Earlier tonight I noticed a new app, "Rooms" with a pretty generic Android head as its icon, had installed itself. Not unheard of, especially on a Verizon handset, but I have DT Ignite disabled. I clicked it to see what opened but got an "insert phone into Gear VR" screen, which I didn't do since I wanted to find out more about what it is and where it came from. When I open the Oculus app it's not showing in my library.
Only thing I can think of is a day or so ago I sideloaded Deo VR video player and that must have opened up some sort of backdoor into a third party being able to install apps without authorization. But this installed itself tonight (I only know this for sure because of Samsung's ****ty ui choice of always putting new apps at the end of the drawer, and it's the last one behind another app I purposefully installed tonight).
I can't find anything that seems to be related to a GearVR app called "Rooms", and r/gearvr has no info on it.
Anyone else have this happen? Have you opened it with the phone in the GearVR? What is it?
Rooms
It showed up on my Note 7 as well. Don't know what it is. Didn't get into the VR system to find out. Uninstalled it but it keeps coming back.
Check to see if the dt ignite re enabled itself. When i read about that app online, it said it has the tendency to to that . (Haven't seen it happen yet... it's just what the article said)
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This has also installed itself onto my s7 edge last night I have not installed or removed any app for a while so no idea where it came from, it refuses to be remove and if you open it and put phone in vr gear it just says page can not be displayed and get in touch with Oculus.
Someone on Reddit did some digging and it looks like it's part of one of the recent Oculus platform updates but isn't actually implemented yet. Supposedly a newer Oculus update removes it again. It's a chatroom type platform Oculus is working on, supposedly.
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Someone on Reddit did some digging and it looks like it's part of one of the recent Oculus platform updates but isn't actually implemented yet. Supposedly a newer Oculus update removes it again. It's a chatroom type platform Oculus is working on, supposedly.
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Hi Chaps....
I recently had an upgrade from my isp,... and stupidly forgot to turn off my firetv,.... (I had it running perfectly,... no banners, and no intro to prime movies....)
IMy original update was the only one I ever had to do to allow xbmc (at the time) to be installed,... I them blocked updates through OpenDNS.
Off course I'm now on 51.1.6.3.
Now my problem may seem a little trivial, but I'm wondering if it might be something I may have done.
One of the few games that I installed through the firetv was "Hill Climb Racing",.. and I have just noticed that there is an update for it,.... (I do remember one previously, and that updated fine, on the older firmware).
But now when I go to update it all that happens is the game shows the screen where it states "Update App now" I click on it, and it just says "Update queued".
If I leave it until the screensaver kicks in and go back to it, the game has just gone back to saying that there is an update available again....
would it be anything to do with my open dnssettings...
these are what i have blocked..
Always Block:
a1910.d.akamai.net
amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net
atv-ext.amazon.com
softwareupdates.amazon.com
updates.amazon.com
Would be helpful if any one could point me as to which one may be blocking game updates,.... or could it be something different.
Help or ideas would be very much appreciated, thanks chaps..
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It seems I have the same problem with bbc iplayer update and also a weather app update, .... in fact these dont even go to "update queued" screen, then just shrink back down as if I didn't click update.
decided to try installing ookla speed test, (i know its not compatible) but I just wanted to see if i could sync it,.... yep you guess it, I cannot sync anything either......
So it seems that it is impossible to sync apps that are deemed by amazon not to be compatible with the firetv,..... strange because they still allowed the free purchase to go through but it just wont sync,.... followed their instructions by the book, sync, go to apps folder, find app in cloud and install.
The only thing that has occurred recently is that F^&*ing update that got through...... I cannot believe I let that happen.... now I have to suffer a box that was working perfectly fine, just to have amaz0n F**k it up.
Mates,
I don't know if the Kevo/Kwikset app folks are dumb, lazy or if there is some fee they have to pay to support new phones, but hear my tale of woe, with a happy ending (a minstrel on a mandolin is playing in the background as you read this).
I put Kevo locks everywhere when they first came out with android support. When they work, it is one less key I have to carry, one more thing my everpresent phone can do. They were announced as partners for the Gear S2 which, as we all know, is bull. The tech writers who said it worked were clearly Samsung lapdogs.
The Kevo website says that the app won't work on the Galaxy S7 edge but it did. Right from the start, right out of the gate. Then T-Mobile rolled out a patch last week and it stopped. Nothing. Bupkus. Google Play says the app is not supported by my device.
A little bit of searching led to the actual newest Kevo apk. I downloaded it, deleted the old app, installed it and voila! Back in business. The new version supports remote open and close, which I haven't checked yet- I bought an upgraded lock but it isn't installed.
So, there you have it. I have no idea why Kevo/Kwikset/Unikey didn't test with the newest phones, why they don't know it works or whatever. Their developers are much more interested in supporting iOS and the sheeple that use it, but it will work for us too!
where did you find the latest? i looked for almost 2 hours and the best i could come up with was the 0.99 beta in the google groups. had to sideload an app that lets you change your device to trick Play into letting you install it.
Googled Android kevo apk, found version 1.2.57.2p everywhere. I presumed that was the latest since it has the remote buttons on it.
yeah i saw those results as well, but none of the apk downloaders worked for me. several even said their 'device' was incompatible, which was the same problem i was having.
I'm in the same boat. I have an S7 Edge and while kevo still works with just the proximity and tap lock to open...I've never been able to get the tap to unlock/lock work. Even on my moto360 (gen1) kevo force closes non stop. Another problem I had was my old S5 was on Lollipop and it worked, but then Tmo rolled out the update to MM and now it doesn't even see the lock. I've had multiple emails to Kevo and the only thing I get is that "We're sorry, we have no plans to support MM".
If you got anything to help out with Kevo working on Marshmallow, then I'd appreciate it as well!
I might be a little late on the the subject but I had the Kevo app since the beginning from my Note 4 on KK all the way up to My Note 5 on MM. I rarely use my Moto 360 (1) to open the door but this time I did and the watch went haywire and kept showing a notification indicating that the app is no longer working. So I decided to uninstall the Kevo app and then proceeded to sync the watch and phone, stopping the annoying notification. When I went to the app store to reinstall I found the "phone not compatible"..
Well, decided to sideload to have the Kevo app to look and work the same way I had it before.. after several attempts I figured it out. 1st sideload the Kevo 0.9.58p apk, sign in, then sideload the updated version 1.2.57.2p and it will finally look and feel like the updated one on Lollipop. Sefar is right, why the devs were so lazy in checking for compatibility is beyond me but it works.!!
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I purchased a Seneo Fast Wireless charge stand, and last night used it for the first time. When I woke up this morning and removed my phone from the stand, I had a lock screen overlay with a big obnoxious "Audible" ad right in the middle of it. I had not gotten that previously when charging via USB-C cable, but I subsequently discovered that it would reappear when charging via USB as well.
I did a bit of research and discovered that this was caused by something called "SpeedCharge" that is installed with a number of freeware apps. There are a few lists of offending apps floating around the internet in various fora and blogs, but none of the ones I have installed are listed.
I've searched the list of running services in "Developer Options" but haven't found anything that looks like a possibility. I have (perhaps unfortunately) selected the option in the upper-right corner of the SpeedCharge screen that turns it off, though. While that has eliminated the obvious annoyance, it doesn't remove the adware from my phone or even prevent it from returning whenever the offending vendor wants it reactivated.
As I said, I have not installed much software on my new Note 7, and what I have installed doesn't appear on any of the SpeedCharge-infected lists I've come across so far. And now I'm not sure how I would go about figuring out where it came from given that I've turned it off.
Anyone else come across this?
mine did the same thing this morning. I didn't download any new apps at all. Wth?
it's probably got to do with DT Ignite app of verizon that pretty much downloads ads/games etc. that Verizon got paid for. Did you disable DT Ignite?
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it's probably got to do with DT Ignite app of verizon that pretty much downloads ads/games etc. that Verizon got paid for. Did you disable DT Ignite?
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Yes, I disabled DT Ignite a couple of days ago. I'd read that it was the source of mysterious apps appearing on Verizon phones.
At this point, though, I don't think it's the only source ...
I disabled as DT and have still got this as well. Anyone else?
Problem solved. It was the app lock Pro that ead causing the issue. App lock Pro was installed by samsung automatically even after DT was disabled. I have uninstalled app lock Pro and problems no mpre
Want to play animal crossing: pocket camp but I it doesn't appear on google play.
When I go to the new animal crossing this message pops up "this item is unavailable for this device", I'm on Android 7.0 and I couldn't find any non-compatibility issues. The thing is is that it says it would work on my same phone but on Android 6. My tablet is Android 7.1.1 and it works on that.
Now my phone is rooted which is probably the culprit but even using Magisk core modules still doesn't change it. The weirdest thing is that when I search for it on the Play store it doesn't show up, I had to google to find it.
Seems to be a regional restriction. Appears on my A5 here in Germany.
(I'm not rooted)
Arent the offical youtube and google translate app support to be on the active 2 watch?
I do not seem them on here.
I also wonder about these things.... In my watch missing too
Just got mine today and same issue
i agree, they are missing from the watch, i know that tecace has a few versions of twitter and also youtube, but they are not the ones we are after, they seem to be the ones you find when you go looking. So i took to twitter and got in touch with support. they kept telling me that i needed to show evidence of these apps and should only trust official sources. Later i sent then more evidence, youtube videos of the stuff in action, straight up cold evidence....... They then said that these apps may be from another region and i needed to check the software version for updates. ( i had already done this) i entertained the idea, and still nothing...
what now? Well, they may just be unreleased until a future version, but it really does make me wonder, why show these on the reviewer versions and then pull them from live. I did also notice that the reviewer didnt have the LTE model, they had the bluetooth just like i did. The reviewer was CNET, if you are wondering which vid i am reffering to. I have also been on reddit and the people there are pointing to the tec ace versions which are on galaxy store.
For now, we just cant get them, but i have noticed there is a way to install "unknown apps" which is kind of the APK file. We just need to find the files, and we are then set!
I have the LTE version so it's not just with the Bluetooth version.
TBH one of the reason why I choose this one was due to the google translate option, I live in a foreign country so this was an extremely useful feature for me.
Good points:
Screen is very bright & clear
First battery cycle lasted about 56 hrs with wifi on and AOD off (not using lte feature) also several re-pairs etc.
Second battery cycle (still in progress) wifi on, AOD on (no lte). so far it's been about 15hrs and the watch is still at 56%
Much much faster than my old ****ty Zenwatch 3 that decided to stop turning on.
Bad Points:
Rotating bezel not on by default (let's deactivate our main selling feature out of the box). In the first few days I have noticed the bezel gets triggered a lot when you have your arms crossed as watch starts vibrating from the haptic feedback.
No Google translate app
No Youtube app (yes, I would actually use this )
No twitter app, not really concerned about this one.
No Samsung Pay option in the wearable app (using OP6T) it's available in my country just not there at all.
Step counter is pretty off, within 5 minutes of putting the watch on I had apparently done 600 steps??? still waiting for the firmware update to arrive to fix this and gps.
Battery charge is a tad slow, about 2.5-3 hrs for a full charge and the watch band for the Stainless Steel LTE version is kinda meh, not terrible but not great either.
Also received mine (44mm Active 2 Bluetooth) in Australia and its missing Google translate and YouTube also.
Thought it was just me that couldn't find the YouTube app. How odd.
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Thought it was just me that couldn't find the YouTube app. How odd.
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i know from looking at the videos that are posted up on youtube, the app is not the one by tecace. I think its just not been released yet from Samsung. maybe the test version that was sent to reviewers was different
the tecace version runs out of uses each day, you get a nag to try again at 9am..... i cant imagine samsung sending out an app that does that.
Anyone find the youtube/twitter apps yet? Extremely irritated by this... when they made such a big deal about it and it doesn't even have it... poor form.
Maybe this article "helps"...
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-watch-active-2-no-official-youtube-twitter-translate-apps/
Best Regards
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Maybe this article "helps"...
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-watch-active-2-no-official-youtube-twitter-translate-apps/
Best Regards
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Such a disappointment, these apps go flaky due to too many API hits, then it closes off. Seems wrong of Samsung to advertise such a thing as a selling point then it doesn't actually do it
Yep saw that earlier. Definitely feel misled.
And now the youtube app is MIA altogether...
https://www.tecace.com/watch-viewer-for-youtube/
Did anyone manage to get the watch translator work?
When trying to open the link on my S10 it says "not available on your phone"
I've got the translate app. I downloaded it through the watches app store. I didn't look for the Youtube app or the Twitter app.