I’m looking for some advice, recently my pixel 6a and a pixel 8a both have the same annoying behaviour, periodically the three bottom buttons stop working or lag to an extreme degree, so the back button, home button and app switcher.

I suspect it’s related to 3rd party launchers, I use Action Launcher but was able to replicate it on Lawnchair as well.

I’ve currently got the default Pixel/Nexus launcher selected as a test (I hate it), so far it seems to be immune from this issue. Are 3rd party launchers all suffering from the same issue? Anything I can do?

EDIT: Thankfully the pixel launcher also started doing this eventually so I can happily switch back to action launcher while I choose a new phone!

If you think the fairphone 6 is a silly choice, please persuade me otherwise as that’s what I’m currently thinking, with a view to a 5 year+ phone

  • misery mansion@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    I love the sound of this, how are you turning the features off?

    EDIT: I have developer options enabled but what specific things are you tweaking?

    • VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Btw, I have a 2024 Motorola with Android 15. Everything can be found under “Settings” (com.android.settings). And turning things off…

      Some switches may appear more fancy-looking, or that may be a Motorola-only thing.

      Developer Options…
      Animator Duration Scale = 1.5x (larger = slower)
      Windows animation scale = 1.5x
      Transition animation scale = 1.5x
      Predictive Back animations = off

      Settings\Gestures…
      I turned off most features.

      Settings\Display,…
      Refresh Rate 60hz only
      Swipe-to-Split = off
      3 finger swipe to screenshot = off

      Settings\Accessibility…
      I turned off the Accessibility Menu, live Captions, and anything else that added shortcuts to the volume and power buttons.

      Settings\System\Performance…
      Smart App Launch = off
      I think this is a “single tap & hold anywhere for fancy action”, I’ve no clue. When it’s on it shows a permanent button on the screen.

      Also I have a Settings\Home and Lock Screen Settings, but I’m certain 50% of the things in there are related to my phone’s native Motorola Moto Launcher. I’m using Nova Launcher, so uncertain if things there are in-effect or not as I cannot force stop the native launcher spp; it just restarts, even though I’m not using it.