Arrow on bottom of screen? - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

Had the phone for about a week now and it's been great. But just noticed all of a sudden I have an arrow at the bottom of the home screen just above the docked icons signifying to pull up for the list of full apps. However, that arrow was never there before. Anyone know how to remove it? I haven't changed anything either. Just sitting here at my desk and unlocked the phone and all of a sudden it's there.

It's supposed to be there.

Don_Perrignon said:
It's supposed to be there.
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I know there's nothing wrong but it wasn't there before and now that it is it's shifted everything up. Was just hoping I could disable it.

thenags said:
I know there's nothing wrong but it wasn't there before and now that it is it's shifted everything up. Was just hoping I could disable it.
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Another launcher or some kind of root method.
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I'm already rooted and it wasn't there before. Just trying to figure out how to go back t how it was.

I use Nova launcher and there's an option to remove it there.

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Home button Is now a menu button and won't change back.......

Hey what's up guys.... for some odd reason my home button is now my menu button and won't change back. I opened up the phone and the connections are right but It still does it. I tried everything and still a no go and don't know what to do next
Do you have xposed installed?
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I can't get into download mode or recovery mode so it can't be that
skyyrocket said:
I can't get into download mode or recovery mode so it can't be that
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Go to wanam xposed, settings and look for home button behavior. Then change it to default or whatever you want.
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Wanam doesn't work till the phone boots up so it's not wanam I already checked it. It's something else that's causing this
Thus should be In the q&a section but I think if you're running xposed and you have Samsung keyboard hold delay module on, it will mess with your physical buttons so disable the module if you have it
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I'll have to wait till I get home to take it apart again and go over everything to make sure everything looks good
skyyrocket said:
Wanam doesn't work till the phone boots up so it's not wanam I already checked it. It's something else that's causing this
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Have you tried it or you're just assuming?
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Um where did you buy the phone? Take it back of possible.
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skyyrocket said:
Hey what's up guys.... for some odd reason my home button is now my menu button and won't change back. I opened up the phone and the connections are right but It still does it. I tried everything and still a no go and don't know what to do next
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This is a weird post.
1) Why would you open the phone to check this? did you open the phone and physically do something to it first?
2) You provided no real info about your phone, rooted?, have any root modules installed? Using a different rom?
Sounds like you are messing around and now have messed something up. hard to fathom what the issue is with out any real clue what you are doing to it.
krelvinaz said:
This is a weird post.
1) Why would you open the phone to check this? did you open the phone and physically do something to it first?
2) You provided no real info about your phone, rooted?, have any root modules installed? Using a different rom?
Sounds like you are messing around and now have messed something up. hard to fathom what the issue is with out any real clue what you are doing to it.
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@krelvinaz what's soo weird about the post ??? When the iPhone home button fails it's usually the connection popping off. The note 3 is not hard to work on and I done it before so no its not user error because it happened when I was out for dinner last night and actually the home button stopped working completely and now it's working but as a menu button.. I was running jovys rom and kernel and I wasn't using Wanam or exposed.. right now I am running a stock rooted build of my own with a stock kernel no mods and it's still doing it. I jumped to cm11 and aosp and still does the same thing. I had this note 3 since black Friday so returns are out of the question and I do have insurance but it's bothering me that I can't figure it out lol...Whats funny too the phone vibrates when i push the home button like i am pushing the menu n back keys
Fixed it apparently the Home button has a short/bad connection.. i get my replacement on tuesday but at least for now I can use it

HTC can't disable auto rotate, even when off in settings

Suddenly out of nowhere (only thing I've done is reinstall elementalx kernel with same settings) my phone autorotates everywhere, even lock and home screens, all 3 direction even.
Any ideas how I can figure out what's wrong?
Shebee said:
Suddenly out of nowhere (only thing I've done is reinstall elementalx kernel with same settings) my phone autorotates everywhere, even lock and home screens, all 3 direction even.
Any ideas how I can figure out what's wrong?
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Can you sent a screenshot of what it looks like on your phone?
Okay dunno it just fixed itself.
Didn't even restart my phone.
Shebee said:
Okay dunno it just fixed itself.
Didn't even restart my phone.
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Then it looks like a bug on the phone system.

Weather instead of date on Google search bar

Does anyone know how to change this on my pixel. Mine came out of the box showing the date but I'd much rather it showed the weather.
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Nevermind the launcher just updated and it sorted itself out
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Took me a bit to figure this out as well. Surest way I found to get weather was to swipe right into the Google Feed and pull to refresh.
I've had the weather revert back to date after a reboot. Refreshing Google Feed fixed that as well.
I had to go into to google assistant settings and change weather cards from no to yes. After I did that the weather shows up in the upper right corner of launcher home screen.
Thanks guys.
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I still can't figure out how to do anything with the date on the home screen. I'm lost help
a lawless a said:
I still can't figure out how to do anything with the date on the home screen. I'm lost help
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/themes/post-home-screen-setup-t3466382/post69299100
It didn't change until I asked Google what the weather was.
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I'm cant get the weather to appear either. It did after Pixel Launcher updated, but went away again after I powered down the phone for the night.
Location is enabled. Cards are enabled with show weather for location.
NWTSCL said:
I'm cant get the weather to appear either. It did after Pixel Launcher updated, but went away again after I powered down the phone for the night.
Location is enabled. Cards are enabled with show weather for location.
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Swipe to Google now and pull to refresh. When the weather updates it updates and main screen with the weather. Each time you restart the device, this will happen. I'm sure it's a bug. At least I hope it's not intended to be that way.
Gizmoe said:
Swipe to Google now and pull to refresh. When the weather updates it updates and main screen with the weather. Each time you restart the device, this will happen. I'm sure it's a bug. At least I hope it's not intended to be that way.
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Thanks. I saw that tip, but it doesn't bring it back for me.
NWTSCL said:
Thanks. I saw that tip, but it doesn't bring it back for me.
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You can check in the setting screen on Google now. Click customize and then select everything else. Check if all your weather option are set to yes.
Mine has just started showing up with the weather on there too. Noticed it a couple of hours ago.
I had done all of the steps people had mentioned previously a few days ago but nothing worked at the time.
So basically my advice would be to:
1. Do everything people have already mentioned in this thread (enable cards, refresh and update pixel launcher).
2. Sit back, with a nice cold beverage and wait. It'll show up sooner or later
I've seen a few of these suggestions around but I had to go digging to find the solution to why I couldn't get it to work for me. I'm going to give a list of things to try.
Update pixel launcher in the play store. You may not be able to see it in your apps so you might have to search for it or go to this link on your device:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher
Swipe to the Google screen to the left and pull down to refresh
Toggle location off then back on using quick settings
Open the google page to the left and use the hamburger menu and select customize.
Select "everything else" at the bottom. Find anything that says weather and set it to yes.
The last one was my solution. I forgot that I had disabled these way back when Google Now was new.
If Google is derping in your country this is the most recent version of Pixel Launcher
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-launcher-7-1-1-3359438-android-apk-download/
Gizmoe said:
You can check in the setting screen on Google now. Click customize and then select everything else. Check if all your weather option are set to yes.
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Those were all Yes already.
I have found a reliable solution, at least for me. Location must be set to "High accuracy".
Weather would go away after every reboot if set to "Device only". Seems strange considering that the weather appears fine on the card itself just "Device only".
NWTSCL said:
Those were all Yes already.
I have found a reliable solution, at least for me. Location must be set to "High accuracy".
Weather would go away after every reboot if set to "Device only". Seems strange considering that the weather appears fine on the card itself just "Device only".
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Good I am glad you figured it out. :good:

Pixel 3 XL navigation no longer working

This just happened to my phone for whatever reason. The bottom portion of my screen (where navigation is located) will not work any longer. I know the touchscreen is still working, because i can scroll down a website and it still will recognize touch but not if I am trying to use the navigation buttons. I have tried gesture, 2/3 button but none of them work. I even flash a stock image (didn't do a full wipe just unrooted it) to see if this would fix. If anyone has a fix for this please let me know.
Thanks!
pimp11774 said:
This just happened to my phone for whatever reason. The bottom portion of my screen (where navigation is located) will not work any longer. I know the touchscreen is still working, because i can scroll down a website and it still will recognize touch but not if I am trying to use the navigation buttons. I have tried gesture, 2/3 button but none of them work. I even flash a stock image (didn't do a full wipe just unrooted it) to see if this would fix. If anyone has a fix for this please let me know.
Thanks!
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I came here to see if anyone else was having the same issue! Yes, i have to hit the docked icons several times before they open. wasn't an issue a day or two ago......
Sucks but glad to see i'm not alone. must've been some kind of play services update or something that broke it.
hochoch said:
I came here to see if anyone else was having the same issue! Yes, i have to hit the docked icons several times before they open. wasn't an issue a day or two ago......
Sucks but glad to see i'm not alone. must've been some kind of play services update or something that broke it.
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It's very annoying. I figured something happened with my root, but i unrooted and problem still persists. Basically unusable as i have to go back through apps instead of going home .
hochoch said:
I came here to see if anyone else was having the same issue! Yes, i have to hit the docked icons several times before they open. wasn't an issue a day or two ago......
Sucks but glad to see i'm not alone. must've been some kind of play services update or something that broke it.
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Yep having the same issue. The dock icons aren't always working, but the screen does because I can still scroll everywhere.
I also noticed that not all of my screen is being used. I black bar bezels on the sides of my screen. Looks like a full reset is inbound when I get home.
Ok, i was on plays services 19.4.20 and updated to the beta and now this is fixed!
Here is the beta version from apk mirror: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-19-5-28-release/google-play-services-19-5-28-120400-273329419-android-apk-download/
you can install this app to quickly check your version. it used to link right to apk mirror but they took the functionality out unfortunately: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weberdo.apps.serviceinfo
whew - glad that was an easy fix! hopefully it doesn't auto-update and break it again or something.
This has been going on with me since a mid september update. JUNK PHONE this pixel 3!!! First phone by google that I really hate. Contacted google about that, they asked me to clear all cache from the UI, play, etc... I still have the same issue...
I have stock, no root.
karikian said:
This has been going on with me since a mid september update. JUNK PHONE this pixel 3!!! First phone by google that I really hate. Contacted google about that, they asked me to clear all cache from the UI, play, etc... I still have the same issue...
I have stock, no root.
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Personally first big issues that I have had with the phone. I just full restored and am restoring everything from the built in backup now. It fixed the issue though so at least i don't have to buy a new phone lol.
hochoch said:
Ok, i was on plays services 19.4.20 and updated to the beta and now this is fixed!
Here is the beta version from apk mirror: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-19-5-28-release/google-play-services-19-5-28-120400-273329419-android-apk-download/
you can install this app to quickly check your version. it used to link right to apk mirror but they took the functionality out unfortunately: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weberdo.apps.serviceinfo
whew - glad that was an easy fix! hopefully it doesn't auto-update and break it again or something.
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I tried this and no dice. Had to full wipe and restore. Oh well. Glad it worked for you however!!!!

A few annoyances, maybe more later.......

So been loving this phone so far, one of the most fastest phones I have ever owned, and great battery life.
So a few quirks.
1 I can't access or mount data while in TWRP, so I am unable to do a backup of my phone, or install images unless I plug in an OTG. I can try and check the data box in mount, but it will not check. I tried this with no security on the phone, and with security decrypted in TWRP.
2 When I installed Magisk I also installed the "ExSDCard Access Enabler" module. When I plug in the OTG to run Titanium Backup, both mobile phones have no service. And what is with the OTG Storage Switch in settings, does that do the same thing as "ExSDCard Access Enabler" module?
3 I am using Nova Launcher, and I am not able to display things like Weatherbug or Weather Underground temperature in the notification bar like I used to with all of my other phones?
Well that is about it for now, if anyone has any thoughts?
Regarding #3, I use Nova Launcher and Weather Underground, and the temperature icon shows in the notification bar. Maybe check the notification settings? Or the power consumption settings for the app in case it's "sleeping"?
Regarding #1, there is no TWRP for this phone. There is something being worked on that boots I think but doesn't actually work. I would go back to the stock recovery unless you are trying to do work on it. The problem, however, isn't with the OnePlus 7T specifically. It's Android 10. Even the Pixel 4 doesn't have TWRP as far as I know.
Guatiao said:
Regarding #3, I use Nova Launcher and Weather Underground, and the temperature icon shows in the notification bar. Maybe check the notification settings? Or the power consumption settings for the app in case it's "sleeping"?
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Is that the persistent notification, or the one in pull down? The pull down works for me.
I turned of battery optimization, closed the app, and cleared the cache, still not working.
jsgraphicart said:
Regarding #1, there is no TWRP for this phone. There is something being worked on that boots I think but doesn't actually work. I would go back to the stock recovery unless you are trying to do work on it. The problem, however, isn't with the OnePlus 7T specifically. It's Android 10. Even the Pixel 4 doesn't have TWRP as far as I know.
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You can boot twrp in ram, with "Tool all in one." That is how I installed Magisk. I wanted to make a Data backup of my phone in TWRP.
I guess I never did anything on my Pixel since upgrading to 10, I was not aware. And like you said, can't access Data in TWRP on Pixel either.
#2 works fine without the ExtSD module, I guess I don't need that. But still no mobile service with the OTG plugged in.
Droid_Nut said:
Is that the persistent notification, or the one in pull down? The pull down works for me.
I turned of battery optimization, closed the app, and cleared the cache, still not working.
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These are my app settings, the temperature shows on the top / notification bar.
Guatiao said:
These are my app settings, the temperature shows on the top / notification bar.
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I don't have a status bar setting like that in weatherbug?
But I do in WU. The only persistent notifications I get is, Tasker and Google apps.
Droid_Nut said:
I don't have a status bar setting like that in weatherbug?
But I do in WU. The only persistent notifications I get is, Tasker and Google apps.
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Here's the status bar notification setting for my Weatherbug Elite, does it look like yours?
I just realized that I'm no longer getting the temperature on my status bar either. Uninstall/reinstall and still nothing on the status bar.
I reinstalled my Weather Underground and the temp is there. Must be something broke with the last WB update. Unfortunately I can't locate Support on their website.
Droid_Nut said:
I don't have a status bar setting like that in weatherbug?
But I do in WU. The only persistent notifications I get is, Tasker and Google apps.
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This brought back the status bar notifications for my Weatherbug
Apps & notifications/notifications/Weatherbug/Weatherbug change to Important
wfred said:
This brought back the status bar notifications for my Weatherbug
Apps & notifications/notifications/Weatherbug/Weatherbug change to Important
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Great! That worked, thank you. :good:
I tried a different OTG adapter, and it did not kill my cell signals. I will find out later when I run Titanium Backup if stays that way.
Anyway to make the vibration more noticeable in this phone? I miss notifications in noisy areas.
Thanks
Seems weak vibrations are a common problem across the entire oneplus line up, lots of complaints in the Oneplus forums.

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