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Hi.
I've flashed ILT41F Google official images to my Galaxy Nexus. After initial boot, without Google Account authentication, I've noticed Books and Videos apps in the app drawer. Unfortunately, after 5 seconds they were gone. Literally. Not even in the Applications Manager, under All Apps. Do some of you actually have those apps, or all of you don't ? Has somebody seen this behavior ?
lambda30 said:
Hi.
I've flashed ILT41F Google official images to my Galaxy Nexus. After initial boot, without Google Account authentication, I've noticed Books and Videos apps in the app drawer. Unfortunately, after 5 seconds they were gone. Literally. Not even in the Applications Manager, under All Apps. Do some of you actually have those apps, or all of you don't ? Has somebody seen this behavior ?
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Both mine are there. I also flashed from the google factory images.
Luxferro said:
Both mine are there. I also flashed from the google factory images.
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Thanks for the input. Then this may have something to do with Market locale. Awaiting further input for international users.
They should be downloadable from the Market if you don't have them.
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Chrono_Tata said:
They should be downloadable from the Market if you don't have them.
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Not really. They're location dependent, like I said. Don't you think that I've tried that before posting ?
lambda30 said:
Not really. They're location dependent, like I said. Don't you think that I've tried that before posting ?
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I don't have my phone handy at the moment, but do these apps come as system apps in google's ILT41F factory images? If not, get the .apk's from someone and push them into /system/app/ if your rooted. Then they can't uninstall (at least that is my guess).
Luxferro said:
I don't have my phone handy at the moment, but do these apps come as system apps in google's ILT41F factory images? If not, get the .apk's from someone and push them into /system/app/ if your rooted. Then they can't uninstall (at least that is my guess).
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I haven't checked if they come as system apps in official factory images. I don't necessarily need them, I just wanted to know what the heck happened to them when they disappeared, because it is strange.
I'm currently in the stage of verifying what's wrong or not with my installation, so that's how I came across this problem.
u r not the only one...i noticed the same thing....as such, i dug deeper in using root explorer and found that the apk is still inside system/apps/
so apparently, there's some technical mumbo jumbo in there that restricts non-US users to see...let alone access this apps....
if you try to side load the apk, it will actually prompt for overwrite, rather than install, suggesting the apps exists and is installed, just not visible...(even to titanium backup apparently)..
somebody with more technical knowledge than myself needs to investigate this...,
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actually. i think the apps are 'freezed'....due to locations.
if u r rooted, u can use titanium backup to 'defroze' it..that's what i did.
lordlad said:
actually. i think the apps are 'freezed'....due to locations.
if u r rooted, u can use titanium backup to 'defroze' it..that's what i did.
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What is freeze/defreeze ? Could you elaborate on that please ?
My galaxy S2 was working fine. I used google play a couple of days ago without any problem and today when I tried to update my app systemPanel from google play (or any other app), I got the error (there was no change to my S2. I'm running stock 4.0.4, rooted):
Update for 'systemPanel app/Task Manager' could not be downloaded due to
an error. (error retrieving info from server [RPC:S-5:AEC-0])
what exactly does it mean?
I already tried everything below without success:
- clear data/cache of google play/google framework. This made it worse as when I started google play it said "no connection- retry". I had to restore app+data from titanium backup.
- clear data/cache 'download manager'
- uninstall updates for google play
- I have also deleted then added back my gmail account and it did not help.
I couldn't install any app either. I got the same error when I tried to install any app from Google play store.
I'd appreciate any help you can give.
Thank you.
please? Anybody? I'm desperate as I couldn't do anything. I couldn't access all my paid apps or free apps.
I was able to search google play just fine. I just couldn't download anything.
Please help. Thank you!
Personally, I'd take this as a good time to update to jelly bean. And your problem will surely be gone as well.
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kj2112 said:
Personally, I'd take this as a good time to update to jelly bean. And your problem will surely be gone as well.
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Found a google support phone for the Google Play Store and talk to a support person. Google must hire the minimum wage workers to work the phones. She basically just acknowledged that yes, there was a problem. No, we don't have a fix. Sorry. That was it. It was a waste of time even to talk to them.
Thanks for the reply. What do I need to do to update to JB? I think I froze the update process a while ago as I didn't want to update to JB. I have to find out what did I freeze.
Also, if worse comes to worst, what's a good alternate app site I can use that I don't need to rely on google play store as I can't access it anymore?
I'm sure my money is good everywhere, since google doesn't seem to care or need my money
A paid app costs the same everywhere else, I assume.
Most other app store apps lead you back to playstore to install. LOL
To upgrade to jelly bean you just need to choose a rom that sounds like something you'd like, then follow the install instructions to the letter.
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2 tips....you'll need to likely flash the newest T-Mobile or Telus radio....they are the only 2 that will work...before you flash rom. And make sure you're cmw or twrp are current.
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When you removed your Google account and readded it, did you reboot your phone before readding it? If you don't reboot, nothing will happen. (So try removing the account, restarting, then sign back in once it starts up again.)
As kj said, most alternate app stores just redirect through Google, lol, but there are a few alternatives if it's fubar'd. Appbrain is the first that comes to my mind, I haven't used it in a few years but it didn't redirect, it was its own server. And just to specify, its uvmc6 or tlmc4 that you will need if you want to update.
App brain does redirect now. LOL
There was one I've tried that doesn't, but don't remember the name. Plus it only has a fraction of what's on play store, and a lot that aren't allowed on play store.....in otherwords, possibly harmful.
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I like app brain tho....it sorts apps in ways you can't do on play store.
I find sometimes app brain widels down the memory and crashes.
Still a useful app tho. But it takes you to play store to install.
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Psiryu said:
When you removed your Google account and readded it, did you reboot your phone before readding it? If you don't reboot, nothing will happen. (So try removing the account, restarting, then sign back in once it starts up again.)
As kj said, most alternate app stores just redirect through Google, lol, but there are a few alternatives if it's fubar'd. Appbrain is the first that comes to my mind, I haven't used it in a few years but it didn't redirect, it was its own server. And just to specify, its uvmc6 or tlmc4 that you will need if you want to update.
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Yes, I did. If I didn't reboot, adding account wouldn't stick (the added account wouldn't show up).
I looked at appbrain and in order to use it, I have to go to google play store to download and install 'appbrain'. Man, how *brilliant* is that?
There is no other way to install appbrain!
It seems that once anybody got this [RPC:S-5:AEC-0] error, there is no fix... and therefore screwed...
and nobody ever knows why it happened (Google itself doesn't even know why).
I haven't gone to the extreme of doing a factory reset yet and I wonder if that will work?
When I go to Google Play on my PC, under settings->device, I saw that my S2 is not there anymore.
I don't know why it was gone and there is no way to add it back except by connecting to
Google play store from the device
Just reflash stock, or a rom....whatever you want and unless its some issue with your Google account, problem will be solved.
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http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-2012/743895-cant-download-google-play-error-rpc-s-5-aec-0-a.html
Here's a posted solution online, just in case you're still having the issues, or if anybody else gets it.
Thanks for the reply. I already tried that too and it didn't work...
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Hello,
I have had the ZVD update (not installed yet) notificaton on my phone for about a week now and I have no plans on updating my phone to ZVD at this time so I would like to know how to remove / disable the "System Update Downloaded Touch to install" notification from the notification bar so I do not accidentally touch it and install it by mistake.
While I am at it, I would like to disable all future updates at the same time so it would be nice to know which app controls the downloading of these updates and freeze it so I don't have to be bothered with these notifications in the future as well.
TIA,
MTCell
mtcellph said:
Hello,
I have had the ZVD update (not installed yet) notificaton on my phone for about a week now and I have no plans on updating my phone to ZVD at this time so I would like to know how to remove / disable the "System Update Downloaded Touch to install" notification from the notification bar so I do not accidentally touch it and install it by mistake.
While I am at it, I would like to disable all future updates at the same time so it would be nice to know which app controls the downloading of these updates and freeze it so I don't have to be bothered with these notifications in the future as well.
TIA,
MTCell
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Hello, what I did was drop down the notification panel, and touch and hold the update notification, it took me to Google Services Framework, I unchecked "show notifications", and it removed the update from the notifications,[emoji4][emoji4] Try that.[emoji4][emoji106]
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TechGirl90 said:
Hello, what I did was drop down the notification panel, and touch and hold the update notification, it took me to Google Services Framework, I unchecked "show notifications", and it removed the update from the notifications,[emoji4][emoji4] Try that.[emoji4][emoji106]
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For me it takes me to Google Play Services. Is this the same thing as the Google Services Framework ?
Also, is there not an app that I can freeze that will stop the updates from downloading in the first place. I am happy with ZVC and I have no intentions of taking future updates unless they fix some large security hole in the system so if I can just disable / freeze an app to stop the updates from downloading in the first place I would prefer that.
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For me it takes me to Google Play Services. Is this the same thing as the Google Services Framework ?
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Oh, I'm sorry, my mistake, not exactly the same, (correct me anyone who reads this thread) I think the Google Play Services is where you receive updates from the Google Playstore, where as the Google Services Framework, you receive updates for the Android Operating System.[emoji4] you can uncheck "show notifications" in Google Play Services.[emoji4], sorry about that.
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TechGirl90 said:
Oh, I'm sorry, my mistake, not exactly the same, (correct me anyone who reads this thread) I think the Google Play Services is where you receive updates from the Google Playstore, where as the Google Services Framework, you receive updates for the Android Operating System.[emoji4] you can uncheck "show notifications" in Google Play Services.[emoji4], sorry about that.
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Ok, now I am more confused. Why would system updates be handled by 2 different apps on the same phone. For yours, it's Google Services Framework and for mine it's Google Play Services?
Also, as you said Google Play Services seems to be apart of the app store so if I disable that, would that not also stop other notifications (that I want to receive) from being shown. Again, I am more confused now than I was when I first asked this question.
Basically, all I really want to do is delete the currently downloaded (but not yet installed) update from my phone and then freeze the app that is responsible for downloading / checking for updates in the first place so I am never bothered by this problem again. Surely this is possible right ?
mtcellph said:
Ok, now I am more confused. Why would system updates be handled by 2 different apps on the same phone. For yours, it's Google Services Framework and for mine it's Google Play Services?
Also, as you said Google Play Services seems to be apart of the app store so if I disable that, would that not also stop other notifications (that I want to receive) from being shown. Again, I am more confused now than I was when I first asked this question.
Basically, all I really want to do is delete the currently downloaded (but not yet installed) update from my phone and then freeze the app that is responsible for downloading / checking for updates in the first place so I am never bothered by this problem again. Surely this is possible right ?
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OK, try this link to disable ota update.[emoji4]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30787965
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY, good luck.[emoji4][emoji106]
YOU MUST BE ROOTED
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TechGirl90 said:
OK, try this link to disable ota update.[emoji4]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30787965
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY, good luck.[emoji4][emoji106]
YOU MUST BE ROOTED
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I have seen threads like these on the fourms before I made this post and they were not for the Sprint LG G2 so I dismissed them as I do not want to mess anything up. Again, I would like to ask about freezing the app responsible for the updates and freeze it. I have also included a small video that shows that the system update take me to Google Play Services and not Google Services Framework like it does on your phone. Why would that happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGrdUKoBK0
mtcellph said:
I have seen threads like these on the fourms before I made this post and they were not for the Sprint LG G2 so I dismissed them as I do not want to mess anything up. Again, I would like to ask about freezing the app responsible for the updates and freeze it. I have also included a small video that shows that the system update take me to Google Play Services and not Google Services Framework like it does on your phone. Why would that happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGrdUKoBK0
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The process responsible for the ota update is the Google Play Services, I apologize for the confusion, it was the Google Play Services, not the Framework Services, but you can't dismiss them, you can however disable the Google Play Services and uncheck the "show notifications" from the update trying to proceed to install itself.[emoji4]
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TechGirl90 said:
The process responsible for the ota update is the Google Play Services, I apologize for the confusion, it was the Google Play Services, not the Framework Services, but you can't dismiss them, you can however disable the Google Play Services and uncheck the "show notifications" from the update trying to proceed to install itself.[emoji4]
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Thanks again for the replies, but as I said if I disable the Google Play Services Notifications I would also lose the ability to get ANY notifications from the Play Store even for apps that I want to be notified about. So you are saying this is the only way to stop the notification and what about freezing future updates from downloading, this not possible either ?
Again, I appreciate the reply, but it seems like I am either stuck with the notification forever if I want to have any notifications from the play store at all or disable it and lose all notifications from the play store for all apps and there is no way to disable to the downloading of future apps on this phone.
mtcellph said:
Thanks again for the replies, but as I said if I disable the Google Play Services Notifications I would also lose the ability to get ANY notifications from the Play Store even for apps that I want to be notified about. So you are saying this is the only way to stop the notification and what about freezing future updates from downloading, this not possible either ?
Again, I appreciate the reply, but it seems like I am either stuck with the notification forever if I want to have any notifications from the play store at all or disable it and lose all notifications from the play store for all apps and there is no way to disable to the downloading of future apps on this phone.
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Yeah, that's the tradeoff in not receiving updates about products from the Play store when you disable notifications in the Google Play Services, this isn't the only way, there are other ways, but it requires root access of your device, I've read a thread somewhere concerning disabling OTA Updates, I'll find that thread for you as soon as I can.[emoji4]
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mtcellph said:
Thanks again for the replies, but as I said if I disable the Google Play Services Notifications I would also lose the ability to get ANY notifications from the Play Store even for apps that I want to be notified about. So you are saying this is the only way to stop the notification and what about freezing future updates from downloading, this not possible either ?
Again, I appreciate the reply, but it seems like I am either stuck with the notification forever if I want to have any notifications from the play store at all or disable it and lose all notifications from the play store for all apps and there is no way to disable to the downloading of future apps on this phone.
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Open the dialer on your G2, put in this code 3845#*980#, a hidden menu should pop up, scroll WLAN Test, select the OTA Option, next you change the value to off, and you're done[emoji4]
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TechGirl90 said:
Yeah, that's the tradeoff in not receiving updates about products from the Play store when you disable notifications in the Google Play Services, this isn't the only way, there are other ways, but it requires root access of your device, I've read a thread somewhere concerning disabling OTA Updates, I'll find that thread for you as soon as I can.[emoji4]
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Open the dialer on your G2, put in this code 3845#*980#, a hidden menu should pop up, scroll WLAN Test, select the OTA Option, next you change the value to off, and you're done[emoji4]
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I have root access, I apologize for not mentioning it in the OP and dialing that code on my phone just places a call to #3845 so that's a no go either. I used the code 5689#*980# which did show the hidden menu, but there was no WLAN Test option. I think we have 2 different phones or atleast 2 different carriers. Maybe it's the fact that you have a custom rom on your phone, but alot of the things you refer to are different on the stock rooted version of the Sprint LG G2 running ZVC.
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I have root access, I apologize for not mentioning it in the OP and dialing that code on my phone just places a call to #3845 so that's a no go either.
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It's ok, [emoji4] try putting in this code in the dialer app 5689#*980#
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mtcellph said:
I have root access, I apologize for not mentioning it in the OP and dialing that code on my phone just places a call to #3845 so that's a no go either. I used the code 5689#*980# which did show the hidden menu, but there was no WLAN Test option. I think we have 2 different phones or atleast 2 different carriers. Maybe it's the fact that you have a custom rom on your phone, but alot of the things you refer to are different on the stock rooted version of the Sprint LG G2 running ZVC.
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Yes, it's true that I do have a custom ROM on top of the Sprint LG G2 ROM(you saw my signature LOL), I'm still on ZVC because I ignored the ZVD Update notification and installed CyanogenMod 11 M9 Snapshot on my device and it didn't bother me again, now when I go to updates, it doesn't show up anymore.[emoji4][emoji106]
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mtcellph said:
I have root access, I apologize for not mentioning it in the OP and dialing that code on my phone just places a call to #3845 so that's a no go either. I used the code 5689#*980# which did show the hidden menu, but there was no WLAN Test option. I think we have 2 different phones or atleast 2 different carriers. Maybe it's the fact that you have a custom rom on your phone, but alot of the things you refer to are different on the stock rooted version of the Sprint LG G2 running ZVC.
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I'm sorry that this problem still exist for you, I wish there was a way this problem can be fixed for you, and I'm also sorry for confusing you earlier.[emoji20]
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TechGirl90 said:
It's ok, [emoji4] try putting in this code in the dialer app 5689#*980#
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Yes, it's true that I do have a custom ROM on top of the Sprint LG G2 ROM(you saw my signature LOL), I'm still on ZVC because I ignored the ZVD Update notification and installed CyanogenMod 11 M9 Snapshot on my device and it didn't bother me again, now when I go to updates, it doesn't show up anymore.[emoji4][emoji106]
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I'm sorry that this problem still exist for you, I wish there was a way this problem can be fixed for you, and I'm also sorry for confusing you earlier.[emoji20]
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No need to apologize I appreciate your assistance. I will keep looking on my own for a solution and if anyone else knows how to remove the notification and disable future updates on the stock rooted LG G2 from sprint, please let me know.
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No need to apologize I appreciate your assistance. I will keep looking on my own for a solution and if anyone else knows how to remove the notification and disable future updates on the stock rooted LG G2 from sprint, please let me know.
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Ok.[emoji4]
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Issue started this week after HBO updated (Mar 8, 2017) the app.
It plays the 8 second HBO ad/ratings clip but it does not play the main video. I just get 3 blue dots at the bottom of screen rotating
HBOGO does work on 3 different Fire TV 1 units (rooted) and PCs
Here is what I've tried in order they were tried
Soft and hard reboot of the unit
Cleared data & cache
uninstalled and reinstalled HBOgo
Factory Reset using TWRP
Reflashed 5.2.4.0 Rom
Tried "Hide My Root" (https://goo.gl/brVjro)
having the same problem
krawhitham said:
Issue started this week after HBO updated (Mar 8, 2017) the app.
It plays the 8 second HBO ad/ratings clip but it does not play the main video. I just get 3 blue dots at the bottom of screen rotating
HBOGO does work on 3 different Fire TV 1 units (rooted) and PCs
Here is what I've tried in order they were tried
Soft and hard reboot of the unit
Cleared data & cache
uninstalled and reinstalled HBOgo
Factory Reset using TWRP
Reflashed 5.2.4.0 Rom
Tried "Hide My Root" (https://goo.gl/brVjro)
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having the same problem
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Are your guys blocking some addresses thru OpenDNS or router ?
Some are reporting that they can not update/install some Apps with list blocking. You can try to see if that is the case after using both Method 5 & Method 1 on the update blocking guide.
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-block-software-updates-on-the-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick/
Or it could be that HBO updated their app or their servers to check for root in a different way that the old Hide my Root can't bypass. I know the ATT Uverse app was already doing that.
Not blocking anything on my end. Running the pre-rooted 5.2.4 image.
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HBO GO works fine on my rooted phone, btw, no need to hide anything. One thing I noticed is that if i got into HBO's settings on the firetv, it seems to think I am on 5.1.1.
I think i am going to try sideloading the regular google apk and/or the older version of it that worked fine prior to this "update"
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well neither of the current (9.2.0.4) apks (leanback or regular) I downloaded worked.
But, the 9.1.0.11 leanback apk is working like a charm.
Honestly this is the kind of **** that really pisses me off. I have legal access to a crapton of content. I have a cable sub with a couple of premium channels, hulu, netflix, and a Prime account.
But I end up using Kodi most of the time because I like having it all in ONE EASY TO NAVIGATE yet feature rich app that actually keeps track of all the shows across all the services. Plus it's far easier for the wife to use than ping ponging around across disparate applications. I swear to god, if content providers could ever get their **** together to unify and simplify services they would stop piracy. Is it even piracy if you have legal access to it, are paying for it, but you just despise the way they want to make you watch it on their broken ****?
/endrant
Same Issue
Did anyone figure out a workaround outside of installing the leanback edition?
I'm having the same issue, but the newest version of the app just crashes and gives a service error. Updating to the latest Fire TV firmware did not change anything. The info section of the app still reads 5.1.1 when it comes to firmware, which is strange.
I guess a better question is: does the app work for anyone who is rooted? If so it must be something those of us who are having problems did, in which case a factory reset might be in order.
this is interesting. I haven't used the hbogo app since game of thrones concluded. I'll check my rooted ftv2 when i get home later tonight to see.
Seph25 said:
Did anyone figure out a workaround outside of installing the leanback edition?
I'm having the same issue, but the newest version of the app just crashes and gives a service error. Updating to the latest Fire TV firmware did not change anything. The info section of the app still reads 5.1.1 when it comes to firmware, which is strange.
I guess a better question is: does the app work for anyone who is rooted? If so it must be something those of us who are having problems did, in which case a factory reset might be in order.
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well, I did figure out why it says 5.1.1. It's because that's the version of Android that the current firetv os is based on.
That's right, still on goddam lollipop. This might be the problem right here.
In any case, the new april update changed nothing, and neither did the new rbox 5.2.4.1 image.
I still don't think it's root, because hbogo works just fine on my rooted nexus 7 and on my rooted vs985.
hbo go app on amazon store has a ton of people saying it broke after the march update, so it's not just us.
If I'm feeling motivated I may try to grab a logcat and see if i can work it out, but as it's working with the pre-march leanback apk I'm not in a rush.
It's been a minute since this thread was active, but thought I'd post a logcat I finally got around to grabbing.
the meat of the thing is toward the end, but i included the whole logcat in case I missed something
I'm not terribly good with logcats, but it looks like a drminfo error, starting with :
W/mediaErrorLogger( 202): MediaError:MMSW_Metrics5.2.4.2:com.HBO.DRM_CANNOT_HANDLE=-2006 from DECRYPT
E/MediaCodec(16612): queueCSDInputBuffer failed w/ error -2006
E/ExoPlayerImplInternal(16612): Internal runtime error.
E/ExoPlayerImplInternal(16612): android.media.MediaCodec$CryptoException: Unknown Error
Thought I'd post it here in case anyone wants to poke at it
I use HBO NOW which stopped working a few weeks ago. Did a lot of clearing, uninstalling, etc. The problem was that the newer versions of NOW no longer worked. My fix, thanks to one of the nice people here was:
1. Block Updates in Application > Settings
2. Download the FTV Apps in Themes section at the bottom of the forum.
3. Unzip it.
4. Sideload the HBO app you need. For me NOW. For you GO.
Anyway, that worked for me. My thinking is that HBO doesn't like my Root, Xposed, or something else.
Maybe time to move on to some sort of generic streamer that lets me live free.
Unfortunately that didn't work for me on HBO GO. I downloaded HBO_GO_v9.2.0.4.apk from the pack and although it doesn't give an error message, it simply doesn't play.
In all honesty, I have no idea why I'm keeping root anyways (other than the "fun" of rooting something).
LakersFan_73 said:
Unfortunately that didn't work for me on HBO GO. I downloaded HBO_GO_v9.2.0.4.apk from the pack and although it doesn't give an error message, it simply doesn't play.
In all honesty, I have no idea why I'm keeping root anyways (other than the "fun" of rooting something).
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I too was having this problem and FINALLY found out the problem as actually my prerooted image from rbox.
He has since released a fixed prerooted image, hopefully this is also the same issue you're having?
Link to the post with updated prerooted firmware from rbox
rbox said:
July 27, 2017 - 5.2.4.2_r2 (md5sum: a96e73478cdbe8659f6758a5d27b4738
This includes updated firmware to fix Hulu and HBO.
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Yes, it fixed it. Sorry I should have updated my post.
HBO GO account
Never mind
xmxmxm said:
anybody know how to access the data on fire tv? I want to retrieve my old hbo go log-in information.
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Please don't post in multiple places
I already answered you
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fi...re-tv-copy-t3810493/post76947862#post76947862
Hello, so recently I've been dealing with pop up ads on my phone. I factory reset the phone and they were gone, but now it's having ads again when I don't even have an app open. I've tried virus scanners and nothing detected. Is there a way to figure out what file is causing this?
Thank you!
I had that same issue last week. Are they popping up though chrome or firefox? It was a rogue app on my part but for you it looks like its something else. Since you already factory reset the phone, you might as well download the latest build and "flash-all". After that you should not have any problems as it completely wipes the device.
If you goto your battery settings does it show an app that may be causing ads?
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Did you try lookout or eset virus scanner?
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equlizer said:
I had that same issue last week. Are they popping up though chrome or firefox? It was a rogue app on my part but for you it looks like its something else. Since you already factory reset the phone, you might as well download the latest build and "flash-all". After that you should not have any problems as it completely wipes the device.
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So it pops up randomly not just using chrome. A few minutes ago I was in the middle of a Clash Royale Game and an add popped up. I recently downloaded a QR reader from the play store and I think that's when it started again.
I deleted the app, but it's been still going on. That's why I went to use the anti virus/malware apps, but they found nothing.
Is there anyway to fix or find what is doing it without factory resetting?
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If you goto your battery settings does it show an app that may be causing ads?
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Did you try lookout or eset virus scanner?
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No, nothing shows up on my battery setting.
check the root directory for any strange folders that should not belong there and delete those. I had some that were like 5489399fgjjll and crap. Those are a sure sign there is malware on your phone
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check the root directory for any strange folders that should not belong there and delete those. I had some that were like 5489399fgjjll and crap. Those are a sure sign there is malware on your phone
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Aww dang, alright. Thanks.
Is the root directory the android->data folder?
adriel161 said:
Aww dang, alright. Thanks.
Is the root directory the android->data folder?
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No it would be back one more step but I would look there also
But you are going to need root to view that part
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tX5wQ6tlUqev76j03
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Did you ever get an answer? My husband is having this same issue and we cannot figure out what is causing it? Thanks!
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adriel161 said:
Aww dang, alright. Thanks.
Is the root directory the android->data folder?
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gjkrisa said:
No it would be back one more step but I would look there also
But you are going to need root to view that part
Can anyone tell me where I can look for these? I haven’t found where to see these folders. Thanks!
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download kaspersky and do a scan , it should clean whatever is doing that.
adriel161 said:
Hello, so recently I've been dealing with pop up ads on my phone. I factory reset the phone and they were gone, but now it's having ads again when I don't even have an app open. I've tried virus scanners and nothing detected. Is there a way to figure out what file is causing this?
Thank you!
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Did you solve this?
having the same issue with my nexus 6p
anyone solved this problem?
UPDATE:
i may have found the culprit, it's the qrcode scanner app, i may need a few hour to verify this
Just did Kaspersky and nothing found. Another $3 wasted ...
@hketola: Kapersky isn't trustworthy IMO. Try Malwarebytes instead.
If you have Adaway installed, go into the settings and check for Adaware, it'll tell you what apps and what kind of ads they push
I just had the same problem and it seemed to be caused by the app store. So I read all your efforts and then took a look in my settings and here's what I did that resolved the issues: settings < apps & notifications < advanced < Special app access < display over other apps < google play services < switch to "not allowed"
Hope this works for you.
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I just had the same problem and it seemed to be caused by the app store. So I read all your efforts and then took a look in my settings and here's what I did that resolved the issues: settings < apps & notifications < advanced < Special app access < display over other apps < google play services < switch to "not allowed"
Hope this works for you.
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I'll let you know as I've been having this issue for the last few days. Thank you!
I fixed a similar issue on a friends phone. When Ad appears, swipe up (assuming pill gesture on Android 9) and you get the recents screens. The current app (app showing ad) icon will be at top of the screen preview. Press and hold on the icon until a context menu appears and select App Info. Now you know which app is popping ads up.
Google Account Ad Personalization (Ad Settings)
The Patriot Act started all this bull****. No Privacy
It's that ****ing google ads that you can opt out of, but they force the others ads on you.
This is an invasion of privacy you pay all this money for your personal phone and they force content on you whether you like it or not.
I'm thinking about downgrading my phone and operating systems?
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Useless, politically-tinged rant.
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Trying to get past the 10 post filter aye? That's what it looks like based upon the fact you replied to a post that's been dead for six months plus.
Now I won't engage with your political rant because this isn't political. You own the hardware, but Google owns the software, especially the Google apps. The ads are Google's means of recouping development costs of Android.
Now, if you don't want ads but want to use Google apps, you install and run Blokada. It works on virtually everything, except YouTube. Or you use a version of Android that doesn't include Google apps.
If neither option appeals to you, try and find a dumbphone, because Apple is worse.