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Definitely disable FB. Also a bit off-topic but the weather apps, 1weather, accuweather all that stuff that have nice looking home widgets are supposedly data miners also. Best to use Google's built-in weather app, you can add a shortcut/widget for it to the home screen.

Thank you for that information am I interested in lithium batteries (was wondering recently why the AAs in a pack of Energizer Ultimate's were lighter/why when the device dies with them in it's sudden not a slow drop off..led me down a bit of an internet search). I was going to say 500 cycles...

djn83 is there an "Always-on" setting next to your "access with voice match" toggle? For your question about lock screen security. maybe with the "unlock with voice match" toggle (under access toggle) there is a setting for "personal results?" When your screen is locked Unlock with Voice...

Joshua Greve I feel your pain and know exactly what you're talking about. S7 here too. Did you ever have any luck?

Eh, it stopped working. All my push reminder apps don't work. Microsoft To-Do and Keep. Not going to bother testing out complex Wunderlist or Todoist. However I did clear cache, clear data, and now it is working from a locked state. I'll see how long that lasts. This has to be a known bug there...

Wow. Went there and everything is enabled but then there is an "Others" category that was enabled which says "no sound" (thought it said no sound or visual notifications). So I turned that off and it worked fine. Turned it back on just to test and it still worked (?) but that seems like it would...

Keep reminders are not working on my Android. I set a reminder and then it doesn't make the audible alerts until I unlock the phone. I have Keep to not go to sleep in the background so don't know why it does this or if it is a known issue? I really like Keep and don't want to have to switch to...

Hi. How long are users of the S7 seeing their batteries last before significant deterioration? Has anyone had to replace theirs? I know it is hard to tell especially when different updates affect battery life but wanted to know how long I could count on it being okay. Hopefully replacement is...

Is this a known underlying issue that is more severe with the S7? I don't know if this is due to Oreo itself, or whatever tweaks Samsung had to make to the base Oreo code to make it work on the S7. It could be the Samsung Experience UI as well or maybe just an innate issue with the phone? I...

How long are users averaging until they need to replace theirs? My phone is a 2016. Battery life is maybe 8 hrs if I don't have battery saver on. Is it now normal for battery to severely deteriorated since people love to upgrade their phones every two years? Carrier said with protection plan...

Keep reminders are not working on my Android. I set a reminder and then it doesn't make the audible alerts until I unlock the phone. I have Keep to not go to sleep in the background so don't know why it does this or if it is a known issue? I really like Keep and don't want to have to switch to...

I am going to look into Nova. Just tried the MS launcher and it did feel snappier but that could have just been my imagination.

Okay, well now I have a start to do some more research about the issues. I may look at Nova or I have Microsoft's launcher (pretty good reviews) on there I am going to try that. It will be amazing if that fixes performance (will have to basically learn a new phone but oh well). Better than a...

Thank you very much for the informative reply. I am going to research the information you linked. Good point on the Samsung backup only being applicable to Samsung devices. I really think Google is enough. All I backup are my photos and contacts (I need to dig in there and double check the...

Hi. I did clear the partition cache (after getting be the "no command" screen finally). I'm guessing that is the same as wiping. I thought it may have helped a bit but still sluggish and slow. Even unlocking the phone the screen is sluggish. I do not get it. I don't have bloatware and disable...