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[Q]How does one disable "My Magazine"?

I have gone through my AT&T Note 3 thoroughly and disabled most bloat.
I am finding the "My Magazine" app quite annoying due to single clicks of home button while on home screen and accidental upward swipes.
I have yet to figure out how to uninstall or disable it yet.
Does anyone know how?
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bluetoothless said:
I have gone through my AT&T Note 3 thoroughly and disabled most bloat.
I am finding the "My Magazine" app quite annoying due to single clicks of home button while on home screen and accidental upward swipes.
I have yet to figure out how to uninstall or disable it yet.
Does anyone know how?
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I think until root is achieved if you cant disable it in app manager if you use a third party launcher it stops it from activating
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bluetoothless said:
I have gone through my AT&T Note 3 thoroughly and disabled most bloat.
I am finding the "My Magazine" app quite annoying due to single clicks of home button while on home screen and accidental upward swipes.
I have yet to figure out how to uninstall or disable it yet.
Does anyone know how?
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Open My Magazine, hit your menu key, settings, you can turn off the option to open it via the home button... Unfortunately not with swipe up though. It seems like swiping is more difficult to open it anyway so it's less annoying.

mazdamiata210 said:
Open My Magazine, hit your menu key, settings, you can turn off the option to open it via the home button... Unfortunately not with swipe up though. It seems like swiping is more difficult to open it anyway so it's less annoying.
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Thanks for the tip :good:

Teczguru said:
Thanks for the tip :good:
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is there any way to start the my magazine as an app and put on my home screen etc?
i cannot seems to find it in the app draw

I don't understand why they have this and flipboard. It is basically the same thing with a different interface and less customization.

It's annoying as hell for me because I already have flipboard as a damn widget. What's worse is you can't even put your flipboard account on there.
At&t Note III...& At&t G Pro

Semi Solution
In a search on another thread to find a solution for getting to the home screen or home page without pressing the home button, user Dankchild provided this app:
Swipe Home Button Free
It creates a small area at the bottom of the screen where you can swipe up and it will take you home (or another custom action you set). You have to swipe from a little off the bottom of the screen up, and the magazine action is still there if you start on the screen, but since installing this and getting used to swiping from the bottom starting off the screen, I haven't opened the magazine application once. Not a fix but it is working great for me and killing two birds with one stone!

I'm looking for the same thing-a way to disable the stupid My Magazine swipe-up gesture. It's half baked and useless to me. Flipboard is much better and more customizable and I hate that the gesture is there at all in the stock launcher. There has to be a way around this somehow.

I went in to My Magazine and turned off the launch when pressing home button. Then with my phone rooted I froze it with titanium backup. Now if you swipe up from the bottom you get a little popup that says "No app found" or something like that. I have not found a way to get rid of that completely, maybe with that swipe up program listed above.

I also went into My Mag and disabled the button. Switched to NOVA launcher and now it doesnt activate if you swype up from the bottom of the screen...not sure if I did anything to disable it.

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wttisme said:
If you disable the apk it messes with the stock e-mail app for some reason. I spent days trying to figure out why until someone in another thread suggested I try unfreezing it. Now I haven't had any issues for about 3 days with the e-mail app.
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Is this only with the stock e-mail (not gmail) app, or does it effect other stock apps too?

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wttisme said:
If you disable the apk it messeemails with the stock e-mail app for some reason. I spent days trying to figure out why until someone in another thread suggested I try unfreezing it. Now I haven't had any issues for about 3 days with the e-mail app.
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This happens on my VZ Note 3 as well. Don't understand what links them.

kitsinni said:
I went in to My Magazine and turned off the launch when pressing home button. Then with my phone rooted I froze it with titanium backup. Now if you swipe up from the bottom you get a little popup that says "No app found" or something like that. I have not found a way to get rid of that completely, maybe with that swipe up program listed above.
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I read that this method is doing a fc whit the email apps

I am pretty disappointed with this. I was hoping I would not have to root the device.
You MUST agree to the Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policies to be able to "disable" the home button binding. If you force stop, clear data then the binding returns.
What was Samsung thinking when they thought they should FORCE everyone to use it or SUFFER the inconvenience...

jokesonme said:
In a search on another thread to find a solution for getting to the home screen or home page without pressing the home button, user Dankchild provided this app:
Swipe Home Button Free
It creates a small area at the bottom of the screen where you can swipe up and it will take you home (or another custom action you set). You have to swipe from a little off the bottom of the screen up, and the magazine action is still there if you start on the screen, but since installing this and getting used to swiping from the bottom starting off the screen, I haven't opened the magazine application once. Not a fix but it is working great for me and killing two birds with one stone!
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RDA3440 said:
I am pretty disappointed with this. I was hoping I would not have to root the device.
You MUST agree to the Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policies to be able to "disable" the home button binding. If you force stop, clear data then the binding returns.
What was Samsung thinking when they thought they should FORCE everyone to use it or SUFFER the inconvenience...
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Jokesonme gave you the answer! With that app you don't have to root and you can have it do nothing when you swipe or switch it to a different app.
Thanks jokesonme!!

z06mike said:
Jokesonme gave you the answer! With that app you don't have to root and you can have it do nothing when you swipe or switch it to a different app.
Thanks jokesonme!!
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Did not work for me. Even with installing the app and trying different bindings, it will either FC TouchWiz or go to the app not found screen in Google Play.
Sadface. Can't wait to put on a custom ROM without all the bloat.

This is horrible every like 20 minutes I'm gettin the error. I don't wanna root I wanna stick to stock.
Any other options?

Google Launcher 4.4 no FC

Google 4.4 Launcher working great on Note 3. Go to thread below.
××××Solution××××:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
Extract and install apps, files to framework and libs, then fix permissions. Works perfect on Note 3.
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Its working fine for me, it FC once doing a google search but I followed these steps and it hasnt since
long press on home screen
choose settings
choose voice
change default language to anything else
close settings and go back to home
say ok google and voice search anythihg
close, go back to settings and set it back to english

leezardmik said:
Its working fine for me, it FC once doing a google search but I followed these steps and it hasnt since
long press on home screen
choose settings
choose voice
change default language to anything else
close settings and go back to home
say ok google and voice search anythihg
close, go back to settings and set it back to english
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Did you install the three APKs of Play Services, Velvet and Google Home? That's it?
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Yup, thats all i installed

"Couldn't add widget" in app switcher?

Anybody else see that? Seems odd that there's a widget in the app switcher.

same here
I don't have a solution, I just wanted you to know that you're not the only one seeing that.

That's the Google search widget. Haven't had that problem though.
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Cheater912 said:
That's the Google search widget. Haven't had that problem though.
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can confirm that it is the Google search, if you have frozen it or uninstalled it you will get this error, once I installed google search again the error was gone.

That's actually a pretty convenient feature. Better than the swipe up thing IMO.
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Barracuda77777 said:
can confirm that it is the Google search, if you have frozen it or uninstalled it you will get this error, once I installed google search again the error was gone.
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Same problem but I dont have it disabled or anything. I use it all the time but it's just missing from there

I had this too (and have never disabled Google Search)
A simple reboot into safe mode the then boot back to normal fixed it.
Press power button then long press on "Power Off" to access safe mode.

Kuffs said:
I had this too (and have never disabled Google Search)
A simple reboot into safe mode the then boot back to normal fixed it.
Press power button then long press on "Power Off" to access safe mode.
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That worked

Just tried on my nexus 5 which had the same issue and it only seems to work if you actually open "Recent Apps" once you are in Safe Mode.
I think it is a profile error as the problem appeared on a brand new Nexus 6 after "restoring" from my Nexus 5 config.

Great!
Starting in Safe mode, opening the recent apps and rebooting fixed it for me as well - many thanks! :good::good:

Try using Gravitybox.
Gravitybox > Miscellaneous Tweaks > Search bar visibility
Set to Hide and remove space.
That will get rid of that annoyance.

Reinstall clean master
Uninstall clean master from settings > apps, then install it from play store. Worked for me.

Turn off Google search when home button pressed?

Is there a way to turn off the google search bar that pops up when you press the home button. Ever since the OTA update this has happened and it's really annoying. I prefer the home button bringing you back to the home screen every time. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks

xboxps2gba said:
Is there a way to turn off the google search bar that pops up when you press the home button. Ever since the OTA update this has happened and it's really annoying. I prefer the home button bringing you back to the home screen every time. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
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Same... I got active and have to press the home button 3 or 4 times before it finally goes home.... Pretty lame:banghead:
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I have tried everything I know to try to fix it cleared app caches - factory reset - nothing. I know of five gs5 users affected by this - it seems to have happened the week following the 4.4.4 update.

I hate it
I, too, am having this same issue. I can't stand it!! I've tried everything I can think of and nothing fixes it. And, like you, it's been happening since this latest update. They need to fix it or provide us with a way to do it. I was about to reset my phone to factory settings when I saw this thread, and it looks like that won't help either.

I have read on a another website that restarting the device fixes it temporarily - but I have not seen this. Reached out to ATT on twitter, but haven't received any helpful response.

Restarting fixes it for me for a day or so.
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Did an update on my google apps and it fixed it temporarily. Now it's back to sucking again...

When hold the button on 4.4.2, greenify comes up as an option, as well as do nothing. hitting this disables the function entirely. I'm not sure if this is an option on 4.4.4, and maybe it's because I have the donate version of greenify.
Edit:Saw on another thread there is an option in the system menu of Wanam to disable the long press entirely and mine is turned off

I think I found the fix. Go to App Manager>All, find Google Search and uninstall updates. Reboot your phone. It worked on my phone. I thinks the latest Google search update is the culprit. Also disable auto update in google play.
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thanks
works great !!!

This is compete crap. That update screwed a few things up. Most annoying is this search problem. I tried the above suggestion, but I don't have anything in my app list titled "Google search". Not sure what the deal is. Any suggestions?
S5 on ATT 4.4.4
Edit...Uninstalled the update for the actual Google app and it might have fixed it. The restart was mandatory as it was still acting up even after removing the update.
Justin

Waiting4MyAndroid said:
I think I found the fix. Go to App Manager>All, find Google Search and uninstall updates. Reboot your phone. It worked on my phone. I thinks the latest Google search update is the culprit. Also disable auto update in google play.
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Thank you, thank you! I thought I was going insane! I installed Dolphin Browser and thought that might have been the culprit but looks like it was a Google update. Uninstalled the updates and now it's not so dang sensitive.

Waiting4MyAndroid said:
I think I found the fix. Go to App Manager>All, find Google Search and uninstall updates. Reboot your phone. It worked on my phone. I thinks the latest Google search update is the culprit. Also disable auto update in google play.
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Since the new update my phone has literally been crap. It's slow and lags on every app no matter if I am on wi-fi or my data. I looked through my application manager and could not find google search would it be under something else?
Thank you

corid54 said:
Since the new update my phone has literally been crap. It's slow and lags on every app no matter if I am on wi-fi or my data. I looked through my application manager and could not find google search would it be under something else?
Thank you
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Look for "Google App".
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Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Look for "Google App".
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If rooted, install wanam xposed module, then change long press home to do nothing. Solved.
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Ok so I rolled back the update on google ap and now when I press the home key it takes me to the page to update my google app......this among the other issues with the update is very annoying.

xboxps2gba said:
Is there a way to turn off the google search bar that pops up when you press the home button. Ever since the OTA update this has happened and it's really annoying. I prefer the home button bringing you back to the home screen every time. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
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Go to applications manager, find google app in list, tap google app, uninstall updates, profit
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xboxps2gba said:
Is there a way to turn off the google search bar that pops up when you press the home button. Ever since the OTA update this has happened and it's really annoying. I prefer the home button bringing you back to the home screen every time. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
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I found the solution for my Huawei GR5.
Goto Setting>>app setting>>advance setting>>default app>>Assistant and voice input.
select none for option assist app

VIE-AL10, EMUI 5.0, NOVA Launcher

I am using the VIE-AL10 in the US and was able to remove mostly all Chinese default apps to make it like a Google phone. I have used Nova Launcher for a while and it worked perfect in EMUI 4.1.
Now randomly the "Hauwei Home" launcher will reset as the default. Anyone having this issue?

hiteklolyf said:
I am using the VIE-AL10 in the US and was able to remove mostly all Chinese default apps to make it like a Google phone. I have used Nova Launcher for a while and it worked perfect in EMUI 4.1.
Now randomly the "Hauwei Home" launcher will reset as the default. Anyone having this issue?
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no problem

hiteklolyf said:
I am using the VIE-AL10 in the US and was able to remove mostly all Chinese default apps to make it like a Google phone. I have used Nova Launcher for a while and it worked perfect in EMUI 4.1.
Now randomly the "Hauwei Home" launcher will reset as the default. Anyone having this issue?
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have you found a fix for this? recently rooted mine. debating on deleting the huawei launcher.

I have not. Was hoping for a Huawei update to come out and address it. Please let me know if deleting the launcher works. I didn't want to root mine but would do it in a second if it fixes this issue.

hiteklolyf said:
I have not. Was hoping for a Huawei update to come out and address it. Please let me know if deleting the launcher works. I didn't want to root mine but would do it in a second if it fixes this issue.
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so before i looked for the huawei home app i made nova a device administrator. I forget where the setting is but its in there somewhere. i have rebooted several times and nova seems to be sticking vs the phone switching back to the huawei home.
search for device administrator you will find it. alternatively you could root and give nova root priveledges

danon.brown said:
so before i looked for the huawei home app i made nova a device administrator. I forget where the setting is but its in there somewhere. i have rebooted several times and nova seems to be sticking vs the phone switching back to the huawei home.
search for device administrator you will find it. alternatively you could root and give nova root priveledges
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Do you know if that is something that you need to root to be able to toggle?

danon.brown said:
so before i looked for the huawei home app i made nova a device administrator. I forget where the setting is but its in there somewhere. i have rebooted several times and nova seems to be sticking vs the phone switching back to the huawei home.
search for device administrator you will find it. alternatively you could root and give nova root priveledges
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Also I noticed that the Huawei home default turns on when you connect a Bluetooth device to it.

hiteklolyf said:
Do you know if that is something that you need to root to be able to toggle?
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You don't need root for that. I have found a workaround. Deselect it as the current launcher then hit recents. Once you see nova hit the lock. Haven't had a problem since. Notifications still don't work right but with apex launcher they work fine.
http://www.androidauthority.com/problems-huawei-mate-9-fix-738776/
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danon.brown said:
You don't need root for that. I have found a workaround. Deselect it as the current launcher then hit recents. Once you see nova hit the lock. Haven't had a problem since. Notifications still don't work right but with apex launcher they work fine.
http://www.androidauthority.com/problems-huawei-mate-9-fix-738776/
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So I've tried this on a mate 9 and p9 plus. Once done the huawei home does not come back. I'm going on about 15 hours. I think it's safe to say this forces the issue.
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