Recent content by mikefiori1

Yes it's in the Samsung app store not google play. And for what its worth I don't have it installed so it's not the cause of my battery drain. Every day I end with about 20% less than before the December security update.

Anyone else having battery life issues after the December security update? On ATT, ending each day about 20% less than before the update. Checking battery stats no apps show draining just all android and system. Restarted the phone probably 10 times hoping it might clear and it's been a few...

Power and volume down continue to hold until you feel a vibration which will be the restart. Takes almost 10 seconds. Keep holding those buttons

Have tried restarting phone, power off and back on, mobile data off the on, clearing cached data from the widget, changing cities and back again, nothing works. Removed widget and readded.....how the heck do you get the time to update to the system time which did change of course?

Got it and now wireless charging consistently works again! Was hit and miss prior, would say it was charging but over night barely changed. Now works every night again.

What I found is if unlock my phone and go into any application to sort of wake the phone then charging works. Not sure if this is a doze issue but doing this works for me every time. If I just set the phone on the charging pad even though after a delay it recognizes the charger and shows it is...

If you turn edge lighting off the entire screen will turn on when notifications come in. Simply toggle and try, works for me with all stock apps. with edge lighting on the message appears up top for a second and the edge of the screen lights up. with edge lighting off the whole screen turns on...

correct, turn edge lighting off.

settings, display, edge screen, slide edge lighting to off.

in the edge screen settings turn off the edge light notification and then the whole screen will light up and show you the message block on the lock screen. it displays for a few seconds.

you can try holding the power and volume down buttons until it reboots. usually takes 10 seconds or so of holding those buttons, assuming it works.

blue tooth was resolved for me with the "QF" update. prior couldn't connect to my car's Bluetooth but after update haven't had an issue since. check and see if you have an update. for at&t I've received another update after that one so it's 2 months back now.

Those are notifications from bixby home. In the drop down notifications menu slide the notification slightly to the right and you'll see a gear icon. touch that and turn notifications off. That won't disable the other parts of bixby.

Fixed Bluetooth pairing issue with my car!!

Does this fix the Bluetooth issues? still can't connect to my car BT. Heard there is a fix coming, released in Europe already, wasn't sure if this was it for some of the U.S. makers.