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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Dear Forum:
I recently switched from iPhone 5S to Xperia Z1c, I was a long time iOS user and now I'm getting to like to Android OS. I have installed an App called Clean Master, it helps you boost your phone's memory and clean junk files to maximize storage. This app raised my concern, does Android OS needs constantly use apps like Clean Master to boost the phone's memory and clean up storage? When using iPhones I never had to worry about whether the memory is low and needs a boost or clearing junk files. So is it highly recommended to have an app like Clean Master around when using Android? I'm not saying this is inconvenient but just want to be clear if apps like this is a must.
Thank you
short answer: no
those cleaning tools are often advertised as miracle ways to speed up your device, but android, as the modern OS it is, can liberate resources when it needs them, the only situation you could use an app like clean master is when you're low on storage and need to clean the cache from all apps
not necessarily, but better if u do.
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rightly said @Bodomizer
Bodomizer said:
short answer: no
those cleaning tools are often advertised as miracle ways to speed up your device, but android, as the modern OS it is, can liberate resources when it needs them, the only situation you could use an app like clean master is when you're low on storage and need to clean the cache from all apps
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Thank you,
that's what I also incline to believe. Thanks for confirming it for me. :good::good:
and clean master make my smartphone slowly.
I usually use Clean Master to kill background processes that takes too much space on RAM, also to clean caches.
It's all up to you anyway
Try something else like the beta of CCleaner for android
I think it's no necessary. Usualy I download it, use it and uninstall it again till next time.
didn't normally need it
iffy82 said:
didn't normally need it
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Indeed! You can clear cache with only restarting your phone once a week or a month! Apps like this can somethimes be unnecessary and beacuse they run in the background too, they can make your phone slugish!
Thanks for everyone's two cents! I will try using the phone without it then, see how it holds up.
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Nice app and clean UI. I run it on my Xiao Mi and so far so good.
cleaning application it was has a good function
Yeah necessary, it think. Because these applications clean up junk data that is not shown and we never realize. When we install an application then the application will be updated, and when the application is updated then there would be new data and an additional. Once we no longer need the application, and when we uninstall, then just deleted the application only while the additional data is not be lost and these things that we never realized, it has become duty cleaning applications to clean up this problem so that there empty space on the ram
try to learn because there are still other good function
Clean master can definitely speed up an old device by removing stored up cache and removing bloatware (if rooted).
I rarely use it now that I've switched to Lollipop.
Only use it to clean junk and cache. Are there any apps that clean -ONLY- junk / cache / empty folders ?
Clean Master claims to help battery life but I have tested it using another S3 setup exactly the same and the battery drain is identical. Is there any battery app that actually improves battery life. I'm using an S3 with Lollipop (OCT-L ROM)
having cleaning program on android its like having anti virus on you android, not really necessary but everyone use it, but if you have high spec of android device, you can install whatever you want and will not slowing down your device, btw you can clean your app cache in, "setting-app-downloaded-clear app cache" so the choice is your
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Dear Forum:
I recently switched from iPhone 5S to Xperia Z1c, I was a long time iOS user and now I'm getting to like to Android OS. I have installed an App called Clean Master, it helps you boost your phone's memory and clean junk files to maximize storage. This app raised my concern, does Android OS needs constantly use apps like Clean Master to boost the phone's memory and clean up storage? When using iPhones I never had to worry about whether the memory is low and needs a boost or clearing junk files. So is it highly recommended to have an app like Clean Master around when using Android? I'm not saying this is inconvenient but just want to be clear if apps like this is a must.
Thank you
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SD Maid [free/paid] on the Play Store is specifically "made" for such things. hah! CCleaner--formerly Crap Cleaner was a long-time favorite on the PC and now it's for android, and it's free.
TiTiB (tweak it 'til it breaks ∆ Galaxy Tab S
ThunderBird891 said:
I think it's no necessary. Usualy I download it, use it and uninstall it again till next time.
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I think I should try your way!
bfstunoodle said:
Dear Forum:
I recently switched from iPhone 5S to Xperia Z1c, I was a long time iOS user and now I'm getting to like to Android OS. I have installed an App called Clean Master, it helps you boost your phone's memory and clean junk files to maximize storage. This app raised my concern, does Android OS needs constantly use apps like Clean Master to boost the phone's memory and clean up storage? When using iPhones I never had to worry about whether the memory is low and needs a boost or clearing junk files. So is it highly recommended to have an app like Clean Master around when using Android? I'm not saying this is inconvenient but just want to be clear if apps like this is a must.
Thank you
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Cleanmaster is an app whose size is quite big (takes space of 3 320 kbps mp3 files) and full of adwares. You will not be wishing to waste your mobile data by seeing those unnecessary ads. So better don't download, because it is not necessary at all, and there would be a time when you will be fed up with the ads it shows up!
If you are looking for a serious app, look for GREENIFY.
Note- This app hibernates background process. And yes, if you are rooted, this app is gonna help you a lot by saving your battery, when coupled with Xposed Frameword, i too use this. Your RAM will be free mostly, which cleanmaster fakes!
All the best!
I've been using android for a while, and I'm not afraid to fiddle with my phone, so generally I root, remove bloatware and install ad blockers and stuff.
My motivation in this situation is that I'm low on storage space.
However, my current phone isn't remotely as ubiquitous as the HD2 I had previously and I can't just shrink down the system partition to make more room for internal user apps (at least not with confidence I won't brick my device).
So, I tried moving all my google apps back onto the system partition (I only like having apps I know I use regularly on system, so my OEM apps, Google apps, Skype and Facebook) and only half of them work.
I'd like to understand why this is and if there's anything I can do to fix it, because most of these apps were installed as system apps originally and worked fine (I moved them to user because pushing updates to system caused this same issue, and having duplicate installations is redundant).
A secondary part to this question is whether odexing is required or not on system (I thought this might be the issue, but odexing all system apps didn't work. I've read it's better to deodex and zipalign, so I will do that if odexing isn't important.
All good questions, I am in the same boat. Upgraded from an S3 to an S4, addicted to the CM themes and the best of them are quite large but require system space usage so even though I have loads of space on my ExtSD I have run out of space on my internal and now am having an issue with pushing simple updates to my system apps. Hope you get an answer to this question soon
After clearing the caches it has 2gb or more free space, then default apps update start and fill all the memory up, leaving me with less than 200 or my own apps.
Any ideas how to fix it?
If you are rooted, you can remove system app that you don't use.
If not rooted, disable the unused apps, it won't free memory but they won't run so their cache will not grow either and play store won't update those either.
Also, disable auto update on play store.
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neo.ank said:
If you are rooted, you can remove system app that you don't use.
If not rooted, disable the unused apps, it won't free memory but they won't run so their cache will not grow either and play store won't update those either.
Also, disable auto update on play store.
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that's what I'm trying right now, can gmail be removed if I don't use it?
If I use a custom rom like Cyanogen, would it use less memory?
gusnd said:
that's what I'm trying right now, can gmail be removed if I don't use it?
If I use a custom rom like Cyanogen, would it use less memory?
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Yes, it can be removed. Use Titanium Backup to remove system apps like gmail. Since you are running CM, you already have root.
Removing all unused apps will free memory.
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gusnd said:
After clearing the caches it has 2gb or more free space, then default apps update start and fill all the memory up, leaving me with less than 200 or my own apps.
Any ideas how to fix it?
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Take my method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e/general/external-sd-card-internal-storage-t3274887#
Hit thanks if I Helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
installing cyanogen "fixed" it, but I'm unable to access external SD... not sure if the memory card is gone, but I used the last nightly build
I have an unrooted S4 on official Android 5.0.1. I am almost out of free space -- AGAIN. A month ago after about a year, I ran out of free space for my apps. Removing some apps provided only a temporary respite. The only way I could fix the issue was to do a factory reset and reinstall the apps which gave me 4+gb of space. Now, just a month later, the space is getting gobbled up again and fast, almost entirely gone. I added a few apps (and deleted most of them after trying them). Aside from that, I just do normal updates as pushed by the play store. It seems like after every batch of updates, I lose hundreds of megabytes of free space. Why does this happen and can I reclaim my lost free space without another data wipe? I really don't want to reload the phone again, especially since that's seems to be a temporary fix.
One other thing I would like to know is if this is also problem with Android versions after 5.0.1? Because if it isn't, I guess I'll have to root and upgrade.