Secure Folder Application on Nougat? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

Samsung stated (during beta) that they will make the Secure Folder Application available as a Stand-Alone-Application for Nougat. Any news on this?

Though there is secure folder application in the update, but it doesn't show up anywhere in the settings menu. Either it is locked or just an orphan application.
Anyone found a workaround to activate it ?

Maybe application can be download from Galaxy Apps?

Thats were I looked, but any search for Secure Folder in the Galaxy Apps doesn't bring up anything from Samsung thats matching :-/ Guess it is not officially available yet. Hopefully soon. I like the idea of a Secure Folder without having to use all of Knox.

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No SPlanner on N910T?

Upgrading from my old recently broken Note3 I was disappointed to find my new (gently used) Lolipopped SM-N910T Note4 came with Google Calendar installed rather than S-Planner which I was used to from the Note3. Surprisingly I find an SPlanner_OS_UPG.apk sitting in its appropriate folder in /system/app/ which sounds like it might be an upgrade package? But no plain SPlanner apk that I can find and no SPlanner app icon anywhere to be seen.
Rooted, and using File Manager with "Root Explorer" and "System Folders writable" enabled when I try to install the SPlanner_2013.apk taken from the Note3, it asks me if I want it to be "an update to this existing built-in application". When I go ahead and hit "Install" it comes back with a simple "X App not installed." message.
Can anyone tell me what the deal is here? Is SPlanner really installed somewhere and I just need to search harder for it?

secure folder

A search didn't give me any result.
The secure folder we have on our phone is a great thing.
But............everything I do from out the secure folder still shows up on my recent app list.
Is there an o option I missed To keep this from happening?
Hen-3 said:
A search didn't give me any result.
The secure folder we have on our phone is a great thing.
But............everything I do from out the secure folder still shows up on my recent app list.
Is there an o option I missed To keep this from happening?
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No, there's no option to keep the tabs from showing in recents ( luckily the tab shows as a black image) However, the moment you toggle off secure folder the tabs disappear automatically.
Yes, use the notification toggle button to turn off secure folder. Once it's turned off, the tabs will disappear. They reappear once toggled back on
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Samsung galaxy S8 and galaxy S8 plus phone introduce new security feature is secure folder and Knox app. In your galaxy S8 device, you can safe your important information or apps using this secure folder feature. You must sign in to your Samsung account to use this secure folder. Once move apps or data to this folder, only you can access it. Also set up secure folder on Samsung galaxy S8 phone is only visible to you.
You can add apps to folder, add files to folder and edit apps in folder on your Samsung galaxy S8 and galaxy S8 plus phone. Also download secure folder from your Samsung galaxy app store. Follow below given step by step guide to set up secure folder on Samsung galaxy S8 and galaxy S8 plus phone.
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Settings > Lock screen & Security > Secure folder > Start > Sign in Samsung account, if not create new > Confirm > Set pattern lock / PIN / Password / Fingerprint / Iris scanning > Confirm it

[SOLVED] Need help to remove/uninstall Malware app.. Any suggestion..

[SOLVED] It was installed in the Secure Folder.. that's why I couldn't find it. I managed to install Avast, and then install it on the Secure Folder. Following that I ran Avast scan inside the secure folder and it found the apk and removed it. Pesky app..
Recently downloaded an apk that locked my phone.. I noted that it had the Draw over other apps permissions but didn't think it could cause this..
Anyway, this app fills the whole screen and can not remove it. I was able to turn off the phone by long pressing the power and volume buttons and when restarting I discovered that I was able to use the phone for a couple minutes before the malware appeared again.
During this time I was able to power off phone and get to Safe Mode. I disabled all the apps which had the overlay permission and also apps that affect system configuration.
But I am currently not being able to find it and uninstall it. Although doing the above steps the malware still appears and locks my screen when I enter normal mode.
**Is there a way to find the latest app installed and remove it without root? Otherwise, would it be possible to remove it via ADB? I've never used it but I believe it could be useful this time.. the only thing is I am not sure what's the .apk name..
I'm using a Galaxy S8 international version without root
Thanks in advance for your help!!!!
SOLVED IT.
Name: VideoChat.apk
It was installed in the Secure Folder.. that's why I couldn't find it. I managed to install Avast, and then install it on the Secure Folder. Following that I ran Avast scan inside the secure folder and it found the apk and removed it. Pesky app..
If i were you, i would factory reset, even if you did successfully remove that app.

How can I stop Verizon forced update? Phone is not rooted.

Most of the Verizon updates have been buggy and this one seems to follow that model. And my phone is currently working passably well -- except for the new popups that want me to update.
I turned off automatic updates under developer options, but that has had no effect. The update was downloaded without my consent. I want to stop the nagging and delete or rename the update file.
I have two different file manager programs but neither of them seem to be able to see the system folder, even though I have enabled the "show hidden files" option. I thought I could perhaps suss out the name of the update package by sorting by date but I can't even find the folder for it. I've tried X-Plore File Manager and Solid Explorer Classic but neither seems to show me the system folder. I am not very familiar with Android but have worked with Linux and Windows systems in the past.
I find it infuriating that Verizon can force software onto a phone that I own. I have a pre-pay plan so it was purchased with a one-time payment and not bought from Verizon. I'm tired of their buggy updates.
Here is what I did,,,which you should be able to do as long as you can root.
1. Root your phone using the easy root/unroot option in the dev section
2. Go to the play store and buy Package Disabler Pro,,,well worth the 1.50
3. Once you give Package Disabler Pro root permission find the two software update apps in the list and disable them.
4. Go back to the easy root/unroot thread and follow the easy directions to unroot. This will also wipe your devices cache,,,which is where your downloaded update is probably residing now hence the update notifications. It wont wipe your device just the cache as part of the unroot process.
5. Once your unrooted, and back to stock, you can check like I did and see that the two software update apps are still disabled and no more update notifications.
The only thing different would be the app names for Verizon updates as I am running U firmware on my Verizon S7 Edge so there is not a lot of bloatware that I had to disable from the start. Here is a screenshot on my apps unrooted. They are still disabled thank God lol.

Any way to launch show mode besides the dropdown? App intent maybe?

I know just enough to be dangerous, here, but I've had no luck. I would like to start show mode automatically via tasker.
I'm not currently rooted, and ideally would like to avoid it but I'll do so if necessary. All I want to do is find out how to start show mode programmatically, and I can't figure it out.
There seems to be a package called com.amazon.paladin that's responsible for show mode. I'd like to figure out how I can trigger it, but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I did find a task/activity that appears to be the right one (I'm going from memory now but it was something starting with an L and with Window in the name?), but when I try launching it via adb, it says no such class.
Has anyone figured out any way to trigger show mode besides the dropdown / toggle?
Haven’t had any luck either - trying some magnets on the back side of the tablet hasn’t worked so far
Can you make a Show Mode launcher app using Android Studio.
I am also looking for a way to use Show Mode on LineageOS, it is the only thing I like about FireOS. I found a version of Alexa Show Mode for Lenovo tablets, but I could not download the actual APK to test (probably it is device or region locked, or both). Any way to install some APKs from FireOS to get Show Mode working?
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I am also looking for a way to use Show Mode on LineageOS, it is the only thing I like about FireOS. I found a version of Alexa Show Mode for Lenovo tablets, but I could not download the actual APK to test (probably it is device or region locked, or both). Any way to install some APKs from FireOS to get Show Mode working?
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searching on the web for hours and I've found a compressed archive called "amazon.speech.sim.zip".
I can't remember where I got it but here you are, just in the case someone manages to install the actual app and make it work.
I tried in many ways including flashing via recovery, installing it as a system app and even as a normal apk but I wasn't able to do it.
amazon alexa Show Mode for Lenovo
hope this can be helpful (somehow)

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