Hi All
Last night I updated my s7 edge after checking for updates. I installed the update and when checking out the phone I saw at the back of my app pages that the Facebook app was installed! Has anyone ever come across something like this? I don't use Facebook app and never installed it. I installed an app called ap detective and it shows that the app was installed on 2017-03-09 at 00:09:03 about the same time the update was installed.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks
You should be able to disable it in application settings. I did the same with WhatsApp and Instagram.
I guess its included in the rom but as said you can disable it.
If you can uninstall it instead then it would be installed manually (through Google Play / Sideload whatever).
Greebo78 said:
You should be able to disable it in application settings. I did the same with WhatsApp and Instagram.
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andiling said:
I guess its included in the rom but as said you can disable it.
If you can uninstall it instead then it would be installed manually (through Google Play / Sideload whatever).
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Yeah I did that. Samsung confirmed that it was with the rom update. Thanks
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If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.
So how would one go about updating these apps?
SupremeBeaver said:
If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.
So how would one go about updating these apps?
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Works fine for me since day one.
If app that came with the phone matches the version on Market, it just says "Installed" without me installing it manually.
If Market version is higher, it says "Update" and lets me download an update and install it.
for me, if i search youtube or google maps it says "Install"..
I just installed the youtube app and now it appears to have installed over the one i had previously..
Same here. Installed FB, Twitter, YouTube etc and they installed over the pre-installed versions.
SupremeBeaver said:
for me, if i search youtube or google maps it says "Install"..
I just installed the youtube app and now it appears to have installed over the one i had previously..
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Yeah, that's normal too.
I found the same to be true. What I did to make sure I get any updates for what came pre-installed is I looked up each app in the Market, and if I found it, but it did not say "Installed", I installed it, so now all my apps are linked to the Market, and will get updated when needed. Otherwise you will be stuck with the version that came on the phone forever.
Same with me the pre installed apps dont seem to be recogni8zed as installed by the Market i have had to download facebook, youtube etc like other DHD users
For me, only Adobe Reader & Flash were not recognized. Manually installed Reader and I froze Flash with Titanium Backup so didn't update that one.
Titanium backup can on rooted devices, at least, integrate newer updates into the ROM via batch menu
SupremeBeaver said:
If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.
So how would one go about updating these apps?
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I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?
thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )
Salv0 said:
I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?
thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )
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i installed it over the preinstalled ones and it works fine.
Im not too sure about this preventing system updates though. But i did notice that if you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Aplications then find the app there, there is an option to undo the update incase it blocks system updates.
SupremeBeaver said:
i installed it over the preinstalled ones and it works fine.
Im not too sure about this preventing system updates though. But i did notice that if you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Aplications then find the app there, there is an option to undo the update incase it blocks system updates.
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oh! cool thanks
Salv0 said:
I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...
so, can I safely install the update over the current?
Will this prevent to get any system update?
thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )
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It doesn't block system updates as updates to apps never touch system partition and OTA only checks system partition for consistency.
Eddie1506 said:
It doesn't block system updates as updates to apps never touch system partition and OTA only checks system partition for consistency.
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unless you use Titanium to integrate the updates into the ROM, I do this to keep things simple as I don't really like having two versions of the program on my device unneccesarily, but even in this case the system updates overwrite the /system partition anyway
ghostofcain said:
unless you use Titanium to integrate the updates into the ROM, I do this to keep things simple as I don't really like having two versions of the program on my device unneccesarily, but even in this case the system updates overwrite the /system partition anyway
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Yes, integrating updates from Titanum Backup touches /system partition, but regular Market updates don't.
I've run into a bug with the new youtube app. If you have a video loading and let the screen come off. After unlocking it, the video lags a lot doesnt respond to touches. You can exit out of the app but then the audio of the video doesnt stop playing. No choice but to restart the phone. This happened to me twice this morning.
Do you guys think this is a bug with the youtube app or maybe the Desire HD because i recall the preintalled youtube app had a major bug as well on the DHD.
Has anyone been able to install the new Hangouts? I migrated my Google Voice, downloaded Hangouts Dialer app, when prompted to udpate Hangouts nothing happens in the Play Store.
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Ibhad the same problem, I just deleted the app and redownloaded it and alls well.
bstrange666 said:
Ibhad the same problem, I just deleted the app and redownloaded it and alls well.
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Ok, but were you able to install the new version 2.3?
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After investigation, I found on Google Groups they are aware of the issue and looking to resolve it. Since I can't wait, I downloaded and installed the apk. Voila! it works! I did have some issues signing in, but it worked after a restart.
side-loaded the apk but also getting frequent crashes as others are reporting
Dear friends,
Could I update the Google Keyboard manually? I see that my version is 4.2 and XDA reported about version 5 available days ago.
I am on Nexus 6p.
Thanks.
Same here....about to just go find the apk and install that way
Yes, you can.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-keyboard/google-keyboard-5-0-20-121473290-release/
The problem I'm having is since it's a native app on a 6p it does not allow me to update because it says the app is not installed if I downloaded the update via an APK mirror. Everytime I click install it says that the app is not installed and I get this error on every Google core app I try to update manually. I have tried to install other things manually and they work fine but not the Google core apps.
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The problem I'm having is since it's a native app on a 6p it does not allow me to update because it says the app is not installed if I downloaded the update via an APK mirror. Everytime I click install it says that the app is not installed and I get this error on every Google core app I try to update manually. I have tried to install other things manually and they work fine but not the Google core apps.
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I Installed the apk manually and it updated this morning without issue
Finally just received the Keyboard update from the Playstore!
Parelex said:
The problem I'm having is since it's a native app on a 6p it does not allow me to update because it says the app is not installed if I downloaded the update via an APK mirror. Everytime I click install it says that the app is not installed and I get this error on every Google core app I try to update manually. I have tried to install other things manually and they work fine but not the Google core apps.
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using a custom ROM ?
download google keyboard from the play store otherwise, then it should update.
I have the MicroG apps, as well as tingle on my Moto G4 Play.
For apps that require Google Play Services (Protonmail, Nextdoor, etc), the "missing Google Play Services" errors are gone, but I still don't receive push notifications. Nextdoor app simply crashes with the error "Nextdoor has stopped - Open app again or Mute until device restarts"
This thread regarding Unifiedlp is similar to what I see occurring in Microg: https://github.com/ale5000-git/tingle/issues/23
The dev states, "This usually happen when you install the app as user app, on Android 7+ it should be installed as system app" - can any one point me to info on how to do that?
This is my first time installing a new OS to a phone.
The easiest way is to use this: microG unofficial installer
ale5000 said:
The easiest way is to use this: microG unofficial installer
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I already installed microg & tingle on my device; I can uninstall the microg apps to use this, but how do I uninstall tingle (I don;t see any presence for it)?
Will this installer simply overwrite/ignore anything that already exists?
I think there may simply be a setting I'm overlooking, perhaps.. like, unifiedlp is all unticked in the self-check, but the app shows under settings, so it exists and is installed.
Not sure what else to check
z0m8i3 said:
I already installed microg & tingle on my device; I can uninstall the microg apps to use this, but how do I uninstall tingle (I don;t see any presence for it)?
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Tingle isn't a thing that can be installed, it simply patch a file on the device.
It is needed for microG so if you use it, I suggest to NOT undo the patch.
z0m8i3 said:
Will this installer simply overwrite/ignore anything that already exists?
I think there may simply be a setting I'm overlooking, perhaps.. like, unifiedlp is all unticked in the self-check, but the app shows under settings, so it exists and is installed.
Not sure what else to check
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Yes, the installer will simply overwrite anything that already exists (except if you have already installed microG on the /system with custom filenames but it is unlikely).
Thanks to the Signal messaging app, I clued in on what I was doing wrong.
If anyone else researching this issue stumbles across this, here's what fixed it:
1) Update the affected app, if updates are available
2) microG Settings -> Google Cloud Messaging: Enable, not sure if I needed Google device registration, but I enabled it, too; as well as Google SafetyNet
Today I received my first notification from one of the apps I was struggling with. Nothing for Protonmail yet, though.
z0m8i3 said:
Thanks to the Signal messaging app, I clued in on what I was doing wrong.
If anyone else researching this issue stumbles across this, here's what fixed it:
1) Update the affected app, if updates are available
2) microG Settings -> Google Cloud Messaging: Enable, not sure if I needed Google device registration, but I enabled it, too; as well as Google SafetyNet
Today I received my first notification from one of the apps I was struggling with. Nothing for Protonmail yet, though.
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SafetyNet isn't needed for most apps.
If you use Push notifications you must enable Google device registration and Google Cloud Messaging.
Reinstall all the apps installed before microG (it is needed to get the permissions); also in case an app don't have working push notification you must also delete its app data.
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SafetyNet isn't needed for most apps.
If you use Push notifications you must enable Google device registration and Google Cloud Messaging.
Reinstall all the apps installed before microG (it is needed to get the permissions); also in case an app don't have working push notification you must also delete its app data.
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Thank you very much for the explanations!! Super helpful! Proton hasn't updated/reinstalled since I installed microG; uninstalling now.
I disabled SafetyNet.
in case an app don't have working push notification you must also delete its app data
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Where can I do that, or is it done automatically upon uninstall?
z0m8i3 said:
Thank you very much for the explanations!! Super helpful! Proton hasn't updated/reinstalled since I installed microG; uninstalling now.
I disabled SafetyNet.
Where can I do that, or is it done automatically upon uninstall?
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It is in the Android settings inside Apps, but if you uninstall it will also clear data.
So, I stupidly tried to upgrade my oneplus contacts app from 3.4.2 to 4.0 (which I assume is for android 11) and now the app just force closes every time and is unuseable. I'm on android 10 10.5.12AA
On google I used to be able to uninstall updates but I don't see that with the oneplus system apps.
Any tips?
TIA
Nobody?
Still can't use oneplus contacts app. It just force closes every time.
Had to download google contacts, which is ok but I've been enjoying using more of the oneplus apps.
How did you update? Did you remove the system app and then installed the new version or just simply installed the new versionv without removing?
If latter, just disable the app, it'll tell you that all updates will be uninstalled and the app will be restored to factory version. Once done, just enable it again, and don't update.
it was the latter but updates don't uninstall when you disable the app.
That's the way it always worked on my google phones.
I just tried again and it just disables the app and nothing more.
Thanks for trying to help.
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How did you update? Did you remove the system app and then installed the new version or just simply installed the new versionv without removing?
If latter, just disable the app, it'll tell you that all updates will be uninstalled and the app will be restored to factory version. Once done, just enable it again, and don't update.
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