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Launcher keeps resetting

I have an Unlocked Galaxy 8 purchased directly from Samsung. Right now, everything on it is stock, with the exception of apps from Google Play. Has not been rooted. (Don't have any immediate need for root at the moment, so going to let the root methods mature for a bit.)
I'm having an issue I've had with my last two phones and can't seem to find an answer for:
The default launcher keeps getting reset. I have no idea what's causing. Nova Launcher said it was the live wallpaper I was using, so I uninstalled that. I've looked and looked on post after post and there's no good info other than a hint at some sort of meta-data bug in Android 6.0 and above, but no idea of a fix.
Doe anyone know how to fix this? I was running LineageOS on my old S5 and having the same problem with it. It's annoying to hit the home button and have to select a launcher randomly.

Facebook Chat Head Shortcut - Not able to create (Android Oreo)

anyone also facing the same issue?
on Nougat i can just create a chat head shortcut from Facebook Messenger
but once i updated to Oreo (CLEAN INSTALL, full wipe and all)
i can no longer create any shortcut
- tried to uninstall/reinstall
- tried to be a part of the beta program
- clear cache/data
still same
any resolution would be great
thanks!

Same issue.
Yep I have the same thing.
Beta or not, still missing.
What launcher y'all using? Does it depend on the launcher? ???

Hi, What I have read, it does not depend on launcher, it depends on the OS it self. Oreo for some reason disabled this feature on lots of apps that can make shortcuts like that.

I've encounter the same thing on messenger but this is what i did (see ss) and it works fine now. I hope that's the same thing you mean.
It's in the settings>apps>messenger and look into advance option.

Warrenforfree I think perhaps you've misunderstood the issue here? Apologies if I am wrong. I think you're response is in regards to chat heads not showing over other apps or at all. However, the issue in question is that on devices running the Oreo OS, you are not able to create a shortcut on the home screen to individual chats, similar to the attached image.

JimmieKaoss said:
Warrenforfree I think perhaps you've misunderstood the issue here? Apologies if I am wrong. I think you're response is in regards to chat heads not showing over other apps or at all. However, the issue in question is that on devices running the Oreo OS, you are not able to create a shortcut on the home screen to individual chats, similar to the attached image.
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yes you are right
surprisingly even on 8.1.0 its not there

I'll tell you why FB removed it ... Chat list now contains advertisements that FB wants you to see :/ If there is no way of duplicating desktop shortcuts then there is no way of doing it :/

Hello, new here and have been looking for a solution to this for about half a year. I'm not sure that FB wanting you to see their ads is the case. I have multiple devices that still allow me to add shortcuts to the home screen except for my main phone. I use Nova Prime on all of them and I am not able to add them on my LG G7. The option isn't even there yet it is on all my other devices. When I switch back to the default launcher I still cannot add a shortcut. I've done the whole uninstall/reinstall/ clear the cache/data thing. Contacted FB. Using a Nova backup from a previous phone, LG G6 which already had the shortcuts it put those on my screen and those work just fine.

P30 pro tips needed!

Hi guys,
Sooo I'm a new owner of a p30 pro... Coming from a stock experience and root has made me quite confused about a few things and wanted to know if anyone had work arounds.
1. When switching launchers (Nova) gesture animations no longer work. Does anyone have a good launcher that still supports them?
2. HiBoard doesn't get populated with anything other than App use which is really nice but I would enjoy news or anything else to look at.(I saw that on the mate you could replace with google feed, is this possible with p30 pro?)
3. After around 11 my phone no longer receives drop down notifications, I even tried finding the do not disturb settings and nothing seems off.
4. I use google messages for texts and when I send a screenshot its super blurry but on the other end is fine.(Guess it would just be nice to see if it could get fixed but not too much of a problem)
5. Does EMUI not group notifications? When I get a load of texts or snapchats they are listed one by one which is odd because my nexus 6p used to group everything perfectly and neatly.
Other than that this phone has been pretty nice with battery life, just wish the screen was 2k as I edit alot of photos :/
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place or something but have been doing 2 days of research about these things!
Side note anyone know about eta for EMUI 10?

Wallpaper changing after restart

Hello people, yesterday I received my Mi 9t Pro and so far I'm quite happy with it. One problem I'm facing is the following: I'm using pixel 3 live wallpapers via Google background app and whenever I restart the phone the lockscreen wallpaper is going back to the stock one. Home screen stays the correct one.
Is anyone facing similar issues or has any idea how to solve this?
Edit: sorry for wrong topic! Thanks to the mods for moving it!

Hey, I had exactly the same problem and I read a solution somewhere that actually worked for me :
Go into settings / manage apps then look for "wallpaper carousel" or something like that and uninstall it.
And that's it, hope it works for you.

Thordelan said:
Hey, I had exactly the same problem and I read a solution somewhere that actually worked for me :
Go into settings / manage apps then look for "wallpaper carousel" or something like that and uninstall it.
And that's it, hope it works for you.
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Thank you for the answer. I can not find anything similar to wallpaper carousel in my app selection... I might have removed this already with debloating I think!

Not in my indian variant .. but some themes will cause such errors ..
Please goto stock theme.. and check it back
Note : don't uninstall themes ?

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Thank you for the answer. I can not find anything similar to wallpaper carousel in my app selection... I might have removed this already with debloating I think!
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Then I remember reading a few times that there is a problem sometimes with MIUI and third party app managing lockscreens.
Have you tried to set it up via the miui gallery app instead of Google app ?

Chrome, keyboard issues and one question.

Hello, since last update with miui 12 I can't update Chrome anymore and that Andrioid System WebView. Any ideas how I can solve it or need to wait for another miui update? I tried to clear data, uninstall(though it doesn't uninstall completely).
Keyboard sometimes stops working properly. To deal with keyboard I have to close it using 'back' button then start editing my post again. It's quite annoying and my friend having the MI9 as well seems to running into that issue. Any ideas how to deal with that? Is Gboard faulty under Miui 12? I had one app in miui 11 that to login into I had to switch to 3G rather than use LTE(took me a while to figure out). It's an app from my network provider so I can check there how much money is left, or the GBs for Internet as turn on some services.
That app is working now fine but it got new update recently with new interface and stuff(and I don't want to update it, because it's not working properly and the interface is much worse). Is there anyway to make it disappear from updates page so I accidentally will not update it? Already had to download it from APK mirror once...
Thanks in advance for any replies.