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Home button and unlocking device issues after last update?
(Topic created: 3 weeks ago)
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3 weeks ago (Last edited 2 weeks ago ) in
Android 12
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Ever since the last update the home button does not take me back to the home screenat all. Also, unlocking my device is bugged as well which unfortunately happens to be the only way to get back to the home screen! This last update is 100% the cause since the issue only started immediately after the last update and did not exist for me until this last update. It's incredibly inconvenient and I literally can't do anything on my phone due to it since switching between app is now a 2 minute task.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Has anyone found a fix?
Somebody posted a work around for the home button issue. Settings>Display>Navigation bar>Swipe Gestures on
Thank you for that HOWEVER, there are some issues:
1. It has a small learning curve the gesture to go back doesn't really work the same as the back buttons.
2. It's useless for people who utilize the accessibility menu because the home button doesn't work there either and this presents issues for people with dexterity issues.
3. My phone is like 2 years old at this point and the pixels where the buttons used to be are permanently burned with the shape of them there which looks tasteless.
Also, I can't tell if this fixed the issue of unlocking the phone getting stuck on a transition. Will update if it also fixed that.
At the end of the day this is a temporary fix and not a resolution but thank you so much to the person who commented this!
SOLUTION:
This solution was shared with me by someone in the comments who linked a post on reddit. Here is a quote from the post it solved my issue no need to use the swipe navigation bar!
Found on Reddit. Fixed my phone immediately!
So what seems to have 'fixed' this: I went into Settings-->Apps-->Choose Default Apps and set the home app to Nova7 (or OneUI, whatever you use). I thought it was strange that Mobile Services Manager was showing, so I wanted to disable it, but was unable to. What I did do was go to Settings-->Apps-->Mobile Services Manager and hit Force Stop, and then went into Storage and Clear Data. I then went back to Settings-->Apps-->Mobile Services Manager and removed the permission to access the Phone.
