[Q] Very High number of apps - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

When I clear my cache and dalvik and reboot and get the "Android is updating " notification... It says I have like 315 apps, and that seems extremely high because I barely have anything other than a handful of apps.
I'm running the FreeGS4 rom, and other that 10 apps it is bare bones
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you have to remember that absolutly everything on your phone is an app or in some way has an app attached to it. granted 315 is excessive but im wondering if something isnt mabey a lil off and its picking up on all apks in the phone (just a guess) have you tried any other roms to see if it does it?

Happened to me. Might be a issue with the recovery not wiping it correctly.

It goes through every app, including system apps, and rebuilds the cache. It's normal.

metalfan78 said:
It goes through every app, including system apps, and rebuilds the cache. It's normal.
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Dont worry about its normal.
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Android Market just stopped working (stock rooted tmo)

I'm running the stock rom on my rooted t-mobile tab, and today i've suddenly started having issues with the Android Market. At first thw problem was with certain apps (ones that needed updates) not downloading, but now it seems as though the majority of apps have disappeared from the market altogether. Everything looks right on my myTouch 4G, so I know that the issue is local to my tab, but I have no idea what that issue is. I've gone in to the settings and clear the market app's cache, as well as uninstalling updates, and it has done nothing.
Please help. I'd rather not have to wipe everything and just hope for the best. Thanks.
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Try clearing the market data under settings-applications. I think that worked for me.
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same thing happened to me yesterday, i think its because google is setting up in app payments
Clearing data didn't do anything. It fixed itself over time, thankfully, although there is now no record of any free apps I've downloaded (which means no update notifications, and is actually kind of an issue.)
Reading the reports about a new test market showing up on some devices I'm pretty sure thats what happened to me, because I do recall seeing content ratings on the few apps that were available. Too bad I didn't think to look for the google music app.
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It will clear up in a day or so too.
I sure hope so. I'm using App Brain to notifyme of updates in the interim (as a tip to anyone dealing with the same thing) but of course that mea mbs havig remember to ignore u puffs ates from apps I got through Amazon.
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What country code do you have?

Why does CM7/MIUI keep forceclosing!

Okay so after I restore my apps and then reboot I play around for like 5 minutes then it randomly freezes and every app I click on it forcecloses and I gotta reboot and it happens over and over! Why?
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Alanrocks15 said:
Okay so after I restore my apps and then reboot I play around for like 5 minutes then it randomly freezes and every app I click on it forcecloses and I gotta reboot and it happens over and over! Why?
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Ikno exacly what ur talking about ur gonna need to restart an flash agian :-\
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But it always does it that's one of the reasons I rarely have cm7/miui as a daily driver.
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It's really an annoying problem. I had to odin back to froyo.
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I know its cm7 because my g1 had almost as many apps and never did this and it had 255 apps
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I've only experienced this at random if I restore app data. Not sayings its the cause but it was the common thread for me.
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Alanrocks: after you restore you apps and data (make sure your "acceptable" system data isn't being restored from a Samsung rom, like wifi/bookmarks/etc), boot into recovery mode, wipe dalvik and cache partition, and then try doing a fix permissions.
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also if the backup part of google doesnt finish all the way in the very begining process of starting cm7 then any and all apps will fc. U know the part where u touch the droid and sign into google and etc.etc...if it doesnt finish signing into google server then it will do that, i found this out the hard way as i couldnt figure my fc's out and that was my prob. I thought it had finished, lol
good luck with ur prob.
My idea is to odin back to stock and reflash cm7! wipe data wipe dalvik etc
Okay thanks just restored and unchecked the Google backup will reboot into recovery to wipe dalvik and fix perm.
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Alanrocks: make sure you aren't restoring voodoo control data either.
Lol you guys.
The problem you are experienced is caused by the /datadata folder being full. Apps are trying to save/change settings as you run them but since it's full, they can't write to it and force close. To fix this problem, go in the folder and find out what app or a few apps are taking the most space and delete them. Your problem will be solved.
Ty u Alienz You learn something every day!
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Lol you guys.
The problem you are experienced is caused by the /datadata folder being full. Apps are trying to save/change settings as you run them but since it's full, they can't write to it and force close. To fix this problem, go in the folder and find out what app or a few apps are taking the most space and delete them. Your problem will be solved.
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Wait then whats the point of having 2 gbs of storage
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Alanrocks15 said:
Wait then whats the point of having 2 gbs of storage
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the vibrant's original partition scheme essentially change /datadata to /dbdata. but we're not using that. and that has nothing to do with storage.
Ooops mis understood.
Okay gotcha but i think fixing the permissions fixed it as i havent had any issues since last night
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Alanrocks15 said:
Ooops mis understood.
Okay gotcha but i think fixing the permissions fixed it as i havent had any issues since last night
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Yeah, whenever I do a complete restore using TB on a new rom, I clear dalvik, cache, and fix permissions to try an eliminate any problem spots.
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}{Alienz}{ said:
Lol you guys.
The problem you are experienced is caused by the /datadata folder being full. Apps are trying to save/change settings as you run them but since it's full, they can't write to it and force close. To fix this problem, go in the folder and find out what app or a few apps are taking the most space and delete them. Your problem will be solved.
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I think I have to delete some apps.
I just deleted the /datadata folder and rebooted. Cleared dalvik and fixed permissions . Went back to the /datadata folder and there was only 6 mb free of 178
And you're wring because if I delete a folder of an installed app.
I reboot the phone and the folder automatically comes back.
Yes you get more memory when you delete but as soon as you reboot everything comes back.
I've been having this happen to me so often and it has been driving me nuts. Is there anyway to increases the space in /datadata? I have 5 gbs free, so I hate that it says it's almost out of room.
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vinnydakid said:
I've been having this happen to me so often and it has been driving me nuts. Is there anyway to increases the space in /datadata? I have 5 gbs free, so I hate that it says it's almost out of room.
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Quite frankly I couldn't find any more solution.
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missing apps..

god... i just did a fresh install of 2.3.5...flashed radio, new kernal ect....everything is fine, but now i get on the market place and a few of my apps arnt to be found.. i have a evo also, when i search with that pbone it seems to find them ok.. my nexus seems to be giving me diferent results... is this normal??
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pewipo123 said:
god... i just did a fresh install of 2.3.5...flashed radio, new kernal ect....everything is fine, but now i get on the market place and a few of my apps arnt to be found.. i have a evo also, when i search with that pbone it seems to find them ok.. my nexus seems to be giving me diferent results... is this normal??
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Yep - it's keyed off of the build signature. Just wait a few days until the market servers are updated for the new build that was OTA'd. This happens with seemingly every OTA (happened on the Nexus One as well). Mainly protected apps will be missing.
happened to me everything synced up except for apps did a factory reset and everything came back. i was pissed when all that showed were my paid apps but after the reset all apps paid and free appeared and restored on their own.
Instead of doing a total data wipe go through settings_apps_manage apps and wipe data and cache for just the market app. alot less headaches ;p
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[Q] Not seeing installed apps in market

After restoring my apps with titanium I don't see any apps at all in the my apps section in the market. Although when I search for an app it says installed. I tried installing another app from the market but it didn't help. Then I tried doing the market doctor thing in titanium but it didn't help either. I then tried to clear market cache which was impossible to do from manage applications (because of a bug that shows 0.0b for cache and clear cache is greyed out) so I cleared cache partition in cwm but that didn't help either! What do I do to see my installed apps again?? Help!!
Adlebo said:
After restoring my apps with titanium I don't see any apps at all in the my apps section in the market. Although when I search for an app it says installed. I tried installing another app from the market but it didn't help. Then I tried doing the market doctor thing in titanium but it didn't help either. I then tried to clear market cache which was impossible to do from manage applications (because of a bug that shows 0.0b for cache and clear cache is greyed out) so I cleared cache partition in cwm but that didn't help either! What do I do to see my installed apps again?? Help!!
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I been having that same issue. I have 70 apps and only 2 show in the market "my app" section. I been trying to figure out how to fix this as well.
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How many of those apps did you pay for?
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Wrong section....
Stop using titanium backup and restore only what you can no longer attain from the market .... its always the best idea to fresh install your apps which is a pain but for the sake of cleanliness
Also when you do this you'll end up with a lot less apps because the ones you remember are the ones you Actually use
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I had this happen after a fresh install, after a short while all was back to normal on its own. Try a reboot.
Actually I think I cleared cache on gmail which required me to sign in again and I beleive all was normal after resigning into gmail.
xjayman said:
I had this happen after a fresh install, after a short while all was back to normal on its own. Try a reboot.
Actually I think I cleared cache on gmail which required me to sign in again and I beleive all was normal after resigning into gmail.
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Oh yeah I forgot clear the data on the market this will re sync the market with your google account its not the cache the data...
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Solution: pay for your apps
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marcusant said:
Solution: pay for your apps
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What if they're free? and I don't believe there is a way to re-attach them to your market account. I've just stopped backing up apps and re-downloading them
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marcusant said:
Solution: pay for your apps
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except roam control cause that didnt show up either
xjayman said:
except roam control cause that didnt show up either
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Last I heard Roam Control was no longer available through the market.
I've had it happen for both paid and unpaid. Usually I just wait until the app has an update and then it'll appear. I will sometimes use Titanium to resurrect apps that have left the Market, such as ShootMe, Roam Control, etc.
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How many of those apps did you pay for?
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Paid for about 75% of them and the others were free!
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I used market doctor to re attach, clear data for the market and it worked fine.
I install like, 4 from titanium. Still messes market up.
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xjayman said:
except roam control cause that didnt show up either
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machx0r said:
Last I heard Roam Control was no longer available through the market.
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You are correct, it's available at www.roamctrl.com now. Just wanted to let you know in case you were trying to download it somewhere.
i have the same issue with the market after using titanium... no apps show up in my apps, but all of them show up as installed. the only way i have found that works to find updates for them without searching all of them is to use appbrain, and that will find updates for them. except roam control of course, but it lets you update it thru the app now. by the way MrGreg, i love roam control. it was the first app i paid for and was the only app i bought for a long time lol

Cache data

It seems to grow quick is it bad to wipe it here and there?
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Tunderpimp said:
It seems to grow quick is it bad to wipe it here and there?
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whenever you feel like it.
Tunderpimp said:
It seems to grow quick is it bad to wipe it here and there?
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Unless you wanna keep all those unnecessary temporary files, no it's not a bad thing to do. Just be careful not to wipe your dalvik in recovery too often as it may cause the system to rebuild it's cache upon every reboot and that means you will receive that annoying "Android is upgrading" window on every boot up
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LuigiBull23 said:
Unless you wanna keep all those unnecessary temporary files, no it's not a bad thing to do. Just be careful not to wipe your dalvik in recovery too often as it may cause the system to rebuild it's cache upon every reboot and that means you will receive that annoying "Android is upgrading" window on every boot up
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every time your dalvik is wiped, you go through android is upgrading at bootup.
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every time your dalvik is wiped, you go through android is upgrading at bootup.
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Yes. However I was referring to the fact that if too many dalvik cache wipes are performed, especially when flashing 3rd part kernels or mods, it can potentially reach a point where the system forces a rebuild in it's cache upon EVERY reboot no matter if you stopped wiping. I along with others I know have been through it. very annoying.
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So wiping it how often would cause this? Ive wiped mine about 1 to 2 times a week. Cache that is.
Sorry didn't see you was talking about dalvik cache wipes.
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So wiping it how often would cause this? Ive wiped mine about 1 to 2 times a week. Cache that is.
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Every device is different so there's really no way in telling but it does happen sooner when flashing various kernels or mods, usually those that claim will boost the phones performance and/or speed. In my case it tends to happen between 3-5 wipes, which is why I try to avoid performance cache wipes as much as possible except when switching between ROMs. I always do a FULL wipe
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Yes. However I was referring to the fact that if too many dalvik cache wipes are performed, especially when flashing 3rd part kernels or mods, it can potentially reach a point where the system forces a rebuild in it's cache upon EVERY reboot no matter if you stopped wiping. I along with others I know have been through it. very annoying.
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i think that you are very mistaken. wiping your cache or dalvik does not cause this. what i think is that you had something happen to your device, you dont know what it is, so you blame wiping cache and dalvik often. funny thing is, i ran across someone recently whos dalvik rebuilt after every reboot. after lots of searching, it turned out that his sound mod/app was doing it. after getting rid of it, all was fine.
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i think that you are very mistaken. wiping your cache or dalvik does not cause this. what i think is that you had something happen to your device, you dont know what it is, so you blame wiping cache and dalvik often. funny thing is, i ran across someone recently whos dalvik rebuilt after every reboot. after lots of searching, it turned out that his sound mod/app was doing it. after getting rid of it, all was fine.
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Maybe I am, maybe not. Everything I mentioned was based off my own experiences as well as others who have addressed this to me. As far as the sound mod goes, If you read my earlier post I did also mention that it could be caused by various mods or kernels, not all but some. never got around to actually removing a mod and then seeing if it fixed the issue so with all said and done, I appreciate the honesty and thank you for clearing this up for me.
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Maybe I am, maybe not. Everything I mentioned was based off my own experiences as well as others who have addressed this to me. As far as the sound mod goes, If you read my earlier post I did also mention that it could be caused by various mods or kernels, not all but some. never got around to actually removing a mod and then seeing if it fixed the issue so with all said and done, I appreciate the honesty and thank you for clearing this up for me.
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a few years back, on much older devices, some kernel/rom/mod developers would "cheat", by making their roms/kernels/mods seem like things were sped up, by including scripts to delete the dalvik on every reboot. things feel faster on the first boot after the dalvik gets rebuilt.

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