Google+ Contacts - Keep Contacts up to Date in Google+ settings Missing? - Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers

I am on the latest 7.1.2 Verizon build and I noticed when I did a factory reset that in Google+ settings, I no longer have the option under settings to keep the contacts up to date. This option would always keep my user profile picture under the phone settings to stay updated instead of a blank photo. Anybody else seeing this?

Yes, thank you! I thought I was going nuts lol
I just got a OnePlus 3t (my N5x put itself in reboot purgatory) and while trying to set it up, I couldn't find this option for the LIFE of me.
Any idea on how we can get this functionality back?
I really liked how it synced with my G+ profile pic and I never had to worry about it...

danger355 said:
Yes, thank you! I thought I was going nuts lol
I just got a OnePlus 3t (my N5x put itself in reboot purgatory) and while trying to set it up, I couldn't find this option for the LIFE of me.
Any idea on how we can get this functionality back?
I really liked how it synced with my G+ profile pic and I never had to worry about it...
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Yeah i just upgraded to 7.1.2 on my Verizon Pixel XL and just noticed this. Not sure why this was removed or if it is just located somewhere else. Would really love it back though.

thafngame24 said:
Yeah i just upgraded to 7.1.2 on my Verizon Pixel XL and just noticed this. Not sure why this was removed or if it is just located somewhere else. Would really love it back though.
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Google removed it a couple weeks ago. You have to load your own image under quick settings account now. As for tracking contacts where abouts you can do it through maps. But the person you tracking needs to set up who they share location with

thesplitter said:
I have resolved by downloading and installing the 9.5 version, you can then enable that option and let the app update
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This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
Google+ 9.5.x APKMirror Link

danger355 said:
This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
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On Marshmallow (6.0.1), I was getting "App not Installed" errors when I tried to install the old APK over the new one; had to revert the G+ app to stock (Settings > Apps > Google + - tap top right, then "Uninstall Updates") first to get the older APK to install.

danger355 said:
This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
Google+ 9.5.x APKMirror Link
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+1 to you!
This helped me fix the problem

I tried this with Sony XZ Premium but no luck.
Installing the old app works and i get the profile picture however when I update to latest app it disappears again.
Any ideas?

ali_bobo said:
I tried this with Sony XZ Premium but no luck.
Installing the old app works and i get the profile picture however when I update to latest app it disappears again.
Any ideas?
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I have the same problem on my Pixel XL running 7.1.2 (NJH47B).
The fix is fine at first, but stops working when I update Google+ to the latest version again.
Funnily enough, this doesn't affect my older devices running Android 6.x and below - my profile picture stays ok regardless of Google+ version.
Help, anybody?

Any luck for anyone?
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Anything new ?
I've tried downgrading but as soon as the app is updated the pic disappears, I'm on a Nexus 6P 7.1.2.
The same thing happen on the beta version of Android O.

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Android Market 3.3.11

androidpolice.com/2011/11/01/download-android-market-3-3-11-adds-new-settings-default-auto-update-update-over-wi-fi-only-shortcuts-and-more/
Can't post the link, sorry!
link: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...te-update-over-wi-fi-only-shortcuts-and-more/
Installed this earlier today. Seems to be working good so far. I like the Auto update option over wifi setting. It also seems to be more responsive than the 3.2 that I have been using.
Sweet, my biggest annoyance with the market was how I could only chose between auto-updating and possibly wasting my data plan (minor I know but I don't NEED the facebook update instantly) and having to manually do it. Love how MIUI has the option.
PacerguyDon said:
Installed this earlier today. Seems to be working good so far. I like the Auto update option over wifi setting. It also seems to be more responsive than the 3.2 that I have been using.
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mine is working good to on MIUI I wonder how much earlier did we actually get this update from other people who will get it from their carriers?
After installing this, I started getting "popup" ads in my status bar. After uninstalling they went away.
Did I miss a setting or something? Lookout scan shows no threat, but I can only assume it was this market given the evidence...
can someone enlighten me on how to install this blasted thing?
chattguy said:
can someone enlighten me on how to install this blasted thing?
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You should be able to navigate to it in a file explorer (like rootexplorer) and just click on it to install.
Yeah I figured it out. Search-fu is lazy today lol.
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New Rom Miui V5 HELP

After install rom manager not working. Uninstalled and reinstalled now working.
New problem miui V5 install and gapps
susieq29 said:
After install rom manager not working. Uninstalled and reinstalled now working.
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Also how do you add another email account?
U don't make any scene dude. U need to explain better
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Adding email accounts
Esteway.619 said:
U don't make any scene dude. U need to explain better
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I want to add a hotmail email account?
Also location services not working on map. When I press navigation "waiting for location" appears. It seems to be taking a long time. It works after a few minutes. I went into maps found my location as you said. Anyway to make location work faster.
Also at the top right hand side of my phone the sync arrows are there? What does that mean.
Also I do not see a browser that installed. I thought Chrome would be on the device. Don't see it?
Thanks for the fast response.
For the browser why won't u just download chrome from the play store? Location works but it is slow. U need to remember miui or any custom ROM for that matter are all work in progress and should not be taken as a perfect working ROM. There should be a tab on the email app that should let u add another email.
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Esteway.619 said:
For the browser why won't u just download chrome from the play store? Location works but it is slow. U need to remember miui or any custom ROM for that matter are all work in progress and should not be taken as a perfect working ROM. There should be a tab on the email app that should let u add another email.
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I could not find email app? I downloaded a new one and it's working.
Thanks
So far so good. Everything is working fine. I am always a little nervous when doing updates on Rom's. So thanks for putting up with my questions.
Thanks for continuing to update this phone. I love it and don't want to start with a new one yet.
Two arrows at top
susieq29 said:
I could not find email app? I downloaded a new one and it's working.
Thanks
So far so good. Everything is working fine. I am always a little nervous when doing updates on Rom's. So thanks for putting up with my questions.
Thanks for continuing to update this phone. I love it and don't want to start with a new one yet.
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What are the two sync arrows at the top of the screen. Can I get rid of this
It was syncing continuously. Went to toggle screen saw syncing turning. Pressed it and auto sync appeared the symbol disappeared from top of screen. Just letting you know in case anyone else has this problem.
Thanks again
susieq29 said:
What are the two sync arrows at the top of the screen. Can I get rid of this
It was syncing continuously. Went to toggle screen saw syncing turning. Pressed it and auto sync appeared the symbol disappeared from top of screen. Just letting you know in case anyone else has this problem.
Thanks again
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Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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Esteway.619 said:
Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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Gallery
Esteway.619 said:
Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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I have two gallery apps on my computer. One is Google which plays slide shows etc
One is the Miui Gallery Apk. which does not work.
Can I delete the Miui Gallery Apk using root explorer and safely loose anything?
network services not on?
When I open Google search I get message location services not on. I turned everyone of the location services I can find. My maps are working.
Everything seems to be working. Except that annoying message? I tried putting the network apk. System apps. I got message skip or cancel. I choose skip. Then I tried again and choose overwrite that failed?

Phone app won't wake screen!!!!

This is driving me crazy!!!
When my phone is off sitting on a table and it rings, the screen does not come on. Just sound. I thought it was the theme, so I removed it from the dialer app and that didnt help. I removed the update in the Playstore and the screen comes on again when it rings. I removed auto update for the app, but what could be the reason the updated app isn't working for me?
Stock dialer or a custom app from app store?
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EVOme said:
This is driving me crazy!!!
When my phone is off sitting on a table and it rings, the screen does not come on. Just sound. I thought it was the theme, so I removed it from the dialer app and that didnt help. I removed the update in the Playstore and the screen comes on again when it rings. I removed auto update for the app, but what could be the reason the updated app isn't working for me?
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Your issue has been reported by several others as well. They are doing the same thing you are to make it work. Would recommend you log complaint on play store under the phone app and see what happens. I truly think Google does this to jack with the themeers!
amyf27 said:
Stock dialer or a custom app from app store?
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Stock, but I can't take it anymore, so I removed the update and installed Simpler dialer. I can't even disable the stock dialer or the screen won't come on. It's just been removed as default at this point.
I just read reviews for the app and tons of people are reporting it. What a joke!!!
EVOme said:
I just read reviews for the app and tons of people are reporting it. What a joke!!!
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I don't know if this will help or not, but a couple weeks or so ago, the Google phone app was giving me trouble with themeing. It was due to the fact that the theme was actually ahead of the Google update(go figure). So another user figured it out and linked me to the phone app on apk mirror. So I uninstalled the phone app, downloaded the apk mirror version from December 14th, installed it, and it worked great with my theme. What's more is that even after the update from Google, I'm not having the issue that you are, or many others for that matter. Here's the link if you want to give it a go. Can't promise anything, but what the heck :good:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-phone-15-0-178841333-3-android-apk-download/
Badger50 said:
I don't know if this will help or not, but a couple weeks or so ago, the Google phone app was giving me trouble with themeing. It was due to the fact that the theme was actually ahead of the Google update(go figure). So another user figured it out and linked me to the phone app on apk mirror. So I uninstalled the phone app, downloaded the apk mirror version from December 14th, installed it, and it worked great with my theme. What's more is that even after the update from Google, I'm not having the issue that you are, or many others for that matter. Here's the link if you want to give it a go. Can't promise anything, but what the heck :good:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-phone-15-0-178841333-3-android-apk-download/
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Thanks for that. The dev of the theme I am using replied to me because his theme was not working on the phone app. He told me I needed to install this version
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-15-0-179075669-release/
I installed it and applied the theme and it worked. Since the latest update, it doesn't. The version you posted is different than the one he did. I'm half tempted to try it, but at this point I have all the updates off the phone app and using a different dialer and it's working.
Also, how are you uninstalling the stock phone app...all I can do is uninstall the updates and disable.?
EVOme said:
Thanks for that. The dev of the theme I am using replied to me because his theme was not working on the phone app. He told me I needed to install this version
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-15-0-179075669-release/
I installed it and applied the theme and it worked. Since the latest update, it doesn't. The version you posted is different than the one he did. I'm half tempted to try it, but at this point I have all the updates off the phone app and using a different dialer and it's working.
Also, how are you uninstalling the stock phone app...all I can do is uninstall the updates and disable.?
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I uninstalled it using my root explorer. I just delete the apk, reboot, and gone. Have to be rooted though. If nothing else, just install the apk, then if you wind up with 2 phone apps, just disable or freeze the bad one. Or, just do what your currently doing. The updates aren't that big a deal anyways :good:
Badger50 said:
I uninstalled it using my root explorer. I just delete the apk, reboot, and gone. Have to be rooted though. If nothing else, just install the apk, then if you wind up with 2 phone apps, just disable or freeze the bad one. Or, just do what your currently doing. The updates aren't that big a deal anyways :good:
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Figured it was a root thing. I can't root my phone due to work email MDM detecting it and harassing me. Going to try your suggestion. Much appreciated
EVOme said:
Figured it was a root thing. I can't root my phone due to work email MDM detecting it and harassing me. Going to try your suggestion. Much appreciated
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Bummer man. Best of luck to ya :good:
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Bummer man. Best of luck to ya :good:
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Just tried it. Once I apply theme, phone won't light up. Deleted 3rd party dialer, removed theme from dialer you provided. Now I'm using the Google dialer you gave me in stock white blinding form. A bit pissed...
I have the same issue. In my case I have a gear s3, and if I disconnect the bluetooth, when the call is coming the screen turn up normally, but if the gear is connected, the screen stays black..Additional, when you take a call or do a call, the sound automatically is route to the bluetooth device, I have to habilitate the sound in the phone manually. I think it was with the January update or the phone app last update, because other people have the same issue in their android devices. The solution for now is go to Play Store, search Phone app for Google, uninstall the updates, then go to settings in the phone - Apps - Phone, and clear the cache and data, force stop of the app. The phone app come back to another version (12.1...) which doesn't have this issue, after that the calls working normally. I hope for a fix from Google...

Still Don't Have New Android Messages Material Design?

I still don't have the new updated white look for Android Messages. I still have the one with the blue at top. Anything I can do to get the update?
acheney1990 said:
I still don't have the new updated white look for Android Messages. I still have the one with the blue at top. Anything I can do to get the update?
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Apk mirror.
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Apk mirror.
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Is it that simple, I thought it was a server side change?
acheney1990 said:
Is it that simple, I thought it was a server side change?
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Apk mirror generally has updated apps out before google does.
acheney1990 said:
Is it that simple, I thought it was a server side change?
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Not sure if it's out yet, I haven't seen anything about that. I know XDA had a write up on how to enable it but if it was killed from memory it went back to the old way
You can obviously do the APK method but then you won't get updates from Play store for your Android messages App
dieselhazza said:
You can obviously do the APK method but then you won't get updates from Play store for your Android messages App
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Is that so? APK Mirror say you will?
I don't think anyone has it enabled and downloading the latest from APK isn't going to help:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-messages-enable-material-redesign/
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I use APK mirror all the time for updates and still get Play Store updates afterwards.
dieselhazza said:
You can obviously do the APK method but then you won't get updates from Play store for your Android messages App
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dieselhazza said:
You can obviously do the APK method but then you won't get updates from Play store for your Android messages App
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No you will still get Playstore updates as long as they are a newer version then the one you sideloaded.
This is available now. You can get it from APK mirror
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/messenger-google-inc/messenger-google-inc-3-5-048-release/
The APK method does work and will get updates - it's the same APK you'd get from the play store.
Once installed, force-close the app and you should have the new interface next time you open it.
Detailed info here:
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-adds-new-material-ui-dark-mode-apk-download/
Messager update rolling out here
acheney1990 said:
I still don't have the new updated white look for Android Messages. I still have the one with the blue at top. Anything I can do to get the update?
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Force stopping the app and opening it again worked for me
This is awesome! Now just for Gmail. I can't stand the stupid 5 year old kid crayon colors Google's been using... BUT, what the hell happened to the widget??? Mine disappeared, and there is no widget to select now either... This is NOT okay.
The dark mode option is such a tease. System wide dark mode please!
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I can assume this is the correct APK for the Pixel 2 XL?
Yeah it's the right one.. Also, if you use messages on the web, it matches!
Soooo, I changed my wallpaper, and now the new look is gone. Seriously. I've force closed, cleared cache, rebooted, nothing will bring it back. What. The. Eff... Maybe it wasn't turned on correctly on the server side with this update? Anyone else have this problem? I really miss it, but I went back one version and have my widget back. Not sure which I want more...
I installed the apk from apkmirror, forced closed and it was there, for 2 days..... It has since reverted back to the old layout with no dark mode option. Anyone else?
UPDATE: Just found my answer on another thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/android-messages-dark-mode-t3830570
mademan420 said:
I installed the apk from apkmirror, forced closed and it was there, for 2 days..... It has since reverted back to the old layout with no dark mode option. Anyone else?
UPDATE: Just found my answer on another thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/android-messages-dark-mode-t3830570
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Same here as well. The new material design simply disappeared and reverted back to the previous layout

Question Favorites Flashing when opening Phone App

Since the latest update, when I open the phone app for the first time (or after it shuts down from timeout), a few of my favorites seem to "flash". If this doesn't make sense, I'll try to post attach a video later tonight. Can anyone tell me why this is and how to disable it?
Instructions to reproduce: Click favorites on phone app so it is first to display on reopening. Force close phone app. Open phone app.
So, after playing with this more, I found out that this only happens when I'm signed in to my Duo account. The contacts that flash don't seem to coincide with those who have Duo access, especially since one of the accounts that flash is a landline only account.
So far, I haven't been able to find a fix or a way to disable this. It is super annoying when I'm used to just opening the phone app and clicking on a favorite, only to have it fail because the favorite flashed and didn't capture the touch input.
I agree this is due to Duo....havent looked into it, but yeah its a bit annoying IMHO too!
Seems to be solved in the latest update of the dialer app (I received it this morning): 76.0.431816759
foobar66 said:
Seems to be solved in the latest update of the dialer app (I received it this morning): 76.0.431816759
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Nice, still happening on the beta version (77.0.432472356-publicbeta-pixel2021)
DanielF50 said:
Nice, still happening on the beta version (77.0.432472356-publicbeta-pixel2021)
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Can confirm. Beta here as well.
This is very annoying.
Full stock pixel 6 pro, no updates since Feb.
foobar66 said:
Seems to be solved in the latest update of the dialer app (I received it this morning): 76.0.431816759
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Not fixed here. Same app version as yours.

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