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(Q) Market force closing

Whenever I open market, when I get to selecting an app from a list I get: Unfortunately, market has stopped working. No idea what to do, happened after I installed the Netflix HD app. If anyone has an idea, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
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irb123 said:
Whenever I open market, when I get to selecting an app from a list I get: Unfortunately, market has stopped working. No idea what to do, happened after I installed the Netflix HD app. If anyone has an idea, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
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Have you already cleared Android Market's cache in applications list ?

Yep, cleared data and cache...still same thing...
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ROM/Kernel?

Auto stop app?

Is there any app that can stop apps from auto running. In background I tried rom toolbox but it sucks when I disable apps in auto manager.
Any help?
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I think this should be on Q&A, not sure.
Anyway, try Autostarts from Play Store.

You must search here:
https://play.google.com/store

Autostarts
Autostarts, it's a paid app in the play store. Amazing app! After a flash its my first app downloaded right after titanium backup

I also use Autostart, it is a great way to stop apps from auto-running in the background!

But wich Autostart ? On Google Playstore we have two apk: One from Michael Elsdörfer, and other from Cyberhorse.
Wich is right ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Cyberhorse

xunair said:
Is there any app that can stop apps from auto running. In background I tried rom toolbox but it sucks when I disable apps in auto manager.
Any help?
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i recommand using app called "fast reboot" its not auto but its a 1 click thing
also u can use the go launcher task manager
it has n auto stop option and also the one click thing that stops all running apps.
its great and im using it
no u dont need go launcher 2 run it

in my opinion u must not force close apps as it restarts and drain more battery.
android manages the background apps very efficiently
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[Mod][Guide][ICS]How to fully replace S-voice with Google Now voice search

This is simply a tutorial on how to replace Samsung's crappy s-voice with the amazing Google Now voice search!
In order to follow this guide you must be rooted, if you are not and wish to do so, follow the guide here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 If you are already rooted, then continue with the guide!
Step 1: Installing Google Now:
1.)Download the Google now flashable zip here (download the one entitled mikey7 online/offline voice) XDA Google Now Download Thread
2.)Make sure they are on your internal SD card and reboot into recovery
3.)choose install zip file and navigate to wherever the file is (if you are unsure then there is a good chance that it is filed under downloads/mikey7_offline.zip)
4.)once you are done with this, turn your device back on and verify that the app "Google" is in your app drawer
5.)If so then continue with the tutorial, if not then retry and if that does not resolve the issue then post questions in this forum.
Step 2: Activating Google Now
1.)Make sure you have Google latitude installed and have set up your account for latitude before continuing just to be safe.
2.)Launch the Google Now app and go through the setup until you click the "Yes, I'm in." option and your cards appear
3.)Continue to the next and final step or, if you are happy with not being able to launch Now via double tapping the home button, stop here and have a nice day!
Step 3: Replacing S-Voice
1.)Go into S-voice settings and uncheck the option "Launch S-Voice"
2.)Download a free app from the market called "home2 shortcut" (or link here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut ..)
3.)Set the double tap home option (Home> Home) to launch "Voice Search" from installed applications. (make sure it displays a blue microphone when you do this)
4.)Continue with the instructions for the app and close the app.
5.)Test it out, if it doesn't launch directly into the voice search after doing the double home then follow the next few steps, if it does then skip to step 8.
6.)Open the Google Now app (it will be listed as "Google" in your app drawer)
7.)Press menu>refresh.
8.)Reboot
9.)Enjoy having Google Now on your Ice cream sandwich Samsung Galaxy S3!
Don't Forget to hit the thanks button if this helped you!
Credits go to:
SilentStormer - kept the Google Now for ICS thread up to date
Slickdaddy96-helped me find apps
Google- For making this awesome Program
Samsung- For the hardware!

Thanks this worked perfectly!

Great post! Thanks!

Thanks for this...is there a way to set this up so that a single press while in my launcher (Nova Launcher) returns to the default screen? Single presses in the launcher do not currently do anything.

OpaqueEcho said:
Thanks for this...is there a way to set this up so that a single press while in my launcher (Nova Launcher) returns to the default screen? Single presses in the launcher do not currently do anything.
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You maybe can go into gestures settings in nova and set up the double tap for voice search in nova. However, you may have to triple press. This was actually my work around for a small time. You may have to buy the premium nova in order to use gestures though. Hope this works!
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the manual search is working perfectlly on my tab 10.1 running 4.0.4.
but the voice function is not. the message of "shell has been granted in su perm" kept appering for tens of times. then the app get forced to close.
thanks for the great effort...

Ghstudent said:
You maybe can go into gestures settings in nova and set up the double tap for voice search in nova. However, you may have to triple press. This was actually my work around for a small time. You may have to buy the premium nova in order to use gestures though. Hope this works!
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Thanks for the reply...should the Back button be doing something in Google Now? It doesn't seem to back out of the application...

OpaqueEcho said:
Thanks for the reply...should the Back button be doing something in Google Now? It doesn't seem to back out of the application...
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I haven't had any problems with it
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So is this more useful than S Voice?

613BulletProof said:
So is this more useful than S Voice?
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Incredibly more useful
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thank you so much it work great!!!

Thanks! It works but unfortunately the home button goes back to home really jerky and unsmooth along with a slight lag. Any fixes?

jfp999 said:
Thanks! It works but unfortunately the home button goes back to home really jerky and unsmooth along with a slight lag. Any fixes?
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I get the same thing on my wife's phone.
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Everything went smooth, just "Step3/#6". I don't have Google Now icon in my app drawer, but I do have "Voice Search" icon.
Is it the same?

ighost77 said:
Everything went smooth, just "Step3/#6". I don't have Google Now icon in my app drawer, but I do have "Voice Search" icon.
Is it the same?
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It will be labeled as "Google" if it isn't then try reflashing the package
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Is it easy to revert back to S-Voice? Not saying i would but if you have to.
Edit: Never mind. Doing the guide in reverse order works.
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This is awesome, the best search experience out there by far, works perfectly thanks!
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tjb433 said:
This is awesome, the best search experience out there by far, works perfectly thanks!
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Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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ak789 said:
Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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Maybe try a reinstall? Havent tried it on stock rooted, I'm running wanamlite 1.2 and it works perfectly, I Also have s-voice disabled if it matters
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ak789 said:
Seeing fc on rooted stock rom...reverted back to google search
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I am running stock rooted Rom..
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Google Ears outside the US

Google Ears (like Shazam / Soundhound) is automatically disabled for Canadian (maybe other non-US?) Nexus 7 users, I guess because we can't buy music from the Play Store. It's in system/app, but it's frozen.
Titanium Backup will not allow me to unfreeze. I moved the existing apk and odex with Root Explorer and put this in it's place, set permissions, rebooted and installed. Works fine, but it doesn't stick around after another reboot. I can restore it with Titanium and it'll work again... until the next boot.
It's so quick in identifying a song vs Shazam. Any ideas?

I'm sure there must be an easier way, but it seems that converting it to a user app with Titanium after restoring does the trick.

It's disabled in UK too. I just set permissions using root explorer (rw, r, r), put the widget on my homescreen and it's stayed there through all reboots. Didn't notice any icon appear in the app draw though.
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Strangely enough, it isn't disabled on UK Nexus S's (my friend has one, unrooted stock, I saw it there after he got JB update).

All I had to do was defrost with Titanium Backup.

I can't even get it to install .Works fine on my OneX side loaded the apk to the N7 and it just goes through the motions of installing then says failed

chrisnash said:
It's disabled in UK too. I just set permissions using root explorer (rw, r, r), put the widget on my homescreen and it's stayed there through all reboots. Didn't notice any icon appear in the app draw though.
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It's a widget, shows up as Sound Search. I'm amused at the propensity for Google to always have two possible names for one service... you never know for sure where something is going to show up in the app drawer / app manager.
Anyone having trouble may want to try the version from the Google Ears/Sound Search (From Jelly Bean) thread over in dev / hacking.

For users in Canada, Google has it disabled
use tibu to defrost it,
type this in terminal emaulator:
su
pm enable com.google.android.ears
then use this link to update it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ears
don't search, it wont work use the link. This worked for me.

ScumDroid said:
For users in Canada, Google has it disabled
use tibu to defrost it,
type this in terminal emaulator:
su
pm enable com.google.android.ears
then use this link to update it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ears
don't search, it wont work use the link. This worked for me.
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Hey, this worked great. Thanks! Only thing is I couldn't update using your link. Just says not available in my country.
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Kewjoe said:
Hey, this worked great. Thanks! Only thing is I couldn't update using your link. Just says not available in my country.
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Hmm odd, i can open the link and im in Toronto too. ill dig around and see if i can find anything on it.

Works great I'm in the UK link works updated from market and widget still on home screen after reboot. Thanks.
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Unable to install apk?

Downloaded an apk to the root of my sdcard. When I click to install it via ES File Explorer, I can't click the "Install" button but the "Cancel" button works. Any help?

clankfu said:
Downloaded an apk to the root of my sdcard. When I click to install it via ES File Explorer, I can't click the "Install" button but the "Cancel" button works. Any help?
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What apk is it?
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nbeebe24 said:
What apk is it?
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I've had this issue with several. Tonight it was the Samsung S Suggest and Samsung Apps apks. Had the same issue with the Amazon Appstore apk a few days ago.

Try astro
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The two Samsung Apps you reference are system app that need to be pushed to the system/apps folder... Use root explorer and paste them into that folder then reboot. Yay...
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Naddict said:
The two Samsung Apps you reference are system app that need to be pushed to the system/apps folder... Use root explorer and paste them into that folder then reboot. Yay...
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Not necessarily true... I side loaded both these apps just fine in EsFile Explorer. Try going into recovery and fixing permisions and clear cache/dalvik, bet you already have install from unknown sources checked, but double check just in case. But in the later, it would prompt for you to change it when attempting to install :/

dragon_rckr said:
Not necessarily true... I side loaded both these apps just fine in EsFile Explorer. Try going into recovery and fixing permisions and clear cache/dalvik, bet you already have install from unknown sources checked, but double check just in case. But in the later, it would prompt for you to change it when attempting to install :/
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Blasphemy...
No.. Actually good catch... I misunderstood the app answer and was thinking about system apps. But the samsung Apps is a download-able one. Sorry to OP...
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dragon_rckr said:
Not necessarily true... I side loaded both these apps just fine in EsFile Explorer. Try going into recovery and fixing permisions and clear cache/dalvik, bet you already have install from unknown sources checked, but double check just in case. But in the later, it would prompt for you to change it when attempting to install :/
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Just tried fixing permissions and wiping cache/dalvik. No dice...still won't let me press the "Install" button. Guess I'll try loading them to system/apps but this is bugging me.
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even same problem
even i have the same problem .. before i was able to install as soon as restarting my phone .. now even that doesnt work ... pls help ..
arc s - rooted - Stock GB

samuraidattu said:
even i have the same problem .. before i was able to install as soon as restarting my phone .. now even that doesnt work ... pls help ..
arc s - rooted - Stock GB
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Are you using any kind of brightness adjusting app like Lux or Screen Filter? I found that after disabling Lux, I was able to install the apk fine. Then I re-enabled Lux after.

clankfu said:
Are you using any kind of brightness adjusting app like Lux or Screen Filter? I found that after disabling Lux, I was able to install the apk fine. Then I re-enabled Lux after.
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Works..
Disabled screen filter
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justyntaucher said:
Works..
Disabled screen filter
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Yeah, strangely any sort of brightness control app disables this for some reason

clankfu said:
Are you using any kind of brightness adjusting app like Lux or Screen Filter? I found that after disabling Lux, I was able to install the apk fine. Then I re-enabled Lux after.
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thx man. Strage thing is that rootexplorer cant instal apk´s with enabled screen filter but with es explorer works both (enablade and disabled Scr Filter). btw i have a nexus 4 with 4.2.2

Same problem with Lux and Root Browser. Had to disable Lux and kill the process with System Panel, then reenable it. Also on a Nexus 4 (this was just the thread I found with a Google serach). Is this a bug with Lux or Root Browser?

It's a known bug with lux
SPRINT GS3 FAQ

Bug with Lux and scroll filter.... Really strange, doesn't let you install (side loading) or uninstall

CNexus said:
Bug with Lux and scroll filter.... Really strange, doesn't let you install (side loading) or uninstall
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Yeah, what exactly is Lux doing that would mess with side loading?
I found the bug that had been filed for this here. It's marked as resolved. But it's definitely still present for me.
https://bitbucket.org/VitoCassisi/lux/issue/7/lux-creates-an-overlay-that-doesnt-let

Unable to install any apk
I have the same problem, have tried to install any apk but the "install" button cannot be clicked. Before i installed Battery Doctor app, still able to install any apk. yes there is an option to put brigthness to auto adjust, is it the cause of problem?
another thing (OOT), my wifi always turn off for no reason, what is the suggestion?
N7000, ICS stock rom and kernel, CWM rooted
Thanks...

Yes, install button going disabled is a bug in android systems, not just Lux, or because of any other brightness reducer app!
If u have any brightness reducer app, it results in disabling the install button for installing any saved app(apps from playstore install without any problem).
Disabling this app will enable the "install" button. :thumbup:
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life saver.. tnx scratching my head long time... tnx u v much