I am wondering if anyone knows what system apps S Health is dependent on?
I know it's dependent on the sensor app, but I can't figure out any others. I have deleted some of the Samsung bloat, clearly one it calls to....it is unable to open.
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Hi there,
I have a question about the Samsung Galaxy S5 which I wonder if anyone else has noticed...
Basically I got a message from Samsung Apps store telling me that I have updates available for some preinstalled/built-in apps. These are:
* S Note
* Optical Reader
* S Translator
* Scrapbook
However here is the interesting part. These applications are not installed on my phone! At least they don't seem like they are. For instance, they are not under the Apps menu and they don't show under Application Manager -> All.
Moreover, if I update Scrapbook then (and only then) the app is shown under the Application Manager. What is even more interesting is that if I click on the application under Application Manager, it then gives me the option to uninstall the application, instead of the option to uninstall updates which is what I really get with built-in apps such as Gmail, S Health, etc.
So if I uninstall Scrapbook after I installed it (agian, the available option is to uninstall the entire app - ot the updates as if it was a built-in app), the app disappears from my phone (as expected), and then it shows back as an available update for a preinstalled/built-in app! How weird is that?!
Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Try opening Samsung Apps, then select the option Purchased under Settings. There under Updates I can see the apps available for updates with in fact does not exist in my Android phone. I wonder if anyone else can replicate this issue?
I thought those were all installed previously, maybe I don't remember but it's not such an bad thing. They want you to try their apps to get their experience. It's understandable considering they include their own app store and some apps preinstalled.
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I have the same issue. I put it down to Samsung poor wording. It's a little annoying but I can live with it.
Paulenski said:
I thought those were all installed previously, maybe I don't remember but it's not such an bad thing. They want you to try their apps to get their experience. It's understandable considering they include their own app store and some apps preinstalled.
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Actually they are NOT all installed previously, and the issue is that Samsung Store keeps bugging me to update them when in fact I don't want to install them. So this is not understandable at all...
Same for me, today I disabled auto updates amd notifications in the Samsung app
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Same for me, today I disabled auto updates amd notifications in the Samsung app
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Hah. in fact it just added two more apps under the "updates" tab. Samsung AllShare Cast Dongle S/W Update and NNL Fingerprint Passport.
VERY ANNOYING But I did what you suggested and disabled the auto updates.
I keep getting this happen to me too.
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i wonder if it is because the apks are installed, but not activated at a system level....
i bet you the "bloat" is built into the stock ROM somehow....maybe that's why it is recognizing it as "update" rather than "install"
I find this annoying as well. My phone belongs to the company so I don't want to root it until there's a workaround for knox so I disabled or stopped a lot of Samsung apps. I'm still getting updates for them. I went on their support website and complained. I got a response. (A lame response, but at least a response.) I also complained to the Samsung app store. Complaining here is guaranteed to not make any difference. Complaining to Samsung might eventually make a difference if enough people do it.
I just disabled the Samsung store app since I could care less about Samsung's crummy store and their apps.
Same here - I went through and "updated" all of them before realising that they weren't even installed so I uninstalled them. Some of the apps were ones that were installed as standard on the S4 - so I'm guessing that they're apps that Samsung recommend you install.
Either way, it means that any *real* updates for apps that are only in the Samsung store rather than in Play won't happen now as I've disabled Samsung updates. Well done Samsung.
Hi all,
I am currently using a galaxy note 3 with a galaxy gear watch and although the watch is great I do find it really has its limits. I'm thinking about changing to a Nexus 5 (because its smaller and has stock android as i'm fed up with crap on a phone) and possibly the moto 360 with the metal band. With android wear is it possible to read all notifications from apps like the new google messenger, whatsapp, wechat etc and respond to them all too? At the moment on the gear I am limited to only being able to do that to samsung made maps, sometimes it works with other apps but I cannot reply to them and if you have more than 1 message it says you have x messages rather than showing you the content. Iv'e also seen in a review that a few apps just force you to get your phone out really quite often? Also is it possible to use some kind of tasker like app to use voice commands to run certain things on your phone?
Thanks all
Yes... to all questions
Facebook is the only common app that doesn't give much detail on multiple notifications... And can't reply.. But that I presume will soon change in future
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Ok brilliant. Thanks
I hate google contacts and phone (in call ui) apps but when i disable the 2 apps and try install different ones (like samsungs for example) I get an error message (app not installed), any way to get this sorted? Thanks
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Never tried, but maybe don't disable the default apps. Then set the new apps as default.
There's a conflict cos of the same app names (contacts and phone)
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Samsung dialer is not compatible with stock Android. You need to have Samsung framework installed to use the dialer because it is made specifically for Samsung phones. OnePlus Dialer, Sony Dialer and other phone brand specific dialers won't work either. You need to download a third party dialer from the Play Store that is generic Android compatible and then change the default dialer to your downloaded app. The Samsung dialer shouldn't even show up in the Play Store when you are using this phone because it's not compatible.
Which 3rd party contacts apps do you recommend?
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Samsung dialer is not compatible with stock Android. You need to have Samsung framework installed to use the dialer because it is made specifically for Samsung phones. OnePlus Dialer, Sony Dialer and other phone brand specific dialers won't work either. You need to download a third party dialer from the Play Store that is generic Android compatible and then change the default dialer to your downloaded app. The Samsung dialer shouldn't even show up in the Play Store when you are using this phone because it's not compatible.
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It drives me nuts that Google Contacts app does not support storing to phone memory. Which 3rd party apps to you recommend?
Hi
on my fire 10 there is an app (mobile observatory) that does not show up in the playstore.
However when I get the apk from another source it runs fine.
I would like to support the developer by buying it in the playstore, but I can't as it doesn't show up - I assume because sonehow it is not considered compatible.
Is there any tweak I could try on my rooted device to make this app visible for me?
Many thanks.
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on my fire 10 there is an app (mobile observatory) that does not show up in the playstore.
However when I get the apk from another source it runs fine.
I would like to support the developer by buying it in the playstore, but I can't as it doesn't show up - I assume because sonehow it is not considered compatible.
Is there any tweak I could try on my rooted device to make this app visible for me?
Many thanks.
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Unlikely. Once-upon-a-time one could emulate different device types via simple build.prop tweaks. The play store has become more sophisticated using a unique 'fingerprint' to identify device type. Almost impossible to spoof.