Has anyone who has un-installed Google play movies and books run into any issues? For some reason TiBu will not permanently freeze these apps.
After each reboot I get the update notice from play store for them. They unfreeze after each reboot.
I'm stock but rooted
Any one? Googled but no results.
Edit: I searched again and used keyword disable instead of freeze.....
Holy crap it's on all devices running ics.
Effin bullcrap! Weird Google pluss disables no problems.
I swear Google and carriers should nit be allowed to force you to retain or use any apps. One of these days someone needs to make a bill of rights for phone users, and get it passed in congress.
Is it possible the Reason for this is so they can put Trojans and or spyware in these apps?
I don't get it.
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It all of a sudden started showing up on my phone in downloaded apps (where I first saw it). I saw it on my wife's Photon (Sprint) yesterday. Kept on deleting it but it kept coming back but eventually it stayed gone. Now it's on my phone (Razr Maxx)? Does anybody know what this crap is? Why is it on my phone? The icon looks like a puzzle piece with the Jelly Bean colors on it.
Maybe something that checks for app updates.
Probably harmless.
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Its something related to Google Play store, Android market Most probably..
Alright googled it says,
Its a platform developed by the Google Play store in android apps.
Its kind of .apk file which is a part of your system's image.. this file helps with the updates..
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It still would of been nice to be notified or let it be an option to have it installed. It showed up out of no where so I automatically assumed it was something NOT good!!
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Best guess is that it is something that was already there that had a name and or icon change.
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It still would of been nice to be notified or let it be an option to have it installed. It showed up out of no where so I automatically assumed it was something NOT good!!
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Read this PATIENTLY, it should clear all your doubts..
Google Play services is a platform delivered by the Google Play Store that offers integration with Google products, such as Google+, in Android apps. The Google Play services platform consists of a services component that runs on the device and a thin client library that you package with your app.
The Google Play services component is delivered as an APK through the Google Play Store, so updates to Google Play services are not dependent on carrier or OEM system image updates. Newer devices will also have Google Play services as part of the device's system image, but updates are still pushed to these newer devices through the Google Play Store. In general, devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later that have the Google Play Store receive updates within a few days. This allows you to leverage the newest APIs for Google products and reach most of the devices in the Android ecosystem. Devices older than Android 2.2 or devices without the Google Play Store app are not supported.
The Google Play services component contains much of the logic to communicate with the specific Google product that you want to interact with. An easy-to-use authentication flow is also provided to gain access to supported Google products, which provides consistency for both the developer and user. From the developer's point of view, requesting credentials is mostly taken care of by the services component through calls to the client library. From the user's point of view, authorization is granted with a few simple clicks.
The client library contains the interfaces to call into the services component. It also contains APIs that allow you to resolve any issues at runtime such as a missing, disabled, or out-of-date Google Play services APK.
Still have doubts??
Thanks to everybody that posted info about this. It's good to know that everybody else is getting it and it's not harmful.
I disabled it when it auto installed and the market stopped working completely. I disallowed everything it wanted to access except wifi and the market worked again. So it doesn't need all those permission to work at least.
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Have you guys read the reviews for that app? There is some pretty funny stuff in there... :laugh:
Lol
Google equals android x equals play store
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Thank Me Later said:
It still would of been nice to be notified or let it be an option to have it installed. It showed up out of no where so I automatically assumed it was something NOT good!!
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Dont settle down yet Brother.
The Google Play Services got installed in my phone yesterday. I uninstalled it and it came back again. I uninstalled it again. Now the google play does not install any apps in my phone, it just gives the waiting bar.
All was working well without Google Play Services too, which means this Google anal excreta isnt necessary at all., I think they are pushing this in our phone, sure there is something hidden purpose in their anal mind.
The Start Up manager also shows it in startup, which was not there before.
All is all when you run the Google Play Services icon, it gives some three options, one is regarding ads management or something... all their feces are showing up.
How to deal with this problem?
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MichaelMcC said:
I disabled it when it auto installed and the market stopped working completely. I disallowed everything it wanted to access except wifi and the market worked again. So it doesn't need all those permission to work at least.
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Same thing brother. Can you explain more? Did you do it in Permissions Pro? and you disabled all the permissions except wifi connectivity, and everything works again?
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Dont settle down yet Brother.
The Google Play Services got installed in my phone yesterday. I uninstalled it and it came back again. I uninstalled it again. Now the google play does not install any apps in my phone, it just gives the waiting bar.
All was working well without Google Play Services too, which means this Google anal excreta isnt necessary at all., I think they are pushing this in our phone, sure there is something hidden purpose in their anal mind.
The Start Up manager also shows it in startup, which was not there before.
All is all when you run the Google Play Services icon, it gives some three options, one is regarding ads management or something... all their feces are showing up.
How to deal with this problem?
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Same thing brother. Can you explain more? Did you do it in Permissions Pro? and you disabled all the permissions except wifi connectivity, and everything works again?
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I am rooted and use LBE Privacy Guard. Using it allows turning off anything for any app., Google Play Services is used for setting up and giving permissions to other installed apps. Although annoying having Google install apps without asking, it's really just part of Google Play Store. Part of the Google Play conversion from the Android Market.
But I still hate apps spying on me so LBE is the first app I install after a clean wipe.
SCH-i905, Galaxy Nexus and RAZR.
MichaelMcC said:
I am rooted and use LBE Privacy Guard. Using it allows turning off anything for any app., Google Play Services is used for setting up and giving permissions to other installed apps. Although annoying having Google install apps without asking, it's really just part of Google Play Store. Part of the Google Play conversion from the Android Market.
But I still hate apps spying on me so LBE is the first app I install after a clean wipe.
SCH-i905, Galaxy Nexus and RAZR.
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You know what? I froze the Google Play Services. And today installed the Youtube update. When I run it, it says "you cannot use this app without Google Play Services. And when I uninstalled the update, the previous version of the youtube works just fine like before. This is a serious privacy issue. They are definitely spying on us in deep darker levels.
Ok, so if you are recommending the LBE Privacy Guard, are you the developer? please give us the stable version.
If google is acting like crap(as I mentioned above) when I freeze the app, Wont it do the same if I use your LBE and tamper its activities?
I'd just leave it, it's most likely harmless.
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I'd just leave it, it's most likely harmless.
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It is harmless, officially. But, their act to make it mandatory in illegal ways, tells us that there is something more ugly going on in the background.
So I dislike Google now and I'm using an older version of quicksearchbox.apk Is there a way of modifying it or play store so that play store will stop trying to upgrade it to Google now? Yes I realize you can turn off auto updates for certain apps but I would rather it not show up at all.
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Don't think so, but you can go into Google Now options and turn off Google Now entirely. It looks and acts just like old school Search then.
Hello all, I am new to rooting and I just rooted my LG Optimus F3. I was wondering, I can delete the following system applications safely? I understand that some system apps are needed for your device to function properly. Are these apps needed?
-Dictionary
-Google Play Books
-Google Play Games
-Google Play Magazines
-Google Play Movies & TV
-Google Play Music
-Google+
-Mobile ID
-Quick Translator
-(Virgin Mobile) The Feed
-Virgin - Discover Apps
-Weather
-Weather Theme
Thanks for any help.
You can delete them all. All the Google apps can be downloaded from the market any way. Use something like root Explorer and delete from system/app. You can also delete the associated libs if you want and the data folders.
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I'm not so sure the other member's comment is true for your phone. I've had to help a friend with an Optimus who soft bricked his for with the security error from uninstalling some of the built in Google Apps. Samsung and LG do things differently in that regard. Please do a nandroid and / or understand how to restore your phone if need be. It really makes more sense to just disable or freeze them anyway as the end result is the same - gone from the launcher, unable to run, doesn't use RAM. You don't get the space back for other usable things unless you move other apps into /system/app but there can be other issues with that.
ohh...yes you can uninstall pre-installed
Apps using cleanmaster application..download from playstore
Most likely it'd be fine to uninstall those Google apps.
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Most likely it'd be fine to uninstall those Google apps.
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Please refer to my post a couple above yours. It is not always the case with LGs. OP should proceed with caution.
As you mentioned OP should backup in first instances then proceed. But I've been rooting since my DHD and have had no issues deleting such files on any of the HTC, Samsung & Nexus devices I've had but then again I've never owned a native LG phone but I assume it should be the same.
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As you mentioned OP should backup in first instances then proceed. But I've been rooting since my DHD and have had no issues deleting such files on any of the HTC, Samsung & Nexus devices I've had but then again I've never owned a native LG phone but I assume it should be the same.
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Not a safe assumption. There are plenty of threads about this subject on various LG phones (not all) and I've personally dealt with it from a friend who messed up his phone from uninstalling some Google apps.
That's fine then like I said I've not owned any outright LG skin based phones. But I don't see the issue of deleting Google apps from system/app. The mentioned apps are available to download from the Play store. OP you can try converting the said apps to user apps then uninstalling that way. Titanium backup can do this or other apps. If you delete Android dependent Google apks and libs then it will cause such issues like Google Framework or Google Play Services and such.
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That's fine then like I said I've not owned any outright LG skin based phones. But I don't see the issue of deleting Google apps from system/app. The mentioned apps are available to download from the Play store. OP you can try converting the said apps to user apps then uninstalling that way. Titanium backup can do this or other apps. If you delete Android dependent Google apks and libs then it will cause such issues like Google Framework or Google Play Services and such.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970546
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422268
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-viper-4g-lte/223451-security-error.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg...ure-booting-unsuccessful-cause-errorlogo.html
4 different phones. All removed Google apps. All bricked with the LG Security Error. I found these in 2 minutes. Android is very different across carriers, manufacturers, updates, etc.
The reason why was my phone was starting to slow down a little. So I froze them and that did the trick. Phone speed up after that.
Thanks Guys
I'm getting so frustrated with this app, *constantly* reinstalling itself for no good reason. It hogs internal memory and ram for things I don't use.
I don't bother with android siri, Google music, books, photos, tts... I literally use *none* of the things it powers. I use the store to download and update apps.... And that's it. Even within the apps, I don't feel the need to talk to it or find out what song a game uses or any other nonsense.
I don't even need notifications for crying out loud as I keep any possible app hibernated with greenify (which play services will *not*stay hibernated)
I'm using a 3rd party keyboard, and camera app
How can I remove this overall hog once and for all, or at *least*truly disable and be able to delete the large amounts of data for the damn thing and leave it sitting idle, unused and inactive, if Google insists it be on my device, technically....
I'm even rooted and removed all of the apps I mentioned (Google books, music, photos, etc), but yet this bugger insists. It's almost like spyware in the sense that I'm not using it at all and yet it remains on my phone taking up valuable space and resources.....
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not recommended to remove google play
it is very possible to remove google play, google services framework and gapps, however, they are still many apps and services that depend on it, for example, i couldnt use youtube anymore when i removed anything to do with the playstore.
im afraid you will just have to keep the setup you have as google play is an important part of the android operating system
You can disable system administration of google play services and then use and try with greenify...
run this script and disable at leat about 90 uneeded services .. if you use the extended script. if it helped. just thank the guy who made this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/guide-reducing-google-play-services-t3139032
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it is very possible to remove google play, google services framework and gapps, however, they are still many apps and services that depend on it, for example, i couldnt use youtube anymore when i removed anything to do with the playstore.
im afraid you will just have to keep the setup you have as google play is an important part of the android operating system
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To see what would happen, i froze the play store (well technically removed it with app master but kept it in my recycle bin), and then deleted the play services.... nothing has stopped working on my end. but the play store is probably all i honestly use. for youtube i ditched the app and just made a browser shortcut to the site on my home page. i dont have data so have never used maps or anything like that. i use gmail but didnt keep the app lol (dont use it enough to bother as its not my main account). its a bit of a pain having to restore it to download updates, but ive noticed even a difference in battery life since i started doing that about a week ago now.
the only gapp i use is the app to download other apps, lol.
You can use Servicely to disable all Google services. Alternatively, You can remove all Google services and try to replace them with this
I recently started using Onn. tablets from Walmart primarily to access the Xfinity and Peacock streaming service apps that are part of my home cable/isp service.
In general I have zero interest in using these tablets for their primary function which appears to be to get children to spend their parents money buying tokens and gold for a bunch of senseless games, but I have found that there are a few functions these devices can perform that are actually in my benefit as opposed to google's.
The way I've been using these tablets is to disable pretty much every Google (and Walmart) related app. I do have to keep Play Store and Google Play Services accessible although most of the time I keep even them disabled. The only time I enable the Play Store and Google Play Services is the rare time I actually want to buy a premium app, after which they are immediately disabled.
So things had been working as I wanted them to until one day I had cause to visit the Play Store which pushed an upgrade to both Play Store and Google Play Services after which a couple of apps that had been fine suddenly started failing with a "Failed to load libmain.so" error message. I did later uninstall the upgrades from both Play Store and Google Play Services but that didn't fix the issue.
So does anyone have any idea of anything I can do to fix this? Please note that my current abilities are pretty much limited to simple ADB commands.
I have the same issue though i dont know how to resolve it
Prob go to the Unity forums maybe they have a solution
I tried to look there but im best at Windows commands
Anyone with a solution?