The Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen can be disturbing
In Galaxy Note 3, you get the annoying My Magazine on the home screen when you swiping up from the home button. In Galaxy S5, this My Magazine was moved to a dedicated page in the home screen.
In Galaxy Note 4, Samsung gives up the My Magazine because the the reception was probably not good as expected.
Now a Flipboard briefing page is added on Galaxy Note 4 home screen. Flipboard is a nice app for reading and news aggregating on Android and iOS. You can put a widget on your home screen if you want.
The problem is that, if you don’t turn off the Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen, you cannot “rotate” the home screens: once you flick to the Flipboard briefing page, it will not go to next home screen and you have to flick back.
So, the implementation is really a failure, although the idea is good.
This is very disturbing if you get used to scrolling the home pages without flicking back.
You can easily turn off Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen
Luckily, Samsung knows a lot of Galaxy Note 4 owners may hate this feature, so Samsung made it easy to remove the Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen.
In home screen editing mode, under home screen settings, you can turn off Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen.
Step-by Step guide on how to turn off Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen
Step 1: enter Galaxy Note 4 home screen editing mode
In any of the home screen pages, tap and hold any empty area to enter home screen editing mode in your Galaxy Note 4 as shown below.
In Home screen editing mode, you can customize the home screen, add apps and widgets to the home screen, manage apps and widgets on the home screen. We will have other tutorials to cover these.
Step 2: uncheck Flipboard briefing in the Home screen settings
In Galaxy Note 4 home screen editing mode, tap Home screen settings.
In the new window, un-check Flipboard Briefing.
Step 3: Return to home screen.
Tap the back button twice to return to home screen.
Now you turned off Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen. If you really need it, you can turn it on following the similar steps.
Can you turned off Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen now?
If you have any problems to turn off or turn on Flipboard briefing on Galaxy Note 4 home screen, please let us know them in the comment box below. We will try to help you find a solution.
More how-to guides , tips and tricks for using Samsung Galaxy Note 4 are available at Galaxy Note 4 how-to guides page.
Olelo Mai says
THANK YOU!!!!!!! That damn thing was SO frustrating! I can’t stand apps that are forced on us when we have to BUY the phone! I can understand it if we rent the phone. But we BUY this phone! It’s ours! We should be able to load or delete anything we want off this thing!
Geronimo Jackson says
God bless us all with these apps.
Dave says
Thanks. It was driving me crazy
Quick and easy fix
Lee says
Thank you 🙂 it was driving me nuts.
Hubie337 says
Well, I turned it off which is good but I still get the annoying alerts which I hate.
Simon says
You can turn off notifications in settings – application manager- briefing. Uncheck show notifications.
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Hubie337 says
Thank you. I was really getting tired about being notified about the next NFL player was being suspended for drug use everytime I checked my phone.
aggravated says
I HATE that app! Thank you SO much!
matthew says
You are my savior! I hated that thing more than I think I have ever hated anything a company has put on my phone.
Susanne says
I can’t scroll through continuously, either. It stops on page one and won’t let me scroll left, and if I start at the home screen and scroll to the right it stops at page 3. In settings mode, I can see home screen page 4 but I can’t use it and it won’t let me scroll through continuously. Ugh…annoying.
Simon says
After you turn off the flipboard briefing, it should allow you to cycle though home screen panels.
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Raj says
cannot remove – tried everthing as instructed – this app is really annoying
Simon says
Can you turn it off as shown in this guide? Pre-installed apps cannot be removed unless you root the phone.
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Stephen Andreala says
TURN off is basically as good as uninstalling.
les says
Useful tip but not the ideal solution i hope samsung is listening to these commments I DON’T LIKE ANY APP THAT I CAN’T REMOVE EASILY AND COMPLETLY I AM SICK AND TIRED OF APPS THAT ARE FORCED UPON ME IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF MALWARE . So my question is how do you remove this piece of shit completly it is my phone i brought it so why should i have to put up with crap I don’t want. Perhaps a class action against these sort of apps should be started like when Microsoft was forced to remove explorer from the operating system.
Simon says
Unfortunately, for pre-installed apps, you cannot uninstall them (unless you root the phone. But this voids warranty in most regions).
All smartphones come with some pre-installed apps. Even Nexus is loaded with some Google apps you probably never use.
It seems Samsung started to bundle less bloatware in galaxy S6. But your carrier will definitely bundle a few…
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jimch says
It’s better if this can be replaceable (or turnoff as above) with other apps, for example Play Newstand, or any of my favorites.
Daniell Copeland says
I can’t get my screens to rotate around either. I have my home screen and 4 other pages. It stops me when I get to both ends. I tried adding a Padgett like you suggested but it didn’t do anything.
Daniell Copeland says
Apparently auto correct sucks too. I meant page!
Simon says
On android phones, Home screens can only be in portrait mode. They cannot change to landscape mode as in tablets.
Most apps support screen rotation. You can test the rotation with a browser.
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Jenny says
Thank you! Just what I was looking for.
Luis says
How can I do this in galaxy tab s?
Simon says
For the magazine ui in tab s, you have to leave at least one special page in the left for some the selected widgets. It’s hard coded in the UI.
You can put gallery or video or music widgets there if you don’t like the news.
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les says
Thanks for that now how do i get the heap of shit of my phone completly
Simon says
You cannot remove them because it is part of the bloatware.
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dino says
Been making me crazy, thanks so much!
Kathy says
Yes….Thanks. …
qqq says
Thanks!!!
Aimee says
Thank you!!!
joeshmoe says
Thanks so much. Annoying as hell as one user already said. 🙂 appreciate it
Trece says
Thank you very much;))
VY says
Thank You !
fone fan says
Flipboard briefing always sounds some thing annoying, don’t know why Samsung put this by default,
Ben Lake says
THANKS, damm bloatware, almost had to go root
Toney says
I disabled Flipboard but my Note 4 still does not rotate all the way thru… Is there something else I need to do?
Simon says
Which page does it stop?
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stevieaa says
I’m starting to think it’s impossible to scroll to the left of the Homescreen even with Flipboard turned off. Downloading a 3rd party launcher seems to be the only way we can fully rotate through Homescreens. Anyone figure it out please tell!!!
Simon says
Which page stops you?
You can try to add one pages left to it or move the page to right.
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JT says
What I’d like to know is how to get it where I can scroll through the home screens around and around like I used to on my Note 2?? This anoys me!
Simon says
You have to disable (turn off) the flipboard briefing as explained in this page, if you want to flick through all pages in any directions. You cannot flick through Flipboard briefing.
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kelly says
I disabled Flipboard and I still can’t flip through the screens in any direction
Simon says
Which page stops you?
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Emily K. says
Thank you!
Shamsur says
thanks so much this app is annoying as hell
popolover says
thank you ^^ helps me!
Bob Cross says
Perfect . . .very nice tip/tut. Thanks a lot