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K3 Note owners, be careful if you update your apps...

lvt

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Jan 30, 2013
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My K3 Note (Marsmallow) runs smoothly for years until the last week...

I open the Playstore and see a list of app updates available, so I click "Update all", the update process took a while to complete. But the next day when I restart my phone, a message saying "Android is starting. Optimizing app 1 of 1..." It takes up to 30 minutes to stop and then I can use my phone.

I've done some searching about this issue and it turned out that the problem is quite common, starting sometimes the last year. Most of folks say they fixed the problem by deleting the app called Truecaller, others say they fixed it by uninstalling some fitness apps. But I don't have Truecaller or fitness apps. I tried to uninstall all the apps I could but the problem still persists.

I guess that a factory reset is the last option.

So if your K3 runs well, think twice before update your apps because it could bring bad things to your device.
 

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