Google Keyboard using lots of battery & data? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have my T-Mobile Galaxy S4 running an unofficial CM11 ROM, and I noticed that battery life seems a little whack, and well Google Keyboard happened to be 2nd place for battery use, and has already downloaded almost 500mb, heck probably 502mb right now. I find that quite insane, and it just keeps going. I feel like this is also the reason why my phone is constantly overly warm. Any suggestions/solutions to fix battery life?
Thank you in advance.
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Install jellybean keyboard from playstore
Or install firewall from play store and restrict background data for it.
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Try downloading another keyboard from the play store and freeze the current google keyboard you're using.

kind of an older thread but when i went to play i noticed that google keyboard wasnt downloaded, but i was using it. went to download and install but just downloaded it and the button went back to "install"... weird

Use Xposed app settings n revoke network access permission this will stop the keyboard from using data all the best :thumbup:
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Justyn86 said:
kind of an older thread but when i went to play i noticed that google keyboard wasnt downloaded, but i was using it. went to download and install but just downloaded it and the button went back to "install"... weird
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It does the same thing for me idk why and it is second place for me as we'll

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New Google Music and Google+ apps from ICS

New APKs for Google Music and Google+ have been leaked.
Read up here(Links on the page but also attached):
http://androidcommunity.com/ice-cre...-new-google-music-4-0-apps-revealed-20111007/
I hit install but they just tell me application not installed.
magui43212 said:
I hit install but they just tell me application not installed.
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Push it to /system/app using root explorer
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magui43212 said:
I hit install but they just tell me application not installed.
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You have to uninstall the other version first.
Can any one publish their posts as public with the new app?
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mikel719 said:
Can any one publish their posts as public with the new app?
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Nah I'm having a few problems myself. Looking into it
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I've got the apps installed but it seems like music isn't wanting to load my library. Is anyone else having this problem or am I just being impatient?
magui43212 said:
I've got the apps installed but it seems like music isn't wanting to load my library. Is anyone else having this problem or am I just being impatient?
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Nvm i was just being impatient.
I'm using the new music with no problems. I had to uninstall the old one and reboot after install. Google plus works but I don't have a widget like I had with the last version
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My only gripe with Google+ is I still haven't discovered any way to change your profile picture without logging into the website.
Profile > touch your photo
Did they fix the overplay issue where streaming music would sometimes repeat instead of moving onto the next track?
mquinn24 said:
I'm using the new music with no problems. I had to uninstall the old one and reboot after install. Google plus works but I don't have a widget like I had with the last version
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Good to know I'm not the only one with that problem.
I thought I goofed something up.
music 4.0
i uninstalled the current music (i uninstalled the orig photon music and i was running google music ever since day one) and pasted music 4.0 in system/apps did a reboot and it runs great.
although i do not see to much difference between V3 and 4.0, but it looks like it runs smooth and there are a few settings added (but then again i didnt play much with the settings in v3)
it also has a smaller widget so i added a shortcut to the app next to the widget. its whatev i guess.
lroy said:
i uninstalled the current music (i uninstalled the orig photon music and i was running google music ever since day one) and pasted music 4.0 in system/apps did a reboot and it runs great.
although i do not see to much difference between V3 and 4.0, but it looks like it runs smooth and there are a few settings added (but then again i didnt play much with the settings in v3)
it also has a smaller widget so i added a shortcut to the app next to the widget. its whatev i guess.
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Yea honestly its nothing special haha
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I've been running Music V4 for a couple of days and I haven't experienced the overplay of songs(songs repeat after finishing current time exceeds total time) This used to happen at least 5+ times a day so I'm thinking they fixed it in this latest version. Bravo Google.

Android Market Installed Apps History

Hi
Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place. I don't think this is an issue specific to my phone model.
I have this really annoying issue. When I go into the Android Market (or Play Store) and I look at my apps it previously showed purchased apps but now it shows all the apps I've ever installed. If I want to install an app I purchased previously I have to search through all the hundreds of apps I have ever installed!
I've tried to find a resolution via Google but I keep getting results showing how to clear market search history.
Does anyone know what I'm referring to and know how to fix this? Like I said, previously before I upgraded to ICS the market only showed installed apps and purchased apps that I haven't installed, now it shows every app I have ever installed and it seems to include apps I installed on my android tablet!
Thanks
Lee
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Welcome to the new play store. This is intentional and functions the same as the iOS app store.
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Hi
Thanks for the reply. Its an annoying idea. We should at least have the option to turn it off. If I try an app and don't like it I uninstall it, why would I want to constantly see an app that I don't want! Haha.
I like Android because, among other things, it isn't iOS.
Thanks
Lee
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New Updated Google Play store 3.9.16

New Updated Google Play store 3.9.16
http://beta.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294521859
Video of some new features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCWKTeFIjfg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
New Updated Gmail 4.2
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...ed-gmail-4-2-apk-with-pinch-to-zoom-and-more/
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I really like the ability to remove recently downloaded apps from My Apps.
Yeah I wish I could chose more than one at a time though still a nice feature.
Edit. You can muti select apps to delete off my apps.
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Links dont work
The links in this dont work and bring you to a shady site.
darkchyldx101 said:
Yeah I wish I could chose more than one at a time though still a nice feature.
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I put a new link up. Hope that's better.
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Works great
I downloaded it and flashed, works great. i was just saying the other day it would be great to be able to remove unwanted apps from the my apps section. Also, multi select works for me. the first time i did it it gave me an error saying conection timed out then i did a single delete and the others disapeared that i tried before as well. After that i was able to select as many as i wanted to delete at once, i think at one point i had atleast 50 selected and all were removed no problem. It doesnt jump back to the begining of the list when i press back from previewing and application anymore either :laugh::good:
QUOTE=darkchyldx101;32709158]I put a new link up. Hope that's better.
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General UI
This has even chnged some of the general UI. When i download an application and it finishes it looks different, could be the upgrade i did to my rom but im not sure.
They fixed that bug where hitting the back button after clicking on an app from the search results list always took you to the top of the list.
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zackdjones said:
They fixed that bug where hitting the back button after clicking on an app from the search results list always took you to the top of the list.
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Thank god, that pissed me off when I was browsing, to the fact that I RARELY browsed using the Play app, more often Appbrain.
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I downloaded it and flashed, works great. i was just saying the other day it would be great to be able to remove unwanted apps from the my apps section. Also, multi select works for me. the first time i did it it gave me an error saying conection timed out then i did a single delete and the others disapeared that i tried before as well. After that i was able to select as many as i wanted to delete at once, i think at one point i had atleast 50 selected and all were removed no problem. It doesnt jump back to the begining of the list when i press back from previewing and application anymore either :laugh::good:
QUOTE=darkchyldx101;32709158]I put a new link up. Hope that's better.
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How do you multi-select to remove several unwanted apps at once? I can only delete them 1 by 1 and the annoying thing after you remove an unwanted app it goes back to the top of the list. Thanks.
Edit: Figured it out
When i did it i just held down on the app i wanted to start with then selected others after, its like multi selecting in the gallery. the delete button is the circle with the line through it at the top right.
How do you multi-select to remove several unwanted apps at once? I can only delete them 1 by 1 and the annoying thing after you remove an unwanted app it goes back to the top of the list. Thanks.
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Play stores should be updated soon. There's also a new gapps 20121015 in good manager. I'm using truths77 gapps for now which includes updated Gmail.
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im using truths gapps too, the complete though not the full super gapps. Mine are running nice, except no matter what ROM im on the gallery force closes after taking a panoramic picture, anyways wrong forum hahaha
darkchyldx101 said:
Play stores should be updated soon. There's also a new gapps 20121015 in good manager. I'm using truths77 gapps for now which includes updated Gmail.
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Has the play store been updated yet? Or should i download the apk from the video?
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Go to Playstore/settings/and at the bottom it should say version 3.9.16. Official version also includes wishlist you should see it if you press the options button.
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Must have app if you use the Google Play store

Android Market Helper
http://codekiem.com/2013/02/13/market-helper/
This app tricks the app store into thinking you have a different device, a Nexus 7 for instance.
This doesn't change your build prop and using it is dead simple. Run it, choose the device you wish to emulate from the drop down list.
click the link for google dashboard, which registers the device as the one you are emulating. Go to play store, download the app you want.
When you're done, reboot the tablet or go back to the mrket helper app and choose restore.
It works as advertised.
Very nice i will have to give it a try when i get my kindle back.. Sooo many apps available now!! Stoked!!
Nice find.
To bad you have to be rooted it said that in later versions it will work for unrooted devices so I will keep it and wait for the update great find man
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Thanks, will check it out later
Edit: Love this app, can download loads of previously "incompatible" apps.
Doesn't work
it seems like I run the app, do all the steps but it doesn't change the configuration in the play store
Same here
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Are you logging in to the Google dashboard and verifying the emulated device is listed? I use nexus 7. Works fine for me.
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Weird it is working now. Oh well
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I can confirm this one works, it allow me to install angry birds from the playstore, otherwise it marks as not compatible with my device. looks like i can get rid of the 1mobile market.
Excellent App
Great app. Works perfectly. I just need to find a way to get Sky Go working on my 7" Kindle Fire HD and I'll be a happy boy.:good:
Hmmm. Just crashes for me. Weird. I'll wait for version 2.0
Token not found?
What seems to be the problem if my error window pops up on my KFHD and says "token not found"?
Awesome find, thanks for sharing.
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Works great! No problems, awesome!
I tried registering as both Samsung Galaxy and Nexus for two different apps. I get the message "insufficient storage is available" each time. What could I be doing wrong? Storage is not the problem, I have plenty.
Probably unrelated go into settings and remove data for the play store that should fix it
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gunnyman said:
Probably unrelated go into settings and remove data for the play store that should fix it
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Turns out I had a couple of lingering odex files under data/app. It had nothing to do with this app. Deleted those out, tried again and everything worked great. Thanks!
Worked great for me..good post!
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Anyone else having issues with this, I noticed today Google pushed out version 3.10.14 of the Play Store now it's doesn't seem to work any more, tried clearing the data/cache from the Play Store & checking my Google Account & it shows the change in device but apps still remain incompatible from the app & the web versions.
Edit: Well, installing/pushing apps from the web version seems to be working now, but not from the actual device, better than nothing I guess.
Edit 2: That was short lived, not working again, says apps are compatible but grey's the device out even with Nexus 7 set as device.
Edit 3: Market Helper v1.1 released today! Now stuff works again

Lost my icons

I'm running CM10.1 I lost most of my icons. However the apps are still there becuase I can see them in the "Manage Apps" .
I have camera, messaging, internet, gallery, settings. Nothing else... Any ideas how to get them back?
Thanks!
tls1
Try a different launcher
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iurnait said:
Try a different launcher
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Should I call NASA? Could you explain?
tls1tls1 said:
Should I call NASA? Could you explain?
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What he means is to use a different program as your homescreen. Like apex launcher which you can find on the play store. However your problem actually is that when you installed CM10.1 all your apps where on your internal sdcard and CM10.1 defaults to your external if you have one. You have to change some line in the build.prop to sdcard0 instead of sdcard1. I'll go into more statistics later but have to work right now.
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Ok thanks! I am looking a free launchers 'Go Launcher EX' and'Apex Launcher'. I will try to reinstall one later.
I did not change any source code. I was playing with manage apps trying to conserve battery... and they disappeared. but I turned everything back on and they're gonzo.
Go back to work dude! Thanks !
tls1
i installed the 'Go Luancher EX' and now the button in the play store says installed (instead of install). But I cannot find it. And I still have no icons.Theonly way I can find some apps (not all), is to use the google search at the top of the home screen.
tls1tls1 said:
i installed the 'Go Luancher EX' and now the button in the play store says installed (instead of install). But I cannot find it. And I still have no icons.Theonly way I can find some apps (not all), is to use the google search at the top of the home screen.
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When you managed apps, did you move any apps to the SD card?
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not that I am aware of...
when I click on manage apps in the
SD card: is poweramp and viper android fx
running: settings, poweramp, viper, dsp manager, keyboard
all: big list...
I did click "reset app preferences"... didn't do anything
When you lost your apps, did you just flash CM10.1?
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a couple of days later... I noticed that the battery was drainin quckly and asked for help in the forum. They said to use manage apps.So I did that to disable some apps and then it happened.But since then I re-enabled them and rebooted and still have never go ttem back.
thanks!
tls1
tls1tls1 said:
a couple of days later... I noticed that the battery was drainin quckly and asked for help in the forum. They said to use manage apps.So I did that to disable some apps and then it happened.But since then I re-enabled them and rebooted and still have never go ttem back.
thanks!
tls1
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When you disable an app, it no longer shows up on your homescreen, and you can only do that for system apps or apps flashed in the ROM you installed. Is there any other information as I am trying to diagnose your problem
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Any way to turn one of those back on? I guess buy disabling it then it does not appear in the "ALL" section of the manage apps? Oups
I can go into the file manager and navigate to the SD card. I find the CM 10.1 zip file but when I click on it to reinstall it says "There is no application registered to handle the type of file selected". I guess I used to have something that could install directly from a zip file....
I don't mind reinstalling cm10.1 if that would fix it... but how?
i rebooting into recovery mode and I'm reinstalling CM10.1... see if that helps
I installed cm10.1 and gapps... its still the same
success... I was looking at the apps and I know trebuchet is the default launcher. I took a chance and clicked on the clear data.... and then all the icons came back...weird eh? wooohooo! thanks everyone for your help
tls1tls1 said:
success... I was looking at the apps and I know trebuchet is the default launcher. I took a chance and clicked on the clear data.... and then all the icons came back...weird eh? wooohooo! thanks everyone for your help
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Glad to know you figured it out. Well done.
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