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S7 Edge stock contacts app not working without google contacts storage!

I Just got the International S7 edge two days ago, prior to getting this phone, I had no experience with rooting, or root apps. I looked into rooting, and found out how useful it can be so today I decided to root for the first time. First thing I installed titanium backup made a backup of all apps and started deleting away any duplicate google apps that I wasn't using. Gmail, Play Videos, books, etc etc, nothing major I thought. I saw contacts storage by google, and right above that I had the stock contacts app, so I thought I wouldn't need it. I uninstalled google contacts storage and my phone right away started acting up, giving me the error, "android.process. acore". I have looked all over google for answers with other phones, and tried everything but nothing has worked.
I have tried:
Erasing contacts data and cache
[*]Reinstalling google contacts
Actually it gets stuck on the installation cursor when I click install BUT when i reboot my phone the app seems to have been installed however the error regarding "android.process.acore" resumes coming up incessantly. At first I thought there was something wrong with my app, so I tried to reinstall another app and same thing, it got stuck again, I suspect the issue is HERE, but I have no clue how to get past this issue. I tried to buy the pro version of titanium back up and I went into prerferences and changed AUTO/direct to AUTO/indirect but still the same issue remained. If anyone knows anything regarding that please let me know
[*] LAST OPTION: to flash a stock rom for SM-G935F (couldn't find one though)
When contacts storage is uninstalled there is no error but I cannot sync contacts from ANY other account, like my microsoft account. I can't even add contacts into my contacts book manually when it's uninstalled. I haven't tried much when it is installed because the rate that the "anroid.process.acore" error comes up make it fking impossible to do anything on the phone!
I am really hoping someone on here can help me. I have been looking all night for a solution, browsing forums, but nothing has worked for me. If anyone can link me to a stock rom for SM-G935F, I will have to just try that.

I'm afraid I don't have an answer for you, but if you get your phone working again always us TiB to freeze apps, and make sure things still work, before you actually delete them. Good luck.

Backup Account is greyed out in Backup & Reset and can't use backup apps

I have two ZTE Axon 7's that are both having this same problem. Both have Google accounts linked to them. Both have not had any issues syncing the Google accounts. All sync items are turned on.
The Backup Account section of Backup & Reset is greyed out. See attached.
In addition to this, no matter what backup app I use (CM Backup, Easy Backup, Super Backup), I can't get the SMS to back up at all. There's also something causing my Phone app and Message apps to completely crash and show blank screens. It'll work again after a few minutes.
Anyone else get this? I googled and all I came up with is "reset your device" or "I fixed it by rebooting a bunch of times" ....
EDIT: Removed my Google account and added it back. SMS will now backup with Easy Backup and other apps. But the Backup Account section of Backup & Reset is still greyed out.
I have other Android phones that don't have this issue. Nexus 7, OnePlus One, Blu R1 all running Marshmallow. None of them have this problem.

Posted this on the ZTE forum. Hopefully their devs look at the issue.

Same problem for me. Tried some of the fixes that have worked for others (on other devices though) without success.
Almost looks like the Google Account Manager and Google Backup Transport apps aren't running...
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Google verification required after factory reset

Hi there everyone
I was recently advised to perform a factory reset on a Samsung Galaxy A3 as the previous owner (a work colleague) had added a PIN to the phone that we couldn't get past. He has now left the company (denying all knowledge of adding a PIN code of course!) and I'm trying to pass the device over to a new colleague.
I performed the factory reset and have now come up against the Google verification where I'm asked to input the details of a Google account that was previously synced on the device. We never did sync a Google Account to the device so I'm unable to get past this step.
I've seen the various Youtube videos that talk about using Sidesync, but my experience doesn't mirror what the videos say. I'm using Sidesync v4.7 and I simply don't get the Google Chrome browser popping up on the phone.
I was wondering if anyone can help me with either getting Sidesync to work, or tell me another way to bypass the Google verification>
Many thanks for your help.
Jon

fuzzyjonclay said:
Hi there everyone
I was recently advised to perform a factory reset on a Samsung Galaxy A3 as the previous owner (a work colleague) had added a PIN to the phone that we couldn't get past. He has now left the company (denying all knowledge of adding a PIN code of course!) and I'm trying to pass the device over to a new colleague.
I performed the factory reset and have now come up against the Google verification where I'm asked to input the details of a Google account that was previously synced on the device. We never did sync a Google Account to the device so I'm unable to get past this step.
I've seen the various Youtube videos that talk about using Sidesync, but my experience doesn't mirror what the videos say. I'm using Sidesync v4.7 and I simply don't get the Google Chrome browser popping up on the phone.
I was wondering if anyone can help me with either getting Sidesync to work, or tell me another way to bypass the Google verification>
Many thanks for your help.
Jon
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hi, goto recovery mod and and wipe all partition , reboot and wait good luck

How/where do u change your phone's identity from apps?

I did a factory reset yet a certain app still recognizes me, so can't be the device ID it sees. My other guess is the IMEI that's saved in the phone, even though it has no sim card anymore, but I don't know how/where to change that. Any other IDs that apps can use to recognize a phone? I'm running Oreo 8.1.

GWARslave119 said:
I did a factory reset yet a certain app still recognizes me, so can't be the device ID it sees. My other guess is the IMEI that's saved in the phone, even though it has no sim card anymore, but I don't know how/where to change that. Any other IDs that apps can use to recognize a phone? I'm running Oreo 8.1.
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Its happens via Google sync.
Many of us consider setting restoration to be a good thing. But, If you do not not want sync, do a full clean wipe, including format storage ( Note: When formatting storage you must immediately reboot to Recovery and click boxes if present to permanently install Twrp)
After install, you could choose to not backup from cloud and then afterwards, then go to accounts and uncheck whatever, you do not want syncing.
Another option is to flash your Rom and choose to not flash Gapps at all.
You can install apps anonymously using Yalp store via XDA labs.
You can also use Micro G : Here is a page that has links to Micro G and various other excellent apps.: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/themes/list-favorite-applications-oneplus-5t-t3739134

Actually, not saying that ur wrong because I'm sure it happens, but I found out that it was Facebook. Not really sure how embedded that can get into your phone. Before the factory reset, I had 2 Google accounts on the phone, my main one and an old backup on. I only put my main account on that phone for 1 game so I could play on either phone. But it was never my Google account it uses to save on their cloud, it's Facebook; for logging in you get bonus coin gifts from your friends, but I guess it uses that for game syncing. Because after the reset, I only added my backup Google account to that phone, yet after downloading the game again, it immediately started me off on my game that is normally on this phone, even though I wasn't logged in Facebook yet and it told me to login to get coin gifts. So I logged in with my Facebook that I never use that has the same email as my bbackup Google account, and that's when it restarted a new game for me.

Skipped copy from old phone on setup, now can't get it any more

Hi!
I had lots of trouble with my S7edge and did lots of flashing and resetting. At some point on 6.0.1 after factory reset I went quickly through the initial screens and was very surprised to get at some point a long list of accounts offered that I could transfer to this phone (they are not showing in my Google account now, it was Yahoo and such things). Those accounts were from an older Galaxy on the same account. I skipped that and wanted to use it later.
Now I updated to 8.0.0 and even on inital setup such a screen or offer never showed.
Any idea where I could find this? The strange thing is that I had Google cloud copies disabled wherever I could but assumed to have surely missed to deactivate sometime somewhere. Since the phone was totally wiped multiple times this data can only have come from the one Google account I used. But if I go to e.g. restore contacts it is empty as expected.
Where did Google/the phone find this rather exhaustive list of accounts from my other phone?

Google backups can only be restored on setup. So you have to factory reset to get those options again.
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Oh wow - another fail there. The thing is I did not notice that option on the last reset after installing an Oreo system. Any reason why it wasn't offered? I think I removed the google account before upgrade and did the initial setup with signing up so as to not run into more trouble with FRP. So I guess not signing in with a google account in the setup screens - but hitting skip - will cancel any chance of restoring?

Molvol said:
Oh wow - another fail there. The thing is I did not notice that option on the last reset after installing an Oreo system. Any reason why it wasn't offered? I think I removed the google account before upgrade and did the initial setup with signing up so as to not run into more trouble with FRP. So I guess not signing in with a google account in the setup screens - but hitting skip - will cancel any chance of restoring?
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If you factory reset again, since there's no Google account on the phone if I understand you correctly, it will ask you again on setup. Don't you have other backups?
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It's not about backups, I just wondered why it offered me restore in the first place despite me thinking all cloud backup was disabled. But then when I actually wanted to try and see what is backed up I can't without resetting the phone again. And I'm even doubtful it will ask again as it did not ask after the last ROM upgrade.