i created a Samsung account out of curiosity about some of the features offered. One of them is remote control services where you can track your S3 from any browser, or lock your phone remotely. In the set-up instructions it says once you've created a Samsung account you can then enable remote control in the settings menu:
To use the SamsungDive service, the Remote Controls of the mobile must be enabled. Select "Settings > Personal > Security" from the main menu.
Select "Find my mobile > Remote Controls".
But no such option is available in my settings menu.
anyone have sucess with this?
seanvree said:
i created a Samsung account out of curiosity about some of the features offered. One of them is remote control services where you can track your S3 from any browser, or lock your phone remotely. In the set-up instructions it says once you've created a Samsung account you can then enable remote control in the settings menu:
To use the SamsungDive service, the Remote Controls of the mobile must be enabled. Select "Settings > Personal > Security" from the main menu.
Select "Find my mobile > Remote Controls".
But no such option is available in my settings menu.
anyone have sucess with this?
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Are you rooted?
If so, access the /system/csc/ and then open features.xml.
It has sections such as "Messaging", "Camera", etc. Look for "Settings" section and look for these lines:
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<CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuFindMyMobile>false</CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuFindMyMobile>
<CscFeature_Settings_FindMyMobile>true</CscFeature_Settings_FindMyMobile>
If you do not see those lines, add them and save it.
Reboot your phone and it should then be in the settings menu.
Enjoy!
uoY_redruM said:
Are you rooted?
If so, access the /system/csc/ and then open features.xml.
It has sections such as "Messaging", "Camera", etc. Look for "Settings" section and look for these lines:
Code:
<CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuFindMyMobile>false</CscFeature_Setting_DisableMenuFindMyMobile>
<CscFeature_Settings_FindMyMobile>true</CscFeature_Settings_FindMyMobile>
If you do not see those lines, add them and save it.
Reboot your phone and it should then be in the settings menu.
Enjoy!
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That's weird, I do have those settings, but I'm not seeing in in the settings menu? (see screenshot).
seanvree said:
That's weird, I do have those settings, but I'm not seeing in in the settings menu? (see screenshot).
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Are they set correctly though? (false/true)
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See attached screenshots.
That featured.xml is the stock default (disabled). Switching the true and false on the two enables the setting.
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Awesome! Worked. however, why is the Remote Controls option greyed out? (see screen shot).
seanvree said:
Awesome! Worked. however, why is the Remote Controls option greyed out? (see screen shot).
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Not sure.
I've never used it, I just know how to activate it in the menu lol.
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uoY_redruM said:
Not sure.
I've never used it, I just know how to activate it in the menu lol.
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Is yours greyed out?
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Is yours greyed out?
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The feature will not work regardless, the website doesn't register my device as having Remote controls enabled.
Did you get this to work? My Remote Controls option is greyed out also,plus the Remote Controls option at the top of the samsungdive.com is greyed out and can't be selected? I've logged in to both my samsung account and gmail account as requested. Anyone know why this is happening? or is it just that you can't use this function with the S3?
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Did you get this to work? My Remote Controls option is greyed out also,plus the Remote Controls option at the top of the samsungdive.com is greyed out and can't be selected? I've logged in to both my samsung account and gmail account as requested. Anyone know why this is happening? or is it just that you can't use this function with the S3?
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The SGH-T999 is not supported by Samsung Dive yet, so you can enable the options on the phone but the website won't see your phone as enabled..
I have the same problem, I have enabled the remote control now and do not appear on the page of samsung dive. I have galaxy s3 i747 at&t.
How can I do??
Solution!
Hi. I had the same problem. Remote Controls toggle switch being greyed-out. The solution was to create a new samsung account that is the same as the google account on that phone. I hope this helps you!
- Vittorio
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Does it work for anyone? Page just refreshes but the debug options never open...
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Works perfectly fine for me
It doesn't open the debug options. You type about:debug then go into the browser settings.
This is to worry :s if they did disable debugging than we can't freely tether we'll have to use tmos native tether app for 15 dollars FOL lol glad I haven't gotten the update and will decline if this is true
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He's talking about the about:debug command in the browser. Not USB debugging in settings.
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That's what I'm saying though, it worked prior to the OTA, now it won't on my phone. Just refreshes, no options added in settings.
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My debugging still works fine after OTA.
Strange. Tried again, just plain won't work on my phone anymore. So bizarre.
Everything works fine on my G2 after OTA "manual" update. Debugging and everything, havn't found anything not working yet. cross fingers.
What is it supposed to do? I'm post-OTA (via OTA), and when I type in "about:debug" in the browser, it does nothing, and the browser settings don't seem any different than before.
Brad
mines still work.
Just to be sure we are all on the same page...
I just opened my browser and hit menu=>more and at the bottom of that list was "settings". Clicking on settings takes me to a page that ends with the "Advanced settings" group which has "website settings" and "reset to default". This is the stock setup.
I then typed "about:debug" in the browser's URL field and hit the go button and the text disappeared and nothing happened to the browser window. But, now when I click "menu => more" and scroll down there are 2 new items on that menu below "settings" to dump various debug info. If I then click on "Settings" I see a new section after "Advanced Settings" called "Debug" which has 9 new configuration settings.
Hopefully that's the way everyone's phones work.
For reference, I applied the OTA manually...
I've never messed with About:debug until after I got the OTA, and it worked fine for me
Hello. For some reason I can't add contacts anymore. When I press "add contact " is comes up with a blank screen with "save" at the bottom but no form to add the contact. It also does it if I try to add a number from the dialer as a contact. Thanks for your help.
BTW new android user coming from blackberry
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Did you either freeze or uninstall AT&T address book? You need this to add contacts.
yes, that was it. however when I try to restore it, it doesnt seem to be working it just says "restoring app + data" and the status circle just goes around and around. been doing this like 10 mins now.
Any suggestions?
skywalker26 said:
All I had to do to get TiBu working was change the app processing mode to auto, indirect. Then I just disabled the USB debugging warning (it says recent versions of su don't need USB debugging enabled).
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wow this forum doesn't allow post just a quite from another post...it require you type something 10 characters long...ooookkkk....
On other android systems I can check on little boxes besides. But for Note 2 I could only touch to sync manually.
Why is the auto-sync always disabled?
ckinwai said:
On other android systems I can check on little boxes besides. But for Note 2 I could only touch to sync manually.
Why is the auto-sync always disabled?
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There ARE boxes you can tick to make it auto sync
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I think what should be done is:
-Pull down your notification bar
-Slide the toggle panel all the way to the right
- touch the sync icon to enable or disable sync.
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iznee said:
I think what should be done is:
-Pull down your notification bar
-Slide the toggle panel all the way to the right
- touch the sync icon to enable or disable sync.
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I love you
That sync button has disappeared with the new Multi-window update. So how do I enable autosync, now? All of my accounts simply say "sync disabled" and I can't figure out how to enable it again!
durrenberger said:
That sync button has disappeared with the new Multi-window update. So how do I enable autosync, now? All of my accounts simply say "sync disabled" and I can't figure out how to enable it again!
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in my Note 2, i went to settings, display, and there is a Notofication panel.
tapped on it, and it displayed all the notification icons that i can enable when i do actually go to the notication screen or not
i dragged the sync icon the display portion of the notification row
closed app
then from the home screen, swiped my finger from top to the bottom of the screen, the sync button is there. In my case it was disabled, enabled and all is working fine
see if you have the same or not
TMobile did an update today. Changed the kernel and baseband versions. I also am missing the sync icon in the pull down menu and my accounts say sync disabled.
I also had that problem yesterday.
I fixed it with inzee suggestion.
I have the Verizon Note2 SCH-I605 and it does not have anyplace to Enable or disable SYNC. I also do not have any Notification settings under DISPLAY.. so I have no idea how to disable much less To Enable Syncs.
zedhed said:
I have the Verizon Note2 SCH-I605 and it does not have anyplace to Enable or disable SYNC. I also do not have any Notification settings under DISPLAY.. so I have no idea how to disable much less To Enable Syncs.
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Im thinking this might have something to do with the 4.1.2 update. I suspect the ones that posted in this thread and were able to fix the problem did not have the newest update. Can anyone that has the newest 4.1.2 verify they still have the sync icon on the pull down page or either have a Notification Panel in the Display Settings where Icons can be added or removed? I dont.......... Anyone?
Workaround
I could not find a stock solution for the verizon note 2. I ended up adding a beautiful widget for that switch and it worked again.
stadman said:
I could not find a stock solution for the verizon note 2. I ended up adding a beautiful widget for that switch and it worked again.
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Stadman......... which widget did you use. I see several choices. Thanks
durrenberger said:
That sync button has disappeared with the new Multi-window update. So how do I enable autosync, now? All of my accounts simply say "sync disabled" and I can't figure out how to enable it again!
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Go to setting, display, notification tab. Choose the tab you want to be displayed
jujukerker said:
Go to setting, display, notification tab. Choose the tab you want to be displayed
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I dont think you read the entire thread. This function seems to have disappeared with the latest 4.1.2 ATT update. At least it has for me and the poster that you replied to but Im having trouble getting anyone else with the ATT version to verify
Chasoscar said:
I dont think you read the entire thread. This function seems to have disappeared with the latest 4.1.2 ATT update. At least it has for me and the poster that you replied to but Im having trouble getting anyone else with the ATT version to verify
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It is missing in the ATT as well
This worked perfectly - THANKS!
jujukerker said:
Go to setting, display, notification tab. Choose the tab you want to be displayed
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I've just registered to thank you very much. This was the right answer to the problem:
AFTER updating the Galaxy Note 2 GT-7100 from Android 4.1 to 4.1.2 the Sync icon on the top bar disappeared (it was replaced by the "Multi-Window" icon). The Sync icon/tab was there before updating.
I spent many hours trying to find the way to get it back without luck until I did a research on the web (also spending many hours) and then I found your answer, which is correct: you can select which icon will appear on the top bar. I didn't know about that feature. You can even remove some and put others.
It shouldn't depend or be linked to any provider at all, it's part of the Android 4.1.2 O.S. (probably 4.1 too).
So thank you very much once again
P. from HD Cam Team
drake2007 said:
It is missing in the ATT as well
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Thank you for your response Drake. I was beginning to think it was just me. Apparently this is only the case with ATT I317 update as HDcam posted above he still has this option under Settings>Display>Notification after the 4.1.2 update on the 7100....... It must me a glitch in the ATT update, which doesnt surprise me. They are goofballs.
Chasoscar said:
Thank you for your response Drake. I was beginning to think it was just me. Apparently this is only the case with ATT I317 update as HDcam posted above he still has this option under Settings>Display>Notification after the 4.1.2 update on the 7100....... It must me a glitch in the ATT update, which doesnt surprise me. They are goofballs.
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That's pretty bad indeed..
I didn't know a provider would modify such bascic O.S. options like these.
My Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-7100 was purchased without contract to any provider, and I downloaded the update directly using the Software Update icon in the Apps. (which in fact is a shortcut to Settings ->About this device -> Updates .-Sorry if the English translation is not 100% accurate) It was about 250 MB of download.
Regards
Auto sync can also be activated/deactivated under
System settings > Data usage
Press the Menu button and tick/untick "Auto sync data"
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springer.music said:
Auto sync can also be activated/deactivated under
System settings > Data usage
Press the Menu button and tick/untick "Auto sync data"
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Good catch SM.......... so THAT is where they hid it!!
Nice to know but since I thought they had done away with it, I found a neat workaround that I like even better than the original toggle. Its called Widgetsoid.... a real neat app and does many other things
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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nthknd said:
Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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I don't see an option to disable that. If I click on it it opens up and wants to sync. Long pressing does nothing and there are no check boxes to uncheck.
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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ricco333 said:
I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
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Thanks. I guess I will have to root it. I feel sorry for you guys and all the crapware you have to put up with.
nthknd said:
You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
Bilhouse said:
Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
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Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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nthknd said:
Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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No problem. Thanks for your help.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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If you're rooted then you can always change the AAB.apk to AAB.bak with Root Browser (or any other root file explorer) and that'll disable it. I prefer this method to uninstalling just in case I need to do a software upgrade-it's easy enough to reverse without having to flash back to stock.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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After you get into your contacts, go into settings -> display options then scroll to the bottom and select customize. UNCHECK at&t address book. After that it shouldnt try to open it.
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If rooted do not uninstall de AT&T adress book. It is tied with the stock contac app. And if you do like i did in the past with at&t phones you will not be able to open the stock contac app. Your phone will say Apk not found. And then you will have to download a contac app like go contacs. It is best to just disable it. Very clever at&t with theyre crap.
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Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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There are several options. The easiest thing is to make the root and then uninstall AT & T Address Book, all you do with Rom ToolBox. For the other applications. You just have to enter settings - Applications - All - Looking for the At & t and then: Force stop, turn off the notifications, delete the cache and then turn off. That's it!! It's that easy. If my information help you, just give clicking Thanks!
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I know this is an old post, but maybe someone know how can I remove the AT&T address book without rooting the device. Every time I'm on wifi or 3g and I open contacts this application opens first. It is extremely annoying. I just have an app from work which requires from device not too be rooted so I must find some other solution.
Thank you.
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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ackliph said:
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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Nothing works, those AT&T guys closed all the options I could think off. In accounts they doesn't have the option to stop it. BTW, I never set mine up as well. But every time I get into "contacts" it starts connection with the AT&T address book to give me instructions how to set it up. It is really, really annoying.
Thank you.
A little late, but...
On my LG G2, I cannot disable the AT&T address book, but I never see it or use it during normal use. The only time I see it is if I either look into the apps section (where it can be stopped, but cannot be disabled), or if I go into "Accounts and Sync", where is shows the accounts such as Google, Skype, etc. If I click on "AT&T Address Book" there, it opens and asks:
Do you want to sync this device with the contacts in your online AT&T Address Book?
I click on "No", and it says
Activate AT&T Address Book at a later date by simply selecting AT&T Address Book from the settings menu of your device address book.
I of course would never do that.
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thanks a million
ackliph said:
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thank God for small favors (and good info) this is the only thing that worked for me. I used to root and uninstall it or flash a dif. Rom. But I wanted the updates I missed and the future ones, so I flashed back to stock and of course got the cursed "you cant stop me, haha" ATT address book!!!
Question about websites asking for my location. We have two Note 10+ phones and anytime a website asks for the location the pop-up appears asking for the ok but the phone never allows either option to be picked. I always have to use the back button to clear the pop-up off the screen. We've had both Note 10+'s for months and it's never allowed us to select an option. How do I make the thing work? Using Chrome as the browser and everything is fully updated. I checked the feature in the default Samsung browser and it works fine, but I want to issue Chrome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Open Chrome and go to settings and look for "site settings" . Once opened look for "location". Open "location" and change your settings accordingly.
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Mine does same but I went to settings and tried to change the permissions but it only allows Ask every time, or deny. Only choices. Very odd
BigPimpin said:
Question about websites asking for my location. We have two Note 10+ phones and anytime a website asks for the location the pop-up appears asking for the ok but the phone never allows either option to be picked. I always have to use the back button to clear the pop-up off the screen. We've had both Note 10+'s for months and it's never allowed us to select an option. How do I make the thing work? Using Chrome as the browser and everything is fully updated. I checked the feature in the default Samsung browser and it works fine, but I want to issue Chrome. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use
i23u8 said:
For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use
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I've done that too and still doesn't allow me to pick either option in the pop-up.
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I've done that too and still doesn't allow me to pick either option in the pop-up.
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I think thats Android not allowing you to select a choice because an 'overlay' is blocking your view.
i23u8 said:
For me the issue was I needed to give permission for Chrome itself.
So I went to the phone's settings then apps then chrome then allowed location when in use
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i23u8 said:
I think thats Android not allowing you to select a choice because an 'overlay' is blocking your view.
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Got it to work. Went into Settings and search for "on top" and open the Special Access menu and select Appear on top and turn off all the apps.