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[SOLVED] Gmail gone from recent app list, won't show up

Hi!
After applying the "one click lag fix" and installing the Autokiller app my Gmail app disappeared from the recent app list which comes up after long pressing the home button.
Is there any workaround to get it back in the list?
Thx!

Phandroid said:
Hi!
After applying the "one click lag fix" and installing the Autokiller app my Gmail app disappeared from the recent app list which comes up after long pressing the home button.
Is there any workaround to get it back in the list?
Thx!
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Just maually launch the GMail app and it will show up in the list. The list shows 6 recently launched apps, not recently intalled apps, nor favorite apps.

foxbat121 said:
The list shows 6 recently launched apps, not recently intalled apps, nor favorite apps.
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Erm... it's not quite what I asked, sorry. I said it doesn't show up in the list anymore, not that I just installed it or that it's my favourite app.
Even if it's running in background I can't select it - cause it's not there anymore.
Any help?

Phandroid said:
Erm... it's not quite what I asked, sorry. I said it doesn't show up in the list anymore, not that I just installed it or that it's my favourite app.
Even if it's running in background I can't select it - cause it's not there anymore.
Any help?
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So you mean it even disappeared from the programm menu ? It´s because the recent programm list (long pressing Homebutton) ist different to the programm menu. At least there it should appear. If you launch it from there it will show again in recent programm list.

Come on guys... it's not my first day of using the phone.
It's in the programm menu, it's widget is my homescreen - it just doesn't appear in the "recent program list" anymore. So I can't switch, say, between my browser and my Gmail app anymore.
I don't know how I should explain it in a different way. The app doesn't show up in the recent program list anymore when I long press the home button. It's gone, even if it's running in background and was the LAST app I had opened.

So? Doesn't somebody know something about this?

Visual Task Switcher would be an alternative. I quite like the app, it's a bit slow when using default (home to launch), but when launching from the home page, widgetlocker or quickdesk it's super fast and I find it to be more functional than the recent app list.

So to summerize what OP says: GMail doesn't register as a recently used app, either when launched from the application list or from a widget.
Now that's really strange indeed.
The lagfixes out there do move key Android datastores around, so the obvious test would be to undo the lagfix and see if the problem persists.

miki4242 said:
So to summerize what OP says: GMail doesn't register as a recently used app, either when launched from the application list or from a widget.
Now that's really strange indeed.
The lagfixes out there do move key Android datastores around, so the obvious test would be to undo the lagfix and see if the problem persists.
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Your summary its absolutely correct, that's my problem.
I guess you're right, I should undo the fix and check it out. But first I should nandroid my device. However the result turns out, I will keep the OCLF and will have to live with with the error if it persists. I also seem to be the only person having ever encountered the error.
I just thought there could a workaround to get it fixed.
You say it does not register as a recent app. Maybe that's the point where one could look for a solution...

Maybe try clearing the cache and data of the gmail app then reboot?

Dont worry Phandroid, I just noticed Im having the same issue. I just yesterday updated from jf5 to jm2 with Kies and I've not applied any lagfix. Also, I'm 80% sure I had this issue bäwith older firmware also.
I will try to find out a solution.
Edit: Okay, I realized that when launching from menu it does appear on recent programs list, but launched from desktop it doesn't. I remoced Gmail desktop shorcut and readded it and now it appears correctly.

Fihlvein said:
Edit: Okay, I realized that when launching from menu it does appear on recent programs list, but launched from desktop it doesn't. I remoced Gmail desktop shorcut and readded it and now it appears correctly.
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OMG! Why in the world didn't I think of such a simple solution? It worked indeed. Thank you very very much!

Great
Gmail was auto-added on desktop by default with the firmware so that probably had something to do with it not appearing on recently ran apps list. Other apps that were on desktop by default I've removed so I cannot test if it concerns all default app shortcuts...

Battery Drain Bug in Handcent

I discovered a partial wakelock bug in Handcent recently. It it not isolated to the Epic as when I went to the Handcent forum to repot it, an EVO user had already posted one, but I figured I would post the same info here that was posted on the official Handcent bug report as a fyi.
"Issue: When popup setting is enabled, phone enters partial wake lock any time a message is received. The wakelock is released after the message has been retrieved/looked at. So if a text comes in at 2am, wakelock is present until 7am when the phone is looked at again.
Screen on for popup :disabled
dim popup screen : disabled
Show when locked : disabled
In fact, every setting under popup settings contains no checkmark.
If there is a debugging mode in this software, please provide instructions how to enable. This may help in troubleshooting
Spareparts indicates partial wakelock for handcent. The longer the interval between receiving a text and actually looking at it, the longer the wakelock period. Battery drain is higher."
Handcent released an update today, but it does not address this issue. So if you are having battery drain issues and you use Handcent, this could be why. If your in the habit of checking your texts as soon as you get them, this might not affect you all that much.
I have switched to Go SMS for now as it is extremely similar to Handcent and does not exhibit this bug.

Also, forgot to add that the bug does not discriminate between Eclair or Froyo.

Right on, thanks for posting. This is really good to know. So, if i understand correctly, does hitting the 'x' and closing out the popup stop the partial wake? I.e. the partial wake is directly correlated to the popup? only?
If not for the transparent themed Handcent im using, id totally switch to Go sms as well..
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decalex said:
Right on, thanks for posting. This is really good to know. So, if i understand correctly, does hitting the 'x' and closing out the popup stop the partial wake? I.e. the partial wake is directly correlated to the popup? only?
If not for the transparent themed Handcent im using, id totally switch to Go sms as well..
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That's correct it's connected to the pop up only. If you don't use the popup you don't have to worry about it.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

I think the only time I wouldn't check a message for a lengthy time is while sleeping, and my phone is plugged in while I'm sleeping. I'd definitely like it to be fixed if it does this, but I doubt it is going to bother many people.

I made the switch to Go SMS and have been using juice defender and my battery life is crazy good compared to my Evo. Go sms is constantly updating and the dev is good about implementing user suggestions, so it should catch up with handcent soon.

JMMusic said:
I think the only time I wouldn't check a message for a lengthy time is while sleeping, and my phone is plugged in while I'm sleeping. I'd definitely like it to be fixed if it does this, but I doubt it is going to bother many people.
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I tend to be a little anal when it comes to these things, and the fact that I'm constantly beta testing stuff on my phones means I monitor this stuff pretty closely. Based on my experience, unless you have an app that is misbehaving, Android System will be the biggest user of partial wake time. It's usually around 1 minute per hour of system uptime on average. However, even if you only wait 30 seconds to a couple minutes to check SMS messages when you get them(with Handcent popups on), that partial wake time adds up pretty quick, which can more than triple your overall wake time causing a significant battery hit.

Update: Latest version of Handcent still has not addressed this issue.
Still exists in the most recent version.
The issue is not only limited to the popups part of the notifications. If led blinking is enabled, partial wake results as well.

i also have this problem on my nexus one! =/ really liked handcent, but i will try Go Sms now.

The problem still exists even with handcent version 3.9.7.
GoSMS does not drain the battery but the notification popup is not as good as handcents popup.
Hope this will be fixed soon.

Does this problem happen only with popup enabled?
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omair2005 said:
Does this problem happen only with popup enabled?
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Yes, the pop-up causes a wakelock.
Recently, a user in the Handcent forums claims that the bug does not occur in AOSP ROMs.

That's good, I've never used the popup feature anyway, its annoying to me.

Any progress on this? Because the bug is still here

This has to be my wake lock issue. I have all pop up crap off but no matter what I do I always get wake lock. Gonna try go SMS.
Sent from my Samsung Epic 4G.

I highly recommend Go SMS. If you don't like the popup for Go SMS make a recommendation to the dev. The dev(s) for Go are VERY open to feedback and recommendations and they implement upgrades quickly.

I'm using Handcent 3.9.8.5 and I don't seem to have any of these issues. I have all the popups turned off as well, and do not experience any wakelock with this app.

Definitely a battery drain
I've been able to replicate this, and it's related to the pop up notification. What's interesting is that my Droid 2 Global (Gingerbread) notifies me, if I don't close the popup, that the Handcent SMS Japanese Font Pack has been running for XX minutes, would you like to close it?
It may be related to the popup and a font pack? At any rate, my phone is blisteringly hot, and the battery goes south very quickly if I leave the popup on. If I catch the SMS very quickly and close the popup/respond, I don't get the issue.
I love Handcent, but this is a big issue for me, since I don't always get to or notice my texts right away, and I can't have it draining my battery down to nothing if I'm in a meeting and can't check my phone. Hopefully they'll fix this.

My question isn't related to any issues you guys are having, just curious on the possibilities of the following.
Is it possible to only have the popup and not the notification come up on the notification bar?
I find it pointless to have my notification sound go off twice for each individual message, when I only want the popups, and not a notification on the notification bar.
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Shinydude100 said:
My question isn't related to any issues you guys are having, just curious on the possibilities of the following.
Is it possible to only have the popup and not the notification come up on the notification bar?
I find it pointless to have my notification sound go off twice for each individual message, when I only want the popups, and not a notification on the notification bar.
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Disable (uncheck) autoretrieve and notifications in the "standard" messaging app.

Facebook app "core" porblem, never seen this before

Screenshot of Error screen
I've never had this problem before, This warning screen popped up randomly while I was using a different app and whenever I try and use a different app the phone after a few seconds opens back up the warning screen. The notification for this screen is a persistent one so I cannot get rid of it from the notification shade. Anybody know how to fix this / what to do?

go to the phones main settings, apps, facebook, now clear the data. reboot, then sign into face. check if that solves the issue.

Active display gets updated today

It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help

freeintruth said:
It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help
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Yeah, there were quite a few bugs with 1.2.8. I had to send a full bug report to Motorola, as did others.
Some issues included:
Notifications not working with certain apps
AN failing to wake the screen when device was moved
AN failing to wake the screen when a notification arrived
AN failing to open an app from the AN screen

Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.

trevorftard said:
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.

The Tallest said:
Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.
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I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?

Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.

evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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If you go into the Apps side of the Activity Display you should be able to un-check the Clock and it won't show it anymore.
tu3218 said:
Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.
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I did that. Then remembered I took the Navigation buttons out via the Build.prop and had a hell of a time trying to reinstall everything without them. :laugh: I use LMT Pie Controls so I had to reinstall them through the Play Store before I could reinstall all my other apps. I then took LMT Pie Controls and made them flashable so that the next time I do a factory reset I can just reinstall them via recovery.
What irks me most is that half my notifications aren't working a week after buying the phone. When they worked the day I got it. Gmail doesn't show up, 1Weather doesn't show up, the battery no longer shows up. Outlook does and Messaging does. I know Motorola said there was a problem with 1Weather not working properly but the day I set my phone up a little over a week ago it worked. Now all of a sudden it doesn't, and Gmail should work but doesn't.
Also, does the image verification thing for the forum ever go away? It's kind of a PITA to remember it's there when I post. Guys, I'm not a robot. Seriously.

I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.

trevorftard said:
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Did you reboot the phone after updating? It's a highly integrated system function. It should require a reboot after updating. I noticed it acted the same as 1.2.8 until I restarted the phone.
evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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Turn the phone face down or cover the proximity sensor face-up.

Just a suggestion. When some apps get updated like line app and some other apps, they get unchecked in that active notification select apps menu/setting. I have to go back and manually check them again to show up on active display.
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tu3218 said:
I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.
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I'll have to try this.

Notifications not popping up when screen is asleep.

Hey guys.
Just got my new S10+ and I've notice that when my screen is asleep, I don't receive any notifications until I either lift the device or push the power button to wake it up.
I've checked my battery optimization settings, made sure the apps I wanted weren't controlled in the background

I have the regular S10 but I get that too, mainly with gmail but even now when I used the phone the notification of a new gmail doesn't come up. sometimes they come through, half the time not. never had such problems with my old phone

yep, same thing here on 10+. driving me nuts !! and edge light doesn't work as well.
i tried every option and can't figure it out what's the problem.

I also have never seen the edge lightning when the screen is off

latino147 said:
I also have never seen the edge lightning when the screen is off
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It's pretty cool. I like how when are In a movie app you can still interact without leaving the movie app.
But to clarify mine is working with the screen off. Dumb question I know but are you sure it's enabled?
To me this is one of the coolest features of the device.

Tweety78 said:
I have the regular S10 but I get that too, mainly with gmail but even now when I used the phone the notification of a new gmail doesn't come up. sometimes they come through, half the time not. never had such problems with my old phone
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You have to be more specific with your issue... But, go into your message setting and make sure message pop up is turned on. If it's turned on, it could be a glitch. Just go into your your phone's settings, hit apps, find messages and then tap on it. Then find storage and hit Clear cache and storage. See if that helps.

dr.yangsta said:
You have to be more specific with your issue... But, go into your message setting and make sure message pop up is turned on. If it's turned on, it could be a glitch. Just go into your your phone's settings, hit apps, find messages and then tap on it. Then find storage and hit Clear cache and storage. See if that helps.
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Yes, pop up setting is turned on but with gmail is a hit or miss, sometimes I get notified, sometimes not and it's mostly when screen is off. my main problem is with another app that I'm not receiving any notifications even though everything is enabled and I cleared cache, re-installed and what not. I have no problem getting notifications from whatsapp, missed calls, sms etc.
Also, when I clear the notifications, the badges on the app's icons also dissapear even though I didn't yet go inside the app to see it. is it possible to keep showing the badges after I clear the notifications? I don't know if it's unique to android pie but it shouldn't be like this.

Tweety78 said:
Yes, pop up setting is turned on but with gmail is a hit or miss, sometimes I get notified, sometimes not and it's mostly when screen is off. my main problem is with another app that I'm not receiving any notifications even though everything is enabled and I cleared cache, re-installed and what not. I have no problem getting notifications from whatsapp, missed calls, sms etc.
Also, when I clear the notifications, the badges on the app's icons also dissapear even though I didn't yet go inside the app to see it. is it possible to keep showing the badges after I clear the notifications? I don't know if it's unique to android pie but it shouldn't be like this.
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I believe that the pop up messages only work on certain applications to my knowledge. I've seen messages come up but, I've never really payed attention to my gmail yet because i usually get notified on my galaxy watch. The phone is still too new even for me. I'll test it out some more.

I'd just be happy to get all notifications from all my apps and keep badges even after I cleared the notification.

yesterday i saw edge light for first time, but it only works when screen is ON. what really cancels the purpose of it.
screen OFF "edge light" doesn't work.

fernando sor said:
It's pretty cool. I like how when are In a movie app you can still interact without leaving the movie app.
But to clarify mine is working with the screen off. Dumb question I know but are you sure it's enabled?
To me this is one of the coolest features of the device.
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Yup, the feature is enabled, and I have assigned 6 apps to show notifications with the light. They do work when the screen is on, but not when they're on.

I got workaround by installing Glimpse Notification. The edge lighting showing while screen is off but what disappoint me it not showing the notification text.
My s7 with s9 rom showing edge lighting with notification text without using any apps though. I think maybe is pie rom? Or just s10 rom?

latino147 said:
Yup, the feature is enabled, and I have assigned 6 apps to show notifications with the light. They do work when the screen is on, but not when they're on.
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Actually I'm finding it hit or miss. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not