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safely rm stock gmail app(possible google sign in error fix? dcv1)

I personally see no point in it, as the mail app covers all the basis, and the gmail app doesnt come with a widget...but I have a google branded phone, and could completely understand why I couldnt delete it (like how the IM app and the market are somehow closely related, and the deletion of one screws the other over) as it may cause issues.
On another note, is there a list somewhere that has all the apps safe to remove?
Damage V1
Rming with Root Explorer
EDIT
After following the advice of a responder to my original question, I moved the gmail.apk and gmailprovider.apk to my sd card, then removed them completely from system/app. I have rebooted, found no errors (downloaded an app from the market as a test, and also emailed myself) and most importantly, for the first time, have not had to resign into my google account upon reboot. Dont know if it was luck or wat, but Ive had to resign in everytimw (not a big de, but other then the intermitent lights, its the only bug Ive found with dcv1)
Im sure most of you are satisfied with the gmail app, but I personally prefer the mail app, as you can link more than one account and it has the widget. Ive noticed no delay in recieving or sending or any error outside of the mail/gmail app. Thought you all might be interested in knowing my findings

Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....

mountaindont said:
I personally see no point in it, as the mail app covers all the basis, and the gmail app doesnt come with a widget...but I have a google branded phone, and could completely understand why I couldnt delete it (like how the IM app and the market are somehow closely related, and the deletion of one screws the other over) as it may cause issues.
On another note, is there a list somewhere that has all the apps safe to remove?
Damage V1
Rming with Root Explorer
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Search is your friend........

You can ADB into the phone and manually remove it, I believe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581635&highlight=remove+gmail

obannvi said:
Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....
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LOL Chars!!

obannvi said:
Dang it, search is broken AGAIN.....
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All 17 pages of 'Apps Safe To Remove' talked nothing of gmail, other than how rming other apps effected Gmail; the search function brought up no answers, unless I missed something (which is very possible )
Id appreciate your help.

Try moving it and not completely removing it? Then if the phone crashes/wont work, you can move it back to it's proper location through recovery..?
I've never wanted to remove the stock gmail app, since the standard app doesn't requires checking of email, whereas the gmail app is a push email (I think?) I get notifications of gmail faster on my phone than I do on my PC.

Sirchuk said:
You can ADB into the phone and manually remove it, I believe
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Thanks for the speedy response.
I searched that thread, and every other one that came one while searching "remove gmail" but found nothing of use. I am fully aware of how to remove it, Im simply curious as to whether or not its SAFE to remove.
Thanks again

Sirchuk said:
Try moving it and not completely removing it? Then if the phone crashes/wont work, you can move it back to it's proper location through recovery..?
I've never wanted to remove the stock gmail app, since the standard app doesn't requires checking of email, whereas the gmail app is a push email (I think?) I get notifications of gmail faster on my phone than I do on my PC.
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Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?

mountaindont said:
Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?
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The email is delivered to your phone real time, as opposed to polling on a chedule (i.e. every 30 minutes).

mountaindont said:
Thanks so much for the advice Sirchuk, you have actually helped in improving my Hero experience.
Curious; whats push mail?
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The gmail servers notify your phone when you have a new email, instead of the phone polling the servers for new email (that is pull)
Saves battery life as your phone can sit idle and wait for google servers to tell it to get mail.

Bielinsk said:
The gmail servers notify your phone when you have a new email, instead of the phone polling the servers for new email (that is pull)
Saves battery life as your phone can sit idle and wait for google servers to tell it to get mail.
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My battery life has been amazing since flashing DCV1. Ill definatly have to keep an eyye on that. Thanks for the response!

mountaindont said:
My battery life has been amazing since flashing DCV1. Ill definatly have to keep an eyye on that. Thanks for the response!
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Have you guys tried using Exchange ActiveSync in the mail app for Gmail, this will make it push rather then pull. I believe you need to use m.google.com as the server, and change the frequency to "as items arrive".

Is the sign in thing really annoying? it only happens when you go to airplane mode or reboot. I dont think its a big deal it dont effects me at least

YoungAceAtlanta said:
Is the sign in thing really annoying? it only happens when you go to airplane mode or reboot. I dont think its a big deal it dont effects me at least
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In my edit I stated it wasnt a big deal. Just a work around, to one of the few bugs left in dcV1.

ljmeli said:
Have you guys tried using Exchange ActiveSync in the mail app for Gmail, this will make it push rather then pull. I believe you need to use m.google.com as the server, and change the frequency to "as items arrive".
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Perfection! I thank you most kindly.
Now all we need is to get the trackball working, and dcv1 will be TRUELY 100%.
Yes, the trackball and leds are a big deal...to me

still getting the sign in error
mountaindont said:
In my edit I stated it wasnt a big deal. Just a work around, to one of the few bugs left in dcV1.
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Just a heads up, I still get the sign in error after I removed both apk's. I got it after rebooting and putting the phone into airplane mode.
Good attempt at trying to resolve the issue though!

mountaindont said:
Perfection! I thank you most kindly.
Now all we need is to get the trackball working, and dcv1 will be TRUELY 100%.
Yes, the trackball and leds are a big deal...to me
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Then you might just be screwed. Current speculation is that the trackball thing is intentional. If you check...whenever you get e-mail or a text message the trackball lights up. This behavior is quite possibly intended and a possible change for the 'official' 2.1 ROMs.

ljmeli said:
Just a heads up, I still get the sign in error after I removed both apk's. I got it after rebooting and putting the phone into airplane mode.
Good attempt at trying to resolve the issue though!
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I can confirm that this is not a fix. I've had gmail deleted for weeks now (using k9 for pushing work and personal email) and I've still been getting the sign-in notification.

I was also thinking you need that for the market.

Facebook 1.3.2 messed up

The original facebook for android app took you to the touch site, but this one keeps taking me to the full site, and it doesn't work for my phone. Any help would be appreciated?

chandlerw88 said:
The original facebook for android app took you to the touch site, but this one keeps taking me to the full site, and it doesn't work for my phone. Any help would be appreciated?
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same here... it's messed. now i have to keep a friggin bookmark of the mobile app for when i want to look at my notifications...
and this version doesn't notify me when someone comments on my status or when someone comments on another status they i commented on....

What is your brower's user agent set as?

nvm
10char

chandlerw88 said:
The original facebook for android app took you to the touch site, but this one keeps taking me to the full site, and it doesn't work for my phone. Any help would be appreciated?
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i noticed that if you have your browser settings set to show Mobile View, the full facebook site won't show wall posts amongst other things...

TheBiles said:
What is your brower's user agent set as?
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Mine is still set at android, I tried restoring to default awhile back thinking maybe I accidently changed something but that didn't work either

Im sure there will be another update out soon to fix these issues. They have been quick to fix lately. No more contact sync options either, on my phone at least. Almost feels like a broken app on my phone right now.
Sent from my EVO, the true iPhone killer!

I wrote an app to control my phone through google talk

Hey guys!
I developed TalkMyPhone, an open-source app that enables you to control your phone from google talk. It's like android-notifier on steroids, since it brings almost the same features and you don't need wifi/bluetooth enabled.
I can't post links since I'm new here. Google for talkmyphone or look for it on the market.
Developers: I'm open to contributions
Users: please use the issue tracker for suggesting features
I don't have many non-french users since the info did not spread very well outside of french blogs, so I'm posting it here. I hope someone will find it useful and write something about it.

chm.duquesne said:
Hey guys!
I developed TalkMyPhone, an open-source app that enables you to control your phone from google talk. It's like android-notifier on steroids, since it brings almost the same features and you don't need wifi/bluetooth enabled.
I can't post links since I'm new here. Google for talkmyphone or look for it on the market.
Developers: I'm open to contributions
Users: please use the issue tracker for suggesting features
I don't have many non-french users since the info did not spread very well outside of french blogs, so I'm posting it here. I hope someone will find it useful and write something about it.
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Do you need multiple GTalk accounts in order to talk to it, or can you "talk to yourself" ?

Niice Idea

sweeeet thx

Doesn´t work on my SGS. After trying to to login the app closed. And now i can´t open it again. Even every other app wont start.
Only a restart helped. Uninstalled.
But the idea is interessting. maybe i´ll give a try again later.

khaytsus said:
Do you need multiple GTalk accounts in order to talk to it, or can you "talk to yourself" ?
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The 2 solutions work. Talking to yourself is possible in gmail, but you cannot initiate the conversation, so in this case, best is to use a third party client like pidgin. Otherwise you can set up a second account. Any standard jabber account is possible.
Accounts delivered at jabber.org are *very* easy to get. You don't need to give your email address, you don't need to sign an agreement. You just have to fill a captcha to prove you're human.
Doesn´t work on my SGS. After trying to to login the app closed. And now i can´t open it again. Even every other app wont start.
Only a restart helped. Uninstalled.
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Weird. Some unlucky people experiment bugs like this one. I don't know where this comes from, and I try to improve the code. It works 100% of the time for me, so all I can do is look at 'adb logcat' traces users leave on the bugtracker. If you wish to do so, it might improve your chances to see this fixed

giving it a shot
you may try changing your preferences.xml to the attached (just because of english, just change .zip to .xml)
i have to find the other file, because i noticed some other grammatical things. no worries tho
and, 'additional settings', in the xml has too many 'n's, lol

timothydonohue said:
giving it a shot
you may try changing your preferences.xml to the attached (just because of english, just change .zip to .xml)
i have to find the other file, because i noticed some other grammatical things. no worries tho
and, 'additional settings', in the xml has too many 'n's, lol
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Thank you, I'll update that in the next release.

Pretty Neat
I was able to go on Google Talk on my PC and send messages to my phone. The copy:text feature I can definitely see myself using so that I don't have to type long URLs in the browser. The other functions seem like they would be nice if you lost your phone or if it was stolen. Overall a pretty neat app! Thanks!
Rob
HTC Incredible
Virtuous Rom 2.7

So I have the app running and logged in. (Phone is logged into [email protected])
On my PC I have [email protected]. I message from PC to phone (John to Paul) and nothing happens.
I tried "where" "ring" etc, but the app doesn't respond. What am I doing wrong?

What next...
When you start the app on the phone, make sure you input your google information and then start the app. If you have Google Talk up on your PC, it should pop up a window for you to type commands into (talk to/control your phone). It did for me anyway. Type a "?" to get a list of the commands...
Rob

khukman said:
When you start the app on the phone, make sure you input your google information and then start the app. If you have Google Talk up on your PC, it should pop up a window for you to type commands into (talk to/control your phone). It did for me anyway. Type a "?" to get a list of the commands...
Rob
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Hmm, I did all this. Let me see where the issue is:
My phone's Google account is set to [email protected].
I put in [email protected] and my password into TalkMyPhone.
I start up TalkMyPhone and it logs in -- successfully.
I go to my PC and log into gmail on [email protected].
I message from my PC ([email protected]) to my phone ([email protected]).
I get the message but nothing happens with TalkMyPhone.
Can you tell me where the issue is?

i entered in all of my information too and nothing seems to work, the app says loging in .. then that its successful. but then nothing can be done from there.

i cant even log in
i always get the message: "login failed" and then "stopping service"
i tried setting it on "use the phones account settings"
then i turned that off, and manually put in my gmail-settings - still didnt work

Same issues over here... Got it all connected, reciving messages from the phone works fine, too (welcome, battery, incomming callings) but sending commands doesn't work for me.
Got a HTC Magic/Sapphire with CM6 (2.2) running on it.

I had the same problem. I changed the GTalk Port to 5222 and entered my ****@googlemail.com instead of ****@gmail.com

Works perfect on my HD2 (Android ) Thank you!
When I log in on phone i get this gTalk message on my pc from my own account:
Welcome to TalkMyPhone. Send "?" for getting help
Battery level 78%
Works just perfect...

EggL said:
I had the same problem. I changed the GTalk Port to 5222 and entered my ****@googlemail.com instead of ****@gmail.com
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i changed @gmail.com to @googlemail.com
and it logs in now....
but i dont get any messages....
do i need to have the real gtalk installed on my computer?
doesnt applications like trillian for windows work?

I tried Pidgin and it works but I use the GMail-Chat because it's my info hub
Anyways, great work chm.duquesne, this is a really great application.
Now there just needs to be a way in GTalk to turn off the chat notification in Android for a single contact
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The "where" feature is really awesome, mate.
Nothing serious but the reply feature does not work for me. When I received a SMS and I type "reply:This is my reply" it answers "No match for "+491234567890" (the number being the correct number, of course).

RazorHail said:
do i need to have the real gtalk installed on my computer?
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I use gTalk and it works.
Is it possible to get some kind of ping button on the phone, that opens the conversation window on the pc? I cannot figure out how to open a conversation with myself in gTalk.

I want to publish my stupid app, but I cant!

I made the world's lamest app because my wife won't let me squish spiders... She wants me to take it outside. I called it Spider Squisher.
I signed up for a Google developer account about 1 month ago and now I am trying to upload my app. When go to https://market.android.com/publish and try to publish an app. I
1. select the app by clicking browse
2. click upload
3. receive the following dialog box pop-up
Unable to parse response. If you have a browser extension or add-on installedwhich changes the JSON response, please disable and refresh this page.
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Then
4. when I click back, I get a dialog popup that says
Unable to process the uploaded file. Please check if it exceeds the size limit.
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and it's only 13Kb!
5. I click back again after clicking OK on the dialog and I get to my developer console.
6. I click "edit profile" or "Setup Merchant Account" and it takes me back to the Android Developer Console (basically refreshes the page Https://market.anrdoid.com/publish/Home)
I have tried using the following
Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 computer 1:
Firefox
Firefox in safe mode (firefox -safe)
Google Chrome
Windows computer Windows 7 home 2:
Windows Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer in safe mode
Windows 7 Starter Computer 3
Another Windows internet explorer
Ubuntu 10.10 netbook Computer 4
Another firefox
My Phone- Samsung Captivate running Andromeda3 (Android 2.2)
My phone webkit
Windows XP Home Virtual machine 1
Windows Internet Explorer
Windows XP pro Virtual machine 2
Windows Internet Explorer
Nothing is working! I still get the errors above
I opened up a java console and see a whole bunch of errors relating to border-radius, align, cursor, zoom, user-select, and filter on the market.android.com/publish/gwt/*.css... about 20 warnings in all. Nothing I can point a finger at though.
What's going on? I'm flipping out here... I just want to publish this stupid apk file myself.
I have my receipt to the android market. It's linked to my google account. It's been over a month and I'm still receiving this message
Your Registration to the Android Market is still being processed.
You can upload applications to the Android Market but you cannot publish until your registration is completed.
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Attached is the "Spider Squisher" apk file. I would like to publish this myself.... Is there something wrong with my APK?

Yes this is a hello world app... Please tell me I didn't just download a virus.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

No, it is not a virus. I am frustrated with the google publishing process. It won't let me upload!

AdamOutler said:
No, it is not a virus. I am frustrated with the google publishing process. It won't let me upload!
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The market is pretty buggy at times, last weekend i tried for 3 days to update an app without success.
I had the exact same error you had, after sometime i just said f*** this and went to sleep. Sometime next day it worked.
Don't give up hope!

K... I've been trying for 2 days now.

Somewhere i also read that he had the same message, which was very misleading because he got it as he was not yet fully unlocked to use the market.
Seems you are not either? Maybe this could be it too.
They wire you some cents money, which you have to type into a field to complete registration, did you do that?

Dark3n said:
Somewhere i also read that he had the same message, which was very misleading because he got it as he was not yet fully unlocked to use the market.
Seems you are not either? Maybe this could be it too.
They wire you some cents money, which you have to type into a field to complete registration, did you do that?
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That is for a sales account. I did not set that portion up. I am not accepting money for this. However, I i tried, and It's doing the same thing as clicking on my account which I mentioned earlier. The market appears to be fully broken and inoperative here. I just don't understand. Who can we call about this?

No one.
You can probably fill out a form somewhere, thats the google way im afraid.
They don't support phonesupport.

I can't find the form... that's why im here on the forums. I could not find a form or email address.

Can anyone help me? Where do I contact google market?

Here is the form http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/request.py?contact_type=publishing
Litterally, within 1 minute of hitting submit, I received an email apologizing for the delay.
Now when I log into the developer console I see
Your Registration to the Android Market is approved!
You can now upload and publish software to the Android Market.
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And I can upload apps!

Interesting, must be their cunning plan to cut down on the amount of junk apps that just aim to get ad clicks.
(Not saying yours is - I like the sound of it lol)
Have you made a Boss Spider with your wifes face on it yet

[Q] XDA app - unable to log in

I installed the XDA Developers app from Google Play, registered on this website using the Google+ account, then went into the profile to set a password. However, I am unable to login through the app. Logging in on the website using the password I set works just fine.
Am I doing it wrong? There aren't any options in the login other than username and password, which as I said, does not work in the app. I get an error stating I have used X out of 5 login attempts, that is all.
P.S: I am a brand new Android user (as of last Friday) and your guide/video to root my Xperia Z2 is what prompted me to register here.

Bump, this is still not working

Hey @Zaitzev
Do you have tried to write your username "Zaitzev" with a capital letter like "Zaitzev" instead of "zaitzev" .

Bink Feed said:
Hey @Zaitzev
Do you have tried to write your username "Zaitzev" with a capital letter like "Zaitzev" instead of "zaitzev" .
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Yes I have, both lower- and uppercase, there is no possible way to login through the app as of now.

Zaitzev said:
Yes I have, both lower- and uppercase, there is no possible way to login through the app as of now.
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U should contact @Archer about this.

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U should contact @Archer about this.
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Actually, I had an idea and went for it: I had a 32 random character alphanumeric password, but decided to change it to a 8 character password. It worked. And that is a security concern imo.
Edit: I sent a message to Archer about this issue, we'll see what the outcome of that is. Meanwhile, I'll keep the password short and simple..

Zaitzev said:
Actually, I had an idea and went for it: I had a 32 random character alphanumeric password, but decided to change it to a 8 character password. It worked. And that is a security concern imo.
Edit: I sent a message to Archer about this issue, we'll see what the outcome of that is. Meanwhile, I'll keep the password short and simple..
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Glad you got it working. I've not seen any message yet though - oh no. I look up and I have a new message now
I shall read it and return.
Edit: I've read and replied, and hopefully that will be some help. I'll leave this thread open so if you do get any relevant info then you can post it here for future generations!