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2 problems with touchwiz

Ok, first off I like most of the new tw features and haven't had any major problems. I have 2 minor annoyances tho. First, the stock browser keeps loading mobile websites even tho I did the about: debug thing I tried clearing the data and factory reset. This will help for a little while but next time I open the browser it is loading mobile sites again. Dolphin and opera work fine.
Second problem is with market app. When I first open the app next to all the categories should be a ">" icon you can click to go into that category. Like Free Apps >, Paid Apps > etc. but mine doesn't have the > next to every category. Only certain ones. I cannot click on the categories without the >. Its the same with movies and books. Once again tried erasing app data and cleared my account and reentered it to no avail. Not sure if my settings are screwy or if it's re doing this.

for the first one just use the modded framework so it sticks to User Agent of a desktop. second one not sure :<

The second problem doesn't have anything to do with Touchwiz. I have the same problem with Xoom (Android 3.2). Google updated the European Market to have Featured Tablet Apps and this messed things up.

after doing the update haptic feedback does not work in stock android keyboard and I have issues with wallpapers some times only half of it shows

Number 2 seems to be a market issue, It's doing it pour moi aussi.

I think that's googles fault & the reason is becos some apps are not available in your area or are not optimized for tablet but you can sideload them.

ebocioj said:
after doing the update haptic feedback does not work in stock android keyboard and I have issues with wallpapers some times only half of it shows
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I miss the heptic feedback in the stock keyboard.
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Google Now not working - Cannot click on search results

So I received my Nexus 7 on Monday and have consistently been having issues with Google Now. Basically, I cannot click on any of the search results. After rebooting the device, I can click the results and open in Chrome, maybe 3-4 times. After that 4th time, Google Now search results simply do not work (until I reboot the device).
I can see that the blue result is highlighted when I tap it, but Chrome does not open the link. I can +1 the results, and open links that don't open Chrome (for instance, the "did you mean..." will work, inside the Now application).
It is infuriating to not be able to use this core feature. I have even tried resetting the device (twice!). I am a US Customer, although I found in some searches that people outside of the US were having some issues.
I seem to have such an isolated problem that I cannot find anyone on the internet with the same issue. Is it just me? Is there something I am missing? Keep in mind, it works sometimes - so I don't believe it is setup incorrectly. Could the problem be with Chrome? I have cleared data on that application (in addition to resetting the device) but no luck.

ralexand said:
So I received my Nexus 7 on Monday and have consistently been having issues with Google Now. Basically, I cannot click on any of the search results. After rebooting the device, I can click the results and open in Chrome, maybe 3-4 times. After that 4th time, Google Now search results simply do not work (until I reboot the device).
I can see that the blue result is highlighted when I tap it, but Chrome does not open the link. I can +1 the results, and open links that don't open Chrome (for instance, the "did you mean..." will work, inside the Now application).
It is infuriating to not be able to use this core feature. I have even tried resetting the device (twice!). I am a US Customer, although I found in some searches that people outside of the US were having some issues.
I seem to have such an isolated problem that I cannot find anyone on the internet with the same issue. Is it just me? Is there something I am missing? Keep in mind, it works sometimes - so I don't believe it is setup incorrectly. Could the problem be with Chrome? I have cleared data on that application (in addition to resetting the device) but no luck.
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I have the same problem, if I search in Chrome the links always work but sometimes when I search in Now they don't. Its intermittent and its working fine at the moment. It is very annoying. I thought it might be a symptom of the touch screen not working as has been reported elsewhere.

haven't looked this up yet, but would pushing the old apk from the 84D build restore all the features (pre-apple patent update)???
seems watered down on 4.1.1.

jeremyholton said:
I have the same problem, if I search in Chrome the links always work but sometimes when I search in Now they don't. Its intermittent and its working fine at the moment. It is very annoying. I thought it might be a symptom of the touch screen not working as has been reported elsewhere.
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I've done some more troubleshooting and found out it is something wrong with my main Google account. I added my "back-up" google account to the nexus. I just turned off all sync options for it, but in Google Now I set the "back-up" as the account to use. Everything works fine every time! As soon as I switch to my main google account the problem comes right back.
I contacted google support this morning and they are going to look into my account to see if there is any corrupt data causing search issues.
Sadly, I already deleted all my web history thinking that something in there was the cause - it was not.
I will keep you posted.

how's chrome in the new N7 / 4.3

I've had nothing but horrible experiences with chrome on droid (lag everywhere including just simply bringing up bookmarks, sucking power/background data), was wondering if anyone with the new N7 + 4.3 could comment on its performance in its newest incarnation

For me occasional freezes and lock ups on this site.
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I want to know the experiences with Chrome in this Nexus 7-2013. I the chrome is always slowest that all other browser, also the native Android browser is better.
It’s is a bad port of the desktop version. Its improvement every version, but it’s not yet ready to production.
Bugs:
The all refresh web pages, start page, the slow Omnibar, slow loading web pages.

On initial page loads after reboot it is reasonably fast.
My problems with it are
1) eventually using it relates to my tablet rebooting
2) page loading slows down over time
3) tabs get hung over time
4) when tabs hang it pegs my broadband at 100% utilization
Because of these reason I just stopped using it and happily my random reboots went away. I can start using it again and my random reboots will return within a day. So high correlation, but I cannot point to causation. The core reboot problem is in the Android OS, but Chrome seems to be the most apt and triggering the problem (for my usage patterns)

It's certainly not as fast as I'd like it to be. As has already been said, it's pretty quick on a fresh boot, and as long as you don't have too many tabs open it seems to do pretty well overall (better than the original Nexus 7 at least). I've never had it cause a random reboot, but I have had Chrome crash on me once. Happier with it than I was, but hopefully they get it working better soon...

To clarify, the "random" reboot for me isn't always in Chrome (or it wouldn't be random). It is sometimes in Chrome, but usually somewhere else, commonly just the tablet sitting there idling. It always happens sometime after Chrome tabs start getting jumpy or hang. It never happens before then. After I stopped using Chrome, the reboots went away completely. Before I used to use Chrome, Maps, and play videos. Now I use Opera Mini, Maps, and play videos.
For *my usage* there is a high correlation with using Chrome, but I cannot point to causation.
It feels like the core problem is in the Android OS, so I'm sure there are other apps that can trigger the random reboot, but for my usage pattern Chrome is the one that shows very high correlation.
It is even possible the core problem is in the networking layer or wireless network driver as when Chrome started getting jumpy, I noticed my other network apps would get jumpy. When I stopped using Chrome, all the other network apps I thought I was having issues with seem to be running without any jumpiness anymore (this points to a core Android problem being triggered, since it affected multiple apps)

It will definitely need an update down the road. I feel it get laggy then not being as quick after awhile, and it isn't crazy about this site.
(although to be fair this site seems to have issues with all different browsers lately, even my desktop Chrome and Firefox)
I've been using Firefox, and trying Boat Browser in the meanwhile.

The problem may be with Chrome itself. I'm no Apple fan but I received a new iPad 3rd Generation last December and was using it for bedtime surfing. Safari just sucked so I installed Chrome which was infinitely better. But after the updates in the months following it really became unbearable to use. I ordered my Nexus 7 on July 26 after a seriously horrendous attempt to type a five line reply to a post on this site (which I blame on the fundamentally flawed iOS operating system and its inability to deal properly with form input fields). I've been using Chrome on my N7 for a few days now and though the experience is much improved I find there's a problem with Chrome itself on the tablet. The most annoying issue is how it will freeze up; when that happens you can navigate away from the browser and do anything else but when you return to it maybe five minutes later it is still locked up. This freeze may affect a single tab or all browser sessions (I usually have multiple windows open).

stevemw said:
The most annoying issue is how it will freeze up; when that happens you can navigate away from the browser and do anything else but when you return to it maybe five minutes later it is still locked up. This freeze may affect a single tab or all browser sessions (I usually have multiple windows open).
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Yeah, it is a pain. I had to use the recently used button to swipe away Chrome all the time and then usually it started working again. Sometimes I had to force close it.
However you lose your context so it got quite annoying. I just stopped using Chrome.

Yeah same here its awful. Flash the AOSP browser or get an AOSP ROM.

sfhub said:
Yeah, it is a pain. I had to use the recently used button to swipe away Chrome all the time and then usually it started working again. Sometimes I had to force close it.
However you lose your context so it got quite annoying. I just stopped using Chrome.
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I found using recent apps to swipe away the app frequently did no good. When the browser reopened the same tabs would be opened and the pages still frozen. I've spent the last half hour trying to find a decent browser and they all have something I don't like. The old stock browser like on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was so much better.
What browser are you using now?

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I found using recent apps to swipe away the app frequently did no good. When the browser reopened the same tabs would be opened and the pages still frozen. I've spent the last half hour trying to find a decent browser and they all have something I don't like. The old stock browser like on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was so much better.
What browser are you using now?
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I'm using opera mini because I got used to it on questionable phone data connections.
Instead of swiping away, tap and hold the app, choose app info, then force close. That always works to get chrome unhung and working but you do lose your tabs.

stevemw said:
For me occasional freezes and lock ups on this site.
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Same, but only on the XDA Forums.

I can confirm with latest OTA and everything on my new Nexus 7 that Chrome is the culprit for reboots. It is also still a very laggy browser compared to others (especially compared to the AOSP browser). You can really tell when browsing, scrolling, panning, zooming around on Desktop web pages where Chrome will chug and the AOSP browser will do it all smoothly.
With that said, I rooted the device, and flashed the AOSP browser, and stopped using Chrome. No more lag, random reboots, just very smooth and crisp web browsing.

sfhub said:
I'm using opera mini because I got used to it on questionable phone data connections.
Instead of swiping away, tap and hold the app, choose app info, then force close. That always works to get chrome unhung and working but you do lose your tabs.
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Thanks.
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Install latest youtube on FireOS 4.5.3 and be able to login WITHOUT ROOT(!!!)

I am running FireOS 4.5.3 on Fire HDX 7" and it is not (and never has been) rooted.
Settings > Applications > Apps from unknown sources is On
I have the file manager with zip support installed.
Uninstall any versions of the 5 apks mentioned below.
Download this zip file:
https://mega.co.nz/#!OItCnSSA!VqBqlbwUa3h5VR0bmIXmRVBq4UeYo5bhBmzmflml3Vk
Open or extract it and install the apks in this order:
account manager 4.0.3
framework 4.0.4
play services 7.3.29
playstore 4.3.10
youtube 10.16.53
Reboot the tablet.
Go to youtube and you should get that normal google account login screen.
Login and presto! There you have it latest youtube apk with sign in ability.
Hasn't crashed on me (yet), but play store does not work (I've tried a few versions).
Yes I am aware of that youtube app with the blue icon in the amazon app store but I wasn't satisfied with it.
I haven't tried any other google apps yet with this combo.
I really hope this works for others. I just spent the last 5-6 hours figuring this out and it's now nearly 2am.

works for me

Youtube works.
Not for playstore gmail.

Oh that's cool I'm glad it's worked for others.
I just wanted to give something back to this forum cause I've gone to it so many times myself.

Found a gmail apk that works

Don't want to burst your bubble, but someone already figured out how to get YouTube to work on unrooted devices (along with other Google apps): http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/themes-apps/how-to-install-gapps-root-t2954372

Yes true but that guy (at end of thread) is 4.5.2 and has to execute some kinda command I don't. Lemme have my glory! Lol

Thanks. Works for me. How about Chrome?

kkcheong said:
Thanks. Works for me. How about Chrome?
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Chrome should work regardless of framework (at least it did last time I tried). If not try Opera. Same underlying engine (Chromium) with a different skin.

mrw187 said:
Yes true but that guy (at end of thread) is 4.5.2 and has to execute some kinda command I don't. Lemme have my glory! Lol
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That command is for Google+ to work. It's not needed if you don't use G+. But at least you provided newer versions.

Is it just me, or does doing this break other apps? Skype won't work properly (no contacts or message history), TuneIn radio won't even get past the initial screen. Why is this happening? Sorry I'm new to this stuff.
I should add that uninstalling these packages then causes everything to work again, so it does seem to be causing it.

Burr11 said:
Is it just me, or does doing this break other apps? Skype won't work properly (no contacts or message history), TuneIn radio won't even get past the initial screen. Why is this happening? Sorry I'm new to this stuff.
I should add that uninstalling these packages then causes everything to work again, so it does seem to be causing it.
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Installing Google framework/services/store/etc on Fire OS is always a crap shoot as Amazon has its own set of conflicting services. Many get it to work (at least partially) while others experience problems. Installing framework/services on an unrooted device presents additional challenges....but also adds a layer of safety as you can typically install/experiment/uninstall without serious consequences. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your current situation; responding to "why is this happening?". You'll probably get it to work eventually with help from others.

That makes sense. I did manage to get Skype 5.1 working but anything after that breaks. Must have added a new feature since then that gets into that services conflict you mention. No luck with TuneIn, though I found an alternative for that.

Any word on a working play store app? Wife got a Fire Tablet today on 4.5.3 and so far its unrootable and most google things arent working. Thinking about a new tablet at this point.

myke66 said:
Any word on a working play store app? Wife got a Fire Tablet today on 4.5.3 and so far its unrootable and most google things arent working. Thinking about a new tablet at this point.
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If your family is looking for unfettered access to the play store you should definitely look for another device. It will be awhile before alternative roms become available to newer Kindles and most play store implementations are hacks at best. While the hardware is wonderful you really have to be wed to the Amazon ecosystem to truly appreciate the device (or be fortunate enough to have an 'older' model that can be rooted/unlocked and run a Google friendly rom).

Davey126 said:
If your family is looking for unfettered access to the play store you should definitely look for another device. It will be awhile before alternative roms become available to newer Kindles and most play store implementations are hacks at best. While the hardware is wonderful you really have to be wed to the Amazon ecosystem to truly appreciate the device (or be fortunate enough to have an 'older' model that can be rooted/unlocked and run a Google friendly rom).
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I appreciate the frank reply. I was able to set her up with Chrome and Gmail which were her main concerns. The 1Mobile 3rd party marketplace had any of the other apps she was looking for. I also finished moving all her books over so she's going to take it for a spin this weekend when we head to the beach for a night and see how it goes.

myke66 said:
I appreciate the frank reply. I was able to set her up with Chrome and Gmail which were her main concerns. The 1Mobile 3rd party marketplace had any of the other apps she was looking for. I also finished moving all her books over so she's going to take it for a spin this weekend when we head to the beach for a night and see how it goes.
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If you are comfortable with 1moble (one of my favorite 'alternative' marketplaces) then many of the shortcomings inherent with the Amazon store can be mitigated. Chrome (more often Gmail) can get fussy without google services/framework. Opera is a nice alternative that utilizes the same core engine as Chrome. Gmail is a little tougher to directly emulate; plenty of alternatives if the Gmail app coughs up a fur ball (I happen to like Aquamail). You really don't need root but if you choose to do so Xposed framework adds a few nice touches that can further tame an HDX without compromising native functionality.
Hope it works out for you folks.

You can run Google services framework without root. People have been having issues with the newer builds however. If it does not work for you, try build version 7.0.99.
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lekofraggle said:
You can run Google services framework without root. People have been having issues with the newer builds however. If it does not work for you, try build version 7.0.99.
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That will work for now (thanks @lekofraggle for the tip) but be aware Google is quickly adapting apps to leverage capabilities introduced in newer builds of services framework. For now that appears confined to Maps and Google Now (eg: card features) and primarly targets Lollipop.

You are welcome. I know about the impending issue with Google play services. Hopefully they fix the issues soon. Google maps works for now but complains.
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Google ending support for Android Market on Android 2.1 and lower

Looks like no more market for pre-NGP devices.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/06/ending-support-for-android-market-on.html

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Looks like no more market for pre-NGP devices.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/06/ending-support-for-android-market-on.html
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Thanks for posting this. I wondered when the final axe would fall. Well, it's simpler if GApps are not installed anyway and it was getting more and more temperamental. All the more reason for people to share packages of apps that they are using which work well on the device so we can side-load them. They can't take that away!

Does anyone know if this will affect the license check-in for paid apps? :/
Wondering about Titanium Backup Pro especially, it seems to check in on almost every boot. It would suck if we couldn't use it on the Nook Touch anymore, even though there are some clumsy alternatives.

Oops! Tried installing the 1337 ROM from 9th April 2015... No support for Android Market makes the rom unusable
Definitely backup your entire device + your original recovery before installing clockworkmod or 1337 ROM
I will now rever to stock and probably use Nook Manager to root the stock ROM.
Such a shame, I was super excited ot try out what seemed to be the best NST ROM out there
If it wasn't for ending the support for google apps, it might have been a great improvement, oh well...
Anyone with similar experience?

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Looks like no more market for pre-NGP devices.
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July 2 and I can still use SearchMarket and install market apps....wonder if working installations are going to continue hobbling along?

Seems like it's gone for me. The market search function at least. The gmail app still works though.
How would you go about unlinking the NST from a google account all together?
It's not registered in the google device manager online, so I can't unlink it there.
I'm worried that things will start to wrong now when the framework is not supported anymore.

PremiumMediocre said:
Seems like it's gone for me. The market search function at least. The gmail app still works though.
How would you go about unlinking the NST from a google account all together?
It's not registered in the google device manager online, so I can't unlink it there.
I'm worried that things will start to wrong now when the framework is not supported anymore.
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I'm surprised your gmail works. I could never keep mine going. It would retrieve mail OK but would only send for a few days and then have to be reinstalled to work for a few more days.
The only concern I have is GoogleBooks, but so far it's OK. I'm not sure you need Market access to sync mail or books, but down the line these older applications may be rejected as security concerns. Time will tell.
So far I see no sign of weirdness.
Edit: OK, today (July 4) my NST is officially independent of the Market. No server contact. However, Google Books still works at this point. I'm not sure you should do anything. You could uninstall SearchMarket but that's about it. After all, lots of people are signed into Google on various devices to get mail but do not access the PlayStore. Famous last words

I have disabled both MarketUpdater.apk and Vending.apk (found in /system/app) by renaming them as *.OLD. After a reboot I have seen no problems running the few apps I had actually obtained from the PlayStore or those I side-loaded. Note I do not have any for-pay apps.
It may be possible to also disable Talk.apk and any adjuncts as this is used to interface with the Market, but I'm not there yet. A good goal would be to quiet down any behind-the-scenes activity by apps that can't connect any longer but keep trying to phone home just to be sure. At the same time I'm trying to maintain sync capability so that, for example, Google Books will continue to work for as long as possible. This, it seems to me, is the only remaining reason to bother with the GApps package at all since Google Sync is enabled with it.

Hello everyone. A few days ago i took my phone wich was lying around in the dust (x10 mini pro). Happily switched on, connected to internet and hit on market, just to realize this happened.
So, is there some market for 2.1-update? I was thinking about F-droid, but, how about this?
PD: sorry for my english

Sirius_Balzier said:
Hello everyone. A few days ago i took my phone wich was lying around in the dust (x10 mini pro). Happily switched on, connected to internet and hit on market, just to realize this happened.
So, is there some market for 2.1-update? I was thinking about F-droid, but, how about this?
PD: sorry for my english
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See https://forum.xda-developers.com/nook-touch/general/regain-market-acccess-nst-g-t3662594

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See https://forum.xda-developers.com/nook-touch/general/regain-market-acccess-nst-g-t3662594
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Thanks bro. I will try it soon :fingers-crossed: