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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradley672:
I really hope samsung pushes out an update about it. Even after indexing is done whenever I try to do something quickly it seems it will FC because of the indexer. can't really play any games on it as well because of it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WandersonGD:
Wat you mean, i don't have root, wat i need to kill ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
I don't have root either. Just go to settings > general > application manager > running, tap .com.samsung.android.strokesearch:service. (down near the bottom) Hit 'Stop' and then 'yes'.

Now it stays away until you reboot, at which point you need to do this again. Bit tedious, but it's quicker than rooting.

Screenshot attached.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbrooks544:
Easy way to root ant fix this issue

You can fix this issue very easily.

1. Root your phone in under 1 minute at towelroot.com

2. download a freezing app (I paid for a really good one, $6 for titanium backup pro)

3. freeze the offending service.

I didn't know how to do any of these things an hour ago. A quick google question for any you need to learn will give you easy answers.

towelroot is insanely easy. be sure your settings allow non play store apps to be installed; go to towelroot.com; click on the red symbol thing to download the apk; run the apk and you are rooted. done.

I have most recent OS and updates as of the date of this post, sprint Note 3 with 4.4.2 and cnc5 baseband/build number
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bev999:
NOT SOLVEDSamsung Galaxy Tab Pro battery still drains with yesterday's KK update

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by 'files' and 's search'. Do you mean that you have to uncheck each .pdf file in some way? What if we have thousands of them?

Or do you mean something else?

Someone else suggested putting all the .pdf files in a separate subdirectory and adding a .nomedia file. This hides ALL the .pdf files from every app that might search for them including the ones you use to read .pdf files.

We called Samsung this morning. Three levels, no help. They did NOT even understand the problem. "Do a factory reset." Did that, major nuisance, especially losing all the bookmarks in the .pdf files. No solution, it just started indexing again. It says it will take 5 hours to index and there are only 4 hours of battery left. If you plug it into the charger the Galaxy Tab shuts down after half an hour.

I was thinking of replacing my BLU phone (which has serious Play Store/storage problems) with a Samsung, but now I'm not so sure.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Lomg press the menu softkey to bring up S Finder. Hit the menu softkey again, go to settings > Select Search Category. Uncheck everything. That's it.

I've suggested that in several boards. It's what works for me. Frankly it's best to put one in every directory that you don't actively require the mediafiles from. (actively being ringtones and music.)

So any folder with documents, books, comics, navigation maps, magazines, films... You can launch all from the file explorers. (the maps don't need to be seen at all by mediascanners.) nomedia files apply to subdirectories as well, so one in each directory will suffice. You can copy one from the Android folder.

I've got one folder with 30GB worth of PDF files. ;)

I do occasionally get an indexservice wakelock, but that's always because it hangs on a corrupt file, not the pdfs.

Factory resets don't solve these things. Customer support employees are hired for their affinity with service, not their technical and product knowledge. They usually don't know much at all.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bev999:
We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro SM-T520 running android 4.4.2 just updated today. We also have a 12.2 Note, and I assumed things were similar. Maybe not. He just followed your instructions. Indexing is still running in the background. It won't stop. I'm reluctant to reboot, but will if it's necessary. Is it?

I don't understand how the .nomedia thing works for you and not for us. He uses ES File Explorer and EBookDroid and neither could see the files in the subdirectory containing the .nomedia file.

I would have assumed that if you persist you can find someone in the 'help' department who at least understands the problem. Apparently not.

This is extremely discouraging :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
I've got a NotePro 12.2 too. Strange how it doesn't work on yours...

Is ES File Explorer not seeing the .nomedia files or is the folder suddenly empty?

Did he reboot after placing the files and changing the settings? Indexingservice will always run for a few minutes after a reboot.

Alright, have him hook the sdcard to a pc (preferably with a cardreader) and let explorer search it for 0kb files. It depends on your system language, in english you can search for 'size:empty'. You can also click the advanced search options and select size.

Any file it finds that isn't a nomedia file or a playlist, delete (or move to the pc.)

Then do the same with the tablet itself. (this will take a while, mtp is agonisingly slow.)

Surely at some point this must begin to make sense.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bev999:
The 12.2 Note hasn't been updated yet. Has yours? Fear and trepidation...

There were no 0-lenth files when he read the card on the computer. Sizes of the files seemed not-abnormal and he spot checked a few, which were OK. BTW, we're using linux, not windows.

Possible misunderstanding: Previously he created a subdirectory called .nomedia and put all the pdf files in it. The subdirectory itself was invisible to ES file explorer etc.. He's now putting all the pdf and epub files in /sdcard1/pdf and adding a 0-length file called .nomedia to the subdirectory.

The index service is running and the damn thing is warming up. He's plugging it into the charger and going to bed (he keeps odd hours.) More whenever.

Google doesn't seem to be willing to offer much help unless you own a Nexus -- they just tell you to contact your manufacturer. Given that they sell android to the manufacturers, presumably at a profit, this seems at the very least cheesy and certainly not in keeping with the "Do no evil" mantra. How can the manufacturers possibly be expected to cope with the inner workings of how the OS itself operates?

Skynet baby steps...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Nope. Still on P905XXUANC3/P905XXUANA7/P905DBTANC3. (It's the LTE edition) I don't update a device unless the update improves something.

Ah. I don't know the search string for Linux, sadly. But if the entire card was free of them, at least that's not the cause. (It usually is).

Ah. Folders with a . as the first symbol are hidden folders. They're still scanned by indexingservice, just not shown. (ES has an option in settings > Display to enable them) I usually just copy the .nomedia file from SDcard/Android and past it in the folder where I need it.

Basically it should be Sdcard(or sdcard1)/pdf, with in it the .nomedia file followed by all the pdfs. You can sort the pdf's into folders inside /pdf, because the nomedia file in /pdf excludes the folders in it as well.

The issue doesn't exist on a Nexus because they don't have MicroSD slots. Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG and the others add the MicroSD slot and support themselves, and thus Google says is it their problem to solve. Makes sense, in a twisted sort of way.

I always thought that was EA Games...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bev999:
Another kernel update -- same one, but from the Samsung guy at Best Buy. The sfind thing is consuming as much battery as the screen. No way to stop it. Samsung apparently doesn't give a ****. Not happy here. One more trip across the street to see if the Samsung guy can locate some internal Samsung person who may be able to help. Yeah, right...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balekutu:
I just cleared cache with help of Titanium backup and problem was solved.

I have to mention I am rooted.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Hm.. You can try to go to settings > Applications > All > S Finder and force stop, clear data and cache; perhaps that has an effect. Also, delete any search widget.

It's so much not that Samsung doesn't care. It's more that the service employees are all monumental idiots. :silly:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bev999:
BTDT, except he doesn't want to clear data/cache on the off-chance that it will delete his laboriously-recreated bookmarks in the books he's reading. It would be nice if apps would tell you exactly what they're going to delete/clear/empty.

I had a vague hope that the Samsung guy would perhaps know somebody in Samsung engineering, thereby bypassing the useless helpdroids.

http://futuremaza.com/download/91853/microsoft-tech-support-1235

Choose your size. It's a keeper.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Clearing Data/Cache on S Finder affects only the data gathered by S Finder. S Finder is nothing more than a search app. So it only clears the indexed search data.

The bookmarks made in the books he is reading are stored in the data of the reader app he is using or the files themselves. S Finder can't touch those.

I always prefer this one :p
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbernstein:
I have a Note 4 and was having the same issue. The culprit in my case was the SD Card. I first used a Samsung Class 10, 64GB. "Index" was killing my battery. I formatted the card inside the phone, but it was no use. Then I exchanged the card for Sandisk Ultra 64GB, which I believe is in the same Class. Magically, "INedex" issue stopped and then I got very good battery Life! Result is: Samsung Card was not compatible with Samsung phone... Who can understand these things happenning..?!
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
Hi guys,

I really enjoyed the few first hands-on and impressions of Dell's new Venue 11 Pro.

The Atom version combined with a battery keyboard dock could finally be a match for the Android Asus Transformer, if you want the Win8 ecosystem.

I'm still a bit shy due to the lack of apps compared to Android, but I think the Venue could be a really good solution for a multimedia tablet / MS Office notebook.

Anyone else here considering to get one?

Greets
[Windows 8 General] rkoforever90:
iam also looking for an 10-11 inch windows 8 pro tab,i liked dell venue pro 11 ,but heard that lenovo,acer etc is about to unveil their new line up of windows 8 pro tabs.what do you think?
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
Well, I'm not the big Acer fan, although I really would like to see some competition in the passive cooled, long battery life Win8 Pro tablets with docks department. Where did you get that info? Lenovo would be nice!

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[Windows 8 General] lafester:
I'm probably getting one but I want the top end i5 rather then atom. Atom will be nice though and much more useful then any android tablet.

There isn't as much of a need for 'apps' with full win 8 however there are quite a few good ones and the list keeps growing.
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
Well, with apps I guess I would be satisfied with a good touch optimized videoplayer and a few decent games.

The other thing is the Atom: I never had one and I'm not really sure if it's good enough for HD video playback and fluent MS Office working...
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
search youtube for "robaxx". He has done several demos on a vivotab smart showing what the atom can and cannot do (played a few games, played several HD movies simultaneously in different applications). The clovertrail chip is powering the vivotab smart and is both a) massively inferior to the bay trail chip on its way and b) massively superior to the previous generation atom chips in the old netbooks. Robaxx managed to load a 200 page word document no problem. My brothers netbook is capable of at least decoding a full HD video clip in VLC media player but only having a 600 pixel tall screen cant display at 1080p for obvious reasons :P

VLC is coming out as a windows 8 app with touch support, on a desktop system VLC is by far the best free media player and often beats paid for ones too in my opinion, to be fair its probably pretty usable on touch too as is. Otherwise there are a few paid apps on the windows store, I think powerDVD is up there.

The atom is not going to play skyrim on full settings or whatever, actually skyrim might not even run on all low settings. But it is still plenty powerful for office, video playback and web browsing. One of my friends even did his full A-Level computing coursework on a 1.3ghz dual core intel atom netbook, 3500 lines of VB.net in Visual Studio 2010 and a 250 page word document, A grade coursework, all done on his machine.
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
That's really cool info!

I'm using VLC for years now on my Desktop, with a short break with Kantaris, and the lack of a true touch VLC app was honestly a reason for sticking with Android so far.

And with games I'm talking more like Dosbox stuff and older games or touch games, so no state of the art stuff ;)

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[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
Then the atom may well do it and robaxx in the past seems to have been pretty open to questions on what it can and cannot run so if you drop him a message he might be able to help with specific software queries (I sadly dont own a windows tablet)
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
Something new on the Atom convertibles front?

Heard Lenovo showed some new stuff but apparently no convertibles?

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[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
Lenovo showed the Miix2, 8" tablet, no new convertibles though :(

Unless you could the possibility of the acer W4 fitting the keyboard for the W3, but that wasnt a true convertible either, more a keyboard with a tablet stand on it.
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
http://www.notebookreview.com/defau...former+T100+Windows+8+Tablet+Hands+On+Preview

Well Asus, you could have made me really happy if only that thing would have FullHD.

Now I'm stuck between the lower resolution and no USB on the tablet Asus, which on the other side features a 500gb HDD (!) and the FullHD Dell with USB on the tablet, which might have just too little space...

Why couldn't they combine their ideas? ;)

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[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
THe previous transformer tablets have all had a small dongle available which connects to the docking port and provides USB host functionality, effectively doing same job as a USB-OTG cable on android phones.
[Windows 8 General] -Zeppelin-:
Btw to let you guys know, I think I'll go with another device ;)

The Asus Transformer Book Trio.

I like the combination of actual notebook power and Android tablet. And with SDXC support, 128gb of portable drive is enough for me :)
[Windows 8 General] rkoforever90:
Asus transformer T100 and asus transfromer T300 is there. anychance of an asus transformer T200 with 1080p display and atom baytrail
[Windows 8 General] ThorburnJ:
Clover Trail had an entirely different GPU core to Bay Trail, so its pointless to look at how games ran on it when discussing Bay Trail devices.

I've got a lot of gameplay videos from my T100 here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR0UF7yQj8p9jWCP1OYPC9-lKFYskGK87

Worth nothing that the Z3740 seems to give a bit more graphics performance than the Z3770, likely down to the fact that the lower base clock means the CPU portion of the SoC uses less power, allowing the GPU portion to use more.

Atom Z3740 (T100) vs. Z3770 (Venue 11 Pro) - 3DMark Comparison
[Windows 8 General] e.mote:
I noted you've done Miracast testing for the T100. Can you specify in either the ActionTec Screenbeam Pro or the T100 to use the 5GHz band for the Miracast? If yes, would you do a comparison between 2.4 and 5GHz casting to see if there is improved performance in the latter?

BTW, does T100 spec specify if its radio config is 1x1 or 2x2?

Lastly, since the wifi radio does double-duty in connecting to both the LAN and the Miracast, can you check for Miracast performance when under heavy net access, say, in downloading torrents or ISOs?

As an aside, I also noted the Miracast pairing uses an 8-digit key, similar to WPS, which is known to be a security risk. (WPS handshaking is a 4+3, which has only 10^4+10^3 = 11000 combos, and can be broken in a few hours). I'm curious if there's any published attempt to hack Miracast source & sink devices.
[Windows 8 General] ThorburnJ:
No options for this AFAIK.

From the Anandtech review: "ASUS equipped the Transformer Book T100 with dual-band (2.4/5GHz) 802.11n courtesy of Broadcom’s BCM4357. The T100 features a 1-stream (150Mbps) implementation. I didn’t have enough time to test wireless range/performance but the sheer inclusion of 5GHz WiFi in an entry level PC is music to my ears."

Can't test right now, but I'd assume badly. :)

I've used it to project to the TV while playing games, web browsing and streaming via YouTube, but if you start really hammering the WLAN then based on my previous experiences with WiDi it won't go well.

The code is randomly generated each time you connect an unpaired device.
[Windows 8 General] e.mote:
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I checked the Actiontec manual, and it has no mention of selectable band. Some of the later ones, eg the recently announced Belkins, do allow for band selection. I think SOP is to try for 5GHz if available, then fall back to 2.4GHz if not.

Per Miracast whitepaper, 2x2 5GHz is required for 1080p casting. T100's 1x is adequate for its 720p'ish screen (mirroring), but I'd be curious to see performance in extending to TV as a second screen in its native 1080p res. AFAIK, all Mira-capable 1080p devices (Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX, Sammie's tabs) all have 2x2 radios.

Do you have a dual-band N300 USB wifi adapter handy? I'd like to see if a 2x2 USB can improve perf. Probably would need to disable the internal WLAN.

BTW, for those looking for a good dual-band N300 USB, the D-Link DWA-160 is a good performer, and it's being clearanced on eBay for $10 a stick. This would be a cheap and painless way to upgrade your Win toys to 5GHz. Make sure to use it with a USB cradle to optimize for antenna positioning. One caveat is that it probably won't work with micro-USB ports in current mini-tablets, as 100mA isn't enough.
[Windows 8 General] Snah001:
I seriously taking a look at the Venue 11 Pro with baytrail soc.

Had the latest ASUS TF701 Tegra4 with dock but after I returned the 4th one I asked my money back and now I am waiting till there is good proof that Asus solves the connection problems with the mobile dock.

But....then my attention was caught by the new Dell Venue 11 Pro with baytrail soc.

Was amazed about the good reviews (although MS app store still sucks) and especially by the enormous battery time they achieved with the mobile dock.

Up to 20 hrs with brightness at 50%.

I still have a TF700 and I use that when travelling instead of taking my laptop.

Reason: weight reduction of the handluggage.

Next to that I use it a lot as tablet on the couch in the evening but no heavy 3d gameplay.

I wanted a successor and liked the "transformer" format so much.

Not being married to Android I like the most the open character of the Android system and the way you can nearly set it up 100 % to your likings with custom rom's. So I am worried about the closed W8 environment for tablets.

But now Asus sucks really in build quality and maybe the Venue 11 Pro is the new kid in town, but it's weight with mobile dock is half kilo more than my TF700 so that could be an issue.

So when anyone can post his/hers experience with the Venue 11 Pro with baytrail soc it would be very helpfull for decision making.
[Windows 8 General] Deusdies:
I bought it "just because" without even realizing it's running full W8... I love that thing, it's awesome. It does get a bit warm though. But it's really great. It's fast, snappy, runs all apps... The only thing I wish is that there were more great modern UI apps.

Using LG G2 to type this
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Arbybear:
http://www.reddit.com/r/htcone/comments/1gamye/you_can_easily_rub_off_the_beats_logo_with_a/

According to this post, you can rub off the Beats logo on the back with alcohol, nail polish remover, or 100% acetone. I have tried nail polish remover, but it wasn't strong enough. 100% acetone should work, which I am going to try next. I got 16 ounces for $2.50 at Walmart.

How many of you have rubbed off the logo this way? Has anyone's just rubbed off over time? Do some people want to keep the logo?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Frankie1588:
I think I am going to take mine off soon. Pieces of the "audio" look to be chipped away so I am sure it will look better if I remove it completely. I hope it doesn't look weird when its gone since the Verizon logo is above it and will leave a small gap. Wish I could take the Verizon logo off with it, but that is not possible since it is etched in. Please take pics when you do it!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mad1100:
While it's not for everyone, using a dbrand (or any) skin for the back cover is a pretty effective way to get rid of the nasty logos on the backside. That being said, I totally understand why some would want to revel at the beautiful backside that is the metal HTC One.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] sebastianraven:
I believe there already is a thread about this.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] nrfitchett4:
It doesn't bother me. I don't stare at the back of my phone. I'm happy Verizon put their logo on the back this time.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Cake_Dogg:
My Beats audio logo is getting a bit worn off. I think it might be able to come off with rubbing alcohol, but I'm not going to be the one that tries it. Besides, the logo isn't as bad as what Verizon did with the Note 2 with their logo...
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Frankie1588:
It definitely will come off. It's been done plenty of times from users with other HTC One variants.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Cake_Dogg:
I know that. I'm just saying a method on how to take it off. :p I just don't think it's not as irritating as some people make it out to be.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mjs31:
Doesn't bother me at all. I don't think I would every intentionally change the look of my phone due to resale. Many people want what it looked like out of the box (as best as possible). The logo isn't much of a change, but still a change.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Frankie1588:
It doesn't bother me that much because the Verizon logo can't be removed. I would remove all of it if I could. The problem is my beats logo is starting to chip away. It would probably look better if I removed it completely rather than a chipped logo.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Cake_Dogg:
Yeah, I know what you mean. Part of my Verizon logo is wearing off. It's weird. Some of the aluminum is showing through it. :x
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Frankie1588:
Wow, really? That logo is actually etched in so that's quite surprising.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Cake_Dogg:
Yeah, surprises me too. I think it's the paint that is wearing off, but it does look out of place.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] BreakingVZW:
Mine is a case and I don't even see the logo. Doesn't bother me.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] massimax:
Since the Xperia Ultra is a uber-cool looking piece of design, I was thinking that the bundled stylus is rather cheap and ugly... then I figured out that the following solution is definitely more suitable to the classy design of our beloved black squared phablet :D

http://youtu.be/Djmixnbt4aw

take this, Samsung! :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sammyballoo:
Nice

Hi massimax, this is a great idea!

Do you know what size nib you have on your fountain pen? Have you tried a mechanical pencil?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Jimmy2u:
that was amazing...

was that a real Fountain Pen....:p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] massimax:
Yes, it's this pen: http://www.nomos-store.com/en/Odds-and-ends/Things-for-aficionados/Fountain-pen-black.html

Branded by Nomos, but it's basically a common Kaweco Sport fountain pen. It's very small and it's cheaper than a proper stilus :)