When I checked my Galaxy's file manager to uninstall an app, I suddenly saw "Google Play Services" installed. a 3.15 mb app. What is this for? I read on the market it is automatically installed? But, I didn't see any updates on my notification bar to install this, it just popped on my file manager.. I uninstalled it, but it installed again without any notification for it to be installed... please see attachment to see what im talking about guys.. Thankz!
I think that the 3.15MB file is the latest version of Google Play. It NEVER alerts you when it is downloading, updating, or complete. So just to let you know, it is likely to update again. If you are in GPlay at the time, it will force close with no warning.
That is not a defect in the app, but that is simply how it behaves. I flash many roms weekly, and sometimes daily, and this behavior is common among ALL fresh installs of any rom.
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I received this envelope icon on my notification bar and it isn't my gmail, when i scrolled down my status bar i saw the envelope and had some Chinese words next to it. is this an ad or spam? how would i solve this annoyance? I installed some apps yesterday and deleted them hoping this envelope notification would go away. This envelope only appears when i switch on my wifi. I also sometimes get this folder titled "ppy_cross" and sometimes some random numbered folder. Even if i delete these 2 folders, sometimes it woud return when my wifi is on.. I also read that Go launcher apps such as themes and keyboard skins have airpush ads, could this be true because i do have Go Launcher, and I had that chinese envelope thing on my notification bar, could this have any relation?
Hmm...can't really tell with the Go Launcher issue. I never had this problem, but I do get the Airpush ads with Go launcher and its products installed. Did you try a XDA or Google search for ppy_cross? That might yield the best results, if any.
Could also be spam that filtered through from somewhere
Google play services is some app to better unify and use Google plus and +1s I believe. Something to that extent.
I got it too, useless for me but WHATEVS
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Just a quick note. Has anyone looked at what this google play services actually has access to.. basically it can take almost total control of your phone..
I froze it with titanium backup and nothing happened.
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Droid Life had leaks for the new Google apps like music, clock, etc that are all honeycomb style but work on our phones. I installed all of them except Desk Clock which wouldnt install and the new gallery app always force closes. Camera works but when turning it to camcorder it FC's. Music app works fine but I heard landscape has a few problems and you also cant sync your Google account. None of these apps replace your current stock apps. I found this file in the Nexus One forums btw.
Make a zip file. I'm on my phone and I don't feel like downloading a unrar file explorer.
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How do you install these? I am getting an error that says "There is a problem parsing the package".
Did you download them from your phone or from a computer?
Because I wanted something new and fresh, I installed MIUI. But I now have some (major) problems.
1. First of all, I can't download anything. I logged in with my Google account and I am connected to Wi-Fi (I don't use 3g). When I try to install an app from the market, it is stuck on 'Starting download...' forever. There is no downloading bar in the notification bar. I searched a little on the internet, and I was told that I needed to go to the 'Downloads' app, press menu, and then 'Download using Mobile network'. It seems odd to me, because I want to download via Wi-Fi. Anyway, whatever setting I use in that download app, it doesn't work.
Browsing works fine by the way.
2. Second, what is this strange green app with the up-arrow on the homescreen? It isn't translated into english (I'm using the latest language pack). It looks a lot like the download app, but that app is on the homescreen to the right, and it is a blue app with an arrow pointing down. I can't delete this green app, because it is a system app. How can I get rid of it, or at least translate it?
Thanks in advance.
Can you post a screenshot of the app you're talking about? (Menu+Volume Down will take a screenshot)
About the Market, that happens to me sometimes, on various roms. Try this: Force Stop the Market and Talk. Then open Talk and make sure you're connected, then open Market and try downloading again.
That green app is the MiUi updater. It allows you to get OTA updates for MiUi. However, this only works if your running the original Chinese version. That app is usually removed in the English pack but in the latest MiUi 1.6.10 its required because the Theme Manager has some dependencies on it.
After installing Soundhound, does anyone have the issue where there is no icon in the app menu/drawer? Thanks.
There is something massively wrong with sense 4.0 Plenty of apps are missing icons including Tunein Radio, mirror and others...
I dont know what you guys are talksng about. I updated soundhound today and the icon is still there.
I have never ever had s problem with icons disappearing on sense 4.0
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There is something massively wrong with sense 4.0 Plenty of apps are missing icons including Tunein Radio, mirror and others...
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Same here, although I can access soundhound and tunein from the music app...
Never had this issue.
My Soundhound Icon is here sitting on my apps menu.
Just wondering... Do you have your apps menu to show All apps?
Mine is still there, however the girlfriends is having that issue...
*Edit1* Did some digging, there are more apps having this same issue. Mounted to the computer and found some files in .android_secure, turns out it's the missing ones. Funny thing happened while I was typing this out, HTC actually called me regarding another issue I have been dealing with and I informed them of this issue as well. He tested and saw what we see. He'll be getting back to me tomorrow on both issues. I'll update once I know more.
*Edit2* Uninstall soundhound, and reinstall from the market. This will automatically create a new icon on your home screen, but it still won't show up in the app drawer. Good temp fix. Also, using the built-in google search widget you can find your installed apps that don't show up, including Tune In Radio, which I have never seen in the app drawer.
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Same issue here. The icon for tunein radio disappeared out of the blue from the home screen and the list of all installed apps. The only way to get to it is through "settings- apps- all".
*Update*
HTC Called me back last night. They are still running tests and will be working on this all week. They plan on contacting me back by/on Friday evening. They are also testing the calender notification issues.
Wow- please keep us updated. Thanks!
Hello, I Just bought a used Galaxy S2 Skyrocket that the previous owner rooted. It was getting a lot of "not responding" messages for various things (mostly touchwiz) so I wanted to do a restore. I booted into CWM and ran the "wipe data/factory reset". I have read that doing so won't mess with the root and will only restore the data and settings.
After doing that I am faced with all kinds of problems. Mainly "com.android.phone errors" and most things stop responding. The top status bar won't even show up and the settings are no where to be found.
Okay, so I was just going to follow this guide here and start on page 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Now my problem is when it says,
"MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE SUPERUSER OR BUSYBOX APPS INSTALLED
UNINSTALL BOTH FROM SETTINGS/APPLICATION/ALL MENU [/B](if unistalling is not available use disable and restart phone to recovery to flash the SU file before proceeding.)"
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I can't remove superuser because there is no way to get into Settings. If I push the left menu button at the home screen there is an option for settings but it will hang for a bit and then say "touchwiz home has stopped". I thought I may be able to remove it from the play store but I can't even log into play store (it says Google account manager has stopped).
So I can't uninstall it or disable it. Should I continue with the guide even though superuser is still on the phone? What else are my options?
If you can get into CWM, I would just download and flash another ROM (with all recommended wipes). You will be starting clean and have root after install. The instructions for doing so are in the first post for each ROM. CM9 and Sky ICS are the most popular choices.
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Okay thanks! I went ahead and flashed SKY-ICS 4.2F6-2.2 without any issues. Just wanted to make sure that still having superuser installed wasn't going to be a serious issue.
Now I am trying to figure out what the best radio to use would be. I narrowed it down to 4 different ones but their performance all seem so similar. Is there any kind of benchmark I can run to test different radios/modems?
Also what is the difference between non crysis and crysis add ons? I can't seem to find any info on this. I want to remove the battery bar that came with the rom but not sure if I should run "Stock Battery" or "CrStock Battery"
There is an app to turn off the white battery line. Crysis is a cool theme so you should check those out. Radios are trial and evaluation only. I benchmark with a call to my wife. She is getting good at evaluating call quality...lol.
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Okay I found the app for it, lol. My phone had it before and I could simply uninstall it but it seems like it's built into this ROM I have now. Was confused that it wouldn't let me uninstall it like I did before.
I'm not so big on changing themes. I like the one the ROM came with. So the crysis theme needs specific add ons just for it? I guess I will just get non-crysis add ons.
Wish there was an easier way to pick radios. Pay-as-you-go adds up fast so I try to avoid unnecessary calls.
Crisis is only the status bar theme. So wifi, signal, BT icons at the top of screen. Nothing more. You can flash stock over it if you don't like it. Come to think of it, one of the Sky ICS threads has screen shots of each mod. They look the same for all versions of Sky ICS, but you must use the mod from the same version of ROM you are using. Glad your squared away.
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I received this envelope on my notification bar and it isn't my gmail, when i scrolled down my status bar i saw the envelope and had some chinese words next to it. is this an ad or spam? how would i solve this annoyance guys? I installed some apps yesterday and deleted them hoping this envelope notification would go away. This envelope only appears when i switch on my wifi. I also read that Go launcher apps such as themes and keyboard skins have airpush ads, could this be true because i do have Go Launcher, and I had that chinese envelope thing on my notification bar, could this have any relation? Thanks to whomever can help. Peace!
Could I have a screenshot to examine?
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Install Lookout Ad Network Detector, run it and see what apps are set to allow AirPush ads.
I hate the things - normal adverts to support the Devs are fine, but I refuse to use any app that run AirPush.
I cleared my notification right after I saw the chinese words
Thanks to: SimonTS and gagdude for your interest in helping me out.
I used the Lookout Ad Network Detector app and it found some games that had some ads, and i deleted some games that i didnt play anymore. Sorry, I didn't get the chance to get a screen shot of the app because my Galaxy SL isn't rooted. Is there an app that doesn't need root? I have a screen capture folder on my SL but not sure why it's there knowing I haven't installed any screen capture app... I'm just a rookie with the android platform that's why I'm trying to figure these things out.. O ya, I also get this folder "ppy_cross" when I turn my wifi on. What is this folder? I would delete it but comes right back when I turn my wifi on...?
P.s. about the screen capture i got it, i got the solution from this forum just now: Hold the back key and press home key!