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jujutu · Oct 20, 2020

Hi all,

I hope somebody will be able to help me here because my S10 behaviour is sending me nuts.

I have an S10, on 3 network in the UK. A few weeks ago it started to change its wallpaper. Every day a new wallpaper. This affected the lock screen too.

I don’t want the phone to do this. I want the wallpaper and lock screen to be what I select and to stay that way.

I cannot find anything in the settings to control this.

Does anybody know what I need to do to revert back to a “|normal” wallpaper and lock screen?

Julian

puppykickr · Oct 20, 2020

Jacques Wegier said:
I do not want my apps to Auto-Update. I just want to get a notification about available apps updates in the form of a dot with a number on the Icon of the Google Play icon. I will update manually the apps I wish to update..

There are other app stores that can give you better notification results than Google PlayStore.

In fact, any of the other ones that I use.

But, because there is virtually always something(s) updated every week, there is nothing wrong about checking it that often.

Google only recently changed their notifications system for Google Play.
Honestly, it was bothersome before, and now it just plain sucks.

And in all reality, I quickly became tired of constantly being pestered with notifications to update apps, so I have no notifications on for any of the four app stores that I use.

Unless there is some malfunction with an app, there generally is no real hurry to update software that is working.

Did you ever know someone that would work on something so much that eventually it just broke?

That is more common than you might think in the world of software.

Anavil Soft · Oct 20, 2020

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Puddy Tat · Oct 19, 2020

Well, for a nice wrap up, I went to Best Buy and the Geek Squad to see if they could do anything with this phone. They were booked up for the day and then some. Also stated it usually cost over $100.00 to get one unlocked. So I wandered over to the phone section with thoughts if getting a new phone. While waiting for other customers, a guy walked up and asked if I needed some phone help. Well, yes I do. I told him the problem and he took the phone and looked at some fine print on his phone. I don't know what he did, but the phone unlocked. The pattern was gone. I got a thought that he knew someone from Samsung and had "secrets" on how to fix my phone. Thanked him a ton and went home and reset up the phone with all the "stuff" in my old one. So now my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE purrs almost as good as my cat. All you have to do to get things working now days is to know just what you are doing.
.....And no screen lock of any size, shape, form or what ever. Not going through that nightmare again. Nothing really important on phone anyway.

puppykickr · Oct 19, 2020

Old thread, but I would like to add that you can get onto any appstore with your browser.

Google is not the (only) way!

Tabagail · Oct 19, 2020

To be honest it's my boyfriend's phone. We have a shared account. That's why I'm trying to figure it out... Lol
I DID think it might be an app ... But of course I didn't know so I was asking. AThank you for the help. I'll try that.

puppykickr · Oct 19, 2020

Do you use Asistant features?
If not, then try turning that off.

puppykickr · Oct 19, 2020

Waze only needs that much space if you download a ton of maps for it.
Just download what you need.

I will say that I would rather go by the sun on a cloudy day, or at night for that matter, than ever try to use Google Maps for so much as getting an ice cream cone 1½ iles away!

Google Maps has steered me wrong every single time I ever tried it.
I literally would rather fold up a paper map properly WHILE DRIVING than ever infuriate myself by boinking around with that crAPP ever again.

Seriously.

Blindfold me and put me on the railroad tracks, and don't let me move until I solve a puzzle first.

That is better than Google Maps.

TheOtherBill · Oct 19, 2020

So there's a zilllion youtubes out about this now covering everything so all I'll say is price price price.

Warning, unpopular opinion follows:
For me one of the things that cut the price was eliminating the glass back. To me it's a plus I would have paid extra for. I never wanted glass on the back of a phone, it's something else that can break. I'm probably going to get one and go caseless.

glob_ial · Oct 19, 2020

puppykickr said:
Oh, crap!

I just may have figured it out, or part of it.

You have more than one user on the device?

Like a work profile?

And it works fine on one profile- but not the other?

Then you need the app in question to be in BOTH profiles.

When you set up the work profile, if that is what you did, all needed stock apps were automatically copied.

But, you then said that you deleted it.

That is a red flag, because you cannot delete stock system apps- unless you are rooted- or unless you have deleted the copied app from the work profile.

So, in your apps list within your settings -if you have a work profile set up- in the setting selection for 'show all apps, show system apps, show disabled apps', there should also be a setting for 'show work profile apps'.

Then all of the required system apps will show up twice, with a little toolbox icon for the ones in the work profile.

I bet that 'files' is missing the copy with the toolbox icon.

The work app was fine, just the one on my personal/admin user. Doesn't matter anyways as you stated tho, thanks!

puppykickr · Oct 19, 2020

eugchen said:
when i take my S pen out while screen is on, i have it set up to create a new note. once i create the note, i like to pin it to the screen as a reminder. once its not pinned, i often forget about it. anyways, sometimes i end up saving the note (thereby not pinning it anymore, and only available in the Notes section). anyway to retrieve that note and pin it back to the homescreen?

I really don't know.

What you could do in the meantime is view the note, and take a screenshot of it.

Now make that screenshot your wallpaper.

Its not perfect, but it will remind you to look at that note.

Brian706 · Oct 19, 2020

I don't know much about it. I think people can put it into their apps so that apps can send push notifications, etc. I'm definitely not a developer, so just kind of giving my best guess here.

MrJavi · Oct 19, 2020

@Hadron is correct, flashing the original factory firmware is sound advice. Before you begin you'll need to know about Google FRP lock.

https://www.samsung.com/nz/support/mobile-devices/what-is-google-frp/

Use Frija to download the latest firmware for the device which can be flashed with Odin.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/s10-plus/how-to/tool-frija-samsung-firmware-downloader-t3910594

denise northwind · Oct 19, 2020

i have the same issue....theres options that get disabled that i didnt do...and apps that i didnt install when i press show system apps..

puppykickr · Oct 19, 2020

castdiva said:
Thank you that actually makes sense. I checked but my phone storage doesn't show "SAVE LOCATION" on that screen.

However I deleted a couple of the music files showing stored on the SD card, and it "freed space"

I have 190 "duplicate" music files and am not sure which one connects to my Amazon Music Prime Library. I am VERY confused at this point and could use some direct help. Is there a way to get tech support assistance online and/or by phone?

When you are using your online storage for (what I think is) music, it seems that it is downloading the file onto your device.

That is why you are getting copies of files that are also saved online.

Myself, I would suggest streaming your music when listening to it, and only storing music online that you really want to keep.

Music that you listen to everyday would serve you better if stored onto your device on an SD card (an external memory).
That way the card and its contents are transferable to other devices.
(Computer, a new phone, etc.)

Keeping your internal memory at or below a 70% threshold is a goal that is only met with due diligence on the part of the user.

Go through your apps, and ditch what you don't use or need.

Use a browser for social media, ie. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
Delete the apps and just use the mobile site with your browser.

This can save a huge amount of space.

Do you play games on the device?
Use a firewall or an adblocker to pevent the games from showing ads.
The ads get downloaded for you to watch, but they do not get deleted automatically.
Sure, you will miss out on whatever digital trinkets they dangle in front of you to entice you to watch the ads, but so be it.
It's just a game.

The vast majority of people here, myself included, will tell you to delete any app that is a cleaner, booster, cooler, etc. or any security app.

They are not needed and don't do anything beneficial for the user.

The worst part is that they run all the time, show ads, and take up space on the device.

That being said, there are two 'cleaner' apps that I DO recommend to people.

One is pretty simple, and thorough.
I have older versions of Android, so I use the older, ad-free version of the app.
If you have Android 9 or newer, you will need the most recent updated version- and unfortunately it has ads.
But it does a great job, and it also includes a duplicate finder, which allows you to easilly find and delete duplicate files on your device.

App for Android 8 and below (no ads):

https://systweak-android-cleaner.en.uptodown.com/android/download/1633705

App for Android 9 and above (has ads):

https://systweak-android-cleaner.en.uptodown.com/android

The second app that I recommend is very thorough, but not quite as simple to use.

It only cleans junk files, and you need to be able to tell it the filepath to files that you don't want cleared.

If this is within your capabilities, this one is by far the best one I have seen.
The description of the app tells you important infomation that everyone should know about this type of app.

No ads, open source Android cleaner:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/theredspy15.ltecleanerfoss/

drblau · Oct 19, 2020

Recently I wanted to allow the user to pick a file and for internal reasons I have to copy it in to the Apps Directory (getFilesDir()). I let the User Pick any File with the Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and the Type "*/*" so that the user really can pick anything.

From my Intent I mostly get a Uri around the lines of content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document... and I copy these pretty easily like this:

Everything works wonderful if I get the scheme I said, but if I'm unlucky I get something along the lines content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image:15199 or any other android.providers.
Since these are obviously not a real file, because they don't have any filetype, I'm at a loss how to copy them. I have found a Function (https://www.dev2qa.com/how-to-get-real-file-path-from-android-uri/) that gives me the real Path, but every time I try to copy with that Path I get a Permission Denied Error, even though I ask for write and read external Storage permissions and the user allows them to me. So how would it be better to copy the files?

Drmth · Oct 19, 2020

Hi!

I just finished all the wireframe for my new application and I would like to know if there is a way to import them all in Android Studio?

Or do I have to create all the creens directly in Android Studio?

Many thanks

The_Chief · Oct 19, 2020

You wouldn't, unless you are watching a movie or other video that is in a higher resolution. For example, I have all 10 Star Wars movies (including Rogue One) ripped from the Blu-ray discs. I personally think they look better on my Note 10+'s screen in WQHD (which is technically 2K) than in WFHD (which is 1080p). I'm having trouble with the 4K videos, but I know those will look better. For everyday use, though, WFHD is perfectly fine.

Davdi · Oct 19, 2020

@puppykickr They sound just what I want for YT in my car, and streaming to my home stereo. Oh, and F-Droid is my go to app source these days.

joe71 · Oct 19, 2020

Hadron said:
Now that was always the thing that bothered me with "The A Team": in a typical episode about a thousand rounds would be fired, there would be a couple of explosions, usually a vehicle would be flipped over, and nobody suffered anything worse than some torn clothes and dishevelled hair. Even as a kid I felt this was a deeply irresponsible message to be sending out each week.

That's how I felt about seeing star wars after the second time, and the empire strikes back the first time, both movies drop serious hints that stuff occurred before the movies i wasn't even ten when star wars came out

Xavier Black · Oct 19, 2020

But also there should be an option in "settings" then to "more mobile networks" where your phone chooses mobile data over Wi-Fi data..the default is Wi-Fi data..

I swear I've seen an additional option somewhere..

Ohh yes there's another one inside the Google ps settings..
I hope any of the advices listed helped..

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