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Home screen reloading issue - fix

I've been experiencing this quite a lot
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.

My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?

Yer had same issue, disabled see voice, all good
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Fulwood Sedge said:
My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?
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I would also like to know this. I stopped s voice opening when I double tap home button. That fixed the home button lag, however, I'm still experiencing the ocassional reload of the home screens.
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Another nice side effect is it makes the phone feel alot snappier because it removes the home button lag.
EDIT: should have refreshed the thread :/ mattyt_491 was faster.. I don't think there is a way to disable it completely (without rooting) I didn't have any reloads since I disabled the double click. Then again I restarted the phone and it usually takes half a day or so to start happening..

Fulwood Sedge said:
My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?
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Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
This should stop the app running in the background.

i noticed it happens to me ALWAYS(with or witouth S Voice) when replying to a sms and going back to home after sending. and btw stock sms appis quite laggy.

nice---thankyou this may help out the battery too

monkey450 said:
nice---thankyou this may help out the battery too
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No probs - it should I've noticed my battery lasts longer.
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It doesn't work at all for me. Still have the Home Button delay.

riz157 said:
I've been experiencing this quite a lot
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.
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This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..

reservin said:
This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..
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How about if you go with black wallpaper too.
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This is why they have 2GB RAM. This issue us because of lack of memory.
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riz157 said:
How about if you go with black wallpaper too.
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What is the point of using quad core phone if you only can use black wallpaper.
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mobilehavoc said:
This is why they have 2GB RAM. This issue us because of lack of memory.
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LOL come on man.
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I am facing this issue from day one and i feel so disheartend wen dis thing happens so dam frequently
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Guys don't get frustrated. As per thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694508&page=3, just set the size of dalvik cache to 128MB and everything will be fine. My personal experience, just perform these two extra steps:
1. Use Nova Launcher or Apex, takes less memory
2. Use 2D rendering from developer options, It does not make it slow at all.
3. From developer option, limit background processes to 4. Trust me you will not notice it.
4. And yes, disable S voice after you are done with initial experiment. Its not useful for anything.
And my phone is working snappier as it was when I opened the box. I will update it after few day's use. Running smoothly for 2 days. Today is third.

reservin said:
This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..
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Why don't I have this problem? I think it's be ause I usually check what's open and close things. You should go into deb settings and have 4 processes max to test if it really is your memory or you just need to reflash.
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I'm having the same problem.
Is rooting the phone and making these adjustments the only solution to this issue?
Switching off S-voice did work temporarily, but the problem has returned.
I'm new to andorid having just switched over from the dark side of iOS. Is Samsung likely to fix this in a coming update?
I find it hard to believe they didn't spot this in pre-testing the phone.
Thanks

I don't have this problem too. Strange.
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You can turn off hard keys. (sm-p600 mk1)

Sorry if this is old news but I seen a few people asking if you could disable these especially over at the clean Rom thread cause the developer included soft keys in the rom. Anyways again I'm sorry if this is old news but you go to accessibility/access control. It then walks you through a series of steps like if you want certain parts of the screen to not be affected by touch and so on. I thought this was pretty sweet. Not sure if it's for all models and firmware but worth a shot!
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I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?

Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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No... I'm stock right now. I don't remember seeing it before so not sure how I got it there. Maybe from exposed?
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Again not sure how it got here...
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Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.

Stocklone said:
It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.
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It can if you have nova launcher pro. With a gesture. The notification drawer that is...
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I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.

Stocklone said:
I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.
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Weird... Did you x out of the past that says disable parts of the screen with touch? Wonder why it does that.
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Fingerprint scanner emulate home button?

Is there any way to make my fingerprint scanner into a capacitive button when the phone is already unlocked? Google turned up some options that say there are apps for Samsung devices, but anything for the axon?

Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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razorsbk said:
Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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What's your hit to battery life?

None, I still get more than 6hrs of screen time (2 days of use).
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That app works beautifully, thank you!
Just to throw my own thread off topic, is anyone else surprised that we're creaming the pixel for onscreen time?

razorsbk said:
Yes you can. There is an app here on xda apps called Fingerprint quick action. I already have it installed and default action is to toggle notification bar. Home is also an option.
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Amazing app. I hope in the future it can be set to Back button functionality so it'd be easier to use the Axon at night. I'm still having a hard time pressing Back or Recent capacitive buttons in the dark.

jlomein said:
Amazing app. I hope in the future it can be set to Back button functionality so it'd be easier to use the Axon at night. I'm still having a hard time pressing Back or Recent capacitive buttons in the dark.
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I'm using the Pie Control app for that - so I don't even have to stretch my thumb down to the bottom of the screen, just swipe in from either bezel. I'm gonna try the Fingerprint Quick Action app - but what happens when you accidentally brush the sensor as your fingers are fumbling around the back of the phone like my fingers often do?

rEVOLVE said:
I'm using the Pie Control app for that - so I don't even have to stretch my thumb down to the bottom of the screen, just swipe in from either bezel. I'm gonna try the Fingerprint Quick Action app - but what happens when you accidentally brush the sensor as your fingers are fumbling around the back of the phone like my fingers often do?
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This doesn't require root privileges and teaches dexterous disciprine.

BableMan said:
This doesn't require root privileges and teaches dexterous disciprine.
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The Pie Control app from the Play store only needs root if you're using some of the special functions (menu) - it works just fine without root.
Also I set this app to turn off with the scanner and don't have problems until I play games and have to move my hands around the back of the phone a bunch. Was frustrating to keep having my screen turn off in the middle of Asphalt 8. Maybe there's a way to make a quick toggle widget for gaming mode?

Home button not working

Recently I noticed that when pressing the home button it does not direct me back to the home page screen. Is it a bug?

I have the same problem

Gnubi said:
Recently I noticed that when pressing the home button it does not direct me back to the home page screen. Is it a bug?
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Yessir. I threw it into my giant bug list on Reddit. I'll be sending it to Essential today

flakko86 said:
Yessir. I threw it into my giant bug list on Reddit. I'll be sending it to Essential today
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Mine is fine, pressing the home button takes me directly to home page.
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I have the same issue and no amount of factory resets fixes it. I don't want to have to use Nova as it doesn't allow wallpaper to go full view #thenotch. But if this isn't fixed soon I'm going to have to.
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dc82 said:
I have the same issue and no amount of factory resets fixes it. I don't want to have to use Nova as it doesn't allow wallpaper to go full view #thenotch. But if this isn't fixed soon I'm going to have to.
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Use the white list editor and Nova works fine using the full screen.

iswope said:
Use the white list editor and Nova works fine using the full screen.
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Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not familiar with the white list editor. Does it require root? I'm not looking to root my phone ultimately to fix something that should work out of the box on a $700 phone.
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dc82 said:
Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not familiar with the white list editor. Does it require root? I'm not looking to root my phone ultimately to fix something that should work out of the box on a $700 phone.
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Has nothing to do with root but a working knowledge of how adb works
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3671285
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Navigation Geatures question.

For those that are using the navigation gestures. Have you noticed that the back button on the right or left stops working. Only gesture that works is the swipe home.

Everything is fine on my phone. Stock ROM, blu.spark kernel, rooted, OOS 9.0.5.

Haven't had any problems here either, working as it should the whole time

I am on stock 9.0.5 and it happens every once in awhile.

borijess said:
I am on stock 9.0.5 and it happens every once in awhile.
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I'm on stock 9.0.5 also and I have never had a problem with any of the gestures
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I've been using gestures nav since I got the device 2 days ago and so far I haven't had any issues with it.

I just had the issue 5 minutes ago. The back just stops working. I get the haptic feedback but does nothing. Only swipe to go home works. After I go home it starts working again.

borijess said:
I just had the issue 5 minutes ago. The back just stops working. I get the haptic feedback but does nothing. Only swipe to go home works. After I go home it starts working again.
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Do you have other mods or themes?
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lollyjay said:
Do you have other mods or themes?
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No running stock dark theme. I went into recovery and cleared the cache.

How can I backup everything and do a factory reset? Then restore everything back.

borijess said:
How can I backup everything and do a factory reset? Then restore everything back.
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If you are rooted then you can
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Can I use the OnePlus switch app. It has an option to backup and restore.

9.0.5 here and no issues with gestures.
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Can you someone please confirm that the switch to the previous app gesture doesn't work in landscape mode?

borijess said:
I just had the issue 5 minutes ago. The back just stops working. I get the haptic feedback but does nothing. Only swipe to go home works. After I go home it starts working again.
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That could be the app that you were running at the time. They can override the default behaviour of the back button. Can you remember what app you were using? I know for a fact I have a few apps that make you press back twice before they will exit.
rmaathuis said:
Can you someone please confirm that the switch to the previous app gesture doesn't work in landscape mode?
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The nice and quick "drag and throw" kind of gesture doesn't work in landscape, if that's what you're referring to. You just get the recent apps list and select the last app from there.

Archer said:
That could be the app that you were running at the time. They can override the default behaviour of the back button. Can you remember what app you were using? I know for a fact I have a few apps that make you press back twice before they will exit.
The nice and quick "drag and throw" kind of gesture doesn't work in landscape, if that's what you're referring to. You just get the recent apps list and select the last app from there.
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Actually the gestures stay in portrait mode when the screen rotates.

borijess said:
Actually the gestures stay in portrait mode when the screen rotates.
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Yes, which is how you can bring up the recent apps list, but you can't do the quick throw gesture to toggle the last app, like you can in portrait.

Archer said:
Yes, which is how you can bring up the recent apps list, but you can't do the quick throw gesture to toggle the last app, like you can in portrait.
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I thought the same maybe it was one app causing the issue but it stopped working in different apps.

Archer said:
Yes, which is how you can bring up the recent apps list, but you can't do the quick throw gesture to toggle the last app, like you can in portrait.
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Too bad you can't do this with the Google gestures. With the Oneplus gestures I miss the toggle to turn screen off [emoji16]

I am wondering if Textra is the issue. Is anyone using Textra? Or is everyone using stock messaging app?