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"screen overlay detected"

Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
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toanau said:
Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
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did you modify your dpi?

I think you got some blue light filter running. Pause it when you install something or grant any permission.
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Lux also counts as a screen overlay in my experience.

Screen overlay detected
Hi, I have the same problem on my oneplus two. I just updated to Marshmallow. It's not allowing me to make calls as well as microphone permission is denied. I dont have any application like lux or blue light filter. It's really annoying. Please help!

Go to settings / apps
Press on settings icon right on top
Search for the Overlay entry
show only apps with permissions
deactivate the activated
Hope this helps
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swipe any heads-up notifications, disable additional filters (Darker, Blue Light, Lux etc).

I had the same problem an iI was ready to throw my phone into the ocean, turns out I had the iswipe enabled from clean master. I turned it off in the settings for clean master and now I'm fine, you could also try turning off screen overlay for every app on your phone. Anything that displays something over an app is an overlay, such as facebook messenger bubble or anything like that.

Tried all the above. Screen overlay problem still persists
Tried all the above. Screen overlay problem still persists. Dont know what to do.
Vishal

Fix for sreen overlay detected message in one plus 2
Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d

Thanks mate
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Go to settings / apps
Press on settings icon right on top
Search for the Overlay entry
show only apps with permissions
deactivate the activated
Hope this helps
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Thank you very much mate. It did work. You are the man. I disabled the option for all apps and issue resolved.

Okay, The solution to this problem is because of clean master, The iswipe on your device is enabled, Just Uninstalling clean master. If this doesn't work, then change the draw over apps of all your applications to no. Hope this helps

I had similar problem. Uninstalled CM swipe app. This solved the problem

I have this problem with my one plus 2 and it started after the new update. What's not working for me is that I do not have an 'Overlay' entry when I click on the setting widget up in the right corner. Now all my app permissions have been reset. Appreciate the help.
Ma

I resolved this issue.you guys may try this.
Boot your phone in safe mode
1)power off phone
2)press power button,once it start booting,press volume down button
Phone will boot in safe mode.
Once booted,you can see safe mode notification on corner of phone
Now go to settings->apps
Select each app,go to permissions
Now you will be able to enable permissions like storage,camera,contacts etc.
Finally reboot your phone by pressing power button

navin.kolli said:
I resolved this issue.you guys may try this.
Boot your phone in safe mode
1)power off phone
2)press power button,once it start booting,press volume down button
Phone will boot in safe mode.
Once booted,you can see safe mode notification on corner of phone
Now go to settings->apps
Select each app,go to permissions
Now you will be able to enable permissions like storage,camera,contacts etc.
Finally reboot your phone by pressing power button
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Are you on stock recovery or twrp to put this to safe mode
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Overlay settings issue
Twilight app also responsible for this issue. Just disable overlay permissions while installing other app.

messenger counts as an overlay

toanau said:
Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
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You can stop this error from appearing by disabling the apps using "draw over other apps" option. You can find this in settings. If you need a step by step method, check my detailed how to post : How to fix screen overlay detected error

easy solution
bro you can get rid of this issue by doing this
Settings >> Apps >> Tap Top Setting icon
Special Access >> “Draw over other apps”
“Permit drawing over other apps“

"screen overlay detected" even when all are switched off

So, I've just updated to the latest Pure Nexus - did a wipe and clean install - and I'm trying to get my apps set up again, but I can't grant permissions through system settings. If an app actually pops up and requests a permission, I can allow it; but for some apps, this doesn't happen. Home Remote Control, for example, won't request the storage permission it needs to access my ssh key. So I go into settings->apps, find the app, tap permissions, try to enable the storage permission, and..."screen overlay detected". Except there is no screen overlay active. I have disabled every app's "draw over other apps" permission. I even found the "show system" option in the list and disabled all system apps' ability to draw over other apps. At this point, SYSTEMUI can't draw over anything else! And I'm still getting "screen overlay detected" when I try to change permissions. Any advice? Is there another way to manage permissions in Marshmallow (like maybe an xposed module)?
EDIT: Thought I should also mention, the issue persists in Safe Mode.

tardis_42 said:
So, I've just updated to the latest Pure Nexus - did a wipe and clean install - and I'm trying to get my apps set up again, but I can't grant permissions through system settings. If an app actually pops up and requests a permission, I can allow it; but for some apps, this doesn't happen. Home Remote Control, for example, won't request the storage permission it needs to access my ssh key. So I go into settings->apps, find the app, tap permissions, try to enable the storage permission, and..."screen overlay detected". Except there is no screen overlay active. I have disabled every app's "draw over other apps" permission. I even found the "show system" option in the list and disabled all system apps' ability to draw over other apps. At this point, SYSTEMUI can't draw over anything else! And I'm still getting "screen overlay detected" when I try to change permissions. Any advice? Is there another way to manage permissions in Marshmallow (like maybe an xposed module)?
EDIT: Thought I should also mention, the issue persists in Safe Mode.
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Do you have twilight or lux installed?

The reason it's warning you is BECAUSE they're disabled. Enable all the toggles and the prompts will go away. You can then choose to disable one by one until you figure which app is throwing the error.
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Turned out to be because GravityBox pie controls were enabled. Doesn't show up in the "draw over" list, but trips the overlay detection regardless. Disabling pie controls in the GravityBox app let me change permissions.

Hi,
Try to flash this by Custom Recovery.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ouxua6rkkagi3g9

tardis_42 said:
Turned out to be because GravityBox pie controls were enabled. Doesn't show up in the "draw over" list, but trips the overlay detection regardless. Disabling pie controls in the GravityBox app let me change permissions.
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Thanks man. I have been going crazy for the past few days trying to figure this out lol. Just posted asking for help as well. Such a random and rare issue, that i couldnt find anything on it.

MIUI notes/tips

I don't know about anyone else, but this is my first MIUI phone.
I thought it would be useful to start a thread regarding MIUI notes/tips/etc that are specific to MIUI.
The first big one of course - how to fix push notifications:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/...ions-on-xiaomis-miui-8-for-real/#11f834174e1b

I was about to start this very thread
I found a cool feature
You can select several photos for deleting by simply gliding your fingers over the photos
Another cool feature
You can orient that device do that it's upside
The top bezel-less becomes downwards.
The phone is also programmed to rotate it to the standard orientation during a phone call because of Mic location.

One thing I quite like is how specific WIFI connects can be disabled without having to remove them.
Our work WIFI blocks certain things, so it's nice to be able to disable it but not have
to totally remove it (and then reenter all the passwords when I re-enter it).

ChodTheWacko said:
One thing I quite like is how specific WIFI connects can be disabled without having to remove them.
Our work WIFI blocks certain things, so it's nice to be able to disable it but not have
to totally remove it (and then reenter all the passwords when I re-enter it).
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What do you mean

CorruptedSanity said:
What do you mean
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For each WIFI connection, there is a little > to the right of it.
If you touch that you go into another menu, and one option is 'auto connect on/off'.
Turning off autoconnect helps in situations where there are multiple WIFI signals, but you only want it autoconnecting to a specific one.
- Frank

Expand Notifications
2 finger swipe on notifications displays their details (or what is called Peek)

ChodTheWacko said:
For each WIFI connection, there is a little > to the right of it.
If you touch that you go into another menu, and one option is 'auto connect on/off'.
Turning off autoconnect helps in situations where there are multiple WIFI signals, but you only want it autoconnecting to a specific one.
- Frank
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Thanks for clarifying.
What if I'm in the range of two networks that I've saved the passwords for.
Which does the mi mix connect to when I enter range?
Looks like the last one I've connected to.
saurabhsun said:
2 finger swipe on notifications displays their details (or what is called Peek)
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That's actually a primitive way of doing it.
Samsung did it better by letting you 'peek' one-handedly with a simple swipe down of the notification.
With mi mix, I have to use two hands. I can do it with one hand but it's tough.

CorruptedSanity said:
That's actually a primitive way of doing it.
Samsung did it better by letting you 'peek' one-handedly with a simple swipe down of the notification.
With mi mix, I have to use two hands. I can do it with one hand but it's tough.
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And just found out, we can't "swipe away" the notifications from the lockscreen directly. Need to pull down the shade and clear from there. Would this not be considered a stupid decision?!

saurabhsun said:
And just found out, we can't "swipe away" the notifications from the lockscreen directly. Need to pull down the shade and clear from there. Would this not be considered a stupid decision?!
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Perhaps there's a solution if you root/install Xposed & a module is available for lockscreen options.
I'm rooted,but, haven't used Xposed in ages, considering trying it again......
On Samsung devices,(non-root) Ad Blocking apps have a persistent notification on the lockscreen that cannot be swiped away,.The only remedy for this was to turn off the ad blocking.
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How to always have mobile data allow to download app from playstore ? Have disable only wifi in playstore settings but always prompt to have wifi
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mobile88 said:
How to always have mobile data allow to download app from playstore ? Have disable only wifi in playstore settings but always prompt to have wifi
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Open Downloads app, Triple Dot, Settings, Set unlimited download limit for mobile. This resolves that issue.

TQ very much for that tip
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youtube /watch?v=NG7GmbVGBlA
A guide to uninstall a few of the system apps such as Chinese Keyboard, Messaging app etc.

saurabhsun said:
youtube /watch?v=NG7GmbVGBlA
A guide to uninstall a few of the system apps such as Chinese Keyboard, Messaging app etc.
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I followed all the steps.
I understood that there are several instances of settings and installed apps.
I went through all of them but still could not disable or uninstall pre-loaded apps like Mi Credit, Mi Cloud and all those Mi nonsense apps.

CorruptedSanity said:
I followed all the steps.
I understood that there are several instances of settings and installed apps.
I went through all of them but still could not disable or uninstall pre-loaded apps like Mi Credit, Mi Cloud and all those Mi nonsense apps.
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Those are uninstallable I guess (as Mi earns from these apps and not selling the phone), few rubbish were uninstalled using this method.

I should be able to disable them though
Apparently not

Some more MIUI notes:
menu + volume down = screenshot
hardware test: dial *#*#6484#*#*
More phone info: dial *#*#4636#*#*
There is a toggle to disable the navigation buttons (double tap them to re-enable)
handy if you keep accidentally hitting them.
in 'buttons' can auto disable for any particular app (games)
In accessibility there is a magnification mode - triple tap to allow/disable zooming of screen. (EDIT: it's bugged - it isn't supposed to trigger during keyboard typing,but it does, effectively making it useless)
wake with volume buttons is in lockscreen menu, not "button"

There are some apps that just won't stay uninstalled. Anyone got idea how to remove them? PPTV for example

Kildras said:
There are some apps that just won't stay uninstalled. Anyone got idea how to remove them? PPTV for example
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Needs to be rooted to remove system app

Permission request settings can't verify your response

When he tries to enable the debugging mode he gets a "because an app is obscuring a permission request settings can't verify your response" what to do?

For me it was LMT Launcher that was blocking... Just exit the app and it worked.. maybe some other app you have... Try force closing some app with permission to draw over other apps...and try again...

Polluktus said:
When he tries to enable the debugging mode he gets a "because an app is obscuring a permission request settings can't verify your response" what to do?
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1. Apps such as Blue light filter apps constantly appear on the top of your screen thus breaking some of the on screen functionalities. Try disabling display over other apps permission of such apps and you should be fine.
2. If you have custom ROM installed such as Resurrection Remix(which was my case) who provides Smart Pixels feature under Settings ->Configurations -> Interface -> Smart Pixels , try disabling that too and you will be able to toggle device admins as well as accessiblity of apps.
3. Also, sometimes it is because of your custom launcher, so try switching to your stock launcher if above solutions don't work.
4. If Accessibility for some apps are on then try disabling them first then try to enable for the apps you wanted to.
P.S. : Of all the above 4 possible solutions, try the ones which are more suitable to your condition. For eg. you can't try solution number 2 if your ROM doesn't have Smart Pixels[\B].
Hope it works.

How To Prevent System Update - and get rid of notification?

I have a ZB602KL which is now rooted with TWRP and Magisk. It is on Android 8.1 and I keep getting notification about FOTA updates - sometimes a really HUGE one. I am not really interested in the update and want to turn this all off. I did something similar long ago on my old Note phone but doubt that would work here. Any suggestions? Thanks

yeah.... even me getting always the notification of PIE update.. how to make it shut...as it can be mute for only 2hrs... and again it comes

truemate said:
yeah.... even me getting always the notification of PIE update.. how to make it shut...as it can be mute for only 2hrs... and again it comes
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Go to settings>apps>show system app>FOTAupdate. Force stop the app. Now the notification will not bug you till the next time you restart your phone.

DeMockCracy said:
Go to settings>apps>show system app>FOTAupdate. Force stop the app. Now the notification will not bug you till the next time you restart your phone.
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this i know it friend.. i was like make this crap to shut forever..till i wont run it manually.
btw is there prob in oreo.. many app if you try to force stop but still after few mins they get started again... like whatsapp.. i make it to force Stop.. but after few mins it start automatically....
i remembered in old version android once you make them force stop they wont run again till u start manually

Enable developer settings.
In developer settings, scroll down to the last. Somewhere towards the last, you'll find a setting called background check, enter this setting, scroll down to FOTA service and turn off its background check.
Go back in settings to apps and notifications. Select all apps and select show system apps from the three dot menu. Scroll down to FOTA settings and turn off background activity for the app (this is under battery settings).

Cookie Ninja said:
Enable developer settings.
In developer settings, scroll down to the last. Somewhere towards the last, you'll find a setting called background check, enter this setting, scroll down to FOTA service and turn off its background check.
Go back in settings to apps and notifications. Select all apps and select show system apps from the three dot menu. Scroll down to FOTA settings and turn off background activity for the app (this is under battery settings).
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now this really worked.... thanks a lot friend.....

Download Ncleaner from you app store to hide it. that work amazing! got this idea from Bobby Prats