So. I've had this phone for less than a week, and the amount of bugs I've found in the stock ROM is just staggering.
Just want to know if these are really bugs from the OS and not a faulty unit. And if so, have you have found any workaround for any of them?
Also, I'm placing here some fixes (if there are). So new people to the phone won't have to go all over the internet looking for a fix.
1) after unlocking the phone with fingerprint, sometimes the brightness goes to about 70% and stays there. Adaptive brightness won't lower it until you manually decrease it.
-My fix: Disabled adaptive brightness and installed Velis from the play store. Configured the brightness pattern and there, problem solved.
2) audio sounds muffled in every app other than phone.
-My fix: A factory reset fixed this issue for me. I believe it's a Google assistant related problem.
3) WhatsApp voice note audio recording quality is poor and volume is low, WhatsApp calls, however sound amazing.
4) (not sure if this is a bug) using hdr in the main camera really messes the image borders. Things appear to be way wider than they are. Using no hdr makes it a little less wide. Which is to be expected from wide angle lenses in phones.
5) when plugged to the charger, the screen brightness goes up. I've noticed that in a dark room, the brightness sensor value goes from 0 to 81 when the led turns on. A design flaw, maybe?
6) Copied text, and dragging folders in Solid explorer creates a ghost image of the thing in question.
-Fix?: Close the app in the recent apps. Thanks to: @fetaiharbin
7) The on screen fingerprint sensor is painfully slow sometimes.
-Fix?: Removing the animation on the fingerprint scan is actually a great way of saving around 1/2s every time. Procedure here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/how-to/guide-remove-fingerprint-animation-t3966514
And also, check this post for more tweaks. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a3/how-to/tweaks-features-xiaomi-mi-a3-root-t3976287
Are you experiencing any of these or got a fix for them ? Let me know!
Don't forget the thanks button if this post helped you.
I can confirm 1 and 5 are bugs that were here day one bugs that never fixed. Also I'll tell you another one, copying texts will make them stick to screen.
Catlish said:
So. I've had this phone for less than a week, and the amount of bugs I've found in the stock ROM is just staggering.
Just want to know if these are really bugs from the OS and not a faulty unit. And if so, have you have found any workaround for any of them?
1) after unlocking the phone with fingerprint, sometimes the brightness goes to about 70% and stays there. Adaptive brightness won't lower it until you manually decrease it.
2) audio sounds muffled in every app other than phone. A factory reset fixed this issue for me.
3) WhatsApp voice note audio recording quality is poor and volume is low, WhatsApp calls, however sound amazing.
4) (not sure if this is a bug) using hdr in the main camera really messes the image borders. Things appear to be way wider than they are. Using no hdr makes it a little less wide. Which is to be expected from wide angle lenses in phones.
5) when plugged to the charger, the screen brightness goes up. I've noticed that in a dark room, the brightness sensor value goes from 0 to 81 when the led turns on. A design flaw, maybe?
Are you experiencing any of these?
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I have this phone for like 2 months or so, and I do have the 1 issue where the brightness goes higher.
I also have the 3rd issue where instead for example recording the song that I'm playing on my earphones, it records my voice instead.
As per the copying and the text that gets stuck on the screen, you can remove that app where you copied from recent apps, and it'll disappear, but still that sucks.
I've been waiting for Android 10, but it seems that I might have to flash MiUi and give it a try.
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I can confirm 1 and 5 are bugs that were here day one bugs that never fixed. Also I'll tell you another one, copying texts will make them stick to screen.
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I also have the 3rd issue where instead for example recording the song that I'm playing on my earphones, it records my voice instead.
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Can both of you confirm the WhatsApp recorded voice notes sounding muffled problem?
For me, it's only on the WS voice notes.
Using a voice recorder app I get clear recordings with very good quality. So I'm not thinking it's a hardware issue.
Also. Check the first post for a fix on problem 1.
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Does anyone have a solution to auto brightness issue?
Even in the darkest room, the lowest light level is "medium" and not low! Its excellent setting when using phone outdoors but in dark room or at night its just too bright. Is my phone broken or is it general windows phone setting?
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on my titan, the auto brightness behaviour is erratic and sometimes goes too low.
the camera is one of the issue triggers. after every return from a photo session, the screen goes to a lower brightness.
also, sometimes it happens when unlocking the phone but i don't know what triggers it. then suddenly the screen would return to its normal brightness after a few seconds, although not always.
i suppose it's a driver issue...
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on my titan, the auto brightness behaviour is erratic and sometimes goes too low.
the camera is one of the issue triggers. after every return from a photo session, the screen goes to a lower brightness.
also, sometimes it happens when unlocking the phone but i don't know what triggers it. then suddenly the screen would return to its normal brightness after a few seconds, although not always.
i suppose it's a driver issue...
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so you get the autobrightness to go as low as 'low' set manually? - I tried it but even after camera the lowest brightness I am getting is same as 'medium' when set manually!
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so you get the autobrightness to go as low as 'low' set manually? - I tried it but even after camera the lowest brightness I am getting is same as 'medium' when set manually!
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no, not that low only lower.
but you are right, even in complete darkness the screen won't go to its lowest setting...
Yes same issue here.
Automatic can go a little bit lower than medium, but not much. Too bright in dim environement.
For general use, i would like to have a preset between low and medium
Since these days many people like ultra bright screens (and ultra loud sound) i am not sure HTC will try to fix this "issue".
I just hope Microsoft can add a brightness slider in the future. (Or bility to set the min auto and max auto levels)
Btw, do you know why camera mode go into max brightness ? This is a little harsh indoor.
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Yes same issue here.
Automatic can go a little bit lower than medium, but not much. Too bright in dim environement.
For general use, i would like to have a preset between low and medium
Since these days many people like ultra bright screens (and ultra loud sound) i am not sure HTC will try to fix this "issue".
I just hope Microsoft can add a brightness slider in the future. (Or bility to set the min auto and max auto levels)
Btw, do you know why camera mode go into max brightness ? This is a little harsh indoor.
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Yes that behaviour is very strange too! I think it's present only in the Titan. Some other windows phone manage the camera brightness a little better. But then I think increased brightness while using camera sort of makes it little pleasant when using it outdoors. But indoors as you mentioned, it's a bit too harsh brightness!
I think it's the light sensor that doesn't work properly. Some places/forums mentioned about issues with various HTC driverseven after those 2 softwares updates we received in Nov-early Dec.
In daylight,the auto brightness works wonderfully for me,I never change it.
But in a fairly dark room,it's too bright and most of the time,I set it to low
I usually set it to medium... and set to low by myself by night.
I have sent a message to HTC (via theirs contact/ticket system) about the "can be improved" auto brightness, and "camera set brightness to max" issues.
Better than nothing.
Since this is a easily reproductible problem, maybe they can take a look if they receive several messages about this.
I wonder if the screen going to max brightness with camera may have something to do with the "HTC Camera modes" addon ? (who knows..)
But i don't see how to remove it. I even can't find it on the marketplace (under HTC section).
I have same issue, I get blinded when I check the time on my phone at night
It was there even before camera modes update was applied by HTC. So unlikely
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Obviously, the brightness go to max too when using skype with video.
Hope they will notice and fix it.
Trying to talk to HTC customer service is especially unhelpful here in france.
They have absolutely no knowledge of theirs WP7 products
(whatever the problem encountered)
Now that we have unlocked roms, any way to tweak the auto brightness ?
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Now that we have unlocked roms, any way to tweak the auto brightness ?
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I've tried all 4 ROMs and they have the same behaviour as stock ROM at the moment. But it might be useful looking into the registry threshold values. I know there is some sort of home brew app that lets us set the volume increase in 10s, 20s, 30s or 50s. So a regedit might be somewhere, will dig around myself since you've reminded me again
Hey guys I have a quick question. I was watching a youtube video in my room last night in complete darkness on the lowest brightness setting and I noticed the brightness would change slightly at random. I also noticed it on the skyrim live wallpaper and also while scrolling thru the marketplace. It appeared that when there were more white pixels on the screen then the screen would get slightly brighter. This doesnt happen in netflix or movies that i put on there so I'm hoping this is a software bug happening in google apps. Autobrightness is not on and i tried all the power modes with the same response. Anyone else notice this or also able to replicate this? Thanks!
hey dude!
I have the same issue! I think it is on purpouse. Some kind a way to save power? Here is my thread about this. Try my country and please give me some feedback. Most of users dont notice this. Maybe because their eyes are not so sensitive?
Oh and also if you switch to power saving mode the brightness change will much more significant than on the other two modes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419583
Really no one of you have this issue?
Sounds like a possible LCD screen flickering problem. It's a problem a lot of LCD display mobile devices have. My HTC Sensation has it.
Here's how to test it: at night, turn off all the lights in your home. Basically, your test area needs to be as dark as possible. Set your Prime to a set brightness, preferably as low as it can go. Open up something that has a uniform color and general brightness throughout, XDA app works perfectly. Go near a wall and point the display at the wall. Start scrolling back and forth through the app.
If your device has screen flickering, you should notice that the light on the wall rapidly fluctuates whenever you scroll.
will try. but i wonder if this is relatd to tegra 3 power saving system? i notice the brightness / contrast automaticly change while watching movies, surfing web and gaming despite off turning off autobrightness
so the question is. is my prime damaged or this is normal? dear xda users please how does your prime behaves?
It could also be a "feature" called dynamic contrast which is an idiotic way of making LCDs look like they have more contrast than they really have. But I hope it isn't, I despise it. Dynamic contrast works like that: during bright scene it brightens the screen, and during dark scene it darkens the screen. It's really annoying (and shouldn't be on ever apart from maybe when watching movies).
ok but the question is. how many of you noticed this issue?
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ok but the question is. how many of you noticed this issue?
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I think everyone.
For youtube don't use eco. It's to aggressive and outside of normal videos apps like diceplayer it is useless.
I hope nVidia and Asus will decrease it or give us the option to disable it. Because i like the eco mode for watching flash videos. Much better than Balance and Normal because it's enough and i can save battery.
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It could also be a "feature" called dynamic contrast which is an idiotic way of making LCDs look like they have more contrast than they really have. But I hope it isn't, I despise it. Dynamic contrast works like that: during bright scene it brightens the screen, and during dark scene it darkens the screen. It's really annoying (and shouldn't be on ever apart from maybe when watching movies).
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No, it's not for contrast. It's for saving energy by decrease the screen brightness and increase the color level. And it's always doing it. What we see are the problem of the technique.
Well if it is on purpose then it is very annoying. The only thing that helps a bit is to make screen brighter.
I hope it is not a defect of the screen.
Was looking for a thread with this issue, I'm also experiencing this effect.
It's also noticeable with the stock browser, seems some powersaving technique. Hopefully they will optimise it in ics or make it an option.
this DIDIM technology is constantly at work on our device. I saw a Ram dump txt(which I don't know where it came from) in ly Astro explorer. I looked at it and seen that DIDIM feature is constantly working and adjusting.
demandarin said:
this DIDIM technology is constantly at work on our device. I saw a Ram dump txt(which I don't know where it came from) in ly Astro explorer. I looked at it and seen that DIDIM feature is constantly working and adjusting.
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Any idea how to disable it?
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Hey guys I have a quick question. I was watching a youtube video in my room last night in complete darkness on the lowest brightness setting and I noticed the brightness would change slightly at random. I also noticed it on the skyrim live wallpaper and also while scrolling thru the marketplace. It appeared that when there were more white pixels on the screen then the screen would get slightly brighter. This doesnt happen in netflix or movies that i put on there so I'm hoping this is a software bug happening in google apps. Autobrightness is not on and i tried all the power modes with the same response. Anyone else notice this or also able to replicate this? Thanks!
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You guys know that it's not the power setting right? It's in the screen setting under brightness. If you set it to auto, it will adjust depending on your light source, if it's all white, it will be bright in a dark room and will adjust itself. Turn it off, adjust manually.
And you know, its not. It sets brightness high of overall picture is bright and dark if picture is dark... Much like dynamic contrast. It has nothing to do with auto brighteness. I tried that first.
But can I believe it was fixed in some update, since no one continues this thread after ICS? I cannot update becouse of unknow SN bug. Waiting for Asus to say either send it back or release fix. Thanks.
Happening to me right now with ICS, in performance mode, docked with charger in.
I've been noticing subtle changes in brightness no matter what performance mode I'm in, and I always have auto-brightness off. I normally keep the device in Balanced mode. It's most noticeable if I'm watching videos before bed, as I have the device brightness near minimum, and any change in brightness is pretty clear. At first I thought it was something to do with BS Player, but I've been using Dice as well and see the same effect. It may be a little better on ICS than it was with Honeycomb, but it's hard to tell.
If this is DIDIM, then I guess there's not much I can do about it besides hoping nVidia/Asus tunes the effect to be a little more subtle. :-/
I notice it, however it only affects me with low brightness/auto brightness setting. It does NOT kick in for me over 15/20% brightness combined w/ balanced/normal mode.
That is still on HC, wont get ICS update until two weeks.
Can also be noticed when canging homescreen tabs, slide it over slowly with your finger on the display (keeping it from flipping), once moved more than 30%, the display dims.
I am experiencing this brightness fluctuation, in all power modes, with auto brightness turned on or off.
Very annoying.
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I am experiencing this brightness fluctuation, in all power modes, with auto brightness turned on or off.
Very annoying.
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Thing that annoys me the most is that it does it with a freakin live wallpaper lol. I guess the snow falling in the skyrim live wallpaper triggers it or something but it is annoying and still exists in ICS. Oh well, maybe they will tone it down soon... here's to hoping.
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I notice it, however it only affects me with low brightness/auto brightness setting. It does NOT kick in for me over 15/20% brightness combined w/ balanced/normal mode.
That is still on HC, wont get ICS update until two weeks.
Can also be noticed when canging homescreen tabs, slide it over slowly with your finger on the display (keeping it from flipping), once moved more than 30%, the display dims.
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I'm running the newest ICS update (9.4.2.11) and it's still doing it. The dimming at 30% home screen scrolling still happens too. i'm pretty sure it's DIDIM
Hi iv recently noticed when i start the camera app up and lighty tap the back of the phone the camera starts to make a buzzing noise then when i tap again it stops has anyone else had a simlar prooblem... im on 2.3.5 XXKI4 not rooted... cam ver.. ONEF01
I'm having these symptoms sometimes too. The buzzing seems to come from the LED-lamp and by tapping the LED it disappears but not always. If I change the focus point in the picture the buzzing stops.
The problem comes and goes and I haven't done any more research on the issue.
Exactly the same for me, iv found that the problem is worse if the led camera light had been on for a while and usualy i have to flick between video and pic camera then it starts buzzing like crazy. Is now stopped very strange i hope its more software then hardware..
My phone does this "buzzing" too. I'm on SLIM ICS 4.0 now, but it happened when i was on GB too. I think is related to the focus mechanism, as it stops if i refocus while i'm in camera app. It also starts sometimes when i toggle on the torch from the statusbar, but it stops if i gently "hit" the phone in the camera area...
So...it seems and i hope is a software problem...
It's the camera lens vibrating very quickly, if you look at the screen you will see a "motion blur" on the live image until the lens focuses on something and it will stop.
I sent my GS2 back for this and various other issues, Samsung fixed only one problem and sent the phone back without looking at the camera it seems.
Happens on GB and ICS.. Didn't happen until around 9 months of use, from new..
I think this is a fault that Samsung should take seriously..
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It´s normal.
I think too its the focus of the lense. Cause it make this when i tap to focus anywhere
It isn't normal for sure. Something like this can't be normal. But we can't do anything so we have to live with it
I'm really interested in this phone, mainly because of the audio quality specs. However, I'm a little apprehensive about this second display idea. If this second display is always on, does that mean it can be active in my pocket? In other words, is it possible to be launching apps or hitting the audio controls unintentionally? Also, as far as the audio controls, will it work for any audio app? I will likely want to use poweramp rather than the lg audio app.
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I'm really interested in this phone, mainly because of the audio quality specs. However, I'm a little apprehensive about this second display idea. If this second display is always on, does that mean it can be active in my pocket? In other words, is it possible to be launching apps or hitting the audio controls unintentionally? Also, as far as the audio controls, will it work for any audio app? I will likely want to use poweramp rather than the lg audio app.
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By default it is only showing date, time and notifications. To be interactive you need to slide right/left, which is very unlikely to happen.
I have had the phone for almost 3 weeks and no issues at all.
Not to mention the phone's second screen won't be on in your pocket as the proximity sensor shuts it off. You'll be just fine man
Matt
jedthehumanoid said:
I'm really interested in this phone, mainly because of the audio quality specs. However, I'm a little apprehensive about this second display idea. If this second display is always on, does that mean it can be active in my pocket? In other words, is it possible to be launching apps or hitting the audio controls unintentionally? Also, as far as the audio controls, will it work for any audio app? I will likely want to use poweramp rather than the lg audio app.
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Let also not forget, you can shut it off
If you shut it off, doesn't that turn if notifications? Messaging, email..etc.
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Hello all,
This has been an issue since I got the pixel 6 at launch. When playing videos, the shadows appear washed out. It appears to be some sort of gamma shift or HDR tone mapping issue. This happens when in google photos, chrome browser, imgur, even other apps. (youtube is fine).
I've confirmed in person this happens to other pixels one of which was pixel 6 pro.
The issue is recorded here:
I tried changing the color setup under display options in system settings, turning off H265 in camera settings, booting into safe mode, forcing 60hz refresh rate, but it still washes out the videos.
This does not happen with videos shot by other phones, for example my wife's iPhone shot video then sent it over to me and the gamma shift does not happen...
Strange thing is, in Chrome while playing the video, as soon as I swipe up from the bottom to open the recent apps, the video jumps back to normal as seen here:
https://imgur.com/a/Va3l5fQ
I reported this to google, and their chat support to me to fully nuke my phone to factory....
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, and could other Pixel 6 users verify it's happening on their devices as well ?
Thank you
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Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, and could other Pixel 6 users verify it's happening on their devices as well ?
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I seldom shoot video with phones and usually don't like to reference reviews. But from what you described Dxomark's summary about video performance is looking to be spot-on.
Google Pixel 6 Camera review: An outstanding performer in its segment - DXOMARK
The Google Pixel 6 camera displayed an outstanding performanc and is currently the best option for photographers who prefer smaller devices.
www.dxomark.com
My experience with dark objects in still photos has been somewhat similar. Recently I couldn't get enough detail photographing black camera bodies I'm selling online. Even with direct light from a daylight LED lamp I ended up using night mode. Every speck of dust showed up which wasn't ideal either.
Over all, though, I like the Pixel 6 camera.
Luke14789 said:
Hello all,
This has been an issue since I got the pixel 6 at launch. When playing videos, the shadows appear washed out. It appears to be some sort of gamma shift or HDR tone mapping issue. This happens when in google photos, chrome browser, imgur, even other apps. (youtube is fine).
I've confirmed in person this happens to other pixels one of which was pixel 6 pro.
The issue is recorded here:
I tried changing the color setup under display options in system settings, turning off H265 in camera settings, booting into safe mode, forcing 60hz refresh rate, but it still washes out the videos.
This does not happen with videos shot by other phones, for example my wife's iPhone shot video then sent it over to me and the gamma shift does not happen...
Strange thing is, in Chrome while playing the video, as soon as I swipe up from the bottom to open the recent apps, the video jumps back to normal as seen here:
https://imgur.com/a/Va3l5fQ
I reported this to google, and their chat support to me to fully nuke my phone to factory....
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, and could other Pixel 6 users verify it's happening on their devices as well ?
Thank you
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Did you ever find an answer to this? I'm having the same issue... though it's not for every video, just in certain programs/websites.
Cheers.
I've been able to remedy this in chrome by turning off HW Overlays in Developer Options.
It's still an issue in Google Photos.
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I've been able to remedy this in chrome by turning off HW Overlays in Developer Options.
It's still an issue in Google Photos.
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Thanks for this. I'll let you know if I discover any other fixes.
Luke14789 said:
Hello all,
This has been an issue since I got the pixel 6 at launch. When playing videos, the shadows appear washed out. It appears to be some sort of gamma shift or HDR tone mapping issue. This happens when in google photos, chrome browser, imgur, even other apps. (youtube is fine).
I've confirmed in person this happens to other pixels one of which was pixel 6 pro.
The issue is recorded here:
I tried changing the color setup under display options in system settings, turning off H265 in camera settings, booting into safe mode, forcing 60hz refresh rate, but it still washes out the videos.
This does not happen with videos shot by other phones, for example my wife's iPhone shot video then sent it over to me and the gamma shift does not happen...
Strange thing is, in Chrome while playing the video, as soon as I swipe up from the bottom to open the recent apps, the video jumps back to normal as seen here:
https://imgur.com/a/Va3l5fQ
I reported this to google, and their chat support to me to fully nuke my phone to factory....
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, and could other Pixel 6 users verify it's happening on their devices as well ?
Thank you
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This also happens on samsung note 10 plus . But the developer option fix helps . Contrast is now much better everywhere not just chrome ! Looks like this is bug is affecting all apps except maybe video player and camera Thanks
vladimirhr98 said:
This also happens on samsung note 10 plus . But the developer option fix helps . Contrast is now much better everywhere not just chrome ! Looks like this is bug is affecting all apps except maybe video player and camera Thanks
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what's the option??
Daenjel said:
what's the option??
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Author of the post found the solution and you should be able to see it in the thread. "turning off HW Overlays in Developer Options." It helped me a lot
vladimirhr98 said:
Author of the post found the solution and you should be able to see it in the thread. "turning off HW Overlays in Developer Options." It helped me a lot
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Sorry if I didin't understand it at first, the toggle to disable HW Overlays in the developer options will always turn off again, at least in Pixel 6, so that's what confused me
Daenjel said:
Sorry if I didin't understand it at first, the toggle to disable HW Overlays in the developer options will always turn off again, at least in Pixel 6, so that's what confused me
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Huh it stays on on note 10 . In that case i am not shure how u can keep it on. Can u elaborate on when it turn itself off back again?
Weird, after I turn it on, I can go to any other screen on the phone, if I come back the toggle it´s off again, maybe it´s a bug on my end, here´s the example