They don't mean anything sinister.

Phones have a lot of processes running in the background that make the phone work, in addition to the apps you see in Play Store or your app drawer. And every app, whether one of these system processes or an app you install yourself, has not just the name you might see in the app drawer but the actual name of the application package, which you can see if you look in a system log or similar. And that's what you are seeing here: the package names for some completely innocuous but essential apps that make up parts of the phone's software.

So what are they?

* lge.launcher3: I assume the phone is an LG, since LGE = LG Electronics. The "launcher" is the app that provides your home screens and app drawer: every Android phone has one. So this is just the system app that manages the home screens (in this case LG's launcher, as opposed to Google's or Samsung's or whoever else's).

* android.incallui: The fact that it starts "android" suggests a part of the operating system. If we break down "incallui" we get "in call UI", i.e. the In-Call User Interface. So this is the app that provides the screen you see when you are in a call, with the name/number/photo of the other person and a few buttons to select speakerphone, bring up the keypad or end the call.

* android.mms: "MMS" = Multimedia Message Service, i.e. picture messages.

* lge.lickscreensettings: do you perhaps mean "lockscreensettings"? That would then be the app that manages, you guessed it, the lock screen settings. The fact that it starts "lge" also tells you that this is one of the manufacturer's system apps rather than something the user has installed.

Hope that helps. It's important to remember that there are a lot of things going on in the background of a phone (which is really a small computer after all), and almost nobody would recognise all of them. Hence if you see something you don't recognise it's best not to jump to conclusions, because usually it's something completely normal. You would be amazed how many people have posted here worried that they have a "virus" because they spotted the "incallui" process, when all that actually means is that they've made a phone call!

Reading alot of these threads clear up a few things. I have a galaxy note9 and I was becoming convinced I needed a new phone because, my phones mobile data connection went on the fritz. I was changing the networks, from 3G, to 4G/LTE and back just to make calls. Often times I'd be able to make a call but couldn't text or vice versa. Then my mobile data would work, but text and calling didn't.

I got an email as well about my sim card being out of date and not having a 4G phone. I bought a new sim card, still had problems. Then I read my phone would stop receiving updates this summer. Needless to say I was frustrated. So I decided to do a 90 day trial with Mint. If I had the same issues with my network then it was my phone if not then it was ST.

I just, like today, got it transferred over after a week of dealing with ST. I'll save yall some trouble hopefully. This is how I kept my number.

Your ST account number is your current ST sim card number. I couldn't find an account number online or in app. They told me my account number was my IMEI number which caused 4 days of incorrect requests.

Text NTP to 611611 to get your transfer pin. You will not find it in your account like they say, you can't set it like they say. Each time you text, you'll get a new pin so don't text until you're ready for one. It times out.

They will not tell you your zip code over the phone, even if you verify your account. They can however check as many guesses as you've got. Had a zip code I hadn't recided in for over a decade, which turned out to be correct. DO NOT let them hang up without guessing the right zip code.

Lastly, when you call press 2 (or whatever the menu at the time you call) for transfer my number. Enter your new Sims card number. If its a different carrier it won't recognize it. When it asks if you want to enter another one, say no.
This will get you to the transfer department. Ask to be transferred to the Port department, they are the ones to help with this.

This was all info frustratingly gathered over 8 days. No offense to other carriers, but I'm never going back. I'm enjoying Mint alot, and I'm no longer having network issues. Plus the customer care team are great and has let me know that ST and Verizon are notorious for trying to keep numbers, they cause the most problems with transfers.

Hope this helps.

JustMe84 said:

"... one account for google/gmail will transfer everything including apps and texts to both phones. The gmail address is attached to both nunbers."
It's interesting you had this same experience. We've shared a gmail account for years and have upgraded phones several times but never had one another's individual apps transfer over when we upgrade. Only our Google-specific apps. I was not using Messages for my texts (I was using a totally separate texting app). It just seems so weird that ALL my stuff transferred.

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These were on much older phones like around Android 2.3/Gingerbread. I set up my gmail when we both got HTC EVO 4G's. During set up, that apps that I use were on her phone because I used my gmail to set up her phone initially. Then, I added her gmail later. So, the second EVO had my apps on it. Then a year later, I got her an EVO 3D (which we later returned because it was just too much phone for her at the time). When I set up I used her email but then my contacts got intermingled with hers. I had to manually (by pc) remove all these apps that got mixed in with her contacts. I guess when the phone synced it synced back and forth with my contacts and hers mixed.

HTC had a sync app that would let me sync back and forth with my pc. Thinking about it now I think that may have been the reason why our contacts got mixed. Plus I was rooting and flashing ROMs and who knows what I was doing go through all the set ups and new ROMs.

I can't remember everything and maybe I shouldn't say ALL of my apps transferred but I remember setting up her Samsung S3 with HER email and some of MY non google apps were on it. This was before all the family library system, too. I thought it was strange but I just deleted them after they were installed. She doesn't use as many apps as I do.She probably uses maybe 5 apps in addition to the core apps.

I have got a strange problem on my BQ Aquaris X pro phone android 8.1
Without any given time frame my contacts(I use a third party contact app but it seems to be a system wide problem looking at google contacts)
either
disappear totally(which i can see if a whatsapp contact suddenly only shows numbers)
or
their spelling changes to ie a spelling i mistyped the first time i saved the contact.

or
contacts i have long deleted reappear (ie my kid is in grade 3 but suddenly the preschool teacher numbers are reappearing)
or
a contact reverts to an old deleted number.

as if some old database is constantly reaccessed
I noticed a similar problem on my kids phone too, when suddenly the contacts were deleted She hardly has any apps on her phone(only whatsapp an gallery really)
I recently changed my phone from an aquaris X to an Aquaris x pro and the problem is still there.

Does swapping with an SD card (the slowest storage device available) actually improve performance?

DrewInc said:

Don't guess you might know of anyway to get around these changes, since I now have root access on this phone?

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I'm sorry I don't, but I did move this to the 3a forum where other device owners may be able to help. Knowing you have root, it could be possible there is a workaround to granting the permissions via a Linux shell or other root enabled process. Again, above my skill level.

Moody,
Looks like you may be able to bring it to a dealer with a death certificate and they can bypass the FRP legally, which makes sense. I know I've seen workarounds for death, but never really looked into it. I found this below.
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/wiping-deceased-persons-phone-edited-solution-2480957/

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Andy Perrett said:

Hi there,
Is there anyone out there that maybe can help me with issues concerning opening an offline website on my tablet.
Thanks for replies.
Andy

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can you be more specific? what issues are you having? what browser are you using? Is there a specific website you want to view offline? what exactly are you trying to do?

just remember that the more details you give us the better we can help.

For anyone who has strange icons up top, just swipe down and see what the notification reads. I'll bet it's some type of spam notification about 'hot girls now!' or 'Free iPad! Claim yours!'.

FYI, NEVER click on them or give any data to them. This is an old type of scam I was familar with during Android 2.3's heyday, called 'AirPush spam'. The scams took many forms, heart, star, or various other random symbols posing as notifications. Almost always from an app from the likes of Cheetah Mobile. Uninstall any RAM cleaners, battery savers, and 'CPU Cooler' apps. They're useless.

You can indeed boot an S4 (and many old Android phones) without a SIM. You'll get the 'No SIM' error alert and a persistent notification but it will work on Wifi if needed. It basically becomes a Galaxy Player. FYI You can get rid of the 'no SIM' notification by using Airplane Mode and using Wifi.

I've got an unlocked S4 Mini (but it's still branded Verizon) and a T-Mobile SIM will give bars, but zero data. I never tested calls or SMS but I do remember only getting bars, and under the status it showed 'not in service' and 'mobile network state disconnected' and 'mobile network type unknown'.

The only phones I remembered that would absolutely refuse to boot without a SIM were really, really old J2ME dumbphones I called 'Smartphone wannabes' since they had touchscreens and apps but were not true smartphones. Some of them required a SIM to get to a usable home screen or just ended in an error.

Hmmmmm my z fold 3 does not have this issue. I mean on occasion, but not all the time and not enough to annoy me.

Maybe you phone is very sensitive........ lol

what you have is called adware. it probably came from a recent app that was installed. if you put the phone in safe mode, you can find out if this true or not. safe mode prevents 3rd party apps from running. if the issue goes away, than you know an app is the cause of this.

https://www.hardreset.info/devices/motorola/motorola-moto-g-play-2021/safe-mode/

i would then go over your most recent apps and unistall them the best practice is to first find the app in your app manager. then you will need to wipe cache and data for the app. after the wipe, then you can uninstall the app. sometimes the app will leave the adware in cache and data which sometime will not get erased after uninstalling the app.....so do it first.

Correct, no notification on the phone. I'd have no idea I was receiving a call if I was looking at the phone.

In the Wear app Mute notification on phone is switched off.

You would think someone else would design the rain and winsheild wiper into there app, since HTC is gone.

ozonetrooper said:

Prolly time to close this one Mods ....

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agree

When did it start? Because incoming call as a little notification when the display is on is exactly what my Galaxy s21 (Android 12) does, so I expect this is standard.

If I look in my phone app's settings I have an option "call display while using apps" (Google might give it a different name - Samsung like to rename things). This controls how incoming calls appear when you are using other apps, and has options "full screen" (what you want), "small pop-up" (default) and "mini pop-up" (even smaller). So have a look and see whether you have similar options.

I've never met the thing about the in-call UI disappearing. Are you sure you aren't touching something that moves you away from it? Though I'd expect the recent apps navigation to get you back to it in that case, so don't really know what this is about.

Hello all,

I have a Redmi note 10 JE phone running Android 12 SKQ1.210821.001

My problem is that the WiFi will turn off automatically but wont turn on automatically. Turn on WIFI automatically is already turned on. Sometimes I forget to turn the WIFI on manually and unintentionally use my mobile internet, which is annoying and could cost me money.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? Or is there a way to stop WIFI automatically turning off.

Thank you.

Milo Williamson said:

Hahaa! Same here man!!! LOL... I remember that full weekend of talking with a few friends of mine about it lol...... I think my hard drive quit after that, possibly I also got a new one due to Odin lol.

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I didn't kill anything with Odin. But within a few weeks of buying the Galaxy S, I did discover the joys of rooting, ClockworkMod, and CyanogenMod.

The Galaxy S4 reminds of a trip I took to Hong Kong in July 2013, where I bought an S4 at the Sincere House Tech Mall in Mong Kok for a friend, because it was the latest thing at the time, and wasn't available in mainland China.

I have been running the phone on Battery Saver for a while and the battery has performed well in that mode. I discovered, though, that this was wrecked my real time Google Maps timeline feature (most of the time, doesn't work at all or is completely inaccurate) and I rely on that for quite a lot of things so I'm switching it off and keeping only Dark Theme, will see how the battery performs with that energy saver only in place.

genka3 said:

Are you sure that you can only root Samsung S20 Ultra with computer? Does that only apply to S20 ultra or all android? Im not saying you guys are wrong, Is just that I read so many things online if you google root without computer a milion results and guides come out. Sorry if this is stupid question.

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The problem is that the internet is a great repository of information, but it's also a great repository of out of date information, or plain clickbait, deliberate misinformation or information that the person posting it hasn't checked. But any site that tells you that King Root or Kingo Root will root an s20 Ultra is pushing misinformation. That may just be because to generate clicks they automatically recycle the same stuff they wrote years ago with newer device names, without caring whether it's right or not - I can only speculate as to why they would post such stuff. But those one-click-root apps have not worked for years.

So yes, prior to Android 6 all of this stuff worked. You may find some more recent devices where such exploits still work - Chinese "fake" phones often use old Android versions that have been reprogrammed to pretend to be newer (seriously!), so they would still have the necessary vulnerabilities. But an s20 Ultra? No chance. In fact any even reasonably modern android will need a computer. Even with an older device, if you still hope to be able to use things like banking, payment apps or many media apps, I would avoid a non-computer method: the root methods that are best at hiding root very definitely rely on a computer (indeed if you are thinking of rooting I would first check whether any individual apps that you care about still work after root: don't rely on some statement like "this Magisk module hides root", check whether it allows that specific app to run).

One thing you've not said is what type of s20 Ultra you have? If it's a North American Snapdragon-based model then the question isn't whether a non-computer method can work but whether it can be rooted at all: recent Snapdragon-based Samsungs are very hard indeed to root, in many cases impossible. If it's a Exynos-based model (as sold in much of the world) then you have a better chance, e.g. my s21 has an official bootloader unlock method, which a Snapdragon-based one would not have.

olbriar said:

Can you go into Sound and Vibrations and adjust the volume level for notifications?

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Yes, absolutely. But Sleep as Android just automatically maxes out the alarm volume when the alarm goes off, despite whatever phone alarm volume I have it set at. Setting the phone alarm doesn't stay where I set it because the app hijacks it and maxes it out to full volume.

Help please!

Possibly because SMS Backup+ backs up to your GMail account, which you say Google has "killed" (though I'm not sure precisely what you mean by that, or why they did this).

There are other SMS backup apps that create a local backup rather than backing it up to an Google account (e.g. the venerable SMS Backup & Restore). Of course if you are worried that removing the primary account will wipe everything then you should copy a local backup to another device before doing removing it.