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Home Screen help needed

Hadron
Your home screens are controlled by an app called a "launcher". All phones come with one, but you can install a different one if you want (the same app is also responsible for the "app drawer". The fact that you are asking suggests that you are using the launcher that came with the phone rather than one you installed yourself, in which case we need the information Danny has requested above to know what launcher you are using (and then hopefully someone with experience of that software will be able to answer).

Did you have a system update before this "new setting" appeared? Or did you install any new apps (or update existing ones)? Where do you see it and what does it do?
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Device settings are ignoring me

Hadron
Depends on what you mean by updates. If you mean refreshing their data, then yes it's probably true. If you mean updates to the apps, unless Samsung have done something weird then no, it's not true. Disabling an app will block updates, but the app sleeping won't.

BTW I put "probably" in their because this looks like something Samsung-specific rather than a regular Android feature. At any rate it's not "adaptive battery", it's some additional setting that isn't present in Android itself (I run Android 10 on a Pixel, and there's nothing like that). It may just be a global toggle to exclude apps from battery optimisation, as opposed to the app-by-app setting that's there normally, or it may be something to do with Samsung's device management add-ons. If the latter then I'm afraid I know nothing about it.
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Help SM-J737A Stock firware

M
ocnbrze said:
not sure what you can do without a firmware update. i'm not very familiar with factory binary. the only thing i saw was that flashing a firmware might fix your problem.....but you have to find one that is specific to your phone which i can't find.

curious as to how your phone got into the binary mode?
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I was flashing using the combination fike and it didn't go as planned. The only way I get the phone to work is by getting the Stock ROM (at least that what the internet say) and I would flash firmware and have the phone work again. I tried searching the internet and could not find the proper firmware. My worry is for these sites that sells firmware (combination) what if they don't work as well and I have purchased already? Truth be told, I am waiting one confirmation from one site to go ahead with this. And keep on asking friends whether they have stock ROM saved.
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Apps not updating from playstore

puppykickr said:
Try clearing the caches of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Google Play Store, and Google Play Services.

Then open Google Play Store and try again.

If it still won't work, then clear the data from Google Play Store and Google Play Services.

Open the Play Store, and go through and reset your settings.

Wait for the security updates to complete, about 5 minutes or so, then try again.

If it still has problems, is there a possibility that you could have gotten an update from a different app store?

The app IDs are sometimes different from store to store, so one store may not be able to update an app from another store.
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The only 2 apps that ever game me this issue was facebook twice in the past year and now messenger now. Eventually the facebook apps updated, so hopefully the messenger will too. It's odd that it wants me to connect to wifi even though i have mobile data or wifi selected for updating apps. Thanks for you response.
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Copper germ killer

R
Yes, a lot of that is being done. Also, there are tape lines/boxes on the floor showing people where to stand in some stores. At least one Starbucks has removed the furniture. Let's not forget those elevators with toothpicks or tissues for people to use on the buttons and then place in a container for disposal. There's even a case (at least one) of a tp roll being locked to the spindle. I just hope those jerks stealing masks and hand sanitizer from hospitals get caught and punished. I guess I'll finish for now with the guy, in Kentucky, I think, who checked himself out of the hospital against medical advice and apparently refused to stay home. It seems the state governor invoked some clause or other to send the police and make sure he stays at home. I wonder how much that's going to cost. At least it's not Florida man.
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Notifications are no longer working / Duplicate notifications

A
Hey all,

Samsung S10+. Recently reset to factory. Almost all notifications (Gmail, outlook, hangouts, gvoice, Facebook, etc) do not notify. They all require manual opening and refresh.

Right now only Google messages (sms) appears to work OK.

- Battery mode is set to high performance.
- Have removed sleep settings/optimize battery on all primary apps
- DND is not on (set for night)
- Sync is enabled
- No apps managing battery/sleep
- Wiped cache partition

Also every now and then, I get flooded with duplicate notifications (usually outlook and Facebook messenger).

Not sure how to fix but would really appreciate any support!

Thanks
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how to root j3

ocnbrze
so here is a tip. if you ever want to root a device, i always go to xda developers forum. i would then do my research there. i look to see if there is a forum for my device. i also look to see how active it is and if there is any developer support. if there is no forum that means there is no dev community currently supporting your device. developers are amazing and they are usually the ones who find ways to root specific devices.

just remember no dev=no fun

so i found the guide you will need:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...overy-twrp-3-1-1-1-samsung-galaxy-j3-t3709056

please read the guide from top to bottom. i would also recommend that you read all of the pages within the guide. and before you attempt to root your device please remember to read, read, read, and then read some more. in other words be prepared;)

and one last thing, if you have any questions please feel free to ask here. i find xda to be filled with lots of potential drama.
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Android Latest Version

Md Khaled Shuvo
A Brief Android Version History
We thought it fitting to give a brief rundown of each Android version on the accompanying code name and release date. You know, for completeness.

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  • Android 1.5, Cupcake: April 27, 2009
  • Android 1.6, Donut: September 15, 2009
  • Android 2.0-2.1, Eclair: October 26, 2009 (initial release)
  • Android 2.2-2.2.3, Froyo: May 20, 2010 (initial release)
  • Android 2.3-2.3.7, Gingerbread: December 6, 2010 (initial release)
  • Android 3.0-3.2.6, Honeycomb: February 22, 2011 (initial release)
  • Android 4.0-4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich: October 18, 2011 (initial release)
  • Android 4.1-4.3.1, Jelly Bean: July 9, 2012 (initial release)
  • Android 4.4-4.4.4, KitKat: October 31, 2013 (initial release)
  • Android 5.0-5.1.1, Lollipop: November 12, 2014 (initial release)
  • Android 6.0-6.0.1, Marshmallow: October 5, 2015 (initial release)
  • Android 7.0-7.1.2, Nougat: August 22, 2016 (initial release)
  • Android 8.0-8.1, Oreo: August 21, 2017 (initial release)
  • Android 9.0, Pie: August 6, 2018
  • Android 10.0: September 3, 2019
As you can see, the update system was without any sort of regularity early on, but the Ice Cream Sandwich era started the yearly OS version update schedule.

A few other fun notes:

  1. Honeycomb was the only tablet-specific version of Android, and it ran alongside the Gingerbread build for phones. The separate phone and tablet OSes were then combined starting with Ice Cream Sandwich.
  2. Ice Cream Sandwich was arguably the most dramatic update to Android to date. It not only combined the tablet and phone versions of the OS, but completely overhauled the look and feel of the system.
  3. Google initially released developer-focused Nexus devices to highlight each Android version’s power. This eventually evolved into the consumer-focused Pixel device line we have today.
  4. Android KitKat marked the first time Google teamed up with a commercial manufacturer for an Android release. They did it again for Android Oreo.

The Latest Version of Android is 10.0

The initial version of Android 10.0 was released on September 3, 2019, on Google’s Pixel devices.

Unlike previous versions of Android, this version doesn’t have a cute dessert name—or any other type of name beyond the version number. It’s just “Android 10.” Google still plans to use dessert names internally for development builds.


Android 10 features a number of updates and new features over its predecessor, including revamped gesture navigation, a system-level dark mode, better permission controls, more system security updates delivered through Google Play.
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Bug after android 9 update

Hadron
It's unlikely that you can save your files. If it won't boot into Android and you don't have a custom recovery then there is no way of accessing them (the official recovery module doesn't provide any way of doing this).

You could try booting into safe mode (will involve pressing some button combination while restarting the phone), but that's a very long shot: since what safe mode does is disable user-installed apps and this started with a system update I don't think it at all likely to work.

Otherwise I'm afraid I can't even promise that a factory reset will fix it. All that does is erase user data and settings, so if the problem is an incompatibility between the updated software and some of your data then that will fix it. But if the problem is that something went wrong with the installation of the update a reset won't help: if that's the case then you'll need to download a new set of software (e.g. from sammobile.com) and reflash the phone.
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