Hi! I need to reinstall an App for my wife and for some reason it's not available any more from the play store. Is there any way to know the removal reason of an app from the play store? some log? I found the apk but would like the reason before proceeding, maybe there's a security/malware issue. The App name is 'Monthly Cycles Period Tracker'.
Thanks for any feedback.
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Sometimes my dad grounds me from using some of my chat apps that i use to talk to all of my friends. He always checks the Google Play Store on my phone and looks under My Apps and then All so he can see if i've downloaded one of them. If i download it from the play store it will show up here, even if i've already deleted it. I used to be able to get around this by downloading the .apk file for the app from another website, and not from the play store. That way it wouldn't show up in the My Apps section. But the other day i did this and the app still showed up in the My Apps part of the play store, even though i didn't download it from there.
Does anyone know why this happened, and if there is another way to download an app so it doesn't show up after i delete it? Thanks everyone!
andrew
abarneacle43 said:
Sometimes my dad grounds me from using some of my chat apps that i use to talk to all of my friends. He always checks the Google Play Store on my phone and looks under My Apps and then All so he can see if i've downloaded one of them. If i download it from the play store it will show up here, even if i've already deleted it. I used to be able to get around this by downloading the .apk file for the app from another website, and not from the play store. That way it wouldn't show up in the My Apps section. But the other day i did this and the app still showed up in the My Apps part of the play store, even though i didn't download it from there.
Does anyone know why this happened, and if there is another way to download an app so it doesn't show up after i delete it? Thanks everyone!
andrew
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Yes that is because the market link is intact. You can use an app like titanium backup to remove market links easily so that they wouldn't show up on the play store app list.
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Thanks for the response, thedisturbedone. I read somewhere that the new play store won't let you break links using titanium backup. Do you know if this is true? If not, can you please link me a page on how to do that? I really appreciate it.
Basically whenever I try to make an in app purchase it redirects me to amazon app store, anyway to make playstore default for this? Its really annoying me now.
sorry
arvinchugh said:
Basically whenever I try to make an in app purchase it redirects me to amazon app store, anyway to make playstore default for this? Its really annoying me now.
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I don't believe so. I think even the gapps rom even does that.. on any ·In app purchase · In app market link.I believe its part of framework thats necessary until further development and unlocked bootloader.
I recently installed the "Secret Phone" trial app from play store. Im not able to uninstall the app from anywhere. The app is not listed in the app settings section. Not even in other uninstalling apps also.
Can you tell me how to remove it
ashokkc said:
I recently installed the "Secret Phone" trial app from play store. Im not able to uninstall the app from anywhere. The app is not listed in the app settings section. Not even in other uninstalling apps also.
Can you tell me how to remove it
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If it's not listed in app list then it is not installed
Tyaginator said:
If it's not listed in app list then it is not installed
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Hi,
The app is installed. Im able to open it. But the app is not listed, because that is a functionality of the application.
As stated in play store
"Its completely hidden in every way, there will be no icon in your application list and no trace of this app ever being opened. Complete stealth!"
Now I dont want a phantom app running in my phone. So please help me remove the application
ashokkc said:
Hi,
The app is installed. Im able to open it. But the app is not listed, because that is a functionality of the application.
As stated in play store
"Its completely hidden in every way, there will be no icon in your application list and no trace of this app ever being opened. Complete stealth!"
Now I dont want a phantom app running in my phone. So please help me remove the application
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Found it.
The app wont be listed in the Settings->apps
Instead we need to go to My apps in Play store. From there Im able to uninstall the application.
Thanks all.
Has anyone else lost Leo's Fortune app from Google Play My Apps & Games?
It is currently not there for me either
I have had this happen with paid apps before. Usually its because the app dev isn't jumping through googles hoops, so google takes the app down til they comply
With luck it will return to the play store.
One thing that can be done is:
Before an app is taken down have it either installed or have a backup of it, I use Titanium Backup for this. Obviously not much help to you now
Mrpookie said:
It is currently not there for me either
I have had this happen with paid apps before. Usually its because the app dev isn't jumping through googles hoops, so google takes the app down til they comply
With luck it will return to the play store.
One thing that can be done is:
Before an app is taken down have it either installed or have a backup of it, I use Titanium Backup for this. Obviously not much help to you now
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I do have Titanium Backup of it but not the whole app data was backed up only 110MB or so, when the app is actually about 300MB in size from what I remember of the app' listing in the Play Store.
I only asked because there are much more malicious apps that are still on the Google Play Store and Google does not remove them but removes a game not just for everybody but for those who purchased it as well.
I have had apps on Apple App store that are not removed from My Apps even through they may be removed the Apple App Store so new user may not install the app.
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An Android app I use was removed from the play store. I was never notified and the app is still installed and working. I have a couple questions. Is it possible to find out why the app was removed? Is it still safe to use the app? Why did Google remove it but not notify me and leave it installed?
iluvdroid said:
An Android app I use was removed from the play store. I was never notified and the app is still installed and working. I have a couple questions. Is it possible to find out why the app was removed? Is it still safe to use the app? Why did Google remove it but not notify me and leave it installed?
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Firstly, assuming that the app was removed, Google can remove it, basically for security reasons and has no obligation to, either, notify users, and less, remove it from your device.
The app also could decide to retire itself from the Play Store.
Search in the net, if some information, regard this app can be found.
App removed from Google Play Store - Google Play Help
If you are looking for an app that is no longer available on Google Play, the developer may have removed the app from Google Play or the app violated our Google Play Developer Program Policies
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You can try to find and reach the developer and ask your questions.
Google can remove malicious apps from your device without notifying you. If the app is still installed probably it's safe to use it.