topic Re: Floating apps are causing screen to freeze, swipe gestures sometimes work .. in Fold & Flip Phones

Floating apps are causing screen to freeze, swipe gestures sometimes work but taps do not

Norvarg — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:32:43 GMT

Ever since I downloaded android 13 and one ui 5.0 on my Samsung fold 4, I've had some super annoying issues. Whenever I use a floating app such as YouTube or Google meet, I cannot no longer tap anything on my screen. Swipe gestures sometimes still work, but taps are mostly nullified.

Re: Big issue with android 13

ZeusDMAG — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:19:25 GMT

Restart, go into bootloader, select "repair apps"and then, after that's done select "clear cache".

See if that works for you.

Re: Big issue with android 13

Zelus — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:56:19 GMT

Having same issue! I have to swipe my notification panel down to unfreeze the screens I'm on... turned off ram plus, cleared cache from bootloader, I will try the repair apps part and report back, but so far this new update making phone almost unusable.

Re: Re: Big issue with android 13

Zelus — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:46:19 GMT

So far the repair apps has worked but will give it a day or two and see if it holds up!

Re: Re: Re: Big issue with android 13

ZeusDMAG — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 06:42:53 GMT

Lol.. No fears.. I have used that so many times over the years after updates. I pretty much just do it as a "default" after major OS and UI updates. Haven't had a single problem since..

Re: Re: Re: Re: Big issue with android 13

Zelus — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 15:16:28 GMT

Back to not working, lasted 2 days. Have to pull notifications down to make apps and pages go to where you tapped or they won't work.. only thing that fixes is restart. I think this update is broken. How do we get someone to fix it, because makes the z fold 4 very hard to use 😟

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Big issue with android 13

ZeusDMAG — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 11:37:22 GMT

Hmm. That is strange. I would think app incompatibility to be honest. I know it sounds strange, but I had that issue with doordash app. It didn't have that problem at first, but recently I cannot keep it on the phone, and it's very repeatable. Once i take the app off the device and restart, it's fine again.

I would suggest going through your non Samsung apps to be honest.. I know it's a pain, but, it's the only way to isolate the culprit.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Big issue with android 13

Zelus — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 17:04:54 GMT

Now that you mention it Doordash does that on mine as well, horribly optimized. I wonder if it's causing issues across the board. Thank you for the input, mostly appreciated! Maybe one day they will optimize it better

Re: Floating apps are causing screen to freeze, swipe gestures sometimes work ..

rsngfrce — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:50:18 GMT

I am having a similar issue with my Note20 Ultra since the Android 13 update. This is obviously a SAMSUNG issue and they need to deal with it quick.