OneUI - Disable Scanning for nearby Wifi/Bluetooth on S9? - Samsung Galaxy S9 Questions & Answers

Hi,
I just updated to OneUI on my S9 and was hoping someone could help me figure out how to disable the Google Play services notification that says that even though my wifi and bluetooth are disabled, my device will still continue to scan for them?
I cannot find anywhere to turn it off, and pressing the notification just makes a notification sound without opening any useful menu!
I suppose I can turn off notifications themselves, but I actually want my device to NOT scan for stuff.
Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, feel free to move.
Tried a search but nothing come up with scanning.
Thanks!

S9Droid said:
Hi,
I just updated to OneUI on my S9 and was hoping someone could help me figure out how to disable the Google Play services notification that says that even though my wifi and bluetooth are disabled, my device will still continue to scan for them?
I cannot find anywhere to turn it off, and pressing the notification just makes a notification sound without opening any useful menu!
I suppose I can turn off notifications themselves, but I actually want my device to NOT scan for stuff.
Sorry if I posted in the wrong place, feel free to move.
Tried a search but nothing come up with scanning.
Thanks!
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Settings > Connections > Bluetooth > Improve Accuracy Settings (Text link under the writing at the bottom) > Turn off the WiFi & BT scanning

Thank you very much!

*Detection* said:
Settings > Connections > Bluetooth > Improve Accuracy Settings (Text link under the writing at the bottom) > Turn off the WiFi & BT scanning
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Thank. Just updated to Android 9 on the Note 9 and would have never bloody found this. They hide it better with every update. heh.

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Bluetooth off on a reboot?

I find it sort of ironic that every time I have to reboot/shut down the Honor 7x the Bluetooth doesn't turn on when I restart the phone. If I forget to manually do it, my watch doesn't sync, etc. etc. The irony is that the last few phones I had made it impossible to turn OFF Bluetooth, it always turned back on in a second or so.
Anyone else see this or know of a reason or fix?
I think I fixed this one, not an issue specific to Huawei or Honor apparrently...
While the setting seems to be in different places, it is called "Bluetooth Scanning" on the Honor 7x. The description says "Improve location by allowing system apps and services to detect Bluetooth devices at any time".
With that setting enabled, bluetooth would always be off on a reboot. Turning that setting off allows me to reboot without losing bluetooth.
On the Honor 7X I found it using the search box in the settings, using "scanning" as the search term. It is under "Security & Privacy", "Location Access", the three dot menu in the upper right "Scan settings".
Hmmmm....?
n9yty said:
I think I fixed this one, not an issue specific to Huawei or Honor apparrently...
While the setting seems to be in different places, it is called "Bluetooth Scanning" on the Honor 7x. The description says "Improve location by allowing system apps and services to detect Bluetooth devices at any time".
With that setting enabled, bluetooth would always be off on a reboot. Turning that setting off allows me to reboot without losing bluetooth.
On the Honor 7X I found it using the search box in the settings, using "scanning" as the search term. It is under "Security & Privacy", "Location Access", the three dot menu in the upper right "Scan settings".
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First Of All.. Glad You Found A Solution That Worked For You...
But something else may be going on with your device.
Your post intrigued me... so I duplicated your situation.
Indeed, my setting under Security & Privacy / Location Access / 3 Dots / Scan Settings / Bluetooth Scanning was set to "Disable" by default since it's my first time there.
So... I did a Reboot and Power Off with the setting still Disabled... and my Bluetooth was still Enabled upon powering up.
But Also... After I "Enabled" Bluetooth Scanning, and did a Reboot and Power Off.. my Bluetooth was STILL enabled upon boot..
I just wanted to let you know, you may have other issues going on.. but hey, if you have it working to your satisfaction.. you're good.. :good:
P.S.
I don't know if you have rooted.. my device is completely stock..
Hello, i had a similar pb on my Honor 7 and a friend of me on P10 Lite. After "plane mode" or reboot the BT didn't power ON even if it was ON before.
I've tried this solution on my HONOR 7 and he tried on his P10 Lite... Now everything is working again. The BT will power ON if it was ON before the action.
So big TY !

Bluetooth connection

Is there a way to disable the annoying notification for connection lost between the Galaxy watch 42mm LTE (without esim for now) and Phone (SG S9).
If i walk 5-7 meters away from phone the watch pings and vibrates, and when coming back in BT range it is the same.
The function I think it should have is to jump over to wifi seamless and then back to BT. Is this possible?
Cheers
kalle99 said:
it should have is to jump over to wifi seamless and then back to BT. Is this possible?
Cheers
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This is theory. In practice this does not happen so seamless
In Samsung App on the phone: connection settings you can set if you want to get notifications upon watch connection/disconnection
Yes, but is it possible to disable the notification?
on the watch, go to settings --> Connections. There should be a setting called ALERTS, toggle that off.
pabgar said:
In Samsung App on the phone: connection settings you can set if you want to get notifications upon watch connection/disconnection
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I was wrong
pabgar said:
Are you capable to read with understanding ? I wrote you how to do it:
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it took me a minute as well, he means to stop the notifications on the *watch* , the setting you supplied is for the phone.
On the watch SETTINGS --> CONNECTIONS --> ALERTS (turn off)
wattsja said:
it took me a minute as well, he means to stop the notifications on the *watch* , the setting you supplied is for the phone.
On the watch SETTINGS --> CONNECTIONS --> ALERTS (turn off)
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Indeed. My bad. Sorry
wattsja said:
it took me a minute as well, he means to stop the notifications on the *watch* , the setting you supplied is for the phone.
On the watch SETTINGS --> CONNECTIONS --> ALERTS (turn off)
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Thanks for your answers.
To clarify. I want to disable the "connection lost" and "connected to phone" alert on the watch.
NOT to turn off all alerts. There is a toggle for "connection" in the watch settings, but the watch still vibrates.
kalle99 said:
Thanks for your answers.
To clarify. I want to disable the "connection lost" and "connected to phone" alert on the watch.
NOT to turn off all alerts. There is a toggle for "connection" in the watch settings, but the watch still vibrates.
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I guess I do not understand what you are looking for.
That setting has NOTHING to do with *other* alerts. The setting specifically says "ALERTS: Get BLUETOOTH disconnection alerts". This is for BLUETOOTH disconnection alerts and Bluetooth disconnection alerts ONLY. If you disable it, you will get NOTHING about Bluetooth disconnects, no sound, no vibrations, no screen notifications (aside from the small "watch" icon that appears at the top of the screen (near the 12 o'clock marker) that signifies "stand alone" mode. (I know because I use it).
wattsja said:
I guess I do not understand what you are looking for.
That setting has NOTHING to do with *other* alerts. The setting specifically says "ALERTS: Get BLUETOOTH disconnection alerts". This is for BLUETOOTH disconnection alerts and Bluetooth disconnection alerts ONLY. If you disable it, you will get NOTHING about Bluetooth disconnects, no sound, no vibrations, no screen notifications (aside from the small "watch" icon that appears at the top of the screen (near the 12 o'clock marker) that signifies "stand alone" mode. (I know because I use it).
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Thanks, got it to work as supposed now.
cheers
kalle99 said:
Thanks, got it to work as supposed now.
cheers
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:highfive:
Glad you got it!

Late Notifications (L29) - Any fix?

Hi Guys,
I still have some late notifications once in a while from different programs.
Line (Messaging)
Google Calendar
HQ (Trivia game)
And a few others...
I have made sure to disable the "Auto" power manager setting for those apps and most of the time they do work normally. However once a week or so I miss a calendar notification or other notifications. I'm guessing this has to do with the aggressive background task killing on Chinese phones, or maybe the AI stuff? Either way, I want my notifications to work and come in on time.
Are there any hidden settings I am missing to disable background task killing? (I had an older Huawei phone that allowed you to disable Huawei memory management in developer settings, but that's not on this phone)
Thanks!
I'm having the same issue on a mate 20 pro, but up to now I could not find a resolution. It's annoying as our doorbell works with a push message that does not always gets delivered instant now.
Try locking the app along with turning off smart notification and turning on the setting to keep mobile active when in sleep mode. Seemed to work for my AL00 which has aggressive power handling.
on top of changing auto mod for app launch there's also battery optimization which isn't in battery menu but in application - special access menu. Try to disallow apps you need maybe it helps.
casinca said:
on top of changing auto mod for app launch there's also battery optimization which isn't in battery menu but in application - special access menu. Try to disallow apps you need maybe it helps.
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I had no idea that hidden section was even there. great tip!
n1tro said:
Try locking the app along with turning off smart notification and turning on the setting to keep mobile active when in sleep mode. Seemed to work for my AL00 which has aggressive power handling.
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How to keep mobile active during sleep?
rowihel2012 said:
How to keep mobile active during sleep?
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Go to Settings -> Battery -> More battery settings and enable Stay connected when device sleeps
rowihel2012 said:
How to keep mobile active during sleep?
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It's in Developer Options on my L29.

New Samsung settings and GPS

On android devices it was always possible to switch localisation services and GPS separately.
You could keep localisation services turned on (with wifi and phone) and turn off GPS to spare battery.
Now with android pie and new smasung settings it is all or nothing as there is onlys one setting :
I can turn on localisation and it turns on GPS
But if you turn it off, it disables everykind of localisation : GPS but also wiifi ...
Has anyone noticed this and is there a workaround ?
I'm not a fan of the always enabled GPS
I really do not like this at all. I have typically always kept GPS off as far back as Jellybean, favoring Locations battery saving mode, unless I needed navigation or something like that. GPS is power hungry and there's no reason to have to have it always enabled. I know Pie is supposed to help with battery usage and I honestly can't judge whether or not it really does yet as this is day two for me.
Pie is supposed to prevent apps from accessing sensors in the background but I've read that this doesn't apply to GPS so this whole thing is probably part of a marketing thing giving Google as well as app devs the ability to monetize ads based on specific location of us the users. Location is frequently wrong about where I am anyway, showing me a street over and even though I have WiFi and Bluetooth scanning enabled. As a result, my Safe Unlock no longer works when I'm home (only location I have enabled) which sucks. With Oreo I saw this somewhat often and only after I had been home for a while would the Safe Unlock work properly and I accepted this as a consequence of having Location in battery saving mode but now I'm not sure. I just no that with Pie, so far, Safe Unlock hasn't functioned once. My designated home WiFi that I'm on as I type should cause Safe Unlock to do it's thing but it's not. Maybe Location or Safe Unlock are broken. I have seen reports of both regarding Pie so I can't blame it in Samsung. I guess I'll have to try to figure out which of these features is broken.
I'm not sure if this is related to the Location issue but I also noticed that Samsung+ is not working for me. When I first tried to open it I got a notification that I need to have location enabled, I agreed (it was anyway), then I was shown a red screen with error or format codes that force closed faster than I could decipher it. This could be related or could have been broken in an update. Other than for ad purposes, and I don't recall seeing any other than Samsung ads in the Samsung app, I don't know why Samsung+ needs to access location services as it only works in the US and the network tells the app I'm in the US as well as the tower I'm accessing. I suppose it's another attempt to collect user info related to WiFi, Mac address and Bluetooth. I only got the "enable location" request the first couple of times I tried opening the app but the red error screen and FC both still occur. I tried to get a screenshot but I could only manage about half of the screen before it FC'd. I attached the partial pic. It's the bottom half of the screen. When it closes, the app window seems to slide up like when you close apps in the recents view. This brings up another complaint...Screenshot is slow to respond so events like this are next to impossible to capture. I'll have to get a camera out and try.
dronarg said:
On android devices it was always possible to switch localisation services and GPS separately.
You could keep localisation services turned on (with wifi and phone) and turn off GPS to spare battery.
Now with android pie and new smasung settings it is all or nothing as there is onlys one setting :
I can turn on localisation and it turns on GPS
But if you turn it off, it disables everykind of localisation : GPS but also wiifi ...
Has anyone noticed this and is there a workaround ?
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Yes I noticed this. I use 'Tasker' app as a workaround. I set Location Mode to High Accuracy when using Navigation apps, and set to Battery Saving after closing the Navigation app. You can also just create a widget on home screen to toggle Location Mode to High Accuracy or Battery Saving.
I confirmed this setting by using 'Power Toggles' app widget. When the GPS toggle in widget is highlighted, it means on High Accuracy mode, if not highlighted it's on Battery Saving mode.
dronarg said:
On android devices it was always possible to switch localisation services and GPS separately.
You could keep localisation services turned on (with wifi and phone) and turn off GPS to spare battery.
Now with android pie and new smasung settings it is all or nothing as there is onlys one setting :
I can turn on localisation and it turns on GPS
But if you turn it off, it disables everykind of localisation : GPS but also wiifi ...
Has anyone noticed this and is there a workaround ?
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I have yet to notice any adverse battery performance since I've been on pie and I've been on it since the start of the official betas. I was annoyed at first because I had always used battery save mode but really it's been a non issue for me.

Question (bug?) Device control icon on lockscreen shown despite disabled

Settings > Display > Lock screen > Show device controls ... I disabled this, but the device control icon is still showing on the lock screen.
Is this a bug? Could someone please try as well? thanks.
foobar66 said:
Settings > Display > Lock screen > Show device controls ... I disabled this, but the device control icon is still showing on the lock screen.
Is this a bug? Could someone please try as well? thanks.
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OK ... well ... seems to be 'fixed' after a reboot ...
Hmm ... weird ... not fixed ... icon suddenly started re-appearing on lock screen despite 'device controls' being OFF.
foobar66 said:
Hmm ... weird ... not fixed ... icon suddenly started re-appearing on lock screen despite 'device controls' being OFF.
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I usually keep mine on, but I've just now disabled mine and I'll see if it pops back up. In my case, so far, a reboot wasn't necessary to make it go away.
Same here. Figure it'll get fixed and it's a silly oversight.
I even checked:
Code:
# settings get secure lockscreen_show_controls
0
So it's clearly 'off' ... still the icon for device control is sometimes appearing on my lock screen.
Silly bug ... I will report it to Google.
I've had it disabled since Friday and it hasn't reappeared on the lockscreen for me yet. You've probably already tried this, but maybe try enabling it, lock the screen, then disable it again?
foobar66 said:
Settings > Display > Lock screen > Show device controls ... I disabled this, but the device control icon is still showing on the lock screen.
Is this a bug? Could someone please try as well? thanks.
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I have exactly the same issue. Did a full reset without restoring backups. Worked for one day and now that button is back. Driving me nuts.
theyellowplan said:
I have exactly the same issue. Did a full reset without restoring backups. Worked for one day and now that button is back. Driving me nuts.
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Which firmware? Have you updated to January yet?
roirraW edor ehT said:
Which firmware? Have you updated to January yet?
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Yeah, and Play System is also up to date. Even tried 12L beta, same issue.
Deleting Play Services data and Google Home app didn't work either.
As soon as I set up any app for device controls from the quick settings tile (Google Home, Xiaomi, Tasker), that button shows up on the lockscreen (sometimes with a delay), regardless of the "show device control" setting under lockscreen settings.
theyellowplan said:
Yeah, and Play System is also up to date. Even tried 12L beta, same issue.
Deleting Play Services data and Google Home app didn't work either.
As soon as I set up any app for device controls from the quick settings tile (Google Home, Xiaomi, Tasker), that button shows up on the lockscreen (sometimes with a delay), regardless of the "show device control" setting under lockscreen settings.
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After resetting Play Services again, I just found the culprit: Smart Lock. If you enable Smart Lock for home and you're on that location, the button is shown. Not sure if that's intended behaviour.
theyellowplan said:
After resetting Play Services again, I just found the culprit: Smart Lock. If you enable Smart Lock for home and you're on that location, the button is shown. Not sure if that's intended behaviour.
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Very interesting! Hopefully fix in February update.

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