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Bars on Gallery App won't disappear

When I first got the phone, I could make the bars disappear on the gallery app by just tapping and now I can't make them go away for the life of me. Any help? Thanks
Here is an example below
http://www.imgur.com/FNlXru2.jpeg

Anyone?

For me, just not touching the screen for a couple of seconds makes them disappear.

I've got the same problem
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benni2903 said:
I've got the same problem
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Sometimes I have the same problem, and sometimes they disappear from just waiting...
It's really annoying...
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No one knows a fix? Even if i dont touch it the bar will not disappear
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Maybe try updating the firmware? Maybe it's a bug they fixed.

I'm running the XXUAMDM version and i think that this is the latest firmware which is available.
Maybe i will try to flash a stock rom from the development section.
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Well I'm using XXUAMDN, which I'd expect is newer going alphabetically.

My galaxy s4 is not able no find a newer version than my current one. I'm from germany so maybe I'll have to wait

benni2903 said:
My galaxy s4 is not able no find a newer version than my current one. I'm from germany so maybe I'll have to wait
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Mine couldn't either, even though it was on XXUAMDC. I assume it's because it gets the update through your network provider, and you'll only get the newest one they'd let you get, especially if it's locked to their network like mine was.

I probably found out what was causing that bug. My gallery is working fine again.
Please test the following:
Enable all sounds on your galaxy s4 and get into the Gallery.
now select an folder with your pictures and long press on a picture. in my case the phone had read out loud that i've selected a picture.
Then i removed an app called Notify-Me and some other apps which could cause the problem and now the gallery works again :good:
I'm sorry for my english but I hope you can understand it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262790&highlight=gallery
There I found my solution.
Hope it works for you !

Actually my gallery was also doing talkback at some point. I had just frozen a bunch of bloat apps, so I thought that was the thing causing it.. So I unfroze them again..
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My phone is a completely stock US version and I have the gallery problem. You can never view a picture fullscreen no matter what you do.

Do you have an app installed which is enabled in accessibility? Disable it and try again in landscape mode
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Wow, it's Lightflow that's causing it! Well, maybe I should say Samsung's gallery sucks and can't coexist with lightflow. I've been using an app from the market called Gallery ICS which works fine with lightflow enabled. So odd. I don't get what would cause this.

What is lightflow?

...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow&hl=en

Yeah pretty annoying that no notification app works with the stock gallery. I hope this will be fixed soon :banghead:
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Thanks for the info! I've just disabled the Tasker accessibility service and the problem went away. Looks like the bug occurs when you have at least one active accessibility service.
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Note 3 stock browser peformance

I seem to have an issue an I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar problem or knows a fix. Basically the stock browser keeps hanging while loading Web pages. It seems to wait a bit longer than normal before loading pages more often than not. It happens both on wifi an hsdpa. I've noticed chrome doesn't have the issue at al. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Anyone??
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Sounds daft but have you restarted the phone? Cleared the cache ect for the stock browser?
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dreamdestiny said:
Anyone??
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Yeah I see what your saying..
Chrome has been working well for me.

Dream I have the same issue. Its working a bit more while loading page. Could swear that my s3 is lil faster on stock. Chrome is good.
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Ry2mkk said:
Sounds daft but have you restarted the phone? Cleared the cache ect for the stock browser?
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Ye I have tried all that. At least I'm not the only one with the problem. Hopefully it gets sorted soon
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Same goes with my s4 guys. Blame samsung fir this. Also, how is the tab opening;switching time on note 3?
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Slightly off topic but how the heck do you do a rollover on a button? In any browser? I like the stock browser but I hate having to long press on a button then hit back on the soft key to get it to work! I'm no iFan but I do have to commend apple on getting that one thing right. Why does it take these android devs so long to figure this out lol.

I think the main issue is with android fragmentation, where as Apple only have their iDevices.. Gives them more control.
Op I get my note 3 later, will test it out and try a few solutions.. Hopefully there's a silly fix somewhere as I was planning on using stock browser as it's always performed well!! Have you tried dolphin? That's a quick snappy browser imo.
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dreamdestiny said:
I seem to have an issue an I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar problem or knows a fix. Basically the stock browser keeps hanging while loading Web pages. It seems to wait a bit longer than normal before loading pages more often than not. It happens both on wifi an hsdpa. I've noticed chrome doesn't have the issue at al. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Played with he browser for the past half hour... Everything is fluid, fast, no delays... Smooth as butter. Very impressed!! Especially the new look for tab switching.
Are you still experiencing or has it sorted itself out?
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Is there a way to save pages for offline reading? This feature was in Note 2's stock browser.
Also, is there a way to sync desktop browser bookmarks like on Chrome? Thx.
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Ry2mkk said:
Played with he browser for the past half hour... Everything is fluid, fast, no delays... Smooth as butter. Very impressed!! Especially the new look for tab switching.
Are you still experiencing or has it sorted itself out?
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No still experiencing the issue. I feel there is a bug or something in the browser an i can't sort it.
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dreamdestiny said:
No still experiencing the issue. I feel there is a bug or something in the browser an i can't sort it.
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Any site specifically giving you more greif? Will try any you suggest
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Had that problem. Just rebooted it and switched to chrome. No issues since
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I've been playing with the stock browser for the last day or so since getting this phone. Super smooth and fast. No hiccups or laggy periods. And I also agree the new tab switching is nice compared to older versions I've used (I came from a note 1). The only gripe I have is that you can't seem to load new tabs in background. Now, every time I open a new tab, it loads upon top. Irritating, although I'll have to get used to it.

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I've been playing with the stock browser for the last day or so since getting this phone. Super smooth and fast. No hiccups or laggy periods. And I also agree the new tab switching is nice compared to older versions I've used (I came from a note 1). The only gripe I have is that you can't seem to load new tabs in background. Now, every time I open a new tab, it loads upon top. Irritating, although I'll have to get used to it.
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What about kinetic scrolling? Is it as responsive as note 2? Also I am experiencing this annoying issue when I click on a picture on facebook mobile website it is displayed in very small size. Chrome does not have this issue neither does the stock browser on note 2
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Also something that anoyes me a lot in the note 3 is the auto fit pages.. It seems to have disappeared even in chrome. Really a bummer .. With this gorgeous screen you are left out with pages that you have to slide from side to side to be able to read a zoomed page :banghead:
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Step away from the Stock Browser would be my suggestion. Ive been using Chrome and havent had any issues. There are other browsers that have been tested and proved great performance
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[Q]Not enough RAM?

hi guyzz:
I have been using my S5 and sometimes music stops playing. fingerprint sensor stops to work but i get to access with alternative code.
I enter but find that touchwiz launcher restarts... I freak out not knowing what happened and check the ram. It is using 90% of avaiable ram. I dont know what uses so much ram. and sometimes camera takes a picture but picture looks broken and same. touvhwiz launcher restarts... sometimes...but frequently.
anyone knows?
add: any happened to see that power button becomes unresponsive? does greenify or gravity screen make perfect culprit? because i uninstalled them, restarted and everuthing is fine now...
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fenchai said:
hi guyzz:
I have been using my S5 and sometimes music stops playing. fingerprint sensor stops to work but i get to access with alternative code.
I enter but find that touchwiz launcher restarts... I freak out not knowing what happened and check the ram. It is using 90% of avaiable ram. I dont know what uses so much ram. and sometimes camera takes a picture but picture looks broken and same. touvhwiz launcher restarts... sometimes...but frequently.
anyone knows?
add: any happened to see that power button becomes unresponsive? does greenify or gravity screen make perfect culprit? because i uninstalled them, restarted and everuthing is fine now...
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I think this is the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734358
Can you provide more information please? This happens using the stock Music app or it's not related?
Maybe there's a memory leak somewhere. I haven't encountered the issue yet but I always use Play Music.

drakester09 said:
I think this is the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734358
Can you provide more information please? This happens using the stock Music app or it's not related?
Maybe there's a memory leak somewhere. I haven't encountered the issue yet but I always use Play Music.
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Hi. I use the stock music player. and recently I switched to action launcher so ram appears to have gotten better. now its at 1.28gb always, before it was 1.35 then randonmly up to 1.6 ...
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fenchai said:
Hi. I use the stock music player. and recently I switched to action launcher so ram appears to have gotten better. now its at 1.28gb always, before it was 1.35 then randonmly up to 1.6 ...
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Good to hear
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drakester09 said:
Good to hear
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yeah, doesnt work, after an hour i have to restart because music doesnt work...
defective cellphone? or sofrware issue?
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fenchai said:
yeah, doesnt work, after an hour i have to restart because music doesnt work...
defective cellphone? or sofrware issue?
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What happens if you don't use the stock player? (try power amp or play music)
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drakester09 said:
What happens if you don't use the stock player? (try power amp or play music)
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dunno, I will try if anything happens
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ya im disappointed it only has 2gb of ram..they should have put 3gb of ram in

eyecon82 said:
ya im disappointed it only has 2gb of ram..they should have put 3gb of ram in
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I guess the only thing that can be done now is it optimize the software :/

I had lags.
Installed Shohat Rom V4 yesterday.
Lags Gone ! :good:

ICANTSTOP said:
I had lags.
Installed Shohat Rom V4 yesterday.
Lags Gone ! :good:
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no love for SM-900H
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fenchai said:
no love for SM-900H
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He said he will support G900H by the end of may.

ICANTSTOP said:
I had lags.
Installed Shohat Rom V4 yesterday.
Lags Gone ! :good:
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So is your warranty.
I would love to do the same. as I did with almost every device in the last years. but Knox Status is a realy pain in the ass. My device now responds quicker after switching to another launcher, but it's even snappier after a restart. Touchwiz simply is a pain in the ass.

slind said:
So is your warranty.
I would love to do the same. as I did with almost every device in the last years. but Knox Status is a realy pain in the ass. My device now responds quicker after switching to another launcher, but it's even snappier after a restart. Touchwiz simply is a pain in the ass.
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HAHAHAH that was funny.
yeah, warranty is gone now coz of knox...
but hey without root you cant even change music with volume buttons...
use swipeback, gravity box, titanium backup etc... we are losing so much freedom for warranty.
Once I proof that my device is not defective 4 one month, i will root it...
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MM update. Default apps issue.

Hi guys
Just installed the MM update for my Note 4. Didn't notice any difference at first, then discovered that Allcast no longer streams to my Xbox DLNA, and also now in the gallery whenever you click on a video it gives you the choice of apps to open it with ONCE then automatically sets that as the default, so if I want to open a video in a different player I now have to go into app manager and clear the defaults. Then I can open with the app I want. But that gets set as default too so it never ends.
This is really REALLY annoying.
Please does anyone know of a fix around this?
Many thanks.
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Indeed a very annoying update all around!
No fix, but an app called 'Better open with'.

macmobile said:
Indeed a very annoying update all around!
No fix, but an app called 'Better open with'.
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+1 for this, been using it for years: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith
Basically you set it as the default app for opening a particular file type or link, and then within this app you can choose which other apps are allowed to open said files or links. You can also have a countdown to open with a default choice, giving you a few seconds to choose an alternative.

Been meaning to ask this since I upgraded to MM, always thought that this was a stupid MM feature, but now I see this is a bug right?
Thanks to that app anyway, don't like unnecessary apps, but still better than annoyance caused by waste of time.

It's not a bug, it's a further stupidity from Samsung. You can find this so called feature nobody wants on other devices as well (Note 5 and S7).

Thanks guys. Will try that app out.
This is without doubt the worst software update yet, so much to complain about!
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GunnerGeezer said:
Thanks guys. Will try that app out.
This is without doubt the worst software update yet, so much to complain about!
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And yet, everyone wanted it sooooo bad!
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How to keep chrome tabs in memory

So whenever i open a website and then switch back to another app let's say reddit, for like 2 min, after that the chrome tab doesn't stay in memory it reload the website, it's so annoying considering the fact that our device has 3gb ram, it shouldn't be a problem, anyone else facing this issue? Or now how to fix this, please help
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This might help...
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...or-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video.html

kendive said:
This might help...
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...or-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video.html
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Link is dead
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Works for me fine... Just went to it again
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...or-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video.html
computerworld.com/article/2975137/android/12-time-saving-tips-for-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video

kendive said:
Works for me fine... Just went to it again
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...or-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video.html
computerworld.com/article/2975137/android/12-time-saving-tips-for-the-chrome-android-browser-with-video
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