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My experience with Google Ears and Wallet on Bell

Hi guys,
I want to share how I tested Ears (Music Search widget) and Wallet on the Nexus phone I recently purchased directly from Google.
I live in Montreal Canada and use Bell Canada as service provider. Today I went to Bestbuy in Plattsburgh and purchased a T-Mobile SIM card with a one month 30$ prepaid unlimited data plan. I'm going next week to United States for a week vacation and I wanted to have unlimited data available on the road.
My phone is stock, not rooted or CWM installed. The idea was to see if Wallet and any other hidden apps will stay functional when I revert back to Bell SIM card. I use a VPN at home so I have access to all US services (Play Music, etc.) Google offers. After initial JB update done on Bell with VPN enabled for Wi-Fi, the Wallet was hidden and even if Music Search was listed into installed apps, it did not showed into widgets list.
Once the guy at Bestbuy activated my SIM card, I rebooted the phone and voila, Wallet and Ears popped as available. I also noticed another hidden app, Play Magazines. There is nothing fancy about it, it links to magazine subscriptions offered in Google Play.
With T-Mobile SIM card on, I configured Wallet and link it to my Google Apps account, everything worked properly:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I also tested the Music Search widget, everything worked properly.
Next, I shut down the phone and switched the SIM card to Bell. When I tried to open Wallet, I was greeted by this message:
However, the Music Search widget continued to work properly while on Bell network:
At least I got Ears working properly, without the rebooting issue others mentioned (the app will lock itself). BTW, no idea why people are referring to "unfreeze/freeze app", there is no such thing in Package Manager commands:
Code:
pm enable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm disable PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
In conclusion, it sucks to be a Canuck and own a Nexus. Wallet is so awesome and we are prohibited to use it. I was reading on another Canadian mobile site that the usual "mobile" suspects (Bell, Rogers, Telus, etc.) plan create the "Mobile Wallet" app... a poor attempt to emulate Google Wallet in Canada. It will probably have a crazy ugly interface, remember the Visa one that looked like it was coded by a 5 years old kid. Anything they can do to stop users take advantage to a cool product like Google Wallet and get rich by pocketing the fees Google would otherwise.

Man I wish Google wallet was working in Canada would make things so much easier.
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Wallet fails to add money using my Canadian credit card that has a US billing address. Another "V" for canucks. :victory:
I'll buy a sandwich at McDonald's with the $10 I have not, just for kicks. Not sure I can afford a combo, heh.

Wish they would enable wallet over here in the UK, but I bet the carriers was to implement some solution of their own as always.
As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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veyka said:
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As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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How do you do it natively?
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Just wanted to share my experience with Google Ears.
I flashed yakju 4.0.2 a way back (it came with yakjuxw). 4.0.4 came via OTA and I manually flashed JB (the 4.1.1 version). The phone is only unlocked and rooted. I'm in Croatia and I've never had an issue with Google Ears. I put the widget on my screen the first day I found it and the app never froze after a reboot. Curious, huh?
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veyka said:
As far as freeze/unfreeze, that's what titanium backup called disabling applications before it could be done natively, seems the names stuck.
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Not sure what "natively" is referring to but let me see if I can expand on this comment.
Many apps come installed as part of the phone. These are called system apps. What you install are called user apps. When you go to uninstall apps, you can only remove user apps.
If you root you phone, you can take advantage of an app like Titanium Backup. One of many great function is that you can freeze or even uninstall system apps with it. It is recommended that you freeze the app first before permanently removing it. Freezing an app make is invisible to the phone, even though the files are still there. Unfreezing the app just makes it visible again.
So, you can freeze Wallet and it won't bug you, and then you can unfreeze it next time you go on vacation to USA.

There is not a lot of use for Wallet in the US at the moment, at least not with NFC. As to your $30 unlimited data plan, you realize your 4G is capped, right?

netbuzz said:
Not sure what "natively" is referring to but let me see if I can expand on this comment.
Many apps come installed as part of the phone. These are called system apps. What you install are called user apps. When you go to uninstall apps, you can only remove user apps.
If you root you phone, you can take advantage of an app like Titanium Backup. One of many great function is that you can freeze or even uninstall system apps with it. It is recommended that you freeze the app first before permanently removing it. Freezing an app make is invisible to the phone, even though the files are still there. Unfreezing the app just makes it visible again.
So, you can freeze Wallet and it won't bug you, and then you can unfreeze it next time you go on vacation to USA.
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How does "freezing" or "defrosting" work? How does Titanium do it? What property does it change in the app so that it is frozen or defrosted? I would like to be able to do this without Titanium.

efrant said:
How does "freezing" or "defrosting" work? How does Titanium do it? What property does it change in the app so that it is frozen or defrosted? I would like to be able to do this without Titanium.
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You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk"
I think that's the syntax.
Maybe some script at boot with a kernel that supports init.d folder I assume.
Cheers!

el_charlie said:
You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk"
I think that's the syntax.
Maybe some script at boot with a kernel that supports init.d folder I assume.
Cheers!
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Strange. I tried that with Wallet and it didn't work. I'll give it another shot. Thanks.

Billie Jean (Y)
Is there any way to get Google Ears to work in Finland? :/ somehow titanium ROM Toolbox cannot find the google music widget app so I can't unfreeze it and also Google Music Player doesn't show music information sometimes.. :/
even by using DroidVPN I can't install or update Google Ears via Google Play..

patruns said:
There is not a lot of use for Wallet in the US at the moment, at least not with NFC. As to your $30 unlimited data plan, you realize your 4G is capped, right?
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Ya, they have a 5Gb limit, if that is what you are referring to. I should "survive" with it for a week.
I don't care about download speed, I just want to be able to read my emails and use Google Now.
el_charlie said:
You can use adb to issue the commands OP wrote in the first post: "pm enable /system/app/GoogleEars.apk
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Yes, that is what I used to do on my Galaxy S2. I always used a terminal as is much easier to control and see what is going on, on your phone.
efrant said:
Strange. I tried that with Wallet and it didn't work. I'll give it another shot. Thanks.
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You could also install a recent .apk, it will make the Wallet show. Then, revert the update to previous version and Wallet will remain visible. It will not work though, you will see the error popup message I posted into OP.

manumanfred said:
even by using DroidVPN I can't install or update Google Ears via Google Play.
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Do you have a link for Google Ears in Play store? I could not find it

TECK said:
Do you have a link for Google Ears in Play store? I could not find it
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No I don't have, maybe the Google Ears app was unusable because I couldn't be able to install it again, so I searched the app from google and I found it then I installed it and it works now..
I used DroidVPN to update Google Music and I deforst the google apps then I installed them again from /system/app/ but I think some of those files will be gone again when I reboot my Galaxy Nexus because once them was on my phone 2 or 3 days but then suddenly them was gone I rebooted my Nexus many times then and I installed the google apps from system/apps so I din't defrost them with any app..

manumanfred said:
I think some of those files will be gone again when I reboot my Galaxy Nexus because once them was on my phone 2 or 3 days but then suddenly them was gone I rebooted my Nexus many times then and I installed the google apps from system/apps so I din't defrost them with any app..
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Just to let you know, Music Search works properly for me even if I reboot the phone on Bell network.
There is something weird though. When I find the song, if I click on the widget it will try to open the Play Store app then move to Chrome browser instead. Does anyone else has the same issue?

TECK said:
Just to let you know, Music Search works properly for me even if I reboot the phone on Bell network.
There is something weird though. When I find the song, if I click on the widget it will try to open the Play Store app then move to Chrome browser instead. Does anyone else has the same issue?
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OK.. have you selected sometimes "every time" when it's asking that with what app you want to open the link? I don't have that issue so I don't really know how to fix it..
Delete Chrome and then install it again maybe then it's fixed..

manumanfred said:
OK.. have you selected sometimes "every time" when it's asking that with what app you want to open the link? I don't have that issue so I don't really know how to fix it.
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So you are telling me that when you click on the found song image, it will open Play Store for you?
I did not selected to have Chrome open anything by default, I always use the choice once.
Play Store shows only Apps on my phone, yours shows other stuff also?

efrant said:
How do you do it natively?
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The enable/disable button in Android since ICS is what I meant by native, which is using the pm commands on the back end as mentioned in this thread
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TECK said:
So you are telling me that when you click on the found song image, it will open Play Store for you?
I did not selected to have Chrome open anything by default, I always use the choice once.
Play Store shows only Apps on my phone, yours shows other stuff also?
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Okay.., I select "choose once" always too and I have installed Google Chrome what I don't even use but for me it opens Google Play Store..

Samsung's Good Lock

Pros: You can almost get it looking like stock android (which is why i'm keeping it), Notification layout is nice.
Cons: Battery dies faster, Widgets/Apps Tray layouts are useless for me. Recent apps layout is worse.
http://imgur.com/a/WpoXB

Tried it......for 5 minutes i prefer being able to use samsung themes like 'blue and black AMOLED' theme. Good Lock does not have a black option in routine options

Hmm . I like it more. Haven't had any battery is issues yet.

Only issue i encountered is it doesnt easily explain Uninstall.
1. You can just drag drop the Icon from the AD to uninstall and
2. You cannot find the app in Applications to Uninstall
3. You have to go to settings and uninstall from there.
4. Once you uninstall, remember to Restart your device as soon as possible.
5. If not restarted, your power button would stop working and the only way to get it back is by a Hard Reboot (Power + Volume Down).
Hope this helps people looking in to this.
Other than that, had no Battery Drain Issues and it worked fluidly. Did find the "Ignore Repetitive Notification" that I dismiss without looking in messages Annoying and sadly, if by mistake I did say so for specific ones (Work Email and Whatsapp), it stopped showing the message notification all together.

Cubed Guru said:
Only issue i encountered is it doesnt easily explain Uninstall.
1. You can just drag drop the Icon from the AD to uninstall and
2. You cannot find the app in Applications to Uninstall
3. You have to go to settings and uninstall from there.
4. Once you uninstall, remember to Restart your device as soon as possible.
5. If not restarted, your power button would stop working and the only way to get it back is by a Hard Reboot (Power + Volume Down).
Hope this helps people looking in to this.
Other than that, had no Battery Drain Issues and it worked fluidly. Did find the "Ignore Repetitive Notification" that I dismiss without looking in messages Annoying and sadly, if by mistake I did say so for specific ones (Work Email and Whatsapp), it stopped showing the message notification all together.
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You don't have "System UI" With the Good Lock Icon as high drainage in your battery stats?

exzacklyright said:
You don't have "System UI" With the Good Lock Icon as high drainage in your battery stats?
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Sorry, forgot the * on that. It was mostly visual. Coming from the S6e, the S7e is substantially better due to the much bigger battery, but with a Wireless charger at work, didn't see "major" drain issues.
Although, when the Power Button stopped working yesterday, I almost called Tmo and thought of returning before the Hardboot fix, as this is a System UI App.
Just wondering, did you have AOD on? I did have that off. Doubt it would make a difference, but the Good Lock is a Lock Screen, and since my Nexus 1 days, I remember them always being a Drain.

They just posted a new version and they took care of most of original people complaints, the only thing missing for me right now is the Quick Connect feature that it seems that the only way to get access to it is via Original Notification shade. If the fix this, for me will be a keeper, for sure, I've been keeping it expecting for an update and now I can say that they are 90% where they should be with this.
In general, a very good update.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

erasat said:
They just posted a new version and they took care of most of original people complaints, the only thing missing for me right now is the Quick Connect feature that it seems that the only way to get access to it is via Original Notification shade. If the fix this, for me will be a keeper, for sure, I've been keeping it expecting for an update and now I can say that they are 90% where they should be with this.
In general, a very good update.
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People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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exzacklyright said:
People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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Yes I do, not all the time but once in a while, very handy, easy and quick way to connect my devices to my Samsung 4K Smart TV. Best of all, with that, I can see the TV content on my Phone.

exzacklyright said:
People use quick connect?
The main problem was that it was constantly draining battery
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Can you upload the new update 24.0.6 apk ? Thanks

erasat said:
Yes I do, not all the time but once in a while, very handy, easy and quick way to connect my devices to my Samsung 4K Smart TV. Best of all, with that, I can see the TV content on my Phone.
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I use this as well for my Samsung 4K TV! I actually find myself using it more and more lately. I've run around the house a lot while watching a program and being able to send it to my phone to view while I'm in another room is great! I recently was watching a friend playing a game on his TV, I did a quick connect while I was sitting on his patio with another friend, and was able to keep up with the story-line while on his patio. What's weird is that I didn't get any lag using quick connect but when I tried a simple screen mirror i got lag as well as quality downgrade that was very noticeable.

This is the only problem I've been having so far with Good Lock. That and the horrible app switcher..

For me I would like them to add a private mode toggle.
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ktetreault14 said:
For me I would like them to add a private mode toggle.
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That and sync!

I want to be able to actually choose black, and customize more options such as the lockscreen and recents. I don't like the new recents but I can't leave good lock and give up the stock android icons and drawer

I can't find the app in the app drawer. I visited the Samsung Galaxy Apps store and it said the app is installed. When I clicked on the Good Luck app, the only option is to update the app. Can someone plz help?
Edit: NM. Figured it out.

Skyrocket2 said:
I can't find the app in the app drawer. I visited the Samsung Galaxy Apps store and it said the app is installed. When I clicked on the Good Luck app, the only option is to update the app. Can someone plz help?
Edit: NM. Figured it out.
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It comes preinstalled on Tmo I believe (or at least it installed itself after a while). I am having issues installing the latest version of Good Lock. Phone keeps restarting and reverting back to stock systemui. RIP

bastienvans said:
It comes preinstalled on Tmo I believe (or at least it installed itself after a while). I am having issues installing the latest version of Good Lock. Phone keeps restarting and reverting back to stock systemui. RIP
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That's weird. I just updated to the latest version and it's been really smooth with no issues that was there with the previous releases. Maybe try the typical uninstall reboot reinstall? Or if you disabled some apps that could be causing some instability.

tiskewlio said:
That's weird. I just updated to the latest version and it's been really smooth with no issues that was there with the previous releases. Maybe try the typical uninstall reboot reinstall? Or if you disabled some apps that could be causing some instability.
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Yeah, I installed the first version of Good Lock and it was fine. Uninstalled it shortly after until the next update.
There is no way to uninstall the app from the Galaxy Apps store; the only option is to update it. My Apps does not show Good Lock as installed. I've tried clearing cache, re-enabling all my disabled apps, rebooting several times without much success. I am not the only apparently as several others are having the issue and posting about it on reddit. Hopefully this can be fixed with an update. Don't really want to factory reset to get Good Lock working.

I have no issues uninstalling from my device. I just go to the app drawer tap on the icon and it gives me the option to uninstall. I see what you mean by not being able to delete from Galaxy Apps though
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Good Lock

Just a reminder to everyone, GoodLock provides the rest of the Marshmallow Experience to those installing the OTA of Marshmallow for the Note 4...
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/good-lock/
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Edit: fingerprint unlock does not work.. did some research and seems to be a common issue with goodlock finger print unlock..
updated yesterday to marshmallow OTA.. this morning I installed goodlock and it seems incompatible if using finger print lock.. went into recovery and cleared cache and restarted.. it cleared goodlock so i changed to no lockscreen did a reinstall.. after restart it was fine.. I then reactivated my fingerprint lock.. locked the phone and Goodlock crashed on wake and forced a restart.. upon restart goodlock was no longer active... is this a known issue? If not I do hope that Samsung can coordinate a fix

nhsccdp said:
Edit: fingerprint unlock does not work.. did some research and seems to be a common issue with goodlock finger print unlock..
updated yesterday to marshmallow OTA.. this morning I installed goodlock and it seems incompatible if using finger print lock.. went into recovery and cleared cache and restarted.. it cleared goodlock so i changed to no lockscreen did a reinstall.. after restart it was fine.. I then reactivated my fingerprint lock.. locked the phone and Goodlock crashed on wake and forced a restart.. upon restart goodlock was no longer active... is this a known issue? If not I do hope that Samsung can coordinate a fix
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I have the same issue, and I'm hoping for a fix as well.
My multi-window tray also seems to pop up whenever I get a notification from a compatible app (e.g Gmail or Instagram.)
...Noted (SM-N910A)

passcode and finger print don't work. Pattern works fine

Wow, nasty bug, clearing the cache saved me. Thanks!

How to uninstall it?
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vasiaua said:
How to uninstall it?
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App manager > system ui > uninstall updates

floatingtrees said:
App manager > system ui > uninstall updates
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I don't have the option to that so I guess I'll have do factory reset
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vasiaua said:
I don't have the option to that so I guess I'll have do factory reset
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Make sure you select all apps from the drop down menu in app manager then click on the 3 dots and select show system apps, find system ui and click on it then the 3 dots again and select uninstall updates

This what I see.
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vasiaua said:
This what I see.
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If it crashed out.. there will not be an "uninstall updates" option the Ui rejects the file under a crash and reverts back to before the update.. all you need to do is erase the download if you choose not to use

Ok thanks
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Ever since the ota marshmallow, I'm getting constant Google play Services has stopped errors, i think it could be related to Good lock. Anyone else have this? Hate to lose mm ui updates through good lock....

Recent Menu
I don't remember very well because i clicked it unintentionally, but is there a way to change the recent menu appeareance? I have now just the names of the apps, but i think there was another option like the android stock one
BTW I don't know why, but the app doesn't appear in the Galaxy Apps Store and i have Android 6.0.1
Running version 24.0.12
Thanks!

Shanghai.Knight said:
Ever since the ota marshmallow, I'm getting constant Google play Services has stopped errors, i think it could be related to Good lock. Anyone else have this? Hate to lose mm ui updates through good lock....
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Only issue I'm noticing with Good Lock is the side menu coming out seemingly randomly.
Alex-AnderNath said:
I don't remember very well because i clicked it unintentionally, but is there a way to change the recent menu appeareance? I have now just the names of the apps, but i think there was another option like the android stock one
BTW I don't know why, but the app doesn't appear in the Galaxy Apps Store and i have Android 6.0.1
Running version 24.0.12
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Good Lock is a System UI update that the newer phones like the S7 and Note 7 got. It won't be in the app stores. Not really sure how the apk was acquired by the people who posted it.

Shanghai.Knight said:
Wow, nasty bug, clearing the cache saved me. Thanks!
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Edit: Just downloaded and installed it on my AT&T Galaxy Note 4 running 6.0.1 EPH5 (which i have updated via recovery, because i had no access to OTA on my location). It locks good as they name it, (But i was thinking of a thing "theme" like which is on galaxy S6)
@Shanghai.Knight: So why do i install the good lock and if i do? Then do i install it on my AT&T Note 4, if i have updated it with the help of recovery not OTA?
I don't have AT&T services in my location and couldn't update via OTA.

talvigi said:
Edit: Just downloaded and installed it on my AT&T Galaxy Note 4 running 6.0.1 EPH5 (which i have updated via recovery, because i had no access to OTA on my location). It locks good as they name it, (But i was thinking of a thing "theme" like which is on galaxy S6)
@Shanghai.Knight: So why do i install the good lock and if i do? Then do i install it on my AT&T Note 4, if i have updated it with the help of recovery not OTA?
I don't have AT&T services in my location and couldn't update via OTA.
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I'm not sure I understand your question fully, but let me try to answer. Good Lock is not an app that is to be installed via OTA or Recovery. It is a Samsung app that you can install like most other apps. Download it and install it. It will ask you to allow untrusted sources to install. Don't worry, this is a Samsung app. You can select only allow untrusted sources for this app only...
Good Lock provided the marshmallow interface enhancements that Google put into marshmallow. This was given to newer phones Samsung made, but Samsung choose to leave it out of older phones... . All it is is some eye candy and new ways of interacting with the phone. You can install it, and if you do not like it, go into the app, select options, then uninstall. No flashing required.

Thanks for this.. decided to give it a shot and definitely worth the usage for me... flashlight back on the notification bar is enough for me to keep using it!
edit: haven't had that since s3

Shanghai.Knight said:
I'm not sure I understand your question fully, but let me try to answer. Good Lock is not an app that is to be installed via OTA or Recovery. It is a Samsung app that you can install like most other apps. Download it and install it. It will ask you to allow untrusted sources to install. Don't worry, this is a Samsung app. You can select only allow untrusted sources for this app only...
Good Lock provided the marshmallow interface enhancements that Google put into marshmallow. This was given to newer phones Samsung made, but Samsung choose to leave it out of older phones... . All it is is some eye candy and new ways of interacting with the phone. You can install it, and if you do not like it, go into the app, select options, then uninstall. No flashing required.
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Thanks got it and am using it quite good in locking but not worthy of all that extra talkings about it.
Thanks by the way

SageChrono said:
Thanks for this.. decided to give it a shot and definitely worth the usage for me... flashlight back on the notification bar is enough for me to keep using it!
edit: haven't had that since s3
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That, the data toggle (which has also been absent for a while), and the ability to play with the color of the notification tray are all it took for me to overlook the fact that I can't use my fingerprint lockscreen.
...Though I am hoping for that to get fixed at some point.
...Noted (SM-N910A)

Question Issues Keeping Background Apps Running

Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hammer4000 said:
Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Same me.
I ve solved flashed android 12 beta

play4win said:
Same me.
I ve solved flashed android 12 beta
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I wondered about that. Have you experienced any major issues with the Android 12 beta? I may have to give that a try. Thanks!

Hammer4000 said:
I wondered about that. Have you experienced any major issues with the Android 12 beta? I may have to give that a try. Thanks!
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I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.

Welcome to XDA
Power management destroyer of worlds
Developer options>standby apps
All buckets should show as active otherwise power management is enabled!
You can't change that setting here. If you can change a bucket state and get it to take (close Developer options/reopen) then again power management has been enabled.

Jamesblondca said:
I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.
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Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11

play4win said:
Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11
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Hopefully we can go forward eventually.

Mobile upgrade
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Hammer4000 said:
Anyone else having issues with keeping apps running in the background? I have a couple apps (one for doorbell camera and one for outdoor security cameras) that will only stay active for a short time and provide notifications on my phone when motion was detected. I can open one of the apps after not getting any notifications for a long period and then I will get all the notifications that never came through.
I have done all the normal steps of making sure the battery optimization was turned off for these apps and turning off all data restrictions with no luck. I had several go around with TCL support and exhausted their possible solutions. The same doorbell app worked fine on my old Pixel so I am pretty sure it isn't the apps.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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One method I think is working without upgrading to Android 12 is to disable the "Smart Manager" app via adb
You can download sdk platform-tools and run command
adb shell
pm disable-user com.tct.onetouchbooster
You do lose out on accessing some battery options, though, since it's integrated into the app, but I don't mind it. Hope it helps

I have an unlocked T810S that I'm using here in the USA with Cricket Wireless (an AT&T MVNO). My phone has Android 11, and the notification issues are driving me crazy. I don't yet see any updates for Android 12, so who knows when I can get that.
I saw what @rickywangca did, and did something similar. From my Linux box:
Code:
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.tct.onetouchbooster
And that uninstalled the "Smart Manager" application. I'm happy to have that thing gone, but I still have notification issues that I can't figure out.
For the apps in question, I added them to do "do not optimize" battery list, but that didn't seem to help. One app is configured to give me a daily notification, but I almost never receive it. I actually got the notification one day and was surprised.
Any other tips or ideas on dealing with the notification issue? Do I need to clear something else out related to the onetouchbooster "Smart Manager"?

jrevans said:
I have an unlocked T810S that I'm using here in the USA with Cricket Wireless (an AT&T MVNO). My phone has Android 11, and the notification issues are driving me crazy. I don't yet see any updates for Android 12, so who knows when I can get that.
I saw what @rickywangca did, and did something similar. From my Linux box:
Code:
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.tct.onetouchbooster
And that uninstalled the "Smart Manager" application. I'm happy to have that thing gone, but I still have notification issues that I can't figure out.
For the apps in question, I added them to do "do not optimize" battery list, but that didn't seem to help. One app is configured to give me a daily notification, but I almost never receive it. I actually got the notification one day and was surprised.
Any other tips or ideas on dealing with the notification issue? Do I need to clear something else out related to the onetouchbooster "Smart Manager"?
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Is global power management active?
Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active otherwise global power management is active. It will cause erratic behaviors. It's not needed or desirable, it never did work well. It can not be disable here though.
Example: how its controls appear on a Samsung N10+ in Device Care, battery, it's usually a little buried but it's there. You'll find something similar to this. It's part of the core Android system.
These settings will cause trouble...
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Jamesblondca said:
I tried the beta 3, but my phone was not listed with the CU regulatory Number, whatever that is. I cant go back to 11 and I dont know if ill be able to go forward. But it did solve the notification issues.
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Mine was Listed in CU, but actually i can t go back to android 11
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hi Jamesblondca, play4win,
-did you upgrade to beta 12 using tpst frame tool explained in this forum?
-what was your phone model t810h or t810s
-what is your opinion about andoid 12 beta, like battery drain, any unexpected issues, faulty features etc.

blackhawk said:
Is global power management active?
Developer options>standby apps, all buckets should show as active otherwise global power management is active. It will cause erratic behaviors. It's not needed or desirable, it never did work well. It can not be disable here though.
Example: how its controls appear on a Samsung N10+ in Device Care, battery, it's usually a little buried but it's there. You'll find something similar to this. It's part of the core Android system.
These settings will cause trouble...
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This T810S TCL 20 Pro 5G is an awesome phone, but the lack of notifications drives me crazy.
I looked at my Developer Options, trying to see something similar to what you have on that Samsung, and I see these, which appear to be inactive.
"Adaptive notification priority"
"Adaptive notification ranking"
But when I go to my Inactive Apps list, I see a variety of different "App standby state" values. It appears that I can change some of them here to have the different values of:
"ACTIVE", "WORKING_SET", "FREQUENT", "RARE", "RESTRICTED".
Which value should I choose if I want the app to stay active and send me notifications?
Here's a screen grab of what I see:
Oh how badly I just want to receive notifications from my applications, to make my phone fully functional. I get notifications from certain apps like gmail, telegram and facebook, but not from apps that I want like the LG ThinQ app, and Lightning Pro.

jrevans said:
This T810S TCL 20 Pro 5G is an awesome phone, but the lack of notifications drives me crazy.
I looked at my Developer Options, trying to see something similar to what you have on that Samsung, and I see these, which appear to be inactive.
"Adaptive notification priority"
"Adaptive notification ranking"
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But when I go to my Inactive Apps list, I see a variety of different "App standby state" values. It appears that I can change some of them here to have the different values of:
"ACTIVE", "WORKING_SET", "FREQUENT", "RARE", "RESTRICTED".
Which value should I choose if I want the app to stay active and send me notifications?
Here's a screen grab of what I see:
View attachment 5849991
Oh how badly I just want to receive notifications from my applications, to make my phone fully functional. I get notifications from certain apps like gmail, telegram and facebook, but not from apps that I want like the LG ThinQ app, and Lightning Pro.
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In general...
Power management with the bucket states and all of that is a native Android service. Part of battery management. You can't disable in Developer options but you can tell if it's active there. You can use it to verify that you have disabled though.
Samsung modifies their UI heavily. The settings they use may be similar to other brands, Pixels being the "purest" version of Android. In Pixels the controls for that are in battery care in settings, I think (I never owned a Pixel). Terms like Adaptive battery or Battery saver may be the ones thst switch it on/off. Verity it then with the Standby Apps status.
There is a way to set exceptions to Adaptive battery and that may work too. I never used it or if I did it failed to work properly in one way or another... it's been years. I ended up turning the whole mess off and using other methods to increase my SOT.
The best way to learn how your Android works is to play with it. Go through all the settings and play with them when you have time. Like a game, it's sort of fun. Do Google searches for specific issues; it doesn't have to be that specific model or even brand. Androids are similar across Android flavors and OS versions to a greater or lesser extent. Learn by reading about them. That's all I do and eventually track down the issue. The more you do this, the better and faster you get at it. Find/get the tools you need to better understand what's happening like a logging firewall, battery trackers etc.
I see you have social media and sales apps installed. I never do this. If I need to access them I login to them through Brave browser only.
They tend to consume excessive battery and are multi vector security threats*. They can also cause problems by changing hidden user settings which could have global consequences. You are what you load. At the very least not having any trashware makes troubleshooting easier and yields a better running Android. Disabling the questionable app when not in use is another option I sometimes use if I really need it.
*Just because it's on Playstore doesn't mean it's safe. Any app that updates outside of Playstore could download a trojan payload to what appeared to be a safe app. Any app that has internet access is a potential security threat. I firewall block all that don't absolutely need it and don't update any unless there's a good reason to.

General Switching from OxygenOS C.38 (EU) to ColorOS C.41 (CN), and back to OOS12 (EU C.44) 😂

As some of you might have noticed, the update for Chinese ColorOS 12 numbered C.41 has been released for OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro (link to Techibee's article with the DL links). While I was pretty patient about waiting for an official OxygenOS 12 update for EU users (don't know to what amount of time it would have led to wait for), the complains about how halfly-baked the last OOS updates were and the fact that we can switch from one release to another without a lot of issues convinced me to give a try to the fully assumed ColorOS 12 for my OnePlus 9 Pro.
As far as I can tell, the update proceeded without any unwanted side effects, even if, as it's a Chinese version, it came with a lot of apps that I will surely never need or use. I didn't loose any datas in the process and after the quick setup of ColorOS (it is still detected as a new OS by the phone, and it will act like a nearly brand new one at the first boot following the update, even if everything is back in place after ignoring those steps).
For the differences I noticed:​
Changes that are a little bothering (to me):
A lot of Chinese bloatwares (some cannot be uninstalled, HeyTap's App Market and Themes Market, even through ADB, because they are tide to some ColorOS required functions)
A whole new HeyTap environment that I will have to get accustomed to, but I think that I'll stick with Google for now
Breeno, the voice assistant (not very fond of voice assistants, so not going to use it)
Omojis (still to be tested, as I'm unable to register myself yet, but it reminds me a lot about Apple's Memoji feature)
Very aggressive battery management (some apps, even if allowed to run in the back, are force-closed by ColorOS, I still have to find a way to correct or lessen that behavior)
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What I liked so far:
Easy transition so far, the phone feels the same in term of performances
RAM booster (from 3 to 7Gb can be used from your phone memory to help your phone managing bigger apps)
The game panel, that is giving quite a bunch of options for people playing a lot on their phone (I'm not really used to play heavy games on my phone, but still delighted that it's given to the users)
FaceID unlock working great (I'm still waiting for it on my girlfriend's Pixel 6...)
Being able to install back the debloated apps (yes, still bloatwares, but it is an interesting option and could help correcting some users errors)
Highly customizable UI from the start (I'm a Nova Launcher/Kustom user, but I still gave a try to the stock UI and it was pretty good)
Wireless charging a little more efficient ( personal feeling here, might just be my imagination or the aggressive battery management at work, and it requires some further testing)
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In conclusion, I would say that I'm still looking for the perfect OS experience with my OnePlus 9 Pro, but when it comes to Android 12 official ROMs, ColorOS 12 gave me the best experience so far. I'm still experimenting it as my daily driver, so I might come across new elements (either good or bad), but I hope that it will reassure a little people that are hesitating doing the transition between the two OS.
Edit:
Found the reason why accessibility was automatically disabled for one of my apps, ColorOS isn't allowing you to lock for background run more than just a few selected apps and will prevent you to add more if you don't deactivate some of the old ones beforehand.
Edit 2:​
Spoiler: Debloated apps
com.heytap.music​
com.heytap.vip​
com.heytap.browser​
com.finshell.wallet​
com.heytap.speechassist​
com.coloros.directui​
com.coloros.calendar​
com.heytap.cloud​
com.oplus.synergy​
com.oplus.pay​
com.colorsos.gallery3d​
com.coloros.ocrscanner​
com.coloros.weather.service​
com.android.mms​
com.android.contacts​
com.coloros.filemanager​
com.redteamobile.roaming​
Edit 3:
Update to C.44 installing. Seems to fix a black screen issue for incoming calls.
Edit 4:
From new observations I was able to make since I installed ColorOS 12, the way it handles authorizations is a little different from OxygenOS. The number of apps alowed to run in the background is very limited (7) and most apps will need a manual authorizations setup to work properly.
Edit 5:
Throttling detected in some game apps, locked at 30fps... Quite strange for an OS that is providing "pro gaming in-game panel".
Edit 6:
Back to OxygenOS 12, but EU C.44 as they finally released it ().
The few days on ColorOS 12 were nice, but I ended up being frustrated by how the OS is actually fine-tuned in term of GPU and CPU performances in some apps.
I hope OPPO and OnePlus will successfully find a way to balance things and that an EU (or at least a not too heavy chinese services relied) version will be really released in the coming months, because it's promising and offers many features that I still enjoyed.

How to remove or uninstall or disable or hide app market coloros 12 ?

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How to remove or uninstall or disable or hide app market coloros 12 ?
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Replied here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...d-12-on-oneplus-9-9-pro.4367117/post-86282121

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Does android auto work by chance?

lukehong9 said:
Does android auto work by chance?
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I don't have the chance to have a car that supports it, so I cannot tell if it is.

Just dirty flashed over OOS C 38?

30adi said:
Just dirty flashed over OOS C 38?
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As said, I did a local update from the Local Update app provided since the Android 12 update.

Is autofill working?

rogerinnyc said:
Is autofill working?
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Could you elaborate your question?
If you're taking about the word prediction used on keyboards, then yes, it works.

Sorry not to be clear. I mean Chrome autofill in apps and your browser, where your login and password are entered automatically.

30adi said:
Just dirty flashed over OOS C 38?
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i am dirty from oos c.40 to cos c.41 and then get ota cos c.44
work well

rogerinnyc said:
Is autofill working?
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Looks like you have the same issue.？

rogerinnyc said:
Sorry not to be clear. I mean Chrome autofill in apps and your browser, where your login and password are entered automatically.
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ColorOS use its own solution for that, but you can use Google's and it works quite well so far.

Any method of installing the Google play store and play services?

fernoct said:
Any method of installing the Google play store and play services?
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It comes with it, so no need to proceed to a manual install.

Jaxom84 said:
It comes with it, so no need to proceed to a manual install.
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Then may be I have installed a wrong version as instructed in a Youtube video. No play services was there and there were many Chinese apps and letters (I have selected English US). Do you have the link to the latest ColorOS with play services?

fernoct said:
Then may be I have installed a wrong version as instructed in a Youtube video. No play services was there and there were many Chinese apps and letters (I have selected English US). Do you have the link to the latest ColorOS with play services?
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Take a look at the link in my first post, I know they also hosted the C.44.

Jaxom84 said:
Take a look at the link in my first post, I know they also hosted the C.44.
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Yes, I got it, thanks. I have done a factory reset after installing it in the morning and may be that's the reason there weren't any Google play services. I'm confused..

fernoct said:
Yes, I got it, thanks. I have done a factory reset after installing it in the morning and may be that's the reason there weren't any Google play services. I'm confused..
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It must explain why, you're right. As I update from a Google based version (A12 C.38 EU), it was already in my phone and didn't have to perform a factory reset.