Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge - Annoying Security Notifications And How To Disable Them Without Rooting

I recently upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Galaxy S6 Edge. The S3 was an awesome phone and the S6 Edge is just a newer sexier form of it.

If you are like me though and find that there were way too many Security Notifications and want to disable them, I found a solution. These annoying Notifications seem to pop-up every few minutes even though you aren't doing much with your phone.

I did a tonne of research on the web by looking through various forums and comments sections and experimenting on the phone on my own and I actually found a safe and easy way to do it. Some people list that the only way to permanently get rid of the Security Notices involved Rooting your phone, which voids the warranty. You don't need to Root your phone if you follow my steps.

Here's how you can do it in a few simple steps:

 - Open the Play Store and search for the app named "Package Disabler" by OSPolice
- there is a free version or there is a paid premium version.
- download and install it. I chose the premium version and only paid about $1.60 CAD
- open it, it will give you the option to disable a number of packages to prevent them from even starting on your phone.
- put a check mark beside the following items:

     * BBC Agent
     * com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation
     * KLMS Agent
     * KNOX
     * KNOX
     * KNOX II
     * KNOX SetupWizardClient
     * SecurityLogAgent

- once the checkmarks are beside those packages, the text should turn red meaning they've been disabled. Return back to what you were doing with your phone and enjoy!

That's it! Let me know if that works for you or if you have any comments.

HDMI to PC Image Quality and Colour Fix

Have you ever hooked up your PC to your HDTV only to discover that the colours look "washed out" and blurry and terrible? Text on websites and documents look blurred or distorted and the colors on graphics look like they have too much contrast applied to them. I have found a fix for this but only if your graphics card is Nvidia based like mine. Mine is a GeForce GTX680 for example.

Some people might not realize that their colours are being downgraded and won't even know that the quality can be increased.

A simple way to tell if you are experiencing the limited colours problem is to do this: first go to the Nvidia control panel and choose to change the resolution.
Right-click an empty space on the desktop, and select "NVIDIA Control Panel" with the green icon.
If your selected resolution falls under 'PC' then you are probably seeing the full colour range and probably do not need to change anything. However, if your selected resolution falls under the 'Ultra HD, HD, SD' category then you are definitely seeing limited colours by default.

The way to fix this is by creating a customized resolution by first clicking the "Customize" button. In that window click the "Create Custom Resolution" button. Enter your desired resolution (usually 1920 horizontal by 1080 vertical) but increase the refresh rate by 1hz increments and then press the "Test" button. I was able to test up to 65Hz successfully but your results may vary. I wouldn't recommend going higher than 65Hz.
When you press the "Test" button, the screen may go black for a moment but will flash and display the screen again if it is successful. A message will display that the test was successful and prompt you to save the settings and a 15 second timer counts down to either save or revert.
If it is not successful, your monitor or TV will tell you something along the lines that your monitor is not capable of that selected resolution, and then after about 30 seconds will revert back to the previous screen.

Your new 'custom' resolution will appear in a new category called 'Custom' at the top and selecting this resolution will eliminate the limited colours issue.

Some games default to 60hz. If that's the case, you will revert back to limited colours in game. A fix for that is to run full-screen borderless window. Here is a link to a program that will help you with that. (http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/)