Unwanted floating icon - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

I have an icon that showed up .and does nothing when I press it, how can I get it off? It seems to show screenshots.

drfredtx said:
I have an icon that showed up .and does nothing when I press it, how can I get it off? It seems to show screenshots.
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Can you provide a screenshot or any other info?

I tried, hope this helps!

Fixed it with a data reset!

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After taking a screenshot, phone goes to photo editor

I cant find where to change this setting. Whenever I try to get a screenshot of anything, after it gets a screenshot, the phone goes to the photo editor app.
It didnt do this before. I tried resetting all application settings but its still the same. Help anyone?
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
Go into camramode.
1. Settings
2. General settings (the one all the way to the right)
3. Turn Review off (Here you can turn GPS tag on/off as well as other features)
Hope it helps!
Thanks, tried that but its still the same. I dont think it has got something to do with the camera app as this happens after I take a screenshot. I don't want to edit each and every screenshot I take...
tclocki said:
Thanks, tried that but its still the same. I dont think it has got something to do with the camera app as this happens after I take a screenshot. I don't want to edit each and every screenshot I take...
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I got it
Settings>my device>display then scroll down to section subtitled more settings in purple, uncheck edit after capture
cameracartwright said:
I got it
Settings>my device>display then scroll down to section subtitled more settings in purple, uncheck edit after capture
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You are an angel!!! I had to disable my photo editor app temporarily because I was too annoyed by it! Someone who tinkered with my phone must have checked that without my knowing. Thanks again!

Quick connect won't turn off

When I pull down the notification shade and tap edit it gives me the option to turn the quick connect bar off. I turn it off and tap done but it's still there. What does this toggle do? Is there another way to remove it?
squallz506 said:
When I pull down the notification shade and tap edit it gives me the option to turn the quick connect bar off. I turn it off and tap done but it's still there. What does this toggle do? Is there another way to remove it?
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It works for me. Keep in mind it only removes it when you first pull down the notification shade...if you pull it all the way down, it'll still be there.
jtw_111 said:
It works for me. Keep in mind it only removes it when you first pull down the notification shade...if you pull it all the way down, it'll still be there.
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Thank you! Is there any way to remove it completely? I'd rather not have two square inches of useless bloatware in my notification shade.
squallz506 said:
Thank you! Is there any way to remove it completely? I'd rather not have two square inches of useless bloatware in my notification shade.
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I don't think there is, unfortunately :\

can not lock the phone by lock icon anymore

recently, i found i could not click the lock button at the bottom of the lock screen anymore.
it is not the power button ,but the small lock icon on the screen
ekgyh said:
recently, i found i could not click the lock button at the bottom of the lock screen anymore.
it is not the power button ,but the small lock icon on the screen
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You mean the 'lock' icon placed right in the middle-bottom of the lockscreen?
If it's so, that is never supposed to happen. That icon is there to swipe up and unlock the screen.
Please let me know if I understood wrong.
DJBhardwaj said:
You mean the 'lock' icon placed right in the middle-bottom of the lockscreen?
If it's so, that is never supposed to happen. That icon is there to swipe up and unlock the screen.
Please let me know if I understood wrong.
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yes, you are right. I mean that icon, and i think i did not descripted exactly.
if i turn on the "smart lock", and press the power button. The lockscreen might be lighted,and the 'lock' icon should be a "open lock", i can go to the main-screen without the password. Then i can click the 'lock' icon to make it closed, and need the password to go to the main-screen.
Do i descripted clear?
ekgyh said:
yes, you are right. I mean that icon, and i think i did not descripted exactly.
if i turn on the "smart lock", and press the power button. The lockscreen might be lighted,and the 'lock' icon should be a "open lock", i can go to the main-screen without the password. Then i can click the 'lock' icon to make it closed, and need the password to go to the main-screen.
Do i descripted clear?
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Yes, I just gave a try to Smart Lock, that I have never used before. Did you try resetting Smart Lock? May be try it once, and let me know.
By resetting, I mean to add your desired trusted attributes again, and also the PIN/Password/Pattern lock.
DJBhardwaj said:
Yes, I just gave a try to Smart Lock, that I have never used before. Did you try resetting Smart Lock? May be try it once, and let me know.
By resetting, I mean to add your desired trusted attributes again, and also the PIN/Password/Pattern lock.
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I had try everything right now, but sueless:crying:
ekgyh said:
I had try everything right now, but sueless:crying:
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If nothing works, you can always reset your device back to stock, and try again. Sorry, I do not have any more ideas on how to solve this.
EDIT: Just a wild guess, remove the lock from PIN/Pattern/Password, back to Swipe or None, and then again set the lock. See if this helps.
DJBhardwaj said:
If nothing works, you can always reset your device back to stock, and try again. Sorry, I do not have any more ideas on how to solve this.
EDIT: Just a wild guess, remove the lock from PIN/Pattern/Password, back to Swipe or None, and then again set the lock. See if this helps.
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I had tried your wild guess, and nothing happened
I think i need to wipe the phone, and wish something will be happened.
Thank you all the same:good:
ekgyh said:
I had tried your wild guess, and nothing happened
I think i need to wipe the phone, and wish something will be happened.
Thank you all the same:good:
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MM.. I guess wiping should help :good:
DJBhardwaj said:
MM.. I guess wiping should help :good:
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I hope so

floating pop-ups

hi. anyone found out how to disable floating pop-ups? i see the option to disable it, but then you'd also disable the vibrate/sound.
is there a method to disable only the floating pop-up?
What are you referring to?
eddyz said:
hi. anyone found out how to disable floating pop-ups? i see the option to disable it, but then you'd also disable the vibrate/sound.
is there a method to disable only the floating pop-up?
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Are you referring to the edge lighting?
stompy09 said:
Are you referring to the edge lighting?
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no. when a text comes in, it pops up at the top of the screen. thats the thing i want to get rid off, but cant seem to unless you turn off sound/vibrate as well.
Did you try settings>apps> then select the app that you want to disable floating popup > scroll all the way down to the bottom and select apps that can appear on top and then switch this option off.
I did this for esexplorer which kept showing floating add icons
eddyz said:
no. when a text comes in, it pops up at the top of the screen. thats the thing i want to get rid off, but cant seem to unless you turn off sound/vibrate as well.
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@eddyz We're the opposite because I turned on the edge lighting now I lost that functionality that you don' t want and I want it. Lol
llaugerm said:
@eddyz We're the opposite because I turned on the edge lighting now I lost that functionality that you don' t want and I want it. Lol
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Go to settings - > apps hit the 3 dot menu - select special access
ElBeaner said:
Go to settings - > apps hit the 3 dot menu - select special access
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I went there I have checked every settings on that menu with no luck.

navigation bar colors Huawei p10 lite

Hi.
My Huawei p10 lite doesn't allow to modify the color of the navigation and notification bars when opening any app. Apparently the color is locked (it's a dark orange) and app like navbar are not able to modify in any way the fixed color.
Only when opening "Settings" the bars are white and in home screen, where navigation bar is transparent.
The phone came with a telephone company brand (which logo, by the way, has same basic color of the navigation bar) but other customers I contacted throug socials that got the phone with same conditions from the same brand, seem don't have the issue.
Is there any idea how to unlock the navigation bar color without being root or go through other invasive expedients?
Thanks a lot,
Luca.
This happened to me when I asked Google assistant to turn on power saving mode. I got super annoyed by the orange colour. So I tried telling it to turn it off but it wouldnt, so I scrolled up on my Google assistant history and flipped the switch where it said power saving mode. As soon as I did that the orange was gone.
ianorna said:
This happened to me when I asked Google assistant to turn on power saving mode. I got super annoyed by the orange colour. So I tried telling it to turn it off but it wouldnt, so I scrolled up on my Google assistant history and flipped the switch where it said power saving mode. As soon as I did that the orange was gone.
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Thank you, I'm still get along with the orange bars!
Please, may be so kind to illustrate the procedure in detail? I cannot figure out how to enter the google assistant history. By the way, to my knowledge I didn't turned on the power saving mode, unless I did it accidentally.
Thank you for helping me,
Luc.
luconico said:
Thank you, I'm still get along with the orange bars!
Please, may be so kind to illustrate the procedure in detail? I cannot figure out how to enter the google assistant history. By the way, to my knowledge I didn't turned on the power saving mode, unless I did it accidentally.
Thank you for helping me,
Luc.
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It only happens when asking Google assistant to turn on power saving mode. Try saying "Ok Google turn on power saving mode" and it might bring up a switch. If it doesnt, then to access what you've said before just say Ok Google or hold your home button then scroll up and keep on scrolling to find a switch. If there is no switch then I have no idea what the orange means.
ianorna said:
This happened to me when I asked Google assistant to turn on power saving mode. I got super annoyed by the orange colour. So I tried telling it to turn it off but it wouldnt, so I scrolled up on my Google assistant history and flipped the switch where it said power saving mode. As soon as I did that the orange was gone.
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Unfortunately, I guess that this is not my case, since I've never activated the google assistant... :crying:
Thankg anyway!
Luca.
Hi, could you post a screenshot if it's not difficult ?
ulith said:
Hi, could you post a screenshot if it's not difficult ?
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https://imgur.com/a/jJI9H
Note that the orange stripes on the nav and notification bars appear on any app of my phone, except for Settings and home page.
Thanks,
Luc.
Ok, have you tried changing the theme?
If not, then let's start:
1st: Find your themes app.
2nd: Go to the "Me" tab.
3rd: Choose any theme (those on the bottom are downloaded)
4th: Tap on the theme you want and tap apply.
If you have changed the theme then maybe download a theme which changes the navbar? (If I find one I'll try to send it.)
Ok here's one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15UOMMsz22_4NHnv0Ue2K5h_qxFH3zhvl/view?usp=drivesdk
ulith said:
Ok here's one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15UOMMsz22_4NHnv0Ue2K5h_qxFH3zhvl/view?usp=drivesdk
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Mmmmmh...
It doesn't work, the orange is still there, at least applying your file. I've changed few more themes but nothing changed to the colors of the bars... :crying::crying:
Aww man... I don't know what to recommend... Maybe go to your local repair shop and ask?
luconico said:
Mmmmmh...
It doesn't work, the orange is still there, at least applying your file. I've changed few more themes but nothing changed to the colors of the bars... :crying::crying:
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I'm sure this is probably the Google power saving mode that is enabled. It shouldn't always be enabled, because it usually turns off once your battery is fully charged. Try installing Activity Launcher here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
Open the app, on the top of the screen, tap on "Recent activities" and choose "All activities".
Scroll down until you find Settings > Battery Saver > Turn on automatically, and choose "Never".
Hopefully this will turn it off. If that fails, I'd suggest making a backup of your data, and doing a factory reset.
ianorna said:
It only happens when asking Google assistant to turn on power saving mode. Try saying "Ok Google turn on power saving mode" and it might bring up a switch. If it doesnt, then to access what you've said before just say Ok Google or hold your home button then scroll up and keep on scrolling to find a switch. If there is no switch then I have no idea what the orange means.
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EDIT: It would actually be easier just asking Google Assistant to "Turn power saving mode off", and it should be deactivated. Whether you remembered doing it or not, you might as well do it anyway, before you go through all the steps I gave you. [emoji849] Doing what @ianorna said is the easiest method. It's the only way to remove it, and it might just save you from doing a factory reset.
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miz_pimp said:
I'm sure this is probably the Google power saving mode that is enabled. It shouldn't always be enabled, because it usually turns off once your battery is fully charged. Try installing Activity Launcher here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
Open the app, on the top of the screen, tap on "Recent activities" and choose "All activities".
Scroll down until you find Settings > Battery Saver > Turn on automatically, and choose "Never".
Hopefully this will turn it off. If that fails, I'd suggest making a backup of your data, and doing a factory reset.
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THANKS A LOT.
It was that!
Even though the battery saver was already set on NEVER I tapped again on it and magically the damned orange disappeared!
Now the phone look much better!
Thanks again dude!
luconico said:
Mmmmmh...
It doesn't work, the orange is still there, at least applying your file. I've changed few more themes but nothing changed to the colors of the bars... :crying::crying:
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I may be late in replying the post but if youre still having the problem theres an easy fix.
the bars are orange because your battery saving mode is on, and no not the huawei battery saving mode, but the native android battery saver, its buried in the settings,
got to
settings>Battery>Battery Uasge graph>Tap to open detailed graph
tap on the three dots button on top right corner> tap battery save>disable!
That should fix this :good: :laugh: :silly:

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