Back to home screen whenever the screen goes off

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Hi

There are a few things to ‘discuss’

  • The launcher I use is Nova Launcher, which is manually installed and then set as the default. LINK to follow
  • To manually install an app [???.apk] you will have to allow install from external sources
    DETAIL to follow
  • There is a know problem using an SD card as internal LINK to follow :slight_smile:
  • There is an option not to use battery saver, which does interfere with apps
  • The length of time the screen stays on can be adjusted.

Your OS is the latest public release. Before long there will be an upgrade to A13 with a March security patch. There will be no A12.

I am beta testing A13 and so the following guides may be slightly different on A11

Try in this reverse order

Restart the phone each time. There is also a Safe Mode you can try which is designed to circumvent any custom apps that may be a problem

  • The length of time the screen stays on can be adjusted.
    Settings > Display > Screen timeout

  • There is an option not to use battery saver, which does interfere with apps
    Settings > Battery > Battery saver . . . Disable if you use it

  • SD card. Please see this guide for more info
    ✏ A little guide to... using SD cards

  • To manually install an app [???.apk]
    First enable Developer options, there are warnings about this
    Settings > About phone . . . Scroll to bottom entry > Build number . . . tap at least 7 times . . . this will enable developers options

  • Go to
    * Settings > System > Advanced > Developers options . . . where you can also disable developers options

    • Permission to install from unknown sources may be under
      Settings > Security
    • See this topic for ideas on installing [apks]

  • Nova Launcher
    I download from apkpure.com
    https://apkpure.com/nova-launcher/com.teslacoilsw.launcher

My main concern is your use of an SD card as i nternal, things are likely to get worse.

  • Save any personal data from the phone
  • Reformat as internal
  • Ensure the main memory the 64Gb has at least 10Gb free
  • Use the SD card for all personal data. If internal it is encrypted and if the phone stops working you can not retrieve and data. Formatted as External/Portable you can use any other phone or PC to read the data.
  • The default camera has an option to store to the SD card, once it is formatted as Portable.

On memory, empty the Photos bin, clear the cache and storage of many apps