Thanks to ragingredbull for pointing out you can shortcut to App Ops on the G4. App Ops won't officially be released until Android M but has been in AOSP since 4.3. Google hid it in 4.4 and it was no longer accessible without root. The G4 has it available. Props to LG for allowing this!!
App Ops allows you to restrict access permissions such as GPS, contacts or Keep awake for individual apps. It is basically a privacy control that the iPhone has had for a bit and is sorely lacking in Android. The G4 version works for downloaded apps only unlike a root version. It is, however, still very useful and gets you most of the way. If you find that disabling permissions for an app causes it to force close then the app is written poorly to handle null data and you will have to turn the permission back on if you want to use that app.
To access the menu, Download "Any cut" or "Quick shortcut maker" from the play store. You want to create a short cut for "Access Lock" from the app.
Open it, change 'incremental search' to ' normal search' and search for Access .
You should get a Settings option that you can expand. Look for one labeled Access Lock and click on it.
It's possible that some App Ops enabling apps may also point to the proper Activity and work the same way.
After you have made the shortcut, clicking on it will open a menu allowing you to restrict app permissions.
(now we just need a hosts blocker and firewall...)
Hm, which variant of the G4 do you have? I have a EU carrier H815 and can't find it. I scrolled through the whole list manually, but only can find the Hidden Menu Accesspoint stuff.
Only works for downloaded apps.
VS896 CDMA Verizon
Right between About phone and APNs on mine
Awesome. It's working great. Thanks for the heads up!
Awesome. Thanks!
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Edit: I got it.
Thank you for the info. Awesome job!
Vs986
Thanks, also found this using the app Activity Launcher. Under Settings -> Access lock. The activity is com.android.settings.Settings$AccessLockSummaryActivity
Nice dude thanks!
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can it allow full access to MicroSD for some apps?
I haven't tried but this is supposed to fix SD card on the g4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinny.intsdfixer
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larsdennert said:
I haven't tried but this is supposed to fix SD card on the g4.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vinny.intsdfixer
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That app is for internal "sd card" aka the internal memory. I think the above poster is referring to the fact that some apps can't save to sd card. But that's a lollipop thing that the devs have to add to their code for it to work.
frigidazzi said:
That app is for internal "sd card" aka the internal memory. I think the above poster is referring to the fact that some apps can't save to sd card. But that's a lollipop thing that the devs have to add to their code for it to work.
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yes, that's what i mean but sadly not every apps that support that. is either root the phone or *some other way*?
looknsee said:
yes, that's what i mean but sadly not every apps that support that. is either root the phone or *some other way*?
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I've heard that it's fixed with root, but this is the first one I've had in a few years with a sd card, so I haven't personally tried it.
Nice find!! Thanks....
Nice feature. Thanks op
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This is awesome tips.. Thanks
tripex2k said:
Hm, which variant of the G4 do you have? I have a EU carrier H815 and can't find it. I scrolled through the whole list manually, but only can find the Hidden Menu Accesspoint stuff.
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The setting variable name is in your local language.
I have a EU H815 too and I found it by searching for "lock" in my local language and picking the right activity from the listed "Settings" menu items. It's supposed to be the locally translated shortcut for the activity
"com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings$AccessLockSummaryActivity"
The QuickQuickShortCutMaker app only searches the translated names...
if somebody can't find access lock at another language try to change phone language to english =)
try this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall to use fariwall without root
For those using Nova.
Tap and hold the homescreen (or any landing page screen), select widgets, under Nova Launcher Widgets select Activity.
From there scroll down to settings, expand settings, and select Access Lock.
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Hey guys.
Just saw a "Allow application moving" option in the CyanogenMod settings menu.
This allows any app to be moved to the SD card.
I have been wondering...by allowing any app to be moved to SD even though originally they can't...
are there any side effects, problems or any inconveniences caused by doing so?
Thx guys.
MegaBubbletea said:
Hey guys.
Just saw a "Allow application moving" option in the CyanogenMod settings menu.
This allows any app to be moved to the SD card.
I have been wondering...by allowing any app to be moved to SD even though originally they can't...
are there any side effects, problems or any inconveniences caused by doing so?
Thx guys.
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It doesn't let you do it for all apps but otherwise it works well.
It's also a good idea to keep your widget apps on the phone.
Oh ok thx.
If you will move any widget to SD. You will have to configure it every time you turn on phone. The same with launchers and keypads.
ok. I'll remember that.
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If you need it, there are apps in the market which let you know what apps can be put on sd and what apps can't or shouldn't. Type 'app 2 sd' in search box in market
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skribbler86 said:
If you need it, there are apps in the market which let you know what apps can be put on sd and what apps can't or shouldn't. Type. Apps2sd in search box in market
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I know...but I don;t mean that. There is a setting in CyanogenMod settings that can MOVE ANY APP to SD.
I was inquiring about that.
I already know what you were trying to say in your original post.
However, I was just adding on to what cheryanne and zdune were saying.
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You mean apps on the market like: Move2SD or Apps 2 SD?
The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
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The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
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First check what you have installed recently. Could be one of those apps give spam notifications. I saw something similar on my bro-in-law phone and that was because he installed some kind of "enhancement" program to make his phone run more efficient (it didn't help bytheway).
Also, since you didn't say what OS you're running, 4.0+ has the option to disable notifications when you go to settings>applications>app name. If you find its an app you need, then that might help.
If you thinks its beyond this, then install lookout or norton from the market.
It's not malware, they're called push notification ads. Just download "Ad Blocker" (root required) from the market and it will tell you which app(s) is doing this. You can also choose to delete it from within the app.
Pretty handy.
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First check what you have installed recently. Could be one of those apps give spam notifications. I saw something similar on my bro-in-law phone and that was because he installed some kind of "enhancement" program to make his phone run more efficient (it didn't help bytheway).
Also, since you didn't say what OS you're running, 4.0+ has the option to disable notifications when you go to settings>applications>app name. If you find its an app you need, then that might help.
If you thinks its beyond this, then install lookout or norton from the market.
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Yes it is 4.0.4. l'll check in settings and reply.
OTAw said:
It's not malware, they're called push notification ads. Just download "Ad Blocker" (root required) from the market and it will tell you which app(s) is doing this. You can also choose to delete it from within the app.
Pretty handy.
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yes it just push notification ad. The problem is I don't know which app is doing this, and do not want to root my device. Is there another way to identify ?
olivex said:
yes it just push notification ad. The problem is I don't know which app is doing this, and do not want to root my device. Is there another way to identify ?
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Try installing "Air Push Detector" from the market.
my tablet is using 4.0.4 but i cannot find the setting you mentioned. in settings-application-application name, there is no notification setting.
i tried but there is no app found. i still get notification ad.
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i tried but there is no app found. i still get notification ad.
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Can you upload a screenshot of this notification ad for us? Maybe even a list of your downloaded apps?
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Can you upload a screenshot of this notification ad for us? Maybe even a list of your downloaded apps?
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I don't have it now, I will load it when I get it next time.
However I have the list of apps I installed because I sent it to the author of push detector. How can I send it to you? I just don't want to post it here.
I have another finding, which seems odd to me: I set the home page of chrome to be blank, and I double checked that, but each time I open the browser it always opens a search page with a lot of informations (looks like a portal but I don't like it). How can I know which app replaces my home page with such rubish?
Is it possible the 3G provider does this kind of things? (notification ads and home replacement)?
olivex said:
I don't have it now, I will load it when I get it next time.
However I have the list of apps I installed because I sent it to the author of push detector. How can I send it to you? I just don't want to post it here.
I have another finding, which seems odd to me: I set the home page of chrome to be blank, and I double checked that, but each time I open the browser it always opens a search page with a lot of informations (looks like a portal but I don't like it). How can I know which app replaces my home page with such rubish?
Is it possible the 3G provider does this kind of things? (notification ads and home replacement)?
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No, your network provider would have nothing to do with push notification ads or homepage replacement. And as for setting your homepage in Google chrome, are you talking about the desktop version? Because I don't believe you can make that selection on the mobile version, unless I'm missing something?
BTW, you can send that list to me in a PM if you'd like.
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Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
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No, your network provider would have nothing to do with push notification ads or homepage replacement. And as for setting your homepage in Google chrome, are you talking about the desktop version? Because I don't believe you can make that selection on the mobile version, unless I'm missing something?
BTW, you can send that list to me in a PM if you'd like.
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In Chrome settings you can set your home page. But it seems it's the 3G provider that replaces the home page for me.
I will send you the app list. Thanks.
mrsbelpit said:
Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
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Thanks. I will try it and post result here.
mrsbelpit said:
Try this app, it will tell you every app that has a shady ad network and you can delete it. A friend of mine had an app that was creating a ton of shortcuts all over her home screens.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.addetector&hl=en
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I tried it but it also couldnt find the notification ad. It did find apps that have bi-app ads but they are numerous.
olivex said:
The symptom is, each time I switch on my tablet, I receive a notification in lower right corner promoting something like lucky draw, game, etc. If I click on the notification, it automatically starts downloading apk. The apk is always named like yyyymmddxxxxxxxxxxx.apk. I never run those apks, I guess they are not friendly. How can I check which app I installed is doing this?
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Rooted?
why don't you backup with Titanium Backup then backup everything
then Flash Stock ROM using ODIN
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abihakim said:
Rooted?
why don't you backup with Titanium Backup then backup everything
then Flash Stock ROM using ODIN
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No it's not rooted.
I like the phone, but the 16gb causes a lot of concern. After downloading my music from Amazon, it's almost gone.
I can't find an option to put music from Amazon on my sd card, is that hte new kit kat "feature"?
Also, the test message preview on my lock screen only says "New Message", ther eused to be an option that gave me a preview of the actual message..is it gone?
On the Note 3, it had a setting where screenshots would enter auto edit mode, came in real handy for me. S5 doesn't seem to have this?
When I disabled my magazine, my home screen transitions isn't continuous ..I know I seen the s5 do this in review videos.
Did you root your phone yet with Towelroot? If so go to play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix and install this to get read/write to your sd card. The other stuff I can't help you with. Sorry.
nicetucu said:
Did you root your phone yet with Towelroot? If so go to play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix and install this to get read/write to your sd card. The other stuff I can't help you with. Sorry.
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Not yet. I will this weekend tho. Thanks bud
Before you root you may want to look into fix for SHealth and ISIS Wallet (if you use it). You have to stop SHealth and Health Services in app manager and clear data and cache before you installed Xposed. You may even have to uninstall their updates if I remember as well.
Install xposed and it's service , then update Shealth and it should work fine. Once you get that done install ISIS Root Bypass 3.0 module for xposed and check it in modules and reboot and the Wallet will work fine after that.
These were two things that I use often and really had to get working to be happy with root.
Rippley05 said:
Not yet. I will this weekend tho. Thanks bud
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Why put off until tomorrow, what you could do today, and prevent yourself from being screwed by VZW when they push 4.4.3 soon, and Root may not work with it?
In the text messaging app you'll see a setting to display the message on the lockscreen instead of new message.
Plug your phone into the computer and drag and drop the music to the SD or use root explorer to move it there.. You don't need root to do this.
No, the S5 cannot auto enter edit mode as far as I know, maybe clear defaults of gallery and set images to auto open in an editor?
As far as continuous transitions just use apex or Nova.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I'll keep digging.
I do not see the lockscreen setting in the messaging app. I'm using Samsungs app over Verizons
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Rippley05 said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I'll keep digging.
I do not see the lockscreen setting in the messaging app. I'm using Samsungs app over Verizons
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It's under Settings -> Notifications -> and at the bottom you will see check boxes for Lock Screen and Status Bar
Thanks. Sure enough found it. Also has the option for a pop up. .awesome.
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How did you "disable" My Magazine exactly? I was able to long press home screen, choose Home screen settings, and uncheck My Magazine. This allowed me to scroll continuously or not.
bagery77 said:
How did you "disable" My Magazine exactly? I was able to long press home screen, choose Home screen settings, and uncheck My Magazine. This allowed me to scroll continuously or not.
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I unchecked it via longpress homescreen. I don't have an option anywhere (that I can find) for continuous scroll
Rippley05 said:
I unchecked it via longpress homescreen. I don't have an option anywhere (that I can find) for continuous scroll
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Oh gosh, well that is a problem then. I'll definitely keep my eyes open for a solution. You should let us know if you find one. I'm curious now.
Rippley05 said:
I unchecked it via longpress homescreen. I don't have an option anywhere (that I can find) for continuous scroll
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You'll have to edit a file using Root Explorer then if you disable My Magazine you'll have endless home screen scrolling. I use Nova launcher which already has the option in settings. If you definitely have to have the stock launcher and you can't get infinite scrolling to work let me know I'll tell you which file to edit.
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nicetucu said:
Before you root you may want to look into fix for SHealth and ISIS Wallet (if you use it). You have to stop SHealth and Health Services in app manager and clear data and cache before you installed Xposed. You may even have to uninstall their updates if I remember as well.
Install xposed and it's service , then update Shealth and it should work fine. Once you get that done install ISIS Root Bypass 3.0 module for xposed and check it in modules and reboot and the Wallet will work fine after that.
These were two things that I use often and really had to get working to be happy with root.
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I wouldn't have to modify the build prop to get S health to work with xposed?
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One of the big features in the new Galaxy was the addition of Whitepages built into the dialer.
Did Verizon force Samsung to remove that as well?
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Looks like Verizon removed this feature. If enough people tell them they are upset about it they may bring it back, but probably not
It's Verizon. Since when do they listen.
They want you to pay for their ID program
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Spoke with Samsung. Verizon forced them to remove it due to the paid for ID program.
Hopefully enough people bother them that they end up bringing it back.
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I found this feature by downloading "Any cut" from the play store and then scrolling through the list and finding "identify unsaved numbers" you can then turn it on from there.
Very similar In Nova Launcher... Create a new activities widget... Scroll down to the third phone choice (it has the most choices)... Then select "identify unsaved numbers"... That will create a shortcut.. Open it and flip the switch.
Yeah there are numerous programs out there.
True Caller, Whitepages ID, etc.
I would have liked not to download an extra program when it's built into the dialer.
I started a forum in the Verizon Community.
Hopefully if we get enough people to annoy them, they will bring it back.
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joebrady119 said:
Very similar In Nova Launcher... Create a new activities widget... Scroll down to the third phone choice (it has the most choices)... Then select "identify unsaved numbers"... That will create a shortcut.. Open it and flip the switch.
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I followed your steps, it all worked. Now question is, how do i know its working? I played around with it but i don't see anything different.
Thanks!
dsmendiola said:
I followed your steps, it all worked. Now question is, how do i know its working? I played around with it but i don't see anything different.
Thanks!
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I guess we have to wait to get some phone calls from people we don't know... Lol
joebrady119 said:
I guess we have to wait to get some phone calls from people we don't know... Lol
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We may have turned the switch on, but i think it didnt do much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9Ju1hMFaY
that shows the interface and i cant assure you no numbers pop up when i search pizza haha.
dsmendiola said:
We may have turned the switch on, but i think it didnt do much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9Ju1hMFaY
that shows the interface and i cant assure you no numbers pop up when i search pizza haha.
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The switch does not bring back the program which Verizon stripped out.
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can always install it via the app store. it doesn't integrate with the dialer like the samsung version was supposed to, but it will pop on top of the default dialer and give you an alert. just a thought.
This looks really good. I"m currently using CallApp, based on pulling info from social sites, Facebook, Twitter ect. but I want something more.
It is possible to get the builtin whitepages semi working. (the caller id works but searching for local business via the contacts search bar doesn't seem to) However doing so requires a rooted phone. If you go to your system/app folder you should see a folder called SmartCallProvider. Inside is the whitepages apk. make sure it was the right permissions rw-r--r-- then go to your system/csc folder. here you want to add this line to your feature.xml file.
Code:
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
reboot phone and it should be working. I've only recieved one unknown number call since then but whitepages seems to work as it was identified as a scam number.
TeK9samurai said:
Spoke with Samsung. Verizon forced them to remove it due to the paid for ID program.
Hopefully enough people bother them that they end up bringing it back.
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They did re-enable fm but this wouldn't seem likely.
joebrady119 said:
Very similar In Nova Launcher... Create a new activities widget... Scroll down to the third phone choice (it has the most choices)... Then select "identify unsaved numbers"... That will create a shortcut.. Open it and flip the switch.
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Thanks for this information been wondering how to do this on the Verizon phone oh nvm lol I read all the posts after doesn't really turn on thanks anyway
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mrclark5688 said:
It is possible to get the builtin whitepages semi working. (the caller id works but searching for local business via the contacts search bar doesn't seem to) However doing so requires a rooted phone. If you go to your system/app folder you should see a folder called SmartCallProvider. Inside is the whitepages apk. make sure it was the right permissions rw-r--r-- then go to your system/csc folder. here you want to add this line to your feature.xml file.
Code:
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
reboot phone and it should be working. I've only recieved one unknown number call since then but whitepages seems to work as it was identified as a scam number.
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I don't see a white pages apk in there
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Dri94 said:
I don't see a white pages apk in there
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the name is actually also SmartCallProvider.apk
mrclark5688 said:
the name is actually also SmartCallProvider.apk
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Okay then i did it right
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Dri94 said:
Okay then i did it right
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you also need to enable the "identify unsaved numbers" setting in your dialer, which should now be available after preforming the modification.
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
Perhaps try Llama? It can be found in the Play Store
I would be very interested if one of the tmobile phone owners have an apk of my places, and could possibly post it.
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Attached are the APKs. One of the app itself, the other is the engine. Not sure if you need the engine or not though.
Appreciate you posting that, unfortunately it said that they are corrupted. Both files are only a handful of kilobytes each which cant be correct
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Those were pulled with titanium backup. Not exactly sure where it is in the system files for a direct pull.
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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I recommend MacroDroid. Much better than Smart Settings. Smart Settings is terrible by comparison. Verizon did you a favor.
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Ill give that a shot, thank you, i assume it doesnt kill battery (i hope) lol
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jspsuperman said:
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
Vuciz said:
To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
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leyvatron said:
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Tried this, waited 5 days but settings aren't turning on. This isn't working at all. Did it work for you?
minuett said:
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
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No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
jraines1 said:
No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Hmmm... most people I know turn it off, but to each his own. But when that is intentionally disabled along with FM radio, along with Google In Apps Search shortcut (by which you must do an internet search first before just searching for something on your phone...) - a pattern seems to be emerging... but let's give Big Red the benefit of the doubt, right? Let's forget about the lawsuit about them asking Blackberry to disable bluetooth so you couldn't transfer files, or the similar lawsuit about the same kind of thing with Motorola...
No... Nothing to see here... Move along, people, move along...
Any luck with this?
Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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There are numerous apps that don't require root that will do what Smart Settings does and more.
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