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Learn from my Fail.
I was cleaning out some bloat yesterday by freezing a bunch of stuff I didn't need or want. After a reboot, I noticed that NFC Service was still running, even though it was frozen. I came to the obvious conclusion that it would be best to just uninstall it, nothing near me uses NFC anyways...
This was a mistake.
My Market started acting flaky... I could run it, and browse apps, and I could even update apps and install things I pushed through the web market, but as soon as I tried to view details about an app, Market would force close on me.
I tried all the obvious things like wiping Market data and cache, to no avail. Started poking through logCat and noticed that something was trying to talk to NFC Service around when I try to view an app. I restored NFC Service from titanium backup, rebooted, and the market works as expected again.
TL;DR: Do not uninstall NFC Service, otherwise your Market will force close when you try to view an app's details.
Hope this helps someone!
m.
what does it need nfc for?
jessejames111981 said:
what does it need nfc for?
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Good question, I have no idea... just reporting my findings. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can shed some light?
m.
I did the exact same thing for the exact same reason, but I only had issues when I used Google Play Store, when I did uninstall updates it worked fine. Unfortunately, it would always update itself, so I ended up flashing a custom ROM. Wonder why you can't freeze it or force close it?? Why is NFC always running?
Every app I uninstall, still appears on my Smart Connect with a "?" icon.
Also when I get into the apps section in my smartwatch, I can still see these uninstalled apps, but without any icon, and, obviously, I cannot use them.
Does this happen to you?
How can I uninstall apps for good?
I've got an LG G2 paired with my smartwatch 2.
I had that with some apps when I did restores with Titanium Backup. Problem has gone recently though, I guess since the last software update.
Have you removed the apps in the normal way, or via some other software?
reset the watch.
Thanks! I'll try resetting the watch.
it's not a big deal, as I can easily reboot to recovery and re-flash root.
however it's getting annoying, and I'm trying to figure out what could be the possible causes that might cause root to "randomly" disappears.
I've tracked down a couple of possible scenarios where root can be lost, due some failed patching of some sort, but it still doesn't explains other cases like when launching a game from the Google Play store, then hanging and after End Task, to find out that Root is gone.
I use an app called Auto Mount along with my 120GB microSD so I can keep all my apps/games running without filling up the built-in storage. I also use Titanium backup and Droid Wall, BusyBox and many other Utility Apps that needs root.
Yet all those are well known trusted apps, so I have no clue what or if anything is being send down from Google Play store to reset root
Recently Google Play have been doing weird things, and needs to often delete the cache / data, so things can be downloaded or updated properly, otherwise you'll get those typical play store error codes.
Anybody else suspect or got an idea what could be causing this issue?
so, after additional test, I noticed anytime I make a change to the blocking rules in DroidWall, it causes the problem after applying the new changes.
Another app that seems to also kills root is CSR racing update by itself, after letting it update, it also kills root.
newer version of CSR does not uses google play to update, also it ignores the blockings in DroidWall
Alot of the issue could be that the way android mounts the SD card it was never made for apps. I will bet that if you stop using auto mount and store the apps an the normal storage you will stop seeing this issue.
Hi,
I've had the s7 for a few weeks and it's been running fine.
For the last 2 days, it's been freezing and becoming unresponsive leading me to reboot it for it to become normal again. Sometimes it auto reboots itself.
I have realised that this mainly happens to my phone while I am using the Daily Mail app.
Any suggestions?
Running stock BTU firmware latest - I've tried a factory reset.
Remove the daily mail app?
Well, I could do that but I use the app daily, it's been working fine for weeks.
It can either be something has become faulty within my S7 or an app update on Daily Mail has made it happen.
I've removed the Daily Mail app, deleted the cache and storage of it and re-installed it to no avail.
Yea, so remove it completely for a week and see if the phone still does it, if not, it's the app
Use the daily mail site for now
Ok, I will remove it right now and test.
Thanks.
Just had a thought, the Oculus Rooms app had a problem update recently causing these exact symptoms
Uninstall "Oculus Rooms" and see if that solves it, it's getting stuck in an update loop that never ends, killing battery life, heating phones up, and killing performance
You rebooting the phone likely temporarily solves it until it tries updating again
More info here
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/samsung-galaxy-uninstall-oculus-apps/
I assume you mean the Gear VR services.
For some reason I not able to uninstall them via the Application Manager?
Alikhan821 said:
I assume you mean the Gear VR services.
For some reason I not able to uninstall them via the Application Manager?
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It's actually "Oculus Rooms" causing the problem, show System Apps in Applications manager, see if you can see it in there
Otherwise grab a package disabler from the play store and disable with that, don't need root, I use Package Disabler Pro
I can't see Oculus Rooms in System Apps and I just installed disable service from the play store.
I don't see it there either.
I do see Gear VR services and I've attached a picture.
If you don't have GearVR headset or used SideloadVR to enable it, it might not have been installed, not sure as I used SideloadVR to run it on mine
com.oculus.rooms
If you don't use GearVR, I'd freeze all the GearVR / Oculus stuff and see how you get on
Some tips here
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/55280e/overheating_and_draining_battery/
I don't use GearVR headset or SideloadVR and I still can't seem to find com.oculus.rooms
I can't seem to find an app that would freeze GearVR / Oculus stuff without root.
I can see however that Gear VR Service has used 22% battery since last charge which doesn't seem normal.
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I don't use GearVR headset or SideloadVR and I still can't seem to find com.oculus.rooms
I can't seem to find an app that would freeze GearVR / Oculus stuff without root.
I can see however that Gear VR Service has used 22% battery since last charge which doesn't seem normal.
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Yep, that's seems to be the problem then
This is what I use, no root needed
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro&hl=en_GB
Top right 3 dots menu > show system apps > search from top search bar for "Gear" and "Oculus"
Check their boxes to disable, done
I've just seen this:
hxxp://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/02/oculus-updates-app-to-fix-rapid-battery-drain-on-samsung-phones/
Will the update be pushed out automatically so I wouldn't need to disable anything?
Check for updates, see if it fixes it
If you're not using it, might as well disable it anyway, free up resources
I don't know what I'm looking to update?
No updates are available in either Google or Galaxy play store and I can't seem to find the VR App.
Probably because you haven't enabled it with either SideloadVR or the Gear headset, so you can either use a package disabler and kill it that way, or use SideloadVR to enable it and update it that way
I don't have anything enabled on my phone to test different methods, until I get a GearVR, I disable all unnecessary services
Do I just download Sideload VR via the play store and them run it?
Reading the instructions would also be good
All the info you need is in this thread and on the apps description / google, instead of constantly asking questions, either disable it or update it
I've installed Package Disabler Pro and disabled everything with "Gear".
Nothing showed up with "Oculus".
I hope that's fixed it for me now.
Good stuff, fingers crossed, if you still have problems try removing that daily mail app
Hello, does anyone has list of all possibly related packages names to Samsung Account/Cloud apps? I know only two:
com.samsung.android.scloud
com.osp.app.signin
I went through all packages in phone, even uninstalled ones and didn't found anything else related to this, but still when trying to sync Samsung Notes, tapping on specific things , screen blinks and nothing happens. After few taps it says Samsung Account app keeps crashing.
Well, I admit I was removing stuff via ADB, but I have them all written on paper. Restored those two above but it still not working.
Not really leaning towards resetting tho.
blackfire74 said:
Hello, does anyone has list of all possibly related packages names to Samsung Account/Cloud apps? I know only two:
com.samsung.android.scloud
com.osp.app.signin
I went through all packages in phone, even uninstalled ones and didn't found anything else related to this, but still when trying to sync Samsung Notes, tapping on specific things , screen blinks and nothing happens. After few taps it says Samsung Account app keeps crashing.
Well, I admit I was removing stuff via ADB, but I have them all written on paper. Restored those two above but it still not working.
Not really leaning towards resetting tho.
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What about the other way round?
Re-install all system apps, check if it works, and then disable potentially not needed apps one by one. To be sure that the disabled app is really not needed.
Actually, once I did that and Sync was working, then I just turned it off in Notes app to not have any updates from tablet and when I wanted to turn it on it started crashing. Now Samsung Account is not present in Accounts menu