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New Google Play store lost an important feature

I don't know about anyone else here, but I used to use the feature where under My Apps there used to be a sub section for "Purchased Apps". Now I format my phone and tablet often and I used that feature a lot but it has been removed. Honestly I purchase so many apps I have forgotten what some of them were!!! If you agree and would like this feature returned contact google and tell them. If enough people do im sure they will return the feature. Activity on this thread may help as well because if there is enough supporters I may be able to forward the thread to google and show them we really want this important feature returned. I don't understand why it was removed in the first place. Thanks in advance for all your help.
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Slide to the right, 'All Apps', has your purchased apps included.
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I understand that but when you have multiple devices on one gmail (phone, tablet, tv for me) that menu list builds up fast. I shouldn't have to scroll until I see a "purchased" and then decide whether or not i want that app, and then keep scrolling til i see another "purchased". It seems like a downgrade to remove the purchased apps category and it was something i used often.
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I miss that feature too. But in order to find a workaround, in the bottom of the Page there's a link to "My Orders and Devices" which shows all your orders in a list instead of the usual google play style, so that it's a lot easier to see the purchased apps. I still want to get rid off the free installed apps, but at least I see the purchased ones clearer.

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[APP][Free][1.5+]Display brightness

My another app.
Features:
-brightness indicator, overlaid on all other windows, it alway on top all other windows.
-percent indicator
-adjustable position, size, colors and other attributes
-autobrightness mode set by long click to indicator (more than 3-5 seconds).
This is not a widget! It is always enable in all app(games)!
PS. Unfortunately my developer account was blocked by Google Play and all my Apps was removed from Play market.
I will be appreciated to your help:
1. Go to link https://support.google.com/googleplay/contactflow . Choose Applications and game for Adroid and Application missing in Play market
2. Ask supports to unban my developer account and return all apps to play market.
Thanks.

It's terrific. I use it in the top-left corner.

manchucka said:
It's terrific. I use it in the top-left corner.
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terrific? Does not work? Or what?

He/she means that it's working great.

Been using this for awhile now, i think it was like 1.1. This is the best brightness adjuster for Android, period. Something that shouldve been included by Google by default.
I have absolutely no issues with it. At first I would accidentally trigger it when pulling down notifications but once I changed it to be top left, i just pull down from the center or right side and no longer have issues.
Great great app. Surprised you've kept it free. Definitely would be worth paying for.
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kravguy said:
Great great app. Surprised you've kept it free. Definitely would be worth paying for.
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You can donate me. There is a button in the settings of Display Brightness

I will do.
Also, just noticed a bug with the latest release. When it starts up, it's causing auto brightness to be turned on.
Turn autob off. Set db to auto start, restart phone, autob is on. Turn autob off, launch db, autob is on.
Running on 4.0.3
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Can you post a copy of the previous version? 2.7 I believe.
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What happend to your app? I can't find it in the playstore anymore.

Google blocked my account and removed all my apps from Play market.
All appeals was useless. Google is confident in its infallibility

This was my favorite screen dimmer. I have the apk saved but I hate that Google has removed it from the store. What happened?

My developer site was hacked and used to show porno banner.
I removed all links from all applications to that site. But Google blocked my 4 applications as violation Sexually Explicit Content
I don't understand why they blocked only 4 apps, but did not blocket other 15.
And after appeals google blocked my developer account.
I will be appreciated to your help:
1. Go to link https://support.google.com/googleplay/contactflow . Choose Applications and game for Adroid and Application missing in Play market
2. Ask supports to unban my developer account and return all apps to play market.

Thank you
Thank you for posting your app here. It's one of my my favorite apps ever!

Is there an updated version? This app is great!

RubberBigPepper said:
My developer site was hacked and used to show porno banner.
I removed all links from all applications to that site. But Google blocked my 4 applications as violation Sexually Explicit Content
I don't understand why they blocked only 4 apps, but did not blocket other 15.
And after appeals google blocked my developer account.
I will be appreciated to your help:
1. Go to link https://support.google.com/googleplay/contactflow . Choose Applications and game for Adroid and Application missing in Play market
2. Ask supports to unban my developer account and return all apps to play market.
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This was one of my favorite apps. I just got a Pixel 2 and looked for this and was depressed that I couldn't find it. There's nothing else like it on the market and it is so damn useful.

I uploaded the latest version of DisplayBrightness Pro app to first post of topic.

Thanks a lot for the upload. It´s the best brightness App

RubberBigPepper said:
PS. Unfortunately my developer account was blocked by Google Play and all my Apps was removed from Play market.
I will be appreciated to your help:
1. Go to link https://support.google.com/googleplay/contactflow . Choose Applications and game for Adroid and Application missing in Play market
2. Ask supports to unban my developer account and return all apps to play market.
Thanks.
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I tried doing this. They were unsympathetic, and would give me no information. They would not tell me why you were banned either.
There is nothing else on the Play store that does what your app did. I'm glad you posted this so I can still access it and recommend it to other people.

Exactly what I was looking for. Great app! Thanks

RubberBigPepper said:
I uploaded the latest version of DisplayBrightness Pro app to first post of topic.
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I already had v5.1 installed - is the one you attached to the first post different? I tried all the donation links in the app I already have, but they all seem to rely on your domain - which seems to have been taken over by a spammer. If you don't fix that somehow, then nobody can donate and I strongly doubt Google will restore your apps if they link to that domain.
A pity, as I've realized how much I use your app (since I couldn't find it in Google Play anymore) and you certainly deserve a donation for creating something so useful. It's absolutely one of the very first things I install on every new Android device I get. Thank you for being so generous by uploading your app here for free.
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RubberBigPepper said:
I uploaded the latest version of DisplayBrightness Pro app to first post of topic.
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RubberBigPepper said:
My developer site was hacked and used to show porno banner.
I removed all links from all applications to that site. But Google blocked my 4 applications as violation Sexually Explicit Content
I don't understand why they blocked only 4 apps, but did not blocket other 15.
And after appeals google blocked my developer account.
I will be appreciated to your help:
1. Go to link (censored since I haven't posted much here - just a user w/o much to contribute usually) . Choose Applications and game for Adroid and Application missing in Play market
2. Ask supports to unban my developer account and return all apps to play market.
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Google must have gotten tired of this and changed things. Your instructions no longer match what appears on their site. I managed to get to an offer of a phone call from them in ten minutes, but haven't done that yet. Might try it later, but I'd be surprised if it helped much.

[Q] Google Play Store issue

Does anyone know where I can access (or see a list of) apps I've already paid for?
I've been flashing ROMs on my device heaps lately, and I've lost track of what apps I've already paid for.

dw1llow said:
Does anyone know where I can access (or see a list of) apps I've already paid for?
I've been flashing ROMs on my device heaps lately, and I've lost track of what apps I've already paid for.
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Open play stores.. Go to my apps from options.. Then a list will load.. Now Swype your screen to the left.. You'll get a list of all install apps from the beginning of you using the phone..
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kishankpadiyar said:
Open play stores.. Go to my apps from options.. Then a list will load.. Now Swype your screen to the left.. You'll get a list of all install apps from the beginning of you using the phone..
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Hi,
This isn't quite what I'm looking for, because this lists ALL apps.
I just want a list of apps that I've paid for that are yet to be installed.
This was available in previous Google Store apps, where if you swipe left once it gives you list of all free apps you installed, and if you swipe left once more, it gives you a list of all the apps you've paid for whether they are installed or not.
For some strange reason they got rid of this valuable function. Now I've got no idea what apps I've paid for.

Automatic transaction restore
All transactions you did through the Play Store are kept by Google and when you reinstall the app after a wipe the app should automatically reinstate your license.
You should not be able to pay twice for the same app, unless the developer uses in-app billing with multiple product codes.
I had to wipe my phone completely clean last week and it automatically reloaded all my apps, including the ones I paid for and all was fine.
I hope this was helpful.

life without gapps aka google apps

Moderators PLEASE READ THIS THREAD BEFORE DELETING IT LIKE YOU DID THE LAST ONE
I did a couple of different searches on this board, looking for an alternative to gapps aka google apps. What viable alternatives to the google play store are there? google hangouts and google mail? I came across a thread discussion nogapps and the blank store that comes with it, but i'm not overly convinced that it lacks google's data mining processes.
I am not asking for sites that provide "pirated software" as I already know where to get that. I am asking for a "store" where I can search various phrases, and get a good return without those apps being relinked to google play store.

Have you tried the Amazon App Store? (Yes, they have Android apps)

Am I correct in assuming you are looking for a market that is completely separate from Google's servers? If privacy is your concern, you should know that all services that are provided for "free" employ some sort of data mining, because that is how they can afford to keep those services running. Since Google Play is the largest repository for Android apps, you would be hard pressed to find another service that hosts all of the same .apks, as that would seem redundant.

There simply is no viable alternative to the Play Store.
You can get alternatives, but they won't be nearly as good.
As for the rest of the gapps there are plenty of alternatives that are just fine or better.
Why are you so against gapps though? Washington doesn't care what apps you use.
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Even if the app doesn't mine your data, your ISP still does ...

plenty
well there are plenty stores available on internet. if you are on android 4.1 and rooted then you can install NOKIA app store. well its tricky to use, you can find a apk on xda. when you install it just install aptitode market from there, though aptitode can be installed alone too. you can find almost all apps. but still google holds android that will mean they will have the maximum apps and secure and most updated apps. even developers always put latest updated apps on play store first. well i used wildfire which has no gpu so cpu has to do work for most of operations which makes slow and to overcome the low space on that phone i sometime skip the gapps. it depends if you want surveillance free android then go for other market apps.:silly:..google even know when you are walking. i read this on xda somewhere.:laugh:
choice is yours.

100s of stores are available nowadays...
Gmail alternate is aosp email
Maps run without email account...
What else u need?

doctor_droid said:
What else u need?
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A way to synchronize (not backup/restore) my contacts and calendars on the Internet (Mega, Dropbox, whatever...) to be shared among other devices. This is bare minimum.
Then, if I could also synchronize (again, not backup/restore)some system stuff like WiFi passwords, call logs, SMS/MMS, instant messaging stuff and some application settings, this would be an extra great feature.
Can you do it without GApps? If you know how to, please share!

I don't know if this idea will benefit the app devs. Getting rid of the play store is like taking away one of their BIGGEST market place. What do you think?

People wouldnt feel the need to seek alternatives if Google wasnt so hardcore with it
Like dam, is it really even reasonable to keep location tracking in the background 24/7 and 15 different types of loggers at once? You'd think those morons would understand how large of a percentage of their would-be-users would actually use more of their services if they didnt chose to make it an all or nothing affair. I literally use only the playstore, and because of whats needed for that I go ahead and utilize the sync. I would definitely be open to gmail, g+, etc. if they werent so retarted with it. Rant over.

carlfinity said:
don't know if this idea will benefit the app devs. Getting rid of the play store is like taking away one of their BIGGEST market place. What do you think?
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I think more about my privacy than the app business.
I wish in could use something like CM with some synchronizing mechanism.
Unluckily for me I have a non-dumb-phone, a netbook and a desktop PC.
I use all three for work and would need some synchonization mechanism for calls, SMS and other stuff.
Do you have a suggestion in this direction?

I have read the opening post. So please remember that.
However, this kind of question will always lead to warez sites.... As it already has. And will continue to. And another thread asking same thing will lead to warez app responses yet again.
Google play store and Amazon are really the only ones that are legit and most other sites offer cracked versions of paid apps.
Obviously a website dedicated to Development and developers will not approve of most of the recommendations here, which I have deleted.
Please don't open another one of these threads. There's been enough answers provided already. So this thread is closed.
Thanks for understanding,
Darth
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prevent Google play services and Google maps from running in background

I know all the good stuff Android says about auto killing memory threads when there is a need BUT I am a micromanager for my Android . I JUST DONT WANT Google Play Services and Google Maps service to run in background as if they own the OS (sounds like Google like to keep google running after all ) .
Is there ANY way e.g....
-- Command via terminal
-- Any APP out there
-- a file change
that will prevent these suckers from running in the background. Google claims that these are innocent little puppies -just sit in the memory and dont consume CPU . Really ? NOT SO ..
-- They consume SLOW NETWORK bandwidth and cpu ( Keep a port checking s/w and see the android's IP doing some mischief through random ports, EVEN when its not in use )
-- Suck the battery
-- I JUST DON'T like carrying a lot of unnecessary stuff in the trunk of my car ..Ok?
I know there were some apps that would MODIFY default permissions on each app. Could they help . Could someone run me a few names

I feel the same way. I want to keep Google Play from looking for updates in the background. Glad to know I'm not the only one!

I'm not exactly sure of the end result. But maybe you could use a titanium backup widget to freeze/unfreeze Google play services. I did it to g maps and the toggle widget works perfect I just haven't tried play services because not sure if it will break something lol.
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djwuh said:
I'm not exactly sure of the end result. But maybe you could use a titanium backup widget to freeze/unfreeze Google play services. I did it to g maps and the toggle widget works perfect I just haven't tried play services because not sure if it will break something lol.
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I am already using Link2SD ( BTW I met some other serious issues with it - no one here in XDA has bothered to reply to me ) and I froze the following apps that run in the background without asking me
-- google services framework
-- google play
-- airdroid
- some other google service ( not sure of name )
i will unfreeze only when I need to , rest times I am good. Miss out updates - but who cares - I dont - actualyl updates are a pain in b**t when they keep happening every other day
I wondered if there is some s/w out there that will change the ACL's of these files so that they cannot exe, automatically.

sieger007 said:
I am already using Link2SD ( BTW I met some other serious issues with it - no one here in XDA has bothered to reply to me ) and I froze the following apps that run in the background without asking me
-- google services framework
-- google play
-- airdroid
- some other google service ( not sure of name )
i will unfreeze only when I need to , rest times I am good. Miss out updates - but who cares - I dont - actualyl updates are a pain in b**t when they keep happening every other day
I wondered if there is some s/w out there that will change the ACL's of these files so that they cannot exe, automatically.
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You froze Google Services Framework and your phone still worked???
I'd like to see a full list of what you froze.

EEngineer said:
You froze Google Services Framework and your phone still worked???
I'd like to see a full list of what you froze.
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some google service - I will double check the name. Try it . How cares - unfreeze if it does not work . I froze the sim#2 service also because i dont use it Think Linux - what do you need to run it

I just tried something different, I used DroidWall to block network access to the following services:
Google Play Services
Google Services Framework
Google Account Manager
Network Location
Google Bookmarks Sync
Google Contacts Sync
They were all listed as one item so they had to be blocked all at the same time. I will report what happens.

It's possible, annoying part is having to defrost services to install/update an app. Once in hibernation with the correct apk you'll be fine with no orange bars.
Make sure to delete all /data/data gsf stuff
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EEngineer said:
I just tried something different, I used DroidWall to block network access to the following services:
Google Play Services
Google Services Framework
Google Account Manager
Network Location
Google Bookmarks Sync
Google Contacts Sync
They were all listed as one item so they had to be blocked all at the same time. I will report what happens.
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Any updates on if this helped or not? Did it cause any negative effects?

No negative effects, and tablet is FASTER! Only thing is I have to unblock Google Play Service to check for app updates, but I only do that twice a month anyway.

EEngineer said:
No negative effects, and tablet is FASTER! Only thing is I have to unblock Google Play Service to check for app updates, but I only do that twice a month anyway.
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Is there not a way to disable them all apart from G Play Service?

oscarandjo said:
Is there not a way to disable them all apart from G Play Service?
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Not sure I understand your question. I've discovered it's safe to block network access to them all.

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if you block Google Play services and account manager your Gmail App will not work unless you are accessing Gmail through some other third party imapclient can someone confirm if Gmail App will work when these guys are blocked