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[Q] Modifying list of "open with" apps

Hi,
I'm sorry if this has been answered before, I tried searching but I wasn't really sure what keywords to search for exactly....
Also I don't know if this is an ICS specific thing or not, since the Galaxy Nexus is my first Android device, which is why I'm asking here
Anyway, with that out of the way... When you click on a link in an app, say Gmail, it prompts you which app to use to open it. For example for youtube links I get the option of Browser, Youtube app, etc.
Is it possible to modify what is listed here? For example I have ICS Browser+ installed, so i really don't want to see the stock browser in this list...
Hopefully this is something easy enough to do
(BTW my device is rooted, if that is needed, and running 4.0.1)
Thanks in advance

Sorry no, you can't shorten that list. You can choose one app to always open that specific "action", then there won't be a list at all. But if you don't want that I don't know any other option other than uninstalling/disable the unwanted apps in setting > apps.

As long as you have options, you cant shorten the list. Set up your defaults and change them if you need to.
An easy app to help with setting up defaults: "DEFAULT APP MANAGER LITE" its free!

gokpog said:
Sorry no, you can't shorten that list. You can choose one app to always open that specific "action", then there won't be a list at all. But if you don't want that I don't know any other option other than uninstalling/disable the unwanted apps in setting > apps.
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That's a shame, I dont want to set a default because I will use different apps depending on what I want to do.
Oh well, no big deal I can live with that.
Thanks for the info.

[Q] Facebook photo upload not working

Uploading photos to facebook does not work for me.
The behavior is the same both when selecting photo upload from the facebook app, or when chosing to share to facebook from the gallery.
The upload progress in statusbar looks good and finishes, but then an error message is displayed in the statusbar that the transfer failed.
When initiating the upload from facebook a "popup" mesage that the photo could not be added is also displayed.
I tried wipe facebook cache and data and reinstall the app but that didn't solve anything.
I'm on AOKP build25 & franco kernel 18.6.
Anyone else with the same problem?
/Fredrik

I have the same problem, haven't found a way to fix it though... I'm running pure stock.
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Herman76 said:
I have the same problem, haven't found a way to fix it though... I'm running pure stock.
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Ok, so at least I'm not alone....
Good to know that the problem exist also on stock. I wasn't sure if I ever tested it before I flashed a custom rom.

widfeldt said:
Ok, so at least I'm not alone....
Good to know that the problem exist also on stock. I wasn't sure if I ever tested it before I flashed a custom rom.
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Did you try clearing the app's cache? Logging back in and trying to upload a pic again?

Yes, I wiped cache and data and even reinstalled the app.
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Facebook's app is the worst written in Android history. It isn't your fault- they just can't write an update without breaking something. It's a known issue.

Possible solution
It's maybe a little late to offer a solution, but today I finally found out what could be the problem:
I normally share my pictures with "All friends, except ... " (please excuse wrong translation; don't know how it's called in English) and all my picture uploads failed without exception. Today I wanted to share a picture with "All" my friends and... it work perfectly! I tried some more and it seems my problems are gone.
So my possible solution:
-> You have to share with "all", not with some groups or with excluded people. The Facebook App and mobile site is too stupid to work with its own lists.
When creating a new post, just tap the little gear in the lower right corner and select share with "all". It's no solution for pics you don't want to show everyone of course, but it's the only workaround that allows you to upload at all.

After trying a couple things, such as clearing the app data/cache, reinstalling the app from the market, etc. I suspect that this is related more to the APN settings on the phone. I tested this by switching the APN on my AT&T Galaxy Nexus from the Tweakker APN settings (failed to upload pics/videos) to the original CINGULAR 410 (works like a charm, although it takes forever to upload). For reference, the Tweakker settings had the APN as "phone".
Hope this helps.

DexNarfux said:
After trying a couple things, such as clearing the app data/cache, reinstalling the app from the market, etc. I suspect that this is related more to the APN settings on the phone. I tested this by switching the APN on my AT&T Galaxy Nexus from the Tweakker APN settings (failed to upload pics/videos) to the original CINGULAR 410 (works like a charm, although it takes forever to upload). For reference, the Tweakker settings had the APN as "phone".
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So, did you read my post above? I'm almost sure it makes all the difference. Tested this with a couple of friends and it works for everyone.

qwer23 said:
It's maybe a little late to offer a solution, but today I finally found out what could be the problem:
I normally share my pictures with "All friends, except ... " (please excuse wrong translation; don't know how it's called in English) and all my picture uploads failed without exception. Today I wanted to share a picture with "All" my friends and... it work perfectly! I tried some more and it seems my problems are gone.
So my possible solution:
-> You have to share with "all", not with some groups or with excluded people. The Facebook App and mobile site is too stupid to work with its own lists.
When creating a new post, just tap the little gear in the lower right corner and select share with "all". It's no solution for pics you don't want to show everyone of course, but it's the only workaround that allows you to upload at all.
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it is enough to only have one list of selfmade friend list. U do not have to share to "all" but u can make list of friends that can see your pictures, call it for example "see mypic friends" and only have that in the . But if u share it to: "see mypic friends" and "mom and dad" at the same it fails

Can't see all apps on google play website

So when I go to the market website and click on My Apps it only lists apps up to the 'M's... anything past that I can't see.
I use this page to re-install apps when changing devices / after resets.
Is there any way to see a listing of all of my apps?

Don't know if this helps, but if you install the newest play app (i posted the apk here somewhere), it has the same kinda page now (an all apps installed history), you could install from there?
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Thanks, I will check that out! Although I think using a KB/Mouse on my PC would still be more convenient than finger-scrolling and tapping on the phone screen :/
At least that should get me access to everything I'm missing.

My suggestion is,
1. delete market data and cache
2. From settings > sync settings > select google deatails > remove account
3. reboot
4. create your google account again
5. from market, check it again.
Hope this work.
Question - are you using market unlocker?

He's having the problem with the online version of the market, on his computer, not the phone app.
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kingdazy said:
He's having the problem with the online version of the market, on his computer, not the phone app.
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My bad kingdazy.
I've just checked out to find the installed apps from PC.
It seems like there are two ways.
1. from the market home page > My Adnroid Apps (from there we can reinstall the apps) - alphabetical order
(this one shows the history even the apps are uninstalled, those are there)
2. Google account dashboard > Android Market > installed applications (most recent first)
So, if you compare these two lists and if you find anything missing, then you'd better to contact Google support team. If both are the same, maybe there're gonna be none who can help you.
My two cents.

The first list is missing everything after the M's...
The second list has them all though... I'll use that for a work-around for now

I'm having an issue with apps on sd not showing up after a reboot. I have to clear data to get them to show again. This new market is annoying.
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orb360 said:
The first list is missing everything after the M's...
The second list has them all though... I'll use that for a work-around for now
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I have the same, though it's after "L". It seems it just shows a limited number of history.and

sam5154 said:
I have the same, though it's after "L". It seems it just shows a limited number of history.and
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I am having the same problem - for me it stops @ the letter H because I have more apps I guess...
I have contacted Google Play support... we'll see...

[Q] How to remove Google+ picture in quick settings menu?

Does anyone know which app's cache or data I have to clear for the picture to go back to the stock black and gray one that came with the update? I recently deleted my Google+ account and disabled the app yet the picture's still there.
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Try going to the people app and find yourself and edit/delete your photo on there.

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ebagdirtbike said:
Try going to the people app and find yourself and edit/delete your photo on there.
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I didn't have an entry so I made one and then deleted it. Didn't work. Also, I'm unable to clear the phone-related system file's caches.

Mine was empty. Dont use google±

I think zou have to remove your account by wiping some app data. Please Google for that. Then re-enable your Google account after you disabled g+
If you want to keep g+ maybe someone knows a workaround but for now I don't know another solution.
Oh one thought: In Google you have a contact picture remove it if possible or try to remove your g+ picture, But it seems to be difficult because the phone uses the picture from the Google account.
Without a workaround in android it won't work I think.

local profile
I use Google+ but mine was empty as well. I had to create a local profile in order to get the picture. Since it's separate from my gmail profile, I'm able to simply delete the local profile. I'd actually like to link my local profile with my only profile.

Did you ever figure this out? I even tried deleting the "me" contact in the People application and re-creating it, but the picture remains. If I tap it, it opens the contact that I deleted and re-created, which doesn't have the picture, so I have no idea where the stupid thing is saved.

Probably somewhere in frameworks
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bk201doesntexist said:
Probably somewhere in frameworks
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Can you elaborate?

thevoiceless said:
Can you elaborate?
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it probably gets stored in some frameworks cache, idk. account manager, backup transport, one of those.
it would be probably be easier to just wipe data, but i can understand you don't want to.

bk201doesntexist said:
it probably gets stored in some frameworks cache, idk. account manager, backup transport, one of those.
it would be probably be easier to just wipe data, but i can understand you don't want to.
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Ah I see. What would happen if I cleared the data for Google Services Framework?

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I didn't have an entry so I made one and then deleted it. Didn't work. Also, I'm unable to clear the phone-related system file's caches.
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click the pic in quick settings and try going from there

so i've found the default png picture but the colors are wrong when i set it as my picture in g+ any ideas?
also would it be possible just to block the profile picture in the hosts file? the url is https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f_nXrseaXzE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAXw/Lk7vV7OntKY/s120-c/photo.jpg
nevermind found a workaround what i did:
make sure you have never installed google+ and the picture is still stock, make a backup in recovery, reboot, install google+ go trough all the steps until you see your circles (profile picture doesn't matter at this point, choose anything you like or leave it stock), go to settings -> sync -> disable google+, install carbon, make a complete backup of google+ app, go to recovery, restore your old rom without google+, install carbon there if it isn't installed, restore google+ app, the profile picture will not be synced since syncing is disabled
edit: it synced after a while, not working

Gmail app getting irritating

So Gmail started this thing (not sure when), where it uses a built in browser to handle all links and URL. I assume this is based off chrome, and that's fine if it worked.... BUT IT DONT!
Half the time I get this (see pics) when trying to open a link, and when it does manage to load a page, objects/links all over the page refuse to work. This sucks as I use my Gmail for ALOT of things.
I've tried long holding the links and selecting "open in browser" but I get this stupid built in thing again. Sometimes I can copy the link and open and paste in chrome, but sometime it will just copy the image instead of the link so I end up downloading a picture of the link I want to visit.
I've tried disabling the browser option in Google settings for Google search, but it seems to not affect gmail.
For example today I got an email saying a bill was due, it had a "click here to pay" link. I click on the link, but only get this continuous loading screen. I tried to "open in browser" same thing. So I tried coping URL and pasting in chrome, but only managed to download "xxxx/xx/x/payment.jpg" I wasn't able to actually visit the link hours later when I was near a PC.
So In short my question is.....
How can I disable Gmail's useless built in browser.
Sorry for repeating a bunch of things.

settings, general settings, uncheck open links in Gmail
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IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
settings, general settings, uncheck open links in Gmail
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Sadly I don't have this option. Attached is a screenshot of my available options.
** Running the latest image, and all apps are updated. It is not a modifed Gmail app, it's just themed with substratum

noidea24 said:
Sadly I don't have this option. Attached is a screenshot of my available options.
** Running the latest image, and all apps are updated. It is not a modifed Gmail app, it's just themed with substratum
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looks like it's a change they're in process of rolling out
have you tried eating cache from Gmail and chrome ?
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This is strange. I don't have the option to uncheck, but none of my links open with a built in browser. They all open with full fledged Chrome.

JAYNO20 said:
This is strange. I don't have the option to uncheck, but none of my links open with a built in browser. They all open with full fledged Chrome.
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I wonder if this has to do with the default handling of links? As in, under Android Settings, Apps, App Settings, "Browser App".

So I have found out it's a chrome thing, not Gmail. Noticed this when I went to open a link in an app and I got the same window.
I cleared all data from chrome, went to Gmail and tried to open a link, and it presented me with full screen chrome, but after logging back in to chrome and reopening the link in gmail again it gave me that bull crap floating windows thing. It reminds me of paranoid androids halo feature.
Anyways, I can't find anything in chrome regarding this.

noidea24 said:
So I have found out it's a chrome thing, not Gmail. Noticed this when I went to open a link in an app and I got the same window.
I cleared all data from chrome, went to Gmail and tried to open a link, and it presented me with full screen chrome, but after logging back in to chrome and reopening the link in gmail again it gave me that bull crap floating windows thing. It reminds me of paranoid androids halo feature.
Anyways, I can't find anything in chrome regarding this.
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Do you use Chrome as your browser, or are you using something else for browsing the web?

OK I think I found what might be causing this issue. Make sure your settings under Developer Settings are the same as mine here:

JAYNO20 said:
Do you use Chrome as your browser, or are you using something else for browsing the web?
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OK I think I found what might be causing this issue. Make sure your settings under Developer Settings are the same as mine here:
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Chrome is the only browser type application I have installed, and my settings are the exact same as pictured. Sadly I'm still having the problem. I guess I'm going to swap out chrome for another application. Possibly yubrowser or some "Qualcomm optimized browser" to see if it persist.

noidea24 said:
Chrome is the only browser type application I have installed, and my settings are the exact same as pictured. Sadly I'm still having the problem. I guess I'm going to swap out chrome for another application. Possibly yubrowser or some "Qualcomm optimized browser" to see if it persist.
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Is "Android System WebView" frozen in titanium backup for you?

Something interesting. I was browsing this thread and noticed this...
If I scroll down and select the link to download the latest version, I get the windowed thing (see attached pic), but if I select the changelog link or the link to the stable releases, it opens normally.

JAYNO20 said:
Is "Android System WebView" frozen in titanium backup for you?
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No it is not. I only use titanium to freeze and defrost my smart watch apps (pebble, martian notifier) so I don't have persistent notifications. Thanks for the help but this is getting irritating.
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Correction, it is!
However it's weird because I personally didn't freeze it, and it's not allowing me to defrost it. I can see the option "enable web view" in the play store, but when I select it nothing happens and it remains frozen/disabled.

noidea24 said:
No it is not. I only use titanium to freeze and defrost my smart watch apps (pebble, martian notifier) so I don't have persistent notifications. Thanks for the help but this is getting irritating.
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OK I didn't freeze it either, the system does. That's why I'm asking... if it is NOT frozen, then try freezing it and see what happens.

JAYNO20 said:
OK I didn't freeze it either, the system does. That's why I'm asking... if it is NOT frozen, then try freezing it and see what happens.
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Check my edit above. Titanium is reporting as frozen, and when I attempt to defrost it, it throws a toast notification saying "app was defrosted" but it remains frozen

noidea24 said:
Check my edit above. Titanium is reporting as frozen, and when I attempt to defrost it, it throws a toast notification saying "app was defrosted" but it remains frozen
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OK. You want that to remain frozen. I'm pretty sure you need to change the Developer Options I posted earlier in order to actually defrost it, but it wouldn't help you in this situation anyway. I can find a few other threads of people having a similar issue, but with no fix listed.
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is your Chrome app up to date? Are you using the Chrome Dev/Beta app?

Looks like I'm just going to flash a factory image.
Check this out.
And yes, chrome is up to date, and no i tend to stay away from beta/dev versions.

noidea24 said:
Looks like I'm just going to flash a factory image.
Check this out.
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Yeah that was one of the websites I came across which is why I was asking if your Chrome app was up to date. It's odd that people are experiencing this and not getting it fixed. The thread just dies... I wonder if anyone has figured this out yet.

JAYNO20 said:
Yeah that was one of the websites I came across which is why I was asking if your Chrome app was up to date. It's odd that people are experiencing this and not getting it fixed. The thread just dies... I wonder if anyone has figured this out yet.
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Doesn't look like it. Well I'm going to keep this updated with any info i find. I may try rolling back chrome a few versions.

It seems I'm also no longer able to open play store links through the play store either, This stupid browser implementation takes it over without asking a thing. No defualts are set, this is taking away some real functionality from my device.
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Just received an update in the play store for chrome, taking it and I'll report back.