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Question regarding Market Place and apps automatically restoring

any idea why some ROMS automatically restore your previously downloaded apps after flashing and some don't? I also could be seeing things, but I thought some actually redownload the apps on their own and others show you the apps and give you the option to redownload them.
Just wondering if anyone could explain that to me...
Thanks,
Ken

Some roms use google backup and some dont. Better suited in th q&a forum instead of here though
kkohlmann said:
any idea why some ROMS automatically restore your previously downloaded apps after flashing and some don't? I also could be seeing things, but I thought some actually redownload the apps on their own and others show you the apps and give you the option to redownload them.
Just wondering if anyone could explain that to me...
Thanks,
Ken
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Thank you
ah OK thanks...sorry feeling a little under the weather and wasn't thinking where I was posting. My bad...thanks for the reply though, that's all I wanted to know!
Thanks,
Ken

Energy ROM questions

Just installed Energy 1.11.2012 on my EVO 4G, and I was wondering if someone could tell me which apps I can uninstall from this ROM. I am talking about the apps that say you can't uninstall them like freidnstream and FB chat and stocks... I was thinking maybe another app could go under it and get rid of them.
Also, since I can't post in dev forums yet, maybe somebody knows if I can change the overall color/swipe away notifications 1 at a time like CM.
Lastly, is the stock kernel in this ROM good enough, or should I be running a different kernel?
All/any responses/links to answer posts would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
-Xontic

Xontic said:
Just installed Energy 1.11.2012 on my EVO 4G, and I was wondering if someone could tell me which apps I can uninstall from this ROM. I am talking about the apps that say you can't uninstall them like freidnstream and FB chat and stocks... I was thinking maybe another app could go under it and get rid of them.
Also, since I can't post in dev forums yet, maybe somebody knows if I can change the overall color/swipe away notifications 1 at a time like CM.
Lastly, is the stock kernel in this ROM good enough, or should I be running a different kernel?
All/any responses/links to answer posts would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
-Xontic
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You should be able to uninstall any apps you like. Just take the ROM zip and unzip, then go into the \data\app folder and remove what you do not want. After which, you can re-zip and then flash.
Kernel is one which chef/dev decided to use, should be good enough. You can always try flashing a different one for different results, better though?
Not familiar with CM. Maybe a theme might help for your other inquiry.
Good luck.

I am talking about the apps that say you can't uninstall them like freidnstream and FB chat and stocks... I was thinking maybe another app could go under it and get rid of them.
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Root Explorer can remove any app. Just be careful about what you delete, some apps are essential for the rom to run properly.

[ROM][JB]UNOFFICIAL Codename Android 3.3.1-- questions

I can't ask in the dev forum and I don't see a General thread for this ROM. Since this seems to be the best JB rom for our phone, we probably need to have a place to discuss things outside of the Dev thread. Anyway, I have some specific things I want to ask about...
1. Lock Screen question -- Is there a way to add actions like the unlock or mute? I wanted to put the unlock in a different spot but don't know what Slider shortcut to use. I have tried looking through both the Activities and the Nova Activities. I just don't see how to do either of those two. Anyone know, short of installing another app or lock screen?
2. GMail double notification -- I may have done something wrong, but I can't find it right now. When I get a GMail email, I get two notifications. They are both the GMail symbol. And the notification drawer shows two items, one with a big chunk of the preview and one with the subject and "Important". I suspect I did something in GMail to cause this and it isn't ROM specific.
3. Pandora doesn't seem to work. I think I saw in the Dev thread mention of people having issues too. I only ever use it at work where I only have 3G, so I haven't tested on WiFi. What is irritating is that on my last ICS ROM I was running I had this issue solved by uninstalling it, rebooting and clearing caches, and reinstalling. I have tried that and fixing permissions. All in multiple orders and combinations, no luck.
Other than those three things and the standard 4G/FFC known issues, this is a great ROM. Thank you Mazda.

#1 issue.........this will come in the next update, stay tuned and it will come
#2 issue.........Try to uninstall gmail and install it again, I use gmail most then anything and I've yet to get this issue
#3 issue.........What exactly is the issue with Pandora?? If is a FC or something, could you pull a logcat and post it on pastebin and then provide me with the link?
Thanks and look forward to improving the ROM and making it great!

Mazda said:
#1 issue.........this will come in the next update, stay tuned and it will come
#2 issue.........Try to uninstall gmail and install it again, I use gmail most then anything and I've yet to get this issue
#3 issue.........What exactly is the issue with Pandora?? If is a FC or something, could you pull a logcat and post it on pastebin and then provide me with the link?
Thanks and look forward to improving the ROM and making it great!
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Great, thanks for the response.
#1, yea, it will work the way it is, I just thought the existing actions would do it and I just missed which one.
#2, thanks for that idea, don't know why I didn't think of reinstall, I guess I had it in my mind that Gmail is part of OS, not really a specific app. I just did it and will test. I am sure that will fix it since I think I did something obscure.
#3, Pandora acts like it is all working, I have logged in and have my playlists but when I select something is just doesn't play the music, sits on a song for some time (maybe buffering but not always) and then moves to the next song and tries to play that one but never does, then next song. Never playing music...
Thanks again for both responding and for the work on the ROM.

Just a thought on #2, but go in to your account settings and make sure you don't have notification settings for more than one inbox (ex. Inbox and Priority Inbox). I've had this happen in the past. Just change your account settings.

FinZ28 said:
Just a thought on #2, but go in to your account settings and make sure you don't have notification settings for more than one inbox (ex. Inbox and Priority Inbox). I've had this happen in the past. Just change your account settings.
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Sorry, I should have posted again. Reinstalling worked for me. But I think you are right in your suspecision, I think I might have had that Priority Inbox checked. Reinstalling resulted to starting over with configuring it though. I think it all started going downhill when I didn't have the sync set right, so I wasn't getting notified due to the sync not running, then start checking everything. Thanks.
Now the only mystery I have left is Pandora...

Not sure what the deal might be with Pandora. I've used it on and off in the past with mixed success. It might be worth seeing if it works with a different ROM. That might narrow down where the issue is, at least.

Boppy3125 said:
3. Pandora doesn't seem to work. I think I saw in the Dev thread mention of people having issues too. I only ever use it at work where I only have 3G, so I haven't tested on WiFi. What is irritating is that on my last ICS ROM I was running I had this issue solved by uninstalling it, rebooting and clearing caches, and reinstalling. I have tried that and fixing permissions. All in multiple orders and combinations, no luck.
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From over in the Dev thread -
Pandora Discussions

??

Boppy3125 said:
I can't ask in the dev forum and I don't see a General thread for this ROM. Since this seems to be the best JB rom for our phone, we probably need to have a place to discuss things outside of the Dev thread. Anyway, I have some specific things I want to ask about...
1. Lock Screen question -- Is there a way to add actions like the unlock or mute? I wanted to put the unlock in a different spot but don't know what Slider shortcut to use. I have tried looking through both the Activities and the Nova Activities. I just don't see how to do either of those two. Anyone know, short of installing another app or lock screen?
2. GMail double notification -- I may have done something wrong, but I can't find it right now. When I get a GMail email, I get two notifications. They are both the GMail symbol. And the notification drawer shows two items, one with a big chunk of the preview and one with the subject and "Important". I suspect I did something in GMail to cause this and it isn't ROM specific.
3. Pandora doesn't seem to work. I think I saw in the Dev thread mention of people having issues too. I only ever use it at work where I only have 3G, so I haven't tested on WiFi. What is irritating is that on my last ICS ROM I was running I had this issue solved by uninstalling it, rebooting and clearing caches, and reinstalling. I have tried that and fixing permissions. All in multiple orders and combinations, no luck.
Other than those three things and the standard 4G/FFC known issues, this is a great ROM. Thank you Mazda.
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Use widget locker for your lock screen needs
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if I say "paranoid android is the best JB rom "
We'll start a flame war and this isn't YouTube.
Well I haven't tried this rom nor paranoid Droid.
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TW Email vs. AOKP Email

I've become very annoyed with the fact the stock (JB) TW email app will not allow me to drill down to sub folders within my exchange inbox. Am I missing something here? I know you can do this easily with the (JB) AOKP version. How difficult is it to remove the TW email app and install the AOKP Email and Exchange Services found here in this repository thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969991
Thanks for any help!

chasesavestheday said:
I've become very annoyed with the fact the stock (JB) TW email app will not allow me to drill down to sub folders within my exchange inbox. Am I missing something here? I know you can do this easily with the (JB) AOKP version. How difficult is it to remove the TW email app and install the AOKP Email and Exchange Services found here in this repository thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969991
Thanks for any help!
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Just follow the instructions. Quite simple and if it doesn't work, simply restore from your nandroid backup.

BWolf56 said:
Just follow the instructions. Quite simple and if it doesn't work, simply restore from your nandroid backup.
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Ah yes. I guess I should have mentioned my device is not currently rooted. So I'm assuming in order to do this I would need to root.

chasesavestheday said:
Ah yes. I guess I should have mentioned my device is not currently rooted. So I'm assuming in order to do this I would need to root.
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Umm to replace a system app, I believe so. You can try ES files explorer but I'm pretty sure you'll need root rights.

chasesavestheday said:
I've become very annoyed with the fact the stock (JB) TW email app will not allow me to drill down to sub folders within my exchange inbox. Am I missing something here? I know you can do this easily with the (JB) AOKP version. How difficult is it to remove the TW email app and install the AOKP Email and Exchange Services found here in this repository thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969991
Thanks for any help!
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Yes you will need to be rooted to remove a system app. Titanium Backup can do this. And why not use the gmail app?

Try K-9 email client from market. Best I've ever tried

BAM1789 said:
Yes you will need to be rooted to remove a system app. Titanium Backup can do this. And why not use the gmail app?
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It's for an exchange account?

There has to be a way to view all sub-folders with the stock TW email app, right? This can't be real..

Menu>Folders works fine for me.
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There has to be a way to view all sub-folders with the stock TW email app, right? This can't be real..
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SaneinOne said:
Menu>Folders works fine for me.
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By sub folders I mean, separate folders within the Inbox folder.

Im a heavy exchange user and the stock app works fine. In fact I even have my sub folders pushing which the phone alerts me whenever a new message arrives.
If you can't access your sub folders then you have something set up wrong.
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Here's a screenshot from my personal exchange account.
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Google Stock Dialer/Contacts apks

Here's the stock google dialer and contacts app I pulled from my nexus 6 when i had it. It's not the motorola framework dialer and contacts, but pure google stock. They are in separate folders. I've also have a few that I've pulled from the web as well. I hate the ugly skin that lg uses, and miss the true material look from Google.
You HAVE to be rooted for these to even remotely work. Use root explorer or whatever app you use, mount rw and install as system apk (go to system>priv-app). Folder will need rwxr-xr-x permissions. Give app r-r-rw permissions. So far, contacts are working and I've gotten the google in-call ui to work by placing the apk in the lg in-call ui after renaming the original lg-ui. Can't get the dialer to install. LG skin is deeply rooted in thier framework, so it's kind of a pain. I'll keep digging into this to make some progress. In the mean time, if anyone else wants to chip in and help out, please do so.
In the link to my drive folder there will be 4 files. One of them is a flashable zip named GoogleContactsDialer (credits to whoever put this zip together. Wasn't me). Another should be the dialer in non flashable zip, and the other files are the respective standalone apks. I would suggest flashing the flashable zip, as it has the libs folder included.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Byd-3B8ICYfpY1hqODhhMzd4S3M&usp=sharing
**UPDATE**
Ok everyone, I have a quick second to give an update (getting up at 0430 is killing me right now lol) on things in reference to the dialer. Make sure you are using the flashable zip. The separate apks are ok, but the zip makes things easier.
Basically most hassle free method I have used to get it to be the primary dialer and contacts app is by using TB to freeze these 2 LG Dialer and Contact applications that are listed below.
*Call 4.60.79.10
*Contacts 4.56.18
I'm using KLWP and Nova for most of my homescreens. I'm linking the Google dialer apk to whatever phone KLWP icon using Nova Activities>Google Dialer>Phone(com.android.dialer.DialtactsActivity; make sure you select this one). For those that use Zooper, the same method would apply.
In reference to getting the dialer icon to show up in the app drawer on its own, I'm still working on that.

PUERTO_RUK said:
Here's the stock google dialer and contacts app I pulled from my nexus 6 when i had it. It's not the motorola framework dialer and contacts, but pure google stock. They are in separate folders. I've also have a few that I've pulled from the web as well. I hate the ugly skin that lg uses, and miss the true material look from Google.
You HAVE to be rooted for these to even remotely work. Use root explorer or whatever app you use, mount rw and install as system apk (go to system>priv-app). Folder will need rwxr-xr-x permissions. Give app r-r-rw permissions. So far, contacts are working and I've gotten the google in-call ui to work by placing the apk in the lg in-call ui after renaming the original lg-ui. Can't get the dialer to install. LG skin is deeply rooted in thier framework, so it's kind of a pain. I'll keep digging into this to make some progress. In the mean time, if anyone else wants to chip in and help out, please do so.
In the link to my drive folder there will be 4 files. One of them is a flashable zip named GoogleContactsDialer (credits to whoever put this zip together. Wasn't me). Another should be the dialer in non flashable zip, and the other files are the respective standalone apks. I would suggest flashing the flashable zip, as it has the libs folder included.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Byd-3B8ICYfpY1hqODhhMzd4S3M&usp=sharing
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Got it to install. The Google dialer works too. The LG dialer kind of takes over every now and then.

jrock79 said:
Got it to install. The Google dialer works too. The LG dialer kind of takes over every now and then.
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Glad it worked for you. I used the flashable zip, but can't get the dialer to install. What did you to get it running? The contacts app works for me, but like you said the LG UI takes control sometimes. I may remove the LG call/contacts apks and see if google will run by default. Of course, I'll back everything up before I do.

PUERTO_RUK said:
Glad it worked for you. I used the flashable zip, but can't get the dialer to install. What did you to get it running? The contacts app works for me, but like you said the LG UI takes control sometimes. I may remove the LG call/contacts apks and see if google will run by default. Of course, I'll back everything up before I do.
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What launcher are you using? I'm using the Google launcher with xposed. I also downloaded nova to use the activities widget to set the Google dialer.

jrock79 said:
What launcher are you using? I'm using the Google launcher with xposed. I also downloaded nova to use the activities widget to set the Google dialer.
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Using Nova. Did you use the flashable zip or did you install the apk that I pulled by itself?

PUERTO_RUK said:
Using Nova. Did you use the flashable zip or did you install the apk that I pulled by itself?
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Try that

The app package cyanogen released works quite well. I have the dialer installed now and working

androidfilesharing said:
The app package cyanogen released works quite well. I have the dialer installed now and working
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Can you share the link?
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NYLimited said:
Can you share the link?
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https://cyngn.com/c-apps

androidfilesharing said:
https://cyngn.com/c-apps
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Much appreciated!
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Glad to see some people are getting a use out of this thread

PUERTO_RUK said:
I may remove the LG call/contacts apks and see if google will run by default. Of course, I'll back everything up before I do.
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Did you ever do that? Just curious...

androidfilesharing said:
https://cyngn.com/c-apps
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Sadly, I wouldn't trust Truecaller with my contact's info. WAY too much has come out about their bull**** practices.

NYLimited said:
Did you ever do that? Just curious...
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Sorry guys that I've been MIA. Work and personal life have been really busy. I didn't remove the LG apk but just froze them with TB. So far the LG Contacts app doesn't override which is good, and I've set Google Contacts as my default. I'm trying True Caller but honestly don't like it. The Google dialer kicks in but it's random, and it doesn't show in my Nova app drawer. I'll get back to working on this when things slow down for me.

PUERTO_RUK said:
Sorry guys that I've been MIA. Work and personal life have been really busy. I didn't remove the LG apk but just froze them with TB. So far the LG Contacts app doesn't override which is good, and I've set Google Contacts as my default. I'm trying True Caller but honestly don't like it. The Google dialer kicks in but it's random, and it doesn't show in my Nova app drawer. I'll get back to working on this when things slow down for me.
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I am, for now, stuck at the dialer. Not enough time to play with it and, as you mentioned, it is not showing up as an installed app in the launcher. What did you do to get a launcher icon for it? I am running the latest Nova beta for now.

NYLimited said:
I am, for now, stuck at the dialer. Not enough time to play with it and, as you mentioned, it is not showing up as an installed app in the launcher. What did you do to get a launcher icon for it? I am running the latest Nova beta for now.
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Updated the post. Let me know if this helps you any. I'm still working on the dialer showing up in the app drawer or just being able to place the icon on the homescreen. Going to play around with different launchers on my next few days off starting Sunday.

PUERTO_RUK said:
Updated the post. Let me know if this helps you any. I'm still working on the dialer showing up in the app drawer or just being able to place the icon on the homescreen. Going to play around with different launchers on my next few days off starting Sunday.
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Thanks. I only glanced for now - will have to reread and play more tomorrow or the weekend.

NYLimited said:
Thanks. I only glanced for now - will have to reread and play more tomorrow or the weekend.
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np. glad to help

I wonder if one you that's had success with this might be able to offer some assistance...I flashed the Google contacts and dialer zip and froze the two LG files recommended by the OP and all call functionality was disabled. I could launch the Google dialer but could not receive calls. Did I miss a step?

PUERTO_RUK said:
Updated the post. Let me know if this helps you any. I'm still working on the dialer showing up in the app drawer or just being able to place the icon on the homescreen. Going to play around with different launchers on my next few days off starting Sunday.
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Like you said, it is working - mostly. I no longer see the dreaded LG dialer (yippee!) but a couple of minor anomalies remain.
On an incoming call I do not get a full scree caller id and swipe to answer as I did on the N4 device;
Like you, I had to use Nova to create the desktop icon (which is no big deal I suppose);
When I bring up the dialer I see a "Speed Dial" tab but I don't see all my favorites (starred contacts). I tried clearing cache and data for the dialer but is not showing me the same starred contacts as the Contacts app;
Other than the above it seems to work quite well.
[ EDIT ] It seems that there is a difference between the contacts storage that LG maintains and what Google Contacts/Dialer maintains. I cleared data and cache for both, the LG Dialer and the LG Contacts app - note that in my case they were both frozen so I had to use ROM Toolbox to do this - and had the system re-sync contacts with Google. All of the sudden ALL my favorites show up as expected and, incoming caller Id is now displaying as it did on the old Nexus 4. Yippee! Apparently some minor issues can be corrected by reinitializing the contacts database on the phone.
elmerct said:
I wonder if one you that's had success with this might be able to offer some assistance...I flashed the Google contacts and dialer zip and froze the two LG files recommended by the OP and all call functionality was disabled. I could launch the Google dialer but could not receive calls. Did I miss a step?
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Did you start out with a clean, well working system or could it have remnants of previous attempts to install a dialer? Most of my troubles came from the fact that I missed to clean somethng up from a previous attempt.
Essentially, I did not do much different from the OP. Starting with a clean system (I backup frequently with TWRP when I experiment with new things!) I flashed the zip file, rebooted, created the desktop icon for phone, froze the 2 LG modules with TiBu. I also copied the Google Dialer apk to the LGInCallUI folder in priv-app and renamed (but not deleted) the LG version which did not seem to make any difference to usage (I was hoping for a full screen caller Id).
As noted above, it seems to be working quite nicely with the 3 1 caveats I listed.