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Can't open apps bug

Hi,
I noticed a problem for my Z. I can't open my apps with one touch anymore. I have to keep trying pressing the app icon until it registers it and opens the app. Once in the app, everything works fine.
The bottom on screen buttons had no issue at all though. I tried to test the touchscreen with the preinstalled Diagnostic app but it got no problem at all.
I first encountered the problem 2 days ago and I factory reset it and the problem went away. But it is back again now.
Anyone has the same problem here?
Cheers,
C
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I think it is due to the bug in the stock launcher. I changed the launcher and the problem has gone now.
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+1 Replaced launcher now ok someone says this could be something to do with not using the correct charger I dont think so because this would be the same for all Launchers.

I have the same problem too!
Does developer options active or now when before the problem happened?
When you said change launcher! do you mean we cant use the stock launcher anymore?
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The thing is, that I keep developer options active all the time! and I changed the animation scales from 1x to 0
Then after two days I have got this problem!
Last day I reset the phone! and I didnt activate the dev. options. will see if this is the problem or not!
But still wanna know, did you activate dev. options before the problem or not ?

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Dreadroid said:
I have the same problem too!
Does developer options active or now when before the problem happened?
When you said change launcher! do you mean we cant use the stock launcher anymore?
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The thing is, that I keep developer options active all the time! and I changed the animation scales from 1x to 0
Then after two days I have got this problem!
Last day I reset the phone! and I didnt activate the dev. options. will see if this is the problem or not!
But still wanna know, did you activate dev. options before the problem or not ?
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Was the same for me, after setting the animation scales to 0, some apps didn't open anymore. Reset scales back to 1, rebooted and everything was ok again on stock launcher.
I couldn't open settings from homescreen or app drawer, but could get there through the pulldown menu.
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Yeah, everything is ok except pressing app. Otherthings is ok! I can move between screen and the notifications bar also is good.
I will see the next two days. If this proplem didnt happen again, I will not active the developer options any more!
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Home-Screen and app drawer in Landscape mode?

As per title, is there a file/setting we can adjust to get rotation to work in home screens and app drawer? I had this working with some custom roms and it's a nice feature actually. Now I'm back to stock 5.0.1 so I am missing it. I don't want to flash a custom rom as they usually break screen-casting to CC (infamous green screen). Most threads I've come across only adress the auto-rotation option and how to enable it. Any suggestions?

There is a build.prop addition need to enable this and lock screen rotation. It's here somewhere, I will see if I can find it but it is hard to do on the phone.
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Found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2969024

There are rooted stock ROMs that work fine. I use Clean ROM and everything works perfect. That being said, using Nova launcher allows these features, even if unrooted.

Sleeepy2 said:
There is a build.prop addition need to enable this and lock screen rotation. It's here somewhere, I will see if I can find it but it is hard to do on the phone.
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Found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2969024
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That worked like a charm! Well, I had to download "Build prop editor" because for some reason I couldn't properly save build.prop using Root Explorer but once I got to edit it it worked perfectly, home screen, app drawer and even lock-screen. :good:
Didn't want an extra app running in the bckground just for something you can achieve by adding 2 lines.

[Q] Recent Apps: app thumbnails are dimmed now

A few weeks ago the "Recent Apps" display changed on my Z3C.
Before, I would get a nice bright display of all open apps.
Now, I get a full brightness trash can icon, but the app thumbnails are all dimmed. It's difficult to make out the apps in a reasonably light environment. This screenshot may not look so bad, but in bright light, it's quite bad.
How can I restore full brightness to the app thumbnails?
(The phone is running stock Android 4.4.4.)

wpcoe said:
A few weeks ago the "Recent Apps" display changed on my Z3C...
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That's strange. I don't know what that trash can is for. I don't have a trash can on the screen when I tap the recent apps button. Have you restarted your phone lately?

wpcoe said:
A few weeks ago the "Recent Apps" display changed on my Z3C.
Before, I would get a nice bright display of all open apps.
Now, I get a full brightness trash can icon, but the app thumbnails are all dimmed. It's difficult to make out the apps in a reasonably light environment. This screenshot may not look so bad, but in bright light, it's quite bad.
How can I restore full brightness to the app thumbnails?
(The phone is running stock Android 4.4.4.)
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It's a problem with the Recent apps small app. Or some small app of that sort. Quick multitasking. Delete that and you'll be fine
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Fast app switcher small app. That's the one.
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No need to delete anything. This "garbage can" shows up when long-pressing any of the small apps, to allow removing them from the quick list. Try long-pressing something again, and if it won't work - clear the app data for fast app switcher.

Wow. I never would have figured that out! I never use Small Apps, but apparently sometime pressed one.
Just now I long-pressed one, and -- poof! -- it was deleted and the trash can disappeared. I have no idea what Small App I just deleted. LOL!

Damn and here i had to delete it :'D
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Lockscreen replacement?

I know I've talked about this before, but I'm wondering if people have any suggestions.
I'm looking for a lockscreen replacement that will allow me to use my own image as wallpaper. Ideally it will also have lollipop features (I quite like the stock lockscreen, but it would be so much better if I could put my own pic there rather than having it be my homescreen wallpaper).
I've tried AcDisplay - You have the option of homescreen or grey. Otherwise I like it.
HiLocker - Selected image is zoomed WAY in for some reason which results in a pixelated image (even at 2K+ resolution).
Widget Locker - no longer supported.
I've emailed the devs on both AcDisplay and HiLocker, but never heard anything back.
I'd be just fine with keeping the stock lockscreen if I could figure out how to set a different wallpaper for it. Does anyone know if this is possible? Barring this, does anyone know of a good lockscreen replacement that would do what I want?

Xposed with Gravity box is what you need.
It will not have the security flaws that most lockscreen replacements have, and you can change the background.

graydiggy said:
Xposed with Gravity box is what you need.
It will not have the security flaws that most lockscreen replacements have, and you can change the background.
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Absolutely perfect and exactly what I wanted! Thank you!
Now...if only I could hide the AccuWeather notification.
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Find the app in your app manager and untick the show notifications box.
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That's if you want to keep using the app. If not, use titanium backup to remove it completely. However, unchecking the box may keep it from running properly at times, but that would be a very rare thing if it breaks it at all.

graydiggy said:
Find the app in your app manager and untick the show notifications box.
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That's if you want to keep using the app. If not, use titanium backup to remove it completely. However, unchecking the box may keep it from running properly at times, but that would be a very rare thing if it breaks it at all.
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I actually figured it out right after typing that reply. Untick show current conditions in the notification settings for the app. Now I can actually see the picture of my kids when I have no other notifications.

liquidzoo said:
I actually figured it out right after typing that reply. Untick show current conditions in the notification settings for the app. Now I can actually see the picture of my kids when I have no other notifications.
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That works too. Lol

Force app to full screen

Greetings,
does anyone have an idea how to set/force an app to go full screen?
Thanks

I don't have the phone yet and was gonna ask a similar question. I didn't know if Razer had implemented any software tweaks to hide the nav bar, I guess they don't? Having a 5.7in screen and no way to hide the nav bar kinda sucks.
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Hey try this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive, I used this on the essential phone and it worked pretty well. There's also other ones on the store.

Yes there is a way to hide the Nav bar via Fluid N.G.
It's in the app store
No need for root, but with root the process is easier.
With root all you do is accept the permission to hide nav bar on all apps.
Without root you will need ADB on your PC and you have to run some simple commands that are in the app.
If you need more help let me know.

Here's some sample screenshots of the GMD Immersive App you can download at the play store. I have the paid pro version of it. When I first installed it, it didn't operate correctly, after a reboot it has been working fine now. You can find the app here: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive)
Anyways this let's you either hide the nav bar by itself or hide the nav bar/notification bar so u can have a completely full screen when surfing the web or in your favorite apps. It's takes some getting use to but works fairly well. My phone is completely stock, no root required.