Faster Galaxy S5 - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When I first got my s5 it seemed a bit sluggish. I tried all the tips and tricks to speed it up but it still seemed laggy. I backed up everything and did a factory reset and now it is lightning fast! Not sure why, but it may help others with a reset.
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mrbeezkneez said:
When I first got my s5 it seemed a bit sluggish. I tried all the tips and tricks to speed it up but it still seemed laggy. I backed up everything and did a factory reset and now it is lightning fast! Not sure why, but it may help others with a reset.
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All I did was turn off all the bloatware apps I am not using, like Play Music,Play Books, S Voice, Flipbook, stupid T-Mobile Visual Voicemail, Amazon, etc. although mine has not been laggy at all even before that.

JamTastic said:
All I did was turn off all the bloatware apps I am not using, like Play Music,Play Books, S Voice, Flipbook, stupid T-Mobile Visual Voicemail, Amazon, etc. although mine has not been laggy at all even before that.
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How did you turn them off.

ro1407 said:
How did you turn them off.
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I rooted my S5 so you can strip it right back with some of the appz you can get -
If not rooted - go into appz locker and drag the program to the top - if its a user program you can uninstall it - if its a system app them disable will appear - this will take you to the app manager where you can uninstall updates - force close and disable that program - slide right when your there to see running and see if anything is hogging your phone
Hope this Helps
Bear

This happen to me most of the times (my s5 behaves much slower than as it is) and i do a factory data reset. It will become faster after it. The bloatware and apps we installed makes it slower and the cache and data used by the apps are making your memory and ram much slower than anything else. :crying:

ro1407 said:
How did you turn them off.
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just go into settings>application manager, select any of the apps you want to turn off, and select "turn off" . it will have a pop up or two, one about uninstalling updates, etc.....and then voila! app is turned off.

Choose ART instead of Dalvik runtime.
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ddaflorez said:
Choose ART instead of Dalvik runtime.
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That made my phone lag

ddaflorez said:
Choose ART instead of Dalvik runtime.
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How?

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Reduce battery fast drain by disabling some stock processes.

This practice doesn't cause any problems on my GNote with stock ICS ROM 4.0.3.
However, it helps saving more juice or not? still curious but I think it's perceptible!
I went to Setting > Applications > All > tab and DISABLE the following processes;
Accuweather Weather Daemon
AccuWeather.com
Android live wallpapers * use only still wallpaper
AP mobile news
Application monitor
Aurora 2
Blue sea
Calculator * already installed RealCalc
Days
DioPen Chinese IME * have nothing to do with Chinese typing
Dual clock
Face Unlock * don't have enough handsome face for this
Google Search
Kobo
Let's try panning
Mini diary
MusicFX
My files * use zipper7
News & Weather
Photo wall
PressReader
Reader Hub
S Planner Widget
Samsung TTS * use stock Google TTS
Social Hub
Social Hub * there are 2 social hubs
Swype * use only Samsung keyboard
Talk
TalkBack
TwWallpaperChooser
Voice talk
Yahoo! Finance
Zinio
Then reboot once.
You can set things back to ENABLE anytime.
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Just curious, how do you re-enable them?
deserthi said:
Just curious, how do you re-enable them?
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Just do the same procedure as you disable them. The same right button will let you ENABLE (or so called re-ENABLE) once you have disabled.
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All disabled processes are shown at the bottom part of the application list with "Disabled" indicated on the right.
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I agree that this is the best way to save battery drain. If you don't use Google+, disable it.
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msnxda said:
I agree that this is the best way to save battery drain. If you don't use Google+, disable it.
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If you have updated Google+, you need to uninstall the update first, and then you can DISABLE it.
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Nice information...
Odd... I don't seem to have this disable re-enable stuff. Unless I'm blind. Screenshot? Thanks
This only works on ICS, if you don't have ICS you need an app that does it for you need to be rooted though....
Curious. If you dont use it, and dont want it, why not just uninstall it, rather than disable it?
dannstarr said:
Curious. If you dont use it, and dont want it, why not just uninstall it, rather than disable it?
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Without root and rom manager you can't uninstall rom apps.....
These apps are built in the rom so the only way is to disable them.
Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.
Vaddy23 said:
Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.
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I'd like to know this also....
If you download Root Uninstaller from the market you can FREEZE apps instead of disabling them. Disabled apps still appear...frozen ones don't.
Vaddy23 said:
Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.
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Well, I don't know if it saves battery out not but it is absolutely safe to disable.
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DRUMMERCD360 said:
If you download Root Uninstaller from the market you can FREEZE apps instead of disabling them. Disabled apps still appear...frozen ones don't.
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But dont you need to have your Note rooted first before using this "root" uninstaller?
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As I heard some third party appskiller app are unsafe to use. Because if you killed the wrong thing, your smartphone will get even more in battery drain. So i wonder if this disable thing is the same? Like disable things which shouldnt disable will cause more battery in draining.
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MapServiceSamsung consumes a lot of battery for me. FROZEN!
wingod513 said:
But dont you need to have your Note rooted first before using this "root" uninstaller?
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Yeah you do need to have it rooted...
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becosemsaida said:
This only works on ICS, if you don't have ICS you need an app that does it for you need to be rooted though....
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Oh right. Thanks.

Better battery life????

Anybody have tips on how to save some battery on this device? Here are my battery stats. Any suggestions welcomed pleasseeee.
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I wasn't very impressed with the Note 3's battery life at first, then I went into Settings>Application Manager and disabled a whole bunch of bloatware. Also went into each app and turned off any background update and location service if we don't need it. You can do this without root. Just take a look on this board and you'll see someone has compiled a list of apps that you can disable.
The phone now runs cooler, and yesterday, we had 14h usage and 6.5 hours display on time (auto brightness). Very impressive in my book.
oilfighter said:
I wasn't very impressed with the Note 3's battery life at first, then I went into Settings>Application Manager and disabled a whole bunch of bloatware. Also went into each app and turned off any background update and location service if we don't need it. You can do this without root. Just take a look on this board and you'll see someone has compiled a list of apps that you can disable.
The phone now runs cooler, and yesterday, we had 14h usage and 6.5 hours display on time (auto brightness). Very impressive in my book.
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Thanks, I've already debloated it like crazy. Still getting those battery stats. I am rooted
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Turn off all the Samsung features when you're not using them like Smart Stay and Air Gesture. The sensors are always on in certain apps when you have them enabled. Turning them on and off is easily accessible via the notification toggles. But it will only slightly help, your phone should be performing better than that even with those features running. Try a factory reset if it is safe to do with the root method.
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TheodorK11 said:
Turn off all the Samsung features when you're not using them like Smart Stay and Air Gesture. The sensors are always on in certain apps when you have them enabled. Turning them on and off is easily accessible via the notification toggles. But it will only slightly help, your phone should be performing better than that even with those features running. Try a factory reset if it is safe to do with the root method.
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Thanks, i have all features turned off... might try a data reset, also noticing some FCs....
XzxBATTxzX said:
Thanks, I've already debloated it like crazy. Still getting those battery stats. I am rooted
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Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)
greenify
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Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)
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yup. was recommended that app on the s4, great app
Download the app Wakelock Detector from the Play Store.
Open it for the first time right after you unplug your phone
After some deep sleep occurs for awhile, open Wakelock Detector and select the icon in the top right to select "Wakeup Triggers"
This will show you which app waked the device when it was trying to sleep(=screen off) and how many times it waked it. Figuring out Google wakelocks will probably help you the most unless you have some poorly written or rogue app
A good start would be to remove ALL google apps that you don't use, and turn off google ads as well as notifications and scheduled checks within say...Play Store and Youtube and Gmail
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Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)
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Could you share with me what u hibernate.
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thunderbread said:
Could you share with me what u hibernate.
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I essentially hibernate everything except system apps and widgets, just to be safe. You would also not hibernate apps that you want background notifications from. I also use the donate version, which allows me take advantage of GCM. Which, for apps that use GCM, allows me to hibernate those apps and still receive notifications.
Hope that helps =]
My favorite app is the Snapdragon BatteryGuru. I love it! That will monitor usage and show you which programs are battery hogs and will learn your behaviors with your phone. Only works with the Snapdragon Processor phones as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app&hl=en
sebastianraven said:
My favorite app is the Snapdragon BatteryGuru. I love it! That will monitor usage and show you which programs are battery hogs and will learn your behaviors with your phone. Only works with the Snapdragon Processor phones as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app&hl=en
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Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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thunderbread said:
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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No worries, yes it is a snapdragon 800
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thunderbread said:
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=does+the+us+verizon+note+3+have+a+snapdragon+processor
Third result...wouldn't even have to click through. Just saying =D
MeetFace said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=does+the+us+verizon+note+3+have+a+snapdragon+processor
Third result...wouldn't even have to click through. Just saying =D
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Thanks and I did Google it couldn't find a solid answer. Thanks again.
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[RESOLVED][Active Display Update] solution to active notification unlock lag

I a bit disappoint with the lag when unlocking from active notificaction.
following this forum https://forums.motorola.com/posts/d5a9438952?page=5 I have found a trick that may fix the lag or at least be less periodicall.
You need to uninstall all the updates for hangout and dont use it as your sms app. At least for me lag occurs to me less often as before. Then set your unlock securty to none, wake your phone from Active Notificacions, and finally restore your security.
I just notice that before getting into home, sometimes it goes to the normal unlock screen.
EDIT: you need to do a full wipe instalation using RSD lite and then when prompt for to restore from your google account DO NOT restore. doing that way I did not have any more lag even using GEL.
beelzebu said:
I a bit disappoint with the lag when unlocking from active notificaction.
following this forum https://forums.motorola.com/posts/d5a9438952?page=5 I have found a trick that may fix the lag or at least be less periodicall.
You need to uninstall all the updates for hangout and dont use it as your sms app. At least for me lag occurs to me less often as before. Then set your unlock securty to none, wake your phone from Active Notificacions, and finally restore your security.
I just notice that before getting into home, sometimes it goes to the normal unlock screen.
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I disabled the lockscreen completely and no more lag.
jmill75 said:
I disabled the lockscreen completely and no more lag.
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Tha's another way to bypass. So you are using active notification with none lock security?
Sad to report that after doing that still got some lag
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Don't know if this is related, but I uninstalled the nexus 5 gel launcher that I had been using. And I have not had lock screen lag since. I will see how long it lasts
Edit: never mind, it happened again
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bricky23 said:
Don't know if this is related, but I uninstalled the nexus 5 gel launcher that I had been using. And I have not had lock screen lag since. I will see how long it lasts
Edit: never mind, it happened again
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Guys I think there is an issue when installed from OTA or installed the full package. You need to perform a full factory reset, I did installed with RSD lite, then do not restore from your google account. Then the lag is not there, I had been testing during a full day.
beelzebu said:
Guys I think there is an issue when installed from OTA or installed the full package. You need to perform a full factory reset, I did installed with RSD lite, then do not restore from your google account. Then the lag is not there, I had been testing during a full day.
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I agree. A fresh install seems to have helped me.
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ALPT: if you want the best experience with any given software upgrade, back up your stuff and do a wipe.
For those who are too lazy or don't think you need to do that, then stop complaining, you chose not to use the tools at your disposal.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
theraffman said:
ALPT: if you want the best experience with any given software upgrade, back up your stuff and do a wipe.
For those who are too lazy or don't think you need to do that, then stop complaining, you chose not to use the tools at your disposal.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
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You are right but there is a consideration, yo need to do not restore anything from your account, just log in. if you restore configs the problem persists.
Non root I use helium back up, with root I use titanium.
I have wiped and restored my phones probably in excess of a thousand times in the last few years. System data I never restored, only restored app data from apps that don't already sync and are sensitive/business orientated apps... So basically, of the 150-200 apps I have at any given time, I probably only restore data for 1-2 dozen. This method has never failed me.
I never use the Google account back up... It's garbage... In fact, it's the first thing I disable on setup and the first thing I freeze when I obtain root
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
OK I had done a reset before, still the lock screen lag. This time, used rsd lite. Complete fresh install of 4.4 no backup of anything. Now this morning the lag is back sometimes. So this did not solve it for me. I am using art, and gel launcher.
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bricky23 said:
OK I had done a reset before, still the lock screen lag. This time, used rsd lite. Complete fresh install of 4.4 no backup of anything. Now this morning the lag is back sometimes. So this did not solve it for me. I am using art, and gel launcher.
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What happens if you dont use ART and GEL? is still the lag?, I think that the lag using GEL is because he nneds to ypdate feeds on google now.
beelzebu said:
What happens if you dont use ART and GEL? is still the lag?, I think that the lag using GEL is because he nneds to ypdate feeds on google now.
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I don't have Google now turned on. I will try using a different launcher.
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bricky23 said:
I don't have Google now turned on. I will try using a different launcher.
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with stock launcher never had an issue
Looks like it may have been the gel launcher. Using Vire launcher, and no lag yet.
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bricky23 said:
Looks like it may have been the gel launcher. Using Vire launcher, and no lag yet.
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where did you get GEL, I dont have lag with GEL right now
Themes and apps section
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That's strange, just in case I downloaded mine here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527574 did install only the GoogleHome.apk.
are you on T-Mobile, ATT&T or Verizon?
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That's strange, just in case I downloaded mine here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527574 did install only the GoogleHome.apk.
are you on T-Mobile, ATT&T or Verizon?
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Its definitely the launcher. Downloaded it from that same thread and lag was back. Using the one from the play store, and no lag. Att
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Can't re-activate apps

Hi all, in order to make the phone more battery friendly I started deactivating useless apps through settings. But they won't come back in the app drawer after activating 'em again (weather app for instance)! Even after phone reboot! Any idea?
Thanks yall
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Funkmasterchilla said:
Hi all, in order to make the phone more battery friendly I started deactivating useless apps through settings. But they won't come back in the app drawer after activating 'em again (weather app for instance)! Even after phone reboot! Any idea?
Thanks yall
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Clear app data in settings? Or... F#cktory reset lol
langeveld024 said:
Clear app data in settings? Or... F#cktory reset lol
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Doesn't do the trick too bad! I'm gonna wait for an update since I don't want to f#cktory reset it for now.. I wish I could use Titanium backup and do whatever I want! Thx anyway bro
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Funkmasterchilla said:
Doesn't do the trick too bad! I'm gonna wait for an update since I don't want to f#cktory reset it for now.. I wish I could use Titanium backup and do whatever I want! Thx anyway bro
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Did u reboot after wiping data of those apps? And maybe u can wipe data for settings.apk and launcher as well. (don't know, never had this myself as I've been always been rooted on my phones)
Try an other Launcher beside the Sony Home like Apex, Nova etc.
Use this as default, reboot.
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Try an other Launcher beside the Sony Home like Apex, Nova etc.
Use this as default, reboot.
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Thanks for the tip, I tried using Apex rebooted as you suggested but it didn't work it looks like data is gone.
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Did u reboot after wiping data of those apps? And maybe u can wipe data for settings.apk and launcher as well. (don't know, never had this myself as I've been always been rooted on my phones)
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Yes I tried wiping launcher data rebooted with no success! Thx

speedcharge boost a malware of some sort??

i just plugged in my charger right now and noticed this screen... this cant be built in?? anyone else have this??
looks like you have garbage installed
Yep. Likely some app you installed
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I saw something similar with my old phone, it got to do with speedcharge booster from CM Booster, or CM cleaner something like that.
Vanquiz said:
I saw something similar with my old phone, it got to do with speedcharge booster from CM Booster, or CM cleaner something like that.
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Yep. Likely some app you installed
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bloodrain954 said:
looks like you have garbage installed
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thank you guys... im thinking it was from my GO KEYBOARD ... any recommended apps to get this kinda stuff detected and removed??
lawsofpower48 said:
thank you guys... im thinking it was from my GO KEYBOARD ... any recommended apps to get this kinda stuff detected and removed??
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Don't use any of the apps like GO. They are filled with adware and are subpar apps in the first place.
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TheShoxter said:
Don't use any of the apps like GO. They are filled with adware and are subpar apps in the first place.
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thanks for the tip. i never knew that. i use it for the emojis, any other recommendations with NO adware?
lawsofpower48 said:
thanks for the tip. i never knew that. i use it for the emojis, any other recommendations with NO adware?
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For a messenger app with emoji I recommend Textra. It might have a couple adds, but pro version is very cheap. For a keyboard app, they all have emoji. I recommend stock or SwiftKey.
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Some app was updated with this. I do not have any GO products nor any CM ones. Has anyone figured out what this is? Could it be some Samsung 'improvement' forced on us?
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For a messenger app with emoji I recommend Textra. It might have a couple adds, but pro version is very cheap. For a keyboard app, they all have emoji. I recommend stock or SwiftKey.
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I've been a paid Swype user for years now, haven't found another keyboard that suits me as well, to be honest. I tried SwiftKey, etc. and didn't care for them.
Chrooma keyboard. Dope. Nuff said. Fleksy is cool too once you get used to it and the way you input keys..its quite different. but I like swiping for words sometimes and fleksy doesn't support that. Chrooma has been my favorite since I can't flash AOSP keyboard with number row.
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I have solved the problem on my device
Hi
I had the same problem.
If you can have access to a terminal in your device, you can see the running processes with ps command.
I use it to see what processes where running when I saw that screen appear once again, what I could see at the output from the command line was that two of the running process where related to a wallpapers app (KittyPlay wallpapers) and had some estrange references to the following namespaces:
com.jiubang.commerce.service.IntelligentPreloadService
com.jiubang.commerce.chargelock
The first thing that come to my mind was the obvious relation of "chargelock" with the kind of screen lock that was appearing on my device and the fact that a few days ago I have installed f-droid and this application offered to update the KittyPlay application, so I updated thinking that there was no problem with the updated app. After the update I started to see the speedcharge lock screen.
The only way for me to know what was causing the problem was to use the command line and trying to identify the processes involved.
I uninstalled the mentioned application (KittyPlay) and the speedcharge lock screen stopped from appearing.
Hope this can be helpful to solve the problem for you.
I've had the same problem for awhile now. Turns out it was GO Weather. I'd used it for years without any real problems but this is it. I just uninstalled, rebooted and the speedcharge lockscreen is gone.
It is also in GO power master but all I did was go to settings and unclick Boost Charge. There is also an option to unclick launch GO power master when charging.
I found it in zcamera.
ES file Explorer has been bundled with the speed charger addware as well.
lawsofpower48 said:
i just plugged in my charger right now and noticed this screen... this cant be built in?? anyone else have this??
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You have CM Locker installed because I used to. Now you can turn that option off or just uninstall CM Locker.
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I have the exact same thing on my LG Stylo. Could it be a coincidence that I have KingRoot installed on that phone?
droid_noobie said:
I have the exact same thing on my LG Stylo. Could it be a coincidence that I have KingRoot installed on that phone?
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King root installs "cleaner" software on your device. Just find it in settings/applications and uninstall it. Just don't uninstall super user or King user
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King root installs "cleaner" software on your device. Just find it in settings/applications and uninstall it. Just don't uninstall super user or King user
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By cleaner are you referring to "Purify"?

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