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STOCK Music App issue

I dont know if this has already been posted (im sure it has and mods can delete this if need be) but, the stock music app is a battery and RAM drainer and leaker, so much to the point where it cripples the phone into an unusable state. In order to fix this problem, i would recommend switching to Play Music, as it still has SD Card rights and doesnt generate this horrible problem. (This is what i am now doing) just wanted to inform anyone who didnt know/had the same problem i did!
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Yeah, we were looking into the same issue here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735962
Good to know that's it's definitely an issue in the application since we have Exynos version and you have Snapdragon.
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drakester09 said:
Yeah, we were looking into the same issue here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735962
Good to know that's it's definitely an issue in the application since we have Exynos version and you have Snapdragon.
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Yeah, i was using the app for the first time yesterday during class, and it kept cutting out for no reason. I figured out the solution on the ride home. Play music seems to be working fine though! I dont know if Samsung can update it via samsung apps or play store or if it needs to be via OTA update, but they need to fix it.
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Cannot uninstall Instagram Note 4

Hi All,
Im a noob.But my dilemma is since I opted to install the ota update that popped up when I got my Note 4. I am now unable to uninstall Instagram. All i can do is disable it. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Yes.
Instagramm is pre-installed (system app) and can't removed without root.
Just disabling works
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Disabling it is really almost just as good as uninstalling it. My problem is with Evernote, I can't even disable that one. I really hate that program, and if anything will make me root it would be to get rid of evercrap.

Thank you guys for the help. The Note 4 is taking me some time to adjust to. I'm coming from the Note 3, I thought the transition would be a lot smoother. I like to use themes for my facebook, twitter and instagram- making it a bit more feminine but I don't know if it's possible since instagram is now a stock application. Sheesh!!
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The app being installed on system shouldn't affect themes or anything? The app can still be modified and updated, just not uninstalled.

How disabling the app helps?
If you disable notifications and syncing in the app, why disable the app?
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TheRiceKing said:
The app being installed on system shouldn't affect themes or anything? The app can still be modified and updated, just not uninstalled.
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Oh okay that's really all I wanted to do was add a theme to make it look cute. Thank you!
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I have every possible app disabled at this point, however you can't download and install a new or custom version of IG I've tried at least 5 diff times ... :\ I'm going to end up rooting to unog my bloatware I suppose. If you figure it out let me know.

De-Bloating and De-Touchwizing the S6 Edge

Inspired from the Note 5 thread, install the app Package Disabler Pro from the play store and post your experience and configuration.
No Root needed!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62458292
Please share your
- de- bloated apps, show xml or a list
- battery life improvements
- other experience
Andi

I gust buy it from playstore and i used the disable all bloatware option except facebook ,one drive,s health and smart management.
Ram usage at startup 72% and a lot smoother ui experience i think.

Here is my configuration.
Only disabled unneeded apps.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5vkVOWGgrCPWjFjREFBaGhqOE0/view?usp=docslist_api
Battery life seems quite good.

I can confirm that my phone never before was so smooth!
Great!!!!!!

I need to do this. I am lucky to get 3hr 30 out of the phone on full battery nevermind on 50%!

Hang on...does package disabler pro trip knox?
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gonna give this a try

amirage said:
Hang on...does package disabler pro trip knox?
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No. Counter is still 0

amirage said:
Hang on...does package disabler pro trip knox?
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no

amirage said:
Hang on...does package disabler pro trip knox?
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It doesn't flash anything, or even require root, so it shouldn't.
your Knox status should be intact.

Thanks for the comments.
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I will make a list of my own and I will post it here. In the meantime I am testing ...

uninstalled useless make phone even more lag and still high ram usage after update they removed knox from list one word crap

Wish I hadn't paid for this app. No battery improvement from my side

I have at least twice battery life than before and no lag at all.

Do we need to reboot S6 edge after Package disabling?
Have disabled: Flipboard, One Note, Google Drive, Words, all service from Google. Only play Store and Play Services and Play framework are enabled.
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Freeddi said:
Do we need to reboot S6 edge after Package disabling?
Have disabled: Flipboard, One Note, Google Drive, Words, all service from Google. Only play Store and Play Services and Play framework are enabled.
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No
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ariefabuzaky said:
No
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Thanks
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Freeddi said:
Thanks
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Always hit thanks button .. if you fell helped
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nothing improved for me, I will request a refund.

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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battery Life on H872

For a while i was getting bad battery life due to using a LG app called LG Aura. Now that it's gone I've been seeing great battery life on my TMO G6 (H872).
I'm using it as general use. Not gaming.
Was playing with google cardboard.
Streaming YouTube & Netflix.
I'm impressed overall.

I usually get about 3 hours screen on time, 4 if I'm lucky. I use the doze app too and doesn't do much. Little bit of chrome, Snapchat, some light games.

brossovitch said:
For a while i was getting bad battery life due to using a LG app called LG Aura. Now that it's gone I've been seeing great battery life on my TMO G6 (H872).
I'm using it as general use. Not gaming.
Was playing with google cardboard.
Streaming YouTube & Netflix.
I'm impressed overall.
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How is that possible?

bickfordman said:
How is that possible?
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Dunno. Probably have a good setup. Package disabler helps too, I bet.
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I have been trying the package disabler you uploaded but can't get the lg services to stick

brossovitch said:
Dunno. Probably have a good setup. Package disabler helps too, I bet.
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Anyway you can help me out with the package disabler

bickfordman said:
Anyway you can help me out with the package disabler
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I'd be happy to.
What seems to be the issue? I'm assuming you have both apps installed?
Then you'll want to force close both. Then, you want to go to Settings - Fingerprints & Security - Phone Administrators and then check make sure LG Service is active.
Then force close everything (recents clear all) and run Package disabler.. It should work now. Simply check the box to the right of the app you'd like to disable. If you press the app name it will also show you more info about the app and give you the ability to uninstall it there.
I understand the Package Disabler app has been removed from the Play Store but you seem to have it.
I'll also upload a copy of both in the next post in case someone else would like to try them as well..
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brossovitch said:
I'd be happy to.
What seems to be the issue? I'm assuming you have both apps installed?
Then you'll want to force close both. Then, you want to go to Settings - Fingerprints & Security - Phone Administrators and then check make sure LG Service is active.
Then force close everything (recents clear all) and run Package disabler.. It should work now. Simply check the box to the right of the app you'd like to disable. If you press the app name it will also show you more info about the app and give you the ability to uninstall it there.
I understand the Package Disabler app has been removed from the Play Store but you seem to have it.
I'll also upload a copy of both in the next post in case someone else would like to try them as well..
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Thanks that worked now if you could provide a list of your disabled apps lol and anything else that would help with battery usage

I can't reupload the apks. But I did it in a thread on the V30 forum.
Check it out here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74744177&postcount=29
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bickfordman said:
Thanks that worked now if you could provide a list of your disabled apps lol and anything else that would help with battery usage
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Sure man.
Here's what I have disabled currently on my G6..
.. hope it helps you.

bickfordman said:
Thanks that worked now if you could provide a list of your disabled apps lol and anything else that would help with battery usage
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Here's whats disabled on my V30.
I use Google Apps over LG apps. Like Calendar, Keyboard, Gmail, etc..
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brossovitch said:
I'd be happy to.
What seems to be the issue? I'm assuming you have both apps installed?
Then you'll want to force close both. Then, you want to go to Settings - Fingerprints & Security - Phone Administrators and then check make sure LG Service is active.
Then force close everything (recents clear all) and run Package disabler.. It should work now. Simply check the box to the right of the app you'd like to disable. If you press the app name it will also show you more info about the app and give you the ability to uninstall it there.
I understand the Package Disabler app has been removed from the Play Store but you seem to have it.
I'll also upload a copy of both in the next post in case someone else would like to try them as well..
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Have you encountered this problem? I haven't been able to get this to run because LG service throws me this error.

Polycarbonate said:
Have you encountered this problem? I haven't been able to get this to run because LG service throws me this error.
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Nope. Someone in the thread i linked above had mentioned that error. They seemed to remedy this issue with a restart.
Edit: Apparently it was you....
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Okay @Polycarbonate I tried on my other v30. Yes I had the pop-up if i tried running the service app. But if you simply activate it in settings - fingerprints and security - phone administrators it works fine.
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brossovitch said:
Nope. Someone in the thread i linked above had mentioned that error. They seemed to remedy this issue with a restart.
Edit: Apparently it was you....
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Lol yeah, it just came back to me after enabling it on phone administrador, it just won't work, I forgot this is the same thread, this app just won't work for my T-mo LG G6, I'll call it quits then since it just keeps coming back.

Yeah i guess it doesn't work.. works on my V30 & G6 that installed from the Play Store....
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brossovitch said:
Yeah i guess it doesn't work.. works on my V30 & G6 that installed from the Play Store....
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That's probably why it shows the error, anyways thanks for the app, I'll just disable stuff manually.

Polycarbonate said:
Lol yeah, it just came back to me after enabling it on phone administrador, it just won't work, I forgot this is the same thread, this app just won't work for my T-mo LG G6, I'll call it quits then since it just keeps coming back.
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Yeah it doesn't work for me either. I keep getting the same error you are getting. And the things I tried to disabled doesn't stick.

Polycarbonate said:
That's probably why it shows the error, anyways thanks for the app, I'll just disable stuff manually.
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Wilguens Joachin said:
Yeah it doesn't work for me either. I keep getting the same error you are getting. And the things I tried to disabled doesn't stick.
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Well, it seems the app is back in the PlayStore... However I already paid and this isn't showing that I paid.
But only $1.49 for it. I'd say do it and make sure you keep a backup with LG Backup..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lgall.pdppremium