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startup manager?

is there an app or a setting akin to windows' startup manager that anybody knows about and actually recommends?
would be nice to be able to decide which apps and widgets startup on boot, instead of having to go in and close things manually

tnpapadakos said:
is there an app or a setting akin to windows' startup manager that anybody knows about and actually recommends?
would be nice to be able to decide which apps and widgets startup on boot, instead of having to go in and close things manually
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Autostartups does it but it is a paid app. Not sure if it does widgets though

JAguirre1231 said:
Autostartups does it but it is a paid app. Not sure if it does widgets though
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yeah, thats the one i found after i started the thread
tried it...didnt work on first try
uninstalled it
i'll try it again
seen mixed opinions about it, but isnt that always the case
thanks

I use Startup Auditor by vesperaNovus. It gives you the option to keep things from loading at Startup and/or force kill them always. No root access required.

rbrainard said:
I use Startup Auditor by vesperaNovus. It gives you the option to keep things from loading at Startup and/or force kill them always. No root access required.
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thanks, i'll try it

Please see Google Android issue 14889

[Q] [Android Market]How desactive notification for one or more application

I know we can desactive notifications for all update in Android Market
But me I want desactive for only one, because I want keep my version and not new version... ;-)
Why ? Because I don't want nofications all days for one application where I don't want new version...
Any suggestions ????

I assume with desactive, you mean deactivate.
Try open market/ my apps, then settings right upper corner.
There is a "Notify about app updates" option, i guess you want to UNcheck it.

Chaz36 said:
I assume with desactive, you mean deactivate.
Try open market/ my apps, then settings right upper corner.
There is a "Notify about app updates" option, i guess you want to UNcheck it.
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I know that I want desactivate only for one application ;-)

ahhh my bad, i misread.
I dont dont see any option regarding that for a single app.

Chaz36 said:
ahhh my bad, i misread.
I dont dont see any option regarding that for a single app.
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I know that too but somebody know do this

LePocketPc said:
I know that too but somebody know do this
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You could try backing it up with Titanium Backup, then uninstall through the Market and restore the backup? Should break the market link.

You can do this with Titanium Backup by pressing long on the app in the list.
In the appearing menu select Detach from Market... that's it.

TB just rocks so hard it's ridiculous; changed my times to reinstall after a flash to minutes instead of hours

lighthammerhh said:
You can do this with Titanium Backup by pressing long on the app in the list.
In the appearing menu select Detach from Market... that's it.
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Don't work... TI propose me by default to add at Android Market...
I tryed to add and remove, and it's alway in AM

FloatingFatMan said:
You could try backing it up with Titanium Backup, then uninstall through the Market and restore the backup? Should break the market link.
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Nice suggestion... but is back in AM

LePocketPc said:
Nice suggestion... but is back in AM
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I have the same problem with the app that didn't came through (ran out of money on my card). Now I can't purchase it and can't download it. I feel like I'm in purgatory. =)
Sadly I'll have to resort to shady sources for the app if google doesn't fix this mess soon.

LePocketPc said:
Don't work... TI propose me by default to add at Android Market...
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What exactly did you do? Perhaps this is a Pro feature?
Have a look at the wiki (last paragraph): Titanium Backup Wiki - 7. Manage Applications

How on earth could there be no way to disable or remove My magizine?

So nobody has found a way to disable or Remove My Magazine? I have disabled the start button option but I really want to disable completely mostly because I'm irritated that Samsung is forcing the APP on us.

jellyhead said:
So nobody has found a way to disable or Remove My Magazine? I have disabled the start button option but I really want to disable completely mostly because I'm irritated that Samsung is forcing the APP on us.
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If you're rooted you can remove/freeze it with the donate version of Titanium.

jellyhead said:
So nobody has found a way to disable or Remove My Magazine? I have disabled the start button option but I really want to disable completely mostly because I'm irritated that Samsung is forcing the APP on us.
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Root then titanium.

Be forewarned! If you disable the magazine crap, it breaks other apps functionality which make them force close on loading! Might be critical in order for the Note 3 to function properly!
jellyhead said:
So nobody has found a way to disable or Remove My Magazine? I have disabled the start button option but I really want to disable completely mostly because I'm irritated that Samsung is forcing the APP on us.
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skyhawk21 said:
Be forewarned! If you disable the magazine crap, it breaks other apps functionality which make them force close on loading! Might be critical in order for the Note 3 to function properly!
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The only thing it breaks is the ability to open the stock email app from the notification area.

shaggy_kobain said:
If you're rooted you can remove/freeze it with the donate version of Titanium.
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It's the wifes phone so I don't want to root it. If it was mine it would have rooted from day 1.

Remove Wifi Nag from Rooted Device

I know you can remove the wifi nag with default.xml file, but don't know how on the HTC 10. Anyone know how to do this?

androiddude81 said:
I know you can remove the wifi nag with default.xml file, but don't know how on the HTC 10. Anyone know how to do this?
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Same edits as previous vzw HTC devices, if you need the edits, let me know.

andybones said:
Same edits as previous vzw HTC devices, if you need the edits, let me know.
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Thanks Andy, I'll just try the edits from the M8

androiddude81 said:
Thanks Andy, I'll just try the edits from the M8
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heh,
happy to see that my 2 year old post is still relevant!

andybones said:
heh,
happy to see that my 2 year old post is still relevant!
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haha. Only need to change "wlan_wifi_status" to 1 now. So still relevant :laugh:

androiddude81 said:
haha. Only need to change "wlan_wifi_status" to 1 now. So still relevant :laugh:
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haha yea,
This MOD used to be such a PITA.

androiddude81 said:
haha. Only need to change "wlan_wifi_status" to 1 now. So still relevant :laugh:
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When you made this edit did the Advanced Calling options go away in settings?
It's doing that on custom ROM oddly.
But you can still turn off Video Calling in call/settings, but can't get turn AC off completely unless you backtrack the MOD. Was a PITA tracking down what was taking AC away from settings menu and turns out to be this one single edit lol

andybones said:
When you made this edit did the Advanced Calling options go away in settings?
It's doing that on custom ROM oddly.
But you can still turn off Video Calling in call/settings, but can't get turn AC off completely unless you backtrack the MOD. Was a PITA tracking down what was taking AC away from settings menu and turns out to be this one single edit lol
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AC = auto call? I can still turn it off and on without it crashing, but haven't tested if it actually disables if I uncheck it.
Flying home tonight. So I'll check then.

androiddude81 said:
AC = auto call? I can still turn it off and on without it crashing, but haven't tested if it actually disables if I uncheck it.
Flying home tonight. So I'll check then.
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AC = Advanced Calling, sorry.
I think misunderstood my question.
So with customs ROMs I have ran into an issue where I lost the Advanced Calling and Tethering options in Settings menu (see attached screenshot). I finally after way too many hours, tracked the problem down to this one MOD (I had to find if it was from an app I was editing, then down to edits in the system, finally found it was in the customize folder and then in ACC/default.xml and even in there took forever as I had many changes). As soon as I make the edit and reboot they are gone, make edit back to stock and they show.
Everything still works fine - in regards to Advanced Calling, HD Calling and Wi-Fi Calling but those settings menu options just aren't there to turn on and off. I can get to an option to turn off Video Calling (see 2nd attached screenshot) which then leaves it into HD Calling state.
What I do as a workaround is keep a default.xml.bak with this MOD removed if I ever need to get into the options for w.e reason and they are only a reboot away.
Not the biggest problem, but very strange indeed. I made the same edit on M8, but M9 as well and never ran into this issue.
I was wondering if you had this issue as well after doing this MOD.

andybones said:
AC = Advanced Calling, sorry.
I think misunderstood my question.
So with customs ROMs I have ran into an issue where I lost the Advanced Calling and Tethering options in Settings menu (see attached screenshot). I finally after way too many hours, tracked the problem down to this one MOD (I had to find if it was from an app I was editing, then down to edits in the system, finally found it was in the customize folder and then in ACC/default.xml and even in there took forever as I had many changes). As soon as I make the edit and reboot they are gone, make edit back to stock and they show.
Everything still works fine - in regards to Advanced Calling, HD Calling and Wi-Fi Calling but those settings menu options just aren't there to turn on and off. I can get to an option to turn off Video Calling (see 2nd attached screenshot) which then leaves it into HD Calling state.
What I do as a workaround is keep a default.xml.bak with this MOD removed if I ever need to get into the options for w.e reason and they are only a reboot away.
Not the biggest problem, but very strange indeed. I made the same edit on M8, but M9 as well and never ran into this issue.
I was wondering if you had this issue as well after doing this MOD.
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Yea, I still have the Call option in the settings. See attached.
Edit: my default.xml (nothing identifing in hear right?)
http://www.megafileupload.com/bxzD/default.xml

androiddude81 said:
Yea, I still have the Call option in the settings. See attached.
Edit: my default.xml (nothing identifing in hear right?)
http://www.megafileupload.com/bxzD/default.xml
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My friend.
"Advanced Calling"
Not "Call"
See attachment

andybones said:
My friend.
"Advanced Calling"
Not "Call"
See attachment
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Ahhh. No I don't have that anymore. I think I never noticed it before the change so I was really confused on what you were talking about.

androiddude81 said:
Ahhh. No I don't have that anymore. I think I never noticed it before the change so I was really confused on what you were talking about.
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No problem my friend, I appreciate your feedback.
I couldn't figure out why it was missing and tracked it down to this one edit. Very weird. You should try setting it back to 2 value and reboot and see if Advanced Calling comes back.

andybones said:
No problem my friend, I appreciate your feedback.
I couldn't figure out why it was missing and tracked it down to this one edit. Very weird. You should try setting it back to 2 value and reboot and see if Advanced Calling comes back.
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Hey, I did this today and the advanced calling menu option came back in settings, BUT nothing happens when I click on it. Just FYI.

andybones said:
My friend.
"Advanced Calling"
Not "Call"
See attachment
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Thanks for the directions on this @andybones - Verizon's constant wifi notification nag drives me nuts.
Just applied this to @santod040's Nougat stock rom (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...m-1-85-605-9-aroma-root-root-debloat-t3529732) and it appears to continue to behave as you expect: lost the Advanced Calling and Wifi Tethering options out of the Settings menu. I can still get at the tethering via the sub-menu 'Mobile network sharing' as well as the quick settings pane so good to go. Too bad this even has to be a thing. #&$*#&$ Verizon

repentsinner said:
Thanks for the directions on this @andybones - Verizon's constant wifi notification nag drives me nuts.
Just applied this to @santod040's Nougat stock rom (https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...m-1-85-605-9-aroma-root-root-debloat-t3529732) and it appears to continue to behave as you expect: lost the Advanced Calling and Wifi Tethering options out of the Settings menu. I can still get at the tethering via the sub-menu 'Mobile network sharing' as well as the quick settings pane so good to go. Too bad this even has to be a thing. #&$*#&$ Verizon
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Very welcome. I know of another method to remove the WiFi Nag and still keep the Menus correctly in Settings. It's actually a method that we used on the M8 if I recall correctly. The current method posted here was what we used on the M9, and strangely had no affect to Settings Menu, even though the M9 also has Advanced Calling. I remember testing this method out a little bit ago on the 10, and all was fine. However to be sure, I am posting a .zip with the edited .apk and a .zip with stock, to go back to stock, and also if anyone wants to see what was done. Simple edits of removing 10 .png images.

andybones said:
Very welcome. I know of another method to remove the WiFi Nag and still keep the Menus correctly in Settings. It's actually a method that we used on the M8 if I recall correctly. The current method posted here was what we used on the M9, and strangely had no affect to Settings Menu, even though the M9 also has Advanced Calling. I remember testing this method out a little bit ago on the 10, and all was fine. However to be sure, I am posting a .zip with the edited .apk and a .zip with stock, to go back to stock, and also if anyone wants to see what was done. Simple edits of removing 10 .png images.
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Coming through, as usual @andybones

andybones said:
Very welcome. I know of another method to remove the WiFi Nag and still keep the Menus correctly in Settings. It's actually a method that we used on the M8 if I recall correctly. The current method posted here was what we used on the M9, and strangely had no affect to Settings Menu, even though the M9 also has Advanced Calling. I remember testing this method out a little bit ago on the 10, and all was fine. However to be sure, I am posting a .zip with the edited .apk and a .zip with stock, to go back to stock, and also if anyone wants to see what was done. Simple edits of removing 10 .png images.
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Thanks, will give this a shot next time I'm digging around in the guts of this thing. Much appreciated.

Small Tip: Disable Lookout for Better Performance on the S8

I noticed some lag on my S8 and I realized that it might be lookout that's causing the lag, as I had it on a prior phone and it caused some lag on that phone.
Go to settings > apps > and find lookout and just press the disable button. For me, at least, I noticed a slight improvement in performance.
disclaimer: yes, I'm sure there are benefits to having Lookout scan and ensure all your apps are safe, but I get all my apps from the play store, and stick with ones I know. Do this at your own risk/responsibility.
Some other things I did that seemed to have helped:
1. I stopped opening the official facebook app. I use a FB wrapper app called 'simple pro' for facebook. Way lighter, less resource intensive.
2. I had installed Greenify to try to help hibernate apps, but I uninstalled it. I think the way it was trying to hibernate apps was causing some lag. Just my observation/assumption. But after I uninstalled, my phone is running way smoother.

That was the only reason why I paid for the disabling app was to get rid of lookout!

easyguy said:
That was the only reason why I paid for the disabling app was to get rid of lookout!
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You don't need to buy anything - you can just do it in the stock settings.

The disable app button is actually disabled for me.

So does this fix some lag time too or what improvement did you see offhand?

Mysticales said:
So does this fix some lag time too or what improvement did you see offhand?
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Yes, for me, it reduced the lag/stutter I was seeing here and there.
As a side, I was actually also using Greenify app to try to save battery life, but I noticed that after I UNINSTALLED it, my s8 is also running smoother.
I'll update the original post w/ things I was doing to improve performance - now it's way smoother.

anjelika said:
The disable app button is actually disabled for me.
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Weird, did you try force stopping it first?

ro_bro said:
Weird, did you try force stopping it first?
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The force close button is also disabled! I can only uninstall the updates and maybe try again but I didn't bother as I have the phone insured and they might require this program to run in case the phone gets stollen or something, I don't know...

anjelika said:
The force close button is also disabled! I can only uninstall the updates and maybe try again but I didn't bother as I have the phone insured and they might require this program to run in case the phone gets stollen or something, I don't know...
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maybe it's different by carrier? I have the tmobile s8.

ro_bro said:
maybe it's different by carrier? I have the tmobile s8.
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Same here, I'm on T-Mobile, the only difference is that I have the S8+. Will try with wife's S8 and see if the buttons are enabled.

anjelika said:
Same here, I'm on T-Mobile, the only difference is that I have the S8+. Will try with wife's S8 and see if the buttons are enabled.
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yeah see my attached screenshots.

To disable it on t-mobile you need to go into the lookout app and turn off the option to find your stolen phone. After doing so the force stop and disable buttons will no longer be greyed out.

Im trying to get Package Disabler pro to work, and after I activate PDP engine it just flashes the screen a bunch of times and says it has a network error