Images in text messages ? - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

Not sure , never had this issue before. I receive some kind of low quality images with some of my text messages. Can anyone advice what it is please and how to turn off? Thanks.
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In the Messaging app, SETTINGS>MORE SETTINGS>SHOW WEB PREVIEWS
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Rydah805 said:
In the Messaging app, SETTINGS>MORE SETTINGS>SHOW WEB PREVIEWS
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Thanks you.
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I actually like that feature & leave mine on. It comes in pretty handy sometimes.

shouren04 said:
I actually like that feature & leave mine on. It comes in pretty handy sometimes.
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How so? Just asking as maybe I'm not understanding it's functionality properly.
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Limeybastard said:
How so? Just asking as maybe I'm not understanding it's functionality properly.
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It basically shows a preview of any internet url, not sure about webpages that don't have photos. The preview kind of sucks as it's limited but somewhat gives you an idea. That way you don't have to click on the url to figure out what it is if it's not familar to you.
One example, one of my lil brothers used to send me youtube links that were gorey, etc. He knows I don't like viewing them. Now he can't trick me anymore.
Or if you happen to receive spam texts or texts from parties unknown you can get an idea of what the link is instead of having to visit a url that might be harmful. I don't know, I've never received spam texts or from people I don't know but just a thought.
I can see how it can be annoying to some but at least we have the option & can turn it off as desired. To add, the stock Gallery has a new feature I've never seen before (maybe the S8 had it, I don't know). If you take a screenshot of a website it'll include the url so you can visit tge page again in the future. I have it turned on but have not tried it yet.

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How to find the culprit?

I have froze all the recently installed apps and I still get a "notification" for an "improved market" how can I find out which app is causing this crap? Here's a pic
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Can you get a clearer pic
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Install Air Push Detector. That should help you identify it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
I don't know why It does that. I've found if you save the picture you can see it clearly.
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Melladon said:
I don't know why It does that. I've found if you save the picture you can see it clearly.
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What, my screenshot? I can see it full size and very clear.
cixelsyddyslexic said:
Install Air Push Detector. That should help you identify it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
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Thanks, I downloaded it and the other one he recommends. I get this ad a few times a day so I should be able to pinpoint the app by tonight or in the morning.
If you have a music download app that is the culprit
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The app was Retro TD, both airpush and addons detector found it
BlackHoleSlam said:
If you have a music download app that is the culprit
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The only music apps I use are rhapsody (for a year and a half) and Google music (since I got a beta invite months back) , and neither have given me any trouble. The rhapsody app is actually much better than their PC client.
Weird
I can see screenshots fine on the desktop, but when i use the xda app on my phone, they're always blurry, who knows. Sorry to derail.
Melladon said:
I can see screenshots fine on the desktop, but when i use the xda app on my phone, they're always blurry, who knows. Sorry to derail.
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No problem, the issue was resolved anyway. I don't know why that is, but I have the same problem viewing pics that were posted using the app when I'm browsing on my PC, phone, or tablet. BTW, I used photobucket to post that pic.

Poor WiFi Performance?

Anyone else having any WiFi issues? I work on an upper floor of a nice, thick goverment hospital. The WiFi has normally been OK for me with my last two phones (S2 & S3), but today is my first day at work with the GN3 and all I get is "Network disabled because internet connection is slow". Yeah, it's always been kinda slow, but my other phones and my tablets hook up anyway. This wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that the thick building blocks a lot of the 4G signal; I've got to be in a room with a window (AKA "Patients Room) for a decent signal. So I've got this badass new phone that can't connect to the internet a lot of the time.
Anyone have any suggestions? I can't find anything under the advanced options to convince it to connect. I'm sure a nice custom ROM would probably help, but we all know where we are with that at the moment.
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Make sure that's not checked in the advanced wifi settings
For me, it seems to be on par with other devices (ie HTC One, LG Optimus G Pro, GS4).
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Make sure that's not checked in the advanced wifi settings
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BOOM! You da man. Too damn easy, bro..... thanks!
You can always press the thanks button!
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You can always press the thanks button!
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Now that the phone is working, I thanked you from my Note. Stupid VA blocks most of these images on the desktops, including the "thanks" button LOL.
SmittyRN said:
Now that the phone is working, I thanked you from my Note. Stupid VA blocks most of these images on the desktops, including the "thanks" button LOL.
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Cool. Always neat with the s pen to do on the fly shots like that lol
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Visual Voicemail in the Call Log

I don't know if this is part of the MJ5 or the ATT visual voicemail app. But when a voicemail gets recorded, I see it in the call logs. Clicking on it allows you to listen to it. Now I'm on KnoxRaid, I can't get this function back. Anyone knows what's actually making this happen?
I stop using Google Voice for voicemail because it was unreliable.
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Well IDK what's making it possible because i use google voice and you can have that feature via google voice!
This is really much slicker than Google voice. I started having issues with Google voice not sending notifications when someone leaves a voicemail.
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duhbanjopicker said:
I don't see any Android Development here. Just some talk about Visual Voice mail and Google voice. Appdroid, from your sig, seems you would know better. Unless I'm a total retard??
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Chill guys, this was posted in General. Naddict wanted to move to Q&A and made a mistake during thread moving so it ended up in here. He will fix it.
gordec said:
Chill guys, this was posted in General. Naddict wanted to move to Q&A and made a mistake during thread moving so it ended up in here. He will fix it.
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This ^^^ :highfive:
Moved, and...not sure why users take the time to post snarky replies instead of just reporting and/or providing assistance to the original poster? :crying:
Naddict said:
This ^^^ :highfive:
Moved, and...not sure why users take the time to post snarky replies instead of just reporting and/or providing assistance to the original poster? :crying:
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My bad

Low memory clearing history

I am on Lollipop and get this error a few times a day.
Has anyone else seen this? It doesn't seem to have any specific app it just happens randomly.
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Anyone?
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That's a toast notification and not one that's standard in Android. If you have any sort of task killer app or cache cleaning app I would look at that as the first culprit.
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That's a toast notification and not one that's standard in Android. If you have any sort of task killer app or cache cleaning app I would look at that as the first culprit.
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What is a toast notification? I have no task killers installed and never have.
It just refers to the style of notification you're seeing. Toast notifications are popups that are not actionable and not persistent.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts.html
Unfortunately there's no easy way to determine what is generating the toast notification unless you are rooted. Some people have reported that the M-Go app produces these notifications. Regardless, it's not part of stock Android and it is being generated by some app that you have installed.
I do have the MGO app uninstall it for now to see what happens. Thanks for the info.
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I don't want to talk to you early but I think uninstalling MGO fixed that issue. I haven't had that error since I removed it.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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has now been a full day without the M-Go app and no errors. Bettery also has been much better without that app installed.
TY again for the info
I'm glad this worked for you. What does MGo do anyway?
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I'm glad this worked for you. What does MGo do anyway?
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Video service that took over the service Samsung had. Only use it now because I had some credit from some titles that did not transfer from Samsung. I have about $40 credit. Will use it till I am out of credit. It supports Chromecast too.
Have not reinstalled it and error has been gone since. Phone battery is better without it too.
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What's wrong with stock email app?

I don't use this app nor have i ever set it up but it appears to be using resources.
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I've uninstalled it.
If you can't uninstall it, then just disable it in the App Manager.
Yeah. Unfortunately anything built in to the system will probably be doing something in the background from time to time. I do use the email app occasionally myself, though I think email is becoming a pretty outdated concept these days with so many other ways to communicate. Sadly though, until our device gets root, the only way to stop this is by disabling the app.
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With my N960F I can uninstall it (I can't remember if it's even installed in the first place).
I don't use it just because it ask for admin permissions for any business account added, which I don't want to give, so instead I use Nine.
Can't uninstall it or disable it on Verizon N960U
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harlenm said:
Can't uninstall it or disable it on Verizon N960U
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You'll need to do it with ADB then.
bogarty said:
Yeah. Unfortunately anything built in to the system will probably be doing something in the background from time to time. I do use the email app occasionally myself, though I think email is becoming a pretty outdated concept these days with so many other ways to communicate. Sadly though, until our device gets root, the only way to stop this is by disabling the app.
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What do you do for a living, where you don't use email?
pizza_pablo said:
What do you do for a living, where you don't use email?
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I'm not a 9 to 5 slave, I'll tell you that. Awaken yourself...break out of the box...free...your...mind...
bogarty said:
I'm not a 9 to 5 slave, I'll tell you that. Awaken yourself...break out of the box...free...your...mind...
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I can't argue with that logic.
pizza_pablo said:
I can't argue with that logic.
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Me neither lol
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You can use Package Disabler Pro for Samsung from the play store. No root needed for snapdragon at least.

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