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Improve Battery life with automated tasking!

I have struggled with horrible battery life. I tried everything from roms, radios, setcpu, registry tweaks, all builds on this site and still couldnt pull much more out of my battery.
I ran across an app yesterday while digging through some articles looking for a battery miracle and found an app on the market called tasker. It is an automated tasking app that allows you to set different variations for anything you could imagine on your phone.
I have only scratched the surface with what it can do. The link below has a simple GPS setup to get started.
It enables you to turn on a certain function (WIFI, GPS, Bluetooth) when you open an app and then allows you to close it once the app closes. No more forgetting to use the power control widget!
Hopefully this thread can evolve with suggestions and other setups to help save more battery!
Today I was able to get 13 heavy usage hours out of my phone. Before this I was in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending on usage.
Any suggestions or new scenarios appreciated.
Hope this helps!
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone

Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)

psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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Absolutly correct, nearly the greatest program I have seen for android...

Isn't it a paid app?

Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market

psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?

arifqur said:
I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?
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Wonderful!

DocteurN said:
Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market
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Does Tasker support turning on/off 3G? I.E. could I set it to turn off 3G ad drop to EDGE when the screen is off, thus saving battery?

yeah.. it works awesome.. so many settings to config up.. endless combinations lol..

good stuff dude!

3g
Fmstrat
Yes, you can set it to turn off everything when you turn the sreen off.
To do this go into tasker
Add new
Click Event
Click Display
Click Display off
Click Done
Click Plus sign in bottom left corner
Tap Net
Tap Mobile Data with the gear beside it
So the same thing but in reverse for Display on!
Along with this you can set a time profile to check turn on data every X minutes to grab your emails
New Time
00:00 to 23:59
repeat every x mins
add task mobile data on
It dues shut off APN completely however, I dont think there is a way, yet, to just shut off 3g. If anyone know a way please add it.
Hope this Help!

Looking for help with a profile
Need some help from the community.
I am trying to set up a profile that will work as follows:
Screen off > Kill all tasks using ATK
If I choose it as an app it loads the app but doesn't kill anything. This would be a great battery saver.
Anyone?

This looks like an excellent app.
Just a quick question (I've only ever installed free apps from the market )
If I pay for this app and validate/register it online using a Desire based android build, but then subsequently load a different build (maybe a nexus based one) will the app still install and work correctly?
Or will the app be seen as being transferred to another phone and refuse to work?
Thanks for any advice

Guys,
Please don't post warez or links to warez (see XDA rules).
Thanks
WB

Bugs/Suggestions of Samsung official Jellybean [XXLSJ]

Hello. Well have this last update for our devices official from samsung. And I thought on helping samsung perfecting it. So in order to so that I think we should make this thread where we all together say wich are the bugs we found. I find already 2 bugs on the email app wich leads to a lot of wakeup calls, makes the phone use alot cpu and force closes when we touch on priority mail. There are other bugs wich people found here so I think we should list them.
Rules are simple, if you find a bug, report here and say how to replicate it. We together see it, and list here to report to samsung. Also suggestions to make things better. (of bugs or things you think that could be better) ​
Since they give us a ROM. At least a perfect well done one. What do you think? They need happy costumers. Or well go elsewhere.
Ps: if you can leave logcat, I'll leave on the email all log cats attached to each bug
List of bugs:
The Email app crashes when the general options, and priority email sections are accessed.
Buggy Microsoft Exchange integration. It seems to use an excessive amount of resources causing battery drain. This problem only seems to exist within the default Email app.
Smart stay not working properly.
Samsung keyboard's gesture typing is unable to properly detect and type the whole word.
Swype Keyboard won't automatically insert a space (I don't think this is a bug due to the text field being an address bar)
Sometimes, lock screen is unresponsive.
In the app drawer, when the apps are sorted alphabetically, then as downloaded apps it crashes Touchwiz Home.
In Car Mode, TalkBack is not functioning and is very unresponsive.
Google Maps and Samsung Push Services uses an excessive amount of battery when it is not used.
Throughout the OS, there are issues with stuttering and lack of responsiveness.
Wi-Fi connection often freezes after deep sleep of around 10 - 15 minutes ("Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is set to "Always"). Wi-Fi notification icon shows that it's connected, but no data can be sent or received. (Only solution found so far is to manually disconnect and reconnect.)
In the camera, there is a reddish blemish on the center when the camera is used in low-light situations(I believe this is a hardware issue.)
Project Butter seems to be improperly implemented.
Unable to use the handwriting function on the Samsung Keyboard because it force closes.
Nasty color banding
After reboot , changes made in launcher menu will go back to how it was in begining (for example Folders created, disapear, or just the apps inside it, will be offside)
Suggestions list:
Music Controls (most members suggest this)
Lock screen more costumizable with possibility of more than three icons, something new I found ugly the way we unlucky the screen. (votes?)
Quick reply as cm has (i find this really useful, votes?)
Option to set if we want zoom in or zoom out option in the rear of the phone while browsing
in powermore , on the browser, instead of blue, an option to keep the white.
More sms before converting to mms, or if possible a manual option for that.

Lockscreen sometimes unresponsive, and the hand writing (?
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Messaging app and contact need optimization they are laggy
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Samsung Keyboard Swype wont type all word .
Swype Keyboard wont auto space in browser only
Smart Stay doesn't work at all. and yes I have it turned on.
Sometimes lock screen is not responsive.
Change app view to alphabetical list then click the down arrow for downloaded app will force close TW.
Car Mode there is no talk back ( IE Would would you like me to do ) and very unresponsive.
Make sure to complete at leased 5 of the 7 steps on dropbox getting started to get your 50GB ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726160 )
Used Mobile Odin to Flash and Got Root
Thats all I can think of for now

Awful dark-grey notification bar.

RAM management isn't good like ICS I've noticed

Please try leave some evidence. I want to make an good written email for them. Let's collect bugs for a week and report. And do it again and again on the following days. Mainly bugs wich FC
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sometimes i cnt install apps from sd card when open source is clicked restarted and working fine till now..
sometimes when wifi is on lockscreen becomes unresponsive...
hope official release will be around the corner and will be free of bugs...

Anyone here has working the smart stay?
Don't forget if you have same bugs as others, quote it and say I have this bug also. This is to try see if is something we've done ourselfs or something of samsung
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jgcaap said:
Anyone here has working the smart stay?
Don't forget if you have same bugs as others, quote it and say I have this bug also. This is to try see if is something we've done ourselfs or something of samsung
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Yeah, working perfectly here.

kicksilver said:
Yeah, working perfectly here.
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Hmm 3 users don't have this working well. Neither me. I'll list as a bug. Let's see how many have this working
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jgcaap said:
Hmm 3 users don't have this working well. Neither me. I'll list as a bug. Let's see how many have this working
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it works fine for me...but direct all function doesnt work for me though....i havent seen anyone talking bout direct call thing so i guess its only me...

kisssin said:
it works fine for me...but direct all function doesnt work for me though....i havent seen anyone talking bout direct call thing so i guess its only me...
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Is working great for me that option. Try deactivating and activate again.
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Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.

fejth said:
Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.
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Thanks
And when is, inclined? I'll test this after sleep 7 am. Lol hope we sort this well hehe
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Battery battery & battery.

rajarshi10 said:
Battery battery & battery.
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This is not a bug. Use better battery stats to see what problem you have. I was able to get 6 hours of scree, time with standard battery
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copytec said:
Samsung Keyboard Swype wont type all word .
Swype Keyboard wont auto space in browser only
Smart Stay doesn't work at all. and yes I have it turned on.
Sometimes lock screen is not responsive.
Change app view to alphabetical list then click the down arrow for downloaded app will force close TW.
Car Mode there is no talk back ( IE Would would you like me to do ) and very unresponsive.
Make sure to complete at leased 5 of the 7 steps on dropbox getting started to get your 50GB ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726160 )
Used Mobile Odin to Flash and Got Root
Thats all I can think of for now
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Top 4 points mentioned above and also higher battery consumption

fejth said:
Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.
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Yes my screen stays on also
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I noticed that the unlock screen very sensitive but harder to open?
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After Upgrade to 4.1.2 my battery cany chrage more then 67%
i have updated to JB 4.1.2, 2 days back but i am facing a strange problem. My battery is not charging more than 67% even charging for more than 5 hours. its becoming HOT and after 67% its not charging more .. it is OK on all other Stock and Custom ROMS.

Power Saving mode + Haptic Feedback

This may seem like a stupid question, but but I want to use Power Saving mode, but keep haptic feedback enabled, but restrict the cpu performance. (I know I'll get questions about why I'd want to do this. Simply put, I want to save battery power).
Alternatively, is there an app that will do the same thing as this option under Power Saving?
Edit: I have the ATT Note 4, so I can't root. I'm waiting anxiously though. I need to fix Kitkat's stupid external SD card write security. It's driving me NUTS!

spexwood said:
This may seem like a stupid question, but but I want to use Power Saving mode, but keep haptic feedback enabled, but restrict the cpu performance. (I know I'll get questions about why I'd want to do this. Simply put, I want to save battery power).
Alternatively, is there an app that will do the same thing as this option under Power Saving?
Edit: I have the ATT Note 4, so I can't root. I'm waiting anxiously though. I need to fix) stupid external SD card write security. It's driving me NUTS!
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I second this. Can one of you geniuses help us with this. I have a rooted T-Mobile Note Edge. Please!

Hi,
I've been asking the same thing. Did you find the solution for this?
Thanks...

by default, is the note 4 supposed to vibrate when choosing icons on the scrreen? i cant remember as i bought this used. thanks..

zormic said:
Hi,
I've been asking the same thing. Did you find the solution for this?
Thanks...
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No solution. I learned to live without vibration.
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hollwpoint said:
by default, is the note 4 supposed to vibrate when choosing icons on the scrreen? i cant remember as i bought this used. thanks..
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I don't think selecting icons made a vibration.
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Package Disabler Pro!! What not to disable...?

Hey everyone! Quick question, I've read many times that "Package Disabler Pro" is the best app to disable all the bloatware.
But I have also read that if you disable all of them or use the "Disable all Bloatware" selection in the app, it causes issues with other apps and services such as samsung say and amongst others.
Can anyone help on this issue? Or is there a solution out there... saying which to disable and which not to?
Any help would be awesome! Thanks!

This is too complex question and next, some packages depends on another. E.g. you can disable ANT+ but you need it if you have a sport watch.
Generally, do not dollow colors in the application. I've found some ping packages which could be important (ANT+).

It depends on your needs/using habits, but there is some that can be disable almost always, yet still there is cases where you may need it.
Few examples:
- you can disable email application and its services since you can (and probably should unless something very specific) use Gmail instead of it (you can set up non-gmail account in Gmail app), so feel free to disable this.
-Google play movies/music/newstand/books - if you dont use these disable them.
-Galaxy apps and its services - i dont see point for this app, only uses are - for getting offers (so claim them before disabling) and galaxy care... any apps you can get on play store, so egt the offers from Galaxy apps and turn it ands its services off.
-Gear VR services - if you dont have Gear VR headset then there is no use for these services and if you get Gear VR afterwards you can just enable those services, its fast and easy.
-SHealth and its service - dont use it? feel free to disable it.
- i dont use Samsung account and its backup options (since you have same functions from google) so if you dont also, feel free to disable it and its related services.
and there is A LOT more, and it all depends on what you want/will use! BUT remember, its very simple and fast to enable them even if you disabled them, with no harm done.

Carefully Checked Before Disabling, but Galaxy S7 Keeps Rebooting
I have carefully checked everything I disabled before doing it, but now my Galaxy S7 keeps rebooting, although not always with the same results. The fact that there's no information about numerous items preloaded on this phone is totally unhelpful!

How does this app work, since it doesn't require root? And is there any chance it will trip the Knox counter on an unrooted phone? I'm very interested in it, but I don't want to lose my tap and pay or my warranty (yet).

I have posted here my extensive list of disabled packages, with no ill effects that I know of:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69392805&postcount=2408

setspeed said:
How does this app work, since it doesn't require root? And is there any chance it will trip the Knox counter on an unrooted phone? I'm very interested in it, but I don't want to lose my tap and pay or my warranty (yet).
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It doesn't require root, and doesn't affect Knox at all.

I have a question regarding this, I have 165 packages disabled, but apparently I'm disabling something that stops the "Always on Display" , could somebody tell me what package or packages make it work ? Thanx !!

hudtwalcker said:
I have a question regarding this, I have 165 packages disabled, but apparently I'm disabling something that stops the "Always on Display" , could somebody tell me what package or packages make it work ? Thanx !!
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Can you send what you have disabled ? All list.

disabled packages list
hacklesss said:
Can you send what you have disabled ? All list.
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Yes, here you go, thnx for the help

hudtwalcker said:
Yes, here you go, thnx for the help
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You're welcome
I have doubt about these:
com.sec.android.widgetapp.samsungapps (maybe Always on Display items are in Widget ? maybe, just I guess)
com.samsung.android.app.galaxyfinder (It's not about this problem but I advice enable it. This is search bar in the menu.)
com.samsung.android.app.aodservice ( edited and solved: This is Always On Display "AOD")
com.sec.factory
com.samsung.android.firmware.tsp
com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager (maybe about watch)
com.samsung.android.sm
and I see you disabled too many useful app like "Wallpaper Cropper, Galaxy Finder". Why you disable these ?
Just try it first what I wrote and check again for Always On Display

hacklesss said:
You're welcome
I have doubt about these:
com.sec.android.widgetapp.samsungapps (maybe Always on Display items are in Widget ? maybe, just I guess)
com.samsung.android.app.galaxyfinder (It's not about this problem but I advice enable it. This is search bar in the menu.)
com.samsung.android.app.aodservice
com.sec.factory
com.samsung.android.firmware.tsp
com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager (maybe about watch)
com.samsung.android.sm
and I see you disabled too many useful app like "Wallpaper Cropper, Galaxy Finder". Why you disable these ?
Just try it first what I wrote and check again for Always On Display
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Thnx a lot, I will try this out right now, many of these packages were disabled from an xlm file I found, but some were disabled by me, most of the "useful" apps are disabled cause theres something else replacing that function already, I use quickpik for gallery and cropping, nova launcher for launcher, galaxy finder I have no idea what it does, but I've had tons of other brands and never needed anything from motorola, htc or LG, I guess I like to stick with a pure android experience, thank you for your help !

hudtwalcker said:
Thnx a lot, I will try this out right now, many of these packages were disabled from an xlm file I found, but some were disabled by me, most of the "useful" apps are disabled cause theres something else replacing that function already, I use quickpik for gallery and cropping, nova launcher for launcher, galaxy finder I have no idea what it does, but I've had tons of other brands and never needed anything from motorola, htc or LG, I guess I like to stick with a pure android experience, thank you for your help !
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You're welcome

yesss
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You're welcome
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OMG so simple, yet I couldn't find it before, it was just the aod service, always on display, I swear to god I looked it up on package disabler and it didn't show up, thanks a lot you are a lifesaver ! BTW I have a Galaxy S7 Active but it's practically the same, and the S7 Active section is dead

hudtwalcker said:
OMG so simple, yet I couldn't find it before, it was just the aod service, always on display, I swear to god I looked it up on package disabler and it didn't show up, thanks a lot you are a lifesaver ! BTW I have a Galaxy S7 Active but it's practically the same, and the S7 Active section is dead
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LOL, I'm happy to solve this At the same time, I learn what is Always on Display nickname in the Package Disable app Any other problem ?

hacklesss said:
LOL, I'm happy to solve this At the same time, I learn what is Always on Display nickname in the Package Disable app Any other problem ?
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Yeah, I see on my Sony Xperia phone that has a custom ROM that there's an option on lockscreen and security that allows you to choose how long does it take for the phone to lock, not sleep but lock, in seconds, like "5 seconds after screen turns off" or "immediately after screen turns off" etc.....on my S7 it just takes forever and I can't find a similar option, sometimes I turn off the screen and after a few minutes I turn it on and it still has locked, sometimes it does it immediately, could there be a workaround ?
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hudtwalcker said:
Yeah, I see on my Sony Xperia phone that has a custom ROM that there's an option on lockscreen and security that allows you to choose how long does it take for the phone to lock, not sleep but lock, in seconds, like "5 seconds after screen turns off" or "immediately after screen turns off" etc.....on my S7 it just takes forever and I can't find a similar option, sometimes I turn off the screen and after a few minutes I turn it on and it still has locked, sometimes it does it immediately, could there be a workaround ?
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4get it, I found it, LOL Thnx bro !

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What to disable to remove T-Mobile update service? I cannot figure it out. I just want that removed.

hudtwalcker said:
Yes, here you go, thnx for the help
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I applied the list which you had in your XML file, for some reason now I cannot get the write on to the SD card.

This thread right here is a PERFECT example of why not to use package disablers. You break more things than you solve.

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
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I am happy that I helped you.