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Hi all, I have read a lot about missing apps in the market, but it seams to me that there is an unusually high number missing from my rooted Kindle....
Could someone please confirm if the following apps are also missing from their market?
Be Weather
Weather Bug
Go Launcher EX
Dolphin Browser HD
Weight Watchers Mobile (the official app)
I see themes for a lot of these, but not the main apps.
Also, I tried the fix.apk file that I have used on my phone, but it didn't get me what I was hoping for. Thanks
Don't have a fire yet, but can confirm from a few other places that these were removed from the Amazon marketplace for the Fire. You can still sideload them though. Seems this was done a few days ago once everyone started posting that this was a way to get rid of the carousel.
I noticed that, too. There's obviously some sort of filtering going on.
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dspcap said:
Hi all, I have read a lot about missing apps in the market, but it seams to me that there is an unusually high number missing from my rooted Kindle....
Could someone please confirm if the following apps are also missing from their market?
Be Weather
Weather Bug
Go Launcher EX
Dolphin Browser HD
Weight Watchers Mobile (the official app)
I see themes for a lot of these, but not the main apps.
Also, I tried the fix.apk file that I have used on my phone, but it didn't get me what I was hoping for. Thanks
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Not on mine either. Perhaps since the Fire isn't one the "compatible" list they are not even available to download.
MichaelVash7886 said:
Don't have a fire yet, but can confirm from a few other places that these were removed from the Amazon marketplace for the Fire. You can still sideload them though. Seems this was done a few days ago once everyone started posting that this was a way to get rid of the carousel.
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I have side loaded done apps, but note all work. Thanks
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Thanks everyone sounds like the market is also very limited.
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i have go launcher ex and dolphin hd running right now. I did sideload them, i just did it when i was sideloading all the google apps and such. You might do some apk searches on the web. Otherwise it may take a couple weeks for them to be available for the fire (widgetlocker has already updated for the fire, for example).
The Android Market does not contain all of the available apps. It only contains apps that are compatible for your device. So if you have a Kindle Fire it will only show you apps they are compatible with the KFire. That does not mean that you cannot sideload those apps from the Internet.
But, not all sideloaded apps work though.
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When I first got my Kindle, I was able to download Go Launcher Ex from the App Store, then when I had a friend get it, it was gone. Ended up sideloading it, but yes, there appears to be a filter.
It really would be quite awesome if there was a way to override this filtering in the android market for those that are rooted. I would love to take my chances.
Google Voice App Receives, but no way to send texts
I read through all FOUR pages of the Kindle Fire forum but did not see anything about this.
I have successfully installed (side loaded) Google Market and Maps on a rooted Fire. I also installed Google Voice (all apk's from my EVO).
GV runs and displays incoming texts, but there is no way to write or send a text. When you click on a text conversation, it opens but there is no text box to write in.
Clicking menu does not give a "compose" option.
Since GV sends texts over the Internet, I am puzzled why this does not work.
I downloaded another texting app and that one does work, but it gives you yet another "phone" number, which just confuses my contacts (they dont know who is texting them).
Anyone got GV working?
So with my rooted KF w/ Titanium Backup, I am wondering which apps can be frozen or uninstalled WITHOUT screwing anything up..
So far, as far as stock goes, I have the following frozen:
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Amazon Video
Audible Fire
Email
Facebook
Help & Feedback
IMDB
Kindle Tutorial
Pulse
Quickoffice
Shop
All seems to be fine, but I am experiencing a lot of lag with GoLauncher. I have yet to find out what the cause of the lag is.
If freezing these apps do not cause the KF to have issues, would deleting them have any negative effects?
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So with my rooted KF w/ Titanium Backup, I am wondering which apps can be frozen or uninstalled WITHOUT screwing anything up..
So far, as far as stock goes, I have the following frozen:
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Amazon Video
Audible Fire
Email
Facebook
Help & Feedback
IMDB
Kindle Tutorial
Pulse
Quickoffice
Shop
All seems to be fine, but I am experiencing a lot of lag with GoLauncher. I have yet to find out what the cause of the lag is.
If freezing these apps do not cause the KF to have issues, would deleting them have any negative effects?
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I have a rooted KF and using Titanium Backup, I deleted the IMDB stock app. Now I'm trying to get it back but can't figure out how to do that. The downloadable app from the Android Market is not compatible with my device and the same goes for the version from the Amazon AppStore (go figure). So it looks like I'm stuck for now...
Just FYI, deleting it doesn't screw anything up, just don't try to get it back! haha
If you performed a backup, you should be able to restore it. If you want, I can back up my copy with TB and send it to you. It should restore just fine as long as you are running stock..
enkode, could you use TB to backup The Kindle Fire version of Impulse then send me the backup? I'd appreciate it a lot.
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enkode, could you use TB to backup The Kindle Fire version of Impulse then send me the backup? I'd appreciate it a lot.
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Hey buddy. I'm strictly cm7 now. I don't even have a stock rom backup anymore. Sorry!! But, I do remember seeing a thread in the themes and apps forum or maybe the general one of a member that backed up and shared all of the stock apps in one singular zip. I would try to track that post down. Good luck!
I have the Infinity - US version but running in Italy.
After experiencing some stuttering in audio playback and apps freezing - Launcher, News 360 and YouTube - I checked out the Asus Taskmanager Widget and found a few Apps running that I considered unnecessary, the key ones being [email protected] and PixWe. These two kept re-launching themselves even when I killed the task. They didn't start immediately but something triggered them!
Using the feature in ICS which allows you to disable apps, even those built into the ROM, I was able to get my Infinity to perform as it should. There were some apps which had been updated so all that was required for these was to uninstall the updates and restore them to the Factory version.
The procedure then, is as follows:
1. In the Settings, choose Apps and then ALL
2. Select the app you want to disable and clear the cache and any data it may have stored.
3. Force Stop the app and then tap the Disable button. You will probably get a message that doing so may cause problems with other apps, blah, blah, blah. Just click OK and then proceed to the next app.
The Apps I Disabled:
Amazon Kindle
ASUS E-mail
Asus Facebook Poster
ASUS MyZine
ASUS Sync
[email protected]
Black Hole
Chrome
com.asus.pcsynclauncher
Google+
MEar
My Uploads
MyCloud
MyNet
PixWe
PressReader
Splashtop Remote
Tags
Talk
TalkBack
TegraZone Games
WebStorage
Zinio
I would suggest rebooting the tablet after you have disabled the apps just to make sure that unwanted apps are disabled and any associated task killed. You should find that what you have disabled remains so even after a reboot.
Of course some of the apps I disabled may be useful to you so you may not want to disable them. I would suggest disabling what you don't need or, if someone has more patience than I, try each app until they find the culprit causing the system to halt, stutter, etc.
I did this yesterday and up until now I can say that things are running extremely well. I hope that this proves helpful to someone and maybe even gives some of the devs a list of problem causing bloatware.
Thanks for this, there are a few interesting posts here and there on this too, so we could probably merge them into a nice list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091442
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807454
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/applications/20011-asus-bloatware-crapware-can-disabled.html
And personally I'd add CMClient to that list:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833442
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Thanks for this, there are a few interesting posts here and there on this too, so we could probably merge them into a nice list here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091442
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807454
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/applications/20011-asus-bloatware-crapware-can-disabled.html
And personally I'd add CMClient to that list:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833442
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The first two links relate to rooted and unlocked devices. This would be the path to take if were not worried about losing your warranty!
I thought that what I offered would cater to those who didn't want to root or unlock. For now it's a shortcut but personally I am waiting for further development of custom ROMS and especially JellyBean, assuming of course Asus doesn't offer an OTA for JellyBean first!
Sure, good point. But to add some info for rooted users: you can just go to /system/app/ and do sth like mkdir backups and then mv AppName.* backup/ for all you want to (temporarily) get rid of. It's better if it stays on the system partition, so it has the same permissions. Of course you could also change the permissions to sth like 600 and change the file name to sth like (apk|odex).bak, in case something will be looking for the filename in different paths.
These can be done in managers like Root Explorer, not necessarily the shell, of course.
(damn, ran out of thanks again, they could set a higher limit really ;>)
Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.
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Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.
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I'm not sure how I got it, now that you ask. I'll try to enable it and then try to uninstall. Thanks for picking that up.
Looks like it is a default app. I'm only able to disable it. It does not give the option to uninstall!
This is good advice. I had to recently factory reset because the background apps were killing my battery and my tablet's performance (Apex would literally crash every 5 minutes). Now my battery life is much better and performance is more buttery smooth. Really wish that there was a nice App that could just optimize my tablet and do all this in one touch.
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E = Excellent!
I tried this!
Very good tip..
The boat browser is smoother I'm noticing.
Thank you
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Why did you disable Chrome? It isn't installed by default so you would have installed it via the Play Store.
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Actually, Chrome is installed by default...
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I have to say, i couldn't disable all the bloatware, but the ones i could disable like the Asus sync stuff,...it really helped speed up my tablet. If recommend doing this
jrkart99 said:
I have to say, i couldn't disable all the bloatware, but the ones i could disable like the Asus sync stuff,...it really helped speed up my tablet. If recommend doing this
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I can't disable any unwanted app, i took a screenshot to show you guys. What gives?
http://www.imgur.com/IsQyg.jpeg
Vo01985 I think you need to uninstall the updates and then the option to disable will appear. Try it.
Yes that seems to be it, thanks.
Glad I could finally help someone. Have fun with the Infinity a lot better then the Prime
Wow, disabling the bloatware really does help... I followed your list and disabled most of the same apps, except a few that I do use (ie. Kindle). It's much snappier now, and I haven't had a lockup yet.
Thanks!!
Hi,
I have also clean my, tablet but now i have lost the Asus widget that was displaying the date of current day. Does somebody know what app i have to reactivate ?
Thanks in advance
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Ghorin look at the bottom of the column that lists all apps and should see the ones you disabled. From there you can re-enable them. Hope this helps
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Ghorin look at the bottom of the column that lists all apps and should see the ones you disabled. From there you can re-enable them. Hope this helps
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Thanks littlejohn07 i have activated the date Asus clock and my widget is back
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Mine started to lag quite a bit when I used Go Launcher EX. As soon as I uninstalled it and deleted the cached in Chrome browser, which for some reason accumulated 110mbs of memory and did a cold boot everything is so fast and smooth again I've always used Go Launchers on all my android devices. It must not be optimized yet...
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Even after disabling the apps listed in my original post I was still experiencing lag and the occasional lockup. I thought it my have been "News 360" but this turned out to be victim rather than cause of the problem. I thought it was maybe the "YouTube" app because of the problems I had read that others were having but this too turned out to be a victim as well. Basically browser video playback was causing the tablet to lock up, the launcher to FC and even forcing reboots.
The problem app was in fact Adobe Flash! I unistalled it last night to test my theory and sure enough EVERYTHING is now fine. Of course it is no longer available as a download on the Play Store and I am wary of trying to reinstall / sideload it from another source. The version that I had installed was 11.1.1 . If anyone knows of the existence of a more recent version could they post a link?
In the end it's not an essential app for me but it does make some of the older sites a bit more usable until they fully update to HTML5.
I haven't been able to watch anything on Crunchyroll since I upgraded to Jelly bean. The app opens but its all empty. I think its related to the lack of flash support.
Has anyone been able to get this working? I tried the Dolphin Browser + Flash trick, but haven't had much luck, I can't get Crunchyroll to play in Dolphin either. It says my version is out of date. But I can use flash on other sites that aren't as picky about versions.
I believe this belongs in the Q&A Board, but here goes:
I tried the app and, though it failed a few times, I was able to retry and get a video to play just fine. In the browser, (I use Boat Browser with Adobe flash installed as well) the video froze loading on the mobile site, but when I changed my UA to Desktop, it worked flawlessly. Hope this helps!
I use this app to watch my anime. No issues getting to play any episodes. No problems on browser as well (stock).
I also use this method to get flash working on certain sites that are a bit anal about flash like Hulu and ESPN.com
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569816
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i reinstalled my app as well. Still shows the top menu bar, but nothing in the middle. Are both of you using the Asus build (not CM10 or another JB build)? Any strange modifications?
I can play other flash sites, just not Crunchyroll. ugh.
spinaldex said:
i reinstalled my app as well. Still shows the top menu bar, but nothing in the middle. Are both of you using the Asus build (not CM10 or another JB build)? Any strange modifications?
I can play other flash sites, just not Crunchyroll. ugh.
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For me I'm straight stock rooted and locked. Only modification is from the flash player.
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Playing around with the crunchyroll app I have found that if ur transformer is docked in then the app will be blank when launched but if you remove the app from the dock and put in portrait and then run the app it works fine.It seems the app will only work in portrait when navigating the app but when docked the tablet is forced into landscape so it fails to load since a landscape UI was not set for the app.
So I have had my tf700t since about Jan and immediately rooted and installed 7.1.2 with custom recovery. installed spectrum tv app and it worked ok. The vid was always a little choppy.
recently the app gives me an error saying it will not work with a rooted device. ugh. I probably use that app more than almost any other as its nice way to check the guide. other than going back to stock what are my options? by the way, I have tried installing the app from the apk directly to the tablet and same issue.
Update: so now the app runs but will not display the video, and present same error message regarding device rooted. I guess I can live with this as I said before, I don;t typically watch shows on my tablet as the video is a little too choppy to watch which is a drag. But at least I can scroll the channel guide
Install an older version of the app and do not update
thanks, I will give it a try. very annoying when trying to navigate the lineup and every station that I select I get the "this app doesn't work if your rooted" pop up.
I use a app called Disable Service cn.wq.disableservice. Disable all background services, wipe cache and it works. This app also is good for disabling apps that force you to update the app. Older apps do work if the app cannot determine that it is outdated.