ICS Talk Video effects button disappeared??! - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, just installed 4.0.3 ICS version LPQ. Everything is great, had a bit of fun with my mate doing stupid faces and doing screen captures for prosperity! Now today we both are in chat but the effect button has disappeared! Has anyone else had this problem, anyone know how to retrieve it. Thanks.
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Same problem
Yea i had the same problem. I was using google talk to video chat with my nob head friend. I was using the effects button to change my face etc. The next day my effects button had dissapeared and his appeared. Both of us were on WiFi both times. Very strange.

Hmmm......Strange, mine has re-appeared today!
Why don't you check yours again and see if it's back too. I cant explain it at the moment but at least I can use it again and make myself look like a wierdo sex pest on chat!!
Maybe you should stop talking to your nob head friend??! He could be jinxing your phone!

bump.
mine seems to disappear whenever it feels.
I am not sure what makes it disappear nor am I sure what makes it reappear.

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[Q]Music suddenly stops playing

A lot of times when I'm listening to music and the screen is off, the music stops playing. Pressing the headset button does not resume the music, I have to turn on the screen and press the play button.
I had this problem on KE7 as well as I have it on KF2, my phone is rooted, currently I use PowerAMP, but if I can remember correctly, I've encountered the issue using Doubletwist as well. I even tried hard resetting, but the issue persists (I didn't really start from scratch but rather restored my user apps from a Titanium Backup).
Before I go through the tiresome task of uninstalling all the apps and installing them back one by one, I decided to ask for your help. Maybe somebody already managed to resolve a similar issue...
Settings> Motion> disable it... It may be because of the motion sensors... If you tilt the phone in a certain angle, the music stops playing...Just try, if it didn't work, then there is a problem...
This seemed to be happening to me when using PlayerPro. However, I had the trial and paid for versions installed, and it seemed to be the trial version doing this. Switching to the paid for version stopped the issue.
Could PowerAmp be behaving the same?
waynej4 said:
This seemed to be happening to me when using PlayerPro. However, I had the trial and paid for versions installed, and it seemed to be the trial version doing this. Switching to the paid for version stopped the issue.
Could PowerAmp be behaving the same?
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I have bought the full version, so it can't be this. The motion theory is interesting, but the phone was sitting on my desk when it happened today. Will try disabling it anyway.
Setting motion control to off did not help either. ;(
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Hey man, im experiencing the same problem.
Glad to hear im not the only one. Ill be following this thread for answers. Im using PowerAmp as well.
Well, nice to hear I'm not alone.
I will try using doubletwist for a day or two, to see if it's a PowerAmp thing. But if memory serves me well, I already expirienced the same issue before buying PowerAMP.
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Just came across this thread:
http://powerampapp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1274
Interestingly somebody mentions Google Listen as the culprit. I do use it a lot. Will try removing it and report back. BTW: Pocket Casts is free today on Amazon Appstore!
Freezing Google Listen defenitely helps.
I'm having the same problem, both with the stock player, and BBC iPlayer.
I'm also using Google Listen... so it'll be a shame if it's that which causes the problem.
I've just checked my Listen settings: it's set to check for new updates once a day, but I've had the players stop more than once in one day. I also had 'send anon feedback' switched on. I've turned that off.
I'd really like to hear if it's the confirmed culprit (and how to remove or freeze it) - cheers
I've also heard the problem could be when the phone is switching between 2G and 3G mode: as I'm in a basement office, I have poor signal quality, so there's a chance that's to blame...?
Well I use Google listen on my nexus one for a year now, and it never shows up in my apps list using battery, nor does it ever appear in system panel lust using no CPU. Its been just fine.
I've found the music is stopping when I get Gmail messages (though not every time)... so it's one of my Gamil widgets, the Status bar (though I have notifications turned off) or the Social Hub.
Once I've backed up all my data I'm going to do a Factory Reset
Update:
I've done a factory reset, that didn't stop it.
I've removed the Gmail widget, that didn't stop it.
I've gotten a brand new replacement phone, that didn't stop it.
I've tried a different music player (UberMusic), that didn't stop it.
Anyone got any more ideas?
sorry to bump old thread, but Im also facing this issue and couldnt find it anywhere except this thread.....
Currently on resurrection remix rom 2.3, not too sure what gives
kedirakevo said:
sorry to bump old thread, but Im also facing this issue and couldnt find it anywhere except this thread.....
Currently on resurrection remix rom 2.3, not too sure what gives
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Maybe post in rr thread instead?
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kilometers4 said:
Maybe post in rr thread instead?
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i had this issue with other roms also before... but since RR is my current rom so i just... u know...
But yea maybe i try posting in RR thread too, see if anyone can help
kedirakevo said:
i had this issue with other roms also before... but since RR is my current rom so i just... u know...
But yea maybe i try posting in RR thread too, see if anyone can help
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I think i managed to solve the issue, I uninstsalled DSP manager through TB

Issues with notification sounds going mute...

So I have a Droid X2, now un-rooted and back on stock 2.3.4 and this is an issue I have had since I had the phone and have never found a fix. I have asked this multiple times on the Verizon forum for the DX and never get an answer...
SO every day I seem to have issues with my notifications going mute, sometimes, but not always, my ringer even goes mute. Usually once a day I have to reboot my phone because it is the only way I can fix it. I thought at first it had to do with my blutooth, but since SBFing and going back to stock I have not re-added my blutooth and it still happens. I took it into the store and he suggested that it is an app causing a conflict and I should uninstall 10 or so apps at a time to try and narrow it down... but I just went ahead and did a factory restore to see if it would help... but it happened again today...
Now, the notifications I use are ones I put on the phone. I have tried putting them on the SD and the internal and it seems to happen with both. I have also put them directly on and also tried ringdroid but it still does the same thing. The sound and notification levels will be all the way up, and when you go into the settings and try to pick a notification sound or ringtone, even the stock ones, you wont hear anything (and you would usually hear a preview of the sound)... The only way I can get the sounds to work is to reboot the phone and when it comes back, it will be fine... for a while. Sometimes have to reboot multiple times a day, but almost always at least once a day to get them back up...
Since you all seem smarter than the Verizon folks and have been a huge help to me thus far, I thought I would ask here and see if anyone else has ran into this and has a fix or if there are any known apps that would cause this. I have done searches but found nothing...
Is your music player ok?
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Is your music player ok?
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You know, I have never thought to check. I will next time it happens. I rebooted the last one earlier and its been fine, but I am positive it'll happen again here later...
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Is your music player ok?
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Okay... happening again. Nope. Music won't play. Says something about not being able to play that type of file. Just regular music that plays any other time. If I reboot the phone I'm sure it'll work. Any ideas?
I have the same issue of notification sounds going mute randomly. I'm using galaxy tab P1000, android 2.3.3
sometimes music player stops playing songs randomly too!
DroidTalk said:
I have the same issue of notification sounds going mute randomly. I'm using galaxy tab P1000, android 2.3.3
sometimes music player stops playing songs randomly too!
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I hate to say it, but finally good to hear someone else is having the same issue. Ive not found anything on it and cant seem to get helpfrom anywhere to fix it! Hopefully one of the smart people here will be able to help!
Happened to me again. This time right after i updated google plus app.i had to restart to get it back.
kalojado said:
Okay... happening again. Nope. Music won't play. Says something about not being able to play that type of file. Just regular music that plays any other time. If I reboot the phone I'm sure it'll work. Any ideas?
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What rom are you on?
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DroidTalk said:
Happened to me again. This time right after i updated google plus app.i had to restart to get it back.
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Hrmmm, I don't have g+ installed, so I know that isn't it for me... but same thing, I reboot and it comes back...
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What rom are you on?
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No rom. I was rooted but un-rooted and went back to stock gingerbread...
I upgraded to android 2.3.6 overcome 4.1.0 (its a custum rom for galaxy tab). Lets see if it resolves the issue. I'll report back if the problem happened again.
DroidTalk said:
I upgraded to android 2.3.6 overcome 4.1.0 (its a custum rom for galaxy tab). Lets see if it resolves the issue. I'll report back if the problem happened again.
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Awesome... thank you!
I've had a similar issue but not exactly the same. I normally keep my phone on silent mode but sometimes during the day it will automatically go off silent mode. Seems to happen most often when the battery level is below half. I just learned to live with it. My alarm would deactivate by itself in Froyo, so at least this isn't going to cause me to be late for work like that.
Problem is solved here after last week's upgrade. I'd suggest flashing a new build if possible. I guess for some unknow reason, parts of the OS gets corrupted or maybe its a bug in device drivers for our android phones thats been addressed in later builds.
kalojado said:
So I have a Droid X2, now un-rooted and back on stock 2.3.4 and this is an issue I have had since I had the phone and have never found a fix. I have asked this multiple times on the Verizon forum for the DX and never get an answer...
SO every day I seem to have issues with my notifications going mute, sometimes, but not always, my ringer even goes mute. Usually once a day I have to reboot my phone because it is the only way I can fix it. I thought at first it had to do with my blutooth, but since SBFing and going back to stock I have not re-added my blutooth and it still happens. I took it into the store and he suggested that it is an app causing a conflict and I should uninstall 10 or so apps at a time to try and narrow it down... but I just went ahead and did a factory restore to see if it would help... but it happened again today...
Now, the notifications I use are ones I put on the phone. I have tried putting them on the SD and the internal and it seems to happen with both. I have also put them directly on and also tried ringdroid but it still does the same thing. The sound and notification levels will be all the way up, and when you go into the settings and try to pick a notification sound or ringtone, even the stock ones, you wont hear anything (and you would usually hear a preview of the sound)... The only way I can get the sounds to work is to reboot the phone and when it comes back, it will be fine... for a while. Sometimes have to reboot multiple times a day, but almost always at least once a day to get them back up...
Since you all seem smarter than the Verizon folks and have been a huge help to me thus far, I thought I would ask here and see if anyone else has ran into this and has a fix or if there are any known apps that would cause this. I have done searches but found nothing...
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I'm certainly no dev, just an avid user who likes learning and tweaking to get the most from his phone. I recall having similar problems with FROYO stock or rooted which as I remember went away when GINGERBREAD came out. I've been running DZK's CM7 beta as my daily driver since it was released with virtually no problems and unlike most other ROM's does not need multiple tweaks and scripts to scream with the exception of a wifi and/or dialer glitch that looks like Moonshadow has recently fixed. Sooooo unless HDMI is a deal breaker I'd suggest you flash CM7 and see if that takes care of your problems just remember to abide by the cautions regarding use of TBU to restore apps. And lastly as a rule of thumb I reboot my phone every morning once I get to 100% charge...force of habit I guess.
Good luck
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Thanks everyone... I havent been on because it strangely hasn't been happening. Not sure what changed. Did not uninstall any apps, and have not had any updates (as far as I know... well besides app updates) and for some reason it hasnt been happening lately. Again, no idea what changed. Still unrooted on stock 2.3.4 gingerbread and phone seems fine now. Been happening for months and when I finally come here to get help, the problem seemed to have went away. I will keep you all updated if this changes. Hopefully if it is happening to anyone else, it has also been fixed... Thanks again for all your help. Really appreciate you guys helping out this noob
what i did
i have an mb870 too with no service running google voice and groove ip . my issue with notifications
was with my kids hitting all the button selections she could. in the process my message notifications
got defaulted to the wrong messaging app. i was still getting messages but no tones or vibrations.
so i just went to all the messaging apps i have and made sure to select the right one for the default
hope this helps

[Xperia P] Graphics positioning problem

Hello guys
Here's an interesting problem:
Ever since I bought my phone (sealed, new, carrier-free, original ICS .54 firmware, etc), I noticed a strange bug in the Facebook application. Whenever I opened my messages or notifications, the arrow pointing at them (See first two pictures, link in the bottom of post) would be in the wrong place. At first I thought this was a facebook app problem, but then I saw that not only does this NOT happen on any other qHD screen i've seen on my friends' phones, but there are also positioning problems in other apps in my phone.. for example exDialer, which should have a small dial button in the middle and two other buttons on its sides, for me it has a huge dial button and the other two are pushed to the edges of the screen for some reason (I've drawn on the picture where the buttons should actually be, using great paint skills). And here's the best one: When using the stock timer app, there are two arcs around the clock that count the time left. The thick one is ok, but look at the smaller one, the one for the seconds. Yeah. it doesn't like to stay around the clock. instead, it's just casually floating near it. and it doesn't even draw itself entirely.
Does anyone have any idea regarding what could have caused this? I don't want to believe that this is normal and that they ship phones that make graphic glitches like this one.
I've had this problem ever since the first day I used it. At first I didn't know it was the phone,I thought the culprit was facebook. Since then, I have unlocked my bootloader, installed the Sliding_XP kernel, Fidelity ROM, then uninstalled fidelity and put back .54, then installed .75, which I also reinstalled yesterday because of a mod i installed and didn't like. None of these OS/kernel changes solved the graphics glitch.
I know that my warranty is void because of the unlocked bootloader. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this without needing to send it to a service? It looks like a software bug, but it's very odd that upon formatting the system so many times, the problem is still there.
Thanks in advance!
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youfail144 said:
Hello guys
Here's an interesting problem:
Ever since I bought my phone (sealed, new, carrier-free, original ICS .54 firmware, etc), I noticed a strange bug in the Facebook application. Whenever I opened my messages or notifications, the arrow pointing at them (See first two pictures, link in the bottom of post) would be in the wrong place. At first I thought this was a facebook app problem, but then I saw that not only does this NOT happen on any other qHD screen i've seen on my friends' phones, but there are also positioning problems in other apps in my phone.. for example exDialer, which should have a small dial button in the middle and two other buttons on its sides, for me it has a huge dial button and the other two are pushed to the edges of the screen for some reason (I've drawn on the picture where the buttons should actually be, using great paint skills). And here's the best one: When using the stock timer app, there are two arcs around the clock that count the time left. The thick one is ok, but look at the smaller one, the one for the seconds. Yeah. it doesn't like to stay around the clock. instead, it's just casually floating near it. and it doesn't even draw itself entirely.
Does anyone have any idea regarding what could have caused this? I don't want to believe that this is normal and that they ship phones that make graphic glitches like this one.
I've had this problem ever since the first day I used it. At first I didn't know it was the phone,I thought the culprit was facebook. Since then, I have unlocked my bootloader, installed the Sliding_XP kernel, Fidelity ROM, then uninstalled fidelity and put back .54, then installed .75, which I also reinstalled yesterday because of a mod i installed and didn't like. None of these OS/kernel changes solved the graphics glitch.
I know that my warranty is void because of the unlocked bootloader. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this without needing to send it to a service? It looks like a software bug, but it's very odd that upon formatting the system so many times, the problem is still there.
Thanks in advance!
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Very odd, can't say i've ever experienced it, or heard of it. I'll have a think about a solution and get back to you
MadManMark said:
Very odd, can't say i've ever experienced it, or heard of it. I'll have a think about a solution and get back to you
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Have the same issue. I think its an APP Issue not a phone issue.
fulishone said:
Have the same issue. I think its an APP Issue not a phone issue.
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But the system alarm and clock app shouldnt have the issue should it? and multiple apps as well? But yeah I dont think its hardware related either, but then how would you fix that..
Service centre is the only option left i m afraid..

Re: Jelly bean update

Re: Jelly bean update
anyome else have problems with the update from Att for samsung galaxy note sgh-i717 as far aa features working? Such as pop up note, the big one, multi view isn't working among others. Som Does eone please help!
I called att and Samsung' a few times today but tell me to give it a week or two, and I want to kniow if anyone else is experiencing this as well.
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As far as I know I heard those are not in the update ... I'm sure they will be implemented later
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I cant even download jelly bean via kies ive tried everything it seems.....sigh
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I cant even download jelly bean via kies ive tried everything it seems.....sigh
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I didn't even bother with Kies. I was rooted and was pretty sure that Kies would not work until returning to stock.
went into the development section and to the Odin stock JB thread. someone had posted video on youtube and I watched it once.
got all necessary downloads and went through step by step. it seemed as if it hung at blue and white att ball, but left it plugged into Odin until it fully booted. out of the blue "YATZEE".
always a good idea, go slow and follow directions to the tee.
I always get nervous in the service, but this was pretty easy.
dreamgirl2011 said:
anyome else have problems with the update from Att for samsung galaxy note sgh-i717 as far aa features working? Such as pop up note, the big one, multi view isn't working among others. Som Does eone please help!
I called att and Samsung' a few times today but tell me to give it a week or two, and I want to kniow if anyone else is experiencing this as well.
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Pop-up note works for me, just hold down the S-Pen's button as you double tap the screen.
Despite what nearly every news outlet claims, multiview isn't in this release. Although according to Samsung's press release, the floating window support for videos and the browser made it in. I've gotten the floating video to work, but I can't figure out how to get the browser to float. I don't see an option for that anywhere.
The only other thing that isn't working for me is Samsung's stock image gallery. It crashes the phone, even after wiping EVERYTHING, and doing a re-flash. While I would have liked to at least test it, I just deleted it and I'm using QuickPic as a replacement.
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I'm running it but like most people have been saying about this update its kinda laggy
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Kinda a lot. I've deleted over 200 MB of bloat from /system and most things are pretty laggy. Where's Project Butter?! Other than the stability, it doesn't feel any faster or better than the existing AOSP JB releases to me. But strangely, some things like window animations and menus fading out are incredibly smooth. But as soon as I put my finger on the display, everything gets laggy.
But at least my GPS works properly. :| It didn't in any ICS ROM, including stock.
The new jellybean update from AT&T does not lag for me. People say it does but first, flash rom, factory reset, root, remove bloat, download setcpu, min 192 max 1.5. Does not lag one bit for me. :silly::silly:
Same experience as ^^^^. Remember friends, freeze a bloatware app, then use your phone for a while, and if there's no problems, delete.
Some apps you might be tempted to delete can bork your system. Proceed with care.
Sorry for my stupid question. Could you teal with apps did you freeze? I dont want stop something that might brick my phone
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I froze every at&t app and google stuff I don't use like search and place. Don't mess with email and messaging.
If you're going to experiment, do you know how to make a nandroid backup? Its your insurance policy.
And you won't ever brick doing this. The worst thing is your phone will give error messages and won't function.
Just restore your nandroid.
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I froze every at&t app and google stuff I don't use like search and place. Don't mess with email and messaging.
If you're going to experiment, do you know how to make a nandroid backup? Its your insurance policy.
And you won't ever brick doing this. The worst thing is your phone will give error messages and won't function.
Just restore your nandroid.
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thanks I will do the back up and start playing around with what I don't use
I flashed this update and the device is stuck on the AT&T logo and the 3 button combo for recovery doesn't work.. can someone help with this?.. how can I enable the 3 buttons recovery?
chepui said:
I flashed this update and the device is stuck on the AT&T logo and the 3 button combo for recovery doesn't work.. can someone help with this?.. how can I enable the 3 buttons recovery?
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Do a Factory reset.
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Do a Factory reset.
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How can I do that? I canĀ“t enter to recovery
The combos work...they are within the boatloaders if those were messed up your phone would be dead.
Yank the battery between trying the combos each time... if you can't get recovery to cooperate, try download mode and reflash.
Jellybean upgrade - or not??
Maybe I jumped the gun upgrading to stock Jellybean because I miss the following features
1) Three day calendar - maybe I messed something up but I don't see a way to get it back. Currently using weekly list view but its not the same. Also the "Today" widget only shows today the ICS one would show about 24 hours of items so usually would show what is going on tomorrow as well.
2) I am having S-pen issues. I have a collection of different Stylus pens and I have been using one from Samsung Electronics Slate PC because it had a nice size, shape, and an ERASER. The eraser no longer works in S-note. Also one of my favorite time wasters, Cubistry, the spen no longer registers (stock or Slate).
3) I'm getting old and fine print is getting harder to see. On the ICS Swipe keyboard, the long press characters were almost the same size as the regular characters. I'll have to look for another keyboard.
Full blown multi-veiw was also not included but I don't know if I would use it much.
We did get Google Now which I don't use that much & Polaris Office 4.0 that I use alot - the new office can edit text files (ICS could view them but not save text files).
Lol jumped the gun..
It's software if you don't like it just go back abs wait for custom Roms built on this firmware
johnus said:
Pop-up note works for me, just hold down the S-Pen's button as you double tap the screen.
Despite what nearly every news outlet claims, multiview isn't in this release. Although according to Samsung's press release, the floating window support for videos and the browser made it in. I've gotten the floating video to work, but I can't figure out how to get the browser to float. I don't see an option for that anywhere.
The only other thing that isn't working for me is Samsung's stock image gallery. It crashes the phone, even after wiping EVERYTHING, and doing a re-flash. While I would have liked to at least test it, I just deleted it and I'm using QuickPic as a replacement.
Kinda a lot. I've deleted over 200 MB of bloat from /system and most things are pretty laggy. Where's Project Butter?! Other than the stability, it doesn't feel any faster or better than the existing AOSP JB releases to me. But strangely, some things like window animations and menus fading out are incredibly smooth. But as soon as I put my finger on the display, everything gets laggy.
But at least my GPS works properly. :| It didn't in any ICS ROM, including stock.
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How do you get floating video to work and the browser? I am not sure at all how to do anything?
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The combos work...they are within the boatloaders if those were messed up your phone would be dead.
Yank the battery between trying the combos each time... if you can't get recovery to cooperate, try download mode and reflash.
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This.
johnus said:
Pop-up note works for me, just hold down the S-Pen's button as you double tap the screen.
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I tried that and got pop up note, which is pretty cool, but in my first few attempts, I got several screen captures, but I also got a list of apps across the bottom of my screen. I don't know how I got it or what it was and have been unable to duplicate it. Anyone have any ideas about what it was?

Media volume randomly lowering itself, need help finding the cause

Up until a few days ago I had a Note 4 running CM12.1 and every now and then the volume would suddenly drop down a level. I couldn't notice any pattern to it, it happened whether the screen was on or off, playing music or playing a game, running through speaker or headphones etc. I put up with it since I was getting a new phone pretty soon anyway.
Fast forward to today when I've finished setting up my Note 5. For some reason this is doing the same thing! Volume drops down one level. I can't imagine why as I set this up as a totally fresh device, not copying any settings or apps across from my old phone.
My first instinct was to get a logcat for it. I started recording, swapped to an app that played sounds so I'd hear any changes (it seems to happen randomly and I don't want to have to watch my phone and wait for it) and within ten seconds it happened so I immediately swapped back to Catlog and saved the recording. Only problem is it's 3378 lines long and I have no idea what I'm looking for so there's not much I can do with it. Kinda hoping someone who knows how to read logcat can tell me what's causing this.
Here's a pastebin of the log: http://pastebin.com/HEtsYtU8
It happens towards the bottom, within the last 3 seconds. I've had a look myself but like I said nothing really stands out since I don't know what to look for. Help would be greatly appreciated.
roseyhead said:
Up until a few days ago I had a Note 4 running CM12.1 and every now and then the volume would suddenly drop down a level. I couldn't notice any pattern to it, it happened whether the screen was on or off, playing music or playing a game, running through speaker or headphones etc. I put up with it since I was getting a new phone pretty soon anyway.
Fast forward to today when I've finished setting up my Note 5. For some reason this is doing the same thing! Volume drops down one level. I can't imagine why as I set this up as a totally fresh device, not copying any settings or apps across from my old phone.
My first instinct was to get a logcat for it. I started recording, swapped to an app that played sounds so I'd hear any changes (it seems to happen randomly and I don't want to have to watch my phone and wait for it) and within ten seconds it happened so I immediately swapped back to Catlog and saved the recording. Only problem is it's 3378 lines long and I have no idea what I'm looking for so there's not much I can do with it. Kinda hoping someone who knows how to read logcat can tell me what's causing this.
Here's a pastebin of the log: http://pastebin.com/HEtsYtU8
It happens towards the bottom, within the last 3 seconds. I've had a look myself but like I said nothing really stands out since I don't know what to look for. Help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have also experienced this issue on both my Retail Verizon Note 3 and Note 2 phones. This issue only started for me about a week ago. I suspected it was caused by a recent update to one of my Android Wear apps, because that was the only common thread I had between the 2 phones. I looked through your logcat and found where you are using Wear Mini Launcher, just like I am.
There were a couple of lines in your logcat that caught my attention.....particularly the line - 09-11 20:19:38.181 D/AudioService(3769): setStreamVolume:3 index:0flags:1 package:com.npi.wearminilauncher
I checked and found that the Wear Mini Launcher was updated about a week ago (around the same time this issue started). I played with Wear Mini Launcher settings to see if there was something I could toggle off regarding media volume, but didn't see anything... so I uninstalled Wear Mini Launcher and rebooted the phone. I tested out the media volume and no longer had the "random volume dropping" issue after uninstalling Wear Mini Launcher.
I love having Wear Mini Launcher for my Sony Smartwatch, so I Googled and found the older 4.0.4 version that was working well before the most recent update. (You can grab it here: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/nicola...ear-mini-launcher-4-0-4-android-apk-download/ ). I don't think it should be a problem to post this link in XDA because the app is free on the Play Store and this should be the exact same signed app that the Developer released in June 2015.
After installing the older version of Wear Mini Laucher, I'm still no longer having the "volume dropping" issue, and I've got Wear Mini Launcher working well for my Sony Smartwatch 3.
I'm curious to see if this will fix things for you too. Let me know how things turn out.
If we can confirm that it's the most recent Wear Mini Launcher update that's causing the issue, we should reach out to the Developer to let him know.
Good spotting, I never would've thought about that. I'll try it out and report back.
roseyhead said:
Good spotting, I never would've thought about that. I'll try it out and report back.
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I'm now sure it was the recent update to the Wear Mini Launcher.
Someone on an Android Police article commented about the volume issue as well, and then I read through Play Store feedback comments on Wear Mini Launcher where the Developer told someone that the "volume changing" problem is a known issue that they are planning to correct in the next update. (see my screenshot of the Play Store feedback).
Looks like reverting to the 4.0.4 app version is an easy fix for now. :thumbup:
mattnmag said:
I'm now sure it was the recent update to the Wear Mini Launcher.
Someone on an Android Police article commented about the volume issue as well, and then I read through Play Store feedback comments on Wear Mini Launcher where the Developer told someone that the "volume changing" problem is a known issue that they are planning to correct in the next update. (see my screenshot of the Play Store feedback).
Looks like reverting to the 4.0.4 app version is an easy fix for now. :thumbup:
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Awesome! That's probably the last app I would've suspected of causing this issue. Glad to see the issue is resolved for both of us for the meantime

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