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Close program??

How do i close a program in the magic, i dont want it running in the background. Is there a prog like a taskmanager or something..??

Hi ,
Download "advance task manager lite" off the Market. This is a very very helpful app which can close all your programs running and very simple to use. And it is Free.
If you need anymore help feel free to post back
CLLC

There is no such app in my market. Can anyone share a free version? Thanks

parrot5 said:
There is no such app in my market. Can anyone share a free version? Thanks
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It's a free version. The actual name is "Advanced Task Manager Lite" so do a search on "Advanced".

I did do a search and can't find it. Anyone else managed to find it under Rogers in Canada?

I can easy find it. I use it every day, but i find it a bit strange that you cant close apps in any other way! And alot of programs doesnt have a "Quit/Exit" function.
Does anyone have any explanation to why its not possible to close programs without download extra programs?

you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.

CLLC said:
you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.
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This is true.
It is because android is awesome at app management. There is no real need for closing apps. It leaves apps kinda open (saves their state in ram) but not running. That`s why most apps open so fast. And even though more ram is "in use" it doesn`t cost you battery life.

Thanks for confirming ,
What a fantatic way , The OS is fantastic and I can guarantee that Android has alot of potential and Can only get better and come up with more technological breaking idea's!!
CLLC

CLLC said:
you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.
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Oh i didnt know that!! Sounds really fantastic. I have to get used to a whole new way of thinking then, i think im too used to windows
Anyway. I love Android more and more. But i was shocked when i found out that you cant send or receive files via bluetooth. I hope this is their number 1. priority in the next released. I mean, comon .. phones have been able to do this for 10 years now!

parrot5 said:
I did do a search and can't find it. Anyone else managed to find it under Rogers in Canada?
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i did not find it either. i m using rogers too
but you can download Close Everything at Market for free.
i think those apps are similar. the only difference is you have to close EVERYTHING instead of choosing an app to end it.
anyway, the system is not getting slower even i open lots apps.
maybe, the "freeze" thing is true

yesterday I had my phone fully charged before i got to sleep, in the morning 8 hours later the battery was almost empty. GPS and WIFI was disabeld, so I think all the programs in the "background" ( a lot ) killed the battery.
Or what do you think killed the batt?

nevil said:
i did not find it either. i m using rogers too
but you can download Close Everything at Market for free.
i think those apps are similar. the only difference is you have to close EVERYTHING instead of choosing an app to end it.
anyway, the system is not getting slower even i open lots apps.
maybe, the "freeze" thing is true
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But I thought if you close EVERYTHING the alarm will not work?

foxman01 said:
yesterday I had my phone fully charged before i got to sleep, in the morning 8 hours later the battery was almost empty. GPS and WIFI was disabeld, so I think all the programs in the "background" ( a lot ) killed the battery.
Or what do you think killed the batt?
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that did not happen to me yet
if you disable background data usage in data sync that will save batt life and lower data usage too.
do not know if that helps at all

parrot5 said:
But I thought if you close EVERYTHING the alarm will not work?
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alarms still work (tested just now)
i do not know how that app works ~oops~
maybe it does not work at all hahaha

not all programs stop running. some are designed to run in the background
the only real way to check what is running is to use a task manager
I paid $0.99 for advanced task manager. Its a good, but basic app. And hardly breaks the bank at that price!
The other issue I get is "go slows" sometimes on the phone. It doesn't seem to crash, just response times go into the seconds. I switch off and on to soft reset and its fine.

nevil said:
that did not happen to me yet
if you disable background data usage in data sync that will save batt life and lower data usage too.
do not know if that helps at all
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Why should I disable data usage? If i have an app that use data, then I only need to close the app. Please correct me if I´m wrong.

[Q] Popups GPS & Offline

Hello,
i have two questions, may some of you knows an answer ...(Phone G900F/root/Omega v3.0)
Both are about the popups that will be shown using the fast Buttons, like 'Wifi'/"Bluetooth"/"GPS"/"Offline" etc.
(hope my low level english will be excused)
If i use the button for "GPS" always the 'Google'-question appears ... does not matter if i have chosen just only GPS or locating with WiFi.
Does someone know how to turn off that confirmation question?
The other interaction that i really do not like is ... turning on the offline mode ... turning off the offline mode ...,
i always have to confirm that i really want that ... does someone know any solution to turn that questions off?
thank you very much for reading
thank you very much for answering if you knew a solution
best regards

The confirmation popup is rather annoying actually.
If you leave your location settings on high accuracy, it drains battery. If you leave it to power saver, GPS chip is disabled. If you turn it off, Google Now doesn't work. Seriously, which potato farmer programmed this?
I consider this to be one of the worst changes implemented. Previous Samsung phones such as the Galaxy S4 and the Note 3 had an actual "GPS" toggle in the drop down menu instead of this poorly crafted "location" toggle.
Sometimes I slightly regret switching from Note 3 to S5. Just a slight bit.
Oh well, the G3 is on the horizon

27C64 said:
Hello,
i have two questions, may some of you knows an answer ...(Phone G900F/root/Omega v3.0)
Both are about the popups that will be shown using the fast Buttons, like 'Wifi'/"Bluetooth"/"GPS"/"Offline" etc.
(hope my low level english will be excused)
If i use the button for "GPS" always the 'Google'-question appears ... does not matter if i have chosen just only GPS or locating with WiFi.
Does someone know how to turn off that confirmation question?
The other interaction that i really do not like is ... turning on the offline mode ... turning off the offline mode ...,
i always have to confirm that i really want that ... does someone know any solution to turn that questions off?
thank you very much for reading
thank you very much for answering if you knew a solution
best regards
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Use xposed framework plus the Modul disable Google network location consent. For the second thing maybe Wanam xposed module got an option for it.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

mediumsteak said:
The confirmation popup is rather annoying actually.
If you leave your location settings on high accuracy, it drains battery. If you leave it to power saver, GPS chip is disabled. If you turn it off, Google Now doesn't work. Seriously, which potato farmer programmed this?
I consider this to be one of the worst changes implemented. Previous Samsung phones such as the Galaxy S4 and the Note 3 had an actual "GPS" toggle in the drop down menu instead of this poorly crafted "location" toggle.
Sometimes I slightly regret switching from Note 3 to S5. Just a slight bit.
Oh well, the G3 is on the horizon
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Well, Hi!
I agree to your first statement even if i can follow the idea behind the programming, if i take the position of 'go.ogle' but even the main idea for the user is not that bad, it would have been a great choice to let the user chose which combination they want, like a single GPS-toggle. Or the combination. I was just lucky with that GPS-toggle option on my S3.
Like it is, it is a worst change. Agreed!
Some guys should get in contact with ROM cooking experts if there could be some coding solution.
Until yet i can't post in the developer section. So i have to stay calm.
Thank you for your point of view, so knowing i am not alone ...

Chris_84 said:
Use xposed framework plus the Modul disable Google network location consent. For the second thing maybe Wanam xposed module got an option for it.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Well, thank you very much!
- disable Google network location consent .... works perfect
- Xposed & Wanam .... yes, there is a solution in it, i had not seen before.
again, thank you very much!

27C64 said:
Well, thank you very much!
- disable Google network location consent .... works perfect
- Xposed & Wanam .... yes, there is a solution in it, i had not seen before.
again, thank you very much!
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No problem mate. Glade i could help you out.
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google verify apps

Cant seem to find it , but it used to be under google setting , (grey google settings widget), the annoying popup where you can choose to accept or decline that google may verify your application.
went all over the phone to find but so far ? anyone knows where its hiding ?

mac-devil said:
Cant seem to find it , but it used to be under google setting , (grey google settings widget), the annoying popup where you can choose to accept or decline that google may verify your application.
went all over the phone to find but so far ? anyone knows where its hiding ?
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Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)

Go to settings then Applications then scroll down there is the google settings there.

henklbr said:
Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)
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Not being funny and with all due respect that is none of your business tbh!
And OP already said it was to stop the annoying popup
Why do people judge or comment if they are not actually answering the question?!?... Bit like me right now lol

henklbr said:
Why do you want to do this? That on occasion your apps will be checked, is for your own safety! (or do you have something to hide?)
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no its just annoying ?

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.
bronko3010 said:
@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.

Anybody faced screen burning issue?

Hi, after using the messenger app for a while, if the screen go through any dark or gray-ish background than I see the upper messenger voice call/video call icons in the background clearly. Is there any fix for this issue?

Faced the same issue. It's HW related.

Is this related to software or anything? Please, I'm having this issue atm. Though it appears and disappears, I'm afraid it's still not normal. It's been only 4 months since I got this phone.

eraycetin said:
Faced the same issue. It's HW related.
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Iantomori said:
Is this related to software or anything? Please, I'm having this issue atm. Though it appears and disappears, I'm afraid it's still not normal. It's been only 4 months since I got this phone.
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I can't say if is it hardware or software related issue. But I searched in the internet for a while and found this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueburn.StuckPixelTool ) and after giving it a bit of try the problem is kind of fixed for a while I must say. But I can't guarantee that it will be fixed forever. But at least I'm happy that it kind of works.

ahadrox said:
I can't say if is it hardware or software related issue. But I searched in the internet for a while and found this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueburn.StuckPixelTool) and after giving it a bit of try the problem is kind of fixed for a while I must say. But I can't guarantee that it will be fixed forever. But at least I'm happy that it kind of works.
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The link you gave doesn't work.

eraycetin said:
The link you gave doesn't work.
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This is the play store link, why wouldn't it work eh?

this direct link don't work for me too ( the sign " )" at the end is to much )
this work: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueburn.StuckPixelTool
or other same tools, surche on google Play ==> pixels repair

fjojofr said:
this direct link don't work for me too ( the sign " )" at the end is to much )
this work: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueburn.StuckPixelTool
or other same tools, surche on google Play ==> pixels repair
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Sorry for that, I've edited that and now it's fine.

Thanks for editing the link. So how to use it? After the screen burning happens or do we have to run it all the time?

eraycetin said:
Thanks for editing the link. So how to use it? After the screen burning happens or do we have to run it all the time?
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Just press fix option in the app and the app will display some random pixelized image and statical R G B image for kinda unlimited time (meaning till you close that app) and thus the stuck pixel / burned screen will get disappeared for "a while". I don't think there's a permanent fix for this issue.