I’m also seeing this on 4.2 by the way, so it’s not new in 4.3.
- OnePlus 9 (lemonade)
- Previously OxygenOS 14
- Rooted with KernelSU-Next via reflash of an AnyKernel3 build for lemonade
These random freezes might have been in /e/OS for quite a while now, as I’m seeing reports of similar behavior even as far back as May of this year: Time for an official alternative to this "middle age" launcher ;) - #5 by Curious1.
Sidenote: this freeze issue may or may not be connected to my “Recents OCD bug” where sporadically the Recent Apps screen will swipe itself obsessively to the oldest app and actively fight me if I try to swipe in the opposite direction to get to the most recent app where the Recents screen should have opened by default.
Resolves if I tap the Recents navbar button 2 more times to close and reopen Recents, or if I rotate the screen to landscape orientation (and stays resolved if I rotate back to portrait).
I suspected it might be Smart Launcher doing it, but in the meantime I’ve been able to confirm it also happens with Total Launcher and with Bliss, so it’s not the launcher, it must be in the system somewhere.