Since this was my first ever Samsung device, I had a hard time figuring out how to enable USB Debugging mode. Google and Youtube saved the day. Here is how:
From home, press "Apps" menu, press "Settings", press "General" tab, press "About Device", press "Build number" seven consecutive times and you should get messages about having "Developer Mode" being turned on. That's it!
Hit back and you should now see a new "Developer options" selection in the menu. Press "Developer options" and just check mark "USB debugging" if you want to enable it.
I think this is an Android thing not specific to Samsung. Started with Jelly Bean I think
Since you just figured that out you probably don't know about the Easter egg for jellybean, Google that, its almost the same process to open it and get your little surprise.
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Since you just figured that out you probably don't know about the Easter egg for jellybean, Google that, its almost the same process to open it and get your little surprise.
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I know about that one. I just switched to Samsung from being with HTC since the beginning. They've always had the developer options in the settings menu.
Here's another thing in the realm of usb debugging. If you need to use adb make sure the screens on so you can accept the adb connection ( drive me crazy why it wouldn't connect)
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AssassinsLament said:
I know about that one. I just switched to Samsung from being with HTC since the beginning. They've always had the developer options in the settings menu.
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The hiding is a android 4.2+ thing google did because (normal *cough Apple) users would get confused as to what the developer options do. And would muff something up....
By the way , AssassinsLament thanks for the original code and work you did regarding TWRP best recovery on android ??
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Any way to remove the Developer option or will it always stay there once you reveal it? Sorry, first time JB user here. Coming from the G2x. We never officially got the good stuff.
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TrevTec said:
Any way to remove the Developer option or will it always stay there once you reveal it? Sorry, first time JB user here. Coming from the G2x. We never officially got the good stuff.
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Don't think so..... don't worry you won't even notice them being there
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deeznutz1977 said:
Don't think so..... don't worry you won't even notice them being there
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It's really no big deal at all, but I think it would be neat to turn it on and off whenever you need it. Just in case someone else feels like playing in your settings for whatever reason. Not that they would get very far in the first place. It would just make a neat little feature imo.
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wow no wonder I looked for the options everywhere for like 15minutes... thanks for this
You are my hero
AssassinsLament said:
Since this was my first ever Samsung device, I had a hard time figuring out how to enable USB Debugging mode. Google and Youtube saved the day. Here is how:
From home, press "Apps" menu, press "Settings", press "General" tab, press "About Device", press "Build number" seven consecutive times and you should get messages about having "Developer Mode" being turned on. That's it!
Hit back and you should now see a new "Developer options" selection in the menu. Press "Developer options" and just check mark "USB debugging" if you want to enable it.
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Thank you so much. I cannot thank you enough. I thought I had gone crazy. Between my wife and I we have every Galaxy phone made to date two Google TV's and 3 Asus Tablets among many other android devices as I am an app developer. This is the longest I've owned a phone without root (4 days) Also my Asus TF tablet has been stuck without a recovery for weeks and I couldn't find developer mode. I cannot believe I didn't get the memo on this one. just too busy with work and school. Thanks a million times over
Thank you, could not figure out how to get to this menu.
DataHawg said:
I think this is an Android thing not specific to Samsung. Started with Jelly Bean I think
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There you are...
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There you are...
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How's it hangin BC?
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How's it hangin BC?
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Pretty well, thank you. I was actually looking for you earlier yesterday just to see what you were up to these days, and happened to stumble in here. Good to see ya bro
Keep Truck'n
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Life is pretty good. I'm rockin a Note 3 on Tmobile now so you'll find me porkin around those threads. Take care my friend
Thanx a million! Was looking for this for quite some time now.
You can also do *#0808# and select mtp+adb. It's the exact same thing, it takes less time, and you don't have an obvious developer options menu on your phone should you take it in for service.
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Turning Off Developer Options
TrevTec said:
Any way to remove the Developer option or will it always stay there once you reveal it? Sorry, first time JB user here. Coming from the G2x. We never officially got the good stuff.
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There is a way to turn developer options off. At the top right corner of the screen when in the dev op screen youll see that the "on" button is green. Simply slide that button to the left and dev ops will be turned off.
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1. Go to the settings menu, and scroll down to "About phone." Click on it.
2. Scroll down to the bottom again, where you see "Build number."
3. Tap it seven times. After the third tap, you'll see a dialog that says you're four taps away from being a developer.
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Interesting that they decided to make dev settings hidden like an easter egg.
probably due to people messing with it and wondering why apps start crashing
Any other hidden settings ?
Very strange, but good to know. Thanks!
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bioan said:
1. Go to the settings menu, and scroll down to "About phone." Click on it.
2. Scroll down to the bottom again, where you see "Build number."
3. Tap it seven times. After the third tap, you'll see a dialog that says you're four taps away from being a developer.
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At first I thought you were being a smarta$$, lol. Is that how you really enable it?
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cdexsw said:
At first I thought you were being a smarta$$, lol. Is that how you really enable it?
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just did it on my n7
can confirm
So how do we go about disabling it once enabled?
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So how do we go about disabling it once enabled?
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Tap it 7 times alternating your thumb and pinky then lock and unlock the screen 7 times followed by dropping the status bar down 7 times while holding the phone upside down.
No seriously it looks like once you enable it, its there for good.
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Hi All
... and how to allow multiple user accounts ?
on Galaxy Nexus JB 4.2
bioan said:
1. Go to the settings menu, and scroll down to "About phone." Click on it.
2. Scroll down to the bottom again, where you see "Build number."
3. Tap it seven times. After the third tap, you'll see a dialog that says you're four taps away from being a developer.
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Thanks for clarifying this mate
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So how do we go about disabling it once enabled?
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It's not really needed the 7 taps just allow you to see the developer menu again you still have to turn on the adb option like before.
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Thanks. On my n7
I thought that would enable debugging but I learned that I then have to go to developer options. Shady shady, google!
I was trying to put device in debug mode... just realized that there is no developers settings anymore.
How could that be??
Go to settings, about phone and keep tapping build number. That should do it.
It is hidden. Like the jellybean pic. Sorry I don't know where it is though
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wisefreakz said:
I was trying to put device in debug mode... just realized that there is no developers settings anymore.
How could that be??
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Tap the build number seven times in the 'about phone' section in settings. Should unlock it for you!
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Tap Build No in "About Phone" 7 times
edit: too slow...
wisefreakz said:
I was trying to put device in debug mode... just realized that there is no developers settings anymore.
How could that be??
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You have to to click on the build number in settings like 7 times then it becomes visible!
Cheers, have fun with 4.2
Thank all of you for that!
It worked!
Cheers!
I find it, thanks
My wife's stock NOte II screen Time setting is 10 seconds.
It comes on when notifications go off, and never goes off, unless we manually turn it off.
Any thoughts?
This continues to be a problem.
In fact, it happens at night while on the charger, and the screen staying on prevents the phone from achieving a full charge.
Nobody has any thoughts?
Maybe the face rwgonition sensor that keeps the phone awake when you're looking at it is faulty.
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Try turning off smart stay and see it fixes the issue.
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Thanks for the thoughts.
Smart stay is off, so that likely is not hte issue.
There are 2 problems as I see it: First, the fact that it always turns on when anything happens, such as mail receipt, text msg, notifications. Then it never goes off.
If all else fails there is a mod in the themes and apps section to disable screen wake lock....so if you get any notifications it will not wake your screen I cant give u the link im out
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Turn off motion detection, this always happened to me at night while charging.
Haven't had the problem ever since.
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twanskys204 said:
If all else fails there is a mod in the themes and apps section to disable screen wake lock....so if you get any notifications it will not wake your screen I cant give u the link im out
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If I don't get it working right, I'll see if I can find that. Thanks.
z28tovette said:
Turn off motion detection, this always happened to me at night while charging.
Haven't had the problem ever since.
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Interesting. I have that on on my SGS III, and don't have this problem. But, my wife pretty much doeson't use the motion detection things anyway. Just turned it off. I'll post back how it goes.
Here ya go....I absolutely love this mod, cant go whithout
. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001240
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Here ya go....I absolutely love this mod, cant go whithout
. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001240
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Thanks.
Upon checking it out, it works with the stock messaging app. We use Google Voice, so probably won't work.
I have turned off motion, and I think it has improved. Although I think it turns on when fully charged (notification of full charge I suppose), and stays on.
The fact that it stays on is the real problem. I don't understand why the 15 second setting doesn't let it turn off.
Hmmmm....I just thought of something else: I may haave Screeble installed. I'll have to check on that and see if there are strange settings or something.
I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
good find...
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I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
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Was gonna say that also
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ewingr said:
Thanks.
Upon checking it out, it works with the stock messaging app. We use Google Voice, so probably won't work.
I have turned off motion, and I think it has improved. Although I think it turns on when fully charged (notification of full charge I suppose), and stays on.
The fact that it stays on is the real problem. I don't understand why the 15 second setting doesn't let it turn off.
Hmmmm....I just thought of something else: I may haave Screeble installed. I'll have to check on that and see if there are strange settings or something.
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Check in Settings > Developer Options
Theres an option in there to keep screen awake while charging and that may have been turned on? If not turn off try turning off the dev options just to make sure thats not the problem.
EDIT: Two people beat me to it
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I know what it is.... go into developer options and look for an option that says "screen on while pluged in" turn it off
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good find...
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Bsmith0731 said:
Was gonna say that also
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SizableSac said:
Check in Settings > Developer Options
Theres an option in there to keep screen awake while charging and that may have been turned on? If not turn off try turning off the dev options just to make sure thats not the problem.
EDIT: Two people beat me to it
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Alas...developer options are off, so that is not it.
Well then....idk. maybe factory reset? You could try?
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Well then....idk. maybe factory reset? You could try?
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Yes, I've been thinking about trying that. But wife doesn't want all of the re-install and configuration.
I guess just need to live with it.
Ask her if she wants it fixed lol my gf says that too and then when I go behind her back and do it anyway she thanks me
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And then somtimes she complains about not having the phone the way she likes, I tell her to set it up forcing her 2 learn. Everybody wins
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Ask her if she wants it fixed lol my gf says that too and then when I go behind her back and do it anyway she thanks me
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And then somtimes she complains about not having the phone the way she likes, I tell her to set it up forcing her 2 learn. Everybody wins
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They are funny that way lol
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K I have another idea....there is an option in settings display and then I think screen timout time cheak to see if thats not set realy high
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Hi,
I needed to use ADB to root my wife phone. Once done, I'll like to Hide the Developer Options as she will never need that option. It's safer that way, as I suppose I can make "Developer Options" visible again using the 7 taps trick.
Thanks for any help.
2LoT said:
Hi,
I needed to use ADB to root my wife phone. Once done, I'll like to Hide the Developer Options as she will never need that option. It's safer that way, as I suppose I can make "Developer Options" visible again using the 7 taps trick.
Thanks for any help.
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Wrong Section. Read the forum rules.
Moved to Q&A. Please dont post questions in Development forums.
No need to hide it. Tell her stay out of it.
Keep your pimp hand strong
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No need to hide it. Tell her stay out of it.
Keep your pimp hand strong
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Woman. What did I tell you about pushing buttons you didn't understand.
Factory reset and don't unlock it again. You'd probably want to reset anyway between users.
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So then it appears that the 7 taps trick can only Un-hide "Developer Options" but cannot hide it again. Too bad.
I wonder why this "7 taps" could not be designed as a kind of toggle.
You can deactivate them if that's enough for you (and if you haven't already seen the option).
Just go to the developer settings and in the top right corner you should have an on-off switch.
Clear data on the settings app
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confirmed, it works.
nexus 4, 4.2.2, no root.
Long tap on Settings in the app list, drag it into "App info" at the top.
Clear data ... poof ... Developer options is hidden again.
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So then it appears that the 7 taps trick can only Un-hide "Developer Options" but cannot hide it again. Too bad.
I wonder why this "7 taps" could not be designed as a kind of toggle.
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If you already root and don't want to losing your settings just install root explorer..open it and navigate to data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/development.xml..edit and change value "true" to "false"..save and exit..then delete development.xml.bak..after that go to settings>apps>all>Settings..open it then force stop..then open Settings app to check it..voila! developer options disappeared!
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If you already root and don't want to losing your settings just install root explorer..open it and navigate to data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/development.xml..edit and change value "true" to "false"..save and exit..then delete development.xml.bak..after that go to settings>apps>all>Settings..open it then force stop..then open Settings app to check it..voila! developer options disappeared!
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Hi,
That's a geek worthy trick thanks very much. BTW, the Slim Bean ROM seems to do a little bit different. If I turn Settings / Developers Options off. The item disappears from Settings automatically. Seems to make more sense than the behavior of stock JB.
I know this isn't about Xperia PLAY, but since I also own the device and have frequented this side of XDA for a long time, I thought maybe awesome folks from this forum can help me, too, in a rather unfortunate problem for my fresh new device.
My new phone's developer options list seem to lack the more important ones. Please see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gen...per-options-please-help-t2821392/post54262553
Thanks in advance!
narflynn619 said:
I know this isn't about Xperia PLAY, but since I also own the device and have frequented this side of XDA for a long time, I thought maybe awesome folks from this forum can help me, too, in a rather unfortunate problem for my fresh new device.
My new phone's developer options list seem to lack the more important ones. Please see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gen...per-options-please-help-t2821392/post54262553
Thanks in advance!
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Did u try to tap on build number 7 times???
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raminta said:
Did u try to tap on build number 7 times???
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I know that tapping the Build Number seven times should make the 'hidden' Developer Options appear. But as you can see, the Developer Options is NOT HIDDEN, it's incomplete.
Aside from that, this model has no Build Number as you can see on the screenshot posted in the above thread. Instead, it has Model Number, which, if tapped seven times, doesn't do anything.
Also, another problem, Notifications in Kitkat seem to make the screen wake up every time there is a notification. I fiddled with Notification and Messaging settings and there seems to be no way to turn this feature off. Any tips?