Pixel XL 2 Owners beware..

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Oct 30, 2017 at 3:22 PM
So today I found out that the latest version of Swipe for Facebook (I think, pretty sure) created major problems. Pixel launcher would constantly crash, phone became semi useless cause of that. Then a couple reboots later, screen would go black after unlocking pass code. So I had to factory reset it. I reinstalled swipe and bam Pixel launcher crashed. So I used Google assistant to open Google play store and Uninstalled the app. So far no issue. My phone is a Google version and unlocked bootloader.

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bmassy01 said:
So today I found out that the latest version of Swipe for Facebook (I think, pretty sure) created major problems. Pixel launcher would constantly crash, phone became semi useless cause of that. Then a couple reboots later, screen would go black after unlocking pass code. So I had to factory reset it. I reinstalled swipe and bam Pixel launcher crashed. So I used Google assistant to open Google play store and Uninstalled the app. So far no issue. My phone is a Google version and unlocked bootloader.

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I've been having major issues and I also have swipe installed. Hmmmm

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Oct 30, 2017 at 3:37 PM
deffjeff said:
It is that simple. Plus it smells more like a problem that the developer of the app needs to resolve, rather then being beware for the "pixel".
So report it to the developer instead of just ranting here, I think that might be a lot more productive. Or don't use it. Either way, not a "Pixel" issue....
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Yes true. Just posting here to prevent someone else running into the same issue.

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Oct 30, 2017 at 5:42 PM
How do I get this app off my phone now.

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Dude....what the **** did this app do. I can't even boot into ****ing safe mode.

I have never seen a user app do this to a phone before.

I am so beyond ****ing pissed right now.

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Google support is a ****ing joke. Literally was in a chat and the only thing they could tell me to do was restart the phone over and over until giving up and telling me to factory reset.
 
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AndrasLOHF said:
How do I get this app off my phone now.

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Dude....what the **** did this app do. I can't even boot into ****ing safe mode.

I have never seen a user app do this to a phone before.

I am so beyond ****ing pissed right now.

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Google support is a ****ing joke. Literally was in a chat and the only thing they could tell me to do was restart the phone over and over until giving up and telling me to factory reset.
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Did you try restarting in safe mode then uninstalling the app?
 
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Oct 31, 2017 at 1:11 AM
deffjeff said:
It is that simple. Plus it smells more like a problem that the developer of the app needs to resolve, rather then being beware for the "pixel".
So report it to the developer instead of just ranting here, I think that might be a lot more productive. Or don't use it. Either way, not a "Pixel" issue....
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I think this is a good thing to post. If the phone has to be factory reset from this, it isn't just a program crashing.
 
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Fake news

bmassy01 said:
So today I found out that the latest version of Swipe for Facebook (I think, pretty sure) created major problems. Pixel launcher would constantly crash, phone became semi useless cause of that. Then a couple reboots later, screen would go black after unlocking pass code. So I had to factory reset it. I reinstalled swipe and bam Pixel launcher crashed. So I used Google assistant to open Google play store and Uninstalled the app. So far no issue. My phone is a Google version and unlocked bootloader.

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Fake news
 
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Voicebox said:
I think this is a good thing to post. If the phone has to be factory reset from this, it isn't just a program crashing.
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actually, i have had issues where it was the programme's fault for the un-usable galaxy nexus (back in mah day (puts teeth back in)), i was able to pull the apk off via other methods. and soon after an update to that app was pushed. cant remember the app, but it was a big company. turns out, it was several devices that had this issue with similar chip types or something along that line.
 
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Oct 31, 2017 at 4:03 AM
Migamix said:
actually, i have had issues where it was the programme's fault for the un-usable galaxy nexus (back in mah day (puts teeth back in)), i was able to pull the apk off via other methods. and soon after an update to that app was pushed. cant remember the app, but it was a big company. turns out, it was several devices that had this issue with similar chip types or something along that line.
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I'm not saying it wasn't a problem with the app. What I am saying is that it is not a run of the mill app crashing, where you just uninstall and everything is good. Having someone or now two people mention it took a factory reset to fix things after installing the app is useful. Then people can decide to take a chance or wait.
 
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linuxdood said:
Fake news
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How so? And why would I lie about such thing?

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He probably lucked out and got the 7.2.1 update instead of 7.2. From people's response here as well as reviews on the Play Store, this **** was no joke.

This was horrible for me. For some reason even though my phone was setup 48 hours prior cloud backup did not back up my texts. So because of **** testing on a Play Store app I lost all my messages. I'd like to know exactly what the **** did the developer do to cause this. I've never seen a Play Store app this damaging before. I've honestly never had anything like this happen on a stock device. Only back when messing around with ROMs and mods.
 
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Oct 31, 2017 at 2:05 PM
AndrasLOHF said:
He probably lucked out and got the 7.2.1 update instead of 7.2. From people's response here as well as reviews on the Play Store, this **** wasn't no joke.

This was horrible for me. For some reason even though my phone was setup 48 hours prior cloud backup did not back up my texts. So because of **** testing on a Play Store app I lost all my messages. I'd like to know exactly what the **** did the developer do to cause this. I've never seen a Play Store app this damaging before. I've honestly never had anything like this happen on a stock device. Only back when messing around with ROMs and mods.
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Yeah, crazy. I've never seen this happen on a stock rom before either. I actually enjoy friendly Facebook better than swipe. Seems to work better with notifications and seems smoother than when swipe used to work.

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Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 PM
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No Facebook no problem.
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So true. It's amazing to me that with all of Facebook's resources and with how much they rely on mobile users, that their mobile app is still so f***ing terrible. I was having some lag/stuttering issues on my LG V30 and after uninstalling facebook and LG's built in facebook installer app, my phone started running buttery smooth and hasn't hiccuped since. Now I just check facebook occasionally when I'm in front of my computer.

Uninstalling it from your phone immediately shows you how little you need that crap feed in your life.
 
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