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Hello,
I heard that the new update from t mobile would include a new GTalk with videos along with some other new apps.
I installed the one posted in the dev section and the only change I notice is a new music app. Where is GTalk? Is there anything else that was supposed to be added? Is the updated posted here incomplete compared to the one officially from t mobile?
Thanks.
saltmine said:
Hello,
I heard that the new update from t mobile would include a new GTalk with videos along with some other new apps.
I installed the one posted in the dev section and the only change I notice is a new music app. Where is GTalk? Is there anything else that was supposed to be added? Is the updated posted here incomplete compared to the one officially from t mobile?
Thanks.
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This is the reason I am waiting for the FOTA/OTA and I just want a clean install.......but the longer it takes the more likely I WILL USE ODIN. I hate this rollout....it sucks.
Google talk app is included in the update. The application talk is google talk the video is built in the chat app itself.
aleks_ said:
This is the reason I am waiting for the FOTA/OTA and I just want a clean install.......but the longer it takes the more likely I WILL USE ODIN. I hate this rollout....it sucks.
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Clean install? Doesnt get any cleaner and safer than odin. OTA's suck.
Killbynature said:
Google talk app is included in the update. The application talk is google talk the video is built in the chat app itself.
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The google talk seems to be unchanged by the update. How do I check if it was changed?
It says talk version 1.3 ... Do I have the old one or the new one?
Anyone know if any other apps were changed?
How's everyone's take of the battery on this new radiO?
The video is in there. there should be a camcorder symbol next to your name. I'm in the ROM now.
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I haven't seen the update in the market nor the firmware method. How do we go about "updating".
I just bought this phone, but I am still thinking about whether to root it at this point. I mean, I would love to because of all this BS bloatware, but I kinda want to get to know the phone first.
just use the available update and use odin. it'll keep your apps that doesnt need root, intact. i havent tried rooting mine to see if the other apps that requires root will pop back on. and yes, i wiped mine clean and started fresh.
so my point is, if you want a clean install, still just use the odin version and factory reset it through the settings. it'll be just as fresh as one straight from FOTA/OTA
hth
EDIT: oh btw, i did root mine, after resetting it back to factory defaults.
King_Paladin said:
so my point is, if you want a clean install, still just use the odin version and factory reset it through the settings. it'll be just as fresh as one straight from FOTA/OTA
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I strongly recommend updating through Odin, then Factory Reset after.
Works perfectly, this ROM is perfect for this BEAST of a phone
Hello, I am a long time android user who just started messing with custom roms. I have a galaxy ace and last week i switched from adrenaline rom to apocalypse rom. I am very happy. with adrenaline i kept having random reboots every few hours, and with apocalypse i haven't had a single one. and i even have more free memory for apps than before.
the only thing that i do not like is that i can't find google talk on the market. can anybody help me with this? i know that apps do not show in every phone or every rom, but i cant see a reason why an app like that wouldn't show in my ace. i had it installed both in the official rom and adrenaline. and now, with apocalypse, i have many other google apps (google+, maps, youtube, gmail, etc), and after 1 week, i haven't found a single app that i was not able to install, except gtalk.
i hope someone can help me.
btw, i would have liked to post this on the apocalypse thread, but it seems that i am too young
Google talk is not available for download in market. Use the link below and install the apk from that thread.
Google Talk Thread
and use general section for queries like this.
Curius7 said:
Google talk is not available for download in market. Use the link below and install the apk from that thread.
Google Talk Thread
and use general section for queries like this.
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thanks a lot!!
But i thought that i installed gtalk from google play some time ago while using adrenaline rom. i may be wrong though.
as for the section, i thought about it. i was not sure where to post it. but since this forum says themes and apps, and my question was about a very particular app, i thought that it would fit better here. anyway, lesson learned
Try flashing the Gapps package forcm7.2 from cyanogen's official site
RiteshArora28 said:
Try flashing the Gapps package forcm7.2 from cyanogen's official site
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Well, i managed to get gtalk installed from the thread Curius7 linked. I had already installed the rest of google apps from the market, and that is what seemed strange. being able to install maps, google+, gmail, youtube, etc. perfectly, and then not finding gtalk.
which custom rom is simple...
and which is the best custom rom..?
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venkatcse539 said:
which custom rom is simple...
and which is the best custom rom..?
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i have tried 3 or 4, and so far the best one is Apocalypse. The battery looks great and i am not having any strange issue (like reboots, etc). the only odd thing was the lack of gtalk, which thanks to this thread i have already solved.
also, not so important, apocalypse theme is gorgeous.
apertotes said:
Well, i managed to get gtalk installed from the thread Curius7 linked. I had already installed the rest of google apps from the market, and that is what seemed strange. being able to install maps, google+, gmail, youtube, etc. perfectly, and then not finding gtalk.
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GTalk was removed from the Market
Sent from Ursa's claws.
I start it up, and it just goes right back to the launcher, it will show up in my open tasks though and when I try to get to it from there it just crashes again. Has anyone else been experiencing this issue?
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Also another issue, tried opening DoubleTwist, it opened. But when I when I went to hit the Albums tab it crashed as well.
Try fixing permissions. If that doesn't work, it could be an incompatibility of some sort... Can't know unless I know more about your setup.
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Meteorafallen said:
I start it up, and it just goes right back to the launcher, it will show up in my open tasks though and when I try to get to it from there it just crashes again. Has anyone else been experiencing this issue?
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Also another issue, tried opening DoubleTwist, it opened. But when I when I went to hit the Albums tab it crashed as well.
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There are a lot of sound and music mods in v6, I modified the ROM to work optimally with the included music players... Sorry if other ones don't work because of it. Noozy and Apollo are both great music apps.
I use player pro and haven't had this issue.
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I have tried fixing permissions twice now and still no change. I've tried reinstalling both applications and still no change. They are not stored on the SD card, Apollo works, as does Google Music. But I don't like having to use Apollo, it has barely any features, and it wont let me change it's skin. And even though I have my entire library on Google Music I don't like to steam music as it kills my battery so I store music locally to an SD card.
Meteorafallen said:
I have tried fixing permissions twice now and still no change. I've tried reinstalling both applications and still no change. They are not stored on the SD card, Apollo works, as does Google Music. But I don't like having to use Apollo, it has barely any features, and it wont let me change it's skin. And even though I have my entire library on Google Music I don't like to steam music as it kills my battery so I store music locally to an SD card.
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Try JellyBelly v5. It doesn't have the audio mods and runs just as fast, if not faster.
bilgerryan said:
Try JellyBelly v5. It doesn't have the audio mods and runs just as fast, if not faster.
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Ok so I guess i missed the memo where you updated V5 again so I redownloaded and re-wiped the phone, it works like a charm now. When I saw that last one that said final I figured it was final and didnt there was an update to it again till 3 days ago.
May I say though thank you for this ROM, I was using the CNA port before this, but I think that may be the final one I keep on my phone, now that everything seems to be working on it now.
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Ok so I guess i missed the memo where you updated V5 again so I redownloaded and re-wiped the phone, it works like a charm now. When I saw that last one that said final I figured it was final and didnt there was an update to it again till 3 days ago.
May I say though thank you for this ROM, I was using the CNA port before this, but I think that may be the final one I keep on my phone, now that everything seems to be working on it now.
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Glad you got it figured out, cuz I personally can't live without my playerpro
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Possible to free a ROM of everything Google? I have read a few articles but nothing really specific. I see Google as intrusive personally.
Edit: To clarify what I mean. Stop all the data mining,tracking,etc. That's pretty much it. I know its a Google is,and as such only so much could be removed but at least it would limit the intrusiveness. Not looking to go stealth,anonymous or some paranoid tin hat sh*t lol. Maybe a safe indy app store or even just side load, no syncing to any of googles crap whatsoever, no anything that allows Google to get my info. I figure my carrier is good enough in that area as far as tracking important data such as location for 911,etc.
If you delete your Google account from your phone, most apps will most likely act up, but that is one way to do it. I haven't tested, but since you brought it up i think I'm gonna give it a go right now
Lol moist..Sounds like a winner to me.
Was thinking of going all apkmania.com lol joke people...maybe juice it up with some yahoo love lol. Never mind..I guess Google just owns me at this point.
Seems like my android phone loves Google
Lol
Apps downloaded from the Google market just don't have good behavior with out being able to synch. I.e. xda premium that i use for staying up to date. Doesn't.
actually i took your advice and deleted my google account,play store,google services framework,google one time userinit,..EVERYTHING. rom still running great. im using yahoo mail with no geolocation services and using custom weather location in rom with all location except what you got to have on turned off and i actually have 162 mb free ram versus 129 before and can see a difference in battery life and speed of rom. all the bookmark sync,contacts sync..all of that garbage deleted from rom. i did it because in my own personal opinion its none of googles business who my contacts are,what my calendar appointments are,what websites i like to go to or anything else for that matter...sell me the damn phone..stay out of my life...thats the deal lol
I'm gonna do a fresh flash with slim ROM and test
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Tried it on stock/modified-by-me BTW
Weird... its awesomely working with slimbean!
I really like the convenience of google "knowing" my bookmarks and contacts cuz I know I couldn't keep up with all of that... but it seems you guys are on to something...?
Just make a copy of current contacts to sdcard im still trying to figure out the calendar delima
f-droid open source market has local calendar to create a local calendar in your phone
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you could install a rom without the gapps, pure aosp is completely free of google stuff
a cm. aokp doesn't give out your data to Google.. a rom doesn't in short..
it's the gapps which does it... if you're on a custom rom then don't flash gaaps all would be fine..
but on stock and you want to be secure you will need tp get rid of the libs and all the Google thing's...
sent from my sexy Nexy
lilrob1213 said:
I really like the convenience of google "knowing" my bookmarks and contacts cuz I know I couldn't keep up with all of that... but it seems you guys are on to something...?
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Exactly, its not like google is a man who will terrorise you be because it knows your contacts names. Its just a computer system storing your data. Idk what's there to freak out
paarthdesai said:
a cm. aokp doesn't give out your data to Google.. a rom doesn't in short..
it's the gapps which does it... if you're on a custom rom then don't flash gaaps all would be fine..
but on stock and you want to be secure you will need tp get rid of the libs and all the Google thing's...
sent from my sexy Nexy
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This too. True.
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russellvone said:
Just make a copy of current contacts to sdcard im still trying to figure out the calendar delima
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this one has been an issue for me as well. i keep tons of appointments and none of the crap ive found really provide the two things i need in a good calendar. 1. a customizable full month widget 2. full featured agenda
google calendar is crap and doesnt even have a month widget,android pro widgets has a great month widget but its all heavily dependent on google calendar to work at all unless you are just using a month widget without any other use in it. and its bloated with crap widgets like facebook,etc..and i cant find a decent replacement any where on play store. think i will try f-droid.
Curtis1973 said:
this one has been an issue for me as well. i keep tons of appointments and none of the crap ive found really provide the two things i need in a good calendar. 1. a customizable full month widget 2. full featured agenda
google calendar is crap and doesnt even have a month widget,android pro widgets has a great month widget but its all heavily dependent on google calendar to work at all unless you are just using a month widget without any other use in it. and its bloated with crap widgets like facebook,etc..and i cant find a decent replacement any where on play store. think i will try f-droid.
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Did you try aCalendar - Android Calendar: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsIm9yZy53aXRob3V0aGF0LmFjYWxlbmRhciJd
Hope it helps! :fingers-crossed:
Using an app from google play store defeates the purpose lol
russellvone said:
Using an app from google play store defeates the purpose lol
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It's just to see what it is and what it does...
You can get it here:http://www.tapirapps.de/en/index.html or from many other sources if you google it...
Hello! Long (LONG!) time lurker. Decided to finally make an account today to ask you guys some questions...
My OnePlus 5T will be arriving today, and I plan to immediately flash FreedomOS - and wish to go as Google-less as possible.
RSalad said:
I simply want to minimize Google's presence in my day-to-day life... and that's a topic for a totally separate discussion that I don't really wish to partake in here.
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A few years ago I heard about a way for the YouTube app to function without the Google Play Services. Is this still possible? I want to go completely without GApps, etc.
So far my plan(s) for application replacements are as follows:
1. Google Maps -> HERE WeGo
2. Google Drive -> Dropbox
3. Google PlayStore -> Use raw APKs downloaded from the internet + Aptoide + F-Droid
4. Google Calendar -> Etar or DigiCal
5. Google Photos -> QuickPic
6. SMS -> Signal
Anything I'm missing?
With that being said- Is there really any need for me to download/flash any GApps, whatsoever?
What are the benefits on going without gapps?
IonutP said:
What are the benefits on going without gapps?
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I simply want to minimize Google's presence in my day-to-day life... and that's a topic for a totally separate discussion that I don't really wish to partake in here.
funnoam said:
Better buy an iPhone then no ?
I mean even if you completely remove all Google apps, you pay a small percentage of the phone price to Google, then you're using AOSP but still coded by Google. Then by watching YouTube you're completely in the Google system too, and watching ads gives them money too.
So you want to do this the hard way ? Buy an iPhone, use Bing, stop watching YouTube.
There's no point just breaking android by removing Google services and play store...
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Once again, this is completely off-topic. If you have helpful insight to my questions then post it, if not- move along.
RSalad said:
Once again, this is completely off-topic. If you have helpful insight to my questions then post it, if not- move along.
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I just edited my message to give you some advices on some apps, but there's also a debate over buying an Android and in the same time do not want to support Google...
Do whatever you feel :angel:
Some apps are really broken when you don't have Play Services. Except crashes and missing features.
Also if you watch YouTube in browser (I suppose you won't use chrome then) you'll be limited to 480p.
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I just edited my message to give you some advices on some apps, but there's also a debate over buying an Android and in the same time do not want to support Google...
Do whatever you feel :angel:
Some apps are really broken when you don't have Play Services. Except crashes and missing features.
Also if you watch YouTube in browser (I suppose you won't use chrome then) you'll be limited to 480p.
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I'm aware that some apps will not function correctly. I can work around that. I'm not concerned about that.
As far as the YouTube app hack is concerned, it is not a part of a browser. It is a hacked version of the YouTube app. Completely different, and is fully functional.
I have several years of experience developing/modding android, and I'm sure I will do just fine without GApps.
I am simply here asking about the old YouTube app hack method, and seeing if I am forgetting any baser level GApp.
Thanks so much for your... help...
I use iYTBP for my YouTube app as it features a black design, no ads and background listening. Not sure if it will work without Play Services but you can still try it.
Your welcome for my ...help...
Less condescension can work too.
You can use microG to spoof the Google services (at least in YouTube's case) and use iYTBP (google it, read the xda post and download from their website). Otherwise you could try NewPipe.
You don't need another SMS app, the phone comes with one from OnePlus by default.
It also has a gallery application from OnePlus, so you should avoid QuickPic (as it is pretty much adware).
You could also try to look for a HydrogenOS image on the chinese OnePlus website, but I'm not sure if any have been posted. That way you won't even need to get rid of the Google apps, as there are none.
Dariusdd said:
You can use microG to spoof the Google services (at least in YouTube's case). Otherwise, try NewPipe?
You don't need another SMS app, the phone comes with one from OnePlus by default.
It also has a gallery application from OnePlus, so you should avoid QuickPic (as it is pretty much adware).
You could also try to look for a HydrogenOS image on the chinese OnePlus website, but I'm not sure if any have been posted. That way you won't even need to get rid of the Google apps, as there are none.
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Oh wow is QuickPic really that bad? I've never tried it, but reading all about it, it seemed nice.
That's a shame.
Thanks for the notice about NewPipe by the way, I totally forgot about that!
Newpipe is a great replacement from YouTube and you can download videos/music
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Some worthwhile reading for you:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/gapps-free-samsung-galaxy-s3-lte-gt-t3553620
FreedomOS does not give you the ability to remove all Google apps.
I flashed H2OS and microg as soon as I got the phone.
Didgeridoohan said:
Some worthwhile reading for you:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/gapps-free-samsung-galaxy-s3-lte-gt-t3553620
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Holy cow. I don't know of a more helpful or relevant post reference. Thank you so much for this!
The built in apps are pretty bad. Gallery is very limited. Messages is crippled. Dialer has a bug in it and Contacts is a bit wonky.
I put the Google apps back ON and disabled the built in apps.
You can also replace Chrome with Brave
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n1kos said:
You can also replace Chrome with Brave
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Enjoy the amazing battery life going googless. I did this a few years back for a while and enjoyed it.
Baldilocks said:
The built in apps are pretty bad. Gallery is very limited. Messages is crippled. Dialer has a bug in it and Contacts is a bit wonky.
I put the Google apps back ON and disabled the built in apps.
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Totally off-topic, but I purchased a phone from you on Swappa last year. LG G6 for $475.
Edit: Not last year. Got it on June 21, 2017.
Edit2: How funny is that... Small world. Nice to see you around.
I mean you can still use the YouTube app and I have ads if you use the Xposed app to install YouTube adaway molecule to be completely ad-free
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RSalad said:
Hello! Long (LONG!) time lurker. Decided to finally make an account today to ask you guys some questions...
My OnePlus 5T will be arriving today, and I plan to immediately flash FreedomOS - and wish to go as Google-less as possible.
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lulz
Install adaway, import this
http://t-ryder.de/googlehosts.txt
Also comes in other flavours btw...
http://t-ryder.de/facebookhosts.txt
http://t-ryder.de/xiaomihosts.txt
http://t-ryder.de/spotifyhosts.txt (ads only)
(all that stuff is maybe outdated a bit)