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Bugs? Empty Market & Application Manager + CNN Widget Slowdown

A couple of things happened last night. Anyone else experience these?
I went into the market and was presented with a grid of 16 apps, and that's it. I can click on the apps and install them, but searching revealed no more apps nor could I get to the main app market home page or menu.
I attempted to close the market app under settings, applications, manage applications, running services.
The problem? It was empty too. So was the list of installed applications. According to Android, I had nothing installed.
Rebooting fixed this issue, but I don't know what caused it.
Second interesting thing. One of the first apps I installed was the CNN app with the widget. I thought it was a pretty neat widget to have on the home screen. Over the next few days I noticed lag. Keyboard lag, browser lag, app drawer, etc. Just about everywhere. Last night I removed the CNN widget and guess what, lag vanished. I don't know if it's the widget or just a coincidence but thought I would share.

Sirchuk said:
A couple of things happened last night. Anyone else experience these?
I went into the market and was presented with a grid of 16 apps, and that's it. I can click on the apps and install them, but searching revealed no more apps nor could I get to the main app market home page or menu.
I attempted to close the market app under settings, applications, manage applications, running services.
The problem? It was empty too. So was the list of installed applications. According to Android, I had nothing installed.
Rebooting fixed this issue, but I don't know what caused it.
Second interesting thing. One of the first apps I installed was the CNN app with the widget. I thought it was a pretty neat widget to have on the home screen. Over the next few days I noticed lag. Keyboard lag, browser lag, app drawer, etc. Just about everywhere. Last night I removed the CNN widget and guess what, lag vanished. I don't know if it's the widget or just a coincidence but thought I would share.
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I have had some weirdness with the CNN widget. For no apparent reason, it would disappear from my screen but would really still be there, just invisible because I could not add another widget in that spot. Rebooting corrected it the few times it has happened. I noticed they released an update today (or yesterday) so I installed it and hopefully that will take care of it.

Same problem here. I even tried to remove the invisible CNN widget but couldn't. Restarting the Xoom seems to fix it but hate to keep doing that all the time it disappears on me. Needs to be fixed soon

Lag on recent apps

Hi everybody, since I am on lollipop, there is this annoying lag when opening recent apps. I think everybody has this. In my case it takes between 3 to 5 secs until it opens. I can't stand that.
I already have chainfire s recent app installed but that doesn't work in my case.
My question is, if somebody has a fix or can give me a link to another Rom where the recent apps opens fast?
Help would be appreciated!
Regards

Latest Lollipop stock ROM and all before it, recent apps list opens instantly for me

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Latest Lollipop stock ROM and all before it, recent apps list opens instantly for me
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So you say that you never had a lag on lollipop, when opening recent apps?
That's strange!
Am I the only person with this problem?

putti71 said:
So you say that you never had a lag on lollipop, when opening recent apps?
That's strange!
Am I the only person with this problem?
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Never, I tested it last night by opening about 15 apps, then hitting the home button after opening each one, so they all ended up as recent apps - then once back on the home screen, I hit the recent apps button and in under half a second it opened fine, nice smooth scrolling between them
The only thing that takes a bit longer to open for me, is the gallery, which is about 1-2 seconds opening time instead of instant, probably because I have hundreds of images saved
I'm using NOVA Launcher Prime if that makes any difference, TouchWiz is a laggy POS anyway, first thing I disable

Thanks for the info, perhaps nova is the cause, I will try that

@"detection"
Can you tell me if the Samsung widgets work on nova? Especially weather and splanner widget?

I have most of the Samsung bloat disabled / frozen so can't test
But I would imagine so, give it a try, NOVA is free, but you can buy the Prime version if you want extras, but for general use, the free version does everything and more than stock TouchWiz, and is 10x faster

HELP! Serious trouble with apps authorization

Hello folks
I am new here, and I am having a serious issue with my brand new Nexus 6P.
In fact, authorizations concerning certain apps (mainly Whatsapp and Chronus) are getting automatically removed by the system even though I had previously authorized those apps to access my contacts or my calendar.
The outcome is really bothering, because as for whatsapp it doesn't matter whether I restore authorizations manually through apps settings, I still cannot see my contacts on whatsapp, with the result that I only see many phone numbers for each chat, and if I go to the contacts tab, it appears to be empty, so the app still is not granted to access my contacts.
The only way I found to solve this issue is by uninstalling and reinstalling whatsapp, but still this problem returns after less than 24 hours, and it's really bugging me because I can't keep on uninstalling and reinstalling whatsapp daily.
Also with chronus I am having similar issues concerning appointments display, sometimes the app widget randomly says that there aren't enough authorizations in order to display the appointments, while I previously set that.
What should I do? Any suggestion? Please help me as all this is really bothering in everyday usage.
Thank you

What apps do you have installed.
Specifically, apps that mess w the OS

Well... I am using Nova launcher, and I also installed an app to lock the phone from the screen itself (lock screen)... as for the rest, they're all quite ordinary apps, nothing that really messes with the OS, I am not rooted and the bootloader is locked

Maybe I missed it, but your giving them Permissions via Settings Apps? And its not sticking?

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Maybe I missed it, but your giving them Permissions via Settings Apps? And its not sticking?
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Exactly. Even if I already granted permissions, the grant doesn't stick and after a while the OS denies apps all by itself.
And as for what concerns whatsapp, even if I restore the authorization and grant it to access my contacts, I still cannot see my contacts displayed in the contacts tab, and if I go back to app permission settings, I still see that whatsapp figures as granted

uninstall those apps. restart your phone.
see if they stick.
if not, Id factory reset

Ok I'll try and keep you posted, thx

I have uninstalled nova launcher and there is no trouble so far, but I am wondering if trouble was caused by the lock screen app instead, I would really love to install nova launcher again b cause I am too used to its wide range of customization... Does anyone here use nova launcher without any trouble?

nightstar87 said:
I have uninstalled nova launcher and there is no trouble so far, but I am wondering if trouble was caused by the lock screen app instead, I would really love to install nova launcher again b cause I am too used to its wide range of customization... Does anyone here use nova launcher without any trouble?
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I've never had trouble with Nova pro for my apps. Don't use the apps u mentioned....

nightstar87 said:
I have uninstalled nova launcher and there is no trouble so far, but I am wondering if trouble was caused by the lock screen app instead, I would really love to install nova launcher again b cause I am too used to its wide range of customization... Does anyone here use nova launcher without any trouble?
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reinstall nova and see if you have the issues.
there's no other way to know.

EMUI 5 Phone Manager not able to close background apps

Hi,
I noticed that with the new update to EMUI 5 my Phone Manager is not working properly.
It's not closing the marked apps on 'Close apps after screen lock' setting.
To test this i first mark an app to be closed on screen lock, when i unlock my phone the app is still running.
Also i'm receiving notifications from said app when my screen is locked (ex. facebook).
Even when i run the battery optimiser manually he states that X amount of apps have been closed on background, although they are still running...
I did my update via OTA with a fresh factory reset after it. Then i used Huawei Backup tool to restore the state of my apps. More recently i even reset the Phone Manager app data twice.
Are you experiencing any similar issues?

jpcafe said:
Hi,
I noticed that with the new update to EMUI 5 my Phone Manager is not working properly.
It's not closing the marked apps on 'Close apps after screen lock' setting.
To test this i first mark an app to be closed on screen lock, when i unlock my phone the app is still running.
Also i'm receiving notifications from said app when my screen is locked (ex. facebook).
Even when i run the battery optimiser manually he states that X amount of apps have been closed on background, although they are still running...
I did my update via OTA with a fresh factory reset after it. Then i used Huawei Backup tool to restore the state of my apps. More recently i even reset the Phone Manager app data twice.
Are you experiencing any similar issues?
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I have the same issue on B370, VNS-L31...I think it's a general bug and it will be resolved in the next update(I hope so..)

robi10101298 said:
I have the same issue on B370, VNS-L31...I think it's a general bug and it will be resolved in the next update(I hope so..)
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Cool, thanks for the reply!
Phone Manager was perfect for me on 4.1 not sure why they messed with it.
Protected Apps made more sense than Allow All, even the smart battery setting is gone..

My issue is the phone manager is closing apps that I want to stay open

jpcafe said:
Cool, thanks for the reply!
Phone Manager was perfect for me on 4.1 not sure why they messed with it.
Protected Apps made more sense than Allow All, even the smart battery setting is gone..
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I always have Power Saving Mode on and I have like 5-6h screen time on, and it s OK for me...

Verizon S10+ Android 10 very aggressive app killing

I recently upgraded my phone (Verizon S10+ 128GB) to Android 10 with the OTA update. Since then it appears that i can't keep any apps running in the background. Before i could have a Pokemon go running, go to something else for at least an hour, and when I switched back to it was still running and i didn't need to reload it. Now I will open Pokemon Go, go to a different app and within 15 seconds i go back to Pokemon Go and it has to reload. I have even added Pokemon Go to run in the background and to the exception list under memory. Is anyone else noticing this very aggressive app killing since they have updated to Android 10? I have also noticed that while using Nova Launcher there will be times when the home screen has to completely reload. The icons will take a second to appear and another second for the widget to pop up as if Nova Launcher was reloaded. Does this have to do with the the phone killing all the apps in the background?
I am not rooted or anything. This is a completely stock phone.

That's odd, I am on AT&T and haven't noticed it. Of course I use the 3rd party app greenify as well. Maybe try a data factory reset or reflashing the Verizon firmware with Odin?

imp3r10 said:
I recently upgraded my phone (Verizon S10+ 128GB) to Android 10 with the OTA update. Since then it appears that i can't keep any apps running in the background. Before i could have a Pokemon go running, go to something else for at least an hour, and when I switched back to it was still running and i didn't need to reload it. Now I will open Pokemon Go, go to a different app and within 15 seconds i go back to Pokemon Go and it has to reload. I have even added Pokemon Go to run in the background and to the exception list under memory. Is anyone else noticing this very aggressive app killing since they have updated to Android 10? I have also noticed that while using Nova Launcher there will be times when the home screen has to completely reload. The icons will take a second to appear and another second for the widget to pop up as if Nova Launcher was reloaded. Does this have to do with the the phone killing all the apps in the background?
I am not rooted or anything. This is a completely stock phone.
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Cohld it be this?

diehard2013 said:
Cohld it be this?
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Don't think so. I am experiencing this issue as well and the "Don't Keep Activities" option is turned off, so it's not the developer options.
I believe it is directly tied to the OTA update to Android 10 Q. I didn't experience all this force closing of apps before the update on Android 9.
I am curious if I changed the battery mode from "Optimized" in the Phone Settings (Settings > Device care > battery > Power mode) to maybe High performance would it fix the issue? If so, then we have a problem as selecting anything from High performance would kill apps such as Nova Launcher, or if you're editing a document and need to copy and paste from another app it would kill the other app before you can go back to it. This puts your phone back to iPhone 3GS era, and we don't want that
Hope someone finds a solution.

I did a recovery Data Cache erase and that seems to have fixed it. Something must have happened during the OTA. I haven't had any complaints now.

imp3r10 said:
I recently upgraded my phone (Verizon S10+ 128GB) to Android 10 with the OTA update. Since then it appears that i can't keep any apps running in the background. Before i could have a Pokemon go running, go to something else for at least an hour, and when I switched back to it was still running and i didn't need to reload it. Now I will open Pokemon Go, go to a different app and within 15 seconds i go back to Pokemon Go and it has to reload. I have even added Pokemon Go to run in the background and to the exception list under memory. Is anyone else noticing this very aggressive app killing since they have updated to Android 10? I have also noticed that while using Nova Launcher there will be times when the home screen has to completely reload. The icons will take a second to appear and another second for the widget to pop up as if Nova Launcher was reloaded. Does this have to do with the the phone killing all the apps in the background?
I am not rooted or anything. This is a completely stock phone.
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I have a UK, EE locked 10+ and this used to happen to me when i was running a high RAM app (games basically).
I also believe it has been reduced (eliminated?) from the last large fw update my phone went through a week ago (the samsung UI update, sorry thats a bit vague - as opposed to a more recent 128MB security update).
So i'd guess this is not carrier specific and relates to the samsung fw?
Hope this helps.

I'm experiencing this, and I've been on 10 since beta2, but it just started happening today. Even apps that I "lock" are closing almost immediately.....