Here's the deal, my moto G (XT1032) WAS working perfectly when Motorola was Google owned. After the first non Google update it started showing some problems. It is currently running on Android 4.4.2 and system version 174.44.1with NO hardware or software mods. The major issue now is that I can't uninstall ANY app, after I hit uninstall in the confirm window the phone reboots every single time, no matter what app. In addition to this, the same thing happens when you try to clear any apps data, also, you can't access the security settings as the settings app crashes every time you try to access security settings, and lastly, sometimes it reboots the phone says that it's optimizing one app of one, it freezes, crashes and reboots again until it is able to start.
THE MAIN ISSUE IS UNINSTALLING, and I have already heard that resetting to factory doesn't work.
Also trying to uninstall from the app launcher, play store or settings gives the same results.
After some fighting with my phone I came up with a solution.
1. Since the phone said that it was optimizing one app always, I assumed the problem was a single app. Then I deduced that app was Floatifications because it messed up with the phone security settings (for the notifications access) and was the most mod-heavy app I has installed lately. So I tried to uninstall it via ADB.
1.1 I had a second issue that the phone didn't recognized that it was connected to a computer. To circumvent this I booted into fastboot menu and I selected the BP tools option. When the phone booted up again with the service app activated it recognized the USB connection to the computer and turned on debugging mode.
2. I tried different commands to uninstall it via ADB, the one that worked was: adb shell pm uninstall -k <package name>
2.1 In this case of floatifications the whole command is 'adb shell pm uninstall -k robj.floating.notifications'
3. After a reboot everything was working normally. Including the USB connection.
For a final remark, I came up with this whole process by trial and error so maybe there is an easier way of doing all this stuff. I also uninstalled in the same process the lockscreen app "Cover" that also requested access to notifications but I don't think that app was the problem since the phone said it was optimizing one app and it isn't as muddy as Floatifications.
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I just bought the Atrix 2 few days back and I notice that after the phone has been started for a while, and I restart my phone, the APK cannot be installed anymore.
Model: MB865
Android Version: 2.3.6
Kernal Version: 2.6.35.7-g313792c
Build Number: 5.5.1-EDEM-27
Details below:
1st Attempt:
- Bought the phone and transferred my SD card with my previous phone apps backup in APK.
- Did the initial phone setup by tagging the phone to my google account, went into Google Market to install a battery status apps, surf some web, etc.
- Restart the phone and when the phone turns back on, tried select the APK file, enable the "Allow install of non-Market applications" and continue with the apk installation. It came out the permission page with [INSTALL] & [CANCEL] button at the bottom. Tried touching the [INSTALL] but no response. It's like a dummy button. Then [CANCEL] will exit the permission page.
- Tried other apps in APK, same issue.
- Called Motorola support line and she asked me to Factory Data Reset my phone from the Privacy in the Setting page.
2nd Attempt:
- Initial setup my phone as per usual by tagging the phone to my google account. Once the phone started, immediately, I use the file manager to browse my APK backup folder and install some apps with no issue. The [INSTALL] button can be clicked and apps installed properly.
- Use the phone for a while, restart the phone and turn back on... tried install other APK again... same issue happened, the [INSTALL] button became a dummy button again.
- Factory Data Reset my phone from the Privacy in the Setting page again to try again.
3rd Attempt:
- Suspect that it may be automatically downloading some apps from the google store, so this time round, I just turn on the phone without tagging to any of my account, not even my google account so that the phone should not automatically download apps from the market that may clashed with the system.
- Use the phone to do basic web surfing for a while, and then restart the phone.
- Phone restarted and try to install APK files, same issue happened again.
With the above tries, I suspected the issue (APK cannot be installed because [INSTALL] button cannot be clicked) is not due to any apps conflicting the system, but maybe some hidden updates download from google unknowingly that is incompatible to the Android system.
Further findings shows that my bro has a Atrix 1 and I asked him to restart his phone to try install some APKs, same issue with [INSTALL] button.
My 2 other friends has a LG Optimus One and LG Optimus Black, both running Android as well. I asked both to restart their phone and try to install some APKs, and everything works fine.
I seriously think that there are some conflict with the some google "hidden" update, maybe Play Google?, that disabled the [INSTALL] button as initially when phone factory resetted is ok. If this is the case, no point to go down Motorola repair centre as they cannot do anything as well until new updates from Motorola available.
Will anyone with Atrix 1 or Atrix 2 phones kindly check if you have such issue? Restart your phone 1st if the initial attempt is working as the update may activate only after the phone is restarted, such as the icon changing Google Market to Play Google, that disable the [INSTALL] button when installing APKs.
Let me know if you have a non-rooted solution, ok? Do not intend to root my phone yet. Thank you.
Have you install screen adjuster??
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Hmmm. I think this may be somethign to do with your service area, not the devices. My phone has the Google Play update and installs APK files just fine. I've done multiple reboots to try and replicate your issue and can't. But the fact that you say it happens on your Atrix 2 AND your brother's Atrix 4G makes me think something in your area is giving you a corrupted update. Don't know if that could be the case for sure, as I'm not an AT&T or Motorola employee, but for two different devices with two different chipsets to have the same issue, I'd think it's a corrupt download.
Its happened to my A2 as well. I got frustrated w/ it so i rebooted into recovery, wiped data & cache. Problem solved for me.
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I had the same problem on my Atrix 2.
The following appears to have fixed it for me:
1) go to Settings->Applications
2) uncheck "Unknown Sources"
3) try to install (you'll get an error)
4) go back and recheck "Unknown Sources"
5) try to install again
The "Install" button now works, and keeps working.
this works
bedman3 said:
Have you install screen adjuster??
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I have troubled with the same priblem and after read this post i tried to close screen adjuster and it works .. thank you
Screen Filter app also generates this problem
Thanks for this thread. I found screen filter also has the same effect. So, before installing any apk, just close screen filter if active and then install. Works without any problem.
If you have screen filter installed then plz disabled it and try to install.
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Same problem with At&T Note 2
I've been reading all the "solutions" to the dead INSTALL button and I don't have any screen filters installed. I did get the "Unknown Source" installation to work once after I froze the Google Account Manager app. Unfortunately it only worked once. I've done all the "basics" over and over.
TheFletch said:
I've been reading all the "solutions" to the dead INSTALL button and I don't have any screen filters installed. I did get the "Unknown Source" installation to work once after I froze the Google Account Manager app. Unfortunately it only worked once. I've done all the "basics" over and over.
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Go to settings apps then look under the all apps tab and find google play, click on that, then force stop, clear data, and remove updates.
Next go back and launch the google play store again and link it to your goolge account when it asks you to. Also of course agree to the terms and let google play update again. Now try and see if that fixes this a little more permanently for you. I had this issue back in GB when the google play store updated to version 3 and changed to the google play store from google apps and this worked for me.
Thank you jimbridgman. That didn't seem to be a permanent solution, although I may have done something wrong. This is what worked for me:
It appears that many apps have something to do with screen "filtering" or sensitivity that can cause this problem. After going through many of my apps and "freezing" them I came upon Gesture Launcher. Freezing that has solved my problem, at least for now. My fingers are crossed. I'm posting this to help others if they may have the same problem.
Once again thanks for helping and if my problem reoccurs I'll try your solution again.
LOL it happened to me today. the culprit is screen adjuster app.! Disabled it and I could install!
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.
Recently, in my phone (LYF Water 4) started ads popping out of nowhere. They were whole screen ads with just a small cross button on top left to close them.Clicking them just redirected to google play store.
I thought this was an adware hence installed all the anti-adware available on play store. None worked hence I had reset my phone using backup and reset as I have read in many other posts. Didn't work .
The ads kept coming in and since it was bearable I ignored them for a while but then suddenly some other programs are automatically downloaded on my phone and prompting me to install I keep cancelling them but they keep coming.
Then I read a post about adware that roots your phone to make itself system app, so i rooted my phone using king root and uninstalled any program that was useless like all bloatware and other system apps, none worked so I thought of again resetting my phone.
This time since king root was a system app it blocked a unknown program named "ADB program" and set it to deny root access. Thankfully I do not have those ad popups anymore but the auto downloading of things didn't go. Apps download in background and then prompt comes to install them.
So I checked the the data usage and a app called Mobile Services nowhere to be found on my mobile apps even with kingroot used 150 Mb of data so i blocked it,installed ccleaner and it found 2 non installed apk's in my phone which i deleted, they were located in android/data/some random number like 15464/......apk.
I deleted them, and blocked Mobile Services by restrict background data, still the problem was not solved. I installed several antivirus like Malwarebytes Anti-malware and all detected my phone camera as malware. SnapdragonCamera.apk
So I checked the battery and data usage and yes camera was in third spot in both hence I uninstalled camera app using kingroot, blocked background services, forced stop, cleared data and cache still no solution, I apps are silently downloaded so is there any hope. Thanks for any kind of help in advance
Parthr115 said:
Recently, in my phone (LYF Water 4) started ads popping out of nowhere. They were whole screen ads with just a small cross button on top left to close them.Clicking them just redirected to google play store.
I thought this was an adware hence installed all the anti-adware available on play store. None worked hence I had reset my phone using backup and reset as I have read in many other posts. Didn't work .
The ads kept coming in and since it was bearable I ignored them for a while but then suddenly some other programs are automatically downloaded on my phone and prompting me to install I keep cancelling them but they keep coming.
Then I read a post about adware that roots your phone to make itself system app, so i rooted my phone using king root and uninstalled any program that was useless like all bloatware and other system apps, none worked so I thought of again resetting my phone.
This time since king root was a system app it blocked a unknown program named "ADB program" and set it to deny root access. Thankfully I do not have those ad popups anymore but the auto downloading of things didn't go. Apps download in background and then prompt comes to install them.
So I checked the the data usage and a app called Mobile Services nowhere to be found on my mobile apps even with kingroot used 150 Mb of data so i blocked it,installed ccleaner and it found 2 non installed apk's in my phone which i deleted, they were located in android/data/some random number like 15464/......apk.
I deleted them, and blocked Mobile Services by restrict background data, still the problem was not solved. I installed several antivirus like Malwarebytes Anti-malware and all detected my phone camera as malware. SnapdragonCamera.apk
So I checked the battery and data usage and yes camera was in third spot in both hence I uninstalled camera app using kingroot, blocked background services, forced stop, cleared data and cache still no solution, I apps are silently downloaded so is there any hope. Thanks for any kind of help in advance
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Same thing is happening in my phone but its more updated with scam messages
What the hell am i supposed to do?:crying:
I have a Samsung S7 T-Mobile, G930TUVU4APK1. Nothing exciting right?
I received this phone from a moving sale and the people have since moved, and I've no idea who they were. The key guard was on, couldn't get in so I did a factory reset via recovery...well It is protected with Google Factory Reset Protection (FRP). I tried various things, RealTerm being one, and cannot unlock it. I downgraded the firmware to 6.0.1, and still can't get in. I tried to open a browser by copy/paste text, and I can sign into Google from the phone, but it's not a browser. I can only tap buttons and copy/paste items through the User Agreement browser. Chrome is installed as explained below. It will not sync.
So I thought i would try to unlock the bootloader by flashing it through Odin: Downgraded it from 7.0 to 6.0.1. in 'download' mode. Let it reboot when finished and powered it down. Loaded Odin again and flashed the AP part with Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_BOOT.tar. I then flashed SU from that link too. Success. It is rooted. I can get into a shell and perform shell commands and ADB commands. I can enable and disable packages, including Google packages. So i went in with ADB, disabled Google Play Services, cleared the data, renabled. Went and did that with the other 3 Google APKs hoping when you cleared the data, it cleared the account in FRP. I successfully bypassed FRP for a friend's LG phone by reading the User Agreement. It would open it in a Chrome tab and I could search 'settings' and get into the phone's apps and clear all the Google Apps data which would clear the account in FRP and allow it to be setup again with a new account.
Not this one. So I have full ROOT rights, the shell shows a '#', I can use full ADB, I can do everything except bypass FRP. I haven't found a package I can't disable, I just don't know which ones so I can to get rid of FRP, if able. I have no idea if the bootloader is unlocked or what the unlocked picture of a lock says "custom" means. Any help I can ge would be awesome!
Code:
adb shell
[email protected]:/ # pm list users
Users:
UserInfo{0:Jason S:13} running
That is my name. But I am not signed in? It says to have "owner of the device" to log in during setup.
Ok well...I'm inside the phone. I managed to flash root. I will try to post a step-by-step later, but right now I can install any APK, as long as it doesn't rely on Google Services. I did NOT bypass FRP yet. I have cleared data and or disabled all Google related services with no effect. I installed the SuperSU app but it says i don't have root. I just added a Samsung account I just created.
Like I can get into settings, disable apps, I even installed Nova Launcher. I just can't get past the FRP when I go to sign into any Google App.
Ok. I really didn't mean to have to start all over, at least not tonight, but I screwed up and well....anyway...Here is what i got so far.
I have not been able to yet bypass FRP. I have been able to root, and disable services of Samsung and Google, to gain main entry into the device.
1) Make sure phone is powered off.
2) Boot into 'download' mode by pressing and holding volume down+home+power. When the screen comes on, release the buttons then press the volume up button once.
3) Plug phone into Computer and launch Odin.
4) Download UFIRM_G930_Odin_Firmware.zip and unzip.
5) In Odin, add corresponding files to slots and click start.
6) Let it reboot, then power it down again. Reboot back into 'download mode'.
7) Went here and downloaded Nougat_S7_Edge_EngBoot.tar.md5.
8) In Odin, placed the above file in AP slot, and click start. Device is 'rooted.'
At this point, I am at the Welcome screen to select language. I don't do that. Phone is still plugged in, so I open ADB.
Code:
adb devices
List of devices attached
e436cea2 device
adb shell
heroqltevzw:/ #
heroqltevzw:/ # pm list packages com.sec
The shell command then pulls up all the packages related to setting up the device with their software. I disabled the Setup Wizard. I may have the exact package name a little off, as I am trying to do this post by memory. When you do this command, watch the screen.
Code:
heroqltevzw:/ # pm disable com.sec.android.app.setupwizard
(some amount of words followed by) disabled status: true
At this point you should see the stock Android setup wizard. I list the Google packages.
Code:
heroqltevzw:/ # pm list packages com.google
I disable the four Core packages, Play store, account manager, play services and the framework. I am using App Inspector on another Android device to get the core package names. When that's all done, I then go back, clear all the data from each disabled packages. Then I disable the stock Android setup wizard. When I do that, a pop up allows me to select a Samsung Launcher, I go with basic touch wiz. I now have access to the device in it's entirety. Then I install SuperSU APK and Nova Launcher via ADB. I set up Nova to make sure it is default. I power down the phone and reboot to 'download mode' again. Plug back into the PC. From here I get a script that will do the rest. When it reboots, tap on SuperSU app, done.
Now I have gone on and restored the Google play related apks, but even with the data cleared, it still reads FRP. So I can use this phone just like any other, just without using apps that rely on being signed into Google. I added my Samsung Account, but I just created it.
Ok so I rebooted this AM to try out something. I re-enabled Samsung's setupwizrd while leaving Android's disabled, along with the play services etc. I then downloaded and installed Samsung's official web browser 'internet'. This solved a lot of small issues. I couldn't use recent apps button so I was unable to swipe apps closed. Samsung wasn't syncing with my account. Other little annoyances. So I logged into my Google account through their browser. Google FINALLY recognized the phone. Before it would recognize it, but only as a new phone anytime I logged into Google. So 24 hours later (today) since I last tried to log in, I re enabled the Google services. It asked to update Google play (which I downgraded so it would have a harder time recognizing the previous account), and it updated. I went to settings, added my google account, FRP is GONE!
Since I logged into Samsung late last night, the phone synced with it's apps, my data/info and whatever else it needed to sync with. So I presume Google saw that today and was happy with it enough with the results, it released the FRP. The phone is officially working on all ends! Rooted and all
Just got a Nokia 3.1 Android One (Android 8.0.0)
There is only 1 problem :
Call Recorder ACR and Bluelight for eye care are killed / stopped by Android.
Battery settings are "not optimised" for these apps.
Is there a way to prevent Android to stop them?
Arie
Bolle1961 said:
Just got a Nokia 3.1 Android One (Android 8.0.0)
There is only 1 problem :
Call Recorder ACR and Bluelight for eye care are killed / stopped by Android.
Battery settings are "not optimised" for these apps.
Is there a way to prevent Android to stop them?
Arie
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Maybe I found a solution :
Keeping your Android application running when the device wants to sleep at developer zebra dot com
At Battery Optimization / Doze Mode I found at poit 3 this
3. Using ADB during provisioning you can manually edit the whitelist, though obviously your device must first have developer options enabled:
Add your application to the whitelist as follows:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.yourcompany.yourapp
And remove your application from the whitelist with the following command:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist -com.yourcompany.yourapp
Developer mode and USB debugging are activated on my phone, is this safe to try?
Hi,
I was having the same issue as well. I agree it is really annoying. For me, it was happening with Night Screen and Gadget Bridge.
However, since I got the 8.1 Oreo update (I got it on the 19th), I have not had Gadget Bridge get killed. I'm finally able to enjoy using my watch again
I no longer use Night Screen as 8.1 comes with one built in that is applied system wide.
I've only had the update for two days, so I can't say for certain if the problem is completely gone. However, it is a lot better than what I was experiencing on 8.0.
I don't know how long you will have to wait for the update, my friend who also has the same phone hasn't received it yet.
Last thursday I got the 8.1 upgrade and everything works fine, no apps get killed anymore.
Anyone else getting the feeling that the new Pie Update for Nokia 3.1 Plus is wonky?
I have an applock application that basically NEEDS to be active in the background. Somehow, the Pie Update got rid of any apps ability to stay active in the background. I contacted the customer service... And they told me to reset app cache, reset individual app data, factory reset AND boot up in SAFE MODE.
Now that I've done all of this, IDK what to do with the phone. The rest of the phone works great.
Actually, scratch that. After the factory reset, my ringtone kept getting reset to default Nokia ringtone even though I changed the ringtone. It defaults every boot up as well.
Please let me know what to do.
I know this is a 3.1 exclusive thread... But IDK why there's no 3.1 Plus thread. Please do help me in this.
I'm pretty much screwed.
I too am having that problem. Here is something that might help.
https://dontkillmyapp.com/nokia
I dont know how to run adb commands yet.