Galaxy S3 Question

[swanysto]

Apologies if this has been discussed. But my Verizon Galaxy S3 updated to 4.4.2 a few days ago. Now I am getting non stop notifications from picasa and samsung. I don't want picasa to have access to my pictures. Every time I decline, the notifications come up about 5 minutes later. Same thing with samsung. I don't use their apps, and don't want to accept their terms.

Is the only way around this to put a rom on my phone, or will I still get these messages from Picasa and/or samsung?

 

[cronos]

When you said Picasa did you mean Google Photos? I don't think Android has ever used the word 'Picasa', at least not lately.

Go to the Google+ app and you can turn off auto-upload from there. No, it is not turned on by default so you must have accidentally turned it on, but it is easy to turn back off.

I don't know what the Samsung notification is about. What does it say?

 

[swanysto]

Here is a screenshot of what pops up for both my accounts. I will post the samsung screenshot when the notification pops up.

 

[cronos]

Interesting. That's definitely a Samsung thing then, because it links the default Gallery app with 'Picasa' without going through Google+. I've never seen that on my HTC phone.

There has to be a setting somewhere to turn it off. Maybe in the Gallery itself there is an option to disable this?

 

[dbk]

Can you go to your account settings then uncheck picasa from ur google account and/or unceck samsung account altogether, if you have one

 

[swanysto]

Can you go to your account settings then uncheck picasa from ur google account and/or unceck samsung account altogether, if you have one

It is not an option in my google settings. And I do not know how to turn all the samsung stuff off.

 

[soccerballtux]

titanium backup would let you freeze both of those apps

 

[PowerYoga]

Don't you need root to freeze stuff in TIBU?

 

[boomerang]

Here's your Picasa answer.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...when-opening-gallery-after-kitkat-update.html

You're going to have to give more info on your Samsung issue.

 

[Unoid]

Root and get cm11 on there.

 

[swanysto]

Here's your Picasa answer.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...when-opening-gallery-after-kitkat-update.html

You're going to have to give more info on your Samsung issue.

Thank you. So far that has worked.


As for the samsung issue, I think I solved it. I turned off the samsung account app.

I might root, but my contract ends fairly soon, so I was just trying to ride it out.

 

[OutHouse]

Here is a screenshot of what pops up for both my accounts. I will post the samsung screenshot when the notification pops up.

Interesting, I just upgraded my S3 to a St and I'm getting the same prompt.