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When you get a SMS or calendar event or battery is running out, you get that "bubble" at the bottom telling about the event. For SMS you get snippet of it and so on.
Some days ago, my TP stopped doing that! I just got a SMS, and it made all the notification sounds and wibrates and I got the icon on top, but not the pop-up. When I click on the icon, I get the black notifications screen, from which I need to click it again, and only then I get the pop-up ballon.
How can I get it back to work as it should?
I've done some changes with Advanced Config, but nothing that relates to that. Nor do I now find anything that could relate to it. Currently I'm questioning if Advanced Config does something else than what it seems to do.... well at least I cannot think of any setting from anywhere that would have changed this.
Do I need to hard reset the phone again?
Firts try to set the default settings back in advanced config and try to use the default skin.
If that don't fix the problem then you could back up your phone, do a hard reset and overwrite the fresh install with the back up you made.
In Settings>Sounds and notifications>Notifications
select the options from the drop down list and tick checkbox next to display message on screen
faza11 said:
In Settings>Sounds and notifications>Notifications
select the options from the drop down list and tick checkbox next to display message on screen
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Duh!
Thanks! Had been there, but didn't see the option as I was too lazy to try to change the notification event.
But I never changed that... so I do not know how it was changed. However, no hard reset needed this time (only one so far... due GPS problems).
It appears there is a relationship with using Advanced Config here
I second that. Advanced Config is the culprit. Uninstall it, re-enable each of your notifications under settings, then do soft reset. When I had Advanced Config Installed, my device just kept unchecking the notifications boxes for no reason. I'd re-enable them and about a day later they would be unchecked again. Uninstalled Advanced Cofig and no more issues.
I want the time to show up on the title bar in all programs. I checked this option, but it is not working. I have restarted the phone, but nothing. When I go into the clock settings, the time DOES show up in the title bar, but when I close the settings, it is no longer there. Any ideas?
I have this option selected as well and it is working just fine. Maybe you have it disabled in a registry setting or in Advanced Config somewhere?
Ok, it's getting stranger. I went into the Today Settings, under Items, I checked Date to appear on the Today screen. That solved my problem; however, now when I go into the Today settings, Date is unchecked, but is still showing up on the Today screen (which is fine with me, just weird.) Hmmm.
It's not showing in TF3D title bar. Everywhere else it appears to show up.
I'm enabling it under settings/system/clock though.
syntrix said:
It's not showing in TF3D title bar. Everywhere else it appears to show up.
I'm enabling it under settings/system/clock though.
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If you are using a battery monitor that might replace the clock in TF3D. Also, Advanced Config under Today, you can specify if you want clock or battery to show on the Today screen.
This is for random tricks that aren't widely known.
I'll start off...
Missing that search button key on the bottom from the SGSII? Have no fear, just press and hold the menu key, which acts like the search key
Annoyed of the home button lag? turn off double tap to activate S voice within that program and your home key will be much more responsive
Can anyone think of anything else?
Edit: Ironlood has put together a list of tips and tricks. Thanks!
1.Hold menu button for search menu - eyecon82
2.To get rid of home button lag open up S-Voice and navigate to settings and untick the launch with double tap home button -eyecon82
3.Lock screen app settings are listed under security in settings - kegacide
4.you can swipe the screen with the side of your hand to take a screenshot, or hold home and power-kegacide
5.Hold down physical button and you can close all open apps and go to the task manager - hawkeye2188
6.Buttons on the bottom of the lock screen and can be swiped and open that application - hawkeye2188
7.You can also swipe away individual apps after holding down the home button - NA 521"
8.first go to settings>language and input and turn on voice cmd for apps. I had it on early today and said cheese and the camera snapped a photo...pretty cool -s3xda (on a side note it seems as though the variants have different voice cues try snap, cheese, shutter, and go)
9.In settings > sound > device vibration, you can select a different pattern of vibrate, or just make your own by touching create! - Zoidpilot
10.In app drawer > widgets, Sammy added a widget to use flash as a flashlight, and a widget to turn the entire phone into negative colors.-Zoidpilot
11.You can set the brightness in the majority of stock apps (i.e. the browser) to be app specific, instead of just setting a brightness for the entire system. For example: set the brightness to auto in the system settings, then open the stock browser > brightness and colors, and set it to high. Now the system will have auto brightness, but it will always go to high/bright when you are in the browser! -Zoidpilot
12.If you go to Phone > Logs > call logs, you can long-press a number (like that telemarketer you always reject) and select "add to reject list" to have the phone automatically reject the call every time. You can also unblock the number in case you change your mind.-Zoidpilot
13.In the stock messaging app, you can go to settings, and on the top you will find options to change the background and bubble style of the messages.-Zoidpilot
14.Samsung's S-Voice can do complex mathematical equations for you, then show them in different answers. For example, open S-Voice, and ask "how many inches are in a mile?". Or "what's the square root of 543,636?". -Zoidpilot
15.In settings > security > lock screen options > shortcuts, you can change what shortcuts appear on your lockscreen, or take them out altogether.-Zoidpilot
16.On the headphones that came with your device, you will see a single button and the volume controls. One press of the single button will pause the music, two presses in quick succession will skip to the next track. -Zoidpilot
17.In settings > wallpaper > home & lockscreen, if you select a live wallpaper, it will show as your lock screen as well. It will deactivate the ripple effect though if you have it active.-Zoidpilot
18.You can also use pop-up play on streaming online videos as long as they're not YouTube videos, and as long as you use the stock video player to stream them.-Zoidpilot
19.Pictures come out better with the camera if you hold the camera button and let it focus before the shot, rather than just pressing it after touching the focus box.-Zoidpilot
20.The stock browser has "incognito mode" just like Google Chrome! You can access it by opening the browser, the touching the top right corner to see open windows, then touching the incognito icon. While you're incognito, no history/cookies/or form data will be saved.-Zoidpilot
21.While you are on a call, on the screen where the contact picture is displayed, there is a speaker icon in a bubble. Touch it to increase the call volume past the maximum setting. It works on speaker or on headset setting.-Zoidpilot
22.If you're not rooted, but want to get rid of those pesky bloatware apps, go to settings > application manager > all, and select the app. Within those settings you can clear the information the app has, then disable the app with the top right button. You may need to uninstall updates before it says disable app though... you can also go to the app drawer, hit menu, then select "hide apps" to hide the bloatware icons you've disabled. -Zoidpilot
23.With voice cmd turned on, you can snooze your alarm by saying snooze. -s3xda
24.Cover the screen with the palm of your hand to pause media playback. -NA 521"
25.You can use S Voice like a translator,for example: What is the meaning of house in spanish?-TitaniumBarbell
26.I just found out the contents of the clipboard stay there even after a reboot.-kingwp
27.touch wiz scrolling wallpapers fix go Settings > Wallpaper > Home Screen... If you set them independantly you will be able to crop the wallpaper just like any other HC/ICS device-nonmindo
28.you can get your status bar in ANY full screen app, even full screen games. How? Start with your finger touching just outside of the top of the display and drag down, it will fade in and you can check your notifications, it works both in landscape and portrait mode-nonmindo
29.I noticed that any time you send an email in gmail with our new phones (t-mobile version at least), it puts a stupid T-mobile signature at the bottom of the email. I found that you can change it by going to gmail>menu>settings>[email protected]>signature and putting in whatever you want.-moonfire711
30.Also, go into your dialer>menu>settings for more in call goodies.-moonfire711
31.Many probably already know this, but I just found out that you can turn on the screen with the physical home button instead of the power button. Which is nice if it's laying down on a desk or something.-moonfire711
32.If you get tired of re-unlocking your screen when it turns off, you can set it to not lock for a set period of time after the screen turns off... Go to menu>settings>security>Lock automatically and change the timeout.-moonfire711
33.If you go into Settings > Sounds > Auto Haptic It will enable haptic feedback on your games/apps based on sound, pretty neat!! (note: doesnt work on all games/apps, but does on many)-nonmindo
34.In relation to the haptic feedback with sound... Tap on the left side of the toggle (where the text is), and it'll open up a menu to choose which ones to enable/disable. -pizz0wn3d
35.The wiimote controller successfully pairs and works with our SGS3s! -pizz0wn3d
36.For your contacts or logs, slide left to direct call and slide right to direct text.-jaytxvo
37.while in the stock video player press the picture in picture button to pop out the video -s3xda
38.Super video does pic-in-pic -20blks
39.***Sprint Specific*** In order to turn on and off LTE ... Settings >wireless settings>more settings >network mode>lte/cdma -iphony89
40.camera quick access... allows you to touch the lockscreen and rotate the screen to open the camera... Settings > security > lock screen options > camera quick access -Cappurnikus
41.pull down the notification touch the time and it will open the world clock (might be variant specific) -Deputy13
42.I have only tested this with Windows Media Player, but I assume any DLNA equipped TV/media device would work. This is great if you want to quickly show a slideshow of photos or play some media file on your tv/computer.1) Go Settings/More Settings/Nearby Devices 2) Turn on file sharing and change any options you'd like. Since I'm on my own my Wifi network, I just disabled access control, otherwise you have to approve every device.3) Start Windows Media Player. Make sure under Stream "Allow Remote Control" is checked. You should see your phone show up under "Other Libraries" in WMP. Mine shows up as [Mobile]SCH-135.4) Go into Gallery and select a picture. If connected properly, in the upper right hand corner there will be a new little icon with a monitor and some arrows. Touch this and it will allow you to select a playback device. 5) Now the picture should show up in a maximized screen in WMP. Sometimes it takes a good 10-20 seconds. Videos take much longer, but they work and what I got was the first frame, followed by a good 20 seconds of a "Processing" notification on the Galaxy S3. When I browsed from WMP to my phone videos, it buffered for a very long time, so this "processing" notification is the buffering taking place. I don't know why DLNA needs such a long time to buffer over a home Wifi network.6) Whenever you change folders you have to click the DLNA icon again and re-select your playback device. Not sure why this is, seems like a bug...Unfortunately I did a little research and there is no way to physically copy files to your computer through DLNA, you'll have to use other methods.Make sure you turn this stuff off when you connect to public Wifi .-sluzbenik
44.When viewing videos using the stock video player, you can lock the touchscreen by pressing the power button so that the video does not get interrupted by inadvertent touches. This is especially useful if you are using your phone to entertain your baby or toddler. Also works with mx player though haven't tried it with other players -limeaid
45.Do not know if it has been mentioned already, but you can also bring the phone up to your ear and it will call that contact.-ricky babalu
46. if you are in the apps drawer, and you pinch the screen, you will see all pages of your apps and can quickly choose the one you want.-moonfire711
47.Haven't noticed this being addressed but regarding S-Beam it appears that both phones are required to utilize the same app that is involved with the file being transferred. For example, I use "quickpic" as the default image viewer and when I used s-beam to test a pic transfer, the phones connected however my buddy's phone went to the play store and more specifically went to the "quickpic" downlad page. Obviously my buddy's phone required him to dl the app in order to finish the transfer. I then opened the same file via "gallery" and reinitiated the transfer. This time the phones connected and transferred the file without a hitch. -augustorm
48. lock screen shortcuts can be edited on the swipe lock screen go to settings/security/lock screen options/shortcuts click the word shortcuts and not the toggle it will bring up the 4 shortcuts and your allowed to change which app is accessed or what order there displayed in -ironlood
49. Just found a way to substantially increase smoothness. Under Developer Options--> Limit Background Processes. I set mine to 5 and notice a difference -eyecon82
This is great, Thanks!
Currently not being productive on my S3.
23.With voice cmd turned on, you can snooze your alarm by saying snooze. -s3xda
Do I need to have S Voice turned on for this? For example, I completely disabled S Voice (due to the lag it creates) and just set my alarm through ICS/Settings. Will this still work?
Thanks for the list, awesome information
Death&co said:
23.With voice cmd turned on, you can snooze your alarm by saying snooze. -s3xda
Do I need to have S Voice turned on for this? For example, I completely disabled S Voice (due to the lag it creates) and just set my alarm through ICS/Settings. Will this still work?
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Disabling s-voice by double clicking home button doesn't deactivate s voice, it does help with the home button lag...just create for s voice icon on your homepage...
however if you completely disable it in settings-->manage applicatoins, then im not sure
Hey, my tip about pinch to zoom in/out while using the Calendar app to quickly go from day to week to month to year view and vice versa isn't here! Haha btw, did you guys know you can rotate your phone while using the dialer? It doesn't add any functionality but it's something random I noticed this weekend.
Also, #34 applies to any toggle in Settings (including voice cmd!) except data usage/mobile data:
34.In relation to the haptic feedback with sound... Tap on the left side of the toggle (where the text is), and it'll open up a menu to choose which ones to enable/disable. -pizz0wn3d
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I would really like to thank eyecon82 for making this thread (and bump it while I'm at it!). This is worth its weight in gold to a technologically impaired guy like me. I would also like to thank those of you that added along the way. Top notch work all
Does anybody know the location of the file where the CM10 power widget stores its settings? This is actually a bug report for Camcory's CM10 11/26/12 build for the SGH-T679, but I won't be able to post in the relevant thread until I hit my 10 posts, so I'll ask here instead in case anybody else has come across this with other CM10 builds. Here is what I'm running:
Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G
CM10 JB 4.1.2 11/26/12 build from Camcory with included kernel
JusTunBean JB4.2 aroma v4.1.2 and also tried v.5.0.1
I was really liking the slide brightness feature on the notification bar, but now it's not working. Under Settings > Display > Brightness the Automatic Brightness box is grayed out and unchecked. This I expected, since I think the phone just doesn't support this feature. I've never seen it on any ROM for this phone. The brightness toggle button from the Notification drawer power widget has "Auto" as one of the available options, but when I toggled it to auto it got stuck on auto and won't change to anything else. It still cycles through the other settings, such as 25%, 50%, etc., but it always shows an "A" in the icon. This caused the notification bar slide brightness to stop working. The setting to enable this under Settings > System > Status bar is grayed out now and says "Brightness control - Automatic brightness is enabled" with the box checked, and I can't uncheck it. I tried clearing app data for Settings, Settings Storage, and System UI, but the power widget still has the "A" on the brightness toggle. Next I tried wiping cache, dalvik, and dalvik cache and that didn't help. I also tried reinstalling gapps. I really like this ROM and don't really want to do a full wipe just to fix this setting. If anybody knows exactly where the power widget settings file is stored I don't have any problem manually trying to edit it myself.
its a mystery....no one ,even the devs do not know where power widget stores data
Swiping from panel to panel plays audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc when I switch from Edge panel to Edge panel. The volume is the media volume so even on silent it plays unless I set media volume to zero. How do I disable this. I just got the phone setup and I don't think it was doing this out of the box. How do I turn off the Audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc from playing.
Thanks
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Swiping from panel to panel plays audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc when I switch from Edge panel to Edge panel. The volume is the media volume so even on silent it plays unless I set media volume to zero. How do I disable this. I just got the phone setup and I don't think it was doing this out of the box. How do I turn off the Audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc from playing.
Thanks
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A carrier may help diagnose this...
I haven't seen this on any models I've handled.
I am having this problem too. So annoying
Not sure if this helps, but I finally figured out that the problem would start happening as my Note Edge was using the built in Google Backup and Restore as it installed(Restored) apps from my previous phone(HTC M8).
I could tell exactly when the problem was going to start happening as Apps were being Restored from Google Backup. At a certain point I could see during auto app install that the Solid Microphone on the Google search widget had gone hollow, so it wasn't listening for "Ok Google" anymore. At that point swiping the edge panel would trigger audio.
I factory reset multiple times, and tried to figure out a specific app that was causing the problem but I was never able to determine the exact app or restored data that was causing the audio problem.
The only way I found around the problem was not selecting Google Backup and Restore on initial setup, and manual installing all of my apps. It was a pain in the butt but fixed the audio playing during swiping of the edge screen. I turned Google Backup and Restore back on after getting everything setup, and have been working fine since my original post.
You legend! I was on the phone to Samsung and they had no idea. They're meant to be calling me back. Will let them figured it out them self.
Do you have Settings -> Device -> Accessibility -> Vision -> TalkBack ON? Switch it off if you do.
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Do you have Settings -> Device -> Accessibility -> Vision -> TalkBack ON? Switch it off if you do.
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it was switched to off.
Shut Up Edge Screen
I'm having the same issues, and I didn't use Google auto backup / install to move from my note 3. I'm just about ready to turn this thing in. There is nothing worse or more annoying than reaching into your pocket and hearing it just "Blah blah blah" .
I have no accessibility settings turned on, talk back is off. Google voice typing off, S Voice off... So why is it still "Blah blah blahing?"
nkelley71 said:
I'm having the same issues, and I didn't use Google auto backup / install to move from my note 3. I'm just about ready to turn this thing in. There is nothing worse or more annoying than reaching into your pocket and hearing it just "Blah blah blah" .
I have no accessibility settings turned on, talk back is off. Google voice typing off, S Voice off... So why is it still "Blah blah blahing?"
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Not sure what exactly blah blah blah is but under language and input settings , there is a "read notifications aloud menu" make sure all those are unchecked.
Solution worked for me - without factory reset
Hello,
I was struggling same issue on edge panel swipe and I didn't wanted to do factory reset or skip google restore as @JonMotz suggested, dealing with media volume turned down most of the time.
However I did following and that fixed the issue on my Note Edge:
1. goto Settings
2. goto Backup and reset
3. select Reset Settings and confirm
This will wipe settings on device (such as wifi/ some accessibility settings etc.) but it also cleared annoying voice announcements on edge panel swipe, while it kept installed apps and accounts.
Solution based on JonMotz try/error research - thanks.
Magillus
This didn't worked for long time, something changed the setting and after a week I was able to hear those notifications about panel switching again. I might aim at factory reset without backup restore for solution.
Magillus said:
Hello,
I was struggling same issue on edge panel swipe and I didn't wanted to do factory reset or skip google restore as @JonMotz suggested, dealing with media volume turned down most of the time.
However I did following and that fixed the issue on my Note Edge:
1. goto Settings
2. goto Backup and reset
3. select Reset Settings and confirm
This will wipe settings on device (such as wifi/ some accessibility settings etc.) but it also cleared annoying voice announcements on edge panel swipe, while it kept installed apps and accounts.
Solution based on JonMotz try/error research - thanks.
Magillus
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JonMotz said:
Swiping from panel to panel plays audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc when I switch from Edge panel to Edge panel. The volume is the media volume so even on silent it plays unless I set media volume to zero. How do I disable this. I just got the phone setup and I don't think it was doing this out of the box. How do I turn off the Audio "Favorite Apps Panel 1 of 2" etc from playing.
Thanks
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Hi,
I had exactly the same problem with my "Note Edge"
My solution to this was to
Open "Settings"
Open "Application Manager"
Open "Samsung text-to-speech-engine"
Tap "force stop" (strangely at this point it kept going)
Tap "clear cache"
Tap "clear data"
After this my troubles had disappeared.
I hope this is helpful.