Question Notifications Issue (After Data Transfer from S21U to ZFold4)

Question Notifications Issue (After Data Transfer from S21U to ZFold4) - Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4

Hello all - I apologize in advance if this may not be the correct way to approach my issue; whether that be post locale, or otherwise..
So.. Not long ago (4-5 months ago) I went to ATT to transfer my S21U to someone else on my plan, and upgrade to the Z-Fold 4; I did the whole "Smart Switch" rigamarole, and all seemed to go over smoothly. After about 3-4 weeks into using my Fold4, I realized that I wasn't getting notifications as promptly, or regularly as I used to. In fact, I was getting what I have aptly named "Ghost" notifications.
What I mean by that is I would get the usual notification sound, but nothing to show for it. No evidence of any app having new data pushed to my phone whatsoever. I did quite a bit of research.. looked into the Notification History, checked each apps Notification permissions/settings.. nothing was off/out of the ordinary. Eventually, after not finding *any* sign of how to fix this.. I turned off reminders, as I would get constant notification sounds without any idea as to which app was prompting me. The biggest contender to this issue is Snapchat. I've quadruple checked in-app settings, and sextuple checked phone settings - everything is cranked to the max to make sure the notifications reach me visually, and audibly.
There are some other apps that I believe have the same issue, or a similar but less regular issue. GMail app will send me notifications as you'd expect.. but I will get 10-20 email notifications all at once, instead of seeing them come in 1s or 2s like I had before on my S21U; not to mention I can no longer get the "Is this You?" login notification from GMail when signing into a new/forgotten device.. Same for say Steam/Steam Chat apps.. I don't get many notifications from those, but I don't see them at all, anymore. The Messages app is the only consistent/normal behavior I have as far as I can tell. Among some more background oriented notifications like State Farm's "Drive Safe & Save", and system apps like Modes and Routines etc etc..
So, my question is.. ultimately, how do I fix this?! Is there maybe a file that was brought over from the S21U that might be causing conflict? Some kind of system cached files preventing the apps from sending the data down the right 'pipeline' so to speak? I've tried forum after forum in researching this.. I could not find an answer. I'm finally Fed. Up. I don't want to have to completely wipe/reset my phone as I've a lot of apps, and data that I would very much like to not have to back-up, or set up again. It takes me hours.
I was using the Nova (prime) Launcher for quite some time.. and did Smart Switch while it was active on the S21U; but decided to switch back to OneUI once the newest update came out.. ((really like the quick-access toolbar when unfolded - which doesn't work with launchers)) .. Could the launcher have caused some weird rare issue?
I'm at a loss here. I've no clue where to go; I've been on Windows systems my entire life, other than the slightly more advanced use of Android in between. To finish off the info, all apps are up to date.. Android OS is up to date.. as far as I can tell, I'm never more than ~5-10% behind on updates when I check based on the amount of apps, and data I have on my phone.
Help. Please. Lol
Thanks, ahead of time. Will check back every couple hours to see what questions/answers might come along.
Regards,
-Fordo

Don't use SmartSwitch especially to backup critical data as it can fail you miserably. It may fail when used between different models or OS versions.
Try clearing the system cache from the boot menu, that might solve it.
Otherwise factory reset.
Backup all critical data redundantly first. Copy/paste. Verify size and if readable.
Factory reset from settings, deactivate Google and Samsung accounts first. Make sure you have copies of all your pass words!
Do a clean load after factory reset. Hand load it, take your time and think it through first from start to finish. Do it right the first time...
ApkExport can be used to make installable copies of your current apps. No Playstore needed, speeds reload time and reduces headaches.

blackhawk said:
Don't use SmartSwitch especially to backup critical data as it can fail you miserably. It may fail when used between different models or OS versions.
Try clearing the system cache from the boot menu, that might solve it.
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If only I had known before-hand. I'd used it a couple times before with no issues.. but I guess there's a possibility this is the first. Rough...
Since system cache wipe is quick, I went ahead and did that for now.. so far, still nothing from Snap; not that it's important to have notifications from it.. I have ~10 people on there, mainly family.. just annoying - and makes me wonder what else isn't working that I've not realized.
Looks like I'll end up going through a factory reset sometime this week. PITA for sure. Thanks for the tips on that; I'll check out the APK Export, too.. seems very convenient! Cheers.

FordoGMan said:
If only I had known before-hand. I'd used it a couple times before with no issues.. but I guess there's a possibility this is the first. Rough...
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I've used SmartSwitch's predecessor, Kies. It was worse. It only takes one screw up by either to make a huge time consuming mess to clean up. Worse critical data may end up being lost.
FordoGMan said:
Since system cache wipe is quick, I went ahead and did that for now.. so far, still nothing from Snap; not that it's important to have notifications from it.. I have ~10 people on there, mainly family.. just annoying - and makes me wonder what else isn't working that I've not realized.
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It may be an incompatibility with that OS version.
Make sure the app is updated. Sometimes clearing its cache and if necessary data can resolve issues.
FordoGMan said:
Looks like I'll end up going through a factory reset sometime this week. PITA for sure. Thanks for the tips on that; I'll check out the APK Export, too.. seems very convenient! Cheers.
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It's always best to do a clean load. I don't upgrade or update my firmware as that can easily screw up an otherwise good load. With a major firmware upgrade you should do a factory reset.
This stock N10+ is still running on Pie, last update was over 3 years ago. The current load will be 3yo in June, still fast and very stable with minimal maintenance. Security simply is not an issue; no malware in that time frame. This is what Android is capable of, it can be a very robust OS.
There a few things I do to mitigate the chances of existing security holes. Wifi is always disable, I run a firewall, use only Gmail and most importantly I'm very careful with any apps I install. Any side loaded ones are scanned with online Virustotal; any doubts they don't get loaded. All apps the absolutely don't need internet are firewall blocked. I don't allow apps to update either as that's a known payload upload strategy that's happened more than once.
Brave browser* is my primary browser as it's near bulletproof. I also use this DNS setting to globally block app adware and some blacklisted sites.
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*I'll back out of bad sites if that fails I'll close the browser, reopen and try to close that tab. If that fails I clear the browser cache and if all that fails I'll clear the browser data as a last resort. I had to do that only once with the Samsung browser.
I also police the download folder daily for anything I didn't authorize. All files are vetted before being moved into the database. At the minimum I'll open jpegs to make sure they are clean. I've encountered a scripted jpeg on Android; damage was minimal as it was caught in the download folder. Had it made it
Into a larger folder of files it would have made a mess. Best to store files in a folder as it acts as a firewall to this type of malware. That's how I handle media files like mpegs.
My backups are complete and time staggered on separate hdds and flash drives so even if one gets compromised I don't lose all my data. All critical data is redundantly backed up multiple times and stored in different locations, off line.
Develope a plan, think it though and implement it. Digital data can be very fragile...

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LG OSP (On Screen Phone) on the Nitro

Soooo......
Has anybody tried this little nifty feature LG has given us? I think it's a neat gem that LG has included on their phones, allowing us to control our phones on the PC via wireless, bluetooth, or usb connections. As you can see in the screenshot, it looks exactly as though you are on your phone, except you control it using the mouse and type using a physical keyboard. This way, you can leave the phone charged somewhere away from the pc, and yet you still can do things on the phone when necessary, or reply text messages or browse through files.
I'm sure there's many more things we can do with this, I just have to research into them Let me know if any of you have been playing around with it.
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Something interesting, I can use the feature to control the phone to take pictures remotely. Unfortunately, you cannot see what you are taking a picture off until you actually click on the trigger an a sample is shown to you (first screenshot). Apparently, it doesn't support moving images (like live picture taking, or video recording, or playing videos), but at least for now, you can use it as a remote trigger
And just to show you guys some more screenshots, here it is on the browser.
Oh and btw, the image doesn't do justice to the size of the on screen feature. Of course it is being compressed and resized since it's uploaded here. To give you some sense on how big it is, here is a screenshot of my whole screen (1920x1200) with the program running somewhere in the middle of the screen.

Very interesting. I've never seen that feature on any youtube review, or anything about the Nitro on the net.
The screenshot in your first post, is that how your phone looks like exactly? Is that Go Launcher with ICS theme? What folder app are you using? Thanks!

Sharpshooterrr said:
Very interesting. I've never seen that feature on any youtube review, or anything about the Nitro on the net.
The screenshot in your first post, is that how your phone looks like exactly? Is that Go Launcher with ICS theme? What folder app are you using? Thanks!
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No no, it's real ICS running LOL! Could u imagine if what I just said was true? haha...Yeah, it is Go Launcher with ICS theme on it. I was bored and decided to use the ICS theme.
The folder app is called Application Folder

Lol ICS today would have made my day!

Looks great. Where do you get it?

SolusCado said:
Looks great. Where do you get it?
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You can download the pc software here
(If link is still dead, download it from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ac1a5bj1tg25d2j )
The website is this: http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/LG-P930.jsp under resources, look for On-Screen phone under Downloads. (Apparently, LG has undergone a site reconstruction and in the process removed the link to OSP, so unless they decided to put it back on the site, you will no longer see it there)
Once installed, the program will guide you on how to get it working, but basically, on the phone, you want to go to Setting > Connectivity > On-Screen Phone Settings.
Enable On-Screen Phone and set your password.
This program seems to be a bit finicky at times, and you can lose connection to it and not be able to connect at all for more than a few minutes. I'm sure there will be updates in the future.

aquiariuz,
Your link isn't working for me and I can't find the OSP stuff on the LG website at all. Any other info?

OSP
Anyone using this noticed if it eats up ram or slows down your phone? I am hesitant to try it out.

It looks like LG has pulled the download from their site since you posted the original link. I can't find it anywhere.
I even chatted with an LG rep earlier and they couldn't provide it. Actually, the idiot thought I was asking about a phone update and kept telling me their wasn't an update for the Nitro at this time.
Aquariuz... can you provide the file here?

Just downloaded from this link: LG_OSP2.0_Setup_2.0.05.20111012.exe
22.4mb file

link
Try this csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/MOBILESYNC/GO/QOSP.2.0.08.20120130/LGOnScreenPhone/AutoRun/LGOSP_Setup.exe

Sorry for the late reply guys. Got home really late from work tonight.
So it seems right after I posted the thread, LG decided to revamp their site and changed the whole structure and layout of it. I'm guessing they probably had temporarily removed it from the site and has yet to re-add it back. I don't believe something is wrong with the application itself since actually On Screen Phone software has been around for a while and available on almost all LG phones.
Anyways, since the link is now down, please use the following link, I've uploaded the copy I downloaded:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ac1a5bj1tg25d2j

mdkrush said:
Anyone using this noticed if it eats up ram or slows down your phone? I am hesitant to try it out.
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Mdkrush, like i've mentioned, this is something you use when you do not want to be handling your phone, like when it is charging somewhere across the room, or you'd rather type your sms/IMs using a physical keyboard rather than the touch key, etc. Obviously it will eat up Ram and slows down the phone a bit, that is just normal when you are technically making the phone stream itself onto your computer monitor.

Thanks for the links guys. And thanks for updating Aquariuz. However, I'm not able to get it to detect my phone.
Also, does the phone have to remain unlocked? Or can I lock the phone to avoid having the display drain the battery?
edit: I got it working and learned the hard way that the program is simply a display for the phone. Unfortunately you cannot lock your phone and still use it on the computer. It only shows EXACTLY what your phone is doing. Anyone know of a way around this?
I ask because when I'm working in the field I sometimes use the SlingPlayer app while having the phone on a signal booster. Even with the phone hooked up to a charger it still drains faster than the charger can keep up. I guess it's because of the HD display on this phone? Or maybe there's a problem with the battery/phone?

AllstarE4 said:
Thanks for the links guys. And thanks for updating Aquariuz. However, I'm not able to get it to detect my phone.
Also, does the phone have to remain unlocked? Or can I lock the phone to avoid having the display drain the battery?
edit: I got it working and learned the hard way that the program is simply a display for the phone. Unfortunately you cannot lock your phone and still use it on the computer. It only shows EXACTLY what your phone is doing. Anyone know of a way around this?
I ask because when I'm working in the field I sometimes use the SlingPlayer app while having the phone on a signal booster. Even with the phone hooked up to a charger it still drains faster than the charger can keep up. I guess it's because of the HD display on this phone? Or maybe there's a problem with the battery/phone?
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Do you mean having the phone's screen off while using OSP on the computer? Unfortunately it won't work that way Allstar. When you unlock the phone in OSP, it also awakens the phone. Like u said, it shows exactly what your phone is doing.
My only suggestion is having the brightness on the lowest to conserve energy. It will not affect the brightness on your computer though.

I've thought the same thing about turning the brightness all the way down. Unfortunately the screen still Burns a lot of power.
I wish there was a way to keep apps running and turn the display off.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA App

AllstarE4 said:
I've thought the same thing about turning the brightness all the way down. Unfortunately the screen still Burns a lot of power.
I wish there was a way to keep apps running and turn the display off.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA App
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The only company I know that does that is Nokia lol. I remember having one of their smartphones connected to the computer, and I can almost do everything the phone can do via the computer. It was awesome lol.

Well I guess if I can just tether my internet connection to the laptop I won't need to run Slingplayer on the phone. You can tether with the phone locked right?

AllstarE4 said:
Well I guess if I can just tether my internet connection to the laptop I won't need to run Slingplayer on the phone. You can tether with the phone locked right?
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Yup, that one you can lol.

The best anti theft app for android

In the next few minutes you will read about gem of an app to save all our lost droid in all possible ways ....
here it is
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en
you have free trail
now whats so special about this....lets see
Remote control allows you to perform many operations on your device, like:
- Locate and track it
- Start a loud alarm, even if the device is set to silent mode
- Wipe the internal memory and the SD card
- Hide Cerberus from the app drawer
- Lock the device with a code
- Record audio from the microphone
- Get a list of last calls sent and received
- Get information about network and operator the device is connected to
- And much more!
- capture a pic with rear or front with or without the front camera
see how the picture reaches your email
you can even get messages if other sim is in the device for upto three numbers and your email address.
here's the working by the developers
http://youtu.be/WkJ8jeWb0V0
you can remotely switch on wifi via sms even see call sms log record voice....
so this app is the beloved one to track your lost device and have it in your sight to make sure no one gets their hands on your loved droid
heres the description as in the google play
Cerberus helps you get back your lost or stolen Android device.
Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device. This is a free trial for one week, then you can buy a lifetime license for a small price (2.99€) from within the application: no monthly or yearly fees, just a one-time payment. License is associated to your Cerberus account, if you have multiple devices you can use all of them (up to 5) with the same account.
It has three ways to protect your device:
- Remote control through the website www.cerberusapp.com
- Remote control via text messages
- SIM Checker (for devices that have a SIM card): you will automatically receive alerts if someone uses your phone with an unauthorized SIM card
Remote control allows you to perform many operations on your device, like:
- Locate and track it
- Start a loud alarm, even if the device is set to silent mode
- Wipe the internal memory and the SD card
- Hide Cerberus from the app drawer
- Lock the device with a code
- Record audio from the microphone
- Get a list of last calls sent and received
- Get information about network and operator the device is connected to
- And much more!
Cerberus automatically enables GPS if it is off when you try to localize your device (only on Android < 2.3.3) and you can protect it from unauthorized uninstalling - more info in the app configuration.
The app works even if the device does not have an internet connection thanks to remote control by sms messages. Also, the SIM Checker feature allows you to know the new number to send texts to, if the SIM card is changed. Texts received and sent for Cerberus remote control will not start any notification and will not appear in the Messages application.
Cerberus does not drain the battery because there is no background service running: it will activate only if there is a remote control request and will stop afterwards.
More features for rooted devices: complete uninstall protection (a thief will be able to delete Cerberus only by flashing another ROM), GPS auto-enabling even on Android > 2.3.3. More info on the website in the Help section.
If you already bought SIM Checker Pro you can have Cerberus at a discounted price, contact us for information.
Have any questions, issues or feature requests? Contact us at [email protected] and we'll be glad to answer!
hit thanks if you liked the post and share it to your friends....
i take no credits for this
credits to the developers for providing us with such a wonderful app........
i have just put up the links here
at last coment your suggestions below.....

I really loved this on my S2 when I was on Gingerbread, but since upgrading to ICS, it's not worked at all.
It doesn't take pictures on the wrong lock-screen pattern passwords anymore. I've tried reinstalling, and reactivating, but no joy. I'm on 4.0.3, does anyone have any ideas why this is?

jpxdude said:
I really loved this on my S2 when I was on Gingerbread, but since upgrading to ICS, it's not worked at all.
It doesn't take pictures on the wrong lock-screen pattern passwords anymore. I've tried reinstalling, and reactivating, but no joy. I'm on 4.0.3, does anyone have any ideas why this is?
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did u try contacting the support sir?

jpxdude said:
I really loved this on my S2 when I was on Gingerbread, but since upgrading to ICS, it's not worked at all.
It doesn't take pictures on the wrong lock-screen pattern passwords anymore. I've tried reinstalling, and reactivating, but no joy. I'm on 4.0.3, does anyone have any ideas why this is?
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I'm running 4.0.3 and just tested the take picture with wrong lock pattern and it worked fine, a picture was taken and emailed to me. I'm running Cerberus v2.2

i tried cerberus but sooner or later it starts showing up in your running app list
and starts slurping battery.
i personally recommend phonelocator pro. never had a problem with that. ui is simple and also packed with functions

busterdev said:
i tried cerberus but sooner or later it starts showing up in your running app list
and starts slurping battery.
i personally recommend phonelocator pro. never had a problem with that. ui is simple and also packed with functions
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so i far i havent had any problems though..........this ones still the best for me... does your app have all the features

I bought this and installed to all my family members androids. Im the only one with root, so im the only that has it on /system/app. Awesome functions compared to price.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium HD app

This is the first anti-theft that's actually done everything it says it would do for me. Works great on ICS AOKP here and I gladly bought it and recommended it to several other people who did so as well. Great app.

+1
this is the best anti theft app I've used.
My current rom is CM9 (2012-04-11 nightly) and it works perfect. It also worked on Sammy's ICS roms.
I've used phone locator also, which just didn't do what it says it does...
Worth every penny!

busterdev said:
i tried cerberus but sooner or later it starts showing up in your running app list
and starts slurping battery.
i personally recommend phonelocator pro. never had a problem with that. ui is simple and also packed with functions
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Never had this issue.......

so do you agree that this is one of the best guys.?
its not getting the credits it deserves plz share this thread link market link or by any means and make others to use this......

Any app which shall survive hard reset. Coz a person usually hard reset before putting a new sim.

a_t_u_l said:
Any app which shall survive hard reset. Coz a person usually hard reset before putting a new sim.
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if your phone is rooted then this app will have su rights so you cant delete or uninstall a app which is devices admin in android.....the app will remain as a system which can only be deleted if anyone formats the system and installs a new rom

Then will need to root my phone first, could you provide the link for the same.

This is cool until the thief turns airplane mode on. He/She has to be really stupid not to do that
Sent from my awesome SGS+

But it can be uninstalled. Is there some password protection for it?

Kond3P said:
This is cool until the thief turns airplane mode on. He/She has to be really stupid not to do that
Sent from my awesome SGS+
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What's the point of having a phone you can't ever use because you have airplane mode on
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

jeffnz said:
What's the point of having a phone you can't ever use because you have airplane mode on
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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You just flash a new rom in airplane mode and the phone can be used normally.

if you flash it through cwm, it cannot be uninstalled. also, since the app can be fully hidden, most people would not even suspect the app to be installed. and how many people do you think are capable of flashing another rom and fully wiping the phone?
most regular phone users don't even update their phone through kies and people who get their hand on the phone and have no idea about android at all certainly would never get the idea.
they would be too stupid to get over pattern lock in the first place, and by then, you will have their picture, their location and have sound recorded of them, which should be enough for the police to get your phone back.
for the meantime lock the device down completely and/or wipe it and even if the device is not connected to the internet, just with gsm signal you can still fully control it through sms. if you are still not able to get it back, get the imei blocked and the phone will be useless to any thief.
in any way, i love cerberus and never felt safer with my sgs2.

AVIRA!!!!
Hi all,
AVIRA for Android is available on Market and this version is not an antivirus but it has phone locator, screaming feature, remote wipe etc etc
....and it doesn't drain the battery!!!!
bye bye

[Q] Google Now Question with cards

Running MIUI 4.1 and loving it (huge props to them), but toying with google now a few day's and really liking it, I did something and now it's not working correctly and I can't find much help. I constantly had my local weather in my notification as well as local restaurants, then when I had the weather card up I swiped (not sure left or right) but now nothing is in my notification list anymore.
I can hold search, speak local weather zip, hold speak sports teams and get info, but nothing in the way of the top bar with the flower and the card info, just the little box of info.
I checked and web history is enabled, location services is enabled, I need to find that "opt in" page I think to reset it up.
Any help is appreciated.

xlancealotx said:
Running MIUI 4.1 and loving it (huge props to them), but toying with google now a few day's and really liking it, I did something and now it's not working correctly and I can't find much help. I constantly had my local weather in my notification as well as local restaurants, then when I had the weather card up I swiped (not sure left or right) but now nothing is in my notification list anymore.
I can hold search, speak local weather zip, hold speak sports teams and get info, but nothing in the way of the top bar with the flower and the card info, just the little box of info.
I checked and web history is enabled, location services is enabled, I need to find that "opt in" page I think to reset it up.
Any help is appreciated.
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It shows up on its own. When I am jelly bean, I swype it away but it comes back after a while by itself.
Sent from my sph-d710 using xda app-developers app

BluesRulez said:
It shows up on its own. When I am jelly bean, I swype it away but it comes back after a while by itself.
Sent from my sph-d710 using xda app-developers app
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Cool, thanks.
It's been around 24 hours so started wondering what the problem was. I've been asking over and over for my favorite teams as that is how it got added, so also asking over and over 'local weather' wondering if that will help as well
Tnx

BluesRulez said:
It shows up on its own. When I am jelly bean, I swype it away but it comes back after a while by itself.
Sent from my sph-d710 using xda app-developers app
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Just checking, do we really think it will just come back. Reading more (there is not a lot out there yet) but reading more I see one CNET post that talks about the cards saying "By default, it always has a card showing you the weather forecast for your area. " but I'm now at 3 day's and don't even have the weather. I have searched local weather, new your Giants probably 30 times a day trying to get something to stick, but the weather was always at least in the dropdown. The other thing I notice is that home page with the flower is gone.
As I said, I remember opting in, and did something to re-show that screen and since I thought I was done said No, but just can't find that opt-in or yes activate page. Location history is in, web history, etc. I just need that page shown in this image
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If it was an app, I would simply re-install, but google now is more a service than an app it seems. Tnx

[solved] re-opt to google now
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Just checking, do we really think it will just come back. Reading more (there is not a lot out there yet) but reading more I see one CNET post that talks about the cards saying "By default, it always has a card showing you the weather forecast for your area. " but I'm now at 3 day's and don't even have the weather. I have searched local weather, new your Giants probably 30 times a day trying to get something to stick, but the weather was always at least in the dropdown. The other thing I notice is that home page with the flower is gone.
As I said, I remember opting in, and did something to re-show that screen and since I thought I was done said No, but just can't find that opt-in or yes activate page. Location history is in, web history, etc. I just need that page shown in this image
If it was an app, I would simply re-install, but google now is more a service than an app it seems. Tnx
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HA! Got it! For all those that read this and had the same issue and my last message was 'if it was an app' so I stopped. Went to the market, and 'google search' screenshots all had that top image with the cards as the example. I uninstalled it, re-installed it and went through the tutorial, opt-ed in and my teams, weather all there perfect!
Tnx again.

do you guys belive that google now sucks battery because its always checking your location and always updating card?

Its does, I decided to test how well my phone slept last night... well Google now kept it up. My battery dropped by 40 percent. I have a buldging battery though.
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LuCkyCn said:
Its does, I decided to test how well my phone slept last night... well Google now kept it up. My battery dropped by 40 percent. I have a buldging battery though.
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Does it? I am using it with default settings so far but I know you can tweak how often it checks (like the weather you can say just the morning, evening, etc.). I am also wondering what 'battery use' shows. Mine has been plugged in so I can't verify what's really used, but back in the day spare parts was the thing, for you guys with bad performance, what does the battery show?
I am still new to MIUI rom's and see a battery calibrate, does that do anything?

Google Now icon gone after yesterdays update.
After the update for Google yesterday, the icon I was using for Google Now just vanished. As well, my cards got all messed up. I really like Google now and depend on it. I want the Google Now Icon back where it was. Any idea how to get it back. Google Search always pulls up a search. I just want to pull up my friendly little cards.
Suggestions?

Mike I use the Google search widget, did the update and google now still working fine.

someguyatx said:
Mike I use the Google search widget, did the update and google now still working fine.
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Thanks, Someguyatx. That did the trick. I also use Nova Launcher and I guess it (or more stupidly, I) removed the icon.

I'm using nova too but I leave the persistent search bar setting checked. I like the search box at the top of every screen

mikethechap said:
After the update for Google yesterday, the icon I was using for Google Now just vanished. As well, my cards got all messed up. I really like Google now and depend on it. I want the Google Now Icon back where it was. Any idea how to get it back. Google Search always pulls up a search. I just want to pull up my friendly little cards.
Suggestions?
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I lost mine on an update, my fix was to goto the accounts (I have a few) and removed my primary one. Rebooted the phone (may not be necessary), then re-added that account, and when I hit the search icon was welcomed with the opt in page again.

google now
I've been using JB lately and when I used ICS I saw lately this google now thing. NOw that I use JB I loved it. It is really nice (apart of being tracked from google every where you go lol) it is ncie and help you every time I was at work and I was going to school cuz it showed me the traffic. Alos liked when I was in VA the other day I got off from a meeting and all I wanted was a beer and guess what? google gave me a list of bars right at unlocking my phone lol. but I found that it was draining my battery very fast!!!
if you wanna disable it you can disable all those cards and cancel all the syncing. That improves your battery up to 30% wow crazy!
or if you do not want to see it at all you can disable the services or uninstall everything about some google services using this app called System tuner. You can also use Android Tweak
Be careful using them though, if you dont know what are you doing you can create some "force close" issues and misfunctions on some apps. so be careful
hit the thanks button and let me know what you think

Samsung's Good Lock

Pros: You can almost get it looking like stock android (which is why i'm keeping it), Notification layout is nice.
Cons: Battery dies faster, Widgets/Apps Tray layouts are useless for me. Recent apps layout is worse.
http://imgur.com/a/WpoXB

Tried it......for 5 minutes i prefer being able to use samsung themes like 'blue and black AMOLED' theme. Good Lock does not have a black option in routine options

Hmm . I like it more. Haven't had any battery is issues yet.

Only issue i encountered is it doesnt easily explain Uninstall.
1. You can just drag drop the Icon from the AD to uninstall and
2. You cannot find the app in Applications to Uninstall
3. You have to go to settings and uninstall from there.
4. Once you uninstall, remember to Restart your device as soon as possible.
5. If not restarted, your power button would stop working and the only way to get it back is by a Hard Reboot (Power + Volume Down).
Hope this helps people looking in to this.
Other than that, had no Battery Drain Issues and it worked fluidly. Did find the "Ignore Repetitive Notification" that I dismiss without looking in messages Annoying and sadly, if by mistake I did say so for specific ones (Work Email and Whatsapp), it stopped showing the message notification all together.

Cubed Guru said:
Only issue i encountered is it doesnt easily explain Uninstall.
1. You can just drag drop the Icon from the AD to uninstall and
2. You cannot find the app in Applications to Uninstall
3. You have to go to settings and uninstall from there.
4. Once you uninstall, remember to Restart your device as soon as possible.
5. If not restarted, your power button would stop working and the only way to get it back is by a Hard Reboot (Power + Volume Down).
Hope this helps people looking in to this.
Other than that, had no Battery Drain Issues and it worked fluidly. Did find the "Ignore Repetitive Notification" that I dismiss without looking in messages Annoying and sadly, if by mistake I did say so for specific ones (Work Email and Whatsapp), it stopped showing the message notification all together.
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You don't have "System UI" With the Good Lock Icon as high drainage in your battery stats?

exzacklyright said:
You don't have "System UI" With the Good Lock Icon as high drainage in your battery stats?
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Sorry, forgot the * on that. It was mostly visual. Coming from the S6e, the S7e is substantially better due to the much bigger battery, but with a Wireless charger at work, didn't see "major" drain issues.
Although, when the Power Button stopped working yesterday, I almost called Tmo and thought of returning before the Hardboot fix, as this is a System UI App.
Just wondering, did you have AOD on? I did have that off. Doubt it would make a difference, but the Good Lock is a Lock Screen, and since my Nexus 1 days, I remember them always being a Drain.

They just posted a new version and they took care of most of original people complaints, the only thing missing for me right now is the Quick Connect feature that it seems that the only way to get access to it is via Original Notification shade. If the fix this, for me will be a keeper, for sure, I've been keeping it expecting for an update and now I can say that they are 90% where they should be with this.
In general, a very good update.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

erasat said:
They just posted a new version and they took care of most of original people complaints, the only thing missing for me right now is the Quick Connect feature that it seems that the only way to get access to it is via Original Notification shade. If the fix this, for me will be a keeper, for sure, I've been keeping it expecting for an update and now I can say that they are 90% where they should be with this.
In general, a very good update.
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People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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exzacklyright said:
People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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Yes I do, not all the time but once in a while, very handy, easy and quick way to connect my devices to my Samsung 4K Smart TV. Best of all, with that, I can see the TV content on my Phone.

exzacklyright said:
People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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Can you upload the new update 24.0.6 apk ? Thanks

erasat said:
Yes I do, not all the time but once in a while, very handy, easy and quick way to connect my devices to my Samsung 4K Smart TV. Best of all, with that, I can see the TV content on my Phone.
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I use this as well for my Samsung 4K TV! I actually find myself using it more and more lately. I've run around the house a lot while watching a program and being able to send it to my phone to view while I'm in another room is great! I recently was watching a friend playing a game on his TV, I did a quick connect while I was sitting on his patio with another friend, and was able to keep up with the story-line while on his patio. What's weird is that I didn't get any lag using quick connect but when I tried a simple screen mirror i got lag as well as quality downgrade that was very noticeable.

This is the only problem I've been having so far with Good Lock. That and the horrible app switcher..

For me I would like them to add a private mode toggle.
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ktetreault14 said:
For me I would like them to add a private mode toggle.
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That and sync!

I want to be able to actually choose black, and customize more options such as the lockscreen and recents. I don't like the new recents but I can't leave good lock and give up the stock android icons and drawer

I can't find the app in the app drawer. I visited the Samsung Galaxy Apps store and it said the app is installed. When I clicked on the Good Luck app, the only option is to update the app. Can someone plz help?
Edit: NM. Figured it out.

Skyrocket2 said:
I can't find the app in the app drawer. I visited the Samsung Galaxy Apps store and it said the app is installed. When I clicked on the Good Luck app, the only option is to update the app. Can someone plz help?
Edit: NM. Figured it out.
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It comes preinstalled on Tmo I believe (or at least it installed itself after a while). I am having issues installing the latest version of Good Lock. Phone keeps restarting and reverting back to stock systemui. RIP

bastienvans said:
It comes preinstalled on Tmo I believe (or at least it installed itself after a while). I am having issues installing the latest version of Good Lock. Phone keeps restarting and reverting back to stock systemui. RIP
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That's weird. I just updated to the latest version and it's been really smooth with no issues that was there with the previous releases. Maybe try the typical uninstall reboot reinstall? Or if you disabled some apps that could be causing some instability.

tiskewlio said:
That's weird. I just updated to the latest version and it's been really smooth with no issues that was there with the previous releases. Maybe try the typical uninstall reboot reinstall? Or if you disabled some apps that could be causing some instability.
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Yeah, I installed the first version of Good Lock and it was fine. Uninstalled it shortly after until the next update.
There is no way to uninstall the app from the Galaxy Apps store; the only option is to update it. My Apps does not show Good Lock as installed. I've tried clearing cache, re-enabling all my disabled apps, rebooting several times without much success. I am not the only apparently as several others are having the issue and posting about it on reddit. Hopefully this can be fixed with an update. Don't really want to factory reset to get Good Lock working.

I have no issues uninstalling from my device. I just go to the app drawer tap on the icon and it gives me the option to uninstall. I see what you mean by not being able to delete from Galaxy Apps though
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Question Issues Keeping Background Apps Running

Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hammer4000 said:
Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Same me.
I ve solved flashed android 12 beta

play4win said:
Same me.
I ve solved flashed android 12 beta
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I wondered about that. Have you experienced any major issues with the Android 12 beta? I may have to give that a try. Thanks!

Hammer4000 said:
I wondered about that. Have you experienced any major issues with the Android 12 beta? I may have to give that a try. Thanks!
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I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.

Welcome to XDA
Power management destroyer of worlds
Developer options>standby apps
All buckets should show as active otherwise power management is enabled!
You can't change that setting here. If you can change a bucket state and get it to take (close Developer options/reopen) then again power management has been enabled.

Jamesblondca said:
I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.
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Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11

play4win said:
Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11
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Hopefully we can go forward eventually.

Mobile upgrade
www.tcl.com

Hammer4000 said:
Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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One method I think is working without upgrading to Android 12 is to disable the "Smart Manager" app via adb
You can download sdk platform-tools and run command
adb shell
pm disable-user com.tct.onetouchbooster
You do lose out on accessing some battery options, though, since it's integrated into the app, but I don't mind it. Hope it helps

I have an unlocked T810S that I'm using here in the USA with Cricket Wireless (an AT&T MVNO). My phone has Android 11, and the notification issues are driving me crazy. I don't yet see any updates for Android 12, so who knows when I can get that.
I saw what @rickywangca did, and did something similar. From my Linux box:
Code:
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.tct.onetouchbooster
And that uninstalled the "Smart Manager" application. I'm happy to have that thing gone, but I still have notification issues that I can't figure out.
For the apps in question, I added them to do "do not optimize" battery list, but that didn't seem to help. One app is configured to give me a daily notification, but I almost never receive it. I actually got the notification one day and was surprised.
Any other tips or ideas on dealing with the notification issue? Do I need to clear something else out related to the onetouchbooster "Smart Manager"?

jrevans said:
I have an unlocked T810S that I'm using here in the USA with Cricket Wireless (an AT&T MVNO). My phone has Android 11, and the notification issues are driving me crazy. I don't yet see any updates for Android 12, so who knows when I can get that.
I saw what @rickywangca did, and did something similar. From my Linux box:
Code:
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.tct.onetouchbooster
And that uninstalled the "Smart Manager" application. I'm happy to have that thing gone, but I still have notification issues that I can't figure out.
For the apps in question, I added them to do "do not optimize" battery list, but that didn't seem to help. One app is configured to give me a daily notification, but I almost never receive it. I actually got the notification one day and was surprised.
Any other tips or ideas on dealing with the notification issue? Do I need to clear something else out related to the onetouchbooster "Smart Manager"?
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Is global power management active?
Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active otherwise global power management is active. It will cause erratic behaviors. It's not needed or desirable, it never did work well. It can not be disable here though.
Example: how its controls appear on a Samsung N10+ in Device Care, battery, it's usually a little buried but it's there. You'll find something similar to this. It's part of the core Android system.
These settings will cause trouble...
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Jamesblondca said:
I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.
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play4win said:
Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11
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hi Jamesblondca, play4win,
-did you upgrade to beta 12 using tpst frame tool explained in this forum?
-what was your phone model t810h or t810s
-what is your opinion about andoid 12 beta, like battery drain, any unexpected issues, faulty features etc.

blackhawk said:
Is global power management active?
Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active otherwise global power management is active. It will cause erratic behaviors. It's not needed or desirable, it never did work well. It can not be disable here though.
Example: how its controls appear on a Samsung N10+ in Device Care, battery, it's usually a little buried but it's there. You'll find something similar to this. It's part of the core Android system.
These settings will cause trouble...
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This T810S TCL 20 Pro 5G is an awesome phone, but the lack of notifications drives me crazy.
I looked at my Developer Options, trying to see something similar to what you have on that Samsung, and I see these, which appear to be inactive.
"Adaptive notification priority"
"Adaptive notification ranking"
But when I go to my Inactive Apps list, I see a variety of different "App standby state" values. It appears that I can change some of them here to have the different values of:
"ACTIVE", "WORKING_SET", "FREQUENT", "RARE", "RESTRICTED".
Which value should I choose if I want the app to stay active and send me notifications?
Here's a screen grab of what I see:
Oh how badly I just want to receive notifications from my applications, to make my phone fully functional. I get notifications from certain apps like gmail, telegram and facebook, but not from apps that I want like the LG ThinQ app, and Lightning Pro.

jrevans said:
This T810S TCL 20 Pro 5G is an awesome phone, but the lack of notifications drives me crazy.
I looked at my Developer Options, trying to see something similar to what you have on that Samsung, and I see these, which appear to be inactive.
"Adaptive notification priority"
"Adaptive notification ranking"
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But when I go to my Inactive Apps list, I see a variety of different "App standby state" values. It appears that I can change some of them here to have the different values of:
"ACTIVE", "WORKING_SET", "FREQUENT", "RARE", "RESTRICTED".
Which value should I choose if I want the app to stay active and send me notifications?
Here's a screen grab of what I see:
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Oh how badly I just want to receive notifications from my applications, to make my phone fully functional. I get notifications from certain apps like gmail, telegram and facebook, but not from apps that I want like the LG ThinQ app, and Lightning Pro.
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In general...
Power management with the bucket states and all of that is a native Android service. Part of battery management. You can't disable in Developer options but you can tell if it's active there. You can use it to verify that you have disabled though.
Samsung modifies their UI heavily. The settings they use may be similar to other brands, Pixels being the "purest" version of Android. In Pixels the controls for that are in battery care in settings, I think (I never owned a Pixel). Terms like Adaptive battery or Battery saver may be the ones thst switch it on/off. Verity it then with the Standby Apps status.
There is a way to set exceptions to Adaptive battery and that may work too. I never used it or if I did it failed to work properly in one way or another... it's been years. I ended up turning the whole mess off and using other methods to increase my SOT.
The best way to learn how your Android works is to play with it. Go through all the settings and play with them when you have time. Like a game, it's sort of fun. Do Google searches for specific issues; it doesn't have to be that specific model or even brand. Androids are similar across Android flavors and OS versions to a greater or lesser extent. Learn by reading about them. That's all I do and eventually track down the issue. The more you do this, the better and faster you get at it. Find/get the tools you need to better understand what's happening like a logging firewall, battery trackers etc.
I see you have social media and sales apps installed. I never do this. If I need to access them I login to them through Brave browser only.
They tend to consume excessive battery and are multi vector security threats*. They can also cause problems by changing hidden user settings which could have global consequences. You are what you load. At the very least not having any trashware makes troubleshooting easier and yields a better running Android. Disabling the questionable app when not in use is another option I sometimes use if I really need it.
*Just because it's on Playstore doesn't mean it's safe. Any app that updates outside of Playstore could download a trojan payload to what appeared to be a safe app. Any app that has internet access is a potential security threat. I firewall block all that don't absolutely need it and don't update any unless there's a good reason to.

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