is there any place to find out what each of these separate services are?? Id like to disable al the ones i dont use, but wont wreck my phone if i do...
for example, "wearable".... i dont have a smart watch, so would it not apply to me?? Icould post all the onces that are running (and therefore im concerned with stopping) if it would help?? Anything to save some ram (i know, i know... phones are supposed to use ram... then explain why zedge freezes wehn i try to listen to ringtones.... or why my other games can stutter.... lack of ram)... i figure if less things claim ram, more is availebl to play games with
Is there really nobody who has played around with this and knows what is safe to disable? or even, what they do specifically? google searching them is very unclear
Pawprints1986 said:
Is there really nobody who has played around with this and knows what is safe to disable? or even, what they do specifically? google searching them is very unclear
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Realistically you only really need Google play services and the play store. The rest are as needed
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You can download Disable Service from google play and disable some of the services you dont need.
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Edit: I didn't read your question right So, this topic may help you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexu...guide-t2999821
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Does anyone know this?
Trying to mass deploy devices at work and wondering how many devices a single Google Play account could support. I thought there was a max but I'm having trouble finding what that # is.
I'd appreciate the help as I don't want to set up bulk Gmail accounts if I can help it.
It's only two device maximum per with 1 Google Play account.
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It has only two device per google account is allowed this time.
rahul.kapoor said:
It's only two device maximum per with 1 Google Play account.
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It has only two device per google account is allowed this time.
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This isnt true, I have 5 devices on my account for development work, so its at least that but I couldnt give you a actual number
I also want to ask with the same question. Thanks for your help!
A lot. I remember on some AndroidPolice app reviews, the author would post a screenshot of compatible devices in his phone list and there would be like 10 devices on the list.
As far as I know device-unique info isn't checked by Google.
How many times haven't we flashed our various devices, I for one have never encountered any sort out limit.
My guess is, unlimited devices.
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Let's see here, I have 16 total active (or Google thinks they are) devices on my account. Though some services don't work on the last six that i have recently activated on the account such as Google Play Music which has a limit of 10 authorized devices (including PCs). But other than that, Google Play Store works and I haven't had any problems with it.
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Why do I have 16 "active" logins on my account? Well because when I switch ROMs, the account doesn't log out. I just leave it. When the problem comes around when Google limits the total active logins on the Play Store (which I presume will never happen, but you never know) I'm sure Google will add settings (if there aren't already now) to remove unwanted and/or unused devices active on the account.
First off, I have never purchased any music, books or movies from the Google Play Store. Nor have I used the store to search for any of these media types. All the media I have on my phone has been taken from "back ups" I have on my computer and placed on phone through USB or Skydrive. I have some very obscure and varied musical, reading and movie tastes. I also don't use Google+ or any Google affiliated messaging, chat or blog services. So I found it very disturbing on my last visit to the Google Play Store, when I decided to check öut the "recommended for you section" and found quite a bit of recommendations that matched the content of my phone. It was uncany. I did some research and found that Google says it's recommendations were based on searches, geographic location and what my"friends" listened to. I am on vacation outside of my geographic location and I purchased my phone while on vacation. My previous phone was a Windows phone so they can't have gotten data from that source, could they? Is my private content being scanned or accessed? Google is hitting too close too the mark on this one. I go out of my way to keep my privacy. Something seems fishy. Anyone else notice this or am I being paranoid?
You're being paranoid.
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App packages
When you enter the Google Play Store on your device, the application packages that exist in your phone (regardless where you got them from) are being used for search results.
Thus by matching the app packages that exist in your device against those that also have the same package name installed in their devices, Google can tell what kind of apps these generalized group of people will download, and make suggestions from there.
But yes, you are being paranoid
The play store takes stock of what's on your phone so it knows what updates you need and to recommend things to you. It does collect other info, all of which you will find in the TOS you obviously didn't read before you created your Google account. I didn't read it either, but I also understand some info is collected for these reasons and to be able to target ads to your usage habits. It's the nature of the beast - connecting to the Internet in any way means you have given up some measure of privacy, whether you like it or not.
You're being paranoid.
My advice: If you want to live off the grid, owning a smartphone is not the best approach....
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divinituss said:
When you enter the Google Play Store on your device, the application packages that exist in your phone (regardless where you got them from) are being used for search results.
Thus by matching the app packages that exist in your device against those that also have the same package name installed in their devices, Google can tell what kind of apps these generalized group of people will download, and make suggestions from there.
But yes, you are being paranoid
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Beat me to it! Hehe
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tbvnz said:
First off, I have never purchased any music, books or movies from the Google Play Store. Nor have I used the store to search for any of these media types. All the media I have on my phone has been taken from "back ups" I have on my computer and placed on phone through USB or Skydrive. I have some very obscure and varied musical, reading and movie tastes. I also don't use Google+ or any Google affiliated messaging, chat or blog services. So I found it very disturbing on my last visit to the Google Play Store, when I decided to check öut the "recommended for you section" and found quite a bit of recommendations that matched the content of my phone. It was uncany. I did some research and found that Google says it's recommendations were based on searches, geographic location and what my"friends" listened to. I am on vacation outside of my geographic location and I purchased my phone while on vacation. My previous phone was a Windows phone so they can't have gotten data from that source, could they? Is my private content being scanned or accessed? Google is hitting too close too the mark on this one. I go out of my way to keep my privacy. Something seems fishy. Anyone else notice this or am I being paranoid?
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If you have an android smartphone and you are using Google Play, you need a gmail account for this, so, Google already has your "identity" and knows who is the owner of that smartphone. When you use google chrome and start a session on it, you are telling Google everything you do on the web, and even if you are not logged in on chrome, or use a different browser, but log into gmail account and use youtube or google for searching on internet Google knows what you look for on internet and what you like to watch. And if you use your phone during vacation outside of your geographic location, Google already knows where you like to go on vacations and you like to on free time, that probably is very related with all the targeted adds that you see on the internet while browsing.
In other words, no one is scanning your private content or accessing on it, YOU are giving all this kind of info to Google and they just use it, maybe for suggest Hotels on vacations or for anything they want because they own it.
My recommendation is take care of your privacy and don't be paranoid if they know what you tell them... :cyclops:
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jsneider23 said:
... connecting to the Internet in any way means you have given up some measure of privacy, whether you like it or not. ...
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It doesn't have to be like this... there are ways for protecting your privacy on the web and everyone should use them instead of just get used to be snooped
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My advice: If you want to live off the grid, owning a smartphone is not the best approach....
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You are right
Has someone a solution for this problem? When trying to download large games from the play store the app force closes instantly.
Thanks
no issues here after switching to the international rom. maybe thats worth a try, since it has all google apps and services preinstalled
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I've mentioned this before.
There is a fix for it but its something to do with permissions and making it a system app otherwise you will get crashes when downloading anything around a gb or more.
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NZtechfreak said:
Also, you need to give Play Store internal storage permission to download those large games, until I did that I had same issue as you with large game installs appearing to cause the Play Store to crash.
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As you can see a simple search and you can find the answers...
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Hey What's up guys,
So following on from my banking segments i thought id cover off Popular apps next.
So some of the top apps i have successfully been able to install and run without side loading GMS. This again has been done via Phone Clone, Huawei App Gallery, Petal search which draws from APK stores.
Microsoft Office
WhatsApp and i was able to transfer my chat history
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Twitter
Messenger
Spotify
Netflix
Snapchat
Disney Life
CODM
And many more. A lot of people still think you cant get these apps or that its very difficult to do so, or that you have to sideload GMS. Hopefully this helps build a better understanding of what you can get and with ease.
Let me know what you guys have managed to install Without sideloading GMS and did you know about getting all these apps?
What is the point? The list will be huge. Are you going to maintain this huge list of thousands of software?
Do you have some sort of website to do this effectively .. or just a random list of software in a forum in no particular order?
what is some apps work 90% ok but have a minor glitch? will that be addressed in your website for this new database?
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What is the point? The list will be huge. Are you going to maintain this huge list of thousands of software?
Do you have some sort of website to do this effectively .. or just a random list of software in a forum in no particular order?
what is some apps work 90% ok but have a minor glitch? will that be addressed in your website for this new database?
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The OP is merely exchanging experience of life without google, sharing what apps work or not may be useful to some members.
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ChrisHtube said:
Hey What's up guys,
So following on from my banking segments i thought id cover off Popular apps next.
So some of the top apps i have successfully been able to install and run without side loading GMS. This again has been done via Phone Clone, Huawei App Gallery, Petal search which draws from APK stores.
Microsoft Office
WhatsApp and i was able to transfer my chat history
Facebook
TikTok
Instagram
Twitter
Messenger
Spotify
Netflix
Snapchat
Disney Life
CODM
And many more. A lot of people still think you cant get these apps or that its very difficult to do so, or that you have to sideload GMS. Hopefully this helps build a better understanding of what you can get and with ease.
Let me know what you guys have managed to install Without sideloading GMS and did you know about getting all these apps?
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To add to this, check out what people are installing on amazon fire tablets as a workaround, you may find it useful!
linux2525 said:
What is the point? The list will be huge. Are you going to maintain this huge list of thousands of software?
Do you have some sort of website to do this effectively .. or just a random list of software in a forum in no particular order?
what is some apps work 90% ok but have a minor glitch? will that be addressed in your website for this new database?
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Hi, i completely understand where you are coming from. I am only trying to share my experience and see what others have found. I'm new to forums so this may not be as well laid out as your use to but ill get better with time. If you have noticed any glitches with any of the above apps then it would be cool to know about your experience.
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The OP is merely exchanging experience of life without google, sharing what apps work or not may be useful to some members.
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To add to this, check out what people are installing on amazon fire tablets as a workaround, you may find it useful!
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Thank you for this i will check it out. Have you fund any particular app store that's worked best? i have been testing a few.
meh ive got the p40 pro and ive been fine using it, googles not everything. I used google for email, browser, maps and downloading apps, didn't use google books didn't use google pay after using it and having my account hacked and multiple credit and store cards taken out!! I googled it and its more common than you think.)
I still use gmail but just use their email app, I used their browser at first but recently started using duck duck go, I use here we go maps as that's the 2nd best offline navigation next to google maps and downloading apps? Went straight to app gallery and downloaded petal search which gives me everything..
Everyone's different and if you need Google then get a phone with it on but im enjoying the freedom!
Hi all.
I have been using the P40pro for a while now and have used App gallery and Petal search. I am just wondering if anyone has found any better ways to get apps on the device maybe something that auto updates apps as manually isn't that bad. But it is not just overly convenient.
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Hi all.
I have been using the P40pro for a while now and have used App gallery and Petal search. I am just wondering if anyone has found any better ways to get apps on the device maybe something that auto updates apps as manually isn't that bad. But it is not just overly convenient.
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If they where downloaded from App gallery they will auto update or you can set to manual if you prefer. With petal it is a manual job but realistically this allows you to check what the update is actually for an if you want to do it or wait for the next one, so there is a plus side to this.
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dw9075n said:
Hi all.
I have been using the P40pro for a while now and have used App gallery and Petal search. I am just wondering if anyone has found any better ways to get apps on the device maybe something that auto updates apps as manually isn't that bad. But it is not just overly convenient.
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what have you enjoyed on the phone?
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If they where downloaded from App gallery they will auto update or you can set to manual if you prefer. With petal it is a manual job but realistically this allows you to check what the update is actually for an if you want to do it or wait for the next one, so there is a plus side to this.
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what have you enjoyed on the phone?
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The phone is really good battery life and camera. Works very smooth. Just takes a while to do all the updates as i just forget about them
I use Google Play Store.
I'm using Aptoide
Klosterbruder said:
I use Google Play Store.
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I have tried side loading, I just do not think i have the skills to do it properly
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I'm using Aptoide
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i've used this in the past.
if its direct download through App gallery it will! im sure in time it will
PhoneClone as a starting point - but I make sure to replace with version from AppGallery if possible (Snapchat + Tinder for example)
AppGallery
PetalSearch
Aptoide
APK Sites which don't appear on Petal
Direct from sites (Facebook and Vanced (Vanced.App) for example)
That's pretty much it unless you're going to get Play Store installed and working.
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PhoneClone as a starting point - but I make sure to replace with version from AppGallery if possible (Snapchat + Tinder for example)
AppGallery
PetalSearch
Aptoide
APK Sites which don't appear on Petal
Direct from sites (Facebook and Vanced (Vanced.App) for example)
That's pretty much it unless you're going to get Play Store installed and working.
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I've heard thatAurora store is pretty good.