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Google Play Store Problems

Not sure if this is the right place to post or not.
I just purcahsed a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Set it up and noticed the Android Market Icon was still there??? Went to download some apps and it prompted me to download Playstore. After Playstore was downloaded imediatly started freezing up and forcing close. Uninstalled, re-booted, reinstalled again and same problem. Unistalled, did master reset, did another initial set-up, went to Playstore and same problem. Wasted an hour of my life on the phone with T-mobile customer care and tech support then wasted another 35 minutes with Samsung tech support with no positive outcome. So this moring I turn to the internet and the real experts. Doing a quick google search I see that in the past week or two there have been a huge influx of Playstore complaints that sound similar to mine and it appears they are not device or carrier specific. Has Google come out an said there is a problem? Anyone else on here having any issues? FYI, I did confirm that I am running the most recent updates.
I checked and I do have the most recent system update on my device. I am not a "geek" but have been using Android devices since before they were availabel to the public and this Samsung is my 6th Android device so I am not a newb, that being said I am ready to throw my new Tab through a wall because I can usually work my way through glitches and get them corrected on my own. I was using a crappy old Viewsonic G-Pad before this, I thought I was upgrading but thet old rooted G-Pad is far better than this garbage.
Thanks in advance.

so are you saying you are on android version 4.0.4? that version should have come with the "play store".
I haven't had any issues myself, but you can try going into settings-applications, and then select the market/play store and clear data and cache. You can also uninstall updates if it still acts up.

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mike-y said:
so are you saying you are on android version 4.0.4? that version should have come with the "play store".
I haven't had any issues myself, but you can try going into settings-applications, and then select the market/play store and clear data and cache. You can also uninstall updates if it still acts up.
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Yes, it is version 4.0.4 yet it has an Android Market icon not a play store icon, I was very suprised when I saw that icon, I have not seen it in months on my other devices, i thought it was a thing of the past. Once I go into android market and try to install an app it then tells me I need to upgrade to Play Store, I click continue, download play store and that is when all hell breaks lose. Once I unistall the Play Store update it runs fine until I try to download another app through the market.

Not sure if this could help, but have you tried, instead of the factory reset, clearing data on Play Store and Google Services Framework, restarting and trying again? Ran into some Play Store trouble this past week and this seemed to solve it

I am having the same problem. I just got this 10.1 t-mobile tablet. I can't do anything because it is constantly popping up saying play store has stopped unexpectedly. I have uninstalled the update, cleared the data and cache. Nothing is working. I am essentially dead in the water as this pops every 30 seconds.

Saw the same problem on my friend tab

My only solution was to root and put cm9 on it. Works great now.
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Another ghost Samsung App upgrade notification

So till this morning I had one update notification in Samsung App, that is Polaris Office: I don'upgrade this one cos this version has issues with JB.
This afternoon I got a n upgrade notification from Samsung Push that has upgraded Samsung App, and since this upgrade I now have 2 upgrade notification, but when I go to the installed list of apps I can see that only Polaris Office has an upgrade.
I have tried many other installed apps (the hubs, sky go, ...) with jo avail.
Anyone knows which is the ghost app that needs update?

thegios said:
So till this morning I had one update notification in Samsung App, that is Polaris Office: I don'upgrade this one cos this version has issues with JB.
This afternoon I got a n upgrade notification from Samsung Push that has upgraded Samsung App, and since this upgrade I now have 2 upgrade notification, but when I go to the installed list of apps I can see that only Polaris Office has an upgrade.
I have tried many other installed apps (the hubs, sky go, ...) with jo avail.
Anyone knows which is the ghost app that needs update?
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May be the allshare cast dongle sw update. Its currently getting updated through play store

antsamwhite said:
May be the allshare cast dongle sw update. Its currently getting updated through play store
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nope...

Same problem for me.
I see a red circled "1" in the Samsung App Icon. It appeared just after updating the app "Samsung Apps"app itself. Shortly it became a "2", but after updating AllShareCast Dongle S/W it came back to "1".
So there's actually another ghost app (that it's neither Polaris Office nor AllShareCast Dongle S/W), notified but hidden and ineluctably elusive...
(crazy idea: maybe it's the "Samsung Apps" itself that notifies it's self-update status even if having been already self-updated... sort of an endless loop... )

sphere314 said:
(crazy idea: maybe it's the "Samsung Apps" itself that notifies it's self-update status even if having been already self-updated... sort of an endless loop... )
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LOL that must be hahahaha

It happened to me as well and I noticed that the app was music hub...but only upgradable via Google Play....!!! I have upgraded it and the notification is gone...!!! Hope my experience might help...!!!
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Must be Allshare Play...

Eagle07 said:
Must be Allshare Play...
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it was, but very funny...
I disabled allshare play weekes ago, still I got an update a few days ago
now after samsung app update, I geot this ghost notification
I had to unistall the updates of allshare play, the app this way got unfreezed and now it shows up un samsung apps notification
weird...

thegios said:
it was, but very funny...
I disabled allshare play weekes ago, still I got an update a few days ago
now after samsung app update, I geot this ghost notification
I had to unistall the updates of allshare play, the app this way got unfreezed and now it shows up un samsung apps notification
weird...
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That worked for me too!!!
I didn't disable it in the past (and did never use it either). Anyway, following your hint, I uninstalled the updates of AllShare Play, and after that I saw it magically appear in the "downloaded" page of Samsung apps (it wasn't there before) with an "update" icon.
After updating it the "1" red icon disappeared and now I'm cleaned and feeling immaculate again...
(Certainly, in Samsung Apps, there's a weird way to manage the "update notifications" of pre-installed and never used apps by Samsung ... )

Just sorted out my ghost notification. It was the video hub which wasn't listed in the available updates. Opening the video hub started the update and now that annoying little red 1 has gone.
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It was Video Hub for me too

jjustyy said:
It was Video Hub for me too
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Games Hub was the culprit for me........
Opened it and it said there was an 'Update', downloaded the update and the little red '1' on Samsung Apps was gone!! Thanks so much to OP for raising the problem on here and for the subsequent ideas to sort it ('Thanks' given)! It may be only a little thing, but was driving me potty!!
Cheers, Caz

Solution
thegios said:
So till this morning I had one update notification in Samsung App, that is Polaris Office: I don'upgrade this one cos this version has issues with JB.
This afternoon I got a n upgrade notification from Samsung Push that has upgraded Samsung App, and since this upgrade I now have 2 upgrade notification, but when I go to the installed list of apps I can see that only Polaris Office has an upgrade.
I have tried many other installed apps (the hubs, sky go, ...) with jo avail.
Anyone knows which is the ghost app that needs update?
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I´ve made this post:
taringa.net/posts/hazlo-tu-mismo/17082011/Problema-actualizacion-samsung-apps-solucionado.html
In case the post get deleted.
1. Go content.samsung.com with native explorer (no chrome u other)
2. Click on SAMSUNG APPS.
3. Click on DOWNLOAD SAMSUNG APPS
4. Click on REINSTALL ON PHONE.
Awwwwwyeahh!

Get Galaxy Gear working with the HTC M8

Hey Guys,
After some frustration, I can confirm that this method works for connecting the original Galaxy Gear with the HTC One (M8) no problem since it's running Bluetooth 4.0 LE, obviously with the Samsung apps limitations.
1. Download Gear Manager 1.6.111801 (com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk) (if you are on a page with a whole list of apks, don't lose it!)
2. Change extension from .apk to .zip
3. Transfer to your phone
(3.33 Make sure you have a file manager on your phone. I like Astro if you don't have one already)
(3.67 Make sure you have allowed installing from)
4. Open com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.zip
5. Navigate to assets>preInstallApks and install all the APK (there's something like 16 of them)
6. Navigate back to the original folder and rename com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.zip to com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk
7. Install com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk
8. Download Gear Manager 1.7.031004 and put it on the phone (com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.7.031004.apk)
9. Run com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.7.031004.apk
10. If your watch is brand new, you're going to have to update it to the newest software: google it.
11. At this point if your watch is on, your phone should start searching for it, and maybe find it. I rebooted my phone once while it was trying to connect and when I opened up Gear Manager, it requested a sync and boom, synced.
Hopefully this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
Weather doesn't work as well as s-voice, obviously, nor does the media controller, but the dialer, find my phone, contacts, camera and photo transfer I can confirm are working.
Edit: after a couple of different ideas, I still can't get notifications working on the stock software. If anyone set up a rommed watch, let me know if you have notifications.

I've tried ATN Manager v1.2.3 for the notifications and it's been a success (I can't read the actual message but the notification is sent to the gear)
Just make sure you go into settings > security > notification access > make sure ATN Manager is check marked
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so i setup my M8 phone just like described in the op, my watch has the latest firmware, i try to sync and it pairs it and then tries to connect but it wont connect. I read some other forums that said you need gear manager stub in /system/app. Is that true? anyone have it? Also when I first launch the software it wants to update a gear manager plugin 1 and something else. Am i suppose to let these update? I am not sure how to get around them. Any help would be great. Thanks guys. Would really love this to work.

Thanks for this timely thread. I just got my M8 and an eager to connect it to my Gear. Can you please tell me how I can get the gear manager apks you mentioned? My S4 had already been sold.

Gear fit works with M8
http://9to5google.com/2014/04/12/how-to-use-samsungs-gear-fit-smartwatch-with-other-android-devices/
We have also learned that an initial update of the Gear Fit may be necessary to get this method working. This Gear Fit must be updated with a compatible Samsung device or the Gear Manager app could have trouble connecting with it during the setup process on an unsupported device.
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Gear fit works with M8

OP, can I ask you if you were on just a Stock Rooted Rom or which Custom Rom you used while connecting the Gear?

gear works on htc one m8 !
hey guys gear 2 works with my htc except the music control and the weather app, also i cant install samsung apps , does anybody has a solution for this because i want to install watch styler but it doesnt seem to work when its been downloaded from gearfaces.com or any other apk found on the internet

This is awesome news, I'm picking up an M8 Wednesday and i really wanted the gear 2 with it.
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Does Gmail & Whatsapp notifications work?
To answer my own question...no it doesn't waste of time.

Check out this video guys, very helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9HY773eL4&list=FLa5_8c_CAm-CudT2_hmdawg

Thanks to this thread I wanted to give it a shot.
I have a Gear 2 Neo and got it working with my M8 in pretty simple way.
Gear Manger .apk the latest from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593066
Install the .apk and run through the setup. It will install a bunch of apks and ask to reset the Gear 2 Neo, but for me its all working great.
I did go into settings on the Gear 2 and check for the watch to be bluetooth visible. Other than that it was a snap.
I have an Factory Unlocked M8 on Att.

Will this work with the Galaxy Gear?? Not the Gear 2, the 2013 version. Was really hoping to get the notifications etc working on my m8 and gear watch. HELP!!

Hopefully this will work. Might have to give it a go with a demo gear at work before purchasing. Thanks for the great guide, and I'll be back if it does/doesn't work for me

Having trouble getting this to work. Will try again later

watchfaces
sn707 said:
Thanks to this thread I wanted to give it a shot.
I have a Gear 2 Neo and got it working with my M8 in pretty simple way.
Gear Manger .apk the latest from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593066
Install the .apk and run through the setup. It will install a bunch of apks and ask to reset the Gear 2 Neo, but for me its all working great.
I did go into settings on the Gear 2 and check for the watch to be bluetooth visible. Other than that it was a snap.
I have an Factory Unlocked M8 on Att.
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Hello, did you manage to change watch faces. i have linked gear with M8, however with watchfaces challenged. please advice.
thanks in advance
swlion

Is this topic dead? The Gear Manager in the M8 works as in the Samsung? No bugs at all? I don't want to buy a Samsung just because of Galaxy Gear. Now I have a Sony SmartWatch 2 and it works as a charm with my M8... Why Samsung doesn't make the Gear for everyone?!

Any more news or reports from anyone doing this?

Samsung Gear S and HTC One M8
I can't seem to get to the apk site. Any chance someone could mail the apk file to me at [email protected]? Thanks. DrJ

mstrblueskys said:
Hey Guys,
After some frustration, I can confirm that this method works for connecting the original Galaxy Gear with the HTC One (M8) no problem since it's running Bluetooth 4.0 LE, obviously with the Samsung apps limitations.
1. Download Gear Manager 1.6.111801 (com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk) (if you are on a page with a whole list of apks, don't lose it!)
2. Change extension from .apk to .zip
3. Transfer to your phone
(3.33 Make sure you have a file manager on your phone. I like Astro if you don't have one already)
(3.67 Make sure you have allowed installing from)
4. Open com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.zip
5. Navigate to assets>preInstallApks and install all the APK (there's something like 16 of them)
6. Navigate back to the original folder and rename com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.zip to com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk
7. Install com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.111801.apk
8. Download Gear Manager 1.7.031004 and put it on the phone (com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.7.031004.apk)
9. Run com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager_1.7.031004.apk
10. If your watch is brand new, you're going to have to update it to the newest software: google it.
11. At this point if your watch is on, your phone should start searching for it, and maybe find it. I rebooted my phone once while it was trying to connect and when I opened up Gear Manager, it requested a sync and boom, synced.
Hopefully this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
Weather doesn't work as well as s-voice, obviously, nor does the media controller, but the dialer, find my phone, contacts, camera and photo transfer I can confirm are working.
Edit: after a couple of different ideas, I still can't get notifications working on the stock software. If anyone set up a rommed watch, let me know if you have notifications.
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Hi,
mi Htc One M8(lollipop 5.0.1) does not work in my gear 2 neo.
Help and thanks

[Q] Samsung apps offering updates for apps that aren't installed

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

Tripledrop said:
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.

Samsung gear Manager . app not working

I have a T-Mobile s7 edge not rooted ( factory fresh ) the Samsung gear apk was pre installed on the phone when I got it .. I just updated it when i set up my Gear S watch to it.the watch works fine . no problems.. but when I open the app to use the ( home screen styler ).. I have a issue .. From the home screen of the app if I press the home screen styler or any of the links in the app.. They open then bounce back to the home screen again.. All of the links only open for about a second then back to the home screen.. rendering the app useless.. I have uninstalled the APK and reinstalled it ..I have cleared the cache.. from the app and from the phone in recovery . I even tried unpairing the Gear S to see if it's a compatibility issue.. but nothing.. I'm at a loss if anyone had this problem and knows how to fix... please help
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Same Issue
I am having the SAME issue, When i first purchased the products (together) they worked seamlessly together. However, a couple of weeks later there was an update to the Gear Manager and this issue began. In the main screen of the Samsung Gear Manager you have:
Watch Faces
Notifications
Apps Layout
Send Content to Gear
Settings
Find my Gear
After the update the only option that functions is the "Send Content to Gear". All of the other options, when selected, open for about 1-2 seconds and then immediately revert back to the main screen. This MUST be an issue with the app as the phone still connects to the watch via BT and i can still install apps to the watch from the Samsung Galaxy Apps app. I still get text notifications, etc. on my watch, from the phone...so this is NOT a connectivity issue. In addition, i can still install new watch faces, etc. but cannot organize anything or change any of the settings on the watch from the Gear Manager app, only what i can do from the watch itself, which accounts for only a small portion of what can be done on the Gear Manager app...
I have factory reset the phone, and watch multiple times to no avail... I have also tried to uninstall the Gear Manager app, however it is a native app and CANNOT be uninstalled, only disabled.
I have contacted Samsung who were unable to help...they want me to send the devices out for "repair" even though i am 99.999999% sure this is an issue with the app...not the devices. Samsung says to contact Verizon (where i purchased the product from" and Verizon says to contact Samsung because it is a Samsung product and app... This is ridiculous to say the least. I dropped about $1000 on the two devices that are supposed to work seamlessly...
Are there any more reports of this issue?

I am having this same exact issue with My Gear S2 and Motorola Droid Turbo 2.