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Debloating?

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.

done12many2 said:
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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Pure+ said:
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

crea78 said:
No root required to disable apps. However, to remove them, then the phone needs to be rooted.
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KryptosXLayer2 said:
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

KryptosXLayer2 said:
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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Pure+ said:
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.

krolla03 said:
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.

done12many2 said:
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.

krolla03 said:
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.

done12many2 said:
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.

[App] SystemUI Tuner - By Zacharee1

Please see this thread by a recognized developer i met over on the LG V20 side of things,
Went ahead and tested it against the note 8 without root, you do have to send 3 strings ( Now just 1 set! )of commands via ADB to get it working but this is a one time thing.
This is practically the UITuner android builds into their software and the OEMs seem to kill it for whatever reason. Go to to his thread to check it out and show him some love and thanks. The app is available for free in the google play-store as well.
Practically can be done by a toddler as long as you follow the steps the app asks you to do! Very Simple and super useful!
XDA THREAD : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675
Playstore Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner&hl=en
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Developer info : @Zacharee1
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Have you found anything this cannot do yet? Meaning, from the screenshots on the Play Store, it says some status bar icons cannot be disabled by Samsung phones, have you found that to be true on the Note8 yet? I have the phone but I haven't installed this yet, was looking for a solid solution to removing the useless NFC icon that Samsung always displays, as well as a way to change the awful Bluetooth icon to the AOSP (or as similar as possible) version.
Thanks!

I'm with you man... I hate having the alarm icon on all the time. I know, I know... I ALWAYS have an alarm set!

My note8 doesn't show NFC icon or alarm icon. I use timely so maybe that's why it does show up when I have pending alarms coming up or snoozed iirc. Sprint n8 if that matters
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Team DevDigitel said:
Please see this thread by a recognized developer i met over on the LG V20 side of things,
Went ahead and tested it against the note 8 without root, you do have to send 3 strings of commands via ADB to get it working but this is a one time thing.
This is practically the UITuner android builds into their software and the OEMs seem to kill it for whatever reason. Go to to his thread to check it out and show him some love and thanks. The app is available for free in the google play-store as well.
Practically can be done by a toddler as long as you follow the steps the app asks you to do! Very Simple and super useful!
XDA THREAD : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-systemui-tuner-t3588675
Playstore Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zacharee1.systemuituner&hl=en
Developer info : @Zacharee1
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ADB went smooth and I was able to tweak the pull down toggles but volume warning still happens, and it was switched off by default? This is what really bugs me and I want turned off!

xbmoyx said:
ADB went smooth and I was able to tweak the pull down toggles but volume warning still happens, and it was switched off by default? This is what really bugs me and I want turned off!
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I hate it too. I understand when you get that msg with headphones but why I get it with my damn car BT! There was an article at xda that you can turn it off with AutoTools and some ADB commands, but that is not working with Samsung devices at least for me with S7E atm. I manage to fix it with Tasker and AutoInput.

mk89pwnz said:
I hate it too. I understand when you get that msg with headphones but why I get it with my damn car BT! There was an article at xda that you can turn it off with AutoTools and some ADB commands, but that is not working with Samsung devices at least for me with S7E atm. I manage to fix it with Tasker and AutoInput.
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Yeah I saw that but its way too complicated just to stop this minor annoyance, I will just deal with it I guess....

Best app i've seen for Note 8 thusfar. Thank you
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Mine cannot hide carrier id, both standard and auto-detect mode it's N950N.

Thanks Zachari! This app got me to get rid of the annoying heads up. But I think something went wrong with the display settings. The screen does not go off by itself. I mean the time out does not work.
Can anyone help?
By the way m using Galaxy S8 Plus.

This is a great app for the note8. Nfc, alarm icons gone. The screen rotation icon will show up so had to turn that off too. Bummer that the volume warning does not work. Can also adjust the number of quicksetting columns. Donated to the developer.
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I must be retarted, but I can't get the ADB to work with Windows 10 Powershell. Anyone care to help?

I uninstalled the App and now my Notification pulldown icons are all black. Even after applying the default theme for the Note8 the icons are all white and still can't see them. How do you get the icons colors to show back up properly? I booted into stock recovery and did a cache partition wipe hoping how would fix it and no dice. Any help is appreciated.

Used it with the S8+ and the Note 8 to get rid of the battery icon. On the T-Mobile G1 ADB was the only way to get anything done, even a screenshot.

It's a great app I use it for my toggles and hiding my battery symbol and the immersive mode, can't wait for the volume warning to work on the Note 8 though

xbmoyx said:
I uninstalled the App and now my Notification pulldown icons are all black. Even after applying the default theme for the Note8 the icons are all white and still can't see them. How do you get the icons colors to show back up properly? I booted into stock recovery and did a cache partition wipe hoping how would fix it and no dice. Any help is appreciated.
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I was able to get the status bar icons to show back up by installing the app again and using adb on my desktop, but the question remains how do you completely uninstall this app and go back to stock settings? Is the only way to do a factory reset?

fireattack7 said:
I must be retarted, but I can't get the ADB to work with Windows 10 Powershell. Anyone care to help?
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You need to use CMD lol

Interceptor777 said:
You need to use CMD lol
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I tried via CMD as well.

fireattack7 said:
I tried via CMD as well.
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You you have android adb installed or easy adb installed on your pc?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771417

doesn't hide the wifi calling icon either. Its still one of my favorite apps to use. between this, substratum and bx actions, I can live without root on a samsung

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?

OMG they messed up the alarm clock.

Just tried to set my alarm clock for the next two hours or so, noting. It keeps pushing for tomorrow's date and plus on top of that the toast message doesn't appear anymore saying " alarm set for 2.4 hours time" .
Major fail .
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Limeybastard said:
Just tried to set my alarm clock for the next two hours or so, noting. It keeps pushing for tomorrow's date and plus on top of that the toast message doesn't appear anymore saying " alarm set for 2.4 hours time" .
Major fail .
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Works just fine for me. If your clock is 24h make sure you select the right time and not 12 hours out.

I set mine almost right out if the box and it worked as I would have expected. I did see the toast message as well when I set it

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I set mine almost right out if the box and it worked as I would have expected. I did see the toast message as well when I set it
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Wow, still cannot get it working here. No toast message.
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Limeybastard said:
Wow, still cannot get it working here. No toast message.
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Maybe try to uninstall the Alarm app and reinstall it from Galaxy Apps. If that doesn't work maybe a force stop on the app in the settings?

Rev_Nev said:
Maybe try to uninstall the Alarm app and reinstall it from Galaxy Apps. If that doesn't work maybe a force stop on the app in the settings?
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Thanks will try that. I'm thinking other option might be substratum. I'll have to dig deeper.
Edit. The strangest thing, notifications for the clock app were all blocked.
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Limeybastard said:
Thanks will try that. I'm thinking other option might be substratum. I'll have to dig deeper.
Edit. The strangest thing, notifications for the clock app were all blocked.
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That's really odd. I have had so many things popup and ask if I want them enabled, disabled, etc though. Maybe it got blocked on accident if yours is doing the same thing. Glad you figured it out!

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That's really odd. I have had so many things popup and ask if I want them enabled, disabled, etc though. Maybe it got blocked on accident if yours is doing the same thing. Glad you figured it out!
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I just had a look under settings and apps, all my other apps the notification says blocked also?
Would you or anyone know how this could have happened?
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Limeybastard said:
I just had a look under settings and apps, all my other apps the notification says blocked also?
Would you or anyone know how this could have happened?
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My guess would be a Gremlin in the system, it happens on all mobiles. Either that or when you changed mobiles you used your old mobile to copy from or the cloud in which case sometimes things do go wrong.
I was told years ago to always start a fresh with each new mobile. I don't I use Samsung sync but there is ALWAYS some sort of minor **** up and its never perfect. :crying:
Like I wrote sometimes its just down to an odd behaviour...Gremlins as I call it.
I hope you got it sorted?
Ryland :highfive:

Ryland Johnson said:
My guess would be a Gremlin in the system, it happens on all mobiles. Either that or when you changed mobiles you used your old mobile to copy from or the cloud in which case sometimes things do go wrong.
I was told years ago to always start a fresh with each new mobile. I don't I use Samsung sync but there is ALWAYS some sort of minor **** up and its never perfect. :crying:
Like I wrote sometimes its just down to an odd behaviour...Gremlins as I call it.
I hope you got it sorted?
Ryland :highfive:
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Yes , something went amiss as it wasn't like this until yesterday. I found that all my notifications were turned off in this menu.
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Live Cations Working?

Are your Live Captions currently working? Mine seem to have gone A.W.O.L. I've tried various videos, etc. but nothing displays. The option is on when I press the volume button(s). Any advice?

I see the option but nothing happens for me either.

Eduardo1974 said:
Are your Live Captions currently working? Mine seem to have gone A.W.O.L. I've tried various videos, etc. but nothing displays. The option is on when I press the volume button(s). Any advice?
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Is it turned on in the accessibility settings? Mine works fine.

rickysidhu_ said:
I see the option but nothing happens for me either.
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Yay! Well... "Yay" in a good way in that I'm not alone in this. I had an online chat session with a Google support person, but he couldn't figure it out. I'm at a loss!

bobby janow said:
Is it turned on in the accessibility settings? Mine works fine.
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I don't (even) have the "Live Caption" option in the Accessibility section. I have "Captions," but that's it. The option to select it is present in the volume rocker, but nothing happens despite it being activated.

Eduardo1974 said:
I don't (even) have the "Live Caption" option in the Accessibility section. I have "Captions," but that's it. The option to select it is present in the volume rocker, but nothing happens despite it being activated.
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Maybe that's why?

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Maybe that's why?
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That has to be it. My "Accessibility" page doesn't have that option. I wonder how I can get it to show up?

Eduardo1974 said:
That has to be it. My "Accessibility" page doesn't have that option. I wonder how I can get it to show up?
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According to some users you are certainly not alone. They did say that once app / system files were updated then the option appeared. But not everyone and suggested reporting the issue via the feedback option. Try updating everything first and see what happens. Factory reset didn't help either.

bobby janow said:
According to some users you are certainly not alone. They did say that once app / system files were updated then the option appeared. But not everyone and suggested reporting the issue via the feedback option. Try updating everything first and see what happens. Factory reset didn't help either.
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I know this is a silly question, but when you say "try updating everything" what do you mean, specifically?

Eduardo1974 said:
I know this is a silly question, but when you say "try updating everything" what do you mean, specifically?
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It's not silly because I have no idea what they were talking about either. I guess they mean apps like carrier services and perhaps the monthly security updates? I'll look further see if there are any clarifications. You have the 4xl and are in the U. S. right? They did mention all play store updates too.
edit: Language must be set to US English

simply search settings for 'live' there is a complete section dedicated to live caption, be sure it is enabled.

uicnren said:
simply search settings for 'live' there is a complete section dedicated to live caption, be sure it is enabled.
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The problem some are having is that it doesn't show up in the accessibility section. It's just not there.

bobby janow said:
It's not silly because I have no idea what they were talking about either. I guess they mean apps like carrier services and perhaps the monthly security updates? I'll look further see if there are any clarifications. You have the 4xl and are in the U. S. right? They did mention all play store updates too.
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Interestingly enough, LIVE CAPTIONS STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I have no clue what triggered it, but there were some Play Store updates that took place earlier today. Go figure ?

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Interestingly enough, LIVE CAPTIONS STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I have no clue what triggered it, but there were some Play Store updates that took place earlier today. Go figure ?
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Great, that's what they said, updates. Nuts that it would affect it like that but at least you got it back.