Nearby Share - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers

Has anyone else noticed that Nearby Share toggle is gone? Have had it on 20 Ultra since getting it on the 18th, went to use it today and its gone.
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Yep same here. That's odd.

When I went to use it, it was there. Clicked it nothing happened. Swiped down again it was gone. Strange thing is, I have it on 10+
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Probably because it makes it a duplicate with the newly released Google's nearby share.
But it's strange that it disappeared by itself.

butchieboy said:
When I went to use it, it was there. Clicked it nothing happened. Swiped down again it was gone. Strange thing is, I have it on 10+
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Same here.

Mine is still there.

Tidbits said:
Mine is still there.
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Its the QS icon that's gone. The feature is still present.

Mine is still there in the pull down but nothing happens when i click on it

force70 said:
Mine is still there in the pull down but nothing happens when i click on it
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Same here... Can we not use this feature? I'm so confused. I saw on a video you're supposed to long press that icon to turn on the visibility, but it takes me to Google Play Services for some odd reason.

Hrmmmm

Tidbits said:
Mine is still there.
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Not Nearby device scanning. That detects Bluetooth. Force mine did same thing, it was there, then when pressed nothing happened then the toggle vanished. It was present for maybe 3days and I used it all the time and loved it..
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fatboypup said:
Hrmmmm
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Yep same, the icon in tiles is grayed out but its turned on in network settings here also

I hope this doesn't turn out like dark mode for the main Google app on the S20 ultra. I had it available for a couple of days after launch, but then it was over two months before it was rolled out.
If the same thing is happening here and Google is controlling for devices, then perhaps the Note20 Ultra is too new for Nearby Share, and so the switch hasn't been flipped yet. I just hope we don't have to wait too long for Google to figure that out.

butchieboy said:
Not Nearby device scanning. That detects Bluetooth. Force mine did same thing, it was there, then when pressed nothing happened then the toggle vanished. It was present for maybe 3days and I used it all the time and loved it..
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This?

Or this?

What network are you all on? So got two the one on AT&T straight up disappeared before my eyes. My unlocked one still has it.

Unlocked T-Mobile.

Locked AT&T for me
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I have an AT&T locked phone. Nearby share also disappeared for me. Quick share is still there.
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Mine just came back and is now working after I clicked "Button Order" and dragged it back into place.

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Nearby Places in Dialer Not Working

When I first got my Nexus 5, the nearby places search was working fine. For some reason, it randomly stops working now. Yesterday night, it was NOT working at all. I have the feature turned on in the dialer, location services enabled, accuracy set to high. Woke up this morning and it was working. Now I'm at work and it seems to not be working again... Does anyone know what the hell is going on?
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When I first got my Nexus 5, the nearby places search was working fine. For some reason, it randomly stops working now. Yesterday night, it was NOT working at all. I have the feature turned on in the dialer, location services enabled, accuracy set to high. Woke up this morning and it was working. Now I'm at work and it seems to not be working again... Does anyone know what the hell is going on?
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I am having the same issue but I haven't seen it work at all yet.
Same issue here.
Google is probably performing an update to the service I'm tipping.
Funny thing is before getting my N5 I was running the N5 port on my N4 and the dialer app worked properly. Now I actually have an N5 and nothing is showing except my own contacts. Hope Google fixes this.
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Having the same issue here. It's working for a friend so it doesn't seem like their service is down.
Me too!! When I type in bbb it would suggest 222 like a touch tone phone. Google is up to something
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I haven't used it before so I just tried and got nothing when I typed in pizza, just numbers.
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Seems like its working again for me. No changes on my end.
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dizzdiamonds said:
Seems like its working again for me. No changes on my end.
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Same for me. Now working.
Fixed itself over night and now working. Different problem now. Once I'm done talking the screen which shows who I just talked to doesn't go away by itself, pressing back button doesn't help either. Only pressing home button takes you to home screen. :silly:
sharomyga said:
Fixed itself over night and now working. Different problem now. Once I'm done talking the screen which shows who I just talked to doesn't go away by itself, pressing back button doesn't help either. Only pressing home button takes you to home screen. :silly:
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I'm not able to reproduce that issue.

s health issues

Just got my Samsung Gear s2 today and love it so far except for s health. I can't get anything to work. I've been walking all over the place and it's not registering any steps. When I do my heart rate it says try again and nothing registers. I've been researching this for a couple of hours now and I keep coming across something that talks about the s health manager and I have yest to find that. Is it something on my phone or on the watch itself.? What am I doing wrong?
What phone are you using? S Health features only work with Samsung phones.
gschot said:
What phone are you using? S Health features only work with Samsung phones.
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That's not entirely correct. I'm using all of those features on a Huawei Mate 7 with no issues.
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kta said:
That's not entirely correct. I'm using all of those features on a Huawei Mate 7 with no issues.
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Really? Well, that is good news for people who do not have a Samsung phone. I read it in a review of the GS2 and originally the S Health app was only available through the Samsung app store. I double checked and it is indeed now available in Google Play.
Thanks for this insight!
S Health
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
CarolDNC said:
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
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It doesn't track sleep like you are looking for. I'm guessing that may be coming in a future update.
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CarolDNC said:
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
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The first one I had did the same thing yours did. I had to reset it to get steps and heart rate to work. I had lots of trouble with notifications on this watch as well and was having to reset it all the time. I took it back and swapped it and the second one has worked near perfect. I think it has only missed one notification so far and the other one was about 50/50. I would watch it close and return it if need be while you can.

LG V10 Marshmellow incoming for Verizon, Others to Follow?

Per this patch note http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/lg-v10-update/?skiptag=1 looks like Verizon will be getting marshmallow on their LG V10 beginning today. Will other carriers follow? I have reached out to T-Mobile for more information on the progress of theirs.
Downloading now
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Calla969 said:
Downloading now
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Enjoy. Hey let me know if you have video calling as an option in your regular dial pad when your done.
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fingerprint scanner borked after update?
scanner doesn't unlock phone unless phone was locked by the timer..? if i turn off the screen or close it with the power button, it won't unlock with the finger print scanner... anyone else? (i've dropped and readded fingerprints, both as a result of deleting and readding as well as adding them as a result of turning off and back on the pin code)
is it me or is this real life?
chiikko561 said:
Enjoy. Hey let me know if you have video calling as an option in your regular dial pad when your done.
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I don't see that option. Haven't had much time to poke around yet though.
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Calla969 said:
Downloading now
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Were you rooted? If so did OTA break root or not.
+1 !!
I froze my update...rooted...****
cruncheee said:
scanner doesn't unlock phone unless phone was locked by the timer..? if i turn off the screen or close it with the power button, it won't unlock with the finger print scanner... anyone else? (i've dropped and readded fingerprints, both as a result of deleting and readding as well as adding them as a result of turning off and back on the pin code)
is it me or is this real life?
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Experiencing the same issue here...
After a reboot I cannot unlock with fingerprint, after the initial unlock it works fine.
I know for a fact my carrier will not be getting this update. I use a regional carrier and they never push out updates, the only way I'm ever able to update my phone is if a Verizon update works on it, or a bootloader unlock becomes available and I can flash an updated ROM.
ThisIsCheez said:
I know for a fact my carrier will not be getting this update. I use a regional carrier and they never push out updates, the only way I'm ever able to update my phone is if a Verizon update works on it, or a bootloader unlock becomes available and I can flash an updated ROM.
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just curious, who is your carrier
rsswga said:
just curious, who is your carrier
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Bluegrass Cellular
I really don't notice much different after the update. I wonder if lg/Verizon blocked some of the features. For example, I don't have the option to format the SD card as internal storage.
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Calla969 said:
I really don't notice much different after the update. I wonder if lg/Verizon blocked some of the features. For example, I don't have the option to format the SD card as internal storage.
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Doze and finger print. Scanner compatibility are the only two major upgrades..
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For those having fingerprint unlock troubles here, I'll simply note that in the Verizon V10 forum they've only been reporting improved fingerprint scanners. Not sure why you both are having that issue, but it by no means common, and it is unlikely that solely the update caused the problem.
This update screwed up the bluetooth again that they fixed in the little scanner update a few months back, it no longer will play music from my 2014 Chevy Silverado via mylink, it connects fine, shows the music playing, but no sound will come from the speakers
Carrier models are being updated ahead of international variant, coming from HTC I see this very oddly.
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cruncheee said:
scanner doesn't unlock phone unless phone was locked by the timer..? if i turn off the screen or close it with the power button, it won't unlock with the finger print scanner... anyone else? (i've dropped and readded fingerprints, both as a result of deleting and readding as well as adding them as a result of turning off and back on the pin code)
is it me or is this real life?
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The fingerprint scanner didn't unlock consistently after the update for me, I was running Nova prime, I reverted back to the stock launcher and the issue disappeared.
the issue with the fingerprint scanner is due to nova launcher... if you remove it, it will work just fine... until nova updates, thats the only option!

Schedule auto restart

I was watching a video of tips and tricks for this phone and I saw one tip and now I can not find it in settings. The tip was that you could schedule the phone to auto restart. Just had to pick the day and time and frequency. I have searched all through phone and I just can't find it. I then searched for video I watched and I can't find that now. Anyone offer some assistance please.
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On my phone its in settings - General management - reset - Auto restart
Lee1972 said:
On my phone its in settings - General management - reset - Auto restart
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Do you think the people having random reboots have this feature on and don't realize it or am I thinking to much lol
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Do you think the people having random reboots have this feature on and don't realize it or am I thinking to much lol
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Lol thinking too much. You can only restart your phone once a week with the settings.
remix435 said:
Lol thinking too much. You can only restart your phone once a week with the settings.
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Actually it defaults to once every 24 hours if you don't schedule it yourself. I bet a few of them think they have an issue because of this.
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I was watching a video of tips and tricks for this phone and I saw one tip and now I can not find it in settings. The tip was that you could schedule the phone to auto restart. Just had to pick the day and time and frequency. I have searched all through phone and I just can't find it. I then searched for video I watched and I can't find that now. Anyone offer some assistance please.
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Some carrier like Verizon remove features like this.
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ShrekOpher said:
Actually it defaults to once every 24 hours if you don't schedule it yourself. I bet a few of them think they have an issue because of this.
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My thoughts exactly
ShrekOpher said:
Actually it defaults to once every 24 hours if you don't schedule it yourself. I bet a few of them think they have an issue because of this.
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Maybe on your US-device, but NOT on the international one (SM-G955F)!
When "once in a week" is not set, it won't restart every day!
Can someone tell me the benefit of auto restart? I can do this on my phone but not sure for the benefit.
No need for that. My phone restarts on its own like every other day...
Can someone tell me if the AT&T model supports this feature or did they remove it?
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Some carrier like Verizon remove features like this.
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TwistedMarbles said:
Can someone tell me if the AT&T model supports this feature or did they remove it?
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It is in the AT&T model.
A great feature of the settings panel is the lookingglas. You can search for keywords and directs you to the relevant setting or section.
Feature enabled but no restart
I have it set restart ok Mondays at 5am but nothing happens. To test I've set it for 10 minutes in the future and set the phone down. Nothing happens. Factory reset and still nothing. Any idea? Does anyone know the package responsible for this feature?

Edge Lighting for notifications not working?

Is anyone else having this problem? I have checked to make sure everything is turned on and it looks fine but I am not getting anything when i get a notification.
Nerowoof said:
Is anyone else having this problem? I have checked to make sure everything is turned on and it looks fine but I am not getting anything when i get a notification.
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I came here looking for the exact same thing. It's been driving me crazy since I got the phone yesterday. It seems to be very random too, like sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. I've also noticed that heads up notifications aren't working. For example, when I get a Facebook message, it used to activate the edge lighting as well as give me a heads up containing a snippet of the message on my S10+, and now all I get is a quick vibration. It's so irritating and tbh, I'm glad it's not just me! Looks to be a bug. ??*
Not sure if you use it or not, but I've always used "Edge lighting fix for all apps" from the play store and also "Edge lighting+" from the Good Lock app. Those two apps have been the perfect combination for my phone until I got the N20U.
Does your edge lighting work with the screen off? Mine seems to, but again it's random. :/
Hi I am using a 3rd-party app aodNotify it works well on note 20 ultra & 10 plus.
AthieN said:
I came here looking for the exact same thing. It's been driving me crazy since I got the phone yesterday. It seems to be very random too, like sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. I've also noticed that heads up notifications aren't working. For example, when I get a Facebook message, it used to activate the edge lighting as well as give me a heads up containing a snippet of the message on my S10+, and now all I get is a quick vibration. It's so irritating and tbh, I'm glad it's not just me! Looks to be a bug. ??*
Not sure if you use it or not, but I've always used "Edge lighting fix for all apps" from the play store and also "Edge lighting+" from the Good Lock app. Those two apps have been the perfect combination for my phone until I got the N20U.
Does your edge lighting work with the screen off? Mine seems to, but again it's random. :/
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Mine isn't working at all. I read on the Samsung forums that it was due to turning off animations in the developer options but I haven't done this.
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Hi I am using a 3rd-party app aodNotify it works well on note 20 ultra & 10 plus.
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Thanks for the suggestion, i will give it a try.
This works GREAT! and lots of customizations.
Try Edge Lighting Plus in the Samsung Good Lock suite. Assuming they have updated Good Lock for the Note 20 ?
Good Lock is a must for any Galaxy phone regardless, lots of stuff to customise your phone!
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Try Edge Lighting Plus in the Samsung Good Lock suite. Assuming they have updated Good Lock for the Note 20 ?
Good Lock is a must for any Galaxy phone regardless, lots of stuff to customise your phone!
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Unfortunately this is what i was using and it wasn't working at all for me.
the aodnotify app combined with it did fix the problem....may just be a setting on my phone though.
Nerowoof said:
Mine isn't working at all. I read on the Samsung forums that it was due to turning off animations in the developer options but I haven't done this.
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Yeah, I didn't even have dev options enabled yet so that couldn't be the issue.
I did enable them to double check and animations are all enabled.
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Try Edge Lighting Plus in the Samsung Good Lock suite. Assuming they have updated Good Lock for the Note 20 ?
Good Lock is a must for any Galaxy phone regardless, lots of stuff to customise your phone!
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I have tried with and without this app and there is no change.
Nerowoof said:
Unfortunately this is what i was using and it wasn't working at all for me.
the aodnotify app combined with it did fix the problem....may just be a setting on my phone though.
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I don't think it's a setting. My wife also got the N20U and hers has the same problem. I'm thinking it's a bug in the FW.
I'll give aodNotify a try and see if it fixes mine too. It's driving me crazy!
On a different topic, do you have Facebook installed on your phone? If so, are you getting notifications from it? I've noticed I'm not getting any until I open the app up and then they show up. I disabled battery optimization and made sure it's not being put to sleep, but it's still not working. I also uninstalled/reinstalled and no change.
Very strange behavior.
Works fine for me. One thing to note that by default only 1 application is set to use this (Messages if I remember rightly). Search for 'Edge Lighting' in settings and then select 'Choose Apps' and then toggle which apps you'd like to see this for.
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Works fine for me. One thing to note that by default only 1 application is set to use this (Messages if I remember rightly). Search for 'Edge Lighting' in settings and then select 'Choose Apps' and then toggle which apps you'd like to see this for.
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Definitely something to check, I did but still didn't work for me. I noticed your UK flag, you have the exynos version? I ask as maybe it has something to do with the Exynos vs. Snapdragon processor?
@AthieN I don't have Facebook so I can't give any feedback on that.
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Definitely something to check, I did but still didn't work for me. I noticed your UK flag, you have the exynos version? I ask as maybe it has something to do with the Exynos vs. Snapdragon processor?
@AthieN I don't have Facebook so I can't give any feedback on that.
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Worth checking, Mines Exynos if it helps.
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Definitely something to check, I did but still didn't work for me. I noticed your UK flag, you have the exynos version? I ask as maybe it has something to do with the Exynos vs. Snapdragon processor?
@AthieN I don't have Facebook so I can't give any feedback on that.
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I think I may have figured it out! I moved my SD card over to the new phone from my old one and in it is an Android folder that was causing something to conflict.
As soon as I moved my stuff over to internal storage (minus the Android directory) and then formatted the SD card, I received a crap load of "pending" notifications (including Facebook lol) and my edge lighting seems to be working again! I then moved everything back to the SD card and rebooted and so far, so good! I'll keep an eye on it to be sure. But if you moved your SD card from your old phone, give this a try and let me know if it fixes your issue too!
AthieN said:
I came here looking for the exact same thing. It's been driving me crazy since I got the phone yesterday. It seems to be very random too, like sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. I've also noticed that heads up notifications aren't working. For example, when I get a Facebook message, it used to activate the edge lighting as well as give me a heads up containing a snippet of the message on my S10+, and now all I get is a quick vibration. It's so irritating and tbh, I'm glad it's not just me! Looks to be a bug. ??*
Not sure if you use it or not, but I've always used "Edge lighting fix for all apps" from the play store and also "Edge lighting+" from the Good Lock app. Those two apps have been the perfect combination for my phone until I got the N20U.
Does your edge lighting work with the screen off? Mine seems to, but again it's random. :/
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AthieN said:
I think I may have figured it out! I moved my SD card over to the new phone from my old one and in it is an Android folder that was causing something to conflict.
As soon as I moved my stuff over to internal storage (minus the Android directory) and then formatted the SD card, I received a crap load of "pending" notifications (including Facebook lol) and my edge lighting seems to be working again! I then moved everything back to the SD card and rebooted and so far, so good! I'll keep an eye on it to be sure. But if you moved your SD card from your old phone, give this a try and let me know if it fixes your issue too!
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Interesting! I put a new SD card into this phone as my previous one was pretty old it's still currently empty.
Your post made me want to try removing aodnotify and see what would happen. So far edge lighting works normally now. Not sure what the app changed but it seems to be working now. Thanks for testing things out with me!
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Definitely something to check, I did but still didn't work for me. I noticed your UK flag, you have the exynos version? I ask as maybe it has something to do with the Exynos vs. Snapdragon processor?
@AthieN I don't have Facebook so I can't give any feedback on that.
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Can you check 'Accessibility' --> 'Visibility enhancement' and then check if 'remove animation' is turned on or off. I had turned it off and the edge lighting stopped working for me. Instead i toggled 'remove animation' off and in 'Advanced setting' selected 'reduce animation. Not sure if you had looked at these already..
PS- i am in UK. So have the exynos variant

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