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a voice comes up when editing folders in drawer

Hi guys.
I flashed RR v7 on my note (so ICS).
Maybe I have got a hidden setting I didn't know the existence before.
If I put in edit mode the app drawer to manage my apps in folders, when I open or close the folders there's a synthetic voice telling "folder opened, folder closed" plus something else....
Am I wrong? Any suggestion? I want to get rid of that. Only doing this operation I hear that. Really annoying. I did not check anything in voice settings...
Thanks.

Check System Setting > Accessibility for a Voice Over feature. Turn everything off in that menu, might be it.

Thx mate. Already checked and everything is off. In my opinion is due to the custom ROM I have. In fact it is the only place of the entire phone where I have such voice "help". There must be some hidden recall to voice function active on that. Quite annoying but I can survive.
Thanks for your reply.
Sent with my Galaxy Note!

I had this 'bug' using the new galaxy s3 launcher. I've reverted back to stock launcher before i found the cause of it.
Hope this leads you in the right direction
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Mate, you are right.
I changed the default s3 touchwiz with the classic one and the "bug disappeared".
So it is related to the new touchwiz itself.
Thanks so much to have given to me the right tip.
Cheers!

You mean feature lol
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Feature? Yes if it would be a thing I can choose..
Not this case...

I had a similar problem but was triggered by my 'Iphone Notifications' app, it looks like apps enable under 'Settings/Accessibility/Services' can trigger this wierd behaviour in touchwiz, i disable iphone notifications and the 'Folder Opened' voice goes away, I enable it and it comes back.

If you disable any Text to speech (TTS) apps installed, usually have a Google one and a Samsung one installed in Stock ROMS, the problem should disappear. Its a well documented problem with Google Talkback.

rsommerv said:
I had a similar problem but was triggered by my 'Iphone Notifications' app, it looks like apps enable under 'Settings/Accessibility/Services' can trigger this wierd behaviour in touchwiz, i disable iphone notifications and the 'Folder Opened' voice goes away, I enable it and it comes back.
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Hi.
Creator of iPhone Notifications here.
Here is a fix to your issue :
http://www.productigeeky.com/faq/#1
This is a bug in Samsung's software, their dev team has reported to us that they have found the bug and made a fix and it will be released in the next update.
Thanks for your interest for our apps.

Air View not working

You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?

Pull down your notif bar>long press air view
You'll find a looot of things to tick and untick there
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I didnt get it.
What do you mean?
My problem is that before, if I got an email or a whatsapp message, I hover my finger over the notification of the message in the notification pulldown menu, I can see the message.
I already have "information preview" enabled in the Air View menu.
I used to be able to do Air View over notifications like gmailor whatsapp, but now I cant.

You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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Vadrieldur said:
You have to enable "information preview" under airview settings.
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did you not read my post just above yours?
I already have 'information preview' enabled.

try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility

Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
Sent from my Galaxy S IV

aimseven said:
try to disable magnification gestures under settings > my device > accessibility
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It was already disabled. :crying:
lambstone said:
Wait you meant that you could use air view for notifications on the pull down bar? I thought it was restricted to only Samsung apps.
Sent from my Galaxy S IV
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Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.

CorruptedSanity said:
It was already disabled. :crying:
Yes I could see pop ups.
So if I got a whatsup message, I hover my finger over it and a pop up window (like in SMS for example) appears with the message. It was very handy.
Same thing for gmail emails.
Suddenly it stopped working.
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Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.

lambstone said:
Meh. I think it was a fluke that it worked. Then it went back to not working.
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What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.

CorruptedSanity said:
What was a fluke?
It worked for 4 days.
I even showed it to a friend and he tried it on his S4 in front of me and it worked.
Then suddenly it stopped working.
I've been trying every time I get a notification all day since that day.
Even when it did work, it was sorta random. Sometimes it'd work and sometimes it wouldn't.
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Hm. Strange. Perhaps you could try a nandroid backup then factory reset to see if it works again?

no one else had air view for notifications?

No Air View in the standard email app
LastPass was the culprit for me. Disabling it in Accessibility gave me back my Air View in the standard email app. So to any that are having issues with Air View not working it is most certainly an app. First look at anything in Accessibility that is associated with any app that you've added and disable it.

On 4.2.2 MGA (and older chrome version) airview worked as mouseover, it was SOOO good popup menus etc.
It didn't work all the time though.

Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
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CorruptedSanity said:
no one else had air view for notifications?
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dave106 said:
Had random occurrences too when it's worked in other non samsung apps like WhatsApp like you said. Also when I used a remote desktop I could move the Windows pointer around without even touching the screen! But I've searched and searched and no one seems to have a definite answer how and why!!
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Hi,
Same here! I was on 4.2.2 stock on my S4 GT-i9505 for about a year, i used to preview Facebook comments, Whatsapp messages just hovering my finger and a pop-up showed the entire message. But since I upgraded to 4.4.2 , i missed that!
Anyone solved this?! :good:
edit: remember that on 4.2.2 i could preview the messages only if i pull down the notifications with the SCREEN LOCKED (slide to unlock) and then hovering my finger.

CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Hey fellas! I just recorded a video showing that feature on Facebook notification in S4 Wanamlite Kit Kat ROM. But for some reason it shows for a few mili-seconds. browse on youtube for "air view hovering facebook notifications"
So, thats possible to expand notifications just hovering the finger. Just need a fix to pop-up remains for a long time!
Anyone?! :good:

How did it get disabled
CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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Air Gestures will let you navigate by waving your hand. Instead of swiping your finger from picture to picture in your gallery, you can wave your hand instead. You can even answer your phone without picking it up. You will find quick on/off toggles for both Air View and Air Gestures in your notification pull down, but you might need to fine tune the settings a little. Just hit the break for our video showing you how to set them up and how to use them.

Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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CorruptedSanity said:
You know how if you hover your finger over a picture in the gallery or an item in your calender or an SMS, you'll get a pop up of it?
Well I used to be able to do that to emails and whats app messages in the notification menu. The thing you pull down from the top when you get a notification.
Now I cant see those pop ups with air view.
How did it get disabled?
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frapeti said:
Give this a try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frapeti.fingerhovering [emoji6]
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Same thing, the app work on it but when I pull down the notification bar, it seems to disable the Air View Function!

"screen overlay detected"

Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
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toanau said:
Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
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did you modify your dpi?

I think you got some blue light filter running. Pause it when you install something or grant any permission.
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Lux also counts as a screen overlay in my experience.

Screen overlay detected
Hi, I have the same problem on my oneplus two. I just updated to Marshmallow. It's not allowing me to make calls as well as microphone permission is denied. I dont have any application like lux or blue light filter. It's really annoying. Please help!

Go to settings / apps
Press on settings icon right on top
Search for the Overlay entry
show only apps with permissions
deactivate the activated
Hope this helps
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swipe any heads-up notifications, disable additional filters (Darker, Blue Light, Lux etc).

I had the same problem an iI was ready to throw my phone into the ocean, turns out I had the iswipe enabled from clean master. I turned it off in the settings for clean master and now I'm fine, you could also try turning off screen overlay for every app on your phone. Anything that displays something over an app is an overlay, such as facebook messenger bubble or anything like that.

Tried all the above. Screen overlay problem still persists
Tried all the above. Screen overlay problem still persists. Dont know what to do.
Vishal

Fix for sreen overlay detected message in one plus 2
Put your phone in safe mode (press the power off button and press on the on screen power off icon until it asks if you want to go in safe mode. Press okay) then once it reboots, go to settings, then apps, click on the facebook app or whatever app you have the problem with, press permissions and then turn on all the permissions (toggle to the right and it should turn green). Repeat for whichever other apps have this problem then turn reboot the phone and voila! It's fixed. :d

Thanks mate
[email protected] said:
Go to settings / apps
Press on settings icon right on top
Search for the Overlay entry
show only apps with permissions
deactivate the activated
Hope this helps
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Thank you very much mate. It did work. You are the man. I disabled the option for all apps and issue resolved.

Okay, The solution to this problem is because of clean master, The iswipe on your device is enabled, Just Uninstalling clean master. If this doesn't work, then change the draw over apps of all your applications to no. Hope this helps

I had similar problem. Uninstalled CM swipe app. This solved the problem

I have this problem with my one plus 2 and it started after the new update. What's not working for me is that I do not have an 'Overlay' entry when I click on the setting widget up in the right corner. Now all my app permissions have been reset. Appreciate the help.
Ma

I resolved this issue.you guys may try this.
Boot your phone in safe mode
1)power off phone
2)press power button,once it start booting,press volume down button
Phone will boot in safe mode.
Once booted,you can see safe mode notification on corner of phone
Now go to settings->apps
Select each app,go to permissions
Now you will be able to enable permissions like storage,camera,contacts etc.
Finally reboot your phone by pressing power button

navin.kolli said:
I resolved this issue.you guys may try this.
Boot your phone in safe mode
1)power off phone
2)press power button,once it start booting,press volume down button
Phone will boot in safe mode.
Once booted,you can see safe mode notification on corner of phone
Now go to settings->apps
Select each app,go to permissions
Now you will be able to enable permissions like storage,camera,contacts etc.
Finally reboot your phone by pressing power button
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Are you on stock recovery or twrp to put this to safe mode
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Overlay settings issue
Twilight app also responsible for this issue. Just disable overlay permissions while installing other app.

messenger counts as an overlay

toanau said:
Most of my apps have this message now. How do I get rid of it its very annoying to give permission on most app to work
Sent from my ONE A2005 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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You can stop this error from appearing by disabling the apps using "draw over other apps" option. You can find this in settings. If you need a step by step method, check my detailed how to post : How to fix screen overlay detected error

easy solution
bro you can get rid of this issue by doing this
Settings >> Apps >> Tap Top Setting icon
Special Access >> “Draw over other apps”
“Permit drawing over other apps“

[Q] What is this Icon and how do I stop the spam

I'm getting daily spam messages.
Please see the icon in the upper tray to the left.
The Header says:
'New Incoming Message'
I'm not using the Samsung messaging app as default.
I'm not seeing this message in Go SMS or the Samsung messaging app.
When I pull down the drop down, I see the message from a web address, and when I press it, it takes me to the website.
What is that icon to the left and what app is this, and how do I block these morons from sending me their spam?

looks like the O for opera.. Is that installed?

Hi. Yes, I am using Opera as my browser.

It could be that.. id uninstall and see if that stops it..
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djr4x4 said:
It could be that.. id uninstall and see if that stops it..
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I think it's related to Samsung somehow, as the symbol is within a grey circle in the drop down screen, similar to other Samsung apps.
Edit:
See attached photo........
Edit #2:
If it does have anything to do with Opera, I just went into Settings/Notifications and changed the setting to 'Denied.'
Ultimately, I'd like to block the morons, if possible.

Pull down the notification shade, long press on that notification, and that should end this mystery.

Dr. Fed said:
Pull down the notification shade, long press on that notification, and that should end this mystery.
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Thanks for that. I haven't received anymore spam since denying notifications, but if I do, I'll be sure to hard press it.

MIUI notes/tips

I don't know about anyone else, but this is my first MIUI phone.
I thought it would be useful to start a thread regarding MIUI notes/tips/etc that are specific to MIUI.
The first big one of course - how to fix push notifications:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/...ions-on-xiaomis-miui-8-for-real/#11f834174e1b

I was about to start this very thread
I found a cool feature
You can select several photos for deleting by simply gliding your fingers over the photos
Another cool feature
You can orient that device do that it's upside
The top bezel-less becomes downwards.
The phone is also programmed to rotate it to the standard orientation during a phone call because of Mic location.

One thing I quite like is how specific WIFI connects can be disabled without having to remove them.
Our work WIFI blocks certain things, so it's nice to be able to disable it but not have
to totally remove it (and then reenter all the passwords when I re-enter it).

ChodTheWacko said:
One thing I quite like is how specific WIFI connects can be disabled without having to remove them.
Our work WIFI blocks certain things, so it's nice to be able to disable it but not have
to totally remove it (and then reenter all the passwords when I re-enter it).
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What do you mean

CorruptedSanity said:
What do you mean
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For each WIFI connection, there is a little > to the right of it.
If you touch that you go into another menu, and one option is 'auto connect on/off'.
Turning off autoconnect helps in situations where there are multiple WIFI signals, but you only want it autoconnecting to a specific one.
- Frank

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2 finger swipe on notifications displays their details (or what is called Peek)

ChodTheWacko said:
For each WIFI connection, there is a little > to the right of it.
If you touch that you go into another menu, and one option is 'auto connect on/off'.
Turning off autoconnect helps in situations where there are multiple WIFI signals, but you only want it autoconnecting to a specific one.
- Frank
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Thanks for clarifying.
What if I'm in the range of two networks that I've saved the passwords for.
Which does the mi mix connect to when I enter range?
Looks like the last one I've connected to.
saurabhsun said:
2 finger swipe on notifications displays their details (or what is called Peek)
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That's actually a primitive way of doing it.
Samsung did it better by letting you 'peek' one-handedly with a simple swipe down of the notification.
With mi mix, I have to use two hands. I can do it with one hand but it's tough.

CorruptedSanity said:
That's actually a primitive way of doing it.
Samsung did it better by letting you 'peek' one-handedly with a simple swipe down of the notification.
With mi mix, I have to use two hands. I can do it with one hand but it's tough.
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And just found out, we can't "swipe away" the notifications from the lockscreen directly. Need to pull down the shade and clear from there. Would this not be considered a stupid decision?!

saurabhsun said:
And just found out, we can't "swipe away" the notifications from the lockscreen directly. Need to pull down the shade and clear from there. Would this not be considered a stupid decision?!
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Perhaps there's a solution if you root/install Xposed & a module is available for lockscreen options.
I'm rooted,but, haven't used Xposed in ages, considering trying it again......
On Samsung devices,(non-root) Ad Blocking apps have a persistent notification on the lockscreen that cannot be swiped away,.The only remedy for this was to turn off the ad blocking.
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How to always have mobile data allow to download app from playstore ? Have disable only wifi in playstore settings but always prompt to have wifi
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mobile88 said:
How to always have mobile data allow to download app from playstore ? Have disable only wifi in playstore settings but always prompt to have wifi
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Open Downloads app, Triple Dot, Settings, Set unlimited download limit for mobile. This resolves that issue.

TQ very much for that tip
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youtube /watch?v=NG7GmbVGBlA
A guide to uninstall a few of the system apps such as Chinese Keyboard, Messaging app etc.

saurabhsun said:
youtube /watch?v=NG7GmbVGBlA
A guide to uninstall a few of the system apps such as Chinese Keyboard, Messaging app etc.
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I followed all the steps.
I understood that there are several instances of settings and installed apps.
I went through all of them but still could not disable or uninstall pre-loaded apps like Mi Credit, Mi Cloud and all those Mi nonsense apps.

CorruptedSanity said:
I followed all the steps.
I understood that there are several instances of settings and installed apps.
I went through all of them but still could not disable or uninstall pre-loaded apps like Mi Credit, Mi Cloud and all those Mi nonsense apps.
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Those are uninstallable I guess (as Mi earns from these apps and not selling the phone), few rubbish were uninstalled using this method.

I should be able to disable them though
Apparently not

Some more MIUI notes:
menu + volume down = screenshot
hardware test: dial *#*#6484#*#*
More phone info: dial *#*#4636#*#*
There is a toggle to disable the navigation buttons (double tap them to re-enable)
handy if you keep accidentally hitting them.
in 'buttons' can auto disable for any particular app (games)
In accessibility there is a magnification mode - triple tap to allow/disable zooming of screen. (EDIT: it's bugged - it isn't supposed to trigger during keyboard typing,but it does, effectively making it useless)
wake with volume buttons is in lockscreen menu, not "button"

There are some apps that just won't stay uninstalled. Anyone got idea how to remove them? PPTV for example

Kildras said:
There are some apps that just won't stay uninstalled. Anyone got idea how to remove them? PPTV for example
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Needs to be rooted to remove system app