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When opening an app, the app only displays on the screen for a fraction of a second.

Occasionally, when opening an app, the app only displays on the screen for a fraction of a second, then disappears. It just kinda blinks on then off...
I can't figure out what is causing it to do this. It has happened to me with K-9, Facebook, Twitter, Maps...pretty much any app. Sometimes I try to open facebook, and it won't open, but twitter will....Some of the time you can get the program to open if you go home, then open and close the app drawer.....
Anyone else with a similar problem? I have reset the phone twice and it is still doing this...Other than this occasional problem, I love the Vibrant!

Do you have an app killer or startup controller? Mine did the same thing, and I quickly realized I was killing a service that the apps I was launching depended on.
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^ pretty much exactly what I was going to post. What have you installed on your phone like this?

Mine has done this a few times, usually after an app force closes. For 30 seconds or so after if I try to reopen that app it will just shut off again, then after a bit, it's fine.
It's happened with the web browser more than once, and a couple other apps.

I get the same exact problem with no real reason. Whenever it happens I just go into the settings from the menu button. Settings opens fine and once I close it ever other app opens correctly again.
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LiquidCool1 said:
Do you have an app killer or startup controller? Mine did the same thing, and I quickly realized I was killing a service that the apps I was launching depended on.
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That's what I thought at first.. I wiped the phone and it did it even after when I had no task or app killers installed...

vinnydakid said:
I get the same exact problem with no real reason. Whenever it happens I just go into the settings from the menu button. Settings opens fine and once I close it ever other app opens correctly again.
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Yes, that seems to help mine too...

Did you erase unneeded apps? There is a list around here somewhere of apps that can be safely deleted, without violating dependencies. I have a stock unit with the lag, the blue tint, etc. . . But I never had this problem without the startup manager.
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LiquidCool1 said:
Did you erase unneeded apps? There is a list around here somewhere of apps that can be safely deleted, without violating dependencies. I have a stock unit with the lag, the blue tint, etc. . . But I never had this problem without the startup manager.
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yes.. I took most of the bloatware off using root manager.

Startup auditor has a list of dependencies for each app that you have installed. Not much good for things that you have already deleted, but maybe the dev site can help? I know I saw a list somewhere of bloat that could be "safely deleted".
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The only bloat I deleted was Telenav, so I doubt that's the cause of it.
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I've noticed this as well. However, If you hold down your home key, after it does the weird flash, and select the app from the pop up menu, it will open. Weird.

phantomzer0 said:
I've noticed this as well. However, If you hold down your home key, after it does the weird flash, and select the app from the pop up menu, it will open. Weird.
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Yes that fixes it most of the time...
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The only bloat I deleted was Telenav, so I doubt that's the cause of it.
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I seriously doubt that this has anything to do with deleting the bloatware apk's...

I haven't removed anything and mine does this as well. Usually after an app freezes or force closes.
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Text problem after OTE update.

I am now randomly getting my text notifications stuck in the bar. Even after I read them the icon is there an the light still flashes.
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Same here! bloody annoying.

I dont have any problem

Me too wished I hadn't bothered.
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Glad I am not the only one, so fare I tried to disable incoming text notifications and then reboot. After reboot I enabled them again. changed nothing. Thing is I find the problem to be totally random. Dose it sometimes and its not for the same contacts.
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I have had the same thing with the notifications, but along with it I am not getting notifications for half of my texts, I only notice I have some of them my manually looking into the messages app.
Tried rebooting, changing the notification settings etc and nothing works!

noisy_lightning said:
I have had the same thing with the notifications, but along with it I am not getting notifications for half of my texts, I only notice I have some of them my manually looking into the messages app.
Tried rebooting, changing the notification settings etc and nothing works!
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Have the same problem. Exactly every second SMS does not have any notification! Sometimes it vibrates, but there is no notification in the statusbar...so I have to open the SMS-App.
Now I will miss every important SMS and I have to check all 10-20min to be sure -.-
Hope there will be a fix!

Got the same bug. This is a major bug, and htc have to relese a bugfix asap! This bug makes the phone useless. Can't thrust the phone anymore...
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iopy said:
This bug makes the phone useless. Can't thrust the phone anymore...
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Yes I have always to check if there is a new SMS!
My DHD has now the functionality of a rock!

having the same issue. hope there is a solution soon. i sent an official complaint to htc about this and would advise other people to contact them too.

Same problem here too... is this a universal problem for those who have updated?
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I also have founders problem when using the mail app. I have a hotmail and gmail account linked. When I have the all acount view on angst an email I go and read it but the notification is still there. Also wanted to add that for both mail bad messages I have the notification light in use.
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I guess im really lucky. I updated and have had no problems whatsoever. Not even that 100% CPU bug. I couldnt be happier. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that i followed hamdir's guide to install the update and keep root and s-off.

SupremeBeaver said:
I guess im really lucky. I updated and have had no problems whatsoever. Not even that 100% CPU bug. I couldnt be happier. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that i followed hamdir's guide to install the update and keep root and s-off.
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The sms-bug isn't there all the time. I've only got two txtmsg that didn't trigger the alert. And I got a lot of txtmsgs. But the two that didn't trigger the txtmsg receive notification was two important txtmsg, so I no longer can trust my phone.
I do not have the 100 cpu load issue. So it has nothing to do with that. My battery is just as good as I think a battery should be on a phone in this class. The only thing that really drains my battery is the Angry Bird Seasons. But I'm addicted, so I keep on playing

iopy said:
The sms-bug isn't there all the time. I've only got two txtmsg that didn't trigger the alert. And I got a lot of txtmsgs. But the two that didn't trigger the txtmsg receive notification was two important txtmsg, so I no longer can trust my phone.
I do not have the 100 cpu load issue. So it has nothing to do with that. My battery is just as good as I think a battery should be on a phone in this class. The only thing that really drains my battery is the Angry Bird Seasons. But I'm addicted, so I keep on playing
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Same here, its completely random which messages it happens with and it is not the same people that trigger it too. So far I have seen no pattern to the messages with, for example it is not every fourth message etc, they happen at random intervals and the only time I know there is one is when I actually open the inbox.
This needs fixing asap!

Just like to say 1. I have a dhd sim free on official Rom. 2. With regards my notification problem the best way to save you having to clear the notification bar after you read the text is it to access your text via notifications bar in the first place.
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looks like i spoke too soon.. someone sent me a sms and i hadn't seen it cause the phone didnt notify me. Only when i went into the messages app it showed :/
edit: and now im getting the notification stuck in the bar at the top HTC need to get on this.

its a very random issue. started happening to me after i deleted my HTC sense account (and then reinstalled it) after doing the OTA update to deal with the 100% CPU issue

Can confirm that trying a different messaging app from the market will fix both problems. The one with stuck notification in the bar and the one where you don't get a notification. Just make sure to disable notifications in the stock app.

Ty! I'll try that out later.
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Crash Alert

My phone is restoring now, hope it works. I just installed Mobo Video Player Pro because the Google movie app no longer showed my sd card videos. My phone immediately crashed/went to sleep. Hit the home button and swiped it, but it had crash alert for the app, then it would turn off again in 3 seconds. I managed to get to the app manager and uninstall it but no good. As long as I was scrolling or selecting options it would stay on. But 3 seconds of inactivity would shut it down. Beware.

Vulture if you wish , but I found out more here http://www.badappreviews.com/apps/8936/mobo-video-player-pro
Just trying to be helpful.

Tell me where it should be posted. My restore worked fine, back to Awesome!

fast96 said:
Tell me where it should be posted. My restore worked fine, back to Awesome!
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General section
Glad your back up and running. Next time just be more conscious of where you are posting, especially when it comes to development threads.
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Phone freezes when I open my contacts and when I'm having a call

Hi !
So I have this problem when I open my contacts and when I receive a call or if I'm calling someone, the phone starts to block. Like everything just blocks and stays like that for like 30 seconds or even more.
I can't hang up on my calls or do anything after that
I tried on so many forums and nobody knew what the problem is. Please help me, how can I solve this ?

By block you mean freeze? becomes unusable?
Which rom are you on?

AvelonTs said:
By block you mean freeze? becomes unusable?
Which rom are you on?
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Exactly
And I may sound reaaaallyyy stupid right now lol, but I don't understand your last question or I just don't know what do you mean and how I'm supposed to know that

Go to Settings, then About Phone & perform a software update if available, if there isnt one available may i ask how many contacts you have? ive seen problems like this on my old Xperia Play, the reason was because i had around 2100 contacts.
This may sound stupid but have you restarted your phone? and if you have, keep hold of the home button, press the icon on the bottom left, then find the RAM tab & press Clear Memory.
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AwaisKhan said:
Go to Settings, then About Phone & perform a software update if available, if there isnt one available may i ask how many contacts you have? ive seen problems like this on my old Xperia Play, the reason was because i had around 2100 contacts.
This may sound stupid but have you restarted your phone? and if you have, keep hold of the home button, press the icon on the bottom left, then find the RAM tab & press Clear Memory.
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I updated my software last night and I have around 80 contacts so that is not the problem i guess.
I restarted it, a tried a reset of phone few times and cleared memory too. I really can't figure it out. Sometimes when I open my contacts it just goes back to my homepage.

it seems to me a factory reset & ota update wont hack it.
So i suggest you go onto Sam Mobile or Samsung Updates & find the right firmware for your phone with the right network & flash it using odin.
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Double tap to wake screen

Hi All,
Who know what apps or anythings script for double tap to wake the screen (like Lumia) so.. we no need to push the button..

seven6ixers said:
Hi All,
Who know what apps or anythings script for double tap to wake the screen (like Lumia) so.. we no need to push the button..
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As I remember it comes as a part of the kernel for those devices including LG G2, since there aren't any custom kernels out for these devices yet I highly doubt that's a possibility right now.

you can opt for proximity actions for locking and unlocking, although it would drain your battery a bit.

I'm using Wakeup Touch Nexus which is available in Google Play for free. Dint notice any battery drainage. Very nice app. If anyone got better app can suggest me too...

chris7524 said:
I'm using Wakeup Touch Nexus which is available in Google Play for free. Dint notice any battery drainage. Very nice app. If anyone got better app can suggest me too...
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How is it going frenz? is it ok?:laugh:

seven6ixers said:
How is it going frenz? is it ok?:laugh:
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Very good:good:

Tnx
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Hey, try this app- knockr
It can be downloaded free from playstore
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It's not really "double tap", I use "Gravity Screen" as an alternative to the on/off button

ryansmth76 said:
Hey, try this app- knockr
It can be downloaded free from playstore
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Doesnt work for me.. lags a bit..
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Pretty much every major OEM like Sony, HTC, LG and even Chinese manufacturers like OPPO , Xiaomi etc have implemented double tap to wake on their large screen phones and I really don't know what's stopping Samsung to implement in spite of so many Note generations .
Only way to properly implement this is using a custom kernel for the device

Tap Tap App @ Play Store
Tap Tap App works for me. Galaxy Note 4.
Requires configuration.

Lost functionality, how to get it back?
rakeshishere said:
Pretty much every major OEM like Sony, HTC, LG and even Chinese manufacturers like OPPO , Xiaomi etc have implemented double tap to wake on their large screen phones and I really don't know what's stopping Samsung to implement in spite of so many Note generations .
Only way to properly implement this is using a custom kernel for the device
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OK, I've got a VKWorld VK6050S (note the S). This will be a long story, but I feel I must post many details. Otherwise, there will be that smart-*** posting "but you can't do that!!!"
Had the phone for several weeks now. Took a LONG time to set it up and get it running EXACTLY the way I wanted it to. As part of that process, I installed Nova launcher, and an app called "DTSO". Anyway, when it was all set up.... I could double-tap the home screen to lock, and the display would go black. Then, *without using the proximity sensor*, I could double-tap the middle of the BLACK screen, which would cause the display to wake up and display the lock screen. I didn't set a lock on this screen, so I could just swipe up to clear it. Note I could double-tap the BLACK screen to wake it up.
So I was happy with the way everything was set up. Only problem was, it was not stable. Most of the time, if you tried to take a picture, the phone would freeze. (forever). Or sometimes a reboot would take HOURS (starting after the animated vkworld logo displayed) I tried several suggestions. It was not a bad memory card, and it was not corrupted files on a memory card. I tried clearing various caches, etc. Nothing worked. Finally, in desperation...I went to the factory boot menu (chinese, but I found a guide for it) and cleared hardware cache / emmc / whatever. That left me with *** CHINESE LOLLIPOP ***, and all my apps/settings/data were GONE...
(sigh)
So I had to start from figuring out how to switch back to English. And then starting all over again. I wasn't back to "zero". I went back to "minus one". (!!!!)
After many hours setting up the phone again with dozens of applications, getting my account settings input, getting it all configured...
The only thing I can NOT do now is to double-tap the black screen to wake it up. The phone is rock-solid STABLE now, so that is an improvement. But I want it to wake the screen with a double-tap, like it did before!!!
I'm now using "Go" launcher. But I (temporarily) tried "Nova" launcher, like I had it before. DTSO does not work like it used to. It won't wake up the screen while black. Again, this USED TO WORK, so it's not a hardware issue. What did I do wrong? What did I miss in setting this thing up again?