Strange issue after latest Samsung android update
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After latest software update a strange thing is happening.When i'm on a web page the page seems seems to slide off to the right quickly,but after this the page is still there??It 'feels' or seems like screenshots are being taken of what i'm viewing??I'm probably way off with that as it's not doing the exact thing as when you actually take a screenshot?
What phone do you have? I've got a similar issue with my Note 20 Ultra, the screen dims momentarily, almost like a screenshot is being taken.
When it's in landscape in the car, it momentarily flicks back to portrait and back again as well.
It did this a while ago, so I did a factory reset which seemed to stop it for a while, but it's started doing it again recently.
When it's in landscape in the car, it momentarily flicks back to portrait and back again as well.
It did this a while ago, so I did a factory reset which seemed to stop it for a while, but it's started doing it again recently.
Not sure if you're still experiencing this, but I've narrowed my issue down to the default Samsung SMS messaging app (com.samsung.android.messaging).
I've removed it via adb as you can't just uninstall it normally (being a system app) and installed the regular Google Messaging app, and so far - touch wood - it hasn't screen flickered or snapped back to portrait when in landscape orientation etc.
I'm going to keep an eye on it but I'm pretty sure this is the culprit. It seems to have started doing it since the phone has been pestering to accept the new Ts and Cs from Samsung, but every time I click on that it closes out and doesn't give me the opportunity.
In the system log, it shows the following line around the time it does the screen dim/rotate thing:
SurfaceFlinger: id=4506 createSurf (0x0),-1 flag=80004, ActivityRecord{305f44 u0 com.samsung.android.messaging/.ui.view.firstlaunch.GoogleFirstLaunchActivity t2874}#0
If you want to remove it, you can do so via adb by doing:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging
Just make sure you have an alternative SMS app installed first, the regular android one seems to be fine.
I've removed it via adb as you can't just uninstall it normally (being a system app) and installed the regular Google Messaging app, and so far - touch wood - it hasn't screen flickered or snapped back to portrait when in landscape orientation etc.
I'm going to keep an eye on it but I'm pretty sure this is the culprit. It seems to have started doing it since the phone has been pestering to accept the new Ts and Cs from Samsung, but every time I click on that it closes out and doesn't give me the opportunity.
In the system log, it shows the following line around the time it does the screen dim/rotate thing:
SurfaceFlinger: id=4506 createSurf (0x0),-1 flag=80004, ActivityRecord{305f44 u0 com.samsung.android.messaging/.ui.view.firstlaunch.GoogleFirstLaunchActivity t2874}#0
If you want to remove it, you can do so via adb by doing:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.messaging
Just make sure you have an alternative SMS app installed first, the regular android one seems to be fine.
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