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Xperia SP going haywire - "The Voice"

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ChronicLogic
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Xperia SP going haywire - "The Voice"

So, as many people here, I have been experiencing lag with the new firmware update. It bothered me, but not to the point where my device became unusable. However, today morning when I woke up, my phone was making bricks through its rear end. Here is the problem:

A female voice started to narrate every finger tap I perform without executing it. (e.g. I tap "Google Chrome" - the female voice will say 'Chrome" but Chrome will not open).

I cannot swipe left or right (because the voice is narrating every touch instead of registering swiping motion it will just register as taps through all the applications i have on my home screen)

I cannot unlock the phone if I turn off the screen because the female voice will just say "unlock screen, swipe up or down to unlock"

This prevents me from answering calls as well.

I performed many "hard resets" through the off button under the rear protective case but to no avail. "The Voice" comes back after a few moments on startup so that's sadly useless.

Basically my phone became a self absorbed piece of food after the latter finishes its cycle through the digestive tract. 

Im currently in the process of rolling back in firmware with SUS but I would like to hear your opinion on this. I dont know if the firmware update is linked to my problem. It would be interesting to know what happened to my phone because nor have I ever activated a "slightly less than stable voice to narrate what I click without possibility of doing anything about it" option nor have I even seen one on SP. Virus? Glitch? AI? Aliens? Illuminati? Who knows. I just know that it's as annoying as a diety's damnation.

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Diolos
Member

I know that it is solved but... Soome days ago I downloaded Greenify. I´m not root, and to hibernate apps, greenify uses a feature like talkback. You have an option in settings if you are having random talks with greenify.

Zann_H
Enthusiast

I'm curious as to how you managed to disable that.

When I bought my Z2 and switched the phone for the first time at the shop, the talkback feature is active. And there's no way to disable it cuz I can't even get to Settings. Even the seller got so frustrated that they had get me a new box to replace it. It was funny and frustrating as well. So I'm really curious how you did that.

Danial-mach1
Leader

you must double tap on anything and use 2finger for scrolling the secrets is it!

Zann_H
Enthusiast

secret's finally out. thanx! Smiling_Face_with_open_mouth_&_closed_Eyes