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So after being a long time apple user and long time iTunes hater ... I managed to sell my iphone 4 and bought a samsung galaxy S4, did the same for my other half...
Keep in mind, this is a brand new, no-root, default phone.
The issue basically is notifications, for whatsapp ( at the moment since I haven't set up anything else that requires push, besides gmail). The issue is once I turned the screen off, either manually or by itself. whatsapp notifications randomly stop arriving until I turned on the screen, completely close the app and open it again, the same goes for 2 other devices ( 3 in total), this happens with wifi or mobile data
Device #1. new s4,
Device #2 new s4
Device #3 Samsung galaxy young running 4.1.2 JB.
Now, device #3 belongs to a friend of mine who told of these issues a couple of months ago, however I did pay attention as I just figured it was network connection or wifi or whatever be it.
I've googled the hell out of this and it is apparently an android issue:
it's not telco related in my case, because i had NO ISSUES on my iphone 4 nor my best half's 4s.
Anyway, hopefully someone here has been through something similar and been able to fix it? I've searched the forums and there's apparently a widespread issue, but not fix as of 4.2.2?
New to the forum, I originally posted this here
neowin.net/forum/topic/1163306-android-notifications-woes-with-whatsapp/[/url]
emailed whatsapp support
I emailed whatsapp support, got and automated response, i'll post if I get any updates
Jul 08 13:28 (PDT)
Hi,
I just recently switched to a samsung galaxy s4 ( two actually, one for me,
one for GF), before that we used iphone 4 and 4s, never had an issue with
whatsapp notifications until I switched this passed friday. The issue is
once the phone goes into sleep mode, be it mobile data or wifi, I have to
force close the app and open again to receive notifications that I got
hours ago if I don't continously check.
I've googled the hell out of it and found your FAQ, as well as plenty other
sites with the same issue except no solution.
From your FAQ:
1. tried re-installing directly from direct download link (
http://www.whatsapp.com/android/current/WhatsApp.apk) and not from play
store
2. tried rebooting.
3. notifications are set properly
4. google+ is disabled ( hangouts) ( tried enabling it, same result)
5. Wifi is set to always on.
Note this is on stock, brand new phones and apparently it's a wide spread
issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356052
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351753
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1163306-android-notifications-woes-with-whatsapp/
Anyway, emailing you guys, because I've basically given up google searching
and asking in forums.
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Their automated response was:
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1. What are WhatsApp's subscription fees?
http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/23014681
2. Why can't I connect to WhatsApp?
http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/21092998
3. Can I recover deleted messages?
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Are you using it on Wi-Fi or 3g? If Wi-Fi, Is it possible that your Wi-Fi is going into poWer save mode or something
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AMoosa said:
Are you using it on Wi-Fi or 3g? If Wi-Fi, Is it possible that your Wi-Fi is going into poWer save mode or something
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Sadly, both
Do you lock the screen while whatsapp is open? Or do you choose whatsapp and then lock the screen?
If whatsapp is still running and on the screen, and you lock the screen, it's like the app just stops checking.. I've had this with multiple phones and its a whatsapp problem, not the phone.
ilabs said:
Do you lock the screen while whatsapp is open? Or do you choose whatsapp and then lock the screen?
If whatsapp is still running and on the screen, and you lock the screen, it's like the app just stops checking.. I've had this with multiple phones and its a whatsapp problem, not the phone.
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Both.
So basically your solution was leave whatsapp on screen and push lockscreen?
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Both.
So basically your solution was leave whatsapp on screen and push lockscreen?
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No, the opposite. For me, whatsapp only worked and checked for msgs if i closed the app and then locked the screen. I would usually come back to the homescreen or something. But if i locked over whatsapp, it would stop checking or take a really long time.
But since you say you've done both, I'm kinda stumped.
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No, the opposite. For me, whatsapp only worked and checked for msgs if i closed the app and then locked the screen. I would usually come back to the homescreen or something. But if i locked over whatsapp, it would stop checking or take a really long time.
But since you say you've done both, I'm kinda stumped.
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Well this is how i fix whatsapp after it goes coocoo, close app, then open again,
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Well this is how i fix whatsapp after it goes coocoo, close app, then open again,
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Which means whatsapp is usually open when you lock the screen, am I correct?
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Which means whatsapp is usually open when you lock the screen, am I correct?
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Yup
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Yup
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The try backing out of whatsapp before locking the screen. That should fix your problem. Its a whatsapp issue.
ilabs said:
The try backing out of whatsapp before locking the screen. That should fix your problem. Its a whatsapp issue.
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I have tried that as well :/
Currently trying to installing .763, updated from .762, but whatsapp servers are probably getting busted as can't even verify my number.
Bro install Whatsapp+.
Google and download the apk,install and see if it helps.
If not, the only way is to root the S4 and install push notification fixer from play store. It modifies andriod to check for msges every 5mins. That will solve your problem for sure.
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babylordx said:
Bro install Whatsapp+.
Google and download the apk,install and see if it helps.
If not, the only way is to root the S4 and install push notification fixer from play store. It modifies andriod to check for msges every 5mins. That will solve your problem for sure.
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Hey mate,
I've probably tried all apps or methods by insanity to try getting this problem fixed. Unfortunately, nothing positive turned out.
Now I'm trying to off my screen when whatsapp is open, however, I still think it's unbelievably stupid to do so even if it works to get push notification. How can I go back to whatsapp whenever i wanna put the phone back in my jeans pocket? It then seems whatsapp would become the new homescreen?!?!?
Anyone got a real solution to this???
Also having this problem. Screen off, screen on - sometimes whatsapp just doesn't want to receive/send messages. Other times it's working properly.
Have you guys disabled Samsung Push? Have you disabled any system apps at all? Also, do you have the problem even when your phone has a good signal?
I'm also trying to find out the reason for this problem.
frrlod said:
Also having this problem. Screen off, screen on - sometimes whatsapp just doesn't want to receive/send messages. Other times it's working properly.
Have you guys disabled Samsung Push? Have you disabled any system apps at all? Also, do you have the problem even when your phone has a good signal?
I'm also trying to find out the reason for this problem.
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I do disable some system app like weather, finance and stuff like those. To me, what I can confirm is the independence of problem from the signal strength since I've been using the same service provider before upgrading to Jelly Bean and there used to be problem free with the push notification.
This is the result I got last night:
- open whatsapp -> close whatsapp -> homescreen -> screen off = no push
- open whatsapp -> close whatsapp -> free ram -> screen off = no push
- open whatsapp -> screen off = push
Conclusion:
- it is not related to free ram
- it is the problem that the andriod system turn off the app upon screen off (or sleep)
Plus.
I tried installing Push Notification Fixer to introduce "heartbeat" to maintain the connectivity, unfortunately, it DOES NOT work in my case.
Let's keep in view the development. At least we are not alone and hope either Whatsapp or Google can fix this.
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357417
It's a thread which guides you how to disable some allegedly useless google services in order to save battery life when idle. It works, but I think it might have been what's caused my whatsapp to go crazy. I even asked in the thread and some others have the same problem.
But if most other people in this thread haven't disabled said google services, that doesn't make any sense.
Mate. Trust me i know this issue exist on all andriod. i googled the hell out of it because i quarrelled with my partner a few times due to delay in replies. its just the way the kernel is written for stock andriod. you can try everything but it wont work. your only solution is to root and install push notification fixer from play store.
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This isn't an issue with android it's an issue with whatsapp. Every android phone I've ever owned has had this issue with whatsapp. Whatsapp need to update their app so it still notifies if it was the last app open whilst the screen locks.
I just press home after I reply and let it lock its second nature to me. The bug is in whatsapp where if it is the last displayed whilst screen lock notifications don't work. You could try changing the conversation tone that might help.
mox123 said:
This isn't an issue with android it's an issue with whatsapp. Every android phone I've ever owned has had this issue with whatsapp. Whatsapp need to update their app so it still notifies if it was the last app open whilst the screen locks.
I just press home after I reply and let it lock its second nature to me. The bug is in whatsapp where if it is the last displayed whilst screen lock notifications don't work. You could try changing the conversation tone that might help.
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That's wrong... It was perfectly fine, instantly receiving whatsapp messages in my phone no matter what. Something I've changed caused it to stop working.
My problem isn't only the notifications, it's the actual whatsapp messages aswell. Something killed the Whatsapp wakelocks, now my whatsapp isn't causing any wakelocks and when the phone is idle it does not check for messages.
Updates to Active Display and Assist were just released in the Play Store.
For Active Display the biggest change is that it now follows system vibrate settings. So you can have vibe completely turned off if you want.
New version is 1.2.8
What's New
This update to Active Display now includes the following:
- Honors the system vibration settings. Turn vibration on/off by going to Settings -> Sound -> Vibrate on touch.
- More bug fixes
I have always had all vibration turned off but of course still had the quick vibe when unlocking with Active Display. It will take some time getting used to no vibe at all now.
There was also an update to Motorola Assist today.
New version is 2.0.29
What's New
- Added support to troubleshoot drive mode audio issues when connected to Bluetooth
- Meetings where you’re marked as “Available” will no longer trigger meeting mode
- Bug fixes!
I love the active notifications update I to have vibrations off so this is nice. Seems to work much better lag on faux kernel is gone now
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I have a Moto X with unlocked boot loader, root, XPosed, etc.
After these 2 updates I rebooted my phone and the Android crashed.
The reason for this reboot was that I changed some files in /system/etc/permission and /system/framework related with the SIP VOIP.
So, I don't know if the Android crashed because these updates or because the voip files.
Now I am downloading the 4.4.2 ROM again to flash in my phone.
Be careful if you have a rooted device.
I just updated Active Display. Is it me, or are the clock and notification symbols slightly bigger now? Something just seems different. Anyone else notice this?
Seems brighter to me...
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Anyone notice this update breaks the autoPlay feature in Assist Driving?
Solutions Etcetera said:
Anyone notice this update breaks the autoPlay feature in Assist Driving?
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I did..
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Try unchecking and rechecking it.
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MichaelMcEntire said:
Try unchecking and rechecking it.
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Did that work for you? It didn't here. In fact, while in Driving Assist I can open the Assist app and uncheck and recheck and it brings the player app to the front, but playback still does not resume.
I have cleared Assist's cache and data, uninstalled and reinstalled, and even cleared the phones cache and still no playback.
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Updates to Active Display and Assist were just released in the Play Store.
For Active Display the biggest change is that it now follows system vibrate settings. So you can have vibe completely turned off if you want.
New version is 1.2.8
What's New
This update to Active Display now includes the following:
- Honors the system vibration settings. Turn vibration on/off by going to Settings -> Sound -> Vibrate on touch.
- More bug fixes
I have always had all vibration turned off but of course still had the quick vibe when unlocking with Active Display. It will take some time getting used to no vibe at all now.
There was also an update to Motorola Assist today.
New version is 2.0.29
What's New
- Added support to troubleshoot drive mode audio issues when connected to Bluetooth
- Meetings where you’re marked as “Available” will no longer trigger meeting mode
- Bug fixes!
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Both of these are marked as incompatible with my phone (1053 DE).
JoeSchmoe007 said:
Both of these are marked as incompatible with my phone (1053 DE).
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Are you running Android 4.4.2 ?
Steve-x said:
Are you running Android 4.4.2 ?
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No, I am running 4.2.2
JoeSchmoe007 said:
No, I am running 4.2.2
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Ahh, there you go, you need to be on 4.4.2(or possibly 4.4) for the newest updates to be compatible.
Wow.. Good news good news. Already i did it's updated work thanks
Got an AmazFit A1602 watch, Chinese ROM. Set it up, updated it, played with PACEified for a few seconds (hadn't figured out how to OTA the stock ROM yet, so it hung-up when screen went off), went back to Chinese ROM, OTA'd it, reset it in English, and that's where I left it for about a week. Worked great, loved the watch. But, coming from a Gear Live (that wore out), I can't stand not getting my notifications on the watch...
So I dug further into it. Replaced the Chinese ROM with the English ROM - now it thinks it's an A1612 PACE. Kewl. Whatever. App works, everything works, repaired the recovery and OTA works (wellp, now I'm stuck on it, after finding the bootloader is now locked). But NOTIFICATIONS still don't work!
Tried it on a different device - my Nexus 7 tablet. Still no notifications.
Tried reinstalling, tried different app versions, tried everything I can find and think of. No. Notifications.
Do they even work for anyone else?
Another thread on the saga: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazfit/comments/61w4ga/most_notifications_not_coming_through_facebook
I might just offer "ad-free" for anyone that can actually help, throw a bounty out there and see if someone can help me. I usually end up asking the hard questions nobody can answer :fingers-crossed:
Probably you've tried this already but it's worth to repeat procedure.
After you paired the watch with your phone, you have to enable notifications in the app, choose witch notifications you want to allow/block and let the amazfit app to access notifications. Last part is usually under Android settings, security. Sounds complicated but it's good to have full control.
Notifications worsk perfectly for me.
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Yep, that's the first thing I try - but I appreciate the reply/bump! I think I might throw that bounty out there (if legal to do so) - I'd throw $15 at this problem to get it fixed. Hopefully that's how the donate option works
I enabled notification access to Amazfit app in the Android settings. Under the "notifications" options in the app, I get a miles-long list of apps on the phone, but they are all under the option to "disallow app notifications" -- no apps appear at the top of the page under "Allow app notifications". Presumably the top section is for apps that have sent notifications.
I also "disable battery optimization" and allow contact access for the watch as well.
My phone is a Huawei Honor 5x (kiwi) running CM13 (20161223 nightly) - but also tried on the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet running stock OS, unrooted.
Each app on that list have a switch on the right to enable notifications and move it to the "Allow app notifications".
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Screenshots how should look like. Latest dev app does not have push notifications but has another tab. Of course, watch must be connected to the phone to be able to receive notifications. But that's obvious Btw, I didn't touch batter optimization.
Btw, Frys still has the watch on $30 off.
p.s.
Now I see that you're my neighbor
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That was it!! Goddamn Chingrish... to me, it looked like that settings page was divided into two - apps that had sent notifications in the past, which I could turn off "allow notifications", and apps that hadn't sent notifications and I could "disallow" them from ever doing so. The Chingrish part is that they should be saying "Allowed" and "Disallowed" notifications... not "allow"/"disallow". It simply doesn't make sense to divide them solely by their switch setting... and since I had no intention of disallowing an app's notifications, I never tried switching ones from the bottom! Also doesn't make a lick of sense to disable them all by default - easily seems like it's malfunctioning. I just went through and switched everything up to "allowed" like it is in Android Wear by default.
Wellp, I got a SMS buzz on my wrist for the first time, and everything is awesome now.
Now I have a new problem...
We cannot process this transaction because there is a problem with the PayPal email address supplied by the seller. Please contact the seller to resolve the problem.
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Well, sometimes engineers have strange logic but I'm used to it. After all, I'm engineer
I'm glad to help, not for donation
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Just read email from Paypal about your donation. Thx You could just buy me a coffee somewhere in San Jose. Now I can buy you if you want.
hello , i also have a problem with notification on my amazafit watch.
it only show the notification from incoming calls . nothing in rest . i try everyting ( unistall/instal app , pair/depair, factory restore ....) but nothing work . Including what is above wroten .
Any ideea ?
10x
Just sharing my experience. My notifications stopped working and I went through all the above to no avail. Finally I realised I must have accidentally turned on Silent Mode at some point. It may help to check on your watch that Silent Mode is OFF
knightsljx said:
Just sharing my experience. My notifications stopped working and I went through all the above to no avail. Finally I realised I must have accidentally turned on Silent Mode at some point. It may help to check on your watch that Silent Mode is OFF
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Thanks my dear knightslix?
Gmail doesn't push notifications to watch
Hi all,
I m experiencing this issue and I really cannot understand what is going wrong and why it does it...i recently purchased amazfit stratos English version and I was not very satisfied with the notifications capabilities..i could only see the first email and read it all way down but if a second mail arrived I could only see the gmail logo and a number( indicating the number of the mails that I have) ..but wasn't able to read each message...very frustrating...same for other apps...Viber and line messenger if I receive more than one message I can only read the last one....so I decide to go with the watchdroid app for the phone and assistant for the watch... everything is running smoothly now,I can even reply to messages (for some reason only sms messages not Viber or line) BUT I do NOT receive my mails from gmail...something that with the amazfit app I could...well I could not read them if they were more than one but the push service was working...with watchdroid gmail push notifications do not work....any help would be appreciated guys!
Thanks in advance,
Stratos
Does anybody noticed some notifications issues? Like one couple of days ago my amazfit watch doesn't gets app notifications, and apps like voice notify or led notifications doesn't works properly, ( verry long delay ) I think that's some how related to deep sleep or that artificial intelligence.. because even hard reset doesn't fixes the problems ....
GodXen said:
Does anybody noticed some notifications issues? Like one couple of days ago my amazfit watch doesn't gets app notifications, and apps like voice notify or led notifications doesn't works properly, ( verry long delay ) I think that's some how related to deep sleep or that artificial intelligence.. because even hard reset doesn't fixes the problems ....
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Never post your IMEI number online, u should blur it.
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Mostar088 said:
Never post your IMEI number online, u should blur it.
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Thanks for the tip, but as soon as mate 10 pro will be in shop I will change it, so I don't really care
Anyway could you please test your phone to check if it's working for you ? Because I can't figure it out if it was after update or even before :/
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Thanks for the tip, but as soon as mate 10 pro will be in shop I will change it, so I don't really care
Anyway could you please test your phone to check if it's working for you ? Because I can't figure it out if it was after update or even before :/
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I run Oreo Beta on mine so i cant test.
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Can you check on beta ? Im wondering if I should try because without voice notify and smartwatch app notifications I can't live
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Can you check on beta ? Im wondering if I should try because without voice notify and smartwatch app notifications I can't live
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No notification problemas on the Beta.
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Thats strange, because I believe it's related to battery saver, deep sleep or something, because I really see that battery lasts way longer than before. But I have disabled all possible savers, I even added apps to special access lists but even that doesn't helps. Notifications from Google app like weather and traffic schedules works, but gmail or other stuff doesn't... Gonna try hard reset once again, but other that that I have no idea what to do..
Unfortunately i tried many apps like "Voice notify" and even bought a huawei mate 10 pro. same problems, noone of apps works properly when screen is off/phone locked. Im verry sad about that.
You probably have it set to close out apps to help save on the battery. That could be the reason you are not getting certain notifications and whatnot. I had this on my Mate 9 and left it to get the phenomenal battery life, but I don't have a smart watch. There's a way to turn that off and I'd bet you'd be able to get back notifications and the watch working like normal.
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Hello,
Here in France LG-H870 has finally com to Oreo.
I have a Amazfit Bip watch and it worked fine... but : worked ...
Now I ain't got notification'a app on my watch anymore. Everything else il OK anyway, like heart rate...
Any help please
Thank you
Hi, I have the amazfit bip too, and it works fine after Oreo update. Had you check if mifit is allow to run in background in the g6 battery option?
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Hi, I have the amazfit bip too, and it works fine after Oreo update. Had you check if mifit is allow to run in background in the g6 battery option?
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Yes, I did it too
Ok, then you can try to check if movie had access to read notification.
You can find it in
option
App & notification
Special access
Access to notification
If this is already been done I have no other tips, sorry .
However I think that an hard reset should be done after update to Oreo, I didn't do that and now have some apps that's crushes every ounce in a while.
Cheers
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Ok, then you can try to check if movie had access to read notification.
You can find it in
option
App & notification
Special access
Access to notification
If this is already been done I have no other tips, sorry .
However I think that an hard reset should be done after update to Oreo, I didn't do that and now have some apps that's crushes every ounce in a while.
Cheers
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Yes, access to notification is allowed too ...
Hard reset you say ?... Damn :crying: .. I would have to put again all my apps :crying::crying:
I hope there is another way...There is only this pb on my phone
Thank you