The game will force exit the level before smartphone battery run out. That's not ghost. It's just new event that I've added. Good to complete ghost photo objectives. Poker is easy. You just need to know hand ranking.
By 2 grey stripes, do you mean two boxes at bottom left corner? One is for money display and other is for what tool Tess has.
I do answer people just ignore the one that are same questions asked again and again or I missed it.