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[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Swan Princess:
Yeah, and in case they release a lousy update. If no one from those lucky 2000 report any issues then the update is released to the general public I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Maybe have a couple reserved replies for different carriers?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] unitz0mbie:
i just did disable bloatware, i have no issues so far
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] burrzoo:
That's what we all want to do. Which carrier are you on and what did you disable that allows you to have no issues?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] unitz0mbie:
att variant with cricket sim, i just did disable all bloatware option in the app itself and i have no issues
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ewokuk:
Rather than a bunch of XML files from people that think it works FOR THEM, we need one big list of the packages WITH EXPLANATIONS as to what exactly they do, and any dependencies they may have that could break other stuff. Without that its all a waste of time. I've seen several threads like this now but not one was of any use at all because its just people posting an xml saying 'look at me i disabled 94 packages", which means nothing to anyone else who might need some of the stuff they disabled, or might not even have some of the stuff they disabled if its carrier specific.

I have no issue going down the list on my phone one at a time to see if it needs disabling, the problem is for a lot of them, I have no clue what they do, and googling them using the link form within the app didnt help at all. I am not going to disable something unless i know exactly what it does, I don't want to find out in 3 months time that something isnt working and spend forever trying to figure out why, at least if i know what each disabled thing does then i will remember that i had turned it off, i can refer back to the notes on what each one does and turn that one back on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Held my breath and did the same....All is well on att variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Tigerhoods:
so all this has been went over in the s7 forum multiple times if you do a Google search the info pops up everywhere. it will be the same for s8 since they are both on 7.0. Also debloat lists are different for everyone you may use something I don't...but there are plenty of safe apps to remove lists. Side note package disabler auto debloat has about 3 to 5 things you shouldn't turn off like the enterprise stuff and a couple others.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] djxn40:
I also did disable all bloatware. However, I noticed it misses a lot of crapware on the phone. I ended up disabling another 30 or so myself. I'm sure I missed some and when I ha e time I will continue. I don't disable anything without knowing exactly what it is so it's very slow work
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Different phone. So excuse me for not expecting there to be some apps added or deleted. That might be needed or may not be. So kindly get fu-cked
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Like which ones.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] djxn40:
I'll try to make a list in the next day or so but first I used the disable all bloatware feature. Then I added about 30 more myself. As the disable all bloatware disables roughly 70 general bloatware processes/apps
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] geoff5093:
Disabling all bloatware also disables some apps/services that some wouldn't consider, like certain camera modes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ars0n:
Hello Gang! I just wanted to point out a couple of my findings from my note 7/note 5 when using package disablers..

They can do more harm then good. Especially when disabling system APKS. Over time I would notice I was losing space because some aps were just creating error logs over and over and over.. Or trying to access apps over and over that have been disabled.

The best way to do things is to go into app manager and disable the bloatware ONLY. This is facebook,NFL, verizon apps, etc. Do not disable anything system related other then the updates if you want to stop getting updates but even then I believe that might cause some issues. I have currently used package disabler to disable ONLY the "samsung update" apks and manaully disabled or removed the bloatware from verizon via app manager and have been going a week strong with 0 issues that everyone else seems to have and over 170+ apps installed and enabled.

I have done EXTENSIVE testing on this matter. You can search the note 7 and note 5 verizon forums if you wish to check my creds =D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jrwingate6:
Just be careful. We found out with the S7 that disabling certain packages actually caused an increase in battery drain. What happens is that a certain process keeps pinging another process over and over again because it's not getting an answer in return.

I would recommend disabling 5 packages at a time and see what kind of effect it has on things.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] johnwayne27:
Could you tell me where to look for error logs to see if this is happening? That sounds like it could cause major battery drain.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
If you click disable all bloat ware it disable the external media package which then makes it where you cannot access your sd card
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ewokuk:
You cant jus blindly disabled the stuff that package disabler has classed as bloatware and coloured pink because some of it is CLEARLY not bloatware and a lotof the bloatware is not even coloured pink.

What we need to know (still) is what ones are safe to disable, and what ones are NOT safe to disable. There are 4 ANT services it has coloured pink, i am not sure what they are but stuff to do with antennas doesnt sound like bloatware to me? I disabled them anyway and not noticed anything bad. I left all the knox stuff enabled because i use Secure Folder and I expect it needs all the knox stuff to work.

I have disabled things like DEX, bixby, S Health, anything to do with Edge stuff, blue light filter which i dont need, carmode stub (for some drivelink car thing that i dont have), the clock, "CNN for edge panel" which is obviously bloat but isnt even coloured pink, enterprise sim pin services, enterprise vpn servcices, epdgtestapp, anything to do with Gear VR, google play music, gooogle play movies and tv, nfc service, photos, professional audio. and the obvious bloatware like excel etc.

My battery life is good, but now im worried something might be creating logs and filling up my space!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
I disabled all things that said att at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] spinkick:
This is dead on. Unless you know exactly what dependancies the app is that you are using package disabler depends on, you are going to do a lot more harm than good. This phone sleeps apps not used after a few days and the rest you need to be very careful with killing, because the phone could check for the app or an app that depends on it could check over and over and over, causing slowdowns, powerloss etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Phredeee:
Are you sure that ANT means antenna, or did you assume?

What is important is understanding what items are used for. What is useful for me may not be for you. That is what determines if something can be disabled. The term bloatware itself is open to interpretation.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] spinkick:
I think hes referring to ANT+ services, which are not antenna services, but used for different device connectivity, like heart rate monitors etc. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus&hl=en
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] burrzoo:
You disabled a lot of stuff! Are you going to have any fun with this phone?

????
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] johnwayne27:
I was thinking the same. Why buy a galaxy s8 if you are going to disable every feature on it. May as well get a BLU from walmart. Disabling isnt going to make a noticable difference on battery with this phone. I got 7-8 hours SOT out of the box once I set everything up the way I wanted it. This phone has great features and battery management the way it naturally is. Just try it for a week first. Just hide what you dont use from the app drawer.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ewokuk:
"every feature" are you kidding?

dex...i dont have the dock and dont want it. bixby....is junk, s health i dont use, im not gonna use the blue light filter, i dont have drivelink in my car, i dont need the edge stuff, i dont have a gear vr, i dont use nfc, it isnt a company phone and i dont need enterprise stuff, i dont want google music or movies since i get that elsewhere, and everything else i disabled is bloat like excel.

You trying to tell me that this is even remotely close to the features in the phone?!? you think that restricts what i can do with the phone in any way at all?!? you think peple would even buy the phone for any of that stuff?? seriously?? I havent even disabled knox which is what ive seen most other people do, because I actually have a use for that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] dansan382:
nvm.. fixed my issue
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] johnwayne27:
Then why pay all the money for this phone? Just get a oneplus. Just because you think the "features" are junk doesnt mean the whole world does. You almost sound hateful about the "features" lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ewokuk:
For a start oneplus doesnt have the screen, the camera, the unlock methods (whether it matches the s8 i dont know but i doubt it), the new processor, the proper AoD....

"Just because you think the "features" are junk doesnt mean the whole world does" really? show me someone that thinks Bixby is a good idea and actually useful compare to the already escablishes and already included google version. Also bear in midn you have PAID for Bixby, it would have cost samsung a lot of money to produce and that cost will have been passed on to you, when it offers less than the google version which is free, and uin most regions it doesnt even work.

Generally people dont buy samsung phones for the software, in fact most people would prefer a pure android experience like the Pixel, hence a lof ot the roms focus on removing all the junk a bloatware. They buy them because the hardware and build quality is usually the best around....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] paniro187:
Yeah one thing this guy does not understand is that"features" are subjective. What he sees as"features" I see as bloat
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JordanMonde:
I want to root my phone but not really sure how to go about it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] giordanii:
Hi guys! i have bought a used att samsung galaxy sm-n910a...i am from Europe (Romania).the phone is unlocked on my carrier but after 2 day's of use of the phone i can't make any calls and it won't connect to the network.

So i looked up on xda forums how to repair the problem but sadly i have found other problems:

-When i enter in recovery menu i get the error "E:failed to mount/efs (invalid argument) dm-verity verifcation failed...

-The IMEI on the back of the phone doesn't correspond with the IMEI when i dial *#06#.

-When i dial *#06# the serial number shows that's none

I have instaled different versions of android but with no succes on repairing the phone.

I have tried to connect with Smart Switch Firmware Upgrade and Initialisaton but i get the error " SM-N910A doesn't support software upgrade.

Could you help me with my problems ,i realy like the phone and it was quite expensive to buy.

I have read many threads on xda to fix the problem with no succes:(

Thank you for your help , i am new here on xda but i am proud to take part on such a great community:D

PS:please excuse my english writing mistakes if they exist
[Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus Questions & Answers] EmO_4:
Hi guys,

I need your help. Yesterday i tried to install flash my stock firmware (S054) in my Lenovo VIBE K5 Plus A6020a46. Now it seems Bricked. I can't boot into fastboot mode and not into the recovery mode. When I tried to turn on nothing will happen its just show black screen. When I connect with pc its automatically connect on download mode and shows (Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 Com 3)Successfully installed but when i am tried to flash with "QFIL (Shows sahara error) or QcomDLoader (Shows Send Result and in progress and nothig will happend)" What should I do? Please help. :( :crying:
[Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus Questions & Answers] p4r3:
Try

Maybe this link can help you

forum.gsmdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=26402
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
Forget sideloading, beta versions, etc. Just go into S7 settings, find General Management, go to Language and Input, then Languages and add US English. Now go to edit and DELETE EVERY OTHER LANGUAGE except US. Reboot phone. Longpress the home button and you should now have Google Assistant. Now go back to Languages and reinstall your own preferred language, and make sure it's at the top of the list. That's it!

My thanks to
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] resudo:
For me it just goes to Google Now on tap if I revert to my language (Greek).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] asjstian:
U have to update google play services. Google is rolling assistant out to many devices on nougat, and its done trough the updated play services:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] themaximillian:
Which version of play services do i need?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] j0ff:
Excellent, works for me, didn't even need to reboot my phone!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] asjstian:
Just the latest version.. Look at apk mirror
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] themaximillian:
Got it working, thanks!

But when i switch to Swedish ( my native language ) it says Google assitant doesn't support Swedish.

Anyone got the assistant working on a language other than English?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] asjstian:
Same here (Norway). It's only supported in English (and German and Spanish I think)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
Glad I could help!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
Oh, maybe this is true, I had already updated this. Go to apk mirror site and download the latest STABLE version of play services.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
I think you're right. If you load English US or UK as a second language and put it second in your list of languages, then maybe GA will work in English.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] salemsnake:
Doesn't work for me, Android nougat s7 edge play services 11.0.33 Wich is latest on ask mirror, only have us English on phone and restarted a couple of times but still no GA
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
Sorry to hear that. I'm no expert, and I'm sorry but I have no answers for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] sjh4:
works fine for me, many thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
Awesome! Worked for me :D It didn't change on the first reboot but after the second it had changed.

Get the latest play services apk from:

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] miles_muso:
Glad I could help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] avnow8:
Oh good, My Friend with exynos variant thought there is some issue with his phone specifically... now i can suggest him this solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] astarakitcka:
now i know how i got mine :) recently just change phone language and suddenly google assistant appears. i thought there was an update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Corduroysack:
How to get long press home button to trigger Google Assistant?

Forget last question, works perfectly ? cheers for the tip
[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
Hi, using Chrome in the PC I get server 500 error. Trying to fixe it I installed Ccleaner and allow it to make some kind of cleaning. It didn't fix it and now I get a blank page when loggin in Firefox too. Could you give some advice? Thank you very much!

Cheers!!
[General Questions and Answers] xanthrax:
Hi

try uninstalling the browsers , that`s and internal problem not xda related , that CCleaner might have damaged something in your PC

Good luck
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
Does the following image reflect the error message that your receiving?

http://i.imgsafe.org/11df8e5f12.png

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[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
I already did, nothing has changed.

Yeah, exactly that i Chrome and totally blank in Firefox and IE.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I saw this issue previously and can't remember what was suggested for overcoming this.

Though, the message does point to the XDA's Server as the issue, i believe that it's both the PC and the server having a communication breakdown.

I wish I could remember what had worked for another member... Oh.. A year or so ago...

I do remember one of the XDA Forum Administrators who had primarily assisted with it was [MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION].

[MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION], do you remember what had transpired for clearing this similar/same issue for the other member?

Thanks a bunch!

***Please note Peppus, that placing an @ at the beginning of a members name, notifies that member of it. For example [MENTION=1427917]Peppus[/MENTION] will notify you the same way. Hopefully MikeChannon will chime in on this conversation.***

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[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
Thanks a lot Ibuprophen! I tried a laptop and got same error, it must be a lan issue, I guess...
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I believe that the last individual had a router that needed to be restarted or reset.

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[General Questions and Answers] MikeChannon:
Yes, this kind of thing can be caused by a number of things from a router problem as suggested above to a firewall or even us blocking a user's IP address.

@Peppus

For our guys with more technical knowledge than me it can be helpful to run a "tracert" command. This traces the connection between your PC and our servers to see at what point the connection is being blocked. In search look for CMD and then open the Command Prompt

Type in: tracert xdaforums.com like I have below and press enter. The first bit below will be a bit different on your PC.

C:\Users\mikej_000>tracert xdaforums.com

Tracing route to xdaforums.com [207.244.72.9]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms BTBusinessHub.home [***.***.*.***]

2 * * * Request timed out.

3 * 18 ms 18 ms 31.55.185.193

4 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms 31.55.185.208

5 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms 195.99.127.118

6 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms peer1-et-10-3-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [62.172.103.17]

7 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms 109.159.253.49

8 * * * Request timed out.

9 * * * Request timed out.

10 * * * Request timed out.

11 111 ms 111 ms 110 ms po-11.ce01.wdc-01.us.leaseweb.net [108.59.15.151]

12 111 ms 111 ms 111 ms supersonic.web.va.us.xda-developers.com [207.244.72.9]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\mikej_000>

As you can see in my connection above there are a couple of time-outs but it does end up connecting to XDA.

Once it completes right click and choose select all and the the Enter key. That copies it into your PC memory.

Then click my username on this post and choose the option to send me a Private Message.

In the message to me right click and paste your tracert details and I'll get our people to have a look.

You need to get the tracert from the machine on which the error is happening so I realise you may need to paste the tracert on a text file and then copy it to another device before sending a PM to me (clearly you can't do that if you can't log on here). If it is easier you can send it to us at the email address: webmaster@xda-developers.com

Here's another explanation iof tracert: https://kb.intermedia.net/article/682

Mike
[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
Hi Mike, thank you very much for your kind response!

I ran a tracert command and ended up connecting to XDA too. I can surf freely by the site, the problem comes when I try to log in. I'm logged right now and writing on the mobile phone in the same wifi lan.

I'll try a router reset and let you know if can fix it.

Cheers!

>

EDIT: I just realised that my mobile phone internet connection can provide wifi to my pc trough a wifi antenna and I'm logged now in all the browsers. So, it seems the router settings the most probable cause , I will attack there!
[General Questions and Answers] MikeChannon:
OK try that.

Also, if your mobile phone wifi connection gives you a different IP address then it might also be a blocked IP address for logging in.

If all else fails PM me your PC IP address (not using mobile phone connection) and I can have it checked.

Mike
[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
Hi Mikel,

My internet provided told me that the range of my IP is recently created and maybe is blocked by your firewall. I have sent you a PM with my IP address if you are so kind to check it.

Thank you very much for your interest :good:

Cheers!
[General Questions and Answers] MikeChannon:
I believe there may have been a problem at our end, hopefully fixed now.

Mike
[General Questions and Answers] Peppus:
Hi, it is fixed now, you are so kind and efficient, I would like some big-profit companies learn from you how to treat to their costumers.

Big thank to you all :good:

Have a nice day!
[General Questions and Answers] MikeChannon:
Thank you, your comment is appreciated:)

Mike
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
"MikeChannon is the man with the Master Plan LMAO!"

I'm happy to see that it worked out for you but, if you don't mind my asking (of course leaving any personal information out), what ultimately resolved the issue?

I'm just wondering so, if another member has the same issue, they can refer to this thread as a helper/guidance.

And thank you [MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION] for chiming in to help [MENTION=1427917]Peppus[/MENTION] out. I had some memories of the previous solution but, without being positive, i didn't want to take the chance for misguided information.

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[General Questions and Answers] MikeChannon:
Well this particular http 500 server error turned out to be a bug in our IP checking routine. It affected a couple of users we discovered (maybe more). So it was actually a bug so maybe not likely to occur again... hopefully.

Mike
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rareba:
What do you raccomend?

i need something not so expensive that uses the hands free and the wireless stereo services :)

/edit: sorry i missed section...