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[Q] New Galaxy Gear

Just bought a Galaxy Gear yesterday...I would be very happy with it except no matter how hard I try, I cannot get the notifications to work on a consistent basis. I am ready to bounce it against the wall. I can turn the notifications off and on again in Gear Manager and it will notify me but then not again. Can any one offer any suggestions? I am up to date; the Gear is v. V700XXUAMK7 and the software on the Galaxy Note 2 is JDQ39.V700XXUAMK7 and has 4.3 Jelly Bean.

My notifications where very inconsistent until I figured out that I needed to use a modified version of the stock messaging app to get it to work correctly.
The modified version has a check box you can set to never turn the screen on when a message comes in and that version works perfectly. As long as my Note 3 screen is off when a message arrives using that version of the stock messaging app I get perfect notifications 100% of the time.
I have never been able to get the notifications to work right with any other messaging app (IE Handcent) so I stick with that setup and all is well.

jmorton10 said:
My notifications where very inconsistent until I figured out that I needed to use a modified version of the stock messaging app to get it to work correctly.
The modified version has a check box you can set to never turn the screen on when a message comes in and that version works perfectly. As long as my Note 3 screen is off when a message arrives using that version of the stock messaging app I get perfect notifications 100% of the time.
I have never been able to get the notifications to work right with any other messaging app (IE Handcent) so I stick with that setup and all is well.
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Thanks but I was already using the stock messaging. I just feel like there is something simple I am missing...this is so sketchy with the notifications. I am not 100% convinced that I did not just get a bad device.

lvautier said:
Thanks but I was already using the stock messaging. I just feel like there is something simple I am missing...this is so sketchy with the notifications. I am not 100% convinced that I did not just get a bad device.
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screen has to be off...

nccu_eagles said:
screen has to be off...
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WOW! I cannot believe it was that simple.

lvautier said:
WOW! I cannot believe it was that simple.
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Don't fret. I spent three days trying to figure that out and took two watches back to Bestbuy. Even the Bestbuy people could not figure out what I was not getting my notifications aftwr I spent 2 hours in the store with them trying to figure it out. After my third watch and one day being on the forums someine happened to mention that your watch will not receive messages unless the phone screen is off . . . . LIKE DUHH!!!!

I had to change settings in handcent for my notifications to get sent to gear
Sent from my Note 3

[Q] Did anyone else receive the V700XXUBNA6 update?

I received this update this morning which adds an Email app to the Gear but there is no info on how to set it up. There does not seem to be much buzz on the internet about this update either.
Does anyone know anything about this update?
Thanks!!
PJ

No update here. Still on V700XXUAMK7.

Pj66 said:
I received this update this morning which adds an Email app to the Gear but there is no info on how to set it up. There does not seem to be much buzz on the internet about this update either.
Does anyone know anything about this update?
Thanks!!
PJ
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hi , dont know much about your OTA ,but have been using NA6 for a "few weeks" now and so have other forum users .(Flashed it with odin )
here is the original thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639495
(you can read this thread if you want to .)
NA6 is stable and battery use is fine.Cannot complain.
using it with Gmanager v 1.6.132701

Not that I've heard. I am on V700XXUBML1.

Yes, i updated yesterday, but nothing seem diffrent, there is one bug i see, if i slide to left fromt the watch face i get a blank page.
i don't know what is that page suppost to be.
hope can find away to fix this.

z3phyrantes said:
Yes, i updated yesterday, but nothing seem diffrent, there is one bug i see, if i slide to left fromt the watch face i get a blank page.
i don't know what is that page suppost to be.
hope can find away to fix this.
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hi ,
first of all don't think it is a bug on Rom NA6 ,( i have no such issue,using NA6 and Gmanager v 1.6.132701 )
This happenned, a few times to me in past and other forum members , on other Rom 's( and it was always the relevant Gear manager version )
I fixed this by staying on relevant Rom, but going back a version /or so, to Gear manager version , that works 100%
.i suggest to check/try other version of Gear manager( you can search Gear forum, all Gear manager version is posted here somewhere ).
Plse note ,best is to do a clean "reset " when installing and pairing Gear manager( on phone ) and Gear.( watch )
Usually it was the" notification tab" that was missing on Gear )
Only" bug" i found on this Rom NA 6 was if you sideload ,apps
,it will disappear from"" apps" on Gear watch ( but in reality apps are still present on Gear ) .
A reboot fixes it temporary , otherwise use "recent apps/tap and hold two finger on watch , to find sideloaded apps .
good luck

z3phyrantes said:
Yes, i updated yesterday, but nothing seem diffrent, there is one bug i see, if i slide to left fromt the watch face i get a blank page.
i don't know what is that page suppost to be.
hope can find away to fix this.
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Reset your gear. Happened to me when I selected restore. Resetting the gear corrected the blank page.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

Thanks for the response guys, Does anyone know how to use the email app that was added to the watch?
There are no settings for it in the gear manager. Perhaps its for a future update?

Thank guys,
i'll try to reset the gear first.

I just got the update yesterday and something is making the battery drain like crazy.

i think after doing the update i lost the weather infos on my gear. Nothing else bad here. anyone experiencing the same problem?

Really, really dumb question.. How do we check for updates?
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jzarfos said:
Really, really dumb question.. How do we check for updates?
Sent from my SM-N900V using xda app-developers app
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just a heads up.. if your gear is working perfectly, do not update. it's not worth with dealing new problems. no new functionality has been added, otherwise i'm sure they would be promoted.

Per @SamsungSupport (and I also verified), the Email app icon is only used to view the native email client's notifications. This sounds cool, except that our Gears already receive notifications for that, so not only is having the app icon redundant, the stock email notifications can no longer be deleted. In notifications, the little email icon will show like you had a notification, like Gmail, etc... except when you click on it, it says no notifications. I had to reset my Gear to remove the blank notification. (Tweetview, anyone? )It is not a stand alone email app that lets you see all of your emails, etc.
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My sided loaded apps are no longer showing either. Is this because of the na6 and 1.6 combo? I tried to flash an earlier gear manager version, but it kept updating me to the latest one after I installed it.. Any thoughts?
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I also got the update - here is the changelog.
It appeared after i tried to install the new version of Gear Manager (1.7.031004) from Galaxy S5.

[Q] Latest update broke notifications?

Hi
Does anyone else have problems with notifications? For me they work for few hours and then they stop working and only rebooting the phone fixes it.

It happened to me today...
Non of notifications alerted on my gear 2....
Restarting the gear, no change, restarting the phone... the notification is back

I do have notification but I don't get any details about it, no preview of the messages at all, just that I should check details on my phone... ridiculous! they do it on purpose...

I have found that I only get notifications on the Gear when the phone screen is on. If the phone screen is off, no notifications except Gmail.

Similar issues
hene193 said:
Hi
Does anyone else have problems with notifications? For me they work for few hours and then they stop working and only rebooting the phone fixes it.
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Yep, having similar issues, however I get the notification on the phone, however it doesn't vibrate for all apps, behaviour is very inconsistent. I have emailed samsung support but am not holding my breath

hurdlejade said:
I do have notification but I don't get any details about it, no preview of the messages at all, just that I should check details on my phone... ridiculous! they do it on purpose...
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With the new gear manager update i seem to be getting my notifications more consistantly, but also, like you, have lost all detail to them. Only the fact that I got a notification and what it came from (text, email,...). It no longer gives the text or email body.
I would love to hear if someone has a fix for this.

Milimbar said:
With the new gear manager update i seem to be getting my notifications more consistantly, but also, like you, have lost all detail to them. Only the fact that I got a notification and what it came from (text, email,...). It no longer gives the text or email body.
I would love to hear if someone has a fix for this.
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see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/help/solution-notifications-issue-t2885697

munzil said:
It happened to me today...
Non of notifications alerted on my gear 2....
Restarting the gear, no change, restarting the phone... the notification is back
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I'm getting exactly this issue.
Hopefully we'll see a fix for this. I'm sure Samsung is right on top of it.
:/

The issue is you updated galaxy gear manager.
There is a new setting in it to control it the notification has a preview, or just to tell which app gave the notification.
Seems like this setting only works for tizen os.
I updated to tizen using these instructions and all works again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/help/how-to-properly-flash-tizenmod-t2886991
(kies3 wasnt recognizing my phone) .
Good luck.
I didn't feel the need to update to tizen. I liked android and my watch styler. But preview of messages is a necessity.

evilution said:
The issue is you updated galaxy gear manager.
There is a new setting in it to control it the notification has a preview, or just to tell which app gave the notification.
Seems like this setting only works for tizen os.
I updated to tizen using these instructions and all works again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/help/how-to-properly-flash-tizenmod-t2886991
(kies3 wasnt recognizing my phone) .
Good luck.
I didn't feel the need to update to tizen. I liked android and my watch styler. But preview of messages is a necessity.
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Weird. That option has always been available

I dont rememeber which thread i got this File saprovider , all you have to do is Force close GearManager , then uninstall Saprovider "settings > application manager " then install the one from link.
this should fix everything , stop battery drain and make it works as it should be, notification and media control ... etc
Just incase , stop auto update from samsung app market.

Tried the saproviders.apk mod, and it still didnt bring back complete notifications.
All WhatsApp notifications show as "WhatsApp" instead of the senders name, which is kinda useless.
Cant stop Gear Manager from updating, as there is no option.
If you hit cancel, it will exit. If you hit update, it will update even without samsung Apps, as it's updating independently now.
I know this because I don't have Samsung Apps on My phone.

yeah its damn force update again and mess up everything again

I'm getting notifications, but no popup on my gear. They show in the notifications app on the gear, though. Sad days...

Stock samsung weather widget problem

I need help with my new note 8. Just finish setup and find my stock weather app / widget wan't work. i got message "couldn't find location" (my gps working fine in maps, etc). Also when try to set location manual got message: "service is not available temporarily". I try everything, set permissions, clear in app data cash, reboot, finally upgrade my phone to latest "N950FXXU1BQK6_N950FOXM1BQK6_BRI" and have some problem.
If someone have idea what to do, pleas help me? Thanks

Have you tried high accuracy in location settings?

Yes i try everything , my friend also have problem on s8 plus. I think it's maybe regional problem, we are from Serbia
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I am having the same problem and I live in Santa Clara, US.
I hope it's not the phone.
Anyone else having this problem?

Same problem here and I'm in Indiana. Been flashing a lot today and thought I screwed something up...glad it's not just me!

I've got the same problem. Brand new phone, yesterday. Done a few updates.
Never used Samsung before, so taking a bit of getting used to - still not created a Samsung account . No idea why I need this to download a theme?
Going through all the setups/ discovery process.
Thought it was just me, but seems its not just me.
Phil
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Phil_1970 said:
I've got the same problem. Brand new phone, yesterday. Done a few updates.
Never used Samsung before, so taking a bit of getting used to - still not created a Samsung account . No idea why I need this to download a theme?
Going through all the setups/ discovery process.
Thought it was just me, but seems its not just me.
Phil
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So I created a Samsung account, then it 'magically' worked. I was not trying the app again, but in the background, suddenly it told me where I was.
If others can say whether they have created a Samsung account, that may help.
Phil

Same UK
I fixed it by opening a GPS app wait till the location is accurate and then in Weather app clicked search and then the find my location button

Yes. In begining also i have same problem and then when i setup complet then this problem gone...

I suspect that in some cases, samsung or carrier make all functions fully operational after you complete the initial set up procedure, depending on region/carrier, just a thought

holifo said:
Same UK
I fixed it by opening a GPS app wait till the location is accurate and then in Weather app clicked search and then the find my location button
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Location services another massive battery sucker. Always set mine to GPS only.
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Problem
Hi, I have a S8+ and I have the same problem. When I click the refresh button on the weather widget it says: Service is not available temporarily.
I am from Macedonia, and like the user from Serbia said, maybe it's a regional problem.

The weather widget on the home screen works for me with the latest update on my N9500.
The weather in Bixby home is unable to update. It worked before the November update.
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GIF Keyboard missing on Oreo update?

Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard

bimmerboii said:
Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first.
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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.

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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.

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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I do not have that option

bimmerboii said:
I do not have that option
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That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.

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That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.
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Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog

sefrcoko said:
I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.
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Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog
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What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.

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What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.
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My "Messages" version is 4.4.10.13 and "Messages Service" version is 4.4.10.4. Looks like that is the culprit and Samsung forgot to include the latest messages version in the Oreo firmware. I haven't done any adb sideloading in ages. Will just wait for Samsung to fix this. Thanks for the input.

I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.

bimmerboii said:
Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard
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I'm having the same issue. I keep messing with it and nothing. But once I kept messing with it, it finally worked. Honestly I have no idea how I did it lol. Now I'm trying to do it again and I cant get the gif key board to work. Pissing me off lol

Daciple said:
I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.
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This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).

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This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).
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Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...

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Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...
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Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.

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Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.
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Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.

sefrcoko said:
Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.
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Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.

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Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.
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Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...

sefrcoko said:
Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Yup will do & will report back here.
You know, I remember seeing something a while back about gifs & fair use. If that's the issue it would make sense for some countries to not allow it but then again IIRC there were reports of people in the US on certain carriers not having it. Usually when carriers disable a feature is cause they offer their own paid service. I doubt carriers would have their own gif feature but if they do & that's the case, that's unbelievable! Greedy SOBs.

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Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?

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Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?
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Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time

sefrcoko said:
Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time
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No problem. Ah ok, if you were rooted, I was gonna say I'll dig around in the XSG CSC & see if I can figure out how to get gif kb to work. I think I have an idea of what to change but I'd have to test. But since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, doesn't matter anyway.
Since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, might as well change to XEF CSC? I know gif kb works with XEF. No root needed, may wipe data though if that matters.