Ok so I have this installed on my phone and I have no clue what it is, never installed it nor can I find a way to uninstall it. Anyone else have it installed and if so did you find a way to delete/uninstall it?
It has the same thing in my downloads section of the market. The app doesn't show up in the app list under settings, though. It's really an annoyance and I think it is also causing the market to give me a false update notification. My boyfriend's phone does not have it installed and is not having any sort of the same issue with the market.
The only thing I think will clear it is a factory reset.
Update: I did a factory reset and before everything restored and I started using apps, it wasn't there. After I started using a few apps it was. No way to get rid of it until you reset the phone again. I don't know which app is causing it, but the few that I did open were task panel, eReader, and a word game. I removed them and reset. It has been quite a few hours after heavy use and it hasn't showed up in my downloads. I suspect one of those apps.
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this is really aggravating and many people dont even realize they have it on their phone. I have two nexus ones and its on both of them and on both phones i get the damn phantom application update notification. Has anyone figured out anything more about this? thank you
Where are you guys seeing it? I'm a pretty heavy app user, having installed/uninstalled quite a few, and haven't done any type of wipe; however, I'm not seeing what you're describing.
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I believe the the old openhome app had the class name com.google.launcher2 this is same name that google have now used for the new launcher hence the market thinks its installed... which is isn't.
Has anyone tried to install open home & then uninstall? Maybe it will get rid of both...
SilentMobius said:
I believe the the old openhome app had the class name com.google.launcher2 this is same name that google have now used for the new launcher hence the market thinks its installed... which is isn't.
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Which makes me wonder why Google would allow 3rd party developers to use com.google...
Weird. I don't have that. You guys should use atrackdog to generate an installed alp list and compare them for commonalities.
Like all issues with this phone, I don't know if I'm supposed to contact HTC, google, or T-Mobile. Sound like a software issue so I'm guessing google?
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Like all issues with this phone, I don't know if I'm supposed to contact HTC, google, or T-Mobile. Sound like a software issue so I'm guessing google?
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I am not sure why you would need to guess in this case. It is neither a hardware or a plan problem. Google is your source for a solution. This is very likely dues to a previous installation of Open Home on an older android. As to why you can not uninstall it I can not answer, but at the least I do not have it in my installed software list.
Are you rooted? If so, you could go in and delete the apk from /data/app
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Which makes me wonder why Google would allow 3rd party developers to use com.google...
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Um, because Apps aren't vetted? com.google is just a java namespace it doesn't change anything or give you magic permissions.
Most likely openhome grew from someone starting with the launcher source and renaming it by adding "2" then tweaking it. The only bug here is that the market is looking for installed apps by "pname" whereas atrackdog doesn't.
Its a Market display bug guys, the app is _not_ on your phone.
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Um, because Apps aren't vetted? com.google is just a java namespace it doesn't change anything or give you magic permissions.
Most likely openhome grew from someone starting with the launcher source and renaming it by adding "2" then tweaking it. The only bug here is that the market is looking for installed apps by "pname" whereas atrackdog doesn't.
Its a Market display bug guys, the app is _not_ on your phone.
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Agreed, although I already left a market comment.
So I am not the only one. I have the bloody app on my phone too. I never installed it. It was there from day one and I can't remove it.
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Hi All,
Yesterday i rooted and put modaco 1.1 on my sprint hero. In doing so i felt to start from a clean slate and master reset the whole thing and formatted the SD card (it's not setup for apps2sd, i'm waiting to pick up a class 6 card first). Now i'm trying to redownload all my apps and theres a few that are missing? but then still show up on androlib.com. I tried the androlib QR code, i tried searching in the marketplace, i tried browsing the marketplace and scrolling down for a long time...nothing.
The 2 apps in question at the moment are imeem mobile and wertago. Am i alone on this? sorry for the newbish first post
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Hi All,
Yesterday i rooted and put modaco 1.1 on my sprint hero. In doing so i felt to start from a clean slate and master reset the whole thing and formatted the SD card (it's not setup for apps2sd, i'm waiting to pick up a class 6 card first). Now i'm trying to redownload all my apps and theres a few that are missing? but then still show up on androlib.com. I tried the androlib QR code, i tried searching in the marketplace, i tried browsing the marketplace and scrolling down for a long time...nothing.
The 2 apps in question at the moment are imeem mobile and wertago. Am i alone on this? sorry for the newbish first post
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I've tried to scan the codes from androlib and your post..both give me search results "there are no matches" thanks.
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I've tried to scan the codes from androlib and your post..both give me search results "there are no matches" thanks.
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thats funny maybe your barcode scanner needs an update cause im installing wertogo right now (ive already have imeem) from the codes i posted up
try this for imeem (comp of ajones1989 on sprint forums) http://community.sprint.com/baw/servlet/JiveServlet/download/127065-2622/imeem Mobile 2.1.6.apk
I would assume my barcode scanner is working, it reads the proper url (pname:com.wertago and pname:com.imeem.gynoid), and other applications have scanned and found itself just fine
This is really really weird.
The link seemed to work to manually install it, thanks for the work around, but is it possible this is a bigger issue then these 2 apps?
Yeah, same thing happened to me. The weird thing is that all my apps were there at first when I checked but then I think after a while when it fully sync'd with my phone it deleted all but two of the paid apps. And when I try installing the apps that I backed up, they install fine but don't show up on my downloaded list so i'm assuming i'll never get update notifications when I go to the market since they are not there. I had to search and download every app over again.
They need to add that function into these backup apps to somehow put them back up on the market as being downloaded.
702DROID said:
thats funny maybe your barcode scanner needs an update cause im installing wertogo right now (ive already have imeem) from the codes i posted up
try this for imeem (comp of ajones1989 on sprint forums) http://community.sprint.com/baw/servlet/JiveServlet/download/127065-2622/imeem Mobile 2.1.6.apk
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Where do we get an update for the QR code scanner? I'm on modaco's 1.1 and dolphin browser trying to click on a QR code and it's not working. I'm pretty sure this was working before.
When you are searching for these do you see at the top "1 match" but then in the list where it actually should be does it say no matches found? I have had that happen. Either use a task manager to kill the market place and open it again, or just reboot the phone.
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When you are searching for these do you see at the top "1 match" but then in the list where it actually should be does it say no matches found? I have had that happen. Either use a task manager to kill the market place and open it again, or just reboot the phone.
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my top says "no search results"
i've tried doing it right after a fresh reboot, also right after killing all tasks via a task manager, still nothing. thanks.
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Anyone have this under running applications?
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It's apart of CM7 or some ROMs. It is PinyIME, it is a Google keyboard that allows English -> Chinese.
Could you also CHILL OUT? Stop going "OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!??!" It's just a app, nothing malicious. Open Titanium Backup and simply uninstall it (or use ADB/Root Explorer) whatever you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.pinyin&feature=search_result
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It's apart of CM7 or some ROMs. It is PinyIME, it is a Google keyboard that allows English -> Chinese.
Could you also CHILL OUT? Stop going "OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!??!" It's just a app, nothing malicious. Open Titanium Backup and simply uninstall it (or use ADB/Root Explorer) whatever you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.pinyin&feature=search_result
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you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.
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you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.
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It's on your device because you put it there. It's part of the firmware, not part of the "device."
You installed a non-stock firmware then panicked when you found a non-stock application running. Did you even consider reading about whatever firmware you're running to see what it comes with?
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you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.
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I can fault you for the way you reacted to it, considering you have 3000+ posts. I expected a more mature post. You obviously installed a non-stock ROM (or applied mods because you have battery %). The old CM7 nightlies included the same exact app, PinyIME. It's pretty much just a keyboard.
And agreed with mstevens. You flashing custom ROMs, you shouldn't be surprised if random apps are included with the ROM.
Ok Ok he overreacted but it seems he honestly thought he had some malware, so I say some slack can be cut. All's well that ends well
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Ok Ok he overreacted but it seems he honestly thought he had some malware, so I say some slack can be cut. All's well that ends well
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thanks. So if i had 5 posts it would be expected and i would be immature, but being as though i have a nice amount of post and thanks my heading makes me immature. lol
some people take XDA too serious.
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It's on your device because you put it there. It's part of the firmware, not part of the "device."
You installed a non-stock firmware then panicked when you found a non-stock application running. Did you even consider reading about whatever firmware you're running to see what it comes with?
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thats how the device was sent to me. so i didnt install anything but my apps from titanium backup.
thanks for your MATURE response though.
That's Pinyin IME, the app that comes with AOSP, actually you should also get the Japanese IME. If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.
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That's Pinyin IME, the app that comes with AOSP, actually you should also get the Japanese IME. If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.
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thanks. i just removed it through rootexplorer. tryed uninstalling it through applications and it wouldbnt budge.
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If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.
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is it safe to delete the Dirty Knees and Look at These input methods?
I must have installed something that included an 'advertise to you' clause. How do I find out what it is so I can get rid of it. Pisses me OFF!
I get a message every day along with a star in the top bar till I clear it, telling me I have won an iPad. AAARRRGGGGG!
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Wow, that would be annoying, did you try adfree?
You've installed something that's doing that. I had something similar myself but was lucky enough to identify the culprit (it was an MP3 downloader).
You can either post your complete app list here and hope someone recognises the app that's causing it, or you can factory reset and rebuild your phone app-by-app.
Another idea would be to round up any suspect apps (one's not installed from the market or ones that do "naughty things") and freeze them with Titanium Backup. If the problem goes away then you know you've narrowed it down.
Got rid of it.
Read another similar post that suggested it was Air Push. Downloaded Air Push Detector and it identified Mechanical gear live wall paper. Uninstalled it so its gone now. Shame cos I liked the wall paper.
I thought though that it would allow me to keep it but disable the spam.
Speaking of, I'm really concerned about some of the permissions that may invade my privacy. For example, I wonder if an app that requires access to my contact list is just accessing it to provide the service it is designed for or if it is sending that info back to the designer or marketing companies for the purposes of information gathering or further advertising.
Is there any way I can block these permissions on a grand scale without individually setting them with 'Permissions' app, which of course only works on a rooted unit. My TAB is rooted but my SGS2 is not and won't be till its out of warranty.
As an example:
An app called Wi-Fi Finder has a permission to 'directly call phone numbers'. I mean WTF. Firstly why does it need this permission and secondly WTF?
What possible reason could this app have to do this and who would it call and whats the privacy repurcussions for me?
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Wow, that would be annoying, did you try adfree?
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Seems that requies the phone to be rooted
Addons Detector should find the culprit.
You're not going to be able to handle permissions at all if you're not rooted. The only apps I've seen for handling permissions do it on an app-by-app basis. I've not heard of anything that do it at a system-wide level. Obviously doing it at the system level would cause problems for the times when apps do legitimately need permissions you've blocked, but you're the user - that's your choice.
Maybe it's time to learn to dev
There are a few apps in the market that you can get to block these. I've still noticed the odd spam msg will get through though.
I downloaded a zombie game (cant remember which one) and i started getting the same spam messages frequently.. Just look back to any games you previously downloaded right before this started happening and delete it
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Ad detector bu lookout will tell you what app is causing that
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glacierguy said:
Ad detector bu lookout will tell you what app is causing that
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Worked fine on Nexus s 4.0.3!
Ad Detector (TrustGo)
great detection and has direct uninstall from it's UI.
It detected that Phone locator was the cause of those ads + SWTOR Status
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Worked fine on Nexus s 4.0.3!
Ad Detector (TrustGo)
great detection and has direct uninstall from it's UI.
It detected that Phone locator was the cause of those ads + SWTOR Status
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I think I used Air Push detector to detectit was a Gear Live wall paper I had insalled over the weekend. I just didn't put 2 and 2 together. Couldn't just disable the spam. Had to remove the app :/ Pity. I liked it.
Go Keyboard
I found out who is using the Green Smiley Face ad notification on the progress bar. Its from Go Dev Team. They have an app for keyboards. Go Keyboards. If you have it, then that's the ass app.
Sucks cause I like their work but hates ads enough to delete it. I sent them a long message about killing it for me and will warn who is pushing ads.
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Here is my chrome information:
I really hope this can get fixed.
P.S. I have tried reinstalling and logging out of chrome sync already
I use Chrome, never seen anything like that. Get and install v. 20.
I have a different problem; it shows 'close program' error sometimes. Why? Don't you have this problem?
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I use Chrome, never seen anything like that. Get and install v. 20.
I have a different problem; it shows 'close program' error sometimes. Why? Don't you have this problem?
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v20 is beta correct?
I am assuming that you do have winrar installed?
Have you uninstalled that, or cleared auto opening settings in chrome? Just a couple of guesses and what I would try first.\
When you reinstalled, did you uninstall first and make sure you got rid of all user data left behind?
No, it's not beta version; v. 21 is even released, that's not beta too. Download latest version. Hope the problem fixes.
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I am assuming that you do have winrar installed?
Have you uninstalled that, or cleared auto opening settings in chrome? Just a couple of guesses and what I would try first.\
When you reinstalled, did you uninstall first and make sure you got rid of all user data left behind?
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Yes, I have winrar 4.20.
I cleared all setting in chrome including user data and first run data.
Did you uninstall chrome and then actually delete the folders left on your computer that still hold info. Some of them may be hidden in your windows user account folder tree.
sadly none of the fixes you suggested worked. I think I may need to use a different browser
that is too bad, I absolutely love chrome and have never had a real problem with it *knock on wood*
Have you contacted chrome help for it at all? May be worth a try send the scree shot as well as everything you have done to try to fix the issue, as well as anything that was changed on your computer before this happened (which I never asked you, for some reason.)
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that is too bad, I absolutely love chrome and have never had a real problem with it *knock on wood*
Have you contacted chrome help for it at all? May be worth a try send the scree shot as well as everything you have done to try to fix the issue, as well as anything that was changed on your computer before this happened (which I never asked you, for some reason.)
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The strange thing is that I JUST freshly installed windows 7. That being the case, reintalling windows again as a last resort wont be much of a problem for me. I will definitely try to contact google, thanks for all of your suggestions.
I am a chronic windows reinstaller myself, lol.
Let me know if you get it to work, or what google says. I am interested to know what's up.
Does your download folder still exist? (Settings->Advanced->Downloads->Download Location).
I had some pretty weird stuff going on when I deleted the folder Chrome was set to download to.
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I am a chronic windows reinstaller myself, lol.
Let me know if you get it to work, or what google says. I am interested to know what's up.
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reintalled windows, everything is up and running perfect with chrome beta!
I'm glad hearing that. Hope you enjoy your browsing.
I feel so stupid.
I had the same problem just before, here is what happened:
I have a tendency of derping around in the system32 folder to customize my computer, turns out I was actually replacing files in sysWOW64, which messed up the framework.
Everything is now custom and fully functional!
Chrom can't be support very well in China
I recently received another scammish text which led me to suspect an app or apk I installed was to blame (possibly). Is there a way to chronologically see things I've installed on my phone. Stock Downloads app won't work because if I deleted the apk or installed it in a different way it won't show. There should be a way to see all of the things you've installed non market, apks, modules, or whatever. To be able to trace back and find a culprit. Kinda like a criminal rap sheet.
Your best bet is TITANIUM BACKUP !!! Sort all apps by date installed it will give you time installed !!!
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No. I want something that can chronologically list on my phone all of those things that I've installed or modified or installed then deleted. Like a total history of installs.
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No. I want something that can chronologically list on my phone all of those things that I've installed or modified or installed then deleted. Like a total history of installs.
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Past package installations, probably not. Future installations, maybe.
you're getting on the right track sir. Like having a time machine where I can go back in look a the things that have happened so I can pin point possible problems.
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you're getting on the right track sir. Like having a time machine where I can go back in look a the things that have happened so I can pin point possible problems.
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Last time machine I had was in '68. Wasn't worth a damn. Thing always broke at the worst times. I'm still trying to get back. I'd suggest not putting things on your device that might cause problems.
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Last time machine I had was in '68. Wasn't worth a damn. Thing always broke at the worst times. I'm still trying to get back. I'd suggest not putting things on your device that might cause problems.
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That's good advice to give about my device, from someone that can't take care of a 46 yo time machine. I need a way to log all installed/uninstalled apps, apks, modules, and /system changes. Where's it at?
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Past package installations, probably not. Future installations, maybe.
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Please elaborate....
Haven't heard of such a thing. Sorry.
Titanium can tell you app installs, even play store kinda keeps track. Initial install order anyway.
But to track apps, mods, alterations...anything? Nope. And flashing in recovery would not be trackable inside the O/S anyway.
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Basically, if there isn't some kind of a thing on the play store....then it doesn't exist.
Scam texts are pretty common in some countries. I don't think it has anything to do with an app you installed unless you gave Snapchat your phone number as they got hacked a while back.
No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!
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No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!
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You may need to learn app development and make a way.
dontbeweakvato said:
No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!
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You may need to learn app development and make a way.
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If you made an app to log package installs it would be a waste of time + have to be running on your device all the time. It'll also hardly be of any use, since most people aren't installing like 20 apps a day, every day. Just write it down if you really need to LOL.
For packages you currently have installed via Play or .apk installation you could go into /data/app and look at the dates on the .apk files. If you flashed something in recovery it'll show up as August 1 1970 or August 1 2008 or whatever generic date. As said previously, Titanium Backup uses this if you sort by date lol.
Edit, example (most mine are 25 July since I restored them through Titanium Backup):
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