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I dont understand the lockscreen on this phone

Why when a message is displayed on my lockscreen, clicking it creates a box below that i then have to swipe on to unlock the phone in the messages app?
What's the point of creating that faded box? why not just open the app when i click on the text message?

I agree it's very annoying...

To prevent opening in your pocket...
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theraker007 said:
Why when a message is displayed on my lockscreen, clicking it creates a box below that i then have to swipe on to unlock the phone in the messages app?
What's the point of creating that faded box? why not just open the app when i click on the text message?
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This is happening even with no lock on the screen - just swipe to unlock? I don't know because I have a pattern lock and assumed it was just for security but if you keep your phone unlocked and it's still happening then I agree, it's stupid. No lockscreen widgets when using any kind of security is also stupid in my opinion.

hamzer11 said:
This is happening even with no lock on the screen - just swipe to unlock? I don't know because I have a pattern lock and assumed it was just for security but if you keep your phone unlocked and it's still happening then I agree, it's stupid. No lockscreen widgets when using any kind of security is also stupid in my opinion.
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I only have swipe to unlock and it happens on it..
Seriously a 'feature' I can do without..

I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.

RandomHandle said:
I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.
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I agree. Now that option only appears if you have your lockscreen timeout set for a few minutes and you manually lock the screen. When you unlock within the timeout period it will show your lockscreen widgets and you can swipe them to go right into that app.
Someone at Samsung over thought this one.

RandomHandle said:
I think it would be nice if you could swipe the message notification on the lock screen to open that message. Similar to the S3.
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I agree. I liked when they had the puzzle piece, and you swiped to "complete" the puzzle, and that would take you to the message. I think that was back on the S2?

I just drag notification bar down then click the message.
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you press the notification then swipe in that box and it will take you the message

Guys, all you have to do is swipe down the box to open the message or view the call log (if it was a missed call).

Bjray said:
Guys, all you have to do is swipe down the box to open the message or view the call log (if it was a missed call).
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you can do it when your playing music too

Don't blame Samsung for this, it's an Android 4.2 "feature".
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
you press the notification then swipe in that box and it will take you the message
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Thank you captain obvious :silly:
Of course that's "all you have to do". But my point is that it's silly that it creates that box in the first place after you click the message. It looks like they tried to implement something then quit halfway through.

theraker007 said:
Thank you captain obvious :silly:
Of course that's "all you have to do". But my point is that it's silly that it creates that box in the first place after you click the message. It looks like they tried to implement something then quit halfway through.
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You're not understanding... That transparent box does not show if you do it right. When I get a text message, a small message box will appear, I swipe it down to the bottom of the screen and it takes me directly to the messaging app.
EDIT: It's more of a tap then pull, I should make a video...

Bjray said:
You're not understanding... That transparent box does not show if you do it right. When I get a text message, a small message box will appear, I swipe it down to the bottom of the screen and it takes me directly to the messaging app.
EDIT: It's more of a tap then pull, I should make a video...
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yes i can make that happen too.. i still dont get the box though.. why is it there in the first place.. what are they trying to do here?

Once the box is there, you can swipe left or right for other widgets if you have multi widgets in settings setup
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Air View not working

You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?

Pull down your notif bar>long press air view
You'll find a looot of things to tick and untick there
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I didnt get it.
What do you mean?
My problem is that before, if I got an email or a whatsapp message, I hover my finger over the notification of the message in the notification pulldown menu, I can see the message.
I already have "information preview" enabled in the Air View menu.
I used to be able to do Air View over notifications like gmailor whatsapp, but now I cant.

You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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Vadrieldur said:
You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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did you not read my post just above yours?
I already have 'information preview' enabled.

try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility

Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
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aimseven said:
try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility
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It was already disabled. :crying:
lambstone said:
Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
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Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.

CorruptedSanity said:
It was already disabled. :crying:
Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.
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Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.

lambstone said:
Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.
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What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.

CorruptedSanity said:
What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.
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Hm. Strange. Perhaps you could try a nandroid backup then factory reset to see if it works again?

no one else had air view for notifications?

No Air View in the standard email app
LastPass was the culprit for me. Disabling it in Accessibility gave me back my Air View in the standard email app. So to any that are having issues with Air View not working it is most certainly an app. First look at anything in Accessibility that is associated with any app that you've added and disable it.

On 4.2.2 MGA (and older chrome version) airview worked as mouseover, it was SOOO good popup menus etc.
It didn't work all the time though.

Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
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CorruptedSanity said:
no one else had air view for notifications?
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dave106 said:
Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
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Hi,
Same here! I was on 4.2.2 stock on my S4 GT-i9505 for about a year, i used to preview Facebook comments, Whatsapp messages just hovering my finger and a pop-up showed the entire message. But since I upgraded to 4.4.2 , i missed that!
Anyone solved this?! :good:
edit: remember that on 4.2.2 i could preview the messages only if i pull down the notifications with the SCREEN LOCKED (slide to unlock) and then hovering my finger.

CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Hey fellas! I just recorded a video showing that feature on Facebook notification in S4 Wanamlite Kit Kat ROM. But for some reason it shows for a few mili-seconds. browse on youtube for "air view hovering facebook notifications"
So, thats possible to expand notifications just hovering the finger. Just need a fix to pop-up remains for a long time!
Anyone?! :good:

How did it get disabled
CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Air Gestures will let you navigate by waving your hand. Instead of swiping your finger from picture to picture in your gallery, you can wave your hand instead. You can even answer your phone without picking it up. You will find quick on/off toggles for both Air View and Air Gestures in your notification pull down, but you might need to fine tune the settings a little. Just hit the break for our video showing you how to set them up and how to use them.

Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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frapeti said:
Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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Same thing, the app work on it but when I pull down the notification bar, it seems to disable the Air View Function!

[Q] Swipe to call contact?

Can I swipe a contact to call them? I can swipe a contact to the left to text them, but if I swipe it to the right (like I could on my GS3) it doesn't do anything. Am I missing something?

rhdins said:
Can I swipe a contact to call them? I can swipe a contact to the left to text them, but if I swipe it to the right (like I could on my GS3) it doesn't do anything. Am I missing something?
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Yes you can, just make sure you start your swipe on the text part of the contact and not the picture.
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bjd7b2 said:
Yes you can, just make sure you start your swipe on the text part of the contact and not the picture.
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Well, looks like you passed the test. I totally knew that already...

Where is clipboard

I am saving things all the time and it always says saving too clipboard... Where is it?
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When keyboard is open, long press the microphone symbol (bottom row, between SYM and spacebar). A bar with six icons will pop up. 3rd from the left (looks like a battery to me) will open up anything in clipboard. This is the only way I'm aware of but not sure if there's another way.
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Thanks for the help!!
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Thanks for pointing this out. Also if you long press on one od the items in the clipboard, it opens a contextual menu with additional options for your clips. I like the lock feature. I've always used an app called "Clipper " but I'm gonna play with Samsung's Clipboard app and see if I like it .
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Thank you guys for this. I didn't know that was possible.
Is there a way to get to the clipboard if you're not using the Samsung keyboard? I am using Swype.
Thanks again.

hawkeye680 said:
Thank you guys for this. I didn't know that was possible.
Is there a way to get to the clipboard if you're not using the Samsung keyboard? I am using Swype.
Thanks again.
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Good question. Occasionally I'm in some text editor and I see a panel of clipboard of copied and cut text snippets, but I don't know how to recreate it.

xblue95 said:
Thanks for pointing this out. Also if you long press on one od the items in the clipboard, it opens a contextual menu with additional options for your clips. I like the lock feature. I've always used an app called "Clipper "
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that's what I use myself.

jmorton10 said:
that's what I use myself.
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Yeah, I've been using Clipper for about 3 years now, the best I've found so far. I like the sync feature with the PRO version because it sync's across all my android device. I like that you can create sets, I have an email set that holds all my email addresses. Very handy little app. Haven't had any problems using it with my Note 3.
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[Q] Text Blocking

So I've been googling and searching and having trouble nailing down the answer.
Friend of mine has the Galaxy S5 through Verizon
Keeps receiving texts from somebody that she doesn't want to receive texts from.
I've been trying to locate how to block the incoming text. On my S4 I see where I can choose to add the contact to "spam number." I don't see this option on the S5. I looked at the blocking list, but this only blocks a phone call I'm assuming since I added the number and she is still receiving the texts. Anywho, I was going to look in the app store but was wondering if I can do it natively. Thanks for any help.

Go to a text message from the person, tap menu (three dots on top right) , scroll down the menu and 'add to spam numbers'
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Tomo1971 said:
Go to a text message from the person, tap menu (three dots on top right) , scroll down the menu and 'add to spam numbers'
If it's not there, it's Verizon messing with the phone to make room for their bloatware. How the hell they get away with that I don't know.
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Yea, I should have said that doesn't work. Nowhere is there an option to add to spam numbers. That's why I'm having so much trouble. You can't long press on the message. You can't menu into it. You can't go into applications/messaging/spam. Nothing. I'm baffled.
Tomo1971 said:
Go to a text message from the person, tap menu (three dots on top right) , scroll down the menu and 'add to spam numbers'
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Open the text message sent to you, while on that screen, you will see three vertically aligned dots on the upper right corner of the screen. Touch it to open the menu. Scroll down and you will see "add to spam numbers".

Nope. It's not there. First thing I tried. I can't find an option, in the phone, regarding "spam numbers" at all. Zero.
jopat said:
Open the text message sent to you, while on that screen, you will see three vertically aligned dots on the upper right corner of the screen. Touch it to open the menu. Scroll down and you will see "add to spam numbers".
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Weird. All stock firmwares should have the same interface and accessible menus. Maybe she's not using S5?

When you press the 3 dots and the menu pops up you can scroll the menu up for more options..
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jopat said:
Weird. All stock firmwares should have the same interface and accessible menus. Maybe she's not using S5?
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Verizon tends to remove a lot of features on their phones. Download booster is removed as well.

On my AT&T model using AT&T messages, you click the message, then menu (3 vert. dots). Then add click "add to contact"..."create new". then name it and save it. Within that same new contact, click the menu button at top right. There is an option to "add to reject list".
it may be similar on Verizon if it's not in the top level menu.

aooga said:
Verizon tends to remove a lot of features on their phones. Download booster is removed as well.
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Maybe they do that, I'm not familiar with what they do though . I can only think of a reason they did that, maybe they are offering the spam/blocking as a network service for a fee.

jopat said:
Maybe they do that, I'm not familiar with what they do though . I can only think of a reason they did that, maybe they are offering the spam/blocking as a network service for a fee.
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Knowing Verizon, they probably do.

I had done this. But it only blocks the phone call. Not the text.
I'm assuming the same as one of the other guys here. I bet if I called Verizon they offer it as a fee. Which is a load of BS.
And yes, it is an S5.
jetskier said:
On my AT&T model using AT&T messages, you click the message, then menu (3 vert. dots). Then add click "add to contact"..."create new". then name it and save it. Within that same new contact, click the menu button at top right. There is an option to "add to reject list".
it may be similar on Verizon if it's not in the top level menu.
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Alternatively your friend could go to the police and file a formal complaint regarding harassment if you cannot find a block button.
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Call/Message block setting enabled?
Hey guys, you can try this if you want:
You basically just need to add this to your CSC settings and it will enable a dedicated call/message blocking options in your settings.
This was posted for the Note 1 at the time but I tried it on my Note 3 and it works perfectly fine. I'm thinking it will work perfectly fine for your S5's.
Here's the original thread with full instructions how-to! All credit goes to Majdinj :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2434196