Double tap to explore - Samsung Galaxy Watch

I own a galaxy watch 46 mm (not the active or the active 2) and since a couple of weeks I get an annoying message on the screen.
Every once in a while it shows 'Double tap to explore', underneath the text there is a hand with an upward pointing outstretched finger.
I have to push the home and the back buttons a few times before the actual homescreen is shown.
Up to now I haven't found how to disable this.
Some days ago I upgraded to the latest DSL1 version of the firmware but the behaviour remains the same.
I went into settings and disabled as many notifications as I could but I haven't seen something about this message.
Does anybody know what this is and how to disable it?

If you reset your watch and are about to re-link it to your phone, you can enter a menu in which you can activate the double tap. I've activated it once to see what it does. It got deactivated after a hatd reset, so that's what I would suggest.
How to hard reset your watch is shown e.g. here: https://youtu.be/-_v4t5OK2ZY

congusto said:
If you reset your watch and are about to re-link it to your phone, you can enter a menu in which you can activate the double tap. I've activated it once to see what it does. It got deactivated after a hatd reset, so that's what I would suggest.
How to hard reset your watch is shown e.g. here: https://youtu.be/-_v4t5OK2ZY
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A hard reset is of course an option, the double-tap to explore must be a feature that was introduced after I bought the watch.
Can this option be found somewhere in the settings?
If possible I like to disable it without resetting, I don't like reinstalling, it is not as bad as it can be with Windows but it still is a reinstallation.

deboopi2 said:
A hard reset is of course an option, the double-tap to explore must be a feature that was introduced after I bought the watch.
Can this option be found somewhere in the settings?
If possible I like to disable it without resetting, I don't like reinstalling, it is not as bad as it can be with Windows but it still is a reinstallation.
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Did some digging, go to Settings, Accessibility*, Advanced Settings, Tap 3 times with two fingers*
* translated from Dutch . The Accessivility option is below the Account option.

congusto said:
Did some digging, go to Settings, Accessibility*, Advanced Settings, Tap 3 times with two fingers*
* translated from Dutch . The Accessivility option is below the Account option.
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Well, I could not wait and did a hard reset.
When starting I did not see the menu you are talking about.
I had a look at the setting you pointed at, it was already off but I still get the double tap notification
Did another hard reset.
At boot time you can go to an accessibility menu, over thee you can find Advanced settings and then the two finger triple tap.
This is something you can find later on in the settings too but it does not enable or disable the 'double tap to explore' notification.
It should be something else,

congusto said:
Did some digging, go to Settings, Accessibility*, Advanced Settings, Tap 3 times with two fingers*
* translated from Dutch . The Accessivility option is below the Account option.
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deboopi2 said:
I own a galaxy watch 46 mm (not the active or the active 2) and since a couple of weeks I get an annoying message on the screen.
Every once in a while it shows 'Double tap to explore', underneath the text there is a hand with an upward pointing outstretched finger.
I have to push the home and the back buttons a few times before the actual homescreen is shown.
Up to now I haven't found how to disable this.
Some days ago I upgraded to the latest DSL1 version of the firmware but the behaviour remains the same.
I went into settings and disabled as many notifications as I could but I haven't seen something about this message.
Does anybody know what this is and how to disable it?
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Do you use watchfacemaker?
I think the notification is one of the many bugs from the watchface manager (great features but it is buggy as hell)
Try to use any of the new watchfaces added by the team exclusively for galaxy users leave them for some seconds and then try to change them again to your desired face.
I saw they announced the gift faces in the notes of the last version. Perhaps they added this promotional intrusion.
For me, it seemed to work.
Good luck!

XavierNovella said:
Do you use watchfacemaker?
I think the notification is one of the many bugs from the watchface manager (great features but it is buggy as hell)
Try to use any of the new watchfaces added by the team exclusively for galaxy users leave them for some seconds and then try to change them again to your desired face.
I saw they announced the gift faces in the notes of the last version. Perhaps they added this promotional intrusion.
For me, it seemed to work.
Good luck!
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Well I use watchmaker (package name = slide.WatchFrenzy).
On play I can find WatchMaker Watch Faces and Watch Face -WatchMaker Premium for Android Wear OS.
I think you are talking about the second one, I have the first one.
Anyway I'll try another one of the Samsung watchfaces and see if the problem disappears, I will ask the creator of the app if this message comes from his app,
I include a printscreen from the app I'm using,

deboopi2 said:
Well I use watchmaker (package name = slide.WatchFrenzy).
On play I can find WatchMaker Watch Faces and Watch Face -WatchMaker Premium for Android Wear OS.
I think you are talking about the second one, I have the first one.
Anyway I'll try another one of the Samsung watchfaces and see if the problem disappears, I will ask the creator of the app if this message comes from his app,
I include a printscreen from the app I'm using,
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Please note that there is Android app and Watch app. I think the error is being caused by the watch app and has got nothing to do with the Android app.
Android app has not updated for a while (so no issues in play store), but Watch app received update a few days ago 5.7.8 (so you have to check Galaxy Store, watch section).
(regarding watch app - be sure you are using new version (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/det...session_id=W_66c489edab40112abcb925da3c25c1ae) not legacy (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/geardetail/slide.watchFrenzy).
Good luck!

XavierNovella said:
Please note that there is Android app and Watch app. I think the error is being caused by the watch app and has got nothing to do with the Android app.
Android app has not updated for a while (so no issues in play store), but Watch app received update a few days ago 5.7.8 (so you have to check Galaxy Store, watch section).
(regarding watch app - be sure you are using new version (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/det...session_id=W_66c489edab40112abcb925da3c25c1ae) not legacy (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/geardetail/slide.watchFrenzy).
Good luck!
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So far I did not change watchface or contact the developer.
But I installed the latest version of Galaxy Wear 5.7.9 and the last few days I do not get that reminder anymore.
Wait and see if I have to take action.

Related

AppFinder on Windows Phone 7

Check out my free app in the Marketplace: AppFinder
AppFinder is the fastest way to find apps by name bar none.
Start typing the name of an app or publisher, and the search results are shown instantly.
tap one of the results to go to the marketplace page for the app.
Check it out and let me know what you think
Been using it last couple days, its a big help! Thanks!!!
I'll check it out thanks!
Thank you - it's very fast like the marketplace search should be. Good for quick looking apps if you know the name.
Are there any improvements coming? Like the Top Downloads or anything else?
appfinder feedback
thanks for the feedback - I'm on it
Great app, thanks!
BTW I can't find HTC Hub...
I think you need an HTC device for that sorry buddy
zukŠ° said:
I think you need an HTC device for that sorry buddy
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Yeah but some guys were able to find it...
AppFinder
Ok, v1.1 has been submitted to the app marketplace and is ready for testing - should show up in the marketplace as an update within a few days
ebadger said:
Ok, v1.1 has been submitted to the app marketplace and is ready for testing - should show up in the marketplace as an update within a few days
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does this fix the crash where it closed and wouldn't reopen for me (even after soft reset)?
I had to uninstall, reinstall to get it working again.
I don't think so.
Although I think I know the cause. I will have to roll the fix into another update.
I think there is a small window where the downloaded data file can be corrupted if the writing to flash is interrupted. It will be simple to fix. For now, if you hit it, uninstall reinstall is the only option.
nice find. but did you know while in maketplace you can use the search button to find apps as well?
jimecm said:
nice find. but did you know while in maketplace you can use the search button to find apps as well?
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Of course I do
AppFinder is all about making apps discoverable in the fastest way possible.
I think if you're not in the top 20 apps in the marketplace under any one of the categories, then as a developer you're invisible. AppFinder seeks to make it easier to find apps via search, and with the update, via browsing as well.
Update is in the hopper, still waiting for testing to complete...
jimecm said:
nice find. but did you know while in maketplace you can use the search button to find apps as well?
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the annoying thing is that it searches music and video as well. i can't just search for apps alone
locales
Ok, so I just figured out I've only been indexing the en-US locale
I've updated the data to include
{ "en-US", "en-GB", "en-IE", "en-CA", "en-IN", "en-AU", "en-HK", "en-SG", "de-DE", "fr-FR", "fr-BE", "de-AT", "de-CH", "it-IT", "en-NZ", "es-ES", "es-MX" };
this change is effective immediately as it is a data update. Still waiting for the update to make it through the approval process. It seems that the holiday has slowed things down a bit
The update finally arrived
Nice new features and still very fast. But unfortunately, in my case, it wont load after the second app start (even at first start if I switch the section). I always have to deinstall/reinstall again once the app was started.
Maybe you can take a look? Feels like a caching problem or something like that. I'm using a Samsung Omnia 7 in germany - if that helps
Feature wishlist:
1. add a settings screen to edit:
a.) the number of list entries on one page (10, 20, 50) to keep the app fast enough
b.) the section on loading (and maybe you also can set this to no section just for fast look-up app search - I used the app for this before the update)
2. Maybe you can use the OS-typical "left-to-right-scrolling-loading-dots" instead of the big ones?
3. New logo if there is enough time
PrivateJoker said:
The update finally arrived
Nice new features and still very fast. But unfortunately, in my case, it wont load after the second app start (even at first start if I switch the section). I always have to deinstall/reinstall again once the app was started.
Maybe you can take a look? Feels like a caching problem or something like that. I'm using a Samsung Omnia 7 in germany - if that helps
Feature wishlist:
1. add a settings screen to edit:
a.) the number of list entries on one page (10, 20, 50) to keep the app fast enough
b.) the section on loading (and maybe you also can set this to no section just for fast look-up app search - I used the app for this before the update)
2. Maybe you can use the OS-typical "left-to-right-scrolling-loading-dots" instead of the big ones?
3. New logo if there is enough time
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Private Joker,
Thanks for the feedback.
First - there was a bug that only impacted the German locale! I was trying to save bandwidth by truncating unnecessary leading zeros in the price and this caused an exception when the locale was set to German. I've updated the data to include the leading zeros and this fixes the problem for Germans. You will have to uninstall and reinstall though to get it to work. I am very sorry for the inconvenience, and I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your feedback even though the app was not working for you at all. I hope you will try again given that the data has been fixed.
Regarding your feedback -
I think you are right on the mark for #2 and #3
I don't understand 2b.
regarding 1a.
perf should not be impacted by the number of items that are shown -
Appfinder actually transfers the marketplace data to the device and indexes it locally. I do this because the network is really, really slow. Aside from having artists and albums mixed up with apps in the marketplace search results, I also was tired of waiting for results to load. Scrolling through the apps means waiting.
The delay at the beginning is caused by reading the marketplace data from flash and indexing it in RAM. Occasionally the loading dots will appear after launching (like the first time that you use it) because AppFinder has transfered a new data file and needs to parse it again. Instead of delaying every 10 or so apps in the list, there is one delay at the beginning (which is relatively small). Right now parsing the file takes about 4 seconds.
Perf could be greatly improve if I had access to memory mapped file APIs. Further compressing the data would help as well - The really slowest part is really reading from the flash. I can improve perf when a network update occurs by reading from the flash in the background before blocking - this would drop the update delay from ~4 seconds to ~1 second.
I could also not query as you're typing -- Waiting until the enter button has been pressed would reduce CPU load and any chunkiness - pressing search would just render the apps instantly.
Anyway, really appreciate your positive attitude and willingness to give feedback in light of what must be a frustrating experience. Please give it another try.
Thanks,
Eric

[Q] Disable My Magazine Shortcut?

I rooted and was trying to remove apps I didn't want... On trying to use the My Magazine app, it had no options to disable the shortcut. I have since deleted Flipboard and My Magazine, but the swipe motion to bring up My Magazine instead brings up the Google Play store and the phone saying it can't find the app.
I was wondering if there's any way to disable the shortcut (swipe up from the home button) completely or if there's a way to remap it? I have tried looking in the options to no avail and it's a minor inconvenience I would ideally like to get rid of or (failing that) remap it to Google Now. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
I'm with you on this. I'd rather have Google Now as the swipe since there is no search button. I'm so used to it on the GSII. Hopefully it can be changed. I don't even use the Magazine app.
I must pull up that dumb magazines app a dozen times a day because I'm used to checking google now for sports scores
bobbyphoenix: I'm definitely with you on this... I'm not much of a Flipboard person anyhow and I would much rather have Google Now remapped to it if I can't get rid of the function. The upside is that I could get rid of the Google search box on the home screen if I had to remap the function.
I would love to no how to fix this to ...
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I can't believe how annoying this is to get rid of. Why not have a setting to turn it off in the myriad of settings menus that is Touchwiz? This is driving me nuts! Pleaaase someone figure out how to get rid of this, preferably without root. I'd be eternally grateful
I figured it out! I started playing around with the app for a while, and I didn't realize everything it could do. I think I may keep it there now, but for those who don't want it, press the home key on the home screen to open My Magazines. Once it's open press the menu key. Go to settings. Then un-check "Open using the home key".
EDIT - Oh, and of course that is just to disable the home button from opening it. I haven't figured out how to disable the swipe up yet, but I'm looking for it.
Never seen the magazine app yet.. I'm using nova launcher I use the swipe up for my recent apps
markysd said:
Never seen the magazine app yet.. I'm using nova launcher I use the swipe up for my recent apps
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Yes, only in touchwiz. Will figure out a way to replace this with Google now if possible, if someone else doesn't/hasn't
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk 4
bobbyphoenix said:
I figured it out! I started playing around with the app for a while, and I didn't realize everything it could do. I think I may keep it there now, but for those who don't want it, press the home key on the home screen to open My Magazines. Once it's open press the menu key. Go to settings. Then un-check "Open using the home key".
EDIT - Oh, and of course that is just to disable the home button from opening it. I haven't figured out how to disable the swipe up yet, but I'm looking for it.
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Oh you're great! thanks for the tips! finally i managed to get rid of the annoying My Magazines on the home key.:good:
So, is there something new about replacing swipe up with other app?
What's this menu key you speak of which lets me turn MyMagazine off? I don't need to agree to the terms and conditions and actually start using this odious app in order to turn that off, do I?
BartHumphries said:
What's this menu key you speak of which lets me turn MyMagazine off? I don't need to agree to the terms and conditions and actually start using this odious app in order to turn that off, do I?
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Yes you have to agree to the terms and usage to be able to get to the my magazine lobby then the settings menu. Just because you agree to the terms and usage doesn't mean you have to use it lol
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Quickvic30 said:
Yes you have to agree to the terms and usage to be able to get to the my magazine lobby then the settings menu. Just because you agree to the terms and usage doesn't mean you have to use it lol
Sent from my SM-N900T using xda app-developers app
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It seems the binding to the up-swipe is controlled by touchwiz. I would suspect there is some registry setting or a config file in the system.
I rooted my Note 3 tester using (SM-N900W8) and froze the Flipboard app and the My Magazine app, which Samsung has decided to prevent users from disabling it (stupid move). I get errors and Touchwiz crashes. Both are re-enabled now, and I'll be looking to see how Touchwiz determines which app to run on the up-swipe and how to re-bind the home button.
A friend shared a clip from Family Guy with me today after hearing about this issue... Peter is giving some tech support to Quagmire, and an Agreement comes up on screen. Quagmire says 'let me read through this' and Peter says 'just click Agree' so he does. 3 seconds later some dude in a suit shows up and punches Quagmire in the head knocking him to the floor and smashing the laptop. Quagmire yells "ow, what the hell was that for?" and the suited fellow replies "well you agreed to the terms and conditions, didn't you?". That guy in the suit should be named Sam Sung.
RDA3440 said:
It seems the binding to the up-swipe is controlled by touchwiz. I would suspect there is some registry setting or a config file in the system.
I rooted my Note 3 tester using (SM-N900W8) and froze the Flipboard app and the My Magazine app, which Samsung has decided to prevent users from disabling it (stupid move). I get errors and Touchwiz crashes. Both are re-enabled now, and I'll be looking to see how Touchwiz determines which app to run on the up-swipe and how to re-bind the home button.
A friend shared a clip from Family Guy with me today after hearing about this issue... Peter is giving some tech support to Quagmire, and an Agreement comes up on screen. Quagmire says 'let me read through this' and Peter says 'just click Agree' so he does. 3 seconds later some dude in a suit shows up and punches Quagmire in the head knocking him to the floor and smashing the laptop. Quagmire yells "ow, what the hell was that for?" and the suited fellow replies "well you agreed to the terms and conditions, didn't you?". That guy in the suit should be named Sam Sung.
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The upswipe stuff is all in the TW launcher. You can go in and code it to do something different though - like open Google Now for example
dwitherell said:
The upswipe stuff is all in the TW launcher. You can go in and code it to do something different though - like open Google Now for example
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Yeah I figured as much. We're not allowed to browse 'personal' websites from our corporate networks... we have had a lot of 'unauthorized use' triggers and notifications from various firewalls due to Note 3's being issued to users. So far, every single user with a Note 3 has complained about this.
Even more unfortunate is that I have had to take back the Note 3's and reassign them iPhones.
RDA3440 said:
Yeah I figured as much. We're not allowed to browse 'personal' websites from our corporate networks... we have had a lot of 'unauthorized use' triggers and notifications from various firewalls due to Note 3's being issued to users. So far, every single user with a Note 3 has complained about this.
Even more unfortunate is that I have had to take back the Note 3's and reassign them iPhones.
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No good - it doesn't sound like you need it but just in case if you need any help poking around with this feel free to PM me.
RDA3440 said:
Yeah I figured as much. We're not allowed to browse 'personal' websites from our corporate networks... we have had a lot of 'unauthorized use' triggers and notifications from various firewalls due to Note 3's being issued to users. So far, every single user with a Note 3 has complained about this.
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You let your wireless connections access to your inside corp network? Here, the only way to access corp would be via some sort of VPN connection.
krelvinaz said:
You let your wireless connections access to your inside corp network? Here, the only way to access corp would be via some sort of VPN connection.
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Not quite (wish it was that easy).
Essentially, we have people that travel from site to site. Many sites do not have cellular connectivity in certain areas, however use of handheld devices on a secured segment of the network IS allowed. What is NOT allowed is attempts to access non-work related content, i.e. facebook, youtube, news/political web sites, and the like. They are all blocked, but what happens is each attempt to access an unauthorized site is logged and reported. The Note 3's trigger these alerts a LOT because when you run any of these apps (which on our current Galaxy S4's can be disabled easily WITHOUT rooting), they immediately reach out and start attempting to download content (even when started by accident). Wireless devices are permitted to access the Internet (work purposes only: voip, some web portals / web apps), and limited corporate resources (email, etc).
I have notified Samsung and they are looking into this (REF ID: 2122396737 for anyone at Samsung reading this thread).
I'm more than happy to root my own personal Note 3, but I can't do that legitimately with any corporate owned handsets.
I installed Nova Launcher (free). Seems to offer 99% of the Touchwiz features, plus a lot more. It is certainly faster as well. Got rid of the ridiculous my magazine activation (upswipe/home button).
You do not need root for it, and for the most part, it will look/feel the same.
Temporary work around for my personal Note 3. Still waiting for a response from Samsung support.

Calengoo & Android Wear

Does anyone use Calengoo? It has wear support built into the latest versions, but when I try and create a new event it just displays a screen with a circular progress bar saying parsing event on calengoo's server and does nothing.
*tumbleweed*
Anyone?!
jms_uk said:
*tumbleweed*
Anyone?!
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It was doing that for me as well. You just have to slide one way or the other to accept what it is saying and then another button appears which you push and then speak to create the event
Updated Calengoo on the phone a day or so ago, and now it seems as though Wear support has been pulled from that release - no "Event" options appear anywhere on the 360. Could someone confirm please?
** UPDATE ** Turns out I was using a version from the Amazon App store, the Calengoo dev said that the DRM was broken on that version and that's why it wasn't working. After providing proof of purchase, he supplied a working version
I have no been able to get my Moto360 to recognize the 'Start new event' command. It always performs a search instead.

TCL 10 Pro no Smart Key?

I have the Smart Key option which allows programming the side button on the TCL Plex but in 10 Pro the key is only for Google Assistant and Smart Key app is missing. Any way to fork it from Plex or 10 Lite and install it on 10 Pro?
I have no idea, but same issue here.
Saw the LinusTechTips video on the 10 Pro and saw he had the option to change what the smart key did, but when I got my device last week I found it missing said options.
I am activating the google assistant more than I'd like so would love to change it.
@skromnia
@darklighthim
Here's a link to the user manual, seems the smart key options can be accessed in the phone's settings :
https://www.tclusa.com/content/dam/...load/T1-2010-20Pro-20T799B-20English-20UM.pdf
KOLIOSIS said:
@skromnia
@darklighthim
Here's a link to the user manual, seems the smart key options can be accessed in the phone's settings :
https://www.tclusa.com/content/dam/...load/T1-2010-20Pro-20T799B-20English-20UM.pdf
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Thanks for the reply, but I have no option in the settings?
There should be Driving Mode, then Smart Key and finally Switch Phone but all I have is Driving Mode, then Switch Phone.
darklighthim said:
Thanks for the reply, but I have no option in the settings?
There should be Driving Mode, then Smart Key and finally Switch Phone but all I have is Driving Mode, then Switch Phone.
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Just spit-balling here, as I don't have the phone....
Just to rule everything else out, have you looked in "Developer Options"
If it's not listed there, the only other thing that comes to mind is look for a hidden shortcut, either with an app from the play store, or, if you have Nova Launcher, use its shortcut function to search for it.
If all else fails, I'd look around here in the XDA TCL forums for someone that might have a device with the .apk to extract & share, or, reach out to TCL for the app/request a software update to include it.
Perhaps some of the YouTubers who've got this phone can help out/share an apk.....
Glad I checked out this section, I'd be tee'd to find this out after the fact.
@skromnia
Can you extract the apk from your other TCL device, see if it works on your 10 Pro?
Nothing in the Developer Options and as far as I can see, nothing showed up in Nova Launcher plus I looked up system apps in settings but nothing there either.
I have reached out to TCL via Facebook, the first time they just sent me a link to a photo telling me what the smart key can do, but I've asked again..
It's not a big deal, but it would be nice to change it so I don't access the google assistant all the time when I accidentally press the button.
Software version?
It's in the latest build, and was there our the box as well (advanced features), that's strange it's not showing for you.
KOLIOSIS said:
@skromnia
Can you extract the apk from your other TCL device, see if it works on your 10 Pro?
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I eventually managed to fork the apk without root and install it on the Pro but it doesn't do anything. Probably it must be installed as a system app but without root it's impossible + the Pro has an extra setting for the "Google Assistant" button which surely interferes with Smart Key.
If you have the Plex, then you probably have the T799H (green EU) variant of the TCL 10 Pro.
The T799B (gray US/CAN) variant has the smart key settings and a different accessibility menu
surroundedbydrones said:
If you have the Plex, then you probably have the T799H (green EU) variant of the TCL 10 Pro.
The T799B (gray US/CAN) variant has the smart key settings and a different accessibility menu
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Correct, I have the T799H. It's unfortunate there are such differences but it's a shame they just removed the Smart Key with the latest update on the TCL 10l as well.
skromnia said:
Correct, I have the T799H. It's unfortunate there are such differences but it's a shame they just removed the Smart Key with the latest update on the TCL 10l as well.
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Well, I bet your fingerprint shortcuts actually work, they don't work at all on the T799B.
And as a consolation, that green T799H is beautiful and not available in the US yet.
surroundedbydrones said:
Well, I bet your fingerprint shortcuts actually work, they don't work at all on the T799B.
And as a consolation, that green T799H is beautiful and not available in the US yet.
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That is something I'm never gonna use as it's clunky and unnatural.
Finally have some options for me (UK phone).
Late this afternoon I received an update to V2.0.4D.H.J, and in accessibility settings I can change the google assistant options on the smart key, but can't do anything else like re-map it to another app or change what various presses do.
At last I can turn it off because I keep pressing it when I don't want to.
If anyone still looking here is the Smart Key app apk file from my T799b US version.
Smart Key v3.1947.18.1029.0
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Thnk you Jay for posting the apk.
I have the same issue uith my T770H_EEA and I try with Jay apk but unfortunately doesn't work. Apk installed successfully, I manage to configure the features for Smart Key, restart phone but nothing happens when I press it.
I have the last software version installed
V. 2.0. 3C. J. 1.
You issue might be that when you install Smart Key, It is not a system app but a user app therefore it might not save the "system settings". There might be a command in adb to make a user app into a system app. Without root on our device I am not sure. My phone a T799B does show it as a system app.
When you install it does Smart key show up in settings under advanced features?
Screenshots below from my T799B
You also might need 1 extra apk file from the device called smart-divert. May all work together.
I uploaded some system apps here:
MediaFire
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
unubogdan said:
Thnk you Jay for posting the apk.
I have the same issue uith my T770H_EEA and I try with Jay apk but unfortunately doesn't work. Apk installed successfully, I manage to configure the features for Smart Key, restart phone but nothing happens when I press it.
I have the last software version installed
V. 2.0. 3C. J. 1.
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Disable assistant launch from settings, then install Button Mapper from Play market and do anything with any button you have on your phone.

New Way to Bypass LG - Google Factory Reset Protetion on VARIOUS Devices!!

New Way to Bypass LG - Google Factory Reset Protection on VARIOUS Devices!
Ignore the poor grammar, typos etc.. Bits and pieces from notes.
--needed--
bluetooth (needed)
data cable (needed)
computer (needed)
Factory reset phone, forward through setup wizard and turn on wifi then... --->
enable service menu with tool - so youll need to select the modem port then on the app goto "open port lg" then after this goto option "open hidden menu" now you are in the hidden menu. --->
goto - on hidden menu .. field test -> gps test -> gnss test or gns pos test -> now youll see a warning screen hit ok. youll now be in location within settings ---->
turn on -> google location history at bottom click it -> top right 3 dots click then view/manage which brings you out to maps.. now hit back button and you will be in maps now.
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online way - online way into the removal process
offline way - offline way around and into the removal process
-online way -> Hit top left 3 bars and then start driving and set destinations to KFC for example, start driving then press the mic at top right and say "settings"
[Online] In settings goto Apps -> disable and force stop if you want, google play services, both setup wizards, google account manager, and google services framework and also clear data for each also if you want
Next reboot, and when phone opens up to setup wizard use your bluetooth and say open google or just press it and on the google screen when it pops up search for example gmail then scroll down through the results until you see a big gmail icon and 3 dots to the left.. hit these and share.. it might also look like a share icon instead then share to msgs ... put in a random number and some txt, attach your location by hitting the paperclip. make sure to send it (doesnt actuially go through unless youve active service card in..)
Click on the location link and click connect and it will open up maps, start a route, start driving then push the microphone and say open settings. When settings opens up goto Security and enable unknwon sources.. press bluetooth again and say open google or toggle back to the google search screen (bluetooth is your best bet as UI will crash sometimes and put you back at the setup wizard)
When google opens click on the G at top left then search for example "frp video youtube" for example.. scroll down results until you see a youtube site link and click on it. This *should* open up youtube once it opens up top right click and goto about and this will open chrome ..now search in google this http://google.com
download these: (your typical stuff for example "vnrom_frp, gam_6.0, apex launcher (or any other launcher... id suggeat older versions as newer can reset your order and land you back at the setup wizard) .
[Offline] Hit 3 left lines at top and then go down to offline areas and youll see offline areas settings then click on settings under "to save your cellular data while using google maps" click top right 3 dots and click show tab view now all the settings sections are back
Turn on bluetooth and pair ear piece incase you mess up and need to get back to zomewhere
Follow through as you would online version.
Let me know if you find the AT commands!
Credits for app attached in next post goto those Yemen Fellas who have so far been able to bypass anything in front of them LG/Samsung Carrier - Sprint!! Tracfone --> FRP/Unlock
Credits also to XDA user @CXZa as if it weren't for him i probably would not have looked deeper into AT commands (still have barely scratched the surface).
almost forgot... here is the app to use in the steps leading into the OS for factory reset bypass.
Tap this and that.. These are kind of fun - sometimes. Sometimes quite complicated.
This one is for LG m250f 2017. Should work for mine too, m250n.
(Two seconds wasted...)
Not long ago I accidentally removed my Google account when testing vold triggers.
Simply by doing
setprop vold.decrypt trigger_shutdown_framework
and
setprop vold.decrypt trigger_restart_min_framework
did the trick. Other accounts are kept and no resets, etc... only but is that you have to have a root access...
The min framework was totally empty of icons, didn't ask for the pin.
I don't how the trick works on other devices. It was a LG...
To restart normally after it.
setprop vold.decrypt trigger_reset_main
setprop vold.decrypt trigger_restart_framework
Thanks. I will take a look. Almost seems like everything I am doing is too much. These LG devices are a tad bit more difficult in areas i guess you could say.
also.. hope you ignored all the other b#ll**** I had in the removal guide ha.. simply my personal notes.
noidodroid said:
Thanks. I will take a look. Almost seems like everything I am doing is too much. These LG devices are a tad bit more difficult in areas i guess you could say.
also.. hope you ignored all the other b#ll**** I had in the removal guide ha.. simply my personal notes.
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There isn't any good or bad, nor better in these, IMO. As long as some method works it has done its job perfectly.
Yeah, many times LG is in a league of its own, in many ways...
noidodroid said:
Thanks. I will take a look. Almost seems like everything I am doing is too much.
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Really? Some detailed in here might beat your doing-too- much easily...
Search - LG Tribute Blog
CXZa said:
Really? Some detailed in here might beat your doing-too- much easily...
Search - LG Tribute Blog
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Thanks buddy. I will check that out. Never heard of the site until now.

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