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Two frozen Google apps return

Two Google apps -- Play Books and Play Movies & TV -- keeping returning from the land of the frozen. I go back into TB Pro and refreeze, and within a couple of days at most they are back. All the other Google apps I've frozen remain so. Is there something else on the list I also need to freeze?

When I disable them in app manager they come back after a reboot as well. I think its tied to the play store or something that keeps activating them.
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rizzo269 said:
When I disable them in app manager they come back after a reboot as well. I think its tied to the play store or something that keeps activating them.
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I checked on Play and on app manager for auto update option and don't see one. Odd that only these two are persistent despite freezing. I have the feeling there's another item on TB that needs freezing as well to fix this.

I got sick of this and since I do not want nor need them, I just deleted them

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I got sick of this and since I do not want nor need them, I just deleted them
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Ah, the more brutal approach. If that worked, and you have no regrets or issues as a result, that seems my only course of action as well.

Why you bother to freeze them or delete? It's part of former Google Market. Do.'t see benefit from deleting it. Can you share your thoughts?
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EugeneR said:
Why you bother to freeze them or delete? It's part of former Google Market. Do.'t see benefit from deleting it. Can you share your thoughts?
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Basically, I have four pages of icons under apps, and many of them are for services I have no interest in and will never use. I'm not trying to save space...I think there's 11 GB free, but I find the clutter off-putting.
Not sure I understand the part about Google Market. Play is just the same thing renamed, isn't it? Plus new look and feel.
Anyway, just de-cluttering the UI.

Yup it comes back now.. Use menu - > hide applications or you can stick them all in one folder and hide just that folder
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waiters said:
Yup it comes back now.. Use menu - > hide applications or you can stick them all in one folder and hide just that folder
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Good grief...how did I not know about this. Hiding did the trick.

Disabling/freezing Google Partner Setup prevents Books and Movies from getting re-enabled.
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pseudoware said:
Disabling/freezing Google Partner Setup prevents Books and Movies from getting re-enabled.
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Ah ah...valuable information. Thanks much for this.

[Q] Why wont Google Play Store Restore my apps??

i was just wondering if anyone knows why google play store doesnt restore any of my apps after i do a clean wipe and and flash a new rom. it used to start re-downloading them immediately on the first boot up after i signed in on my G2X when using a CM based ROM. and does any know of a free and reliable way to batch restore apps???

I wonder this my self... But I use titanium backup it has its bugs sometimes but it works fine for me
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garra1225 said:
Do you have the pro version. And if so do you know a method to obtained it for free?
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Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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Teo032 said:
Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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Well I was hoping there was a free legal way to get it.... like taking a offer or a survey. Kinda like how akinator lite offer akinator pro to people who like their Facebook page or tell a certain amount of people about the app.... free doesn't always mean steal. Remember that
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Did you leave the box checked that said sync with Google (OE something like that on the first boot)
And as far as tb goes give app to zip a try. Its a great app, and there is a free version that will do all you need. And the pro version is less than three dollars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip
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skaroger867 said:
Did you leave the box checked that said sync with Google (OE something like that on the first boot)
And as far as tb goes give app to zip a try. Its a great app, and there is a free version that will do all you need. And the pro version is less than three dollars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip
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Yes I did was I supposed to?
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Teo032 said:
Uhhh that's illegal and not allowed on xda. Better change it before a mod catches it
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LOL I love starting my morning with a good chuckle

I guess that it only working when an official ROM is installed. I tried more than 4 custom ROMs and all cannot get my apps back
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LOL I love starting my morning with a good chuckle
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Saving my apps to an sd card works for me. I also tend to modify roms via the android kitchen and while at it, place a few apps I need accessible prior to flashing (root explorer, etc).

Well, I've noticed that they don't restore all the time unless you use the same ROM. But even a stock rim misses the occasional app. Titanium Backup works great for me.
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Remove your Google account, and just add it back for auto restore to work again.
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Well, I've noticed that they don't restore all the time unless you use the same ROM. But even a stock rim misses the occasional app. Titanium Backup works great for me.
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Just a kick because if your apps don't start to auto restore and you want them to, simply go to Settings, Remove your Google account, and just add it back. Worked for me.

[Q] Phone won't let me install apps

I have Aptoide for my S2, and I tried downloading an app (Clear Vision). When it finjshed , I tried to hit install, but it wouldnt let me. Now, when I try to install third party apps, I can't hit install. I have the P.A.C Man ROM installed. Help please.

did you select "install from unkown sources" from the settings menu?
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moxiot said:
did you select "install from unkown sources" from the settings menu?
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+1
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moxiot said:
did you select "install from unkown sources" from the settings menu?
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Yes I did.

Idk wat clear vision is but maybe u have to push it. System app?
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bzlik88 said:
Idk wat clear vision is but maybe u have to push it. System app?
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No its a game but I didn't want to pay for it so iy s considered a third party app since I didn't get it from the play store and now no third party apps will install

BrownTerror said:
No its a game but I didn't want to pay for it so iy s considered a third party app since I didn't get it from the play store and now no third party apps will install
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be careful getting apps from sites especially if it is something that is free that otherwise costs money on the market the new thing is to embed malware in to a legit package [it runs what it should like the game it says it is] it just happens to have malware embedded with the game.
This would make sense as it would want to try to stop you from installing AV software and it may not be able to stop the market [they have been adding AV stuff and other security slowly] so it stops you where it can.
Now not to say some other issue happened that caused this but it is VERY odd that right after you install an app you are supposed to pay for, but got for free and all of a sudden your device just doesn't allow software installs.

RealPariah said:
be careful getting apps from sites especially if it is something that is free that otherwise costs money on the market the new thing is to embed malware in to a legit package [it runs what it should like the game it says it is] it just happens to have malware embedded with the game.
This would make sense as it would want to try to stop you from installing AV software and it may not be able to stop the market [they have been adding AV stuff and other security slowly] so it stops you where it can.
Now not to say some other issue happened that caused this but it is VERY odd that right after you install an app you are supposed to pay for, but got for free and all of a sudden your device just doesn't allow software installs.
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The thing is though it won't install ANYTHING I get outside of the Play Store. If I wanted GameGuardian, it wouldn't let me install it even though I had it before with the same ROM and everything. The only fix I found was to completely reinstall the ROM, and I don't want to reinstall all the apps again.

Do you have any apps running in the background? I remember on my amaze having screen filter on didnt let me click install either.
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Full wipe and reflash
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xXchrizhurtyXx said:
Do you have any apps running in the background? I remember on my amaze having screen filter on didnt let me click install either.
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I didn't see any apps that would stop the apps from installing

xXchrizhurtyXx said:
Do you have any apps running in the background? I remember on my amaze having screen filter on didnt let me click install either.
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I didn't see any apps that would prevent me from installing the third party apps.

wyldkard said:
Full wipe and reflash
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Thats what I'm trying to avoid because I don't want to reinstall all the apps again.

LG keyboard greyed out options

Hey all. I just got the phone yesterday and am loving it btw. I liked using the LG keyboard and having the extra row on top with the numbers. However, after messing with it for a while, that disappeared and it started to say each letter out loud and most of the options are greyed out as seen in the screen shot. The only thing I have found in searching that might have caused it is trying out light flow lite. Has anyone else experienced this or know a way to fix it?
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CapnPez said:
Hey all. I just got the phone yesterday and am loving it btw. I liked using the LG keyboard and having the extra row on top with the numbers. However, after messing with it for a while, that disappeared and it started to say each letter out loud and most of the options are greyed out as seen in the screen shot. The only thing I have found in searching that might have caused it is trying out light flow lite. Has anyone else experienced this or know a way to fix it?
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Yes light flow and other apps seems to trigger the talkback feature even though its says its off. The solution I found is to go into setting then apps find the talk back app and uninstall it. Then all that will stop. If you ever need it again you can just install it again. I notice this only happen with LG keyboard. Other 3rd party keyboards are fine
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Yes light flow and other apps seems to trigger the talkback feature even though its says its off. The solution I found is to go into setting then apps find the talk back app and uninstall it. Then all that will stop. If you ever need it again you can just install it again. I notice this only happen with LG keyboard. Other 3rd party keyboards are fine
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That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!

CapnPez said:
That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!
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Oh true I unistalled it from the market. But as long as the end result is the same its all good.
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CapnPez said:
That did it. Thank you so much! However, it worked to simply disable the Talkback app instead of actually uninstalling (it didn't have that as an option since it's a system app). Everything is good now!
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How did you disable it?

stevefxp said:
How did you disable it?
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go to setting then apps then to talk back and you can disable it from there
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go to setting then apps then to talk back and you can disable it from there
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There is no option there. Only a force stop option, but I believe that once you reboot your device the app is again active.

stevefxp said:
There is no option there. Only a force stop option, but I believe that once you reboot your device the app is again active.
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this is how I did it go to the play store find the talk back app, uninstall from there. then go back and check it in your app draw it will then say enable and stop, once you uninstall it in the app store then your good it uninstall all the updates try that
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this is how I did it go to the play store find the talk back app, uninstall from there. then go back and check it in your app draw it will then say enable and stop, once you uninstall it in the app store then your good it uninstall all the updates try that
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nthknd said:
pics here
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Are you rooted?

stevefxp said:
Are you rooted?
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nope all stock many of the system apps can be disabled by the play store at least that's how I did it
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nthknd said:
nope all stock many of the system apps can be disabled by the play store at least that's how I did it
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Got it and figured out what I was doing wrong. I too also shut down all the bloatware I could using this same technique. Now if I could only disable ATT Address Book for good.

stevefxp said:
Got it and figured out what I was doing wrong. I too also shut down all the bloatware I could using this same technique. Now if I could only disable ATT Address Book for good.
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Oh I just stopped it from syncing, go to setting then syncs and accounts there you'll find the att address book and just uncheck it for syncing that will stop that crap
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Oh I just stopped it from syncing, go to setting then syncs and accounts there you'll find the att address book and just uncheck it for syncing that will stop that crap
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and I think you can disable it from going to apps in setting hitting forced stop then disabling it or maybe even from the play store
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Anyone else's Note push apps from Samsung through?

The other day I woke up to my phone having a Samsung notification saying Fitness With Gear successfully updated. I've never had that app to begin with so how can it get updated?! Anyways I ignored it since the Samsung app store didn't give me an option to uninstall it and just let it be. Well just now I noticed my lookout was being weird scanning new stuff I never heard of and found it installed 4 more apps called Gear Fit Manager, Gear Fit Installer, Samsung Billing and WeatherProvider. Any clues guys?
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Here's more details from lookout.
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Never seen that Ray, do you have a Gear watch? Maybe with syncing them together it automatically installed them?
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No I don't have one. The description on those apps say they're for the the new watches that aren't out yet. Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit.. I got the Fitness With Gear pushed to my phone by the Samsung App store than it began installing other Samsung stuff. But that GearFitInstaller keeps updating itself every half hour for no reason. I always catch my lookout going off scanning it saying it's safe.
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Yes almost everyone who has opened the Samsung app store has got pushed the gear manager and most those apps. They don't even know it. It's not in app drawer. Go to settings -application manager- all apps and you will see the apps
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flight01 said:
Yes almost everyone who has opened the Samsung app store has got pushed the gear manager and most those apps. They don't even know it. It's not in app drawer. Go to settings -application manager- all apps and you will see the apps
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I didn't open the Samsung app store but I did have it set up to auto update my apps when on Wi-Fi. Didn't think they will have the nerve to push stuff that's not installed as an update. Also you can find two of them on your app drawer. Fitness With Gear and Gear Fit Manager.
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GearFitInstaller Nuisance
RayTrue04 said:
But that GearFitInstaller keeps updating itself every half hour for no reason. I always catch my lookout going off scanning it saying it's safe.
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The same thing is happening to my Galaxy S4. I tried uninstalling the GearFitInstaller, but it just keeps reinstalling. Now I've turned off "Auto update apps" in the Samsung Apps store. Hopefully that will get rid of this nuisance.

Da13Harris said:
The same thing is happening to my Galaxy S4. I tried uninstalling the GearFitInstaller, but it just keeps reinstalling. Now I've turned off "Auto update apps" in the Samsung Apps store. Hopefully that will get rid of this nuisance.
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That's exactly what you have to do as well as the following: Go into your phone settings-applications and find the apps you want gone. First you must uninstall the updates for the app then clear cache/data... then uninstall the app. Reapeat this for any app you don't want. And then make sure you go into Samsung Apps and set it to NOT automatically install updates. Done.

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That's exactly what you have to do as well as the following: Go into your phone settings-applications and find the apps you want gone. First you must uninstall the updates for the app then clear cache/data... then uninstall the app. Reapeat this for any app you don't want. And then make sure you go into Samsung Apps and set it to NOT automatically install updates. Done.
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Worked perfectly. Thanks!