[no root] Hello all,
I never use VR in my N5X so I decided to disable Google VR Services. If you try to do this within the app settings button the phone reboots. I thought then that maybe something is "linked" and tried to do first with the permissions. Disabled notification access, do no disturb access, then In Special Access I saw that there's a special entry for VR services, inside it's Google VR Services with the button to disable it: that's what I was looking for! well, I turned It off and... oh god, another reboot and services are still enabled.
Any genius managed to turn off/disable Google VR Services? [no root]
@dani_mola
Any news on this? I tried also in Safe Mode.... didn't work.
In August i tried a cardboard, since then I've a Google VR service process running in background. I'm hating this..... Can't disable the package without getting a reboot.
thesebastian said:
@dani_mola
Any news on this? I tried also in Safe Mode.... didn't work.
In August i tried a cardboard, since then I've a Google VR service process running in background. I'm hating this..... Can't disable the package without getting a reboot.
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Ok best thing I could do....is sent a feedback under About Phone menu about this...
We should all report this
Sent from my Nexus 5X
Hi, I disabled vr services successfully without reboots. I had google cardboard installed earlier, there was an option in app to change vr service provider. Changed that and uninstalled cardboard app. I don't remember correctly because its over a month I did this. OR go to settings app and search "vr", this will show vr helper services, perhaps this might help.
I disabled it from Settings -> Apps -> Gear icon -> Special access -> VR helper on my Nexus 6P. I know it's not the same phone. It hasn't rebooted yet.
I disabled VR service on my phone. It restarted automatically. Then I can't see start animation again.
I am using moto z droid.
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Hi all, just wondering what system apps can i use with greenify? Mainly wanna stop play services wakelocks, Thanks in advanced
phonetech101 said:
Hi all, just wondering what system apps can i use with greenify? Mainly wanna stop play services wakelocks, Thanks in advanced
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You can cut down on some Google play services drain by:
1. Turning off location history in Google maps for all your accounts.
2. Uninstalling android device manager/ putting into deep hibernation.
3. Turn off Wi-Fi and BT scanning in their respective menus.
4. Turn off contribute usage data to Google.
5. Turn off auto app backup with Google.
6. If you're on android marshmallow, amplify is better at targeting specific wakelocks then greenify is AFAIK.
Those are some of the things I have picked up over time hope this helps.
Rarely ever get Google play service drain over 4 percent. ??
MrWilsonxD said:
You can cut down on some Google play services drain by:
1. Turning off location history in Google maps for all your accounts.
2. Uninstalling android device manager/ putting into deep hibernation.
3. Turn off Wi-Fi and BT scanning in their respective menus.
4. Turn off contribute usage data to Google.
5. Turn off auto app backup with Google.
6. If you're on android marshmallow, amplify is better at targeting specific wakelocks then greenify is AFAIK.
Those are some of the things I have picked up over time hope this helps.
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Thanks mate, step 2 could you give me more detail on what you did to uninstall it. Thanks.
phonetech101 said:
Thanks mate, step 2 could you give me more detail on what you did to uninstall it. Thanks.
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I'm talking about an app from the play store. If you've never downloaded "android device manager" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm
then don't worry about it.
MrWilsonxD said:
I'm talking about an app from the play store. If you've never downloaded "android device manager" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm
then don't worry about it.
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Oh nah dont use that. Thanks for your help. Google play services has only used 4%so far, so ill just leave it for now.
OK, I"m baffled. I've looked everywhere for the solution, including all over this web site.
My SM-G960U running stock Android 9 periodically goes into a mode where it marks all app updates and other downloads as "Download Pending." After a while (measured in days) it downloads everything and goes back to normal for a while. This behavior occurs irregularly and appears to me to be unrelated to some change I made in settings. For a while, I was able to correct the problem by force-stopping the Play Store and clearing its cache, but lately, even that doesn't work. I've also tried force-stopping, clearing the cache and data; no luck. Somebody wrote on this web site "Just turn on battery saver and your apps will update." I don't see "battery saver" anywhere and "maximum power saving" mode won't even let me get to the play store. I've adjusted the apps permissions to everything on.
This time around it's been more than a week and I have 68 updates in "download pending."
Once again, I am running stock, have not attempted to root the device nor have I modified it with any ROMs. Auto-update is normally off. (I don't see the point in updating bloatware that I don't use.) However, this problem continues with it on. The problem also persists whether on cellular data or wifi and I've told the app to use either one.
Please help me solve a very frustrating problem. Thanks.
Moody Blue said:
OK, I"m baffled. I've looked everywhere for the solution, including all over this web site.
My SM-G960U running stock Android 9 periodically goes into a mode where it marks all app updates and other downloads as "Download Pending." After a while (measured in days) it downloads everything and goes back to normal for a while. This behavior occurs irregularly and appears to me to be unrelated to some change I made in settings. For a while, I was able to correct the problem by force-stopping the Play Store and clearing its cache, but lately, even that doesn't work. I've also tried force-stopping, clearing the cache and data; no luck. Somebody wrote on this web site "Just turn on battery saver and your apps will update." I don't see "battery saver" anywhere and "maximum power saving" mode won't even let me get to the play store. I've adjusted the apps permissions to everything on.
This time around it's been more than a week and I have 68 updates in "download pending."
Once again, I am running stock, have not attempted to root the device nor have I modified it with any ROMs. Auto-update is normally off. (I don't see the point in updating bloatware that I don't use.) However, this problem continues with it on. The problem also persists whether on cellular data or wifi and I've told the app to use either one.
Please help me solve a very frustrating problem. Thanks.
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I don't think battery saving will help, actually it will limit background processes. But that guy meant by "battery saver" an option called "Medium power saving", you can find it above the "maximum power saving" in power mode menu.
I had a similar problem, sometimes when I try to download an app, it says "download pending" so I go to "my apps & games", and I press "update all" then I press "stop", then I download the app again and everything works fine...
Moody Blue said:
OK, I"m baffled. I've looked everywhere for the solution, including all over this web site.
My SM-G960U running stock Android 9 periodically goes into a mode where it marks all app updates and other downloads as "Download Pending." After a while (measured in days) it downloads everything and goes back to normal for a while. This behavior occurs irregularly and appears to me to be unrelated to some change I made in settings. For a while, I was able to correct the problem by force-stopping the Play Store and clearing its cache, but lately, even that doesn't work. I've also tried force-stopping, clearing the cache and data; no luck. Somebody wrote on this web site "Just turn on battery saver and your apps will update." I don't see "battery saver" anywhere and "maximum power saving" mode won't even let me get to the play store. I've adjusted the apps permissions to everything on.
This time around it's been more than a week and I have 68 updates in "download pending."
Once again, I am running stock, have not attempted to root the device nor have I modified it with any ROMs. Auto-update is normally off. (I don't see the point in updating bloatware that I don't use.) However, this problem continues with it on. The problem also persists whether on cellular data or wifi and I've told the app to use either one.
Please help me solve a very frustrating problem. Thanks.
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Try clearing DATA for the play store and Google Play Services (Will probably have to log back in to Google Play)
Thanks, guys for helping. Turns out it appears to be my VPN, which was one of the first things I looked into.
Connections > More connection settings > VPN got me to a "Settings" icon which in turn allowed me to turn off "Block connections without VPN. I then turned off the VPN and the Play Store started DL-ing the updates.. Don't know why this is in device settings, rather than the app's settings, but it is.
I will work with the VPN provider to see if their app and the Play Store can play together nicely.
For the moment, at least, I'm calling this one "Solved."
Why would using a VPN prevent updating apps from the play store?
EpicSaga said:
Why would using a VPN prevent updating apps from the play store?
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the same thing happens to me when im at work. i cant download stuff from certain places including the play store. My employers wifi is locked down and dosnt allow for google services when using a vpn. and i have tried this with PIA and the built in one
What is PIA and what is the one that is built in?
EpicSaga said:
What is PIA and what is the one that is built in?
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PIA is Private Internet Access, ( a VPN) I had exactly the same problem with the Playstore too, could only get it to get the downloads started by turning PIA off
EpicSaga said:
What is PIA and what is the one that is built in?
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private internet access. not built in, i pay $6.95 a month for it. rather happy with it. use it on all my devices
dave2103 said:
PIA is Private Internet Access, ( a VPN) I had exactly the same problem with the Playstore too, could only get it to get the downloads started by turning PIA off
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My phone didn't do that running Android 8, it was after the update in Android 9. Is there any way around this? What if the Wi-Fi router used the VPN setting and the phone was just receiving that WIFI VPN signal. So the phone would not have VPN on it, would you still need to disable the VPN in the router settings to download and update apps?
My Google Assistant suddenly stopped working. Whenever I tried to issue a command, it returns "Cannot reach Google at the moment.".
Tried in my old phone, there are no problems.
Tried restarting but the problem still persists.
Anyone experienced this? Any solution?
HI YOU HAVE MANY WAYS TO FIX THAT
1-TRY FORCE CLOSE GOOGLE ASSISTANCE AND CLEAR ALL DATA AND CACHE .
2-IF YOU ARE USING A DATA PACKAGE ,USE A VPN
IF THOSE METHODS DON'T WORK UNINSTALL APP AND REINSTALL IT
Thiviru Gunarathna said:
HI YOU HAVE MANY WAYS TO FIX THAT
1-TRY FORCE CLOSE GOOGLE ASSISTANCE AND CLEAR ALL DATA AND CACHE .
2-IF YOU ARE USING A DATA PACKAGE ,USE A VPN
IF THOSE METHODS DON'T WORK UNINSTALL APP AND REINSTALL IT
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dont need to shout.
The problem is nomally related to internet not working, be it service, or vpn stalled
Thiviru Gunarathna said:
HI YOU HAVE MANY WAYS TO FIX THAT
1-TRY FORCE CLOSE GOOGLE ASSISTANCE AND CLEAR ALL DATA AND CACHE .
2-IF YOU ARE USING A DATA PACKAGE ,USE A VPN
IF THOSE METHODS DON'T WORK UNINSTALL APP AND REINSTALL IT
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Tried, didn't work.
Same here, brand new Pixel 6. Go into Assistant settings, scroll all the way down to "Your Apps (manage how Assistant works with installed apps)." Click on the Chrome browser and make sure "let your assistant choose this browser" is checked on. THEN, in the same settings, go to whatever other browsers you have installed and UNCHECK those.
Apparently Assistant got confused by too many options. (it might work if you check another browser and uncheck Chrome, but I quit playing with it once it was working again.)
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Same here, brand new Pixel 6. Go into Assistant settings, scroll all the way down to "Your Apps (manage how Assistant works with installed apps)." Click on the Chrome browser and make sure "let your assistant choose this browser" is checked on. THEN, in the same settings, go to whatever other browsers you have installed and UNCHECK those.
Apparently Assistant got confused by too many options. (it might work if you check another browser and uncheck Chrome, but I quit playing with it once it was working again.)
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Did this one but didn't work. Also, I only have Chrome as browser so I guess this isn't the problem.
Thiviru Gunarathna said:
HI YOU HAVE MANY WAYS TO FIX THAT
1-TRY FORCE CLOSE GOOGLE ASSISTANCE AND CLEAR ALL DATA AND CACHE .
2-IF YOU ARE USING A DATA PACKAGE ,USE A VPN
IF THOSE METHODS DON'T WORK UNINSTALL APP AND REINSTALL IT
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Tried uninstalling, rebooting and re-updating the Google app. The Assistant is working again but Continued Conversations doesn't work. There were also times after I did this, the problem returned.
I had the same problem yesterday and fixed it by doing the following:
Google app->settings->Google Assistant->Assistant Voice-> and switch Phone to full.
I also purchased universal safetynet fix 2.2 and now pass Safetynet. Did both in conjunction with each other so that combo should work if you are rooted with the correct Magisk Canary.
Starzboy77 said:
I had the same problem yesterday and fixed it by doing the following:
Google app->settings->Google Assistant->Assistant Voice-> and switch Phone to full.
I also purchased universal safetynet fix 2.2 and now pass Safetynet. Did both in conjunction with each other so that combo should work if you are rooted with the correct Magisk Canary.
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Not rooted and already set to Full, Continued Conversations still doesn't work.
danw_oz said:
dont need to shout.
The problem is nomally related to internet not working, be it service, or vpn stalled
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ok i forgot to off capital letteres
I have struggled with this recently. Here's what worked for me. I noticed that on cellular it worked, but on my WiFi it did not although it had in the past. The trick was to go into WiFi settings and tell it not to randomly change the Mac address (use Device MAC). I suppose that -- maybe only with some routers -- the changing MAC is upsetting the NAT translation and your phone is making an outbound connection but that's just a theory.
I had the same problem, had used adaway and blocked some dns requests, cleared these and Hey Google worked again. Cheers.
Usually, the only times I have trouble with the Assistant this way are when I get in my car, hook it up for Android Auto, and in my driveway, I'm kinda in range of my Wi-Fi but not very well. It doesn't usually take very long for my phone to switch to mobile data on its own in this situation (and it took my Samsung way longer), but once it establishes a reliable connection via mobile data, then it's fine.
Necro'd thread to post POSSIBLE FIX:
Go into Developer options and disable 'App Wi-Fi Multi/Broadcasting Filter'. I'd turned it on randomly and forgotten, and have been suffering ever since. Turning it back off allows the app to connect to the internet, despite your phone being locked until standby.
Going off to cross-post this elsewhere because I've searched SO many pages trying to find a fix, and nobody mentioned trying this.
I replied to the OP's in regards to their work still working for this new generation of Galaxy Watches 5 and 5 Pro
So far everything is just about the same and maybe even easier now that I did it for the Watch 4's for the whole family.
My reply to the original posting about these fixes is here:
Official List of Sideloaded Apps and Workarounds For Wear OS (Tested on Galaxy Watch)
SIDELOAD LIBRARY COMPATIBLE WITH WEAR OS 3 TESTED ON GALAXY WATCHES All Smart Watches Can Probably Benefit From This Guide Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to testing and providing feedback on various apps and versions. Thanks to...
forum.xda-developers.com
and here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...n-removed-17th-aug-2022.4322527/post-87379475
A breakdown from those posts:
I am one of the lucky ones that has a Galaxy watch 5 pro with no Google Assistant due to issues in the app connection to the phone.
It goes to open the Google app to start activating assistant like it does with the 44mm Galaxy Watch 5, but it fails to go to the next step of activation and lands on the discovery page.
Well knowing how well this threads info worked for us on the Galaxy Watch 4, I have gone ahead and installed the Google Assistant Go version listed in the post using Bugjaeger.
This time we go into the watch settings >> about watch >> software info >> keep clicking the software version until it tells you developer mode ON.
Then goto watch settings >> Developer Options >> 1. turn on adb debugging
Then goto watch settings >> Developer Options >> 2. debug over wireless
Then goto watch settings >> Developer Options >> Wireless debugging >> + pair new deveice
In Bugjaeger we then start up the connection and click pair, enter the IP, the port and the passcode.
At this point it will be connected in Bugjaeger and the watch will beep showing a new notification for debugging.
Install the Google Assistant GO apk and voila you are good to go.
I did have to do an interactive shell to "wm density 280" in order to click the continue button for activation.
Remember to reset your density to its original number(which on the 5 pro is 340)
If you are like me and need assistant or the device gets returned, use this as a solution until google fixes their routine for activating assistant.
Feel good moment since I wont be returning this loved watch 5 pro!
EDIT1: Nothing above was editing only this addition,
I have also found that the workaround method for the BP/EKG by Dante is still working with the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. Installation of his APK for the watch can be installed with Bugjaeger just like we installed Google Assistant Go just above.
Dear my friend, just found your thread
i got yesterday my watch 5 pro, but i have exact the same issue as you mentioned, if i press the button on the watch, to activate assistant on the phone, just the google app newsfeed gets opened on the phone, nothing else happend ...
I have a S908E from Singapour and the Watch is from Austria, may this be any issue?
do you know why this happens like that? is it a samsung fault or google?
I have the LTE version Galaxy watch 5 pro. Does my phone need to be on to receive calls and texts? Whenever my phone is in airplane mode or turn off I can't receive calls or texts. Is this normal?
Hi all, I have a weird issue with my Pixel 6 Pro.
It simply won't update any apps. I can install apps from the play store but successively no updates are shown. This issue began all of a sudden with apparently no reason.
I tried to clear all data, clear cache, uninstall updates, nothing helps.
Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do?
Thanks!
Are you rooted or unlocked?
Nope, 100% stock
Another weird issue is that Play services are still at 1st November update and occasionally, play store says it's waiting for WiFi when trying to download an app but WiFi is on and has internet connection. I have to restart the phone to fix this.
Normally putting the device into airplane mode and *clearing data for Google Play Services and Google Play Store would solve most Play Store issues
Other things to try:
- Check Play Store is certified (Play Store -> Settings - About
- Check Date And Time (Settings -> Date And Time) try toggling Set Time Automatically, Set Time Zone Automarically and Use Locale Default off and back on
- * Try resetting Network Settings (Settings -> System -> Reset Options -> Reset WiFi, Mobile And Bluetooth
* Disclaimer/Warning: Be aware doing this if you have a Watch 4/5 or other WearOS Watch as it will sever the Watch connection, leading to you having to reset the Watch and set it up from scratch. This is also a concern when clearing data for Google Play Services/Google Play Store.
penguinello said:
Hi all, I have a weird issue with my Pixel 6 Pro.
It simply won't update any apps. I can install apps from the play store but successively no updates are shown. This issue began all of a sudden with apparently no reason.
I tried to clear all data, clear cache, uninstall updates, nothing helps.
Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do?
Thanks!
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Restart your device, as a temporary bug on the app can also cause this problem.
Thanks everyone for your replies. None of the listed solutions had an immediate effect but updating resumed on its own after a couple of days with no apparent reason (?).