Weird Boot up Screen! 😲 - T-Mobile Note 7 Questions & Answers

So today I just happened to reboot my Note 7 v2 and I happened to see the full boot screen and to my surprise I seen the black screen with "Note 7" Logo, but this time underneath that i happened to see an unlock icon with "Custom" written below it. Ive tried to recreate this by rebooting again twice, but never showed up again!....has anyone experienced this?......
Note: Never been rooted!

I did experienced the same when I first got the v2, this was before the recall.
Only once and was never able to recreate.

did you enable developer options because sometime it can do that
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vat829 said:
did you enable developer options because sometime it can do that
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Developer Option been enabled since beginning of v1 and v2. Never had I seen this before though. Any way, phone still running great! Havent experience anything out of the ordinary except for that screen. Just wondering if anyone had an explanation thats all.

I get that but it's because I'm rooted. If you ask me you must got a original n7 for a replacement.

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Droid3 Home Screen Resets

I have a 2 week old Droid3 right out of the box. Twice now the 5 home screens have reset to the factory default grey and black wallpaper with default icons. All apps and phone settings are still ok. Thought maybe Winamp, PlayerPro, or Dolphin were recent apps installed that needed to be uninstalled. Still happening. Has anyone else seen this problem? Verizon and Motorola have no records of similar issues. Thanks!
Do a factory reset?
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MrObvious said:
Do a factory reset?
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There's no guarantee that there in't a bug and it could come back. I forgot to include in my original post is that it happened to a colleague's phone the same afternoon it last occurred for me. I'd like to find root cause rather than "rebooting" the phone.
achdroid3 said:
There's no guarantee that there in't a bug and it could come back. I forgot to include in my original post is that it happened to a colleague's phone the same afternoon it last occurred for me. I'd like to find root cause rather than "rebooting" the phone.
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I've not hear of this happening on the Droid 3 nor have I experienced it. The most likely cause is a rogue app or corrupted piece of software. If that is the case, a factory reset is the fix. If that doesn't work, its likely an incorrect ROM on the device. In which case, a factory reset is the resolution. By using the word "colleague" you imply that you too may use the phone for the same purpose, which would imply you would install similar apps. This goes back to software that you've installed. Factory reset is your permanent resolution. May not be the most convenient, but is definitely the most reliable.
same exact thing happens to my brothers. his notifications are now changing too. he's getting sick of this.
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front soft keys are gone!!

so, my front soft keys somehow disappeared, and I cant get them back; in the settings menu, there is no longer an option for them, and I have no clue how they went away...
any suggestions?
I uninstalled xposed framework, and gravity box, in case that was the issue,and have rebooted many times, but still not there..
thanks!
Not sure if you can or if it would help but did you try another launcher? Maybe a reset but not sure if that would even work.
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Is your expanded desktop on from xposed?
Try factory reset as your last resort. Did you mess around turning them off with xposed?
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-tried a different launcher, and it didnt work
-re-installed xposed, and gravity box, and made sure expanded desktop was OFF, and it didnt work
-rooting had nothing to do with it, as I rooted a week ago, and everything was fine until last night
thanks so much!
This is one of the reasons I've been leaving my Flex stock til we get a recovery. I know with the G2, zips were made to shrink the keys. Not sure if you could even get them back if you had a zip like that. Maybe you can search G2 threads and find a way. Sorry I can't help ya.
yeah, I even did a factory reset just now, and they are still not there; even in the settings menu, the "front screen buttons" entry is gone..
I guess I'll take it back to T-mobile today and tell them I want it replaced..its only 11 days since I got it, so it shouldnt matter..
I cant imagine rooting had anything to do with it, since I rooted a week ago, and its worked perfectly until it just went out last night
wase4711 said:
yeah, I even did a factory reset just now, and they are still not there; even in the settings menu, the "front screen buttons" entry is gone..
I guess I'll take it back to T-mobile today and tell them I want it replaced..its only 11 days since I got it, so it shouldnt matter..
I cant imagine rooting had anything to do with it, since I rooted a week ago, and its worked perfectly until it just went out last night
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Before you do that you should try restoring with wolfgart's thread downloads. If you're going to be changing stuff, its good to know how to fix a brick.
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will0899 said:
Before you do that you should try restoring with wolfgart's thread downloads. If you're going to be changing stuff, its good to know how to fix a brick.
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good advice; but frankly, after only 11 days, I dont even want to mess around with that.
plus, I am not sure if there is even a complete restore for Tmobile version yet
Can you pull your build.prop via adb and enable the software keys like that and push it back?
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Bladerunner1825us said:
Can you pull your build.prop via adb and enable the software keys like that and push it back?
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i thought about doing that, actually, but it was alot easier to just return it and get a new one today.
If it happens again, which it better not, I will try that.
I think Gravity Box was the culprit, after reading through the 500+ pages of that thread; it seems to play havoc at times with soft keys, so users beware..
That was one of the reasons why i was debating on getting this phone. Nothing beats a physical button.(that works...)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660605
Maybe your case?
thanks, I exchanged my phone yesterday for a new one, but I will remember this going forward..

WORKING T-MOBILE HOTSPOT w/ hidden menu option UPDATED.

I discovered this while digging around in the hidden menu. Accessed via dial pad in your phone apk by dialing 3845#*959#. (959 due to the 3 numbers in the device variant). Other carriers /variants use their last 3 accordingly. I don't know if this works for all carriers or not. I only have a D959.
First off let's learn why the "tether dun" option by using sqlite editor and changing the 1 to 0 doesn't work nor stick after reboot.
Carriers seem to have become wise to this hack since its been around from the first Moto RAZR XT912. And probably before that. Seems they have found a way to still tell whether or not you're tethering by monitoring the data stream and seeing the desktop user agent or style that is used by laptops and desktop PCs and/or other tablets use when tethering off of a devices hotspot.
So with that said there needs to be a way for carriers to disable this feature. So I went probing through my D959's hidden menu and found the option. I'm posting screen shots (hopefully in order of the method used) as well as my account page showing my hotspot usage has ran out at 3 gigs free that comes with my unlimited data.
I'm not responsible for your device or lack of following instructions to a "t". Its your phone and your choice to try or not.
With that said here we go:
First create new APN in your " access point names settings" to mirror that of your stock APN. And add to the APN type line - ",admin,dun"
The do the following :
1. Go to dail pad type in "3845#*959#
(The menu comes up)
2. Scroll to find option named " settings" click it
(Another menu pops up )
3. Scroll to find option "up sell url". Click it
(A smaller menu window pops up)
4. Chose " TMUS hastetheringoption". Click it
5. Back out like normal. I don't know if this matters but I use a 3rd party hotspot toggle as to not enter the T-Mobile hotspot apk.
6. Profit
Sorry to those of you who have trying with no luck due to I left out a step. My fault I apologize.
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UPDATE: I have been using this script from the LG G2 forums on Jellybean 4.2.2 and all has been working great. Smanager works great at changing the 1 back to a 0 on boot. So no more having to do it manually.
LG G2 forums with script -
But since I've moved up to KitKat and still using said script, I got a message stating I've used all available data allowed for my WiFi hotspot. What? All available data? How could this be when I'm clearly changing the "tether_dun_required" -1 to a 0? Well I don't know if T-Mobile got wise to us or what. But I found another line in the same settings using sqlite editor called
"Package_verify_enabled". It also has a 1 (for true) out beside it. So being that I need my hotspot for my son to play xbox360 live, I changed it to a "0" . and what do ya know? I now have working WiFi hotspot and I tested this mod out for the entire Florida St. vs Louisville game tonight while streaming it to my Nexus 7 (2013) at work so all the co workers and I could watch what we thought and what seemed to be a Florida St. ∆$$ whipping but sadly enough Florida St. Pulled it out at the end. But on a good note, the WiFi hotspot hack still works.
Good luck
Lg g2 forum for the script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51213845
Awesome find! I was looking at that menu today, but wasn't sure which option to select. Great work!
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It never stuck after reboot and I always had to change the user string agent but editing the tether dun required value worked for me.
mattwheat said:
I discovered this while digging around in the hidden menu. Accessed via dial pad in your phone apk by dialing 3845#*959#. (959 due to the 3 numbers in the device variant). Other carriers /variants use their last 3 accordingly. I don't know if this works for all carriers or not. I only have a D959.
First off let's learn why the "tether dun" option by using sqlite editor and changing the 1 to 0 doesn't work nor stick after reboot.
Carriers seem to have become wise to this hack since its been around from the first Moto RAZR XT912. And probably before that. Seems they have found a way to still tell whether or not you're tethering by monitoring the data stream and seeing the desktop user agent or style that is used by laptops and desktop PCs and/or other tablets use when tethering off of a devices hotspot.
So with that said there needs to be a way for carriers to disable this feature. So I went probing through my D959's hidden menu and found the option. I'm posting screen shots (hopefully in order of the method used) as well as my account page showing my hotspot usage has ran out at 3 gigs free that comes with my unlimited data.
I'm not responsible for your device or lack of following instructions to a "t". Its your phone and your choice to try or not.
With that said here we go:
1. Go to dail pad type in "3845#*959#
(The menu comes up)
2. Scroll to find option named " settings" click it
(Another menu pops up )
3. Scroll to find option "up sell url". Click it
(A smaller menu window pops up)
4. Chose " TMUS hastetheringoption". Click it
5. Back out like normal. I don't know if this matters but I use a 3rd party hotspot toggle as to not enter the T-Mobile hotspot apk.
6. Profit
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Keep trying on an AT&T d950 but any option i choose (and they all just say test 1 2 3 4 or thru put mode?) It pops up with an fc lg.hidden.menu has closed ?
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Awesome find bro thanks cheers
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what third party tethering app are you using?
Any idea how to accomplish this on another carrier? I tried with my d950 AT&T but when i choose anything from settings it fc's the hidden menu. Any help is appreciated.
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brittoking said:
Any idea how to accomplish this on another carrier? I tried with my d950 AT&T but when i choose anything from settings it fc's the hidden menu. Any help is appreciated.
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Did you freeze any apps? It seems like you may have froze a system app that's needed because it shouldn't FC
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kintwofan said:
Did you freeze any apps? It seems like you may have froze a system app that's needed because it shouldn't FC
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Thanks for the response. I'm currently running stock kit Kat (when i upgraded it borked something with the ability to connect in different modes with my computer, i can only connect with the "pc software" option) (getting new one sent on Monday) so it can't be any frozen programs. Not sure what it could be though really cuz I've never really messed with the hidden menus on phones. Always had build props and custom roms to do that stuff for me.
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I have no idea about the other variants of the g flex. I have T-Mobile d959. I'm not even sure if those options are the same in the other variants. I do believe the hidden menu is still accessible with the 3845#*your variants number# but beyond that have no idea.
UPDATE 4-27-14 :::
I've had my hotspot on all weekend watching YouTube, showbox, surfing the web, as well as my son has been doing the same and even had his Xbox 360 tethered thru it and my hotspot data amount is still sitting on 3.0 gigs according to t-mobile's built in apk that is linked to our accounts. The T-Mobile folks no the apk I'm speaking of. It doesn't update instantly but does do so at least twice a day or more. Here's a screen shot showing. Notice the dates.
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And my data amount went up roughly 5 gigs. Man porn in HD is killing my data. Lmao. J/K folks. I got unlimited. Lmao. J/k. That's what my sons Xbox live will do to ya.
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I no u meant man, porn is killing me but for a second i thought u said man porn like men lol haha
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@mattwheat what hotspot app are you using? I tried the stock and foxfi but it doesn't work, I keep getting sent to the t-mobile site.
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bbobarino said:
I no u meant man, porn is killing me but for a second i thought u said man porn like men lol haha
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Oh h#ll no. Not man porn. Lmfao I got a good laugh out of that. I didn't even see the way it looked after I wrote it. Geeez that's classic.
Here's a screen shot. It wouldn't let me share it due to my Nexus 7 not being compatible.
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Yyyeeeaaaa, this still won't work for me. I guess I'm not as fortunate as you or I'm doing something wrong. I actually haven't seen anyone confirm that this works though (unless I missed it which very well could be the case) so feel free to chime in if you know something haha.
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After reading my original post I left out a step. Make your own APN setting and add to "APN type" ",admin,dun". And reboot then follow original post.
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Hello, I tried this and it didnt work so I deleted the new APN I created but ever since my otherwise amazing data speed and connection has been inconsistent and spotty. Even looses signal sometimes which has never happened. Speeds are also not as good as they were.
I set the " TMUS hastetheringoption" option as advised.
My question is what is the default setting so I can go back to it as I believe it has something to do with what I am experiencing.
Thanks!
bgsitizen said:
Hello, I tried this and it didnt work so I deleted the new APN I created but ever since my otherwise amazing data speed and connection has been inconsistent and spotty. Even looses signal sometimes which has never happened. Speeds are also not as good as they were.
I set the " TMUS hastetheringoption" option as advised.
My question is what is the default setting so I can go back to it as I believe it has something to do with what I am experiencing.
Thanks!
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I believe its TMUS dataplanrequired. I don't understand why your signal is spotty and loss of signal. The more I mess with these settings I'm realizing that all this has done is create another option in the settings storage file where the other method of changing the tether fun required 1 to a 0 is. The other file I know have ,mind you im not sure how I got it, but I believe from testing one or several of the upsell URL options. That now has that tether dun required set at 0, not by me, and sticks through reboot. Here's a screenshot of said settings option that used to not be there. Let me know if this is just me or if others have noticed this now showing up.
Well actually I lost the pics when I flashed back to stock after a weekend long brick. But I managed to some how have screen shots saved to Dropbox of some build.props that I didn't notice before. The other settings option was seen thru sqlite editor when used to change that 1 to a 0 when I clicked on "settings storage" there used to be only one choice then a few days before I bricked and flashed back to stock I noticed another one called settings BCPM I think or something like that. It had all the same build.props in it except the tether fun required was defaulted to 0 already. Which kept me from having to set it or from going to the upsell URL again. The "BCPM" may not be the correct letters but it was something like that. Sorry for the delayed response also I've been bricked all weekend and trying to get it back lol
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Here's screenshots of the stick tmobile APN settings.
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Followed the instructions and it still doesn't work for me. How do you get the tether dun required to stay at 0 through reboot. I still have to edit the value every time I reboot. My build.prop looks just like yours.

No notification sounds

Opened up my phone to replace the middle plate, removed battery and all that but started back up fine. Now I notice there is no notification sounds, the speaker works for all other stuff like YouTube, volume steps, ringtone...but not MMS or hangouts.
Strange, any input?
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stevew84 said:
Opened up my phone to replace the middle plate, removed battery and all that but started back up fine. Now I notice there is no notification sounds, the speaker works for all other stuff like YouTube, volume steps, ringtone...but not MMS or hangouts.
Strange, any input?
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Did you try clearing data for those apps? Possibly play services as well? After that, factory reset or factory image. Strange indeed. ???
Evolution_Tech said:
Did you try clearing data for those apps? Possibly play services as well? After that, factory reset or factory image. Strange indeed. ???
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Its not app related since even in the main system menu it doesn't work. I went back to stock image and nothing. I've read that doing a factory reset OEM lock will fix it.
All other audio works. Can't be because I opened my phone, I refuse to believe that.
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stevew84 said:
Its not app related since even in the main system menu it doesn't work. I went back to stock image and nothing. I've read that doing a factory reset OEM lock will fix it.
All other audio works. Can't be because I opened my phone, I refuse to believe that.
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Have you opened it back up again to double check? So strange that it's just notifications.
Evolution_Tech said:
Have you opened it back up again to double check? So strange that it's just notifications.
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There is only a couple or cables that need disconnecting when swapping out the middle plate. So no, because it doesn't seem necessary. The cables are battery and wireless charging related...and since I'm powered on I assume its fine.
If anything I'll try hard reset and see what happens.
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stevew84 said:
Opened up my phone to replace the middle plate, removed battery and all that but started back up fine. Now I notice there is no notification sounds, the speaker works for all other stuff like YouTube, volume steps, ringtone...but not MMS or hangouts.
Strange, any input?
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what ROM are you using? you don't happen to be on m, are you?
simms22 said:
what ROM are you using? you don't happen to be on m, are you?
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On chroma latest build, but was working before I opened it up.
I clean flashed AOiSP also, then restored to stock, now back to chroma.
Maybe I can try M, but this is a known problem I guess when googling around.
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stevew84 said:
On chroma latest build, but was working before I opened it up.
I clean flashed AOiSP also, then restored to stock, now back to chroma.
Maybe I can try M, but this is a known problem I guess when googling around.
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I asked if m because as a feature, there are no notification sounds when the screen is on, only when the screen is off. you still get notifications, and they vibrate, but no notification sounds with the screen on.
simms22 said:
I asked if m because as a feature, there are no notification sounds when the screen is on, only when the screen is off. you still get notifications, and they vibrate, but no notification sounds with the screen on.
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Odd, but no, even with the screen off there is nothing. I'm going to factory reset so I'll be back.
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stevew84 said:
Odd, but no, even with the screen off there is nothing. I'm going to factory reset so I'll be back.
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good luck!
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good luck!
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Factory reset and still nothing. I'm at a loss.
I was in the process of a warranty exchange for this device so i'm going to put this back together and get it sent back to TMO so I can use the replacement they sent me.
stevew84 said:
Factory reset and still nothing. I'm at a loss.
I was in the process of a warranty exchange for this device so i'm going to put this back together and get it sent back to TMO so I can use the replacement they sent me.
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You do know taking it apart voids warranty?

Paranoid Android Shamu Bugs.

I'm wanting to index some common issues and solutions (If any) for PA's 1st version for the N6. This is N6 only! not Oneplus, 6P, ect
Keep a clean format with your posts
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Description of issue, how to repeat.
Solution
log-cat link (if you have one)
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I'll try to update this as they are posted.
Only one I have seen myself is the security settings
Bug- Settings crashing when trying to configure pin, pattern, password
solution- none
Log- none, will be fixed next release according to PA Team
Remember do not use Open Gaaps. PA team has had some issues. Also not recommended to use full package...(I'm running Nano myself)
Can't even pass bootup screen.
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usmanhaider101 said:
Can't even pass bootup screen.
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Full wipe and reflash. What GApps are you using?
usmanhaider101 said:
Can't even pass bootup screen.
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Use banks gapps. Worked great for me. Actually running pa right now.
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I have just downloaded the latest version of gapps(stock) and I'm running PA Nexus 6. Whenever I get a call or place a call the active call screen does not show up. So without my smart watch I have no idea who is calling. Has anybody else ran into this error?
Bluetooth/android wear worked fine, however when I paired the phone to my car the bluetooth share process started crashing constantly.
I switched to purenexus after two days but here's what I noticed:
-I was using the elementalX kernel
-random reboots when listening to google play music
-icon theming only worked once while using google now launcher (applied one pack and then couldn't change that pack)
No logcats, sorry. I might try going back after the next substantial update and keep the stock kernel that comes with it.
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jnyce87 said:
I have just downloaded the latest version of gapps(stock) and I'm running PA Nexus 6. Whenever I get a call or place a call the active call screen does not show up. So without my smart watch I have no idea who is calling. Has anybody else ran into this error?
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Same here! Went to DP4
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dpalmer76 said:
Same here! Went to DP4
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Yea apparently there's a known issue with stock open gapps. But since I switched, I've had no issues what's so ever. I have to say this is the smoothest my nexus has ran in some time. Just patiently waiting for the next update when they fix the lockscreen pin fc.

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