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LG keyboard greyed out options

Hey all. I just got the phone yesterday and am loving it btw. I liked using the LG keyboard and having the extra row on top with the numbers. However, after messing with it for a while, that disappeared and it started to say each letter out loud and most of the options are greyed out as seen in the screen shot. The only thing I have found in searching that might have caused it is trying out light flow lite. Has anyone else experienced this or know a way to fix it?
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CapnPez said:
Hey all. I just got the phone yesterday and am loving it btw. I liked using the LG keyboard and having the extra row on top with the numbers. However, after messing with it for a while, that disappeared and it started to say each letter out loud and most of the options are greyed out as seen in the screen shot. The only thing I have found in searching that might have caused it is trying out light flow lite. Has anyone else experienced this or know a way to fix it?
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Yes light flow and other apps seems to trigger the talkback feature even though its says its off. The solution I found is to go into setting then apps find the talk back app and uninstall it. Then all that will stop. If you ever need it again you can just install it again. I notice this only happen with LG keyboard. Other 3rd party keyboards are fine
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nthknd said:
Yes light flow and other apps seems to trigger the talkback feature even though its says its off. The solution I found is to go into setting then apps find the talk back app and uninstall it. Then all that will stop. If you ever need it again you can just install it again. I notice this only happen with LG keyboard. Other 3rd party keyboards are fine
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That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!

CapnPez said:
That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!
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Oh true I unistalled it from the market. But as long as the end result is the same its all good.
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CapnPez said:
That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!
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How did you disable it?

stevefxp said:
How did you disable it?
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go to setting then apps then to talk back and you can disable it from there
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nthknd said:
go to setting then apps then to talk back and you can disable it from there
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There is no option there. Only a force stop option, but I believe that once you reboot your device the app is again active.

stevefxp said:
There is no option there. Only a force stop option, but I believe that once you reboot your device the app is again active.
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this is how I did it go to the play store find the talk back app, uninstall from there. then go back and check it in your app draw it will then say enable and stop, once you uninstall it in the app store then your good it uninstall all the updates try that
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nthknd said:
this is how I did it go to the play store find the talk back app, uninstall from there. then go back and check it in your app draw it will then say enable and stop, once you uninstall it in the app store then your good it uninstall all the updates try that
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pics here
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nthknd said:
pics here
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Are you rooted?

stevefxp said:
Are you rooted?
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nope all stock many of the system apps can be disabled by the play store at least that's how I did it
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nthknd said:
nope all stock many of the system apps can be disabled by the play store at least that's how I did it
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Got it and figured out what I was doing wrong. I too also shut down all the bloatware I could using this same technique. Now if I could only disable ATT Address Book for good.

stevefxp said:
Got it and figured out what I was doing wrong. I too also shut down all the bloatware I could using this same technique. Now if I could only disable ATT Address Book for good.
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Oh I just stopped it from syncing, go to setting then syncs and accounts there you'll find the att address book and just uncheck it for syncing that will stop that crap
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nthknd said:
Oh I just stopped it from syncing, go to setting then syncs and accounts there you'll find the att address book and just uncheck it for syncing that will stop that crap
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and I think you can disable it from going to apps in setting hitting forced stop then disabling it or maybe even from the play store
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T-Mobile knows more than you think...

Got a notification today telling me my device health was good, and I had to check performance and this popped up:
I rooted 2 days ago and stayed stock. Anyone know how they know this?
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When your phone is rooted, it knows, and so do the apps. That's why you cannot install isis wallet if your phone is rooted. In the about section in settings, it says if the device is rooted. If it says modified then it is rooted and any app can probably see that. Doesn't mean that tmobile knows it is, but the app does, and it may, or may not report this back to them.
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masondoctorjt said:
When your phone is rooted, it knows, and so do the apps. That's why you cannot install isis wallet if your phone is rooted. In the about section in settings, it says if the device is rooted. If it says modified then it is rooted and any app can probably see that. Doesn't mean that tmobile knows it is, but the app does, and it may, or may not report this back to them.
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Thanks for the info. I didn't think just any app could tell, only root apps. Well I guess this is no big deal at all.
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Re: Update
T-mobile only recently updated the "my Account" app. Giving them selfs access to all kinds of stuff on your phone. This also detects the tethering mod :/
Best thing to do is uninstall the update...
Very crappy thing of them to do, But I guess they have to be like the nsa.

That's because you guys have the option to collect diagnostics enabled.. Mine is disabled and it shows unknown for everything
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serio22 said:
That's because you guys have the option to collect diagnostics enabled.. Mine is disabled and it shows unknown for everything
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I had no clue mine was on, but it is definitely disabled now. About to flash CM11 actually. Wish me luck!
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Christopher4tw said:
I had no clue mine was on, but it is definitely disabled now. About to flash CM11 actually. Wish me luck!
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You simply don't need luck,if.your doing everything textbook style.should have no issues. I stay away from CM BUT GL
~SanaDrate + LTE

RoxAbout said:
T-mobile only recently updated the "my Account" app. Giving them selfs access to all kinds of stuff on your phone. This also detects the tethering mod :/
Best thing to do is uninstall the update...
Very crappy thing of them to do, But I guess they have to be like the nsa.
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Lololol, I'm starting to see more of the trends of this word "NSA" when it comes to security.
I'd uninstall, just like what she says.
Sanadrate said:
You simply don't need luck,if.your doing everything textbook style.should have no issues. I stay away from CM BUT GL
~SanaDrate + LTE
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Yep, I stay away from CM too. Especially they went for profit :Boycotting:
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Sanadrate said:
You simply don't need luck,if.your doing everything textbook style.should have no issues. I stay away from CM BUT GL
~SanaDrate + LTE
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You're right, I didn't need luck, it was a really easy install and it has no real bugs that I am seeing. Running super smooth.
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RoxAbout said:
T-mobile only recently updated the "my Account" app. Giving them selfs access to all kinds of stuff on your phone. This also detects the tethering mod :/
Best thing to do is uninstall the update...
Very crappy thing of them to do, But I guess they have to be like the nsa.
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Actually, you granted them access by accepting the permissions. Thats why i read that stuff. And being a developer, i can usually figure out what actions fall under the required permissions too.
ndwgs said:
Lololol, I'm starting to see more of the trends of this word "NSA" when it comes to security.
I'd uninstall, just like what she says.
Yep, I stay away from CM too. Especially they went for profit :Boycotting:
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What do you mean CM went for profit?

elesbb said:
Actually, you granted them access by accepting the permissions. Thats why i read that stuff. And being a developer, i can usually figure out what actions fall under the required permissions too.
What do you mean CM went for profit?
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They went commercial, now are a official corporation. They are looking to make that money, eventually. With features like a CM account, privacy guard, secure messaging they were getting ready for it. None of those are attractive though.
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daxecutioner24 said:
They went commercial, now are a official corporation. They are looking to make that money, eventually. With features like a CM account, privacy guard, secure messaging they were getting ready for it. None of those are attractive though.
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But its still free to install CM and have the source code available though. Right? Im not a huge user of CM since i have an S4 ( I like my features )

elesbb said:
But its still free to install CM and have the source code available though. Right? Im not a huge user of CM since i have an S4 ( I like my features )
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Your assumption is correct. For now at least.
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I bet cm will soon require a small purchase fee,upon flashing you must enter a code,for each device.
~SanaDrate + LTE

Sanadrate said:
I bet cm will soon require a small purchase fee,upon flashing you must enter a code,for each device.
~SanaDrate + LTE
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it seems more likely the purchase fees will be for the added features. Allcast is the perfect example. It's a CM app on the app store that has a time limit unless you pay money. That's their future. I can easily imagine a CM rom that is basically AOSP, and a collection of appstore apps that you have to pay money for to get the "Full CM experience". Of course, if you buy a CM phone (like the oppo n1), you'd get all those for free.

Or they just collect your data and sell it on their own kinda like Google
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how to disabling it
serio22 said:
That's because you guys have the option to collect diagnostics enabled.. Mine is disabled and it shows unknown for everything
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Want to disable where is it?

Guntert said:
Want to disable where is it?
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Should be under back up and reset
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All I have is
Back up my data
Backup account
Automatic restore
Factory data reset
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Guntert said:
All I have is
Back up my data
Backup account
Automatic restore
Factory data reset
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Disable through the Tmobile "My Account" app
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Rooted - now what?

I'm just curious as to what everybody has done now that they've rooted their tablets?
Installed root apps, uninstalled or frozen other apps?

TheOneChristo said:
I'm just curious as to what everybody has done now that they've rooted their tablets?
Installed root apps, uninstalled or frozen other apps?
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Debloat listed apps to speed up or eliminate lag. Uninstall apps not needed, Freeze apps or system files you're not sure to Uninstall. And then create or wait for custom roms.
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Enabled write to SD and plan to use xposed once I know it will work

Xposed installed fine for me.

System App Remover (root) is excellent for this.
This is excellent free app for debloating. It tells you what can be safely removed and what should be left alone and allows for batch uninstall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp

mitchellvii said:
This is excellent free app for debloating. It tells you what can be safely removed and what should be left alone and allows for batch uninstall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp
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What's the name of this app because my adblocker is preventing me from using your link. Thanks.
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simacca said:
What's the name of this app because my adblocker is preventing me from using your link. Thanks.
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System App Remover (root)

Debloated and modded a couple system files (feature.xml & build.prop) for now. Waiting on a deodexed ROM so I can theme.

12MaNy said:
Debloated and modded a couple system files (feature.xml & build.prop) for now. Waiting on a deodexed ROM so I can theme.
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What kind of changes? :angel:

Dingchow said:
What kind of changes? :angel:
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I enabled a few crippled options.

12MaNy said:
I enabled a few crippled options.
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I'm sorry but we now refer to these as "functionally challenged" options. ☺

mitchellvii said:
I'm sorry but we now refer to these as "functionally challenged" options. ☺
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Well played

Big one for me is getting up and running quick with Titanium Backup restores. Bought before root was out this time but normally.
Disabling stuff too.
Adblock plus, Lucky patcher
Also upgrade Google Maps back to 6.14.4 is a huge one on my phone. Not so much on the tablet but I may use it in the car more. Will need My Maps for travel.
Custom ROM's when they are out.
Probably forgetting something.
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Changing dpi of apps because in some of them the fonts are too small.
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I've never rooted a Samsung device before. Is it worth it to do now or wait until there are roms available? Do you worry about warranty if you find a hardware issue?
How much would you say debloating helped with speeding up your device? Does it fix the delay from when you press the home button and the animation running? Does it smooth out the stuttering in animations?

meboy said:
Big one for me is getting up and running quick with Titanium Backup restores. Bought before root was out this time but normally.
Disabling stuff too.
Adblock plus, Lucky patcher
Also upgrade Google Maps back to 6.14.4 is a huge one on my phone. Not so much on the tablet but I may use it in the car more. Will need My Maps for travel.
Custom ROM's when they are out.
Probably forgetting something.
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How will you use google map/navigator on the tablet? Is your table with 4G? As far as I know google map requires network access.
I am using CoPilot for navigating in the car. It uses downloaded maps.
With my phone I have been using google navigation but I did not like it too much. It is too insistent with its idea of where to go. It will only
recalculate the route after many miles passed its suggested direction. I had this issue in highway, it may be different in city navigation.

I rooted my S 8.4 wifi (T700) and cleaned bloatware.. now I would like to install twrp or cwm.. to make a backup and play deeper with the toy..
Has anyone done it already? Any different from other androids?
Thx.

@Peter234: Probably tethering. I have zero problems using my Note 3 as a hotspot. I also think that Google Maps will let you 'cache' a route as well; IIRC it's one of the Labs features.
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rolandhsu23 said:
I've never rooted a Samsung device before. Is it worth it to do now or wait until there are roms available? Do you worry about warranty if you find a hardware issue?
How much would you say debloating helped with speeding up your device? Does it fix the delay from when you press the home button and the animation running? Does it smooth out the stuttering in animations?
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Debloating doubles your battery life, and the device will always respond much faster because those running system apps eat up a lot of RAM and CPU power. After I did a massive debloat, the lag and stuttering pretty much went away.
You can also install root apps, which can speed up your RAM, prolong battery life, and improve performance. My favorites are Greenify, SD Booster, and Autokiller.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Got-ROOT-Here-are-the-root-Android-apps-you-must-try_id46065

De bloating does not double your battery life not even nearly double. Also 80% free RAM is no quicker than 20% free RAM. Sure, improvements can be had but let's keep things in the realm of reality here.

Evil ATT Address Book

How in the heck can we stop this monster short of rooting and debloating? Everytime I try anything with contacts there it is and I have to hit the back button to escape. There doesn't seem to be a way anywhere to kill this atrocity of an app.
Okay, call me stupid, it gives more options NOT to use it once your SIM is active. So used to HTC Dev Editions, or GPE. Mods can delete.

You should be able to disable it through Apps in Settings. What I usually do is just have it set up then in contacts under settings manually uncheck it so it doesn't sync anything.

Ivizoid said:
You should be able to disable it through Apps in Settings. What I usually do is just have it set up then in contacts under settings manually uncheck it so it doesn't sync anything.
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They don't let you disable it on the G2, I doubt they'd do so on the G3. One of the reasons I ordered a T-Mobile version.
You'd probably have to do a root-debloat to get rid of it.

I rooted and it's gone after some debloating.
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Pilz said:
I rooted and it's gone after some debloating.
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Any scripts yet? I don't know how to debloat manually.

hack14u said:
Any scripts yet? I don't know how to debloat manually.
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Download titanium backup and freeze all of the AT&T apps this way they can be unfrozen when you need to do an OTA.

Simple....root it and use a root uninstall app. No reason not to root
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Might be too late but here it goes
hack14u said:
How in the heck can we stop this monster short of rooting and debloating? Everytime I try anything with contacts there it is and I have to hit the back button to escape. There doesn't seem to be a way anywhere to kill this atrocity of an app.
Okay, call me stupid, it gives more options NOT to use it once your SIM is active. So used to HTC Dev Editions, or GPE. Mods can delete.
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On my LG G3 I had the same problem and later on a friend asked me to do this and it worked perfectly.
Go to the dialer and type *#*#2666#*#*
Select "Registration" and choose "Completed"
And you should be ok.

Debloat list?

It would be nice if we got a debloat list asap. I used the auto debloat on the app but it force close my 's pen app and can't figure it out lol and it also debloat the wrong things into. Thanks ahead of time
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brentsalinas714 said:
It would be nice if we could get a debloat list asap. I used the auto debloat on the app, but it force closes my S Pen app, and I can't figure it out lol. It also debloats the wrong things. Thanks ahead of time
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What app did you use?

Would love to see a similar list (using package disabler pro and got rid of the obvious nonsense).

Chikenbok said:
Would love to see a similar list (using package disabler pro and got rid of the obvious nonsense).
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Did you find any apps/.apks that are CheetahMobile/CleanMaster crapware?
I didn't see anything obvious (on my T-Mobile variant),but,I suspect some of the apps with the "Smart" in the app/.apk name may be their garbage.
I'm hoping this crapware,if it's installed,isn't hidden as it is on the AT&T/VZW models of the Note 5.

KOLIOSIS said:
Did you find any apps/.apks that are CheetahMobile/CleanMaster crapware?
I didn't see anything obvious (on my T-Mobile variant),but,I suspect some of the apps with the "Smart" in the app/.apk name may be their garbage.
I'm hoping this crapware,if it's installed,isn't hidden as it is on the AT&T/VZW models of the Note 5.
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I pretty much just clicked anything that had the word Verizon in it or didn't look horrible. Lord knows what I managed to screw up doing it but everything is running fine until I get a verified disable "OK" list. I didn't really hunt for any apks or apps in particular -- I figure I'd let the pros do it ;P

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I pretty much just clicked anything that had the word Verizon in it or didn't look horrible. Lord knows what I managed to screw up doing it but everything is running fine until I get a verified disable "OK" list. I didn't really hunt for any apks or apps in particular -- I figure I'd let the pros do it ;P
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Yeah me to and also disabled things I won't use like edge screen ,Samsung browser ,Samsung calender ,update, and others. ...what I know for sure is ok to disable.
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californiarailroader said:
What app did you use?
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I use package disabler pro.
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Came from a nexus 6p and usually use chrome but with ads its unbearable. Been using the Samsung browser with adblock and the samsung browser extension on my desktop chrome to sync bookmarks and its actually great.
I got rid of some verizon apps and amazon stuff mainly.

brentsalinas714 said:
I use package disabler pro.
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Right on, thanks!
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I disabled Verizon Navigator, Slacker by Verizon, NFL Mobile, everything Verizon except for voice mail and my Verizon.

Definitely disable that damn DT Ignite! Loads random apps onto the phone.

SCDroid said:
Came from a nexus 6p and usually use chrome but with ads its unbearable. Been using the Samsung browser with adblock and the samsung browser extension on my desktop chrome to sync bookmarks and its actually great.
I got rid of some verizon apps and amazon stuff mainly.
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Adguard.

cadcamaro said:
Adguard.
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Adguard uses VPN correct? Runs all the time? I wasn't impressed when I used it on my note 4
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Justinphxaz said:
Definitely disable that damn DT Ignite! Loads random apps onto the phone.
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Thanks didn't know that and wondered what it was lol.
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SCDroid said:
Adguard uses VPN correct? Runs all the time? I wasn't impressed when I used it on my note 4
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Yeah it's not the greatest but it still works well in chrome. Also you get to use everything that you normally do. I personally set up a button widget to turn the VPN on or off.

FWIW, I have the paid version of adguard and find it works extremely well. With paid version you have https ad blocking, in-app ad blocking, and some other useful features. I forget if these additional features are available on free version. But for non rooted phones, I think this is a great option.
Also, Crystal for Samsung Browser will block ads in their app. I don't really have a need for it but it's there anyway lol.
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It's super important that you reenable all apps that you've disabled with Package Disabler before you do any update. I learned that the hard way once and my phone was all screwy until I did a factory reset.