Recent content by MaxPower203

I don't see this as a complaint so much as a report on what happens in case you were curious like he was.

I was surprised with how well this turned out.

VLC Player here. Works like a charm and it's free. :)

Re: how do i block my number Settings -> Call -> More Settings -> Caller ID -> Hide Number

Re: Group testing with iPhone friends Same thing has been happening to me for years. It's a carrier issue. How do I know? Because it has happened with my iPhones, Windows phones and Android phone. XD

Agreed. Besides the OS itself, the only thing Google related I use in my phone is GMail and Maps. Everything else has been disabled but I'd love to be able to delete all the deadwood.

Yup. On Lollipop, there was a "Recommended Apps" always running. Inside that process, it was running something called "PageBuddyNotiSvc". You couldn't disable it and even when you forced it to stop, it would just start up again. Again, not sure if that's the cause of the issue or not. Just...

Use this to downgrade your S5 http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/489071-tutorial-downgrade-samsung-galaxy-s5-5-0-4-4-kitkat.html I just did this myself. I gave Lollipop a try for two weeks but it was a bad experience. Besides the horrible looking bright theme, the battery drain...

I'm hoping you meant GB of memory. XD

Firefox. Now I can browse ad free on the go.

Re: how can I prevent android from changing my background image without my permission? The built in Music app on the Galaxy S5 does this too. Wiuldn't be so bad but it zooms in on the small album art thumbnail and looks bad. Blah.

There is something running in the background called Recommended Apps. Could that be the culprit?

I just set mine to Do Not Show and it's FINALLY showing the weather on my lockscreen. Having notifications showing is what was keeping the weather from appearing. Son of a...

I've noticed that the brightness slider is now no longer smooth. It's kind of jerky and slow to respond now that I have Lollipop.

I use the Zagg Invisible Shield and I love it. Horribly expensive but worth it. I've used a cheaper plastic one but it collected fingerprints so easily. The Zagg seems to resist them more, I guess.