My hidden menu disappeared after i got on it for a while i don't remember touching anything or messing with any setting i was also disabling some useless apps without root, now i can't access it no matter what i type the keystroke and the numbers clear in the dial pad. i know the app is there i looked in system/app and hiddenmenu.apk and odex are present. and if i try to install it from there it tells me it will replace it obviously it won't i did that to see if it is still installed.
It also hid itself from the all apps menu.
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I could have sworn that before the update I could use the ok google detection anywhere (after I enabled it search settings). I tried it again, and it's grayed out in the Search, Voice settings in Google Search. Only the top main option to enable OK google voice allows me to toggle it on or off.
Are you sure you weren't using Google Now launcher?
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I could have sworn that before the update I could use the ok google detection anywhere (after I enabled it search settings). I tried it again, and it's grayed out in the Search, Voice settings in Google Search. Only the top main option to enable OK google voice allows me to toggle it on or off.
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Disable S Voice in app management, reboot, then go back to Google Now settings. It shouldn't be grayed out anymore.
Woot! Your response led me on the right path. I am and was using the Google now launcher, but the reason I kept referring to Google Search (which is actually just called Google in the app store) is because I thought it was a separate app responsible for the search functionality and that it hooked into the Now launcher. So I uninstalled the standalone Google app, rebooted phone, and now the option is no longer grayed out in the voice detection section of the Now launcher settings.
I think it's strange that Google allows the Google search app to coexist and override the built in Now launcher search functionality (or at the very least seems to pull the standalone Google search app's settings when I try and configure them through the Now launcher)
I'm sooo confused right now. What I uninstalled was just an update. The "Google" search app is still installed and asking me to update it, which means it came built in to the firmware. Aarrghh!
I updated it, and the option for OK Google functionality anywhere in the phone (different apps, screen off, etc) now became grayed out again. So its' at least linked to that it seems. I also don't get the ability to train the OK Google voice recognition (also grayed out) with the updated Google (search) app. The stock, original firmware version of the app does allow it. Aggravating!
Yup I noticed the same thing, the ability seems broken after the update.
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I followed the advice to disable the s voice app through the application manager, rebooted... And forgot to check it till today. Yes! Its working. I'm 99% sure it was disabling s voice that did it, and 1% possibility it was an a background google update... So I'm leaning toward the s voice fix.
Thank you to the 2nd poster above with the recommendation. Fixed it.
Hmm. My svoice is enabled and I am able 'ok google' from anywhere. Including the lock screen. I haven't actually used svoice since the update so I will try it and then see if ok google still works from everywhere.
I can 't force stop or disable S-Voice and OK Google options are grayed out. Any ideas?
In the past I was not able to disable s voice through the application manager, but this time I was.
A couple of possibilities I can think of. In the s voice settings, disable any available options that may be enabled, such as activating it via home button, etc. (Don't recall all the various settings now because it's gone completely from my application settings section)
Also, go into the Security settings of the phone and make sure s voice is not listed as a Device Administrator. I've noticed that apps can't be disabled or uninstalled as long as they're listed in this section as device admins. As usual reboot after just in case, and check if you can disable it then.
I haven't modified anything on the phone other than manually disabling a bunch of apps through application manager and replacing touchwiz with the Google Now home screen.
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In the past I was not able to disable s voice through the application manager, but this time I was.
A couple of possibilities I can think of. In the s voice settings, disable any available options that may be enabled, such as activating it via home button, etc. (Don't recall all the various settings now because it's gone completely from my application settings section)
Also, go into the Security settings of the phone and make sure s voice is not listed as a Device Administrator. I've noticed that apps can't be disabled or uninstalled as long as they're listed in this section as device admins. As usual reboot after just in case, and check if you can disable it then.
I haven't modified anything on the phone other than manually disabling a bunch of apps through application manager and replacing touchwiz with the Google Now home screen.
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it was a device administrator. once removed, i was ale to force stop/disable s-voice
Hi all,
Since upgrading to Android Wear 1.4, I've been experiencing a problem with the permissions of some apps that I'm unable to fix. I hope you can help me.
The problem happens with apps that demand permissions to access location (e.g. GPS) data, such as Google Maps or Google Fit. When they ask me for that permission, I press OK to grant it, but a new screen appears with a hardly scrollable text saying:
Screen ovelap: To change the configuration of this permission, turn off screen overlapping in Settings > Applications
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and a link to open Settings that doesn't work.
The funny thing is that there is no 'Applications' menu in Settings, so I don't know how to manually change this overlapping feature. There is no such menu in the Android Wear app in the phone, either.
I've been searching around but there seems that there is no info about this problem. Do any of your watches work this way?
Thank you!
Hi guys. I gotta problem and need your help. Tried to convert Google Messages as a system app through Titanium Backup and something went wrong... I don't really know where I fail. Titanium Backup says "Working, please wait" after taping "convert as a system app" and already waiting 30 minutes and absolutely nothing happened. The application icon disappeared in my application list and I'm unable to find it anymore. What to do now? I've taken a backup of the app right before try of converting it. I see a message in notification bar about the app being converting and "please wait" but how long time it takes to convert actually? I don't really know if I can restart the phone to skip it or maybe should I stop Titanium Backup to skip it, without any issues? I don't wanna anything go wrong more, as it looks like it's some problem out here. Any solutions?
It's done... after 40 minutes of converting... but the Messages icon disappeared from my system and isn't visible in applist in settings. I can see it in Titanium Backup as you can see on attached picture. I'm kinda panic when **** like that happens ? Forgot I can just activate pre-installed SMS app so far, until this problem is fixed.
I lost this menu option after 9.0.0 update. Someone know how to getbthis back?
It looks like it's not possible to convert any app (or maybe just this) through Titanium Backup. Maybe the functionality is broken. Google Messages has been simple deactivated and that's why I couldn't find it on the application list in stock Settings app, though I tried to convert it, not deactivate. After activating it through TB (post nr. 2) I couldn't see the name of the Google Messages in applist anymore, it was stated as com.google.messages or something like that, with Google Framework icon and reset app settings. I've uninstalled this app through Settings and installed from Google Store from scratch and it's back to normal but it looks like TB is unable to do this operation.
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It looks like it's not possible to convert any app (or maybe just this) through Titanium Backup. Maybe the functionality is broken. Google Messages has been simple deactivated and that's why I couldn't find it on the application list in stock Settings app, though I tried to convert it, not deactivate. After activating it through TB (post nr. 2) I couldn't see the name of the Google Messages in applist anymore, it was stated as com.google.messages or something like that, with Google Framework icon and reset app settings. I've uninstalled this app through Settings and installed from Google Store from scratch and it's back to normal but it looks like TB is unable to do this operation.
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Use Systemize, it's a module from Magisk.
I'll but it seems a little bit complicated or maybe I just need more time to read about it .
So basically, I want my phone to be bare as possible. So I removed everything in /vender/app, /oem/app, and /oem/priv-app except for 1 folder in the priv-app folder which was "wifi calling". The only reason I left that there was because if I didn't, I couldn't get passed the Google setup you have to go through after resetting your phone.
Is it possible that I can skip the Google setup somehow and go straight to the home screen?
Also, I'd like to remove all Google apps and use the pico one from open gapps, but some of the Google apps I remove give me pop up errors and my screen is black but I can still see the notification bar up top. Is there a way to "completely" remove all things Google? Kind of like in a GSI.
Last thing, for some reason I've been getting an "R" next to my mobile data icon in the notification bar and it says domestic roaming. Would that be caused by anything in the folders above that I mentioned (oem, vendor)? Or is my mobile completely unrelated to those folders?
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I have the unlocked model LG-G820QM running Android 10 software version G820QM20a.
I'm using the Google Phone Dialer app instead of the default phone app. It works perfectly fine and can be set as the default app. However it is disabled every time the phone boots. I'll see it on the screen for a second and then it's gone. I have to go back into the play store to enable it, add it to my home screen, and reset it as default every time.
Has anyone else experienced this or know of anything I can do to stop this from happening?
Hmm... wonder if adb disabling the LG phone app (com.android.phone, or maybe there's a more specific package for this?), then installing the Google Phone app would work. Disabling the LG app may cause some pages in About device to not load (i.e. Network information), but it's easy to re-enable, so if anything goes wrong you can go back.
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Hmm... wonder if adb disabling the LG phone app (com.android.phone, or maybe there's a more specific package for this?), then installing the Google Phone app would work. Disabling the LG app may cause some pages in About device to not load (i.e. Network information), but it's easy to re-enable, so if anything goes wrong you can go back.
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Thank you sk8223, I gave that a shot.
I used Application Inspector to track down the stock phone app name and then ran this command.
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adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.android.phone
While that did stop the Google phone app (com.google.android.dialer) from disabling at boot, it broke phone functionality. I kept getting a pop up that com.android.phone keeps stopping. Trying to use the Google phone/dialer app wouldn't connect. It would let me enter the number, but then clicking the call button just caused it to reset.
I also tried disabling the stock Contacts app com.android.contacts, and that didn't solve anything. I tried combinations of both stock phone and contacts disabled. One of each. And the same with the Google equivalents.
You're probably right about there being some link in the chain that I can disable to solve this, but it seems there are quite a few dependencies baked in to the phone applications, that I'm not sure which service I could disable to let the Google app work without the actual phone functionality breaking.
Interestingly enough I couldn't re-enable either the Google Phone or Contacts app from adb after reboot. However I could navigate to them in the Play Store and click enable there. Then checking the disabled apps list in adb showed they were no longer there.
That's weird, you should have been able to adb pm enable the apps again without issue. I think LG's heavy skin over Android is affecting the way the app is supposed to work. Probably because the stock LG Phone app is labelled com.android.phone when it really should be com.lg.phone... which is probably why upon reboot the phone app keeps reverting back. Stupid LG. Wish a safe BL unlock was possible so we can get a nice AOSP ROM on the G8 already
tl;dr don't think this can be fixed because of LG