Extended Controls Widget not uninstalling !! - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I hadn't checked my data connection in a long time since i use wifi. There is no data coming or going and i suspect that EXTENDED CONTROLS WIDGET is the culpret. The problem is the app will not uninstall. I have tried everything to no avail. I just get a message saying "uninstall not sucessful". Since i have tons of hours into this phone the last thing i want to do is reset.
DO NOT install EXTENDED CONTROLS....its buggy and it sucks, tho it is beautiful.
Anyone with any ideas on how to get it off my phone?
Thanks

panflute said:
I hadn't checked my data connection in a long time since i use wifi. There is no data coming or going and i suspect that EXTENDED CONTROLS WIDGET is the culpret. The problem is the app will not uninstall. I have tried everything to no avail. I just get a message saying "uninstall not sucessful". Since i have tons of hours into this phone the last thing i want to do is reset.
DO NOT install EXTENDED CONTROLS....its buggy and it sucks, tho it is beautiful.
Anyone with any ideas on how to get it off my phone?
Thanks
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Go into [Settings > Location & Security > Select device administrators] and make sure you have Extended Controls unchecked first.

Update
OK. I FINALLY got rid of EXTENDED CONTROLS by downloading AUTORUN MANAGER. Extended Controls had 7 backround processes running which is why I could not uninstall it. Autorun Manager (donate version) allowed me to stop all of those processes and then finally get rid of extended controls. Great program tho it cost me over $4. Worth it I guess.
Unfortunately, data is still not working, although when I turn data off and on the up & down data arrows now appear, but they are greyed out, so the phone is trying to talk to the network, but not working yet. Earlier in the evening I spent an hour on the phone with AT&T rep who reset everything.
So I am not sure what else to try.
Thanks for the admin tip.
I am open to any and all ideas (((

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[Q] Application to log processes that ran?

Hi,
I am wondering if there is an application out there that will log my activity so I can see what services or applications ran that day.
The reason for asking is that I suddenly developed an issue a few weeks ago where the data connection will, apparently randomly, turn itself on. I haven't ever been lucky enough to catch it right when the data comes on, and when I check task manager I don't see any applications running to cause it. I am thinking I maybe either inherited a virus at some point, or I have an application that is attempting to update itself or something. But I haven't installed anything for months so it could be any old program. I checked scheduled tasks but don't see anything there.
I have done 'the usual' of making sure weather, stocks, email are not causing it.
Many thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
greatbrit said:
Hi,
I am wondering if there is an application out there that will log my activity so I can see what services or applications ran that day.
The reason for asking is that I suddenly developed an issue a few weeks ago where the data connection will, apparently randomly, turn itself on. I haven't ever been lucky enough to catch it right when the data comes on, and when I check task manager I don't see any applications running to cause it. I am thinking I maybe either inherited a virus at some point, or I have an application that is attempting to update itself or something. But I haven't installed anything for months so it could be any old program. I checked scheduled tasks but don't see anything there.
I have done 'the usual' of making sure weather, stocks, email are not causing it.
Many thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
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Turn off "My Location"
Thanks for the reply. I'm assuming you mean 'my location' in google maps? When I manually click 'my location' it doesn't turn my data on (TMobile HTC TP2). Are you suggesting it actually can turn data on in some background mode? I thought it got the information from cell locations, no?
greatbrit said:
Thanks for the reply. I'm assuming you mean 'my location' in google maps? When I manually click 'my location' it doesn't turn my data on (TMobile HTC TP2). Are you suggesting it actually can turn data on in some background mode? I thought it got the information from cell locations, no?
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Yes, info from cell locations(data).
Start/Settings/Personal/Phone/GSM Services(CDMA for some)/Location Setting
It's used for Google, HTC weather updates, location on home screen, etc
tyvm. First of all, DUH!, I was attached to activesync when I tested it, so that's why it didn't connect to data.
When I follow your steps I don't see anything about 'my location' (WM6.1 TMobile) after Start/Settings/Personal/Phone. I have a tab just called 'services', but it's not in there. But anyway, I went to googlemaps and there I had the option to disable my location, so I am assuming that does the same thing. I'll leave that off for a few days and see if that solves the problem.
Many thanks again for taking the time to respond.
Unfortunately the 'my location' wasn't the problem as the data came back on again today.
I think the best way to resolve it is going to be the log file, so...
Is there any application out there that can log activity on the phone, i.e. that can tell me which applications, services and processes ran during the day?
Thanks very much.
Get SPB Wireless Monitor-it logs all data usage (3g, wifi, active sync, whatever). The demo is fully loaded.
TYVM! Can't wait for my rogue program to run again

[Q] App: Social Networks (Motoblur)

Hi
The app "social networks" (already installed as part of motoblur package) keeps "forgetting" to update from time to time. Anyone else has the same problem or knows a solution?
The app does not have a menu to manually update or change any settings.
Right!!! I have the same problem I'm not able to find setting for synchronization...I dont have understand how often the message of facebook (motoblure) are checked??
usually it must be checked every couple minutes as it always seems up to date, but now mine hasn't synced since two days ago. Restarting the phone didn't help either.
I've noticed that after the update (coincidence?) my widget fails to update. This works for me:
menu>settings>data manager>data delivery>background data (toggle the setting off then on) and escape. Seems to keep me going until the next morning. I think the smart battery saving settings that are in effect overnight (default) clog up the works so I need to repeat the process daily...
Yeah, it seems to have failed after update 2.21 > 2.51
And there is no way to manually refresh.

Market Needs Background Data to be Enabled?

So I updated the market to the newest version and occasionally when I open the market it tells me I have to have background data enabled. Problem is I have background data enabled. I can open the browser and everything else works but when I try to open the market and keep getting this error.
Is this affecting anybody else? Anyone have a solution for this? Thanks.
Rebooting the phone seems to fix the problem but it's real annoying to have to do that.
I have the same issue from time to time, Using task manager to force close market usually fixes the issue
I went back to the original market.
The new one wouldn't load last nite and is not all that much better for the hassle.
I'll wait until they get it worked out.
I noticed when the low battery power saver kicks in it disables the background data. Whenever you pull up the market with a low battery, you’ll get this warning. A quick enable cures the issue.
You can adjust the power saver behavior or disable the feature entirely.
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ncraba01 said:
I noticed when the low battery power saver kicks in it disables the background data. Whenever you pull up the market with a low battery, you’ll get this warning. A quick enable cures the issue.
You can adjust the power saver behavior or disable the feature entirely.
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Well this happened to me, except that the market still says background data needs to be enabled even after I've enabled it. I even installed 2 apps from the market in my desktop browser.
Killing the market fixed it though. Seems like the market app just got stuck thinking it was down and didn't refresh or try again.
Aside from using a task manager and rebooting my solution to this is just go to Settings -> Manage applications -> market -> Clear Data
it seems to work hope it helps

[Q] TWlaubcher crash when enabling wifi

Has anyone experienced this?
It's happend to me 3 times. Just enabled the icon via notification bar, it locks up and restarts TWlauncher.
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My first guess with crashing launchers or FC launchers is usually looking at installed Task Killers or RAM managers as either of these can play havok on the launcher. If you have neither of these installed I would then install a power control widget on the desktop to toggle wifi with. See if this crashes the launcher. If it does, then I would do a factory reset. Infact, unless its being caused by a ram manager or task killer, I would do a factory reset regardless if the widget trick works or not. If it continues to happen, I would swap at ATT store if within 30 days, otherwise contact samsung.
Chief Geek said:
My first guess with crashing launchers or FC launchers is usually looking at installed Task Killers or RAM managers as either of these can play havok on the launcher. If you have neither of these installed I would then install a power control widget on the desktop to toggle wifi with. See if this crashes the launcher. If it does, then I would do a factory reset. Infact, unless its being caused by a ram manager or task killer, I would do a factory reset regardless if the widget trick works or not. If it continues to happen, I would swap at ATT store if within 30 days, otherwise contact samsung.
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I am running the stock ROM, with stock apps, which one would think are tested to be compatible with each other. But we know that's usually not the case.
I have Lookout running. Ah ok I remember, and this might be the culprit, 3G Watchdog is also running. I also enabled System Power Saving.
I had already factory reset thinking that would help, but I installed 3G Watchdog..
Thanks for the tips, I will check and see if it reacts the same way with power control widget.
clockcycle said:
I am running the stock ROM, with stock apps, which one would think are tested to be compatible with each other. But we know that's usually not the case.
I have Lookout running. Ah ok I remember, and this might be the culprit, 3G Watchdog is also running. I also enabled System Power Saving.
I had already factory reset thinking that would help, but I installed 3G Watchdog..
Thanks for the tips, I will check and see if it reacts the same way with power control widget.
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You never know what could be the culprit, I'm surprised all the time when I finally run down a app that's causing odd issues. Sometimes it's something I've been using for years that all of a sudden starts acting a fool. Good luck and be sure to fill us in on what the solution is.
Fresh factory reset. Nothing installed or configured other than my google account. Wifi not toggling, at least its not finding anything to connect to and disables it self.
I forgot about it. But then tried again later on the train. Again same results. I go into wifi settings and toggle. Sure enough it turns on scans, finds nothing and disables it self. I try again. The phone becomes unresponsive. Vibrates turns black and reloads launcher. Again fully stock with shell still rooted.

[Q] Disable Power Management Tips?

I've seen a few other threads for other devices on these rather annoying messages popping up, but the solutions in those don't seem to be valid anymore.
The two main solutions I found were to disable notifications for the apps "Extended Standby Mode Controller" or "Eco Mode Controller", but I have no such apps listed under Apps -> All so it seems they may have changed the name. I did search for com.Extended and com.Eco, along with com.sonyericsson.Extended / Eco but again, no luck there.
Normally these are a mild annoyance, but recently I've been using my phone more for YouTube, and if I get a notification whilst watching a fullscreened YouTube video, the notification bar and soft buttons don't vanish, meaning the top and side of the video are cut off. The only way to get away from that is to totally close the YouTube App and re-open it. This is annoying in itself, but watching YouTube videos means I'm more and more getting Power Management tips as the battery is run down.
Anybody know what the app controlling these notifications is called on the Z2? I'm running 4.4.4 rooted.
If you can't find which system app is notifying, did you try keep press on popped up notification and tap app info?
I haven't yet, but I'll give that a try the next time one pops up. To be honest, I had no idea I could do that
I use that method often. It works for me to finding app of the causing notification.
Well I was able to locate the App using that method, the app is "STAMINA mode", however even though I've turned off "Show Notifications" I still get the bloody Power Management Tips.
And the option to Disable the app is greyed out.
For now I've tried clearing the cache and Force Stopping it, but I suspect it will start running again later, or at the very least will need stopping whenever the phone is restarted.
I am rooted, so I suppose I could remove it, but I'd be worried about it potentially affecting the Sony ROM somehow.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.NotificationsOff
Give it a try friend..
Lagamorph said:
Well I was able to locate the App using that method, the app is "STAMINA mode", however even though I've turned off "Show Notifications" I still get the bloody Power Management Tips.
And the option to Disable the app is greyed out.
For now I've tried clearing the cache and Force Stopping it, but I suspect it will start running again later, or at the very least will need stopping whenever the phone is restarted.
I am rooted, so I suppose I could remove it, but I'd be worried about it potentially affecting the Sony ROM somehow.
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