Database Users

Performance issues? There's a fix for that!

A few of you have been asking for a howto guide on improving the performance on your devices, and I have listened!
I have made for you all a video guide on how to get your 7.7 flying!
Enjoy!
Galaxy Tab 7.7 Speed Tweaks ADW EX [ROOT]

Thanks, some nice stuff in there, even if a lot of it is really a ADW.EX tutorial.
Just fyi, you have a typo in the video description--you say ADX EX launcher.
About Customize Menu--you can reorder (or remove theoretically, but this was buggy for me) the items that appear on the top bar and in the drop-down when you push the menu button. I use this so that I can have Add in the menu, because I keep the top bar hidden and there is no other easy access to add/remove/move home screen pages.

teiglin said:
Thanks, some nice stuff in there, even if a lot of it is really a ADW.EX tutorial.
Just fyi, you have a typo in the video description--you say ADX EX launcher.
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Not bad for a single take and no editing though lol!

how did you set up you dolphin for tab browser to have the 4d scrolling between tabs

adinis78 said:
how did you set up you dolphin for tab browser to have the 4d scrolling between tabs
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It's a native function of the Dolphin for Pad Beta v1.0

Jade Eyed Wolf said:
It's a native function of the Dolphin for Pad Beta v1.0
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hmmm can seem to get mine to due it
EDIT: got it i saw the video again, i wasnt using the two finger tap

adinis78 said:
hmmm can seem to get mine to due it
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Two finger tap on the edge of the web page?

Jade Eyed Wolf said:
Two finger tap on the edge of the web page?
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Yep
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Thanks for the hardwork on this tutorial on what your settings are and also I've seen a better view of your screen which apparently confirms my findings from your other video.
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The ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0 tweak really does wonders!

Thanks alot J.W. very nice job! & thanks for stepping up when all of us asked you to!!!!

EarlZ said:
Thanks for the hardwork on this tutorial on what your settings are and also I've seen a better view of your screen which apparently confirms my findings from your other video.
EDIT:
The ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0 tweak really does wonders!
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I have to try this when I get home, the homescreen redraw drives me nuts, and its completely unecessary imo!
EDIT - OMGGGGGGGGG finally, the tablet has no effing homescreen redraw lag, thank you Jade Eyed Wolf!

Oh, oh. Just did this and now the tablet won't start!!!! I just get the initial "galaxy tablet 7.7" screen and then it stays black....
Any ideas? The only thing I changed was this
"Add this line to "/system/build.prop":
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0"
Help!!!!!
can someone post a copy of their build.prop (6810)? Would that help?
I can get into recovery, but rebooting form there doesn't do anything.....

Anyone with any bright ideas?
I can get into recovery, but I can't connect to the device via the pc to get at the files. well, that isn't quite true, I can see them if I use a pgr called DROIDEXPLORER, I can copy from the device to the PC but not back the other way. So I tried to edit the build.prop locally and push it back (using droidexplorer) but the one on the device just stays the same with the edit above in it...
I'm now considering flashing a new FW as the only way to get the tab going again.
Any help?

followed instructions and still couldn't write to sd card with ES File Explorer. Can't tell with homepage redraw... What's bad is that this killed my internet connection. After rebooting, the status bar shows me connected to either my home wifi or my H+ service provider but I can't access the internet nor my local network... Restarting the 7.7, deleting the relevant lines, restarting my router/cable modem (still have internet on my main comp and ipad) all didn't help.
I guess I have to reflash my 7.7.

OK, so after a sleepless night (the little one was on full song) I reflashed my Tab this morning and way hey! It is back in the land of the living.
Pheww.
Jade, I think the hack to keep the homescreen in memory might need to be revisited? I followed the instructions to the letter. After applying the hack the device just would not come to life. It wasn't a case of screen-off, device on either. I plugged it in to a PC and there was nothing. The only way I could get the PC to see it was to start it in recovery.
Maybe it is just a combination of things on my machine and I guess these things can just happen, but I think it might be worth checking?
I'm totally happy with flashing now though

Just thought this could use a bump since it was so helpful to me.

daigled said:
Just thought this could use a bump since it was so helpful to me.
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Thanks!

palexr said:
OK, so after a sleepless night (the little one was on full song) I reflashed my Tab this morning and way hey! It is back in the land of the living.
Pheww.
Jade, I think the hack to keep the homescreen in memory might need to be revisited? I followed the instructions to the letter. After applying the hack the device just would not come to life. It wasn't a case of screen-off, device on either. I plugged it in to a PC and there was nothing. The only way I could get the PC to see it was to start it in recovery.
Maybe it is just a combination of things on my machine and I guess these things can just happen, but I think it might be worth checking?
I'm totally happy with flashing now though
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It worked for me (Galaxy Tab 7.7 wifi) so you probably entered something wrong... Actually I realised that after entering "ro." the keyboard inserted a space after the dot, so it looked like this: ro. HOME_APP_ADJ=0 and it is like this: ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0 see the difference?
I realised right away and fixed it. If I were you I would try it again....
It works for me alright, I don't know if at the end uses too much ram and slows down other things, if it does I'll just delete that line and that's it....
Thanks to Jade W. good idea...

Dusko75 said:
It worked for me (Galaxy Tab 7.7 wifi) so you probably entered something wrong... Actually I realised that after entering "ro." the keyboard inserted a space after the dot, so it looked like this: ro. HOME_APP_ADJ=0 and it is like this: ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0 see the difference?
I realised right away and fixed it. If I were you I would try it again....
It works for me alright, I don't know if at the end uses too much ram and slows down other things, if it does I'll just delete that line and that's it....
Thanks to Jade W. good idea...
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Nope, just tried it again, result dead tablet... My tablet definitely does not like this line in build.prop
So, I would advise caution with this line. Take a backup before trying it or get comfortable with reflashing.

palexr said:
Nope, just tried it again, result dead tablet... My tablet definitely does not like this line in build.prop
So, I would advise caution with this line. Take a backup before trying it or get comfortable with reflashing.
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HAs anyone got any bright ideas about pushing the original build.prop file back? ADB push just gives me "failed to copy 'build.prop' to '/system/build.prop': Read Only File
I'd rather just get the correct one in there than re-flash...

[Q] Edit Mini Apps tray on 6810?

I apologize if this has been discussed, I really did search and only found one place where this was asked, but there was no answer. According to the Samsung 7.7 features page it says this "Mini Apps : Upgraded so you can choose and edit your own Mini Apps tray. You can easily access favorite features such as Calendar, Email, or PenMemo as a pop up over full screen applications. " So obviously my question is this. How is this done? Or is it even possible on my model? Thank you and again sorry of this has already been addressed.

If you look at the bottom bar on your Tab you will see an icon that looks like an upside down 'v'. Click on it and it will bring up your mini-apps tray. You can launch those mini apps over the app you are in.

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If you look at the bottom bar on your Tab you will see an icon that looks like an upside down 'v'. Click on it and it will bring up your mini-apps tray. You can launch those mini apps over the app you are in.
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I think you misunderstood my question. I know about the up/ down arrow and the mini apps. But it says that is is Upgraded so you can choose and edit your own Mini Apps tray. So Im trying to figure out how to change them if its possible on the wifi only 6810. Thanks

This has been discussed and answered before. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21494062&postcount=501

morkli said:
This has been discussed and answered before. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21494062&postcount=501
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I was able to get it to work by applying one of the systemui.apk files from here. I am able to edit the mini apps now on my 6810. Thanks

Gam3r 4 Life said:
I was able to get it to work by applying one of the systemui.apk files from here. I am able to edit the mini apps now on my 6810. Thanks
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Very clever.

Gam3r 4 Life said:
I was able to get it to work by applying one of the systemui.apk files from here. I am able to edit the mini apps now on my 6810. Thanks
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Wow... I cant find it, can you point it out please? They all talk about changing the colors of the icons of the actual bar or.... etc... etc.
Thanks

Dusko75 said:
Wow... I cant find it, can you point it out please? They all talk about changing the colors of the icons of the actual bar or.... etc... etc.
Thanks
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Im not totally sure which one I used, but it might have been the one in post 19. But that one will change the icons as well. Im not sure where you might get one that is stock. The same author of that thread "Ssaass" makes an app called "Wizzbar" that might help you. I may be able to make one for you. Upload your systemui.apk and Ill see what I can do.

Gam3r 4 Life said:
Im not totally sure which one I used, but it might have been the one in post 19. But that one will change the icons as well. Im not sure where you might get one that is stock. The same author of that thread "Ssaass" makes an app called "Wizzbar" that might help you. I may be able to make one for you. Upload your systemui.apk and Ill see what I can do.
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That would be great, I'm sending you my stock SustemUI.apk, now... how I'm going to change the apps from the mini-app thing? press and hold? ..??
I checked out that Wizzbar but didn't like it...
Thanks

Dusko75 said:
That would be great, I'm sending you my stock SustemUI.apk, now... how I'm going to change the apps from the mini-app thing? press and hold? ..??
I checked out that Wizzbar but didn't like it...
Thanks
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Ok, didnt think I forgot about you did you? I think this is what your looking for. The edit function shows up when you press the mini apps button. Lower right corner, cant miss it. This is all stock icons with edit function built in. Hope this is what you wanted. I tested this on my rooted stock 6810. Let me know if it works.
PS: For anyone that might want to know how I did it. All I did was use the "layout" folder in the Res folder from the apk that has the edit function. Then rezipped, changed name and permissions, and put back into system/ app.

Awesome... Thanks for your time. I'll try it when i get home tonight. I'm thanking you now anyway...
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Yes, it works, thanks... But what I didn't expect is that you can't add any app you want, it's just limited to some samsung "mini" apps which really su**s!
I wonder if there's a way around that...
Thanks again I really appreciate it anyway.
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Dusko75 said:
Yes, it works, thanks... But what I didn't expect is that you can't add any app you want, it's just limited to some samsung "mini" apps which really su**s!
I wonder if there's a way around that...
Thanks again I really appreciate it anyway.
Sent from my GT-P6810 using xda premium
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Yea. Thats why I dont even use it. I use "honeybar" and hide the bar in games, movies, etc.

[TUT] Bypass All LG Lock Google account "Verify your account'

Bypass All LG Verify your account (LG Google Factory Reset Protection ) on Android OS 5.1.x
Download and copy file APK Shortcutmaker to MTP or USB OTG
http://vietfones.vn/forum/showthread.php?1037877

Was the file you needed on the thing you plugged in? Is that why you plugged it in or was that an unnecessary step?

Not sure this goes along with the rules on XDA and security in general. There is a reason you no longer have access to a device. We can't and should not take the risk and guess what that reason might be. At all times we should assume an unauthorized access attempt. Especially in this case. Reported (under reserve).

A genious o.o

would have been helpful when i got my new phone, cleaned google account, changed pw, factory reset phone. 72 hour lock!
but.... yeah. much more helpful for phone theft than regular users.

Shortcut to Settings
First, thanks to vn_mobile for sharing.
Second, here's a quicker way
Install Quick Shortcut by OTG as per the OP
Then search for "reset"
Select Settings, MasterClearActivity, Try
Reset Phone
Done!!

Great, I now can make a list of XDA members I know are morons. Let's hope they also have social media info in their profiles.

nitrous² said:
Great, I now can make a list of XDA members I know are morons. Let's hope they also have social media info in their profiles.
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Exactly!! Security flaws can only be fixed if exposed by "morons" ... read between the lines.

Any solution for Nexus 9?

billa said:
First, thanks to vn_mobile for sharing.
Second, here's a quicker way
Install Quick Shortcut
http://d-h.st/wSdn
Search for "reset"
Select Settings, MasterClearActivity, Try
Reset Phone
Done!!
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Once installed, reset the search I have to do from the program to install Quick Shortcut ??

ang3lical said:
Once installed, reset the search I have to do from the program to install Quick Shortcut ??
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Copy the Quick Shortcut app to your OTG SDCard and install it as per the OP, then follow the instructions.

billa said:
Copy the Quick Shortcut app to your OTG SDCard and install it as per the OP, then follow the instructions.
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Ok thankss

Thanks.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk

LG fix you can not use otg
i can bypass but not free sory

T-Mobile G4??
Does anyone know how to get this done on a T-Mobile G4?? The user setting isn't available in my settings. I keep getting a loop right back to the verify android screen right after putting in the correct info for the previous owner.

leor1291 said:
Does anyone know how to get this done on a T-Mobile G4?? The user setting isn't available in my settings. I keep getting a loop right back to the verify android screen right after putting in the correct info for the previous owner.
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Turn off airplane mode?
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Nice. I don't know why there's no "switch access" option in Accessibility settings on my device.

bel57 said:
Nice. I don't know why there's no "switch access" option in Accessibility settings on my device.
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Maybe because this Exploit has been fixed and Google won`t let you bypass the FRP like that forever. It never worked on ALL devices.

this just happened to me on my htc m9. i changed my password sunday. reset my device and im like WTF? im done with google, this feature should be duely noted to consumers and in the literature. im taking my paperweight m9 back to tmobile and getting an iphone. i don't mind security but this is too much.

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this just happened to me on my htc m9. i changed my password sunday. reset my device and im like WTF? im done with google, this feature should be duely noted to consumers and in the literature. im taking my paperweight m9 back to tmobile and getting an iphone. i don't mind security but this is too much.
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Can you not sign in with your gmail pass?

Issue with NatWest banking app

Hi guys, I got hold of my nexus 6p today and I've installed a couple of my most used apps. One of those is the NatWest banking app (UK). However whenever I try to sign in, it says that there is another app trying to interfere with it, and FCs. Now I haven't installed any different apps to what I had on my old phone, so I was just wondering if anyone had the same experience?
Also just to confirm I do not have flux or anything like that running!
Thanks,

hltbest said:
Hi guys, I got hold of my nexus 6p today and I've installed a couple of my most used apps. One of those is the NatWest banking app (UK). However whenever I try to sign in, it says that there is another app trying to interfere with it, and FCs. Now I haven't installed any different apps to what I had on my old phone, so I was just wondering if anyone had the same experience?
Also just to confirm I do not have flux or anything like that running!
Thanks,
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Running fine on my 6p, make sure you don't get a heads up message, it doesn't like that
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I'm having the same issue as you. I also tried disabling now on tap to see if that would fix the issue but it hasn't. On my nexus 5 which I upgraded from I was running all the apps I am now. The only difference is the phone. Any idea from anyone else would be really appreciated.

Mine said that initially I think because a notification came through as I was setting up, did it again and it's fine. Not helpful I know, but it should work.
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Slow finger fix
Josh98 said:
Mine said that initially I think because a notification came through as I was setting up, did it again and it's fine. Not helpful I know, but it should work.
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I had the same issue on my Nexus 6p but I tried disable all the app if possible. That was natwest support answer. But that didn't work for me but what did work is when you press the keys to enter your phone number to activate the app. Each press do it very very slowly. I think that what ever other app or process is interfering with the natwest app stops reading the key presses after a few seconds. That give you enough time to type the rest of the numbers needed start the activation of the natwest app.
Db

dark-byte said:
I had the same issue on my Nexus 6p but I tried disable all the app if possible. That was natwest support answer. But that didn't work for me but what did work is when you press the keys to enter your phone number to activate the app. Each press do it very very slowly. I think that what ever other app or process is interfering with the natwest app stops reading the key presses after a few seconds. That give you enough time to type the rest of the numbers needed start the activation of the natwest app.
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Thanks for your advice.
I tried that and I managed to type in the second line by typing a new number every 10 seconds , however when trying to type the first line it always had the pop up at the 4th number! No matter how slow I go! Really frustrating! But at least that's progress!

Right guys I have found out what the issue was! The issue was - the numbers I was typing in a row. For some reason it didn't like me typing 0741. (The start of my number). I found a way around this by typing out the rest of the phone number then adding the bit it didn't like afterwards! And it worked! I've managed to get on the app now!
E.g
If your number is 1234567890
Type like 124567890 then add the 3 after!
Hope that helps!

hltbest said:
Right guys I have found out what the issue was! The issue was - the numbers I was typing in a row. For some reason it didn't like me typing 0741. (The start of my number). I found a way around this by typing out the rest of the phone number then adding the bit it didn't like afterwards! And it worked! I've managed to get on the app now!
E.g
If your number is 1234567890
Type like 124567890 then add the 3 after!
Hope that helps!
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Glad to hear that you managed to get the app activated, it's a very strange thing that my number also start 0741. Surely it's not that nos series that is causing the issue. Very very strange. Hopefully the Nat west support team will see our tips in the xda developers. :fingers-crossed:

hltbest said:
Right guys I have found out what the issue was! The issue was - the numbers I was typing in a row. For some reason it didn't like me typing 0741. (The start of my number). I found a way around this by typing out the rest of the phone number then adding the bit it didn't like afterwards! And it worked! I've managed to get on the app now!
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If your number is 1234567890
Type like 124567890 then add the 3 after!
Hope that helps!
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Perfect! It works! I just entered the last 6 digits of my phone number first then the first five after.
Thanks for finding a work around.

Vollexus said:
Perfect! It works! I just entered the last 6 digits of my phone number first then the first five after.
Thanks for finding a work around.
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That's alright. Glad to help. How bizarre that so far we only know its due to 0741... Would be interesting to see if its affecting any other numbers?

hltbest said:
That's alright. Glad to help. How bizarre that so far we only know its due to 0741... Would be interesting to see if its affecting any other numbers?
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My number starts 0788 so confusing :/

Vollexus said:
My number starts 0788 so confusing :/
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It must just be some random number combinations then... How weird! Have you managed to get around it using the work-around?

hltbest said:
It must just be some random number combinations then... How weird! Have you managed to get around it using the work-around?
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Yes worked fine. What a weird bug.

My number starts with 0787 and I'm having the issue

Notification when I press Power Button

Hello ...
I have the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) with Android 6.0.1 from Saturday (NOT rooted ... yet). After a lot of hours searching and setup I have this "problem":
When I press the PowerButton for 2-3 seconds to show the options: Reboot/ShutDown/SafeMode it sounds the Messages notification !! How can I disable this?
Thanks in advance.

I still cannot disable it (without reset the phone)
I wonder if this notification is by default ....???
Thanks

zavag said:
I still cannot disable it (without reset the phone)
I wonder if this notification is by default ....???
Thanks
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Dunno if you can remove it without root, but you can do it with root. You find system sounds at /system/media/audio/ui. There you should find the sound file regarding power menu, then delete it and reboot and that's it.

@zavag
I try to turn it on to reproduce your problem but In my case, I can not even find out how I can turn it on.
Can you tell me...
How you activated it?
On which build are you?
@Henkate
I think it would be rather embarrassing for Samsung if you can not even personalize a notification tone without major changes to the system.
By the way, even if I do not actually think of TouchWiz. For me it's just ugly and overbloat!

I really don't know how it activated. The phone is new and ... you know ... I was searching a lot of settings in order to setup as I like. I googled it ... I found some infos but it didn't work.
On the other hand I don't want to reset (and most I don't want to root it from now) because I spent a lot of hours to set it up.
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@zavag
I try to turn it on to reproduce your problem but In my case, I can not even find out how I can turn it on.
Can you tell me...
How you activated it?
On which build are you?
@Henkate
I think it would be rather embarrassing for Samsung if you can not even personalize a notification tone without major changes to the system.
By the way, even if I do not actually think of TouchWiz. For me it's just ugly and overbloat!
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Know what you mean! I think if there is really no other way you are at minimum able to backup your settings in almost any app.
Maybe you like to inform about adb based backup solutions like declared here:
https://www.droidwiki.de/wiki/Backup/Ohne_Root
I also found a tool called Ultimate Backup on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844032
If you don't have access to a Linux or at least Windoof computer you can maybe search for how to use adb through androids buit in Linux command shell. Don't know if there is a workaround.
But in my opinion it is already poor from Samsung if one must operate such an effort in order to turn off a notification!
zavag said:
I really don't know how it activated. The phone is new and ... you know ... I was searching a lot of settings in order to setup as I like. I googled it ... I found some infos but it didn't work.
On the other hand I don't want to reset (and most I don't want to root it from now) because I spnt a lot of hours to set it up.
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zavag said:
Hello ...
I have the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) with Android 6.0.1 from Saturday (NOT rooted ... yet). After a lot of hours searching and setup I have this "problem":
When I press the PowerButton for 2-3 seconds to show the options: Reboot/ShutDown/SafeMode it sounds the Messages notification !! How can I disable this?
Thanks in advance.
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It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!

MaDaLiNoSt said:
It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!
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I found this while searching internet for other phones. But ... I think that is general infos and no specific....I couldn't disable it.

MaDaLiNoSt said:
It's related to some accesibility services. Try to disable them in settings!
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You are right!
Settings => Accessibility => Vision => Accessibility Shortcut
Was On and I changed it to OFF
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zavag said:
You are right!
Settings => Accessibility => Vision => Accessibility Shortcut
Was On and I changed it to OFF
Sent from my GT-N5120 using XDA Free mobile app
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I am happy that I helped you.