Okay guys so, about a month ago I saw this video from highonandroid that allowed people to try out the new Android M launcher for the Google now launcher. It was an apk so I downloaded and installed it from their site and after about a week I didn't like it and thought that deleting the apk and reinstalling Google now launcher would solve my problem. It didn't. So now my Google now launcher is permanently stuck with the M look and idk what to do. I tried installing previous versions of the launcher from androidapk and I can't get it to work bc the downloaded apk won't open when I tap it from the notification shade. It also won't go away when I swipe. It just keeps coming back. What do I do guys? I'm stuck and getting frustrated that nothing is working.
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Few days ago i bought some cheap android 7" tablet.. its based on arm 9 wm8800,running kitkat,etc.. problem is,default launcher is slow,and when i use different one (nova,apex,go...) i cant add any widget besides google search,when i drag widget i get settings has stopped.. on default launcher all widgets work.but none in different launcher,any ideas??
I saw on internet that some people solved that with uninstalling maps and maps updates,but my maps were pre installed and i cant root it because i cant find any info about it.also just disabling app didnt do the trick..
so after hearing about the release of the new M preview and revamped google now launcher, i decided to download the new google app and install it.
after installing however, i get constant app crash dialogues and it makes going on my homescreen almost unuseable. i tried to uninstall google app back to factory default but i cant, its greyed out, and i cant install any other versions of the google app for some reason, as it just says app not installed.
is there anything to do to fix it? i really dont want to factory reset my phone but at the same time i cant think of anything to fix it.
any help appreciated
Good Evening/Hello/Hi,
I own a Nexus 5X and I am running Android O Preview 3 using the Nova Launcher 5.2
Phone is not rooted and bootloader is still locked.
I recently downloaded the Android O Preview 3 OTA update directly f System Update settings. I was just before the OTA update running Android 0 Preview 2.
Problem :
Once the device updated and rebooted everything is working like a charm. Except, I found out that some of my widgets on my home-screen are not working anymore.
I can only see a grey rectangle with an Play icon and under written Setup. (see image attached)
I had 3 of those widgets and they were all "My Play Library" (One for My Movies, My Books and My Newstand).
When I try to re-add it from the widget menu. It's nowhere to be found it completely disappeared.
Any other people have this problem. Got a way to fix this ?
It was working correctly on Android 0 Preview 2.
I even tried to reboot and wipe the cache partition, tried also to change to another launcher like google now launcher to see if problem was related to Nova Launcher but still it's not there at all in either cases.
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kindastuff said:
Good Evening/Hello/Hi,
I own a Nexus 5X and I am running Android O Preview 3 using the Nova Launcher 5.2
Phone is not rooted and bootloader is still locked.
I recently downloaded the Android O Preview 3 OTA update directly f System Update settings. I was just before the OTA update running Android 0 Preview 2.
Problem :
Once the device updated and rebooted everything is working like a charm. Except, I found out that some of my widgets on my home-screen are not working anymore.
I can only see a grey rectangle with an Play icon and under written Setup. (see image attached)
I had 3 of those widgets and they were all "My Play Library" (One for My Movies, My Books and My Newstand).
When I try to re-add it from the widget menu. It's nowhere to be found it completely disappeared.
Any other people have this problem. Got a way to fix this ?
It was working correctly on Android 0 Preview 2.
I even tried to reboot and wipe the cache partition, tried also to change to another launcher like google now launcher to see if problem was related to Nova Launcher but still it's not there at all in either cases.
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Thank You
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Woke up this morning and mine was gone too. Looked exactly like your screenshot. I didn't install any updates though, I'm still stuck on Marshmallow, it was just gone. Google probably just killed it out of nowhere, as Google does.
This also happened to me. I'm wondering if it will ever come back. Any ideas for an alternative widget in the meantime?
Happened to me today as described. Sucks as it was my favourite feature to have all my books on my home screen.
Current solution was to add a folder using root explorer to data/app called com.android.vending-1.apk then go to airplane mode and force stop Play Store and uninstall updates. That reverted my Play Store app and prevented it from auto updating which will do for now.
Will link source to that tip when not on mobile.
Also interested in alternative widgets for this purpose.
Yeah, I noticed mine was gone too. I hope they add it back...
Adding more. Happen on my old nexus 7 2013. Definitely linked to Google removing the widget from the play store apk. Dammit it was a great widget. I could easily see my movies books and magazine. I'm pissed they did this without notice.
got the same problem on my galaxy S7 edge running Nougat, it's a right PITA
What a bummer! Gone for me too, on a completely stock Galaxy Tab S3 running Nougat. I used it for the digital magazines I subscribe to in Google Play Newsstand and it just disappeared without any notice.
Dammit Google. I used that for books too, on a 12" tablet, full screen. It was awesome. Why not fix it instead of removing it just like that? There are many of us who liked it a lot. Geez.
Anybody able to create a widget app that could replicate what the 'my library' app did?
Well I am about to smash my phone to bits lol so I'm hoping for a bit of help. Had my le max 2 for over a year and its been ok, it automatically updated not long ago and since then nothing GOOGLE works, playstore wont load, always get the Play services stopped working popping up every 3 mins or so. I have deleted them and downloaded the apk's a million times and it does the same thing over and over. Also some other apps just do not work now.
On top of that I have the other 2 home screens that is all adverts and in another language I'm guessing Chinese, My calendar is also messed up with all extra Chinese writing in it and other bits, I also get advert bars at the bottom when I open certain things.
I now can not even install facebook or anything else as the google playstore does not work I have tried other app stores you can download that have all the apps on and they don't really work either and a lot say they need google play services to work so I get that popping up.
I have no idea about rooting phones, installing customs roms or anything although I have checked videos and I'm still no further what to install or do.
I just want google play to work again so I can have things as I did before
any ideas at all please? if I cant sort it I think I'm just going to go back to samsung
just installed all the google stuff using google installer V2 all seemed to go ok but still says google services stopped , managed to install facebook another way but it says the facebook app is not compatable with my device so the phone is stopping facebook from working :/
what rom you have ?
some conflict happened after the update, you need to reset factory.
matklola82 said:
just installed all the google stuff using google installer V2 all seemed to go ok but still says google services stopped , managed to install facebook another way but it says the facebook app is not compatable with my device so the phone is stopping facebook from working :/
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Are you referring to the stock rom 028S? I don't think it is fully compatible with Google Services. After many re-installations, I gave up on it and installed Resurrection Remix 5.8.5 Nougat and never looked back. It frees up tons of memory too.
Hello,
My mother's Google Pixel (original) has just run into a somewhat common problem on Android Oreo. The problem and one working solution are mentioned in the following Reddit link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe...home_and_recent_buttons_stopped_working_dont/
I installed the Nova apk however when I went to choose the "Setup Wizard" activity, it is no longer there like it was a few months ago. I tried downloading older versions of Nova launcher to see if I could get it but I could not.
Does anyone know anyway in which I can force my pixel to the Setup Wizard?
Thanks!
Try with Factory Reset.