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Can you find Google Earth in the Market?

UPDATE: this thread is not needed anymore. Everything is working fine now, read this.
I can't find Google Earth in the Market on my Defy.
If you can, please post here your build.prop, ROM, firmware, and all the info you can gather. If you don't know how to do this, you can ask here or PM me and I'll help.
I am asking this because I suspect there is a problem on the Google's side validating Defy's fingerprints, and with enough info from somebody that can find and download Google Earth from the Market, we could fix it
Here is a QRCode with a direct link for your convenience:
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Nop, I don't have it either.
What's going on?
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When i had the 2.34 blurless rom with the JIT update, i could'nt find that app;
but now with the chinese 2.2 froyo i've installed google earth in the defy through the market.

I think the problem came with the market update. When you go to settings-applications-market and you uninstall the update you will see google earth again and other apps that are missing after the market update like vplayer. The problem will be back after the market is updated again automatically.
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Nope. I uninstalled several times the update, searched with the old Market, and Google Earth didn't come up.
@ellendel, can you post your build.prop? It's located in /system/build.prop and you will need root.

I was unable to find google earth with the stock Android 2.1 US ROM and the updated market. Installed the 2.34 Central European ROM (still android 2.1) and was able to find google earth in the updated market(downloading it now).
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I found my build.prop. Is there a way to insert it from my phone using the xda app? I won't have computer access for a while.
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Interesting. I have Google Earth on my phone and runs great (T-MO USA Defy). But I can no longer find it on the market and it's no longer listed under my installed apps.

ngfletcher said:
Installed the 2.34 Central European ROM (still android 2.1) and was able to find google earth in the updated market(downloading it now).
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?!?!
That's the ROM that I have, and I can't find it, it's very strange.
ngfletcher said:
I found my build.prop. Is there a way to insert it from my phone using the xda app? I won't have computer access for a while
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Maybe you can open it with Root Explorer and copy/paste it? Or upload it with the Dropbox app to your Public folder and post a link...

Have you tried installing from here:
http://www.google.com/mobile/earth/...-us-bk-earthandroid&utm_term=earth on android

That just redirects to the Market, which says that the requested element can't be found.
Anyway, just to be clear: this problem is not about Google Earth. It's about Google not recognizing Defy's full specifications. There are dozens of other apps that we can't download. I just chose Google Earth because it's supposed to be available everywhere.
If I wanted Google Earth I'd just download the APK somewhere else.

martinml said:
That just redirects to the Market, which says that the requested element can't be found.
Anyway, just to be clear: this problem is not about Google Earth. It's about Google not recognizing Defy's full specifications. There are dozens of other apps that we can't download. I just chose Google Earth because it's supposed to be available everywhere.
If I wanted Google Earth I'd just download the APK somewhere else.
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I wonder when and why it changed? I can't find it in the Market either, but I do have it installed already. I downloaded right after I bought the phone in Nov.

Try something. Go to Settings > Applications. Find Market and clean data and uninstall updates. Try searching Google Earth in the Market now.
Don't worry, minutes later the Market will be updated again to the current version.

Found this on another site, not sure if still works:
view the below link thru mobile browser.. it will automatically starts to download and install...
http://sites.google.com/site/droidlife10/home/google_earth.apk
Actually just tried it on my computer and it gave me: google_earth.apk

Well, thank you. But read my other post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10650634&postcount=11
It's not about Google Earth, it's about why some apps are not in the Market.

Sorry, got lost on the journey. When I first got the G1 there was nothing on the market but a hundred different fart apps. (Yes, exaggeration). But I really did stop relying on the market and honestly can't recall where I got Earth as it does not show up as a market download.

Can you find Rocket Bunnies or Jet Car Stunts? Those don't appear for me, either.

martinml said:
Can you find Rocket Bunnies or Jet Car Stunts? Those don't appear for me, either.
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Earth, Rocket Bunnies, and Jet Car Stunts now shows in the Market. I think it need to be updated (the Market that is). I happened to catch Lookout "Scanning Market", and I thought "Hm why?". As I looked up the Market in Applications I noticed the version was higher than the day before (I read around there was a new version, so I checked mine), so I looked up the apps that I couldn't find before, and boom, there they are.

You're right!
Market just updated from version 2002207 to 2002211 and Google Earth, Rocket Bunnies and Jet Car Stunts are appearing!
If somebody doesn't get the update: go to Settings > Applications > Manage applications. Uninstall Market updates and clear its data. Then enter the Market, close it, and a minute later you should have the new version.
Wheee!

I just checked its up now under free apps.
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Open apps using Google now

I was trying to open apps using Google now but was unable to open it so what are the commands to open apps or play music from. Google now????
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As a general rule, Google voice actions doesn't launch apps. It'll launch the dialer, messages, maps, navigation, the browser and some of those basic things.

There's a thread somewhere about the nexus 7 tablet manual that is free thru google play books that has a section with all the commands for the now search app. I don't have the link available.

It would suck if Google limited now's ability to Google's own apps. That's the worst thing about its retarded cousin, siri

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"Play Beastie Boys" works on my phone...

I've got the same problem. Everytime I ask something (e.g. call xxxx, play song xxxx, what's the Yankee's score), it'll go to the browser. I went through all the settings and can't find anything.

If I remember correctly, launching Play Music via Google Now only works if you're in the US and the music is uploaded to the cloud.
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skychan said:
I've got the same problem. Everytime I ask something (e.g. call xxxx, play song xxxx, what's the Yankee's score), it'll go to the browser. I went through all the settings and can't find anything.
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Instead of 'play', have you tried to ask: 'listen to' --- [artist] or [song title]? It works for me. It should even ask you to choose between Google Music, YouTube, and any other music app you already have installed (like Rdio, Jango, Slacker, etc).
Also, make sure you've followed this guide on how to set up Google Now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740542

JLishere said:
Instead of 'play', have you tried to ask: 'listen to' --- [artist] or [song title]? It works for me. It should even ask you to choose between Google Music, YouTube, and any other music app you already have installed (like Rdio, Jango, Slacker, etc).
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Same thing happens, Now will show the "link" to Google Music, but then the browser automatically opens up over it ... It also happens when I try "call xxx", the contacts open up (because of multiple phones for this person), but then almost immediately, a browser opens showing the Google results ...
There's gotta be a setting somewhere to disable auto browser results ....

If I say, "Text Melissa -text here-" it works. But if I say "Text Mom -text here-" it won't. I have to say "Send text to Mom" for it to send a text. Same with calling. So my suggestion is to play around with the wording.

Change your settings to 'always search from Google.com instead of your local domain.' Then it'll work. I'm in india, did this, and then it started showing cards/doing actual voice actions.

ayaad said:
I was trying to open apps using Google now but was unable to open it so what are the commands to open apps or play music from. Google now????
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Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.

insomnatech said:
Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
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You are CORECT SIR!
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insomnatech said:
Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
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Still can't get it to work.
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1stx2 said:
Still can't get it to work.
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Go to settings>phone search and untick the browser setting. That should sort it.

You don't have to uncheck browser in settings. You can launch application by saying "launch [app name]".
Maybe you have to change both system language and voice input language to English(US).
I'm able to play music too even I'm outside US.
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didn't know i could do this. should be fun

More info about Google Now
Ok, the option to listen to music works, but it will give you the option to listen to songs that you have stored in your phone with the default music application, it's not like it'll stream music from the web so use it confidently. Also, following all the set up instructions for Google Now exposed in a previous post helps a lot. A personal note: I would say that Google Now works pretty much better with searches on the web and in my experience S-Voice on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) works better with the phone's applications. Basically both of them are good, but each one has a strength tha the other does not. Hope it helps as the thread of this post helped me.

[APP] GooglePlay 3.9.16 Remove Entries From All Apps and more!!

Google Play Store 3.9.16 - Remove Entries From All Apps, Keep Track Of Position In Lists, Expandable Notifications, And More
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Google just started rolling out an updated Google Play Store version 3.9.16 that follows the previous version 3.8.17 from August. Good news, everyone - we've already got our hands on the APK for you to install manually thanks to our loyal tipsters.
What's New
The most notable and immediately apparent new feature is the long overdue ability to remove apps you've previously downloaded from the All Apps list. If you like to try a lot of apps, that list is likely very cluttered. With the new Google Play, you can trim it to your heart's content.
Update #1: You can multi-select by long-pressing any app in the list and then tapping more apps, then delete them all in one go (added 2 new screenshots demonstrating it).
Update #2: The new Play Store now keeps track of your location in lists, including My Apps and All Apps, so when you click into an app and back, it drops you into the same spot. I had variable luck with this, and it didn't seem to work in All Apps at first, but I just reproduced it on both the EVO LTE and the Nexus 7. Brilliant.
Update #3: The notification icon that shows up when you have app updates has changed, and notifications are now expandable. I've added more screenshots showing the differences.
Update #4: The notification icon after installing an app now shows the app icon instead of something generic.
The size of the Play Store APK actually went down, so Google must have trimmed some extra fat. We're still digging through everything - in the meantime, check out the screenshots and grab the new version from our mirrors.
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Great THX
now i can remove over 100 apps

It seems multi-selection doesn't work in gingerbread. My app list is too long to delete one by one :crying:

AlucardDH said:
It seems multi-selection doesn't work in gingerbread. My app list is too long to delete one by one :crying:
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for me it works (4.0.4)
have you done it as described ?
long press on first app, so it´s marked, then short press on further apps

works for me im on SGS II GT-I9100 on CM 10-20121011-NIGHTLY-i9100

Works for me too on SlimBean 2.6

About time they started doing something about that list, but ...
Google need to implement features to be able to sort lists, especially that All Apps list. In the past it used to be sorted by the date the app was last installed, but now it is on the date when the app was first ever installed on the account, which is annoying.
Sometimes when I do a full wipe, I like to do fresh isntalls of all my apps, and the All Apps used to be ready handy for that as all my recently installed apps (and most requently used) will be at the top and all the apps that I installed and removed and never used again would be at the bottom. Now its just a pain trying to scroll through that entire list. An option to sort it how I like would be priceless.

Multi dpi compatible?? I'm planning to use it on 208 dpi
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Thanks for the update
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Great success

good news, i hope a multi DPI version will be out soon!
edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839871 PERFECT!

Awesome post. Been waiting to clear out my old unused apps from the list. Thanks. Works perfect on Chameleon 1.3

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for me it works (4.0.4)
have you done it as described ?
long press on first app, so it´s marked, then short press on further apps
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As i said in my previous post : it (multiple selection delete) doesn't work in GINGERBREAD (android 2.3).
Anyone else having this problem (limitation) ? :crying:

Oh have I missed this. Thank you VERY VERY much!

multi selection still not working in latest c.m 7.2 nightly...(2.3.7) ... shame...

Just question.. I have problam in my play store about *this app is not available for ur country* but I resolved this problam by *marker unlocker pro*... but in last few days becom not effect on play store ... say done successfully but nothing change ... I don't know what I did to become like this .. am asking if this play store can resolve this problam ... or any anther option u have .. sorry for my bad english .
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which apps can i safely disable/remove ?

Hey there, I use stock 4.2 with franco kernel and wonder which pre-installed apps I can safely disable/remove (with titanium pro) ?
For example I dont need google talk / google+ /chrome .. but will it cause problems if i disable/remove them ?
Is there some list of which apps are really needed ?

it's as needed as much as you needed

khanh1289 said:
it's as needed as much as you needed
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So I can safely remove:
Currents
Google+
Chrome
E-Mail (I use K9 Mail)
Gmail (I use K9 Mail)
Google Play Music
Google Play-Services
Calender (I use jorte)
MusicFX (whatever that is anyway)
News & Weather
Quickoffice (I use Kingsoft.. not even sure why its on my phone as I never installed QuickOffice)
Caluclator
Tags
Talk
TalkBack
Anything else ?

zakazak said:
So I can safely remove:
Currents
Google+
Chrome
E-Mail (I use K9 Mail)
Gmail (I use K9 Mail)
Google Play Music
Google Play-Services
Calender (I use jorte)
MusicFX (whatever that is anyway)
News & Weather
Quickoffice (I use Kingsoft.. not even sure why its on my phone as I never installed QuickOffice)
Caluclator
Tags
Talk
TalkBack
Anything else ?
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These are the ones I disabled and had no problems, pretty sure most of the apps won't really do anything if you disable/delete them. I would try them out disabled first then if everything is fine then delete them.

Alright I will disable them for a while.. removing them would give me ~150mb

zakazak said:
Alright I will disable them for a while.. removing them would give me ~150mb
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You can just unistall apps like gmail, currents, chrome, etc. Just do that.
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UZ7 said:
These are the ones I disabled and had no problems, pretty sure most of the apps won't really do anything if you disable/delete them. I would try them out disabled first then if everything is fine then delete them.
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Just uninstall all of these. They're just apps in the play store.

zakazak said:
So I can safely remove:
Quickoffice (I use Kingsoft.. not even sure why its on my phone as I never installed QuickOffice)
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Quickoffice is part of 4.2 stock - it's a MS Office viewer - you shouldn't see any negative results when you remove/disable it if you're using Kingsoft.
If you have any other specific QO questions, let me know!

Hi,
Just my two cent, dont delete or freeze FusedLocation (it's related to GPS and network) otherwise your phone will stuck on the bootanimation with a vibrating loop.
Strange that just a system app related to GPS and network do that but it's the case, tested twice (one with deleting the app and another one by freezing the app with Titanium) and I ended to the same result.

My question is this; I have frozen several of the above mentioned.. When we get the OTA updates will that impact the update at all?
When I was with draconian Verizon, the OTA would not occur unless all stock apps were visible/available.
Also, when I tried to uninstall the Google apps from the play store, it merely uninstalled the *updates*, not the app itself. I use TB to freeze or uninstall.
Rooted Nexus 4

I use titanium backup and uninstall a lot of apps.. Live wallpaper talkback pico tts magazines, Books Google music, Google chrome using AOSP browser, weather and news, Google Wallet doesn't work anyways!! Movie editor. There a quite too much to remember.. But No problems at all:good: Most of the ROMS actually remove some stuff...
Btw backup your apps you wanna uninstall.Uninstall it if your phone gives you problem then you know don't remove it!!

Hangouts (replaces Talk)

I can find it in Play Store, it says installed, when I open it it just opens Talk.
Has anyone got it working yet? If so, how?

I downloaded it thru the web store and it pushes and works just fine
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i went to the webstore. but it says its intsalled on my nexus device already.
i cant seem to make talk turn into hangouts

Thanks mate
I had to manually remove Talk through Titanium Backup & instal from Play Store. It works now :good:
Now time to get used to it :cyclops:

Ti2 said:
I can find it in Play Store, it says installed, when I open it it just opens Talk.
Has anyone got it working yet? If so, how?
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Same thing happens to me. Not only on my gnex(using CM10.1) but also on my note 10.1. I've tried to disable/reboot but nothing seems to work.

Same issue here. Can someone attach the .apk?
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Try using titanium backup, or root explorer to delete talk from system/app, reboot and then download and install. If that doesn't work here's the apkhttps://copy.com/Ue2Qj
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Apk worked. Thanks! I don't like deleting anything from system if I don't have to. Usually have update issues down the road if I do.
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superevilllama said:
Apk worked. Thanks! I don't like deleting anything from system if I don't have to. Usually have update issues down the road if I do.
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Glad I could help
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best way to install it is ! install titanium backup > uninstall the stock google talk and then go to play store and install the new one works awesome
my convo with @Misledz on hangout

Greetings people! Newbie here
Anyone having issues with video calls?
I followed the titanium backup method to install the app and now video calls go through both Hangouts AND Google+ app as well.

gizmo9002 said:
Anyone having issues with video calls?
I followed the titanium backup method to install the app and now video calls go through both Hangouts AND Google+ app as well.
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@gizmo9002 It seems that the video calls can only go through on the WiFi and not over cellular right now... Try using it over WiFi to confirm.

freezer2000 said:
@gizmo9002 It seems that the video calls can only go through on the WiFi and not over cellular right now... Try using it over WiFi to confirm.
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@freezer2000 i was on WiFi

So there is no way to see which contacts are online using this right?

If you're on a computer, go to Google plus page and turn hangouts on, there is a green line under the picture of contacts who are online. My list of contacts that show are just frequently used ones though. I know this isn't the same but maybe it will show up in the app soon.

dp917 said:
If you're on a computer, go to Google plus page and turn hangouts on, there is a green line under the picture of contacts who are online. My list of contacts that show are just frequently used ones though. I know this isn't the same but maybe it will show up in the app soon.
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Strangely, no contacts show in my G+ hangouts sidebar either. Maybe it isnt implemented in my country or something. Because I removed the talk app from system and downloaded hangouts....

karankumar said:
Strangely, no contacts show in my G+ hangouts sidebar either. Maybe it isnt implemented in my country or something. Because I removed the talk app from system and downloaded hangouts....
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Mine comes and goes. If I log off hangouts and close g+ and wait a couple minutes usually the contacts show up after I go back into it.

dp917 said:
Mine comes and goes. If I log off hangouts and close g+ usually the contacts show up after I go back into it.
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Well its just been a day it rolled out. Hopefully all this will get ironed out eventually. Till then, i'm back to talk

I like it but i am stressing because I don't know when persons are online or not
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It doesn't show status messages, status, nor does it allow you to set either one. This is a terrible step back from Google Talk. Not to mention it forcibly lumps all of your Google+ contacts in with your GTalk contacts.
That doesn't help me. I don't talk to those people. I use GTalk to talk to a select few people who have limited SMS per month and one person who uses a tablet with mobile data and a dumbphone.
Google really dropped the ball with this pile of junk app. The new iteration of the Music app isn't any better. They've been cocking everything up since the horrid 4.2 lockscreen abomination.