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Hi,
I've been experiencing some slow downs on my xperia play, so I uninstalled the Google apps(as I red on some threads). but when I attempt to open android market I noticed an empty window flashing and than closing herself. I noticed that happendsthe same every time I try to open the gmail app. I tried to install the market and gmail app downloading the .apk from the internet, and every type of reset, but without any positive results. I thought that this is happening because the missing of some app that I uninstalled previously, but can't figure out what this could be.
Please help me, and sorry for the eventually bad English:-D
Did you delete google talk by any chance?
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well, I don't think so, but in case this could be the cause? I'm now attemping to re-install it
EDIT: Honestly, right now i'm feeling a little noob. when i try to install the google talk .apk it says "application not insalled". How do i install it??
I've tried this: Step 1:
Download, Extract, and Transfer the contents of this zipped folder to your phone. You can simply do this by plugging your phone in via usb, and dropping the rootexplorer.apk into your download folder.
dl.dropbox.com/u/1239859/Root%20Explorer
Then, go into file manager, Tap the SD Card Tab, go to download folder, and install the root explorer.apk
Step 2:
Download, Extract, and Transfer the contents of this zipped folder to the same download folder.
dl.dropbox.com/u/1239859/Talk%20App%20and%20Services
Step 3:
Go into root explorer, navigate to your SD card, then to the download folder where you will find the following files
1 gtalkservice.apk
2 talk.apk
3 talkprovider.apk
These are the 3 you just transferred over.
Step 4:
Long press on one of those, and click copy or move. Once you click copy, you will see your next option on screen is to paste. Click back 2 times, and scroll to the bottom and you will see system, click system, then click apps. Paste that into apps. Then go back to the download folder again inside your sd card, and do the same for the remaining two files. Once all 3 are moved or copied into the /system/app folder, reboot your phone, and try to download something, if you get the force close error still, then do a hard reset.
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but still nothing is working.... =(
Is there a way to re-flash all the original files to stock conditions??
diobono said:
Is there a way to re-flash all the original files to stock conditions??
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do you have an unlocked bootloader? if you do you can flash this system image by bin4ry and it will restore all your /system files
http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions#13027233107241&if_height=1139
and you can find instructions on how to flash it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043630
I installed a Walkman port that turned out to be nonfunctional, and since I was stupid and didn't make a backup before, I had to remove it manually, but I must have deleted something that was related to the Music app, because now it crashes when I try to open it. Can someone be nice enough to extract some files from the stock kitkat rom the following folders so I can check out which files I'm missing?
The stuff that I must have accidentally deleted was in one of the following folders:
system/etc/permissions
system/etc/surround_sound
sustem/framerwork (something with "sony" in the filename)
system/lib
system/soundfx
Alternatively I'd like to know if there is any way to extract these folders from the odin flashable firmware file I downloaded so I can restore these folders without having to reflash everything. There is a system.ext4 in the tar file but I can't seem to find a way to open it.
And finally, is there some way to troubleshoot what's making the app crash? It's probably missing a file, is there some way to tell which one?
Reflashing the firmware is a last resort because I already customized a lot on this phone and I don't feel like doing all of that again.
Update: I half-fixed it by deleting Dalvik Cache a few times. Now the app works but I don't see the notification with music controls anymore. Instead there's a notification that says "Music is running. Tap for more info or to stop the app", and if I tap it it brings me to the app info screen where I can force stop, clear data, etc. Also I click "play" and the music doesn't play anymore, it stays stuck at 00:00.
What's up with that?
I'm running Marshmallow 6.0, not rooted.
This morning I had a message in my notifications area that a file had been downloaded. When I went to Downloads to look I saw a file named 'authorize' with a size of 1.36 KB, no other information except for time of the download. The phone was sleeping at that time.
Does anyone know what this 'authorize' file is?
Thanks.
No... Why not look in your Downloads folder and see what it is, and if it concerns you attach it here?
It downloaded to my Downloads folder. I don't know how to see properties other than what I have listed above. I tried to attach a copy of it to this message but XDA said invalid file type.
opti1 said:
It downloaded to my Downloads folder. I don't know how to see properties other than what I have listed above. I tried to attach a copy of it to this message but XDA said invalid file type.
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Google Drive it and post a link, use a file manager app like Solid Explorer, or open it in something like QuickEdit and see what's in it.
I was able to look at the file in Total Commander. It was something to do with Comcast Xfinity. I deleted it. We will see what happens.
So every few hours is keep getting a notification saying that 429395.jpg download complete.
I have no idea what that's for. How can I clear it??
mpetruzz said:
So every few hours is keep getting a notification saying that 429395.jpg download complete.
I have no idea what that's for. How can I clear it??
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Clear data and cache of Download Manager application
ram4ufriends said:
Clear data and cache of Download Manager application
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So I've been clearing cache and data from download manager but keep getting that weird notification.
Anyone else getting these??
mpetruzz said:
So I've been clearing cache and data from download manager but keep getting that weird notification.
Anyone else getting these??
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Its China trying to send some noodz.
Probably an application you have installed is knock knocking on heavens door
What kind of images does it download?
Just search for this particular jpg with es explorer or any root permitted file browser. Once you find it let us know
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So every few hours is keep getting a notification saying that 429395.jpg download complete.
I have no idea what that's for. How can I clear it??
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I have the same problem..
I downloaded some pictures from an email, or some PDF documents, and since those downloads, I keep getting notification that the download was complete even though it was days/weeks ago.
Getting exactly the same problem. Please let me know if you found a fix. Thank you
Same here. This is driving me nuts! Sometimes it pops up like every hour, even for files I already deleted days ago...
mpetruzz said:
So every few hours is keep getting a notification saying that 429395.jpg download complete.
I have no idea what that's for. How can I clear it??
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Go to settings > Apps and Notifications > Files > Notifications > Files > On lock Screen > Don't show notifications at all
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Go to settings > Apps and Notifications > Files > Notifications > Files > On lock Screen > Don't show notifications at all
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Hello,this does not work for me. When going to files»notification, it goes into a kind of loop files»notification»files»notification...
FYI, I «deleted» the file app(at least from the launcher) cause I'm using es explorer.
Is this the case for someone else? Can this be the rootcause of the issue?
Same problem here. It has to be the downloads app. You can add the settings widget to access the notification log and watch these phantom notification come in. I'm also certain that these are repeats of our downloads because I recognize the file names from mine. I have no idea why it is happening.
I had the same issue for files I downloaded from drive. Once I cleared data in Google drive the notifications went away.
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So I've been clearing cache and data from download manager but keep getting that weird notification.
Anyone else getting these??
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after clearing data and cache, are there still files in your download folder ? If yes, notifications disappeared for me when i emptied the "download' folder.
philippe565 said:
after clearing data and cache, are there still files in your download folder ? If yes, notifications disappeared for me when i emptied the "download' folder.
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Question. Where do you keep the files that were in your download folder? Did you create another folder on the internal storage and move the files there? I need some of the files that are in my download folder.
Thanks
RoccoN4 said:
Question. Where do you keep the files that were in your download folder? Did you create another folder on the internal storage and move the files there? I need some of the files that are in my download folder.
Thanks
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U can paste them in any directory u want, i have the impression that the "download" folder must remain empty ..i put the downloaded files in "bluetooth "folder .
I've been getting this too. I was only noticing the notifications on the ambient display, and sometimes a small vibration while using the phone. I had to download an app to record the notifications. I've had 39 in the last 7 hours from Download Manager. At the moment, it's all stuff I've downloaded from Tumblr.
Same here on my 6T and my girlfriend's 5T. I've been trying to investigate, but no dice.
Same here, its just jpeg I downloaded and is stored in Download folder. After I removed the picture I dont have the notifications anymore. Weird
Hi
I removed an app from my phone
I connected my phone to my computer and checked if there are any left over files, and yes there are
I am trying to remove the app folder in Phone->Android->Data
It gives me this error: "cache_blablabla cannot be removed: the storage location is write protected. Remove the protection and try again"
Could I somehow get administrator permission so I can remove it?
denniserino said:
Hi
I removed an app from my phone
I connected my phone to my computer and checked if there are any left over files, and yes there are
I am trying to remove the app folder in Phone->Android->Data
It gives me this error: "cache_blablabla cannot be removed: the storage location is write protected. Remove the protection and try again"
Could I somehow get administrator permission so I can remove it?
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Any time you add or remove apps(especially apps in the system partition), you can boot the device into stock recovery mode and select the "wipe cache partition" option, then reboot. This is necessary because left over cached data from apps that are no longer there can cause conflicts with your device functioning properly.
When the device reboots, it will rebuild the cache as it needs and everything will work like it is supposed to.
This will wipe all cached data on your device, this does not remove your personal files or anything else important, it is not the same as factory reset, it only wipes the "live" data that the app has stored/loaded in the background while the device is on. Similar to clearing your RAM space on PC, it doesn't wipe the user data or any other data from your harddrive, it just dumps what is in your RAM.
One other thing, the Android/data folder is a necessary folder, that is where it stores app data for ALL of the apps that you installed. If you look inside that folder, you will see other folders, each of these other folders is a folder for each individual app that the phone is storing data for.
What you are actually probably looking for is how to remove that data that was associated to the app that you removed. That can be deleted using your phones file manager. Just open your file manager on your android device, select your internal storage. There you will see the Android folder, open it, then you will see all the folders for the individual apps. Find the folder there that is associated to the app that you removed. When you find it you can delete it from within your file manager app.
You don't need a PC, ADB or any other apps or fancy special tricks to delete folders that are stored within the Android/data folder.
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Droidriven said:
Any time you add or remove apps(especially apps in the system partition), you can boot the device into stock recovery mode and select the "wipe cache partition" option, then reboot. This is necessary because left over cached data from apps that are no longer there can cause conflicts with your device functioning properly.
When the device reboots, it will rebuild the cache as it needs and everything will work like it is supposed to.
This will wipe all cached data on your device, this does not remove your personal files or anything else important, it is not the same as factory reset, it only wipes the "live" data that the app has stored/loaded in the background while the device is on. Similar to clearing your RAM space on PC, it doesn't wipe the user data or any other data from your harddrive, it just dumps what is in your RAM.
One other thing, the Android/data folder is a necessary folder, that is where it stores app data for ALL of the apps that you installed. If you look inside that folder, you will see other folders, each of these other folders is a folder for each individual app that the phone is storing data for.
What you are actually probably looking for is how to remove that data that was associated to the app that you removed. That can be deleted using your phones file manager. Just open your file manager on your android device, select your internal storage. There you will see the Android folder, open it, then you will see all the folders for the individual apps. Find the folder there that is associated to the app that you removed. When you find it you can delete it from within your file manager app.
You don't need a PC, ADB or any other apps or fancy special tricks to delete folders that are stored within the Android/data folder.
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Wow, thank you a lot!
Can I do that without rooting my phone?
And I am doing it because there's an app that gives away something free, you can use it max. 5 times and then you have to purchase. So I thought it'd be a good idea to remove everything associated to that app what might makes it possible to give me the free stuff again, haha
Do you know if it's even possible by removing those files? And if it isn't, do you maybe know where I should be looking at?
denniserino said:
Wow, thank you a lot!
Can I do that without rooting my phone?
And I am doing it because there's an app that gives away something free, you can use it max. 5 times and then you have to purchase. So I thought it'd be a good idea to remove everything associated to that app what might makes it possible to give me the free stuff again, haha
Do you know if it's even possible by removing those files? And if it isn't, do you maybe know where I should be looking at?
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It is pointless for you to even try, the information that keeps track of how many times you've done it is probably stored online somewhere in some server for the developers/owners of the app.
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