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Open Home Deprecated

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?

DMaverick50 said:
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

Bicster_ said:
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.

SilentMobius said:
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.

Apps not showing up in Market

ROM: CyanogenMod 7.1.0.1
Kernel: faux123 0.4.2 OC
Market: 3.1.5
I've seen this in several threads, but still haven't found a definite solution. Market will only show a handful of my 200+ applications. Running Market Doctor from Titanium Backup doesn't help. Fixing permissions in ROM Manager doesn't help. The only thing that brings my applications back is clearing the data for the Market app. At that point, I go into Market, agree to their terms and conditions, see all my apps, select to install all updates and these run fine. The next time I go into Market, I only see a few again. Sometimes, I am presented with the dialog to agree to their terms and conditions again.
This only started happening a few weeks ago and it's very annoying. I was hoping someone has found a solution to this problem by now, since it has been reported since the early days of the new Market.

Try "Eris Market Fix" available in the market. It has worked for me and many others. It was designed for the Droid Eris but works great on the G2x.

jcbofkc said:
Try "Eris Market Fix" available in the market. It has worked for me and many others. It was designed for the Droid Eris but works great on the G2x.
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Thank you, but no luck. Even after successfully running this tool and rebooting the phone, I only see the same few apps (see attachment). Any other ideas?
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Sorry partner. That's all I got. Someone passed it on to me and it has worked every time when installing new roms and restoring from TI. I used it yesterday when upgrading to Weapon G2x. I guess it could be rom dependent. I know little about the deep dark secrets of android. I just try to pass on things that I have picked up here and there.
I am guessing you already tried deleting the market and reinstalling it?

jcbofkc said:
I am guessing you already tried deleting the market and reinstalling it?
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That, I haven't tried. Good idea. Thanks for your help. I will come back ad report either way for those who end up finding this thread looking for an answer to the same problem.

jcbofkc said:
Try "Eris Market Fix" available in the market. It has worked for me and many others. It was designed for the Droid Eris but works great on the G2x.
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This is for the Droid Eris be careful using it
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lanlee212 said:
This is for the Droid Eris be careful using it
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yep. I mentioned that. I have used it several times on my phone and my wife's phone with no issues.

Are you restoring apps from titan back up
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lanlee212 said:
Are you restoring apps from titan back up
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Nope. Regular, free apps installed through the Market. Gone. But the problem seems to have been solved. Read next post.

jcbofkc said:
I am guessing you already tried deleting the market and reinstalling it?
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Update. This seems to have solved the problem! I went to Settings>Applications>All>Market, cleared cache, cleared data and uninstalled updates (effectively bringing me back to Market v1), rebooted, installed Market 3.1.3 (google for APK) and I was able to see all my apps. I rebooted the phone, went back in and they were all there still. Thanks a lot for your suggestion!

I've noticed using a lower DPI would cause the market to misread your phone and leave put apps. They may have fixed this since I've tested but maybe not.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver

Reboot my Moto G or Not reboot? That is the dilemma

How often should I reboot my device? And if anyone knows any compelling reason to do so every x time?
Edit1: Motorola recommend reboot Daily. They will have reason?
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Why? or what?

Its Linux not Windows.

joel_sinbad said:
Why? or what?
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I found a discussion on a blog and found it interesting to hear int this forum the opinions.
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Its Linux not Windows.
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Thanks for your answer. What you mean then is that Linux should not be restarted every so often?Why do you think that?

I don't think is really necessary to restart the phone every X time, this is why the Multi task engine or whatever its called on android can autoclose apps en free memory and RAM every certain time...

You don't have to reboot Android or Windows often.

joel_sinbad said:
I don't think is really necessary to restart the phone every X time, this is why the Multi task engine or whatever its called on android can autoclose apps en free memory and RAM every certain time...
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Me too had that idea. But change my mind since some times when I had a Android with ICS and one time for week I must restart because was so slow.
I think that despite the time we live even lack much to optimize the OS mobile

GeneralGrevios said:
How often should I reboot my device? And if anyone knows any compelling reason to do so every x time?
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I thought you had made ​​any changes in the system and was afraid to bootloop. But from what I saw the question was more stupid...

We don't need to reboot our smartphones, but, at least in Brazil, Motorola says we need to reboot it once a day (LOL), sure it doesn't need.
If u expierence problems with lags or whatever, try to check ur installed apps.
Another thing that doesn't make a difference are task killers...
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Dan_Jacques said:
I thought you had made ​​any changes in the system and was afraid to bootloop. But from what I saw the question was more stupid...
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Dan_Jacques, sorry if the question looks stupid for you. I thought this forum was created for learn and share even for people noob in tech like me.

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FelipeBHZ said:
We don't need to reboot our smartphones, but, at least in Brazil, Motorola says we need to reboot it once a day (LOL), sure it doesn't need.
If u expierence problems with lags or whatever, try to check ur installed apps.
Another thing that doesn't make a difference are task killers...
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Thanks for you answer, I don't have problems with my Moto G, is just I read the same question in a blog and I pose here. I want read your comments about. Me too read in some place, Motorola recommends turn off one time for day, I'm looking for de link and share with yours.
Greetings.

Ur Welcome! Sometimes we must think twice before give some rude answers, none of us knows about everything in the universe, and 'silly questions' don't exist. EVERY question is a proof of wisdom.
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Rebooting because of a rogue app won't solve anything, it'll come back. You're better off finding out the problem and fixing it.

FelipeBHZ said:
Ur Welcome! Sometimes we must think twice before give some rude answers, none of us knows about everything in the universe, and 'silly questions' don't exist. EVERY question is a proof of wisdom.
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Thanks again, you have reason. Look, this is the capture of the page of support of Motorola say: if you reboot dayli, you have better battery .

I really don't understand why Motorola says that, but I know they say that since Razr i. Anyways, I'm glad to help clarify some stuff sometimes we just need a friendly answer.
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That is how Android works. Even if you swipe off the app in the recents applications, the background process of the app is still running and not killed. The only way to do this is to force stop the application or service.
Try greenify app from the play store. You can choose the hibernate the apps that you want and it will stop running until you force run it again. This is by far one of my favourite applications.

It makes more sense to install BBS and find the reason behind poor battery life, if you have problems with it. If you just restart your phone, the problem might go away for a while, but it will come back in the end.

GeneralGrevios said:
Thanks again, you have reason. Look, this is the capture of the page of support of Motorola say: if you reboot dayli, you have better battery .
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There is no sane reason to reboot the phone daily, it is a very clueless advice, even if it comes from Motorola. Rebooting the phone only hides the actual problem instead of solving it. If you don't have any faulty app, then it will be even worse because the reboot cycle uses way more battery than letting the phone sleep on your desk, and if you have something that eats up your battery, you should get rid of that. Check first the Battery page in Settings, to check if there is anything suspicious.

[Q] security: chronologically keep track of all my apk installs

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.

dontbeweakvato said:
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.

dontbeweakvato said:
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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jd1639 said:
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?

Lethargy said:
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!

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.

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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KJ said:
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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[Q] What are some unknown must have apps?

We all know Tibu, Rom Toolbox, Nandroid Manager, Tasker, etc. Long story short, my Google Play balance expires in a week, and it got me to thinking. There's nothing I really need that I don't have.. or is there? What are some of your go-to apps, whether they be apps or Xposed modules, that don't have millions of downloads and make everyone's list? I personally use Unbounce, a free Xposed module to regulate wakelocks with a donation that unlocks premium features. Be them paid or free apps, I'm curious as to what I, and likely a good chunk of the XDA community might be missing out on. What are some lesser known apps you guys use that deserve some attention?

wrongway213 said:
We all know Tibu, Rom Toolbox, Nandroid Manager, Tasker, etc. Long story short, my Google Play balance expires in a week, and it got me to thinking. There's nothing I really need that I don't have.. or is there? What are some of your go-to apps, whether they be apps or Xposed modules, that don't have millions of downloads and make everyone's list? I personally use Unbounce, a free Xposed module to regulate wakelocks with a donation that unlocks premium features. Be them paid or free apps, I'm curious as to what I, and likely a good chunk of the XDA community might be missing out on. What are some lesser known apps you guys use that deserve some attention?
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The XDA Paid app , or Nova Launcher Prime

TechMinerUK said:
The XDA Paid app , or Noval Launcher Prime
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Two must haves indeed, I use them both daily.

In that case have a look at some themes, the flat square one (Don't know its name) looks pretty good

@[u][color=Green]TechMinerUK[/u][/color] and @[u][color=Green]wrongway213[/u][/color],
I'd like to recommend to you both the new XDA One app, which is going to be even better than XDA Paid. Here is the official thread: Official XDA One Forum App [Alpha][APK].

thenookieforlife3 said:
@[u][color=Green]TechMinerUK[/u][/color] and @[u][color=Green]wrongway213[/u][/color],
I'd like to recommend to you both the new XDA One app, which is going to be even better than XDA Paid. Here is the official thread: Official XDA One Forum App [Alpha][APK].
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Thanks :good:, I didn't even realise this existed

TechMinerUK said:
Thanks :good:, I didn't even realise this existed
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Oh my goodness, you just said "Thanks" in a post instead of hitting my
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button!
That's a sin!
Just kiddin'.
But seriously, don't say "thanks", just hit the
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Oh my goodness, you just said "Thanks" in a post instead of hitting my
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That's a sin!
Just kiddin'.
But seriously, don't say "thanks", just hit the
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Dang, thats something I usualy highlight (You can tell its been a long day):silly:

TechMinerUK said:
Dang, that's something I usually highlight (You can tell it's been a long day):silly:
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I know, right?
It seems like you really have to remind people to do that, doesn't it?

thenookieforlife3 said:
I know, right?
It seems like you really have to remind people to do that, doesnt it?
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Yep, sorry about that once again .
Anyway before this gets too off topic may I also suggest All cast by the devs of CWM, also plex is good if you have a plex media server.
(These are daily apps if you have a chromecast or other streamer device)

Don't have Chromecast, but Plex looks interesting. Loving this XDA One app though, so much faster... and for an alpha, wow.

I don't know if the paid versions of super user app gives you anything your interested in but it's an option also I paid for a build prop editor just in case and love it
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