HTC Themes Problem - Verizon HTC One (M8)

Hey guys, I'm trying to get into HTC Themes and when I try to sign in with my Google account it just keeps saying "We are unable to connect to the HTC servers. Please try again later" I've tried rebooting my phone and logging in with other methods but it keeps coming up. Can anyone else confirm that it is in fact the HTC servers and not something silly going on with my phone? Thanks!

Same problem here. Rooted, s-off, cleanrom. No clue what to dI at this point.

pettigrew95 said:
Hey guys, I'm trying to get into HTC Themes and when I try to sign in with my Google account it just keeps saying "We are unable to connect to the HTC servers. Please try again later" I've tried rebooting my phone and logging in with other methods but it keeps coming up. Can anyone else confirm that it is in fact the HTC servers and not something silly going on with my phone? Thanks!
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Might it require an HTC account?

schneid said:
Might it require an HTC account?
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I have an HTC account and when I put my email and password in and hit log in and says please wait then a few seconds later I get the unable to talk to HTC servers error. See the attached picture for the exact error.

Exactly the same problem here.
Vanila Htc One M7 — it happens regardless of the way I try to sign in, gmail or htc account.

M8
Where you able to figure it out im having the same problem with m8 developer edition.

I am having no problem. I went to the desktop theme maker site first. Maybe that is required to wake it up on your phones.
https://themes.htc.com/#/landing

Went to the site, even created a custom theme there.
I then tried to launch themes again, no good...

TeoBigusGeekus said:
Went to the site, even created a custom theme there.
I then tried to launch themes again, no good...
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Don't cry too much. The themes created kinda suck. You have no control over colors. They are picked by the app from those in the wallpaper. You can end with pinks and purples which aren't my favorites. As for icons it's easier to use a stand alone icon pack. Only thing that is really useful is that you can change fonts. Then again, the choices are limited.
I want to do things like change notification icons, the colors in Quick Settings, and NavBar icons. We need Xposed. I have Alpha 2 installed and tried Xtended Settings. Phone froze on boot. Did learn latest TWRP will do a Restore of ΠΣΘ ROM. So that's something.

I don't want to be a drama queen, sorry.
I just want blinkfeed to have a black background as it used to do before the recent update, I'm not even interested in fonts or icons.

TeoBigusGeekus said:
I don't want to be a drama queen, sorry.
I just want blinkfeed to have a black background as it used to do before the recent update, I'm not even interested in fonts or icons.
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I think we are expecting too much from HTC Themes. The only way I see to get the colors you want is to use a solid color wallpaper or one with four quadrants and the four colors you want.
As to not being able to log on, maybe they are doing some sort off staggered roll-out and it is out of our control.

Yeah, I still can't log on, getting the same error that I posted earlier.

I was missing the HTC Account service. If you go in to settings>App Manager>All, see if you have "HTC Account", if it's not there, it's not going to work. Not sure where or when I disabled/deleted mine... but I just ended up flashing a new rom on mine. HTC Account is back and it's working.

rcharliesam said:
I was missing the HTC Account service. If you go in to settings>App Manager>All, see if you have "HTC Account", if it's not there, it's not going to work. Not sure where or when I disabled/deleted mine... but I just ended up flashing a new rom on mine. HTC Account is back and it's working.
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Doesn't look like I have anything called just "HTC Account". How can this be added? I am on CleanROM 3.0. Thanks!

I am not sure, maybe the cleanrom thread would be more help. I was using cleanrom also... perhaps Scott didn't have it in there at some point? Since it was recently mentioned that he wouldn't be working on a lollipop rom, I have since switched to Adrenaline and voila, "HTC Account" is there and running.

rcharliesam said:
I am not sure, maybe the cleanrom thread would be more help. I was using cleanrom also... perhaps Scott didn't have it in there at some point? Since it was recently mentioned that he wouldn't be working on a lollipop rom, I have since switched to Adrenaline and voila, "HTC Account" is there and running.
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Ugh, I just went to post that question the CleanROM thread but it's closed

Oh man, that stinks.
When I was having the issue, I searched a bunch and came up with nothing. Definitely did not seem like a common problem at all. There were some older posts on a different htc product and how missing that service caused the same error that you and I were having, but the people that had the issue simply had to re-enable the service. Not reinstall it.
I tried reinstalling cleanrom, no wipe or anything, and nothing, still wasn't there.

rcharliesam said:
Oh man, that stinks.
When I was having the issue, I searched a bunch and came up with nothing. Definitely did not seem like a common problem at all. There were some older posts on a different htc product and how missing that service caused the same error that you and I were having, but the people that had the issue simply had to re-enable the service. Not reinstall it.
I tried reinstalling cleanrom, no wipe or anything, and nothing, still wasn't there.
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Blahh, that really sucks. Anyone have any ideas I can try? Thanks!

I suggested early on your probably needed and active HTC Account. I was on CleanROM and thought I I had it there too. Have you all gone to Accounts and Sync and hit the "+" key and added it? It ain't there unless you add it. I do have an app visible in TiBackup called HTC Account. I also have HTC Checkin Service and HTC Connection service which may be pertinent. Maybe HTC Backup includes it. That seem to be readily available to download.
Just some ideas.
Edit: Unzipped CleanROM and there is NO HTCAccount.apk therein. Looked inapp and priv-app so you are on to something. I think there are some all stock ROM dumps in the Development thread. Should be in one of those.
Another thought. CleanROM is Kitkat. Do HTC themes just work on Lollipop?
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rcharliesam said:
I am not sure, maybe the cleanrom thread would be more help. I was using cleanrom also... perhaps Scott didn't have it in there at some point? Since it was recently mentioned that he wouldn't be working on a lollipop rom, I have since switched to Adrenaline and voila, "HTC Account" is there and running.
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+1 Adrenaline2.2 and I have it.

schneid said:
+1 Adrenaline2.2 and I have it.
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Great rom so far, had to change the boot animation though, reminded me of the stuff people would put as their backgrounds on iphones in the earlier days of jailbreaking.

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Multiple Icons for same application on CDMA Hero

Hey, not exactly sure about posting in the right sub forum but i have a little issue
i am currently using a CDMA Hero for Sprint and everything has been going well after fixing the battery issue with a different messaging app, but now a new little annoying issue has arised.
lately when i have opened my menu bar for all my apps i have been getting multiple icons for the same apps
Examples such as Bonsai Blast and Teeter have 2 icons right next to each other that are the same. They both work but its kinda annoying
also some of the applications names are incorrect. instead of ChompSMS its titles is now com.p1.chompsms along with Google Voice being voicemail.xxx... etc
i have tried searching the forums quite a bit and haven't quite found an answer for this issue and am not sure if it applies to the GSM version (thinking it might be a bug for Sense UI)
anyone have the same issue?
i have tried reinstalling the applications and rebooting and it still keeps happening. (not really wanting to hard reset...)
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks!
you are not alone, yeah for i have two print voicemail apps one with a long com..... something same with google sky and google voice app its odd but hey hopefully we will get eclair soon
I don't think it is the Sense UI. I think it is Android. They show the long namsspace name for the application...and some apps show other weird names as well. It happens when you reboot the phone, at least for me. I think it has to do with the way the apps register themselves when the phone boots. Or it may be sloppy programming in the manifest files. Not sure.
Having the same issues. Google Sky will actually show up as the first application, and titled something with about an End User Agreement. When launched it pops up the EUA and only option is a force close.
Not sure what is causing it either.
ljmeli said:
Having the same issues. Google Sky will actually show up as the first application, and titled something with about an End User Agreement. When launched it pops up the EUA and only option is a force close.
Not sure what is causing it either.
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I had that happen also. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it fixed itself.
thecodemonk said:
I had that happen also. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it fixed itself.
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I bet if you reboot your phone the issue will return though...try it!!!
If that IS the case, see my post in this CDMA forum about app versions reverting. what has happened is that your app, in this case google sky, has reverted to an initial version, without telling you.
kmartburrito said:
I bet if you reboot your phone the issue will return though...try it!!!
If that IS the case, see my post in this CDMA forum about app versions reverting. what has happened is that your app, in this case google sky, has reverted to an initial version, without telling you.
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Just tested this and you are correct! Google Sky maps and Google Voice are the ones that do this for me.
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thecodemonk said:
Just tested this and you are correct! Google Sky maps and Google Voice are the ones that do this for me.
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I've confirmed that this app version reverting issue happens with at least 16 apps, not just the two Google apps you mention. I have a support question open with Google, so hopefully they can figure it out soon. It makes people think something else is wrong entirely.
JiltedCitizen said:
I don't think it is the Sense UI. I think it is Android. They show the long namsspace name for the application...and some apps show other weird names as well. It happens when you reboot the phone, at least for me. I think it has to do with the way the apps register themselves when the phone boots. Or it may be sloppy programming in the manifest files. Not sure.
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I really think this now too,
so far i reinstalled Flixster Movies and Handcent SMS and when my phone reboots i get some different weird icon for both that are not the original ones.
also with the reboot, one of my original problems happens with the names of ChompSMS and Google Voice with their com.xxx.etc names
it has to be something changed on a reboot.
Google Dev group is on it. No fix yet though unfortunately:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/3b7aced444a47425?pli=1
mercado79 said:
Google Dev group is on it. No fix yet though unfortunately:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/3b7aced444a47425?pli=1
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Mercado, would you mind also informing them that a reboot also is causing apps to revert to their older versions? I think the problems are related. Thanks!
kmartburrito said:
Mercado, would you mind also informing them that a reboot also is causing apps to revert to their older versions? I think the problems are related. Thanks!
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Oops! Sorry for making it sound like I am in on the android developer work. It is way over my head. Just thought I'd share a link I'd stumbled across. If it's kosher, perhaps you might want to share the url to your version reverting bug with that group. Not sure how that works.
In any case, it does seem like this is all related (missing icons, duplicate icons, renamed shortcuts, version issues, etc.). Unfortunately, it so far HTC has not acknowledged their role in the matter. Hopefully as the bug reports add up, they'll do something about it. Or, maybe they'll simply release Android 2.0 with Sense built in.
mercado79 said:
Oops! Sorry for making it sound like I am in on the android developer work. It is way over my head. Just thought I'd share a link I'd stumbled across. If it's kosher, perhaps you might want to share the url to your version reverting bug with that group. Not sure how that works.
In any case, it does seem like this is all related (missing icons, duplicate icons, renamed shortcuts, version issues, etc.). Unfortunately, it so far HTC has not acknowledged their role in the matter. Hopefully as the bug reports add up, they'll do something about it. Or, maybe they'll simply release Android 2.0 with Sense built in.
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Ah, no worries. I have no shame, I'll put it in there whether it's kosher or not
After all, without visibility, a problem will never get solved.

[ROM] 9/3/2010 | New Sprint OTA 3.28.651.1 | Stock, rooted, update.zip

This is a stock (rooted) copy of the 3.28.651.1 OTA that Fresh Evo 3.2 is based on.
The only changes from stock are:
Made in to an update.zip format so that you can flash it, and an update script was created
Added superuser, busybox, apps2sd, and the necessary mods to the ramdisk to make them all work
Other than that it's untouched. This is so that others can use this same base for whatever purpose that they want. This is not any type of rom that I'll be maintaining or supporting, that's what Fresh Evo is.
Enjoy!
Download: http://geekfor.me/evo/22/stock-rooted-3-28-651-1
What are the changes?
Thanx.
might test this one day
It has a new kernel that has better battery life than previous stock kernels.
So far having serious issues with data connection. On initial setup, it took 6 tries to get gmail account linked, and 3 tries with another e-mail account. Trying to access market now and it's taking an obscenely long time to load. First time I tried to access market the connection timed out.
Now searching for apps on market and connection keeps timing out. Guess I gotta go back to my 3.26 backup. Man I wanted better battery life.
Update: Finally got market to find Titanium Backup. It's downloaded 148KB in 5 minutes so far. lol
So is there any changes from the donor version to the official released ver.
Edit: wrong thread...
Sent from my Fresh Evo
Darian89 said:
So is there any changes from the donor version to the official released ver.
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Wtf lol this isn't the fresh rom this is HTC's ota update coming soon.
Any plans to release a stock deodexed version? Thanks!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
zergburger said:
Wtf lol this isn't the fresh rom this is HTC's ota update coming soon.
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Some people take a bout a week or so to understand a simple post so bare with them,lol.
Update again:
Looks like it might not be this update's fault. Just restored my nandroid backup and connection is still messed up. Sync is crapping out too.
data works fine for me, but the HTC twitter and weather apps are borked. twitter wont log in, tells me wrong username and password. weather wont locate off GPS
captblaze said:
data works fine for me, but the HTC twitter and weather apps are borked. twitter wont log in, tells me wrong username and password. weather wont locate off GPS
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I haven't had any issues so far. I haven't tried logging into Twitter yet though, but I did receive an e-mail stating they were going to change the way apps
have to login, so maybe this has somethingto do with that?
Geekslayer said:
I haven't had any issues so far. I haven't tried logging into Twitter yet though, but I did receive an e-mail stating they were going to change the way apps
have to login, so maybe this has somethingto do with that?
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that i have no clue about... for now i have nandroided back to fully functional.
captblaze said:
data works fine for me, but the HTC twitter and weather apps are borked. twitter wont log in, tells me wrong username and password. weather wont locate off GPS
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The HTC twitter app crapped out on me yesterday with same error and I'm using a stock evo not rooted. I went and got another twitter app and all is well so I don't think this error has much to do with rom.
ricoishere2 said:
The HTC twitter app crapped out on me yesterday with same error and I'm using a stock evo not rooted. I went and got another twitter app and all is well so I don't think this error has much to do with rom.
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thanks... i'll give it a try, what about weather with gps locator? any luck with that?
captblaze said:
thanks... i'll give it a try, what about weather with gps locator? any luck with that?
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My gps and htc weather work fine, its was just the htc Peep app. Btw, my software is 3.26.651.6. Hopefully I can work up the stones to root my phone this weekend.
ricoishere2 said:
The HTC twitter app crapped out on me yesterday with same error and I'm using a stock evo not rooted. I went and got another twitter app and all is well so I don't think this error has much to do with rom.
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Correct. Peep access to Twitter is a problem with the Peep software on ANY ROM, even on stock, non-rooted. HTC is working to address this problem.
Not sure about the other problems, though.
captblaze said:
thanks... i'll give it a try, what about weather with gps locator? any luck with that?
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I haven't flashed the new rom yet, on stock deodexed and my weather gps hasn't updated since yesterday. I've been syncing it every so often since about 7pm last night when I got home from out of town. It still works fine for maps so I think it's a system wide problem for htc weather, like peep.
Ok... downloaded from different link and didn't wipe before flashing and GPS weather works. First try did full wipe and had poor result. Now to test battery life.
btw... Twitter acknowledges issues with some 3rd party clients not working.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Full wipe and fully functional here. Weather/ GPS all good.

StarDroid Q&A

As some of you have come from the captivate know what I did there with Rom Q&A threads. I am doing the same here. In an effort to clean up the site. All Rom related question shall from now on be posted in the proper Q&A or will be deleted on sight.
GPS
Is the GPS fix incorporated in the new 4.0 rom?
GPS should work fine. This rom is really good.
The GPS reception I am experiencing, as measured by signal to noise ratio, is good on this ROM with the setup in my sig. Really good actually...when I fired up this version and saw more green than yellow and orange for the first time ever on this device, that was cool.
I flashed this with clockwork recovery 3.0.26 ext3 is it imparative to have ext4 on on. Everything is working fine?
No. It should be fine with 3.0.2.6 or above. You should check out the new EXT4 Recovery though. Very nice and easier also.
Thanks, I wasn't sure. I was looking at ext4, I have it on and am going to install it
Thanks
Does the patch remove the star on the ring lock? If it does, I'm not sure if I installed it correctly then. Could someone help me?
*Edit* Nvm I accidently downloaded the patch the first time. But was the patch necessary?
And if it wasnt, is there a way to take it off?
Go to the second post on the first page of the thread. You will see:
MODS And Themes
MIUI Camera (No 720p Video)
Extended Quick Settings (not tested)
Circle & Percent battery mod
Sense 3.0 Stock Lock Ring
You want the Sense 3.0 Stock Lock Ring. That patch will remove the star.
Now that i have installed everything.and the rooting process is done, am I allowed to reformat my SD card?
I do believe a goldcard is only needed to root. So yes if you want
Inspired55 is correct. You only need the gold card for the rooting procedure. You can keep it as it is since it will not matter as far as usage goes, or you can format it, Fat32 recommended.
Is there a way to add a reject icon to the lock screen?
never mind its there
HTC Hub
I have tried a few times now to load the HTC Hub app and some process keeps force closing and prompts to "Tell HTC"
Should this app work?
I am new to this rom and I am exploring everything.
Thanks
Also, everytime I reboot - I get a notification that says that I recovered from an unexpected reboot - would I like to Tell HTC?
Is that normal?
Thanks again
Yes and no. It happens on some custom roms. Nothing is wrong, just turn off the notification. Go to menu/settings/software update/tell HTC. and turn off send reports to HTC. As far as a process force closing, try to catch the name of it the next time that happens and we will probably have a better idea of what is happening.
Wolf_2 said:
Yes and no. It happens on some custom roms. Nothing is wrong, just turn off the notification. Go to menu/settings/software update/tell HTC. and turn off send reports to HTC. As far as a process force closing, try to catch the name of it the next time that happens and we will probably have a better idea of what is happening.
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Ok... I removed the account and added it again and got the same thing - it says...
"! Sorry
HTC Hub has stopped unecpectecly.
Please tell HTC about this problem. To
help HTC improve HTC Hub, select
"Tell HTC" to send an error to HTC."
Then it gives me the option to force close or tell HTC.
I have tried removing the account and re-adding with no success.
I was not sure about this one so I let Cstayton know. Hopefully he will answer you tomorrow.
dschreiber69 said:
Ok... I removed the account and added it again and got the same thing - it says...
"! Sorry
HTC Hub has stopped unecpectecly.
Please tell HTC about this problem. To
help HTC improve HTC Hub, select
"Tell HTC" to send an error to HTC."
Then it gives me the option to force close or tell HTC.
I have tried removing the account and re-adding with no success.
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Tell htc is removed in 3d edition v500 as well as the hubsyncprogram is removed. Or youcan download my latest Rom stardroid ELF v1.0.2 just clikc on my signature banner to get to the downloads
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Forum Runner - ROM StarDroid ELF v1.0.2 DEV
So far I really like this rom. Is there a way for me to add it back in?
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What in the name of Zod is LocalTryTry?

This has just been sitting in the my apps section of marketplace since I ran market doctor in Titanium Backup. I have absolutely no idea what this app does, (if anything) both the description and Whats New text simply says LocalTryTry followed by two screen shots of a three paned interface that is completely blank. Attempting to update the app fails and I can find no actual trace of it's existence on my transformer anywhere.
So I ask, what is this thing had how do I get rid of it? Frankly Its freaking me out a bit.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asus.weatherwondered the samething. just looked on the market page. It says in the url com.asus.weather. thanks for making me look.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asus.weather
Well that seems to be that mystery solved
I have exactly the same problem.
It came about exacly the same way i have tried using two different roms with the same result.
Have you got rid of it and how you did it.
Thanks
HTC__BOY said:
I have exactly the same problem.
It came about exacly the same way i have tried using two different roms with the same result.
Have you got rid of it and how you did it.
Thanks
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Using Titanium Backup just unlink LocalTryTRy (Asus weather) from the market and it stops nagging you about updates that always fail.
Well first post gets an answer pretty quick.
Pretty easy when you know how
Thanks for you help.
So instead of breaking the market link is there a way to port the update again? If I knew how I would since that seems like a better option.
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10char

[Q] Old Gmail on ICS

I already searched on here, and someone asked this before but got no reply.
I want to uninstall Gmail 4.7.1 from my Kyocera Rise that's running ICS, and install the older Gmail 2.3.4.1 on it. Has anyone else done this before? Any idea if it'll work?
I want to do this because 2.3.4.1 is what my old phone (was running Gingerbread) had on it. I don't like the newer Gmail app, IMO they made it harder to read and navigate. I find myself using my old phone just to check my email, because its less annoying. It'd be awesome if the older app were to work on here.
Tinton3w said:
I already searched on here, and someone asked this before but got no reply.
I want to uninstall Gmail 4.7.1 from my Kyocera Rise that's running ICS, and install the older Gmail 2.3.4.1 on it. Has anyone else done this before? Any idea if it'll work?
I want to do this because 2.3.4.1 is what my old phone (was running Gingerbread) had on it. I don't like the newer Gmail app, IMO they made it harder to read and navigate. I find myself using my old phone just to check my email, because its less annoying. It'd be awesome if the older app were to work on here.
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Bump. Seriously, 36 views and no advice?
Tinton3w said:
Bump. Seriously, 36 views and no advice?
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Welcome to Xda, you will see that this happens allot here and i wish everyone could get the help they deserve but most of the time they don't as for your problem, you could google Gmail 2.3.4.1 apk and might be able to find someone who mirrored that like you can try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181033 download that file from your phone or computer and find it and install it. it might not work because google sorta wants us to use newer versions of their apps but if it does you need to turn off the auto update so it wont. good luck and welcome to XDA!
Trozzul said:
Welcome to Xda, you will see that this happens allot here and i wish everyone could get the help they deserve but most of the time they don't as for your problem, you could google Gmail 2.3.4.1 apk and might be able to find someone who mirrored that like you can try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181033 download that file from your phone or computer and find it and install it. it might not work because google sorta wants us to use newer versions of their apps but if it does you need to turn off the auto update so it wont. good luck and welcome to XDA!
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Hello, thanks. I've been a lurker on here for a while, but I have no experience asking my own questions here.
Yup, I did that, I downloaded an .apk of 2.3.4.1. I was asking on here to try and find out if attempting this would even work.... in my research I can't find anything on whether something like this for Gingerbread will work correctly in ICS. It looks like I have to root to even remove Gmail 4.7.1 so that's why I was asking before getting into this.
Tinton3w said:
Hello, thanks. I've been a lurker on here for a while, but I have no experience asking my own questions here.
Yup, I did that, I downloaded an .apk of 2.3.4.1. I was asking on here to try and find out if attempting this would even work.... in my research I can't find anything on whether something like this for Gingerbread will work correctly in ICS. It looks like I have to root to even remove Gmail 4.7.1 so that's why I was asking before getting into this.
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Bump.
Tinton3w said:
Bump.
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The reason why you can't completely uninstall it is because it's a system app. So yes you would have to root to remove it
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