After last update, Home Button Broken! - Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion

Hey guys, so after the latest update home button doesnt work any more. It work for leaving the app, but it doesnt take me to my main screen.
Is that with just me?

raphaex said:
Hey guys, so after the latest update home button doesnt work any more. It work for leaving the app, but it doesnt take me to my main screen.
Is that with just me?
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Yep
Same for me.
Did a factory reset and works again.

johnny8910 said:
Yep
Same for me.
Did a factory reset and works again.
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That would take a lot of time for me that i dont have. But i think is better then waiting for other update! thx!

raphaex said:
That would take a lot of time for me that i dont have. But i think is better then waiting for other update! thx!
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Could be a while though?!
Really does fix the issue for me.

johnny8910 said:
Could be a while though?!
Really does fix the issue for me.
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Just did it, and didnt fix for me!
Any thoughts?

Very strange?
Worked for me a treat.

raphaex said:
Just did it, and didnt fix for me!
Any thoughts?
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Any joy getting it working again?
For me, it is still working fine.

johnny8910 said:
Any joy getting it working again?
For me, it is still working fine.
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No, i had to rearrenge my home screen to put everything i wanted in one screen only.

I also did a factory reset and it did not fix for me either.

Mez-Jr said:
I also did a factory reset and it did not fix for me either.
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Yeah, already contacted the support team and no response so far. Very annoying!

Well, one thing this reminds me of is a more polished rom'd phone. Even with a Nexus 6 the software had some bugs just because software got pushed out so fast.
I played around and for sure it's the launcher, if you install Nova launcher the home button can be configured to work as you describe. The only thing about THAT is no swipe to open google now (which I usually configure to be double tap on the background). Though I'm sticking with the default Launcher3 for now.

Mez-Jr said:
Well, one thing this reminds me of is a more polished rom'd phone. Even with a Nexus 6 the software had some bugs just because software got pushed out so fast.
I played around and for sure it's the launcher, if you install Nova launcher the home button can be configured to work as you describe. The only thing about THAT is no swipe to open google now (which I usually configure to be double tap on the background). Though I'm sticking with the default Launcher3 for now.
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Have you checked out the Nova Google Companion app? It adds the ability to swipe from the left to access Google now while using Nova Launcher.
Link to XDA article about Nova Google Companion app.
https://www.xda-developers.com/nova-google-companion-allows-google-now-integration-on-lollipop/

Vertzile said:
Have you checked out the Nova Google Companion app? It adds the ability to swipe from the left to access Google now while using Nova Launcher.
Link to XDA article about Nova Google Companion app.
https://www.xda-developers.com/nova-google-companion-allows-google-now-integration-on-lollipop/
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^^This - I have this configured in Nova now and it works great.

Try a factory reset without installing any apps during setup. Try the blank slate route. It may be an app that isn't playing well with the last update. If it doesn't work you can always reset and install you apps from backup.

I ended up doing nova with the google companion.
I did not try to reset again to see if it was an app I installed (I do not have many). It has to be a bug with the launcher. What they probably should do is break out the launcher as a separate app for them to be able to update as an app instead of requiring a system update.
With that done that should be it, now that the camera and whitelist app are depreciated.

Same issue here. I've tried to factory reset but it hasn't worked for me. I don't feel like rooting the phone either to fix something that a phone that costs $700 should get correct out of the box...
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You don't have to root it to use Nova, nor do you have to root do to the companion to get the now integration. All you have to do is sideload the now companion... not sure about how updates work though.
Anyway, at some point this was fixed in the default launcher. I got a RMA phone due to the speaker grill issue, and noticed it worked. Then went back and tried it on my original phone and it was good there too.

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[Q] How can I turn off Google Now being always on when swiping to the right?

After unlocking my phone, I get to my home screen with all my folders etc. As soon as I swipe to the right, I get Google Now!
It's as if it's an always on widget. On my N4, I would invoke Google Now by holding the Home key and swiping upwards (which I can also do with my N5).
Is this something that can be switched off or is this an integrated function of the system?
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.
Wutang200 said:
After unlocking my phone, I get to my home screen with all my folders etc. As soon as I swipe to the right, I get Google Now!
It's as if it's an always on widget. On my N4, I would invoke Google Now by holding the Home key and swiping upwards (which I can also do with my N5).
Is this something that can be switched off or is this an integrated function of the system?
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.
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As far as I can see the only option would be to either A) Uninstall Google Now, or B) Install a different Home Launcher ... Neither are suitable resolutions to your question. I personally like having it as a home screen since I turned off my softkeys in Lieu of LMS
The only thing I can think of is switch launchers to nova or something similar. You would lose the "OK Google" function from the launcher though., so not a good solution if you use that function. As far as I know there is now way to remove it from the stock launcher.
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Long press the homescreen, click settings, then uncheck the Google now option.
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Thanks guys.
I don't mind having it but just wasn't sure if it was a feature that can be turned off without completely disabling Google Now.
Battery life is quite impressive on this thing even with it always on!
Wutang200 said:
I'm not looking to switch off Google Now before anybody asks.
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N-Forced said:
Long press the homescreen, click settings, then uncheck the Google now option.
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Can you not read???
bilago said:
Can you not read???
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It does not disable Google now entirely just the extra screen, maybe you should try it before you respond with useless replies.
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N-Forced said:
It does not disable Google now entirely just the extra screen, maybe you should try it before you respond with useless replies.
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Screen of my phone said:
Turn off Google Now?
This resets all card settings to their default value
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This page is the same page as if you went into settings from Google Now Directly. This will turn it off.
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For Sh*ts n Giggles I went ahead and tested your method. Guess what? It turned off Google Now Entirely.

Nova 5.0

Hello everyone
Yesterday Nova Launcher 5.0 has arrived and comes with pixel like swipe to open drawer and dock backgrounds to draw under navbar.
When I apply to draw under navbar first it works then when I use the navbar it switches back to black background? I hope you understand what I am saying
Can Anyone who tried the new Nova Launcher help me please?
It only works on the home screen
I know that. it was black background at the home screen too. But I solved the problem you need to turn on the transparent notification bar. Now it looks as it should be
Thank you though
Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks
£note said:
Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks
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you can try disable huawei home and set nova as default and it shouldnt try to change it back
£note said:
Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks
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Set Nova as your default launcher.
Black background or u got the stock launcher again ? if u got back to stock then set default if u got black background might be an issue with the app update .
Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?
£note said:
Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?
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Is your phone rooted?
£note said:
Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?
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re-enable it from apps manager . search it if u cant find it just hit the thre dots into the corner and choose show system apps . find it enable it will work
Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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£note said:
Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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This is weird. I never had this problem with Nova.
Maybe something to do with the fact I'm running beta firmware. I've emailed the developer to see if they can can up with anything. Thanks all for your input.
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£note said:
Maybe something to do with the fact I'm running beta firmware. I've emailed the developer to see if they can can up with anything. Thanks all for your input.
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That should be the one causing the problem. Goodluck with it bro.
£note said:
Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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not related to beta or any thing just try to reinstall i download the nova 5 and was awesome ! ...
Hi all, was there ever a solution to this? Using an honor 6x and experiencing same issue. I downloaded and set Nova launcher as default. Works for a while only to revert to home launcher after a warning message "smart recovery- device recovered from a serious failure...".
Previously i had disabled the home launcher and it rendered my device useless until I restored a backup through twrp...
Forces me to uninstall and reinstall Nova to be able to use it.
However this time around I hid Huawei home launcher in magisk and it seemed to last longer without the warning.

Split screen view option missing from menu

Updated to Pie. The split screen option is not in the menu no matter what app I try it with. I've checked every place I could think of in Good Lock, Nova Launcher & Samsung settings & can't find anything that would be preventing it. I even tried under Samsung Launcher & had the same result. If anyone has any ideas, please share.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sa...-apps-in-multi-window-one-ui-android-pie/amp/
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If you have a specific app that you need to use in Multu-window with YouTube, you can also use the apps edge panel to open the pair simultaneously.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sa...-apps-in-multi-window-one-ui-android-pie/amp/
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Thanks, but as you can see from the picture I posted, I know how to do it. The problem is the split screen option is not available.
jack man said:
If you have a specific app that you need to use in Multu-window with YouTube, you can also use the apps edge panel to open the pair simultaneously.
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I tried that too. I could not get that feature to work either.
This is a screenshot from my recent apps page not sure why yours is differentView attachment 4734993
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Did you press the button with the 3 lines it looks like you pressed something else I dont have that button only recents (3 lines ) home (square) and back (arrow)
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bluehaze911 said:
I tried that too. I could not get that feature to work either.
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I tried a few things but couldn't replicate what you are experiencing. Are you running Good Lock? I know it has a feature that modifies multi window, but I don't know if it would cause the issue you have.
Did you take the ota directly from the carrier? Or did you flash the new pie update? Mine came from the carrier last Thursday. Today, I backed up everything and did a factory reset and it feels like it's running smoother. Maybe that could fix your issue.
Turns out it was a bug in Good Lock's Multistar. They pushed an update last night that fixed the problem for me. Thanks to all for trying to help.

Android Q beta 5 is out !

Anyone install it yet ? Experiences ?
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Installing now
Seems fine on my PH1 but then I never seem to have all the weird issues others have. Stock unrooted.
Maybe a placebo, but I've noticed a marked improvement in touch and scrolling.
Edit: I've had it running the latest beta for. 12 hours, and have noticed the standby battery drain is much improved for me compared to previous betas.
Also feel faster so far. When I was travelling with maps and play music on it got painfully slow, hanging all the time. Now it looks better. But banking app still not working :/ not sure how I'm going to get it working.
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My beta 4 has been working flawlessly besides the screen studder when I swipe home from within EVERY app. Getting great battery life, 6.5hr+ on screen time with every charge, with 4hrs+ of them being streaming videos. If I don't watch videos, this phone will easily last at least 3.5-4 days. All this at 60% screen brightness.
With that said, I'd hate to install beta 5 and have new issues and worse battery life.
Beta 5 has been good for me. Good battery life about as good as beta 4 was but the only issue I have is even after going full gesture navigation. It seems to go back to 3 button mode randomly and I'll have to change it back. Also I don't see the option to enable the side peek feature that was supposed to be a part of beta 5
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Beta 5 has been good for me. Good battery life about as good as beta 4 was but the only issue I have is even after going full gesture navigation. It seems to go back to 3 button mode randomly and I'll have to change it back. Also I don't see the option to enable the side peek feature that was supposed to be a part of beta 5
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Are you using the stock launcher? Supposedly Google added a "feature" that blocks you from using full gestures if you're using a 3rd party launcher on beta 5.
Jz5678910 said:
Are you using the stock launcher? Supposedly Google added a "feature" that blocks you from using full gestures if you're using a 3rd party launcher on beta 5.
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Hmm na I'm currently using rootless pixel launcher because in beta 4 on quickstep with dark theme the app drawer apps had white letters on white background unless you changed your wallpaper to a dark one.
So your saying if I use the quickstep I can also enable the peek feature?
Craz_Raven said:
Hmm na I'm currently using rootless pixel launcher because in beta 4 on quickstep with dark theme the app drawer apps had white letters on white background unless you changed your wallpaper to a dark one.
So your saying if I use the quickstep I can also enable the peek feature?
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I'm not sure about the peek feature (to be honest I don't know what that is), what I was getting at was about the navigation reverting to 3 button. If you're using something other than stock launcher, it's supposed to force you to use the 3 button navigation according to Google, so that might be why you're seeing that behavior.
Also, beta 5 fixed the dark theme issue.
Edit: Peek is working.
Jz5678910 said:
I'm not sure about the peek feature (to be honest I don't know what that is), what I was getting at was about the navigation reverting to 3 button. If you're using something other than stock launcher, it's supposed to force you to use the 3 button navigation according to Google, so that might be why you're seeing that behavior.
Also, beta 5 fixed the dark theme issue.
Edit: Peek is working.
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Hmm I still can't find the place to enable it. As I though it was supposed to be a settings button to the side of the gesture navigation
Craz_Raven said:
Hmm I still can't find the place to enable it. As I though it was supposed to be a settings button to the side of the gesture navigation
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I didn't have to enable anything, it was just working. I had full gestures as my default when I flashed, and I didn't change anything after that. Looked in settings as well, no option there. I'm assuming it should be on by default.
If you're having trouble with it, disable grip rejection, that could be conflicting with it.
First Impressions
Fresh Clean Fastboot flash
Absolute trash
- QR code on first boot, which I assume is some sort of weird new setup thing.
- Bluetooth crashes infinitely
- Cannot connect to wifi
C'mon Essential... wth?
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First Impressions
Fresh Clean Fastboot flash
Absolute trash
- QR code on first boot, which I assume is some sort of weird new setup thing.
- Bluetooth crashes infinitely
- Cannot connect to wifi
C'mon Essential... wth?
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My beta 5 runs perfectly, besides the studder to home when I exit an app. Same issue I had on beta 4. No big deal to me because thats the only issue I have. Maybe its just because I'm using Nova launcher, idk
GrapeBandit said:
My beta 5 runs perfectly, besides the studder to home when I exit an app. Same issue I had on beta 4. No big deal to me because thats the only issue I have. Maybe its just because I'm using Nova launcher, idk
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Sideloaded OTA zip, after going back to the last PIE
Everything works fine now....
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Sideloaded OTA zip, after going back to the last PIE
Everything works fine now....
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I took the OTA update. What launcher are you using? Is anyone else having the studder issues going home from within an app?
GrapeBandit said:
I took the OTA update. What launcher are you using? Is anyone else having the studder issues going home from within an app?
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Just the stock one... just got it back up and running...
I'll probably install the pixel experience one
Lawnchair v2 from all mirror works well for me.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/deletescape/lawnchair/
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This will be my last Android phone. Nothing against Essential. They are a great company. It's Google. Between the way Android as a whole and their (non) commitment to their services (abandoning etc.) It's all headed into a public toilet.
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This will be my last Android phone. Nothing against Essential. They are a great company. It's Google. Between the way Android as a whole and their (non) commitment to their services (abandoning etc.) It's all headed into a public toilet.
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Hopefully Huawei's new OS will be a replacement!

Fingerprint issue

Hey guys,
I never tried on Pie so I'm not sure if the problem happened there as well but after adding my fingerprints when I go to unlock, my fingerprints don't do anything. No errors or anything either.
The sensor detects them perfectly however when setting them up. I still have to use my pin. I'm on Android 10 international btw and T-mobile variant.
It started to work when I was outside so I'm guessing it's a brightness issue?
Anyone? It randomly works then doesn't. However it works perfectly everytime in apps. Just not to unlock my phone.
That is strange. Personally I would try to change my pin to a pattern to unlock and see if the fingerprints work for unlocking the phone. Try to delete and redo all the fingerprints. I know it is a pain because you will have to reset up all your apps that use fingerprints but I would try random various configurations until it works the way it should. Last resort is a factory reset. UGH.
jaseman said:
That is strange. Personally I would try to change my pin to a pattern to unlock and see if the fingerprints work for unlocking the phone. Try to delete and redo all the fingerprints. I know it is a pain because you will have to reset up all your apps that use fingerprints but I would try random various configurations until it works the way it should. Last resort is a factory reset. UGH.
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Thanks I appreciate the reply! I'll give all of those a shot even if I have to factory reset which would suck.
*edit* tried all that besides factory reset and still not luck. Really weird. As this only happens in Ambient display and lock screen. Apps that use it work everytime.
If data reset does not cange anything, try unbrick tool. It seems like the problem with soft. Unbrick tool return your phone to factory state.
I got it working now after switching from Nova back to Oneplus launcher. I read a comment on a forum saying to disable double tap to lock screen in Nova or other things that mess with the lock screen. I need double tap so I just went back to Oneplus launcher. Working so far!
The_Keeper86 said:
I got it working now after switching from Nova back to Oneplus launcher. I read a comment on a forum saying to disable double tap to lock screen in Nova or other things that mess with the lock screen. I need double tap so I just went back to Oneplus launcher. Working so far!
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Ummmm, I may be mistaken but did you mention that you were using Nova? No wonder you were having such a strange issue! LOL
jaseman said:
Ummmm, I may be mistaken but did you mention that you were using Nova? No wonder you were having such a strange issue! LOL
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Nah that was my bad. I honestly didn't think that would be my issue lol. I appreciate the help though. I should've searched more.
The_Keeper86 said:
I got it working now after switching from Nova back to Oneplus launcher. I read a comment on a forum saying to disable double tap to lock screen in Nova or other things that mess with the lock screen. I need double tap so I just went back to Oneplus launcher. Working so far!
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Thanks keeper. I had the same problem, and this solved it.
Yet, Nova is so much better then OP launcher, so I really like to find solution that will halp me to keep it.
eyalsa said:
Thanks keeper. I had the same problem, and this solved it.
Yet, Nova is so much better then OP launcher, so I really like to find solution that will halp me to keep it.
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No problem glad to help for once and I would as well but so far I've haven't been able to find one. I never tried turning off double tap to lock screen in Nova maybe that would work? I needed that feature though.
I disabeled the sleep by double tap or home button in Nova, and I'm using Xposed Edge gesture to sleep. It seem to work fine now.

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