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Disabling the Lock Screen

None of the apps I've tried from the Market have worked, so I'm wondering if there's a file somewhere I can either change permissions on, rename to a .bak file or some other form of hackery in order to disable the lock screen. If anyone knows how to do it, I would really appreciate the tip!
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You have provided little info on what ROM you are using to know what you are trying to do and what apps you have tried.
I used nolock without any issues on the stock ROM.

He's trying to make it so he no longer has a ... lockscreen? Lol
@OP, I haven't been able to do this either.
@krelvin, do you have your wallpaper locked? I'm stock, but rooted, and what not; no lock crashed on me when I tried it last.
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david717 said:
@krelvin, do you have your wallpaper locked? I'm stock, but rooted, and what not; no lock crashed on me when I tried it last.
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Yes. It is locked by having changed the permissions of the wallpaper files, don't recall right off hand what the location was.
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I've used nolock on my KF without any issues. I had it working on my phone (Dinc), but a new management policy from work stopped it from working.

I like the idea but just tried nolock and get force closing on 6.2.0
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krelvinaz said:
You have provided little info on what ROM you are using to know what you are trying to do and what apps you have tried.
I used nolock without any issues on the stock ROM.
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I'm sorry...I'm using the stock ROM. I also tried NoLock, but it kept force closing once setting it, and wouldn't work. Since you got it to work, I'll try it again, maybe clearing data once I install it might help.
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nolock doesn't seem to work well on the fire--- its redundant to use with cm7 and ics---- I had trubble with no lock on stock/modaco/biffs
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krelvinaz said:
Yes. It is locked by having changed the permissions of the wallpaper files, don't recall right off hand what the location was.
I've used nolock on my KF without any issues. I had it working on my phone (Dinc), but a new management policy from work stopped it from working.
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Location for locking wallpaper:
Use Root Explorer...
data/data/com.Android.settings/files
Then long-press the Wallpapers file, select Permissions.
Check mark like this:
X BLANK X
X BLANK X
BLANK BLANK BLANK
Click okay
Next time you want to change wallpapers, you have to go back and change the permissions back to change and then again to lock.
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CM7 has an option to disable the lock screen.
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djkeller3 said:
Check mark like this:
X BLANK X
X BLANK X
BLANK BLANK BLANK
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Permissions like this?
XOX
XOX
OOO

Try widget locker. The new release has support for the kindle fire. I purchased today and I can safely say it is working 100%. Give it a try
Here is the market link
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
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DangKid said:
CM7 has an option to disable the lock screen.
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+1 to this. Its in the tablet tweaks. Plus there is the amazon kindle app, in the regular Android market not just the amazon one and that takes care of all the ebooks you have. Maybe you should flash CM7!!?? Its freaking sweet! So so much better then the stock Rom....
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amazing battery life

Just few quick tips that will help you get amazing results:
1. get the app called Autostarts from the market
2. in the app kill after reboot google maps, talk and social hub(you can find it on scond line in the application from the possible options.
3. Get Titanium
freeze wifi sharing manager and wifi manager.
You are done
Enjoy!

Have you tried dl'ing anything from the market after doing this? Because in the help section it says you might not be able to dl anything from it if you disable Google Talk.

Why not just log out from Google Talk instead?
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O-o-ps!
I just realized that I've madeb a mistake:
I was meaning google voice but not google talk.
SORRY!

Elaborate on point 3 please.
What is wifi sharing manager and wifi manager?

You can stop most, but not all services by going to Settings, Applications, Running...

voxano said:
You can stop most, but not all services by going to Settings, Applications, Running...
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I think the point is to have it done automatically every time.

Exactly! You can stop them manually but they will reappear again. With the program mentioned above you can do it for good - google maps, google voice will not longer drain the battery without need. Tiatanium will take care for wifi sharing manager and wifi manager - yet another big, big battery drainer that won't affect the phone in any way

Thanks for the tip. I got the program autostarts but I am not able to manually disable google map and voice. I just see several lines of google services framework. Is this it?
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Time to do some testing. I already had autostarts on another recommendation, but was lost on what to do with it.
I have found that using a very (very) minimal homescreen on a black background, using a dark profile for all apps that have the option, and turning wifi off when not needed, I can get at least 2 and a half days out of one charge with light use.
Going to see if this impacts my numbers any. Thanks!

juliano76 said:
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That is what i see. I want to see which item you have crossed out/disabled.
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Keep in mind, phone has to be rooted for app to work.

torontocell said:
That is what i see. I want to see which item you have crossed out/disabled.
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It says which in the OP...
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The trick of my recommendation is that the phone is folling in deep sleep when not in use and by that way you can almost double the battery life, of course if not in constant use. To be sure that you are doing alright go get frkm tne market Battery monitor widget, install the widget and if you are running at about 50mA in sleep mode you are just fine.
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found quite a number of Autostarts, but didn't see the one mentioned.

Remove User Account Picture

Hi all,
Under the Quick Settings pull down menu, the first button is the User Account. It shows the user's name and profile picture(if there is one). I've associated a picture with the user profile; but a while later, even after I removed/deleted the picture, the picture still shows up under the Quick Settings pull-down. My question is, is it possible to have the icon revert back to the default android user icon(below)?
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Thanks

Have you tried deleting it from here..
Mines works fine if I delete it, doesn't revert back..
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noodles2224 said:
Have you tried deleting it from here..
Mines works fine if I delete it, doesn't revert back..
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Yes I have. In the contacts app, my profile doesn't have a picture anymore. However, the picture still shows up under the Quick Setting menu.
so the picture doesn't show up under Quick Setting menu if you delete yours from the profile?

rcheung28 said:
Yes I have. In the contacts app, my profile doesn't have a picture anymore. However, the picture still shows up under the Quick Setting menu.
so the picture doesn't show up under Quick Setting menu if you delete yours from the profile?
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I've even tried deleting the profile off the Peoples app, but the picture still shows up under quick settings.

rcheung28 said:
I've even tried deleting the profile off the Peoples app, but the picture still shows up under quick settings.
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Do you have the picture in Google+? That's were mine comes from.
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Monk4Life said:
Do you have the picture in Google+? That's were mine comes from.
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I have a G+ profile, but there are no pictures on it. I've even tried deleting the profile, but the picture is still showing up.

rcheung28 said:
I have a G+ profile, but there are no pictures on it. I've even tried deleting the profile, but the picture is still showing up.
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Not sure then. Mine is from Google + profile pic so if I delete it then it removes the picture in the quick toggles.
You may just need to wipe and start clean.
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Monk4Life said:
Not sure then. Mine is from Google + profile pic so if I delete it then it removes the picture in the quick toggles.
You may just need to wipe and start clean.
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Damn this issue doesn't even affect the phone in anyway, it's just my personal preference. A wipe needs so much work D:
Nonetheless, thank you!
I'm still open for possible solutions!

rcheung28 said:
I'm still open for possible solutions!
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Just delete this file
/data/system/users/0/photo.png
Sorry for being so late...

[Q] LG Intelligent Agent (com.lge.ia)

Does anyone know what this is? It always seems to be running, but I'm not entirely sure what it does or if I need it.

I've been wondering this myself.
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uhh
burningembers said:
Does anyone know what this is? It always seems to be running, but I'm not entirely sure what it does or if I need it.
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You could just Try to freeze it using titanium backup and then see what happens differently and then defrost it :0

HeXaLox said:
You could just Try to freeze it using titanium backup and then see what happens differently and then defrost it :0
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Did. Not noticing anything as of yet. But I still kind of want to know what it is
It appears to also have a sub-class called "remote", so I kind of wonder if this is doing any sort of external data transfer.

burningembers said:
Did. Not noticing anything as of yet. But I still kind of want to know what it is
It appears to also have a sub-class called "remote", so I kind of wonder if this is doing any sort of external data transfer.
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I am not 100% sure...
But I ran some CIQ tests to see if it was involved with that and it was not.
I removed it 100% from my soon to be current ROM with no notable ill affects.
However, soley by the name and what you just pointed out about the sub class...
I would guess you that its some sort of IQ Agent that will take a drop box of data and transfer them to LG like Samsung does.
Just an educated guess.

Has anyone figured out yet what this is? It can be disabled without root, freeing up memory. But I'd like to know what I'm disabling.

Does it have to do with the context app that lets you quickly go to a contact or search based on what text says
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soapinmouth said:
Does it have to do with the context app that lets you quickly go to a contact or search based on what text says
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I think you're talking about text link which can be disabled without root.

I was looking at another forum, it has something to do with auto connecting and managing connections (wifi, gps, bluetooth, etc.)
Mine is weird and I turn it off, and wifi doesn't turn on by itself anymore (good thing) my wifi used to randomly turn on oddly. but yea. Idk, just a thought out there.

I wonder if this is the utility that does the Wi-Fi-4G handoff for MMS.
I lost that ability and couldn't figure it out.
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fr4nk1yn said:
I wonder if this is the utility that does the Wi-Fi-4G handoff for MMS.
I lost that ability and couldn't figure it out.
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You are on to something here.
I sent a mms over Wi-Fi success, then froze LG Intelligent Agent and tried to send over Wi-Fi and fail. Turned Wi-Fi off sent mms and the picture went.
Not sure what the program does but it appears to have something to do with network messeging.

msg1285 said:
You are on to something here.
I sent a mms over Wi-Fi success, then froze LG Intelligent Agent and tried to send over Wi-Fi and fail. Turned Wi-Fi off sent mms and the picture went.
Not sure what the program does but it appears to have something to do with network messeging.
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Not convinced anymore. My current ROM had it stripped out and still does the handoff.
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scrosler said:
I am not 100% sure...
But I ran some CIQ tests to see if it was involved with that and it was not.
I removed it 100% from my soon to be current ROM with no notable ill affects.
However, soley by the name and what you just pointed out about the sub class...
I would guess you that its some sort of IQ Agent that will take a drop box of data and transfer them to LG like Samsung does.
Just an educated guess.
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Just did some futher reseach on this as someone brought it up in another thread of mine (Nexus 7???)...
I looked at the icons involved and back tracked from there...
Its a logger for errors and bugs...
Like I thought :angel:
Here is the app icon:
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Google akquinet and you will see what I am talking about...

burningembers said:
Does anyone know what this is? It always seems to be running, but I'm not entirely sure what it does or if I need it.
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I froze it on my LG G2 and after I was not able to bring up running services any longer.
So I turned it back on.

Battery Percentage IN the battery

Is this possible with the S8?
I used to have a S6 before this one, and it was a default setting, but somehow I cannot find it on the S8.
If this is not possible with a default setting, are the apps that can fix this without "root" access?

pnxsinned said:
Is this possible with the S8?
I used to have a S6 before this one, and it was a default setting, but somehow I cannot find it on the S8.
If this is not possible with a default setting, are the apps that can fix this without "root" access?
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Root not necessary!
Settings>Device Maintenance>Battery (at bottom) >tap on 3-Dot menu in top righthand corner & tap Advanced Settings>at bottom look for "Percentage on Status Bar" toggle switch to ON.
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OP specifically asked for IN the battery, not on status bar. I saw a thread on here for enabling the UI tweaks menu, which might allow it...

comicbookguy72 said:
OP specifically asked for IN the battery, not on status bar. I saw a thread on here for enabling the UI tweaks menu, which might allow it...
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Oops! My bad!
Another quicker method to percentage "next to" battery icon is:
Settings>Display>Status Bar>Show battery percentage.
Sorry OP! Thanks ComicBookGuy.
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Well you can have percentage only and get rid of the battery icon I know cause I did that - requires app and use of ADB commands
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burrzoo said:
Oops! My bad!
Another quicker method to percentage "next to" battery icon is:
Settings>Display>Status Bar>Show battery percentage.
Sorry OP! Thanks ComicBookGuy.
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I know what you mean mate.
But this is ASIDE the battery icon. I would like it to be inside into the the battery like the edge, without root. I dont like to waste space there, Samsung got the hint on the S6, I wonder they threw that away. Regardless I want it back, even when I need to get back to rooting.
Any advice anyone?

pnxsinned said:
I know what you mean mate.
But this is ASIDE the battery icon. I would like it to be inside into the the battery like the edge, without root. I dont like to waste space there, Samsung got the hint on the S6, I wonder they threw that away. Regardless I want it back, even when I need to get back to rooting.
Any advice anyone?
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Yeah, I understood after ComicBookGuy pointed out what you Really wanted. I'm searching the Play Store but none have worked for me yet...
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I would also like this but it just is not possible. Great question op

ElBeaner said:
Well you can have percentage only and get rid of the battery icon I know cause I did that - requires app and use of ADB commands
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What adb command?
Thanks
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Techvir said:
What adb command?
Thanks
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https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/c...thout_root_using_adb/?st=j28hxfjt&sh=a87d60ec

Really cool thread! Thanks! I just got rid of bluetooth and nfc icon!
From the command line I typed...
adb shell settings put secure icon_blacklist bluetooth,rotate,nfc_on
If you mess up you can get the icons back with...
adb shell settings put secure icon_blacklist null
Use at your own risk as this can mess up your phone. Thanks to seangrimes and reddit!
Anyone know how to get rid of download booster icon on tmobile?

Techvir said:
What adb command?
Thanks
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I used this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner
In the app it has a couple fo ADB commands you have to issue to give it access, once done, you can turn icons on/off from the app
Here is the thread on XDA for the app
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675

That app is a beta and would not allow my phone to turn off while on a Bluetooth phone call in my car. It would turn off but the turn right back on... Yrmv

So.. ok. I guess its not possible to replace the icon there.
Then.. I root the Phone, what are my options then?

stu5797 said:
That app is a beta and would not allow my phone to turn off while on a Bluetooth phone call in my car. It would turn off but the turn right back on... Yrmv
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I downloaded the Play store version and had no issues with turning teh phone off while on a bluetooth call - he does have a beta as well, but I'm not using hte beta

ElBeaner said:
Well you can have percentage only and get rid of the battery icon I know cause I did that - requires app and use of ADB commands
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how?

There is an app called battery overlay percent, let you keep the percentage anywhere on the status bar, even inside battery. You can adjust size and colors etc. I kept it on the empty space on edge, but its highly unstable for samsung. It occasionally drifts here and there
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how?
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This will work easily.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3559277
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badai said:
how?
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GO to Play store and get System UI tuner
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner

ElBeaner said:
Well you can have percentage only and get rid of the battery icon I know cause I did that - requires app and use of ADB commands
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How you do it bro?
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pnxsinned said:
I know what you mean mate.
But this is ASIDE the battery icon. I would like it to be inside into the the battery like the edge, without root. I dont like to waste space there, Samsung got the hint on the S6, I wonder they threw that away. Regardless I want it back, even when I need to get back to rooting.
Any advice anyone?
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Did you find anything?