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Samsung text to speech has stopped working

During debloat it seems I got rid of something that now causes this error to pop up when I have my camera or gallery apps open. Any ideas as to what one?
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I had the same issue so I just switched my default to Google text to speech and viola. Not sure what I deleted to cause it but I no longer have the error
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You deleted ChatOn... Its required by samsung in use of SVoice...
In order to restore it and S Voice you have to do a Kies Firmware Upgrade / Initialisation...

That's why you should freeze Apps only and wait a few days and see if anything gets messed up before going forward and removing them.
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I am also having this problem, but I put back the 2 ChatOn APK's fixed their permissions and did a reboot and it's the same problem. Is there another APK that I mised?

geoldr said:
I am also having this problem, but I put back the 2 ChatOn APK's fixed their permissions and did a reboot and it's the same problem. Is there another APK that I mised?
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Go to settings> mydevice> language and input> text to speech options> choose google text to speech.
this will fix it.

I can't access TTS options because it crashes. This wouldn't bug me usually, its just that opening Gallery causes TTS to crash which is annoying.\
EDIT: I guess after I updated ChatOn from the Market I can open TTS settings without it crashing. I chose Google TTS and it works now! Thanks!!

Strange issues today.

Today my phone has a couple of issues out of the blue.
Google play will not load. It just spins.
I was going to go into app manager and clear the cache and data but it crashes when I try to move to running apps or all apps.
I'm on stock rom, just did the ADB root not full root a couple of days ago. Only installed and setup my Kaiten email pro yesterday. Tried installing the app that shows my purchased google play apps. It would not work so I uninstalled.
I hate to do a factory reset but can't clear any caches. I might just go on and do the full root and wipe cache and Dal.
Any ideas?

Oaklands said:
Today my phone has a couple of issues out of the blue.
Google play will not load. It just spins.
I was going to go into app manager and clear the cache and data but it crashes when I try to move to running apps or all apps.
I'm on stock rom, just did the ADB root not full root a couple of days ago. Only installed and setup my Kaiten email pro yesterday. Tried installing the app that shows my purchased google play apps. It would not work so I uninstalled.
I hate to do a factory reset but can't clear any caches. I might just go on and do the full root and wipe cache and Dal.
Any ideas?
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Maybe the safe mode described on bottom of this page can help you identifying the issue:
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v2/documents/7590

I'm unable to load google play to update an app today. Probably just google play. Good luck with the other issues.

Thanks for the safe mode suggestion. I got settings working again. Now it seems I cannot get internet or any functions through my wireless. I know the wireless is working as I am typing this on a tablet.

This is strange. If I connect to my home 5Ghz or 2.4 I cannot get on the internet. However if use my guest account and put my password in at the web browser, I can connect just fine.
I have forgotten the networks, reentered the passwords and no go. I tried setting up a static ip but it won't let me save the changes. The save button stays grayed out.
Google play now works on the guest account and so does chrome.

I had a similar issue, I deleted play store app data and cache, and let it reupdate itself.
Gl
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mky4b11 said:
I had a similar issue, I deleted play store app data and cache, and let it reupdate itself.
Gl
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Will give that a try. Thanks
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Marshmallow 6.0.1 App permission (waking up device)

Hi all,
I have a question regarding the new app permission management in Marshmallow 6.0.1. In Lollipop (5.1.1) we used to have the option to prevent an app from waking up the device or keeping it awake. I used to uncheck that box for Google Play services as this was constantly running and eating up my battery. When I go through the new extended Marshmallow app management, I get several options that i can allow or deny (body sensors, calendars, camera, contacts, location, etc. see attached screenshot). But nowhere can I find the option to prevent the app/service from waking up or keeping the device awake.
Anyone know where I can find this or how to do this in Marshmallow?

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Hi all,
I have a question regarding the new app permission management in Marshmallow 6.0.1. In Lollipop (5.1.1) we used to have the option to prevent an app from waking up the device or keeping it awake. I used to uncheck that box for Google Play services as this was constantly running and eating up my battery. When I go through the new extended Marshmallow app management, I get several options that i can allow or deny (body sensors, calendars, camera, contacts, location, etc. see attached screenshot). But nowhere can I find the option to prevent the app/service from waking up or keeping the device awake.
Anyone know where I can find this or how to do this in Marshmallow?
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Use latest package disabler for preventing apps to awake the phone or updated through Google play
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zizon65 said:
Use latest package disabler for preventing apps to awake the phone or updated through Google play
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Is that the only way for now?

That's the appropriate way I know
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That's the appropriate way I know
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What I can find in the Play Store is Package Disabler Pro (Samsung). From the description and the screenshots I see you can enable/disable apps/services. I can do that already with Titanium Backup. But I can't disable the Google Play services, I just want to keep them from waking up the device, or keeping it awake while screen is off.

OneTruth said:
What I can find in the Play Store is Package Disabler Pro (Samsung). From the description and the screenshots I see you can enable/disable apps/services. I can do that already with Titanium Backup. But I can't disable the Google Play services, I just want to keep them from waking up the device, or keeping it awake while screen is off.
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Yes but with Package Disabler Pro for Samsung you can do things, that you can't with TTB, in one word it's more powerful
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zizon65 said:
Yes but with Package Disabler Pro for Samsung you can do things, that you can't with TTB, in one word it's more powerful
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TB does what it needs to do for me, as I'm not looking for anything beyond what it can do. Just freeze apps/services I don't use and every once in a while a backup. I just need something good that can prevent an app from waking up device, just like the basic functionality we had in Lollipop in the app management section.

zizon65 said:
Yes but with Package Disabler Pro for Samsung you can do things, that you can't with TTB, in one word it's more powerful
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You're completely missing his point. He doesn't want to disable google play services, he wants to prevent it from waking up the phone.
Package Disabler Pro is more powerful than TB? I hope you're trolling.
OneTruth said:
TB does what it needs to do for me, as I'm not looking for anything beyond what it can do. Just freeze apps/services I don't use and every once in a while a backup. I just need something good that can prevent an app from waking up device, just like the basic functionality we had in Lollipop in the app management section.
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As far as I can tell, the doze feature is supposed to be in charge of preventing wakelocks and keep your phone from staying awake. So Google probably thought that denying the stay awake permission isn't needed anymore. Tbh, it denying 'stay awake' in app permissions in previous builds on android didn't do much for battery life, at least for me. Some things you could try is cleaning google play services data, and deleting google now if you dont use it.

Bhavpreet said:
You're completely missing his point. He doesn't want to disable google play services, he wants to prevent it from waking up the phone.
Package Disabler Pro is more powerful than TB? I hope you're trolling.
As far as I can tell, the doze feature is supposed to be in charge of preventing wakelocks and keep your phone from staying awake. So Google probably thought that denying the stay awake permission isn't needed anymore. Tbh, it denying 'stay awake' in app permissions in previous builds on android didn't do much for battery life, at least for me. Some things you could try is cleaning google play services data, and deleting google now if you dont use it.
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You did not understand me either! What I've said is that Package Disabler Pro not only can prevent app from waking up the phone, but can prevent such app from updated by Google play service.
I also maintain that Package Disabler Pro is more powerful than TTB in terms of preventing an app from doing anything even operating in the background.
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@Bhavpreet I think for me it did quite the thing. Before I disabled apps/services I didn't need I saw Google Play Services popping up in the battery stats a lot. Once I hit the switch and didn't allow the service to wake up the phone or keep it awake, it disappeared from the battery stats.
Currently, from what I can see in the battery stats, the play service is running 4 things:
- Google Service Framework
- Google Play Services
- Google Backup Transport
- Google Account Manager
I have the backup to cloud enabled for contacts/notes/etc. Which one of the above is safe to freeze without interfering in that process?
@zizon65 Are you talking about freezing/disabling an app? Or only stopping it from waking up the device, but leaving the service/app intact for when you manually open it?

@OneTruth it could be achieved by using xposed for the module appopsxposed though I only tested it under cm13 on another phone

zizon65 said:
You did not understand me either! What I've said is that Package Disabler Pro not only can prevent app from waking up the phone, but can prevent such app from updated by Google play service.
I also maintain that Package Disabler Pro is more powerful than TTB in terms of preventing an app from doing anything even operating in the background.
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He does not want to disable it, he just wants to stop it from waking the device. Disabling google play services effectively transforms your device into a dumb phone, whats the point?
OneTruth said:
@Bhavpreet I think for me it did quite the thing. Before I disabled apps/services I didn't need I saw Google Play Services popping up in the battery stats a lot. Once I hit the switch and didn't allow the service to wake up the phone or keep it awake, it disappeared from the battery stats.
Currently, from what I can see in the battery stats, the play service is running 4 things:
- Google Service Framework
- Google Play Services
- Google Backup Transport
- Google Account Manager
I have the backup to cloud enabled for contacts/notes/etc. Which one of the above is safe to freeze without interfering in that process?
@zizon65 Are you talking about freezing/disabling an app? Or only stopping it from waking up the device, but leaving the service/app intact for when you manually open it?
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You wont be able to remove any of those 4 services without breaking google play services as a whole afaik. I don't even use google for my backup account, but i still have backup transport eating at my battery. Google Services, on average, uses 1-4% of my battery, usually on the lower end. Like I said, clear its data and cache, give it a restart, and see if that helps. I also recommend turning off auto update in the playstore, and deleting google now data and app and reinstalling it.
Last option, and this will definitely work considering you upgraded, factory reset the device.
Also, PDP disables apps, meaning it completely gets rid of them from your device until theyre enabled again, which is not a solution to your problem.

@Bhavpreet How com this was possible in Lollipop without breaking anything? Everything was running perfectly for me, without Google Play Services ever showing up in the battery stats. So I won't be factory resetting. Clearing cache already did that, no result. Will try out @Zenroid solution.

I think this is doing the trick. Will post back with results after the next full charge.
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@OneTruth it could be achieved by using xposed for the module appopsxposed though I only tested it under cm13 on another phone
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Can't turn off 'ok google'

This has been causing me problems for weeks now.
In the Google settings I have all voice settings turned off but the Google search bar still pops up with 'say ok google' and it still works even on other pages.
It's as though it's completely ignoring the settings and stuck on the from any page setting.
Anyone have any possible ideas for fixes?
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Try to clear data of Google Now if possible.
Otherwise try to uninstall Google Now and re-install the latest version

I've tried both of those as a first step and it still happens.
Really quite annoying as I'm pretty sure it's causing considerable battery drain.
Only thing I can do for now is deny the microphone permission for google now but this also prevents android auto from using voice commands. And it still says it's activated on the search bar
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mine is the same and my wife s5 is the same. so google having problems ever sense they updated.

ecg803 said:
mine is the same and my wife s5 is the same. so google having problems ever sense they updated.
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I'm not sure if it's a google or Samsung issue.
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Kearkan said:
I'm not sure if it's a google or Samsung issue.
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well I unistalled google's update and then it works correctly.

As in uninstalled updates for the Google app?
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yes

Applications manager
Go to settings. Applications, applications manager , google app, permissions and disable microphone and any other permission you dont want it to have.

Cannot download apps from Play Store

I have done a factory reset on my tablet running the latest update. That made the downloads work for awhile. They stopped working and I tried the clearing of the cache and data for the Google play store and Google play store services. That worked for awhile too. Now I'm back to not being able to download updates or new apps from the play store. Has anyone else encountered this issue and successfully fixed it?

You can open Play Store and start the updates or dowload, but the app is waiting eternally to receive data? If so, it happened for me once also.
Just google for the problem and you'll find official help from google about this. They give several options, and there was one that made it for me. But i can't remember which one. I think it was to remove updates from google services, and not just clean data. And after that it was working fine again.
But try to google for that, 'cause they state several possible causes. It seems to be not a rare problem.
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I'm facing the same problems. Also did a complete reset. I tried to install a beta version of Play Services which fixed it for a while.
It's not predictable for me, sometimes it works, sometimes not. After a restart updates work more often.

heyej said:
I'm facing the same problems. Also did a complete reset. I tried to install a beta version of Play Services which fixed it for a while.
It's not predictable for me, sometimes it works, sometimes not. After a restart updates work more often.
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Try what I said before. Problems dissapiared for me
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nachordez said:
You can open Play Store and start the updates or dowload, but the app is waiting eternally to receive data? If so, it happened for me once also.
Just google for the problem and you'll find official help from google about this. They give several options, and there was one that made it for me. But i can't remember which one. I think it was to remove updates from google services, and not just clean data. And after that it was working fine again.
But try to google for that, 'cause they state several possible causes. It seems to be not a rare problem.
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I have done this aw well but it's not a permanent solution. After awhile it goes back to not downloading immediately.

Temporary solution without factory reset
xtinaa said:
I have done a factory reset on my tablet running the latest update. That made the downloads work for awhile. They stopped working and I tried the clearing of the cache and data for the Google play store and Google play store services. That worked for awhile too. Now I'm back to not being able to download updates or new apps from the play store. Has anyone else encountered this issue and successfully fixed it?
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I had the same issue and I did factory reset to my table twice, later I found in some forum (I forgot the site, sorry) that a simple quick solution to that without factory reset was to enable / disable the Battery saver feature, sounds crazy I know, but it works, it also works when my tablet doesn't want to download any file, Just would like to have the issue permanently solved from an update tough...
Good Luck!

neryga said:
I had the same issue and I did factory reset to my table twice, later I found in some forum (I forgot the site, sorry) that a simple quick solution to that without factory reset was to enable / disable the Battery saver feature, sounds crazy I know, but it works, it also works when my tablet doesn't want to download any file, Just would like to have the issue permanently solved from an update tough...
Good Luck!
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Thank you SO much! I've been dealing with this problem off and on for months, and had accepted that I would just have to remove all of the data for the Play Store and Services and reboot every time. I just tried enabling and disabling Battery Saver and it worked perfectly. This really makes a difference.

problem solved
xtinaa said:
I have done a factory reset on my tablet running the latest update. That made the downloads work for awhile. They stopped working and I tried the clearing of the cache and data for the Google play store and Google play store services. That worked for awhile too. Now I'm back to not being able to download updates or new apps from the play store. Has anyone else encountered this issue and successfully fixed it?
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» I was passing for the same problem, after a research on the lenovo forum I found the solution. Go on security and desible all device administrators (ex. "find my device", "google pay" and etc.) and after restart the tablet, probably will back to download. It works on my yoga book. I hope to help. give me a feed back if works. Bye.

Willcente said:
» I was passing for the same problem, after a research on the lenovo forum I found the solution. Go on security and desible all device administrators (ex. "find my device", "google pay" and etc.) and after restart the tablet, probably will back to download. It works on my yoga book. I hope to help. give me a feed back if works. Bye.
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Does not work for me
I disabled them all, but changed nothing. All that helps is enter energy saving mode.

nachordez said:
You can open Play Store and start the updates or dowload, but the app is waiting eternally to receive data? If so, it happened for me once also.
Just google for the problem and you'll find official help from google about this. They give several options, and there was one that made it for me. But i can't remember which one. I think it was to remove updates from google services, and not just clean data. And after that it was working fine again.
But try to google for that, 'cause they state several possible causes. It seems to be not a rare problem.
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I don't know whitch worked - new Play Store in general or the second thing which I did - I've turned off battery optimisation for Goolge system apps and the general Google search app - worked as a charm (Packet instaler, Google services framework, google partner setup, google one time init). Apps are downloading like crazy, automatically or not, my battery performance was not affected.
Hope it's gonna work for you as it did for me
Cheers!

try to factory reset all the settings

John_Arthur said:
try to factory reset all the settings
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Tried that, didnt work.