I have decided to give the Nougat for A3 2016 (A310F) another (and another) chance before returning to Marshmallow but I've had some issues - please let me know do you experience similar problems (Nougat only!).
I've upgraded to Nougat by flashing via Odin DBT code package and went from XEO Marshmallow which did not have any of the described problems.
Was running: Android 7.0, Baseband: A310FXXU3CQE7, Build: NRD90M.A310FXXU3CQE6, Kernel: 3.10.61-11350514
To confirm the below I've reflashed back to 6.0 and flashed 7.0 again (same XEO for 6.0 and same DBT for 7.0) also did factory reset and also added wipe data/cache to the test procedure which helped in couple of cases.
Issues I found with 7.0 so far:
By design:
1. Too small UI elements:
Very small single-line notification slider containing the buttons like enable/disable wi-fi, etc. Previously on Marshmallow and Lollipop it was big enough to handle it without problems. Now (thanks to DreamUX?) it is too small (it is much better on my wife's A510F after Nougat upgrade as the buttons can be way easier pressed without accidentally pressing the button to the left or to the right). This one is quite annoying but probably just because the DreamUX (or whatever it is called) has been designed with "bigger phones" in mind...
2. Flawed Power Saving:
There is absolutely no setting in the OS to set the list of apps that I want to run only in foreground and when entering background should be put to sleep (there is such setting in Marshmallow and I used it to have control over the battery life). This causes the battery life on Nougat to be quite disappointing.
FIX: Flash TWRP (see the TWRP thread for details), did wipe of everything possible. Flash back official 7.0. Currently with normal usage - taken from charger at 06:00 currently 15:40 - battery level decreased from 100% to 88% (previously 8-9 hours on battery after full charge only) I susspect that this may be connected with the software I had installed in the past and some leftovers. So installing 7.0 in cleanest possible way did the trick here.
3. Slow battery charge:
Battery is charging quite slow (location off + wifi off + 3g on + phone not being used (periodically reviewing only the status of charging). Full charge from 30-40% to 100% in c/a 4 hours. Tested wipe data/cache - did not help.
All the time:
1. Crashing Samsung Keyboard (if other used):
When used any other keyboard (tested on Swype and Hacker's Keyboard) from Google Play - everything works fine until I click (be it by accident or intentionally) the emoticon icon (near the send button) while either writing a text message or using any other app where this button is available. The result is Samsung Keyboard (?!) crashing (which is odd as another keyboard is being used at the moment) - after the crash no keyboard is available until selected from the settings General Management\Language and input\Default Keyboard
FIX: Do the wipe of data and cache.
2. VPN not working:
VPN does not work (any attempt to establish PPTP connection fails with the built-in software). Tested wipe data/cache - did not help.
Fixed itself after some time... Now it's working. Either magic or this cannot be tested straight after setting up the OS...
3. Battery drain / decreased life on battery:
Nougat is consuming far more battery than Marshmallow (20% of battery taken in one hour while driving to work (one hour) browsing the web and listening to music compared to 6-8% with Marshmallow). Tests made after wipe of data/cache.
FIX: Flash TWRP (see the TWRP thread for details), did wipe of everything possible. Flash back official 7.0. Currently with normal usage - taken from charger at 06:00 currently 15:40 - battery level decreased from 100% to 88% (previously 8-9 hours on battery after full charge only) I susspect that this may be connected with the software I had installed in the past and some leftovers. So installing 7.0 in cleanest possible way did the trick here.
Often:
1. Stuck "Call" button in UI:
Inability to click "Call" button from the contacts if often calling several contacts (UI seems to lock for 5-15 seconds). To reproduce: Go to the phone app - select contacts, then tap on any contact name (not a picture) - four buttones called "call, message, video call and details" will slide - try tapping "call". Repeat calling several contacts - the UI hangs for couple of seconds making clicking "Call" impossible (home button however works)
WORKAROUND: Swipe finger on the contact to the right of the contact or recently dialled number to start dialling (this always works and does not trigge this bug).
Quite often:
1. Mysterious "installations":
Every couple of hours a notification pops-up that something is downloaded but there it is too quick to notice what was being downloaded, where, etc. It happens regardless if restored to factory defaults (seems to appear also on my wifes A510F after Nougat upgrade). It was not related to apps like messenger or instagram being updated by themselves as this feature was disabled in the settings.
FIX: Do the wipe of data and cache. It seems that the "mysterious downloads" was unsuccessfull attempt to update Android Instant Apps ( https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html )
Rare:
1. Blackout:
The screen turns black. After the restart phone boots up but once started again it defaults to lowest brightness level and need to be adjusted.
FIX: Do the wipe of data and cache.
wolfensg said:
I have decided to give the Nougat for A3 2016 a chance before returning to Marshmallow but I have some issues - please let me know do you experience similar problems (Nougat only!).
I've upgraded to Nougat by flashing via Odin DBT code package and went from XEO Marshmallow which did not have any of the described problems.
Currently running: Android 7.0, Baseband: A310FXXU3CQE7, Build: NRD90M.A310FXXU3CQE6, Kernel: 3.10.61-11350514
Issues so far:
By design:
1. Very small single-line notification slider containing the buttons like enable/disable wi-fi, etc. Previously on Marshmallow and Lollipop it was big enough to handle it without problems. Now (thanks to DreamUX?) it is too small (it is much better on my wife's A510F after Nougat upgrade as the buttons can be way easier pressed without accidentally pressing the button to the left or to the right). This one is quite annoying but probably just because the DreamUX (or whatever it is called) has been designed with "bigger phones" in mind...
2. There is absolutely no setting in the OS to set the list of apps that I want to run only in foreground and when entering background should be put to sleep (there is such setting in Marshmallow and I used it to have control over the battery life). This causes the battery life on Nougat to be quite disappointing.
All the time:
1. When used any other keyboard from Google Play - everything works fine until I click (be it by accident or intentionally) the emoticon icon (near the send button) while either writing a text message or using any other app where this button is available. The result is Samsung Keyboard (?!) crashing (which is odd as another keyboard is being used at the moment) - after the crash no keyboard is available until selected from the settings General Management\Language and input\Default Keyboard
Often:
1. Inability to click "Call" button from the contacts if often calling several contacts (UI seems to lock for 5-15 seconds). To reproduce: Go to the phone app - select contacts, then tap on any contact name (not a picture) - four buttones called "call, message, video call and details" will slide - try tapping "call". Repeat calling several contacts - the UI hangs for couple of seconds making clicking "Call" impossible (home button however works)
Quite often:
1. Mysterious "installations". Every couple of hours a notification pops-up that something is downloaded but there it is too quick to notice what was being downloaded, where, etc. It happens regardless if restored to factory defaults (seems to appear also on my wifes A510F after Nougat upgrade). It was not related to apps like messenger or instagram being updated by themselves as this feature was disabled in the settings.
Rare:
1. Blackout... The screen turns black. After the restart phone boots up but once started again it defaults to lowest brightness and need to be adjusted.
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I have, so far, experienced none of the things you have mentioned. Google keyboard works great, no random installations, call works perfectly fine.
VPN won't work
i have the exact same call problem as you have but i also have some random android.phone crashes WHILE ON THE SKYPE APP
WHAT IS HAPPENING
I've got no problems I wiped from fast rom. V2. To advance three. My phones fast. But always cold. So I know there's power wasted.... If I were you download eset file manager.. There's a file logger. I also use greenify.
I'm not saying that official Samsung release of Nougat for A3 2016 is a piece of crap but just could be better (or it lacks some testing).
It has some minor flaws either that you need to get used to or you need to find a workaround if too anoying.
In general Nougat was responsive and working quite well. The design of caller UI and the notification dropdown were particularly most irritating for me since I used them both lot of time - that's why I've decided to returned to Marshmallow.
I know that I could used Greenify, etc (I used it some time ago on my rooted Galaxy Ace2) but Marshmallow with all it's features had given me "out of the box" everything I needed for work. That is why Nougat was kind of disappointment as it required some tweaking. I've also spent some time with reseting to factory defaults or flashing 6.0 and upgrading again to 7.0 and flashing again... etc... but the issues still were there. I susspect (but cannot confirm this as I haven't made any research on it) it may be kind of "per device" issue. I had similar problems before with Galaxy Ace2 as the same model (i8160) had two different versions (without any visible differeces/different firmwares etc) which had two different LCD screen whereas devices with S6D27A1 LCD were working all the time fine and devices with the LCD WS2401 (mine was having this one ;] were the lower quality ones and had issues with some firmwares, etc). This could explain at least that some people do not have any issues after the upgrade and some do have.
Man_tzagk said:
i have the exact same call problem as you have but i also have some random android.phone crashes WHILE ON THE SKYPE APP
WHAT IS HAPPENING
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As for android-phone process crashing I would suggest making wipe of user data and cache partition / reset to factory defaults. This does not seem to be related with the firmware (I doubt that Samsung would release a firmware which is causing that type of issue.
charlander said:
VPN won't work
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Sadly I don't have Nougat now (I've returned to Marshmallow) and cannot confirm but on Marshmallow VPN works fine.
BTW: Does VPN not work at all, or does not work only with 3G or Wi-Fi?
charlander said:
VPN won't work
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I returned to Nougat just to play around with it once again (I hoped to get rid of the battery drain issues, etc).
I can also confirm that the VPN support is broken (connecting is not possible) at least with the built-in VPN tool.
A310M Nougat is now available. I flashed it with ODIN over a rooted MM with xposed installed, no wipes.
Everything is working just fine, wifi, bt, calls, keyboard (both gboard and samsung), data, sms, alarm clock, camera (front/back, stills with effects and video), new themes gallery. I'm having just a few hiccups in Chrome with heavy pages. I have no complaints whatsoever.
I kinda like the new layout and icons. Seems fluid. Battery seems fine too. In MM I get around 2 days, +6h SoT with lots of internet browsing, instagram, utorrent, youtube (when I feel lazy to use my desktop), calls (maybe a couple of hours/day), whatsapp all day long, acdisplay always on. I don't use 3g/4g that much because I hardly need it, wifi available in home, college and work.
I'll keep an eye on the battery stats. Gotta let it settle down a bit as I get used to Nougat. I'm really loving it so far.
So after couple of days spend testing, etc. it seems that for me all problems are more or less gone. Basically only two real problems are left:
1. The UI designed clearly for bigger phones and not quite comfortable, but some workarounds are possible.
2. Not working VPN (which is something I really use very very very rarily)
The solution to most problems is instead of insisting on upgrade from 6.01 (which seems to be severely flawed) to do the wipe of data and cache after the upgrade and configure everything from scratch.
However if this won't help (like in my scenario) - you can consider installing custom recovery (please note the warranty void and stuff) - TWRP and wipe evertyhing from there and... flash 7.0 again. To be honest - this last option fixed most issues for me and left me with pretty usable phone (again).
charlander said:
VPN won't work
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VPN started to work for me on 7.0
wolfensg said:
As for android-phone process crashing I would suggest making wipe of user data and cache partition / reset to factory defaults. This does not seem to be related with the firmware (I doubt that Samsung would release a firmware which is causing that type of issue.
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Hello all,
Unfortunately I observe a significant power drain which was not observed with android v. 5 or 6. On top of that I have some issues with "GPS signal lost" during map navigation. It's going even worst when battery saving functions are on
I tried different "tricks" suggested here, such as wiping cache but with no luck. I'm considering going back to android 6
I'm running nougat in one SM-A310M. To be honest, I'm not experiencing nothing bad. The battery is ok, system stability is ok, performance on and functionality is quite better.
Some things that I've to say:
1 system memory WON approximately 800 MB of free space
2 RAM usage is equal to marshmallow, but too much optimized (reopening apps)
3 the light sensor bugs is gone
4 mine antutu record before were around 27k. Now is ~37k. (I don't know the why, but 3D tests were listed how "unsupported" at the end of tests and now, in nougat, is ok. The RAM score is quite higher also on nougat
5 all the new functionality like notifications, recent apps button, video app can now create GIFs and the pop up blocker (goodbye SIM crazy popups) on home screen are quite useful.
Unfortunately, we don't have the multi window and night mode features, but I general, the update is positive. Nothing bad for while.
I'm attaching two images. The higher value come from nougat.
Hello ,
I have already read similar threads for this problem but still cannot fix my problem .
Only calls notifications works, it does not show me notifications from facebook , gmail, viber etc , I've already tried unpairing and pairing again with the phone, factory reset and uninstalling and reinstalling the amazfit watch app on the phone but nothing changed.
I checked the app blacklist and everything is enabled , this issue starts today , the previous weeks the watch works fine
Anyone can help me please?
restarted phone?
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restarted phone?
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Obviously I did restart my phone plenty of times
UPDATE:
After many restarts of my phone, 3-4 factory resets, and unistall - reinstall the amazfit app at least 2 times. It seems that the watch works fine again !
I dont know the problem is fixed (hopefully wont happen again) but just restarting your phone may fix the problem (may not work after the first restart, keep restarting your phone)
I also contacted amazfit to inform them , and they told me the same things
I am posting their answer:
If you can see them from the notification bar but can't see them through your watch, please check the following steps to troubleshoot your issue.
1) Check if you enabled the "silent mode" on the watch. If you enabled silent mode, you can't receive any notifications at all.
2) Enable the notification in the app
On the home screen of the Amazfit Watch app, select Notification Settings.
Tap the toggle switch to enable or disable push notification on your watch.
To enable or disable specific notifications, select App blacklist settings.
If you still can't receive the notification, please try the following:
Android
1: Go to settings --> manage apps' battery usage --> choose apps. From there, pick all the apps you want to receive push notifications and select "No restrictions."
2: Go to settings --> permissions --> autostart. From there, pick the apps you want to receive notifications, and toggle the switch to turn it on.
3: Lock the app in the "recent apps"/ "app overview" plane. Do so by first opening the apps, then press the "recent apps/overview button" . From there, find the app you want to receive notifications, pull down on it to "lock it", so it never gets cleared.
Hopefully this might help someone in the future
I think we need an update. Nothing of all them works for me.
I also have the same problem, watch only alerts me of the incoming call, no other notifications are pushed to amazfit pace...
Hi to all!
I have the Global Rom, as far as I know!
The phone is in original state, no unlocked boot, no root, no nothing!
Since it updated to the MIUI 10, I get a "malfunction" in the app update, whether it's thru the PlayStore or the MIUI's updating app.
When it senses Wi-Fi, the apps to be updated starts to loop between the "Downloading" and "Waiting" states, but none of them really starts the updating process.
And this is running in background, consuming the battery very rapidly!
In the PlayStore, I can stop the updating procedure, wait a few moments and click to update and then all goes well.
In the MIUI app, I can't do the same because, no matter how many times I click to stop, it doesn't and I can't kill the process.
The only way to stop it, is to shutdown the WiFi. But, as soon as I turn it on, resumes it's strange behaviour.
Would it be because I have a VPN connection always on?
Does anyone has the same problem?
As anyone solved it? How?
After digging a while, I've came to the following conclusions:
-the Xiaomi's update app, for their own apps, doesn't work with a VPN; I need to disconnect from the VPN and allow it to update on "normal" WiFi;
-the PlayStore does work, if I proceed like I've mention before;
Is this normal? Can I correct this privacy problem?
DHeart said:
After digging a while, I've came to the following conclusions:
-the Xiaomi's update app, for their own apps, doesn't work with a VPN; I need to disconnect from the VPN and allow it to update on "normal" WiFi;
-the PlayStore does work, if I proceed like I've mention before;
Is this normal? Can I correct this privacy problem?
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I´m not familiar at all with this kind of issues, I just think you could start;
- By checking your region from additional settings so miui has different policies for some of them and I guess the apps are slightly different for some countries.
- If your VPN has random locations then this doesn´t match with your region settings.
- Clearing cache and data in updater and downloader manager apps.
- Giving only permissions as your convenience to these two apps.
- Like last resort formatting data in stock recovery.
I updated to latest MIUI Global 11.0.8 and this annoying bug cycles itself. If I click settings, there's a new option at the top most suggesting "Finish Setting Up Your Device". If I click it it takes me to Android Setup where it suggests I connect to Wi-Fi to finish setup. I already am on Wi-Fi and it isn't doing anything.
This bug existed in the previous MIUI 11.0.6 but in that case it was just a notification after every reboot which would disappear if you clear recents or hide that notification.
In 11.0.8 there's a persistent option right at the top of the settings menu and there is no way to get rid of it.
Alrich said:
I updated to latest MIUI Global 11.0.8 and this annoying bug cycles itself. If I click settings, there's a new option at the top most suggesting "Finish Setting Up Your Device". If I click it it takes me to Android Setup where it suggests I connect to Wi-Fi to finish setup. I already am on Wi-Fi and it isn't doing anything.
This bug existed in the previous MIUI 11.0.6 but in that case it was just a notification after every reboot which would disappear if you clear recents or hide that notification.
In 11.0.8 there's a persistent option right at the top of the settings menu and there is no way to get rid of it.
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In setting go to manage apps. Find android setup application and force stop it. You can also permanently disable it. Btw I didn't face this issue. So try using a different wifi. It might be due to improper data connection in wifi.
callmebutcher101 said:
In setting go to manage apps. Find android setup application and force stop it. You can also permanently disable it. Btw I didn't face this issue. So try using a different wifi. It might be due to improper data connection in wifi.
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I've tried all that including clearing data.
None of it works.
Of all apps / messengers I tried, only OkCupid push notifications don't work AT ALL on my Realme GT 5G (Android 12, Realme UI 3.0, C.20 GDPR). Viber, WhatsApp... working as expected without any fiddling with settings.
I literally tried everything I could think of:
I turned notifications on in app itself and in Android settings too (some of them that I need and, in the end, all of them). Battery optimization is turned off for the app. Background activity is allowed. Autostart allowed. Auto app-freeze and some more Realme battery settings turned off. Locked OkCupid app in task manager / left it to work in background. I restarted phone multiple times. Tried varius combinations of above settings. Deleted cache, reinstalled and updated app - nothing works. Only when I load app it'll show a badge on messages tab and sometimes even that doesn't work and I have to manually open the tab to see the message.
Also, GSAM battery monitor is sometimes being killed for no reason although I whitelisted it everywhere.
I'm out if ideas so if anybody have any fresh idea, please let me know.
Thanks.