Help Android 12: swipe up from bottom often doesn't work

[connorhawke]

My Pixel 4a, ever since some 2022 Android 12 update (currently SP2A.220405.003), often becomes unresponsive to the swipe-up-from-bottom gesture when an app is open (i.e. to bring up the list of opened apps; or from that list, to close an app). The tactic feedback (single brief vibration) occurs, but nothing else happens. It gets stuck like this for at least 10-30 seconds at a time. Tried restarting. Any easy workaround (not a factory reset)?

 

[ocnbrze]

it could be either a software glitch or a hardware issue. try putting it in safe mode to see if an app is preventing the issue or not.

 

[Milo Williamson]

My Pixel 4a, ever since some 2022 Android 12 update (currently SP2A.220405.003), often becomes unresponsive to the swipe-up-from-bottom gesture when an app is open (i.e. to bring up the list of opened apps; or from that list, to close an app). The tactic feedback (single brief vibration) occurs, but nothing else happens. It gets stuck like this for at least 10-30 seconds at a time. Tried restarting. Any easy workaround (not a factory reset)?

What ocznbreeze did mention, it would be a softwear issue with tweleve, so far so good, mine does not have any glitches.

 

[connorhawke]

It appears to be an OS issue starting with Android 12 that numerous Pixel users have encountered; e.g.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...2022/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Meanwhile, here's my most up-to-date version of the workaround: When in an app, if swipe up (to bring up the opened-app selector) is not working (besides haptic feedback), swipe down to show the notification center, down again to show the full control center menu, then swipe back up twice to close the notification center. At this point the app selector should show up. However, swipe up may still not work correctly, in which case tap on an opened app via the selector to bring the app back to focus. Now, swipe controls should have reverted to normal. If all else fails, turning off the screen then unlocking usually works, although it may take more time as there's typically a delay after unlocking when this happens.

 

[Milo Williamson]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android12/comments/ucnbao/android_12_update_unable_to_login_keyboard_not/ Seems like everyone dislikes their android tweleve..

 

[connorhawke]

It appears to be an OS issue starting with Android 12 that numerous Pixel users have encountered; e.g.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...2022/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Meanwhile, here's my most up-to-date version of the workaround: When in an app, if swipe up (to bring up the opened-app selector) is not working (besides haptic feedback), swipe down to show the notification center, down again to show the full control center menu, then swipe back up twice to close the notification center. At this point the app selector should show up. However, swipe up may still not work correctly, in which case tap on an opened app via the selector to bring the app back to focus. Now, swipe controls should have reverted to normal. If all else fails, turning off the screen then unlocking usually works, although it may take more time as there's typically a delay after unlocking when this happens.

Multiple up-swipes (from the bottom) in quick succession also generally works and is a quicker workaround.