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  1. Bodestone

    Your Phone Companion 27+ % battery usage

    Over the last few days my Note10+ has been discharging at nearl double the rate as normal. Looking at the battery stats I see it is Your Phone Companion at a huge percentage of my battery usage, more than I have seen any other app: Is anyone else experiencing this huge drain? I'd like to ask...
  2. Bodestone

    Help Notification: Configuration update. Is it genuine Samsung?

    I have, today, received a notification titled: Configuration update Sub title: System configuration update Detail: Tap here to install the latest updates I've never seen it before and quick web search produced these 2 results...
  3. Bodestone

    Help Text to speech uses US accent regardless of selection

    I have tasker actions to generate text based alerts using com.google.android.tts:eng-gbr This worked fine on my Note 3, 4 and 8. On the 10 it uses a US accent regardless he first time it is played and then the correct voice afterwards, unless left idle for a time, (20 minutes is the smallest I...
  4. Bodestone

    Had I been Hexed?

    It as been a struggle to tune my Note 10+ to the way I like my phones and one of the preferences is a universally dark (preferably black) theme. I used Substratum on my previous, rooted, phones. Hex was a godsend and didn't seem to need nearly the babysitting that Substratum did with constant...
  5. Bodestone

    Since July Update I have a permanant notification that 0 apps are using mobile data

    Since the July security upfate I have an additional silent and non removable notification warning of app usage of mobile data usage.It constantly reports tyhat 0 apps are using mobile data. Anyone else seen this and think it is rediculous and should only appear if there is at least one app doing...
  6. Bodestone

    What's with the aggressive, ignorant of time, alarm voice on the Note 10?

    On the 8 there was an opt in only option to read the time. when the alarm sounded. You could not choose a voice localle, it was always the annoying American voice but at least it would say "Six Thirty" or "Seven Fifrty Five" On the 10 It is the default and pipes up, louder than ever "IT IS...
  7. Bodestone

    Fingerprint unlock occasionaly vanishes

    A slightly odd one here. On my Note 8 the iris unlock would be invalidated and a pin needed if the phone had not been unlocked for a certain time. On the 10 the on screen finger sensor goes away on occacsion so I need to use the pin and I cannot track down why. Sometimes it had been less than...
  8. Bodestone

    Accessories My Note 10 Dock

    Just thought I would post my note 10 dock to the PC for Dex mode: OK, so I can still not link images. They just do not work. What is going on here? I even tried it in BBCode mode and typing acording to syntax and it just reduces to the opening (IMG) tag and nothing else. Finally found the...
  9. Bodestone

    S Pen lightsaber sound revisited (Tasker)

    OK, so there have been many posts around this over time but setting up my 10+ I have revisited it. There is no longer any need for NoteBuddy or any 3rd party app. They always played via the media stream so would not work on silent mode anyway hence my need for a Tasker task that used the app...
  10. Bodestone

    Launcher suggestions

    I have used Next Launcher for years (Go Launcher back on the Note 1 Days). The Note 8 warned that it was designed for older Android but it still ran. Note 10+ No. The icons wont align on the homescreen along with a host of other issues. I switched to Nova. The problem is it will not let me...
  11. Bodestone

    Reorder items in SPen Launcher

    So.. I am sure I have done this in the past but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to re-organise the items in the S-Pen launcher wheel. You know, the one that pops up by default when you take out the pen and we all turn off untul the side button is pressed. I can add new items and...
  12. Bodestone

    Change alarm duration

    On my notes 1-4 the alarm duration was 1 minute. On the 8 it is 5 minutes. Does anyone know how to change this? I have root but really don't want it to be a recopmpile of the clock app. They keep messing with that so badly, replacing all the tones and various other things. At least alarms are...
  13. Bodestone

    Prevent screen turning on during call

    I carry my note 8 in my shirt pocket and have bluetooth headphones. Ideally this means I can answer the phone from the headphones without taking the phone out of my pocket. In reality the phone screen turns on. Even if I take the phone out of my pocket and turn the screen off it turns on when...
  14. Bodestone

    Help VPN functionality on custom ROM

    OK, the question before the rant. I have been forced to flash my own ROM so I decided to try a custom one and ended up going for Sungsonic, which I quite like. Unfortunately I used to use Sonicwall Mobile Connect to connect to our Firewall VPN for remoting in to the office. Now when I try to...
  15. Bodestone

    Help S-pen bends at screen edges

    This is a somewhat strange issue. I have never had a case with a magnetic lock, known to do odd things. When I draw diagonal lines across the screen from edge to edge the line bumps and changes angle towards each edge. There is no change for vertical or horizontal lines and the issue does not...
  16. Bodestone

    Help Branded MHL required for Note 2?

    I bought a 3rd party MHL cable for my Note 1 which worked fine. I have just tried to use this with the Note 2 and got no output or message on the phone saying that it was connected in MHL mode. It did notify that it was charging. Someone mentioned that some manufacturers require own branded MHL...
  17. Bodestone

    Help How do I stop the annoying bluetooth popup

    Every time I enable bluetooth I get a popup showing status and a check box to make the phone visible. It's highly annoying and I want to stop it. My bluetooth is already configured to my satisfaction thank you very much. This never happened on the note 1 so I am thinking it may be a jellybean...
  18. Bodestone

    Help How do I export my alarm tones?

    I'll be leaving this area shortly for that of the Note 2. It's been good here and I am sure I shall see many of you there. There is one thing I really need to take with me from the note though and that's the alarm tone I use (A Toy Watch). It's not present on the 2 and the closest match is far...
  19. Bodestone

    Swiftkey split keyboard, a call to action

    For all those who have the tablet version of Swiftkey and are sorely missing the split keyboard since ICS I call out to you to head to the bug thread and vote it up. It's already one of the most voted bugs across both version of Swiftkey. Let's keep it going. split keyboard missing (Galaxy...
  20. Bodestone

    Help ICS Media player changes

    There are 2 issues with the media player updates that really bug me. First is that I used to be able to start the media player by pressing play on my bluetooth headphones even if it was not started. Now I have to open it from the phone first. Really annoying. Secondly when I disconnected...
  21. Bodestone

    I've found my battery killer

    I see many posts saying that the Note battery does not last very long where I get, erm, got a couple of days. It had to be usage or a particular app or apps I thought, to be echoed by many of the replies. I have twice now had an issue where, if the phone had not been rebooted for a month or 2...
  22. Bodestone

    Help Lock HW volume buttons when screen is off

    My music volume keep getting turned down when the phone is in my pocket. I've never had a phone before where the hardware volume buttons were not locked while the screen was off. I was wondering if there was a way to lock just the hardware buttons while the screen was off but still allow it to...
  23. Bodestone

    Help Hide files from media scanner

    I was wondering if there was an easy way to put files onto the phone so they are not indexed by the media scanner. Part of this is laziness and part of it is never having found a playlist creater that is not a pain for me to use but I basically have all the music I want on the phone and put it...
  24. Bodestone

    Help Location of stock wallpaper?

    I am trying to find the location the default static wallpapers are located. I want to add my own but I only want them to appear in the wallpaper gallery not the general image gallery and I assume that is achieved by placing them in the same location as those that come with the phone. This...