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Is there any way to trick Android into thinking the kindle fire is another device or disable the market filtering in general. On my rooted kindle I have android market installed and it filters out lots of apps,(Facebook, Twitter, and other apps that I would like to get) and for some of the apps it seems there is no reason to filter them. So if someone knows a way around this please reply.
Thanks in advance,
Andyspam
Idk if it would work but you could try edit the build prompt to make it "another device" Idk if it would work but it's a place to start
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CrackMonkey91 said:
Idk if it would work but you could try edit the build prompt to make it "another device" Idk if it would work but it's a place to start
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But that might cause problems with the Amazon-specific apps if you're trying to keep the functionality.
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Idk if it would work but you could try edit the build prompt to make it "another device" Idk if it would work but it's a place to start
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I may sound kind of noobish but how do I locate and edit the build prompt?
My advice to you is to side load apps that you can't download natively from the store rather than try and fool the market. I think by you trying to modify system files to change the device name is going to potentially cause you more hurt than it's going to gain you.
My 2 cents.
Yes, sildeloading will be your safest bet if you re not sure what you are doing,
and for a good facebook app , search for facebook 2.0 v2.2 (ithink that's the latest)
I don't think the official one is quite updated for tablets.
Most twitter apps need you to have google maps installed (or more importantly, one of the google map frameworks)
What about tricking apps into thinking that we're running Honeycomb in order to get the tablet interface on apps like IMDB and Gmail?
Hey,
I installed CM7 on my KF according to the dev section. I installed the kindle app from the market as I obviously lost it in the process, sadly I can't seem to be able to load my own books on the fire (I am trying to read .mobi and .epub files).
Has anyone been able to accomplish this?
gloos said:
Hey,
I installed CM7 on my KF according to the dev section. I installed the kindle app from the market as I obviously lost it in the process, sadly I can't seem to be able to load my own books on the fire (I am trying to read .mobi and .epub files).
Has anyone been able to accomplish this?
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Sort of a glitchy workaround, but the Kindle app running in your launcher (CM7) seems to be pointing to an active read in your authentic KindleFire launcher. I was frustrated to see that the app was unresponsive until adding a link to the Fire launcher, selecting the literature of choice from that interface, and (if you so choose) only then would the Kindle app within CM7 activate within that book.
For now, the hot-route back to the Fire launcher works very well for accessing all of the books, etc; as well as the Prime video library.
Cheers!
I guess I answered my own question. You have to side-load the books to Android/data/com.amazon.kindle
However the app doesn't read epub files, but reads .mobi.
This kindle app version is not even close to be as good as the stock one.
I tried to install KindleForOtter from the 6.2 update but the kindle app won't even load then.
Although Aldiko is decent I don't really want to use it because it's not as good.
Any idea?
Also, does anyone know what kind of Fonts the stock kindle app uses?
THanks
ReverseWolf said:
Sort of a glitchy workaround, but the Kindle app running in your launcher (CM7) seems to be pointing to an active read in your authentic KindleFire launcher. I was frustrated to see that the app was unresponsive until adding a link to the Fire launcher, selecting the literature of choice from that interface, and (if you so choose) only then would the Kindle app within CM7 activate within that book.
For now, the hot-route back to the Fire launcher works very well for accessing all of the books, etc; as well as the Prime video library.
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That's pretty amazing.
How does you add that link?
Cheers
gloos said:
That's pretty amazing.
How does you add that link?
Cheers
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I guess link may be a little misleading; I simply added the Amazon launcher to my taskbar for quickly getting back & forth between the two environments (stock & ADW).
HE is not on CM7. HE is stock, using an alternate launcher.
I am having the same issue. on CM7, I can not get the kindle app to even run.
Yeah that's what I figured.
Could someone please post the kindle stock apk? If its not called KindleForOtter.apk
http://www.mediafire.com/?az8obq77c7a7z39 this one?
Yeah so I guess this is the one and only. Sadly it doesnt work.
I just tested the method above with a stock/alternate launcher as you mentioned above. After exiting the alt launcher and using stock to first open a book; it was then accessible in the alt launcher via the Kindle Reader App... it loses the functionality of perusing multiple books, but as I said, seems to be a temporary workaround.
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I just tested the method above with a stock/alternate launcher as you mentioned above. After exiting the alt launcher and using stock to first open a book; it was then accessible in the alt launcher via the Kindle Reader App... it loses the functionality of perusing multiple books, but as I said, seems to be a temporary workaround.
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I believe you're still talking about an alternative launcher side-loaded with the stock fire.
I was talking about CM7 which I installed and wiped the stock fire launcher. Since it doesn't exist anymore, I can't side load it.
I was unable to get the Kindle Fire Kindle app to work. It would display the splash screen, and then go back to CM7 launcher....
I just went back to stock. If I cant use the Prime Amazon Video, use the Kindle App and get my loaner books, or get netflix to run smoothly with decent quality and synced Video and sound, I will wait until it can...
MayfairDROID said:
I was unable to get the Kindle Fire Kindle app to work. It would display the splash screen, and then go back to CM7 launcher....
I just went back to stock. If I cant use the Prime Amazon Video, use the Kindle App and get my loaner books, or get netflix to run smoothly with decent quality and synced Video and sound, I will wait until it can...
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Yeah I understood you.
Could you please pull it out com.amazon.kindle.otter and upload it? Also tell me which folder it was in (full path).
Cheers
KindleforOtter.apk is located in the /system/app with permissions set to RW-R--R--. The ATVAndroidClient.ap is also in the /system/app directory with permissions set to RW-R--R--
The KindleforOtter.apk can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?az8obq77c7a7z39
MayfairDROID said:
KindleforOtter.apk is located in the /system/app with permissions set to RW-R--R--. The ATVAndroidClient.ap is also in the /system/app directory with permissions set to RW-R--R--
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Well thats progress at least. If I tried to launch my kindle app before, it wouldn't do anything, now it launches and crashes immediately. The amazon video app works but when I start watching a video com.amazon.avod crashes.
I'm not a coder so I'm not sure how to deal with processes and I couldn't find a folder for that but it seems that if I can side load com.amazon.avod and com.amazon.kindle.otter I could get further. I just don't know how to do it.
I think that version of kindle is a stripped down version without a library browser to complement the kindle fire launcher interface. The book selection was all done in the stock launcher. I remember once i had a book open I didnt need to use the stock launcher to open the kindle app.
Hey. I think my question is mostly around locking down apps somehow.
I have an N7 and i want to be able to give it to girls when they come over to play games, browse the web, Facebook etc.. Can anyone recommend the best way to hide all my stuff? I wanna load it with tonnes of games (all the stuff i bought but never played) but still have an app or two on there for me. Evernote, gmail etc.
I have chameleon and nova launchers, figured in nova i can hide apps but they can just be shown again via the options menu.. There's no password option.
Im running stock jb, rooted.
My only other thought is to manually backup>verify>uninstall via titanium apps like Gmail, then manually restore when i want them??
I searched for app lockers but most seem to be poorly maintained / aren't compatible with jb or are easily bypassed by the recent menu..
Does anyone have any suggestions for a device i can safely share with other people?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiddoware.kidsplace
This is why I like Go Launcher:
It has a Running Apps section in the App Tray
You can hide apps
You can lock the desktop (nice for kids so they don't screw up your mojo)
While I don't personally use Go Launcher, it is pretty high in features and functionality. It has folder support in both the App drawer and desktop, themeable, and attractive. Sure you CAN unlock apps through options, but they'd probably never find it.
Somewhere I saw a profile manager where you could setup different users with different launchers, wallpapers, and apps. Might be worth checking out.
Go launcher also collects more data than it needs.
Remember CIQ? Yeah like that...
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player911 said:
This is why I like Go Launcher:
It has a Running Apps section in the App Tray
You can hide apps
You can lock the desktop (nice for kids so they don't screw up your mojo)
While I don't personally use Go Launcher, it is pretty high in features and functionality. It has folder support in both the App drawer and desktop, themeable, and attractive. Sure you CAN unlock apps through options, but they'd probably never find it.
Somewhere I saw a profile manager where you could setup different users with different launchers, wallpapers, and apps. Might be worth checking out.
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Yeah profile management would be perfect, like a login on a PC.. there was some mention of google getting a patent for this based on face recog but.. I might do a search to see if there is secure profile management somewhere..
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Go launcher also collects more data than it needs.
Remember CIQ? Yeah like that...
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Thanks for the tip. I'm wary of those premium but free apps sharing info >_< plus having paid for nova (albeit on the 25c sale) and chameleon, i'd rather find an option that uses those..
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I'll check this out and post my thoughts, thx =)
CM10 (and other ROMs I am sure) also have the profile options. It sounds exactly like what you're looking for.
Demanufacturer said:
Hey. I think my question is mostly around locking down apps somehow.
I have an N7 and i want to be able to give it to girls when they come over to play games, browse the web, Facebook etc.. Can anyone recommend the best way to hide all my stuff? I wanna load it with tonnes of games (all the stuff i bought but never played) but still have an app or two on there for me. Evernote, gmail etc.
I have chameleon and nova launchers, figured in nova i can hide apps but they can just be shown again via the options menu.. There's no password option.
Im running stock jb, rooted.
My only other thought is to manually backup>verify>uninstall via titanium apps like Gmail, then manually restore when i want them??
I searched for app lockers but most seem to be poorly maintained / aren't compatible with jb or are easily bypassed by the recent menu..
Does anyone have any suggestions for a device i can safely share with other people?
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You can try app protector apps. You can lock it down with a pin
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I would try a Profile Manager, one for kids/missus, one for you.
Then you can easily switch between them as and when you need.
ZDBox has an app locker which seems to do the job for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS56ZHdvcmtzLmFuZHJvaWQudG9vbGJveCJd
Yet to try those apps but so far the best solution I've found is to "freeze" the apps in Titanium Backup
It moves the links from the launcher.. every launcher, as if they arent there at all.
There seems to be a batch defrost/unfreeze option, but I'm not sure if theres an easy way to re-freeze a set of apps..
Not sure if titanium backup has a PIN / password option though.. but it would be complicated for a non-tech user to figure out how to unfreeze apps in Titanium Backup..
You could try SwitchMe. It basically reboots the tablet when you switch users. Each user can have their own apps, etc.
App lock could be worth a look.
Freezing in titanium is my solution and works great for that purpose unless she's an android nerd and you pissed her off enough for her to install titanium and thaw out your frozen apps.
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You should def look into hide it pro. I've been using it for a while n love it. It gives a fake crash report dialogue to unlock apps n hides pics n videos
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Okay so I ran across something interesting today. I got ambitious and tried to replace the current launcher.apk file in system/app with a go launcher all I got from the Internet. I renamed it to Launcher.apk and I changed permissions to rw- r-- r-- and renamed the stock Launcher.apk to Launcher.apk1 and rebooted.
The kindle restarted fine and the first unlock flickered but TADA!!! GO LAUNCHER APPEARED! I was super happy. DO NOT DELETE THE OLD LAUNCHER APK!!!!!!!!!!It's the only back up after all lol
But I've tested this with other launchers as well and they worked!
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All I had to do was drop Nova Launcher into my /sdcard folder and install it from there. Then when glyph click home... it asks which to use for default. Select the launcher and click "use always" and I've been good to go ever since.
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All I had to do was drop Nova Launcher into my /sdcard folder and install it from there. Then when glyph click home... it asks which to use for default. Select the launcher and click "use always" and I've been good to go ever since.
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Did you have to do this on a rooted device?? Received my Kindle HD 7" for Christmas and wanting have some fun!
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mattamous said:
Did you have to do this on a rooted device?? Received my Kindle HD 7" for Christmas and wanting have some fun!
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mattamous, I have not tried this on a unrooted Kindle. Most of the launchers are available through Google Play not Amazon App Store, so this is really the problem.
I do have the APK's on my machine and since these are free, there is no problem distributing them to you.
I will give you two choices (you may install both without conflict):
1) Go Launcher EX Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/GO_Launcher_EX_3_19_1.apk
2) Go Launcher HD Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/GO_Launcher_HD.apk
Once you download them, go ahead and Open them which will initiate an install. You do not need root to perform this task.
Next go into your Kindle Apps, you will see the new Icon, click on it to open the new launcher. Then click on your Kindle "Home" button, you will be asked which launcher you want to use by default. You may choose now and check the box or decide latter (leave the box unchecked) after you have tested the new launchers.
Wala, a new facelift. Enjoy!
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mattamous, I have not tried this on a unrooted Kindle. Most of the launchers are available through Google Play not Amazon App Store, so this is really the problem.
I do have the APK's on my machine and since these are free, there is no problem distributing them to you.
I will give you two choices (you may install both without conflict):
1) Go Launcher EX Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/GO_Launcher_EX_3_19_1.apk
2) Go Launcher HD Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/GO_Launcher_HD.apk
Once you download them, go ahead and Open them which will initiate an install. You do not need root to perform this task.
Next go into your Kindle Apps, you will see the new Icon, click on it to open the new launcher. Then click on your Kindle "Home" button, you will be asked which launcher you want to use by default. You may choose now and check the box or decide latter (leave the box unchecked) after you have tested the new launchers.
Wala, a new facelift. Enjoy!
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Those didn't work on a unrooted 7.2.3, both apps don't show up in the app draw & "Open" is greyed out on initial install.
Seems only way is by rooting first.
Gilly10 said:
Those didn't work on a unrooted 7.2.3, both apps don't show up in the app draw & "Open" is greyed out on initial install.
Seems only way is by rooting first.
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Bummer, used to work on 7.2.2
This is how I got Go Launcher on my device. Although I blocked it from future updates. Glad I did!
Thank you for the feedback.
HM....i'm rooted on 7.2.3 and have Play store successfully installed. I've installed both apex and nova but I can not launch either. When I click the home button I don't get the usual option to set a launcher.
I'm going to look into it more but seems there's an issue here ...
Edit: solution requires a Titanium Backup Pro Key but it works. Simply install from the Play store normally. Open titanium backup (make sure you have root and Pro license) go to the Backup tab. Long press on the launcher you want to use. Convert the launcher to a system app. The default launcher dialog box will appear the next time you press the home button.
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bobloblaw1 said:
HM....i'm rooted on 7.2.3 and have Play store successfully installed. I've installed both apex and nova but I can not launch either. When I click the home button I don't get the usual option to set a launcher.
I'm going to look into it more but seems there's an issue here ...
Edit: solution requires a Titanium Backup Pro Key but it works. Simply install from the Play store normally. Open titanium backup (make sure you have root and Pro license) go to the Backup tab. Long press on the launcher you want to use. Convert the launcher to a system app. The default launcher dialog box will appear the next time you press the home button.
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Did you move the installed launchers from /data/app to /system/app and reboot?
I did. I had to convert them to system apps for them to work. Not sure why since others haven't had to.
The tablet supports live wallpapers when in a custom launcher. Just push the attached file to /system/app and then fix the permissions.
It's Livewallpaperpicker.apk pulled from a CM9 build. If you don't trust my file then download a full CM9 build and grab it from the zip file in the same location. The google provided live wallpapers don't work (framwork stuff missing?) so I haven't included them.
Now, if we can get an app switcher button on the nav bar we'd be in business.
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bobloblaw1 said:
I did. I had to convert them to system apps for them to work. Not sure why since others haven't had to.
The tablet supports live wallpapers when in a custom launcher. Just push the attached file to /system/app and then fix the permissions.
It's Livewallpaperpicker.apk pulled from a CM9 build. If you don't trust my file then download a full CM9 build and grab it from the zip file in the same location. The google provided live wallpapers don't work (framwork stuff missing?) so I haven't included them.
Now, if we can get an app switcher button on the nav bar we'd be in business.
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Bob, Works like a charm. Thanks!
The app switcher would be done through the build.prop file or ?
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Bob, Works like a charm. Thanks!
The app switcher would be done through the build.prop file or ?
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I belive the button can be enabled there but the meat of it is buried in the framework files or soemthing like that. Unfortunately Amazon has done something to the framework that causes the Recent App switcher to crash when it is called. It's going to take someone with some real skills to go in and mod/re-write that part of the framework. That's quite a bit outside the usefulness of my copypasta skillz.
If you want to see what I'm talking about you can add to your home screen a recent app switcher button under Apex Actions.
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bobloblaw1 said:
I belive the button can be enabled there but the meat of it is buried in the framework files or soemthing like that. Unfortunately Amazon has done something to the framework that causes the Recent App switcher to crash when it is called. It's going to take someone with some real skills to go in and mod/re-write that part of the framework. That's quite a bit outside the usefulness of my copypasta skillz.
If you want to see what I'm talking about you can add to your home screen a recent app switcher button under Apex Actions.
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Yes, I see what you are talking about.
Rather than waste the time trying to redo proprietary framework, I think our energy is best spent on making a whole new custom ROM. Only time will tell.........
So I have an issue with Kindle Free Time and using a different launcher. I successfully installed Go Launcher EX, but after launching kindle free time it wants to revert back to the stock launcher. So I froze launcher.apk, but then free time doesn't even launch. Next step I renamed go launcher apk to launcher.apk to replace the stock launcher and free time still does not launch. If anyone has an idea for a resolution please let me know.
Sorry it took so long to reply. Yes my device is 7.2.3 and is rooted.
well i screwed up...
i put these instruction together with another set that said to change the name of the original launcher to "launcher.apk1" and then attempt to restart with the new nove or go launcher. well something went awry, and now my KFHD is stuck in boot loop.
any of you guys know how to get it back to normal? or if i can access it through my desktop to change the launcher name back to .apk?
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turbodroid said:
So I have an issue with Kindle Free Time and using a different launcher. I successfully installed Go Launcher EX, but after launching kindle free time it wants to revert back to the stock launcher. So I froze launcher.apk, but then free time doesn't even launch. Next step I renamed go launcher apk to launcher.apk to replace the stock launcher and free time still does not launch. If anyone has an idea for a resolution please let me know.
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You really should not have to change the stock Launcher.apk - this will not make a difference.
The main problem is that Kindle Free Time is built around the stock launcher and was not designed for any other launcher.
If you setup the default launcher to be your new launcher (by pressing the picture of a house), you can always go back to Go Launcher when you are done using Kindle Free Time.
Th latest kindle software update wouldn't let me just hit the house. I had t replace stock Launcher.apk with trebuchet or another launcher before I got the select default launcher menu
Edit: I renamed the stock Launcher.apk to Carousel.apk and I can use the home softkey to switch between launchers smoothly now. I'm on 8.1.4 rooted however
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I wish I was still on 8.1.2 my kfhd was brand new though
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nickman529 said:
I wish I was still on 8.1.2 my kfhd was brand new though
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Were you still able to get everything to work or do you still have limited functionality?
The only things that dont function(un stock launcher wise) are landscape rotation unless i lock rotation :/
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Is it better to just disable system apps or fully delete them ?
Robi959 said:
Is it better to just disable system apps or fully delete them ?
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There is ABSOLUTELY zero reason to touch any apps in /system, period. Ever. If you do, it will break OTAs, if you delete the wrong thing you'll have to reflash the ROM to recover, etc.
Settings-Apps->All, look for the ones you want to disable, do it there. If you can't disable them there, use pm disable com.app.name. If somehow you disable something critical, you can always factory reset to go back to normal.
If you touch /system, factory reset won't un-break what you did.
I use System app remover (ROOT) to delete system apps.
I always delete apps I dont use and want by deleting them from /system/app and /system/priv-app and I never had any problem or issue with it.
Also, currently, I use CloudyStock so I dont worry about OTA incompatibility.
More better is to disable or freeze unused apps. Why to delete? If you delete any essentially app from system your phone can be damaged.
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Yes i think same maybe is better just disable apps. They will not work and that is it. Maybe phone when we delete some app trying to find that app and just cause problems. With disable is more secure..
I always delete what I don't want from my phone rather than simply disabling the apps. Of course, I've been tinkering with my phones for years, so I know what I'm doing. I also don't take OTA updates, so ruining the ability to do so is not a concern for me.
Vlad Paul said:
More better is to disable or freeze unused apps. Why to delete? If you delete any essentially app from system your phone can be damaged.
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Why yes, deleting stuff like Chrome, Google+, Maps or any other app that can be downloaded from the Play Store will certainly damage the phone.
robogo1982 said:
Why yes, deleting stuff like Chrome, Google+, Maps or any other app that can be downloaded from the Play Store will certainly damage the phone.
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Chrome, Maps, Google + is not esentialy apps. Dont be ironic, try to be helpfull or keep thread clean
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