Screen overlay is killing me

I_Myth

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I use a Moto G4 plus and I really do not understand the app preferences but when I was about to install the Gallery app which I downloaded from this forum, it asked for detail about accessibility and when I gave allow, it shows me screen overlay detected and I tried to change app preferences and screwed all my preferences. It's been a very long day for me and I don't understand why this occurs. I don't know which app is doing this. Guys please help me !!
 
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sureshkadiri

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I use a Moto G4 plus and I really do not understand the app preferences but when I was about to install the Gallery app which I downloaded from this forum, it asked for detail about accessibility and when I gave allow, it shows me screen overlay detected and I tried to change app preferences and screwed all my preferences. It's been a very long day for me and I don't understand why this occurs. I don't know which app is doing this. Guys please help me !!
In my Moto G4 plus ,twilight app(used for night mode) causes screen oveelay. Whenever I get msg like screen overlay detected I simply pause this app running. Likewise in your mobile also some app is causing this. Try to find out that app.
 
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I_Myth

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In my Moto G4 plus ,twilight app(used for night mode) causes screen oveelay. Whenever I get msg like screen overlay detected I simply pause this app running. Likewise in your mobile also some app is causing this. Try to find out that app.
Guys I don't use fb messenger or the twilight app, but the problem seems to be from the latest version of ES file explorer, it seems to have cleaning option with the latest update and thus it had been blocking all the priority, my draw over app permissions are still grayed out, but when I personally enter into the app's info (i button at top right corner) I was able to select the permissions and now it's working fine, but I do need an app for setting alarm and ringtone, besides ES file explorer. Any suggestions besides ES file explorer, I need to set alarm and ringtone.
 

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Guys I don't use fb messenger or the twilight app, but the problem seems to be from the latest version of ES file explorer, it seems to have cleaning option with the latest update and thus it had been blocking all the priority, my draw over app permissions are still grayed out, but when I personally enter into the app's info (i button at top right corner) I was able to select the permissions and now it's working fine, but I do need an app for setting alarm and ringtone, besides ES file explorer. Any suggestions besides ES file explorer, I need to set alarm and ringtone.
Are u using any Internet speed meter type app which shows Internet speed in status bar, or do u have any app like blue light filter, these type of apps simply causes this issue. My suggestion is go to the section "draw over other apps" and manually disable the permission of all downloaded apps, then try to give permission 1 by 1, thay way u will get to know the what app is causing problem for you and helps you in future also.

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I_Myth

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Are u using any Internet speed meter type app which shows Internet speed in status bar, or do u have any app like blue light filter, these type of apps simply causes this issue. My suggestion is go to the section "draw over other apps" and manually disable the permission of all downloaded apps, then try to give permission 1 by 1, thay way u will get to know the what app is causing problem for you and helps you in future also.
No, I did not install any of the above mentioned apps. And I did that "draw over other apps" manually disabling permissions. Nothing worked out. But as I uninstalled ES file explorer, the permissions were done manually by going into the app's info page. It works fine now but, now I need a suitable file explorer for setting alarm tone and ringtone
 

ca_guri01

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No, I did not install any of the above mentioned apps. And I did that "draw over other apps" manually disabling permissions. Nothing worked out. But as I uninstalled ES file explorer, the permissions were done manually by going into the app's info page. It works fine now but, now I need a suitable file explorer for setting alarm tone and ringtone
I am also using es but haven't faced this issue..

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I_Myth

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I am also using es but haven't faced this issue..
I formatted my phone yesterday due to the sound problem from the latest update, not the Nougat update. I backed up everything on my Google account so my priorities weren't changed. But after upgrading every app yesterday, I downloaded the gallery app from this forum and wasn't able to access it, denying the permissions due to the screen overlay problem. And I manually disabled my priorities for each app upon which I gave the reset priorities which entirely denied every apps priorities except some and I had uninstall every app which had their priorities leaving only the system apps. Then I finally cancelled priorities for ES file explorer and still the apps permissions were kinda grayed out. But upon selecting the app's info option on the top right corner, I was able to select manually each of the app's permissions like storage, camera, contacts etc. So I uninstalled the app and it works fine now. I too don't understand how ES explorer was the problem. Plus the software update decreased the sound drastically to which I formatted the phone upon the customer care opinion, but still the problem persists.
 
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