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New YouTube App causing G2 to crash

Is anyone else having issues with the new YouTube app that was recently released?
Every time I press "back' during a video playback the phone freezes & crashes on me - is this happening to any of you??

yup. Happens to me each and everytime. I can only remedy it with a damn battery pull

Same happens to me, I had to force a reboot though ADB (It didn't fix anything when I uninstalled Youtube from ADB effectively killing its process).

It crashed once while watching a video and I pressed the back button. However, I've tried to recreate the issue and I can't get it to crash at all now.

Nope, working perfectly fine here.

It locks up on me when pushing the "back" button, too. Battery pull required. Boo.

Looks like I'm not the only one having this issue.... I hope they update it soon, the new apps pretty sick!
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The same thing happened to me today. Had to pull out the battery to restart.
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Same here on both of our g2's. One rooted and on normal. When hitting back it locked the phone up tights. Have to pull battery to restart.

sheek360 said:
yup. Happens to me each and everytime. I can only remedy it with a damn battery pull
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Same here
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Works fine here

Yeah push the back button then it gets all messed up... what an update.. I'm sure it'll be fix but not right away.. plus its really just the UI, just uninstall until its fix
Meaning about the UI isn't that the only real update?? Everything else seems the same..EXCEPT for the video playing on the spot once instend of extending the info
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Yeah, it's good to see it's not just me. It's happened at least half a dozen times in the past couple days to me. Personally, I loathe battery pulls so I just sit and click back and home a few hundred times to get a fc option.
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Happens to me too... Though not every time. But most of the time.
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Yea this is VERY annoying. Sucks too because I really like the new UI.
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yes same here because the rent is to damn high

It freezes on me as well

Hmm.. seems like I'm one of the few for whom the new Youtube is working perfectly.

It does the same thing for me - near frozen when I hit the back button on a video. The first time I did this I had the patience to eventually go through a power-off sequence (15-30 seconds between hitting buttons and getting a response). The second time I just did the 3 finger salute to reboot it.
Note that you don't have to pull the battery. Power-VolumeDown-Trackball is an instant reboot sequence (though it did take 5 to 10 seconds to perform it when Youtube was acting up).

Just a question here... most of you with issues do you have 1st batch/pre-release G2's? I only ask because I had a pre-release G2, and I had a crap load of issues with it. I sent that one back for an exchange to Tmobile, and got my new one yesterday. I have zero issues at all. New YouTube works great, I have full signal now, and, well the phone works the way its meant to work.

Reboot while in camera

When taking pictures in low light situations with flash (it seems low battery enhances the probability) sometimes the pictures get artifacts (white lines close to the top/bottom of the picture).
And sometimes the phone gets stuck and reboots. The camera tends to make clicking noises right before it reboots that are louder than when usually focusing.
Look at the screenshot and at the end you can see the reboot. You can see a sudden battery level drop after the reboot.
I don't know if this is hardware or software related but a user suggested this to be a problem with the stock camera app.
I had this problem on two devices already and it seems to be on all devices, maybe just rarer for some people? Not sure.
If you have this problem vote for the following issue and hope google fixes it:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=49702&#makechanges

I had something similar happen to me once last week. I was viewing my photos in the stratosphere mode and would hit the back button. I had to repeatedly do this to scroll to the next images after viewing them. When hitting the back button it would take me back to take a picture, but one time, it took me to a blank screen with the camera buttons still working. I ended up needing to restart my phone. Not sure what happened there.

I have only seen this once. It didn't occur again, so I haven't chased it down

Ditto only happened once in the first week of using and has never happened again
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Kinda sucks when it happens randomly, today it happened twice to me and that in 4.2.2!
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I also have it, but less frequent, about one or two times per month. It happened on 4.2.1 and no one could solve it in my thread about this .

Facing the same issue more frequently
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While taking pictures my phone suddenly got stuck and rebooted. This is the second time now. My camera makes strange click noises sonetimes wheb focusing but that seems to be normal.
The device was a little hot but not as hot as when in gaming and in gaming it never reboots.
Look at the screen shot and at the end you can see the reboot. What I'm worried about is the sudden battery level drop after the reboot.
Are these reboots hardware or software related? Should I get a replacement?
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I seem to have the same issue. So far, it has only occurred when I am trying to take a photo with the flash on. One more observation: seems to happen more often if the battery is low. However, both of us might be having defective devices, as it doesn't seem to be a common issue looking the forums here.
No solution found so far. Tried a factory reset. Tried using another camera app. Nothing helped. Might try flashing a custom ROM.

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I seem to have the same issue. So far, it has only occurred when I am trying to take a photo with the flash on. One more observation: seems to happen more often if the battery is low. However, both of us might be having defective devices, as it doesn't seem to be a common issue looking the forums here.
No solution found so far. Tried a factory reset. Tried using another camera app. Nothing helped. Might try flashing a custom ROM.
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All oft the things you described apply to my situation too. Also I noticed that pictures tend to have artifacts (white stripes close to the top/bottom). They always have the same distance from top/bottom but their length differs.
Also after the forced reboot there sometimes appears an extra picture in the gallery that is fully grey.
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I don't seem to have the artifact problem that you described. Also there is a creaking sound sometimes just before it restarts.
Have you tried flashing a custom ROM? Did it help? Otherwise RMA is possibly the way to go.
I ordered the phone from US using a mail forwarding service, so an rma will cost me another $100 or so. If you or anyone else can confirm that it is definitely a hardware issue which can be resolved by getting a replacement, i might go for it.
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sumit29 said:
I don't seem to have the artifact problem that you described. Also there is a creaking sound sometimes just before it restarts.
Have you tried flashing a custom ROM? Did it help? Otherwise RMA is possibly the way to go.
I ordered the phone from US using a mail forwarding service, so an rma will cost me another $100 or so. If you or anyone else can confirm that it is definitely a hardware issue which can be resolved by getting a replacement, i might go for it.
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I was on AOKP PUB Krait 05/02 by Stevespear and Harsh Kernel and I did have a reboot there once too. Also this is already my third Nexus 4 since I had to replace it 2 times due to issues (bottom side creaking 1st device / yellow blotches 2nd device) and this one really looks good only this camera reboot issue is left.
But my first phone did have the issue too, I didn't have the 2nd phone long enough so didn't see it happen there. I have no idea if it is a hardware or software issue but my bet is that all Nexus 4's have that issue.
It just seems that it appears rather rarely and most people don't notice it. Or it could be that the voltage is too low and that would explain why it happens on some phones more than on others since not all chips are equal. I was wondering if somehow setting the flash to be weaker so it draws less power would solve this. But I am just a user and don't really have an idea.
PS: I won't get my phone replaced since I can live with this issue (it happens rather rarely) and I went through 2 replacements to get this device which is close to perfect but I wouldn't mind if someone came up with a solution.

That makes me feel really lucky to have gotten a nearly perfect device. Anyway, guess we just have to live with it then. Lowering the flash intensity sounds like a good idea. Will check if some rom/kernel/app can do it for me.
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Just added issue 49702 on code.google.com. whoever is facing this problem, add your comments.
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Having the same problem here on 4.2.1 and 4.2.2. I think it might be the buggy stock camera/gallery app because I can't replicate the problem on the Camera Zoom FX app.
Edit: I remember having this problem on 4.2.1 and then clearing the gallery app data and not ever seeing the issue happen again. I will try the same on 4.2.2 and see if it fixes it too.

I added a link to the issue on OP guess that is all I can do.

sierratango88 said:
Having the same problem here on 4.2.1 and 4.2.2. I think it might be the buggy stock camera/gallery app because I can't replicate the problem on the Camera Zoom FX app.
Edit: I remember having this problem on 4.2.1 and then clearing the gallery app data and not ever seeing the issue happen again. I will try the same on 4.2.2 and see if it fixes it too.
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I have had this issue with the Camera FX Zoom app also. So, at least in my case, I guess it's a hardware/camera driver issue. Anyway, I also cleared the gallery app data a few days back and haven't faced this issue since then, but haven't taken enough pics with flash to confirm that the issue is truly gone.

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I have had this issue with the Camera FX Zoom app also. So, at least in my case, I guess it's a hardware/camera driver issue. Anyway, I also cleared the gallery app data a few days back and haven't faced this issue since then, but haven't taken enough pics with flash to confirm that the issue is truly gone.
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Has the issue disappeared after clearing the app data for you? I certainly have not faced any reboots since doing it.

Official Stock 4.3 Bugs list

Hi there,
I am currently on 10.4.B.0.569 india generic firmware on SGP321. My first impression is that the 4.3 rom is awesome! Project butter is really doing their job pretty well. However, I still found a couple of bugs; some of them are pretty annoying. And I am not really sure if everyone has the same problems or if i am the only one who has them. Those bugs are listed below:
1. Black Wallpaper: it appears for a few second after playing some heavy games or a extensive use of facebook app or web browser. It is back to normal in a matter of seconds but it is pretty annoying.
2. App icon is out off the folder: trying to apply the new theme and the problem appear, but after a few reboots it was back to normal.
3. Video playback seem to not working properly: I try to play some 720p or 1080p videos and it skips a few frame. It looks pretty laggish. It does not happen to every 720p videos, but i usually have that problem with mkv dvdrip format 23.97fps which was fine in 4.2.2. Switching to S/W mode in MX player seem to fix the problem.
4. Battery life: seem to consume a little more than it used to in 4.2.2. I usually get 8-9h of screen on. In 4.2.2, i got around 8-10h. Amazingly, in 4.1.2 i got up to 11h of video playback.
5. Screen flickering from times to times
That's all I found so far. Tell me if u have the same problems and feel free to add more.
Have a nice day!
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I think I god the same problems ( exept video playback (not tested)) and what is realy awful is shut down device the screen freeze for 1 min and then it shutdown but after all I want my tablet to be very fast even if there few laggs.
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Miro24h said:
I think I god the same problems ( exept video playback (not tested)) and what is realy awful is shut down device the screen freeze for 1 min and then it shutdown but after all I want my tablet to be very fast even if there few laggs.
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As far as i understood shutdown time depends on a number of programs loaded in memory (not installed but running at the moment) and on unmounting of SD-card. Cause it takes some time to unload them properly, unmount partitions, sd and then shut down.

I sometimes have wifi problems aswell, have to reset the tabz to use the Internet, tried with 3 other routers and never had a problem on 4.2.2
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Screen flickering
Weird battery indicator/usage

Nittenti said:
Screen flickering
Weird battery indicator/usage
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Of course, i forgot about the flickering. In Messenger app or browser, ususally when the keyboard is on, but not always.
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oxide32 said:
I sometimes have wifi problems aswell, have to reset the tabz to use the Internet, tried with 3 other routers and never had a problem on 4.2.2
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I think it is router related. I once use both my tablet and phone at the same and unfortunately wifi drop on both device.
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Emails don't get marked as read anymore when I open them.

MHL/HDMI output does not scale picture to tv, which means the aspect ratio is messed up (wide faces etc). Did work perfectly in 4.1.2. Sony support blames Google.

If you have video format issues try using Mx player latest version with custom codec, video will run fine in Hw mode
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Not problems found
Don't have any of those problems yet

I only had the folder one but it fixed itself and i noticed a little flicker while using chrome but only once
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Rootk1t said:
As far as i understood shutdown time depends on a number of programs loaded in memory (not installed but running at the moment) and on unmounting of SD-card. Cause it takes some time to unload them properly, unmount partitions, sd and then shut down.
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I recently bought a SGP311 and went from 4.1.2 straight to 4.3. Even though my tablet was new, I did a factory reset anyway while installing the new android. The tablet took a minute to shut down. Minor annoyance really. But my first impression was that it hanged on shutdown.
That said, I returned that tablet b/c of a loose back. I got a brand new one and have kept it on 4.1.2 for now until I see problems are being addressed. Most notably battery life and HD video issues.
This is a very good thread for me to track issues. Thank-you OP for this thread.
And in 4.3, how do you get the small small apps as available in 4.1.2? Im still trying to learn my ropes on the tablet, but as I have returned the updated tablet, I'd like to know this is possible.

A factory reset removed the flickering from my SGP311

I have problem in my SGP 321 and more people had the same
with the LTE ... the icon apears like i don't have signal...
but i have ... it's strange .. :S
if someone can help...

b.ike said:
I recently bought a SGP311 and went from 4.1.2 straight to 4.3. Even though my tablet was new, I did a factory reset anyway while installing the new android. The tablet took a minute to shut down. Minor annoyance really. But my first impression was that it hanged on shutdown.
That said, I returned that tablet b/c of a loose back. I got a brand new one and have kept it on 4.1.2 for now until I see problems are being addressed. Most notably battery life and HD video issues.
This is a very good thread for me to track issues. Thank-you OP for this thread.
And in 4.3, how do you get the small small apps as available in 4.1.2? Im still trying to learn my ropes on the tablet, but as I have returned the updated tablet, I'd like to know this is possible.
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Well, there's a thank button right there xD
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On mine, there's only the battery gauge bug: When the battery is low (below 40% or so), if the tablet is restarted, the battery indicator suddenly shows over 50% afterwards, which is definitely wrong.

now whit android 4.3 (.569) i have one interesting problem -whit games specialy NOVA 3 after playing a while the deveise is restarting ....with android 4.1.2 i don't have these problem
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...any solution ? :crying: i reallly like these game

Weird I am running new stock 4.3 and I haven't faced any of the issues my battery is way better then 4.2 I get a few days out of it with light use with mouse and keyboard. Mhl works great for me. If you have the option in your TV.you can fix it.by using screen fit. Haven't had a single reboot either with my tab z
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After restart of the tablet the energymanagement start new. So the count of the complete battery runingtime is wrong

14.2.A.1.136 changes, bugs and experience with the new build.

Upgraded using Sony PCC yesterday, and must say that I like the new build very good. My phone is totally stock, unrooted, non branded version.
Overall the speed of the phone is a lot better. Especially in Hangouts and the launcher. No more waiting for two seconds after pressing the "home" button for icons to show.
Also battery is drastically better for me. Two hours screen time, an hour of talking, everything on sync as normal and still 70 % battery after 12 hours... Pretty impressive.
Still have black screen in Chrome on multitask, though. Annoying
Anyone else have experiences or bugs to share? I will try to sum it all up in this first post, making it easier to get an overview. I will mark the info I have been able to confirm with green color.
Changelog (Sourced from Xperiablog)
•Display personalisation, including ability to alter White Balance
•Clearer music streaming using Bluetooth devices
•Optimised Wi-Fi performance & stability
•Enhanced Email experience
•Contacts, Messaging and Small apps improvements
Changes
* White balance settings added under display
Differences reported by users
* Lower volume
* Vibration weaker
* Better network reception
* Screen slower to turn on when blanked by proximity sensor in a call.
Bugs
* Text layout problems when installing apk
* Association problems with Wi-Fi
Application bugs
* Black screen in Chrome when multitasking
* Problems with microphone in Whatsapp
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should gather all the info and post new features that we know. White Balance seems to be the only 1 I know of so far.

It appears they didn't fix the one bug where the text was not in line with the row layout when you are installing an apk but you can easily remedy by using xposed and installing fix sony 4.3 bug

The mic bug on whatsapp is still here...
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I strongly hope they fixed that horrible "association rejected" wifi bug that my Ultra has with .290 Firmware.

not fixed
same problem, and is not fixed
system02 said:
I strongly hope they fixed that horrible "association rejected" wifi bug that my Ultra has with .290 Firmware.
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Lower internal volume, weaker vibro

fjevel said:
Upgraded using Sony PCC yesterday, and must say that I like the new build very good.
Overall the speed of the phone is a lot better. Especially in Hangouts and the launcher. No more waiting for two seconds after pressing the "home" button for icons to show.
Also battery is drastically better for me. Two hours screen time, an hour of talking, everything on sync as normal and still 70 % battery after 12 hours... Pretty impressive.
Still have black screen in Chrome on multitask, though. Annoying
Anyone else have experiences or bugs to share?
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best way to understand if performance boost up is some benchmarks
however i don't think thr s better antutu benchmark.
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karrouma said:
same problem, and is not fixed
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same wifi problem. Sometimes the phone can't get an ip from router. I don't have it in .290

Bobeobi said:
Lower internal volume, weaker vibro
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Yep lower volume.

For me this update is almost perfect, except for the lower volume, everything works perfectly
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make attention... the black screen with chrome it's not a problem by Sony... it's a problem that chrome have... With my note 3 it happens too... same for Whatsapp...
we have to consider the real bugs of the firnware... not the application bugs...
I think that this is a fantastic update... now the Z1 is perfect for me...
inviato da Note 3

jlevy73 said:
Yep lower volume.
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Bobeobi said:
Lower internal volume, weaker vibro
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negrobembon said:
For me this update is almost perfect, except for the lower volume, everything works perfectly
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Funny thing, for me (unrooted, unbranded, LB ) system sound is increased after the last update.....mystery of technology....:what:

cingolat said:
Funny thing, for me (unrooted, unbranded, LB ) system sound is increased after the last update.....mystery of technology....:what:
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I'm also unrooted, unbranded and LB but sound decreased. No two Z1's are made a like.

skem said:
It appears they didn't fix the one bug where the text was not in line with the row layout when you are installing an apk but you can easily remedy by using xposed and installing fix sony 4.3 bug
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what is fix sony 4.3 bug？
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The volume is not as loud what to do I did all the volume settings still same thing
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It might just be me but I feel my network reception has improved after this update.
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Bluetooth??
can samebody tell me if self disconnections with SBH52 is still a problem

kkd28 said:
what is fix sony 4.3 bug？
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It's an Xposed module... Fixes uninstall dialog text being way off ?
Download From repo here: repo.xposed.info/node/147

Camera on .136
i can notice that Camera performance in low-light condition (s-auto & manual) is worse than previous fw.
any can confirm it?

Lollipop 5.1.1 stock released. Post your impressions & Bugs here

Now that Lollipop 5.1.1 has officially released by Sony, what are your impressions? Is it worth the upgrade from kitkat or lollipop 5.0.2?
Please share your experiences.

Camera focuses MUCH faster and I have convenient shortcuts in status bar for wifi and bluetooth. I don't have any problems with 5.1.1 nor did I have with 5.0.2.

Z3(5.1.1) stands for a while, line messages won't notice me.

It works great with one exception, every time I power up my phone I'm getting the following message:

5.1.1
I don't know when the launcher was updated to have a custom drawer layout but it's extra smooth and now for the first time ever I'm using a default launcher because I can arrange the apps and hide them out of the way, etc.
The ui feels silky smooth and fluid compared to 5.0.2, I feel like I'm using the z3 again and not some ****ty galaxy ace with unofficial lollipop or something.
Overall the looks and performance have gotten a lot better.
The sound still needs improvement.

What about the audio during calls when using the speaker phone option?

I feel after updated to 5.1 phone easy get warm up

For me biggest bug at the moment is that after deblocking screen colors are washed out when brightness autolevel enabled.

Only had the update installed for around an hour, so my experience is limited. I'll update this post once I've had time to use it for a while.
However, immedietly I have noticed that my phone is MUCH more responsive and fluid. There isnt a stutter when I open my app draw, it's now instant.
I havent noticed a differnece in sound quality - or if I have it isnt a huge difference.
It does seem to be running warmer than usual.
The camera now loads instantly when I press the hard camera button, which is really nice.

two days, no bug for the moment

Camera is really fast. It's even too fast lol ?
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Now there's no percent sign in there
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CavemanXP said:
It works great with one exception, every time I power up my phone I'm getting the following message:
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Clear cache in settings-app-emergency alerts app
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Thanks, I'm familiar with this solution, unfortunately any attempt to clear the cache yielded no results
Just a short update, I cleared the data of the Emergency Alerts application and voila it worked.

artlov said:
For me biggest bug at the moment is that after deblocking screen colors are washed out when brightness autolevel enabled.
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yep, i noticed that on mine too

Better batery life with 5.1.1:
3 hours with 3g, 20 min of calls, no stamina Mode, debloated by me, and greenify some apps.
Bugs?
1) gap between battery and signal icons.
2) sometimes after unlock the phone, the brightness goes crazy for 3 seconds... (The screen light up much)

Which countries have got the official update so far?

shutterstill said:
Which countries have got the official update so far?
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Quite a lot. Get xperifirm and check it out.

As for the washed out colors after unlocking; I actually have had this too on 5.0.2, so its not 5.1.1 related I think!

Maksvr said:
As for the washed out colors after unlocking; I actually have had this too on 5.0.2, so its not 5.1.1 related I think!
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Indeed, i had it since 5.0.2 as well. And it doesn't happen all the time.
A bug i found is that the new quick Wi-Fi screen keeps saying "No saved networks found" while i'm connected to 1 and the "normal" screen shows all the networks around.