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[Q] Strange glitch in Play Store when updating apps

Hi all,
I have a problem with the Play Store on my Nexus 7 what is bugging me since I got the device and that I never experienced on any other Android device I own(ed). This problem has been present from the beginning with any version of Android (got the Nexus 7 with 4.2.1 and got the 4.2.2. update quickly) and Play Store. Even the brand new 4.0 version that has been rolled out just yesterday (the bright one with the new tile design) showns this error.
The problem is this: in 3 of 4 cases when I hold my device in portrait mode and start play store and update an app, the screen constantly "flashes" every second while downloading, it´s that graphical "zoom in" effect that you get when you open an app. The problem is that I can´t leave this screen with the "back" button, it simply doesn´t work and the page keeps on flickering and showing that strange effect. Only the "home" button helps. After downlaoding and installing the update, everything woks fine.
What I already tried to get rid of the problem (none of them did help, though..):
- deleted cache and data from paly store, uninstalled update of play store, so Android reinstalled updates
- tried new version 4.0 of play store
- deleted, rebooted and reinstalled gmail account on Nexus 7
Anyone experienced this glitch? Any hints on how to solve this?
Thanks a lot,
Markus

Try stopping Downloads and Download Manager in Apps > All and clearing cache and data for them. Then reboot and try Play again.

My nexus been doing the same thing since new but in landscape mode only, annoying, but never bothered me too much. I just try to remember to keep portrait mode while updating.
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Exact same issue here's. No idea what's causing it
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samo samo
Kusie said:
Hi all,
I have a problem with the Play Store on my Nexus 7 what is bugging me since I got the device and that I never experienced on any other Android device I own(ed). This problem has been present from the beginning with any version of Android (got the Nexus 7 with 4.2.1 and got the 4.2.2. update quickly) and Play Store. Even the brand new 4.0 version that has been rolled out just yesterday (the bright one with the new tile design) showns this error.
The problem is this: in 3 of 4 cases when I hold my device in portrait mode and start play store and update an app, the screen constantly "flashes" every second while downloading, it´s that graphical "zoom in" effect that you get when you open an app. The problem is that I can´t leave this screen with the "back" button, it simply doesn´t work and the page keeps on flickering and showing that strange effect. Only the "home" button helps. After downlaoding and installing the update, everything woks fine.
What I already tried to get rid of the problem (none of them did help, though..):
- deleted cache and data from paly store, uninstalled update of play store, so Android reinstalled updates
- tried new version 4.0 of play store
- deleted, rebooted and reinstalled gmail account on Nexus 7
Anyone experienced this glitch? Any hints on how to solve this?
Thanks a lot,
Markus
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mine does same thing, portrait or landscape. every time the download pct increases, causes flash on right-side text. also did in v.3 of store.
PIA! Tried clearing cache and data, no change.

dond624 said:
mine does same thing, portrait or landscape. every time the download pct increases, causes flash on right-side text. also did in v.3 of store.
PIA! Tried clearing cache and data, no change.
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This still happening for you all? Mine is pretty bad on my new nexus 7. Never noticed it before.

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belogical said:
This still happening for you all? Mine is pretty bad on my new nexus 7. Never noticed it before.
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I've been playing with roms and kernels lately, settling on Buttered Grouper 4.2.2 with Franco kernel r65. Just noticed the other day that Play Store flickering is gone. Coincidence?
Dond624

This has been happening since I got the Nexus on release day. Thought it was normal behavior LOL. Completely stock -> Stock 4.3 ROM rooted/M-Kernel a61.

belogical said:
This still happening for you all? Mine is pretty bad on my new nexus 7. Never noticed it before.
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Wow, it´s still present on the NEW Nexus 7 ? Unbelievable, maybe time to jump off the Nexus bandwagon ... most people think it´s a huge advantage to have a nexus and always the newest android version, but to me it´s more and more a disadvantage. When 4.3 came out half of my apps stopped working, and i had to wait several days and even weeks (heck, some are STILL not compatible with 4.3) to use them again...

[Q] i9505 4.3-4.4.2 stock rotation problem

Hi guys, I'm experiencing the weirdest problem.
Yesterday I got myself a Galaxy S4 9505, everything was working fine, it was on 4.3. During the day, I've installed a few apps (including a barometer one) and rooted it and suddenly, the screen auto-rotation doesn't work. I've no idea what happened, since I didn't run any debloater or anything like that. I've decided to factory reset a few times, but it didn't solve it. I flashed the 4.4.2 from France on it and still nothing. I've ran the Sensor Test from the Play Store and it says that the accelerometer reports both X and Y fine, however Z stays at 0 for some reason.
Could anyone help me out, please? I'm pretty stressed out.
Oh and also, I have the libgnustl_shared.so lib in system/libs and it has rw-r--r--
Also the icons rotate in the camera app and steering works perfectly in Asphalt 8, but even Ultimate Rotation Control from the play store doesn't fix it.
Thank you

Reflash rom.
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mezo91 said:
Reflash rom.
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doing it right now, installed the Google Play edition 4.4.2, no luck in that one either. I've noticed that the test menu reports the accelerometer's Z axis as 37600-something, that's not normal, is it? X and Y work fine. If that's the culprit, it's a broken accelerometer?

miztahbeezy said:
doing it right now, installed the Google Play edition 4.4.2, no luck in that one either. I've noticed that the test menu reports the accelerometer's Z axis as 37600-something, that's not normal, is it? X and Y work fine. If that's the culprit, it's a broken accelerometer?
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Take a look: HERE

Joku1981 said:
Take a look: HERE
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tried everything, but nothing seems to work, any ideas on where I could buy a replacement accelerometer?

Can you return to samsung service center under warranty and ask them to fix it for you. Or did you trip your knox?
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miztahbeezy said:
doing it right now, installed the Google Play edition 4.4.2, no luck in that one either. I've noticed that the test menu reports the accelerometer's Z axis as 37600-something, that's not normal, is it? X and Y work fine. If that's the culprit, it's a broken accelerometer?
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dial *#7353# and test the sensor
or install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.androidsensorbox and post the pic

Knox'd sadly. Samsung service wants 300 bucks to replace the whole mobo so it's a no go.
Magnetometer works fine (maxes out when I approach a speaker). Orientation seems to be working fine, at least the bubbles in the Spirit Level move as they should. Yet no auto-rotate. The accelerometer is weird, because the ball rolls around as it should, but the Z value is stuck
Allow me to illustrate:
http://i.imgur.com/lpwqoww.jpg
also, thanks for trying to help me out!
also, the accelerometer test from *#7353# works perfectly

[Q] Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530H browsers

Hi, i have a problem with my galaxy grand prime 4.4.4 SM-G530H no rooted and brand new, I bought it a month ago and everything was great until like a week ago chrome started to freeze the whole phone and even Firefox, both lags, freezes and crashes and make the phone freeze too, if I don't use the browsers the phone its normal. I uninstalled and installed again, delete data, cache and everything that gets in my mind and I dont know why this is happening. The stock browser works a little better but still slow. I don't know what to do please help.

You may try a factory reset and setup the phone as a new device (no syncing from previous device)

Same problem with mine did all reset and data delet but still same browser are laging and phone hangs...
Sent from my SM-G530H

GorJessSpazzer said:
Hi, i have a problem with my galaxy grand prime 4.4.4 SM-G530H no rooted and brand new, I bought it a month ago and everything was great until like a week ago chrome started to freeze the whole phone and even Firefox, both lags, freezes and crashes and make the phone freeze too, if I don't use the browsers the phone its normal. I uninstalled and installed again, delete data, cache and everything that gets in my mind and I dont know why this is happening. The stock browser works a little better but still slow. I don't know what to do please help.
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Flash stock rom latest firmware
one ur phone
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Have you installed a bunch of applications? Too many apps may eat up the device's RAM and cause lagging, how many free ram do you have?

140mb free ram it always shows approx this much ram free...
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I did the factory reset too and nothing
AndroidFire said:
Flash stock rom latest firmware
one ur phone
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Thank you, I will try it. But can I flash it even it's not from my country?

I'm having the same problem. Anyone found a solution? Preferrably without losing warranty.
Note: I always have like ~220MB of RAM free and still get these freezes.

Still Lagging after Root............
GorJessSpazzer said:
Hi, i have a problem with my galaxy grand prime 4.4.4 SM-G530H no rooted and brand new, I bought it a month ago and everything was great until like a week ago chrome started to freeze the whole phone and even Firefox, both lags, freezes and crashes and make the phone freeze too, if I don't use the browsers the phone its normal. I uninstalled and installed again, delete data, cache and everything that gets in my mind and I dont know why this is happening. The stock browser works a little better but still slow. I don't know what to do please help.
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Even I faced these problem when opening browser. Its lagging . i thought its because of chrome so i rooted and uninstalled most of the apps like google music and all but still its laggaing. Have any one of u took it to the service centr. Please update if u had found any solution to this.:crying:

shaanigi said:
Even I faced these problem when opening browser. Its lagging . i thought its because of chrome so i rooted and uninstalled most of the apps like google music and all but still its laggaing. Have any one of u took it to the service centr. Please update if u had found any solution to this.:crying:
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No, i still have the problem, I try to not use chrome at all even if it's useful for my bookmarks for google, the phone it's laggy too and now I kind of regretting to buy it XDA doesn't even have a thread for this phone that says much about how bad the phone is(?) :crying:

May be some of the Devices are affected.... I think its a manufacturing defect. The thing is i void my warranty by rooting . I don't know if there is way for unrooting and restoring Knox .

Guys, I noticed that when turning on "Force GPU Rendering" from developer options, browsing experience is very smooth and lag is gone. I tested this on chrome and chrome beta. Could work as a temporary solution.

Yesterday I Hard Rest my prime and installed all the memory bugging apps but everything is working perfectly. No lagging and hanging anymore. I think battery backup has also been improved a bit. I think u ppl shld root and do hard reset.

I tried this and it seems that the problem is gone, you should have a try : http://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-android-scroll-lagging-363080/
P.S : I changed the value to 256

Use CM Browser
GorJessSpazzer said:
Hi, i have a problem with my galaxy grand prime 4.4.4 SM-G530H no rooted and brand new, I bought it a month ago and everything was great until like a week ago chrome started to freeze the whole phone and even Firefox, both lags, freezes and crashes and make the phone freeze too, if I don't use the browsers the phone its normal. I uninstalled and installed again, delete data, cache and everything that gets in my mind and I dont know why this is happening. The stock browser works a little better but still slow. I don't know what to do please help.
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Hi I had the same problem as you but I disabled chrome and Installed CM Browser it's really fast and it does not freeze.

even i had the same problem
krish#9999 said:
Same problem with mine did all reset and data delet but still same browser are laging and phone hangs...
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even i had the same problem i factory reseted my phone and its fine

Prob with Freezes
What would cause a phone to constantly freeze and stop working until the battery is taken out and put back in to get it back to working again.
I go thru this way too much throughout the day?

Lag?
i used to have the same problem, i just installed AdBlock plus and my problem is gone.

I'm using this browser, is the aosp with working bookmarks, just put the 2 file with correct permission on systems/app rw-r-r
https://app.box.com/s/vsown56tut8ls0bn1rw9g6nsic3owyy3vsown56tut8ls0bn1rw9g6nsic3owyy30

hi po...!same problem..my samsung grand prime keep on hanging..i have installed 10 applications..does it matter?

Display problem

Hello there.
I'm proud new user of Nexus 6p but I already have a problem. I updated it to 7.1.1 and rooted the device. Now chrome constantly crashes (Aw snap problem) and also facebook sometimes show strange image.
Screenshots attached.
Anybody else have this problem?

i love my 6p and am also a proud owner of this beast.
but i also have troubles with my display, it is abit similar to yours, i have occasional graphical glitches and it always freaks the hell outta me.
i hate those glitches , i had a split screen bug on my Moto Nexus 6 as well and using a specific custom kernel called Lean kernel always solved that problem for me.
but currently nothing fixes this on my nexus 6p , except the 6p of mine thankfully does not have that split screen bug but instead it has some other occasional hiccups with graphic glitches.
and i think it is because of the cold temperatures, but i am not so sure.

Cold temperatures can't be a problem with mine couse i work inside so there is no cold
I tried with elementalX kernel and the problem is still here.

chrome gives me the most graphical glitches , but it does not happen often.
it can still get annoying , and i also have a keyboard issue with chrome (been months now) the keyboard issue is, i cant delete characters i have enetered in the search fields of whatever website i am at.
like when i press backspace to wanting to delete words it just wont do it, annoying bug with chrome i am sure of it, as i have tried other browsers and they dont do that with the keyboard backspace not deleting characters.
maybe we should both switch browsers, but the thing is i always go back to chrome :l
hope your issue gets solved too, maybe try a custom based nougat rom and you wont see that issue with chrome anymore (as for the fb app, it is a battery killer i would advice to just use the chrome app to open up your fb account).

Tried with firefox but the problem is still there.
Will try and get myself different rom for weekend and test it.
So you say that facebook is battery killer. Thanks for the info.

Update:
Installed Pure nexus rom - problem still there
Installed CM 14.1 - problem still there
I have no idea what is cousing this problem. Is it possible that the problem is hardware related and not software?

_CaCkO_ said:
Update:
Installed Pure nexus rom - problem still there
Installed CM 14.1 - problem still there
I have no idea what is cousing this problem. Is it possible that the problem is hardware related and not software?
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Navigate to Settings/Developer Options/Webview Implementation then switch to "Chrome." See if you still notice these issues.
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_CaCkO_ said:
Update:
Installed Pure nexus rom - problem still there
Installed CM 14.1 - problem still there
I have no idea what is cousing this problem. Is it possible that the problem is hardware related and not software?
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Nope I think your display driver is glitching

I'm taking it back to the store today and they will replace it with the new one they said. Hope i'll have more luck this time

EXTREMELY poor GPS signal

Anybody else experiencing this with China Rom?
It's so bad that anywhere I open the Google maps app and start Navigating it stays stuck at the same location.
I just got the phone a few days ago, and I still have about 12 days of waiting time for bootloader unlocking. I'm very frustrated with the CH Rom, my samsung wearable app does not start, keyboard sucks, lots of bloatware that cant be removed, etc.

tdot.loco said:
Anybody else experiencing this with China Rom?
It's so bad that anywhere I open the Google maps app and start Navigating it stays stuck at the same location.
I just got the phone a few days ago, and I still have about 12 days of waiting time for bootloader unlocking. I'm very frustrated with the CH Rom, my samsung wearable app does not start, keyboard sucks, lots of bloatware that cant be removed, etc.
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Same here the location won't update on Google maps -_-

check the miui forum for redmi note 7, there is guide for gps fix. dont know if 100% fix everything....but give it a try

I am also having the same problem on every rom.
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On Havoc 2.9 no GPS problems.

same. someone please fix this

There is a magisk module GPS FIX or something like that, it should help with GPS locking if you are rooted.