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Get rid of Spotlight Player!!!

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.

Google dialer 1.1

Anyone managed to have google dialer 1.1 working on Z1 with no problems?

thegios said:
Anyone managed to have google dialer 1.1 working on Z1 with no problems?
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Yes Everything is working.

kentexcitebot said:
Yes Everything is working.
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would u be so kind to let me know which steps to follow? Simply installing the apk does not work.

thegios said:
would u be so kind to let me know which steps to follow? Simply installing the apk does not work.
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Installing apk is all I did to get it working.
Maybe bad apk? Wipe broken google dialer and install apk below.
If it doesn't work, can you explain what happens when you try to launch?

kentexcitebot said:
Installing apk is all I did to get it working.
Maybe bad apk? Wipe broken google dialer and install apk below.
If it doesn't work, can you explain what happens when you try to launch?
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Dialer apk was ok, it installed ok but FCs for some actions on contacts...
Le me try again

thegios said:
... but FCs for some actions on contacts...
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What actions, specifically? Just opening up contact list? Viewing a specific contact?
Did you disable apps like the default dialer?

kentexcitebot said:
What actions, specifically? Just opening up contact list? Viewing a specific contact?
Did you disable apps like the default dialer?
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Do i have to disable anything? I read elsewhere I need to keep Sony's dialer and contacts apps running, not disabled...
It FCs when i click on a conact

thegios said:
Do i have to disable anything? I read elsewhere I need to keep Sony's dialer and contacts apps running, not disabled...
It FCs when i click on a conact
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I was making sure you didn't disable them. Sorry for the confusion...
Seems odd it FCs...doesn't happen to me. I'm assuming all your contacts causes it to FC? If there are certain ones that don't FC, check the contact (one that causes to crash google)with stock app and see if somethings off. You don't see something like the one you see in the screenshot?
I can't help you further than that. Wait for others to comment this thread.
Good luck!

kentexcitebot said:
I was making sure you didn't disable them. Sorry for the confusion...
Seems odd it FCs...doesn't happen to me. I'm assuming all your contacts causes it to FC? If there are certain ones that don't FC, check the contact (one that causes to crash google)with stock app and see if somethings off. You don't see something like the one you see in the screenshot?
I can't help you further than that. Wait for others to comment this thread.
Good luck!
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every time i click on a contact, either in the contact list or in the recent calls I get an Fc

FC also if I dial a number from the dialpad

I am trying to make it work on my z1 compact.
first it was fc-ing on dialing any number or contact. it also closes when i hit the recent calls tab.
I copied manually the app to system/priv-app, and ser permission rw-r-r. now i can dial, i can receive phone calls, but i cannot access recent calls.
i will try removing stock sony dialer.
P.S. removing stock dialer from priv-app turns into no signal on the phone.
i moved it back.
On startup, i get an fc from Google dialer, but afterwards it is working ok, minus the recent calls list.
Any ideas?
P.S.2 i disabled it. The in call menu is still the main phone app - sony. So i gave up on it.

Massive Galaxy Apps update

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

thunderbread said:
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?

cmart0125 said:
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.

black96ss said:
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?

Google Messages Bug

Google Messages v--4.1.067 (Ettin_RC12_xxhdpi.arm64-v8a.phone) on Galaxy S10
When I open a chat with a person and tap on the "write a message" text box, instead of the text box coming up simply, the text box comes up AND it gives me the option tray of copy, paste, web search, etc. This is the thing you usually get if you double tap or press and hold. I'm getting it with a single tap and it's kinda annoying. Can anyone reproduce this? Any idea for a fix?

I have the same issue, pops up on both the stock messaging app AND google messages.

This is an issue with the March Security update or at least I hope it's an issue and not something new. I've made a post about it in the S10+ forum but haven't seen many responses to it. For me it happened every time I touched in a text field to bring up the keyboard. I know 2 other people that have the same issue after updating as well. I've rolled back to the February patch for now as it was pretty annoying for me.
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Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one experiencing this. It is quite annoying.

So I've been digging into this a little and it appears to be a bug with Samsung's Clipboard History service. I can't figure out how to disable it. I tried disabling a few things using ADB with no luck. If you go into your clipboard history and "Delete All" it will no longer be an issue. I don't know if anyone knows how, but if there's a non-root method to remove Samsung's clipboard service it'll 'fix' the issue for now.

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So I've been digging into this a little and it appears to be a bug with Samsung's Clipboard History service. I can't figure out how to disable it. I tried disabling a few things using ADB with no luck. If you go into your clipboard history and "Delete All" it will no longer be an issue. I don't know if anyone knows how, but if there's a non-root method to remove Samsung's clipboard service it'll 'fix' the issue for now.
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Clipboardsaveservice could be disabled with Package Disabler Pro, maybe that would do it.

Tel864 said:
Clipboardsaveservice could be disabled with Package Disabler Pro, maybe that would do it.
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Sadly I already disabled it using ADB method to no avail. I mean I could give it a try though. I'd have to re-enable it and see if it stops it.
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vahdyx said:
So I've been digging into this a little and it appears to be a bug with Samsung's Clipboard History service. I can't figure out how to disable it. I tried disabling a few things using ADB with no luck. If you go into your clipboard history and "Delete All" it will no longer be an issue. I don't know if anyone knows how, but if there's a non-root method to remove Samsung's clipboard service it'll 'fix' the issue for now.
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If I delete all the clipboard, I still get a pop-up with the "auto fill" option.
I too have heard that this is a problem with the March update. I hope it's a problem as well, and not a feature.

ptheguy said:
If I delete all the clipboard, I still get a pop-up with the "auto fill" option.
I too have heard that this is a problem with the March update. I hope it's a problem as well, and not a feature.
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Yeah, I discovered this shortly after my post. I wasn't using the autofill service at first. But if you get rid of your password autofill service it'll go away lol. General Management > Language and Input > Autofill Service and set it to "None". This is a work around, but Dashlane people don't have to use the autofill service.
Its a sh itty work around but whatever. I can't figure it out. I hope it's fixed in April update.

vahdyx said:
This is a work around, but Dashlane people don't have to use the autofill service.
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Really?I will try it.

Easiey said:
Really?I will try it.
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Yeah you just have to enable Dashlane in accessibility settings and it'll give you a little floating circle login.
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So now I'm on the April update, and I still have the same issue with the Google Messages app. I DO NOT have the issue with the stock Samsung Messages app.
Can anyone confirm? Also, is this a Google Messages app issue at the moment? A feature?
Does anyone have a version of Google Messages that doesn't do this? I can revert back.

ptheguy said:
So now I'm on the April update, and I still have the same issue with the Google Messages app. I DO NOT have the issue with the stock Samsung Messages app.
Can anyone confirm? Also, is this a Google Messages app issue at the moment? A feature?
Does anyone have a version of Google Messages that doesn't do this? I can revert back.
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Does this happen any where else besides the message app? I was having this issue in any text field that required me to tap in it to bring up the keyboard. I tried both Gboatd and Samsung keyboards and they both did the same. Can't remember if I tried the stock message app or not. I've rolled back to the Feb patch and will keep ignoring the update until it's fixed.
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sternweezy said:
Does this happen any where else besides the message app? I was having this issue in any text field that required me to tap in it to bring up the keyboard. I tried both Gboatd and Samsung keyboards and they both did the same. Can't remember if I tried the stock message app or not. I've rolled back to the Feb patch and will keep ignoring the update until it's fixed.
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Yeah only in Google Messages for me. Telgram X and Signal work just fine.
This is super annoying. I just wish I could know if this is a software issue or a messages app issue.

ptheguy said:
Yeah only in Google Messages for me. Telgram X and Signal work just fine.
This is super annoying. I just wish I could know if this is a software issue or a messages app issue.
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All I have ever used is Google messenger and I have never had this problem, it's really odd.

Tel864 said:
All I have ever used is Google messenger and I have never had this problem, it's really odd.
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Wait you don't have this issue? That's good! Can you please share your software update patch level and Google Messages version?
Also do you use Gboard?

ptheguy said:
Wait you don't have this issue? That's good! Can you please share your software update patch level and Google Messages version?
Also do you use Gboard?
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No I don't use Gboard. I just realized my phone sort of does this but I never knew it. The first thing I do when I get a phone is remove the Samsung dialer, messages, etc, and install Google Dialer and messenges. Up till I played around with it upon reading your post I never touched the message area before starting to type, I've never had to. For the heck of it this morning, I touched that area and the paste clipboard pop-up appeared. Like I said, I never see that because I just start typing and never saw it that way.
This has been from the first time I used the phone on the original software.

Tel864 said:
No I don't use Gboard. I just realized my phone sort of does this but I never knew it. The first thing I do when I get a phone is remove the Samsung dialer, messages, etc, and install Google Dialer and messenges. Up till I played around with it upon reading your post I never touched the message area before starting to type, I've never had to. For the heck of it this morning, I touched that area and the paste clipboard pop-up appeared. Like I said, I never see that because I just start typing and never saw it that way.
This has been from the first time I used the phone on the original software.
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When I open a chat the keyboard is hidden and I have to press on the text box to bring up the keyboard.
Is yours different? Do you somehow have the keyboard up and running when you open a chat? If yes, how?

ptheguy said:
When I open a chat the keyboard is hidden and I have to press on the text box to bring up the keyboard.
Is yours different? Do you somehow have the keyboard up and running when you open a chat? If yes, how?
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I've always used SwiftKey and it pops up when I touch Start Chat.

Tel864 said:
I've always used SwiftKey and it pops up when I touch Start Chat.
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I just downloaded SwiftKey and no difference.
When I open Google Messages and tap on a chat to open, it opens the chat with the keyboard hidden. I have to tap on the text box at the bottom of the page to activate the keyboard. Gboard, Samsung keyboard, and SwiftKey have the same behavior.

[guide] TURN OFF THE MIUI ADS

for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
YMMV on the number of attempts you have to uncheck to successfully revoke

Aaagogo said:
for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
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Lol I debloated my device a hour ago. Also uninstalled MSA

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
Lol I debloated my device a hour ago. Also uninstalled MSA
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dude, that's a much better route vs revoking authorization. I'm still new/returning back to ADB,
could you share that command line so i can add it to the 1st post.
Cheers.

Aaagogo said:
dude, that's a much better route vs revoking authorization. I'm still new/returning back to ADB,
could you share that command line so i can add it to the 1st post.
Cheers.
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I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.
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Hi, I also debloated my device weeks ago. And I'm having an issue that some apps change their position on home screen randomly and I can't even move them back to their old place. Do you experience something like that? And Which apps did you removed?

ravindu666 said:
Hi, I also debloated my device weeks ago. And I'm having an issue that some apps change their position on home screen randomly and I can't even move them back to their old place. Do you experience something like that? And Which apps did you removed?
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I just removed Google apps and mi bloatware. I didn't go for system apps.
I too faced same kind of issue a month ago. Every time i open an app it's duplicate icon wad created and I couldn't delete it. I changed theme and it got fixed.

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!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I just removed Google apps and mi bloatware. I didn't go for system apps.
I too faced same kind of issue a month ago. Every time i open an app it's duplicate icon wad created and I couldn't delete it. I changed theme and it got fixed.
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Maybe it's the theme then

thanks
Aaagogo said:
for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
YMMV on the number of attempts you have to uncheck to successfully revoke
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thanks for this post

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.
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Thanks for sharing bro :good:
By the way, how i can open it? (The format file is .jar)
Edit: i forget to download java runtime, now i can open the jar

Can you post which apps / packages are save to remove without facing any issues afterwards? I assume you use adb

i got rid of;
the 3 facebook apk's
notepad
mi browser
mi drop
mi music
google duo
google video
google photos
google music
google search bar
miui feedback
i also found it better to do it manually, by going into file explorer in twrp and manually delete the related apks, the software just uninstalls but doesn't delete and i have had experience that they randomly gets reinstalled again.
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Can you post which apps / packages are save to remove without facing any issues afterwards? I assume you use adb
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