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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Official_Noob:
Yes... I have been getting these notifications that just started this morning.

A couple of days ago, I downloaded 4.4.2 and used Odin to install on my N7100, Rooted, stock ROM and kernel.

Before that, I understood that installing a ROM from another location, like the French ROM, might trigger some not-so-good stuff.

In the notification drawer I got the notification "Knox Security Policy Update... Tap here to allow automatic updates for...." and that's all there was because I didn't want to tap on the notification in case it was going to reactivate Knox and break Root.

I cleared the notifications, but it came back on reboot.

One thing that I noticed is that in searching for Knox in Root Explorer, with 4.3, there were only about eight or so files previously, now there are about 15 additional ones (didn't actually count them, but I have to scroll down in order to see the whole list).

This is gonna sound dumb, but I actually went into Kies (Which, by the way I never use) and got a message that there are updates for my device.

Well, since 4.4.2 Is the latest update for the N7100, I thought that possibly Samsung had pushed out 4.4.3, but in Kies there was no info in the software version field... it was just blank, so I left it alone because this was hot on the heels of that Knox Security Policy Update notification, so I'm leaving well enough alone for the time being until I get some definitive information from somebody here that actually knows what he's doing.

Losing root isn't the end of the world, but it's something that I'd rather not deal with at the moment.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hum3rus:
n00b running a Verizon Galaxy S III, SCH-i535. (wrong device forum, explained that in last line of post)

Just updated (via Kies) from android 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 kitkat - and (of course) lost root access.

Used towelroot to get it back, already had SuperSU installed, so updated that, seemed to work fine. (using "su" command in terminal emulator returned a # prompt, and apps that request root permissions get blocked by SuperSU until I give the OK)

Now there is a shield shaped icon in the notification drawer, and it shows the following header and text when the drawer is open:

Security policy updates 07-04-2014

Tap here to allow automatic updates for the protection of your phone.

Clearing notifications makes it go away, but it reappears when the device is rebooted.

Installing/uninstalling apps via Play did not cause the notification to reappear, nor did locking/unlocking the phone.

Posting this here because it is the only thread I could find (on multiple sites, not just this one!) containing the same issue I am experiencing. Anyone know what this is yet, or how to get rid of it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Threezees:
I get these too. I believe they are telling you that there are currently no issues with the phone's security. As others have said, I get them when I first connect to Wifi, when I restart the phone, or when I install an application. I haven't been able to find much information on the notifications, but I'm guessing a policy is updated with new information when an application is installed. If you root you can freeze the updates. I just deal with them, I think they're essentially telling me I don't have any compromising applications installed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] duwerk:
Hello all. I am rooted, running xposed module (stock otherwise), and twice now my phone has developed this problem.

With the screen unlocked, it seems to randomly jump to the call log screen.

The First time this happened, I tried disabling xposed module, clearing the cache, etc. Problem persisted. I factory reset and it seemed to clear everything up. Installed xposed again and no problems for a few days. Then, about 4 days later, I'm experiencing the same problem again. Didn't seem to coincide with installation of an app, enabling a feature, etc.

Any way for me to diagnose this or any experience with a similar problem?

Thanks
[LG Optimus G Pro] lopelisoli:
Hello,

In the process of rooting and trying to install CWM Recovery in preparation to flash Cyanogenmod, I seem to have denied myself access to the phone's internal storage. In the "File Manager" app, I get the following screen:

Local: /storage

No files

No search results

In addition, any app that requires access to internal memory will not work, instead showing messages such as "Try again after scanning media files" or "Not enough storage". If I plug in the USB cable and set it to "Media sync (MTP)" mode, Windows Explorer will show the device but list the internal storage as having "0 bytes" and no files.

I already tried the following:

- Factory reset

- Flashing the official ROM through the Windows Enabler / UpTestEX tools

In both tries the phone was "reset", as in it returned to the initial Android welcome screen where you set up your Google account, but in each case I still didn't have access to internal storage.

This is what I have in the "About phone -> Software information" option:

Android version: 4.1.2

Baseband version: APQ8064T/MDM9x15M

Kernel version: 3.4.0

Build number: JZO54K

Software version: E98810b

The phone does not have Wi-Fi access either, which is why I was tinkering around with custom ROMs in the first place, so I won't be able to download anything to it as part of the solution.

Is there anything else I can try?
[LG Optimus G Pro] ackliph:
I'm guessing you used FreeGee to install CWM? Perhaps try restoring?

If that didn't work... Id move the EFS backups to my computer. I'd make a NAND backup in CWM. Then I'd get CM and gapps on a micro SD. I'd do a format of system, data, and cache. Then I'd install CM and gapps. Then I'd cross my fingers.
[LG Optimus G Pro] lopelisoli:
ackliph,

Since I didn't have Wi-Fi access on the phone, and at the time I didn't know how to reverse tether it to the computer, I was looking for a procedure to install CWM Recovery that didn't involve downloading files directly within the phone (only transfering via USB). Right now I can't find the exact instructions I used, but it was similar to what is described by hkfriends in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2361941, the only difference being that the image I downloaded was not that one.

I rooted the phone with Universal Root, then followed those instructions to install CWM Recovery. It seemed to have worked, but when I rebooted... nothing happened! The phone booted normally, and if I tried entering recovery mode all I got was the stock LG recovery.

I continued looking for another way to install a custom recovery, but instead came upon instructions to flash KDZ files with UpTestEx. Since the immediate problem I was trying to solve was the lack of Wi-Fi access (and not really the custom ROM), I thought it couldn't hurt to try updating the stock ROM. The procedure did update my ROM, but I ended up in my current predicament: no access to internal storage, and still no Wi-Fi access! It even managed to unroot the phone.

So your suggestion would be to try installing CM via a microSD card. OK, I can get a microSD and try that. However, I do believe I will need root access to do anything of the sort. I tried Universal Root again, and got the following messages:

Evidently, that didn't work.

I guess I will need some other method of rooting it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] Bitgod:
So I picked up a 1GB Kingston card from Fry's for cheap, fine and dandy, but I didn't really think about R/W speed. If I'm the type to OC my 8125 to make it snappier, am I going to want to look into getting a 1GB that's got faster throughput? I've got all my startup apps residing on the phone, so maybe I won't really notice a difference anyway?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sikkboy626:
I'm looking to get a good condition used One X. Unfortunately eBay is cluttered with misinformation and junk devices. It seems that generally the One X is cheaper than the One X+, obviously. So what I'm trying to figure out is this, did AT&T make a One X in 32GB? I did a couple of searches and it looks like they did not, but there are some listings that have some AT&T ones for sale so I'm kind of confused.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Incorrect. At&t might have never released a 32gb model, but several other carriers did. My partner has a 32gb One XL from Telstra. So the answer to [MENTION=545579]sikkboy626[/MENTION]'s question is yes, there is a 32gb model. It won't be at&t branded though, and will not carry the at&t radio hardware (the LTE hardware specifically)

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sikkboy626:
Thank you both for these answers, they're much appreciated. It seems that a 32GB AT&T One X may not be a real listing.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Ok, you were talking about the HOXL in general so I was going off of that.

Sent from my Evita
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
What are the recommended apps to disable and/or get rid of? I did a factory reset because of nasty wake locks and trying to figure everything that can be disabled without losing features or anything. I know some of this is subjective, but still like some ideas. Thanks. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehul mehta:
List of them

1.if you have two tts then disable one!

2.if you dont use apk's like chaton you can uninstall or disable it!

3.you can disable widgets that you dont use!

4.you can disable system lockscreen if you are using any second lockscreen from playstore.

5.disable useless apk's like samsung hub, watchon, Samsung apps etc.

Hit thanks if i helped you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
What is tts? I think part of the problem is that I don't know what certain things are. For example, wh as the is the travel wallpaper?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehul mehta:
Tts is text to speech! Its used in s voice! And travel wallpaper is for wallpaper scrolling! If you dont want your wallpaper to scroll then you can diaable it! Anything else?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
You said if you have two tts, where would I find them? One isn't showing up under all my apps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehul mehta:
Tts

Two tts means mybe you have google tts and samsung tts both on your s5!so you u can disable one! :)

Go to settings and then to application manager in general tab!

Go to system apps and go through the list of apps!

Background apks like tts never show in the apps!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
OK I see them. Which one should I disable, Samsung or google?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehul mehta:
By the way s5 is awesome! Even my s2 is completely s5

The useless one is samsung tts you can disable that one!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
Won't let me disable that one lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpmcnown:
Until I can completely remove some bloat, I have the following turned off so far. It's by no means a thorough list.

Accessories

Audible

BlurbCheckout

Calculator (installed 3rd party Calculator)

Caller Name ID

Cloud

FamilyBase Companion

Google Play Books

HP Print Service Plugin

Message+ (Didn't even bother to figer out what this is before I killed it)

Messages (installed Hangouts and/or 3rd party messagin app)

My InfoZone

NFL Mobile

Smart Remote (downloaded the latest WatchOn app from Samsung)

Swype

Verizon Location Agent

Verizon Support and Protection

Verizon Tones

VZ Navigator

As far as the text-to-speech deletion goes, just uninstall whichever ones you don't anticipate needing.

Settings>Language and Input>text-to-speech options>Listen to an example. Really it's personal preference, and uninstalling unused tts voice data only serves to free up internal storage. For example, the "high quality" female English US voice for Google TTS is 244MB, The Samsung high quality voice data is around 90MB per language/gender.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehul mehta:
Samsung has launched s5 devices with less permissions do to whatever you want! So maybe you have to root your device (which is not possible right now bcoz it will cut your warranty out) So another solution for it is try to search for an app on play store which disables system applications! Without root
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f308gt4:
I've turned off the following:

Accessories

Audible

Blurb Checkout

Caller Name ID

Family Base Companion

Flipboard

Google Play Books

Google Play Newsstand

IMDb

Isis Mobile Wallet

My InfoZone

My Magazine

NFL Mobile

Samsung Link Platform

Slacker

Smart Remote

VZ Navigator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravenofdoom:
This is my complete list... everything still works (except the Samsung bloat crap like S-voice and the verizon garbage pre-loaded). I did turn off some Google apps that were needless, and the Samsung fitness stuff (e.g. ANT+ connection, fitness, etc.), in addition to other things (S-pen, fonts, etc.)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
What are things like samsung billing, the app that just says samsung galaxy, and samsung link? What do they do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravenofdoom:
I believe samsung billing is for app purchases through their proprietary app store

Samsung Link is a protocol for connecting only with samsung TV's/laptops - has functionality for screen-mirroring, DLNA only with samsung branded devices.

Samsung Galaxy... I'm not entirely sure what it does to be honest. I've tested fairly extensively if any functionality / apps / services are broken as a result, and everything still seems to work fine. I have a suspicion that this is related to a tutorial/demo function.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
Ah ok, thanks! I see that you have the "Downloads" app turned off. What does that app do? I know it's part of media, which is giving me a lot of wakelocks. The three things that are part of "Media", can you uninstall all three, and what does each one do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
This is with 2 hour 11 min screen on time. So Not Bad At All. (Not sure why, but keyboard randomly does that) but it is waking up a lot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravenofdoom:
Downloads app is just an app that shows a history/list of everything you've recently downloaded (e.g. in the downloads folder). I prefer to use ESFileExplorer as it's more versatile as a file manager, and I don't care for an app that tracks file downloads/history.

In previous android versions, I believe the Media app was part of what cached/listed files such as images (thumbnails), music files, docs, etc. I vaguely recall disabling it in the past to find that all my MP3's and photos no longer appeared in the gallery/google music app. I would not disable it if my memory serves me correctly.

Yeah, your battery usage looks about in-par with mine. I came from a GNex and was used to seeing display always overtaking androidOS/systemUI (man, that phone had atrocious battery life and screen-on time)... the GS5 has such a great power-sipping display that I came to the same surprise as you to find it ranks on-par/sometimes below OS usage in a normal day. The battery life on this phone rocks.

EDIT: Media usage will sometimes spike if you've recently added a bunch of new files (photos, mp3's, etc.) to your device, as it's scanning/caching/indexing lists to the files. I'd give it a day or two if that's the case, and you'll see it won't consume much of anything once things are static on your phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
Oh OK. I see. So perfectly safe to disable downloads. What about the media app itself? Do you have it disabled? That screen shot with the high media usage, I'm not sure we have it was so high. It's first time it has been like that and I haven't added any more music. Another question.

Do You Know What The Chrome sandbox is? And does your keyboard ever do that thing with the capital letters?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravenofdoom:
I don't have the media app disabled and wouldn't recommend it. I also wouldn't disable chrome sandbox ( though I'm not sure of its function, its installed alongside the app so it may be a plugin for other apps).

Not sure what keyboard caps problem you're referring to. I use only the android keyboard (not Samsung nor Swype).
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Aldeel:
It's basically the only ROM I run on most of my devices. Any developers working on a boot, anything we can provide for you?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
CM is in progress. Don't worry; be patient.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinmrmar:
Hi guys! I was wondering if anyone was familiar with Samsung Galaxy S4 GTI9505X (build number JDQ39.I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK)? I am trying to remove or disable at least the annoying DCT Samsung retail demo app which pops up every few seconds. I did the hard reset, and tried to deactivate the DCT retail mode under administrators but it won't let me deactivate. Can anyone help? Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadlySin9:
1) You should probably be in the international S4 section

2) I recommend going to sammobile and searching for a stock firmware and just flashing it.
[Xperia Z2 General] anirudhks:
Here is a short review and comparison in real world usage than the hardcore benchmarks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg65AIIrCEk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aX72LcpFoE
[Xperia Z2 General] Len_TAb:
I liked your long review and I noticed a few points here and there that I have not seen in any other reviews previously. I think at the end of the review you forgot to do the low light photography experiment though and I wonder if you could do that and post the video. Also, what do you think about the rumor/opinion that Z2 has a somewhat dimmer screen? How good is your Z2 under direct sunlight? Thanks.
[Xperia Z2 General] anirudhks:
Yes I did forget , will do that surely soon , but about the sunlight thing its wrong you can very well see the display .. thats wrong what verge said
[Xperia Z2 General] natkaen:
thanks for the review! i really wanted to know if the screen was bright enough. seems it's as bright as the z1 or just abit dimmer?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
I am playing with the new Lens Blur feature of the new Google Camera. I find the default focus and blur setting, to be quite good, and this setting, it seems that it can't be reproduced once I click to select the area I want to manually focus?

So I used the Lens Blur on my son, in the attached picture, the bottom is the default that Google gives me after processing of the picture. So I tried to click on my son's face to see if that changes anything, and to my surprise, it actually made the face more blur-er. I have tried clicking on his body and hands, but I can't seem to get the effect of the default picture.

Both the pictures are from screenshot capture on my phone itself, as I can't figure out how to make a copy of the photo and adjust the lens blur separately.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
what happens when you reduce the blur effect to essentially nothing? (sliding the bar all the way to the left)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykphuah:
Thanks for the tip! I slide the bar to the left, and the face is still blurry, so now I am suspecting its the preview window.

I did a save after I click to focus his face. And save it. It seems pretty close to the default one after that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazey12:
Well, I did something stupid and accidentally wiped system without backing up and now I don't have a ROM installed. When I try sideloading a ROM in recovery, I get the verification failed. I believe I am somehow back on android default recovery.

Can someone help me get a ROM pushed onto the device?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilbeef54:
have you tried Odin'ing the stock tar back on?

i thought that usually fixes it, but please do a lil searching first before trying that
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phazey12:
I ended up going back into download mode and using odin to install TWRP recovery. I guess that doesn't have problems with ADB sideload. Its sending now.. so I will see if it works. Had to do a few battery pulls =\ hope that didnt harm my device too much

TWRP ADB sideload worked. Weird... wonder why CWM adb sideload was having errors
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilbeef54:
great, i was pretty sure flashing recovery or stock .tar with odin would work, but i am not 100% lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thestar1992:
I understand that many people have battery problem with nexus 5 due to the camera app running in the background with skype or other apps that uses the camera. I dont use any of these apps and recently i am barely getting 2.5hrs screen on time(SOT) where just before a couple of weeks i was getting almost 4.5-5 hrs SOT. its a huge drop. I assumed it was a rouge app that i must have downloaded that is using up the battery so i factory reset my phone and have only reinstalled several apps such as facebook and whatsapp and several others but even today i only got 2hrs and 30 mins of SOT.

The battery setting shows the android system and the screen using most of the battery. Is anyone else facing similar issue? or if you can suggest me what I can do to fix it, I will be very thankful.

ps. i am running stock rom with stock kernel (not rooted)

thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Normally I'd suggest installing BetterBatteryStats and see what is keeping your device awake, but it could be your sync settings/frequency, radio signal strength, and etc that are the culprit.

Factory reset again and install only updates for stock apps. Leave all other 3rd party app off your phone for 24hours. Use the phone as a phone, rather than a social and gaming platform for that amount of time.

See if you get better life at that point. If so, then it's at least one or multiple apps that you need to monitor closely. Best way is to get your baseline as I suggested, and then install apps one-by-one to find the issue.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movielover76:
If using the device stock with only stock apps doesn't increase your battery life the problem could be hardware related too.

The first N5 which I ordered the day it launched had the battery life fall to almost half

I tried everything I could think of, flash stock, factory reset, dim brightness, disable everything, only use 3G nothing worked.

then the earpiece started to go, called google for a RMA and the new device works perfectly

with the same apps installed I'm now getting 4 - 4 1/2 hours of SOT when I was lucky to get 3 before, usually 2 1/2

Seems battery had a hardware issue as well, I had been chalking it up to software battery drain issues, but it was definately hardware in my case.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Without screen shots from gsam or something, anything but the stock battery usage section in settings.....we're all just guessing here. ;)

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Faulty Battery sells often do get into the production line and its very common as OP has no pics we cant determine weather is software or hardware related

If anything send it to Google for RMA or LG for a replacement battery
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joannn:
Battery life

Same problem i had in the past with Nexus 5 . We cant say that it is a hardware or a software related.MIGHT BE OR MAY NOT BE.

Its better to factory reset again and install all apps one by one to find out the actual reason only updates for stock apps leave all other apps for the time being.Turn off your Bluetooth and use your phone as a phone only, for a while.
[General Questions and Answers] MaestriFC:
im going to send in my g2 for repair but the boot logo is custom so theyll know it was rooted.. after a factory reset i still have the custom logo and cant figure out how to change it back ..any help??