Greetings all,
I have an unlocked Note 9 (Model #SM-N960U1) I bought directly from Samsung that I use on the T-mobile network. I keep my schedules using Samsung's calendar app. When I attempt to add a location to my schedules more often than not the location can't be found. Apparently, my unlocked Note 9 is using "Foursquare" as Samsung's calendar maps search engine. Is there a way to remove Foursquare from my device, or at the very least select Google maps as the default for Samsung's calendar app?
You could always disable the app through adb commands
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I haven't figured out how to get rid of "power by Foursquare" in the Samsung Calendar and make it go back to using Google Maps, but I did find a work around:
X out of the text in the SEARCH field
Select your current location from the list of pre-populated choices
It will let you switch from "Keyword" to "Address"
Then you can search for the address you really want
You should then be able to click DONE from the results
I prefer the Samsung Calendar widget since it has Transparency as an option but I guess I'll have to find a 3rd party widget that opens Google Calendar instead.
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Has anyone tried syncing with their Google Apps account?
I get all my contacts and email (Gmaill app) properly, however, I only get the "main" / default calendar in my Calendar app. Normal Google.com (xxx at gmail dot com, accessed through calendar.google.com) calendars work fine.
For example in my Google.com account, I have:
- Friends
- Gym
- Work
All these appear (in addition to the default xxx at gmail dot com calendar) in my Calendar app under Settings->Calendars and are labelled w/ xxx at gmail dot com. However, in my Google apps account (xxx at mydomain dot com, accessed through calendar dot mydomain dot com) I have:
- Work
- Thesis
- Other Academics
I don't have any of these listed in the Calendar app, even after syncing countless times. I only have one calendar from the domain: the default xxx at mydomain dot com.
Syncing with this calendar works fine and it sends updates both ways, however I can't see my other calendars being listed.
Has anyone encountered this problem?
Actually I also have the same problem. It seems like google confuses between the personal google account and the google apps user account. For example. I cant access my subscriptions using gogle reader because all my rss subscriptions are in my personal google account and i dont know how to switcj between the two.
When I logged into the domain admin for my Google Apps account, it seems Google is opening up Google Apps accounts for access to most of the rest of their services, however I didn't see Android in there.
I wanted to try out whether setting up my first account (factory reset, etc) using the Google Apps account would fix it but I didn't want to wipe out everything I have right now.
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Anyone?
I finally had the chance to try out and set up the Google Apps account as my primary account since I did a full wipe + factory reset + flash on my tab today, to no avail.
Still a Google Apps account only shows 1 calendar.
Strange... I've set up my private and apps accounts and everything works great for me...
My private gmail account has several calendars, as does the apps account, and everything works fine, I can see all the events from all the chosen calendars...
I used the Accounts & sync settings to setup the accounts.
Well that's weird, maybe there's something wrong with my Google Apps configuration, I'll check with another account. But then again I've tried setting all the possible sharing and privacy settings appropriately just to test but nay.
I also used the Accounts and Sync settings to set up the account.
Okay, I can confirm there is something wrong with my Galaxy Tab built-in Calendar App.
For the sake of testing I downloaded several different Calendar apps from the Market and all of them can see the Calendars I have from my Google Apps account.
There was this app called Business Calendar that showed me the actual calendar IDs of each calendar and I can confirm they match the ones listed in my Google Apps account.
The moment I check it and add it to the list of Calendars displayed by Business Calendar, and I switch to the Calendar app that came on the Tab, the Calendars were listed in Menu->Settings->Calendars and turning them on worked properly.
I'm guessing there's something wrong with the built-in Calendar app? Maybe some issue with Calendar Storage or something. Everything works now but it sucks that I have to launch Business Calendar, sync, and enable it from there before seeing it in the built-in Calendar app.
Again, anyone have this issue?
I have the exact same problem. I did as you did, installed Business Calendars and it showed my 3 Google calendars all OK. They then showed up in the default calendar program. Canadian tab bought in Calgary.
had a similar problem with several of my google calendars showing up as being synced but no data from the calendar was being synced. I tried messing with pushing the calendar storage from my vibrant to my tab and it got stuck in a force close loop. I also tried to delete all the calendar entries which subsequently deleted all my future google calendar entires. After reimporting from a backup I made before I deleted it showed up on my tab.
Yeah, me 2, and some one suggested to add these two services, which are
GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk and,
GoogleServicesFramework
has anyone tried this? Does this work?
codewisp said:
Okay, I can confirm there is something wrong with my Galaxy Tab built-in Calendar App.
For the sake of testing I downloaded several different Calendar apps from the Market and all of them can see the Calendars I have from my Google Apps account.
There was this app called Business Calendar that showed me the actual calendar IDs of each calendar and I can confirm they match the ones listed in my Google Apps account.
The moment I check it and add it to the list of Calendars displayed by Business Calendar, and I switch to the Calendar app that came on the Tab, the Calendars were listed in Menu->Settings->Calendars and turning them on worked properly.
I'm guessing there's something wrong with the built-in Calendar app? Maybe some issue with Calendar Storage or something. Everything works now but it sucks that I have to launch Business Calendar, sync, and enable it from there before seeing it in the built-in Calendar app.
Again, anyone have this issue?
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I know some people don't really like those nasty system applications like social hub and samsung account. It takes up space!
Some of those applications even use your memory!
Anyway I remove system apps a lot every time I flash. I just want to use the necessary applications and install what I need
Comment below if you know more apps that can be removed or fix some of my English and/or list etc
How to
1.Root your phone!( look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792 how too)
2.Download link2sd from playstore.
3.Start link2sd
4.Tab the unwanted app you want to remove.
5.Tab "Actions"
6.Do your action(Freeze or Uninstall?)
7.If necessary press back to get back to the list and go to step 4 or if you are done go to step 8.
8. press beck again to exit duh.
Removable apps.
Calendar
The Calendar app on your phone. Like a digital calendar
Calendar storage
I think this is needed for the Calendar app
Google Calendar Sync
Sync the calendar with your google account
Google Contacts Sync
Sync contacts from/with your google account.
Google Search
Browser will still work but you won't be able to search apps trough your phone.
Home screen tips
Who needs tips ?
Maps
Google maps. (It is like this: www.maps.google.com)
News&Weather
A widget to see the news and weather.
Pico TTS
Text to speech. I don't use it.
Samsung Account
Remove it if you have a custom rom or don't use any Samsung services.if you try to update your android it will force quit the settings option.
Samsung Hub
Not sure. But it have Samsung in its name and it is visible in the app drawer. Might not work without Samsung account
Social Hub
Not sure something to do with social media? But it is visible in the app drawer.
Street view
No maps.No street view... Street view is a sort add on for maps
Talk
Google talk. Google instant messenger. If you don't use it why not remove it
TTS Service
Not sure but it have something to do with text to speech
Voice search
Search with your voice.(Used by search widget)
Youtube
If you don't use the app why keep it?
Frozen(Not sure what they do or if it is safe)
Factory Test
Not sure but some kind of test done in the factory?
Google partner setup
Not sure. Seems like it holds something that has to do with their partners
Google backup transport
It will backup some things online if I'm not mistaken.
Nice thread would be nice to narrow down what system apps are needed an what they do. I like Google maps an it's other apps but would like to know what others do an if I really need them
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SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.
GermainZ said:
SNS and SNSAccount are used to sync/backup/restore/fetch your contacts (and calendar) from your SNS accounts (e.g. google).
Do not freeze them if some of your contacts are saved to your google account, or if you use another SNS app (facebook, twitter, google, samsung, viber, whatsapp, etc)). The same goes for Google Contacts Sync and Google Calendar Sync.
Also, I wouldn't freeze DRM. Judging by its name, it's used to authorize applications that use DRM.
Lastly, this doesn't belong here. It's not even Ace related.
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I guess you are right you can put this everywhere. :S But yea I do this on my ace phone that is why it is here I mean why not many people only search their phone and don't look at general things.
Hi Guys,
I just got a Note 8 and absolutely love everything about it. Coming from the 6P, I was worried about not having the stock Android experience, but Samsung apps are up to par with Google's if not slightly better.
HOWEVER...
I do use the Google ecosystem (mainly Google Drive) and have a few questions about integrating Samsung and Google apps to provide a more seamless experience.
1. When I use Bixby to search for something on Google (ex. Hi Bixby, Google the meaning of life), Bixy would open Samsung Internet to search on Google. I've went into Settings > Apps > Bixby and made sure it's not the default app for anything. Is there a way to have Bixby use Chrome instead?
2. When I use Bixby to set a reminder, it's saved into the Samsung Reminders app. When I use Google Assistant to set a reminder, it saves it into the Google app. Is there a way to default this so that Bixby saves it to the Google app? The reason being is because I use Google Inbox app, which also displays my reminders. But it doesn't show reminders saved in Samsung Reminders
Any advice appreciated!
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Short answer no. I use both Google assistant and Bixby.
jay8302 said:
Short answer no. I use both Google assistant and Bixby.
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Do you use Bixby reminders? I've had a few instances where I forgot to do something because I was not around my phone to have Bixby alert me...
Had it been synced to Google Reminders, I would've known since I was on my Macbook, which has the Inbox app.....
Anyone know alternative solutions? Wish Samsung Reminder could sync with Google Reminders
1. Ok Google
2. Remind me to do.....at .....
Done
Can't you set Bixby up to do a specific task. When you ask Bixby to do something you briefly get the window afterword that give you options to "teach me how". I would try that, maybe you can get your results, or watch YouTube for sakiteck and his Bixby tutorials and there is a way to set a command to do a list if things.
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I have my personal Google account which I use in my phone, and all my devices.
I also have a work Gsuite account and it's the calendar that I use most. I can access it on my phone.
Is there a way to tell Google home to use that calendar even though I'm connected with my main Google account?
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Using Google home app on your phone, menu bar at top left, use more settings, select Calendar at the bottom, and you can add additional calendars you have setup.
You can change the default calendar, you want to use to create new events.
krelvinaz said:
Using Google home app on your phone, menu bar at top left, use more settings, select Calendar at the bottom, and you can add additional calendars you have setup.
You can change the default calendar, you want to use to create new events.
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Nope. That shows any calendars you've created under your default account only. If you've added a second Gmail/Gsuite account on your phone it still doesn't show up as an available calendar in Home.
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I'm curious about this too! About a month ago, I got an email from Google saying I'd be able to add other calendars to Home. I STILL do not see this option. I've sent feedback about it, but, of course Google never responds to anything. Anyone have this option yet? I've seen a few articles where the tester already saw this weeks ago... It does me NO good to hear my Gmail calendar in the morning. I want to hear my work's.
I bought the 128gb / 6GB unlocked Chinese version. It works well in the UK on 4G (Three network) but there are a couple of niggles:
1. Voice input from stock keyboard does not work. Clicking the microphone does nothing. Installing a third party keyboard like GBoard does not even show the microphone. Another third party keyboard shows the icon but with the microphone greyed out.
I cannot figure how to resolve this as there are no options under language input settings or within individual keyboards.
2. Google Contacts are not being synced to the phone contacts. Going into the accounts section of stock contacts app does not show the google account. Trying to subsequently add it just tells me that this account exists on the phone.
Any help appreciated.
BTW - other than this, it is an outstanding phone.
TheNeteffect said:
2. Google Contacts are not being synced to the phone contacts. Going into the accounts section of stock contacts app does not show the google account. Trying to subsequently add it just tells me that this account exists on the phone.
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Install com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts-7.1.1-3515457-25.apk from https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=817906626617956228