Recent content by peterh337

I used to be able to swipe down from the top to see what notifications were active but now I have to swipe away the lock screen first. Is this a configuration item somewhere? I realise it is debatable both ways whether you should have this... On a related point, is there any way to disable...

This option appears to be missing on my S7, and most others around the world. I know in the rooted version you can just hack the camera click sound file and that's it - done that on a few devices. But I don't want to risk rooting mine right now. Especially as Samsung are pushing out OS OTA...

This OTA update appeared a few days ago. I noticed that the camera app, if you select Pro mode and make a shortcut for it, it now remembers the RAW mode. Also the raw files are improved. Previously they were really poor quality. I have just loaded one into Lightroom 6.5 and it looks pretty...

I bought mine in May 2016. It started to crash, seemingly right after the last OTA OS update. I removed various apps one by one and eventually did a factory reset and it was still crashing. It normally reboots but sometimes it just hangs. At one point it hung and the hard reset would not wake it...

This is all over the internet... With android v6, all file paths use the volume S/N e.g. storage/3367-44fd/DCIM/etcetc where 3367-44fd is the volume S/N of the SD card. If you change the SD card, all the config is lost. If like most people you kept your pics and movies on it, you have to...

I have googled all over the place and there isn't anything that works on android v6 that shows seconds. I don't really mind if it is digital or analog but it's nice to see seconds for a quick check the phone has not crashed or frozen! This happens rather often...

I think this is the latest http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-official-twrp-herolte-t3333770 but it has this warning ! IMPORTANT ! WARNING #3: It appears that an OTA is being distributed that may be partially flashing devices before checking if they are in an...

I don't think there is a single one. The stock app is quite good but has various bugs e.g. disregards the configured storage location when you want to shoot RAW (which needs the Pro mode). Also the Pro mode is not saved when you exit the app. I have tried all the others I could find and none...

Is there a messaging (GSM SMS) app which keeps retrying until there is a signal? I use an app called Smitten Messages https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smitten.slidingmms&hl=en which does this, but keeps crashing. I use it on the S6 and the S7 and it is the "least bad" option...

The way the OS works is that - for most apps - all references in the file system to the SD card use the volume label e.g. 334D-55FC. If you change the SD card (e.g. I went from 64GB to 200GB) the volume label changes, and anything installed on the card, plus anything installed in main memory...

I have just returned the 4th one to Amazon... Both the glass and the plastic types stop about 4mm short of the edge of the screen. It looks really tacky, especially with the glass ones which are thick. For the S7 Edge there seem to exist glass ones which have curved L and R edges, but not for...

I have a few apps which generate relevant notifications - SMS (Messaging; not the stock app) - Whatsapp - Telegram - Email (Maildroid) - FR24 Currently I have these configured to do one beep and blink the LED. For the messaging apps I could not find any way to get anything showing on the lock...

The stock app has no config for saturation etc. The pics are way over-saturated - as per my other post here. I am also using Camera-FV5. That has the settings for saturation and sharpness. The saturation control works, and -1 drops it down just right. But the sharpness setting doesn't work. In...

I took this today (Alderney, UK) I have both the stock camera app and Camera-FV5. The latter works better on the S6 because the S6 stock app does not deliver jpeg "quality" above "75%", whereas FV5 has a "100%" setting which is visibly better. (Even 100% is nowhere near 100% jpeg i.e. no...

I don't know if this is a bug but once I enabled the messages (Whatsapp, Telegram) to appear on the lock screen, it cannot be disabled. I have gone to Settings / Notifications / Advanced / the app / and have Previews in pop-ups OFF, and Hide on lock screen ON. And still when a message arrives...