Does anyone know how to get rid of notifications you don't want. After I flashed the international ftf I started getting notifications from some app site. I hate getting a notification beep that is usually my email and it is only one of those.
cjna said:
Does anyone know how to get rid of notifications you don't want. After I flashed the international ftf I started getting notifications from some app site. I hate getting a notification beep that is usually my email and it is only one of those.
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It depends on which app you are referring to...You should be able to go into the "unwanted" app and inside the settings menu it would give you an option about notifications.
Another way is if you don't want any of them to "beep" is turn off the notifications sound in the phone settings
amosconf said:
It depends on which app you are referring to...You should be able to go into the "unwanted" app and inside the settings menu it would give you an option about notifications.
Another way is if you don't want any of them to "beep" is turn off the notifications sound in the phone settings
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I don't know which app it is. It is just advertisements for a new website to download apps from.
Never saw that when I switched to the international firmware. Did it start doing that before you installed anything else?
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Spectre51 said:
Never saw that when I switched to the international firmware. Did it start doing that before you installed anything else?
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Yes it did. I have found out it is from xapush.com. I have no idea where I got it. I haven't installed anything new but I have been deleting any app I am not using trying to get rid of it.
I think I may have solved this. Once I figured out it was xapush.com I did a search on XDA. There is another app called Airpush Detector which can find which apps are using Airpush and a few other similar "advertising" schemes. It turns out it was an app for Olympic information that I download two weeks ago. I just didn't use it until right after I flashed the International firmware.
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was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. i am getting random notifications with links to advertisements or promotions. it always shows up as a "+" symbol with some website in my notification bar then when i try to go to it, its not displaying. i also get some other weird symbols. im not sure if its something im getting with one of the apps i downloaded or what. anybody?
powerstroke said:
was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. i am getting random notifications with links to advertisements or promotions. it always shows up as a "+" symbol with some website in my notification bar then when i try to go to it, its not displaying. i also get some other weird symbols. im not sure if its something im getting with one of the apps i downloaded or what. anybody?
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Yeah, it could be an app you downloaded. My mom is getting these but I havent had a chance to look at her phone.
powerstroke said:
was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before. i am getting random notifications with links to advertisements or promotions. it always shows up as a "+" symbol with some website in my notification bar then when i try to go to it, its not displaying. i also get some other weird symbols. im not sure if its something im getting with one of the apps i downloaded or what. anybody?
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It's from the free apps you've downloaded. Root the phone and install AdFree and Airblocker from the app store. That should take care of almost all of them.
desmalta said:
It's from the free apps you've downloaded. Root the phone and install AdFree and Airblocker from the app store. That should take care of almost all of them.
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What he said. I assume you're already rooted and running a custom rom with an ad blocker built in, that's why the links won't take you anywhere.
You can also install airpush detector to pinpoint the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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nthknd said:
Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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I don't see an option to disable that. If I click on it it opens up and wants to sync. Long pressing does nothing and there are no check boxes to uncheck.
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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ricco333 said:
I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
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Thanks. I guess I will have to root it. I feel sorry for you guys and all the crapware you have to put up with.
nthknd said:
You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
Bilhouse said:
Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
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Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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nthknd said:
Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
Sent from my LG-E980 using xda premium
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No problem. Thanks for your help.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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If you're rooted then you can always change the AAB.apk to AAB.bak with Root Browser (or any other root file explorer) and that'll disable it. I prefer this method to uninstalling just in case I need to do a software upgrade-it's easy enough to reverse without having to flash back to stock.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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After you get into your contacts, go into settings -> display options then scroll to the bottom and select customize. UNCHECK at&t address book. After that it shouldnt try to open it.
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If rooted do not uninstall de AT&T adress book. It is tied with the stock contac app. And if you do like i did in the past with at&t phones you will not be able to open the stock contac app. Your phone will say Apk not found. And then you will have to download a contac app like go contacs. It is best to just disable it. Very clever at&t with theyre crap.
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Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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There are several options. The easiest thing is to make the root and then uninstall AT & T Address Book, all you do with Rom ToolBox. For the other applications. You just have to enter settings - Applications - All - Looking for the At & t and then: Force stop, turn off the notifications, delete the cache and then turn off. That's it!! It's that easy. If my information help you, just give clicking Thanks!
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I know this is an old post, but maybe someone know how can I remove the AT&T address book without rooting the device. Every time I'm on wifi or 3g and I open contacts this application opens first. It is extremely annoying. I just have an app from work which requires from device not too be rooted so I must find some other solution.
Thank you.
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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ackliph said:
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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Nothing works, those AT&T guys closed all the options I could think off. In accounts they doesn't have the option to stop it. BTW, I never set mine up as well. But every time I get into "contacts" it starts connection with the AT&T address book to give me instructions how to set it up. It is really, really annoying.
Thank you.
A little late, but...
On my LG G2, I cannot disable the AT&T address book, but I never see it or use it during normal use. The only time I see it is if I either look into the apps section (where it can be stopped, but cannot be disabled), or if I go into "Accounts and Sync", where is shows the accounts such as Google, Skype, etc. If I click on "AT&T Address Book" there, it opens and asks:
Do you want to sync this device with the contacts in your online AT&T Address Book?
I click on "No", and it says
Activate AT&T Address Book at a later date by simply selecting AT&T Address Book from the settings menu of your device address book.
I of course would never do that.
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thanks a million
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I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thank God for small favors (and good info) this is the only thing that worked for me. I used to root and uninstall it or flash a dif. Rom. But I wanted the updates I missed and the future ones, so I flashed back to stock and of course got the cursed "you cant stop me, haha" ATT address book!!!
I'm new to AT&T from T-Mobile and unlocked phones, so please bear with me.
So, the brightness slider in the pull down: per a Google search, I am supposed to have the option to uncheck it so that it won't be visible. I don't, and I'm assuming AT&T removed it. Is this correct?
Carrier label text in the status bar: assuming this can't be removed without root. Correct?
Those are the 2 most obnoxious things so far. Thanks guys!!
Edit: one more thing. I am using Smitten SMS and have delivery reports checked, but I'm not getting them. Does AT&T not support them?
No one knows??
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without root, you can't remove those two.
The check beside the slider is to activate auto bright. Neither of these can be fixed without root.
n00b1269 said:
The check beside the slider is to activate auto bright. Neither of these can be fixed without root.
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I was referring to unchecking it in the notification panel settings. I saw a screenshot online where the international version has that option in that settings page. So it appears I was correct in assuming that AT&T removed it.
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imperfection said:
I'm new to AT&T from T-Mobile and unlocked phones, so please bear with me.
So, the brightness slider in the pull down: per a Google search, I am supposed to have the option to uncheck it so that it won't be visible. I don't, and I'm assuming AT&T removed it. Is this correct?
Carrier label text in the status bar: assuming this can't be removed without root. Correct?
Those are the 2 most obnoxious things so far. Thanks guys!!
Edit: one more thing. I am using Smitten SMS and have delivery reports checked, but I'm not getting them. Does AT&T not support them?
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the option to hide the brightness slider is not available on the att/vzn/tmo versions, I can't speak to Sprint. I don't know if you saw a stock international feature, or just a root mod that just happened to be on an international model.
no, the awful carrier label is stuck there till root, I hate it as well. if you have even 1 notification up there tho it will go away. now that I type this it gives me the idea for a workaround; an invisible notification bar icon. that'll do the trick to get rid of that att label.
att does not support them. and actually, delivery reports don't have a standard protocol for reporting. carriers send out sms, but have nothing in place to see if it was received. tmobile can tell you if the recipient is another tmobile user, and iphones using imessage (are they even allowed to use anything else? idk) have a check built into the imessage app which will tell you if another iphone read it, but they can turn off this feature in their iphone settings so again.. this isn't truly reliable.
semi related note, give Textra a try, it's a better messenger app in my opinion.
lastly sorry it took so long for anyone to reply to you. k goodnight
It's showing the little orange 'new' circle against settings but I can't find anything or clear the orange dot.
Not a biggy but annoying, any ideas?
Got the same and it can't, for the moment be cleared. It will go away i suspect after some sort of an update.
stewarta13wsb said:
It's showing the little orange 'new' circle against settings but I can't find anything or clear the orange dot.
Not a biggy but annoying, any ideas?
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raul6 said:
Got the same and it can't, for the moment be cleared. It will go away i suspect after some sort of an update.
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If that's the case then there's probably an update from Samsung.
Go to the settings in messages» about messages
Should be a button there to update or you can check if there's an update in the galaxy store
lennie said:
If that's the case then there's probably an update from Samsung.
Go to the settings in messages» about messages
Should be a button there to update or you can check if there's an update in the galaxy store
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Yes, that's what it should lead to but it does not. A bug, me thinks
raul6 said:
Yes, that's what it should lead to but it does not. A bug, me thinks
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Same hear, tried everything to clear it
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raul6 said:
Yes, that's what it should lead to but it does not. A bug, me thinks
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Possibly could be a weird bug but by chance what version of messages are you running?
And do you have any package disabler apps running like ccswe or package disabler pro?
Msg app 10.1.00.76 and CCSWE but latter has no impact. I've tested it, to make sure, by re-enabling all that is disabled.
raul6 said:
Msg app 10.1.00.76 and CCSWE but latter has no impact. I've tested it, to make sure, by re-enabling all that is disabled.
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Hmm, you're running a newer version than I am. Mine is 10.1.00.73
But the reason I asked about the app manager is that I wondering if you disable BadgeProvider, SamsungExperience and Galaxy Store, restart the phone and see if it goes away then you can re-enable them if you want to.
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Just realized ccswe doesn't allow you to disable certain apps and the Galaxy Store is one of them. Well the major thing is the BadgeProvider service (com.sec.andoid.provider.badge) that's the service that gives the little orange dot to apps and such if they have a notification. So if it's disabled then the orange dot should go away, restart the phone to make sure it's cleared then re-enable it if you want to.
I personally keep BadgeProvider disabled since the status bar already provides me info on which app needs attention.
No, that orange notification doesn't bother me. It will be resolved at some point I'm sure. Having spent hours of "fun" in the past trying to unravel experiments with blocking various apps that broke functionality in unexpected places I've learnt what apps and services to leave be.
Recently, out of nowhere, I started getting "Huawei video" notifications. Does anyone know how to get rid of them? I've gone through the settings, but couldn't find it. Thanks.
RemoWilliams said:
Recently, out of nowhere, I started getting "Huawei video" notifications. Does anyone know how to get rid of them? I've gone through the settings, but couldn't find it. Thanks.
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Try looking for the culprit app then go to notifications and disable.
Deanro said:
Try looking for the culprit app then go to notifications and disable.
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Thanks. Yes, that's what I normally do. But I had checked the apps list twice before posting my question, and it was not listed there. I checked again just now, and wouldn't you know it: there it was in the apps list. I must be getting senile
RemoWilliams said:
Thanks. Yes, that's what I normally do. But I had checked the apps list twice before posting my question, and it was not listed there. I checked again just now, and wouldn't you know it: there it was in the apps list. I must be getting senile
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I know what you mean.. it happens