[Q] Missing system apps eg: Gmail & Google Play - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My phone got hang and it rebooted itself. After that, I found some of my apps are gone even it's system apps like gmail and google play! Then the internal memory suddenly become full left only few kbs.
What's goin on? Anybody can help?
I've tried to download manual these apps but when i wanted to install it, it says apps was not installed.

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Missing (though installed) apps in Play Store

I am suddenly missing apps that are actually already installed in the Play Store. For instance, I have Rdio that I installed from the Play Store several weeks ago. Now, when I go to the Play Store, it doesn't show up under installed apps. In fact, it shows that I only have 20 apps installed, though when I go back to my app drawer, it shows over 150! To add, if I do a search on the app that is installed, it doesn't even show up on the search within the Play Store. It's as if the app isn't available anymore.
This is a problem because I can't get any updates on apps. It has been like this for a few days.
Help is much appreciated.
did you recently change dpi or anything? Maybe try to clear the google services and see if it resets your play store? If you did change dpi the google play store only recognizes certain DPI's its 160 for full tablet mode, 213 Phablet mode and 320 for phone mode. If im mistaken im sure someone will supplement me but ive had it where I couldnt find certain apps and either the dpi change or clearing the google services worked.
Thanks for your suggestions.
I have changed my DPI, but that was a while back--and I was able to see the apps that are now missing in the "INSTALLED" section of the Play Store. So I changed my DPI back to stock, and they are still missing.
I also did try to clear the Google Service Framework, cleared the cache in CWM, and even reflashed the ROM--still no joy.
Here's a small part of the applications missing from the Play Store (just from the first page of my app drawer):
Adobe Reader
After Focus Pro
Amazon
Amazon MP3
Amex
Amazon Appstore
Asphalt 6
Asphalt 7
Barcode Scanner
Bejeweled 2
Capital One
Chrome
Dead Trigger
Any other ideas? I'm wondering if it's thinking I'm geographically in a different place that these apps aren't available--though I'm in the US. I'm at the point where I'm pondering another ROM (I'm currently using the xXx).
test another rom, or restore a backup and test it...
although, it would be nice if the backup was a different OS version...like GB...
then you know its rom related...
good luck Sir...g
Use a file explorer/manager and go to data apps and see if the apps are still installed or listed. I am still confused myself on apps that are moved to the internal sd card as they cannot be moved to the external sd card. But if you installed the apps with an external sd card in and you have since removed the card then the apps fail to show as installed.
So basically what I am trying to say is if you switched or formatted your external sd card then the apps will disappear even though they are not physically on the external sd card.
Does any app you previously installed from the store show up in the installed apps list?
Either go to my apps in play store and uninstall and reinstall or go through root explorer or some file manager and unistall then reinstall.
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The latest release of the xXx ROM (yesterday's) seems to have fixed the issue.
UPDATE: I guess not. Same issue as before.

[Q] Free apps vanished from phone

Hello,
My S3 recently lost every free app (including Google Play Store, Gmail and other built-ins), except the Samsung apps after a reboot. However:
Every paid-for app is still installed and working.
My contacts, photos and other data seem to be intact.
The missing applications are still listed in the application manager, but are lacking their icons and names (e.g. Spotify displays as com.spotify.mobile.android.ui) and display with size 0.00B.
The application manager recognises the amount of cached data for each application.
Any ideas on what might have happened? It's currently running Android 4.3, but I'm not sure when it might have last updated.
Additionally, I don't have an SD card installed, so all the apps were installed on the internal memory. Restarting makes no difference.
Restore your Nandroid backup .
I assume you haven't switched accounts in Google Play. Otherwise switch to first account.
Edit: Or better said; switch to google play account on which you installed your apps
Happened to me once. I lost all non-Sammy apps. Seems there was an issue with GApps.
I just used Odin to reflash the stock ROM.
~ RazorMC
Reflash Rom.
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System / User apps dissapearing after force shut down during boot.

My cheap, $100NZD qm734g Tablet started crapping out after I had to hold down the power button during boot...
Apps (including but not limited to; Google Play Store, Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Google Services and several other app's app data / cache) have disappeared from the list of installed apps, and the app manager. Au though, they seem to still be installed, all the files in /sdcard/Android/Data and /sdcard/Android/obb are still there (I think it's the same deal on internal storage, too...) but the entry from the App launcher is gone.
It is rooted, but only after this first started happening, as an attempt to fix it.
I have formatted and returned Android to factory default, (Power Button + Vol Up didn't work for some reason.) but the same issue relapsed after 2 days. And now Google Play (com.android.vending) is missing...
I doubt there isn't much I can do that doesn't involve flashing a new image, but if that is the case, Clockwork mod and Cyanogenmod aren't compatible, so I'll need some help there, too...

Moved Google Play Services to SD now I have a problem

Hi!
I have the Sony Xperia E3 (which is just an emergency phone because my old one broke), this phone has really little memory so I always used App2SD to move apps to my SD card. Yesterday this didn't help because Google Play Services used just too much memory. So I decided to try to move them to SD. It worked but now I always get a pop up which says "Google Play Services stopped working". You can close this pop up with "OK" but then the next is coming up. The pop ups open so quickly that I can not use my phone anymore because the pop ups prevent me from clicking anything else.
Do I have any chance of reverting this or do I have to fully wipe the phone? I'm on Android 4.4.4 if this makes any difference.
I hope you can help me,
Has no one an idea? I would really need help

Can't install previously-"sideloaded" games from the store

If this isn't the right place - please move the message. I figured it's a more general topic.
To summarize: games which I previously installed "unofficially", liked, decided to buy and support the devs - don't install from the Play Store.
There are two games which I downloaded from third-party sites to try out, loved them and decided to buy them.
Both of them - whenever I try to install them, the download seemingly goes through, reaches 100%, I get a popup saying "Can't install X, Try again and if it still doesn't work, see common...".
The games do appear on the phone and I can run them, but they both getting stuck at loading.
Researching some more, I found out that their OBB's are missing, which I know they should have since I installed them manually before.
I obviously tried uninstalling and reinstalling (both in the refund period and after it passed), clearing the phone's caches using TWRP and SDMaid, clearing Play Store's data, searching my entire phone (including root sections) for leftover files - still can't resolve it.
Other games install and run correctly, OBBs are downloaded - just not for these two.
I also tried different networks (4g as well as WiFi), installing using the Play Games app, and the games do appear and install on other devices with Family Library.
First time I meet this behavior, thought I'd ask.
Morally speaking, yeah, I gave the games a go, was impressed, bought them, supported devs, waited out the refund period - so yeah, I'm left with a technical, not a moral issue.
EDIT: I was able to get both running by installing them on another device I own, sending the OBB file to myself, backing up the game files and data using TiBa and restoring them on my device.
No idea if the game will update, but the same error appears when I try to uninstall and reinstall via Play Store.
@munky-head
All apps (root or not) have a default data directory, which is /data/data/<package_name>
That's how I would do it - in order to not lose app's data
Save data related to apps in question to PC or phone's external sd-card
Uninstall the apps in question
Clear Android's system cache
Clear Google Play Store's cache
Install the apps in questions from Google Play Store
Restore the apps' related data
jwoegerbauer said:
@munky-head
All apps (root or not) have a default data directory, which is /data/data/<package_name>
That's how I would do it - in order to not lose app's data
Save data related to apps in question to PC or phone's external sd-card
Uninstall the apps in question
Clear Android's system cache
Clear Google Play Store's cache
Install the apps in questions from Google Play Store
Restore the apps' related data
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Thanks for replying.
Basically, I did the said process, just using TiBa.
Installing from the Store still fails, which is weird, and slightly worrying.
Either way, I paid for both, and own them both on PC, so developers weren't wronged ?

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