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

  • Novaling@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Huh, maybe it is me using Lawnchair. I am using up-to-date GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a and have noticed that my navigator buttons will just have a stroke at random times throughout the day, and it is annoying. I use lawnchair so I can apply icon packs. Haven’t tested the base launcher yet.

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      3 days ago

      The base launcher seems rock solid so far annoyingly so it’s a question of which compromise can I live with. The features on Action are SO far beyond what Pixel launcher has it’s not even a comparison