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How do you contact Google for Android App support? I have had issues with the search and youtube apps since the last update.
The FC issue in com.motorola.process.home when using search from the app xrawer is known about. I have also been having issues with the sound on my MoPho quitting after watching a video. As soon as I uninstalled the last uodate to youtube the issue has gone away.
What's tge deal? Does every update from google lately break something? I can't find anything for support other than a forum.
I'm a MoPho-er
From what I know, their support is pretty robust, but they don't provide support if you have a rooted phone. The main support, they use like an email system a-la' "submit a ticket", and they also use a phone support system that required you to put in your info and the system calls you directly. Try support.google.com and check the links that you're having an issue with specifically, but I think the paid services, stuff like Market/Google Play, AdWords, etc. are the only ones that have an actual support team. They don't really support free services like YouTube or Gmail.
Any way to revert to the google talk app from google hangout in 4.4?
there are some methods works in android 4.3, but it can't work in 4.4..
I tried to manually install the gtalk apk, but it won't install.
I have installed google talk into android 4.4, but it can't login
I have installed google talk into android 4.4, but it can't login. it seems that the google talk can't access to the network.
Anyone else have any success with this? I don't have the patience to downgrade to hangouts...
kobetete said:
I have installed google talk into android 4.4, but it can't login. it seems that the google talk can't access to the network.
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probably cant connect to the network because its old and not supported anymore. I would say install on 4.3 rom, but thats not possible for the n5. so unfortunately, your stuck with hangouts
Anyway to install the original mms.apk?
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I really hate the hangouts integration with SMS is so annoying, and hangouts is really dull anyway, the BBM app seems far better for chatting on, anyone agree?
willgare said:
Anyway to install the original mms.apk?
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I really hate the hangouts integration with SMS is so annoying, and hangouts is really dull anyway, the BBM app seems far better for chatting on, anyone agree?
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Get the mms.apk from the N4 (4.3). On the N5 (rooted), rename mms.apk to mms.apk.bak (Root Explorer recommended), copy mms.apk from N4 over, set permissions and reboot.
kobetete said:
I have installed google talk into android 4.4, but it can't login. it seems that the google talk can't access to the network.
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Hello,
Same issue for me with Nexus 4 on 4.4 and 4.3 after a factory flash.
But it's work with android 4.3 after an OTA from 4.2.2 strange ...
we need someone to modd the good old GTalk app to work again in android 4.4 and if it could be installed in data it will be greath... because there ar some unrooted users who want to get back GTalk
dose sombody knows how can we ask a dev on this site to help us with this problem?
MFaust said:
we need someone to modd the good old GTalk app to work again in android 4.4 and if it could be installed in data it will be greath... because there ar some unrooted users who want to get back GTalk
dose sombody knows how can we ask a dev on this site to help us with this problem?
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Google has moved on. It's time to accept the inevitable. You're stuck with Hangouts.
kobetete said:
I have installed google talk into android 4.4, but it can't login. it seems that the google talk can't access to the network.
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same problem here
any solution pllz
i think the problem it is with the Google Play Service and Google Play because i downgraded from 4.4 to 4.3 install the gapps, Talk worked... but after a while after thos two has updatedand after that i cant login... went to Settings--> Apps and uninstal the update of this two and... let the factory ones.. and it worked!
but after some hours.. they update themelf and Talk stop loging again
I think i have a solution.. but i cant test it because i am not on 4.4 anymore... so here ar the steps:
1. copy the Google Play Service and Google Play from 4.2 ( or 4.3 ...anyway a older version) gapps and use a your favorite root Explorer to put them into System-->App and set the Permision..
2 go to Data-->app and delete the update from this two...
3 Restart.. and see what happen.. GTalk its working?
Important... make sure that in Settings --> Apps you dont see any Google Service or Google play so that the one who ar actives ar the older version!
can someone test this?
Aerowinder said:
Google has moved on. It's time to accept the inevitable. You're stuck with Hangouts.
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Ok, so I don't think this is quite the right attitude here. Android is (was?) all about customizability, right? That's really it's big selling point over iOS, as far as I'm concerned. The Hangouts application removes several distinct functions that were available in gTalk:
1)From the main screen, where ongoing conversations are listed, you cannot tell if a contact is online
2)if you swipe into the screen to start a new conversation, you can see if a user is online, but not if they are away/idle
3)I cannot set my status to away, to be viewed as red by someone using talk on a desktop within gmail (or someone still able to use the original android Talk app), which the majority of my contacts are.
4)I cannot set my status to invisible, so that I am able to chat with one or two contacts without being interrupted by others
The fact that google has actually _removed_ this functionality makes it appear that they have no intention of adding it back in. Why have they removed these functions? What is the motivation? I have no idea. Talk was probably my most used app, so this is all incredibly frustrating.
There are third party apps (Jabber clients) that can enable functions 1-4 (such as Beejive, or Xabber) but as far as I can tell none of these apps have the capability of syncing conversations between multiple devices. For example, if I was typing to someone on talk from within gmail, and then I had to leave, but wanted to continue the conversation from my android device, talk (and Hangouts) show the entire conversation, including those messages sent from the desktop. I have not been able to find a Jabber client that has this ability.
It seems like the best bet here is modding GTalk so that we can continue to use it with android 4.4. Hopefully some kind Dev will come through and offer to help? I would love to buy that person a beer -- I know I'm not alone on this. I would be happy to pay for any app that could replace the functionality of Talk.
DC
diamondcanopy said:
Ok, so I don't think this is quite the right attitude here. Android is (was?) all about customizability, right? That's really it's big selling point over iOS, as far as I'm concerned. The Hangouts application removes several distinct functions that were available in gTalk:
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you're right, except when it's Google's own apps. since they control it (the app and servers), they can dictate what you can and can't do.
embrace change and figure out a way to make the current app work for you. or, continue beating your head against the wall, because nothing says sanity like trying to do the same thing over and over again with the same results.
Ok so I got GTalk to sign in on my Android 4.3.
Here are all the steps I did, and I have no idea which ones are really necessary:
1) Removed Hangouts.apk from system/app and data/app, and removed gms core from system/app
2) Flashed gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip entirely (without removing anything)
3) Uninstalled all updates of Google Play Store and Google Play Services, and disabled auto update on Google Play Store
4) Tried to sign in -> no success
5) Updated gtalks to hangouts using play store
6) Signed into Hangouts, then signed out
7) Uninstalled updates to hangouts, so it reverted back to GTalk
8) Tried to sign in on GTalk and it worked!
Hope it helps someone else!
guaycuru said:
Ok so I got GTalk to sign in on my Android 4.3.
Here are all the steps I did, and I have no idea which ones are really necessary:
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Tried it. Sign in not successful. Shall update if it works for me.
thankyouxda said:
Tried it. Sign in not successful. Shall update if it works for me.
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So when I flashed Infamous ROM on my S4 did not choose "Hangouts" as part of the flashing. Once flashed stopped auto update in the play store. Still no hangouts installed. Then mounted sytems as rw with ADB and pushed Talk.apk to sytem.
Successfully logged in to Talk. Testing sending message to another Gtalk IID
Google is breaking my heart with terrible gapp updates... First maps, now talk...
I can't stand how ugly, buggy and unusable Hangouts is. It's 5 steps back 0 steps forward. What on earth are they thinking?!?
It's disappointing that Google is shoving this update down our throats and are taking measures to prevent the older, superior versions from working altogether. I would glady donate to someone if they found a way to mod Talk to a working state. I'm glad a side-load mod was found for Maps, but I fear Talk won't be as lucky.
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Weird my google talk was working before after i deleted hangouts with titanium backup and installing the gtalk apk. however for some reason it just recently stopped working and i can no longer sign on to gtalk. anyone know what happened?
diamondcanopy said:
Ok, so I don't think this is quite the right attitude here. Android is (was?) all about customizability, right? That's really it's big selling point over iOS, as far as I'm concerned. The Hangouts application removes several distinct functions that were available in gTalk:
1)From the main screen, where ongoing conversations are listed, you cannot tell if a contact is online
2)if you swipe into the screen to start a new conversation, you can see if a user is online, but not if they are away/idle
3)I cannot set my status to away, to be viewed as red by someone using talk on a desktop within gmail (or someone still able to use the original android Talk app), which the majority of my contacts are.
4)I cannot set my status to invisible, so that I am able to chat with one or two contacts without being interrupted by others
The fact that google has actually _removed_ this functionality makes it appear that they have no intention of adding it back in. Why have they removed these functions? What is the motivation? I have no idea. Talk was probably my most used app, so this is all incredibly frustrating.
There are third party apps (Jabber clients) that can enable functions 1-4 (such as Beejive, or Xabber) but as far as I can tell none of these apps have the capability of syncing conversations between multiple devices. For example, if I was typing to someone on talk from within gmail, and then I had to leave, but wanted to continue the conversation from my android device, talk (and Hangouts) show the entire conversation, including those messages sent from the desktop. I have not been able to find a Jabber client that has this ability.
It seems like the best bet here is modding GTalk so that we can continue to use it with android 4.4. Hopefully some kind Dev will come through and offer to help? I would love to buy that person a beer -- I know I'm not alone on this. I would be happy to pay for any app that could replace the functionality of Talk.
DC
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you would be right if googles apps were open source, but they arent. Google can do whatever they want with the apps. But this is android, and you do have the option of using other apps. Its time to let go people.
Reeebo said:
Weird my google talk was working before after i deleted hangouts with titanium backup and installing the gtalk apk. however for some reason it just recently stopped working and i can no longer sign on to gtalk. anyone know what happened?
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Same issue probably Google service update
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guifort said:
Same issue probably Google service update
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After clear data and reset google service it's work.
Hello All!
My Samsung phone was not receiving RCS on the google messages app, despite google confirming rollout in most of the world. I suspect that my cell provider Lucky Mobile might have something to do with it, as it is one of the few carriers in Canada that does not provide RCS services. In an effort to activate it on my phone, I found a trick that I believe has not been posted yet. I tested this out on an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S10 running android 10 One UI 2.5, an unrooted Samsung Galaxy A50 running Android 10 One UI 2, and an Unrooted Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite running Android 11 One UI 3. These are all Samsung devices, so it may not work on other phones, but I have no way of testing that. The steps I took are below
On the Google Play Store, install Carrier Services from Google
Still on the Play Store, Install Google Messages
Open Google Messages and set it as the default messaging app
In the Messages app, open settings and check to see if chat features are available, they were not for me, but it is a good idea to check
Keep the Messages app open in the background but switch back to the Play Store and uninstall Carrier Services
Re-open the Messages App, then exit and close it from the Recents menu, and then open it again
You should now get a pop-up saying that you can use chat features, if not, then it should be available in the chat features section in settings
That’s it! I’m not sure how useful this will be to others, considering that my issue is something most people wont have, but I thought that someone might be looking for a way of activating RCS on their phone, with similar results that I had until now. I would also appreciate if people with phones from different companies (e.g. Google, Xiaomi, OnePlus) could try it out to see if it only works with Samsung phones or other companies’ phones as well.
Edit: You can join the Messages Beta program if you want after the steps are complete, as it keeps RCS enabled. Not sure why but I am not complaining
(P.S. This is my first post on XDA so I'm not sure if this is best format to post this, or the right place to post this in)
No luck for pixel 4 xl on Android 12
Is there any way to get 3rd-party call recording (ACR) apps working after tomorrow, May 11th, 2022?
As of tomorrow, May 11, 2022, Google apparently is nixing non-native automatic call recording (ACR) apps.
Google will kill call recording apps on Android for good starting May 11
Google is removing all call recording apps on May 11
Google will block all third-party call recording apps on Play Store from May 11
Google is killing call recording apps on Android phones from May 11
Google Will Kill Call Recording Android Apps Starting May 11
From May 11, call recording may not be possible through third-party apps on Android phones
Android call recording apps won’t work on your Galaxy phone after May 11
You May Not Be Able To Record Phone Calls On Android Smartphones From May 11
etc.
I have no idea what this news means in terms of HOW Google is doing it.
However... I suggest you get those ACR automatic call recording apps now, where below is just a small partial sample of free ad free ACR apps I've tested in the past (please see full list attached).
Automatic Call Recorder Free by ORCA CLAN TECH
free, ad free, gsf free, not rated, 1K+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orcaclantech.Automaticcallrecorderfree>
Callina - automatic call recorder by Information Technologies LLC
free, ad free, gsf free, not rated, 10K+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.callina.app>
Call Recorder (No Ads) by Boldbeast Software Inc.
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 2.0, 1M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boldbeast.recorder>
Call Recorder, by Killer Mobile
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 3.3, 1M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.killermobile.totalrecall>
TapeACall: Phone Call Recorder by Teltech Systems, Inc.
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 3.5, 1M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapeacall.com>
FonTel - Call Recorder by Metasoft
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 3.9, 100K+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.metasoft.fontel>
Smart Automatic Call Recorder Pro by Powersoft Tech
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 3.0, 10K+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=powersofttech.smart.automatic.callrecorder.pro>
Call Recorder by CA Mobile
free, ad free, requires gsf, rated 3.3 1M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dev.callrecordingapp>
Automatic Call Recorder ACR by Ambition Developer
free, ad free, requires gsf, not rated, 10K+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callrecorderautomatic.callrecorder>
If I allow ads, then that opens the floodgates of call recording apps.
Automatic Call Recorder by Appliqato
free, ad supported, rated 3.6, 100M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorder>
Call Recorder - Cube ACR by Cube Apps Ltd
free, ad supported, rated 4.1, 10M+ installs
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catalinagroup.callrecorder>
etc. (the list is huge so please see the attached file)
Meanwhile, my question to those who know more than I do is:
Is there any way to get 3rd-party call recorders working after tomorrow, May 11th, 2022?
scandiun said:
For me ACR is still available in the Google Play Store. What about you?
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Good question.
The letters ACR are used for lots of apps, so I'm not sure which specific automatic call recording app you're speaking about; and I don't ever use Google Play Store directly anyway (as I don't have any login on my phone for privacy reasons); but I use the FOSS Google Play Store client everyone else uses and looking there for "ACR", I see plenty of "acr" apps that still exist even today in the Google Play Store app repo.
Yet, the news said Google was deprecating them all somehow, so if you can explain what Google did and did not do on May 12th, that will help us all.
Google will kill call recording apps on Android for good starting May 11
Google is removing all call recording apps on May 11
Google to kill call-recording apps on Play Store on May 11
etc.
Have been running CUBE ACR on my Pixel 4a successfully for over a year. Android 13 broke it, emailed support, and it's now working with a test apk. I only use it for cell calls, no VoIP.
They appear to still be available but could we please get these hosted somewhere?
There's a magisk module from XDA called BCR (basic call recorder), and as far as I can see it works fine still.
I already bought ACR but, Google fuxed it up so it didnt work anymore unless on Android 5 to 9.
then I actually found one of the comments on Play Store that Aptoide version works.
I tried it on Android 12 and now on Android 13. It records both sides of conversation.
Just be advised that the instalation package will need to install Aptoide Store first, which, once inside, takes you to install page of ACR.
IMPORTANT:
*TURN OFF Updates inside the ACR app Settings, so that Google doesnt interfere. I also
**TURNED ON the setting that it asks me after the call "Whether to save the recording or not". Thats how l know it works and reminds me to check the functionality
You are welcome.
***I am in ze Germany with ze German Galaxy Fold 3
Freemaurer said:
I already bought ACR but, Google fuxed it up so it didnt work anymore unless on Android 5 to 9.
then I actually found one of the comments on Play Store that Aptoide version works.
I tried it on Android 12 and now on Android 13. It records both sides of conversation.
Just be advised that the instalation package will need to install Aptoide Store first, which, once inside, takes you to install page of ACR.
IMPORTANT:
*TURN OFF Updates inside the ACR app Settings, so that Google doesnt interfere. I also
**TURNED ON the setting that it asks me after the call "Whether to save the recording or not". Thats how l know it works and reminds me to check the functionality
You are welcome.
***I am in ze Germany with ze German Galaxy Fold 3
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it doesn't work for me
I have a Huawei GT 2 & Honor GS Pro & a friend has A GT 3. On all of these, the notification function , SMS & FB Messenger have stopped working. Same on either Android or iPhone. The calling feature still works on mine. Has a recent update, either watch or phone broken these functions? Amazfit says that iOS update broke notifications on their watches.
P6P here on latest android 13 Jan 2023 update,
"latest" Huawei Health 13.0.1.310
"latest" Harmony OS 2.1.0.417
No issues with SMS notifications here.
Don't do FB, but Outlook and GM notifications come through too just fine. Caller ID is sketchy based on if native google dialer vs. google voice app for VOIP calls coming in. G-dialer shows caller id, voice doesn't.
Possibly you don't have all the permissions enabled for the app in Android?
Android 13's new "restricted setting" feature will, also, block the user from enabling an app's Notification Listener if the app was sideloaded using a non-session-based package installer!
The fix is to go to Apps in settings > Finding the app > clicking the top three dots top right corner and seeing the menu and allowing the app full permissions.
Not an iOS user so can't help; otherwise, I would likely have the iWatch and not the GT3 Pro... Also, being able to tweak stuff is why I am an android guy for life....no clue what you have to do in iOS.
msoengineer said:
P6P here on latest android 13 Jan 2023 update,
"latest" Huawei Health 13.0.1.310
"latest" Harmony OS 2.1.0.417
No issues with SMS notifications here.
Don't do FB, but Outlook and GM notifications come through too just fine. Caller ID is sketchy based on if native google dialer vs. google voice app for VOIP calls coming in. G-dialer shows caller id, voice doesn't.
Possibly you don't have all the permissions enabled for the app in Android?
Android 13's new "restricted setting" feature will, also, block the user from enabling an app's Notification Listener if the app was sideloaded using a non-session-based package installer!
The fix is to go to Apps in settings > Finding the app > clicking the top three dots top right corner and seeing the menu and allowing the app full permissions.
Not an iOS user so can't help; otherwise, I would likely have the iWatch and not the GT3 Pro... Also, being able to tweak stuff is why I am an android guy for life....no clue what you have to do in iOS.
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I am a resident of the USA and am trying to determine how I can use the Huawei Watch 3 Pro. I am unable to download "latest" Huawei Health 13.0.1.310. Is there a way to download it and sideload into my Pixel 7?
sddenizen said:
I am a resident of the USA and am trying to determine how I can use the Huawei Watch 3 Pro. I am unable to download "latest" Huawei Health 13.0.1.310. Is there a way to download it and sideload into my Pixel 7?
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Try to install AppGallery and fin the Health on it. Also you can search on internet for Health apk.