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Galaxy S7 Touchscreen Problem

Galaxy S7 screen not responding to touch sometimes. The bottom portion of the display is affected. I tried 6 different S7 and all of them have the same problem, test yours like this and tap gently not hard, when you press hard you press 3mm on the screen and that is a lot ! The problem is worse when the phone is cold (20C) This is annoying because the place where its not working is the same place where the space bar is and the "." Does anyone else have that exact problem? Here is a video of the problem : https://youtu.be/OW_FQBMcuOE
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Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!

There are two threads already open with this situation.
I have this problem at the same location you demonstrate. The right side has this problem too. From bottom right to the top 1 cm and 2 or 3 cm up you are going to reproduce the same thing.
I get used to it but it is very annoying. Never liked Samsung because of this things. They use low quality material all around. I will never trust them.
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goTouch said:
There are two threads already open with this situation.
I have this problem at the same location you demonstrate. The right side has this problem too. From bottom right to the top 1 cm and 2 or 3 cm up you are going to reproduce the same thing.
I get used to it but it is very annoying. Never liked Samsung because of this things. They use low quality material all around. I will never trust them.
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I cant seem to find the other threads will you be nice enough to paste a link. btw should i ask for a replacement ? or all of them are like this because ive tested 10 phones by now but all 930X showroom phones and all are the same...i dont have much days left for my replacement deal so i dont know what to do, everything else is perfect only the front camera i feel like its not focusing good enough compared to the s6..

brane871 said:
I cant seem to find the other threads will you be nice enough to paste a link. btw should i ask for a replacement ? or all of them are like this because ive tested 10 phones by now but all 930X showroom phones and all are the same...i dont have much days left for my replacement deal so i dont know what to do, everything else is perfect only the front camera i feel like its not focusing good enough compared to the s6..
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Found one, some post an answer recently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3343175
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IMPORTANT !
Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!

brane871 said:
IMPORTANT !
Install Phone INFO app (green adroid logo) see when the phone is manufactured, mine is 2016.02.18 ! maybe the first batch of the production have that problem! We might be on something here!!!
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Mine was manufactured 2016.03.04 (yyyy.mm.dd)
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Mine was 2016/04/08
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go to samsung store

Just received H9 update and the release notes did not mention anything about LCD, touch screen or anything related to it.
But since the update, I've been trying to reproduce the problem trying to find the blind spots and for my surprise I did not find anything. The touchscreen is perfect and I can feel it is more sensitive.
Before the update I could reproduce the problem very easy! Now it is perfect.
The update here in my region (Brazil - ZTO) was about 170MB. Samsung Cloud was introduced.

Wow, mine was manufactured 2 weeks ago (2016.08.16) and I've owned it since about the 24th too, so it was 8 days old when I received it

[Philippines] S9+ User Thread

Welcome Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ owners!
come and share your thoughts and reviews about the device here. :good:​

Waiting for mine on March 26 via Globe Retention. Gonna replace my HTC U11

What pre-order goodie did you guys get? I chose the wireless charger, the speakers would have been nice but I don't have a use for them

I actually got the accessory vouchers, but as per my friend, if you will be buying the galaxy through an installment plan only the charger/speaker are available as freebies.
I have to double check with samsung though, just to be sure.

Yeah! Love my new phone! I got it on March 16th. 128gb S9 plus.. Anyone here? Helloo...

Got ours from lazada. 128 gb is not available from samsung stores except for those who preordered, colors available for walk-in clients are also limited

got mine last match 21 from globe pre-order. anyone noticed about the yellowish screen? different viewing angles like from side, up and down got more nicer color (suppposed to be the real color) than facing directly on screen as it is really yellowish. need replacement or is this just normal? this is exynos variant here.
also had this finger print scanner problem few days ago but thankfully totally gone for now, what happened was that when i tried to open my phone using finger print nothings happened, then tried to turned on the screen and keep using the finger print 'til a pop up meesaged appeared stating "...if it keeps happening try restarting the phone" then I did it and voila problem gone but keeps coming back around 3x but luckily since yesterday it didnt came back and hoping will really not come back. wondering what caused that thing? a faulty hardware or software problem?

kimLJT said:
got mine last match 21 from globe pre-order. anyone noticed about the yellowish screen? different viewing angles like from side, up and down got more nicer color (suppposed to be the real color) than facing directly on screen as it is really yellowish. need replacement or is this just normal? this is exynos variant here.
also had this finger print scanner problem few days ago but thankfully totally gone for now, what happened was that when i tried to open my phone using finger print nothings happened, then tried to turned on the screen and keep using the finger print 'til a pop up meesaged appeared stating "...if it keeps happening try restarting the phone" then I did it and voila problem gone but keeps coming back around 3x but luckily since yesterday it didnt came back and hoping will really not come back. wondering what caused that thing? a faulty hardware or software problem?
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Can you do me a favour please? Try any call recording app and tell me if it record voice from both sides or only your voice?
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marsen2567 said:
Yeah! Love my new phone! I got it on March 16th. 128gb S9 plus.. Anyone here? Helloo...
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Please try any call recording app and tell me if it record voice from both sides or only your voice? And what is model number of your S9 plus?

OEM Unlock
Is the OEM Unlock option in Developer Options available out of the box (Smart / Globe) or does it show up only after 7 days from first use like others?

xnmb said:
Is the OEM Unlock option in Developer Options available out of the box (Smart / Globe) or does it show up only after 7 days from first use like others?
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i didnt know what this oem unlock does and i didn't noticed too when this thing appeared.

awan39 said:
Can you do me a favour please? Try any call recording app and tell me if it record voice from both sides or only your voice?
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cant try it for now im in data mode but read about that thing here that no apps yet can record both sides in voice call

guys btw, anyone successfully unlocked the unit from globe? how much does it cost?

kimLJT said:
i didnt know what this oem unlock does and i didn't noticed too when this thing appeared.
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How long have you had your phone?

xnmb said:
How long have you had your phone?
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since march 21 so almost 3wks now.

I had it for almost a month now. I bought an XTC openline, and I still don't have the OEM unlock, which is odd. I'm not rooting it anytime soon because of the dual speaker and the sound is satisfactory. Im always rooting my phone for the Viper4. But still, I'm itching for a root but I don't see the need yet. Why is my OEM not unlock yet? I don't want a factory reset.

marsen2567 said:
I had it for almost a month now. I bought an XTC openline, and I still don't have the OEM unlock, which is odd. I'm not rooting it anytime soon because of the dual speaker and the sound is satisfactory. Im always rooting my phone for the Viper4. But still, I'm itching for a root but I don't see the need yet. Why is my OEM not unlock yet? I don't want a factory reset.
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that's interesting. Where did you buy your unit and when did you enable developer options?

xnmb said:
that's interesting. Where did you buy your unit and when did you enable developer options?
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Bought it from the local Samsung store before it was out for sale. I've enabled it right away. Did a factory reset several times so that I can root it, when it was still new. It didn't appear, so I've waited for 7 days but still no OEM unlock. It's a good thing I'm happy with the speed and sound. There's supposed to be a patch from Note 8 that works with s9, it was a supposedly a bug or a bug from knox or something.... But I'm not in a rush to root it, which is weird because I always root my phone for the Viper4 but I think the sound of this device is good enough for me.

It finally appeared, the OEM unlock button, at exactly 1 month that I bought this.
I'm getting one of the best battery life with stock, definitely not rooting it yet.

Bought mine at Greenhills. 256 GB model. They said the unit is from HK.
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Apparently the unit from HK with 256 GB have different Samsung Keyboard layout. Any thoughts on how I can change the Samsung Keyboard layout?

anyone tried rooting using kingroot, iroot alike app? did it trip the knox? is it possible while oem still in locked mode? hope someone tried as for now I can't do it since I can't backup my files incase disaster came.
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[Question] Always on display support?

As per topic..
anyone knows or have a single bit of idea is native always on display is ever gonna come for this device ?

7T does not have it as well. So my guess: nope.
Which is really amazing/pitiful imho

I wouldn't hold your breath...

very bumped ...
no AOD no notification lights ...
at least what they can do is make the ring pulsate in shorter intervals..
how can anyone know if there is any missed calls or msgs if the phone is not picked up.
remembered they mentioned it was coming.. in May ? June? ...

noobhero said:
very bumped ...
no AOD no notification lights ...
at least what they can do is make the ring pulsate in shorter intervals..
how can anyone know if there is any missed calls or msgs if the phone is not picked up.
remembered they mentioned it was coming.. in May ? June? ...
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I use an app called always on amoled it can uses a bit of battery though but it's the closest I've found to something similar to what Samsung has.

The_Keeper86 said:
I use an app called always on amoled it can uses a bit of battery though but it's the closest I've found to something similar to what Samsung has.
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my device gets heated very quickly when that is turned on

Yash1213 said:
my device gets heated very quickly when that is turned on
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Oh really? That's strange mine is fine. I have the T-Mobile variant btw.

Pixel pulse was my go to alternative for AOD notifications but since it doesn't support 10 yet I just have to deal with missed notifications. First one plus device and probably my last. They make great devices if you SETTLE for less than what mid-range phones offer. I wish I had a Instagram and Twitter I'd call it the CEO. Tell him give us AOD if it takes up battery life that's our choice. It's ignorant honestly. Live and learn I guess. Back to LG or Samsung sadly next time I upgrade. 2 years probably

lg3FTW said:
Pixel pulse was my go to alternative for AOD notifications but since it doesn't support 10 yet I just have to deal with missed notifications. First one plus device and probably my last. They make great devices if you SETTLE for less than what mid-range phones offer. I wish I had a Instagram and Twitter I'd call it the CEO. Tell him give us AOD if it takes up battery life that's our choice. It's ignorant honestly. Live and learn I guess. Back to LG or Samsung sadly next time I upgrade. 2 years probably
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Use NotifyBuddy apk. You won't have google assistant via "ok google" but it's an option for now

The_Keeper86 said:
I use an app called always on amoled it can uses a bit of battery though but it's the closest I've found to something similar to what Samsung has.
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i've d/led and unlocked it.
while it is nice with customisations and does the job.
it drains quite a lot of batt indeed..
and .. the device remains warm to the touch with it running..

hallo dare said:
Use NotifyBuddy apk. You won't have google assistant via "ok google" but it's an option for now
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Does notify buddy have an update to not kill battery I tried it when it launched and it sucked my battery

lg3FTW said:
Does notify buddy have an update to not kill battery I tried it when it launched and it sucked my battery
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I've no issue with it except for the Google assistant. See screenshot

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
Works great! I don't talk to my phone so I do not know if it will interfere with OK Google.

Request to any P40 owner

There was an option in camera app on my previous Samsung Galaxy S8+, and it appears it's an option with Huawei's Mate 20 series, that allows the camera to only record slow-mo video when motion is detected.
However, this 'only record when motion detected' slow-mo option is missing on my P30 Pro.
Can anyone with a P40-series phone let me know if Huawei put it back in?
EDIT: Never mind. Turns out the option appears when you select 960 fps. Here's what I captured:

Yes its back..

m3dd0g said:
Yes its back..
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Thank you, very much.
How frustrating.
Could you possibly do me a favor and let me know the version of the camera app you have?
That way, I can try to find an APK to sideload.

King Mustard said:
Thank you, very much.
How frustrating.
Could you possibly do me a favor and let me know the version of the camera app you have?
That way, I can try to find an APK to sideload.
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Version is 10.1.0.313

m3dd0g said:
Version is 10.1.0.313
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Interesting.
Latest for my P30 Pro is 10.0.1.348.

Huawei released update today including golden snap to the camera. Don't know what it is yet.

Combatfroggy said:
Huawei released update today including golden snap to the camera. Don't know what it is yet.
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Global or Chinese? Which Version?

I'm in the UK with p40pro so must be global. Just do a system software update to 10.1.0.114

Never mind - Turns out the option appears when you select 960 fps.
Here's what I captured:

Not sure if I'm finding the correct setting. But on my p40pro the option to record slow ow on on motion dection works on all fps options but you have to set the area where it my detect motion.

Combatfroggy said:
Not sure if I'm finding the correct setting. But on my p40pro the option to record slow ow on on motion dection works on all fps options but you have to set the area where it my detect motion.
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On my P30 Pro, the box only appears at 960 FPS.

Combatfroggy said:
I'm in the UK with p40pro so must be global. Just do a system software update to 10.1.0.114
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Off the topic query but how are you finding the p40pro till now in terms of camera and the software experience? ..i have ordered one here in UK and will probably get it in a couple of days
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First off it it's a beautiful device and feels great in the hand. It's one of those devices that you find satisfying to touch.
The camera is excellent exactly how I expected it to be after owning a mate 20 Pro a last year, and that device ruined my experience of owning a note 10 plus as the camera on the note just couldn't compare.
Software is good although EMUI is one of my favourite android skins anyway. I find it pretty easy to live without gms as I don't really do social media or anything.
It is easy to put gms on this device although I took it off just to run a stock phone as stock. Due to the fact the only things I wanted from gms (Google pay and music) won't work anyway.
Main gripe with this phone is no gpay or banking apps. Hopefully Huawei can sort this soon. Oh and no stereo speaker or dolby atmos.
Now I need to decide whether to switch from my note 10 plus to this or not?

Combatfroggy said:
First off it it's a beautiful device and feels great in the hand. It's one of those devices that you find satisfying to touch.
The camera is excellent exactly how I expected it to be after owning a mate 20 Pro a last year, and that device ruined my experience of owning a note 10 plus as the camera on the note just couldn't compare.
Software is good although EMUI is one of my favourite android skins anyway. I find it pretty easy to live without gms as I don't really do social media or anything.
It is easy to put gms on this device although I took it off just to run a stock phone as stock. Due to the fact the only things I wanted from gms (Google pay and music) won't work anyway.
Main gripe with this phone is no gpay or banking apps. Hopefully Huawei can sort this soon. Oh and no stereo speaker or dolby atmos.
Now I need to decide whether to switch from my note 10 plus to this or not?
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Thanks a lot..i had the note 10plus and i agree its a beautiful device though camera might be a level below p40pro. So its a tough decision.
I hv a iphone11 pro max and will probably use p40pro as a secondary phone mainly due to its camera
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Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.

Combatfroggy said:
Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.
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I see..even i thought of giving a non google phone a try..lets see how it goes..
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Combatfroggy said:
Yeah the note Is a good phone but Samsung ruined the note with a software update that made the camera blurry and the Bluetooth streaming skip on music play back. And seems as though I take 100+ inspection photos daily for work it's very annoying.
I just can't get on with Samsung ui either it's too much.
The thought of not being fully tracked by Google is quite refreshing as well.
It is weird how nice this phone feels... I find even if I'm not using it I just rotate it in the hand whilst watching TV odd.
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you can use the p40 pro as your tv for remote as well
rocku_dj2000 said:
I see..even i thought of giving a non google phone a try..lets see how it goes..
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while your waiting for your p40 pro have a look on this guide to see alternatives for your google eco system
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p40-pro/how-to/google-alternatives-live-gms-t4081351

xnostra said:
you can use the p40 pro as your tv for remote as well
while your waiting for your p40 pro have a look on this guide to see alternatives for your google eco system
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p40-pro/how-to/google-alternatives-live-gms-t4081351
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Thanks but the article no longer exists
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rocku_dj2000 said:
Thanks but the article no longer exists
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its one of my post its in the guide section titled google-alternatives who said you cant live without GMS

How to make Edge lighting work with screen off?

It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??

KURDKiNG said:
It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working ? hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.

KURDKiNG said:
It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe

seczdbz said:
In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.
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Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
airmaxx23 said:
This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.

blackhawk said:
Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.
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That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.

Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:

blackhawk said:
Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:
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That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications

Limeybastard said:
That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications
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Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!

blackhawk said:
Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!
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Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.

Limeybastard said:
Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.
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Zippo raid it be for sure.
I have something like 86 blocked apks now. All but 6 or so of those are never needed. Lol, less run time, less trouble.
Sometimes with new apps I'll block them until I sort them out or throw them out.

Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now

*Detection* said:
I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now
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Probably stop working after final release

Limeybastard said:
Probably stop working after final release
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haha yea probably

Limeybastard said:
Probably stop working after final release
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*Detection* said:
haha yea probably
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As usual.
They like to finish off an OS (and phone) at the end. The lame duck phenomenon