I'm setting up my Nexus 6P and see this option that says I can transfer stuff from my old android to my new one but when I open Google App and go to settings I cannot find anything called "search for nearby device"...where is it? Also, is this feature in just Lollipop and higher?
I believe it is only available on Lollipop and Marshmallow, and might only be part of the initial setup of the phone. I don't know if you can invoke it manually.
It's at the bottom of Google app settings.
Edit: Correction - go to Settings>Google, and it's near the bottom.
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Settings, Google, Set up nearby device
Well, if it is only in Lollipop and above that would explain why I can't find it on my Note 3 running Biggins final KitKat release then Oh well, I just backed everything up with Titanium Backup and transferred that to my Nexus 6P and retrieved my stuff from there. Thanks all!
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Ok so I got a replacement N7 today and I wanted to reinstall my previous apps.
I didn't want to go through the tedious job of going through the N7's Play store and selecting each app to install again.
So I went online on my laptop to the play store. It changed some, now it shows pictures of my devices and what's installed on them
There is my N7, but it looks like it's my previous unit. I see the apps i had installed in the list as installed apps. So I go into each and try to reinstall them on my new N7. It won't says I already have them installed..
I removed them, go to my phone's image and proceed to reinstall the apps in that list to my N7, again can't they are already installed.
Ok, how do I reset that?
I went to the play store on my computer, selected my Android apps, then clicked all the apps that were on my old nexus 7. Then I went through and selected to install them on my new one.
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redmonke255 said:
I went to the play store on my computer, selected my Android apps, then clicked all the apps that were on my old nexus 7. Then I went through and selected to install them on my new one.
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Did the sad thing but when I would select my nexus 7 it said it was already installed and wouldn't let me. I had to change the name of My previous unit. Reset my new unit and set it up again. It then showed up as another nexus 7 on my account and it allowed me to reinstall.
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I'm in the process of getting a replacement due to the screen creaking and slow to respond to screen taps issues.
Not sure if this will work but I'm planning to archive my Apps with a Back Up program and temporarily copy teh back up file to Dropbox until I get my new one. I'll then install the back up programe and, move the file back and then restore
May be (i) a sledgehammer to crack a nut or (b) doomed to failure but it works in my head
Google sucks with their app management. On the play site, you can't get to page 21 (really, a search company can't code it to display more than 20 pages...) of your apps and it lists every app you've ever installed on any device. The best way I found when I was first installing everything was to flip the nexus 7 landscape and it had the tablet interface. That way I could pick the apps to install and not have to re-scroll through the entire list of apps from the top every time I chose one to install.
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Google sucks with their app management. On the play site, you can't get to page 21 (really, a search company can't code it to display more than 20 pages...) of your apps and it lists every app you've ever installed on any device. The best way I found when I was first installing everything was to flip the nexus 7 landscape and it had the tablet interface. That way I could pick the apps to install and not have to re-scroll through the entire list of apps from the top every time I chose one to install.
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True that... what's with shopping being on a drop down menu? I use google to price stuff, you'd think they'd want to make using them for that type of revenue searching easier.
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After rooting my Nexus 7, the device is now missing from the "My Apps" section of the Play Store.
Has anyone else had this problem and know what to do?
Possibly not the right answer, but;
Hit the arrow that is sitting next to the search icon at the top of the market home page. That takes you to your downloaded/installed apps, and you can scroll across to see all apps from there as well.
Umm when you root, you lose all your apps, you gotta restore them
The biggest issue is that Google doesn't think he has a nexus. I give it a day or so, in the meanwhile install off of the nexus.
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Umm when you root, you lose all your apps, you gotta restore them
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Umm OP is not referring to missing apps. He/she is referring to his/her device not appearing anymore in Google Play. this means he/she cannot use the Play website to install apps on his/her Nexus 7.
As someone else mentioned, just give Google a little while to update itself. another thing to check is to login at play.google.com, click the settings icon (looks like a little gear) at the top right of page and goto 'My orders and Settings' then click the Settings tab, and check if your device is listed but not selected as 'Shown in Menus'
I recently looked at another account on my nex7 and it has a magnifying glass in the status bar all the time. Plus it has "search by Google" in the pull down notification area. Wtf is that from? Is there a setting somewhere to get rid of that?
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That's not part of Android. It must be a 3rd party app.
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Are you using a non-stock launcher. Many of them have additional options for notification area icons.
I think I know what happened. My son installed some sort of game add on that came with a search feature. I realized when using that search by Google tab in the dropdown it went to some free game search site. But what was weird is I uninstalled everything on that account and it was still there. Nuking the entire account made it go away though
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Hi guys,
I noticed last week that the search with camera option just went missing from goggle now. Since I don't use any 3rd party apps for barcode scanning, can anyone help reason on why and how has the option disappeared.
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First time when u installed Google Goggles. Did u check Search with Camera option?
I started using the option from the start through Google Now... Now I find that it suddenly disappeared. Just wanted to know if anyone has bought this up and found out the reason.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...d-from-google-search-and-we-have-no-idea-why/
Yeah, that feature's been removed in the latest update. Goggles essentially replaces it, but if you really want it, uninstall the most recent update for Search.
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Alright thanks guys. I guess I'll have to just install goggles till Google integrates it back into Now.
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Worst part is that ios still has that option. What's up with that?
I'm coming from a Nexus 6P, running Oreo. And upon setting up my new Essential phone, the only backup I could chose was from my chromebook. Both my chromebook and Nexus 6P show the backed up data on my Google Drive.
Also, if you go to Settings>Backup&Reset>Google Account: it will show "Back up to Google Drive - disabled by your admin"...
I really want all my old wifi passwords, etc.. can care less about manually selecting apps to install.
I did a quick search, and others with different phones are having the same issue, and supposedly google will fix sep 21st... I'm just curious if this is affecting everyone, or select accounts?
I do not think Oreo back-ups will work with Nougat
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I'm coming from a Nexus 6P, running Oreo. And upon setting up my new Essential phone, the only backup I could chose was from my chromebook. Both my chromebook and Nexus 6P show the backed up data on my Google Drive.
Also, if you go to Settings>Backup&Reset>Google Account: it will show "Back up to Google Drive - disabled by your admin"...
I really want all my old wifi passwords, etc.. can care less about manually selecting apps to install.
I did a quick search, and others with different phones are having the same issue, and supposedly google will fix sep 21st... I'm just curious if this is affecting everyone, or select accounts?
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I had the same issue. With the help of another XDA member, I determined it was because my XL was on Oreo. I had the option of backing up to my Nougat Pixel non-XL.
This is exactly the problem. Can't restore a newer OS version to an older OS version unfortunately.
Cool, thanks guys. I'll power on one of my other nexus devices and see if they create a backup I can use. I have a Nexus 6 so that should work.
I never got either my 6p or 5x to oreo but still it only gave me one 5x backup with all my apps . Last time I reflashed the 5x I still had 15 from 6p and 5x to choose from.
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Yeah I had the same problem, Pixel XL on Oreo and not showing up in my device sync list on the Essential Phone. Luckily if you are setup correctly your Gmail account should sync the wifi passwords and such after login. Just no the very first prompt at setup.
I think you might also need to login to Chrome to let it sync too... I noticed that some things didn't synch right until I used Chrome once.
not to chime in with the same news, but I cam from a GS8 and it wouldn't sync with my messages or anything
Came from a Pixel XL, not on Oreo and having the same issue. Any ideas? I would loved to get my SMSs and Wifi PWs back
Use a SMS backup app on your previous phone. Then bring the file over to your new phone. The WiFi, I got nothin'
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This might be off topic but I have the HTC10. If I plug one end of the USB cable into that and the other end into the Essential, can I do a quick restore like that?
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I thought it would work that way also but it doesn't give you the option to do it that way
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I thought it would work that way also but it doesn't give you the option to do it that way
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I used ADB backup and then used ADB restore for the Essential.
I had to use a back of an old phone then used the ADB restore on top of of that.