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.
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......called 'Google Play'
"Google has just taken the wraps off of Google Play, the replacement for the Android Market, Google Music and everything else from the search giant. The new Google Play went live earlier this morning and we are already starting to receive updates for their suite of apps. Google Music and Books have both been updated today in the Android Market — err Google Play to support the new “Play” branding.
Now being called Google Play Music and Google Play Books and that is about it. Under the what’s new tab we basically have nothing other than new name, new logo, same great app. So nothing appears to have changed yet but Google is quickly changing thi…
continue reading here:
http://androidcommunity.com/google-play-apps-updated-in-android-market-20120306/
It looks like Google is trying to rename everything about Android that is really Google’s doing – into something with Google in it. They’ve just killed the Android Market name (and web link) in order to rebrand it into Google Play. Now the focus will still be on apps, but also it will be a lot more on music, books and movies.
They will do this by separating all these into 4 categories. The apps will be available in the Play Store, the music in the Play Music, the books in Play Books, and finally, the movies in Play Movies. This certainly comes as a surprise that is unexpected, because we were all used to using the Android Market for these, although it’s true that the vast majority of people only used it for apps. So now that they are doing this, perhaps it will convince people to buy music from Play Music, books from Play Books, and so on.
Unfortunately, there’s still the same old country-access problem, and only a handful of countries have access to books, music and movies so far (blame the content labels):
More Info HERE:
http://androidactivist.org/news/android-market-is-now-google-play/
Damn, everything is changing sooooo fast.!!
Matt
Hmm, I'm one of those guys that doesn't like change.
However, if everything stays the same, it's ok with me.
Android Market may be too simple of a name, (Google) Play sounds ok.
Remember to pick up some discounted apps while browsing Google Play.
Market is now called Play Store. It just updated to 3.4.6. The icon looks cool. Nothing else changed within the app.
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In the future we will have Google Play Music , Google Play Movie ......
Xeleth said:
Can't wait for the Store APK to pop-up. I think this is some very good branding from Google.
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You can get it in a few places now. I put it on my site too.
Google Play 3.4.7.apk
Edit: Corrected the market number.
I'm looking forward to the new features!
really need a real time cloud sync. i use my tablet and phone (depending where I am) and would like the data synced between them (game saves etc)
today my home screen shortcut to Goolge Play disappeared again, released a new update?
Its just the same. Only name change
Hi guys,
In order to save battery as well as 3G data, you may want to disable some system apps (e.g Currents, Google+, Maps, Hangout...)
Dou you know which app can be safely disabled in our Nexus 7?
the ones i disabled and didn't have any problems whatsoever:
daydreams
currents
earth
google play books, magazines, movies, music
google+
hangouts
keep
maps
talkback
vndnguyen said:
Hi guys,
In order to save battery as well as 3G data, you may want to disable some system apps (e.g Currents, Google+, Maps, Hangout...)
Dou you know which app can be safely disabled in our Nexus 7?
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warsp1te said:
the ones i disabled and didn't have any problems whatsoever:
daydreams
currents
earth
google play books, magazines, movies, music
google+
hangouts
keep
maps
talkback
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Tks mate. I've just disabled some keyboard like Hindi, Korean, iWnn... too.
BTW, there are not Google play books and Google magazines in my N7. I'm not sure why.
Some Google Apps are not supported in all countries. That should be the reason for the absence of those.
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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?
I have been having some issues, mostly with Google Apps, on startup. When I reboot the launcher, Nova, never starts, Gmail instantly crashes, and all the rest of my Google Apps, like the Play Store, say they need Authenticated. To fix it I have to go into the settings and clear all the saved data. I have turned off some of the stock bloat and I am sure that one, or more of the apps that I have turned off is causing the problem. I am on U.S. Cellular stock, rooted, 4.4.2 and have turned off the following apps:
ChatON 3.5.831 (com.sec.chaton)
City*ID 1.25.15 (com.cequint.ecid)
ELM Agent 1.7.14101 (com.sec.esdk.elm)
Flipboard 3.0.2 (flipboard.app)
Gameloft 1.0.3 (com.gameloft.android.USCC.GloftPA92)
Geo News 1.0.116076 (com.sec.android.GeoLookout)
Google Play Books 3.2.61 (com.google.android.apps.books)
Google Play Games 2.1.17 (1536774-008) (com.google.android.play.games)
Google Play Movies & TV 3.5.14 (com.google.android.videos)
Google Play Music 5.7.1783Q.1607940 (com.google.android.music)
Google Play Newsstand 3.3.1 (com.google.android.apps.magazines)
Hangouts 2.4.78234730 (com.google.android.talk)
KLMS Agent 2.2.101 (com.samsung.klmsagent)
KNOX 1.0 (com.sec.knox.knoxsetupwizardclient)
Knox Notification Manager 2.0 (com.sec.knox.seandroid)
Mobile Data Security 6.6.16.35 (com.nqmobile.antivirus20.uscc)
Mobile TV 5.1.3.89-278691 (com.mobitv.client.uscctv)
My Magazine 3.0.0 (com.samsung.android.app.headlines)
S Finder 2.2 (com.samsung.android.app.galaxyfinder)
S Voice 11.4.0.2 (com.vlingo.midas)
Slacker Radio 5.0.4428 (com.slacker.radio)
Tone Room Deluxe TRD 2.32c (com.zed.TrdWapLauncher)
Your Navigator Deluxe 4.6.0.7600569 (com.telenav.app.android.uscc)
Weather 140304.01 (com.sec.android.widgetapp.ap.hero.accuweather)
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.