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[Tutorial] Workaround for garbled text on Ice Cold Sandwich

Seeing as there's a lot questions about this error I made this tutorial to make it easier for all in IceColdSandwich development thread. It's not really a fix as the issue will probably continue to happen, so it's more of a workaround for the issue.
So if you end up with a screen like this:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
do the following to resolve the issue.
Step 1
Press "menu" button on the phone and click on System Settings
Step 2
Click on ROM Control
Step 3
Click on "General UI"
Step 4
Scroll down and select the option: Hold back to kill
Step 5
Go back to home screen and long press back key until your launcher restarts.
If and when the error appears again you just need to restart the launcher with the back key, no need to go through steps 1-4 again.
If you use Nova launcher you can instead go to nova settings in step 1 and choose Restart Nova Launcher option from the bottom of the menu. - Thanks to TransientMotion for posting that option
As I've seen the posted comments below I decided to keep this solution here because, to be fair, it's by far the simplest. I understand that many launchers have built in option to restart, and Trebuchet restarts after exiting settings, but once you set the option to kill apps with back button then it's just a click away, no digging through options I hope this way satisfies everyone just because of the simplicity
And just to be fair, most of the times I find myself also digging through Nova options instead of using this one
Credits:
First image shamelessly stolen from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21675895&postcount=519
ROM made by LorDClockaN, you can find developer thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450962
Q&A thread is found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369687

Missleading
Not really a fix but a bypass.

Also you can go into Nova settings, and select 'restart nova' (its the 2nd to last option). Nova will restart and take you back to your homescreen with the text back to normal.

perern said:
Not really a fix but a bypass.
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True, I'll update the post to say workaround
TransientMotion said:
Also you can go into Nova settings, and select 'restart nova' (its the 2nd to last option). Nova will restart and take you back to your homescreen with the text back to normal.
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Great thinking will add it to OP. Thanks

Thanks buddy. I used to face this problem atleast once a couple of days. BTW sometimes only the text in the widgets gets corrupted, will this work then as well ?

yes ore press "menue" on homescrean "(laucher)settings" scroll down and hide "resart launcher". I tink workes in all ICS lauchers.

An alternative when using Trebuchet
I've found I can tap into Menu > Trebuchet settings, then back arrow out once to the home screen. This seems to restart Trebuchet and clear up the font issue. I figured this out before finding this thread so hadn't tried long pressing the back key from home.

ethanhunt12345 said:
Thanks buddy. I used to face this problem atleast once a couple of days. BTW sometimes only the text in the widgets gets corrupted, will this work then as well ?
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I'm pretty sure it should, since widget "drawing" is controlled by the launcher.

thanks, this hasn't happened in a while, but good to know if it happens again

[Q] Press home button shows choose default screen touch wiz

Surprisingly enough I could not find this issue when using the search function. (maybe it is my search capabilities )
Just started using my S5 last week. Now when I touch the home button I get the message to use touchwiz-start.
When I press always (picture says "altijd") it looks like it does not safe this default.
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
It works for an hour or so, and then it is reset so I get this message again when I press the home button.
Searching for this it looks like a lot of people have this issue, but I do not see a working resolution.

aawsum said:
Searching for this it looks like a lot of people have this issue, but I do not see a working resolution.
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Give this a try
Settings > Applications > Application Manager scroll across the screen to All, then scroll down to Touchwiz, you will see Touchwiz Home Easy and Touchwiz Home, check in both apps and if the options are not grayed out tap clear Cache and Clear Defaults, don’t clear Data as that will wipe home screen shortcuts and set up.
Press the back button to get to your Settings > Application screen and tap Default Applications then tap Home and Select Touchwiz Home, once selected press the back button twice to get to the Settings > Application screen then press and hold the Power button and select Restart.
If its cleared all the default data and reset it then your phone should boot into the default Touchwiz home screen, this should work, if it doesn’t then you have an app or something that is causing it so look at what you have updated or installed recently.

ag4751 said:
if it doesn’t then you have an app or something that is causing it so look at what you have updated or installed recently.
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Well actually this triggered me to analyse some recent updates I did, and then I saw one app where somebody reported that it was trying to install itself as a touchwizz app. I deinstalled it et voila, problem solved.
I notified the creator of the app that the recent update he delivered is causing this problem.
So thanks for your input, it triggered me to look a bit deeper into the installed apps and solve this problem.

aawsum said:
So thanks for your input, it triggered me to look a bit deeper into the installed apps and solve this problem.
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At least it got it sorted for you that's the main thing

lock screen security

so i have a joyin ul135. i realised that in the settings there is no option to turn on a lockscreen. simply put, my personal accounts are associated with this device for spotify, amazon, netflix etc, and i dont want anybody to have access to this when i drop it in to the mechanic etc.
does anyone have a recommendation (app recommendation), that they personally use to lock the screen/device that they find works really well with their joying headunit?

i would be interested in this as well.

tenquillico said:
so i have a joyin ul135. i realised that in the settings there is no option to turn on a lockscreen. simply put, my personal accounts are associated with this device for spotify, amazon, netflix etc, and i dont want anybody to have access to this when i drop it in to the mechanic etc.
does anyone have a recommendation (app recommendation), that they personally use to lock the screen/device that they find works really well with their joying headunit?
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I have tried Lock screen by Green Banana Studio and it works fine, sometimes it takes 5 sec for app to run after unit has booted up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.green.banana.app.lockscreenpassword&hl=en
This one looks good too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.next&hl=en

I find it easier just to freeze all those apps with Titanium backup and unfreeze later. Someone could unfreeze those but I doubt they'll go through the trouble.

Is there something more reliable. I used the AppLock - DoMobile and locked all apps before handing over to the garage.
But, when I received the car, I found that they have been watching the movies in my HU and the app was disabled.
Later, I found that, a simple press on the reset button or a battery disconnection will de-activate the app.
Any other suggestion will be appreciated.
I created a google account and switched to it in my HU after this.

I enabled security lockscreen this way (on unrooted Joying model): (pictures are from my Samsung phone just to represent the concept)
1. install Nova Launcher;
2. went to widgets there and picked Nova's shortcut 'Activities' and placed it at desktop;
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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3. it automatically opens up list with all available activities on the device grouped by application or service;
4. scroll down to Settings group of activities and tap on it to open sub-list of Settings activities (there will be a lot);
5. scroll down there until you'll find something like Select screen lock activity. There could be several with the same name, so you need to check their system name (or whatever it is) below.
6. Tap it to select and place this shortcut to the desktop.
If you picked correct one it will open normal android settings menu for lockscreen.
I believe you may find any other app that work with activities in some more comfortable way and do the same thing (find corresponding Settings activity and get to the lockscreen setup).

negazets said:
I enabled security lockscreen this way (on unrooted Joying model): (pictures are from my Samsung phone just to represent the concept)
1. install Nova Launcher;
2. went to widgets there and picked Nova's shortcut 'Activities' and placed it at desktop;
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3. it automatically opens up list with all available activities on the device grouped by application or service;
4. scroll down to Settings group of activities and tap on it to open sub-list of Settings activities (there will be a lot);
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5. scroll down there until you'll find something like Select screen lock activity. There could be several with the same name, so you need to check their system name (or whatever it is) below.
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6. Tap it to select and place this shortcut to the desktop.
If you picked correct one it will open normal android settings menu for lockscreen.
I believe you may find any other app that work with activities in some more comfortable way and do the same thing (find corresponding Settings activity and get to the lockscreen setup).
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Okay, I will try that.

Do you have an update? What did you end up doing to lock your head unit?

Iam looking for a solution too. I also foind the activity and I can launch it. I am also able to define a pin or pattern. Just the screen never locks.neither on turning off the screen nor on standby or reboot. Also I tried to use nova launcher but still I can't get the lock screen to show up even though I configured a lock pattern and the device tells me the pattern unlock is active.
I think my PX5 Android 6.0 ROM simply lacks the lock screen implementation itself. Also other screen locking apps do not work as the unit kills all apps on standby (imcluding other lock apps).
I would actually also like to add multiple users as this is supported in Android 6. But dragging down the status bar and tapping on the blue user icon does not launch any activity. I guess its simply not implemented.
As there is potentially an update with Android 8 upcoming soon I do not waste my time here. After the upgrade is released I will check agin. If the user management and lock is still missing we might check with custom rom developers how to fix/add this.

Workaround
I believe I've found a solution.
It involves using an app such as AppLock to lock all the required apps behind a PIN etc and then using an app such as Automateit to launch AppLock whenever the device boots.

carnag3 said:
I believe I've found a solution.
It involves using an app such as AppLock to lock all the required apps behind a PIN etc and then using an app such as Automateit to launch AppLock whenever the device boots.
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The Intel joying with the custom ROM allows you to set a password lock screen

hello !
I have an issue with my navi JY-TO122N4GS: i have tried to add a vpn, after that it says that i should set a screenlock, i've added pin 0000 and when i'm trying to add a vpn it asks for PIN but it does not work.
Here is where i'm locked out. https://photos.app.goo.gl/FcHFWyGrvM1XP9hV9

Weather and At glance problem

Hi friends i updated my mi a1 to pie, done hard reset after update and set my phone from beginning with pie update. But having a problem no mater what i do i can't get weather to show near at glance, just show date and no weather. I can ask assistant for weather and it tells me but thats it. If that is the case that i can't make weather icon to show near at glance i would rather to completely remove at glance! Is that possible and how? Regards

You can try by resetting Google discover preferences in Google now settings.
That worked for me.

danilov1 said:
Hi friends i updated my mi a1 to pie, done hard reset after update and set my phone from beginning with pie update. But having a problem no mater what i do i can't get weather to show near at glance, just show date and no weather. I can ask assistant for weather and it tells me but thats it. If that is the case that i can't make weather icon to show near at glance i would rather to completely remove at glance! Is that possible and how? Regards
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It'ss sounds pretty obvious, I know, but I have to ask: did you give to Google app the location permission?

Jowandeka said:
You can try by resetting Google discover preferences in Google now settings.
That worked for me.
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Where to find this?

alexandreantunez said:
It'ss sounds pretty obvious, I know, but I have to ask: did you give to Google app the location permission?
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Yes i did
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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1. Swipe to the right on your home screen to enter Google Now.
2. Go to the upper right corner of the screen and click on 3 little dots.
3. Select Settings and scroll down and select Discover.
4. Again, scroll down untill you find Reset Discover Preferences.

Jowandeka said:
1. Swipe to the right on your home screen to enter Google Now.
2. Go to the upper right corner of the screen and click on 3 little dots.
3. Select Settings and scroll down and select Discover.
4. Again, scroll down untill you find Reset Discover Preferences.
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Stuck at this
Cant find discover

danilov1 said:
Stuck at this
Cant find discover
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In your case it should be under "Your Feed".
Feed is renamed to Discover by Google recently.
I thought that you did get that update.

Disabling and reenabling google app helps it, works it's show weather until next time weather needs to be refreshed then disappears and appears at wil. Cant find the catch, and if someone knows on which time interval google refreshes weather widget. tnx everyone

danilov1 said:
Disabling and reenabling google app helps it, works it's show weather until next time weather needs to be refreshed then disappears and appears at wil. Cant find the catch, and if someone knows on which time interval google refreshes weather widget. tnx everyone
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The workaround or "catch" , as you say, for me at least is to turn WiFi on.
When I'm on mobile data weather just don't refresh itself.
Tried everything else, but this is what works always.

Jowandeka said:
The workaround or "catch" , as you say, for me at least is to turn WiFi on.
When I'm on mobile data weather just don't refresh itself.
Tried everything else, but this is what works always.
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I dont know what i did but im sure it was some setting in google account now works perfectly and always stays shown even did a hard reset to see did i solved problem permanently and everythings works :laugh:
sometimes i even get whether shown at notification bar like this
Tnx everyone for your time :highfive:

Headunit opens recent apps instead of launcher when i start the car, why?

Hi there, so, I have this annoying problem i've been trying to solve for few days now with no luck, hoping someone here got some ideas what could be wrong
the headunit is cheapo chinese seicane H521K model number 8227L_demo running android 8.1
everything stock except launcher, i have tried few launchers like car launcher free, nova launcher carwebguru etc and now fcc launcher(this one imma gonna keep, got the paid version and i like it), same problem with any launcher except the stock launcher that i dont like too much
so when i start the car, or turn key to 1 position and the unit wakes from sleep/hibernate/whatever state that thing is in, it shows me recent apps screen instead of launcher homescreen and i have no idea why
i have set fcc launcher as default from android settings and launcher settings
so far i have tried factory reset and install nothing but the launcher, tried reboot from factory settings menu, tried completely powering off by disconnecting battery and rebooting
disconnecting battery or rebooting from menu always boots to the launcher home screen as supposed to, the first time, but simply turning the car key to off/on greets me with recent apps screen instead of homescreen so i guess sleep/waking up from sleep is messing something up
below is picture of the screen i'm talking about
any suggestions are welcome as i'm losing hope with this thing, been googling and trying different things for few days now with no luck
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#Metoo
Pretty sure I just fitted the same HU in my car yesterday and I've noticed it doing this a couple times. Interested to see if this is a simple fix or something more in depth. I'm using AGAMA launcher btw.

I don't own one of those HU but on mine there's a toggle in the factory settings menu to restore previous state on restart. I have no idea how it would be worded on your unit or if it would even have it but it worth checking.

I have the same issue. Have you found a solution for this problem?

I had a similar issue. I noticed that it was happening once I connect to wifi. Thankfuly, the dealer has replaced the unit with another one (different firmware version). So it seems more a software issue.

Easy fix:
Start the car,after HU displays recent apps,don't go for close all button,close every app manually,by sliding or pressing the x btn for every app singly,go To factory setting,and choose reboot.

Atlas-Design said:
Easy fix:
Start the car,after HU displays recent apps,don't go for close all button,close every app manually,by sliding or pressing the x btn for every app singly,go To factory setting,and choose reboot.
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This will give you one clean start...the minute you run any apps after that you're back to square one.

Hello,
same problem with my Witson PX5 Android 9. Sometimes it opens recent apps instead of the launcher.
Any ideas?

Having this same issue very annoying.

No fix for this yet?

Cytoplasm said:
No fix for this yet?
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It's very moody...sometimes it goes straight to radio, sometimes to Agama(my launcher).
I tried putting Agama in the Auto launch section of factory settings, but that only works after a reboot, not hibernation.
I also tried to launch things from Agama, but of course that assumes Agama is running - which I find not to be the case every time.
I think it boils down to Android killing the background apps when going into hibernation despite have power to RAM and MCU.

Lol close every app individually instead of close all then reboot ..

DKee009 said:
Lol close every app individually instead of close all then reboot ..
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Did you not read that this only works ONCE....you suggesting someone to do this EVERY day.

Do you have fix for that? I have the same problem with Junsun V3 pro and its very annoying with own launcher :C

I have same problem with Agama. Any suggestions? Has anyone tried the Automate app to overcome the problem?

Thanks, I can't find that option but will continue to look for it.

To have Agama start after both Reboot or a normal startup, you need to tick the small box at the bottom of the 'Autostart' screen in Agama