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Galaxy S is my first Android device, so please excuse my noob-question:
I just try alot of apps and most of them will be uninstalled by me a few days later. Does Android do a "clean" uninstall, or are there still bits and pieces in something like a registry (yes I am a windows-user ;-)). Or does that depend on the uninstall-method which is provided by the individual app-developer?
Due to the fact that there is no "General Android" - Forum I will post my question in this forum which at least corrsesponds to my current device.
Thanks for your insight.
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This is funny because I also wonder everytime I delete if there are registry pieces missing lool. but I'm sure that doesn't matter.. There are however SOMETIMES folders IN the SD card or the external Drive of a phone (like the 8gb/16gb partition of the Galaxy).
All android phones are like that, sometimes they leave a folder with settings or sometimes empty folders, and sometimes no folders at all.
I think it's just to keep cache or settings.. you can simply delete those when you enter your sd card.
In Android, every app has his own "sandbox". This is like a exclusive folder for the app, where it stores everything and other apps can't access.
When you remove an app from the phone, android removes this "folder" so there is nothing left behind.
There is just one exception to this: the SD card. Some programs will store some information (for example heavy games store maps, voices,...) to a folder in the SD card. So when uninstalling just look if your SD card contains some folder with the app name and safely remove it too (unless you plan reinstalling the app later!).
Okay. I have some important PDF files that I need to carry in my phone and I really want to keep them private. I have searched in the market for the application to hide the files, but it turns out that all those applications only provides us the way to hide only Pictures and Videos, which is obviously more demanding and so called private data.
My concern is, no matter how I store these documents, Adobe Reader always and always finds them and displays them. I don't know what's wrong with Adobe and why it is searching for all PDF documents in the SD card and displaying it to public.
I have made the following file/folder structures to make the files not to appear in the Adobe Reader, but failed every time. Adobe just find them somehow.
.folder/file.pdf
.folder/.folder1/file.pdf
.file.pdf
.folder/.file.pdf
.folder/.folder1/.file.pdf
I also have tried all above combinations by applying hidden and system attributes to the PDF files and those folders. But as its Linux, I failed.
So I did some research and though I'll just disallow adobe from accessing things, but when I went to security thing, it told me Adobe don't need anything.
Then why it is searching for my PDF files.
There is a way and only way to hide those files from Adobe is to change their extension to XPS ( ), but it isn't feasible and not something I'm looking for.
Kindly assist me. Thanks.
Couldn't you just password protect them?
Although not as convenient you could use a separate micro sd? Or you could use a cloud system like dropbox.
you can use an application like app protector to password protect the adobe reader. though ur files will be displayed in adobe reader but adobe reader itself would require a password\pattern to open.
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Thanks a lot guys
joningi said:
Couldn't you just password protect them?
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The files are already secured and there's no way to edit them without knowing the password of those secured documents. And applying password protection to every single file isn't a feasible solution. Though it's a good answer, it's not a solution. Life would have been easier if Adobe would just have allowed users to browse directories and open files instead of listing thousands of PDF files in the system.
djdevine2 said:
Although not as convenient you could use a separate micro sd? Or you could use a cloud system like dropbox.
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Yes, separate micro SD card is not the convenient way as I bough the 16GB card just to have everything in single place. I even dumped my iPod Touch, because I'm considering my Wildfire to all in device. And about dropbox, correct me if I'm wrong, but it needs Internet connection every time you want to see the file, exception of cached file. May be I'm expecting too much, but my provider don't support the 3G in my area, so GPRS internet isn't something I can rely on.
maaz_obaid said:
you can use an application like app protector to password protect the adobe reader. though ur files will be displayed in adobe reader but adobe reader itself would require a password\pattern to open.
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Now that's a solution. I've tried the application just now and it looks promising. Thanks a lot for providing the solution, it's easier to get rid of Adobe instead of hiding files.
after applying the command, like writing . in renaming u have to restart ur cell , nd then ur reader will not find that. without restart it holds the path already so it able to find even u hide them. or dnt want to restart then install e.s security. thats gud
meetmenow007 said:
after applying the command, like writing . in renaming u have to restart ur cell , nd then ur reader will not find that. without restart it holds the path already so it able to find even u hide them. or dnt want to restart then install e.s security. thats gud
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Even after restart, Adobe Reader just finds the files somehow and shows all of them. I'm using the App Protector now and its working fine. But few hours ago found E S Security in the market and installed it on my phone. I still needs to have a look at it. Thanks for the note mate, will be helpful for other applications.
Why Security-Through-Obscurity Won't Work
I'd rather try encrypting the files and/or not use FAT16/32 filesystem as it provides no security whatsoever
Maybe repartition your card to use a ext3/ext4 partition with user rights and encryption if those data are important to you.
I've been using Windows 8.1 on my Surface RT tablet for a few hours now and I am not too happy with what Microsoft has done already. Though there are some pretty neat improvements I am sure I'll find more things I don't like about the update.
1. I really don't need the Start button because I am already used to all the hot corners, and now it's just a waste of space on the Taskbar where I keep most Desktop apps and where I still want to have some free space for the icons to expand when apps are opened. Besides, the old Start thumbnail-button in the Task Switcher looked much better. I understand the need for it, but wish there was an option to disable the Start button in Taskbar Properties for those who really enjoy the new Windows experience.
2. The new Search Charm is less usable. I used the Search Charm to quickly search within an active app, and now you have to open a drop-down menu to select the app you are currently in every single time in order to do such a search. Not to mention that it is no longer possible to search within an app of choice from other places than the app itself.
3. I really don't like the fact that they removed Messenger app. Though it was very buggy, it was still a good companion to the Facebook-friendly People app. Why have Facebook integration there at all, if they are forcing people to use website/official FB app anyway because of the lacking chat capabilities?
4. The upper number row makes the on-screen keyboard look less aesthetically pleasing. They could've made the numbers less standing out, though I do understand the practical purpose of the number row.
5. The variable-size multitasking-split is great, but other than standard sizes should be disabled for apps that do not properly support them. You would not want to make any app window smaller if other app doesn't benefit of it.
6. I wish there was a way to uninstall Desktop Office apps and have them back when desired. I am not going to use Outlook ever and I would surely appreciate the extra storage space.
7. Though I like how they renamed Computer to This PC and added superb Skydrive integration, they made libraries less accessible by featuring local /User/ folders instead of libraries and removing them from the sidebar of Windows Explorer. How are you supposed to easily access them?
8. What I was really looking forward to seeing in the 8.1 update is the possibility to actually use microSD card from somewhere but the Desktop by adding it's locations to libraries. Microsoft has always defended the lack of local storage by saying that there is an USB port and a microSD slot, but how can you actually use the extra space? Go to Desktop every single time and browse your photos with Windows Photo Viewer Desktop app? Not to mention that I had to encrypt the SD card using another computer's Bitlocker and that I have to manually unlock the card every time my Surface restarts. I partially solved the SD card being featured in libraries problem by creating a virtual disk which I have to mount after every reboot. It works fine, but it's crazy. I am aware that this only affects Windows RT.
pauliusba said:
I've been using Windows 8.1 on my Surface RT tablet for a few hours now and I am not too happy with what Microsoft has done already. Though there are some pretty neat improvements I am sure I'll find more things I don't like about the update.
1. I really don't need the Start button because I am already used to all the hot corners, and now it's just a waste of space on the Taskbar where I keep most Desktop apps and where I still want to have some free space for the icons to expand when apps are opened. Besides, the old Start thumbnail-button in the Task Switcher looked much better. I understand the need for it, but wish there was an option to disable the Start button in Taskbar Properties for those who really enjoy the new Windows experience.
2. The new Search Charm is less usable. I used the Search Charm to quickly search within an active app, and now you have to open a drop-down menu to select the app you are currently in every single time in order to do such a search. Not to mention that it is no longer possible to search within an app of choice from other places than the app itself.
3. I really don't like the fact that they removed Messenger app. Though it was very buggy, it was still a good companion to the Facebook-friendly People app. Why have Facebook integration there at all, if they are forcing people to use website/official FB app anyway because of the lacking chat capabilities?
4. The upper number row makes the on-screen keyboard look less aesthetically pleasing. They could've made the numbers less standing out, though I do understand the practical purpose of the number row.
5. The variable-size multitasking-split is great, but other than standard sizes should be disabled for apps that do not properly support them. You would not want to make any app window smaller if other app doesn't benefit of it.
6. I wish there was a way to uninstall Desktop Office apps and have them back when desired. I am not going to use Outlook ever and I would surely appreciate the extra storage space.
7. Though I like how they renamed Computer to This PC and added superb Skydrive integration, they made libraries less accessible by featuring local /User/ folders instead of libraries and removing them from the sidebar of Windows Explorer. How are you supposed to easily access them?
8. What I was really looking forward to seeing in the 8.1 update is the possibility to actually use microSD card from somewhere but the Desktop by adding it's locations to libraries. Microsoft has always defended the lack of local storage by saying that there is an USB port and a microSD slot, but how can you actually use the extra space? Go to Desktop every single time and browse your photos with Windows Photo Viewer Desktop app? Not to mention that I had to encrypt the SD card using another computer's Bitlocker and that I have to manually unlock the card every time my Surface restarts. I partially solved the SD card being featured in libraries problem by creating a virtual disk which I have to mount after every reboot. It works fine, but it's crazy. I am aware that this only affects Windows RT.
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You'd better post this on the beta forums. It is useless here, other than attracting trollz.
pauliusba said:
I've been using Windows 8.1 on my Surface RT tablet for a few hours now and I am not too happy with what Microsoft has done already. Though there are some pretty neat improvements I am sure I'll find more things I don't like about the update.
1. I really don't need the Start button because I am already used to all the hot corners, and now it's just a waste of space on the Taskbar where I keep most Desktop apps and where I still want to have some free space for the icons to expand when apps are opened. Besides, the old Start thumbnail-button in the Task Switcher looked much better. I understand the need for it, but wish there was an option to disable the Start button in Taskbar Properties for those who really enjoy the new Windows experience.
2. The new Search Charm is less usable. I used the Search Charm to quickly search within an active app, and now you have to open a drop-down menu to select the app you are currently in every single time in order to do such a search. Not to mention that it is no longer possible to search within an app of choice from other places than the app itself.
3. I really don't like the fact that they removed Messenger app. Though it was very buggy, it was still a good companion to the Facebook-friendly People app. Why have Facebook integration there at all, if they are forcing people to use website/official FB app anyway because of the lacking chat capabilities?
4. The upper number row makes the on-screen keyboard look less aesthetically pleasing. They could've made the numbers less standing out, though I do understand the practical purpose of the number row.
5. The variable-size multitasking-split is great, but other than standard sizes should be disabled for apps that do not properly support them. You would not want to make any app window smaller if other app doesn't benefit of it.
6. I wish there was a way to uninstall Desktop Office apps and have them back when desired. I am not going to use Outlook ever and I would surely appreciate the extra storage space.
7. Though I like how they renamed Computer to This PC and added superb Skydrive integration, they made libraries less accessible by featuring local /User/ folders instead of libraries and removing them from the sidebar of Windows Explorer. How are you supposed to easily access them?
8. What I was really looking forward to seeing in the 8.1 update is the possibility to actually use microSD card from somewhere but the Desktop by adding it's locations to libraries. Microsoft has always defended the lack of local storage by saying that there is an USB port and a microSD slot, but how can you actually use the extra space? Go to Desktop every single time and browse your photos with Windows Photo Viewer Desktop app? Not to mention that I had to encrypt the SD card using another computer's Bitlocker and that I have to manually unlock the card every time my Surface restarts. I partially solved the SD card being featured in libraries problem by creating a virtual disk which I have to mount after every reboot. It works fine, but it's crazy. I am aware that this only affects Windows RT.
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I have no idea what you are talking about regarding seeing SD card contents in libraries - all you have to do is right click, add to library, select library you want it to show up.
And there is one huge plus for me in the added start menu button - now you can call its context menu on a touchscreen-device and quickly open computer management, admin's powershell and so on. As I do this often while hacking - I really like it.
And the new added onscreen keyboard is great - now it has an up/down arrows and functional keys
The keyboard mode with full arrow keys and (I think) Fkeys already existed, but was hidden by default. If you went into the settings for the touch input panel you could enable it.
UBNAS81 said:
I have no idea what you are talking about regarding seeing SD card contents in libraries - all you have to do is right click, add to library, select library you want it to show up.
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Sorry. What I actually meant by that was that Metro apps don't see the "libraried" content from SD card. And the indexing is disabled there too.
P.S.: I found out that 8.1 actually allows Bitlocker to automatically unlock an SD card on boot.
pauliusba said:
Sorry. What I actually meant by that was that Metro apps don't see the "libraried" content from SD card. And the indexing is disabled there too.
P.S.: I found out that 8.1 actually allows Bitlocker to automatically unlock an SD card on boot.
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There was a guide to symlink SD card to a folder, just Google add SD card content to metro apps.
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OK to start things off this is going to be a long list of questions/issues and various impressions, some opinionated and some fact. I've had apple phones for years and appreciate both, I changed because my iphone couldn't do some things my note 3 can do such as open up 200+ MB pdfs with relative ease, but then again the samsung struggles to do simple things the iphone did fresh out of the box. This is not meant to be a discussion of which is better but it would help to know what I'm comparing it to and how I think simple things should work. I use a PC just FYI.
1.) Data Transfer of large files from various desktops to the Note 3 either through internal memory or external sd card.
My first issue is that I cannot move large files from my internal memory to my sd card. The sd card in question is a sandisk 128gb but have also tried to few others just to make sure it's not the card. If I download a large file on utorrent such as a 720p movie or better, I cannot move it from internal memory to sd card. I just won't do it. Not only will it refuse to move large files but any photos are sometime hit and miss, sometimes it moves them with no issue at all, most of the time the files stay in the parent folder and don't end up in the destination folder. I can move various files if I connect it to my desktop and drag and drop them onto the sd card but sometimes moving the file corrupts it where it cannot be played on the phone. I've also tried this with numerous computers with the same result. to move files on the phone i go to my files, select the directory and then select the file I want to move. I hold down on it to select it and then press move, it then shows the internal and external storage options, i select the sd card and the folder I want the file in and then press move here in the top right hand corner. If there is another way let me know.
Second issue is when dragging and dropping large music files directly to the sd card or internal memory from a pc. If a drag and drop a FLAC album it corrupts it about 50% of the time. I routinely go to play the album and get the message that it does not support the file type or something to that affect. I often just delete it and redo the process, most of the time that works. On MP3's, if I drag and drop an entire discography of an artist (say 8gb or so) it's corrupted 100% of the time. When I go to playback the albums they play at double speed. I have to go back and drop them one by one and sometimes (but rarely) that has the same issue.
2.) Audio Playback/Microphone/Headphone/Bluetooth Issues
Firstly, I thought that all 3.5mm headphone jacks were on a standard. I did not realize that the note did not come with headphones and that the headphones that I used with an apple device would not fully function on an android device. This seems like something so simple it shouldn't even be an issue. All of the headphones, earbuds, etc I have that have inline controls do not adjust the volume or skip tracks on my android device. You name it, like a half dozen brands. It just doesn't work...
When trying to use talk to text for a text message either with headphones with inline mic or with a Bluetooth headset it does not use the microphone on the accessory device, it uses the internal phone mic which is an issue for me. So instead of using the mic right next to my mouth I have to hold the phone up to my mouth in loud places. I don't know any way to change this...I couldn't find it in any settings.
3.) Lockscreen (I don't know how this is supposed to work, I looked it up and I'm assuming its something I'm doing.)
I want my lockscreen to be simple but I cannot seem to get the weather off of my lockscreen. It does not appear unless I swipe down and there it is. How do I remove it? If I open up the lockscreen editor by swiping from left to right its not there. I only have one lockscreen page so I don't know whats going on.
When I have notifications on my lock screen and click on them it puts a box around the lower part of my lock screen where you normally swipe as to say swipe here stupid to unlock. Is that the case or am I missing something else? It seems as though if my phone doesn't have a security lock on it and I press on my notification it should just open it. Or is it intentionally non-intuitive for some other reason?
4.) GLITCHES!!!!!!!! Various other issues
Routinely my music apps gets stuck on a page. Say if I'm listening to an album and try to back it up to my list of albums it just loads the same page over and over again. I have to hit my homebutton and open up the music app again from the icon and sometimes that causes it to crash. It does this on the stock Samsung music player and on play music. Normally my phone plays music 24/7 so it may be just how much I use it for that purpose.
Apps crash on a regular basis, at least a few times a day. I'd say I have an app crash maybe 3-5 times a day on average. Some more than others. Because of all the glitches I did a factory reset weeks ago to see if there was another issue. I've also tried uninstalling and re-installing all the apps that normally crash but that hasn't seemed to help. I don't believe apps used by millions on other android devices such as Bank of America (crashes literally every time I use it) or Pandora could be the problem.
Google integration is sketchy at best, It routinely doesn't delete e-mails off the google server when I delete them off my phone. It's really hit and miss. Sometimes it works, sometimes it will load the same e-mails dozens of times even though I've deleted it daily. The google+ photo backup is hit and miss and even updates over cellular even though its set to only update over wifi when plugged in. All of the sync settings seem appropriate for what I want it just doesn't work.
Text scaling under most situations is completely absurd. I've got 5.7" of screen and have to re-scale practically everything that loads so I can read it. This is especially and issue when reading forums which I'm on frequently. Is there a way to change this? If there isn't there definitely should be! Not a glitch but an issue.
All social media apps that load from a page (a wall, forum, feed, whetever) always reload when I click on something and go back forcing me to start over from the beginning. I've only had this issue on this phone, my previous iphones just take me back to where I was. Is there a way to change this annoying problem?
5.) The Photo Gallery
It just doesn't work. I don't know any other way to put it, its the second biggest failure on the phone. i wouldn't trust it with important anything! It routinely just looses photos, online account's don't update at all, s health photo that I've deleted dozens of times keeps showing up in my photos, all my album covers end up in my gallery and I have to manually go back and delete them all, photos end up corrupted and not able to view them whether on sd card or on phone, it goes on and on. Is there another application I can use? Can I make another app my default gallery app? Some online photos like picassa/google+ don't load correctly, it'll show the preview photo and when clicked on it'll show a completely different photo from that album. I would just delete it but can't delete online account photos from my phone gallery app and when I delete them online it doesn't update it on my gallery.
6.) Voicemail
I recieved a voicemail the first 10 minutes I had my phone and clicked on it in my notifications and it called my voicemail. I was confused at first, was i holding a 700 dollar phone or 90's Nokia? Seriously? And on top of that it didn't come with ATT visual voicemail out of the box, I had to download it. WTF! No I don't need voicemail on a phone I need 20 other google apps instead...seriously? On top of that att visual voicemail app is crap. I routinely miss voicemails because it not reliable enough to show all my voicemails in my notifications. Is that how all android devices are? I may be a little spoiled by the voicemail being on a tab in my phone app but it seems as though if there is an att specific model this should work better than it does...
7.) Text messaging
I don't use the stock mesaging app because it wouldn't reliably send a photo...that is all. I use textra now and it works better but still isn't what I would consider to be reliable...
8.) General Gripes about the phone app
The buttons are so large it looks like its designed for the seeing impaired.
Color scheme looks like I'm 4 and trying to push blocks into the appropriate holes...
I can't figure out how to change the color scheme on it, can you change it?
I hate the cartoonish figures for people that don't have photos.
Okay, it generally looks childish or like it was designed by Mattel. I need something far more professional looking.
On a positive note, speech and handwriting recognition is second to none, S Pen apps and S pen integration in general is very refined. It's extremely fast with very little lag in all situations. There are lots of positives so I'm not downing the phone at all but it just needs to fit my needs better. That's not everything but a good start. Thanks for your time and patience.
And to sum it all up, I think you should go back to i... :sly:
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So your note does all of this also?
Lythropus said:
So your note does all of this also?
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First - ur post is too big to even read.
You are in xda and there is ton of information here. If you search , u will realize that most of the issues have solution...
When moving from another OS its always difficult but stay and you will love it.
Let me rephrase, it's not an android problem that I'm aware of: is my phone ****ed up and in need of replacement our does every note 900a cnc2 do this stupid ****?
The new os doesn't seem to be an issue this is mainly a hardware issue unless you're saying all android phones corrupt photos straight out the box. Which I know that isn't the case.
Some of my gripes are android related but mostly sounds like a hardware issue.
Try moving the large file using "my files", 3rd party file manager cannot move file from internal to external sd (a limitation introduced in kitkat).
Also try copying your music collection using card reader.
stonedead said:
Try moving the large file using "my files", 3rd party file manager cannot move file from internal to external sd (a limitation introduced in kitkat).
Also try copying your music collection using card reader.
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I've only tried my files to move it on the phone, it will not move them.
I basically have to use a card reader to copy anything over a gig or so reliably. I can drag and drop it but that doesn't always work.
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My first issue is that I cannot move large files from my internal memory to my sd card.
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Really, and you did that just fine on the iPhone? :silly: That would be quite a full miracle given how (as far as I know) the iPhone never had a SD card :silly:
Read around - if you are on 4.4 there are some new security restrictions on writing to the external SD. If you are on 4.3 you are probably doing something wrong.
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Really, and you did that just fine on the iPhone? :silly: That would be quite a full miracle given how (as far as I know) the iPhone never had a SD card :silly:
Read around - if you are on 4.4 there are some new security restrictions on writing to the external SD. If you are on 4.3 you are probably doing something wrong.
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Of course I didn't, I.used third party software to drag and drop mp3's on internal storage of a jailbroken device. It worked 100% of the time.
But you're still missing the point. My files are being corrupted whether on the external sd card or the internal storage. There aren't any examples off this on my model phone on your forum...
As far as I know my files isn't a third party so it should have full access to read and write to my sd card per 4.4
That does explain why u torrent won't do it though.
Did u use your iTunes mp3 files? My girlfriend is also into that icrap and when she used my computer for music files I learned that you don't wanna use iTunes. Don't take this as a apple...uhm... disliker read about it if u don't believe it. Itunes messes with the music files and therefor I had to do my whole music storage from the scratch.
I think what @Dejan Sathanas was trying to say was: that if you are not ready to switch u will find strange issues that nobody else encounters and end up spamming the threats. For example: I haven't had any issue moving any files ever on any android device!
So long story short
1. Get the device u prefer (even if it is an apple)
2. Try some music files that didn't run through apple tech
4aces said:
Did u use your iTunes mp3 files? My girlfriend is also into that icrap and when she used my computer for music files I learned that you don't wanna use iTunes. Don't take this as a apple...uhm... disliker read about it if u don't believe it. Itunes messes with the music files and therefor I had to do my whole music storage from the scratch.
I think what @Dejan Sathanas was trying to say was: that if you are not ready to switch u will find strange issues that nobody else encounters and end up spamming the threats. For example: I haven't had any issue moving any files ever on any android device!
So long story short
1. Get the device u prefer (even if it is an apple)
2. Try some music files that didn't run through apple tech
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I didn't use the ALAC files from my Apple device. I was under the impression they wouldn't play on here, just used mp3s and flacs. I tried to upload a pic of what the corrupt files look like on my phone but got an error that said could not complete this operation due to low memory. I'll figure it out when I get off work and upload them.
Took it to best buy\ATT, they sent me to the Samsung rep/dealer in store. He couldn't figure out what was going on, why it wouldn't move files, why some would corrupt, update Google anything, etc so they are sending me a new one.
My note 3 has been quite laggy over the last month or so. A bit of googling, and I found a post saying that removing the SD card will help with wake lag. My wake lag has never been a big issue, it's mostly switching between apps and loading things on chrome.
Any idea why removing the SD card would fix the lag? Should I buy a new SD card?
It's a class 10 32gb lexar SD card if that matters, it's over a year old and has been through a few different phones.
Sounds like nonsense! While opening stuffs from SD card might take some time in comparison with opening something from phone's memory itself, but that shouldn't matter when the card is not in use. You can still just use the phone without the card to see whether there is any difference or not.
ithehappy said:
Sounds like nonsense! While opening stuffs from SD card might take some time in comparison with opening something from phone's memory itself, but that shouldn't matter when the card is not in use. You can still just use the phone without the card to see whether there is any difference or not.
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I know it sounds odd, but it seems to be true. I have the s pen set to open an action memo when I remove the pen. It went from 5s to almost instant.
And if you search on google, you'll see a number of threads about wake lag and removing the sd card improved it.
Hmm, don't know what to make of it. Probably Samsung is right by claiming external cards do make a phone run slower! I don't have one installed anyway.
What app are you using to set Action memo on S Pen remove? Note buddy?
ithehappy said:
Hmm, don't know what to make of it. Probably Samsung is right by claiming external cards do make a phone run slower! I don't have one installed anyway.
What app are you using to set Action memo on S Pen remove? Note buddy?
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It's in the s pen settings, under detachment options. No 3rd party app needed.
The SDcard doesn't make the phone slower. Mediascanner/Indexingservice does. There is a very simple solution to this problem. (And it's not removing the MicroSD. Although that works too.)
Just pop a .nomedia file into every folder you dont need for the system. (like a folder with magazines. You don't need to see those in a gallery app, you can just open them from a file explorer. Ditto for documents, films, navigational files, etc.)
The .nomedia file excludes the folder from the index service. You can find one to copy in the Android directory.
The nomedia files also apply to subdirectories, so any folders within the folder containing the nomedia file are also excluded, no need to place one in those.
(Don't exclude the folder containing your alarm or ringtone!)
And can people please start remembering that MicroSD's are meant for MEDIA, not apps? You're not supposed to run programs from a portable harddrive on a desktop, either...