Tony, is it possible you still have an "initial" code in your ir_translate section that was trying to switch info modes? For back when restore visuals *really* wasn't working... I had behavior similar to what you're talking about when I had both restore visuals enabled AND an ir_translate code which would execute a long-press of the down button. It was kind of a workaround and I forgot to take it out.
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