Unlocking phone brings me random apps - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

Okay so recently upon unlocking my phone instead of going to the home screen the first thing will be a random app -- sometimes the browser, sometimes Twitter ,sometimes another app, any thoughts?
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Are you using the Samsung way to lock your phone ? With the power button ? Don't you use any third-party app to lock it ?

BigBen60 said:
Are you using the Samsung way to lock your phone ? With the power button ? Don't you use any third-party app to lock it ?
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I use the power button yes, unless the 30 second display timeout has passed
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have you tried to remove this 30 seconds timeout ?

BigBen60 said:
have you tried to remove this 30 seconds timeout ?
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No but will
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is it possible your launcher crashed/closed?
it sounds very much like the behavior of Android when there's no launcher app running in the background, and can be replicated by updating your launcher through the play store.

thedicemaster said:
is it possible your launcher crashed/closed?
it sounds very much like the behavior of Android when there's no launcher app running in the background, and can be replicated by updating your launcher through the play store.
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Hmm interesting theory. I'm using Nova Prime
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Lockscreen similar for QQ Launcher's or similar

Is there a way some could extract the lockscreen from QQ Launcher or recommend a lockscreen that is very similar to it? I tried to get some off the market but those never override the system lockscreens. I was hoping for a apk or even a zip for one.
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I dont know what that lock screen is but i use menu lock which gives you 8 buttons. You pull the button over to open an app that you have assigned. I also use No Lock which is an app that keeps your phone from using its lock. Together it makes it to where the only lock i see is menu lock.
It is the best app i have of the over 100 i now have and the well over 500 i have tried.
Good luck.
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Thanks for replying.... I forgot all about No Lock. I think I know how to get the lockscreen that I want.
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Yup NoLock is great I use it to text at school and don't want an unlock screen lol
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Well I think I spoke to soon. I can't disable the system's lockscreen. Even with No Lock enabled. I downloaded the QQ Launcher just for the lockscreen so that I could use it with Go Launcher. It works sometimes, but Im still getting my old system lockscreen. Its gotta be a way to disable the system lockscreen.
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Anything lost by not using Touchwiz?

Do any of the new Note 3 features (pen or not) get impacted from using a different launcher?
polstein said:
Do any of the new Note 3 features (pen or not) get impacted from using a different launcher?
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some widgets does not work. (like s planner)
muhtesem insan said:
some widgets does not work. (like s planner)
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I can live with that - was thinking the swipe up scrapbook & other functions. One way to tell - try!
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no everything seems to work fine im using action launcher pro and ive had no issues .. air command still pops up when the stylus is removed all the samsung and S apps stay there .
all s PEN functions work
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The swipe up/home button press my magazine gets removed. Thats it.
You can overcome this, (Im using apex) and you can bind my magazine to a home button press if you miss it.
Using Nova Launcher Prime, all of the spen features work perfect, haven't noticed anything that is broken yet.
Can I disable My Magazine?
I'm coming from the other direction. I like the stock launcher and everything Touchwiz and S-pen related, I just want the swipe-up My Magazine feature to be disabled. Is there a way to do this without rooting or using a different launcher? Thanks in advance,
Nate
N8shon said:
I'm coming from the other direction. I like the stock launcher and everything Touchwiz and S-pen related, I just want the swipe-up My Magazine feature to be disabled. Is there a way to do this without rooting or using a different launcher? Thanks in advance,
Nate
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I tried to remove my magazine with titanium backup. Now touchwiz crashes when i press home button on home screen.
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Note 3 Widgetlocker problem

Having a problem with Widgetlocker on my Note 3...
Installed Widgetlocker via direct purchase from teslacoilsw.com. Software is installed & basically 'works', but I'm unable to pull up the Add menu via long press. Tool mode and/or lockscreen...neither pull up the Add menu. What's strange is I get some haptic feedback during long press in tool mode and if I tap around a bit & can get random stuff to happen (like adding an app shortcut to the screen). It's like the menu is 'there' but it's not visible or something. Any suggestions?
Reinstalled & all's good now...nm. (mods, delete post if needed)
~thx
Hi,having the same problem...for my case if you used custom wallpaper then the add menu is like hidden behind the wallpaper,maybe you need to check using custom wallpaper first
Sent the dev an email and he's looking into it. I found that using an alternate wallpaper doesn't do good either.
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I live in Canada and have the n900 model and I am unable to use widgetlocker any longer due to the playstore saying its no longer compatible with this device.
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phunky1 said:
I live in Canada and have the n900 model and I am unable to use widgetlocker any longer due to the playstore saying its no longer compatible with this device.
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+1
n900 from india
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yup widgetlocker is not working on my n900...play store says its incompatible
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Tried multiple Play fixes, and DPI changes, but still no dice.
misticjeff said:
Sent the dev an email and he's looking into it. I found that using an alternate wallpaper doesn't do good either.
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Would love to be able to send the developer and email. After figuring a way to install on the Note 3, since it shows unavailable for Note 3 on "play" - now I have the pull down notification bar sitting "behind" whatever I add to my Widgetlocker screen...making the pull down virtually unusable...maybe if you could tell me how to submit this to developer...?
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Would love to be able to send the developer and email. After figuring a way to install on the Note 3, since it shows unavailable for Note 3 on "play" - now I have the pull down notification bar sitting "behind" whatever I add to my Widgetlocker screen...making the pull down virtually unusable...maybe if you could tell me how to submit this to developer...?
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On the play store I believe there is a link. As a work around I hide the notification bar and use Dashclock. I also think the dev just became a "daddy" so we may have to wait a bit.
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misticjeff said:
On the play store I believe there is a link. As a work around I hide the notification bar and use Dashclock.[\b] I also think the dev just became a "daddy" so we may have to wait a bit.
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I was wondering how you could hide the lockscreen notification bar.
I am using nova launcher prime and that easily lets me hide the homescreen notification bar but I couldn't figure out how to disable it on lockscreen.
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numerouknow said:
I was wondering how you could hide the lockscreen notification bar.
I am using nova launcher prime and that easily lets me hide the homescreen notification bar but I couldn't figure out how to disable it on lockscreen.
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Well you can hide it with Widgetlocker. Just check the settings.
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misticjeff said:
Well you can hide it with Widgetlocker. Just check the settings.
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oh yes I was aware of the widgetlocker option but i had to uninstall it for reasons already stated in this thread. I thought I am missing an in built setting somewhere to hide the notification bar. lol
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Widgetlocker has been updated and is now working for me.
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Works now!
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well for me its still not 100% functional.
download from playstore and installed it. set it up as per my needs. till then everything was fine. the moment i tried to change the default locker theme to a custom one it force closed. (that custom theme had worked perfectly on my note2).
can anyone pls check and confirm if you are able to change and use a custom wl theme successfully?
numerouknow said:
well for me its still not 100% functional.
download from playstore and installed it. set it up as per my needs. till then everything was fine. the moment i tried to change the default locker theme to a custom one it force closed. (that custom theme had worked perfectly on my note2).
can anyone pls check and confirm if you are able to change and use a custom wl theme successfully?
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for me the problem still persists. can someone pls confirm if you are able to use custom wlthemes?
numerouknow said:
for me the problem still persists. can someone pls confirm if you are able to use custom wlthemes?
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am I the only one with this issue?
can someone pls confirm if you've been able to change the default locker theme successfully?
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Icons reappear slowly after hitting home key

After using apps (no specific one) and hitting the home button to go back to the home screen, my background is blank then after a second or 2 all my icons appear. Anyone else have this happen? It seems to have started yesterday or day before. Just wondering what could cause it. I know it does it when I clear memory under "Task Manager>RAM". But this seems to be happening more and more.
Edit: I noticed that the screen will black out with my led blue and will not come on till I do a battery pull. This has happened about 3-4 times so far. Any ideas......anyone.....anyone
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This is getting annoying! grrrrr
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After using apps (no specific one) and hitting the home button to go back to the home screen, my background is blank then after a second or 2 all my icons appear. Anyone else have this happen? It seems to have started yesterday or day before. Just wondering what could cause it. I know it does it when I clear memory under "Task Manager>RAM". But this seems to be happening more and more.
Edit: I noticed that the screen will black out with my led blue and will not come on till I do a battery pull. This has happened about 3-4 times so far. Any ideas......anyone.....anyone
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What's your current setup? Stock/Rooted? What tweaks/mods have you done? What apps do you have installed?
haza12d said:
What's your current setup? Stock/Rooted? What tweaks/mods have you done? What apps do you have installed?
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yes, stock rooted, note 2 hidden features, xposed installer, wanam xposed, flash gordon, notifyclean, xquick settings, 5x4 launcher, isis root bypass, pen window manager, titanium backup, sqlite, with other basic and stock apps, some apps are frozen like amazon and verizon bloat. I'm using a couple of Gunthermics inverted themes to google play, mms and maps as well.
Could be any one of those mods, my friend. I know it'll be a pain but can you disable most if not all? Start with the 5x4 launcher, then Wanam
HAZA12D_HYPERDRIVE_NOTE3
haza12d said:
Could be any one of those mods, my friend. I know it'll be a pain but can you disable most if not all? Start with the 5x4 launcher, then Wanam
HAZA12D_HYPERDRIVE_NOTE3
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I'll start there then. Thanks bud
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Need flashlight ap

Hello I had to use Odin to reflash my phone due to making a mistake
. For whatever reason after rooting and using waman I noticed the flashlight app was missing. If anyone can provide it for me I would greatly appreciate it.
There isn't a flashlight app only a flashlight widget.
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klownface said:
Hello I had to use Odin to reflash my phone due to making a mistake
. For whatever reason after rooting and using waman I noticed the flashlight app was missing. If anyone can provide it for me I would greatly appreciate it.
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I use the Xposed module 'Xposed Torch.' I like it since from the lock screen I can turn it on by long pressing volume up (or home button if you want). No app or widget to put on my home screen. btw, its from Wanam too.
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Savagerun said:
There isn't a flashlight app only a flashlight widget.
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Thank you I can't believe I forgot it was a widget. For some reason the waman flashlight mod was not working. It would keep crashing, eventually after a few reboots the settings for that particular mod would actually load. Everything works now. Thank you for the response to what is now a silly question.

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