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Red dot on task bar, won't go away.

Hey guys.
I've searched around for this problem, but can't find anyone who has the same problem. It only seems to affect my task bar on certain occasions. If I have a app running, I don't see it. If I switch my screen to landscape then it disappears, I thought it was a dead pixel at first, but when I play games or anything, it's like nothing's wrong. I only got it today so it's really annoying me. I tried to restore it and other things, it doesn't seem to fix the problem. Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it? Your help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jamie.

Can you get a screenshot while the dot is there?
Press the power button and the volume down button at the same time to take a screenshot.
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Try this and a few apps like it then you'll have answer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ujacha.deadpixel
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RockNrolling said:
Can you get a screenshot while the dot is there?
Press the power button and the volume down button at the same time to take a screenshot.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
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I screen'd it, but it doesn't seem to appear on the screenshot. So I took a picture on my phone and highlighted on the screenshot where it is.
androidcues said:
Try this and a few apps like it then you'll have answer
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I tried that, but none of them do full screen on tablets.

I'm afraid that's a stuck pixel. There is a chance to fix those. And that's by quickly flashing different colors around the stuck pixel for a period of time. There must be an app that does that. But I am not sure if that actually works. Google for more info.
Dead pixels don't show any color by the way.

Jamie_IA said:
I screen'd it, but it doesn't seem to appear on the screenshot. So I took a picture on my phone and highlighted on the screenshot where it is.
I tried that, but none of them do full screen on tablets.
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Defiantly a hot pixel, this is confirmed by the fact that it doesn't show up on a screenshot, as the image is still displayed under it.
These can sometimes be fixed by certain apps on the market, haven't got time to link you to one sorry but Google something like "Hot Pixel Fixer" or "Stuck Pixel Fixer"

IntenseColor said:
I'm afraid that's a stuck pixel. There is a chance to fix those. And that's by quickly flashing different colors around the stuck pixel for a period of time. There must be an app that does that. But I am not sure if that actually works. Google for more info.
Dead pixels don't show any color by the way.
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Wilks3y said:
Defiantly a hot pixel, this is confirmed by the fact that it doesn't show up on a screenshot, as the image is still displayed under it.
These can sometimes be fixed by certain apps on the market, haven't got time to link you to one sorry but Google something like "Hot Pixel Fixer" or "Stuck Pixel Fixer"
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Thanks guys, I'm giving it a shot just now! Any idea how long to run the pixel fixer for?

Hmm... I'm afraid it is a dead pixel.

It's not dead, as stated, or it would be black.

I used a pixel fixer for about an hour or so, still there. Going to leave it on for a few hours and see if that fixes it, let's hope for the best.

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I just bought a Samsung galaxy note 10.1 and when I try to set the background image it is super zoomed in and can't even see the picture.
Can anyone help with this?
Thanks!

jcwilliams said:
I just bought a Samsung galaxy note 10.1 and when I try to set the background image it is super zoomed in and can't even see the picture.
Can anyone help with this?
Thanks!
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This is the galaxy tab 10.1 section, not the note section

Oh oops. Lol I guess we can close this one up then. I'll repost in proper section.

Scrolling Screen Capture Port from Note 5?

This is a super cool feature that's exclusive to the Note 5 for no good reason... I'd love to be able to take scrolling screen shots on my edge+ but I'm not aware of a way to do that.
Does anyone know if there's a way to port this apk or something? Thanks everyone!

SolarTrans said:
This is a super cool feature that's exclusive to the Note 5 for no good reason... I'd love to be able to take scrolling screen shots on my edge+ but I'm not aware of a way to do that.
Does anyone know if there's a way to port this apk or something? Thanks everyone!
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It is already on your phone as Screen Write and all the libs are there too, but you need a pen to activate it which you can't since s pen doesn't work with your device

SirHydarnes said:
It is already on your phone as Screen Write and all the libs are there too, but you need a pen to activate it which you can't since s pen doesn't work with your device
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Oh that sucks... Thanks for letting me know!!

Is an S7-like Always On feature possible/available?

The S7 has a cool new feature where you can choose to always have the time displayed on your screen, along with other things like battery and stuff...
Is there anything like that for the S4? It'd really just be handy to have the time always-on, but any more is wonderful.
Thanks.

ambient display is as close as we get which isn't always on, just occasionally...

I wouldn't recommend it. The S4's screen wasn't designed with Always-On in mind, so it is possible that screen burns may appear due to the prolonged display of static images.

Is it possible. ..I believed that s4 and s5 screen is almost the same kind...
S5 developer has successfully ported Always-on-display (AOD) from s7 edge to s5 snapdragon version...so I think is it possible to have a s7 ported rom for s4..
I may be wrong xD

limjialok said:
Is it possible. ..I believed that s4 and s5 screen is almost the same kind...
S5 developer has successfully ported Always-on-display (AOD) from s7 edge to s5 snapdragon version...so I think is it possible to have a s7 ported rom for s4..
I may be wrong xD
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With S7 apps = possible,
But, don't wish for Always On Display feature. It's insane for S4 battery life for me...
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343N said:
The S7 has a cool new feature where you can choose to always have the time displayed on your screen, along with other things like battery and stuff...
Is there anything like that for the S4? It'd really just be handy to have the time always-on, but any more is wonderful.
Thanks.
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Have fun.

Ambient Display

Is there anyone who have successfully installed "Ambient Display" at A5 2017? I got it but DisplayOn comes up and I don't know how to change it to Ambient Display.. Thanks for any help in advance

Anyone??

I've seen the Ambient Display on a Galaxy S8 yesterday, but i don't know if this phone always had this feature, or got it with Oreo.
Do you know? Porting from Galaxy S8 shouldn't be that difficult.

papayayoghurt said:
I've seen the Ambient Display on a Galaxy S8 yesterday, but i don't know if this phone always had this feature, or got it with Oreo.
Do you know? Porting from Galaxy S8 shouldn't be that difficult.
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Hi. I didn't know that. Maybe it's clean Oreo so that way AB it's working. Google want all the phones to have clear android now to make easy and quick way to update (Project Treble). Will keep looking for more details.. Cheers

It was Galaxy Experience for sure, but it wasn't the real AMD, it just showed "Snap from XY" or "Message from XZ", but that would be more than enough for me. I think it's called "Edge Display".