Lately my menu button has not been registering when i touch it. i have to touch it several times to get it to register. Also some times it brings up the search option.
Either this just started today or i just started to notice it. Its annoying.
Is anyone else having this problem?
Yes the Home button has quit working unless it is pressed a dozen times or so. Any fix???
My home is getting harder to use... Yes there is a fix and it sucks, exchange it.
No problems here. Picked up the phone on launch day and my buttons are working the same as they were out of the box.
My phone did the same, the home button stopped working had to click it multiple times for it to register.just exchange the phone. My new one had been great, every button registers on the first click
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All I noticed is if the bottom buttons are off I have to touch them once to turn them on, then after they are on they register the first time.
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The only time my buttons don't register is when the phone is doing something else at the same time (and that's very rare). It feels kind of like when my computer is doing a backup and it slows everything else down.
Can anyone confirm that these button issues happen when nothing else is running in the background?
Pneumatic said:
The only time my buttons don't register is when the phone is doing something else at the same time (and that's very rare). It feels kind of like when my computer is doing a backup and it slows everything else down.
Can anyone confirm that these button issues happen when nothing else is running in the background?
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Yes I can. I can take my phone in an awake but not busy and apply the same pressure to each key... All buttons except the home key vibrate and cause an action to occur. The home key I have to push much harder.
I noticed the home button lagging or you have to press it harder when running the Samsung widget Buddies now. If you have that widget running, delete it and the home works like a champ again.
I actually find the widget helpful for a favorites contacts so I'll continue to run it and just press home a little harder.
Here we go... video taken with a Vibrant of a vibrant showing the home button issue. When I hold the phone the problem is not as bad as the vid makes out. Vid makes it look like the button never works. It does but it takes some effort.
One thing to note. Home button action on home screen should bring up preview of all home screens.
Don't forget to watch in stunning 720p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erCVddGkHLE
Well the home buton issue started with me just now. Worked fine until then on my unrooted, non screen protected vibrant. Other soft keys work fine, but all the sudden home is not working half the time.
Just wanted to let other know that its not an out of the box issue but a developing problem.
Update: after ranting about the issue and showing several people my broken phone, I enabled the GPS and the issue disappeared while trying to show another person my issue. I disabled the GPS and the issue is still not present. SO I don't know if its was just coincidence but maybe its just a software bug. Keep in mind that a power cycle of the handset did not affect the home key working.
Thanks for everyone that posted. Looks like the majority is having issues w the home button. My Home button is working totally fine.
Anyway, my menu button started working again for a while, but its back to being buggy.
It seems to me to be a software issue.
What a pain, i already done a ton of customizations. I'm going to see what happens over the weekend. If the problem continues, i guess i'll unroot it and return it.
My home button works perfectly fine... but the search button doesn't work 1/2 the time @[email protected] I hope it's a software problem >.>; don't feel like going to the store to exchange
*edit* Okay I really think it's a software problem now because when the backlight is on for the search button, it would not respond 1/2 of the time. When the backlight is off, the search button works perfectly fine. I hope they fix this ^^;
When I first got the phone I had issues with the menu button. I had to use the whole pad of my thumb instead of the tip of my finger like the other buttons. The second day I had the phone it all worked fine and had continued to work. Definitely seems like software issue to me.
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I concur about it being software related. I have the home button problem, and when it isn't working right (comes and goes), it always seems to have different quirks, including the one where it doesn't respond while the light is on and does as soon as it turns off. One thing is for sure...it's ruining my otherwise almost perfect experience with this phone. --and it worries me, because if it's software, getting it replaced isn't going to solve the problem. --and if I wait until the problem is discovered and fixed, I'll be past the return period for the phone, I'm afraid. I think all the people returning the phones are not addressing the real problem, and it may delay the process of finding a real fix. Does anyone know if Samsung is aware of this issue and have addressed it like they have for the gps? If not, how does one clue them in?
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I concur about it being software related. I have the home button problem, and when it isn't working right (comes and goes), it always seems to have different quirks, including the one where it doesn't respond while the light is on and does as soon as it turns off. One thing is for sure...it's ruining my otherwise almost perfect experience with this phone. --and it worries me, because if it's software, getting it replaced isn't going to solve the problem. --and if I wait until the problem is discovered and fixed, I'll be past the return period for the phone, I'm afraid. I think all the people returning the phones are not addressing the real problem, and it may delay the process of finding a real fix. Does anyone know if Samsung is aware of this issue and have addressed it like they have for the gps? If not, how does one clue them in?
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I think its a ground issue. Put phone down and search is hard to get to respond, pick it up works everytime....
Also have you a link to samsungs statement on GPS?
Yeah they have a lot of bugs to work out when they update this, lol.
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I think its a ground issue. Put phone down and search is hard to get to respond, pick it up works everytime....
Also have you a link to samsungs statement on GPS?
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I sure hope it isnt a ground issue. That would be hard to fix with software. I am afraid you are right though as my issue came back.
I'm not so sure about a ground issue. No problem whatsoever for 5 days in any situation, and then it hardly works in any situation? Seems like software. And no, sorry I don't have a link to Samsung re: gps. I just know I've seen a couple times in a few places that they have acknowledged the issue and are working on a fix.
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I'm not so sure about a ground issue. No problem whatsoever for 5 days in any situation, and then it hardly works in any situation? Seems like software. And no, sorry I don't have a link to Samsung re: gps. I just know I've seen a couple times in a few places that they have acknowledged the issue and are working on a fix.
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Cool thanks. Yea I hope they send a update soon there a few minor things they need to get ironed out..
Hopefully it is software... heck maybe a bad apparently installed?
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So, I've noticed that after the update the sleep/wake button has been acting up. I've found that sometimes you need to press it twice in order for it to register. Also then, sometimes after it would wake then fall back asleep within seconds of pressing the button. Anybody else experiencing this?
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Yes! I might be able to second this. Thought I was imagining it.
Not yet able to reproduce it on demand.
I can recreate this and it's driving me nuts. But it wasn't due to the update. It's been happening for a few weeks now.
The power button to wake up the phone has been glitchy since the beginning for me. And the fact that the power button doesn't have good feedback when pressed, gives it some ambiguity whether you really pressed it.
I too am suddenly experiencing problems with the power key, everything works normally except now it no longer responds to a quick push to put it into standby. Long push still works. It was working fine after the update, it just happened suddenly.
You can use Keyguard Disabler, and it will allow you to wake the phone from virtually any "hardware" button.
One other issue is that it disables the lock screen completely, which some people feel is not a solution.
Maybe if you emailed the developer you could request that it not disable the lock screen yet still wake the phone from any hardware button, which I think is what we all want.
Anyway, I have to give it a thumbs up as a temporary, albeit not perfect and very unsecure, solution.
I don't have your problem, but as a former iphone user, I'm used to the home button to wake up the phone.
I'm having all kinds of problems since the update. This is one of them.
I agree with you.. for some reason. My battery drains like a mothafuga now. Today for exampe.
, I went to work at ten. Went to break two hours later and the battery was at 82% from 98%.. just sitting there idling.. why??
I also experienced this and also sometimes it wont wake up at all. It registers no input. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone.
I'm getting this, discussed it briefly elsewhere in this forum..
It's got gradually worse over the last few days for me. If you're still in your 14 days I'd ring now to get a replacement. I'm going to have to send mine off and be without it for a week.. Harsh.
Looks like it might be a fairly widespread hardware issue.
^Let us know how the fix goes. I'm not having an issue with it...yet! It's amazing HTC only made 2 hardware buttons and still couldn't have better than 50% success rate
its weird now... the button is acting fine.. dont send it in...... give it a couple days because mine did it a whole ton and then its gone. if you're really partial to your nexi, i'd just keep it... things will probably shape up
How odd, I've kind of discovered if I hold down the left hand side of the power button quite hard with my nail and rock it accross it works OK. Will wait it out like you said and see.
Sleep Button Un Responsive
Im also have the same problems where my Power Button is starting to not respong. I have to pres it like 5 to 10 times before it actually wake up or does anything. Even wile the phone is off like if I pull out the battery. When I put the battery back in, I have to press the button like 7 times before the phone responds and power up the phone.
Any suggestions or solutions?
Will HTC fix this problem for free with an unlocked bootloader?
nope unfortunately i learned that the hard way... $55
>>I agree with you.. for some reason. My battery drains like a mothafuga now. Today for exampe., I went to work at ten. Went to break two hours later and the battery was at 82% from 98%.. just sitting there idling.. why??
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Most of you know this but maybe it helps some.
You have to manage it a bit. Turn Bluetooth/Wifi/3G/GPS/AutoSync off when not needed..
Speaking of which.. does anyone know of a smart App that lets you toggle between programmable profiles for the above list of settings?
Also discharge/recharge the battery completely every once in a while. Makes sense to have an extra USB cable @ work as well.
I have a stock phone, updated with the OTA update. I have this problem where the Home and Search softkeys will stop working all of a sudden. When you press them, they seem to flash so I dont believe this is hardware. Also when I restart the phone, the problem goes away, at least for a little while. When this is happening, to get to the homescreen I basically have to use the back soft key to go all the way back. I thought that maybe this was due to some updates I did so I uninstalled NoLed and TaskSwitcher and I was fine for a few days but it just happened again. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks, this is my first Android.
If I were, I'd exchange the phone. Sounds like the sensor for those buttons is defective.
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It's not the sensor as a reboot will immediately fix this issue. Some say that doing a reset will fix it. Thinking about trying that.
Hey,
I got a i9500 and i have a problem with the home button.
Sometimes when i push the home button it opens the multitasking windows although i didnt do a long push. It happes sometime and it really annoys me.
If someone knows how to solve it please tell me.
Thanks,
Eden
By the way, dont tell i dont know to push a short push beause this is NOT the problem. I gave it to some friends and it happened to them too.
Your button is sticking. When you press it it does not come up fast enough.
Did you get any juice or sweat in the button ?
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Your button is sticking. When you press it it does not come up fast enough.
Did you get any juice or sweat in the button ?
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Absoultely not. Anyway, what can i do?
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Absoultely not. Anyway, what can i do?
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If it is trutly a physical defect with the home button your best but most annoying option is to take back the phone and have it changed with a new one.
Another thing to do is to do a factory reset (just in case there is a software bug causing the button to act this way)
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This are my last options. I dont want to replace my phone neither to wipe it.
If you someone encounter this problem please help me.
Thanks
I have the same problem with my phone. Runing stock ROM.
The home button will trigger the task manager upon waking up the phone. This is driving me absolutly crazy. I hate lock screens and passwords just to get to the home screen.
Once the home screen is up this behavior stops.
I just tested the time it takes to hold the home button and launch the task manager alongside with my old Galaxy S2 and the latter needs a longer hold on the button.
The home button is not sticky, it has a normal feel and click.
Please help
Actually my problem i not at the waking up of the phone but in the home screen or in any app.
HELP
Just made an account because I'm having the exact same issue and was wondering if you were able to fix it at all because this happened to my phone very suddenly so I'm wondering if it's a software issue.. Please reply.
One thing I noticed is that this never happens when I'm on the home screen, only when have an app open. Also, it doesn't feel like the button is sticking by any means. My phone is a week old..
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Just made an account because I'm having the exact same issue and was wondering if you were able to fix it at all because this happened to my phone very suddenly so I'm wondering if it's a software issue.. Please reply.
One thing I noticed is that this never happens when I'm on the home screen, only when have an app open. Also, it doesn't feel like the button is sticking by any means. My phone is a week old..
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I'm having this same issue. When I'm at the home screen it doesn't "stick", but only when I'm in an application. What's up with this behavior? It's a recent development. Could this be a software issue? I have a Verizon S4 and it hasn't had a software update at all yet.
Any solutions, or maybe there's an app we all have that is causing this?
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I've made this happen on the home screen, usually by pressing near the middle of the home button, however this only starts happening after the phone has been on for a while. I'm so confused as to whether this is a hardware or software issue, or maybe a combination of both.
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I'm having this same issue. When I'm at the home screen it doesn't "stick", but only when I'm in an application. What's up with this behavior? It's a recent development. Could this be a software issue? I have a Verizon S4 and it hasn't had a software update at all yet.
Any solutions, or maybe there's an app we all have that is causing this?
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I've made this happen on the home screen, usually by pressing near the middle of the home button, however this only starts happening after the phone has been on for a while. I'm so confused as to whether this is a hardware or software issue, or maybe a combination of both.
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The home button problem was gone for a while, but a week ago, it came back and I decided to call T-Mobile. They immediately said it was a software issue and recommended me to do a factory reset. So I did and it seems to be working perfect now, haven't had the home button sticking or giving any problems for about a week now.you should definitely give that a try.hope it helps.
hey guys.
I switched some ROMs after that and it solved the problem. I can only assume it is a software bug.
try upgrading to the newest version(I use 4.3)
Hope you will all solve it as i did.
Is anyone else having issues with the touch screen triggering at different places when touched, or randomly knocking off the phone when you're not even touching the phone? I turned off my knockon feature, but I would see my notification bar be highlighted without me touching it. Just wondering if i'm the only one with this problem.
No issues at all.
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I just picked mine up yesterday and have not had any problems with it.
I've had since launch and For the first time today I had a glitch. Touched a link in the browser and it clicked a link 3 links down. Clicked back button and it went back.tried to click the link again and it clicked several links down. I exited the browser and restarted.Clicked the link and it worked perfectly. The only time I've had an (issue?) At all.the phone is practically perfect in every way to me. My favorites smart phone and I've been phone jumping since the HTC touch Windows mobile
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I have had issues when typing, some times the letter is entered in like 3 tines. I have also had some other very strange issues but I still love this phone!
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I have had issues when typing, some times the letter is entered in like 3 tines. I have also had some other very strange issues but I still love this phone!
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this glitch is kinda what happened with mine, and i confirmed what it was doing
in swiftkey, you know how tehre's the option to change the long press delay? well i was holding down that little bar to drag it down, and i noticed while holding it inplace, the numbers were going crazy..it was going up/donw/up/down incredibly fast, instead of just staying stationary..i was like, wtf? so i went to dev options, turned on show touch points and the trace so i could see the axis, and i noticed it was freaking out. holding my finger in place, it was as if it was moving around like crazy.
so i did a factory reset and flashed the clean verizon rom scott posted, and it hasn't done it since. no idea wtf was going on. i realized it was messing up bc my typing became really bad, and it would enter things i didn't type.
Touch Screen has a mind of its own - bad digitizer??
I woke up today to find my screen on, showing the lock screen which I found odd. Now most of the time the screen has a mind of its own where basically its like an invisible finger is randomly touching the screen at a frantic place. This opens up apps, moves icons around, calls people if the phone app manages to get opened, etc. After struggling to override the "invisible finger" I've done a reboot from the power menu, powered off from the power menu and left it off for 10 minutes before turning off and held down the power and volume down button to reboot. None of these methods fixed the problem0
Please note I did accept the Verizon update but was good on it for a day prior to this issue. I have installed minimal 3rd party apps and can't attribute the problem to starting right after installing something. I do use the Ghost 100 wireless charger but have been using this from day 1 without issues so I don't think that'a problem either. The Verizon store sold me this charger and although its not listed as being compatible on Verizon's website I have a feeling that's cause the phone is so new. The charger is WPC certified. Being that this problem is intermittent (happens way more often than not) I think it may be a software issue and I'm about to do a hard factory reset. If that doesn't work then I'm convinced its a hardware issue and probably a bad digitizer. I've been very gentle with the phone - haven't dropped it, no moisture or water exposure, not rooted, etc. I'll report back if the factory reset works. Anyone else having the same or a similar issue?
Super buggy lockscreen!!!
prophecy408 said:
Is anyone else having issues with the touch screen triggering at different places when touched, or randomly knocking off the phone when you're not even touching the phone? I turned off my knockon feature, but I would see my notification bar be highlighted without me touching it. Just wondering if i'm the only one with this problem.
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You're not alone! My G2 has been driving me crazy the last couple of days when trying to use the lockscreen. It'll spaz out and either skip a connection of display a whole different pattern than I drew. It will also shut off the screen and reset the "wrong password" counter. I love this phone but this is super aggravating!
Hard reset didn't help at all. I went to a Verizon store and they exchanged for a new one and determined I had a hardware failure.
I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my new Verizon GS5.
Scenario: I am doing something such as reading a text, decide I'm done and lock the screen, and then a second or two later realize I forget to check something and hit the lock button again to turn it back on. Most of the time when I do this the physical buttons will light up but the screen will stay black, and a few seconds later the physical buttons will turn off. This will happen a few times until finally the screen turns on and I see the lock screen.
I had a similar issue with my Galaxy Nexus (rooted and running Kit Kat) phone prior to the GS5 and figured it was my old hardware- is this some Kit Kat bug?
Thanks for any input
Same issue here. But I can't figure out if it was due to switching to ART or not.
We can wait others reply with this i hope someone will post a tip on this kind of problem.
I switched to art after installing apps and I'm ha ing this issue didn't really play with phone much until after switching to ART. Is anyone having this issue not on ART?
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I switched to art after installing apps and I'm ha ing this issue didn't really play with phone much until after switching to ART. Is anyone having this issue not on ART?
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Yes this is happening to me running Dalvik.
Happened just now to me. It has happened a few times.
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Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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Is it kind of bugged?
Lodaserves said:
Is it kind of bugged?
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This is actually becoming quite an annoyance to me and happens very often. I'm still on Dalvik. Could this be caused by an app?
I feel like half the time I go to use my phone the screen doesn't turn on.
tehgyb said:
Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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I'm having the same issue for the past two days; although, I am not switching between apps or anything (only trying to use the phone). No display, but get sound/vibration from buttons and LED lights from soft keys. Unfortunately, both times required me to yank the battery. My S5 is completely stock (not using ART) and have manually reinstalled my apps from old device. Any suggestions?
I am not experiencing this and I have switched to ART...
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I think your phone have a problem and others don't have this kind of problem.
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I hope this isn't the case. Once again I experienced these EXACT same issues with my Galaxy Nexus running 4.4.2. I can't help but think it might be some app causing it since not everyone has it.
I am noticing this every once in a while. But it's mostly right after I shut the screen off after a large processed app or task, and then remember something I forgot to do and try and turn it back on and there is some lag bringing up the screen again.
Black screen when quickly pushing lock
Lodaserves said:
Try to ask the person where you bought it.
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I was about to return my S5 to Verizon for this very reason. I haven't switched to art and have been having the screen go black on me, you can tell the phone is on because the physical buttons are lit. It seems to happen to me alot when I take the phone off the charger and hit the on button. I will hear the phone rebooting, but not see the boot animation. Thats when I do a battery pull. Holding the button doesn't do it. I also have had a few random reboots. Thats ok...I'm going to try every root method under the sun..gggrrrr..lol
I've started to try to uninstall apps to see if I can narrow down the issue. It still plagues me at least half the time I try to use my phone.
This is happening to me as well. Not as often. I'd say once a day, but I have to pull my battery to restart it. I did 2 factory resets and am now using a new google account as per verizons request and I added apps slowly. I have been fine until I put a second launcher on. I installed the GEL launcher but did not use it just to see if having multiple launchers could cause this glitch. Could it be this? Is everyone else using a different launcher? Also the only time I ever had it happen while messing with the phone was two times while working in light flow. Any one else connected to those two happenings? Trying to narrow down what could be causing this.
Running ART here, I'm not sure if I'm getting this problem, but I have realized some latency from pressing either the home or power button and the screen turning on. Not sure what causes that lag, but it's a good almost full second whereas my S4 would be instant
eagle132 said:
I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my new Verizon GS5.
Scenario: I am doing something such as reading a text, decide I'm done and lock the screen, and then a second or two later realize I forget to check something and hit the lock button again to turn it back on. Most of the time when I do this the physical buttons will light up but the screen will stay black, and a few seconds later the physical buttons will turn off. This will happen a few times until finally the screen turns on and I see the lock screen.
I had a similar issue with my Galaxy Nexus (rooted and running Kit Kat) phone prior to the GS5 and figured it was my old hardware- is this some Kit Kat bug?
Thanks for any input
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I would assume this is NOT the physical hardware issue, but the software, I heard somewhere that Samsung version of KitKat 4.4.2 is quite buggy and glitchy.
Njzkrish said:
Same issue here. But I can't figure out if it was due to switching to ART or not.
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I had the issue before and after switching to ART
Anyone have any further ideas yet? I'm not running ART bit I was able to have it happen again when I had Google experience launcher installed. Removed it and it hasn't happened for two days. I'm installing Google launcher again now to see if that was causing the issue.
Anyone else with further developments?