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Any way to get rid of or disable the U+ Convenience Feature thing on my Settings menu

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Probably a long shot, but is there any way to disable it on my Korean Snapdragon variant SM-N986N? Since I'm not in Korea (Philippines here, had to import because I didn't want an Exynos) the feature is useless to me. It's an eyesore on my settings menu and I'm wondering if there's a way to get rid of it.

PD MDM package blocker probably get it.
For an unrooted phone it's the easiest way to go especially if there's other bloatware or apks you want to kill.
Easy to undo if you need it latter.

blackhawk said:
PD MDM package blocker probably get it.
For an unrooted phone it's the easiest way to go especially if there's other bloatware or apks you want to kill.
Easy to undo if you need it latter.
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Will it also get rid of the app being displayed in the Settings menu? That's actually the more annoying part for me, it would've been fine if it's just simple bloatware, but it has to be bloatware that's the 2nd topmost of my settings menu, my latent OCD is triggered.

DocLem said:
Will it also get rid of the app being displayed in the Settings menu? That's actually the more annoying part for me, it would've been fine if it's just simple bloatware, but it has to be bloatware that's the 2nd topmost of my settings menu, my latent OCD is triggered.
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I use it to block Samsung Device Care. It removes it removes it from the settings menu when blocked.
The block apk doesn't run at boot.
Use a little caution with it though because it's active even in safe mode as it is set as a system administrator.
It never cost me a hard reset in over 2 years of use.
It's the first app I install on the phone...

blackhawk said:
PD MDM package blocker probably get it.
For an unrooted phone it's the easiest way to go especially if there's other bloatware or apks you want to kill.
Easy to undo if you need it latter.
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I use it to block Samsung Device Care. It removes it removes it from the settings menu when blocked.
The block apk doesn't run at boot.
Use a little caution with it though because it's active even in safe mode as it is set as a system administrator.
It never cost me a hard reset in over 2 years of use.
It's the first app I install on the phone...
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Awesome, thanks dude! Will give this a shot. It's called Package Disabler Pro (Samsung) on the Play Store right?

blackhawk said:
I use it to block Samsung Device Care. It removes it removes it from the settings menu when blocked.
The block apk doesn't run at boot.
Use a little caution with it though because it's active even in safe mode as it is set as a system administrator.
It never cost me a hard reset in over 2 years of use.
It's the first app I install on the phone...
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Dude I just bought and installed it now and it worked beautifully! No more annoying convenience feature crap. Thanks!

DocLem said:
Will it also get rid of the app being displayed in the Settings menu? That's actually the more annoying part for me, it would've been fine if it's just simple bloatware, but it has to be bloatware that's the 2nd topmost of my settings menu, my latent OCD is triggered.
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DocLem said:
Dude I just bought and installed it now and it worked beautifully! No more annoying convenience feature crap. Thanks!
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Good
If it fails get PD MDM, you buy it directly from their website.

blackhawk said:
Good
If it fails get PD MDM, you buy it directly from their website.
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Ah really? For future reference, what is their website? I tried googling but I'm feeling unsure since some of the hits I got look shady lol. The Play Store version works but I want to be ready in case I need the PD MDM version.

https://www.packagedisabler.com/
This is the only one I now trust.

You can use ADB app control to disabled or unistall it. I tried and my phone now like KOO CSC, U+ apps .

claiphenter said:
You can use ADB app control to disabled or unistall it. I tried and my phone now like KOO CSC, U+ apps .
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That's useful in many cases but some you want to run occasionally like Playstore.
I toggle that along with a couple other blocked apks on the PD MDM widget so I can turn them on and off without going opening PD.
You can also use this on the fly blocking to track down and fix issues with the phone... it's useful.

As advised above, use the ADB AppControl.
It is a handy application manager that will allow you to disable any applications and bloatware. This is a free program, but at the same time it has huge capabilities and works great with Samsung and any other devices.

Cyber.Cat said:
As advised above, use the ADB AppControl.
It is a handy application manager that will allow you to disable any applications and bloatware. This is a free program, but at the same time it has huge capabilities and works great with Samsung and any other devices.
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I use an app called CCSWE App Manager (Samsung) to disable apps and services.

airmaxx23 said:
I use an app called....
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I am using ADB AppControl for ALL of my android devices right from my computer over the network. Not only for Samsung.
For example, I have disabled many applications on my two Android TVs and now they work much faster. In addition, it is much more convenient for me to use the application manager from my laptop, where I can delete / disable applications in some of mouse clicks.

Package disabler pro, disables anything you don't want running.

lennie said:
Package disabler pro, disables anything you don't want running.
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There's some apks it can't hit but it gets all the bloatware, crap like the infamous AT&T updates and hidden bloatware like the Amazon cookie that you normally can't touch.
Installation and use are simple. Create backups and store them on the SD card and/or as email attachments.
It's a valuble troubleshooting tool that has saved me from reloads. It also can completely clear app data that you can't clear in settings (presumably nulls) and thus can fix system apps that can't be fixed otherwise without a reload.
Learn where to deactivate it if need be. A flashing kernel crash warning is no joke and if you can't disable it you will be doing a reload. Haven't seen this ever happen on the 10+ though.
It's been rock solid stable using little resources and almost no battery.

Just do this
Another way is just do this ..

EMUI 12

Hi guys, someone got emui 12? I got an update to emui 12. I'm from Lithuania.
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Im on emui 12 whit GMs working like a charm

I'm from Lithuania, still 11.0.0.230...

I got EMUI 12.
It brings no significant improvements in terms of performance or battery.
Just some cheap visual embellishments. All rubbish.
And a HUGE annoyance: the "Control Panel" - replacing let swiping down where notifications used to be. I hate this!
I want to disable it! I couldn't find out how.
Please help.

I have just updated to emui 12, and I run GMS with icebox and I now am able to use the play store, even tho framework is frozen - which is great! Does anyone else have this experience?

carbonmanx said:
I have just updated to emui 12, and I run GMS with icebox and I now am able to use the play store, even tho framework is frozen - which is great! Does anyone else have this experience?
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Usually when you freeze GSF, Store can be opened but it canNOT download apps.

badmania98 said:
Usually when you freeze GSF, Store can be opened but it canNOT download apps.
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How can one "freeze" GSF ? Please explain the method. I realized that the main pb with Google issues is that GSF app that is uncontrollable.
GSF is toxic, no-one knows what is actually doing in background, cannot be controlled, stopped or prevented to change, update. This renders the entire Google stack unstable.

theoquda said:
How can one "freeze" GSF ? Please explain the method. I realized that the main pb with Google issues is that GSF app that is uncontrollable.
GSF is toxic, no-one knows what is actually doing in background, cannot be controlled, stopped or prevented to change, update. This renders the entire Google stack unstable.
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It is up to you.
Use this app on your computer. Search the app and disable it. After that it will be present on disabled list, in case you want to enable it back. When you enable it, play protect error will be present. Also when it is disabled, Play Store should not work.

badmania98 said:
It is up to you.
Use this app on your computer. Search the app and disable it. After that it will be present on disabled list, in case you want to enable it back. When you enable it, play protect error will be present. Also when it is disabled, Play Store should not work.
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Thanks. Q: can this app prevent GFS to update itself ?

I never find GSF updated. Play Store is responsible to update apps. And usually it updates Google Play Services, not Google Services framework.

It hasn't replace notifications swipe down. Control panel is swipe down on the right and notifications is swipe down on the left, but also once you swipe down you can swipe left and right to switch between notifications and control panel.
That said I find it annoying

badmania98 said:
I never find GSF updated. Play Store is responsible to update apps. And usually it updates Google Play Services, not Google Services framework.
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I understand, so the Google Play Services (GPS) is the culprit then.
I re-phrase: is it possible, using the app you suggested above, to prevent GPS to update itself, without prevent it from running (stopping it) ?
I noticed the Google stack will fail also if GPS is stopped/disabled.
Moreover, why did you suggest in the first instance to "freeze" GSF and not GPS ?
Could you be more coherent please with your replies ?
Tx.

theoquda said:
I understand, so the Google Play Services (GPS) is the culprit then.
I re-phrase: is it possible, using the app you suggested above, to prevent GPS to update itself, without prevent it from running (stopping it) ?
I noticed the Google stack will fail also if GPS is stopped/disabled.
Moreover, why did you suggest in the first instance to "freeze" GSF and not GPS ?
Could you be more coherent please with your replies ?
Tx.
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I think I am coherent with my replies. I just reply. I never suggested to freeze any of the Google apps. It was just a replay to @carbonmanx . With that app you can try to disable any apps you want.
Pay more attention, keep the line of discussion and you will find the coherence of my answers, please.

badmania98 said:
I think I am coherent with my replies. I just reply. I never suggested to freeze any of the Google apps. It was just a replay to @carbonmanx . With that app you can try to disable any apps you want.
Pay more attention, keep the line of discussion and you will find the coherence of my answers, please.
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And where is that coherence ? Where are the replies?
You did not reply to any of my questions:
1. can this app prevent GFS to update itself ?
2. I re-phrase: is it possible, using the app you suggested above, to prevent GPS to update itself, without prevent it from running (stopping it) ?
3. Moreover, why did you suggest in the first instance to "freeze" GSF and not GPS ?
Of course you are not obliged, it's just a forum.
But please don't pretend it.
Cheers.

theoquda said:
And where is that coherence ? Where are the replies?
You did not reply to any of my questions:
1. can this app prevent GFS to update itself ?
2. I re-phrase: is it possible, using the app you suggested above, to prevent GPS to update itself, without prevent it from running (stopping it) ?
3. Moreover, why did you suggest in the first instance to "freeze" GSF and not GPS ?
Of course you are not obliged, it's just a forum.
But please don't pretend it.
Cheers.
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1. No. Because GSF is not responsible to update itself. It never was and it will never be.
2. No. Because GPS is not responsible to update itself. It never was and it will never be.
3. Where do you see my suggestion to freeze any app? Read this message again, first the quote part.
Bonus:
1. Google Play Store updates in background all other apps.
2. It is used freeze and not disable, because Ice Box app has been used first time to disable Google Services Framework and gain notifications. Just FYI.

badmania98 said:
1. No. Because GSF is not responsible to update itself. It never was and it will never be.
2. No. Because GPS is not responsible to update itself. It never was and it will never be.
3. Where do you see my suggestion to freeze any app? Read this message again, first the quote part.
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Bonus:
1. Google Play Store updates in background all other apps.
2. It is used freeze and not disable, because Ice Box app has been used first time to disable Google Services Framework and gain notifications. Just FYI.
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Tx now is more clear. You should have provided this from the beginning.

theoquda said:
Tx now is more clear. You should have provided this from the beginning.
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My bad. I apologize to you. Definitely is my fault.

carbonmanx said:
It hasn't replace notifications swipe down. Control panel is swipe down on the right and notifications is swipe down on the left, but also once you swipe down you can swipe left and right to switch between notifications and control panel.
That said I find it annoying
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Right! The big issue is that nobody knows how to disable this bloody CP.
On Xiaomi devices (w/ MIUI) it is possible to disable this: https://www.webcazine.com/forums/faq-can-you-disable-the-control-center-in-xiaomi-miui-12/
Huawei/EMUI ?

Any ideas why not receiving any new updates?

94° said:
Any ideas why not receiving any new updates?
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Wait for 11.0.0.260. After that EMUI12.
Wait for 11.0.0.260. After that EMUI12.
Search with:
1. OTA (phone menu Software update)
2. HiSuite
3. eRecovery (wifi)
4. MyHuawei app

How to stop Google from disabling already installed apps "for our protection"?

My Google Play Protect is turned OFF - yet Handcent Next SMS app was disabled from my phone as well as everyone else's recently. Why Google did it is a separate story [issue has apparently been resolved with a new version of app] - but let's talk about how Google does this?
I manually reinstall the old .apk which reactivates the app, but Google nukes it within 24 hours.
What can be done to stop Google from doing this?
If you feel that Google should do this 'for our protection,' I respect your opinion, but this thread isn't about that. What can be done in Settings to prevent / stop Google from disabling an already installed app on our phones? This is not about the Play Store. It's about already installed apps on our phones. Play Protect is OFF.
There are reasons people want older versions of apps - such as features no longer available on new versions of a given app.

Disable all Google apps that are set as System Administrator including Find my Device, etc.
Disable Google play Services when not needed.
If Google play Services in enabled on a reboot it will trigger that type of behavior.
This may or may not work on a non Samsung device. Google apks are drooling pigs... and only getting worse.

Thank your for your reply. Phone is unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10e.
It sounds like the suggestion is to disable a plethora of apps and services that would have the end result of transfroming the phone into more or less a device that doesn't use anythig Google, even services that we actually may need..
Is there an app that could accomplish this, I mean all that's needed is to block disabling one single app.
I don't need to password protect usage or anything else - just prevent anything from disabling the app / removing it. Thank you.
Can I do anything to lay a trap so that we could see the mechanism which Google uses to disable an already installed app on your phone - it's not Play protect, It's OFF on my phone.
I mean, I will eventually start looking for another app - it's not really about that - but I mean think about it, do you really want them to disable your apps, with *no warning*, no *hey we've discovered a security issue, you might want to be aware of* - instead they just nuke an app we've used for like a decade, no explanation, just because they feel it's good for us, I mean are we in China? Or worse yet, Russia?
Anyone else bothered by this? I'd just like to see if anyone knows a way for us to have a choice, that's all.

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c627627 said:
Thank your for your reply. Phone is unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10e.
It sounds like the suggestion is to disable a plethora of apps and services that would have the end result of transfroming the phone into more or less a device that doesn't use anythig Google, even services that we actually may need..
Is there an app that could accomplish this, I mean all that's needed is to block disabling one single app.
I don't need to password protect usage or anything else - just prevent anything from disabling the app / removing it. Thank you.
Can I do anything to lay a trap so that we could see the mechanism which Google uses to disable an already installed app on your phone - it's not Play protect, It's OFF on my phone.
I mean, I will eventually start looking for another app - it's not really about that - but I mean think about it, do you really want them to disable your apps, with *no warning*, no *hey we've discovered a security issue, you might want to be aware of* - instead they just nuke an app we've used for like a decade, no explanation, just because they feel it's good for us, I mean are we in China? Or worse yet, Russia?
Anyone else bothered by this? I'd just like to see if anyone knows a way for us to have a choice, that's all.
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I'm also very much bothered by it. Like, on my older phone google just outright disabled the font manager app, that was a system/vendor app. What risk would that app would pose, if it was risky it surely wouldn't be pre-installed! Moreover it was just a font manager!!!

Gmh rafi said:
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I'm also very much bothered by it. Like, on my older phone google just outright disabled the font manager app, that was a system/vendor app. What risk would that app would pose, if it was risky it surely wouldn't be pre-installed! Moreover it was just a font manager!!!
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The app may have been compromised. Scan the apk with online Virustotal.
Google on the other hand has long been compromised
Blocking Playstore with Karma Firewall will stop this behavior.

blackhawk said:
The app may have been compromised. Scan the apk with online Virustotal.
Google on the other hand has long been compromised
Blocking Playstore with Karma Firewall will stop this behavior.
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It isn't about if the app was compromised or not, it's just that google doesn't give us the choice. That's what iritates me. Just as @c627627 said, isn't it more like china or Russia? Dictating without our consent.

blackhawk said:
The app may have been compromised. Scan the apk with online Virustotal.
Google on the other hand has long been compromised
Blocking Playstore with Karma Firewall will stop this behavior.
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Anyway, karma is the best firewall after all

Gmh rafi said:
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It's great. My one Note 10+ is still running on Pie. Karma's logging feature is fully active in that version. Even tags/time stamps each app that connects. That functionality was lost with Android 10☹ It still will block but it greatly reduces its use for fast troubleshooting.
One reason I still run Pie.
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I would still scan that app to be on the safe side. I use ApkExport to make installable copies of all my apps and updates and take Playstore out of the loop. This protects those apps is case of bad upgrades or deletion from Playstore. Makes reloading much faster and no guessing/searching.

I have discovered [the hard way] how to successfully deal with this.
Fact: Turning OFF Google Play Protect does not turn OFF Google Play Protect. Google *will* scan and disable anything it wants using Play Protect, *regardless* of whether your Play Protect is ON or OFF.
Play Protect OFF button is there as an illusion that you have a choice, you do not. Your phone may have any app disabled any time by Google... for your protection of course. For our protection.
Now here's the correct way to do this:
Google Play Store > [upper right corner] Tap your name icon > Play Protect >
You will see your disabled app listed, with two options:
Uninstall
and
Enable app
The *only* correct way to re-enable it, is to TAP on Enable App here > Enable [to confirm.]
Doing anything else, such as uninstalling/reinstalling/manually installing an .apk file will only _temporarily_ work.
Google will disable it again, 24 hours or so later...
So you must follow exact procedure above to Enable App if you wish to continue to use it, after it has been flagged by Google Play Protect.
Being able to re-enable it is a big deal. You don't get to do that in China or Russia so tank you Google for giving us this choice.

c627627 said:
I have discovered [the hard way] how to successfully deal with this.
Fact: Turning OFF Google Play Protect does not turn OFF Google Play Protect. Google *will* scan and disable anything it wants using Play Protect, *regardless* of whether your Play Protect is ON or OFF.
Play Protect OFF button is there as an illusion that you have a choice, you do not. Your phone may have any app disabled any time by Google... for your protection of course. For our protection.
Now here's the correct way to do this:
Google Play Store > [upper right corner] Tap your name icon > Play Protect >
You will see your disabled app listed, with two options:
Uninstall
and
Enable app
The *only* correct way to re-enable it, is to TAP on Enable App here > Enable [to confirm.]
Doing anything else, such as uninstalling/reinstalling/manually installing an .apk file will only _temporarily_ work.
Google will disable it again, 24 hours or so later...
So you must follow exact procedure above to Enable App if you wish to continue to use it, after it has been flagged by Google Play Protect.
Being able to re-enable it is a big deal. You don't get to do that in China or Russia so tank you Google for giving us this choice.
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Blocking Google Playstore with Karma Firewall will probably stop it.
I have some apps long gone from Playstore, it ignores them if it runs. I don't know... maybe time to scan those apps you have getting wacked off with Virustotal, again.
They may have been compromised.
I always keep backup installable copies of all my apps for reloads or in case something else goes south.

Thanks for this but, in my case, a certain app has parts of its features stop working and THEN play protect disables it all. If I enable it in play protect section then some features are missing, until I uninstall the app and reinstall. But then I face the same issue with play protect slowly dismantling my app and the finally disabling it.
I wondered, what if I enable it once I get the prompt in play protect section then just install the app again without uninstalling it. Would that work without play protect disabling it again?

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I don't know where Google or the other apps paste what's on my clipboard.
This started recently.
How to stop this from happening?

Which phone/OS version?
Turning off Google play Services may stop it.
Any recent updates/upgrades?
Possible malware...

blackhawk said:
Which phone/OS version?
Turning off Google play Services may stop it.
Any recent updates/upgrades?
Possible malware...
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The mighty Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra .
There is no option to turn OFF Google Play Services (button is greyed out).
Received couple of Google Play System updates yesterday. I'm not 100% sure if this started after that though.
I don't think it is malware. But surely a bug.
I don't want to clear my clipboard history (which is possible using Samsung keyboard). And I don't think doing that will fix the problem either.

TheMystic said:
The mighty Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra .
There is no option to turn OFF Google Play Services (button is greyed out).
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In Security Administrators disable Find My Device, now the button in active.
TheMystic said:
Received couple of Google Play System updates yesterday. I'm not 100% sure if this started after that though.
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Updates break Samsung's...
TheMystic said:
I don't think it is malware. But surely a bug.
I don't want to clear my clipboard history (which is possible using Samsung keyboard). And I don't think doing that will fix the problem either.
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You mean this?

blackhawk said:
In Security Administrators disable Find My Device, now the button in active.
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Will it delete the app data for Google Play Services (I don't want to do that)? Please see attachment.
blackhawk said:
Updates break Samsung's...
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Just remembered that this problem was there even before the updates yesterday. I had made a post on this about 10 days back.
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You mean this?
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Thank you. I forgot about this button completely. I wish there was a way to remove it so I don't click on it accidentally.

TheMystic said:
Will it delete the app data for Google Play Services (I don't want to do that)? Please see attachment.
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Nope... doesn't harm anything.
TheMystic said:
Just remembered that this problem was there even before the updates yesterday. I had made a post on this about 10 days back.
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The update before that update, etc
TheMystic said:
Thank you. I forgot about this button completely. I wish there was a way to remove it so I don't click on it accidentally.
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You're welcome. It's a security risk to let them pile up. The storage is limited to a finite number of items anyway.

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The update before that update, etc
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Forgot the attachment in the previous comment.
Update: Deleted Google Play Services cache and it didn't help.

TheMystic said:
Forgot the attachment in the previous comment.
Update: Deleted Google Play Services cache and it didn't help.
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Try clearing the system cache.

Unfortunately android is so finicky the only options I would recommend is to do a full wipe and see if the issue remains. If it does, it is most likely another stupid android quirk (like notifcations unlocking your phone when the screen lock type is set to "none"), and the only permanent fix is to not use any google/samsung apps, keyboards, etc. because they all stink

tworla said:
Unfortunately android is so finicky the only options I would recommend is to do a full wipe and see if the issue remains. If it does, it is most likely another stupid android quirk (like notifcations unlocking your phone when the screen lock type is set to "none"), and the only permanent fix is to not use any google/samsung apps, keyboards, etc. because they all stink
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At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.

TheMystic said:
At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.
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If you have done a major firmware upgrade without doing a factory reset... it's time to.
If you used SmartSwitch that may be the problem. Again, factory reset.
Now you know one reason I don't upgrade or update the firmware.

TheMystic said:
At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.
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You could do a full Nandroid backup which you can revert in case resetting did not fix the problem. Then troubleshoot by resetting to determine if this issue is an actual bug or not. If it is indeed a bug then good luck and hopefully your backup restores properly so you dont have to redo everything.
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tworla said:
You could do a full Nandroid backup which you can revert in case resetting did not fix the problem. Then troubleshoot by resetting to determine if this issue is an actual bug or not. If it is indeed a bug then good luck and hopefully your backup restores properly so you dont have to redo everything.
What Is A Nandroid Backup and How Exactly Does It Work?
You need that backup at the ready.
www.makeuseof.com
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My device is fully stock.

It was only Google app that was doing this. The only other app that was doing it as mentioned in OP was my clipboard app. I have corrected the OP to reflect this fact.
I deleted the app data for Google app. Now I'm not getting the toast notification as before. Hopefully this has fixed the problem.
If I search on the internet, there are articles on this already from earlier, and the only solution so far seems to be to block those specific apps from accessing the clipboard. But that would require ADB, which is far from ideal.
NOTE
By removing this permission from an app, you can no longer use the "paste" feature while inputting text within that app. This shouldn't be a problem for apps like games, but it may cause an inconvenience for other apps.
Users should have the choice under Settings to decide which apps can access clipboard.
Ideally, no app should be allowed access, except for dedicated clipboard apps themselves.
ADB method
Why do apps paste from my clipboard as soon I open them (without manually pasting anything)?
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How to stop apps from reading the Android clipboard without root. Now you can copy and paste text without worrying that apps will steal your data!
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Question How to remove app from update list?

I've got a couple of apps that I don't want to update. Is it possible not to have them listed in the play store to be updated?

bird333 said:
I've got a couple of apps that I don't want to update. Is it possible not to have them listed in the play store to be updated?
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Not sure if this still works but they're are bound to be more ways:
GitHub - Magisk-Modules-Repo/Detach: Detach
Detach. Contribute to Magisk-Modules-Repo/Detach development by creating an account on GitHub.
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bird333 said:
I've got a couple of apps that I don't want to update. Is it possible not to have them listed in the play store to be updated?
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does the regular ol' going to the app in Play Store and unchecking the "enable auto update" not work? i do this for the YouTube app (because i use revanced) and it seems to work well enough...

I always use the manual update method. I always did the same with Microsoft until they basically forced everyone to accept their updates. At any rate I have never found what you are looking for. All you can do is pick and choose what gets updated manually.

Use TeMeFi. As you can see I have YouTube installed and Play Store doesn't even detect it as intalled.
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krakout said:
Not sure if this still works but they're are bound to be more ways:
GitHub - Magisk-Modules-Repo/Detach: Detach
Detach. Contribute to Magisk-Modules-Repo/Detach development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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This is what I've used for a long time. It works better if you install it and then run it in Termux to have a recurring 30 min cronjob that continuously removes it from updates.

simplepinoi177 said:
does the regular ol' going to the app in Play Store and unchecking the "enable auto update" not work? i do this for the YouTube app (because i use revanced) and it seems to work well enough...
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Yeah, I already do manual updates. The apps still show up to be updated though. If they could be removed I actually could use automatic updates. lol

bird333 said:
Yeah, I already do manual updates. The apps still show up to be updated though. If they could be removed I actually could use automatic updates. lol
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You do that by detaching them from Play. Ways to do that are above.

bird333 said:
Yeah, I already do manual updates. The apps still show up to be updated though. If they could be removed I actually could use automatic updates. lol
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that's weird...all my other apps automatically update...
the only annoyance is if I do press the "Update All" button, I have to press "Skip" when there is a single popup for updating Youtube (since it's checked to not automatically update). That and Youtube is perpetually there in the updates page; instead of "No updates available"....

simplepinoi177 said:
that's weird...all my other apps automatically update...
the only annoyance is if I do press the "Update All" button, I have to press "Skip" when there is a single popup for updating Youtube (since it's checked to not automatically update). That and Youtube is perpetually there in the updates page; instead of "No updates available"....
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I take it you can set individual apps to automatically update? I have disabled automatic updates globally.

Any way to do this without root (running stock rom unrooted, for once lol... For now!)

bird333 said:
I take it you can set individual apps to automatically update? I have disabled automatic updates globally.
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I have it set inverted than that...mine is set that I have enabled automatic updates globally and individually disable Youtube to automatically update. So it works out with what you said in your OP (below):
bird333 said:
I've got a couple of apps that I don't want to update. Is it possible not to have them listed in the play store to be updated?
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My "couple of apps" don't update, while all the other apps I don't specify to automatically update do...

Sorry, to be clearer, is there any way to detach apps from the playstore without root? I also have youtube and 1 other app set to not auto update but would prefer to detach from playstore altogether...

reg66 said:
Sorry, to be clearer, is there any way to detach apps from the playstore without root? I also have youtube and 1 other app set to not auto update but would prefer to detach from playstore altogether...
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I imagine there might (a very much long shot) be some kind of adb command you might be able to do...maybe...
I wouldn't begin to know what or how to go about it, but researching that intention with "adb command" in the search query might prove fruitful; if there's anything out there on this possibility...

reg66 said:
Sorry, to be clearer, is there any way to detach apps from the playstore without root? I also have youtube and 1 other app set to not auto update but would prefer to detach from playstore altogether...
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Yeah, there is way.
Use APK Editor, change the app version and versioncode, re-sign it using new key, and reinstall it.
it wont appear in playstore update list, since the key is different, and the code is also newer (you can match the code with one from playstore if you want)
I use this method to bypass force update dialog in certain app. The newer version of the app remove plenty of features, so i rather stay with older version, but then they applied force update features. So i do the mod above

otonieru said:
Yeah, there is way.
Use APK Editor, change the app version and versioncode, re-sign it using new key, and reinstall it.
it wont appear in playstore update list, since the key is different, and the code is also newer (you can match the code with one from playstore if you want)
I use this method to bypass force update dialog in certain app. The newer version of the app remove plenty of features, so i rather stay with older version, but then they applied force update features. So i do the mod above
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Can you do a little step by step for this? TIA

You can stop auto update directy in play Stroe,
go to the app page and clic on the 3 dots on the upder right corner, you can disable the auto update of the app here.....

Tomadock said:
This is what I've used for a long time. It works better if you install it and then run it in Termux to have a recurring 30 min cronjob that continuously removes it from updates.
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Would that recurring job translate to:
Run su -c detach -t (or su -c detach --task-scheduler)? The cronjob would require BusyBox I reckon? Care to give me a nudge how to go about it? Thanks.

WhoIsJohnGalt1979 said:
Would that recurring job translate to:
Run su -c detach -t (or su -c detach --task-scheduler)? The cronjob would require BusyBox I reckon? Care to give me a nudge how to go about it? Thanks.
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You don't need a recurring job with TeMeFi. You can uninstall after using.

WhoIsJohnGalt1979 said:
Would that recurring job translate to:
Run su -c detach -t (or su -c detach --task-scheduler)? The cronjob would require BusyBox I reckon? Care to give me a nudge how to go about it? Thanks.
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Yeah, make sure you have Busybox for Android NDK Magisk module installed, then "su -c detach -t" in Termux. Choose option 2 - Crond, then set your preferred interval. (30 min works well for me)