
Did you activate developer options and tick don't keep activities near the bottom of the options, perhaps by mistake?
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I did tick that, because I couldn't open my recents menu to close apps. I just unticked that option, and still have the same issue happen when I hit the recents button.
It zooms out to a smaller version of my homescreen, and if I swipe up it will close the most recent app, then show the rest of the open apps, if I just swiped to the right to go to another open app, the smaller homescreen slides to the right off my screen but it doesn't show the other running apps. It's almost as if it's having an issue drawing the image of the open apps.
Diablo2424 said:
This. I have this problem where the recent apps don't show, and instead I just get a zoomed out version of my homescreen. This happens CONSTANTLY and is the most annoying thing about this phone. It happened to me on the stock launcher as well as on Nova.
Anyone know of a fix for that?
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Not sure I'd call it a "fix" but since I switched to Gesture Navigation instead of using the navbar it hasn't happened once. Maybe the P6/A12 does something odd with the Recents button that needs to get fixed through an update, no idea.
Nimueh said:
Not sure I'd call it a "fix" but since I switched to Gesture Navigation instead of using the navbar it hasn't happened once. Maybe the P6/A12 does something odd with the Recents button that needs to get fixed through an update, no idea.
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I thought that would fix it as well, so I switched to navbar (which I prefer anyway) and it is happening there too . A12 is just so buggy, it's annoying, I hate that companies use the public as their beta testers nowadays
Just noticed it today had it since launch day. Only change was the fingerprint reader update I did yesterday.
sdbe said:
I can replicate this on my P6 also, 3 taps and recents is broken. I have to change launchers or power cycle (reset) to get it working again. I originally imported settings and apps from an LG V35 10 days ago.
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I'm coming from an LGV30, running Nova. I was planning to just import settings and apps to my P6Pro when it arrives. Did that ultimately work for you, or did you end up doing a fresh install of all your apps, including Nova?
gmfeld said:
I'm coming from an LGV30, running Nova. I was planning to just import settings and apps to my P6Pro when it arrives. Did that ultimately work for you, or did you end up doing a fresh install of all your apps, including Nova?
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Actually it worked very well, I was surprised. I used cable method that google recommended with the usb-c cable that came with the phone.
I have done LG to LG imports and Samsung to Samsung but never tried LG to Pixel.
I still had to do a lot of setup steps like passwords, set the home screen to Nova and handle the widgets. Be sure to go the play store and do an 'update all'. But it was much easier and quicker than doing a clean install. I figured I could always do that later if I suspected something was not working.
There are issues with the phone and Android 12 but so far I don't think any of them have to do with the install (of course I could be wrong).
Great! Thanks for the info.
Chiming in with a stock unrooted Pixel 5 using Nova Launcher. My Recents also becomes randomly unresponsive, and I am able to reproduce it using the method in the first post (press three times rapidly). I also get the weird zoomed out blank menu as others have mentioned fairly regularly.

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