[Q] Notification question - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey there,
Hoping that someone can shine a light on this, googled all morning at an alarming rate but so far no luck finding an answer.
Does anyone know what the third notification icon from the left (kinda looking like a shield) is?
It displayed only a few times mainly in the beginning when i just unpacked the device.
Any clarification is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
--Nick

Samsung Knox. Security thing they have implemented.
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Could it also be privacy guard if you're on some 4.3 roms. I don't have Knox so don't know what that looks like.

Thank you both very much.
It appears to be Knox after all, what i cant figure out is why the icon only displayed during the first day or so.
Again big thanks to both of you.

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Notification LED

I'm noticing that the LED flashes only some of the time for things like Twitter and SMS. The notification bar has the update on it but the LED seems to not want to play ball.
Has anyone else experienced this or similar? I know the LED works because it shows when charging and when the battery was low it flashed. Specifically I use Touiteur and had the LED set to blue but even on the standard green it's hit and miss.
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Mine doesn't flash when I get email, but seems to work for SMS or missed calls.
I was hoping someone would make a thread about this, I never got around to making one!
Mine flashes for everything which is annoying!!! I get a lot of emails so is constantly flashing! I've tried going into Settings -> Display -> Notifications and deselecting everything except Missed Calls and SMS/MMS but made no difference!
i'm so used to Magic 8 colors... shame DHD has only orange and green
also it somehow tends to turn it off after a while being on.
I've sent an email to HTC to ask about it since it's a big issue to me. Notification sounds feel similarly hit and miss so I'm suspecting some trigger is being missed, possibly due to the new Sense UI. I'll post any reply I get.
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I've got two led's. One for the battery on the right of the speaker and one on the left behind the speaker. The left one is for notifications only n I must say I'm disappointed as its located being the speakers its not as visible as I would like it to be. Is there anyway to get the battery led to function as a notification led as its not covered so much more visible?
I've got a reply but nothing helpful. So far it seems they're willing to blame app compatibility. I've asked for information regarding any changes that have been made to the LED notification system on the Desire HD and now I wait for another reply.
I told them I had no such issues on two other Android phones and they seem to be implying that the apps are coded for specific phones when we all know apps are coded for an SDK version. To quote the part of the reply...
"All the functions/programs you mean are made for Nexus and G1/Dream most of the times, Desire and some other are similar enough for it to work. Cannot help you with third party software."
Pretty clear the guy doesn't have a clue about this so I'm hoping if I nag long enough he'll pass me on to someone with more knowledge.
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lefty83 said:
I've got two led's. One for the battery on the right of the speaker and one on the left behind the speaker. The left one is for notifications only n I must say I'm disappointed as its located being the speakers its not as visible as I would like it to be. Is there anyway to get the battery led to function as a notification led as its not covered so much more visible?
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I see two LEDs up top but charging uses the same LED as the notification system. The left one behind the grill. I haven't seen the second one light so it's probably the proximity sensor.
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i only see one led too (with two colors).
Dyonas tel HTC that even GMail (2.2 app) acts like that... and gmail.apk 2.2 aint made for g1!
Another really pointless reply from them.. in the initial contact I mentioned the camera being misaligned so that's what the first part is referring to. Here's the latest reply and below it is how I have just responded.
Dear <me>,
Since receiving your e-mail i have looked for any more known cases and was unsuccessful if you are concerned that this may cause issues i recommend that you take the device back to the retailer.
Regarding the LED,
We do not give developer support so i cannot help you with this.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number <not important>.
Sincerely,
Adrian
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Response to it from me..
Hi,
With regards to the LED notifications, I'm not asking for developer support or any support in fact. I'm simply trying to find out if HTC have changed the method for using them with the Desire HD. You said that programs are coded for specific phones and I'm sorry but that's not true. They are made for SDK versions, most going as far back as Android 1.6 for widest compatibility, so any changes in the programs affecting the LED notifications would show in ALL versions, not just the version shipping with the Desire HD.
This again points to either HTC changing something with the Desire HD or a programming bug with the Sense UI in some way. I realise this isn't an easy issue to look into but it is a very important one and while I appreciate you're trying your best, I will not let this issue drop until I get a more satisfactory answer.
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To me this is a very big deal because if you leave the phone for a few minutes and aren't close enough to hear an audio notification the LED is what I rely on. Missing notifications like this I might expect from a custom ROM but I haven't touched the phone in any way like that. I didn't see your reply in time to mention the GMail issue and I only have my experience to go on which is Twitter updates not always firing. You should raise a ticked too, the more we get raising the issue the better the chance they'll look into it.
i stop sending tickets to HTC last year... they never fix anything.
I rather find a perm root and put CM onto it!
Their latest and seemingly final reply seems to have something that may point to an answer. Unfortunately I lack the knowledge to check if it is of any use. The guy suggested any changes would be in the Kernel and linked me to the source code area. Is anyone able to look into the source code and see if there are changes to the notification LED system for the DHD? It's pointless not useful to ask app developers to look into it until we have something concrete to point at as a cause.
Dyonas said:
Their latest and seemingly final reply seems to have something that may point to an answer. Unfortunately I lack the knowledge to check if it is of any use. The guy suggested any changes would be in the Kernel and linked me to the source code area. Is anyone able to look into the source code and see if there are changes to the notification LED system for the DHD? It's pointless not useful to ask app developers to look into it until we have something concrete to point at as a cause.
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can you leave the code sample, please?
thanks
The source code? It's available on http://developer.htc.com to download.
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I asked Cyanogen about this and he thinks the lights driver he wrote for the G2 may work.
Being a basic user I have no idea how to try that out without instructions so... I've done the fact finding, who's going to help with this part?
My email LED notification has not been working properly, sometimes yes but mostly no.
Got email mid morning today, sound and LED worked. Left it in this state for several hours still okay. Just got another sound notification for the same previous email, how does that work
Think this is yet another bug....
I've now had this happen with the GMAIL app so I'm bugging them some more.
Would there be any point in posting in the development section to ask for help using the G2 lights driver from Cyanogen?
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I've also had GMail fail on LED notification and SMS! It seems to be random now. Coming from a WM6.5 defector I quietly smile to myself
I think I figured it out and if im right it's really stupid. I had two notifications earlier, one for Twitter and the other for e-mail (not gmail). The LED wasn't flashing for either. I opened Touiteur to view the updates thete which cleared that notification and straight away the LED began flashing for the e-mail alert.
Why one notification would disable the LED if it's already on I have no idea but the above has happened more than once now. There's an LED test on the phone which HTC had me test. It has other tests too for anyone curious.
Key this into the dialer.
*#*#DIAG#*#*
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Where can i find the test for the LED? Mine doesnt seem to flash for any alerts.

[Q] Question about xnote custom rom

Hello guys,
im quiet new to xda and to rooting as well.
i read, tried to inform myself and then tried rooting and flashing a custom rom becaused i really liked the idea to discover new features, looks and to empower my device.
anywayi rooted my device, backed it up properly and searched for a custom rom where i found xnote Rom and really liked it.
i flashed it with twrp and it works fine i just wonder about a little issue i have now but cant remember if its there from the start (since i flashed it this morning) but i guess it occured after a few and not immediately.
getting finally to the point, on the top left corner of the screen there is a white line just when the display is about to end, i dont know how to explain it better (the old iphone jailbreak (3gs,4) had a similar line in the middle of the screen when booting while the apple logo appeared, if this might help someone to figure out what i actually mean).
i made a screenshot from my homescreen but i doubt its visible from there because of its thinness, i tried to give you and idea of its location with the red arrow though.
i wonder how to fix it ? should i flash again or is it even a well known issue?
help appreciated
thanks for reading
pce,Chris
leexstark said:
Hello guys,
im quiet new to xda and to rooting as well.
i read, tried to inform myself and then tried rooting and flashing a custom rom becaused i really liked the idea to discover new features, looks and to empower my device.
anywayi rooted my device, backed it up properly and searched for a custom rom where i found xnote Rom and really liked it.
i flashed it with twrp and it works fine i just wonder about a little issue i have now but cant remember if its there from the start (since i flashed it this morning) but i guess it occured after a few and not immediately.
getting finally to the point, on the top left corner of the screen there is a white line just when the display is about to end, i dont know how to explain it better (the old iphone jailbreak (3gs,4) had a similar line in the middle of the screen when booting while the apple logo appeared, if this might help someone to figure out what i actually mean).
i made a screenshot from my homescreen but i doubt its visible from there because of its thinness, i tried to give you and idea of its location with the red arrow though.
i wonder how to fix it ? should i flash again or is it even a well known issue?
help appreciated
thanks for reading
pce,Chris
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thats a miui battery when you charge the phone it should move it can be removed in settings somewhere ,sorry cant remember where its been a long time been on that rom
jaythenut said:
thats a miui battery when you charge the phone it should move it can be removed in settings somewhere ,sorry cant remember where its been a long time been on that rom
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mhm ima search that thanks so far, if anyone can tell me exactly w3hat kind of setting it is please do so.
kinda changed it to green now wtf xD
EDIT: okay i just fixed it by disabling the "showing battery bar."
i just wonder whats it actually about with that "line" , could someone explain?
thanks alot for the help, it made me uncomfortable looking at it haha
leexstark said:
mhm ima search that thanks so far, if anyone can tell me exactly w3hat kind of setting it is please do so.
kinda changed it to green now wtf xD
EDIT: okay i just fixed it by disabling the "showing battery bar."
i just wonder whats it actually about with that "line" , could someone explain?
thanks alot for the help, it made me uncomfortable looking at it haha
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It's a battery bar, some user doesn't like the usual "Battery" icon on the notification and want minimalism instead. So they remove the those icon but need at least an indication to know the battery levels.
Imagine the whole top line that showing up is your battery life.
myself379 said:
It's a battery bar, some user doesn't like the usual "Battery" icon on the notification and want minimalism instead. So they remove the those icon but need at least an indication to know the battery levels.
Imagine the whole top line that showing up is your battery life.
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ah okay that makes sense, cool feature !
thanks alot for the explaination

[Q] Problem with Activity/Broadcast. Unsure what this is exactly?

Hi all,
I'm posting this here as it seems this is affecting more than one app although not all that are related. Let me explain...
About a week or so ago, the app eCID stopped announcing texts received. Not sure why it took me so long to notice but anyway, now that I have, this is really bugging me! It appears not just eCID but also Tasker are affected as far as I can tell.
Basically, when I receive a text, neither eCID or Tasker can act on the fact that a text has been received. GoSMS still pops up, Total Launcher shows the counter on top of the GoSMS app and I get the default tone and vibrate.
I've tried freezing loads of apps, uninstalling and reinstalling apps, tried using Broadcasts Monitor, LogCat and sent the log from eCID to the developer and still I'm struggling with this.
I've posted on Tasker G+ page asking for help there also. I just wonder in the land of XDA where there is such knowledge and understanding, can someone perhaps help me with this.
As my sig shows, this is a stock rooted Note 4 SM-N910F 4.4.4.
Thanks for reading :good:

Lock Screen Messaging Preview Help

I seem to be going insane at the moment after just plumping for a Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge + moving from an Iphone 5.
Yes the screen, the speed, is all incredible and yes everything seems to take longer at the moment because Im coming from a lot of years of using the Iphone system.
But there is one simple thing that I just cannot seem to resolve at the moment despite trying several apps, several settings etc, and its just so simple I cant believe there is not just one setting somewhere for it.
All I want on my lockscreen when I press the power switch is to see the following.
What message I have
What emails I have
What Whats Apps I have.
I want to see who they are all from, ie the senders name, or the contact name thats in my address book ... but nothing else, no preview, no nothing, just
I have a Whats app from Ben
a Whats app from James
an email from Ebuyer
a text message from Suzie.
Thats it!
Why cant I have this? By all means call me an idiot and tell me the screen its on and I will laugh at myself along with everyone else, but I just cant see where this is at the moment. All I can get is either previews of all the messages etc, or just plain I have 2 emails, 1 message and a whats app, but not who they are from.
Can someone PLEASE help with this? Its driving me mad !! I have a fingerprint on the device by the way and I dont want to be able to reply to anything without unlocking the device.
Any and all help very much appreciated, as not being able to accomplish this just makes my android experience dead in the water at the moment.
Do you mean like that? If so; » Settings » Lock screen and security » Notifications » Notifications on lock screen; 'Show content'
No all I want to see are senders details,no content at all. I want to see that a text or what's app or email is from Jeff, but not the first line of Jeff text etc as it might be private. I don't get why there isn't a simple setting for this like on iPhone, its absolutely crazy.
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Is this possible?I'm surprised this isn't a problem for others who have moved across from ios.
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pewdle said:
Is this possible?I'm surprised this isn't a problem for others who have moved across from ios.
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The features which have provided by android, are looking normal to me(android user for looong years) Maybe you should try second party lockscreen apps(i.e: Hi Locker, Go Locker, etc). Good luck man.

Mobile Data shortcut, updates.

Hi.
I don't know if I'm in the right place because I'm in canada and have the 900w8 (with Wind/Freedom) but anyway, just bought my Note 3 recently and I see no Mobile Data shortcut on the Notification panel and it seems this was a common problem after some update and I couldn't find any fixes for this. Also, the phone has Android version 5, which I know isn't the latest version but looks like there will be no updates for us.
So, any way I can get the Data shortcut, or maybe the android 6 version? My phone is stock everything.
Thanks.
Electroman365 said:
Hi.
I don't know if I'm in the right place because I'm in canada and have the 900w8 (with Wind/Freedom) but anyway, just bought my Note 3 recently and I see no Mobile Data shortcut on the Notification panel and it seems this was a common problem after some update and I couldn't find any fixes for this. Also, the phone has Android version 5, which I know isn't the latest version but looks like there will be no updates for us.
So, any way I can get the Data shortcut, or maybe the android 6 version? My phone is stock everything.
Thanks.
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Can you post a screenshot of the tiles you are getting on your phone?
ShaDisNX255 said:
Can you post a screenshot of the tiles you are getting on your phone?
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Thanks for the reply, Shadisnx.
Screen shots showing no Mobile Data shortcut exist.
Electroman365 said:
Thanks for the reply, Shadisnx.
Screen shots showing no Mobile Data shortcut exist.
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I am surprised that it does not show
I found a screenshot of Lollipop and it does show the mobile data shortcut.
Best I can tell you is to flash with Odin stock 5.0, but other than that, I do not know how you could fix it. Or just root it and try a custom ROM if that is something so important to you.
Thanks again for the reply and the suggestions, man. Yeah I don't know why this is happening with the Note 3s but like I said this was a common problem after some update. I've never rooted or flashed any phone and I don't know if I want to do this. So, looks like I have to live with this inconvenience. It also looks like I won't be able to swipe down to access shortcuts unless I unlock the screen. On my Moto E (Android 6) I'm able to do that without having to unlock the screen. That's another inconvenience.
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Thanks again for the reply and the suggestions, man. Yeah I don't know why this is happening with the Note 3s but like I said this was a common problem after some update. I've never rooted or flashed any phone and I don't know if I want to do this. So, looks like I have to live with this inconvenience. It also looks like I won't be able to swipe down to access shortcuts unless I unlock the screen. On my Moto E (Android 6) I'm able to do that without having to unlock the screen. That's another inconvenience.
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Is that the case? I am not on stock anymore, but I think I remember it was possible if I just had the lockscreen to "swipe".
But then again, it could be a difference between Android 5 and 6
Flashing is an intimidating task and requires a lot of research but not as much as you may think.
Anyway, I'm not going to grind on that suggestion. Best I can tell you now is, enjoy your Note 3 experience
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Is that the case? I am not on stock anymore, but I think I remember it was possible if I just had the lockscreen to "swipe".
But then again, it could be a difference between Android 5 and 6
Flashing is an intimidating task and requires a lot of research but not as much as you may think.
Anyway, I'm not going to grind on that suggestion. Best I can tell you now is, enjoy your Note 3 experience
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Yeah I guess I'm stuck with what I have for now (no Data shortcut and no swiping with locked screen) but I don't know why I can't get an update (Android 6) for the Note 3.
Thanks anyways for the reply.

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