My Play store is being odd...
I can see all of my apps in the Play store, all of my apps auto update with no problem. I can install an app that I see, but I can't search for an app.
If I use the Play store search function it offers up music, and movies, but never apps.
Any ideas?
So, coming from a long tradition of rooting and fiddling around when I first booted the Z3c yesterday I was "impressed" by all the apps that are on the phone that I really, really don't need. Now, since we don't have a way to safely root the device I have deactivated as much as possible.
For LOLLIPOP see this post on page 2, here by @jesusrop
KITKAT
Here's the list of apps:
Account manager
Active clip
Android live wallpapers
AR effect
AR fun
Black Hole
Bubbles
Chrome --> I use NB Pro
Drive
Echanted forest
Gmail --> I use cloudmagic
Google play books
Google play games
Google play movies
Google play music
Google play newsstand
Google +
Hangouts
Lifelog
Live on youtube
Magic Smoke wallpaper
news & weather
Phase beam
Photo Slideshow
Photo screensaver
SensMe
Sketch
social life
sony select
support
talkback
TV Launcher
visualser
walkman --> I use Spotify
wikipedia extension
xperia calendar sync
xperica music likes
xperia social engine photos
xperia social engine photos (yes, 2 times)
xperia social engine sharing
xperia social engine sharing
some xperia keyboards
xperia lounge
xperia wallpapers
xperia with facebook
xperia with twitter
youtube extension
youtube karaoke extension
What about you others?
So, how did you "deactivate" the apps?
NRG1975 said:
So, how did you "deactivate" the apps?
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You go into apps, then swipe to the right to the "All" tab. Click on the app you want to deactivate and there's a button that says "disable"
3 things:
- I personally always stop the app and clear the data
- Some apps you can not disable, that button is then greyed out.
- Some services might not work if you disable the wrong app, disable only if you are sure that you don't need that app. (might sound logic but I've heard many things in my xda-life..)
NRG1975 said:
So, how did you "deactivate" the apps?
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App Info --> Disable
EDIT: Ninja'd!
mattdm said:
App Info --> Disable
EDIT: Ninja'd!
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Thank you.
Wow, what's left? Phone and messages?
oryan_dunn said:
Wow, what's left? Phone and messages?
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Out of curiosity which ones of the ones I deactivated do you use on a regular basis?
Of course, I need a browser, emails and a music player so I have nb pro, cloudmagic and spotify instead of chrome, gmail and walkman.
charliebigpot said:
Out of curiosity which ones of the ones I deactivated do you use on a regular basis?
Of course, I need a browser, emails and a music player so I have nb pro, cloudmagic and spotify instead of chrome, gmail and walkman.
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That was really more of a joke, like how can there be that much to disable and still have stuff left on the phone.. :silly:
But, I use Hangouts, the Xperia FB/Twitter are likely for integrating FB/Twitter into contact list (which I like because it pulls in pictures), gmail, chrome, Walkman (I still buy my music on CDs and rip to FLAC), GP Books (I have a couple magazine subscriptions)... the rest I'm not sure on.
What's the benefit to disabling an app if it's not running in the background? It's still taking up space on /system (not that you could use the space otherwise, unless rooted of course).
Be aware, Disabling Device Administrators triggers (some) Apps to get activated again!
So, just in case you wonder why say Chrome, Google+ etc. came back without you having activated them, please check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/help/deactivated-apps-getting-activated-t2889082
but if Idon't use those apps they will be running in background taking ram or just take memory from my internal storage?
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You go into apps, then swipe to the right to the "All" tab. Click on the app you want to deactivate and there's a button that says "disable"
3 things:
- I personally always stop the app and clear the data
- Some apps you can not disable, that button is then greyed out.
- Some services might not work if you disable the wrong app, disable only if you are sure that you don't need that app. (might sound logic but I've heard many things in my xda-life..)
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I get a button that says "Force Stop" but no "Disable"
Edit: looks like some apps have disable and others dont.
Why do some applications automatically load up (IE Google Maps) even when I don't run it?
ChiGGz said:
I get a button that says "Force Stop" but no "Disable"
Edit: looks like some apps have disable and others dont.
Why do some applications automatically load up (IE Google Maps) even when I don't run it?
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Because sometimes other apps trigger them to run in the background.
For Lollipop 23.1.A.0.726 - Unbranded - Spain (1288-5410) I disabled:
Account Manager
Active Clip
Android Live wallpapers
Android work assistant
AR effect
AR fun
Backup & restore
Black Hole
Bubbles
Calculator
Calendar
Chrome
Clocks
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
Creative effect
Enchanted forest
Face in picture
Google Backup Transport
Google Calendar Sync
Google Contact Sync
Google lyrics extension
Google Play Books
Google PLay Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google PLay Newsstand
Google+
Info-eye
Keep
Lifelog
Life on Youtube
Movie creator
Multi camera
Music visualization walpapers
News & weather
Phase beam
Photo analyzer service
Photo screensavers
Photo slideshow
Podcast
Portrait retouch
Sketch
Social live
Sound recorder
Style cover widget
Support
Tags
TalkBack
Tasks
Trusted Face
Video editor
Video unlimited
Visualizer
Weather widget
Wikipedia extension
World clock
Xperia Calendar Sync
Xperia Social Engine Photos
Xperia Social Engine Photos (again)
Xperia Chinese keyboard
Xperia Japanese Keyboard
Xperia Lounge
Xperia Lounge Pass
Xperia wallpapers
Xperia with Facebook
Xperia with twitter
Youtube extension
Youtube karaoke extension
Some of them might be useful for you (google calendar/contact/backup sync for instance), so be careful!
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For Lollipop 23.1.A.0.726 - Unbranded - Spain (1288-5410) I disabled
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Cool, I added a description in my 1st post.
So I don't see a list of items it's safe to uninstall yet, so I figured I'd start one. I haven't uninstalled much (through TB), but here's what I've done so far with no apparent negative ramifications:
Google Hindi Input
Google Japanese Input
Google Korean Input
Google Now Launcher
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google+
Hangouts
News & Weather
Photos
That's it for now... How about you?
I should mention that I tried also uninstalling Google but lost most all Okay Google functionality even when reinstalling from the play store so I had to revert back.
Hi. User of Chinese Axon 7 (A2017)
And im currently cannot install large app from Google play Store. Everything above >50MB will trigger play store to Not responding (after download near 100%)
Ive tried install other version playstore and play service and it did the same thing. Is there any fix? Thanks
It happened to me too. I've cleared the chach from the play store app and also from the play service, then reboot.
Hi, had the same problem
Check the premission of the Google Play Store, Google Play store must have premission to the "Storage"
In Settings - Apps page,slecte Google Play Store ,tap permission).
Hi, I've got a kindle fore 8 HD for my kid. Everything's great, except he really loves playing Clash Royale, and it's not available as standard in the Amazon store. I've followed various guides, so have installed ES file explorer, and made it available in the kids account. From within the kids account, I've then use ES file explorer to grab the Clash Royale APK from my cloud account, and installed it locally from within the kids account. I've also installed 'Kids Folder', which now lets me launch Clash Royale, from within the kids account. It actually lets me play, but without google play services, I can't get his previous account to carry over. I've followed various guides to download the apks for the play store, google play services, and google services framework, downloaded them through ES file explorer. Google play services seemed to install fine, but Clash Royale still said that Google Play wasn't supported on my device. So I tried to install the other two apks, but both just said they didn't install, with no hint as to why not.
So:
Do I definitely need the play store & google services framework, or is the fact that Clash Royale says that Google Play Services isn't supported on my device even after I've installed it, indicative of some deeper problem?
Is there an obvious reason why the play store & google services framework wouldn't install - there's a lot of versions of these files, I grabbed 5.1-1743759 (google services framework), 12.8.80 (google play services), 11.4.16 (play store), which were the recommended versions in some guides. Have I got the wrong versions?
Thanks!
richstant said:
Hi, I've got a kindle fore 8 HD for my kid. Everything's great, except he really loves playing Clash Royale, and it's not available as standard in the Amazon store. I've followed various guides, so have installed ES file explorer, and made it available in the kids account. From within the kids account, I've then use ES file explorer to grab the Clash Royale APK from my cloud account, and installed it locally from within the kids account. I've also installed 'Kids Folder', which now lets me launch Clash Royale, from within the kids account. It actually lets me play, but without google play services, I can't get his previous account to carry over. I've followed various guides to download the apks for the play store, google play services, and google services framework, downloaded them through ES file explorer. Google play services seemed to install fine, but Clash Royale still said that Google Play wasn't supported on my device. So I tried to install the other two apks, but both just said they didn't install, with no hint as to why not.
So:
Do I definitely need the play store & google services framework, or is the fact that Clash Royale says that Google Play Services isn't supported on my device even after I've installed it, indicative of some deeper problem?
Is there an obvious reason why the play store & google services framework wouldn't install - there's a lot of versions of these files, I grabbed 5.1-1743759 (google services framework), 12.8.80 (google play services), 11.4.16 (play store), which were the recommended versions in some guides. Have I got the wrong versions?
Thanks!
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I installed the apks from here in the same order in which they appear. Somehow maintaining the sequence seems to be important. I don't have any issues so far (one month).
For any app from Play Store to work properly, especially those which check back with it, you require all these installed.