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How to stop an app from updating?

I don't want the pulse news app to update because of its ui change which I didn't like. So I want to keep using the older version 3.2 , I have a titanium backup of that version. I have the auto update enabled for apps in the play store settings but disabled for the pulse but sometimes it still updates and I have to restore the backup. I'm looking for a way to remove the pulse app from showing up in the installed app list in the play store , I tried detaching the app from play store using titanium backup but it still comes back after a day or two. Is there any other way to stop the app from showing up in the play store - my appp - installed apps and never update in the future?
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Well, my response is first and foremost. Don't fight change.. If developers change the UI. They do so with a reason.
Now as a possible solution for your "problem", have you tried removing it in the playstore and then just installing the apk you backed up. Not through titanium backup, but through a filemanager. And then use titanium backup to remove a playstore link.
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SMillerNL said:
Well, my response is first and foremost. Don't fight change.. If developers change the UI. They do so with a reason.
Now as a possible solution for your "problem", have you tried removing it in the playstore and then just installing the apk you backed up. Not through titanium backup, but through a filemanager. And then use titanium backup to remove a playstore link.
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Well , the app went from useful to useless so I really don't have much choice. I have tried the method you suggested before but initially the app won't be seen in the play store but after two or three days it used to come back and sometimes update itself as I have auto update enabled for the apps. I was thinking of doing some minor modification that would make it impossible for the play store to find and link it to the app in the play store but I only have the thought, don't know any ways to do it.

I had the same initial reaction tot he update. Large tiles for stories, white back ground making the text almost unreadable. I found that in the settings you can reduce the tile size and the text and use a dark theme which made it usable again. Just a though if all else fails.

Disable auto-update in PlayStore settings.
Note: It will enable auto-update every time PlayStore is reinstalled
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Hackergnome is spot on. From the pick it looks like all you need to do is ignore it. Update apps one at a time. At the moment they are all being updated for kitkat and ART. Some are buggy after and its taking multiple updates to sort them out. You probably will need to update at some time when dalvic goes. By then they will be sorted out.
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its in the settings, but you can only access them while online so create a backup of the ones you want, turn off that feature and then restore the ones that got caught,
detach apps from the market in titanium backup pro

andrew.golby said:
I had the same initial reaction tot he update. Large tiles for stories, white back ground making the text almost unreadable. I found that in the settings you can reduce the tile size and the text and use a dark theme which made it usable again. Just a though if all else fails.
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Dark mode and those settings are little breeze but I didn't liked ios type interface with all list at top and the removal of left side quick panel .above all these feeds are not loading up a lot of the time.all such little quirks made me go back.
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Disable auto-update in PlayStore settings.
Note: It will enable auto-update every time PlayStore is reinstalled
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That's an option but then I will have to update all other apps individually. Now when I have the auto update in play store enabled and auto update for pulse news disabled , only problem is that the pulse news keeps showing that update in the play store and sometimes shows a notification in the notification bar. The pulse won't update when I press the update all when there are other updates instead it shows a warning that the auto update for pulse is off and if I want to update it or not.So the approach is quite functional.
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Hackergnome is spot on. From the pick it looks like all you need to do is ignore it. Update apps one at a time. At the moment they are all being updated for kitkat and ART. Some are buggy after and its taking multiple updates to sort them out. You probably will need to update at some time when dalvic goes. By then they will be sorted out.
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That's true, it's just an annoyance that I have to deal with but I thought titanium backup will be able to solve it with the detach the link from market option but from my experience it's not that useful at this moment, it detached the app but I think play store finds that within a day or two and fixes it and I will find that out when i see an update for pulse news. Then I have to restore the old backup and continue with that annoyance.
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its in the settings, but you can only access them while online so create a backup of the ones you want, turn off that feature and then restore the ones that got caught,
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I found this app called appguard by srt , it is mostly used to monitor the activities of an app and to find if it's using any unnecessary permissions , and it provides option to disable the permissions, more like the app ops but one little feature it has is that when you put an app to be monitored , it will be detached from the play store and future updates are shown inside the appguard. So I just added the pulse to be monitored and now my problems are solved but not that happy that I had to install an another app to take care of such a small thing. I'm thinking of finding a way to change the signature of the app or make some modification so that play store can't link it to its original app in the play store.

If I don't want to update any one of the apps, what I do is, I run update all, and cancel the update download for that app.
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[Q] WhatsApp Problem

Hello All,Ive purchased Gionee Elife E7 and there is a problem with WhatsApp that there is no push message notification...When I open WhatsApp i can see the messages notification of what all messages ive received..any one facing the same problem and have a solution to it??

GTARaja said:
Hello All,Ive purchased Gionee Elife E7 and there is a problem with WhatsApp that there is no push message notification...When I open WhatsApp i can see the messages notification of what all messages ive received..any one facing the same problem and have a solution to it??
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Yes Me too facing the same issue. Didn't find a solution either.

Here's a fix:
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Yes Me too facing the same issue. Didn't find a solution either.
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This is a known issue with the default launcher of Elife E7. Whenever you quit an app (by sliding it away on the homescreen), the launcher force quits the app. So, if you close WhatsApp like this, you automatically turn off the notifications.
There are two ways to solve the problem:
1) Don't ever quit WhatsApp by sliding to clear it in the Navi launcher.
2) Use another launcher, like Nova Prime or so.

1995ad said:
This is a known issue with the default launcher of Elife E7. Whenever you quit an app (by sliding it away on the homescreen), the launcher force quits the app. So, if you close WhatsApp like this, you automatically turn off the notifications.
There are two ways to solve the problem:
1) Don't ever quit WhatsApp by sliding to clear it in the Navi launcher.
2) Use another launcher, like Nova Prime or so.
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It still doesn't do that trick. Unless you keep opening it frequently, It will be killed in the background after a while. Really annoying.
One thing I tried to no avail is to install Xposed and install the 'App Settings' module and make Whatsapp a RESIDENT app. Still it will get killed.

NHS2008 said:
It still doesn't do that trick. Unless you keep opening it frequently, It will be killed in the background after a while. Really annoying.
One thing I tried to no avail is to install Xposed and install the 'App Settings' module and make Whatsapp a RESIDENT app. Still it will get killed.
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Really Amigo is a fail by GiONEE...either they should improve the OS or discard it..i think i bought a wrong handset..

Whats app on e7
i m also facing the same problem with my whats app on my gionee eife e7.

I'm not sure if this option could help, but try disabling that "Auto-clean" option under Power saving and it should stop closing processes like Whatsapp and others -
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I'm not sure if this option could help, but try disabling that "Auto-clean" option under Power saving and it should stop closing processes like Whatsapp and others -
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I also thought that might be it but It triggers if we enter power saving mode right? Such a confusing app. I never enable power-saving,
but hey! lets try it.

Maybe you guys can go to Developer Settings and increase the background process limit. Worth a try I guess.
I was quite interested in this phone but I've no clue about Gionee's service nor do I know if they will ever post OTA updates for the phone.

NHS2008 said:
I also thought that might be it but It triggers if we enter power saving mode right? Such a confusing app. I never enable power-saving,
but hey! lets try it.
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:good: Sure, I just got my phone delivered, but haven't opened the box yet. Let me know if that option works and WhatsApp works fine after disabling that.
Evander_F said:
Maybe you guys can go to Developer Settings and increase the background process limit. Worth a try I guess.
I was quite interested in this phone but I've no clue about Gionee's service nor do I know if they will ever post OTA updates for the phone.
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I've heard (both internet and local word of mouth) that their service is good and improving day by day. Also you can check their twitter/FB account and I see many past devices getting updates over the air, so I don't think they would miss out any possible updates on their flagship phone :fingers-crossed:

1manshow said:
I've heard (both internet and local word of mouth) that their service is good and improving day by day. Also you can check their twitter/FB account and I see many past devices getting updates over the air, so I don't think they would miss out any possible updates on their flagship phone :fingers-crossed:
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Thats good to hear! I might just consider it, I'm just waiting to see some active development on this phone, it's got a beast of the cpu
A custom kernel and AOSP rom would make it fly

^^ You can check this thread to keep an eye on active development talks for this device -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649623
If you are a dev or know someone who can help, please ask him to provide his inputs on that thread. burakgon has kernel sources already and asking for more information what we should get from Gionee.

work around for it to work.
if you install go launcher.. whatsapp returns to its normal mode... tried and tested and using..

Solution
GTARaja said:
Hello All,Ive purchased Gionee Elife E7 and there is a problem with WhatsApp that there is no push message notification...When I open WhatsApp i can see the messages notification of what all messages ive received..any one facing the same problem and have a solution to it??
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If you are still facing the problem, the solution is using GO Launcher or any other launcher instead of default. Once u make Go Launcher default it solved the isse and whatsapp is normal back to routine notifications. Let me know if works for u

Guys there is option of 'sync off' in the power manager app settings. Uncheck it and use any launcher push notifications will be there.
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My gionee f103 Whenever I shake the phone all running apps close automatically what is the solution for it??

Guide to disable Google play services "internal" services.

Bringing my experiences from G3 to Nexus 6.
With the mods to Google play services on my G3 I was able to increase my battery longevity by a significant amount. This thread is to guide and discuss as to which "services" could be disabled inside the Google play services app using "3Ctoolbox". Disabling certain services prevents Ggoogle play service from running in the background, thus, saving battery.
As a reminder, some of the services can still run after disabling them and even cause a large amount of wakelocks. To solve this, please disable the corresponding tasks in Activities, Providers, and Receivers. For example: disabling update.SystemUpdateService in the Services tab will not disable the service completely, so you must navigate to Receivers tab and disable everything that is related to it there.
Lastly, think ahead while disabling services. If you play games and use "games" app to sync them, then you should not disable anything that deals with games. Same applies to other services.
Update 5/30/15: Google play services version 7.5... here is the list of what services can be safely disabled. Perform at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damages.
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If you're going to create a thread to discuss what changes can be made that are helpful and not harmful and have made such changes, would you mind discussing the changes you made in the thread you made for that purpose?
It's not quite a disabling of a service but all I've done with play services is disable location, keep awake, and wake up through app ops. No downsides that I've noticed yet.

aewig said:
If you're going to create a thread to discuss what changes can be made that are helpful and not harmful and have made such changes, would you mind discussing the changes you made in the thread you made for that purpose?
It's not quite a disabling of a service but all I've done with play services is disable location, keep awake, and wake up through app ops. No downsides that I've noticed yet.
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well, if you are a ok google user, then there are downsides. if you disable location services, you wont get any info like "traffic home" or "traffic to work"(for example). if you dont use ok google, then disabling locations wont affect you to much.

aewig said:
If you're going to create a thread to discuss what changes can be made that are helpful and not harmful and have made such changes, would you mind discussing the changes you made in the thread you made for that purpose?
It's not quite a disabling of a service but all I've done with play services is disable location, keep awake, and wake up through app ops. No downsides that I've noticed yet.
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The services that I have disabled are such things as ads, report services, and wearable services. There are other also, but I want to wait a few days before posting the final list so that other users don't have issues.

List posted

Have you noticed any gains in battery performance?

gabravo said:
Have you noticed any gains in battery performance?
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I didn't notice any. It could help by lowering the amount of RAM that is being used, but i think this would be in very extreme cases where all the RAM is used. With the way the phone is made, it has more than enough performance in stock form. Disabling services is primarily for battery longevity.

updated with more disabled services

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updated with more disabled services
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Great thread. Thanks.
In my experience, you can disable GeofenceProviderService to.

I got a lot of copresGcore_EventLoop wakelocks after used your setting
thankfully this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/copresgcoreeventloop-wakelock-eating-t2896526 solved my problem
Using LG G3 with ROM CloudyG3 2.1

haris182 said:
I got a lot of copresGcore_EventLoop wakelocks after used your setting
thankfully this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/copresgcoreeventloop-wakelock-eating-t2896526 solved my problem
Using LG G3 with ROM CloudyG3 2.1
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This wake lock is not on any of my lists. Looking at your signature, you are modding your lg g3. I'm pretty sure I had a similar post in the lg g3 forums when I had that phone.

Nice thread but how to get to the menu shown, requires root and full version? looked around the app cant find those settings..... cant make the changes if I dont know what to look for... but looks impressive...

Gage_Hero said:
Nice thread but how to get to the menu shown, requires root and full version? looked around the app cant find those settings..... cant make the changes if I dont know what to look for... but looks impressive...
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You need full root. Download the app suggested in the first post. Scroll left once you open it, find "application manager", make sure at the bottom it says" system", click on the "apps" on the top bar, scroll to Google play service and click open then details, next scroll right and select services from the top bar.

After doing that, GPS and location stopped working. It cannot stablish my location. Even after enabling all Location services, it still not working.

Restart the phone. None of the things that are disabled in my list will affect the GPS

I have somehow disabled my gmail from notifying me once I have received a new email. I can sync it manually. I just don't get notifications for my gmail like I used to. Does anyone know what I need to reenable through the suggested app in the op? Thanks
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What app do I use to disable them?

Cincybearcatfan said:
What app do I use to disable them?
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read the op

I have a question: when i click Services tab, i get "Loading details" for like 3-4 min and nothing happens...loading and loading...;any clue why took so long?

Amo_rphis said:
I have a question: when i click Services tab, i get "Loading details" for like 3-4 min and nothing happens...loading and loading...;any clue why took so long?
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Restart your phone and immediately go to the services tab

Meizu MX5 and push notification issues

I bought them for almost two months and overall satisfied with everything except one thing - push notification issue. This is apply to all apps that owner need to be notified such as LINE, WhatsApp or even Gmail. It would happen around 1-3 minutes after your phone standby. Delay could be from 5 minutes to 15 minutes and more. No "Power saving" and "Wifi sleep" enabled. This was happen a much less when I was with 4..5.2.5A rom and much more when I upgraded to 4.5.2.7A. You could see messages only if you open those app manually most of the times. It was ridiculous
Here are solutions I tried and non of them work so far.
1. Went to Security --> Permissions --> Set "LINE" / "Google Services Framework" / "Google Account Manage" as auto restart.
2. above + Went to Security --> Power Saving --> Set "LINE" available to run while idle. Two setting simultaneously and still not work.
3. above two + lock "LINE" application to work on background. Three combination still doesn't ring a bell.
4. Roll back to 4.5.2.4A / 4.5.2.2A / 4.5.2.1A and still the same. (4.5.2.5A has been merged by Meizu developer so non available for download at the time.)
5. Try install almost every Launcher, every notification apps and even "push notification fixer" (for non-root) and still the same.
Do you have any idea or recommendation for a custom rom or a custom fix for this issue?

Hi.
I have just the same issue with recently bought Meizu M2 mini: Hangouts, Skype, Gmail - no notifications.... It's really frustrating

I have never had notification problems with M2 and MX5, this is what I do:
Security App, permission, Launch. Here every app to notify. Google stuff also.
Security app, powersaving. The same
Also this apps blocked in the multitask
Settings, wifi, advanced, wifi sleep disabled

Lock the app in ram via multitasking bar, this will not let the app to turn off.

anyone find a solution to this?

Hi
I found the solution 100% working for me. Just enter in security app/power/settings and disable the option " disable Linked Launch" thats all. Enjoy!
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rodrimx4 said:
hi
i found the solution 100% working for me. Just enter in security app/power/settings and disable the option " disable linked launch" thats all. Enjoy!
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lol you're my last hope if it works i'll make you a little donations

Tyrigi said:
lol you're my last hope if it works i'll make you a little donations
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Hehe look my screenshots and good luck [emoji6]
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Hehe look my screenshots and good luck [emoji6] View attachment 3703154
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same settings same apps plus added them in battery, more modes, standby still doesn't work 5.1.4.0 stable

I have the same version in my MX4 and this configuration and I receive all notifications of WhatsApp try reboot
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I had the same problem and solved it by
1. un checking 'disable linked launched'
2. Allowing all apps in security/power/app management

rodrimx4 said:
Hi
I found the solution 100% working for me. Just enter in security app/power/settings and disable the option " disable Linked Launch" thats all. Enjoy!
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Thank you, it was when I tried

acarzeyd said:
Thank you, it was when I tried
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Thank you, I've done it

CYPEC0RE said:
I had the same problem and solved it by
1. un checking 'disable linked launched'
2. Allowing all apps in security/power/app management
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What is App Optimization exactly?

Ok, I just received the N910FXXU1COJ3 OTA on my DBT N-910F with all the security updates. Great, but I did notice that the conveniet app manager feature that killed background processes inside Smart Manager is now gone and from the looks of things, there is a new "alternative" ambiguously called App optimization, within the battery section.
Now I for one am getting pretty tired of this inconsistency and constant feature swapping and come here seeking information. Can anyone actually clear things up for me and explain what exactly App optimization means. Will it simply kill the apps background services and if so, why is the minimum timeout 3 days? I also heard that it is more like a disable fuature for the selected apps, meaning no activity whatsoever, like notifications.
Is there any way that i can make use of the convenient "garbage collection" that Smart Manager used to offer, or am I hopelessly stuck dealing with Samsung`s ADD?
Thanks, any assistance is greatly appreciated.

How about some screenshots ?
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I think it is something like Doze or Greenify

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How about some screenshots ?
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Sry I`m on mobile and thats the best i could do, plus i can`t post links

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Sry I`m on mobile and thats the best i could do, plus i can`t post links
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Ok that's no good.
Go to play store and install Tapatalk and then you can upload screenshots directly to here from Tapatalk app like this image.
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Ok. I have a call recorder. It just happens to stop working after awhile. I went to app optimazation and disabled it. Does that mean now that my Call Recorder app doesn't apply to these rules and should never shut off or stop working if I disabled it for that app. It's so annoying because all of sudden your looking and your call isn't being recorded. I have to open the app...then it works again. Am I using the app optimazation option improperly?
When I bought the pro version; a message appeared explaining to disable app optimazation for the app so it continuously works. Is this right? And I'm just dealing with an app problem or I'm I not using this feature properly. I want my call recorder to always be working. [email protected]
THX

App Optimization is Doze mode, that simple

You have to disable App Optimization for apps that should always run in background or be accessible without opening the app itself like Tesla Unread, Torchie, some reminder apps an some e-mail apps. In my expirience if an app is being optimized it will not show any notifications and such until "acitivized" by opening the app itself.

DroidTim said:
You have to disable App Optimization for apps that should always run in background or be accessible without opening the app itself like Tesla Unread, Torchie, some reminder apps an some e-mail apps. In my expirience if an app is being optimized it will not show any notifications and such until "acitivized" by opening the app itself.
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how do you actually use it?

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how do you actually use it?
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Apps that I don't need running in background and have used more battery than I think they should when in background are set to "Always power saving". Exaples: 9GAG. Previously I used Greenify for these apps.
Apps that need to stay active at all times are set to "Disable for". Examples: Reminders, Tesla Unread.
Most of other apps are set to "Automatically optimising".

su660ics said:
App Optimization is Doze mode, that simple
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This.
This feature can also be found on aosp based roms like cm13.

i cant find some apps in the optimization list (like whatsapp) and messages comes really slowly !
Any suggestions?