Just yesterday, I started getting these weird little bugs crawling around my screen and notifications about Spotlight Player. They are very irritating!
I have tried to Uninstaller Spotlight, but it keeps coming back. I see that it's a widget.
Can someone explain to me why it all of a sudden appeared and how I can get rid of it forever?!?!?
Many thanks.
did you go try to disable it in the apps section in settings
sonic1675 said:
did you go try to disable it in the apps section in settings
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I had uninstalled it twice previously and it is gone now, but had come back before. Plus, it is also a widget.
It also says it's installed on the Google Play store, but there was no way to Uninstaller it.
If you simply open it and go into Spotlight Player it will stop prompting you.
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
Disable it or delete if you have root. If you uninstalled it and it came back you just uninstalled the updates and it could've updated if you have apps set for automatic updates..
Disable through Settings > Apps as it sounds like you are probably stock..
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rymden said:
Disable it or delete if you have root. If you uninstalled it and it came back you just uninstalled the updates and it could've updated if you have apps set for automatic updates..
Disable through Settings > Apps as it sounds like you are probably stock..
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Thanks!
pintasmapila said:
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
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If by "coolest thing on the phone" you mean "most annoying thing that I have no use for on the phone," then I agree with you. If it's so great, then people will download it all by themselves, and won't need an undeletable version of it preloaded.
pintasmapila said:
Why would you want to remove it?!
Its the coolest thing in the phone
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Agreed! I like this cool little feature, something different and i like it!
Clearly you haven't seen "Duet" yet. Spotlight player is awesome.
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Install it via rom manager or clockwork. Backup prior to doing so.
If things do not show up immediatly, try installing some random app and see if it populates then.
Otherwise, it will happen the next time the market data sync with the phone.
http://www.4shared.com/file/yHlfPvuv/fingerprint_froyo.html
are there any reasons not to do this? will this lead to bad dependencies? incorrectly installed applications?
What problems can this cause? Is this fixable?
neurostu said:
are there any reasons not to do this? will this lead to bad dependencies? incorrectly installed applications?
What problems can this cause? Is this fixable?
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A. This isn't Redhat, circa 1997. Android doesn't work that way.
B. Either they install, or they don't.
C. Problems it can cause? It can prevent Incredible only and/or Verizon only applications from showing up. I don't forsee that being an issue, ever so...
This is a simple build.prop change so that the market will show all paid apps.
Before:
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon_wwe/inc/inc/inc:2.2/FRF91/212490:user/release-keys
(Market: wtf is this?)
After:
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2/FRF91/43546:user/release-keys
(Market: Oh hai, Nexus One!)
Thanks
This worked for me and I got the Documents to Go paid version which was the only thing that I was needing. I had some problems with it kicking me off the network and having to use wifi to connect. After a reboot I was back on the network though so I don't know if that had anything to do with adding this.
Out of curiosity is there a way that I can go back to what it was so that when the market gets fixed it would work like it is suppose to? I saw in the build.prop file what you changed and thought I could just change that back but I wanted to ask before I did.
Thanks so much for this.
This will break custom boot animations?
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adrynalyne said:
Install it via rom manager or clockwork. Backup prior to doing so.
If things do not show up immediatly, try installing some random app and see if it populates then.
Otherwise, it will happen the next time the market data sync with the phone.
http://www.4shared.com/file/yHlfPvuv/fingerprint_froyo.html
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Thanks for this, one of my paid apps wasn't showing up, this did the trick!
Ok the reason I asked was because someone in ##incredibleroot said it would cause problems
Did they specify what?
Random text about causing problems from someone in IRC without a reason of what or why is pretty worthless.
adrynalyne,
YOU ARE THE MAN!!!
Here is a new version that includes the streaming audio fixes.
http://www.4shared.com/file/RjEL6jSz/market_streaming_fix_froyo.html
To have the market checkin right away do the following so you don't have to wait or download any other BS apps.
1. Open the Phone app
2. Dial *#*#CHECKIN#*#* (2432546) ** When you type the last "*" what you typed will disappear.
3. Wait for the message on the notification bar to say "checkin succeeded."
4. All paid apps that were missing should be available.
Thanks.
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To have the market checkin right away do the following so you don't have to wait or download any other BS apps.
1. Open the Phone app
2. Dial *#*#CHECKIN#*#* (2432546)
3. Wait for the message on the notification bar to say "checkin succeeded."
4. All paid apps that were missing should be available.
Thanks.
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I got the checkin successful message but not all my paid apps are showing up still.
I didn't add the files posted in this thread as of yet.
adrynalyne said:
Here is a new version that includes the streaming audio fixes.
http://www.4shared.com/file/RjEL6jSz/market_streaming_fix_froyo.html
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I am assuming that we install this updated version rather than the one posted initially, yes?
Yeah.
Unless you don't care about streaming audio quality.
adrynalyne said:
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Unless you don't care about streaming audio quality.
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Installed the updated version, and all my paid apps have shown up once more.
Thank you sir, much appreciated!
Well, adrynalyne proves yet again that his is a bamf. Thanks a lot man!
chapsizzle71 said:
To have the market checkin right away do the following so you don't have to wait or download any other BS apps.
1. Open the Phone app
2. Dial *#*#CHECKIN#*#* (2432546)
3. Wait for the message on the notification bar to say "checkin succeeded."
4. All paid apps that were missing should be available.
Thanks.
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As soon as I tap the last * the number disappears. What am I doing wrong?
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Unless you don't care about streaming audio quality.
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I guess I'm the only one that has great streaming audio quality. I use Pandora and even before changing the audio quality setting to "High" it didn't sound bad. I wonder what that is that makes it hit or miss on these devices.
Anyways, I just wanted to point out that the AAC fix really slows the phone down a bit. It changed my quadrant scores from 1200's down to 790-800.
Just a FYI.
P.S. Thanks for the Market fix!
i have the htc music widget on my homescreen. after installing the update with the streaming audio fixes whenever i reboot my phone my music starts playing automatically. now when i remove the widget and reboot the music doesn't play.
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Anyways, I just wanted to point out that the AAC fix really slows the phone down a bit. It changed my quadrant scores from 1200's down to 790-800.
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Ouch, yeah, it did. Is there a way to undo this or fix it?
Recieved my P990 yesterday. But I cannot seem to find the right application to remove to ditch the music bar and power settings from the notification panel.
Already removed the music application etc. (trough titanium backup with root)
Does anyone know what the application is called that shows this. Or is it in the rom and can't it be removed. (which mean I have to put the music app back to make it work and ditch winamp)
Open the musicapp and open the settings, there you van disable the player in the notification bar.
That only works if you didn't remove of freezed the music app. Unfreeze, deselect the option, the musicbar is gone. Freeze or remove the app, the musicbar is there again. I've tried it many times...
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That only works if you didn't remove of freezed the music app. Unfreeze, deselect the option, the musicbar is gone. Freeze or remove the app, the musicbar is there again. I've tried it many times...
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Music bar is managed by the framework.
It is on by default at boot but can be turned off by the Music app. If you remove the Music app it never gets told to "turn off".
Actually, in the framework it appears really easy to totally remove this functionality but will require a patch that I've not worked on yet, and it may require to remove the actual Music app to prevent force closes.
I might have a play with that this weekend.
Anything on the second question of topic?
The powersettings
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Anything on the second question of topic?
The powersettings
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There's no option to turn them off as far as I can tell but I think I can also remove that permanently... I'll look at that too.
Okay, so don't try and do this.
I just bricked my phone.
I'll need to wait for a mod/update or return it. Back to my Nexus One for the weekend it seems.
djmcnz said:
Okay, so don't try and do this.
I just bricked my phone.
I'll need to wait for a mod/update or return it. Back to my Nexus One for the weekend it seems.
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Oh man, really sorry to hear that. Short story, what happened? Was there progress & then...?
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Oh man, really sorry to hear that. Short story, what happened? Was there progress & then...?
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No problems, have a Nexus One to go back to which is sweet.
Don't (try to) replace framework-res.apk, that's what I learned...
How the hell do you brick a phone by replacing an apk? A brick is what the word suggests; A brick, paperweight etc. Surely you could replace the apk with ADB?
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How the hell do you brick a phone by replacing an apk? A brick is what the word suggests; A brick, paperweight etc. Surely you could replace the apk with ADB?
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It's a paperweight.
I need a nv flash to replace the system.img.
The framework fails to load and a reset command is issued by the system as soon as it boots. I have adb access for less than 3 seconds before the phone restarts and can not issue a stop command before the reset command.
It's not that uncommon really.
djmcnz said:
It's a paperweight.
I need a nv flash to replace the system.img.
The framework fails to load and a reset command is issued by the system as soon as it boots. I have adb access for less than 3 seconds before the phone restarts and can not issue a stop command before the reset command.
It's not that uncommon really.
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Can't you issue the adb command and it will wait for the device to boot fully and then stop before the reset? Unless you probably already tried it. Best of luck man!
Robokill said:
Recieved my P990 yesterday. But I cannot seem to find the right application to remove to ditch the music bar and power settings from the notification panel.
Already removed the music application etc. (trough titanium backup with root)
Does anyone know what the application is called that shows this. Or is it in the rom and can't it be removed. (which mean I have to put the music app back to make it work and ditch winamp)
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I want to know the exact same. Looked around in secret menu but there was no fix for it. Anybody else have any idea? The music app is annoying since it always seems to start up and sit in memory for no reason
wapz said:
I want to know the exact same. Looked around in secret menu but there was no fix for it. Anybody else have any idea? The music app is annoying since it always seems to start up and sit in memory for no reason
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Read the thread dude...
Hey djmcnz, were you able to get a solution to this ?
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Hey djmcnz, were you able to get a solution to this ?
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Err, solution to what?
Has anyone tried the debloatung program over at the at&t note 4 threads?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2998294
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need root to use that method.
No root required to disable apps. However, to remove them, then the phone needs to be rooted.
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need root to use that method.
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Subject line of the thread linked says Root not required, but sure!
Tried it out just now, thanks for linking it @blkghost22, I've been trying to find a way to disable certain things and this did it!
Stock Music app sometimes comes up when I connect my phone to the car via Bluetooth, and there wasn't any easy way to disable it
I also recommend going to Filter, typing ATT, and disabled all that crap too - I've done everything except Knox, Remote Support, and Usage manager.... someone needs to come up with a safe list of apps to disable to debloat this device, it would be very helpful!
Will this let me disable stuff like the built in browser? Because there are some aid that the phone just won't let you disable which I find really dumb.
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Will this let me disable stuff like the built in browser? Because there are some aid that the phone just won't let you disable which I find really dumb.
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It should, I don't know the title of it from an APK or package standpoint (I know it's called Internet, but I can't find it searching right now), but once you find it, you can disable it
EDIT - SBrowser is the name of it
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No root required to disable apps. However, to remove them, then the phone needs to be rooted.
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Subject line of the thread linked says Root not required, but sure!
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Okay, I can't read. I'm sending thanks X 2 to Charlotte, NC.
I'm at 55 apps disabled so far, and I don't think I'm being all that aggressive with disabling TW / Samsung / ATT features..... Anyone know of a good safe list for this phone yet where we can really speed this thing up? Not like it really needs it, but there's lots of hidden crap on it running we know about but haven't been able to disable previously
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I'm at 55 apps disabled so far, and I don't think I'm being all that aggressive with disabling TW / Samsung / ATT features..... Anyone know of a good safe list for this phone yet where we can really speed this thing up? Not like it really needs it, but there's lots of hidden crap on it running we know about but haven't been able to disable previously
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You mind sharing what you've disabled? I've done a lot manually. Haven't gotten a chance to test out the above program but I don't think I got anywhere near 55...
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You mind sharing what you've disabled? I've done a lot manually. Haven't gotten a chance to test out the above program but I don't think I got anywhere near 55...
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Honestly, and I appreciate you looking to me for advice, I don't think I'm the best one to go off of, I know that nothing I've disabled was going to crash my phone, but it's all that TW / Samsung / ATT features like I was saying - the program allows you to filter by text used, even if in the middle of a package name, and that helped a few times tracking down some odd APKs
I read on Forbes that the S6 has 56 apps of bloatware on it, and I'm at 55 disabled apps, with a lot of TW / Samsung / ATT features still running, so most likely that was a list of what they could see from the app drawer or something....
Nothing from me. Just wanted to see if people actually tried it. If it worked then go thank the dev or programmer of that debloating app.
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This app worked like a charm and will have to do till we get root (if we get root)
Does anyone know what the stock messaging app is named? I use the google one / hangouts I don't need 3 of them lol.
krolla03 said:
This app worked like a charm and will have to do till we get root (if we get root)
Does anyone know what the stock messaging app is named? I use the google one / hangouts I don't need 3 of them lol.
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Messages
done12many2 said:
Messages
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No i tried that the only app labeled "messages" in the debloat app was the google one i DLed.
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No i tried that the only app labeled "messages" in the debloat app was the google one i DLed.
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That's strange. When I disable "Messages" my stock messaging app is disabled and disappears.
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That's strange. When I disable "Messages" my stock messaging app is disabled and disappears.
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Haha wow im dumb. For some reason i thought messages was one of the apps i could not disable on the phone and had to do on the computer app. Thanks i now have it disabled.
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Haha wow im dumb. For some reason i thought messages was one of the apps i could not disable on the phone and had to do on the computer app. Thanks i now have it disabled.
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Speaking of dumb, did you catch my wife's awesome text in the pop up window? Classic! Lesson in looking before posting screenshots.
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Speaking of dumb, did you catch my wife's awesome text in the pop up window? Classic! Lesson in looking before posting screenshots.
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haha no i didnt see it.
Went to Galaxy app store and checked under "My Apps" I had updates for messages, Bixby Vision, Live Messages and about 8 or 10 other apps. They weren't there yesterday, so you all might want to check. I'm not sure what's different yet, but it was a hell of a lot of updates.
Thanks for heads up, here's what I got
same here...
hope something's good
I think the pull down for notifications is new
marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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Glad to see that's up in the official app store. People had to sideload an apk to get that for the past week or so
marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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What theme are you using.
I have like none of those apps on my Verizon Note 8 Verizon sucks......
I didn't have nearly that many but I also have been looking at it the past few days so I'm pretty sure I've done most of them recently
Just checked, had like 12-13 updates! Thanks for the heads up
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What theme are you using.
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Android o black
Hi all. Just checked mine and......
marcushesketh1991 said:
I think the pull down for notifications is new
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That's the only useful new feature of all the updates.. rest all are related to integration with bixby.
It was pain to reach all the way up on this everest tall phone to pull down the notifications, real pain with one handed use. Now the issue is solved.
Thanks for the info
did you guys notice that if you go to optimize your battery it stays a 90% and if you agree to mcafee scan it bumps it up to 100%
cmart0125 said:
did you guys notice that if you go to optimize your battery it stays a 90% and if you agree to mcafee scan it bumps it up to 100%
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I disabled Mcafee...mine goes to 100 without it.
whelmar said:
I disabled Mcafee...mine goes to 100 without it.
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Did you turn it on first then disable it? How did you disable it?
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Did you turn it on first then disable it? How did you disable it?
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I use the program BK Disabler from the play store. ...Enables you to disable any program that is on the phone...including system apps...
whelmar said:
I use the program BK Disabler from the play store. ...Enables you to disable any program that is on the phone...including system apps...
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Awesome, what is the name of the system app, couldn't see mcafee.
Ryano89 said:
Went to Galaxy app store and checked under "My Apps" I had updates for messages, Bixby Vision, Live Messages and about 8 or 10 other apps. They weren't there yesterday, so you all might want to check. I'm not sure what's different yet, but it was a hell of a lot of updates.
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Yep and it broke my subs black theme for messages. I had to uninstall reboot and reinstall. All good again. I get concerned when they update the UI because subs applied can crash the UI then we need a factory reset.
touchwiz also updated. the new drop down menu in home screen settings might be new for some people but I downloaded a previous apk version from sammoble.com that already had the notification pull down option. FYI sam mobile uploads most of the apks a lot quicker then Samsung lol.
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touchwiz also updated. the new drop down menu in home screen settings might be new for some people but I downloaded a previous apk version from sammoble.com that already had the notification pull down option. FYI sam mobile uploads most of the apks a lot quicker then Samsung lol.
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Drop down menu?
I'm getting annoyed by these notification popups in the Samsung browser. Is there a way to turn these off?
I'm talking about these:
>Settings>Sites and downloads>Notifications> Allow or block sites is turned off
Is there a way to stop these popups completely without having to make a blocklist?
Like on IOS you can turn it off and you wont ever get notified by any site.
The only way I know how is to goto the Google Play store and download the Google Chrome app.
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I'm getting annoyed by these notification popups in the Samsung browser. Is there a way to turn these off?
I'm talking about these:
>Settings>Sites and downloads>Notifications> Allow or block sites is turned off
Is there a way to stop these popups completely without having to make a blocklist?
Like on IOS you can turn it off and you wont ever get notified by any site.
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I'm pretty sure that's not possible but clicking "block" one time isn't that difficult for me xD
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The only way I know how is to goto the Google Play store and download the Google Chrome app.
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Nope that won't do anything.
Try disabling the location permission for the browser, i never get those pop ups.
Though my previous was pure sarcasm, it worked for me.
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The only way I know how is to goto the Google Play store and download the Google Chrome app.
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I dont like using google apps. (Yeah im on android I know xD)
But I deleted almost all the google bloatware from my phone.
Tagdu17 said:
I'm pretty sure that's not possible but clicking "block" one time isn't that difficult for me xD
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Yeah, but I still get them. Perhaps because i always clean cookies and browsing history.
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Nope that won't do anything.
Try disabling the location permission for the browser, i never get those pop ups.
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Notifications and all the permissions are turned off, still get them.
But thanks to you I saw that "change system setttings" was turned on, turned that off so lets hope that does something.:good:
BTW, did you find a way to completely block them?