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when i turn my phone on, i want to use it straight away. the sgs2 takes an age to become usable due to media scanning which is pointless unless it's just been connected to a PC, then there's all the apps loading in the background which makes the phone unusable until that's all finished.
when i turn it on, it's slow to respond to even the pin entering part. the unlock pattern screen doesn't register at all for 30 seconds sometimes and registers an error meaning you have to wait another 30 seconds to do it again.
short of forcably uninstalling every single app on the phone and not having an sd card in there, how the hell can i make it usable as soon as i unlock it? meaning no scanning, no app loading etc etc etc?
Do you expect to be able to use your pc as soon as you press the power button?
Just have patience...
I kind of understand your problem with the media scanner. It does seem to run unnecessarily a lot of the time. The app problem though is just part of android. You could download an app i think it is called autostarts and you can disable a lot of apps from starting up straight away.
tommo123 said:
how the hell can i make it usable as soon as i unlock it? meaning no scanning, no app loading etc etc etc?
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Let me google that for you.
How long does it take to boot ur device and is their a asop rom for your device?
And if their isn't one, tell me the best rom you guys have and I'll see if I can help you guys out.
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Darkside Agent said:
Do you expect to be able to use your pc as soon as you press the power button?
Just have patience...
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the power button? no. once i hit the desktop - yes. i don't have every single application installed on my PC running itself for no reason. some try to load something but that's what msconfig/services.msc is for.
ephumuris said:
I kind of understand your problem with the media scanner. It does seem to run unnecessarily a lot of the time. The app problem though is just part of android. You could download an app i think it is called autostarts and you can disable a lot of apps from starting up straight away.
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i tried autostarts but it doesn't stop all apps. the ebay one, titanium backup etc all run by themselves without me doing a damn thing.
oinkylicious said:
Let me google that for you.
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variants of autostarts? not enough of a diff made.
mohsinkhan47 said:
How long does it take to boot ur device and is their a asop rom for your device?
And if their isn't one, tell me the best rom you guys have and I'll see if I can help you guys out.
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booting, not long really. it's the delay in the phone being usable once booted that's the prob. best rom? everyone'll have a diff opinion. we do have CM but i've never got on with their roms. oxygen also was laggy so went back ti criskelo
Rescan media Root, this app can disable media scanning, but I think this phone has pretty fast boot.
it does, it's what happens once it's booted to the homescreen thats the problem.
will try that, ta.
as far as i've heard, the scan disabling only affects the stock player which i don't use.
Up to 30 seconds? ****ing hell. For me boot time takes no longer than 10 seconds from pressing the power button to getting onto my homescreen, from there I can do whatever I want, weather the media scanner is running or not. Just root your device and freeze the media scanner.
i have rooted. i'm guessing it's all the apps being loaded in the background more than anything else.
when i connect via usb, then disconnect - the scanning doesn't impact usability
Can't u disable media scanner?
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Ohh snap u guys just got root... if u guys can tell me where I can get the original rom I can Dec for u guys...maybe
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Sorry if i sound dumb, but i was trying to restart the TP but when i hold down the power button it only ask to shut down. Is there something i am missing?
Shutting down will power it off.
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dabels1961 said:
Shutting down will power it off.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
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I am trying to restart the tablet, not turn it off. Is there a different method to restarting it?
Try the Quick Boot app from the market. It works for me.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
goalkeepr said:
Try the Quick Boot app from the market. It works for me.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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that app requires root, and i still am stock - as i dont see a necessity to root
asus didnt implement a combination of buttons?
Not that I'm aware of. Look at the bright side, now you have an excuse to root.
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Not that I'm aware of. Look at the bright side, now you have an excuse to root.
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haha, what other advantages do i get for rooting?
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_reasons_root_your_android_device
* Titanium Backup
* AdFree
* Root Explorer
* Quick Boot
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_reasons_root_your_android_device
* Titanium Backup
* AdFree
* Root Explorer
* Quick Boot
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Thanks, what's adfree? the only other use i see for rooting is six axis, everything else seems phone worthy, my thunderbolt is rooting and tethering
edit: found adfree on market (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result) - i am going to try on my phone first
I was also wondering if there was some sort of reset. Although, powering down and back up is fairly quick, so it's not that much of a problem for me.
Titanium backup and Chainfire is what I probably like best from rooting.
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I was also wondering if there was some sort of reset. Although, powering down and back up is fairly quick, so it's not that much of a problem for me.
Titanium backup and Chainfire is what I probably like best from rooting.
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i never found a good use for titanium yet, besides backing up
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i never found a good use for titanium yet, besides backing up
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Backing up is a pretty damn good use Especially when an app update causes crashes, I can revert to a previous working backup.
Freezing apps is also awesome. I can disable bloat without having to physically delete apps, and I can re-enable them when I want to do OTA updates.
Those two things alone make the premium license worth the price.
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Backing up is a pretty damn good use Especially when an app update causes crashes, I can revert to a previous working backup.
Freezing apps is also awesome. I can disable bloat without having to physically delete apps, and I can re-enable them when I want to do OTA updates.
Those two things alone make the premium license worth the price.
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i got a response on the transformer forums.
"Keep holding the power button (about 10-12 seconds) and the screen will go black, and then start back up. "
back to titanium, freezing apps essentially stops the apps from running in the background?
kls629 said:
i got a response on the transformer forums.
"Keep holding the power button (about 10-12 seconds) and the screen will go black, and then start back up. "
back to titanium, freezing apps essentially stops the apps from running in the background?
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Thanks for that piece of info!
Yes, freezing apps stops them from running in the background 99% of the time. The 1% of the time they don't stop running is when another app that isn't frozen opens them.
Freezing an app basically makes the system think it's not there, even though they are not physically deleted. Then OTA updating is as simple as unfreezing the apps.
Hello,
I was told this is the place to come for everything related Galaxy S III from several people. Please excuse me if this is the wrong place or section.
I'm completely new to the Galaxy 3 and Android in general.
I'm on sprint and I've had the Palm Pre since launch, I just got my GS3 yesterday (amazon $149 no tax, free 2 day shipping) :victory:
As you can imagine coming form the Pre, my mind is blown. It's a bit overwhelming, I'm a pretty tech-savvy dude (pre was hacked to its limits) so I down to tinker. But before I even get started with that I have some basic questions.
1. Is there a way to only use a password unlock once per phone power-on instead of every time the screen locks?
1a Even better would be able to use a simple pin for screen unlock but still have the SD/Internal encrypted with a long password. Is that possible?
2. When I press back, how do I know if an app has been killed? I keep getting the feeling it still somehow running in the background?
3. Is the application manager like the Windows process manager? How do I know what are essential system apps and what can be stopped?
4. What is the best way to get rid of bloatware?
5. What are the diffrent system updates? PRL, Profile, Samsung Software, Firmware?
6. Why is there "com.sec.sprextension.phoneinfo.D..." under Device administrator? Do I need that? Is that a security hole/risk?
Again, sorry for so many questions, just trying to wrap my head around all of this. If there is a better place to be asking question please let me know.
Look forward to being part of the community! :highfive:
BR
1) not by default, maybe an app could aid there, not sure, but on stock "out of the box" the answer is "no"
1a) nope, if you want to use encryption, it's password all the way
2) Settings -> Application Manager -> "Running" tab
3) Kind of. It also warns you when you try to kill off a system app, but you can't really damage anything by doing that. I tend to kill just everything I don't want at the moment (which is usually everything but the widgets and app I am intentionally running) and all is well.
Stuff that REALLY needs to run, restarts automatically anyways (and some that don't have to, do as well....)
4) Settings -> Application Manager -> All -> Tap on app -> "Disable"
5) You will find an uncountable number of ROMs / Firmwares here. Stock as well as custom. What the best one is, is personal preference.
6) might be something added by the carrier. try to disable it, see what happens
7) ( ) .... ( ) whoops, no 7 xD
Hope that helped a bit
I'm on sprint and I've had the Palm Pre since launch, I just got my GS3 yesterday
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You most certainly are in the wrong forum. This one is for the international S3 which doesn't feature LTE. There's a Sprint forum right above/below this one =)
Is there a way to only use a password unlock once per phone power-on instead of every time the screen locks?
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That would make password unlock more or less redundant. Anyone could still access the phone.
When I press back, how do I know if an app has been killed? I keep getting the feeling it still somehow running in the background?
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You're correct. Well, partially. It's still "alive" in terms of being in the memory. But it doesn't use CPU anymore which is all that counts.
However you don't want to kill it. Cached processes take up no space (the RAM is emptyed whenever the capacity is needed), no resources and allow you to multi-task right back to where you left off.
Is the application manager like the Windows process manager? How do I know what are essential system apps and what can be stopped?
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You don't want to stop anything. Refer to the prior question for this. Well... you may want to kick off some bloatware but to get rid of thm the phone needs to be rooted. There are threads listing which apps you can safely remove.
What is the best way to get rid of bloatware?
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As said, you need to be rooted. Use TItanium Backup to freeze the bloatware. It's still physically "there" on the disk (doesn't take up much space) and you can defrost it whenever needed but as long as it's frozen it cannot be started.
What are the diffrent system updates? PRL, Profile, Samsung Software, Firmware?
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App updates are always delivered through their corresponding market. Usually the Google Play Store, but as for Samsung apps they have their own update mechanism.
Firmware and ROM are updated either OTA or through Kies on the computer. They can also be manually flashed through Odin.
"com.sec.sprextension.phoneinfo
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Sounds like some carrier bloatware and from the name of it is supposed to open some file extension called '.spr' for the phone.
Thank you for the info! Mods could you please move to correct forum?
Every time I reboot phone, I notice this boost service for camera running.. I can stop it running in developer options but, Anyone know what that is for or does.. It just seems like an another unnecessary running process not needed unless you actually open the camera app.. Thanks all.
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Every time I reboot phone, I notice this boost service for camera running..
I can stop it running in developer options but, Anyone know what that is for or does..
It just seems like an another unnecessary running process not needed unless you actually open the camera app.. Thanks all.
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Where do you see it running and where in Developer Options can you stop it?
In developer options, under running services. When I click on the service, it opens the option to stop the service.. I haven't been able to find why the camera is starting this.. I don't know how to post screenshot or I'd post the screen shot of it.. Just baffles me.
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Where do you see it running and where in Developer Options can you stop it?
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In developer options, under running services. When I click on the service, it opens the option to stop the service.. I haven't been able to find why the camera is starting this.. I don't know how to post screenshot or I'd post the screen shot of it.. Just baffles me.
Just checked and it loads as a part of com.lge.camera ... So, if you want to keep the stock cam app, looks like you'd need something that stops the boost service after every time you use the stock camera app. Stopping it doesn't seem to affect anything, but it's running again after using stock camera app.
If you don't use the stock app, it could easily be de-bloated with adb commands. Boost service would obviously not start then.
What is it? I'd guess it's a kind of 'stub' for the app that helps it to start more quickly? Or it may be a service for (new) virtual reality applications? In any case, stopping it didn't seem to affect anything I use. So debloating it would probably be okay.
One thing to consider though - as far as usefulness of the stock cam app goes - with phone idle / screen off, dbl press down vol brings up cam app (stock). This, I consider, very convenient if you ever need to take a shot quickly. If the V30 is like the G6 (probably is), LG doesn't provide (easily) a way to change which cam app comes up with that dbl click. So for me, the stock app stays because of it's 'hard link' to that button and quick ability to get pic of car speeding away after it just side swiped my parked car!!
or you know, maybe an unexpected attractive person within camera range
Cheers
Hey guys,
I recently purchased a Galaxy S9+ SM-G965U1 From Ebay not realizing it couldn't be rooted. Rooting is probably the most important factor to me on a phone.
I noticed that there is no way to do it or unlock the bootloader.
Is anyone working on this for us? Or am I screwed? I'd rather not send back the phone as I already put Dome Glass on it, and got it activated with Metro.
Give it to me straight, will I ever see Root on this device?
I think not,If The Device you have is snapdragon variant
No hope on root, if it is snapdragon. But if it is exynos, then u can root.
No root needed. Enjoy your phone as is.
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Root is definitely getting overrated. I'm doing everything I've done on root without.
Substratum is the best thing to happen to Android, and specifically to Samsung.
creep138 said:
Root is definitely getting overrated. I'm doing everything I've done on root without.
Substratum is the best thing to happen to Android, and specifically to Samsung.
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I agree with you root really is overrated nowadays, except for one thing...
Making nandroid backups or similar is definitely one of the biggest advantages to having root.
Cloud based backups don't retain any of your apps data and if that particular app doesn't backup your account then you're screwed starting over from scratch.
I sure do miss making titanium backups...
To the OP... No root for SM-G965U or SM-G965U1 variants, and I wouldn't hold my breath on it being rooted either.
aka120 said:
I agree with you root really is overrated nowadays, except for one thing...
Making nandroid backups or similar is definitely one of the biggest advantages to having root.
Cloud based backups don't retain any of your apps data and if that particular app doesn't backup your account then you're screwed starting over from scratch.
I sure do miss making titanium backups...
To the OP... No root for SM-G965U or SM-G965U1 variants, and I wouldn't hold my breath on it being rooted either.
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What I really want is an Ad free experience, I'm coming from a Moto X Pure and had that baby running pretty silky.
I'd also like to be able to use custom roms.
Do you know if there is a way to get rid of Bixby? Or other system apps besides disabling them?
And what is Substratum? Excuse my noobiness.
ShamanBlues said:
What I really want is an Ad free experience, I'm coming from a Moto X Pure and had that baby running pretty silky.
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With the galaxy S9+ and knox you can use apps like adhell3 to achieve an adfree experience. Other apps exist as well that create fake/internal VPN connections to block advertisements... Adguard is one that works pretty good too.
ShamanBlues said:
I'd also like to be able to use custom roms.
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I enjoy the ability to tweak the performance and experience on my phone as well (not to mention the nandroid backups), but regrettably if and when it may come for get this phone is unknown. Samsung built this phone with security in mind so we may be in for a long wait for any root method (if one ever eventually materializes).
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Do you know if there is a way to get rid of Bixby? Or other system apps besides disabling them?
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If you can not uninstall the app then maybe an ADB method exists. To be honest with system apps I would suggest you just disable them instead of removing them. Adhell3 allows for disabling of apps, and I have used it to disable several system apps. There is ample enough space on the phone (and with the use of external storage) that I personally have no cause for removing them at all. Besides the chance exists you might break something if you inadvertently remove the wrong system app.
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And what is Substratum? Excuse my noobiness.
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If memory serves right it's a theme engine for the phone. Allows you to install user made substratrum themes.
You can also use BxActions to change the use of Bixby button
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You can also use BxActions to change the use of Bixby button
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Tasker beta also has the ability to do this. Currently using Google Assistant as the single press, but if I need to use bixby I just hold the button in.
Later Samsung bixby updates also allow changes to the button, but the only caveat with this is you can't set it to competing voice assistants.
As others said unfortunately no root, but also as others said root is now overrated.
The only 2 things i can't do is custom ROM and nandroid backup. I getting away from google so i use different apps and email etc.
But since no root
I use Brave browser it has built in ad blocking, blokada a vpn ad blocker, package disabler pro to disable bixby, facebook and the update services, and bXAction to remap the bixby button.
Good luck
akhil333 said:
No hope on root, if it is snapdragon. But if it is exynos, then u can root.
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Seriously? If it's exynos, it CAN be rooted? This is the first I've heard that any S9/+ can be rooted. Thanks!