Live Cations Working? - Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers

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?

bobby janow said:
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.
edit: Language must be set to US English
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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 ?

Eduardo1974 said:
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.

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Re-enabling disabled apps.

I got a warning that 'Devices' was stopping stamina mode & disabled it by accident.
Anybody know how to re-enable it?
I can not find it in my app list (settings/apps/all).
Thanks for any help.
DeadlyDazza said:
I got a warning that 'Devices' was stopping stamina mode & disabled it by accident.
Anybody know how to re-enable it?
I can not find it in my app list (settings/apps/all).
Thanks for any help.
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Hmm I think it's not in the list because it's not really an app, but part of the OS.
How did you disable it? The same way you disabled it you should have an option to re-enable it.
Dsteppa said:
Hmm I think it's not in the list because it's not really an app, but part of the OS.
How did you disable it? The same way you disabled it you should have an option to re-enable it.
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It was through the notification.
Clicking took me to the 'force stop/disable' menu for devices & I disabled from there.
Now can't find it to re-enable & I won't get the pop up again.
Settings apps scroll right to all apps find devices and click on it than click enable
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indycar said:
Settings apps scroll right to all apps find devices and click on it than click enable
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That's just it, it's not there.
RESOLVED.
Just for future reference, disabled apps appear at the very BOTTOM of the settings/apps/all list.
DeadlyDazza said:
RESOLVED.
Just for future reference, disabled apps appear at the very BOTTOM of the settings/apps/all list.
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Hahah, I assumed you knew that. Else I would have said it, good that it's been solved now.
Dsteppa said:
Hahah, I assumed you knew that. Else I would have said it, good that it's been solved now.
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I didn't. Scrolled down to 'D' then scratched my head for the rest of the day :-\
Looked again today & it was at the bottom
DeadlyDazza said:
RESOLVED.
Just for future reference, disabled apps appear at the very BOTTOM of the settings/apps/all list.
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homer simpson says D'OH !!!

To disable OTA update service

Hello,
I ve found a way to disable system update service.
1. Download disable service from the play store.
2. Disable All thread under Device update
3. Disable SystemUpdateService under Google Play services
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vandoor
it worked!
I just followed the steps and the update notification in my nexus 5 is gone!
thanks a lot!
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
bblzd said:
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
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Clever :good:
kuro-kun said:
Genius :good:
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First of all the thread is a little old, and secondly all that does it remove notifications for that, it still downloads in the background and you might miss other important notifications.
Lethargy said:
First of all the thread is a little old, and secondly all that does it remove notifications for that, it still downloads in the background and you might miss other important notifications.
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Ok well...I ll change genius for clever.. XP
I don't get the "1. Download disable service from the play store." I feel a coma is missing...
kuro-kun said:
Ok well...I ll change genius for clever.. XP
I don't get the "1. Download disable service from the play store." I feel a coma is missing...
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54459582&postcount=3
If I recall I believe I read somewhere years ago that said if you rename the ..fota.apk in system/apps it will not check for a system update? Perhaps I am mistaken...its been a couple years.
ozzmanj1 said:
If I recall I believe I read somewhere years ago that said if you rename the ..fota.apk in system/apps it will not check for a system update? Perhaps I am mistaken...its been a couple years.
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It's built into Android System/framework/whatever now
Lethargy said:
It's built into Android System/framework/whatever now
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it works great!
Big UP'S to u
bblzd said:
If you just want to remove the notification you can long press the notification, go to App Info and uncheck Notifications.
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:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
Big thanx this was by far the simplest way dont know why everyone else has me runnin in circles. Thanx
williedavis said:
:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
Big thanx this was by far the simplest way dont know why everyone else has me runnin in circles. Thanx
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Keep in mind that doing it that way only hides the notification.
It will still download, and it WILL wakelock to do so.
Lethargy said:
Keep in mind that doing it that way only hides the notification.
It will still download, and it WILL wakelock to do so.
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I am using this to disable the OTA notification for Lollipop. It eliminates the notification but the update is still available under About Phone/System Updates, and it requires touching "Download" to download. So, why do you think the OTA will still occur?
ecdy said:
I am using this to disable the OTA notification for Lollipop. It eliminates the notification but the update is still available under About Phone/System Updates, and it requires touching "Download" to download. So, why do you think the OTA will still occur?
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I'm saying that it will just hide all system notifications, NOT get rid of the OTA. You'll miss other system notifications if you do get any and the OTA will still be waiting.
Lethargy said:
I'm saying that it will just hide all system notifications, NOT get rid of the OTA. You'll miss other system notifications if you do get any and the OTA will still be waiting.
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Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
SonicAngel said:
Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
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Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
Lethargy said:
Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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hmmm those are pretty important... Especially if it includes mobile data usage warnings.
Thanks.
Lethargy said:
Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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So what other options are there? I downloaded 'Disable Service' from Play Store, unchecked the three everyone has been suggesting, but those three would then wakelock my phone 100% of the time.
Thanks for the heads up OP!
SonicAngel said:
Question is, are there any important system notifications I might be missing if I do this?
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Lethargy said:
Probably things like low battery, low storage space, etc.
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If you check app info you will notice you are disabling notifications for Google play services app. This app has nothing in common with standard android system notifications so they will continue to work. Question is, what other notifications does play services app has that could be considered important to the user.

What is this icon?

Came back to the phone and my theme had changed and this icon was to the left of the bluetooth icon. Checked the QS and nothing else is turned on.
Looks like the firmware update symbol?
Sent from my SM-N950N using Tapatalk
arange said:
Looks like the firmware update symbol?
Sent from my SM-N950N using Tapatalk
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No, that farther to the left side.
Kind of looks. Like adguard do you any over the add blocking vpns installed
AlexanderBlaQ said:
Kind of looks. Like adguard do you any over the add blocking vpns installed
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Don't have that either, using adhell 2.
It just means your phone is currently rotation locked to 'Portrait' try changing it to auto rotate and the icon should be gone
I love these "what's this icon" threads. They're always so suspenseful for me lol
ggrant3876 said:
Don't have that either, using adhell 2.
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How did you get adhell 2 to work?
The last I read, it's not supported on the N8 yet, even with the Samsung Developer License Key.
Tried installing and I get the 'not supported' message.
Thanks.
kxdaorbit said:
How did you get adhell 2 to work?
The last I read, it's not supported on the N8 yet, even with the Samsung Developer License Key.
Tried installing and I get the 'not supported' message.
Thanks.
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I already had the developers license so just install from here and used the license and it worked. I saw somewhere, can't remember that it had been updated to the Note 8, tried a week a go and didn't work but it's fine now.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/themes/adhell-2-rootless-ad-blocking-t3663559
I'm (new to Android) seeing several icons on the top of the display that I can't figure out. They are not listed in the manual. Is there a place I can get a guide for this? Thanks!
XATAGuy said:
I'm (new to Android) seeing several icons on the top of the display that I can't figure out. They are not listed in the manual. Is there a place I can get a guide for this? Thanks!
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See if this helps.
http://gadgetguideonline.com/s8/mea...tification-icons-in-samsung-galaxy-s8-and-s8/

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?

Notification problem

Hi.
I just noticed that when I received a WhatsApp message I get no notification. Same when someone calls me on WhatsApp. The notification only shows up when I open WhatsApp.
Something that it's probably related, accubatery doesn't provide any stats, everytime I open it it's like I start it for the first time.
I'm pretty sure there is some hidden task killer that doesn't allow most of the apps to do background stuff.
Any idea?
PS: I removed WhatsApp and Accubatery from batery optimization, reinstalled both apps, same thing.
Thanks
LE: In case someone runs into this, disable "deep process clean" feature under settings/system/advanced. It should sort it out.
Same problems
I have the same problems but I can't solve.
Any ideas?
Nightpwish said:
Hi.
I just noticed that when I received a WhatsApp message I get no notification. Same when someone calls me on WhatsApp. The notification only shows up when I open WhatsApp.
Something that it's probably related, accubatery doesn't provide any stats, everytime I open it it's like I start it for the first time.
I'm pretty sure there is some hidden task killer that doesn't allow most of the apps to do background stuff.
Any idea?
PS: I removed WhatsApp and Accubatery from batery optimization, reinstalled both apps, same thing.
Thanks
LE: In case someone runs into this, disable "deep process clean" feature under settings/system/advanced. It should sort it out.
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Know problem.
Disable "Deep Process Clean" in Settings/System/Advanced.
nabbed said:
Know problem.
Disable "Deep Process Clean" in Settings/System/Advanced.
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I can't believe a phone with so much ram is using that sort of stuff. Just seems unnecessary.
nabbed said:
Know problem.
Disable "Deep Process Clean" in Settings/System/Advanced.
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I'm using a CN ROM. I have the same problem with notifications also.
I can't find that Deep Process Clean.
Can you please provide a screenshot?
leipnacht said:
I'm using a CN ROM. I have the same problem with notifications also.
I can't find that Deep Process Clean.
Can you please provide a screenshot?
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You may need to ditch that rom for global.
in the cn rom that option does not appear but it also has the same problem
chriseu19 said:
in the cn rom that option does not appear but it also has the same problem
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Have you tried using the search function in Settings? The deep system clean option may be somewhere else in settings..
I have not found the search option in the configuration. I have searched every corner and I have not found the Deep process clean
chriseu19 said:
I have not found the search option in the configuration. I have searched every corner and I have not found the Deep process clean
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I don't think it's possible that the CN rom would have a glaring fault like this - "Deep Process Clean" enabled but not having an option to disable it.
The whole moniker is pretty clearly a badly translated Chinese version of the concept.
Perhaps, two different people translated it from Chinese to English in the two roms.
Here's a suggestion:
1) Process could be "task", "program", "app."
2) Clean could be "kill", "end", "terminate."
3) Deep could be "Old", "late", "unused."
An actual native speaker of Chinese would probably knock it out of the park on first attempt. Still, I think it's worth a try.
any solved yet for cn rom?
fix?
leipnacht said:
I'm using a CN ROM. I have the same problem with notifications also.
I can't find that Deep Process Clean.
Can you please provide a screenshot?
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did you solve?? i have the same problem
I'm global and my Phone don't have Clean Process
ZivasJR said:
I'm global and my Phone don't have Clean Process
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It seems to have disappeared from settings... Do you have notification problems?
Right after the update to NA 1.18, there were no problems - the Deep Process Clean setting disappeared, but notifications were coming in fine.
That was months ago. Now, I just tested Gmail, and it won't receive emails until the phone is turned on.
We need a solution to this. Quickly.
nabbed said:
Right after the update to NA 1.18, there were no problems - the Deep Process Clean setting disappeared, but notifications were coming in fine.
That was months ago. Now, I just tested Gmail, and it won't receive emails until the phone is turned on.
We need a solution to this. Quickly.
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I thought you had a rm3s??? 104 is the latest. And no issues with ANY notifications
suzook said:
I thought you had a rm3s??? 104 is the latest. And no issues with ANY notifications
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Apparently, a lot of issues were fixed with RM3S. But not with RM3.
No, I don't have RM3S and never did I even imply that I did, bro. I will imply publicly, right now, that I have RM3. You are free to sue me, I have my lawyers standing by. Some have pitchforks. Careful.
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Apparently, a lot of issues were fixed with RM3S. But not with RM3.
No, I don't have RM3S and never did I even imply that I did, bro. I will imply publicly, right now, that I have RM3. You are free to sue me, I have my lawyers standing by. Some have pitchforks. Careful.
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?????? Whatever.
suzook said:
?????? Whatever.
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It is a joke.
I got a reply from Nubia PR person about "Deep Process Clean" option.
JerryYin said:
nabbed said:
Hi, sorry to bother you, but is there going to be an update to NA or Global RM3 rom soon?
The problem is that the "Deep Process Clean" option disappeared from settings, and now the phone won't get notifications until it is turned on. The notifications were fine immediately after 1.18 update, but now, 1.5 months later, Gmail won't work until the phone is turned on. Some other people have also noticed this behavior.
If there's an update coming up, could you ask the engineers to put the "Deep Process Clean" option back please?
Thanks.
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Version 1.18 removed the deep process clean feature due to some bugs, it will kill the apps and preventing them to run in background. You can do a factory reset and see if you can get the notification.
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I am not sure what to make of it.
1) The option was removed, but clearly, the code is still there that kills the background apps.
2) He suggested that I do a factory reset, because I may "see if you can get the notification." I would hate to the reset the phone and find out it still kills apps.
3) I wonder if there's any way to clear cache or data from some app/system app to make this work.
Any ideas?

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