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Helix broke time auto update

I installed the Helix Launched and played with it for a bit but decided that I wanted to go back to the stock home/launcher. So I uninstalled Helix, rebooted and chose the default home/launcher when prompted.
Ever since then, my clock won't auto update. If I lock the phone and unlock 30 min later, the clock will be 30 min behind.
My only guess is that is that time update code that was linked to the stock home/launcher got severed when I installed Helix.
Now, the only instance where my time is correct is immediately after reboot. After that it won't update while the screen is off.
Before someone suggests it, I've already uninstalled my app killer (StartUp Auditor) but it had no effect.
Any ideas other than re-installing the OS?
UPDATE: Just realized that nothing on the my home screens are updating. Time (top right and widget), Data counter widget, Juice defender widget, timescape). The only time they update is if I go into them. That never used to be the case.

try factory reset to see what happen.

Ya, I was trying to avoid that. I'm hoping there's an option to fix the prob vs starting from scratch.

I have been going back and forth between helix and others, and have never experienced that problem. Have you tried removing the widgets and re-adding them?
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Ya. Doesn't seem to help. Plus that wouldn't effect the time in the top right corner (what is that called any way..."system tray"?)

AdamUpNorth said:
I installed the Helix Launched and played with it for a bit but decided that I wanted to go back to the stock home/launcher. So I uninstalled Helix, rebooted and chose the default home/launcher when prompted.
Ever since then, my clock won't auto update. If I lock the phone and unlock 30 min later, the clock will be 30 min behind.
My only guess is that is that time update code that was linked to the stock home/launcher got severed when I installed Helix.
Now, the only instance where my time is correct is immediately after reboot. After that it won't update while the screen is off.
Before someone suggests it, I've already uninstalled my app killer (StartUp Auditor) but it had no effect.
Any ideas other than re-installing the OS?
UPDATE: Just realized that nothing on the my home screens are updating. Time (top right and widget), Data counter widget, Juice defender widget, timescape). The only time they update is if I go into them. That never used to be the case.
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I have the same problem..

Max, I was impatient and did a system reset and it fixed the problem. Installed all the apps again and I'm good to go. Annoying but at least I'm back with a real-time clock. LOL. Funny concept, eh? I'm getting a full day on the phone with one charge so I'm going to stick with the stock home and hope that SE's software/firmware fixes will help with the speed/battery life like they've said.

AdamUpNorth said:
Ya. Doesn't seem to help. Plus that wouldn't effect the time in the top right corner (what is that called any way..."system tray"?)
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did u use taskiller n ignore the wantted apps....

theXeffect said:
did u use taskiller n ignore the wantted apps....
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Sorry, not following you there. I tried uninstalling apps that I thought may cause the problem and rebooted a few times to see if that helped. Not luck. After the reset, all is well in X10 land.

Froyo OTA FRF85B BUGS

I have found the following:
Under Manage Applications if I select an application then return to the list it sticks on loading.
Every once in a while on Wifi the network will stop working until I restart the wifi.
LauncherPro will not find apps moved to SD (developer issue)
Stock launcher seems much slower and widget take longer to load.
Thats all so far....anyone else noticing any bugs?

Still no way of clearing downloads in the Browser without also deleting the actual download.
Still no .com key on the keyboard when there should be (Browser).
Neither of these were a problem in 2.1, I can't believe they cocked these up in 2.2 :-S
I reported them to Google here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9300#c0

The update killed Swype, told me it was for a different device.
Quick uninstall/reinstall sorted it.

badomen said:
The update killed Swype, told me it was for a different device.
Quick uninstall/reinstall sorted it.
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I just had that too, but the uninstall/reinstall fixed it for me as well.

MMS app still barely resizes pictures.

snlu178 said:
I have found the following:
Under Manage Applications if I select an application then return to the list it sticks on loading.
Every once in a while on Wifi the network will stop working until I restart the wifi.
LauncherPro will not find apps moved to SD (developer issue)
Stock launcher seems much slower and widget take longer to load.
Thats all so far....anyone else noticing any bugs?
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No problem with the manage applications list.
No wiFi problems so far.
Launcher Pro finds all of my apps (I think...) RE-EDIT: LauncherPro finds apps put onto the SD after FRF85B was loaded - the apps I had on there before (just a couple) were dead anyway, as I'd crashed the SD card and reformated, and never put my backup in place.
I don't use stock launcher.
My battery does not last the promised 2 1/2 weeks though !

snlu178 said:
I have found the following:
Under Manage Applications if I select an application then return to the list it sticks on loading.
Every once in a while on Wifi the network will stop working until I restart the wifi.
LauncherPro will not find apps moved to SD (developer issue)
Stock launcher seems much slower and widget take longer to load.
Thats all so far....anyone else noticing any bugs?
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The manage application one doesnt do that for me.... So it must be on your end...
overall this seems smooth...
If Launcher pro dont find your apps, go to settings force close it and hit home, then itll reboot itself and find apps...

Rusty! said:
MMS app still barely resizes pictures.
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Bah, I was hoping they'd fix that!

I agree on the stock launcher being slow. I mean it's not sluggish, but you'd notice that in Eclair it was so much smoother. I can't believe this is the official build.

snlu178 said:
I have found the following:
Under Manage Applications if I select an application then return to the list it sticks on loading.
Every once in a while on Wifi the network will stop working until I restart the wifi.
LauncherPro will not find apps moved to SD (developer issue)
Stock launcher seems much slower and widget take longer to load.
Thats all so far....anyone else noticing any bugs?
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i hope you are kidding.
FroYo, that was supposed to be 2-5 times faster, has a sluggish Launcher compared to 2.1?
The funny thing is: the launcher was ALREADY sluggish on 2.1 so i'm wondering how bad it will be on froyo.
It's a bad joke, especially if you take a look ate the HTC Desire launcher which is scrolling PERFECTLY fluid.
I'm using launcherpro currently, but i can't believe how google can't get such a basic thing as fluid scrolling done...

The launcher is incredibly smooth and fast for me. Night and day difference from eclair. Love it.

snlu178 said:
I have found the following:
Every once in a while on Wifi the network will stop working until I restart the wifi.
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I have this problem since day ONE, even with the "old" 2.1 firmware version.

When android is rebooted it has to check all your SD apps. Therefor Launcher Pro sees them as being uninstalled, give it a minute, then go to preferences and scroll to the bottom and press restart Launcher Pro.

launcher is smooth after a wipe cache and the other option in recovery
all of my setting and market application was downloaded and restored automatically

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
i hope you are kidding.
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It's a bad joke, especially if you take a look ate the HTC Desire launcher which is scrolling PERFECTLY fluid.
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Really? I've used a few Desires here, and I think that they are all molasses compared to even the stock launcher with transitions maxed out.
LauncherPro smokes 'em all, though, even iPhone / iPad / etc.

nenco said:
launcher is smooth after a wipe cache and the other option in recovery
all of my setting and market application was downloaded and restored automatically
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So wiping the cache uninstalls all of the apps and wipes the settings? What about widget placement, ringtone and notification settings? Ate they ask restored too?

Launcher pro - I believe its a matter of how fast it loads and the fact that the SD card isn't fully mounted on the device
for downloads just go to manage applications/all tab and clear data to remove the list. unfortunately no way to remove specific items from the list.

Ce said:
I have this problem since day ONE, even with the "old" 2.1 firmware version.
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This happens to me depending on the Wifi access point I use. At home, it works great, but at my in-laws', I have to restart constantly.

I got a problem with Flash, I installed the latest beta3 version but when I visit a flash website the stock browser crashes.
Strange thing is, that I got it working on FRF50 inclusing flash websites in the stock browser

nenco said:
launcher is smooth after a wipe cache and the other option in recovery
all of my setting and market application was downloaded and restored automatically
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what's the command to wipe the cache?

all Internet browsers close after 2.2 UPDATE

i updated and of course, all internet browsers close as soon as a start using them. They open, let me go to a website or two, then close. I was super eager to test the full flash but i can barely get to the websites themselves without the browser closing suddenly. I updated the firmware, profile, prl, and everything. the phone was never rooted.
I'm about to do a hard reset but I figured i should check what you guys had to say first.

lenglain said:
i updated and of course, all internet browsers close as soon as a start using them. They open, let me go to a website or two, then close. I was super eager to test the full flash but i can barely get to the websites themselves without the browser closing suddenly. I updated the firmware, profile, prl, and everything. the phone was never rooted.
I'm about to do a hard reset but I figured i should check what you guys had to say first.
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Hard reset is the only thing that has helped so far. Just do it, it will make the system work better anyway.

Will a hard reset effect firmware/froyo.

I had the same issues with the camera. Reset all folders permission to read and write.

sorry for my ignorance but how I can do a hard reset? and it will fix the problem?

No, a hard reset basically wipes your data and cache(?) partitions. All apps and data are deleted. This will return you to just your normal firmware, without any customizations. Then you can reinstall apps. I think that's the main problem, some apps aren't dealing with the upgrade too well, and as a result, you get some weird errors. It won't change any versions of your software though.

I'm having the same problem.. If we move the apps to the SD card we shouldn't have to reinstall them, correct? And if we re-install apps, does the settings/info saved on them return or would we have to change those as well? I'm getting ready to do a hard reset too and I spent alot of time with these apps and I was worried about losing info/settings..
Also, I'm using Launcher Pro, will it revert back to Sense after the Hard Reset?

scalivurpr said:
sorry for my ignorance but how I can do a hard reset? and it will fix the problem?
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Search "how to hard reset the HTC EVO". It can either be done through the settings menu or you can physically do it using the power and volume rocker.

My dad was having similar issues. And said that going into settings while in the browser and changing enable plugins from "always on" to "on demand" helps
Also the person using launcher pro go into the launcher pro settings or preferabces and all the way on the bottom you can backup your settings/homescreen.

nicko786 said:
I'm having the same problem.. If we move the apps to the SD card we shouldn't have to reinstall them, correct? And if we re-install apps, does the settings/info saved on them return or would we have to change those as well? I'm getting ready to do a hard reset too and I spent alot of time with these apps and I was worried about losing info/settings..
Also, I'm using Launcher Pro, will it revert back to Sense after the Hard Reset?
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It will return back to sense. It will be like a brand new phone. Before you hard reset backup your launcher pro settings and homescreen. Hard reset if my internet fix didn't work. Reinstall all apps and launcherpro and then restore launcher pro settings and homescreens.

Is hard reset the only way to fix this?

No you can remove Adobe flash and reinstall it.. worked flawless for myself.
James

I hate to ask this sounding like a noob, but I'm at work and can't do much research, but what would be the best way to backup all those files? Just with the USB drive or is there a backup app I can download, etc.
Nevermind, I figured out how to backup Launcher Pro, but how about apps still?

cj10488 said:
No you can remove Adobe flash and reinstall it.. worked flawless for myself.
James
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and how does one obtain Flash 10.1? It's not in the market

i-l-l said:
and how does one obtain Flash 10.1? It's not in the market
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It should still be in the market, got it earlier for latest CM Nightly.

Yeah I don't see it either. I found Flash 10.1 beta on Appbrain, but it won't sync with my phone. I uninstalled and removed flash and my browser is still crashing.

Here is the APK. I had to uninstall it using titanium backup. was easier than going the ADB rm way
James

I had the same problem. Some are saying it's because of installing the half ass full flash version on 2.1 that came out a month ago.
I downloaded and reinstalled the apk and then it worked...for about 6 hours and then the browser starting crashing again.
The next time i uninstalled and then installed the flash 10.1 again, so far, so good.

When I get home I'm gonna try that and hope it works before I do a hard reset.

Nothing worked so I finally decided on the hard reset. I think one should do it anyway to get the best out of the update. Everything works fine now, glad to see that it remembers the apps I had already paid for. The whole thing seems to run smoother than ever, (I hated the baggy scrolling.) Southparkstudios works now, the entire video section of the new York times works now as well. Embedded YouTube videos work on Facebook they play without me having to leave the page/browser.
****ONE ISSUE***
Text fields act strange. I can't type status updates into the full Facebook site anymore, nothing happens when I tap the text field. That blows big time I hate using the Facebook apps I want the full site to work fully.
Similarly, I was never able to type into the text fields on the gmail full site. Now I can a little bit although Tue browser seems uber confused about whether it wants to deal with the text field or not. Any ideas why text fields (
Rich text fields) are such an issue?
I was hoping that yahoo games would work, especially yahoo pool but still no go.

LauncherPro always hanged in 2.2

I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me

I think another update is coming soon for lp. I sometimes get a lockup and fc in 2.1 with lp
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I have the same thing, it's so annoying that I switched to Zeam. Hopefully a new update will come soon.

Same thing happens to me. I am running official Rogers Froto on my AT&T Captivate. I tried looking in the logs for something, but I couldn't find anything. Send a emails to the developer.

Yea I've tried like 20 roms.always locks up and force closes after reboot. Sometime it sits for like 5 mins before the fc message pops up. I have the plus version and running Axura 2.2.7.1 Voodoo.contacted tech support about it and he said that its my rom.can't be. tried 20 different Roms.pisses me off.
Killing Zombies With My Axura Voodoo Vibrant!

I have had this happen a couple of times as well. However, I have noticed that it only happens when I try to start opening things or moving between home screens before the media scanning has finished. If I let it do its thing, then it doesn't seem to hang ever. Still kind of annoying, and I don't know if that is the case with you all as well, but that seems to be what causes it on mine.

Dbarker 2 said:
I have had this happen a couple of times as well. However, I have noticed that it only happens when I try to start opening things or moving between home screens before the media scanning has finished. If I let it do its thing, then it doesn't seem to hang ever. Still kind of annoying, and I don't know if that is the case with you all as well, but that seems to be what causes it on mine.
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Nope because I always wait till the media scanner is done.but it still locks up and a fc message pops up.even let it sit for like 20 mins before but was still stuck until it errored out and fc again.they need to fix the dam bug.I even got the plus version.
Killing Zombies With My Axura Voodoo Vibrant!

LP runs fine for me, but I'm having a problem having it stick as the default launcher. Whenever I use Titanium Backup or long-press the home button, I'll get the prompt asking me which home application. There are a couple of other apps that result in the same problem, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. I've tried using Home Switcher to see if that fixes it, but no luck. I have the same problem with ADW EX.

This is happening to me as well.

If it locks up, try repeatedly hitting home, usually will give me a prompt to wait or fc. I never get this issue on my galaxy tab and it's running 2.2
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Looks like there is enough evidence to show them launcher pro has some kind of problem in vibrant 2.2

This happens to me as well. Hold the hime button then go to task manager and kill lp.
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When lp acts funny for me I hit the power button then unlock it and that usually works for me.

LauncherPro has worked great on my device with 2.2 (Nero V5) the only time I seem to notice anything is when the media scan is finishing its thing and there are to many apps running at start up in the background. I use advance task killer to kill the apps that do not need to be running and I never seem to have the problem again until I reboot. It doesn't seem to me to be a LauncherPro issue, media scan seems to bring the device to its knees until it is finished. Once my device is running smooth I never seem to have that issue again only after I reboot my device.
Love my Vibrant and LauncherPro Plus is far better then all the other Launchers I have tried (in my humble opinion) but each of us have different needs I guess. I actually use almost everyone of the widgets and can not wait for the update coming when the gmail widget will be added to the Launcher.
cheers
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hitman818 said:
This happens to me as well. Hold the hime button then go to task manager and kill lp.
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Yes this is what i do everytime after starting up...
But still so annoying and the should fix it.

So just to update on the topic I downloaded Launcher Pro again today and everything works well. No hanging after reboot and no other problem from what I've seen. You guys may want to give it a try.

hanbaoquan15 said:
So just to update on the topic I downloaded Launcher Pro again today and everything works well. No hanging after reboot and no other problem from what I've seen. You guys may want to give it a try.
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Actually i tried reinstall before post: (

Emama said:
I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me
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I was using Nero5 and got the same problem FC alot in LauncherPro. I couldn't save the LP settings though. What seemed to fix it is removing LP and reinstall it. After that, things seem to work better and less FC with LP.
I'm using stock Froyo now with fresh LP install from the market, no FC so far. So I would say it's not LP always hanged in 2.2...but something is stuck or got carried over from previous installation/ROM. Just try remove it and reinstall LP again from Market, it should work better - at least for me, it did.

Emama said:
I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me
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Same thing happens to mu phone on adw ex... when i turn my phone off and turn it back on, the screen goea blank, i can only see the notification bar scanning, but would hang on black screen then shuts off by itself.. that's with stock ka7.. now im on ka6 kies version and my phone is fine...
or maybe the cause was the lock screen? I used the pin code lock screen.. it could be it? Now im on ka6 official and with pattern lock screen, it seems fine... and i domt wanna try and use any other lock screen besides the pattern one. Ive done countless reflash because o this issue.. so no more flashing, lol.. but i could be wrong though, it could be something else that's causinrit, just speculating..

The only time I've experienced a FC of any kind on LPP, is when I had Colorize running with it. They don't play nice together. Other than that, it's been 100% stable for me with any rom.

October firmware update [NMF26X.N950USQU2BQJA]

I received an OTA today. Like 377 MB.
It looks like a new bootloader as well. Didn't come with a change log, but below is the informative after the update. NMF26X.N950USQU2BQJA

ShrekOpher said:
I received an OTA today. Like 377 MB.
It looks like a new bootloader as well. Didn't come with a change log, but below is the informative after the update. NMF26X.N950USQU2BQJA
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Yes it is new bootloader. I expect this for around 2 weeks now. Seems like it is little harder to flash anything on this bootloader.
On Edge of Note

Yeah I'm installing it now myself.

Updated mine but facial recognition is now not working. Under settings, I see under Screen Lock Type I still have password, Face and Fingerprints as an option but "Face Recognition" is now grayed out. If I go into the Screen Lock Type setting, Face shows the switch to the right but that option is grayed out as well and can't be changed.

Zeab said:
Updated mine but facial recognition is now not working. Under settings, I see under Screen Lock Type I still have password, Face and Fingerprints as an option but "Face Recognition" is now grayed out. If I go into the Screen Lock Type setting, Face shows the switch to the right but that option is grayed out as well and can't be changed.
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Might want to try going to lock screen and security settings then go to other security settings and clear credentials. I haven't had that same problem since I updated today so I haven't tried it on this phone but it worked on another Android device that I have when it greyed out Security Options.

norbarb said:
Yes it is new bootloader. I expect this for around 2 weeks now. Seems like it is little harder to flash anything on this bootloader.
On Edge of Note
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Hey norbarb, I did the OTA and my phone system UI keeps crashing, cant even get to a screen on my phone maybe due to substratum themes... IDK... I cant even flash back to AQH7 that you posted! am I doing something wrong... Should I try another ODN this sucks as Samsung and ATT softbricked my phone all day Ive been without it!

ShrekOpher said:
I received an OTA today. Like 377 MB.
It looks like a new bootloader as well. Didn't come with a change log, but below is the informative after the update. NMF26X.N950USQU2BQJA
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Change Log
https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KM1230781?make=Samsung&model=SamsungN950U

So nothing new or worth updating for?

rippedwarrior69 said:
So nothing new or worth updating for?
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What's changing: Network performance enhancements, stability improvements, other various updates and fixes, and Android device security updates, including KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability fix and BlueBorne fix (on SPLs September 1 or later)
I'd say that the KRACK fix itself is a good reason to update.

iteam said:
Hey norbarb, I did the OTA and my phone system UI keeps crashing, cant even get to a screen on my phone maybe due to substratum themes... IDK... I cant even flash back to AQH7 that you posted! am I doing something wrong... Should I try another ODN this sucks as Samsung and ATT softbricked my phone all day Ive been without it!
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Happened to me a few minutes ago. Don't do factory reset yet. Use ADB to uninstall the app created by substratum.
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jack man said:
Might want to try going to lock screen and security settings then go to other security settings and clear credentials. I haven't had that same problem since I updated today so I haven't tried it on this phone but it worked on another Android device that I have when it greyed out Security Options.
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apparently all that does is clear your saved certificates. I have been able to disable face scan by turning on iris but that doesn't work so well with my glasses. Face recognition is my preference but I can't seem to get it to enable after update.

Suntzupa said:
Happened to me a few minutes ago. Don't do factory reset yet. Use ADB to uninstall the app created by substratum.
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Shoot! I couldn't wait around anymore without my phone not working and did a factory reset through recovery.... UGH woke up was all restored and I forgot NOT to restore substratum and was back to system ui errors so here I go again restoring without substratum... I'm nervous to reinstall substratum again!

iteam said:
Shoot! I couldn't wait around anymore without my phone not working and did a factory reset through recovery.... UGH woke up was all restored and I forgot NOT to restore substratum and was back to system ui errors so here I go again restoring without substratum... I'm nervous to reinstall substratum again!
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Anytime you do an OTA the Substratum app developers suggest uninstalling all of the themes. Nothing is broke on the device it's just causing an issue with seeing the home screen/settings.
This is also why using ADB to uninstall the layers would fix the issue.
Just for future reference for everyone.

Has anyone noticed the security update breaks YouTube's crop to fit button. My button is missing now. I do have it to auto fit set but that doesn't work wither.

chrispyutec said:
Has anyone noticed the security update breaks YouTube's crop to fit button. My button is missing now. I do have it to auto fit set but that doesn't work wither.
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Me to

chrispyutec said:
Has anyone noticed the security update breaks YouTube's crop to fit button. My button is missing now. I do have it to auto fit set but that doesn't work wither.
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I updated yesterday. That button in YouTube is working fine for me.

Not working on mine

Do anybody have problem with making and receiving calls ? When I try to make call phone app drops in 1 sec. When someone try to call me they are forwarded to voice mail. I experience this on 2 of my Notes 8 after update.
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Zeab said:
Updated mine but facial recognition is now not working. Under settings, I see under Screen Lock Type I still have password, Face and Fingerprints as an option but "Face Recognition" is now grayed out. If I go into the Screen Lock Type setting, Face shows the switch to the right but that option is grayed out as well and can't be changed.
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I lost it too. Exactly the same as you.

Pinch the screen out to expand screen to fit screen that's how u do it now