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[Q] Help - My open/close menu is weird

I just upgraded my HD2 from Gingerbread to Jellybean 4.2.2. So far everything works great except for my open/close menu.
Here is a youtube link of what I am dealing with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd0ucQyyMMM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUL-MgWl4c3Iv-H1iy3YTbLA
I've installed
2.6.32_tytung_jellybean_r2
US T-mobile HD2
I've rebooted the phone many times and even tried reinstalling the ROM and I still have it.
If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know.
Thanks.

so this is about after clicking on menu button, it launches recent apps? or about the graphics glitches?
anyway, are you using the latest version of the rom?

gilbert32 said:
so this is about after clicking on menu button, it launches recent apps? or about the graphics glitches?
anyway, are you using the latest version of the rom?
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This is about the graphics glitches. I have it so that when I hold down my menu button it takes me to the open/close menu. I have the latest version. I just checked for an update this morning and there was none.

try to remove the live wallpaper, and check force gpu drawing and similar settings in developer options and try.

gilbert32 said:
try to remove the live wallpaper, and check force gpu drawing and similar settings in developer options and try.
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Hey! Removing the live wallpaper did the trick. I don't know where to find the developer options (in settings?) but if I check the force gpu drawing like you suggested do you think that I will be able to use live wallpaper again?

jimvsmij said:
Hey! Removing the live wallpaper did the trick. I don't know where to find the developer options (in settings?) but if I check the force gpu drawing like you suggested do you think that I will be able to use live wallpaper again?
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yes, in settings. it might fix it, but i'm not sure

gilbert32 said:
yes, in settings. it might fix it, but i'm not sure
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Hmm, I don't see the option in the settings. Is there another way to get there?

settings, about, tap build number 7 times and developer options should appear

gilbert32 said:
settings, about, tap build number 7 times and developer options should appear
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Thanks! I now have developer options! I kept trying different things and finally found that disabling HW overlays fixed it! I hope that whatever that means doesn't screw up something else.
Hey, you seem to know a lot. I was also wondering if you know how to keep auto update on for the android play store but disable it for certain apps. My wife really does not like the new update to the google navigation/maops on her stock GS3 and prefers the old. I uninstalled the update to set it back but I didn't want to turn off her auto update because I know that she will never update her apps manually. Any suggestions?

@jimvsmij sorry, i have no idea about that

jimvsmij said:
.. how to keep auto update on for the android play store but disable it for certain apps... Any suggestions?
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Open the Play Store > Go into the app you want to disable auto-update for > hit the menu button > You should find "Auto-update", uncheck it.
Other apps will update normally while this one won't.

Marvlesz said:
Open the Play Store > Go into the app you want to disable auto-update for > hit the menu button > You should find "Auto-update", uncheck it.
Other apps will update normally while this one won't.
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I saw that option earlier but I thought that unchecking the auto-update would apply to all the apps.
Thanks!

Question: screen overlay detected... How do I fix it?

Hi,
I am trying to use Waze on my phone, but the app won't open as it keeps saying screen overlay detected. I have gone into my settings and turned off the overlay for all the apps apart from the system apps. But it is still not working.
I have tried searching on Google, and don't have any of the apps installed like twilight, luxe or Facebook which are supposed to be causing the problem.
Any other suggestions on how to fix it?
Cheers
TRI

Do you have a display colour app running?

drummerman said:
Do you have a display colour app running?
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Not that I am aware of unless it is a stock app? Do you have any examples of the apps?

TheRedIndian said:
Not that I am aware of unless it is a stock app? Do you have any examples of the apps?
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Are you using swipe home, if so deactivate and enable the other app and then enable swipe home.

drummerman said:
Do you have a display colour app running?
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Not unless it is a stock app
amar95353 said:
Are you using swipe home, if so deactivate and enable the other app and then enable swipe home.
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Not sure what swipe home is? It's not listed under apps, I usually press the middle button to get to the home screen

TheRedIndian said:
Not unless it is a stock app
Not sure what swipe home is? It's not listed under apps, I usually press the middle button to get to the home screen
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Screen Balance (which adjusts screen colour balance/tint) and which I recommended in another thread creates an overlay.
Certain apps will not function properly unless SB is turned off.

TheRedIndian said:
Not unless it is a stock app
Not sure what swipe home is? It's not listed under apps, I usually press the middle button to get to the home screen
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It's not a stock app it's a downloaded app from the play store.

I usually turn off off all the apps using it and turn it on after... It's a frustrating issue but what are you going to do.

If it's bothering you find a good Rom, for example Superman Rom, Overlays was removed as it's too much if s hassle
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA Premium HD app

TheRedIndian said:
Hi,
I am trying to use Waze on my phone, but the app won't open as it keeps saying screen overlay detected. I have gone into my settings and turned off the overlay for all the apps apart from the system apps. But it is still not working.
I have tried searching on Google, and don't have any of the apps installed like twilight, luxe or Facebook which are supposed to be causing the problem.
Any other suggestions on how to fix it?
Cheers
TRI
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It has nothing to do with any of that, it's Google's fault. You can flash a fix which is in Phoenix rom thread or go back to a previous stock rom

drummerman said:
Screen Balance (which adjusts screen colour balance/tint) and which I recommended in another thread creates an overlay.
Certain apps will not function properly unless SB is turned off.
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Tried setting the screen display to basic, but that didn't work

TheRedIndian said:
Tried setting the screen display to basic, but that didn't work
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Sorry, I didn't make myself very clear. Screen Balance is an app, separate to the UI's adjustments.

I had the same overlay issue,what I did that Ive disabled all the apps altogether,and switched them on back one by one,discovered that an application called Swipe Home Button Ive installed was responsible,so I have uninstalled after which everything was normal.

Is it safe to turn off the overlay for the system installed apps? I have turned off the overlay for all other apps that I have installed

The app that was causing me this problem after this weekend's AT&T software update was Bing. I Uninstalled it and all was fine.

How I finally fixed the "Screen Overlay" problem on my S7 edge.
The easiest fix, only full fix, I have found is as follows. When the screen overlay screen opens in settings, just turn everything marked on to off. Which by the way is the only thing you can do on this screen. Since I did all my apps, even the ones that weren't working, are working as they should. Hope this helps someone.

As Richie and Monigote stated, flash the screen overlay fix from Phoenix ROM. LoL pay attention please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...s-hybrid-s7e-urv1-00-00-t3357561/post68010406

even when I tried to turn overlay off for all apps mine still was going wrong and I couldn´t use some apps...the only way I got this fixed was making a reset (from the configs options it self) from all my configurations, just configurations, not all data in the phone, it works fine for now...
now I´m with problem with my mobile data connection, I don´t know if it´s from my brand or my phone...

TheRedIndian said:
Hi,
I am trying to use Waze on my phone, but the app won't open as it keeps saying screen overlay detected. I have gone into my settings and turned off the overlay for all the apps apart from the system apps. But it is still not working.
I have tried searching on Google, and don't have any of the apps installed like twilight, luxe or Facebook which are supposed to be causing the problem.
Any other suggestions on how to fix it?
Cheers
TRI
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The message about overlay detected i have seen and experienced a number of times.
BUT the only time this has occurred is when i was using SideSync
i.e. I am using it to Remote control the device using my PC
or am using my PC to display my Phone within my PC screen (So i can use my phone while using the PC)
The warning was being presented by some apps because SideSync was overlaying the screen to mirror it to my PC screen)
As soon as i disconnected this message stopped.
Not am not saying your using SideSync, But any other app you have installed that can mirror / allow remote access or displaying your phone screen on another device like PC may be causing the problem

TheRedIndian said:
Hi,
I am trying to use Waze on my phone, but the app won't open as it keeps saying screen overlay detected. I have gone into my settings and turned off the overlay for all the apps apart from the system apps. But it is still not working.
TRI
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Did Pokemon enable the game overlay?
Small controller icon that comes up when games like Pokemon are playing - that could be your issue.
Settings / Advanced Features / Games / Games Tools = disable

what the heck is screen overlay detected on axiom 7

It about stops me from doing uploading pictures, downloading. It's driving me crazy anyone else having this problem?

Yea lots of people are. Anything that changes the status of the screen like some kind of screen filter like twilight, night owl, any of those things, can mess with this. It's been pretty annoying. I have Twilight set to a timer to eliminate blue light on the screen before sleeping and I have to freeze and defrost it several times a day. Apparently it's an issue with ZTE. There is a thread over there about it.

presley07 said:
It about stops me from doing uploading pictures, downloading. It's driving me crazy anyone else having this problem?
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I guess that it should actually be a security feature to prevent an overlay app from abusing any open apps below it... but it is really annoying that the ZTE integrated feature Mi-POP will also make this warnings display... you can simply deactivate it through its notification bar shortcut but it's still annoying...

Gachmuret said:
I guess that it should actually be a security feature to prevent an overlay app from abusing any open apps below it... but it is really annoying that the ZTE integrated feature Mi-POP will also make this warnings display... you can simply deactivate it through its notification bar shortcut but it's still annoying...
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Well for now I am backup and running, I shot down the phone and restated posting ok

presley07 said:
Well for now I am backup and running, I shot down the phone and restated posting ok
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I'm going to guess you have MiPop enabled? is so turn it off and your screen overlay issue might go away.

Gatorguy2 said:
I'm going to guess you have MiPop enabled? is so turn it off and your screen overlay issue might go away.
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I an checked everything and it did no good, mipop and all else. Restarted phone and all was OK, hope this helps others with the same issue

presley07 said:
I an checked everything and it did no good, mipop and all else. Restarted phone and all was OK, hope this helps others with the same issue
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Screen overlay is new in 6.0 to prevent apps from creating an overlay and giving permissions to themselves. It's not an issue with ZTE.

Yes screen overlay is new. Came from a N6 and never had this problem on stock 6.0 from Google. Facebook messenger will not do anything other than message can't call, or send pictures. Yes it is a problem with ZTE
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Go to the "Apps" setting, and then click on the "gear-shaped" setting button to go to the "Draw over other apps" menu and turn off all apps that are enabled. Go back to the "Apps" setting and click on the app that needs permissions modified. When all the permissions are updated, go back and enable the "Draw over other apps" for those apps you disabled.

Use this app it will get rid of that annoying overlay issue.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sfapps.installbuttonunlocker

Bottom bezel with hidden buttons?

I accidentally found out that if you swipe up on the bottom bezel Google Now opens.
Is this a hidden feature because it is nowhere mentioned in the Settings App.

It's the home (navigation)button. Look for navigation key in settings.

mossief1965 said:
It's the home (navigation)button. Look for navigation key in settings.
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I am aware of the settings for the home button but I am talking about the area to the left and right of the home button.

Not a feature, it's a nuisance if you ask me.

Flavio said:
I am aware of the settings for the home button but I am talking about the area to the left and right of the home button.
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Mine does not do it.

Yeah is so annoying is there anyway can disable it

It's only working when you have disabled the Navigation Bar.
I would like to disable it as well but I don't want to have the Navigation Bar.

I'm using swipe launch disabler from play Store to disable Google now swiping up.
Byr

ncguy68 said:
Mine does not do it.
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Same here. My Navigation Bar is disabled, but mine doesn't do it either. (Thank god)
EDIT: Just realized something. This doesn't happen on mine because I had already disabled the Google App in 'Settings'.

DDfdd said:
Same here. My Navigation Bar is disabled, but mine doesn't do it either. (Thank god)
EDIT: Just realized something. This doesn't happen on mine because I had already disabled the Google App in 'Settings'.
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I have the Google app disabled too.

ncguy68 said:
I have the Google app disabled too.
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How can I disable the Google app?

Flavio said:
How can I disable the Google app?
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Go to settings, apps, select Google app and disable.

Unusual Google search bar widget

Hello folks, I've got a strange visual issue with my Galaxy S8:
Huh, seems like I can't link any images. Sorry if I trasgress the board rules in my first post:
hCATSttp://i.imgur.com/xwKihwe.png
My Google search bar stopped being the Galaxy S8's one. The microphone icon is still in the right but the Google logo is now absent, the space is more bright (I think), the corners aren't rounded, and the text "Say Ok Google" is aligned in the right. Practically, it's in material design with the wrong alignment.
There aren't any other launcher installed, I'm still using TouchWiz/Samsung Experience.
How can I fix this problem?
P.S. The similar threads popup sure is useful (not for my case), every board should have something like this.

This has happened to me as well.
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"
Hope that helps.

bishmality said:
This has happened to me as well.
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"
Hope that helps.
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Thank you! thats help me.

bishmality said:
This has happened to me as well.
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"
Hope that helps.
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Thanks, this solved my problem.

bishmality said:
This has happened to me as well.
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"
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I have the same problem, but it was already turned off..
Do I need to do something else? Thanks!

Cennie said:
I have the same problem, but it was already turned off..
Do I need to do something else? Thanks!
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Try to go to Settings > Apps and find Google App, then uninstall the updates thru the three dots.

bishmality said:
This has happened to me as well.
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"
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Septoleyfe said:
Try to go to Settings > Apps and find Google App, then uninstall the updates thru the three dots.
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Tried it, and it works, until I lock the phone.. When I unlock the phone it changes back.......

Or use a custom version. Got tired of samsung version. This and it looks cooler equal or better funcionality

eduardmc said:
Or use a custom version. Got tired of samsung version. This and it looks cooler equal or better funcionality
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Where can I get that one?