Hey all!
I've had nova launcher on my phones for years and never had any issues.
Well I factory reset my phone a couple weeks ago because of Google play issues and ever since then, when I close all my apps in the recents menu, nova will have a 5 second delay where I can't touch or launch anything. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, cleared nova and phone cache, and made sure no battery optimization was turned on.
I've reached out to nova, and they keep saying it's my phone causing it.... Duh!
I need help!
dasgoons said:
Hey all!
I've had nova launcher on my phones for years and never had any issues.
Well I factory reset my phone a couple weeks ago because of Google play issues and ever since then, when I close all my apps in the recents menu, nova will have a 5 second delay where I can't touch or launch anything. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, cleared nova and phone cache, and made sure no battery optimization was turned on.
I've reached out to nova, and they keep saying it's my phone causing it.... Duh!
I need help!
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I would have thought clearing the system cache would do it. Did you clear the cache after uninstalling Nova? Also, did you use a Nova backup after reinstalling? If so, did you try it with a new clean installation?
Tel864 said:
I would have thought clearing the system cache would do it. Did you clear the cache after uninstalling Nova? Also, did you use a Nova backup after reinstalling? If so, did you try it with a new clean installation?
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Tried it new. Even tried a different Launcher. It's like all 3rd party launchers are doing the same thing. So weird
dasgoons said:
Tried it new. Even tried a different Launcher. It's like all 3rd party launchers are doing the same thing. So weird
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Yea it is. I have Nova installed but have been using Microsoft Launcher. I ran Nova all day today though and while I didn't have your problem I did have another that I've never seen with Nova, overheating. I've used Nova for years and never had any type of heat problem but today it was sucking down my battery and I could feel the heat coming off the phone. I doubt this is related to your problem and more with the new update that came down today.
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I've had Nova launcher installed since it was on sale in the Play Store and it's always worked fine until this week. I saw an article on an app called Flip launcher and wanted to try it. I downloaded it and another similar app (swipepad) and started playing with them. Everything worked fine for a few hours, then my phone randomly rebooted and went into boot loop.
I went into safe mode and un-installed Nova, Flip Launcher, and Swipe Pad and rebooted. Phone worked after that so I re-installed only Nova but my phone keeps randomly going into a boot loop now even after deleting both of the other apps.
Can anyone give me some feedback into this and why it may be happening or how to stop it?
Also, when you install Nova you have the choice to set it as your default launcher. Does this mean that the stock launcher still runs in the background? If so, does that hog much memory?
thanks!
might be something wrong with nova launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914279
ML417 said:
might be something wrong with nova launcher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914279
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Oops. I forgot I already asked. I was sleep deprived at the time. Have you heard of anything being wrong with Nova? I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem.
only as far as my post in there, I'm using apex launcher now so i can't tell you anymore than that
So...took the plunge and got a Nexus 6. Seems like a great phone.
Got it home, grabbed the OTAs, unlocked the bootloader and rooted using CF's root .bat (found in the all in one post).
Now I'm having issues and I can't see where they're coming from.
Started, I think, after I added email accounts to the gmail app. I will be using the phone and it will soft reboot (boot animation, but thankfully I have renamed that awful AT&T boot animation, then lock screen).
Installed the latest TWRP and cleared the cache, following another post's recommendation, but that hasn't helped.
Aside from returning to stock and exchanging the phone (which I very well may do, but I'll go to a busier store to do it) does anyone have any ideas? I'm completely stock, using Nova Prime aside from the recovery and rooting (still encrypted).
Box says this is 2014-12-21 manufacture date, green dot on the box.
liquidzoo said:
So...took the plunge and got a Nexus 6. Seems like a great phone.
Got it home, grabbed the OTAs, unlocked the bootloader and rooted using CF's root .bat (found in the all in one post).
Now I'm having issues and I can't see where they're coming from.
Started, I think, after I added email accounts to the gmail app. I will be using the phone and it will soft reboot (boot animation, but thankfully I have renamed that awful AT&T boot animation, then lock screen).
Installed the latest TWRP and cleared the cache, following another post's recommendation, but that hasn't helped.
Aside from returning to stock and exchanging the phone (which I very well may do, but I'll go to a busier store to do it) does anyone have any ideas? I'm completely stock, using Nova Prime aside from the recovery and rooting (still encrypted).
Box says this is 2014-12-21 manufacture date, green dot on the box.
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Take a nandroid backup in TWRP then do a "factory reset" (just a standard one, not one that does all the partitions) and run it with no apps or extra settings set. See if it still does it.
Wish it wouldn't auto-download those AT&T apps, but I will give that a try. Updating the Play Store apps now. I skipped the backup, mostly because I haven't done enough on the phone to need it (set up Nova Prime and my email, then had the issues and I went to bed).
have you tried raising voltages across the board? by 10-20mV..
simms22 said:
have you tried raising voltages across the board? by 10-20mV..
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I have not done anything with the kernel at all.
Apps that I had installed when issues started (or rather when I noticed them):
Facebook
Facebook Messenger (I'm not sure, but this one may have been the last one installed before the issues started; I don't remember a reboot prior to installing this)
Nova Launcher / Nova Prime
Widget Locker (wanted a separate lockscreen wallpaper, but there may be a better way to do this)
Weather Underground (the last in a series of weather apps)
Tesla Unread Plugin (which I wish worked with things like Handcent or Textra, though it may...I haven't tested)
Root Explorer
That's it.
I saw some people pointing to the stock SMS and or Hangouts apps and disabled both, but to no avail.
So far after the factory reset, everything seems ok. I'm not sure if one of the above mentioned apps is the cause of the issues, though.
liquidzoo said:
I have not done anything with the kernel at all.
Apps that I had installed when issues started (or rather when I noticed them):
Facebook
Facebook Messenger (I'm not sure, but this one may have been the last one installed before the issues started; I don't remember a reboot prior to installing this)
Nova Launcher / Nova Prime
Widget Locker (wanted a separate lockscreen wallpaper, but there may be a better way to do this)
Weather Underground (the last in a series of weather apps)
Tesla Unread Plugin (which I wish worked with things like Handcent or Textra, though it may...I haven't tested)
Root Explorer
That's it.
I saw some people pointing to the stock SMS and or Hangouts apps and disabled both, but to no avail.
So far after the factory reset, everything seems ok. I'm not sure if one of the above mentioned apps is the cause of the issues, though.
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The FB app is very buggy , its best to FaceBook within a browser rather then using the app.
gee2012 said:
The FB app is very buggy , its best to FaceBook within a browser rather then using the app.
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That's unfortunate...
Side note, after performing the factory reset within TWRP it seems to be working ok now. Haven't had a reboot (also haven't used it much).
Going to reinstall Nova and see if my good luck continues.
I can live without the Facebook app if I need to (you'd think they'd get their act together, but I'm pretty sure that Facebook on my computer causes a massive memory leak too).
As a note, though, none of the reboots happened within Facebook. They mostly happened within Gmail, actually, though some happened in the Nova Settings too.
I have all those apps you have and never have random reboots.
Kreateablaze said:
I have all those apps you have and never have random reboots.
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Hm...
Well, everything seems ok right now with just Nova. Going to wait a bit before I download other apps, though. Textra or some other type of app where I can customize notification sounds is a must (I prefer to have a different sound when my wife texts me vs random text messages). Not sure on email client, though. I've used K-9 in the past, but the new Gmail may be the one I go with for now.
So far I have reinstalled everything except for Widget Locker and the 2 Facebook apps. So far so good.
I noticed when browsing lockscreen apps that Widget Locker hasn't been updated in almost 2 years...that's unfortunate.
Tried another lock screen app that was nice, and would have worked, but it stretched the wallpaper I wanted to use (picture of one of my kids) to the point where it was pixelated...that alone made me uninstall it, even though it had everything else I wanted...
liquidzoo said:
So far I have reinstalled everything except for Widget Locker and the 2 Facebook apps. So far so good.
I noticed when browsing lockscreen apps that Widget Locker hasn't been updated in almost 2 years...that's unfortunate.
Tried another lock screen app that was nice, and would have worked, but it stretched the wallpaper I wanted to use (picture of one of my kids) to the point where it was pixelated...that alone made me uninstall it, even though it had everything else I wanted...
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Have you tried acdisplay?
Kreateablaze said:
Have you tried acdisplay?
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No, it was Hi Locker that I used.
AcDisplay is on my list to try, though. It keeps coming up on the lists of the top lockscreen apps.
Edit: There doesn't seem to be a way to use a separate image for the lockscreen...Black background or homescreen wallpaper is all I could find. If it's there, I'd love to know where.
I have nova launcher as my defaul launcher, but the phone keeps asking if its my default at least 10 times a day after hitting the home button. It's getting pretty annoying, especially since I can't just freeze LGs launcher without Titanium Backup. Is there another work around or something that I am missing?
I have a similar problem, but mine isn't as frequent. My phone seems to forget all the default apps every few days.
You can use Debloater to disable the other launcher apps. That is what others with your problem have done, but they had root and used TB to remove them.
phineous said:
I have a similar problem, but mine isn't as frequent. My phone seems to forget all the default apps every few days.
You can use Debloater to disable the other launcher apps. That is what others with your problem have done, but they had root and used TB to remove them.
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Thanks I'll try debloater, but I wish I could root and just freeze all other launchers.
mgkaotic said:
Thanks I'll try debloater, but I wish I could root and just freeze all other launchers.
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You and me and everybody else in this joint are wishing the same thing!
mgkaotic said:
I have nova launcher as my defaul launcher, but the phone keeps asking if its my default at least 10 times a day after hitting the home button. It's getting pretty annoying, especially since I can't just freeze LGs launcher without Titanium Backup. Is there another work around or something that I am missing?
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Ever try Home2 Shortcut? it sets defaults for the home button to force the launcher. I use that and it seems to be working for me.
This also allows me to double tap home to make Google Voice Search automatically start (I used this big time on my Note 2 to get rid of S-Voice defaults).
I want to share this, in case someone else gets into the same bad spot. Perhaps it might help someone.
I unboxed my Nokia 8 this afternoon, and so far I'm impressed with the call quality and general build of the phone. All was going well, until I installed my favorite launcher (Nova Launcher Prime), and then I used a Nova Launcher backup file from another phone, which had been running Nougat. Then, I started getting this error: "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped". The screen would show this, flash off, flash on, show this, and repeat. The only action I could perform was to power off or restart. A few seconds after a restart, the problem recur.
This seems (based on reading random forum threads around the web) to have been a problem between Oreo and the "transparent notification bar" setting in Nova Launcher. I'm testing running Nova right now, without using the backup file from the old phone, and so far, so good. I did a factory reset of my phone, but you if anyone finds themselves in a similar fix, you can also try rebooting into Safe Mode and uninstalling Nova (or whatever app causes the error).
I am using Nova Launcher Prime and have transparency enabled. No errors at all. But I have set up everything from scratch.
GpoGoGo
Nova Launcher Prime works fine here after backing up from my Moto G5 Plus
Nova Launcher works fine here too. I've used Nova for a while and it's been my experience also that restoring a Nova backup from a previous phone can result in problems. Having said that, restoration on the same phone the backup has been made on has always worked flawlessly. If you start from scratch with Nova on a new phone (somewhat of a nuisance) all works well
Nova prime beta was the first thing I installed, great on Nougat and even better on Oreo.
No issues for me.
I imported a backup layout then tweaked it instead of new setup.
celticchrys said:
I want to share this, in case someone else gets into the same bad spot. Perhaps it might help someone.
I unboxed my Nokia 8 this afternoon, and so far I'm impressed with the call quality and general build of the phone. All was going well, until I installed my favorite launcher (Nova Launcher Prime), and then I used a Nova Launcher backup file from another phone, which had been running Nougat. Then, I started getting this error: "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped". The screen would show this, flash off, flash on, show this, and repeat. The only action I could perform was to power off or restart. A few seconds after a restart, the problem recur.
This seems (based on reading random forum threads around the web) to have been a problem between Oreo and the "transparent notification bar" setting in Nova Launcher. I'm testing running Nova right now, without using the backup file from the old phone, and so far, so good. I did a factory reset of my phone, but you if anyone finds themselves in a similar fix, you can also try rebooting into Safe Mode and uninstalling Nova (or whatever app causes the error).
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I've bad experience with any kind of backups (including Google backup) - always something goes wrong on any device.
I'll suggest you that when you migrating to new device just don't use any backups.
Back to topic.
I've transparent bar on (I think this is default setting) and no issues at all.
It's definitely backup fault.
I have recently started to have this issue, not sure if it is Nova causing it or something else.
I notice 2 things alongside the system crash -
Often when trying to open the camera app it will trigger the crash no matter if I have no apps open in history or 20 open.
When this happens the phone runs very hot and does not respond to anything, even the power button.
Occasionally the app draw will open (swipe up method) but not show any apps and I need to leave it for some time.
Right now I have uninstalled Nova and will use the stock launcher for a few days to test it, even though I really do not like the stock launcher as it has zero options to customise or use icon sets
I'll report back how the phone performs in the next few days but if anyone has any more info from their experiences it would be good.
celticchrys said:
I want to share this, in case someone else gets into the same bad spot. Perhaps it might help someone.
I unboxed my Nokia 8 this afternoon, and so far I'm impressed with the call quality and general build of the phone. All was going well, until I installed my favorite launcher (Nova Launcher Prime), and then I used a Nova Launcher backup file from another phone, which had been running Nougat. Then, I started getting this error: "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped". The screen would show this, flash off, flash on, show this, and repeat. The only action I could perform was to power off or restart. A few seconds after a restart, the problem recur.
This seems (based on reading random forum threads around the web) to have been a problem between Oreo and the "transparent notification bar" setting in Nova Launcher. I'm testing running Nova right now, without using the backup file from the old phone, and so far, so good. I did a factory reset of my phone, but you if anyone finds themselves in a similar fix, you can also try rebooting into Safe Mode and uninstalling Nova (or whatever app causes the error).
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I had problems with my Nova launcher. Used a backup from my old phone and then Nova made the battery drain very fast. Removed it and it's files then installed it again without the backup. Made a new config from scratch and now the battery is fine.
So far no issues with stock launcher or Microsoft launcher.
If it is still stable I will go for a fresh install of Nova in a couple of days.
Something is wrong with my redmi note 10 pro, system launcher crashing randomly while using my device suddenly phone screen goes black and system launcher start from scratch, reload all apps from start and it kill everiin background.
Is there any fix for that? I already tried clearing data of system launcher and still this problem exists. This happen quite often ( 4-5 times in a day)
Sz AnaS said:
Something is wrong with my redmi note 10 pro, system launcher crashing randomly while using my device suddenly phone screen goes black and system launcher start from scratch, reload all apps from start and it kill everiin background.
Is there any fix for that? I already tried clearing data of system launcher and still this problem exists. This happen quite often ( 4-5 times in a day)
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you tried factory resetting your phone?
augustusk said:
you tried factory resetting your phone?
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I dont want to reset my phone.
Try install a Mi Launcher alpha, this may help!
https://www.apkmirror.com/wp-content/themes/APKMirror/download.php?id=1653464
naubert said:
Try install a Mi Launcher alpha, this may help!
https://www.apkmirror.com/wp-content/themes/APKMirror/download.php?id=1653464
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But with this third party launcher we lose gesture control
That is not a third party, is the official Mi Launcher, but in the most recent version. The gestures will still working.
naubert said:
That is not a third party, is the official Mi Launcher, but in the most recent version. The gestures will still working.
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Sz AnaS said:
But with this third party launcher we lose gesture control
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I use in my Redmi Note 7 (Lavander) at last 2 years