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updating maps and notification problems

Hey guys,
I have a HTC Desire, rooted with djdroid v1.2 on it. I am having two problems.
1. Notifications don't disappear from the notification area if i read the messages through the text message app (this applies for missed calls,emails, etc) until i go into the notification area and clear it. Is there any way to fix this or is it a known bug for djdroid1.2?
2. I cant seem to update maps, it keeps on saying failing. Ive cleared data, cleared cache, and force stopped it but it still says update unsuccessful. Other updates seem to work fine except for maps.
Thanks for any replys guys.

Others say the Google Maps update is failing, seems you have to either rebake with it in or remove it using adb and get it from the Market as a new install. Stock ROMs are fine, though - I updated last night with no issues

EddyOS said:
Others say the Google Maps update is failing, seems you have to either rebake with it in or remove it using adb and get it from the Market as a new install. Stock ROMs are fine, though - I updated last night with no issues
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I live in greece and no matter how many times ive searched i just cant find the google maps app.. is there a catch with that? :S i dont want to download separate apk's since i want to update it through the market..
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cool and thanks for your advice but how do i get rid of maps? it wont uninstall from applications menu, do i have to somehow delete other files.
Also any idea about the text notifications one, its really bugging me.

ricochet69 said:
cool and thanks for your advice but how do i get rid of maps? it wont uninstall from applications menu, do i have to somehow delete other files.
Also any idea about the text notifications one, its really bugging me.
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you have to delete it using adb, just mount /system/ and then use the command rm /system/app/Maps.apk

tried that and still didn't work, any advice its wrecking my head

[Q] Disabled Apps Reenabling Themselves After Reboot

Hi everybody - Searched all over, haven't seen any info on this issue. I apologize if I missed something
Recently, some apps I disabled on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus have begun to automatically reenable themselves after every reboot. The specific apps are Google Books, Google Earth, and Videos.
This did not used to happen. Further, my other disabled apps (the VZ apps, News and Weather, Movie Studio, etc.) stay disabled just like they are supposed to.
I'm not sure exactly when it started happening, so I can't pinpoint any changes or apps that might have caused the issue. If it matters, I'm not rooted.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - the ability to disable unused apps was one of the reasons I got the phone. Thank you!

Update
Quick update. After I found my device would not complete a factory reset successfully, I contacted Verizon for a replacement. The replacement device factory resets successfully, unlike my first.
However, after setting up the new device I found that it too has the exact same problem with disabled apps. Google Books, Google Earth, and Videos (but no other disabled apps) all reenable themselves after every reboot. I noticed this before installing any apps or tweaking any settings. It seems there is a problem with these particular apps or in the way the are treated by ICS.
Either way, it's a shame that this major advertising point for the device does not function as advertised.

Interesting. I was wondering why I was seeing updates available for Earth and Video in the Market, seeing as how I had disabled them...

fyi I suspect it's a Verizon thing - I have both disabled and they're staying that way.

Thanks Clancy_s for the info. That's an interesting possibility.
It's also interesting to me that I haven't been able to find much chatter about this. I've posted the issue here, on the Google Mobile help forum, and on the Android Project Issues list (after searching each for previous mentions), and haven't heard much back.
I'm wondering how sporadic the issue might be, or if it might be connected to certain types of accounts since I've seen it on two phones now. I realize it's not a critical issue, but I've certainly seen a lot more concern on Android forums for less.

Just received my 3rd device (original plus 2 replacements, first 2 sent back due to other problems besides this one). The same problem with disabled apps reenabling themselves after a reboot persists. And this is after a factory reset, without adding any apps, changing any settings, without being backed up to my google account, without location services on. Same apps - Google Books, Google Earth, Videos. No other apps affected.

I'm having this problem as well. I disabled Google+, but it becomes enabled again after a reboot. VZ Backup Assistant and Google Talk stay disabled as they should.

Google earth did this for me also, so I just deleted the app. Of course you need root to do it.
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Same problem with Maps
Title says it all. Really annoying.

Sigh... you're not alone. I disabled the Google search bar and after awhile the phone will automatically reenable anything that was disabled.
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Clearing Google Services Framework data is never a good idea.

I've been sitting on this for a while but finally decided to speak up on it. I've been reading advice all over since the Froyo days that clearing Google Services Framework is a good idea to solve some play store and/or random app related problems. It is not a good idea to do this. Let me explain why:
Google Services Framework, among other things, contains device data for services like the awesome C2DM (Cloud to Device Messaging) service. What is this you ask? Well, in a nut shell, it is responsible for delivering messages from the cloud to your phone for a particular app without requiring that app to run and constantly maintain a data connection. This was introduced in Froyo (If I'm not mistaken) and helps conserve battery life. For example, Angry Birds Friends has C2DM because it will notify you of someone beating your score without the app running in the background. Angry Birds Friends does not use the on boot permission, so it needs not remain running eating up data just to receive notifications. Understand? A lot of apps are designed like this and it is a very good practice for developers who want to include notifications without needing their app to run in the background all of the time.
Clearing Google Services Framework will cause the C2DM service for every app that uses it to fail until that said app also has its data cleared and is launched and configured again (first time use). If you've ever wondered why your notifications for certain apps stop working, it was probably due to reading advice on clearing Google Services Framework to solve some other problem.
If you don't mind setting up all of your C2DM capable apps again, then go ahead and clear Google Services Framework data. However, if you have quite a few apps, like myself, then clearing it is a bad idea. I found this out a long time ago. There may also be other side effects associated with clearing Google Services Framework, but this is the one I've never seen mentioned before.
Enjoy!

Awesome info ... which leads to a dumb question:
I've never went in and cleared any framework, but I've lost notifications. I've removed and reinstalled apps, get notifications back, but then they stop again.
Is it safe to assume this is something that's been cooked into the ROM?
Live from the outer (S3) Galaxy, via TapaTalk ...

Hmgrepper said:
Awesome info ... which leads to a dumb question:
I've never went in and cleared any framework, but I've lost notifications. I've removed and reinstalled apps, get notifications back, but then they stop again.
Is it safe to assume this is something that's been cooked into the ROM?
Live from the outer (S3) Galaxy, via TapaTalk ...
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I have had this problem with Facebook if I restore with titanium. I always have to do a clean install for it to notify me...
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To add on to this, here's what Google engineer Dan Morrill had to say about clearing the Google Services Framework data on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/com...ear_data_for_google_service_framework/cdiymrp
In short, as the OP had said, it's definitely not a good idea to clear the GSF data.

Good to know. Thanks for the informative post!
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
To add on to this, here's what Google engineer Dan Morrill had to say about clearing the Google Services Framework data on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/com...ear_data_for_google_service_framework/cdiymrp
In short, as the OP had said, it's definitely not a good idea to clear the GSF data.
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lol i have cleared the data
now pls help that how to return to og service framework

That checks. Doing this removed my device from the play store and I had to do a soft reset with the keypad
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Hmmm, that's crazy
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C2DM? It seems this is what was used before, but I think things have changed in Android ever since. I'm not an expert or anything, but recent apps are relying on GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) for notifications. The problem is that (to my understanding) GCM comes with Google Play Services and not Google Services Framework. To the point where not only Google Apps need Google Play Services, but other non-Google related apps require it for notifications (such as Facebook's Messenger). So maybe nowadays, clearing data on the Google Services Framework might not imply notification-related problems.

Aldo6 said:
C2DM? It seems this is what was used before, but I think things have changed in Android ever since. I'm not an expert or anything, but recent apps are relying on GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) for notifications. The problem is that (to my understanding) GCM comes with Google Play Services and not Google Services Framework. To the point where not only Google Apps need Google Play Services, but other non-Google related apps require it for notifications (such as Facebook's Messenger). So maybe nowadays, clearing data on the Google Services Framework might not imply notification-related problems.
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I cleaned the Google service frame work
What should I do know to not arise any effects
Any solution?

Play Store force closes after update to 4.4.2 & Notification led in only two colors

Play Store force closes after update to 4.4.2 & Notification led in only two colors
Hi.
I know this is an extensively addressed issue, but I can't seem to find a solution anywhere.
I just bought a Huawei Ascend P6, and at first everything seemed ok, but after updating to 4.4.2 via OTA and Google Play Store just stopped working. It closes right after opening it.
I've seen many suggestion around and tried some of them, but none seem to work. The phone is not rooted.
Here's what I've tried so far:
Changing date and time
No effect
Resetting app preferences
No effect
Clearing Google Play Store data and cache
Sometimes, after doing this, it'll start as if everything was fine, but as soon as I start a download, it closes. It'll force close on startup thereafter.
Clearing Google Play Store and Google Play Services data and cache
Same result
Installing the latest version
No effect
Installing older versions
Updating Google Play Services
No effect
Factory reset (this was done from the phone options, not doing the volume/on-off key combination. Was that wrong?)
No effect
Checking if the Android download manager was disable
I couldn't find it in the 'all apps' list nor in the 'disabled apps' list. Every screenshot and video I've seen show the app with the classic green android as an icon, and they have different names ('Download manager' or just 'download'), but all I could find is an a app with a different icon named 'download' that seems to be a different thing. I suspected this might be the issue, but then I read that if I could download something from the web (which I can) then that's not the problem.
Clearing Google Services framework data
Couldn't find it in the app list
I should mention that the only Google app installed was the Play Store and that some of the Google system apps like contactssyncadapter.apk and calendarsyncadapter.apk were not installed (before or after the update to 4.4.2), I had to download them from the web in order to sync my contacts and calendar from Gmail. I suspect that this might be the issue.
I know that you can download a .zip with all Gapps for custom ROMS that don't have them, but I don't quite know how to do it. The tutorials I've seen require root access and the ones that apparently don't require root access are too complicated, at least for me - obviously I'm no expert in this matter. It would be of great help if anyone could point me in the direction of a complete guide (preferably made for Android iliterated people like me) for installing this Gapps.
Additionally, I noticed that the notification led only responds if it's set to white, green or red (the white is more of a light green). Is it supposed to be like this or there's something wrong with my phone?
I'd really appreciate if you could shed some light here. Let me know if you need more information.
Thanks in advance.

No longer receiving notification for app updates available from Google Play

I've searched the Google a few different times, but the wording leads to unrelated results.
I thought it was just a glitch / conflict with my rooted Z2 Play, not receiving notifications from Google Play, when app updates are available.
I have auto update turned off for two reasons. I absolutely hate the new cartoon version of Waze (v4+) and I like to know when apps update, in case I have issues, I can more easily identify suspects.
I fired up my backup phone, VZW Z2 Play and the same thing. No notification with plenty of app updates waiting.
Anyone else experience this?

pizza_pablo said:
I've searched the Google a few different times, but the wording leads to unrelated results.
I thought it was just a glitch / conflict with my rooted Z2 Play, not receiving notifications from Google Play, when app updates are available.
I have auto update turned off for two reasons. I absolutely hate the new cartoon version of Waze (v4+) and I like to know when apps update, in case I have issues, I can more easily identify suspects.
I fired up my backup phone, VZW Z2 Play and the same thing. No notification with plenty of app updates waiting.
Anyone else experience this?
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Clean cache of Playstore maybe?

alienyd said:
Clean cache of Playstore maybe?
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I'm thinking about clearing data.
I found that as a solution for other issues with Google Play, but thought I'd wait for responses here.
Thanks!

even better! if you are still receiving push notification, then Playstore app/service is malfunctioning. Cleaning it up should help.