Changes to Device Administrator keeps crashing settings - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

I know there's got to be some setting turned on that is preventing me from toggling the apps in Device Administrator because whenever I go to it, I can see the full list, and when I attempt to toggle one of them on or off, settings crashes and locks the phone. I have two apps that have been toggled on, so somehow I was given the ability to do it before this hard to find setting was turned on preventing me from toggling any more apps....
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

KryptosXLayer2 said:
I know there's got to be some setting turned on that is preventing me from toggling the apps in Device Administrator because whenever I go to it, I can see the full list, and when I attempt to toggle one of them on or off, settings crashes and locks the phone. I have two apps that have been toggled on, so somehow I was given the ability to do it before this hard to find setting was turned on preventing me from toggling any more apps....
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
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I was getting the exact same issue on my S8+ yesterday. Do you perhaps have the latest/beta version of Call Recorder by SKVALEX installed? With my issue at least, I think it was down to that app, well a conflict between the two versions I had on the phone. May have been coincidence and could have been unrelated of course but removing both (old and beta) then just installing the latest beta sorted the issue, or t least the issue went away at the same time...

chippyuk said:
I was getting the exact same issue on my S8+ yesterday. Do you perhaps have the latest/beta version of Call Recorder by SKVALEX installed? With my issue at least, I think it was down to that app, well a conflict between the two versions I had on the phone. May have been coincidence and could have been unrelated of course but removing both (old and beta) then just installing the latest beta sorted the issue, or t least the issue went away at the same time...
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Not, I don't have that app nor do I think this is AN app preventing me from adjusting Device Administrator toggles

I Had the same problem in my note 7, only thing I could do was a reset all app settings, that solved the issue

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[Q] Unknown App Flashing When Toggling Wifi

Last night I was at home and noticed my wifi wasn't on, so I used the quick settings in the shade to toggle it. After a few seconds, wifi connected, and some unknown app took focus and closed repeatedly. After a few moments, it stopped and all was well.
I thought it was strange, so I turned wifi back off and the same thing happened. I rebooted, tried again, and got the same result. I was trying to think of a way to see what was happening, so I tried using the Screen Record function in Gravity Box, which didn't help much, because it happens so fast, and no info is displayed, just a black window that goes away quickly.
I then turned on the CPU usage in Developer Options to see if anything consistently came to the top when toggling. I saw a few apps each time Plume (Twitter), and Maildroid (email) were two of them. Both of these apps behave differently on wifi and 3G/4G (push vs. pull), so thought -maybe- it could be something with that. I uninstalled both of those, rebooted and tried again, getting the same result.
I recorded the screen when this was happening with the CPU usage displayed, and was wondering if anyone has any ideas? I don't really want to uninstall and reinstall EVERY app on my phone, so I was hoping someone may have seen this before or see something I'm missing when watching it happen.
Video: https://copy.com/8L6VTsqcdbUjVTz
Thanks for any input anyone can offer!
Do you check virus from your phone ?
I am also having this, seems to be due to 4.4.2 OTA, which I continue to delay as I am rooted.
Mine doens't only happen with wifi change, but also just randomly when using hangouts, keyboard stays out but hangouts min -> maxes quickly. I have tried freezing the update apps but it apparently didn't do anything as I was still asked to update earlier.
Only hangouts? I have that app disabled.in the app settings.
I can't say for sure that being on 4.4.2 fixed it, but I am on 4.4.2 now and it is not happening anymore.
I unlocked my bootloader and did the 4.4.2 SBF, unlocked and rooted. I installed probably 99% of the same apps (only ditched 1-2 that I never used anymore) and I am not having the flashing issue anymore.
Hard to tell for certain if the pending OTA was the cause, but it may have been.

SystemUpdateService always on

Hi all,
I just installed cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip and I have a big problem with SystemUpdateService which is always on and draining my battery. The phone will not go in deep sleep, it will just stay awake.
I tried all of the following:
1. Installed Disable Service and went on to disable SystemUpdateService, but it was already disabled.
2. Installed Autorun Manager and went on to disable com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver. but it was already disabled
3. I copied FOTAkill.apk in the System folder with RS Root Explorer and restarted, but the problem kept persisting
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
Does anybody know what else I could do?
keeekeeess said:
Hi all,
I just installed cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip and I have a big problem with SystemUpdateService which is always on and draining my battery. The phone will not go in deep sleep, it will just stay awake.
I tried all of the following:
1. Installed Disable Service and went on to disable SystemUpdateService, but it was already disabled.
2. Installed Autorun Manager and went on to disable com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver. but it was already disabled
3. I copied FOTAkill.apk in the System folder with RS Root Explorer and restarted, but the problem kept persisting
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
Does anybody know what else I could do?
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I installed (cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip) on my device
and i am not found this problem?
try wakelock detector to see what's keeping it awake http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179651
Starting today, I got this issue as well on a Nexus 4 device running the M7 snapshot with hellscore kernel. The first 2 steps you took didn't work for me too. Didn't know about #3 this far.
keeekeeess said:
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
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Doesn't sound pretty, but how did you do this? Still better than running out of battery halfway through the day, I'd guess.
pryerlee: WLD says exactly that - Google Play Services -> SystemUpdateService, for me currently 4h23m, being 100% of the time - plus it says "x2" (what's that precisely?)
not sure if this will help but read tho the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388243 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378962
it is not work this servicein with lock screen!!
(i speek arabic good but english not good)
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pryerlee: Couldn't make anything out of those.
Just linking the other way round as well, maybe it'll help - the issue popped up on CM forums too: http ://forum.cyanogenmod. com/topic/96459-systemupdateservice-wakelock-on-cm11-m7-massive-battery-drain/
(sry for destroying the link, I'm blocked from posting it.)
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not sure if this will help but read tho the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388243 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378962
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I did all of the options, the service is closed yet it was still running.
I compromised and installed Paranoid Android 4.4.2 and the problem is no more.
So just trying stuff without any deeper thoughts, I just did two things, locked the phone afterwards and now the wakelock seems to be gone:
1. I enabled SystemUpdateService using Disable Service App, which had already been disabled when we first looked.
2. I looked into the CM update function, where - having selected all stable releases - nothing was showing and refreshing didn't work. Got the idea to look into Disable Service App again, and found that UpdateCheckService of CyanogenMod-Updater was disabled. Enabled it, refreshed CM updater, got a list of stable releases.
My beginner's guess would be #1 did it - but why was #2 even an issue in the first place?
Running CM 11 M7 Snapshot 6/9/14 msm8960 on Motorola Atrix HD MB886. Have seen something similar.
Details:
- Have not seen this issue for weeks of running this ROM until now.
- This seems to have started a few (2?) days ago after an update. Google Play Music, Maps, Search, Drive, Sheets, and Docs all received updates in the past week.
- Typically, based on the configuration and usage of my phone, when the screen on is off the phone is in Deep Sleep (percentage in high 90s).
- At some point after some app or service is run, the phone stops going into deep sleep.
- Better Battery Stats shows SystemUpdateService as having partial wakelock for about the same percentage of time that the phone should be in deep sleep (high 90s).
- SystemUpdateServices does not seem to be hogging battery even considering that it might be folded into another category, but the wakelock causes the phone to use battery more than twice as fast as in deep sleep.
- A restart clears it up until the SystemUpdateService is invoked again by... whatever... seems to be something I do manually - still chasing it.
IronTechmonkey,
confirming your descriptions, up to the point where you describe that a reboot clears the issue up until a certain unknown event some time after boot. This is clearly not the case for me.
Instead, I was just able to reproduce the behaviour I described above. The wakelock remained gone since my last post, then I had to reboot for another reason, and it was there again basically from the first second (100% awake time since boot). Looking into Disable Service, SystemUpdateService was unchecked / disabled - again I checked / enabled it, and the wakelock stopped immediately.
Silkeyway said:
IronTechmonkey,
confirming your descriptions, up to the point where you describe that a reboot clears the issue up until a certain unknown event some time after boot. This is clearly not the case for me.
Instead, I was just able to reproduce the behaviour I described above. The wakelock remained gone since my last post, then I had to reboot for another reason, and it was there again basically from the first second (100% awake time since boot). Looking into Disable Service, SystemUpdateService was unchecked / disabled - again I checked / enabled it, and the wakelock stopped immediately.
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I've been able to consistently replicate the problem 100% by running the Google Play app when the phone has a data connection.
If I run the Google Play app when the phone has no data connection the problem does not occur until the next time the phone has a data connection, whether or not Google Play is running.
I do have all auto-updating disabled in google and elsewhere which makes this easier to chase.
See if it happens when your phone has no data connection, with apps and google things set not to autoupdate.
As for the temporary fix: Like you said: Disable Service app, System Apps list, Google Play Services, SystemUpdateService enable/disable.
I'll try with those conditions asap. No time just now.
However, doesn't this all raise the question why SystemUpdateService is disabled? Shouldn't this default to enabled?
Or to put it differently: Is enabling SystemUpdateService a workaround, or is it being disabled the issue?
I also had the wakelock on my P990.
systemupdateservice was disabled in gooogle service framework, but it was still active as receiver and actice receiver in google play services - disabling it there solved the wakelock for me.
Silkeyway said:
I'll try with those conditions asap. No time just now.
However, doesn't this all raise the question why SystemUpdateService is disabled? Shouldn't this default to enabled?
Or to put it differently: Is enabling SystemUpdateService a workaround, or is it being disabled the issue?
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Now that I've tested during a work day I'm seeing the problem occur more pervasively as some of you are
- It starts any time I go on line.
- Reboot sometimes but not always fixes
- Toggling using Disable Service app no longer works reliably
- Must stop Google Services Framework to fix issue until next time I go on line
= Royal PITA!
As for your question; It is not uncommon in the world of computers (and phones) to have to toggle a setting on/off or off/on to get the setting to stick, especially when something deeper in the system is turning it on and off without a flag letting the user know.
Just summarizing what was found on the CM forums where I tried to link previously:
Seemingly permanent workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
Related fix, merged into nightly since Jun 29: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/66894/
Haven't tried that workaround, had no time to go for the nightly... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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Indeed hoping the same, and it looks like M8 and the nightly to which you refer will not yet be using the KK bootloader (great for my old Moto AtrixHD MB886 w/JB bootloader). Found that same XDA post referring to Autorun Manager which looks like a good temporary fix - working good so far. Does not hold setting through restart but still more effective than others..
I've the same issue here since 2/3 days on my 9001 running CyanogenMod 11.0 by ADC-Team - Release 8, maybe it was some app update occurred recently... I didn't have any issue with the same rom before.
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I can confirm that downgrading Google Play Services to version 4.3.25 is a working workaround.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53851739&postcount=3026
Silkeyway said:
Just summarizing what was found on the CM forums where I tried to link previously:
Seemingly permanent workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
Related fix, merged into nightly since Jun 29: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/66894/
Haven't tried that workaround, had no time to go for the nightly... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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Hey everyone,
i can confirm the issue for CM11 M7 and it all started with the recent update to Google Play Services 5 v84.
The workaround mentioned before works very well until a reboot ... lets hope the best for CM11 M8!
Best workaround I've found:
"Finally I was able to block the SystemUpdateService wakelock, using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...com.rs.autorun
go to settings, enable the option to show system entries
find google play services and disable:
SystemUpdateService$Receiver
SystemUpdateService$ActiveReceiver
SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver
done... no more wakelock and it didn't break anything, syncs all work ok
I know this app doesn't look the best, but I tried others like "Android Tuner Free", "Disable Services", "Gemini App Manager", etc, but they allowed me to only disable the main service and didn't show the other receivers that had to be disabled."
As the other user said, this is all caused by the Google Play Services update that has being rolling out this last week. The solution above is reboot proof (At least for me). Thanks to the user who posted it.

WiFi keeps turning on and off on its own

I don't know what might have happened, but this morning, I tried to connect my Phone to WiFi, and for some reason, it wouldn't. The WiFi toggle button that you see when you pull down the Notification Bar, now that WiFi button keeps turning on and off constantly. The time it takes between each toggle (on to off or off to on) is just about 0.5 - 1 sec. This is crazy. I can't connect to my WiFi.
I googled for solutions, no luck. I hard reset my Phone, no luck still. I wiped Partition Cache too. I entered into the Safe Mode, the same behavior happened. It's weird. It's like my Phone is possessed or something. A virus maybe?
Any input would be much appreciated. My phone is running the latest Firmware from T-mobile. And I got the update maybe 1-2 weeks ago and it had been working fine until this morning the issue started.
My phone just started doing this as well. Wifi keeps turning off and on. If I want to keep it off I have to restart my phone. If I want to use the wifi I have to manually toggle it from the wifi settings. Just weird it started doing this just recently. Maybe an app we both have installed?
I think I've found the issue. Sadly only after 3x reformatting the phone.
Go to Settings, Location, then click on Improve Accuracy, then turn off WiFi and Bluetooth Scanning (actually just the WiFi scanning would do the trick, but I decided to just turn off both of them). I suspect an update to one of Google system apps might have caused the phone's WiFi to behave weirdly like this. For the past 2-3 years I've had this phone, it had been fine with these two options turned on. It changed yesterday.
Let me know if this solution works for you.
febzz88 said:
I think I've found the issue. Sadly only after 3x reformatting the phone.
Go to Settings, Location, then click on Improve Accuracy, then turn off WiFi and Bluetooth Scanning (actually just the WiFi scanning would do the trick, but I decided to just turn off both of them). I suspect an update to one of Google system apps might have caused the phone's WiFi to behave weirdly like this. For the past 2-3 years I've had this phone, it had been fine with these two options turned on. It changed yesterday.
Let me know if this solution works for you.
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Haha I was about to post this solution as well! Turning off the wifi in location accuracy fixed it. You're right about probably some Google app is causing this as this hadn't happened before yesterday. Sorry you had to format your phone to find this out...hopefully google or samsung can fix this from their end.
Thanks for this! Working for me (I'm on Tekxodus URv7.4R2 N5R9 with Emotion Kernel (r23).
Was driving me nuts. I'm a bit concerned about the loss of wifi for location accuracy though since my phone's GPS has been borked ever since i can remember.
Update: I noticed a recent review on the Play Store for Android Wear referring to a recent Wear update possibly causing the issue. I have Wear installed for a watch. Just curious if anyone experiencing this problem does NOT have Wear installed?
muzzy996 said:
Thanks for this! Working for me (I'm on Tekxodus URv7.4R2 N5R9 with Emotion Kernel (r23).
Was driving me nuts. I'm a bit concerned about the loss of wifi for location accuracy though since my phone's GPS has been borked ever since i can remember.
Update: I noticed a recent review on the Play Store for Android Wear referring to a recent Wear update possibly causing the issue. I have Wear installed for a watch. Just curious if anyone experiencing this problem does NOT have Wear installed?
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I just uninstalled wear and same issue persist. Last app from Google that I did an update on was Google home...formally known as chromecast.
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I just uninstalled Google home and the issue went away.
I do have Google Home and Android Wear installed as well. I checked the Google Home App Play Store Page and someone commented there pointing out about the issue too.
febzz88 said:
I do have Google Home and Android Wear installed as well. I checked the Google Home App Play Store Page and someone commented there pointing out about the issue too.
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Yup that was me leaving a comment haha
i have had exactly the same problem for a day or two. while disabling "location>improve accuracy>wifi scanning" stops the bug temporarily it doesn't really solve the problem. wifi scanning is an important location feature when navigating. in narrow streets or in buildings one usually does not have gps reception, also the wifi scanning technique for determining the devices location is usually faster and uses less battery than gps (how ironic).
this bug is extremely annoying. i am on an unbranded, unrooted s5 on 6.0.1 (g900f). i can not believe that this also happens with s7 and pixel phones, this is really ridiculous (see similar thread on androidcentral forum. can't post url because this is my first post). if anyone finds a permanent solution for this problem, please tell us!!!
androidschmandroid said:
i have had exactly the same problem for a day or two. while disabling "location>improve accuracy>wifi scanning" stops the bug temporarily it doesn't really solve the problem. wifi scanning is an important location feature when navigating. in narrow streets or in buildings one usually does not have gps reception, also the wifi scanning technique for determining the devices location is usually faster and uses less battery than gps (how ironic).
this bug is extremely annoying. i am on an unbranded, unrooted s5 on 6.0.1 (g900f). i can not believe that this also happens with s7 and pixel phones, this is really ridiculous (see similar thread on androidcentral forum. can't post url because this is my first post). if anyone finds a permanent solution for this problem, please tell us!!!
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Do you have Google Home installed? After I uninstalled that the wifi issue stopped
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Do you have Google Home installed? After I uninstalled that the wifi issue stopped
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no, i do not.
muzzy996 said:
Thanks for this! Working for me (I'm on Tekxodus URv7.4R2 N5R9 with Emotion Kernel (r23).
Was driving me nuts. I'm a bit concerned about the loss of wifi for location accuracy though since my phone's GPS has been borked ever since i can remember.
Update: I noticed a recent review on the Play Store for Android Wear referring to a recent Wear update possibly causing the issue. I have Wear installed for a watch. Just curious if anyone experiencing this problem does NOT have Wear installed?
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Is it your GPS or the Compass? If it can still detect your location but when you use, for example, the Google Maps Navigation, it couldn't really detect where/which direction you're going then it's probably just a compass issue. All you need is some calibration.
I fixed my friend's phone compass issue (and she thought her GPS was broken too) last week. The easiest way to calibrate: just download the GPS Status app and tap on the Calibration option and follow the instruction there.
Always try to calibrate your compass first as the first possible fix whenever you think your GPS is starting to go crazy, it might help.
Go to location>improve location>unchecked wifi scanning. It just worked for me
Uninstalling android wear seems to have worked for me.
febzz88 said:
Is it your GPS or the Compass? If it can still detect your location but when you use, for example, the Google Maps Navigation, it couldn't really detect where/which direction you're going then it's probably just a compass issue. All you need is some calibration.
I fixed my friend's phone compass issue (and she thought her GPS was broken too) last week. The easiest way to calibrate: just download the GPS Status app and tap on the Calibration option and follow the instruction there.
Always try to calibrate your compass first as the first possible fix whenever you think your GPS is starting to go crazy, it might help.
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Definitely not the compass, been through the calibration process. Attempted many fixes including special GPS settings and utilities. At times the phone can sit there with screen on for over 10 minutes without acquiring a single satellite. I'm thinking hardware issue, possibly contacts for the antenna. In any case, not relevant to this thread...
I rebooted into recovery and wiped both CACHE and this fixed the issue. I did not change any settings in any apps either.
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I rebooted into recovery and wiped both CACHE and this fixed the issue. I did not change any settings in any apps either.
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I had tried this prior to reformatting my phone and it didn't help. I then wiped the cache again and reformatted the phone; in fact I reformatted and cleared cache 3x because the issue kept coming back after I reinstalled apps again. This is weird, the situation and resolution vary a lot from one user to another. Then I simply turned off WiFi Scanning under Improve Accuracy in Location, and the issue went away.
WHEW! Uninstalling Wear and Home did it for me. For now, anyway. I "fixed" it this morning by toggling Ultra Power Saver on and off, and it worked all day until I came home from work. Then nothing helped until I found this thread. Changing GPS settings didn't do it for me, but I'm still on Lollipop so my location settings are a little different.
Thank you, Febzz and Alan!
Google home was the issue!!
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Changes in router's Wireless Security had caused it in my case
This is old thread but still I am posting this solution as it could be useful tip for someone in future.
I had this issue and was causing me real headache. I initially thought it was hardware failure of my phone but later I found reason is something else.
For some reason I had changed Wireless Security of my WiFi router from WPA2 Personal to something else (I guess WEP).
That was causing my phone (intex cloud 4g) often to turn on and off WiFi on its own. I changed the Wireless Security back to WPA2 Personal and phone is now back to normal (not turning WiFi on and off on its own)

Notifications Issue

Is anyone having issues with their notifications not coming through, or coming in super late, or having the same notifications coming up over and over? I'm expecting all three problems, it seems to be happening with every app for me except for calls and text. I factory reset the phone but that didn't fix the issue. If I restart the phone, then all my notifications that haven't physically gone into the app to check start pouring in. No idea what could be causing the issue and it's really starting to piss me off. I have already sent my phone in for repair cause my LTE data stopped working for no reason. I don't think both issues are related as I do have LTE data after they replaced some part.
Would appreciate if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks.
The Stig 04 said:
Is anyone having issues with their notifications not coming through, or coming in super late, or having the same notifications coming up over and over? I'm expecting all three problems, it seems to be happening with every app for me except for calls and text. I factory reset the phone but that didn't fix the issue. If I restart the phone, then all my notifications that haven't physically gone into the app to check start pouring in. No idea what could be causing the issue and it's really starting to piss me off. I have already sent my phone in for repair cause my LTE data stopped working for no reason. I don't think both issues are related as I do have LTE data after they replaced some part.
Would appreciate if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks.
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I had notification delays with gmail app, fixed it by turning off battery optimization for this specific app.
The Stig 04 said:
Is anyone having issues with their notifications not coming through, or coming in super late, or having the same notifications coming up over and over? I'm expecting all three problems, it seems to be happening with every app for me except for calls and text. I factory reset the phone but that didn't fix the issue. If I restart the phone, then all my notifications that haven't physically gone into the app to check start pouring in. No idea what could be causing the issue and it's really starting to piss me off. I have already sent my phone in for repair cause my LTE data stopped working for no reason. I don't think both issues are related as I do have LTE data after they replaced some part.
Would appreciate if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks.
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Some people may have battery saver on and this may cause late notifications. Also check in settings "auto sync", under accounts. I did have some late notifications issue with Gmail app and do know battery optimization usually is the cause, but it went away in couple of days after I bought the phone.
Thank you for the suggestions. I ended up turning on high performance mode. Let's see if that helps.
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Thank you for the suggestions. I ended up turning on high performance mode. Let's see if that helps.
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How'd this work out for you? This phone is horrible for notifications for me. It constantly doesn't send them until I actually pick up my phone, then suddenly I'll get 5-10 notifications at once. I've turned off EVERY bit of power saving that I can find. I only run in high performance mode 24/7 with all adaptive battery, power optimization, auto app sleep, etc turned completely off. I've also tried disabling all power saving and sleep in the specific app pages as well. I need to be more observant, but I think this is mostly with push notifications (ex, my 2FA app for work) rather than apps with timers to check for updates occasionally. I also have an issue with my wifi disconnecting while the screen is off sometimes which is highly annoying since my home presence detection is based on my phone being on the wifi, though last time it started doing that a reboot fixed it.
Unfortunately, a search proves that this is a widespread issue. At this point I've pretty much given up on this phone and am looking to replace it as soon as I find a suitable alternative. I'm just curious if it's a Samsung issue or a Pie issue that will occur on other phones as well.
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Is anyone having issues with their notifications not coming through, or coming in super late, or having the same notifications coming up over and over? I'm expecting all three problems, it seems to be happening with every app for me except for calls and text. I factory reset the phone but that didn't fix the issue. If I restart the phone, then all my notifications that haven't physically gone into the app to check start pouring in. No idea what could be causing the issue and it's really starting to piss me off. I have already sent my phone in for repair cause my LTE data stopped working for no reason. I don't think both issues are related as I do have LTE data after they replaced some part.
Would appreciate if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks.
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Seems to be a general issue with android. Mine have gotten better recently. In addition to turning off battery optimization for any apps I want notifications for, i have done the following:
1. Wiped cache (under settings/app/storage), then rebooted into recovery mode and wiped the cache partition.
2. Gone into the setting and made sure apps I want notifications for are allowed to run in the background (settings/apps/select app for notifications/battery).
3. Allowed to run in background when on mobile networks (settings/apps/select app/mobile data/Allow Background Data Usage.
4. Gone into messages/settings/more settings/push message/changed toggle from "Prompt" to "Always".
Hope that helps.
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Seems to be a general issue with android. Mine have gotten better recently. In addition to turning off battery optimization for any apps I want notifications for, i have done the following:
1. Wiped cache (under settings/app/storage), then rebooted into recovery mode and wiped the cache partition.
2. Gone into the setting and made sure apps I want notifications for are allowed to run in the background (settings/apps/select app for notifications/battery).
3. Allowed to run in background when on mobile networks (settings/apps/select app/mobile data/Allow Background Data Usage.
4. Gone into messages/settings/more settings/push message/changed toggle from "Prompt" to "Always".
Hope that helps.
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Thanks, I'll give some of those a try. I also got a VZW update with the May security patch among other things right after I posted that, so we'll see if that helps at all also.
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Thanks, I'll give some of those a try. I also got a VZW update with the May security patch among other things right after I posted that, so we'll see if that helps at all also.
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It's gotten better for me. I enabled high performance mode but I had to keep going in and checking it a couple days after still even though it was enabled. Been a couple weeks now and the notifications I was missing before all seems to be coming in fine now. Time will tell though I guess lol
Are you also having trouble with apps updating? That was another problem I was having where I'd see apps needing to update, I'd start "update all" one app would download and then get stuck at 99% and it would just stay like that for about 40mins and prevent the other apps from updating. Then finally when it would finish the next one would do the same. It would literally take hours upon hours for 12 apps to update when it should only take a couple mins. That issue seems to be fixed for me now too.

Question "Tap to check phone", "Lift to check phone", and (most importantly) "Wake screen for notification" all don't work on new phone

Hello my nerdy pals!
I bought a new Pixel 5a yesterday and set it up normally... no bootloader unlocking or rooting or whatnot.
Everything works as expected except for these features:
1) Wake screen for notification (the one I actually care about)
2) Tap to check phone
3) Lift to check phone
I googled this issue and read a post that suggested I boot the phone in Safe Mode to see if the features still don't work. I did that, and in safe mode they work. The post further said that if it works in safe mode and not normally then I have an app installed that is causing the problem. I should then uninstall apps that are possibly interfering, reboot, and then try the feature again.
I have around 100 apps (nothing crazy, this includes all the system/stock apps). Rather than try to uninstall/reboot/test/reinstall each one, I'm wondering if anyone here has any suggestions for solving this issue.
UPDATE: I ended up the process of uninstalling all my apps to find the culprit, and I did find it.
The app causing the problem was, strangely, a radio app for Canadian stations.

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