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Xda app keeps disappearing

My xda premium app keeps disappearing for some reason maybe its AT&T uninstalling it. Is anyone else having the same issue? I'm currently on non rooted stock rom.
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Lol no att is not uninstalling it. By ut keeps disapearing what exactly do u mean you know there is more then 1 home screen right? Is it possible it on one of your other home screens? Did u open the app drawer and scroll through your apps and not see it as well?

I've had this happen myself the past few days ever since I started messing around with some roms. For me, I'd go to click on the app shortcut and it would say it doesn't exist. I'd have to go back into Market and reinstall. Very odd issue and its happened around 3 times.
The last time it happened was when I went back to stock like I am now. I am still rooted though.
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Happened several times to me. Not just with xda app...
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you guys arent moving the app to sd are you?

It is odd I thought it could be ciq related I know its a stretch haha. But no its not moved to the sd card I'm not sure its only the xda app.
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I have been it happen with other shortcuts. Not moved to sd
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The app is completely unistalled off the phone
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Pirateghost said:
you guys arent moving the app to sd are you?
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Nope. Just had this issue pop up again after I did a nand restore from stock. I couldn't access the app, it no longer showed anywhere on the phone (/system/app, Applications, etc.) and yet the Market showed it was installed. I ended up having to install the free app and then uninstall that to then reinstall the premium one.
Not had an issue like this with any other app.

Kadin said:
Nope. Just had this issue pop up again after I did a nand restore from stock. I couldn't access the app, it no longer showed anywhere on the phone (/system/app, Applications, etc.) and yet the Market showed it was installed. I ended up having to install the free app and then uninstall that to then reinstall the premium one.
Not had an issue like this with any other app.
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Neither have I... very strange I'm now rooted with ciq mod and its still installed I may attempt to go back to full stock to see if it happens again.
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Slow Recent Apps Tab

Hi all.
I'm running rooted 4.1.2 on 8013, with multiwidow app installed. I have very slow reaction from recent apps tab. It opens immediately but is not responding to 3-5 seconds. After few seconds it works fine. Have you seen this problem?
Thanks!
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ddavtian said:
Hi all.
I'm running rooted 4.1.2 on 8013, with multiwidow app installed. I have very slow reaction from recent apps tab. It opens immediately but is not responding to 3-5 seconds. After few seconds it works fine. Have you seen this problem?
Thanks!
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same here.. i tried re-flashing and problem still there.. its ok since i barely use it..

I also have noticed this problem. No clue as to why though.
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Yep, same here.
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Same here very annoying. Any possible fix for this?
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Add me in too
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same here, while using the MultiWindow Manager

i have thesame problem

Maybe if were loud enough we might get some attention! It is sad that samsung pushes out an update that is supposed to multi task effienctly, which the multi windows does but the core service of multitasking is broken
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Same setup on N8000. I've noticed considerable lag with scrolling the recent apps. I have to remove some apps to see the whole list. It will not scroll at first.
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If you're rooted, u could play around with some different CPU settings. Otherwise, we gotta wait for Sammy to send a patch. This problem wasn't on the Mr.Darkman German 4.1.2 ROM though.

Justinchi said:
If you're rooted, u could play around with some different CPU settings. Otherwise, we gotta wait for Sammy to send a patch. This problem wasn't on the Mr.Darkman German 4.1.2 ROM though.
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Does he do anything different in his rom to stop the lag?
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tbogunro said:
Does he do anything different in his rom to stop the lag?
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Idk but I didn't have this kind of lag when I was using his ROM
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Just noticed that the multi window zip or app causes the lag for me. Once uninstalled everything was fine.
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tbogunro said:
Just noticed that the multi window zip or app causes the lag for me. Once uninstalled everything was fine.
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The Multi-Window Manager app? Ahhh, but what if we want more apps to have multi-view?

Justinchi said:
The Multi-Window Manager app? Ahhh, but what if we want more apps to have multi-view?
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Yeah. Idk guess we'll have to wait for a fix.
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Bump.
Anybody has any ideas?

ddavtian said:
Bump.
Anybody has any ideas?
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Been troubleshooting this for a while. Fixed by modding less apps in multiscreen mode...it's not like we need 100 apps in multiscreen mode anyway.

Download: Google apps from NEXUS 5

*** UPDATED LINK****
Droid life has a better download extractor.
Link → http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...om-the-nexus-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/
However Phandroid has uploaded a few diffrent apk's not found on the first source, please visit for yourself and compare.Thanks.→ http://phandroid.com/2013/10/31/nex...ad/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Thanks man!

I installed the keyboard but I get constant force closes when I select it the Gmail works fine just don't see what is different from the one we have now
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

Keyboard works for me love all the apps Google launcher takes a lot less ram to
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Keyboard works for me without issues too. I really want the camera from the nexus 5. I'm getting a little tired of how laggy the touch wiz camera is.
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I got it working with a different download link
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!

dreDrennon1 said:
I installed the keyboard but I get constant force closes when I select it the Gmail works fine just don't see what is different from the one we have now
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
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Try this source
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...om-the-nexus-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/
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Crazypinoy9 said:
Keyboard works for me without issues too. I really want the camera from the nexus 5. I'm getting a little tired of how laggy the touch wiz camera is.
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I'm using the Motorola x camera apk don't have time to find a link but just Google it its easy to find and very fast
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Everything is working fine on my note 3 except FC on hangout/sms when sending mms and ok google active listening prompt as it FCes too. There is a temporary fix to that by switching back n forth languages . Soon as you open anything in your phone and go back it will FC again.
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keyboard is working great for me too, as well as hangouts aside from mms totally crashing the app

Google search seems to be giving me an error when I search with the search bar.
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Fyi im getting way better battery life on my note 3 with the kit kat launcher even with google now on.
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mastaofdacat said:
Fyi im getting way better battery life on my note 3 with the kit kat launcher even with google now on.
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Same here! An unexpected benefit.
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Thanks for this man.. but ok Google command doesn't work...

tufail.budoo said:
Thanks for this man.. but ok Google command doesn't work...
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I got it to work with the advice from this comment.

Use this thread to get everything working. Those sites don't have the necessary lib files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507529

Dankchild said:
Use this thread to get everything working. Those sites don't have the necessary lib files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507529
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I don't have root access to my Note 3. I followed the instructions to download all the necessary files, installed them in the proper order, and did the language switch trick, but I'm getting force closes whenever I swipe to the left and click on any card.

^^^exactly .I dont want to root my phone . Doing the language switch is just a temporary solution and will go back to force close when do anything after on your phone .
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Downloaded and installed gallery. My photos showed up fine but when I tried to edit, the app FC on me. Anyone has any solution?
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no idea how i did this..
Okay so I'm not totally new to android. Tbh I do a lot more modding on I phones. But way more than your average jailbreaker.
I've had a rooted gs1 gs3 and now I've turned in my iphone5 for the Note 3. Great decision.
So I have my rooted note 3 on at&t.
I then somehow got xposed framework to work with the new Google launcher. (Okay Google hotword and Google now to the left working fully ) also installed the Google keyboard after with no problems.
The weird thing to me is I read all the instructions on how to install the new Google launcher experience, and followed the instructions.
But when I went to install all the apps but the Google launcher file (last file you install) they failed to install. So then once installing the launcher I rebooted. Then went into the xposed framework and turned on and off the module and rebooted again. Then I set all my settings, rebooted again. And the FINAL product is
The new Custom Themed Google experience.
Here are some pics.

OK Google not launching Google now

Anyone else having a problem getting OK Google to launch gone now? It worked fine when I first bought the phone then stopped after a couple days. Then I rooted the phone and it started working again but then stopped after a couple days. I'm running stock rooted. I even cleared the data on the search app and it still didn't work.
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Did u change the language? AFAIK it only works in english.
Btw: U only can use it when the search bar is visible (Homescreens or on Google now)
CHEERS
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Hannibal226 said:
Did u change the language? AFAIK it only works in english.
Btw: U only can use it when the search bar is visible (Homescreens or on Google now)
CHEERS
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I haven't changed the language and no I don't see the words but I used to see them.
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It only works on US english.
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It only works on US English but as the OP said, it did work before and he hasn't changed language so we can assume he is using US English.
It's an issue that I've seen crop up around XDA and Reddit and one I've had myself, so don't worry too much because I assume it'll be fixed in later builds. All that works for me is a reboot, then Google Now will detect 'OK Google' again. Try that.

"Ok Google" may disappear but feature is working
that's what is happening with me. I wiped the Launcher data twice to get back the "Ok Google" on the search bar
but it disappeared again and When I say okay google it works

A reboot definitely doesn't help. The only other time it came back was when I unlocked the bootloader and it wiped the device.
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If the microphone on the "Google" search bar of the home screen is filled in, it is listening. If it is hollow (an outline of a microphone) then it's not listening.
Reasons it may not be listening:
A. An app has requested audio access (games, music, videos, camera, even if they're in the background). This is especially common with games that insist on running even when no longer visible. Swipe away the app(s) and the microphone will activate itself again.
B. Not set to US English.
C. Google Now isn't configured.
D. Hotword in Google Search settings is turned off.
Any of those reasons are common and considered normal functionality. If you can eliminate all of them then you're looking at something more in depth like ROM issues, broken hardware, etc.

The microphone is hollow.
A. It isn't a game or app because it doesn't fix with a reboot.
B it is set to us English
C gone now is configured
D hotword is turned on
I haven't changed any of the settings but I have double checked that the settings are correct. I read on Android police that other people are having problems with now but none of the problems are the same as mine.
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These are my settings.
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armandosal said:
These are my settings.
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Not sure if it'll work for you, but changing the language, back to home press the microphone and then changing it back to US seems to work for me.

pert_S said:
Not sure if it'll work for you, but changing the language, back to home press the microphone and then changing it back to US seems to work for me.
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Nope. Didn't work.
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armandosal said:
Nope. Didn't work.
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You clear the cache in Google search...APPS

Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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jev3gs said:
Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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Maybe that's a fix? Mine isn't checked but its still working.
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wyrman said:
You clear the cache in Google search...APPS
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I cleared the data on the search app which sucked because not only did it not fix the problem but it erased all my home screen app positions
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jev3gs said:
Is the "Google Voice typing" checked? Mine stopped working too and I noticed it wasn't checked anymore. I Checked it and it game back on
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It's checked.
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I cant even activate Google Now cards! Also a lot of the settings are missing on the google search app. My language is set to US but i think google is blocking it here in my country
On my Note II i had it working fine!

The first picture is from clearing the cache and uninstalling all app updates. The second picture is the first page after activating Google now.
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Kristi-Tech said:
I cant even activate Google Now cards! Also a lot of the settings are missing on the google search app. My language is set to US but i think google is blocking it here in my country
On my Note II i had it working fine!
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What do you mean you can't activate it?
Go to settings > accounts > google > search > and what do you see?
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The first picture is from clearing the cache and uninstalling all app updates. The second picture is the first page after activating Google now.
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Have you tried turning Google Now off and then back on?
So opt-out and then back in?

Try ART

First thing I did after signing in was switch to ART. If your going to do the same, I'd recommend you do it before downloading your apps. It has to optimize all apps on the device and I did it without downloading a single app. 324 apps. Took a while.
cRookeD Nexus 5

Crooke356 said:
First thing I did after signing in was switch to ART. If your going to do the same, I'd recommend you do it before downloading your apps. It has to optimize all apps on the device and I did it without downloading a single app. 324 apps. Took a while.
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Stupid question but how do you activate art ?
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greatnesstx said:
Stupid question but how do you activate art ?
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Not stupid at all bud. Unlock developer settings by going to "about phone" in settings, double tap "build number" 7 times until you see the toast msg that says "you are now a developer". Back out, go to the newly available " developer settings " and 3rd (4th if you count the first non selectable line) option which says "select runtime system" and change it to "ART". It will say Dalvik until you've changed it to ART. Choosing it will reboot your device and take a few minutes while sets up your apps for ART. It is possible that if could be incompatible with some apps but since it first released with 4.4, I haven't heard of this.
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I think this sped up the start up time of the camera, which is still kinda slow. I just hope I don't have issues with some apps as I've heard of others that had to completely reset their phone to stop some apps from crashing even after returning to Dalvik and reinstalling the app...

What is Art?

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What is Art?
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Basically, it is supposed to allow apps to start faster, run smoother and improve battery. Here's an in depth explanation
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-art-of-android/
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Crooke356 said:
Basically, it is supposed to allow apps to start faster, run smoother and improve battery. Here's an in depth explanation
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-art-of-android/
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i think it may be kitkal art who released as soon as possible..:good:

After going to art the phone showed the unlocked icon on boot and custom rom....
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Yea maybe kitkat he means.

No literally it looked like a flash counter notification stating modified... not sure of it unlocked the bootloader or not as I'll let someone else make that brick in error... it had a lock which showed unlocked though.
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ballisticevo said:
No literally it looked like a flash counter notification stating modified... not sure of it unlocked the bootloader or not as I'll let someone else make that brick in error... it had a lock which showed unlocked though.
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Mine does the same.
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You can try what others did.

mine too?

Its gone when switch back

Mine does this as well. I can't believe Samsung marks the device if you run ART. A stock feature of Android.
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Mine does this as well. I can't believe Samsung marks the device if you run ART. A stock feature of Android.
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Yeah, that's kinda crappy. Good thing TW was toned down so much I don't see any reasons for flashing yet.
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brazcub said:
Yeah, that's kinda crappy. Good thing TW was toned down so much I don't see any reasons for flashing yet.
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Yeah, not too bad. It looks as if they started to redesign it but only got as far as settings and quick settings lol. With Nova and Flatro icons, it looks as though it's how it was supposed to be done. One of things that was always first on my list after rooting or flashing was changing the appearance of the status bar/quick settings. I like them now so with Nova, I really like the appearance. IMO.
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Crooke356 said:
Yeah, not too bad. It looks as if they started to redesign it but only got as far as settings and quick settings lol. With Nova and Flatro icons, it looks as though it's how it was supposed to be done. One of things that was always first on my list after rooting or flashing was changing the appearance of the status bar/quick settings. I like them now so with Nova, I really like the appearance. IMO.
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I like TW now. Using Google Launcher and it's very close to stock.
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I don't wanna open a thread for this so I'll try it here, I can't remember the "official" name, but "quick glance"? Something like that. When device is asleep, you wave over it and it displays the time and notifications. The one " motion gesture " I use and I can't find it. Hope they didn't ax it.
Anyone know how to enable it? Can't find it in the gestures section... Nor can I find lock screen widgets.
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I know people are all excited to try anything different, but ART on this device just isn't a good experience (at least on a stock device). I really wouldn't recommend switching, as you are unlikely to be pleased.