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2 problems i cant figure out with my S3

the first one is every time i open a folder on my home screen my phone talks and says "folder is open" then when i close it it says "folder is closed". i cant figure it out for the life of me. anyone have a clue as to what is causing this? only way around it right now is if i turn the media volume off, but then i cant listen to music ect. its driving me crazy!
the other is right when i got the phone i installed light flow to change the led notification settings. but now whether i have light flow enabled or not, and whether i have led indicator notifications (under settings) enabled or disabled, whenever i lock the phone the led glows green constantly, wont turn off.
anyone have any ideas what is causing these 2 problems?

I dont know about the first issue, but regarding lightlow, at this point in time , it doesnt work properly with the us versions, I also install it and had the led green light on all the time, you still can use the notifications, but the color part is messed up

Uninstall light flow.
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I uninstalled light flow. It got rid of the green light. I hope they fix light flow soon, i really like the idea of it, never used it before.
Other problem is still present. Any one have any idea of whats causing it to say "folder open" and "folder closed"?

jda2631 said:
I uninstalled light flow. It got rid of the green light. I hope they fix light flow soon, i really like the idea of it, never used it before.
Other problem is still present. Any one have any idea of whats causing it to say "folder open" and "folder closed"?
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Go to settings > Accessibility > TalkBack should be off. Try that.

humblehyper said:
Go to settings > Accessibility > TalkBack should be off. Try that.
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Yea that is off. Thats what i thought was causing it at first, but it is off and still getting it.

tell svoice to turn car mode off.if that dont work do a full wipe

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I made sure car mode was off. talked to samsung customer support and neither worked.
so had to do a hard reset and is working fine now.
now that i have my phone set up just like i want it, without that phone speaking bug, whats the best way to make a back up of it?

jda2631 said:
I made sure car mode was off. talked to samsung customer support and neither worked.
so had to do a hard reset and is working fine now.
now that i have my phone set up just like i want it, without that phone speaking bug, whats the best way to make a back up of it?
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If you root make a nandriod in cwm or use titanium backup or mybackup
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I'm looking for one that will make a complete back up of apps, settings, etc. so i can restore it and have it exactly like it is now. will all of these do this?

jda2631 said:
I'm looking for one that will make a complete back up of apps, settings, etc. so i can restore it and have it exactly like it is now. will all of these do this?
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Yes they will. Better than those two, just use Rom Toolbox Pro, it'll do all that and more and dev is very helpful ifbu have any issues. U gotta 've rooted if u wanna use any of these apps tho
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Bluetooth Issues

So, for some reason, my Bluetooth doesn't function properly as it should, which is weird, since my phone is still on stock, and the only modifications I've made are unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device. I also installed Power Toggles, but I don't think that's the issue at hand.
Pretty much, whenever I turn the bluetooth on, it tries for a while to turn it on, then gives up and won't let me turn it on. At that point, I have to restart the phone, and when it reboots back up, the bluetooth is on without me having to start it up. Then it works properly, but if I wish to use the bluetooth again the next day, I have to repeat the process of rebooting the device. Any ideas?

I had this issue when I Downloaded a FM radio app from the Play store to see if it would work. I just deleted the app. Went into safe mode then into normal mode and it fixed it.
Don't know what you case can be. But you can try going into safe mode and back to normal and see if there are any different results.
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I had this same problem after installing Torque, and using it with default settings that auto-enabled/disabled bluetooth. After turning all that crap off it is back to normal.
I use bluetooth for audio playback and an hf/A2DP headset dialing via Motospeak, as well as Torque with a bluetooth odb2 interface, and it all works perfectly since disabling Torque's auto-bluetooth settings. My only issue is that it takes Motospeak a bit long to restore audio playback after a hf call command.
I would look for an app that you have that is the controlling bluetooth on/off.

I wonder if it isn't a software bug. I have the same issue but I don't have any apps that are causing the issue of atleast from what I can tell. I'm also unlocked and rooted.

I removed Bluetooth from Power Toggles. It's been two days and all seems well. Now we wait.

yahoowizard said:
So, for some reason, my Bluetooth doesn't function properly as it should, which is weird, since my phone is still on stock, and the only modifications I've made are unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device. I also installed Power Toggles, but I don't think that's the issue at hand.
Pretty much, whenever I turn the bluetooth on, it tries for a while to turn it on, then gives up and won't let me turn it on. At that point, I have to restart the phone, and when it reboots back up, the bluetooth is on without me having to start it up. Then it works properly, but if I wish to use the bluetooth again the next day, I have to repeat the process of rebooting the device. Any ideas?
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This happened to me as well
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strobex said:
This happened to me as well
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Similar problems here, the weirdest thing is idk which app causes that. Because I didnt install that much. Only thing I notice is it happened when the wifi is on.. Does anyone have similar problem??

Same problem here. I have a lot of apps but none I can think of that do anything with Bluetooth.
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yahoowizard said:
I removed Bluetooth from Power Toggles. It's been two days and all seems well. Now we wait.
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Nope, still doesn't work.

Try going into safe mode.. See if it works, and then go back to normal mode.
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Nothing yet? I'm just curious as to whether it's just a few people experiencing this, or a lot, since there doesn't seem to be that much talk about it.

I use Bluetooth everyday on my way home from work just to connect to my Bluetooth headset. Out of 14 days I may get one day where I turn Bluetooth on that I don't have to reboot for it to work.
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So we're on 4.2.2, I've went through safe mode and back a few times, and I've uninstalled and installed applications having to do with the Wi-Fi. Problem still seems to be there. It's just somewhat of a hassle to have to power down my phone completely, then start it back up, everytime I get into my car. I feel a hard reset mighttt fix the issue, but just looking for another way as of now.

My phone also have the same problem.. the bluetooth won't turn on.. stock 4.2.2 locked bootloader and not root yet.. anyone has a solution..

[Q] nexus 4 shut itself off on full battery???

First of all, I'm running cyanogenmod version 10.1.0-RC2-mako on my Nexus 4 and the only app that I have on it with root privileges is AFWall+. I'm very careful about what I install on it from the android market, I don't have many apps on it anyway. I do have a call recorder app that runs while I am on the phone with someone (Auto Call Recorder). Basically what happened was, I got off the phone with my boss, and set my phone down. Then about 5 minutes later I picked it up and turned it on only to find out that it wasn't on. I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't do anything. Battery was more than 90% full. I plugged it in to my charger and tried to turn it on, it still wouldn't do anything. After about a minute the "battery charging" icon on the LCD appeared saying the battery was nearly full and at that point I was able to unplug the phone and turn it on. I only had it plugged in for about 2 minutes tops. It came on as it normally does after I unplugged it and turned it on.
My first thought was that it was a problem caused by the call recorder app, but I haven't had any problems with this app before (I've only been using the app for two weeks though). But if it was the call recorder app causing the problem, the phone would still have turned back on after I tried to turn it on, right? Also, how is it that the phone came on after I plugged it in to charge it and then unplugged it?
Has anyone seen similar problems with this? Should I change out ROMs? Delete the call recorder app? I glad I was able to get it back on, but I didn't like how there wasn't a reset button on it like I had on my HD2, Sensation, and other phones.

match417 said:
First of all, I'm running cyanogenmod version 10.1.0-RC2-mako on my Nexus 4 and the only app that I have on it with root privileges is AFWall+. I'm very careful about what I install on it from the android market, I don't have many apps on it anyway. I do have a call recorder app that runs while I am on the phone with someone (Auto Call Recorder). Basically what happened was, I got off the phone with my boss, and set my phone down. Then about 5 minutes later I picked it up and turned it on only to find out that it wasn't on. I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't do anything. Battery was more than 90% full. I plugged it in to my charger and tried to turn it on, it still wouldn't do anything. After about a minute the "battery charging" icon on the LCD appeared saying the battery was nearly full and at that point I was able to unplug the phone and turn it on. I only had it plugged in for about 2 minutes tops. It came on as it normally does after I unplugged it and turned it on.
My first thought was that it was a problem caused by the call recorder app, but I haven't had any problems with this app before (I've only been using the app for two weeks though). But if it was the call recorder app causing the problem, the phone would still have turned back on after I tried to turn it on, right? Also, how is it that the phone came on after I plugged it in to charge it and then unplugged it?
Has anyone seen similar problems with this? Should I change out ROMs? Delete the call recorder app? I glad I was able to get it back on, but I didn't like how there wasn't a reset button on it like I had on my HD2, Sensation, and other phones.
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The app may not be compatible with android 4.2.2. The reboot can be done by holding the powerbutton for more than 10 seconds. There is also a safe mode https://support.google.com/nexus/4/answer/2852139?hl=nl to be able to boot without 3rd party apps.

gee2012 said:
The app may not be compatible with android 4.2.2. The reboot can be done by holding the powerbutton for more than 10 seconds. There is also a safe mode https://support.google.com/nexus/4/answer/2852139?hl=nl to be able to boot without 3rd party apps.
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Thank you! ( I also clicked your "thanks" button). I can't say my question was completely answered, but it was definitely helpful. I didn't know there was a safe mode, very handy indeed! I don't believe any of my other phones have had a safe mode. I have seen other little problems with the app, like only recording my voice and not the other end, but no problems have shut off the phone before. I will check up on the app to see if it is compatible with 4.2.2 and also if it is on auto-update and if it updated itself recently. And I don't think I held the power button after the phone call, if I did it would have rebooted, unless somehow my protector case held the power button when the call ended and caused a glitch in the software since it couldn't store the recorded call.

match417 said:
Thank you! ( I also clicked your "thanks" button). I can't say my question was completely answered, but it was definitely helpful. I didn't know there was a safe mode, very handy indeed! I don't believe any of my other phones have had a safe mode. I have seen other little problems with the app, like only recording my voice and not the other end, but no problems have shut off the phone before. I will check up on the app to see if it is compatible with 4.2.2 and also if it is on auto-update and if it updated itself recently. And I don't think I held the power button after the phone call, if I did it would have rebooted, unless somehow my protector case held the power button when the call ended and caused a glitch in the software since it couldn't store the recorded call.
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Look here for callrec. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998812&page=8.

gee2012 said:
Look here for callrec. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998812&page=8.
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thanks again! But the problem I was talking about was with the internal mic on the Nexus 4. Sometimes it doesn't pick up the other end of the conversation but it records me fine. I don't use any external mics or bluetooths with it. The app seems pretty solid, both my voice and the other persons voice are pretty close in volume, which has been an issue with recorder apps that I have used in the past. Thanks though. Is there an application error log in the android or 3rd party software for an error log to help determine the cause of problems?

match417 said:
thanks again! But the problem I was talking about was with the internal mic on the Nexus 4. Sometimes it doesn't pick up the other end of the conversation but it records me fine. I don't use any external mics or bluetooths with it. The app seems pretty solid, both my voice and the other persons voice are pretty close in volume, which has been an issue with recorder apps that I have used in the past. Thanks though. Is there an application error log in the android or 3rd party software for an error log to help determine the cause of problems?
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You can only make logs if you are rooted. There are several apps in Play available for that.

gee2012 said:
You can only make logs if you are rooted. There are several apps in Play available for that.
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mine is rooted, I'll check that out. Thanks again!

Screen stays on after full charge..

I've googled and searched on xda but haven't been able to find much. So at night when I place my phone on the charger ask is good until it is completely charged.
The screen pops up telling me that I now have full charge and to disconnect charger. Bad thing is.....it doesn't go away..!!! Now I'm left with the screen lighting up the entire bedroom in the middle of the night.
Now this would bother me much but my girlfriend is now waking me err up in the middle of the night asking me to turn my screen off.
Please help!!!
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xtrandrix said:
I've googled and searched on xda but haven't been able to find much. So at night when I place my phone on the charger ask is good until it is completely charged.
The screen pops up telling me that I now have full charge and to disconnect charger. Bad thing is.....it doesn't go away..!!! Now I'm left with the screen lighting up the entire bedroom in the middle of the night.
Now this would bother me much but my girlfriend is now waking me err up in the middle of the night asking me to turn my screen off.
Please help!!!
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Go into Settings>Developer Options (if you have it enabled) and look at the "Stay Awake" option. Make sure it is unchecked. If it is checked, the screen will stay on when it is plugged in unless you manually turn it off. I am guessing this is checked for you and is why the screen stays on.

PrsnlCrcl said:
Go into Settings>Developer Options (if you have it enabled) and look at the "Stay Awake" option. Make sure it is unchecked. If it is checked, the screen will stay on when it is plugged in unless you manually turn it off. I am guessing this is checked for you and is why the screen stays on.
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Thanks for the help but this is one of the first things I checked. This isn't the fix
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Root your phone and disable the full battery notification is that easy glad I could help
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rayraycarter4 said:
Root your phone and disable the full battery notification is that easy glad I could help
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This may sound dumb.. but I can't figures out where that setting is.. would you please guide to to the correct location

Well it looks like I may have found a solution to my problem. Found an app called Batter Charged Silencer. Not in the Google play store. Will try it tonight and see what happens.
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Found a solution! PLEASE READ IN FULL
Hey man. I have a Note 3 and have the same problem. As you've probably discovered by now, the Battery Charged Silencer app does not work for our newer devices. In searching for alternatives, I found apps that provide an alarm for when the battery is fully charged. This was NOT what I had wanted, as I just wanted my light to go off when charged, but I figured this the best alternative (hear the alarm, unplug). HOWEVER, I discovered that one app in specific DOES NOT WORK AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO, and, because of this, my phone never lights up when fully charged!!! Go to the play store and get the free NEOADN FULL ALARM. I launched it once, disabled the notification bar selection because I didn't want that (so maybe do this just in case, and also leave the discharged amount option alone), picked a sound, and nothing mattered cause it never worked, never came on, and neither did my screen! One of the reviewers of this app said the app was crap cause it had to be launched each time to work. Maybe that's why it "works" for me, cause I activated it but then held my home button down and closed all apps (not thinking) and then realized it was a blessing! Just install, maybe configure how I said if needed, close your apps, and never worry about it again! (And don't ever update the app just in case they "fix" it). Hope this helps, let me know via email: [email protected]
xtrandrix said:
I've googled and searched on xda but haven't been able to find much. So at night when I place my phone on the charger ask is good until it is completely charged.
The screen pops up telling me that I now have full charge and to disconnect charger. Bad thing is.....it doesn't go away..!!! Now I'm left with the screen lighting up the entire bedroom in the middle of the night.
Now this would bother me much but my girlfriend is now waking me err up in the middle of the night asking me to turn my screen off.
Please help!!!
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk
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abracadavis said:
Hey man. I have a Note 3 and have the same problem. As you've probably discovered by now, the Battery Charged Silencer app does not work for our newer devices. In searching for alternatives, I found apps that provide an alarm for when the battery is fully charged. This was NOT what I had wanted, as I just wanted my light to go off when charged, but I figured this the best alternative (hear the alarm, unplug). HOWEVER, I discovered that one app in specific DOES NOT WORK AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO, and, because of this, my phone never lights up when fully charged!!! Go to the play store and get the free NEOADN FULL ALARM. I launched it once, disabled the notification bar selection because I didn't want that (so maybe do this just in case, and also leave the discharged amount option alone), picked a sound, and nothing mattered cause it never worked, never came on, and neither did my screen! One of the reviewers of this app said the app was crap cause it had to be launched each time to work. Maybe that's why it "works" for me, cause I activated it but then held my home button down and closed all apps (not thinking) and then realized it was a blessing! Just install, maybe configure how I said if needed, close your apps, and never worry about it again! (And don't ever update the app just in case they "fix" it). Hope this helps, let me know via email: [email protected]
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Surprisingly the Batter Charged Silencer app did work for me. I've been good to go ever since. No more waking up to the girlfriend telling me to turn my phone off in the middle of the night

Hi anyone having issuies w LG V 20 miniview not working. Same as one handed op.

Any one having issues with the LG V20 miniview not working even tho it's enabled . With a big screen phone the mini view makes it one handed operation feature is handy. If it's working . 2nd issuie has anyone been able to get the flash light notifications to work it's under accessibility and hearing options. Thanks

epj said:
Any one having issues with the LG V20 miniview not working even tho it's enabled . With a big screen phone the mini view makes it one handed operation feature is handy. If it's working . 2nd issuie has anyone been able to get the flash light notifications to work it's under accessibility and hearing options. Thanks
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yes!
I'm doing the swipe thing and it never works. I managed to get it to work ONCE yesterday, but I was in the settings for that feature. After that, even on that same settings page, it has never worked again.
Haven't tried flashlight notification, but I should try it since this phone lacks an led notification.
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I just fixed my issue with the mini-view. Go to settings-Accessibility and make sure Switch Access is turned off. After disabling Switch Access, mini-view works.
I've enabled the flash on notification thing too. So far its working, but I need more time to test (to see if it just stops for some reason).
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I have. Saw an old reddit post for LG v10 that solved it. You need to put your finger on the recent (square) and quickly and lightly flick slightly in either direction. Now it works every time for me. A flick, not a swipe.

spexwood said:
I just fixed my issue with the mini-view. Go to settings-Accessibility and make sure Switch Access is turned off. After disabling Switch Access, mini-view works.
I've enabled the flash on notification thing too. So far its working, but I need more time to test (to see if it just stops for some reason).
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I double checked. This is what causes it . Great job spex
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Just a related update in-case Switch Access is off and miniview still isn't working...
This was my case where Switch Access was never turned on, but other apps were. I turned everything off one-by-one and back on again one-by-one and found that "Lookout" (that controls Safe Browsing) was causing my miniview not to work. I now have Switch Access and Lookout both off and it works again.
Hope this helps, too!

kevs888 said:
Just a related update in-case Switch Access is off and miniview still isn't working...
This was my case where Switch Access was never turned on, but other apps were. I turned everything off one-by-one and back on again one-by-one and found that "Lookout" (that controls Safe Browsing) was causing my miniview not to work. I now have Switch Access and Lookout both off and it works again.
Hope this helps, too!
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This worked for me as well! Thank you!

kevs888 said:
Just a related update in-case Switch Access is off and miniview still isn't working...
This was my case where Switch Access was never turned on, but other apps were. I turned everything off one-by-one and back on again one-by-one and found that "Lookout" (that controls Safe Browsing) was causing my miniview not to work. I now have Switch Access and Lookout both off and it works again.
Hope this helps, too!
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Thank you. I disabled lookout so all I had to do was turn off switch access and now I have mini view! [emoji482]
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epj said:
Any one having issues with the LG V20 miniview not working even tho it's enabled . With a big screen phone the mini view makes it one handed operation feature is handy. If it's working . 2nd issuie has anyone been able to get the flash light notifications to work it's under accessibility and hearing options. Thanks
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I have the lg v20 and I was having the same problem. The activation zone is very specific. Try swiping from the home button past the left edge, and I mean go off the edge. Tell me if that works for you. Techadict.com

kevs888 said:
Just a related update in-case Switch Access is off and miniview still isn't working...
This was my case where Switch Access was never turned on, but other apps were. I turned everything off one-by-one and back on again one-by-one and found that "Lookout" (that controls Safe Browsing) was causing my miniview not to work. I now have Switch Access and Lookout both off and it works again.
Hope this helps, too!
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Yeah I just did the same thing and found out that unfortunately ultimate rotation control breaks miniview, oh well at least I know how to make it work if need be anyway but thanks for this because it was driving me crazy!
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Disabled outlook from the start and Switch Access is off, I still can't get the darn thing to work.

Some apps just break it really. I had parallel windows (an app that had an accessibility service and a spot on the screen you'd swipe from to activate) and miniview did not work at all. The activation hotspot didn't cover the navbar but I still couldn't get it to work. After I uninstalled it miniview worked perfectly fine. I dont have to swipe from specifically the recents key or anything like that, it works from any spot on the navbar.

There are quite a few apps that seem to break the functionality I've noticed. One that I used quite frequently was universal copy. Makes me wonder if it's an app that needs an accessibility service to work properly that does it as there was another one that needed it that also broke it

Hi guys. Am new here. Problem with mini view on LG V20 brought me to this thread. I try everything on this topic and nothing. And i give up.
But today i got new patch.
Sofwear version - V10h-AME-XX
Build number - NRD90M
Kernel ver. - 3.18.31.
And everything is ok know.

Jezzivy said:
Hi guys. Am new here. Problem with mini view on LG V20 brought me to this thread. I try everything on this topic and nothing. And i give up.
But today i got new patch.
Sofwear version - V10h-AME-XX
Build number - NRD90M
Kernel ver. - 3.18.31.
And everything is ok know.
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Have you tried booting into safe mode to see if it's an app conflicting with it?

KUSOsan said:
Have you tried booting into safe mode to see if it's an app conflicting with it?
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Didnt try that. But thx