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This green icon randomly appearing on everyones phones today?
Without any warning it seems to be downloading (about 3.5mb data used) and draining about 5% of my battery within a few minutes of boot, reinstalls iteslf at boot if uninstalled.

i have the same, suddenly ut appeared in my list, but market and titanium cant find them
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its some new icob from google to manage apps that use google+ sign in...
in other words: junk and clutter, i cant remove it
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I got it.
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I was searching, couldn't find it on my phone :/

According to Engadget, it's from Google, hypothetically to allow users to control their new G+ sign in (afaik, only Tunein Radio has this implemented right now).
http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/27/google-settings-app-sneaks-onto-android-to-bolster-g-sign-in/
http://phandroid.com/2013/02/26/google-settings-icon/
http://phandroid.com/2013/02/26/tunein-radio-android-update/

I knew I wasn't going crazy
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it poped up with the recent update of google play. Great, another app to hide in my app drawer

I got it too, ^.^
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And if one wants to remove it???
All it's got in it is:
Google+ sign-in
Google Maps Access
Ads Yes/No.
Doesn't seem to show up anywhere that I can readily delete.

Dr Goodvibes said:
And if one wants to remove it???
All it's got in it is:
Google+ sign-in
Google Maps Access
Ads Yes/No.
Doesn't seem to show up anywhere that I can readily delete.
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You can hide it from the drawer if your launcher has that feature, but you won't be able to permanently delete it.
It doesn't do much yet, but Google+ universal sign-in was just launched this week and if developers start picking this up and allowing you to sign in to their service using your Google+ account then this is where you will have the ability to revoke app's permissions.
I think they are setting some groundwork to make other changes in managing your Google account from your phone and that we will probably see quite a bit more show up in this app over time. I'm really hoping for a full mobile equivalent to the Dashboard webpage

boomn said:
It doesn't do much yet, but Google+ universal sign-in was just launched this week and if developers start picking this up and allowing you to sign in to their service using your Google+ account then this is where you will have the ability to revoke app's permissions.
I think they are setting some groundwork to make other changes in managing your Google account from your phone and that we will probably see quite a bit more show up in this app over time.
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That makes more sense. Without that explanation, Google Settings just seems like a waste of space.

Sharing problem

When in the youtube app I cannot share video from the YouTube app to any other services other then g+ ,the sharing menu doesn't open, it goes direct to g+ , If I disable the google plus app the share menu on the youtube app okay but once I enable the google plus app the problem is back? Ideas?
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Same problem for me, In fact, if you try to share a link from other apps, this happens as well.
This happens because the ACTION_SENT intent does not seem to be saving preferences properly. I am trying to fix this. Really annoying.
A workaround for now is to use the Andmade Share app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andmadesoft.share&hl=en_GB)
EDIT: Seems like an Android bug (c.f. https://code.google.com/p/android/i...nd&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...createchooser-method-causes-intentserviceleak)

Having the same issue, but youtube opens google drive. If I disable google drive I can select any app to share to. So is this a bug with 4.4 or youtube?

It's a bug with many if not all apps. I hope they fix soon
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Go to Settings-->Apps-->3 dot menu and hit "reset app preferences". This will clear all sharing defaults.
Apparently, either there's a bug in Kitkat or an app that auto defaults sharing to the app you last shared to. So if you shared something to G+ before the bug kicked in, all subsequent shares go to G+ without "share" menu popping up.

mickey4mice said:
Go to Settings-->Apps-->3 dot menu and hit "reset app preferences". This will clear all sharing defaults.
Apparently, either there's a bug in Kitkat or an app that auto defaults sharing to the app you last shared to. So if you shared something to G+ before the bug kicked in, all subsequent shares go to G+ without "share" menu popping up.
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This worked Thank you! I emailed Android Police about the bug and received the following response:
"You know, someone tipped us that this was happening to the youtube app, but I couldn't reproduce. They ended up factory resetting.
I then she something similar in Feedly - it opened Gmail instead of the picker, but upon retrying it worked.
Definitely seems like an issue somewhere."
Hopefully next time it happens I will know how to reproduce it.
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Have the same issue. The first time everything was defaulting to Google Drive. Now it's just started again but it's defaulting to Google plus instead. The fix mentioned above worked but it's still a bit annoying.

lrm537 said:
Have the same issue. The first time everything was defaulting to Google Drive. Now it's just started again but it's defaulting to Google plus instead. The fix mentioned above worked but it's still a bit annoying.
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I'm having the same thing with Drive. Annoying, as I'm trying to attach a photo I haven't captured yet. I wonder if Xposed module can help with this,

Google Plays 'Add to Wishlist'

Am I going effing crazy or what? I can't add hardly anything to my wish list anymore. For over a week now.. It is getting quite irritating as I love that feature. I am always adding stuff to my wish list. Its an awesome bookmarking utility whether it was intended as one or not.
I can maybe add one or two things to the list a day, and when I do they are pretty much only paid apps.
That is exactly how Apples appstore works. You can only add paid applications to your wish list.
If they are planning to change that to only paid apps I'm not gonna be happy. That would be very counterproductive.
Sure you could just install it real quick if its paid, but I don't need apps I don't need right this minute wasting space and other resources. And also I will find a good app for my tablet while browsing on my mobile. So I will add to wish list then download on my tablet.
Every time I try to add something it simply says 'could not add "some app" to wish list'. Am I the only one having this problem because I don't see anyone else complaining about it anywhere. Nor even a section to contact Google plays support team about it.
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Really? No one else? Still have the issue on 3 different ROMs.
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did you try adding to wishlist from the web?

lesalloum said:
did you try adding to wishlist from the web?
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I apologize. Your reply went unnoticed till now. But I just tried it. First I tried adding to wish list an application on the Google Play Store app on my Nexus 5, it gave the usual 'could not add appName to wishlist'. I then opened the link by sharing to my browser and sure enough it said 'An error occurred, please try again later.'
So unfortunately looks like its happening on both. So am I alone here? Are others able to add free applications to their wish list still? Are you able to Lesalloum? If so must be an issue on my account. But this is the only issue I am having.
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Did you ever try an app called freedom apk?
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Its not a fix ..it might be the issue
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lesalloum said:
Did you ever try an app called freedom apk?
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Its not a fix ..it might be the issue
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No I don't believe so. I can look in titanium backup and see if there is any by that name. Is it a user or system app? Can't find it on store.
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Its a user app that messes with google play.
It was a blind guess though..
I'd try a factory reset if I were you
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Me Too!
I am also having this issue. It is not a software issue, it is an account issue. I have two google accounts on my phone, and online. When I switch to the second account, on both the website and the Play Store in the phone, I can add to its wishlist just fine. But I am unable to add things to the wishlist with my primary account.
When I tap the bookmark icon on my phone, the little "Adding to wishlist..." message pops up, but is replaced by one that says "AppName could not be added to wishlist". When I go on the website and click the add to wishlist button, it says "An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later." I hadn't added things to my wishlist for a while before today, but it's a pretty annoying issue.
It appears that I can install from the phone and remotely via the website as normal.

Problem solved (for me, anyways)
Well, after a lengthy back and forth and escalation to a higher support person and engineers, it turns out that they issue is the fact that the Google Play wishlist has an item limit!!!! There was no notification of this anywhere, and the error messages gave no indication that this was the case. I'm able to remove items and add new ones, but I'm pretty annoyed that this is even an issue, and that the error message don't say what the issue is, since Google Play knows exactly what the problem is.
I've attached screenshots of the error messages I received. After learning that there is an item limit, I tried removing an app. I was able to remove it, and re-add it. I then removed it, added another app, and was unable to re-add the first app.
Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.

how many?
Felderburg said:
Well, after a lengthy back and forth and escalation to a higher support person and engineers, it turns out that they issue is the fact that the Google Play wishlist has an item limit!!!! There was no notification of this anywhere, and the error messages gave no indication that this was the case. I'm able to remove items and add new ones, but I'm pretty annoyed that this is even an issue, and that the error message don't say what the issue is, since Google Play knows exactly what the problem is.
I've attached screenshots of the error messages I received. After learning that there is an item limit, I tried removing an app. I was able to remove it, and re-add it. I then removed it, added another app, and was unable to re-add the first app.
Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
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Yes, it is silly. I wonder did they say how many app is limited? I counted mine and it is 466. I wonder you got 466 apps too? ?

chillimania said:
Yes, it is silly. I wonder did they say how many app is limited? I counted mine and it is 466. I wonder you got 466 apps too? ?
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I am already at my limit because it keeps happening for more than a week now. It started happening a little after a playstore update so I thought that this might be the issue. Cleared data and uninstalled updates but it kept happening so it really must be a limit.
I can check how many apps I have added... Is there a count or should I go and count them on my own?
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YuriPan said:
I am already at my limit because it keeps happening for more than a week now. It started happening a little after a playstore update so I thought that this might be the issue. Cleared data and uninstalled updates but it kept happening so it really must be a limit.
I can check how many apps I have added... Is there a count or should I go and count them on my own?
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lol, yeah you need to count them!! But the quick way to count...
I can see there are 3 rows of apps on my mobile's screen. I just counted every 3rd rows while I scrolled down. It is 51.
51 x 9 apps = 459 apps plus 7 apps on last (52th) page.
Let me know! Cheers

chillimania said:
lol, yeah you need to count them!! But the quick way to count...
I can see there are 3 rows of apps on my mobile's screen. I just counted every 3rd rows while I scrolled down. It is 51.
51 x 9 apps = 459 apps plus 7 apps on last (52th) page.
Let me know! Cheers
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Yeah, I have the same limit. I went through my wishlist though and removed a bunch of apps which I might have installed or tried and rejected, so I have a bunch of space to save apps again ^_^

OMG!
CJD14 said:
I apologize. Your reply went unnoticed till now. But I just tried it. First I tried adding to wish list an application on the Google Play Store app on my Nexus 5, it gave the usual 'could not add appName to wishlist'. I then opened the link by sharing to my browser and sure enough it said 'An error occurred, please try again later.'
So unfortunately looks like its happening on both. So am I alone here? Are others able to add free applications to their wish list still? Are you able to Lesalloum? If so must be an issue on my account. But this is the only issue I am having.
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yes i have the same problem like exactly the same will never let me add anything internet or google play store so annoying!

Google Play services battery drain

Hello,
I am facing high battery drain through my google service app, and i disable wake lock in the privacy setting it service is crashing time and time again. Please share any ideas in sorting out the battery drain.
Regards

I am in the same situation as you. I'm on CM11S and I also disabled the wake locks as suggested in the FAQ thread. I have had the Google Play services crash a few times and also I've had the Facebook app and then the messenger app crash on me once after a prompt from the Privacy Guard
Which software version are you using?

If you're rooted try disable service. When installed just disable the active ones under system / Google play services
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facing the same problem man !!
tried disabling it from privacy guard settings !
still not working !
i'm sick of this ... waiting for the next cm update !!

ronu said:
facing the same problem man !!
tried disabling it from privacy guard settings !
still not working !
i'm sick of this ... waiting for the next cm update !!
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There's no idea to wait. Just do as I said in the post above. Works great, almost no standby drain at all.
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Roobwz said:
There's no idea to wait. Just do as I said in the post above. Works great, almost no standby drain at all.
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I have a non rooted phone.
I guess it's high time to root it !
Thanks anyways I'll try that !
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Roobwz said:
If you're rooted try disable service. When installed just disable the active ones under system / Google play services
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can you please tell me this in detail ?

ronu said:
I have a non rooted phone.
I guess it's high time to root it !
Thanks anyways I'll try that !
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can you please tell me this in detail ?
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Well first of all you gotta root your phone. When that is done, download disable service from the play store (the app icon is a blue android guy). When you're in the app, scroll right and then down to find Google play services. Tap that and disable all the active ones. ( the active ones are marked in blue.
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Roobwz said:
Well first of all you gotta root your phone. When that is done, download disable service from the play store (the app icon is a blue android guy). When you're in the app, scroll right and then down to find Google play services. Tap that and disable all the active ones. ( the active ones are marked in blue.
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Okay, I disabled the active services as u said. I don't find any difference in the battery life. :crying:

Are Google play services still draining battery, or is it something else? Please post some screenshots of your battery usage
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facebook app problems?

Anybody else expiriencing problems with some functions of FB app? Cannot edit the searches because it closes the app the same issue with the notifications when I get them and if I want to look at them the app closes?
I have uninstalled FB and installed it again... same problem....

No problem here. P.S. Here s the development... Not the questions.

Same problem. Clearing app cache helps for a few minutes and after that it crashes again.

Sheldd said:
No problem here. P.S. Here s the development... Not the questions.
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You are right. I missed the section hopefully the admin will take care of that
the problem occured after Nougat update!

JernejB2 said:
You are right. I missed the section hopefully the admin will take care of that
the problem occured after Nougat update!
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I'm on Nougat,B360 on FRD-L09 and as i said i have no problem. You made a factory reset after update ? It's recommended.

You definitely should do hard reset, also some users are facing battery drain with fb app.

I've done factory reset and the problem still exists.
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Ok. Got a solution. You need to turn off "links open externally" at Facebook app settings, close the app, try open some links, and than it wil stop crashing. The problem related to the fact that in Android 7 there is no Android webview anymore, so the cause for the crashes is chrome browser. Hope this will help you.

I have done the factory reset. Uninstalled the app, the problem is still there. For example I got the notification that a friend has birthday and if I click on it the FB app closes.

JernejB2 said:
I have done the factory reset. Uninstalled the app, the problem is still there. For example I got the notification that a friend has birthday and if I click on it the FB app closes.
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I've posted a solution for your problem one reply above.

Dani.din said:
I've posted a solution for your problem one reply above.
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This is not solution for my case. Notification is not external link and it doesent open in chrome. But I have tried your suggestion and it allready was on off.
I have written an example above... I got the notification for birthdays, if I click on it the fb app opens and closes. Its not external link.

JernejB2 said:
This is not solution for my case. Notification is not external link and it doesent open in chrome. But I have tried your suggestion and it allready was on off.
I have written an example above... I got the notification for birthdays, if I click on it the fb app opens and closes. Its not external link.
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I know it's not external and i had the same exact problem. the facebook app uses android system webview and in android 7 google disabled it and started to use google chrome instead:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/07/20/google-explains-chrome-will-become-webview-android-7-0/
try to re-install chrome. after that open instant link in facebook and finally hit the birthday reminder.

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I've posted a solution for your problem one reply above.
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Dani.din said:
I know it's not external and i had the same exact problem. the facebook app uses android system webview and in android 7 google disabled it and started to use google chrome instead:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/07/20/google-explains-chrome-will-become-webview-android-7-0/
try to re-install chrome. after that open instant link in facebook and finally hit the birthday reminder.
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Now I turned ON option external links and its working

After posting a temporary solution - i think i found the cause.
The app crashes if the app language is set to other language than your device's language.
I assume that anyone with the same problem uses facebook app in english when the device's language is set to other language.
waiting for your testing and comments.