when i first bought my Thunderbolt, i paid Verizon for the full version of the Rock Band app. before i installed a custom ROM, i backed up all my APK including the Rock Band apk that i have.
once i'm within the custom ROM, i was able to reinstall the game and even played it. i got it opened from the menu that appears after side loading an app that says either "open" or "done" but the app itself does not show in the app drawer. the game does show under the "manage applications" list. i just don't know how to re-open it since there's no shortcut.
i found a work around. i downloaded Any Cut from the Market and it allowed me to place the shortcut on the desktop. but i still rather have it show on the app drawer as well. at least now, i can actually open the game.
i kinda learned my lesson now. i'm not going to pay for apps anymore unless it's from the Market or if the developer makes it easy to switch devices or ROM installs.
I downloaded an app called App quarantine from the market and put the following apps in the don't run bin , but before doing that I downloaded Go Launcher / Go Contacts / Go Sms Pro and did a ehh, conversion from the stock samsung apps to Go Stuff. Has anyone else done this or anything similar?
Apk's no longer running on boot
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jb0nd38372 said:
I downloaded an app called App quarantine from the market and put the following apps in the don't run bin , but before doing that I downloaded Go Launcher / Go Contacts / Go Sms Pro and did a ehh, conversion from the stock samsung apps to Go Stuff. Has anyone else done this or anything similar?
Apk's no longer running on boot
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There are a number of apps that do the same type of thing, Titanium Backup will 'freeze' apps as well as a whole host of additional features.
Then of course, another option is to just rename the apps from *.apk to *.bpk and rebooting.
My personal preference is a third option called Autostarts which is similar to MSconfig in Windows but for Android. The reason being is, it gives you the ability to keep an app from ever running unless you actually tap the app to run it but still allows you to keep the app installed in the event you want to use it. Google Maps comes to mind, I want it installed, I dont want it running in the background.
I dont recommend removing any of the bloatware if you plan on staying on stock but, some of it for US Note users was able to be uninstalled without root via either Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->All Applications, then tap an app and see if uninstall was lit up, if so, sweet. Or, alternatively you could go thru the Market->(Menu Key)->My Apps but not all apps show up in this list. As a side note, I actually manually did a search for many of the apps on the phone and manually updated them because they were not showing up in the market 'My Apps' list.
One other side note, most of the Samsung apps are actually pretty decent, I usually dont touch them. Its the ATT software and the apps ATT took bribe money from third parties that bothers me (Yellow Pages for example).
Oh, and a little known feature of Go Launcher is the ability to hide apps.
Tap the App drawer icon to get to the list of apps on your phone, tap the menu button, tap hide apps. For those of us that havent bothered to root, this at least gives you the ability to not have to look at apps you dont want to see in the app drawer.
Wow thank you for all the info. As far as staying stock, I like making my devices unique to me, I did keep all spen related apps, but killed pretty much everything else. I doubt my phone will ever see an official release of anything, Xda all the way
littlewierdo said:
There are a number of apps that do the same type of thing, Titanium Backup will 'freeze' apps as well as a whole host of additional features.
Then of course, another option is to just rename the apps from *.apk to *.bpk and rebooting.
My personal preference is a third option called Autostarts which is similar to MSconfig in Windows but for Android. The reason being is, it gives you the ability to keep an app from ever running unless you actually tap the app to run it but still allows you to keep the app installed in the event you want to use it. Google Maps comes to mind, I want it installed, I dont want it running in the background.
I dont recommend removing any of the bloatware if you plan on staying on stock but, some of it for US Note users was able to be uninstalled without root via either Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->All Applications, then tap an app and see if uninstall was lit up, if so, sweet. Or, alternatively you could go thru the Market->(Menu Key)->My Apps but not all apps show up in this list. As a side note, I actually manually did a search for many of the apps on the phone and manually updated them because they were not showing up in the market 'My Apps' list.
One other side note, most of the Samsung apps are actually pretty decent, I usually dont touch them. Its the ATT software and the apps ATT took bribe money from third parties that bothers me (Yellow Pages for example).
Oh, and a little known feature of Go Launcher is the ability to hide apps.
Tap the App drawer icon to get to the list of apps on your phone, tap the menu button, tap hide apps. For those of us that havent bothered to root, this at least gives you the ability to not have to look at apps you dont want to see in the app drawer.
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Just to add I guess a 'fourth' option, I like to use the app 'root toolbox' available on the market with both free and pro versions. Under the advanced menu you can remove any system apps you like but the nice thing is anything you remove is automatically backed up to the root toolbox folder on the internal sd. The backup is done automatically so you dont have to worry about removing something and forgetting to backup first and also gives you the option to restore any system apps you removed simply and easily. Ill be honest the restore feature has saved my bacon many times lol and is also a great way to experiment which apps are safe and unsafe to remove.
Hey, I realized we have Polaris when I opened a word doc from dropbox.
Plus I found the actual apk when looking at our installed system apps with es file explorer.
Is there a way to add a short cut to the app menu and eventually home screens, so we can independently launch and use the app?
Thanks
StrangeShadow said:
Hey, I realized we have Polaris when I opened a word doc from dropbox.
Plus I found the actual apk when looking at our installed system apps with es file explorer.
Is there a way to add a short cut to the app menu and eventually home screens, so we can independently launch and use the app?
Thanks
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So I clicked on the System Apps apk a couple times but every time it would say, can not install. But low in behold, when I checked a shortcut was added to my app menu automatically, and I could launch the app and use it and make new docs, etc...
...about 2 weeks later, just now, I push the short cut and it now says, app not installed...and the attempt to install again from the system's app folder has no effect.
Any help would be appreciated...if anyone's alive out there...reading these posts... ;P
When I installed Nova Launcher the icon showed up and has been functioning since. It appears AT&T has their grubby hands in this...
Hello I found an article that claims I can use Google phone as the default phone app on my galaxy at 2017 sma520w. I downloaded that APK and enabled unknown sources. Installed and clicked done. Then I went to settings app default apps and set phone default to Google phone. I then went to the settings app looked for Google phone to set permissions and it's not listed there. If I go to app show system app it's shown there and it says no default set. Once again when I go to default app Page phone is shown as Google phone the default. If I open Google phone go to settings and call it opens Samsung phone. If I use one of my contacts through Google phone it asks me what app I want to use to make the call but the only options are Skype and Samsung
I recently was upgraded from the SM-A520W to a SM-A530W myself. From personal experience with the A5, it has some limitations on the Canadian Network's unfortunately. Closest I was able to successfully install alongside the Samsung programming was Google Contact's. Mind you I was also not really chasing every available "app download" site outside of Google Play.
Based on your post, it went quite different than what I am used to used to seeing as I side load on to our big screen TV from Samsung & a Telus "knockoff" of snow Android TV box both.
1st I would recommend downloading the app "X-plore" from Play Store. Powerful yet simple to use as it had 2 screen's (just for those unaware) while not being loaded with ad's. Reason being is that it can do a search of your device & has a feature to look at the HASH Tag without a purchase. Okay that may not be as useful unless you have a copy of what that should be, but it does help still.
2nd thing is it can install a app for you without needing to wonder where it disappeared to. Many of my side loads show on the next screen after being installed, whatever permission they want while staying put instead of chasing it around.
Your aware that on the A5 that Samsung put the "Messages" app as both TEXT & PHONE right? That could be tripping you up on the final step of setting s nee default...
Sent from my Samsung SM-A530W using XDA Labs
Sometimes when an app finishes updating my browser (Via Browser) opens and loads a page that is advertising apps. First it was Appsquare, now it's some other website I forgot to remember. I have NO idea what the cause is and I didn't install any strange apps to my knowledge. I never installed any APK that I downloaded outside the Play Store and both Malwarebytes Antimalware and Eset found nothing. This doesn't always happen when I update an app so there's no set pattern. Smetimes it doesn't happen after updating one or more apps and sometimes it does and that is why I can't really figure out which app is causing it, if it is an app at all because there are no ads displaying in either app I use because I paid to get rid of it. Yes, I did some research and it seems to be an issue mainly affecting Samsung users and one site in particular did some research and found out it was a shady ad network behind it: Clickity. My symptoms do match but I have an LG device, not a Samsung device and I use a different browser. I have used a few of Cheetah Mobile's apps in the past but I'm sure I deleted all traces of it on my phone, at least the things I could find. And I haven't used a single app from those devs anymore since I did a factory reset on my phone and updated to Android 8 so there shouldn't be a trace left. I need help fixing this because I have no idea where to look.
EDIT: It turned out to be my clock widget app "Digital Clock Widget Xperia" made by Lazar Dimitrov that was causing those ads to pop up, despite paying to remove ads.