Massive Galaxy Apps update - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mods

Went to Galaxy app store and checked under "My Apps" I had updates for messages, Bixby Vision, Live Messages and about 8 or 10 other apps. They weren't there yesterday, so you all might want to check. I'm not sure what's different yet, but it was a hell of a lot of updates.

Thanks for heads up, here's what I got

same here...
hope something's good

I think the pull down for notifications is new

marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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Glad to see that's up in the official app store. People had to sideload an apk to get that for the past week or so

marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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What theme are you using.

I have like none of those apps on my Verizon Note 8 Verizon sucks......

I didn't have nearly that many but I also have been looking at it the past few days so I'm pretty sure I've done most of them recently

Just checked, had like 12-13 updates! Thanks for the heads up

thunderbread said:
What theme are you using.
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Android o black

Hi all. Just checked mine and......

marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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That's the only useful new feature of all the updates.. rest all are related to integration with bixby.
It was pain to reach all the way up on this everest tall phone to pull down the notifications, real pain with one handed use. Now the issue is solved.
Thanks for the info

did you guys notice that if you go to optimize your battery it stays a 90% and if you agree to mcafee scan it bumps it up to 100%

cmart0125 said:
did you guys notice that if you go to optimize your battery it stays a 90% and if you agree to mcafee scan it bumps it up to 100%
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I disabled Mcafee...mine goes to 100 without it.

whelmar said:
I disabled Mcafee...mine goes to 100 without it.
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Did you turn it on first then disable it? How did you disable it?

cmart0125 said:
Did you turn it on first then disable it? How did you disable it?
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I use the program BK Disabler from the play store. ...Enables you to disable any program that is on the phone...including system apps...

whelmar said:
I use the program BK Disabler from the play store. ...Enables you to disable any program that is on the phone...including system apps...
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Awesome, what is the name of the system app, couldn't see mcafee.

Ryano89 said:
Went to Galaxy app store and checked under "My Apps" I had updates for messages, Bixby Vision, Live Messages and about 8 or 10 other apps. They weren't there yesterday, so you all might want to check. I'm not sure what's different yet, but it was a hell of a lot of updates.
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Yep and it broke my subs black theme for messages. I had to uninstall reboot and reinstall. All good again. I get concerned when they update the UI because subs applied can crash the UI then we need a factory reset.

touchwiz also updated. the new drop down menu in home screen settings might be new for some people but I downloaded a previous apk version from sammoble.com that already had the notification pull down option. FYI sam mobile uploads most of the apks a lot quicker then Samsung lol.

black96ss said:
touchwiz also updated. the new drop down menu in home screen settings might be new for some people but I downloaded a previous apk version from sammoble.com that already had the notification pull down option. FYI sam mobile uploads most of the apks a lot quicker then Samsung lol.
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Drop down menu?

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Jelly Bean has killed Light Flow

Installed Jelly Bean this afternoon and so far so good.
However, Light Flow keeps crashing, so I can't use it. I've followed all instructions, restarted, removed and reinstalled but still no luck.
Anyone else having the problem, or know of an alternative?
I only need it for Gmail and Handcent SMS.
It's not Jelly Bean - it looks like the latest update to Gmail caused it.
milesg said:
It's not Jelly Bean - it looks like the latest update to Gmail caused it.
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Ah ha, good point. I just assumed it was the update to JB, but you're right, Gmail updated pretty much straight away afterwards aswell.
In that case, hopefully the lightflow guys will be on it pretty quick...
Lightflow fix is now available on Google play
milesg said:
Lightflow fix is now available on Google play
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I've just installed 3.5.2LITE and still having the same issue?
What version are you running and is it fixed for you?
I've just checked back on Play and fix in the next few hours, so I'll give it a look in the morning.
Thanks for the pointer though
WannabeMKII said:
I've just checked back on Play and fix in the next few hours, so I'll give it a look in the morning.
Thanks for the pointer though
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You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
andrewpmoore said:
You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
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Great, thanks for fixing so quickly and that's quite a few emails
One minor issue, I'm unable to change or the settings for 'Google Now'. If I click on it, it does nothing?
andrewpmoore said:
You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
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I've been using the free version up until now - just bought the paid version!
Great app and good back up deserves to be supported :good:
milesg said:
I've been using the free version up until now - just bought the paid version!
Great app and good back up deserves to be supported :good:
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Hmm, removed the free version and upgraded to the paid one... now I don't get any LED flashing for Gmail!
milesg said:
Hmm, removed the free version and upgraded to the paid one... now I don't get any LED flashing for Gmail!
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I'm still running the free version at the moment and getting no notification for Gmail?
I'm also still unable to change anything for 'Google Now'?
Can anyone else do anything with 'Google Now', or is it just me?
I've updated to JB but don't have a app called Google Now, am I better leaving the phone as is?
kenrw7 said:
I've updated to JB but don't have a app called Google Now, am I better leaving the phone as is?
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I don't appear to have an app as Google Now in my drawer, but it's showing in Light Flow?
You start google now by holding the home softkey on the display and move your finger up to the magnifier.
Tip: Don't even try it out, let it disabled. Your phone will have ~30% less runtime when it's activated.
CentaXx said:
You start google now by holding the home softkey on the display and move your finger up to the magnifier.
Tip: Don't even try it out, let it disabled. Your phone will have ~30% less runtime when it's activated.
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Yeah, I stumbled across it that way aswell and it's disabled, as I've no intention of using it.
I just wish I could also uninstall 'SmartAction', but that's another story for another thread, as keen to get my LED notifications working first.
Thanks for the Google now I'm leaving it as well
WannabeMKII said:
I'm still running the free version at the moment and getting no notification for Gmail?
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Ah well, not just me then. I dropped the developer a mail, I guess he's probably sleeping after spending the previous night fixing the crashing problem caused by the gmail update.
WannabeMKII said:
I just wish I could also uninstall 'SmartAction', but that's another story for another thread, as keen to get my LED notifications working first.
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You can't uninstall SmartAction but you can disable it go going into settings\apps\all apps, find SmartAction and click on the disable button at the top right.
flashsam said:
You can't uninstall SmartAction but you can disable it go going into settings\apps\all apps, find SmartAction and click on the disable button at the top right.
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If you're rooted maybe, but you can't if you're not. The only option is to uninstall updates.
New version of Lightflow (3.6.1) in the Play Store that is supposed to fix the problem with Gmail notifications.
Still doesn't show Gmail notifications via the LED on my phone though.
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Quick update - I've been in touch with the developer and he suggested the following, which worked with the latest version (3.6.1) for me:
Go into lightflow->notifications gmail, select the gmail label you want (disable and enable it if already enabled) and see if that works.

Get rid of Spotlight Player!!!

Just yesterday, I started getting these weird little bugs crawling around my screen and notifications about Spotlight Player. They are very irritating!
I have tried to Uninstaller Spotlight, but it keeps coming back. I see that it's a widget.
Can someone explain to me why it all of a sudden appeared and how I can get rid of it forever?!?!?
Many thanks.
did you go try to disable it in the apps section in settings
sonic1675 said:
did you go try to disable it in the apps section in settings
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I had uninstalled it twice previously and it is gone now, but had come back before. Plus, it is also a widget.
It also says it's installed on the Google Play store, but there was no way to Uninstaller it.
If you simply open it and go into Spotlight Player it will stop prompting you.
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
Disable it or delete if you have root. If you uninstalled it and it came back you just uninstalled the updates and it could've updated if you have apps set for automatic updates..
Disable through Settings > Apps as it sounds like you are probably stock..
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rymden said:
Disable it or delete if you have root. If you uninstalled it and it came back you just uninstalled the updates and it could've updated if you have apps set for automatic updates..
Disable through Settings > Apps as it sounds like you are probably stock..
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Thanks!
pintasmapila said:
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
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If by "coolest thing on the phone" you mean "most annoying thing that I have no use for on the phone," then I agree with you. If it's so great, then people will download it all by themselves, and won't need an undeletable version of it preloaded.
pintasmapila said:
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
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Agreed! I like this cool little feature, something different and i like it!
Clearly you haven't seen "Duet" yet. Spotlight player is awesome.

To disable OTA update service

Hello,
I ve found a way to disable system update service.
1. Download disable service from the play store.
2. Disable All thread under Device update
3. Disable SystemUpdateService under Google Play services
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vandoor
it worked!
I just followed the steps and the update notification in my nexus 5 is gone!
thanks a lot!
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
bblzd said:
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
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Clever :good:
kuro-kun said:
Genius :good:
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First of all the thread is a little old, and secondly all that does it remove notifications for that, it still downloads in the background and you might miss other important notifications.
Lethargy said:
First of all the thread is a little old, and secondly all that does it remove notifications for that, it still downloads in the background and you might miss other important notifications.
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Ok well...I ll change genius for clever.. XP
I don't get the "1. Download disable service from the play store." I feel a coma is missing...
kuro-kun said:
Ok well...I ll change genius for clever.. XP
I don't get the "1. Download disable service from the play store." I feel a coma is missing...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54459582&postcount=3
If I recall I believe I read somewhere years ago that said if you rename the ..fota.apk in system/apps it will not check for a system update? Perhaps I am mistaken...its been a couple years.
ozzmanj1 said:
If I recall I believe I read somewhere years ago that said if you rename the ..fota.apk in system/apps it will not check for a system update? Perhaps I am mistaken...its been a couple years.
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It's built into Android System/framework/whatever now
Lethargy said:
It's built into Android System/framework/whatever now
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it works great!
Big UP'S to u
bblzd said:
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
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:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
Big thanx this was by far the simplest way dont know why everyone else has me runnin in circles. Thanx
williedavis said:
:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
Big thanx this was by far the simplest way dont know why everyone else has me runnin in circles. Thanx
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Keep in mind that doing it that way only hides the notification.
It will still download, and it WILL wakelock to do so.
Lethargy said:
Keep in mind that doing it that way only hides the notification.
It will still download, and it WILL wakelock to do so.
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I am using this to disable the OTA notification for Lollipop. It eliminates the notification but the update is still available under About Phone/System Updates, and it requires touching "Download" to download. So, why do you think the OTA will still occur?
ecdy said:
I am using this to disable the OTA notification for Lollipop. It eliminates the notification but the update is still available under About Phone/System Updates, and it requires touching "Download" to download. So, why do you think the OTA will still occur?
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I'm saying that it will just hide all system notifications, NOT get rid of the OTA. You'll miss other system notifications if you do get any and the OTA will still be waiting.
Lethargy said:
I'm saying that it will just hide all system notifications, NOT get rid of the OTA. You'll miss other system notifications if you do get any and the OTA will still be waiting.
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Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
SonicAngel said:
Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
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Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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hmmm those are pretty important... Especially if it includes mobile data usage warnings.
Thanks.
Lethargy said:
Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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So what other options are there? I downloaded 'Disable Service' from Play Store, unchecked the three everyone has been suggesting, but those three would then wakelock my phone 100% of the time.
Thanks for the heads up OP!
SonicAngel said:
Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
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Lethargy said:
Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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If you check app info you will notice you are disabling notifications for Google play services app. This app has nothing in common with standard android system notifications so they will continue to work. Question is, what other notifications does play services app has that could be considered important to the user.

Debloating?

Has anyone tried the debloatung program over at the at&t note 4 threads?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2998294
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need root to use that method.
No root required to disable apps. However, to remove them, then the phone needs to be rooted.
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need root to use that method.
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Subject line of the thread linked says Root not required, but sure!
Tried it out just now, thanks for linking it @blkghost22, I've been trying to find a way to disable certain things and this did it!
Stock Music app sometimes comes up when I connect my phone to the car via Bluetooth, and there wasn't any easy way to disable it
I also recommend going to Filter, typing ATT, and disabled all that crap too - I've done everything except Knox, Remote Support, and Usage manager.... someone needs to come up with a safe list of apps to disable to debloat this device, it would be very helpful!
Will this let me disable stuff like the built in browser? Because there are some aid that the phone just won't let you disable which I find really dumb.
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Pure+ said:
Will this let me disable stuff like the built in browser? Because there are some aid that the phone just won't let you disable which I find really dumb.
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It should, I don't know the title of it from an APK or package standpoint (I know it's called Internet, but I can't find it searching right now), but once you find it, you can disable it
EDIT - SBrowser is the name of it
crea78 said:
No root required to disable apps. However, to remove them, then the phone needs to be rooted.
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KryptosXLayer2 said:
Subject line of the thread linked says Root not required, but sure!
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Okay, I can't read. I'm sending thanks X 2 to Charlotte, NC.
I'm at 55 apps disabled so far, and I don't think I'm being all that aggressive with disabling TW / Samsung / ATT features..... Anyone know of a good safe list for this phone yet where we can really speed this thing up? Not like it really needs it, but there's lots of hidden crap on it running we know about but haven't been able to disable previously
KryptosXLayer2 said:
I'm at 55 apps disabled so far, and I don't think I'm being all that aggressive with disabling TW / Samsung / ATT features..... Anyone know of a good safe list for this phone yet where we can really speed this thing up? Not like it really needs it, but there's lots of hidden crap on it running we know about but haven't been able to disable previously
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You mind sharing what you've disabled? I've done a lot manually. Haven't gotten a chance to test out the above program but I don't think I got anywhere near 55...
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Pure+ said:
You mind sharing what you've disabled? I've done a lot manually. Haven't gotten a chance to test out the above program but I don't think I got anywhere near 55...
Sent from my Samsung GS6edge
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Honestly, and I appreciate you looking to me for advice, I don't think I'm the best one to go off of, I know that nothing I've disabled was going to crash my phone, but it's all that TW / Samsung / ATT features like I was saying - the program allows you to filter by text used, even if in the middle of a package name, and that helped a few times tracking down some odd APKs
I read on Forbes that the S6 has 56 apps of bloatware on it, and I'm at 55 disabled apps, with a lot of TW / Samsung / ATT features still running, so most likely that was a list of what they could see from the app drawer or something....
Nothing from me. Just wanted to see if people actually tried it. If it worked then go thank the dev or programmer of that debloating app.
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This app worked like a charm and will have to do till we get root (if we get root)
Does anyone know what the stock messaging app is named? I use the google one / hangouts I don't need 3 of them lol.
krolla03 said:
This app worked like a charm and will have to do till we get root (if we get root)
Does anyone know what the stock messaging app is named? I use the google one / hangouts I don't need 3 of them lol.
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Messages
done12many2 said:
Messages
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No i tried that the only app labeled "messages" in the debloat app was the google one i DLed.
krolla03 said:
No i tried that the only app labeled "messages" in the debloat app was the google one i DLed.
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That's strange. When I disable "Messages" my stock messaging app is disabled and disappears.
done12many2 said:
That's strange. When I disable "Messages" my stock messaging app is disabled and disappears.
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Haha wow im dumb. For some reason i thought messages was one of the apps i could not disable on the phone and had to do on the computer app. Thanks i now have it disabled.
krolla03 said:
Haha wow im dumb. For some reason i thought messages was one of the apps i could not disable on the phone and had to do on the computer app. Thanks i now have it disabled.
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Speaking of dumb, did you catch my wife's awesome text in the pop up window? Classic! Lesson in looking before posting screenshots.
done12many2 said:
Speaking of dumb, did you catch my wife's awesome text in the pop up window? Classic! Lesson in looking before posting screenshots.
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haha no i didnt see it.

Notes in statusbar/notifications

I have previously used Sony and switched to the p30 pro now , before I used to depend on a app like Notify, Notable ect ect ect where you have a quick access to make a note from the notification bar and then make that note stick there until you remove it yourself. When I now use the apps I previously used the notes and quick access all disapeare. I have tried to download several other apps but nothing stays there until I decide myself. Have also checked phone/app settings with no luck.
Does anyone know of a app like this that works correct on p30 pro or if there is a settings Im overlooking?
check out notin from Google Playstore
trebllaw said:
check out notin from Google Playstore
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Thanks for the tips! I have tried Notin and unfortunaly its the same issue there. All the apps I tri, even the ones working on Sony Xperia and other phones, they just keep disapering from the Notification bar after around maximum 1 day.
I have tried looking in setings with no luck either, but I could be missing something. Dont understand why they will not work =/
Groofy85 said:
Thanks for the tips! I have tried Notin and unfortunaly its the same issue there. All the apps I tri, even the ones working on Sony Xperia and other phones, they just keep disapering from the Notification bar after around maximum 1 day.
I have tried looking in setings with no luck either, but I could be missing something. Dont understand why they will not work =/
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Set the app to manual in app launch. Dont let the system auto manage it. Lastly, check and make sure the app is not optimized in the battery settings.
trebllaw said:
check out notin from Google Playstore
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Set the app to manual in app launch. Dont let the system auto manage it. Lastly, check and make sure the app is not optimized in the battery settings.
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Thank you so much! I have tried these settings yesterday and my notes have now stayed longer than before and hopefully should stay that way! Awsome! Thanks!!

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