Installed Greenify and lost my back button, home button and task manager - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Where did the buttons go ? I put an App to hibernate and reset my phone. Now those 3 buttons are gone!
How it looked before

are you sure Greenify is the culprit? Check out your Gravity Box settings once more ... There's an option call Enable Navigation Bar...

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DrearierJester1 said:
are you sure Greenify is the culprit? Check out your Gravity Box settings once more ... There's an option call Enable Navigation Bar...
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Could you please point me the direction to this option.
Im asking this because I have no back button therefore I cant go back. Gotta reboot my phone every time.

DrearierJester1 said:
are you sure Greenify is the culprit? Check out your Gravity Box settings once more ... There's an option call Enable Navigation Bar...
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Thanks! I Managed to set it back.
I dont know how Greenify changed that option.

Cool! Cool! Enjoy ur Z2

Greenify works great on the Z2. I lose max 2% overnight

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kill background apps

well there is any app or mode ?
i try using on wanam kit but i guess its only for wanam roms :\
there any thing else please help me guys
Greenify, deep sleep battery?
muhyidin said:
Greenify, deep sleep battery?
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no no i mean when u open any app ? u can press long back and kill it
well in note 4 i cant find something that really works :\
Press to the left of the useless finger print scanner from the home screen then close all.
Under developer options select "do not keep activities"?
equlizer said:
Under developer options select "do not keep activities"?
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Yes, that one.
equlizer said:
Under developer options select "do not keep activities"?
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Do not keep activities means No application run in background. selecting this option will prevent any app to run in background.. While kill app usually refers to killing foreground app.
Don't see the point in killing apps. This beast has 3G ram. Really your phones need some apps running in background. There is a reason for that. Just let your phone do his thing.
Sorry, where is the developer option located fit Note 4.
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what worked in note3 does not seem to work in note 4
Ok so forget the developer screens and all that. . All we ever had to do was hold down the center home button from the home screen and all the open apps would show tiled from top to bottom of the page. You could just swipe them closed from there. .. but this does not seem to work now. ... so what is the new way of doing this same action? ??? (Don't want to have to justify WHY just want to know how to do it now thanks )
Now u need to tap the recent app button there u can swipe to close the apps or choose to kill all the background apps
Axim51v said:
Sorry, where is the developer option located fit Note 4.
Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk
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Go in Settings--About Phone-- Build number --you must hit 7 times on buld number. Aftrr that Developer options will be enabled.Hit thanks if thst helps.?
well in wanam roms its build in .. i wish there was any tool i could use i dont like pressthe left button in my phone and close apps .. i want when i press the right button the back so its close the app.
and in devoloper mode there is no app kill long back button
piniz1 said:
well in wanam roms its build in .. i wish there was any tool i could use i dont like pressthe left button in my phone and close apps .. i want when i press the right button the back so its close the app. and in devoloper mode there is no app kill long back button
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You can use Wanam Xposed. Work well in stock roms (rooted ofc.). There is "long press back button, to kill apps"
Try ShutApp app work like charm no need of root...

Swype keyboard issue caused by Greenify

I want to report an issue with Greenify (2.7.1) which causes space-swype on the Samsung Keyboard to be disabled.
The phone: Galaxy Note 2, custom recovery, rooted, stack ROM.
The Greenify app works perfectly, but when XPOSED experimental features are enabled and ticked ON via Settings->My Device->Accessibility: Services - Greenify, the Samsung keyboard won't change the language = one cannot swype the spacebar to change the language.
Once this Service is enabled no matter what - the keyboard issue will remain permanent.
How it is solved now: Uninstall Greenify via Xposed: Works. Then Reinstall Greenify via Play Store but DO NOT TOUCH the Service-Greenify.
Questions: is it real bug? How can one solve it without reinstalling the app? Any other technical ideas are highly welcome.
@Notizer:
Which mode are you using? The Accessibility setting needs to be enabled only if you are using non rooted mode according to the Dev. So if you are using root or boost mode, do not enable Greenify in Accessibility setting. You should not lose any functionality because of that.
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@Notizer:
Which mode are you using? The Accessibility setting needs to be enabled only if you are using non rooted mode according to the Dev. So if you are using root or boost mode, do not enable Greenify in Accessibility setting. You should not lose any functionality because of that.
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I am rooted phone, but actually I do not know what " does rooted mode" mean - I did not see any "mode" in Greenify itself. For the best of my understanding I run a rooted mode.
(What do you mean by "Dev"?).
Notizer said:
I am rooted phone, but actually I do not know what " does rooted mode" mean - I did not see any "mode" in Greenify itself. For the best of my understanding I run a rooted mode.
(What do you mean by "Dev"?).
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Greenify has three modes, 'Non Root, 'Root' and 'Boost'. You can access them by clicking the three dot menu on top right side of Greenify app and then clicking Experimental Features. The first option is the mode. Set it to 'Boost' if you have Xposed and have enabled Greenify in Xposed. Disable Greenify in Accessibility and then check your issue. By the way, do you have the donation package of Greenify or the free version?
Dev means the developer of the app, in this case oasisfeng.
tnsmani said:
Greenify has three modes, 'Non Root, 'Root' and 'Boost'. You can access them by clicking the three dot menu on top right side of Greenify app and then clicking Experimental Features. The first option is the mode. Set it to 'Boost' if you have Xposed and have enabled Greenify in Xposed. Disable Greenify in Accessibility and then check your issue. By the way, do you have the donation package of Greenify or the free version?
Dev means the developer of the app, in this case oasisfeng.
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Oh, thanks! Never knew that I can tap on "Working Mode" in Greenify! I use a free version.
So, I have Exposed and I enabled the Greenify module there, next I came back to Greenify itself and changed the Mode to Boost.
Could you please explain what the Greenify in Accessibility menu serves for?
Notizer said:
Oh, thanks! Never knew that I can tap on "Working Mode" in Greenify! I use a free version.
So, I have Exposed and I enabled the Greenify module there, next I came back to Greenify itself and changed the Mode to Boost.
Could you please explain what the Greenify in Accessibility menu serves for?
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I am not sure but I think that it enables Greenify to have access to notifications so that the relevant app can be woken up when a notification is received.
Is your problem solved? By the way, did you reboot after enabling Greenify in Xposed?
tnsmani said:
Greenify has three modes, 'Non Root, 'Root' and 'Boost'. You can access them by clicking the three dot menu on top right side of Greenify app and then clicking Experimental Features. The first option is the mode. Set it to 'Boost' if you have Xposed and have enabled Greenify in Xposed. Disable Greenify in Accessibility and then check your issue. By the way, do you have the donation package of Greenify or the free version?
Dev means the developer of the app, in this case oasisfeng.
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tnsmani said:
I am not sure but I think that it enables Greenify to have access to notifications so that the relevant app can be woken up when a notification is received.
Is your problem solved? By the way, did you reboot after enabling Greenify in Xposed?
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Hm, it is very interesting what is the function of this "Greenify" accessibility feature...
Since it was quite a pain to solve the swipe issue I did not enable again the Greenify in accessibility menu - I need the phone in full functionality now.
Probably I'll try to play with this feature later, but it was one-way road - I could not switch it off, thus again... I decided to postpone these "jokes"...
tnsmani said:
@Notizer:
The Accessibility setting needs to be enabled only if you are using non rooted mode according to the Dev. So if you are using root or boost mode, do not enable Greenify in Accessibility setting. You should not lose any functionality because of that.
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Since you are now using boost mode, you don't have to enable Greenify in Accessibility.
tnsmani said:
Since you are now using boost mode, you don't have to enable Greenify in Accessibility.
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:good:
Thanks for your help!
I have the same problem after the last update with my Galaxy S3. If I enable accessibility it doesn't change the language on the keyboard, and if I disable the accessibility, it doesn't let me to stop any app that I select to stop. No-root device, no-root mode for greenify.
Any solutions for that?
Thanks
Nevma said:
I have the same problem after the last update with my Galaxy S3. If I enable accessibility it doesn't change the language on the keyboard, and if I disable the accessibility, it doesn't let me to stop any app that I select to stop. No-root device, no-root mode for greenify.
Any solutions for that?
Thanks
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Have you granted permissions to Greenify using adb? If so, the app should work.
tnsmani said:
Have you granted permissions to Greenify using adb? If so, the app should work.
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I don't think so. Where I find it so I can check it?
Nevma said:
I don't think so. Where I find it so I can check it?
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Check here: https://greenify.uservoice.com/know...o-grant-permissions-required-by-some-features
tnsmani said:
Check here: https://greenify.uservoice.com/know...o-grant-permissions-required-by-some-features
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Thank you very much.
Nevma said:
Thank you very much.
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There is a button for that.

Unable to auto-hibernate Facebook

Recently, I'm unable to auto-hibernate Facebook app. But if I manually long-press the Facebook row and then tap the Z button, the Facebook app can be hibernated. Anyone knows if it's Facebook problem or Greenify issue?
itandy said:
Recently, I'm unable to auto-hibernate Facebook app. But if I manually long-press the Facebook row and then tap the Z button, the Facebook app can be hibernated. Anyone knows if it's Facebook problem or Greenify issue?
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It is neither. Rather it is by design. Any app busy in the background (not merely running), will show up as "working". After it completes its work, the status will change to 'will be hibernated after screen off'. It will then be automatically hibernated once the screen is off.
This is to allow apps to complete their work before being hibernated.
If you don't want Facebook to even work, highlight it and then tap the three dot menu at the top and choose 'ignore the app's state'.
I am not responsible for any consequences.
tnsmani said:
It is neither. Rather it is by design. Any app busy in the background (not merely running), will show up as "working". After it completes its work, the status will change to 'will be hibernated after screen off'. It will then be automatically hibernated once the screen is off.
This is to allow apps to complete their work before being hibernated.
If you don't want Facebook to even work, highlight it and then tap the three dot menu at the top and choose 'ignore the app's state'.
I am not responsible for any consequences.
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I'm unable to find the 'ignore the app's state' from the menu
itandy said:
I'm unable to find the 'ignore the app's state' from the menu
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Which version of Greenify are you running?
tnsmani said:
Which version of Greenify are you running?
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2.8 beta 2
itandy said:
2.8 beta 2
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itandy said:
2.8 beta 2
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I am on the same version. So it seems to have an issue with your setup.
After ignoring an app's state, when you highlight it again, you will get an option for reconsidering its state as in the screen shot below.
I have no idea why it is not showing up for you.
itandy said:
I'm unable to find the 'ignore the app's state' from the menu
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Highlight Facebook, tap the Zzz (if Facebook is working). Now comes a lil Window where you can click "ignore the app's state"
Black_Focus_X said:
Highlight Facebook, tap the Zzz (if Facebook is working). Now comes a lil Window where you can click "ignore the app's state"
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Sorry I don't get you. What do you mean by lil Window?
itandy said:
Sorry I don't get you. What do you mean by lil Window?
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My english is not so good sorry. If you highlighted Facebook, than tap the 3 dots right, tap "put into hibernation now", after this must come a popup where you can mark "ignore the app's state"
This one
Black_Focus_X said:
My english is not so good sorry. If you highlighted Facebook, than tap the 3 dots right, tap "put into hibernation now", after this must come a popup where you can mark "ignore the app's state"
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I had already suggested that and he had clarified that he doesn't get that option.
@itandy
Try what Black_Focus_X said earlier. When Facebook shows up as 'working', highlight it and then tap the 'zzz' at the bottom. You should get a pop-up window telling you that it is unsafe to hibernate an app in such conditions and also giving the option to ignore its state. Tick the option box, then OK.
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This one
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Yes, this is like what tnsmani said. But I'm unable to find this option in the menu.
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I had already suggested that and he had clarified that he doesn't get that option.
@itandy
Try what Black_Focus_X said earlier. When Facebook shows up as 'working', highlight it and then tap the 'zzz' at the bottom. You should get a pop-up window telling you that it is unsafe to hibernate an app in such conditions and also giving the option to ignore its state. Tick the option box, then OK.
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Oh, I finally made it. The trick is to tap the Facebook row and then the Circular Zzz button at the bottom instead of long-pressing the Facebook app followed by the Zzz at the upper right hand corner. Thanks both of you guys!
itandy said:
Oh, I finally made it. The trick is to tap the Facebook row and then the Circular Zzz button at the bottom instead of long-pressing the Facebook app followed by the Zzz at the upper right hand corner. Thanks both of you guys!
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That is what I was telling you from the beginning, tap, highlight not long press.
Anyway all is well that ends well.
Managed to hibernate but found that it is still running from Running Service
Using MM and 2.8 beta3
chding said:
Managed to hibernate but found that it is still running from Running Service
Using MM and 2.8 beta3
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Deactivate it on Developer Options>Inactive Apps.
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Not sure about consequences since I don't use it.
tnsmani said:
Deactivate it on Developer Options>Inactive Apps.
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Not sure about consequences since I don't use it.
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I'm having the same issue as the OP, despite ignoring the app's state in greenify and deactivating it from developer options -> inactive apps, Facebook still shows up in running services.
I have this problem also but I'm running 2.7.1. Where can you get 2.8?
tnsmani said:
@itandy
Try what Black_Focus_X said earlier. When Facebook shows up as 'working', highlight it and then tap the 'zzz' at the bottom. You should get a pop-up window telling you that it is unsafe to hibernate an app in such conditions and also giving the option to ignore its state. Tick the option box, then OK.
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I've now installed what I think is 2.8 beta 3 bit still can't get this to apppear, perhaps because I can't get Facebook to appear in the working state. It does however keep getting started by other apps. I shouldn't have to stop the services manually in developer settings. So how is this accomplished? The whole reason I have Greenify is to stop Facebook and other data stealing from running rampant when I'm not using them.
chding said:
Managed to hibernate but found that it is still running from Running Service
Using MM and 2.8 beta3
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MrMarques01 said:
I'm having the same issue as the OP, despite ignoring the app's state in greenify and deactivating it from developer options -> inactive apps, Facebook still shows up in running services.
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Blario said:
It does however keep getting started by other apps. I shouldn't have to stop the services manually in developer settings. So how is this accomplished? The whole reason I have Greenify is to stop Facebook and other data stealing from running rampant when I'm not using them.
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When it's awoken by another app, it will say "woken by ....." underneath the app name. If you tap on facebook in greenify main screen, then tap the scissors icon in top right of the page, a pop-up will explain then allow you to cut off the wake-up path. Play around with it and you'll find that cutting some wake-up paths is good and cutting others will stop notifications.
I currently have these paths cut-off for facebook:
...notify.MessengerForegroundProvider
...provider.PlatformProviderBase
What wake-up paths have other people cut?

Hiding apps from drawer

Loving my Mate 20 Pro, coming from HTC U11 big difference! (though to be honest am missing my phone a bit :crying: )
Anyway on the HTC I had the option to hide apps from the app list/drawer. Not uninstall them, just hide them from the list of installed apps. Is this possible with the Huwaei? Don't want nosy husband/kids to know all the apps I have installed. And yes they all have access to my phone
EMUI has a "Hidden Application Menu" which you can access by doing a two finger zoom gesture on the home screen (reverse of a pinch)
After opening this tap the + to add apps. Then just pinch to go back to normal.
Just remembered - this is disabled by default on the M20P so do the following:
- Install "Tweaker for Huawei" from the Play Store
- When you go to turn on the hidden application menu it will say you can't and to download an addon
- download the addon and tap to install it - you will be prompted to allow installs
- enable the hidden application menu then restart the phone
That should be it.
Grondah said:
EMUI has a "Hidden Application Menu" which you can access by doing a two finger zoom gesture on the home screen (reverse of a pinch)
After opening this tap the + to add apps. Then just pinch to go back to normal.
Just remembered - this is disabled by default on the M20P so do the following:
- Install "Tweaker for Huawei" from the Play Store
- When you go to turn on the hidden application menu it will say you can't and to download an addon
- download the addon and tap to install it - you will be prompted to allow installs
- enable the hidden application menu then restart the phone
That should be it.
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Thank you! I have installed and installed the add on and enabled hidden application menu no problem. I am zooming in on all screens, nothing. Zooming in on all pages does nothing, and cannot find a setting anywhere to hide an app.
You need to zoom out XD
Aha I actually meant out as in a reverse pinch. Nothing a happening
And your setting in Tweaker looks like this?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZSflN9lSx3biVDRbZOVC6zlY1A1hfxHX/view?usp=sharing
Yes exactly.
Then I don't know That should be it as long as you restarted the phone after enabling it.
Grondah said:
Then I don't know That should be it as long as you restarted the phone after enabling it.
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Yes strange, I did restart phone. I'll try again.
thank you very much
 I can now hide applications running on my Mate 20 pro
I have been faced with the problem of hiding applications but applied the solution suggested by you, but I must explain to you why you did not work first after you have all the steps listed + restart the device must return to the same option and activate it again and on activation you will see a message that was activated and after this step You must change Drawer and make Standard and then work with you
Ddragonov said:
thank you very much
 I can now hide applications running on my Mate 20 pro
I have been faced with the problem of hiding applications but applied the solution suggested by you, but I must explain to you why you did not work first after you have all the steps listed + restart the device must return to the same option and activate it again and on activation you will see a message that was activated and after this step You must change Drawer and make Standard and then work with you
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How do I change the drawer to standard?
dragona said:
How do I change the drawer to standard?
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Search for drawer in settings.
Ddragonov said:
thank you very much
 I can now hide applications running on my Mate 20 pro
I have been faced with the problem of hiding applications but applied the solution suggested by you, but I must explain to you why you did not work first after you have all the steps listed + restart the device must return to the same option and activate it again and on activation you will see a message that was activated and after this step You must change Drawer and make Standard and then work with you
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Hello, if you change "Drawer" to "Standard" and now hide the app and then select back "Drawer", does the app stays hidden or it shows inside the app drawer?
Thank you
Not working it says root is required to apply
musamaashraf said:
Not working it says root is required to apply
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says in google play, that the no-root addon has been removed due to google rules... so you need root for it to work
Firething said:
says in google play, that the no-root addon has been removed due to google rules... so you need root for it to work
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anyway to get the no-root addon ??
musamaashraf said:
anyway to get the no-root addon ??
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w_0sKbiMf2z1pplqMbs1drU496tPn999/view?usp=drivesdk
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Thanks Man!

One Hand Mode not working ...wierd issue.. pls help if u can...

The phone is working perfectly fine. But one glitch is that when i try and enable ONE HANDED MODE it doesnt work, when i do the swipe for that i get the haptic feedback but the screen doesnt come down as it should be.
i did full hardware test all sensors are working fine...
I have developer mode on.
any other settings might be conflicting ?
Thank for your help.
bx14 said:
The phone is working perfectly fine. But one glitch is that when i try and enable ONE HANDED MODE it doesnt work, when i do the swipe for that i get the haptic feedback but the screen doesnt come down as it should be.
i did full hardware test all sensors are working fine...
I have developer mode on.
any other settings might be conflicting ?
Thank for your help.
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When I swipe right to left and hold, it is working.
Hope you are doing the same.
Also deactivate gestures navigation and check if it works.
lefttobleed said:
When I swipe right to left and hold, it is working.
Hope you are doing the same.
Also deactivate gestures navigation and check if it works.
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nope still the same!
Some apps using accessibility
Disable some
harysviewty said:
Some apps using accessibility
Disable some
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please guide in detail thanks. which apps should i disable?
bx14 said:
The phone is working perfectly fine. But one glitch is that when i try and enable ONE HANDED MODE it doesnt work, when i do the swipe for that i get the haptic feedback but the screen doesnt come down as it should be.
i did full hardware test all sensors are working fine...
I have developer mode on.
any other settings might be conflicting ?
Thank for your help.
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wierd update... it started working! i guess its a fluke... this is the choronology of actions i did unintentionally
1. i enabled the one handed mode.
2. i opened kaspersky antivirus app
3. i guess i swiped from bottom of the screen upwards(not intentionally) and voila it asked if i want to allow the app to go full screen on which i clicked ok. than bang! it started working...
bx14 said:
wierd update... it started working! i guess its a fluke... this is the choronology of actions i did unintentionally
1. i enabled the one handed mode.
2. i opened kaspersky antivirus app
3. i guess i swiped from bottom of the screen upwards(not intentionally) and voila it asked if i want to allow the app to go full screen on which i clicked ok. than bang! it started working...
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it seems the problem is in the app fullscreen mode setting which might be conflicting with one handed mode setting, i think we should tweak it once or twice to resolve the conflict there.
bx14 said:
please guide in detail thanks. which apps should i disable?
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Try to disable all apps using accessibility permission. I don't know which one so you try them all. This not only make one handed mode unusable, it also makes url bar on chrome stop auto hiding

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