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Gmail icon after root, and gapps install

I just completed manually rooting my KF after having errors using the latest KFU.
I was able to droid market up and running, so my googleservicesframework apk must be good to go, but I dont have a gmail icon.
I can go into the droid market and "update" gmail, and then open it, works great... but when I hit the home button, there's no gmail icon from the apps list or on the carousel.
Curious thing is that if I install any other Google app, they install correctly, and an icon is placed in the apps list.
I have tried uninstalling gmail and using different googleserviceframework apk's. I have installed the gapps with the latest KFU and manually, neither one gives me the gmail icon to launch it.
So far the only way I can use the gmail app is to go through the droid market, search for it, then click open.

Have you gone into Settings -> Applications -> All Applications -> AppManager and click Clear Data? Also do the same for Launcher.

Nope, but I just gave it a shot and still no icon. I have ICS loaded, the icon shows up in ICS, though, before clearing the data.

About Notification bar: is this a bug?

Hi guys, since I downloaded several wallpapers via chrome yesterday, I noticed that no matter how many times I cleared the "download complete" notifications, they would still appear again. Even just after I rebooted the device; and moreover, I also cleared the data of "download" and "chrome", they still appears anyhow!
Anyone has any idea what the problem is? Thanks in advanced.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda

I may just find the solution: I should clear the data of "download manager", not the "download". It seems ok now.

Googol.C said:
I may just find the solution: I should clear the data of "download manager", not the "download". It seems ok now.
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or you could just clear notifications and it will clear that

I had this same problem twice, but thought it was bug of ROM and installed another one :silly:

i had the same problem on 4.2. force stop and clear data of download manager in all apps did the job until i dloaded more files. turns out it was because i frooze download manager from starting up in system tuner app. i allowed it to start and problem was fixed.
however, touching the dloaded file from the notification bar does nothing. going into the download app and selecting the file leads me to ":/downloads/all_downloads does not exist" error. you actually have to go into root explorer or your file manager to open the file.
i do not like 4.2, at all. it's buggy as hell. i about to restore my 4.1.2 rom.

can someone uplpad ebookdroid 2.0.4 apk?

its a free app so I hope its OK to ask. my play store is giving me a stupid 497 error.

bckrupps said:
its a free app so I hope its OK to ask. my play store is giving me a stupid 497 error.
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That sucks man. I did a little digging and their project has a site on googlecode: https://code.google.com/p/ebookdroid/downloads/detail?name=ebookdroid-1.6.6.apk
Sounds like you may have gotten a bad playstore apk... have you tried this?
Go to Settings
Select Applications ->Manage Applications or Apps
Select All (Look for ALL on top menu or swipe to the right to get to ALL)
Select Google Play Store
Tap Force Stop and tap Uninstall updates.
Go back to All and select Google Services Framework.
Select Clear Data.
Turn off (shut down) your device and turn it back on.
Open Play Store and see if you can log into your account and download apps again.

uprightbass360 said:
That sucks man. I did a little digging and their project has a site on googlecode: https://code.google.com/p/ebookdroid/downloads/detail?name=ebookdroid-1.6.6.apk
Sounds like you may have gotten a bad playstore apk... have you tried this?
Go to Settings
Select Applications ->Manage Applications or Apps
Select All (Look for ALL on top menu or swipe to the right to get to ALL)
Select Google Play Store
Tap Force Stop and tap Uninstall updates.
Go back to All and select Google Services Framework.
Select Clear Data.
Turn off (shut down) your device and turn it back on.
Open Play Store and see if you can log into your account and download apps again.
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yes weird cause that is the only one giving me trouble and I really like that reader. I did clear and delete it and install your apk and it still won't update yet everything else downloads fine. thanks for trying. not sure i want to do all the abovewhen everything else is running fine.

bckrupps said:
yes weird cause that is the only one giving me trouble and I really like that reader. I did clear and delete it and install your apk and it still won't update yet everything else downloads fine. thanks for trying. not sure i want to do all the abovewhen everything else is running fine.
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Well if you uninstall your updates/clear cache/ and re login you will not loose any apps. It would just force your tab to download whatever apps have failed, and request new info from google (hopefully clearing your errors). From what I have seen, that 497 error has been happening a lot lately and when it does it fails on all downloads. Let me know if you try it, and what your results are. I am curious...

uprightbass360;44463562]Well if you uninstall your updates/clear cache/ and re login you will not loose any apps. It would just force your tab to download whatever apps have failed, and request new info from google (hopefully clearing your errors). From what I have seen, that 497 error has been happening a lot lately and when it does it fails on all downloads. Let me know if you try it, and what your results are. I am curious...[/QUOTE]
my wifi at work was fine but this one app kept erroring out. got home and it updated fine so I have no idea lol

Weird menu screen - what to look for ? - SOLVED

Since some time I have empty field in my menu. Top left, see picture.
When I tap on it - nothing happens but place is still occupied.
What holds it ?
(Note: apps are in alphabetical order.)
I guess one of updates failed and it is relic.
Once a time SuperSU was called .SuperSU - dotted filename. It was displayed before 'a'.
How to get rid of it ?
FYI:
In the meantime I migrated from 4.3 to 4.4.4 but without data wiping.

I'd try wiping the cache for the launcher app first.

It is google search app.. Simply uninstall google search update and update it again from play store..

coolkoushik07 said:
It is google search app.. Simply uninstall google search update and update it again from play store..
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That was right hint. Thanx, pal.
Added later:
Funny thing.
After reinstall empty space appeared again.
I can even copy it to main screen, then drop do trash.
Well. Maybe it has something to do with fact that I froze lot of applications, from /system/app too.
Added next day:
Well. Google search downloaded it's update and this fixed problem.

Cann't install apps anymore on Pixel 2XL

Hello all,
I cann't find a solution to install apps in sideload on my Pixel 2XL.
It was after flashing version 10 in the beginning of september.
After a lot of trying I give up and hope someone else here can help me.
My Pixel 2XL is unlocked but not rooted.
Normally I do the sideload by transfer an apk to my dropbox. After that I start it up and do what the system tells me.
Nowadays I got a return of a message in dropbox that -it is impossible to open the apk and download an app to open the apk-.
After that I download the apk to my download folder to try again. Then, when trying to startup, I get a popup with the name off the apk, the version nr, the size and packagename.
There is also a button to view apk content. When I push that button the right folders of the apk are indeed visible.
There are also 3 options. One to install, one to go to playstore and one to stop further actions and go back.
When I try to use the button install the result is that nothing happened, no signal, no message from the system, no popup, really nothing.
You all know that this is not what I want. I just want to install the apk. I have tried it with a few other apk's with the same results. :crying:
Before the last OTA upgrade to android 10 it was normal to install with these methods.
Thanks for who can helping me and others for trying to help me.
Greetings.

retaliator said:
Hello all,
I cann't find a solution to install apps in sideload on my Pixel 2XL.
It was after flashing version 10 in the beginning of september.
After a lot of trying I give up and hope someone else here can help me.
My Pixel 2XL is unlocked but not rooted.
Normally I do the sideload by transfer an apk to my dropbox. After that I start it up and do what the system tells me.
Nowadays I got a return of a message in dropbox that -it is impossible to open the apk and download an app to open the apk-.
After that I download the apk to my download folder to try again. Then, when trying to startup, I get a popup with the name off the apk, the version nr, the size and packagename.
There is also a button to view apk content. When I push that button the right folders of the apk are indeed visible.
There are also 3 options. One to install, one to go to playstore and one to stop further actions and go back.
When I try to use the button install the result is that nothing happened, no signal, no message from the system, no popup, really nothing.
You all know that this is not what I want. I just want to install the apk. I have tried it with a few other apk's with the same results. :crying:
Before the last OTA upgrade to android 10 it was normal to install with these methods.
Thanks for who can helping me and others for trying to help me.
Greetings.
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Have you enabled install apps from unknown sources? You'll also need to enable apps to install apps from what I can see in android 10. If you pull up an apps indignation you can expand the options and there will be an option to allow it to install apps, which Dropbox may need. The first one needs to be enabled to install apks from the download folder.

wgrant said:
Have you enabled install apps from unknown sources? You'll also need to enable apps to install apps from what I can see in android 10. If you pull up an apps indignation you can expand the options and there will be an option to allow it to install apps, which Dropbox may need. The first one needs to be enabled to install apks from the download folder.
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Thanks for helping me.
I did all these settings before.
Now I tried to open another filemanager (Google Files) and that did the job.
I don't know why installing in dropbox or installing in es file explorer doesn't do the same with equal settings.
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
Anyway, a lot of thanks for your answer.
grts

retaliator said:
Thanks for helping me.
I did all these settings before.
Now I tried to open another filemanager (Google Files) and that did the job.
I don't know why installing in dropbox or installing in es file explorer doesn't do the same with equal settings.
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
Anyway, a lot of thanks for your answer.
grts
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Android 10, install from unknown sources is like an app permission now, you have to grant it to things like chrome (download apk and install) and file managers rather than a global setting for phone. Safer as you trust an app o do it rather than letting some malware in background filling your phone with crap.

retaliator said:
Maybe an idea to uninstall and re-install these apps?
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Uninstalling and reinstalling will not work, as I've done that with my modded version of ES File Explorer. This is a change in Android itself.
Go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > Special App Access > Install Unknown Apps. A list of apps will appear. Select an app and toggle the switch.
NOTE: Dropbox is on the list, but at least on my device my modded version of ES File Explorer is not.