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Hi!
Is it possible to get this today-plugin mapped to a soft- or hardkey? If not, does a similar app exists to unlock the device with 2 keystrokes?
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There are a couple of apps out there that will lock the screen. ScreenLock is one of them - it requires you to press two buttons at once. Another is MortSaver. Just do a search on the usual PPC software sites for "lock".
warx said:
Hi!
Is it possible to get this today-plugin mapped to a soft- or hardkey? If not, does a similar app exists to unlock the device with 2 keystrokes?
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Place the device lock Plug in at the top of your "Today" screen (must disable Date plugin). When you are in today screen, you can scroll (arrow down) one click and then click on the action button to lock device.
squeeze said:
warx said:
Hi!
Is it possible to get this today-plugin mapped to a soft- or hardkey? If not, does a similar app exists to unlock the device with 2 keystrokes?
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Place the device lock Plug in at the top of your "Today" screen (must disable Date plugin). When you are in today screen, you can scroll (arrow down) one click and then click on the action button to lock device.
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Genius lateral thinking. I like that. Well Done
Two new tools were released the last few days, the both use the built-in device lock. Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45953
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45851
Haven't yet figured out if I can also unlock without pulling out the stylus. Anyone know?
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you can, but the plugin was designed for devices that have a full phone pad available when the screen is (e.g. smartphones, mostly); it uses the * key. You can use the same key on the wizard, but of course you have to slide out the keyboard for that
hehe, I already tried that and it's "a bit" inconvenient (considering that i also have to press the "blue dot" key to get the *)
But thanks for replying
B
THIS ONE works perfect!
http://www.mr2-power.com/downloads/DeviceLock.CAB
Just install it. Map it to a hardwarekey and there you go. I have it running on my MDA Vario and it works just perfect. One button push and the device is locked. You can even change settings ( just go to settings/system and you will see a new icon - Device Lock - )
Super little helper! This is a (IMHO) must-have-tool
DREAMBOXER said:
THIS ONE works perfect!
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it's basically the one from 3 (now 4) posts up, no?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45953
ZeBoxx said:
DREAMBOXER said:
THIS ONE works perfect!
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it's basically the one from 3 (now 4) posts up, no?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45953
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you are correct in that this tool is great ! How do I map it to a key though...
1. Start > Settings > |Personal| > Buttons
2. Select a button from the list
3. Under "Assign a program:" pick "Device Lock"
done
I came across a problem when I try to uninstall the program. After a successful unintall, I simply soft resetted my device. When the deviced booted back up, I received an error message stating that it failed to start the Device Lock program and showed the path where it used to be installed.
I looked at all the locaitons where it might have left a trail but at the end, the error message would constantly show up and slow my device down.
I had to hard reset the device. Why does it do that ?
The program may have left a notification in the notification queue. Speak to Matt to check if the program removes this on uninstallation, or remove it manually with Memaid or SKTools.
My app can remove its own notification with the -remove command line.
But you should remove the notification before uninstallation to prevent the message.
V
Is there a working version for a Device Lock for my beloved HD? I want my HD to be locked when a notification pops up or a phone call comes in. Actually its unlocked after a call or notification.....
Candy-men said:
Is there a working version for a Device Lock for my beloved HD? I want my HD to be locked when a notification pops up or a phone call comes in. Actually its unlocked after a call or notification.....
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try S2u2.
Do a search - there are a few similar discussions!
i like the pocket shield on my touch hd -> http://pocketshield.netserver01.com/
I´ve tried S2U2 on my Wizard with some strange problems like Battery drain etc. Pocketshield works so far, but i loved the simplyness of DeviceLock.
Isn´t there any way to lock the device on wake up? Pocketshield shouldn´t be the last fix for this problem....
PocketShield is the best for the HD.
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PocketShield is the best for the HD.
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What version?
I´ve tryed aout Phoneshield, but i wasn´t that surprised of it. Now i´ve tryed This:
Goto registry:
HKEY_CurrentUser\ControlPanel\Backlight\[AutoDeviceLockEnable set to 1]
HKEY_CurrentUser\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel\[LockLevel set to 1]
That works for me without installing any Software
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I´ve tryed aout Phoneshield, but i wasn´t that surprised of it. Now i´ve tryed This:
Goto registry:
HKEY_CurrentUser\ControlPanel\Backlight\[AutoDeviceLockEnable set to 1]
HKEY_CurrentUser\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel\[LockLevel set to 1]
That works for me without installing any Software
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however doing this modification at registry can I answer to a call sliding to green the on screen indicator?
or am I forced to press phisical anser button?
The Modification doesn´t change the behaviour of the answer screen....
So it works perfectly for me.....
and after....
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The Modification doesn´t change the behaviour of the answer screen....
So it works perfectly for me.....
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and after how many time lock the device and can i eventually change (30 60)
thank'you
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The Modification doesn´t change the behaviour of the answer screen....
So it works perfectly for me.....
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ah that's fine thx
I would to know one thing, I see two different key to lock the phone:
AutoDeviceLockEnable
LockLevel
why? isn't enough only one of them? for example backlight lockenable?
pls explain to me what exactly these 2 keys so
quick question :
which registry entry governs the backlight display on the lock screen,
at the moment i've got the phone dimming after 30 seconds, then it locks and the light comes back on. for about 30 seconds. ideal the lock screen would be illuminated for about 10 seconds then blank the screen.
What reg entries do i need to set to sort this out ?
answers appreciated.
many thanks.
Hi,
HTC End Key is included, hold End Key 3 seconds an device locked.
wfg
starbase64
Candy-men said:
I´ve tried S2U2 on my Wizard with some strange problems like Battery drain etc. Pocketshield works so far, but i loved the simplyness of DeviceLock.
Isn´t there any way to lock the device on wake up? Pocketshield shouldn´t be the last fix for this problem....
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am I missing a trick here, doesn't pressing the 'end call' button lock your phone with out the need to install extra software ????
Jezwick said:
am I missing a trick here, doesn't pressing the 'end call' button lock your phone with out the need to install extra software ????
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by default yes, but you can amend the function of the long key press if you like via the buttons menu in further options.
i've got mine killing off connections data/phone, for example with the power button at the top locking the phone.
works for me.
Hi!
I'm still struggeling to find the right way to lock the phone. The ideal solution would be to:
1) Have the phone unlocked when I switch it on with the Power button (so that I can immediately use it after deliberately turning it on)
2) Have the phone automatically locked when it wakes up due to a phone call or SMS (so that I don't press anything by accident when it is in my pocket).
This seems to be the only really logical way to use device lock. Can this be done?
Regards!
But PocketShield doesn not meet my requirements (see above post). It's just another regular device lock app without the possibility to disable the device lock when the unit is turned on with the power button.
Regards!
I found the Registry-Hack Solution is the better way, just my opinion. But can somebody tell me which reg-value must be edited to avoid locking with end-call button? I don´t want to lock my device in this way, i want to end Data connections with long pressed end-key.
easy
1) scroll along to settings
2) hit 'all settings'
3) select 'personal' tab
4) select 'buttons' icon (top left)
5) get your stylus out
6) on the buttons screen, hit the arrow on the bottom right until you can see the "end key" section. hit that.
7) in the options listed, select "automatically execute selected action" and underneath this select " terminate data connection"
8) hit the OK button (top right) and bob your dads brother, you can now terminate data calls via the long press call cancel key.
nice one.
Thx for that.....
I tried to download OsmAnd open maps and somehow my Android 2.1 is stuck in some kind of endless downloading cycle. I get the message that AsmAnd and OsmAmd and 98 more......... and I see the green animated bar. When I try to cancel or stop download service, it just re-activates and adds more downloads. I now have 101 items downloading according to my ntification icon at the top and have no way to shut it down that I can find. I cannot even download an app to back my phone up to save my paid for applications without it getting added an another download.
Please help if you can!! I have tried dissabling the download service, pulling the battery, sym, and memcard. I have even uninstalled all free apps that might be updating. I have switched between 3g and wifi and waited a day for downloads to finish, but no luck. My time is not being burned up so it does not seem to be receiving any data... just and endless download message.
Thanks in advance to any help you can give.
a little more info
If I go into setting/running applications, I can see my download service is stuck in restarting mode. I can end it, but it comes back in same mode and never runs. Process Android.process.media. Does anyone know hor to reset this service?
Have you tried rebooting?
Sent from my Bleeding Edge 1.3 GHz ACID Lestatious 2.0 BUILD 1.7 Galaxy 3 FROYO
rebooting does not help. The doenload service just starts over agin and it seems to remember that there are 100 downloads waiting
I found this on another board. It seems to have solved the problem
The problem is solved. Need to CLEAR DATA of the Download Manager application.
For a step-by-step solution,
1. Goto Settings -> Manage applications (At the Home Screen press the menu button, the one with four squares and click Settings)
2. By default it will show only downloaded apps, So to list them all Press menu key and select Filter
3. In Select filter options, select All.
4. In the big wierd-named list, click on Download Manager.
5. In the Application Info page of Download Mgr, under Storage, click on the Clear data button
That will stop the download. Thank you uliwoo for pointing me in the right direction. Enjoy!!
pnuss said:
I found this on another board. It seems to have solved the problem
The problem is solved. Need to CLEAR DATA of the Download Manager application.
For a step-by-step solution,
1. Goto Settings -> Manage applications (At the Home Screen press the menu button, the one with four squares and click Settings)
2. By default it will show only downloaded apps, So to list them all Press menu key and select Filter
3. In Select filter options, select All.
4. In the big wierd-named list, click on Download Manager.
5. In the Application Info page of Download Mgr, under Storage, click on the Clear data button
That will stop the download. Thank you uliwoo for pointing me in the right direction. Enjoy!!
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I am experiencing the same multi downloading problem. and observed that its specially happening with larger downloads.. as it did not happen while i downloaded normal apps... it happened and stayed like that whn i tried to download cricket game which was 16mb in size... thanx for ur solution .. hope it works.. will try it in a while...
So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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Which instructions did you followed? Try this one here. Never gives any problem to me. :good:
arffrhn said:
Which instructions did you followed? Try this one here. Never gives any problem to me. :good:
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I followed those ones,actually... I even tried following them a second time but I did skip clearing my device... I want to now, but my Device won't show it's internal storage on my PC So I can't back it up..
SinkyChan17 said:
I followed those ones,actually... I even tried following them a second time but I did skip clearing my device... I want to now, but my Device won't show it's internal storage on my PC So I can't back it up..
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Make sure it is connected as MTP. Try uninstall and reinstall the drivers. I had a hard time finding the drivers before as I am using 64bit win7. Drivers I found before had some troubles as it was not signed..so I can't use in on 64bit os. If all else fails..use airdroid to transfer your files. Good luck.
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So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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I am not having any of those problems...to install i just ran the flash all script in the zip file of occam
The only issue im having is that when i increase the volume while playing music and try to slide the volume bar on the screen, it doesnt work.
The slider doesnt move nor does the volume increase. Even while using the buttons, the volume increases but the on screen volume bar doesnt move
SinkyChan17 said:
So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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I'm having all of the same issues, I just side loaded the official OTA zip file....Any one know how to fix this?
SinkyChan17 said:
So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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Same issues here. I flashed it via fastboot. Used the "flash-all.bat" script, but took out the "-w" option so it wouldn't wipe my data.
I'm having the exact same issues but going from stock 4.3 to 4.4 ota when the notification showed up saying I was good to go. Never been rooted at all.
My opinion on this update
well my opinion on this update is that it seems as though it was rushed and for some reason they didnt include the google experience launcher... like why would you announce and then not release
BigwinWork said:
well my opinion on this update is that it seems as though it was rushed and for some reason they didnt include the google experience launcher... like why would you announce and then not release
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Google have never announced the Google launcher.
Google have never said they will release the launcher for devices other than the Nexus 5.
Google have never called it Google Experience Launcher.
It doesn't take any effort to make it work on the N4.
Update
Here's an update: One other issue I had was my phone would not work if someone called me. I could call out, but calls to my phone went to voicemail. I decided to put Android 4.3 back on...but then the thing got stuck at the Nexus X screen. I flashed a couple of times, but nothing. The one thing I didn't want to do was lose my data...just a pain. One thing I did while dealing with the 4.4 issues, was copy over my data.
I had to end up re-flashing everything losing my data. I basically used option "D" from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34552123&postcount=1
I would think there is a way to fix the 4.4 problems, however, not having my phone work really wasn't an option. I could deal with the home button, notifications, etc...
Oh...about 10 minutes after I was finally back in 4.3, I get a notification that 4.4 was downloading. A bit later I was able to install using the OTA and it worked! Now I'm on 4.4. I haven't rooted it, and I'm pretty sure I've lost CWM, but after spending 3 hours or so dealing with this...even getting the "red" light at one point, I think I'll call it a day. Just thought I'd update for others.
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So I followed the instructions to go from ParanoidAndroid to Stock, and I chose to stock to 4.4... now I'm having issues.. strange ones.
1) The Home Key doesn't do anything.
2) The lockscreen is non-existent
3) When I press and hold the power button, all I get is "Power Off".. no other options.
4) I don't get notifications, and when I pull down the notifications menu, none of the functions work (User settings, Date & Time, etc.)
5) If I use the "stock launcher", I continuously get "Launcher has crashed" error,never goes away.
Any help with any of this? I've been trying to fix it for hours.
Thanks in advance, guys..
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Im having the exact same issue but I installed the official OTA update. Will probably try flashing like you did. Haven't seen this issue posted anywhere else.
Over the air update also gave same symptoms (and a couple more)
Dear All,
I got the update pushed over the air automatically and clicked to update thinking all was going to be fine
I am having all the symptoms listed, and I can add 2 more for the sake of completeness (and to highlight the annoyance):
1-When clicking on links from Google Now results or any app other than Chrome (I do not have other browsers installed), Chrome gets launched (or switched to), but it reloads the last open tab instead of loading the link.
2-The double finger down swipe to access the profile is not working (and I did not find a way to access it, since clicking on the little profile icon in the empty notification screen I get with the single finger swipe down, also does not work, it does not even click).
For some reason, until I rebooted Email did not work (it kept sitting in "checking" the inbox, but was not able to get messages).
Really bummed that this happened with an updated pushed by Google on my Nexus4. Will try to follow recipes to back-up my data.
I am new to forum/android: is there a direct way to submit feedback to Google team? Does it make sense to try to do so? It would be nice to know what caused the problem and I'd be happy to send debugging input for them.
I guess next time I'll wait on the fence a bit before updating the operating system.
Thanks,
Gabriele
Maybe you guys need to do factory reset after the update. I know it's quite a hassle as all your data will be gone. Just backup whatever things you need and reset it.
Clean install here. Never had any issues and kitkat works great even on dalvik.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
Google support solution
Dear arffrhn and all,
I finally managed, after a lot of frustration to talk with Google support (had to go through Google Play Help center, and pursue "apps" help to get to click on a "Call us" button, and they called me to a landline in Europe within 15 seconds).
Once I got transferred to hardware support, Eveline mention how she believed the issue was with some "glitch" during the update... she told me that in many cases a cache partition clear would be enough, but if that did not work, a factory reset should do it.
She guided me through the first process:
Clear cache partition.
1. Hold power button for 2 seconds and select 'Power Off'
2. Press and hold the Volume Up and the Volume Down and Power keys at the same time for about 10 seconds.
3. An image of an Android lying on its back will appear.
4. Press the Volume Down key twice until "Recovery mode" appears on the screen.
5. Press the Power key to restart in "Recovery mode."
6. An image of an Android with a red triangle will appear.
7. While holding down the Power key, tap the Volume Up key.
8. The Android System Recovery screen will appear. Release all keys.
9. Use the Volume keys to scroll to wipe data cache partition and press the Power key to select.
10. The phone will restart.
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Unfortunately this was not enough to fix my problem... still same symptoms.
So she offered to help me back-up my data, I had already used AirDroid to back up all the files, apps, pics, videos etc so I preferred to stay on the line and proceed with the factory reset in case that would not work.
Here are the steps:
Factory data reset.
Please note that performing a factory data reset on your device will return your phone or tablet to its original state. I'd recommend backing up and saving any photos, videos, music, or other items you might have stored on your device's local memory. If you have a device with an SD card (for instance, a Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition), your media content (photos, music, etc.) stored there will not be deleted.
To perform a factory reset:
Go to Settings > Backup & reset.
- Press Factory data reset
- Press Reset
After you perform the factory reset, you'll need to sign into your device with the same primary Google account you were using before in order to sync your purchased apps and other content.
If you're unable to get to your Settings menu, follow the steps below:
1. Power down your device
2. Press and hold both volume keys and the power button to enter Bootloader mode
3. Press the volume keys to cycle to the Recovery mode option
4. Press the power button to select Recovery mode
5. From the Recovery mode screen, press and hold the Power button then press the Volume up button.
6. Use the volume buttons to select wipe data/factory reset.
7. Select Yes -- delete all user data.
8. The factory data reset process will now start. Once its finished, select 'Reboot system now.'
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I was able to access my Settings menu, so I did not need to follow all the steps, but just do the data/factory reset.
The phone came back up asking usual personalization questions, and it all was fixed... now I have to spend a few hours getting back my apps, data, settings, etc... but my problem was solved without having to re-flash or anything like that.
I filed a feedback about the abysmal situation of the Google Play help center and asked the two support people I spoke with to raise the issue internally... when I selected the natural line of help (device, technical support) after a couple of screens I got to a blank "Select device" screen that was a dead end. I had to go though apps support that only offered phone support... but in the end it worked.
Hope sharing this will help others! Not sure whether I should peek into the Google Experience Laucher eventually... back to work for now!
Cheers,
Gabriele
PS
The steps quoted above were sent by Eveline after our conversation was over, in case I needed to use them again. She mentioned that if I were to have more problems they could look into a potential hardware failure of my almost our of warranty Nexus 4.
arffrhn said:
Maybe you guys need to do factory reset after the update. I know it's quite a hassle as all your data will be gone. Just backup whatever things you need and reset it.
Clean install here. Never had any issues and kitkat works great even on dalvik.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Glad to see it works.
i have bought moto e3 power last week.
i face a few problems like-
1. incoming call gets cut off while taking the phone out of pocket.
Not facing any of the such issue
raghu7756 said:
i have bought moto e3 power last week.
i face a few problems like-
1. incoming call gets cut off while taking the phone out of pocket.
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I am not facing any of this issue, So its better to factory reset your phone and check or it may be a hardware fault.
Not hardware issue.
I hope you got 8 mb OTA system update.
I suggest you to use another dailer, not to use Google Phone (system dailer app).
After getting 8mb update, your dailer Google phone app was modified .
In this reason you faced this issue.
1. Pull down the notifications shade and then tap on the ‘Settings’ button. Or just use the app drawer and tap on the ‘Settings’ app icon.
2. Over here you’ll see an entry called ‘Apps.’ Tap to open it up.
3. On the top right hand corner, you’ll see a cogwheel icon. Tap on that as well.
4. Over here you’ll see an entry called ‘Default Apps.’ Tap to open this too.
6. To change your system dailer .
Thanks