hi,
Can anyone please tell me how to stop the GPS from blinking all the time in the bottom right near the battery logo.
tushar.das said:
hi,
Can anyone please tell me how to stop the GPS from blinking all the time in the bottom right near the battery logo.
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It sounds like you have a program open that is trying to pull your location like Google maps. Download advanced task killer from the market and kill all your open applications. The app is free.
don't need
Judah001 said:
It sounds like you have a program open that is trying to pull your location like Google maps. Download advanced task killer from the market and kill all your open applications. The app is free.
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You actually don't need a separate task killer app. If you open the APP tab, (the one that shows all of the apps), there is a tab there that says "Running Tabs." Then you will see another tab that says "stop all running applications".
Additionally go into your settings and you will find a section to turn on/off the GPS.
and there is always factory reset to fall back on !
dtaylorr said:
You actually don't need a separate task killer app. If you open the APP tab, (the one that shows all of the apps), there is a tab there that says "Running Tabs." Then you will see another tab that says "stop all running applications".
Additionally go into your settings and you will find a section to turn on/off the GPS.
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Good tip. Since I bought my tab I have used some of the same apps from my phone and just added them over. I'll have to check it out when I get home.
tushar.das said:
hi,
Can anyone please tell me how to stop the GPS from blinking all the time in the bottom right near the battery logo.
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I believe the only way to have that flashing is by having the GPS activated in Settings --> Location & Security. Are you actually using GPS on your tablet?
If not, just go to Settings --> Location & security and turn off all 3 of the checkboxes located there. They are:
Use wireless networks
Use GPS Satellites
Use location for google search
I personally never leave those on myself. Try deactivating those and you should never see that problem again.
Thank you guys for the solutions, Problem solved.
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How do i turn off notifications from ebay that items are ending early? 6am this morning 'ding', 6.20 'ding'
I going to have a psychotic episode for lack of sleep
Put your phone on silent!
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Yeah i'd worked that one out, thanks
Was hoping there was a way to turn them off totally that i hadn't found.
I never got them on my iphone, and i don't remember them on 1.6, although i didn't have it installed long.
Settings / Sound and Display / Notification sound maybe?
I go to Settings > Applications > Running Services i then see Ebay notificationService, if i click on that i get a warning 'the serivce will not run until clicked on again This may have undesirable concequences for the installation what the hell does that mean? I know it would be easy to uninstall and re-install but i hate doing that as it just leaves junk on your drive.
Just open the eBay app you have, go to settings and there will probably be something about notifications. Turn it off. Or uninstall the app.
Meltus said:
Just open the eBay app you have, go to settings and there will probably be something about notifications. Turn it off. Or uninstall the app.
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Jeeze thanks bra, hand't thought of doing those
checkbox111 said:
Jeeze thanks bra, hand't thought of doing those
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Sarcasm? I gave you an answer that would fix your problem.
I'm guessing you have either the official 'eBay App' (in which case Menu > Settings > uncheck the Notifications box) or you have the 'Pkt Auctions eBay' (then open the app, press settings, uncheck Bidding alerts and Watching alerts).
Meltus said:
Sarcasm? I gave you an answer that would fix your problem.
I'm guessing you have either the official 'eBay App' (in which case Menu > Settings > uncheck the Notifications box) or you have the 'Pkt Auctions eBay' (then open the app, press settings, uncheck Bidding alerts and Watching alerts).
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Read no:5 above
I'm not going to repeat myself again, i have given you the solution but for some reason you are ignoring it.
Forcing the notification process to close via the 'Running Services' (post no.5) is completely different to turning it off via the settings menu in the application. Forcing it to close probably will have undesirable consequences for the eBay app (e.g. Force Closes) until you restart it, because it's not supposed to be forced to close (It will also restart every time you run the app, completely defying the point of even doing it). Turning it off via the app's settings is safe and will stop the notification from reappearing.
Instead of being arrogant, please listen to the advice people give you.
Meltus said:
I'm not going to repeat myself again, i have given you the solution but for some reason you are ignoring it.
Forcing the notification process to close via the 'Running Services' (post no.5) is completely different to turning it off via the settings menu in the application. Forcing it to close probably will have undesirable consequences for the eBay app (e.g. Force Closes) until you restart it, because it's not supposed to be forced to close (It will also restart every time you run the app, completely defying the point of even doing it). Turning it off via the app's settings is safe and will stop the notification from reappearing.
Instead of being arrogant, please listen to the advice people give you.
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'arrogant' i had to google that
My brain is hanging upside down
Disclaimer: I'm a total smart phone noob who recently went from a cheapo tracfone to a Samsung Galaxy S3.
I seem to be getting really bad battery life and I just went into my app manager and clicked on the "running" and there's a big list of apps in there...all with timers running..including a couple games I dloaded. Why are they "running" and are they draining my battery? How do I shut them down? NOTE: When I play a game or use an app, to get out of it, I just hit the Home button. Is there a way I should exit from each app?
After hitting the home button, hold it down then a list of your recent apps will show up as thumbnails, slide them off the screen to close them.
And if you are finished with an app exit it with the back button, exiting it with the home button just keeps it in ram (multitasking)
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nodstuff said:
And if you are finished with an app exit it with the back button, exiting it with the home button just keeps it in ram (multitasking)
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Cool, thanks.
irish-sid said:
After hitting the home button, hold it down then a list of your recent apps will show up as thumbnails, slide them off the screen to close them.
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Great! thanks didn't even know I could do that. Ok so I did that and swiped them all off the screen...then did it again and went into task manager and it said "Active Applications: 0"...ok awesome. However, then I went back intoSsettings ->Application Manager and "runnning" tab and there's still a big list in there:
Settings
Factory Mode
Software update
T-Mobile My Account
AllShare Play
MAPServiceSamsung
Bonus Apps
Google Services
Dropbox
Maps
Task Manager
Media Hub
MobileLife Contacts
Email
SecPhone
GBA service
S voice
Samsung Keyboard
Deep Sea (live Wallpaper)
now I obviously understand Settings, task manager and wall paper, but why are the rest "running"??
kbreese said:
Cool, thanks.
Great! thanks didn't even know I could do that. Ok so I did that and swiped them all off the screen...then did it again and went into task manager and it said "Active Applications: 0"...ok awesome. However, then I went back intoSsettings ->Application Manager and "runnning" tab and there's still a big list in there:
Settings
Factory Mode
Software update
T-Mobile My Account
AllShare Play
MAPServiceSamsung
Bonus Apps
Google Services
Dropbox
Maps
Task Manager
Media Hub
MobileLife Contacts
Email
SecPhone
GBA service
S voice
Samsung Keyboard
Deep Sea (live Wallpaper)
now I obviously understand Settings, task manager and wall paper, but why are the rest "running"??
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You are always going to have running apps and services, that's unavoidable.
Just clear the recent apps menu by swiping them away and forget about the rest.
If you are rooted you can use a root explorer to go to system/app directory and delete bloatware.
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This is a computer, pal. And all of them run dozens of processes. Leave Android kill by itself those that are not needed anymore...
kbreese said:
Disclaimer: I'm a total smart phone noob who recently went from a cheapo tracfone to a Samsung Galaxy S3.
I seem to be getting really bad battery life and I just went into my app manager and clicked on the "running" and there's a big list of apps in there...all with timers running..including a couple games I dloaded. Why are they "running" and are they draining my battery? How do I shut them down? NOTE: When I play a game or use an app, to get out of it, I just hit the Home button. Is there a way I should exit from each app?
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On your Windows PC (if you have Windows), press CTRL+Shift+ESC, then click on the processes tab of the window that shows up. For extra excitement, click on "show processes from all users". See all those apps running? You don't need to care about 98% of those. That's Windows doing its thing.
Loading up a task manager on Android results in a similar list. Most of that list is just Android doing its thing, including keeping apps cached in case you need to go back to them. In almost all cases, you don't need to do anything. Even if you exit an app by pressing the Home key, Android will just page it out of memory pretty quickly unless it's specifically designed to run in the background (or just poorly programmed).
Your best bet is just to ignore task management software as they tend to do more bad than good.
visit the thread "apps safe to remove" and delete or freeze all unwanted apps forever
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Also remember to go into S Voice settings and turn off the wake ups etc
Then go follow the tread posted above and have Titanium backup or System Tuner Pro etc ready, to Freeze bloatware.
Also you use Kies? Can also remove or rename 'kiesexe' from system/bin.
Then enjoy! Went from 90-110M free ram to 220-320M now after loading all my widgets etc
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irish-sid said:
After hitting the home button, hold it down then a list of your recent apps will show up as thumbnails, slide them off the screen to close them.
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correct me if i am wrong , this function shows only the history of programs open , program is already close , only app application monitor shows unclose app
Aimara said:
correct me if i am wrong , this function shows only the history of programs open , program is already close , only app application monitor shows unclose app
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Swiping them away in that menu clears them from memory.
All running apps/services are not shown in that menu.
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hi, i downloaded tasker from the playstore. Tried to play with it but i can't get it to do anything. I simply went to menu, clicked on more and "Run an Action", it did not do anything. Whenever i set a profile and add actions to it, the profile gets activated but the tasks are never ran..how can i check if tasker is really working. Thanks
Go to the Tasker website or there is a Tasker thread in themes and apps
I made a tasker dicussion thread in themes and apps section, ask anything related there
Go to the tasks tab, click open your task, and click the Play button bottom right. If you set things up correctly, you should see it running (unless it all happens in the background)
xcly said:
Go to the tasks tab, click open your task, and click the Play button bottom right. If you set things up correctly, you should see it running (unless it all happens in the background)
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Nothing happening
Swyped from another galaxy
Dunno, my next option would be to email the dev (he's got a google groups page as well) and explain your situation.
Let's carry on the discussion on the Tasker thread and maybe someone else can help out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754500
Ask a mod to close this thread?
I have not used the maps app at all today, and my usage shows its been used for an hour and a half. Other than Google now, what should be using maps that often?
bugeyeblue said:
I have not used the maps app at all today, and my usage shows its been used for an hour and a half. Other than Google now, what should be using maps that often?
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It's not like that. Just like whatsapp which stays always on to keep you connected, Google maps also stays on even though you don't open it as a system background process although you don't need it. The best way to remove this is to root your phone and uninstall this 'bloatware'
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RazaVakil7995 said:
It's not like that. Just like whatsapp which stays always on to keep you connected, Google maps also stays on even though you don't open it as a system background process although you don't need it. The best way to remove this is to root your phone and uninstall this 'bloatware'
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There's no need to delete Google Maps. You just need to regain some control from the app. By default it sends location data to Google. This periodic data 'seepage' also seems to have the affect of 'waking' the phone from deep sleep. Silly, especially since Google wrote the damn OS.
Anyway, this issue has been covered in other threads; you should search, there are more precise instructions out there
...or you can rely on my questionable memory; as I recall-
- Go into Google Maps
- Choose Settings
- Choose Location Settings
- Un-check "Report From This Device"
Also, make sure (on same screen) that Enable Location Sharing is NOT checked and that any of the other location-specific items on the same screen are un-checked.
If you're wondering about 'Location Reporting' under Background Location Reporting, mine is set to 'Detect your location' (thus I think this setting is OK).
Try this out. For me, Gmaps no longer uses data (or wakes the phone) unless I'm explicitly using it.
Capp5050 said:
There's no need to delete Google Maps. You just need to regain some control from the app. By default it sends location data to Google. This periodic data 'seepage' also seems to have the affect of 'waking' the phone from deep sleep. Silly, especially since Google wrote the damn OS.
Anyway, this issue has been covered in other threads; you should search, there are more precise instructions out there
...or you can rely on my questionable memory; as I recall-
- Go into Google Maps
- Choose Settings
- Choose Location Settings
- Un-check "Report From This Device"
Also, make sure (on same screen) that Enable Location Sharing is NOT checked and that any of the other location-specific items on the same screen are un-checked.
If you're wondering about 'Location Reporting' under Background Location Reporting, mine is set to 'Detect your location' (thus I think this setting is OK).
Try this out. For me, Gmaps no longer uses data (or wakes the phone) unless I'm explicitly using it.
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Awesome. Thanks for the help. I set it up the way you suggested and I'll see how it works over the next day or so.
You could the free app Greenify as well. Anything that runs in the background without your permission will get shut down by it.
maddog00 said:
You could the free app Greenify as well. Anything that runs in the background without your permission will get shut down by it.
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Excellent app, but it does require root privileges.
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maddog00 said:
You could the free app Greenify as well. Anything that runs in the background without your permission will get shut down by it.
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It's desirable (to many) to have at least some background apps able to run/consume data. Yes, you can disable all (or ration out when they're 'allowed' to run, but then you lose out on the full capabilities of the device.
Trust me, having come from Sprint and a GS2, I am well versed in shutting down and restricting apps. What I LOVE about my GS4 is that I can let virtually all apps run (within reason, and w/exception of Gmaps as noted above) and I still have 28-40 hour battery cycles.
Just be wary of 'out of control' apps. Tame them, freeze them, or delete them, but only as a last resort would I disable all background apps.
Capp5050 said:
It's desirable (to many) to have at least some background apps able to run/consume data. Yes, you can disable all (or ration out when they're 'allowed' to run, but then you lose out on the full capabilities of the device.
Trust me, having come from Sprint and a GS2, I am well versed in shutting down and restricting apps. What I LOVE about my GS4 is that I can let virtually all apps run (within reason, and w/exception of Gmaps as noted above) and I still have 28-40 hour battery cycles.
Just be wary of 'out of control' apps. Tame them, freeze them, or delete them, but only as a last resort would I disable all background apps.
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I agree. Just saying. Those apps that you don't want to run, you can tell Greenify which ones to disallow access. A one stop shop, as it were.
maddog00 said:
I agree. Just saying. Those apps that you don't want to run, you can tell Greenify which ones to disallow access. A one stop shop, as it were.
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My bad. For some reason I thought your response said "disable all background apps". Thx for the app tip.
Let's collect our discovered bugs of this device. Here are mine:
Default Launcher setting is lost upon reboot. In my case I set Hypersion as default, reboot and the setting is gone. I have to reset and sometimes eben force close the stock launcher or I will still end up on stock when I go back from an app.
GPS coordinates are often wrong in exif of taken photos.
Android Auto freezes as soon as the phone goes into standby.
9gag stays empty and needs to be closed if it was in background.
Google Photos is super laggy due to scoped storage limitations in Android 11. Especially while deleting pictures. Maybe not an device specific issue.
Gboard overlays on places it shouldn't, in any app, only way to fix is to close the app completely.
Game Space app resets everytime I restart my phone, additionally, unhides games, meaning I've gotta flick the switch each time.
Oppo App Market, when I update a app and press install, the install prompt repeatedly refreshes even if the apps installed successfully, only resolve is to close the app completely, and refresh the update page.
Notification panel stays grey even with enhanced dark mode.
App drawer cannot be customized at all, not even row layout.
Swipe up gestures seem to have a hang when swiping up from the centre, also affects keyboard too.
UI glitches in certain apps.
Oppo App Market now persistently requests read app usage permission.
File Manager has a hang upon opening varies between 1-4 seconds.
Microphone volume on social media applications is ridiculously low.
I realize that app drawer customisation & notification panel colour, aren't bugs, however they're very annoying.
Where do we report bugs to Oppo? Cant find it anywhere
Pressing "Close all" disconnects Garmin watch, as it seems to shutdown Bluetooth in the process. Reported to Oppo. No response.
warriorprincess03 said:
Pressing "Close all" disconnects Garmin watch, as it seems to shutdown Bluetooth in the process. Reported to Oppo. No response.
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Where do you report bugs? I have s few to add also
warriorprincess03 said:
Pressing "Close all" disconnects Garmin watch, as it seems to shutdown Bluetooth in the process. Reported to Oppo. No response.
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It does not shutdown Bluetooth but the plugin app that is running in the background and is needed to communicate with the watch. Same thing with Samsung active plugin - when I hit close all I get a notification that the plugin restarted itself.
Craphead said:
It does not shutdown Bluetooth but the plugin app that is running in the background and is needed to communicate with the watch. Same thing with Samsung active plugin - when I hit close all I get a notification that the plugin restarted itself.
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I have Samsung active running fine. Close All does not restart plugin
Robsjo said:
Where do you report bugs? I have s few to add also
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I just sent them an email to their Australian support email address.
There are plenty in the Color OS 11 update. Here's another one... Using "Keep screen on while charging" in Developer Options to circumvent the annoying Android Auto issue, and Navigation pops up with no way of canceling it, even after the phone is disconnected from USB. The only way to get rid of this notification is to restart the phone. Oppo really shouldn't have pushed such a buggy update without proper testing.
Edit... Seems this bug doesn't even need to have android auto activated, just charging via my car's USB port will trigger the navigation bug. Any way to rollback to Android 10? More problems than this is worth.
Craphead said:
It does not shutdown Bluetooth but the plugin app that is running in the background and is needed to communicate with the watch. Same thing with Samsung active plugin - when I hit close all I get a notification that the plugin restarted itself.
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Any way to stop it though? I miss out on notifications.
warriorprincess03 said:
Any way to stop it though? I miss out on notifications.
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Don't know about that but personally I don't see any reason to ever hit "close all" in the first place.
Good evening from France to the whole XDA community!
I have a problem on my Oppo Find X2 PRO: it often happens that when I call or someone calls me, no sound is picked up by the phone when I speak. My caller can't hear me.
I wonder if this is related to the use of a Bluetooth device (my speaker, my headset) before?
Has anyone experienced this problem and if so, how did they solve it?
I would add that a simple reboot is enough to correct the problem...