Square button (open apps view) no longer working after update

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I’m in the same boat, except I’m on Samsung Galaxy S9 and updated from R to S (Android 11 to 12), with Lawnchair 2 as my launcher.

I removed Bliss long years ago, but now I see BlissWeather in my app drawer and it had the location permission enabled?

Anyway, it’s not only the square button not working but the whole app switcher (Recents) functionality. There are two older threads about similar issues:

Recent Apps button not functioning (fixed)

Hi all, just sharing this in case someone else will bump into the same issue. After reinstalling /e/OS some time ago, the Recent Apps button in the Android menu (bottom right corner) did no longer function. I tried many things, waited for updates, changed settings in the menu, tried different launcers, deinstalled apps, but to no avail. Apart from that, my phone functioned perfectly. At some point I found out that my /data map was not mounted. This was fixed via TWRP (fix nr 2 on this help p…

App switcher not working

I use /e/ os 1.2-20220725206061 on my Fairphone 3. Since 1.1 the app switcher is not working anymore. Fortunately I have the KISS launcher installed which provides some help. I’ve already filed a bug report on GitLab, but when I tried the new 1.2 /e/os today, there was no improvement. App switcher or app history does simply not work - the button on the right side does not show the app switcher menu and the app switcher cannot be linked to another button. Could this issue have to do with the KISS…

I installed KISS to have something to fall back to in case I need to reset/reinstall Lawnchair but the functionality doesn’t work through KISS, either, which leads me to believe that Bliss (or lack thereof) is the culprit.

Best course of action NOT INVOLVING FACTORY RESET or having my data wiped, anyone?