Screen Overlay Detected - To Change This Permission......6P is messed up
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The twilight app has caused problems due to the overlay setting for saving files as well. I've found disabling it temporarily does the trick. Just re-enable it when done.
How did you reset app preferences? I have an LGG4 and the screen overlay issue is annoying.
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Settings -> Apps -> Hamburger menu (three dots in the upper right corner) -> Reset app preferences
Try going to Settings. general. Apps. The 3 dots. Configure apps. App permissions first.
THIS!! THANKS!!! That damn file cleaner app by them was qlitching it! THANKS YOU!
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For CM app alternative try these.
Alternative to Quick Pic https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures Completely free.
File Manger https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2 Has IAP for more advanced features like cloud sync but I paid for it worth it.
Alternative to Quick Pic https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures Completely free.
File Manger https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2 Has IAP for more advanced features like cloud sync but I paid for it worth it.
My Note5 did a system upgrade earlier this evening & completely wiped my phone when it restarted!! That's the very first time I have ever had that happen before. Also, the phone didn't automatically backup the phone before installing the upgrade. My understanding was that a backup was automatic & standard before inatalking upgrades. I had the option to restore the phone from the last backup from 2 days prior so I know it wasn't backed up. I'm really concerned about those issues!! Don't want it to happen again.
Anyway, now that I'm setting up my phone AGAIN, I'm getting this same message on nearly everything I'm doing. I've actually turned ALL applications listed under Draw Over Applications to OFF. I haven't done so with the applications listed under the System Applications Tab also in Draw Over Applications. I even found, on another feed about the same message, to open up developer options & turn Stay Awake (while charging) to off. Mine was already off. Also, I don't have any strange applications downloaded. Everything is pretty standard - Evernote, Pocket, Mozilla, Facebook, etc. Nothing from Cheetah. I didn't have this problem before the system upgrade! ������ I only saw this message once or twice before. Now it's literally on every application I open, even in my contacts!!!! I've rebooted the phone 4 times since the system upgrade tonight too, completely turing off & turning back on rather than just restarting.
Still having this problem. I am still receiving the message on every application, even after turning ALL applications to off!!!! The phone was just completely wiped. I had to start over from scratch, selecting a language after the system upgrade. Do you really think I have to wipe it & start over AGAIN???? What if it backs up now & I don't want it to -- I don't want it to back up & reinstall anything that is causing this.
Someone, anyone, please help.... I'm stuck. Beating my head on the wall. And I've spent 5+ hours on the phone with Verizon in the past week about the lack of service at home & dropped calls despite my Network Extender, that I really do not want to call & spend another hour or 4 on the phone with them!! Thanks for listening to me rant. ☺������ And thanks in advance for all help, time & consideration.
I don't have Twilight or anything else by Cheetah. My Note5 did a system update tonight. Completely out of the blue, caught me totally off guard. Usually I get notifications to download update & then it asks if I want to install it or delay it. Even let me set date to delay, etc. Also, get warning about battery life, etc. My phone was completely dead. In fact I thought it was shutting off bc of the battery. When I read the screen, it said installing system update.
Shocker!! My 1st thought was that I didn't even know the phone downloaded an update. WIPED my phone! After the update, when the phone rebooted itself & turned back on, it opened in the Set Up wizard asking for language!!!
Did you have those problems too? Did you know in advance you had a system update? When your phone updated did it wipe the phone??? I'm just curious.
I've turned off ALL applications listed in Draw Over Apps, and it hasn't helped anything. I'm getting the message in nearly every app, including Google Photos (not listed in Draw Over Apps either!), Google Drive, Facebook, even my contacts!!!!
YES!!!! I feel you. I'm ready to throw the dang phone!!! ������������������������������������������������������
Anyway, now that I'm setting up my phone AGAIN, I'm getting this same message on nearly everything I'm doing. I've actually turned ALL applications listed under Draw Over Applications to OFF. I haven't done so with the applications listed under the System Applications Tab also in Draw Over Applications. I even found, on another feed about the same message, to open up developer options & turn Stay Awake (while charging) to off. Mine was already off. Also, I don't have any strange applications downloaded. Everything is pretty standard - Evernote, Pocket, Mozilla, Facebook, etc. Nothing from Cheetah. I didn't have this problem before the system upgrade! ������ I only saw this message once or twice before. Now it's literally on every application I open, even in my contacts!!!! I've rebooted the phone 4 times since the system upgrade tonight too, completely turing off & turning back on rather than just restarting.
Still having this problem. I am still receiving the message on every application, even after turning ALL applications to off!!!! The phone was just completely wiped. I had to start over from scratch, selecting a language after the system upgrade. Do you really think I have to wipe it & start over AGAIN???? What if it backs up now & I don't want it to -- I don't want it to back up & reinstall anything that is causing this.
Someone, anyone, please help.... I'm stuck. Beating my head on the wall. And I've spent 5+ hours on the phone with Verizon in the past week about the lack of service at home & dropped calls despite my Network Extender, that I really do not want to call & spend another hour or 4 on the phone with them!! Thanks for listening to me rant. ☺������ And thanks in advance for all help, time & consideration.
I don't have Twilight or anything else by Cheetah. My Note5 did a system update tonight. Completely out of the blue, caught me totally off guard. Usually I get notifications to download update & then it asks if I want to install it or delay it. Even let me set date to delay, etc. Also, get warning about battery life, etc. My phone was completely dead. In fact I thought it was shutting off bc of the battery. When I read the screen, it said installing system update.
Shocker!! My 1st thought was that I didn't even know the phone downloaded an update. WIPED my phone! After the update, when the phone rebooted itself & turned back on, it opened in the Set Up wizard asking for language!!!
Did you have those problems too? Did you know in advance you had a system update? When your phone updated did it wipe the phone??? I'm just curious.
I've turned off ALL applications listed in Draw Over Apps, and it hasn't helped anything. I'm getting the message in nearly every app, including Google Photos (not listed in Draw Over Apps either!), Google Drive, Facebook, even my contacts!!!!
YES!!!! I feel you. I'm ready to throw the dang phone!!! ������������������������������������������������������
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Same here with my samsung note 4. Just happened to me this morning. What i did is back up my phone then factory reset. And now it is working just the way it is!!!
It didn't happen to me when my galaxy note 4 received and update just this month after rebooting it did not wipe my personal files on my phone. Just an advice to be safe perform a back up then install the updates.
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Hey guys! Hope this helps as it drove me nuts too for hours:
You may not need to uninstall anything or change any permissions. I was getting this loop of death while trying to use a new app, turned all permissions off, reset app data, rebooted, looked for CM apps, lumen, Twilight, etc, (none of which I had installed) NOTHING was helping and then I thought of the simplest thing and just
cranked my screen brightness to full and unchecked Auto brightness, switched back to the app and it worked instantly.
No more Screen Overlay Detected. This message pops because of an active app that is currently using an overlay, so if you see a FB chat head or if you are using your screen dimmed that seems to be what causes it most of the time for me.
Just happy I won't have to be turning off overlay permissions 20 times a day.
Hope this helps some of you!
You may not need to uninstall anything or change any permissions. I was getting this loop of death while trying to use a new app, turned all permissions off, reset app data, rebooted, looked for CM apps, lumen, Twilight, etc, (none of which I had installed) NOTHING was helping and then I thought of the simplest thing and just
cranked my screen brightness to full and unchecked Auto brightness, switched back to the app and it worked instantly.
No more Screen Overlay Detected. This message pops because of an active app that is currently using an overlay, so if you see a FB chat head or if you are using your screen dimmed that seems to be what causes it most of the time for me.
Just happy I won't have to be turning off overlay permissions 20 times a day.
Hope this helps some of you!
I have S6 Edge & was also encountering 'screen overlay detected' message. I uninstalled Clean Master App by CM & it has solved the problem.
...For any SAMSUNG GALAXY series user out there suffering with this 
:'(....
all you have to do is disable SIDEPANEL or any related feature of the INFAMOUS TOUCHWIZ
i have a NOTE 4 and suffered with this for a long time, unistalling every suspicious app, disable all the apps, restarting
wipe cache, the only solution that i have at one time was factory reset the phone but the problem returns
thats when i realize that it was not an app, the problem was in the system.:-X
GOOD LUCK!!
:'(....all you have to do is disable SIDEPANEL or any related feature of the INFAMOUS TOUCHWIZ
i have a NOTE 4 and suffered with this for a long time, unistalling every suspicious app, disable all the apps, restarting
wipe cache, the only solution that i have at one time was factory reset the phone but the problem returns
thats when i realize that it was not an app, the problem was in the system.:-X
GOOD LUCK!!
Same happens to my husband using note 5. Pls tell me how you reboot your phone. Help me asap. Tq.
Used CM for years no problems. Using the Nexus 7 (2013) never had a problem until about 5 days ago boom screen overlay. If I shut all the overlays off nothing really works , turned off the File Manager HD and CM overlays and well CM is off but why has this suddenly happened. Google Photos worked just fine up until todays update. And I need to have the rotate screen app running since for whatever reason Nexus 7 no longer rotates on it's own 
Just to throw in my own experience, I've been seeing this issue lately and just realized that for me it was caused by having Chat Heads floating around from FB Messenger. As soon as I toss away the chat heads, the overlay error stops coming up.
Hey guys
I was also having the same issue. I was totally messed up with that and really wasted my 2 hours on that.
Iam having a Samsung note 4.
I don't know why this error is happening on other brand devices.
But if you guys using Samsung note series, then I can help you.
In Samsung this error is because of on screen side key panel.
Just go to notification panel=>expand it=>turn off side key panel
That's it.
I was also having the same issue. I was totally messed up with that and really wasted my 2 hours on that.
Iam having a Samsung note 4.
I don't know why this error is happening on other brand devices.
But if you guys using Samsung note series, then I can help you.
In Samsung this error is because of on screen side key panel.
Just go to notification panel=>expand it=>turn off side key panel
That's it.
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