Is it possible to either prevent long press of menu button turning on s finder or failing that just shut off s finder in an unrooted Verizon note 3? I keep accidentally long pressing menu while playing games and s finder pops up and ruins my game.
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recDNA said:
Is it possible to either prevent long press of menu button turning on s finder or failing that just shut off s finder in an unrooted Verizon note 3? I keep accidentally long pressing menu while playing games and s finder pops up and ruins my game.
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hmm unrooted?
Try this:
Go to settings->apps manager
Then scroll to the right till you get to all the applications and search for sfinder.
Disable it.
Done.
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So u will need root to do it
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No safe root for updated n3. Kingo steals imei info.
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My Note 3 is rooted per an older version of Kingo. I never heard that it steal your IMEI info before. I hope mine didn't get stolen. I have the same problem, I'm rooted & the Turn Off s-finder is still grayed out. I ended up turning off heptic feedback, & using Rom Toolbox to Freeze S-finder. The menu button is still going crazy, clicking itself & lighting up but I can still half ARSE use my phone. Any new info on how to fix this or what may be causing the problem?????? Any help from anyone??? Thanks. (I'm not sure if it water was the cause but mine started after I was trying to use the phone outside & it was raining, it got wet but not soaked) Thanks!
Just in case anyone reads this & wonders. I did get my Note 3 straightened out. I found out that the cause was to moisture. I vacuumed it out, then left it in rice for a couple days & it's been fine for months. I also still have S Finder Frozen which is the way it's going to Stay. Lol.
I can turn mine off but it keeps comming on. ???
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So i've had the S4 since it got released and i like it,
but for some reason the standby doesnt work at all.. i have it set to turn off the screen after 30 secs of idle and it does not work.
anyone else having this issue?
mine works fine. see what apps have been installed. maybe some app requires not to go in standby and prevents the screen to go off
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mine works fine. see what apps have been installed. maybe some app requires not to go in standby and prevents the screen to go off
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I only have 6 Apps installed right now that i already had on my S3 and i never had any issues like that...
Anyone other ideas maybe?
I've noticed the Smart Stay icon is always visible even when I turn it off...
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Same with you?
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Have similar problem - screen do not off completely. Does not mateer what time I chose, does not matter if smart stay is on or off. I do not have it's icon visible in the status bar whet it is off. Anyway screen is always on. Any help?
Same problem here. The phone just dims its screen but it never shuts it off.
This is quite annoying when the phone lights up to show the low batt warning and just drains all its remaining energy. Perfect.
I've noticed the Smart Stay icon is always visible even when I turn it off...
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Try disabling all smart stay options (smart pause could still be on).
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Seems that I found the reason. But still do not have permanent solution. After restart screen went off without problem. After running some application it became constantly on again. When I closed some applications (long press home button and swipe open applications) screen also turned off normally. So probably some application makes such a problem. Have to check which one.
So I was hanging up on a call and noticed that in the "ongoing" notification, it said"device management - downloading software update, please do not" and had a little notification icon on the bar of 2 arrows facing opposite directions grey/blue one red. I tried to click the notification but got nothing, so I long press and looked at app info. It said AT&T software update Version v42_1_1303_5_1. I have tried searching this exact version number but nothing comes up on here or on google. I shut the phone off until further notice so I can see if this update is going to screw me in any way. Right now I am just rooted w/ TWRP recovery, but I don't want to do anything that locks this phone up. 32gb AT&T S4.
Thanks
EDIT: scratch that, i had written down the version number incorrectly, it is trying to download v42_1_1303_5_1 (not _0_5). Still, does this mess things up bad? trying to read that now.
Also, the watch on app out of nowhere is now putting its remote in the notification pull down at start up without me even touching the application. I like the app and use it from time to time but I havent touched it in a few days and now it is auto-starting on its own, strange.
Hey, I noticed the watch on app doing the same thing on mine. I didn't realize I got an update but my phone did do an unexpected reboot and watch on was running in my notification tray also.
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Hey, I noticed the watch on app doing the same thing on mine. I didn't realize I got an update but my phone did do an unexpected reboot and watch on was running in my notification tray also.
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Did your baseband (firmware) change?
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Did your baseband (firmware) change?
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No, 4.2.2 amdl. I'm running shostock custom ROM.
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It's just a theory, but it sounds like "Samsung Push" services might be doing some updating for you.
Hey, i just wanted to let you guys know about Note 3 low battery precautions.
I was using my phone as usual, as i noticed there was brightness slider missing from notification pull-down menu. I immediately checked under: settings-> device -> notification panel ->Brighteness adjustment and setting was checked!
As i became furious, i unchecked and checked that option but it was still missing. At that point i was really upset as this feature is VERY IMPORTANT for me (quick access to brightness). So i rebooted my phone and tryed again, no success. In panic i started checking every thing on my phone, all processes i deactivated (all share play and stuff like that i don't need etc etc...) all defaults than i tought some third party app was to blame for that (many apps can not be removed from notification pull down menu (unfortunately))...
Than i checked if i can adjust brighteness manually in display settings and when i saw that that function was gray (unusable) it hit me... i saw my battery was very low, 3% so i figured this is the reason.
Phone disables the ability to change brightness. Furthermore i couldn't use camera and my music app shuted down at 1% level...
So next time you see brightness slider missing from notification pull down meni, check your battery level... it sure made my heart beat a litle faster...
Cheers
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Lol hahahahaha u didnt know?
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Lol hahahahaha u didnt know?
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I did not.. my first Samsung smarphone i was really worried about my brightness slider!
LOL ?
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Hello everyone, this is my first post on xda forums. I hope someone out there might be able to help me out.
I accidentally found out that on my galaxy s4 I9500 lock screen, I can still press and hold power button and it gives me options to power off/restart my phone. I have pattern lock enabled. I tried and successfully powered off the phone straight from my lock screen, not to mention that it scared me out. What if it gets stolen? Anybody can turn if off and I wont be able to track it down or enable any thing via SMS commands etc.
What's the purpose of lock screen if the phone can be turned off, if not unlocked, and I couldn't do anything about it.
I recently updated android 4.4 and I am not sure whether or not this issue persisted before that. I am attaching a screenshot of it. Looking forward for someone to sort this out for me. Thanks.
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Same behaviour here also
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Same behaviour here also
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Did you just find out after reading this post or were you aware of it before?
And have you not thought that even if it is as you describe what is the benefit
not so great
If someone steals your phone much easier to remove the battery and that is even faster than pressing buttons
this is just my personal opinion
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And have you not thought that even if it is as you describe what is the benefit
not so great
If someone steals your phone much easier to remove the battery and that is even faster than pressing buttons
this is just my personal opinion
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Yes, you're absolutely right, but then again it raises a big question mark on all the tracking and anti-theft apps as well as Google's own android device manager feature a bunch of crappy apps which do no good at all except for playing sirens via laptop on your own phone and thinking it actually works.
Plus if the thief is within the room, he wont go through all the trouble of removing the protective case, back cover and then removing battery itself. He'd simply turn it off and wait.
It has been like this since I can remember, way before 4.4. In GS3 and GS4, probably in SGII too, this I don't remember.
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Yes, you're absolutely right, but then again it raises a big question mark on all the tracking and anti-theft apps as well as Google's own android device manager feature a bunch of crappy apps which do no good at all except for playing sirens via laptop on your own phone and thinking it actually works.
Plus if the thief is within the room, he wont go through all the trouble of removing the protective case, back cover and then removing battery itself. He'd simply turn it off and wait.
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this topic can be seen from different angles
best - keep your phone
and good friends for company
this is a joke
no one knows what can happen
My Galaxy Note many times I turn it off that way
I don't remember ever had to unlock before that S4
I don't remember
I was wondering how many others have had a similar issue to the picture below where the screen is all jumbled up? i'll be taking the phone back just wondered how many have had the issue and did anyone fix?
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I had it but after some time it just got fixed automatically
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Look like it is a hardware fault?
When I had this, I just removed my battery for 5 min...After that everything was fine. ..but yesterday same error appeared so I am bit worried..any solution's to completely resolve the problem...looks like it's a software bug...
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jumbled screen
i had the same issue whenever i press the wake up button, but it last for only 2 seconds or less.
but another very wierd this is happening, the whole home screen starts sliding up like the time in uper right corner starts to appear in the bottom, but when i touch the screen all gets fine. please some one help me out
You have a "garbled screen" - this is a hardware related problem with the LCD or a software problem (hope so )
The SDS is a externalSD memory write problem where the note 2 got this fixed via a update. So this is not a problem on the S5 - at lease I think so.
Forget about what I was researching below.
Upon searching about previous threads (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/problem-white-screen-black-lines-rain-t2467459) , it seems to be a sign of the complete eMMC failure a.k.a SDS. So this is hardware based.
On the note 2 the insane chip is a:
Type: VTU00m FwRev: 0xf1
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Most 1st gen note 2's have this problem and so does a variety of other Samsung galaxy devices. I found these with just a quick Google search.
A even more common list of devices
1. s2
2. s3 -i9300
3. s3 - i9305
4. Note - N7000
5. Note 2 - N7100
6. Note 2 - N7105
7. S4 - i9505
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Assuming you still have warranty (because it's been less than the stated time period of the warranty), send it back. If it is knox, send them information about the EU regulations - but they wouldn't care less since this is hardware based. According to other threads (http://developer.samsung.com/forum/board/thread/view.do?boardName=General&messageId=241496) they replace the main board of the phone (since it contains the eMMC chip) and by doing so they have technically replaced that knox fuse (if I'm correct )