There is one app I own that keeps coming up with updates, however this update upgrades to the "new generation" of the app where you need to pay extra for the features included in the current version.
So now whenever I am notified by Google market about updates I have to pay special attention not to select this app for updates.
I would like to disable updates for this specific application or, if this is not possible, just make an update for this application fail.
I own full versions of Titanium backup and Root Explorer. Phone is rooted.
What I was thinking about was to make executable for this app read-only (hoping this will cause attempted updates to fail).
Use TB to break the market link. That should stop it.
...sorry...I was on the phone...
TBPro Detach from Market stopped working for me at a past update to Google Play Store. Market Fixer has been working for me since. I have three apps that either a bug was introduced or a feature was dropped so I contacted the Dev and then block updates. A smart addition to Play Store would be the ability to UPDATE ALL with selected apps check marked as Do Not Update.
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Does the Desire/Android OS have an application update function as seen on the iPhone.
Once an app is installed on an iPhone, updates to that app are automatically suggested to the user, who then only has to agree to the install to get the update. All very seemless.
Is the situation the same for built-in apps and 3rd party apps?
How is this handled on Android?
Yes it does.
You have to open the Market app, and there you will have listed all available updates, which can be downloaded and installed in one, max two clicks
Yes you get a notification automatically as an update becomes available, you click and get directed to the list of installed apps in the market, and the ones with an update on top of the list.
That can ofcourse also be disabled, where you have to enter the market and check manually.
Excellent news!
Makes a big difference.
So after flashing to EE03 I restored some apps using MyBackup root. (Apps from both Android market and Amazon market.) Problem is two apps that I "bought" (actually were free apps of the day) in the Amazon appstore are showing up as needing to be updated in my Android market. How do I change the association? I tried to update and it pulled up the charge screen as if I were buying the app for the first time, from the android market. thanks in advance.
Edit* finally found a 'workaround.' uninstalled via android market and reinstalled via Amazon market. luckily only two apps of the 10 or so I got from amazon had the bad association.
I'm bumping this because my workaround only worked for a day or two. I now have 6 "update available" apps in my android market that were downloaded via the Amazon market. Is there any way to unlink these from the Android market? Also, according to amazon, none of them are due to update, but I wonder if that's correct at all.
I guess the updates haven't been published to the Amazon appstore so your versions appear current. To confirm, check your app version and compare it to the published verson in the market.
The only way I know how to fix this, though I genuinely haven't looked around for this, is to use Titanium Backup (or similar) to detach those apps from the market. Be advised that this feature is reseverd for paid versions, however.
quick99si said:
I guess the updates haven't been published to the Amazon appstore so your versions appear current. To confirm, check your app version and compare it to the published verson in the market.
The only way I know how to fix this, though I genuinely haven't looked around for this, is to use Titanium Backup (or similar) to detach those apps from the market. Be advised that this feature is reseverd for paid versions, however.
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WORKED! You know, I tried this a few weeks ago and the option was greyed out. When I tried again, my Ti Backup kept FCing, so I reinstalled, and this time it worked. Sweet. Thanks for getting me to try again!
OK, so first things first. I am rooted and have attempted repeatedly to remove the Google Play Services apk with no luck. I have used TB to uninstall. freeze, delete. It will delete the file and or remove it but when I reboot its back and it wont go away. I have looked into the my
/data/app
folder and deleted the file from there and then removing it with TB, still whether I reboot or I wait anywhere from minutes to a coupel hours its back and as it doesnt show up under the PLAY store I cant think of any other way to remove the dang thing and its eating about 40mb of internal storage. I move it to SD and it will work for a bit, but then its back to internal storage..... I dont even use Google+ that much on my phone. I use it on my PC.
Any ideas/suggestions?
File in question:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en
ozzmanj1 said:
OK, so first things first. I am rooted and have attempted repeatedly to remove the Google Play Services apk with no luck. I have used TB to uninstall. freeze, delete. It will delete the file and or remove it but when I reboot its back and it wont go away. I have looked into the my
/data/app
folder and deleted the file from there and then removing it with TB, still whether I reboot or I wait anywhere from minutes to a coupel hours its back and as it doesnt show up under the PLAY store I cant think of any other way to remove the dang thing and its eating about 40mb of internal storage. I move it to SD and it will work for a bit, but then its back to internal storage..... I dont even use Google+ that much on my phone. I use it on my PC.
Any ideas/suggestions?
File in question:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en
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It takes only 7.92MB of internal storage for me.
You need to remove the GPlay store to remove it permanently.
Maybe if I rename the play store apk and add a .bak then reboot then remove the dang thing entirely it will be gone.
I looked and I dont know whats different with mine but its eating around 39mb on my phone.
Why would you want to remove it? This app, as far as I can remember I read, gives us "Smart Update" which lets you install and update only the updated portions of apps instead of redownloading the entire app. So... I just moved the app to my system partition using TB, then Integrate it with the ROM everytime it gets updated. Internal memory problem solved.
According to Google Play reviews, you need it for YouTube and possibly other Google services.
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This app, as far as I can remember I read, gives us "Smart Update" which lets you install and update only the updated portions of apps instead of redownloading the entire app.
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Sorry, but this is wrong. Smart Update is a Google Play Store feature and has nothing to do with Google Play Services.
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According to Google Play reviews, you need it for YouTube and possibly other Google services.
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Yeah true, since newest version.
Google Play Services is something like a replacement for older Google APIs on Android. It allows developers to use a newer version of those APIs (this "newer" version is not better in any way, but new ). Google's idea is to get more independant from hardware manufacturers and their updates. They want this APIs to be no longer part of the system to update them on their own. They started porting their Apps to the new APIs, YouTube is one of the affected apps (what means they did not add any feature but let the app work only on Android systems with Play Services installed).
Im at war with Google now. Will go Windows
Up until today I was quite happy with my ZTE T60. Then suddenly upon waking up this morning it was sluggish, the Internet was unresponsive and became a great disappointment. Then the low memory warnings started, my "market" Icon was switched to "Play Store". So into settings and application management I go. Now I notice two new applications I did not install or was I asked for permissions. One being the play store which is only a MB or so bigger than the old "market" app but now I also have this "Google play services" thats 19MB! My device only has 128M ROM. I don't have room for it and I cant get rid of it. Being that Google took over my device I have decided to boycott all Android devices. I would also like to note the same exact thing was done by Google with my Samsung GT-S5570 Galaxy mini. Whats the point of pushing store software onto devices like this that takes up all of the Rom so one couldn't download anything from the store if they wanted to? Doesn't Google realize this enormous update is not suitable for every android device on-line and why have they mandated it? Sorry Google, I used to love ya but this is the big goodbye.
I am not sure about windows phone OS but I can agree with you. Now Apple and Android are doing the same bad things than Windows for desktop did in the past.
Unfortunately on mobilephones its is even worse because by default you are not root/admintrator.
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Up until today I was quite happy with my ZTE T60. Then suddenly upon waking up this morning it was sluggish, the Internet was unresponsive and became a great disappointment. Then the low memory warnings started, my "market" Icon was switched to "Play Store". So into settings and application management I go. Now I notice two new applications I did not install or was I asked for permissions. One being the play store which is only a MB or so bigger than the old "market" app but now I also have this "Google play services" thats 19MB! My device only has 128M ROM. I don't have room for it and I cant get rid of it. Being that Google took over my device I have decided to boycott all Android devices. I would also like to note the same exact thing was done by Google with my Samsung GT-S5570 Galaxy mini. Whats the point of pushing store software onto devices like this that takes up all of the Rom so one couldn't download anything from the store if they wanted to? Doesn't Google realize this enormous update is not suitable for every android device on-line and why have they mandated it? Sorry Google, I used to love ya but this is the big goodbye.
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You need it for like all services by google. The google play store will just keep downloading it and putting it on your phone until the end of time. Youd probably have to re engineer the google play and other google apps to not download this app.
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Hello,
recently, i decided to root my phone so that i could get the free in app purchases. Whenever i would use Freedom V0.8.4 to do the hack, it would only work for 4 times, and by then the google play store would update. To solve this, i tried disabling the google play store, but that didn't work. So then i did some web surfing, and found that Android Market V2.3.6 doesn't automatically update, so i rejoiced for a moment, downloaded it, and installed it. then when i went to open the android market to make sure it worked, it was nowhere to be found. not in the application list in the application manager, or anywhere else. Then i remembered, before i had installed the market 2.3.6, i had left the "disabled" part checked for google play. Also, when the market had installed, typically it will give you the option of "done" or "open".The only one i could click was "done", as the "open" was not able to be clicked.
Now i am unable to do anything that would require the market. i even tried installing newer versions of the android market, and they either didn't install, or did the same thing as v2.3.6
Please help, i really dont want to do a factory reset.
thanks for any help
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Since you're using an app to get free paid apps, you're not gonna get any help.
Don't be a scumbag and support developers.
Have a good day.
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Did you try replacing the play store with a a current version and then fixing permissions and not stealing from people that used a lot of their time to bring you content?
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So there are some apps that I really don't want to update for various reasons, and it's preventing me from doing any bulk updating. I don't like auto-updates because I like to check what is new in an update before I actually update (some app developers can make an app totally useless by updating). The problem is, there's no way to set some apps to "never update", and when unupdated apps build up, I want to use "Update All", but exempt a subset of them.
Does anyone know if there's a way to opt out certain apps from updating? Rooted, using Wicked v5.1, so rooted solutions or flashable zips work fine too.
Use Titanium backup to detach those apps from Play Store.
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Go to the app which you dont want auto-updating in Play Store, press menu, uncheck the auto-update box for that app.
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