Well I finally got a little help with rooting and started to freeze some apps.. The following I have frozen and have yet to run into any issues. Feel free to pm me with any concerns about a frozen app and I will add it in. If you know of anymore that wont hurt the phone just let me know and I will add it / test it as well...
About PlayStation Certified
AR Effect
Back up & Restore
Background Defocus
Bubbles
Calendar (I use Google Calendar)
com.sonyericsson.startupflagservice (Not sure why but this was auto frozen when I froze something else)
FM Radio
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand (this is required for Google Currents)
Google +
Hangouts
Japanese KEyboard Layout
Lookout
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Maps
Mobile HotSpot
MobileLife
Movies
PlayStation Mobile
Sociallife
Sony Select (theres two of them...)
Street View
Support
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID (I think this is the caller ID?)
T-Mobile TV
Visual Voicemail
Visualizer
Walkman (two of them again...)
Xperia Twitter Setup
Xperia Chinese Keyboard
Xperia Lounge
Xperia with Facebook
Xperia with Twitter
Thanks to gregbradley for pointing out my mistake, there is a recovery! I highly recommend installing this after rooting and make a backup before freezing.
* in title means if you brick your phone don't whine to me
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Hell-Razor said:
Now I havent gotten too risky with disabling things only because if there is a way to restore the phone, I dont know of it yet
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If you are rooted you can install recovery, make a backup and then if you freeze something that causes instability you can restore the backup.
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If you are rooted you can install recovery, make a backup and then if you freeze something that causes instability you can restore the backup.
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Derrr I knew there was a recovery. You are correct my friend I will fix my post
Yes it is have recovery mine.
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Why not just delete the apk?
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grumpySasquatch said:
Why not just delete the apk?
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Just incase you need to reenable it for some reason, this allows it so you don't turn into a mad man like, WHYYYY DID I DELETE IT :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Why not just delete the apk?
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and it makes it a lot easier to take ota updates
Why does it make OTAs easier?
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Why does it make OTAs easier?
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that's what i wanna know too lol
Well if you delete certain apks then the phone is no longer stock therfore it can cause an ota to not install doesn't mean that will happen but it can depending on what's deleted so it's better to freeze apps than delete makes it easier to reverse changes if a problem should arise during the ota
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I don't think so.
Deleting apps does not make it "Non-stock"
There is no part of a OTA update that will check to see if all system apps are present before proceeding.
In fact, from the Sony website it is still possible to get OTA updates even with an unlocked bootloader (Let alone root, or deleted system apps), it just recommends that you do not do it, so OTAs do not rely on your phone being completely stock
http://prntscr.com/47fvme
http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader/
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I don't think so.
Deleting apps does not make it "Non-stock"
There is no part of a OTA update that will check to see if all system apps are present before proceeding.
In fact, from the Sony website it is still possible to get OTA updates even with an unlocked bootloader (Let alone root, or deleted system apps), it just recommends that you do not do it, so OTAs do not rely on your phone being completely stock
http://prntscr.com/47fvme
http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader/
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If thats true I have yet to see it work for any of my other 4 or 5 android devices. When I had the note 2 and updates roleld out for it, if there was 1 frozen app the update would fail sayign it did not match the md5 sum or the update.pak or something like that....
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If thats true I have yet to see it work for any of my other 4 or 5 android devices. When I had the note 2 and updates roleld out for it, if there was 1 frozen app the update would fail sayign it did not match the md5 sum or the update.pak or something like that....
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True, but that may be because of root status and/or bootloader status.
As can be seen by the Sony site I linked to it has been possible, at least in the past, to OTA update with an unlocked bootloader.
Anyway, the point is moot, as it seems more and more people are having issues with OTA, and I don't know of anyone who has had one recently where it worked with an unlocked boot, so maybe things are changing in the new updates.
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I'am still waiting the update here in France. Nothing came out yet.
I hope that they improved the connectivity of the device with computer and other stuff related to boot sequence.
List the status on your country in this thread
Thanks
Update 28/05:
France / World: Available now
USA/UK : Available
Germany: Available
But still got the "missing app-shortcuts in drawer after reboot" issue
What is this missing app shortcuts ? which one exactly ?
Netherlands: No not yet
I've had this missing apps in drawer issue including after installing ADW. I have to force ADW to restart before it sees them. I think what is going on here is that there is a bug. Whenever an app is installed, the Xperia Play app gets called and finds out if it's a game with Xperia Play support for adding automatically into your list of games. It's very possible that it is keeping the apps from appearing in the launcher for whatever reason.
update
czech republic - none
Here you can read my full story about the drawer/home-task bug
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/77591
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Info, and SI numers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14154190#post14154190
covux said:
Here you can read my full story about the drawer/home-task bug
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/77591
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oh that's nothing it happened to me too.
Don't care about that. just make sure you can select it and launch from the tab
having it in the xperia games menu is not a big deal
MTP app is charged of scanning the media and apps on your phone sometimes it act weird and need time to find out what is missing. it happened a lot when you purge data of MTP APP.
BTW people should not uninstall this program (it runs two service really important)
Canada - No update
UK - Update available installing now
please delete post. My 2.3.3 was a spoof.
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Check your phone did it come with 2.3.2 or 2.3.3? Mine came with 2.3.3 but no facebook thing
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Canada
Mine came with 2.3.2 and no update yet
emann56 said:
please delete
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What do u mean delete? By the way I am also running 2.3.2
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UAE NO!
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USA - No Update Yet
UK yes. I updated last night. Now on 2.3.3
My phone was rooted (bootloader LOCKED). I updated using the PC companion update thing. Followed the steps and all went smoothly.
Phone came back on, all settings remained in tact, launcherPro still set as default launcher, all apps and sync and data still the same, everything working.
Phone seems a little more responsive, added facebook features are neat (and probs more draining on my feeble battery).
Will have to see how battery life is.
BTW I'm on orange in the UK on contract.
Is there a way to go back down to 2.3.2 if we want?
Officially No!! If ur bootloader is unlocked u can flash older versions of the Rom with the flash tools
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USA - No Update Yet
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I think u guys will get w seperate update bcuz u guys are running stock android..
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Title says it all.
I wonder if someone has the apk already.
http://m.gizmodo.com/5820593/the-ne...s-phone-app-which-means-it-looks-a-lot-better
Wondering the same thing, I posted a thread in the themes and apps section asking this also.
Here ya go. Copy to system/app.
You beat me to it I just saw this on another thread!
Fir those that has downloaded it how is it, and can we vibrant users play the movies?
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Haven't tried movies yet but the UI seems nice and functional.
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ty very much for that
Strange thing happened, the market downgraded itself. I guess its not the time to update yet.
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Loving it!
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A downgrade indeed... in terms of features. You can't view the permissions of the app before downloading now, updates don't seem to show up on top. There is a possibility that I might have missed those features since I'm new to this.
On the plus side, it's super fast now and there are more useful categories. I hope they bring back the old features if they've been removed.
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A downgrade indeed... in terms of features. You can't view the permissions of the app before downloading now, updates don't seem to show up on top. There is a possibility that I might have missed those features since I'm new to this.
On the plus side, it's super fast now and there are more useful categories. I hope they bring back the old features if they've been removed.
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You can still see the permissions before you download.
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You can still see the permissions before you download.
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I'll need to check that out. Thanks!
But how about the updates? I know there's an app that has an update because I didn't grab it yet. Lo and behold, the app does have an update button in the app details BUT it doesn't show up on top of the list. Maybe I'll try doing stuff like rebooting my phone.
Oh, and one more thing. There's no longer the auto-update check mark like before. Is it really missing or am I just missing it?
jsparakov said:
A downgrade indeed... in terms of features. You can't view the permissions of the app before downloading now, updates don't seem to show up on top. There is a possibility that I might have missed those features since I'm new to this.
On the plus side, it's super fast now and there are more useful categories. I hope they bring back the old features if they've been removed.
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My two updates are at the very top and seperated. And of course you can see permissions. Click download and a seperate page comes up to confirm and shows permissions and more clearly I might add.
Also its only showing the updates of apps actually downloaded from the market. I too had two that weren't showing but they did in fact have updates. The reason is those two were backups from like November and I don't remember if I got them from the market or here.
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jsparakov said:
I'll need to check that out. Thanks!
But how about the updates? I know there's an app that has an update because I didn't grab it yet. Lo and behold, the app does have an update button in the app details BUT it doesn't show up on top of the list. Maybe I'll try doing stuff like rebooting my phone.
Oh, and one more thing. There's no longer the auto-update check mark like before. Is it really missing or am I just missing it?
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All my applications that needs to be updated are on top also there's still an option for automatic updates.
This is really a good update. I just need a wifi at my house so I can now rent movies.
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So it turns out that all of the features that appeared missing (uninstall, auto-update, permissions section) were mostly caused by my apps losing their market links.. and being too quick to judge for the permissions one. After rebooting, the list of all my installed apps disappeared where they were in the "not installed" section before. So I think I'll have to find a way to restore them. It's either with market doctor in Titanium and/or clearing the market data, right?
I hear rooted users can not rent movies though the new market. Is this true?
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I hear rooted users can not rent movies though the new market. Is this true?
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Yes. This is true.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=434bbbbe082cf796&hl=en
(The author of that complaint is Supercurio, creator of Voodoo Lagfix)
Yup, rooted phones can't watch movies. I don't see them removing that policy because of piracy issues.
But it really sucks to be this way, maybe they should do what amazon is doing? Making sure that the movies will only work on the account that downloaded it?
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Thanks EB for the link. working perfectly on SimplyHoney 3.9.1.
tried the market apk on the latest cm7 nightly, but when i try to open it i get the message "you must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?" so i choose yes but nothing happens i logged in to google thru the browser but no luck there either any suggestions??
After spending about 15 min with this, I have to say that this market is a nice improvement. The issues I encountered were all temporary (missing update button, security permissions lists before download, etc). Sucks that they decided to stop rooted users from video rentals. I can see why, but in the end someone will figure out how to bypass that.
If anyone has issues listing their installed apps in My Apps my solution was to use titanium backup to wipe the data of the market app clean + using the market doctor. I also had two accounts in accounts and sync and had to get rid of the secondary one to get to load up my default sync data.
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tried the market apk on the latest cm7 nightly, but when i try to open it i get the message "you must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?" so i choose yes but nothing happens i logged in to google thru the browser but no luck there either any suggestions??
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You have to accounts and sync in the settings and add an account. Quite weird that you can't do it through the actual market. I never had an issue doing that in youtube!
Received a new update via the update centre for the album app, version 3.2.A.0.30. Can't see any differences from a first glance.
After updating I am having FC.
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gm007 said:
After updating I am having FC.
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Not had any problems myself, uninstalled to see any difference and the update has improved the speed it brings up the thumbnails. Have to see if anyone else has problems.
mabrookes said:
Not had any problems myself, uninstalled to see any difference and the update has improved the speed it brings up the thumbnails. Have to see if anyone else has problems.
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I've installed it no probs so far
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I don't know why but I have fc.
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Wipe album data.
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gm007 said:
I don't know why but I have fc.
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working flawlessly on my end. :/ .434
btw it says 7.7MB on my end. weird that it says 7.2 on yours
Some one can share this apkļ¼
I don't get the update, try several times OTA or via PC.
Which country's firmware you guys using? I don't see anything here in Singapore firmware, not even those previously reported app updates.
I've checked and don't have the update either. I reinstalled using EMMA to get 434 and remove some carrier bloat so not sure if thats why I can't get the update?
All I noticed from this update so far is that I had to re-sync all my Picasa albums!
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Wipe album data.
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That's the first thing I did but same result.maybe because I deleted some system apps needed.
LitoNi said:
working flawlessly on my end. :/ .434
btw it says 7.7MB on my end. weird that it says 7.2 on yours
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That's really weird.
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Not here yet.
I'm in the UK and got this along with an update to the Weather app/widget.
Also got offered two new widgets:
Top Contacts
World Clocks
alexp999 said:
I'm in the UK and got this along with an update to the Weather app/widget.
Also got offered two new widgets:
Top Contacts
World Clocks
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Not sure about the others but World clocks adds an additional widget
Yeah World Clocks & Top Contacts are just widgets.
I really welcome Top Contacts, I used to use it all the time on my previous HTC phones and missed it when I got my Xperia Z.
guys share the updated apk of the album app..it may help who is looking for and not had an update yet..
lyndonguti said:
guys share the updated apk of the album app..it may help who is looking for and not had an update yet..
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this may be a lame question but it may also be one of the biggest concern.
Does sharing the apk file directly expose any private information from the original sharer? I know that photos are in the SD card and all, but for all security purposes is there a proper procedure to copy the apk file out without exposing sensitive information?
or do I just go system/app/album copy and paste it here?
LitoNi said:
this may be a lame question but it may also be one of the biggest concern.
Does sharing the apk file directly expose any private information from the original sharer? I know that photos are in the SD card and all, but for all security purposes is there a proper procedure to copy the apk file out without exposing sensitive information?
or do I just go system/app/album copy and paste it here?
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No. App data is stored separately in /data/app/[package name]. Copying the apk won't expose anything. However the updated apk may not be in /system/app/album.apk (or whatever the name of the album app is), but may be in /data/app/album.apk. Just check the dates of the app and the more recent one should be the updated one.
I guess some of you noticed that google just updated Google Talk to replace it with Hangouts. A nice WhatsApp Clone with some beautiful features. I guess cross platform chat (Phone <> PC) is the most interesting part.
If you are an owner of an One which has Google Talk preinstalled as bloatware there is no chance to update this via Google Play unless HTC delivers an update. Too bad we're not able to uninstall bloatware / preinstalled stuff on non rooted devices...
But if you open the Play Store via browser on your computer to instruct it to install Hangouts on your phone, it will overwrite the Google Talk and you're able to use the new Hangouts app
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&referrer=utm_source%3Dde-ALL-landingpage%26utm_medium%3DCTA%26utm_term%3D%26utm_campaign%3Dlandingpage
Regards from germany
That's what I did myself I wondered why it wouldn't update
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I really wish they integrated it with sms/mms app like Facebook Messaging can do... or just made it like iMessage. But I'm happy for the upgrade.
It might not be showing up for folks because it is probably still replicating across the Play servers.
UI Layour is quite nice, hope it gets popular, but i really wanted that it could send sms , like imessage , or sms atleast so i can use that app for all.
edit.
Lmfao scud
I tried installing it from the website but it never appears on my phone
Rage1ofakind said:
I tried installing it from the website but it never appears on my phone
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Yep, but it is there don't worry. It launches when you start Google Talk
For me Talk was completely replaced after I started the remote Installation.
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Rage1ofakind said:
I tried installing it from the website but it never appears on my phone
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Reboot your phone.
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Hangouts is a seperate app from the store for me
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Won't work for me since it states that it's already installed but it just opens up as Google talk
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Won't work for me since it states that it's already installed but it just opens up as Google talk
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Strange. I'm on an att HTC one and it installed as a seperate app. I'm guessing it has to do with being on a non stock rom
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I just got the phone today , it wouldnt let me install from Play store on the phone , it just gives me an option to open.
i went to play store on my pc and was able to install it from there on my phone and it replaced my talk app and it seems to work fine.
I opened a thread like this, Hangouts, with how to install and other stuff.
I saw this thread after.
Sorry
What I did was uninstall Google talk with titanium backup and then just install hangouts from the store later
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maverick1103 said:
Reboot your phone.
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listen to him, it works.
Seems if ur rooted than you can get it or if gtalk wasn't a system app bloatware, like on sprint so I suppose I just have to wait
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Since when is Google Talk "bloatware"
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Hoax87 said:
I guess some of you noticed that google just updated Google Talk to replace it with Hangouts. A nice WhatsApp Clone with some beautiful features. I guess cross platform chat (Phone <> PC) is the most interesting part.
If you are an owner of an One which has Google Talk preinstalled as bloatware there is no chance to update this via Google Play unless HTC delivers an update. Too bad we're not able to uninstall bloatware / preinstalled stuff on non rooted devices...
But if you open the Play Store via browser on your computer to instruct it to install Hangouts on your phone, it will overwrite the Google Talk and you're able to use the new Hangouts app
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&referrer=utm_source%3Dde-ALL-landingpage%26utm_medium%3DCTA%26utm_term%3D%26utm_campaign%3Dlandingpage
Regards from germany
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I'm not sure if it works without root but titanium backup allows you to unistall bloatware but all my devices have been rooted so idk if it works without it honestly
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I just logged into google play on my PC and installed it on my phone and talk was replaced by hangouts. I am stock not rooted.
Already Installed Issue on Hangout..
Hi, i am from India and I am having an issue about installation of Hangout, The same issue occurs to my colleague also.
In Google Play it says already installed and no update option displayed but when i open it is the same GTalk UI and same icon.
Not able to update from Google Play ( WEB / Android Device). i am using Stock LG NEXUS 4.
Those who are using 4.3, try using App Ops to tame the battery hungry apps from causing wakelocks and having unnecessary control over your personal data.
It'll probably be hidden but there's nothing the Android peeps can't solve right?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tm_medium=organic&utm_term=app+ops+play+store
Use this or any other App Ops starter to access the hidden menu.
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I have tried couple of these appops and non worked for me, when I open the app it just shuts by itself. Do you access it through the app itself or from somewhere else, am I missing something here??
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I have tried couple of these appops and non worked for me, when I open the app it just shuts by itself. Do you access it through the app itself or from somewhere else, am I missing something here??
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I tried it on both my xperia Z1 and my xperia tablet Z, and they both do the same thing. I'm guessing sony took it out for their 4.3 update.
I'm also looking for an app ops that can work with my Z1... but can't get any... if someone can give a tip it will be highly appreciated.
Sony patched it up like Google did on 4.4.
Sorry guys, I just assumed it would work like it does on my other devices. I updated to 4.3 myself today. No luck. Root needed.
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SnapDragon BatteryGuru Do what you are saying with 10/10 performance and add about 25% battery life.
Try this
"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller"
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Try this
"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller"
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I'm not on 290 right now, but if Sony patched it the same way that Google did, it's not possible to open the App Ops activity at all anymore.
XDA article: Source Code Commits in Android 4.4.2 KOT49H Reveal Flash SMS Attack Fix and App Ops Removal
Google code commit: android / platform/packages/apps/Settings / 37f06a4^! / .
Yes, the article refers to 4.4.2, but that doesn't mean Sony didn't incorporate it into their 4.3 release.
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Try this
"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller"
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Not working. No app will work unless we're rooted.
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Try Downloading AppOps module from Xposed installer... works perfectly !
http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...-aosp-for-xperia-on-github-video-open-source/
Z1 added to AOSP