Since the upgrade to KK, across several Roms, I have run into an issue when an app updates. I am currently running C-Rom, but it has also happened to me on Pacman, Resurrection, Beanstalk, and a few others. When certain apps update, they no longer work. The icon is removed from the app drawer and replaced with the com.developername.apk path where the app data is usually stored and the app fc on opening. It has happened to different apps on different ROMs, but the usual culprits are IPcam Viewer, Tasked, and Macronos. (I don't use Macronos anymore since Sonos came out with their own app). I have uninstalled the app, both thru the app manager and using root explorer. When using root explorer, the apk is nowhere to be found. The only way I've found to resolve this, is to use TiBu to restore an older, working version.
TL: DR - my apps are screwing up and not installing correctly when they update. Can't figure out why.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Only a few of my free apps show in the market under my apps. All my paid ones are there. I have tried fixing permissions in rom manager, using the market doctor in titanium backup, and clearing the cache of the market app. None of that worked. Also, I'm not really sure if this happened because of cm7.0.2 or if I just hadn't noticed until now but either way its annoying.
What do I need to do to get them to show besides re-downloading everything one at a time?
No suggestions?
I do not know if this is normal, but if I install app from web, it will not download the app into my tablet immediatelly. Instead, I have to open market on my tab, then the download starts. Moreover, after installing the app I often also get a message in the notification area saying, that the application is already installed... I think, that it worked before on background without the need to start the google play. I disabled several apps, none of them should be related to market. Any idea?
original JB, rooted + several apps disabled
rkalas said:
I do not know if this is normal, but if I install app from web, it will not download the app into my tablet immediatelly. Instead, I have to open market on my tab, then the download starts. Moreover, after installing the app I often also get a message in the notification area saying, that the application is already installed... I think, that it worked before on background without the need to start the google play. I disabled several apps, none of them should be related to market. Any idea?
original JB, rooted + several apps disabled
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Seems to depend on the connection to the Google servers -- I've seen this sometimes, but other times the install went through without a hitch. I wouldn't worry about it, it's a bit hit or miss.
I have a (4GB) Tronsmart TS7 (some times known as a Alps Glacier TS7). It's a Chinese MTK6589 based phone running Android 4.2 purchased from geekbuying.
For the most part the device is stock, there are next to no pre-installed apps apart from the usual, and the only additional apps I have installed are: Playstation, Steam, ColorNote, Shuttle+, Root Explorer DI Radio, Chrome & Gmail
The problem I have is that there are apps appearing on the device that I am not installing. So far it has been the same set of apps that appear:
Mobo Market
UC Browser
TrustGo Security
DU Battery Saver
337 Game Master
GameCenter
(there may be more)
These apps don't start appearing right after a factory reset, but start to arrive 1-2weeks later. They also seem to be packaged similarly; when I say packaged I mean opening them seems to prompt with the same menu & style (accept licence etc) before it gets to the main app. Also, after you open the app from the app drawer it then creates an icon on the desktop. Maybe opening it actually does the installing?
The apps themselves seem to be legit.
I have factory reset the device (twice), and changed my Google password but they are still appearing. They don't show up in my Play store history so they must be coming from elsewhere.
My main concern is that if it is downloading things without my permission, what might it be uploading ? Not to mention wasting my 3g data etc.
So I have a few questions:
Should I be (really) worried?
Is there a way to monitor this? eg connect to a wifi hotspot and packet capture the network traffic? or maybe use a process monitor (the ones I've tried so far haven't shown anything) to see if there is some sort of script in the background?
Can it be stopped?
Thanks in advance, I would be interested to know if anyone else has/had this problem?
I have the same problem.
I haven't tried flashing some other ROM yet, but I guess that is the only way to get it to stop installing those things.
Have you actually found any other roms to install?
For anybody's information:
You may have noticed how you always end up with a 'Tronsmart.mp4' video file appearing in your gallery app. This is damn annoying since it appears twice, once on the internal and once on the external SD card. There is an '\system\app\CopyTest.apk' file which creates both of these. Should be safe to delete it and thus prevent the file(s) appearing
I have actually decompiled this apk. It works as a service that runs when MEDIA_UNMOUNTED or MEDIA_MOUNTED is invoked, and does absolutely nothing else.
I have the same problem, those random apps installing and the video always in my gallery. I have managed to stop tge apps by using a firewall and allowing only my apps that i want to use the internet. I havent found a solution though to fix the problem. Probably tronsmart is spamming its customers...
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I have managed to stop tge apps by using a firewall and allowing only my apps that i want to use the internet.
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What Firewall did you use? I might be able to use something like that to pinpoint the app that's causing this.
Sory for the late reply. I am usin "android firewall" free from google play store.
USB debugging disabled stopped it on mine
edit: not that easy, wasn't enough. made some cleanup by disabing/removing some system apps. seems to work so far although there are still some strange events like superuser crashing and right after that system downloader.apk reappearing. haven't seen any other junk coming back
these are the apk's i removed:
systemupdateassistant
systemdownloader
omacp
mtkbt
midtest
galaxy4
fusedlocation
engineermode
engineermodesim
cds_info
basicdreams.
Hi Guys, This is an issue I've come across today. Hoping some can shed light.
To my knowledge, apps are stored as apks either in system/app or data/app. Previously, I've been able to use Root Browser to remove or replace apps from here.
I have a Galaxy SIII and was running the Illusion rom, but recently flashed to cyanogenmod 11. Now, I have several apps that aren't in either of these places. For example I still have the old stock sms app but also have Hangouts now. I found the hangouts APK in system/app, removing it does nothing and Hangout remains.The old sms apk file is nowhere to be found, but it too is still in the app drawer. And there are others like this.
Is there some other location where these apps are stored? And is this normal? I basically want to get rid of the old apps without wiping/flashing the whole phone. Thanks.
Use titanium backup from the playStore. IT will solve all your Problems.
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Thanks for your reply. I've heard of Titanium Backup before. I downloaded it and it did help me out. Thanks!
I opted to keep this in the general forum since OnePlus had no answer. I rooted a week ago and noticed after some (and I am not sure how many) apps disappeared from my phone, like completely. They don't even show in the app drawer. But if I go to the play store it shows it is installed and I can open it from there. The 2 that I know of for certain were Pocket Expense which I have since uninstalled since it was buggy and SplashID. I tried doing a backup in Titanium Backup then deleting the app and reinstalling and it still does not show up.
Ideas?