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Help Keep getting unidentified sound that doesn't seem to be a notification
- By svim
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Well before you try more drastic measures like a Factory Reset, don't stop at least trying to find out just which app or service is behind that occasional, weird 'clinking' sound. If anything, use Samsung's Smart Switch utility to make a full backup of your user account. It will make doing a restore of your data easier if necessary, and it's always a better practice to have backups of your phone anyway. Backups are important, they really are.
www.samsung.com
But getting back to that sound, since you don't see anything in the Notification log that correlates with when it does occur that is odd but it's not an absolute. You also mentioned not seeing anything notable as far as apps that 'might' be responsible but keep in mind that there could be several menus, conditionally-accessible menus, and annoying-messy-to-use sub-menus to look through now. Each version of Android includes an increasingly complex Settings menu, and add in that Samsung opts to extensively add/alter even more complexity, there's often multiple options to check for things like Notification sounds. Looking through the User Manuel for your model, there are several on pg. 102 through pg. 107 to go through as a starting place:
If nothing in those Settings options stop that sound, you might want to then try looking through the Running services menu to see if there is some app or Android background service might be responsible for that sound. Note that Running services won't indicate outright about that sound, it will show you a more extensive listing of all the processes that are active and loaded in RAM. Also, you need to enable the Developers Options menu that's otherwise hidden within your Settings menu (it's an integral part of the Android OS, it's just something that needs to be intentionally made visible):
www.xda-developers.com
Anyway, once you enable Developers Options, use Running services and see if perhaps there's some system related service might be making that sound. Note that there's likely to be one or several Android System items and if you tap on them that will reveal more info on just which service or services it refers to. So yeah, this involves a lot of speculation on your part. Just be very judicious about anything you change in Developers Options. There will be a lot of oddly named system processes that appear to be gibberish to some but vital as far as keeping your phone functional.
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www.samsung.com
But getting back to that sound, since you don't see anything in the Notification log that correlates with when it does occur that is odd but it's not an absolute. You also mentioned not seeing anything notable as far as apps that 'might' be responsible but keep in mind that there could be several menus, conditionally-accessible menus, and annoying-messy-to-use sub-menus to look through now. Each version of Android includes an increasingly complex Settings menu, and add in that Samsung opts to extensively add/alter even more complexity, there's often multiple options to check for things like Notification sounds. Looking through the User Manuel for your model, there are several on pg. 102 through pg. 107 to go through as a starting place:
If nothing in those Settings options stop that sound, you might want to then try looking through the Running services menu to see if there is some app or Android background service might be responsible for that sound. Note that Running services won't indicate outright about that sound, it will show you a more extensive listing of all the processes that are active and loaded in RAM. Also, you need to enable the Developers Options menu that's otherwise hidden within your Settings menu (it's an integral part of the Android OS, it's just something that needs to be intentionally made visible):
Android Developer Options Explained: Everything you can do with these settings
Android ships with a whole bunch of Developer Options that can unlock experimental and debugging features. Here's what these options do.
www.xda-developers.com
Facebook can only be used in secret mode
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Try fb lite more, the regular app is way too buggy. 
Screen Protectors?
- By Hadron
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My watches all have sapphire lenses, so in the absence of diamond tools the one thing I'm not worried about is scratching them 
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"Gorilla glass", despite the marketing, is a different matter. The sort of quartz grit you find in everyday environments will scratch that just fine (I've scratched gorilla glass by just putting a phone face down on a conference room table).
."Gorilla glass", despite the marketing, is a different matter. The sort of quartz grit you find in everyday environments will scratch that just fine (I've scratched gorilla glass by just putting a phone face down on a conference room table).
Can't move buttons or text on android studio.
- By ra_ayoub
- Android Development
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Can't move buttons or text on android studio on AndroidManifest.xml even tho i added vertical and horizontal constraints.
(Sorry for my bad description i'm a newbie to android developping c
(Sorry for my bad description i'm a newbie to android developping c
tct.gcs.wfcmanager stand for?
- By ocnbrze
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well tct is this:
www.tctusa.com
gcs i think means google cloud service:
source.android.com
and wcs manager is " WFC Profile Manager connects to customer data services in the cloud, authenticates, automates, and enables multiple user role selection for dynamic line extensions or push-to-talk groups on a shared device."
www.zebra.com
.....in other words nothing nefarious going on. that is just your system process running on your device.
TCT Mobile
gcs i think means google cloud service:
com.android.tradefed.config.gcs | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
and wcs manager is " WFC Profile Manager connects to customer data services in the cloud, authenticates, automates, and enables multiple user role selection for dynamic line extensions or push-to-talk groups on a shared device."
Workcloud Communication: Profile Manager Support & Downloads | Zebra
Connects your entire workcloud via Zebra-Hosted Cloud environment that interoperates with Zebra voice and/or push-to-talk services.
www.zebra.com
.....in other words nothing nefarious going on. that is just your system process running on your device.