Does anyone know of a way to disable the AT&T setup app that is always running in the background (something like "AT&T on the go")? No matter how many times I kill it, it returns and the "disable" button is grayed out, as it is for a few apps that came preloaded.
Thanks!
voipben said:
Does anyone know of a way to disable the AT&T setup app that is always running in the background (something like "AT&T on the go")? No matter how many times I kill it, it returns and the "disable" button is grayed out, as it is for a few apps that came preloaded.
Thanks!
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I don't think it's actually "running" per se, but rather it just caches itself. I noticed it couldn't be disabled as well so I kept an eye on it the past couple days and it doesn't use up any resources so I'm not worried about it.
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... it doesn't use up any resources so I'm not worried about it.
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I also noticed it was hardly using any resources, for which I am thankful. I guess you're right, I can learn to just ignore it. Strange that it persists in appearing in active apps, though...
voipben said:
I also noticed it was hardly using any resources, for which I am thankful. I guess you're right, I can learn to just ignore it. Strange that it persists in appearing in active apps, though...
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You could always root your device and just uninstall it either using TiBu or a file explorer.
There should be a few posts on how to do this if you don't know how.
Check out the dev section.
Thanks, Craig. I am holding off on rooting for now but I guess that would be the only way to get rid of the app. Appreciate it.
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Thanks, Craig. I am holding off on rooting for now but I guess that would be the only way to get rid of the app. Appreciate it.
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I decided to see if I can kill the app so first I opened the app and then just hit "Cancel" at the bottom. I then went to the Task Manager app and pressed the "X" next to it and then pressed "Force Close" without clearing any data/cache. So far it hasn't started back up but I'll update if it does.
That sounds promising! I had tried force closing but not using that exact method and it kept reappearing. I will definitely try this. Thank you!
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That sounds promising! I had tried force closing but not using that exact method and it kept reappearing. I will definitely try this. Thank you!
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I just checked again and it still hasn't started up. I think the trick is to open the app and press "Cancel" instead of backing out of the app and making sure to not clear the data when you "Force close" it.
live4nyy said:
I just checked again and it still hasn't started up. I think the trick is to open the app and press "Cancel" instead of backing out of the app and making sure to not clear the data when you "Force close" it.
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I concur. I think you've found the solution as I had canceled out of the app before but had cleared the cache, which I guess tells the app that it has never been used and therefore should be relaunched. So, the combination makes sense... and it appears to work for me as well. Good find!
EDIT: Well, it reappeared but only after quite a while and repeating the process is keeping it away again for now. This certainly is better than when it popped-up immediately each time. Maybe the second try will have a permanent effect.
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I concur. I think you've found the solution as I had canceled out of the app before but had cleared the cache, which I guess tells the app that it has never been used and therefore should be relaunched. So, the combination makes sense... and it appears to work for me as well. Good find!
EDIT: Well, it reappeared but only after quite a while and repeating the process is keeping it away again for now. This certainly is better than when it popped-up immediately each time. Maybe the second try will have a permanent effect.
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Yep, mine has started up too. Oh well, I guess I'll just ignore it, like previously mentioned, I don't think it's using up much anyways.
Agreed. Thanks for your efforts!
Lol.... Guys force closing does NOT prevent apps from coming back if they are bloatware or similar. Plenty of threads on task killers and thats what that is; just a native task killer.
You can force close all day long it'll usually come back. Hence the many threads on why task killers are bad for battery or if nothing more an unnecessary drain on your battery.
TB and freeze or remove.
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Lol.... Guys force closing does NOT prevent apps from coming back if they are bloatware or similar. <snip> You can force close all day long it'll usually come back. Hence the many threads on why task killers are bad for battery or if nothing more an unnecessary drain on your battery.
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Yeah, I think we are aware of that. However, this method made sense because it is some sort of setup program and making the app think the setup is complete would mean it didn't need to run anymore. Ever since starting the app before killing it, it no longer restarts immediately and constantly. It now takes a few hours to reappear and is not as persistent.
The issue here is that the app cannot be disabled, unlike most other bloatware but, luckily, it consumes next to no resources. As stated, we will just ignore it.
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Lol.... Guys force closing does NOT prevent apps from coming back if they are bloatware or similar. Plenty of threads on task killers and thats what that is; just a native task killer.
You can force close all day long it'll usually come back. Hence the many threads on why task killers are bad for battery or if nothing more an unnecessary drain on your battery.
TB and freeze or remove.
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Yes, I know , I usually link these two articles regarding using task killers:
http://lifehacker.com/5650894/andro...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
But NOT all apps will restart themselves and it really makes no sense why this one would unless the phone was rebooted or factory reset.
I usually freeze apps by adding ".bak" in root explorer but I haven't rooted/modded the phone yet until a little more development has been done, that's why I still have my Atrix to fiddle around with.
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Yeah, I think we are aware of that.
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You would be surprised at how many members ARE NOT aware of....many things ....
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Yes, I know ,
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DOn't you roll your eyes at me mister!
[/QUOTE]I usually freeze apps by adding ".bak" in root explorer but I haven't rooted/modded the phone yet until a little more development has been done, that's why I still have my Atrix to fiddle around with. [/QUOTE]
Hey thx for the tip I am def going to have to try your idea out!
Right now i gotta figure out why magically my phone keeps having everything crash, and now my stupid contacts have crashed and disapeared. Damnit this means I have to use the search function.
p.s. was gonna thank ya but mine are used up...ill hit ya up tomorrow
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You would be surprised at how many members ARE NOT aware of....many things ....
DOn't you roll your eyes at me mister!
Hey thx for the tip I am def going to have to try your idea out!
Right now i gotta figure out why magically my phone keeps having everything crash, and now my stupid contacts have crashed and disapeared. Damnit this means I have to use the search function.
p.s. was gonna thank ya but mine are used up...ill hit ya up tomorrow
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After adding the ".bak" to the end of the apk make sure to do a reboot too. Although, your suggestion for using TiBu to freeze apps is essentially the same thing, I just use my method because I don't have paid version of any app that freezes them.
What do you mean by "disappeared" with your contacts? I have heard about crashing issues because HTC needs to tweak the memory management a little more but I haven't seen entire lists of information disappearing.
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Anyone else getting these little popups saying that the time and date is being updated or synchronized? Just happened twice within a few minutes after the phone was on for quite a while. I've seen it a few other times as well.
Anyone else notice this?
I don't really mind if it updates the time and date frequently. I'd just rather not see it.
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Anyone else getting these little popups saying that the time and date is being updated or synchronized? Just happened twice within a few minutes after the phone was on for quite a while. I've seen it a few other times as well.
Anyone else notice this?
I don't really mind if it updates the time and date frequently. I'd just rather not see it.
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Happens all the time, unfortunately for the foreseeable future you won't disabling it..its part of the main notifications script and its not its own entity its just "display notidfication=1" (something to that effect, don't have the script or db here)
so unless you want no notifications, you're gonna have to deal with it. I've noticed it but I can't say that it has bothered me...
I've never seen this.
That happens when you kill phonecalls settings ect. Make sure your taskkiller avoid killing system and essential services
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Dxtra said:
That happens when you kill phonecalls settings ect. Make sure your taskkiller avoid killing system and essential services
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I never thought of it like that...that makes a lot of sense. nice work!
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I never thought of it like that...that makes a lot of sense. nice work!
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i stopped using all those "killer" programs. My phone runs much much faster and smoother now.
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i stopped using all those "killer" programs. My phone runs much much faster and smoother now.
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Really? Wouldn't that mean everything you launch is sitting in memory and wouldn't that make it run more poorly?
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Really? Wouldn't that mean everything you launch is sitting in memory and wouldn't that make it run more poorly?
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No, a big feature of Android is that it automatically kills apps when new apps and processes need memory. App 'killers' were only semi useful on older phones like the G1 which had very little memory.
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Really? Wouldn't that mean everything you launch is sitting in memory and wouldn't that make it run more poorly?
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yeah, like the guy above said, the default android os will start killing processes once it goes down to like 60 megs or something. When I had the task killer running, it did more harm than good for me on my Vibrant. It was okay for my G1 I guess but this isn't a G1!
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yeah, like the guy above said, the default android os will start killing processes once it goes down to like 60 megs or something. When I had the task killer running, it did more harm than good for me on my Vibrant. It was okay for my G1 I guess but this isn't a G1!
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I switched to this phone from a G1 and the difference is incredible. I see all of these posts complaining about a little lag here and there and think, 'go use a first gen phone for a while, then you'll see' lol.
On every theme thread people keep reporting that the theme is causing the problem, they're NOT!!! The Market has had issues since 1.6, and they continue with 2.1, and the Market issues aren't just related to the X10.
Go to start a new thread and type "market issue", and you will see that other brands and handsets suffer from the problem too.
I know I haven't modded the Market app, and know that others haven't too, had we of done there might be something to suggest it's the theme, but we haven't and it isn't!!
Just uninstall the market update from "manage applications" and all should be well
Never said it was your fault mate. But it is something that is easily replicated for me. I only use your theme so do not have a comparison.
I am NOT complaining, I choose to do these things to my phone and I am aware of the risks.
The market seems to be getting worse rather than better, really wish they would pull their finger out and sort it.
I have no problems clearing market cache etc.....
Something about the process of applying themes certainly does seem to upset the market though, but like I said, I do not hold you responsible my friend.
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Just uninstall the market update from "manage applications" and all should be well
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Works fine most of the time, just wish the monkeys could sort it out for good. It is way too unstable.
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Never said it was your fault mate.
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I'm just saying as it's been said on every theme thread despite the issues existing since 1.6 and with other phones too.
Hate to say I told you so
Definitely not a theme thing. I've seen this happen with a fresh firmware install.
It has something to do with the Market update, and as others have said simply uninstalling the market update fixes the problem every time.
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Zip it! Hopefully people will get the picture now though.
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Definitely not a theme thing. I've seen this happen with a fresh firmware install.
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Thanks for sharing that bit of info!
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I'm just saying as it's been said on every theme thread despite the issues existing since 1.6 and with other phones too.
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I don't really follow the other theme threads very much.
Like I said, messing with files like this is risky, just wish people were better prepared for when things go wrong.
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Like I said, messing with files like this is risky, just wish people were better prepared for when things go wrong.
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And like I've said, the Market app hasn't been modified by any themer as far as I'm aware and as pointed out it's happened on a fresh install for one person which supports what's already been said.
Hopefully android will fix this bug soon!
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Hopefully android will fix this bug soon!
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They are aware of the problem for a longer time, but instead of making it better they just keep sliding downhill...it seems to be complicated. There were several times devs couldn't add their apps because of maintenance, so they are trying to solve it.
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I know this has nothing to do with themes, because since I upgraded to 2.1 it happens to me almost once every other day. I just uninstall updates and it goes back to normal. It is obviously a Google issue.
If you guys have titanium backup pro, try using the its new feature of applying the market update directly into the rom (system/app). This seems to have increased stability for me. If you don't have the pro version, you can still move it via root explorer or adb.
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I installed the theme step by step. but seriously the mearket stop working. it forces closing. it downloads as usual, but the problem is when it install, force closing.
can not install.
but i really like the theme. looks so mmwaaaaa !
i just repaired my phone.
is there a way to stop that stupid market updater?
it messes up my eternity theme, and disables appbrain FWInstaller :'(
Reedz, it isn't the theme mate. I believe it's simply the act of messing with those files that upsets market. I can often get the same result messing with other files. It is simply 'twitchy'.
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Guys i got the way to solve this, you need to navigate to settings/applications/manage applications/market/ then in market uninstall updates.
go back to market and start downloading as usual.
hope it helps.
these things happen often , if one is decided to mod and go against the shipped ROM , then we have to anticipate such things ...
anyway as Reedz posted , the solution simply worked... XperiaX10user , keep up the good work , whatever ,and however much we work , Sh!t just happens out of nowhere ... , anyway i am ur fan man... waiting for ur next release , hoping that you get on to more color and rich combo of colors...
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Guys i got the way to solve this, you need to navigate to settings/applications/manage applications/market/ then in market uninstall updates.
go back to market and start downloading as usual.
hope it helps.
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Yep. I did that and was able to download as usual. The next time I opened the market after that it was the updated market again though so there doesn't seem to be a way to suppress it completely. However, after the market upgraded itself the second time (after the uninstall updates step) the new market worked perfectly fine with my modified theme. No issues.
For those of you that had bloat freezer by Trey Holland, and made the mistake of un-installing it quickly to find you can no longer get it again due to it being pulled from the market, I extracted the APK. Here it is, install and enjoy.
Isn't bloat freezer a paid app? You can't post those here...
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Isn't bloat freezer a paid app? You can't post those here...
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It *WAS* a paid app (and since it is no longer for sale and the developer has been suspended, it does not qualify as a paid app since you cannot buy it). However, 1 it is no longer available on the Market. 2 I spoke with Google on the phone today about it, and they said it was pulled because the developer has been suspended. This all came about because I just upgraded my epic4g yesterday to the Touch and wanted to re-install it, however it was no longer in the market. Google explained to me what happened, so I did the next best thing, I made an APK from another phone that still had it installed, and transferred it to my Galaxy 2.
Tells me that there is an update in the market, wont let me update so it wont let me use it :/ Really annoyed since I've actually bought this app, I have emailed the dev and he has said that they will be re-releasing with a new icon and description
We have to buy that again and then send an email with our new invoice and our old invoice and we'll be refunded
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Tells me that there is an update in the market, wont let me update so it wont let me use it :/ Really annoyed since I've actually bought this app, I have emailed the dev and he has said that they will be re-releasing with a new icon and description
We have to buy that again and then send an email with our new invoice and our old invoice and we'll be refunded
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Yes exactly, some people with an older version of market can still see it, but it won't allow them to update it. Google pulled it. For all others it is not even visible. That is why I posted the APK for the file. It is the most up to date version of the app. An email to the dev wil quickly get you an auto-responded email stating that "he doesn't know why google keeps pulling it, and will release a new one, and that you will have to re-purchase." From who I talked to today at Google, I wouldn't count on that happening so much... but again not relevant since this APK IS the most recent version of the app, and most probably the last time it will ever be seen.
Cott, I reflashed my phone today and spent and hour trying to find this app. Your .apk won't run as it says there's and update. Is there anyway around this?
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Cott, I reflashed my phone today and spent and hour trying to find this app. Your .apk won't run as it says there's and update. Is there anyway around this?
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I cannot say why that is happening. I have not had that problem, I installed it today on my Sprint Epic 4G (2.3), my new Galaxy II Touch that I got yesterday, and my Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1, including a friends T-MO mytouch. I am not running any custom ROM's on any of my devices, I simply have them rooted so that I can get rid of bloatware, freeze the stupid crap, and not pay $29.99 a month for wireless tether.... I am not a dev......perhaps a dev with the time can look into the problem you are having and figure out a work-around? Any devs out there?
You can freeze any app also with Titanium.
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You can freeze any app also with Titanium.
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Some things cannot be frozen and you gotta upgrade to pro from the last time I checked. I use antek app manager nowadays its free and lets you do the basics so its good I guess >>
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Bloat Freezer was a buck, how much is Titanium?
Going to give this a try. Still running it on my Nexus S with no problems so far. Started with fresh clean stock ROM then rooted my E3d and couldnt find it in the market (now I know why). I'm using Antek right now (which is pretty good as well as another member stated) on my E3D.
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Yes Titanium Pro is a must have app for rooted users, no question about it. However for the purpose of freezing apps, I find and many others have found as well that Bloat Freezer does it much better, and is able to freeze apps that Titanium can't. (Titanium will "freeze" certain apps, but then upon reboot, they are no longer frozen. (again that is with certain apps, and seems to be more or less of a problem based on what phone you are using and what ROM. Bloat Freezer does work better for the purpose off app freezing. Period. An added bonus of Bloat Freezer is that it color codes apps of what it thinks are completely safe to freeze, which ones you DO NOT want to freeze, and ones that it does not recommend freezing, which is very valuable for alot of "new to rooting" people we have floating around XDA, and therefore has the potential to prevent alot of un-needed posts and fights and other BS that goes on on XDA, therefore is benificial to our community. I have played with antek app manager as another person pointed out. I do find it to be a usefull app and has its purposes for sure. It's a must have as far as I am concerned, although lately I have been leaning more on "Gemini app manager". You should check that one out as well. Again though, for freezing bloat, nothing is as effective or safe, or "newb friendly" as Bloat Freezer. Oh, and to the other person pointing out that it is (was) only $1, good point, titanium pro is currently going for $6.96.
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Yes Titanium Pro is a must have app for rooted users, no question about it. However for the purpose of freezing apps, I find and many others have found as well that Bloat Freezer does it much better, and is able to freeze apps that Titanium can't. (Titanium will "freeze" certain apps, but then upon reboot, they are no longer frozen. (again that is with certain apps, and seems to be more or less of a problem based on what phone you are using and what ROM. Bloat Freezer does work better for the purpose off app freezing. Period. An added bonus of Bloat Freezer is that it color codes apps of what it thinks are completely safe to freeze, which ones you DO NOT want to freeze, and ones that it does not recommend freezing, which is very valuable for alot of "new to rooting" people we have floating around XDA, and therefore has the potential to prevent alot of un-needed posts and fights and other BS that goes on on XDA, therefore is benificial to our community. I have played with antek app manager as another person pointed out. I do find it to be a usefull app and has its purposes for sure. It's a must have as far as I am concerned, although lately I have been leaning more on "Gemini app manager". You should check that one out as well. Again though, for freezing bloat, nothing is as effective or safe, or "newb friendly" as Bloat Freezer. Oh, and to the other person pointing out that it is (was) only $1, good point, titanium pro is currently going for $6.96.
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Sweet. Just grabbed this up. Thanks for mentioning this.
bobbylouman said:
Some things cannot be frozen and you gotta upgrade to pro from the last time I checked. I use antek app manager nowadays its free and lets you do the basics so its good I guess >>
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You should update titanium to pro anyway because it is an amazing tool with amazing pro features. And it's a couple dollars.. Support the dev
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And thanks for this! Lol, i actually went and looked and noticed its gone. Lol
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And thanks for this! Lol, i actually went and looked and noticed its gone. Lol
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When I said Titanium was a must have regardless for root users, I should of said that I meant the PRO version of course. Thats why I posted this APK, because I know I loved it and I knew there must have been thousands of others that did as well, and since it is no longer available I figured this is one way I can contribute back to the XDA community.
I had purchased this app and wasn't able to re-download it when I upgraded from my DX to my Bionic.
I just installed the APK you posted and whenever I launch the app, it tells me there's a new version and the choices are Update or Exit. If I choose update it takes me to the market where it can't find the app. If I choose Exit, it just exits out of the app so it can't be used.
Hitting the back button on the phone dismisses the pop-up, but it still doesn't list any of the apps, and then selecting Refresh just bring the pop-up back.
Looks like I'm screwed.
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It *WAS* a paid app (and since it is no longer for sale and the developer has been suspended, it does not qualify as a paid app since you cannot buy it)
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Sorry, but just because it's no longer available on the market, doesn't mean it's no longer a paid app.
(http://bloatfreezer.com/)
This is still considered warez as far as I'm concerned, so I'm closing the thread.
Every time I'm scrolling through the market looking at apps, it kicks me back to the top of the list after viewing an app. Its really frustrating when you scroll through 50 apps trying to find one you want, click on one and decide you want to go back and keep looking and then it makes you start all the way over. It didn't use to do it like that until market got changed to play store. I've tried many different ROMS with no other outcomes. Anyone know a way to change this? Its really annoying.
Jellybeaned OuT!
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Every time I'm scrolling through the market looking at apps, it kicks me back to the top of the list after viewing an app. Its really frustrating when you scroll through 50 apps trying to find one you want, click on one and decide you want to go back and keep looking and then it makes you start all the way over. It didn't use to do it like that until market got changed to play store. I've tried many different ROMS with no other outcomes. Anyone know a way to change this? Its really annoying.
Jellybeaned OuT!
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Me 2 man, it is annoying. I wonder if it is a code line in the app framework that needs to be changed.
rsaavedra said:
Me 2 man, it is annoying. I wonder if it is a code line in the app framework that needs to be changed.
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Hopefully someone can chime in with some knowledge about this. If there is no fix, then I smh until it falls off my shoulders at Google. Its a complete fail.
Jellybeaned OuT!
It's the way Google have made it so until they decide they want to sort it, it will always be like that.
''Evil corrupts the mind of the weak but fails to feed off the mind of the strong''
Funny, though. The old Market did not kick back to the beginning of the list, but Google Play does...ironic.
But Google must have a reason for doing thing, because it definitely is not a RAM issue.
Side note: If possible, access Google Play from a PC, and push the download to the specified device(s). It makes life MUCH easier. Trust me on that.
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Funny, though. The old Market did not kick back to the beginning of the list, but Google Play does...ironic.
But Google must have a reason for doing thing, because it definitely is not a RAM issue.
Side note: If possible, access Google Play from a PC, and push the download to the specified device(s). It makes life MUCH easier. Trust me on that.
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It makes me question Google. Why would they even think someone would want to scroll through 20 apps, click one, hit back and have to start all over. Its the main reason I barely have any apps on my phone now. Oh and thanks for the tip. Haven't thought of that.
Jellybeaned OuT!
Yes, that was an utterly TERRIBLE decision/oversight/whatever by Google. Especially when I am about 120 apps down the list.
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Ok, so this was a huge problem on the Mediapad X1. Where huawei's memory manager kills apps in the background. Why do we need task killers today Huawei? Please stop
On the Mediapad X1 there were a bunch of apps like Google Hangouts that would get killed even though you tell it not to get killed via "Protected Apps", having your texting app not run in the background is bad as you can imagine. So now I have an X2 and it seems like this Protected App thing actually works better, however I noticed today that the bluetooth services were getting killed in the background as it would not pair with my car until I turned on the screen. Because these are built in services you can't "Protect" them.
Just posting this here so hopefully Huawei can see it and fix it
But seriously, they should just use the memory manager built into android and not try to monkey around with, we don't need task killers any more.
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Ok, so this was a huge problem on the Mediapad X1. Where huawei's memory manager kills apps in the background. Why do we need task killers today Huawei? Please stop
On the Mediapad X1 there were a bunch of apps like Google Hangouts that would get killed even though you tell it not to get killed via "Protected Apps", having your texting app not run in the background is bad as you can imagine. So now I have an X2 and it seems like this Protected App thing actually works better, however I noticed today that the bluetooth services were getting killed in the background as it would not pair with my car until I turned on the screen. Because these are built in services you can't "Protect" them.
Just posting this here so hopefully Huawei can see it and fix it
But seriously, they should just use the memory manager built into android and not try to monkey around with, we don't need task killers any more.
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So your texting app is working fine without any android-genius tweaks required? What app are you using? I NEED that!
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VillaRegina said:
So your texting app is working fine without any android-genius tweaks required? What app are you using? I NEED that!
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I am on an X2 now and yes, it appears to be working so far (Using SimplyText), I've only had the phone for 2 days however so I am still testing, but this was the main reason I almost didn't buy and X2 because of apps shutting down all the time on my X1 in the background.
What tweaks are normally required?
omniphil said:
I am on an X2 now and yes, it appears to be working so far (Using SimplyText), I've only had the phone for 2 days however so I am still testing, but this was the main reason I almost didn't buy and X2 because of apps shutting down all the time on my X1 in the background.
What tweaks are normally required?
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I have had Textra recommended to me as a work-around for MMS texting glitches. I am used to that now and will try it but if I have problems I will try your app. By tweaks I just meant that so much of what most of you do is not what a "regular" cell phone user would know. I had no idea there were memory manager things I might need to address. (I haven't done that before). That is why I am here. To learn about new things and to be prepared as much as possible for when (at this point it is "if") my 702L gets here!
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VillaRegina said:
I have had Textra recommended to me as a work-around for MMS texting glitches. I am used to that now and will try it but if I have problems I will try your app. By tweaks I just meant that so much of what most of you do is not what a "regular" cell phone user would know. I had no idea there were memory manager things I might need to address. (I haven't done that before). That is why I am here. To learn about new things and to be prepared as much as possible for when (at this point it is "if") my 702L gets here!
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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I was rooted on the X1 and getting rid of the Power Manager still made stuff die in the background, it was pretty irritating. So far with the X2 it mostly works. As far as I can tell only bluetooth dies (Which I can't add to any of those apps as its a system app)
The X2 is such a better phone than the X1. I hope Huawei keeps on top of bug fixes. With a generic android memory manager this phone would be truly awesome.
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You have to go into startup manager and check each app, protected apps and trust each application, add it to startup, and in permission manager you have to trust each application. I agree though, I wish this didn't exist as there's no need for it. If you're rooted you can take it out but you'll lose the Do Not Disturb mode as it is baked into it.
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Thanks for the help, aj... just something else I have learned. I learn something new every day! Now if the shipper would only prove it has actually been shipped! Lol!
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VillaRegina said:
Thanks for the help, aj... just something else I have learned. I learn something new every day! Now if the shipper would only prove it has actually been shipped! Lol!
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I got my X2 today from fashioncoconuts on eBay and everything is good. It even came unlocked. I'm liking these eBay sellers.
Edit: after I did a factory reset it said the bootloader was locked. Now when I use Google Maps it tells me I must update my Google Play Services. When I do my Google Account Disappears and my Play Store doesn't open. I'm beginning to dislike Huawei's implementation of their apps. Blocking certain apps from being installed is totally lame on Huawei's part. Now the waiting game begins for my unlock code. I'm giving them three days. If not both phones are going on eBay and I'm done with Huawei. Rant over.
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I got my X2 today from fashioncoconuts on eBay and everything is good. It even came unlocked. I'm liking these eBay sellers.
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Good Ole fashioncoconuts. They raised the price big time by the time I was trying to jump in and also told me when they answered my message that they were temporarily out of stock. You got a GREAT deal on that one! Worth the wait!
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VillaRegina said:
Good Ole fashioncoconuts. They raised the price big time by the time I was trying to jump in and also told me when they answered my message that they were temporarily out of stock. You got a GREAT deal on that one! Worth the wait!
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Yeah. They told me they shipped it out on the 5th and didn't until the 15th. Now I know why. They raised the price too right after I bought it. A lot of these eBay sellers jack the price up way too high. No one should pay more than $399 for it. I'm just glad it came already unlocked. It seems Huawei is no longer sending emails to people with the unlock codes anymore.
I use bluetooth in car, and it connects automatically without turing screen on. There must be some other issue.
bark1234 said:
I use bluetooth in car, and it connects automatically without turing screen on. There must be some other issue.
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Which build are you running?
omniphil said:
Which build are you running?
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It worked in B106 and is working on B108sp01
bark1234 said:
It worked in B106 and is working on B108sp01
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Ok, this morning bluetooth connect up fine (I'm on B108)
But I noticed the Lux (screen brightness app) had stopped in the background.
Services shutting down in the background was a huge issue on the X1 and for the most part seems to work on the X2 but it seems some things still get killed in the background once in a while even though they are "Protected Apps"
I'll keep monitoring and see if I notice anything else...