I have searched and tried several things but I can not seem to fix a Google play issue I am having. After I updated to the Global Update 4.03.605.2 710RD, I have not been able to download certain apps from the Play Store. I get a message saying "This device is not compatible with this version". And these are simple apps like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks (I like coffee... a lot). Here is what I have tried so far but to no avail:
1) Using Root Explorer, I edited the Build.prop file to change the resolution from 320 (which is a normal resolution but I gave it a shot anyway) to 240. Cleared out the PLay Store cache and restarted the phone. No luck.
2) Edited the build.prop file again to change the phone to a Nexus S and the manufacturer to Samsung. Cleared cache and rebooted. No luck.
3) Used Market Helper and tried several different options. No luck.
4) Used RootCloak. No luck.
Attached are screenshots of the specs for my phone, including the build.prop. Any suggestions?
Are you using a stock ROM with only root added? The official Global update is 4.05 (it's an OTA patch, not a full system update), maybe try to apply it and then try to check the Play Store again?
Try changing the dpi back to 320. Changing the dpi often "breaks" compatibility.
Are you S-OFF? I would follow the full downgrade/upgrade guide in this section and get it to an official version (4.5.605.14) or at least reflash the full RUU of the version you have... Once you get it up and running and signed into Google Play, give it some time for all the services to update (Play Store updates automatically after first opening/closing) and load something that forces Play Services to update like Hangouts. Then do a full update of all embedded apps and give it 10-15 minutes after that for all the Google services to update, restart and try download the Starbucks app (ONLY, no other apps).
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Are you S-OFF? I would follow the full downgrade/upgrade guide in this section and get it to an official version (4.5.605.14) or at least reflash the full RUU of the version you have... Once you get it up and running and signed into Google Play, give it some time for all the services to update (Play Store updates automatically after first opening/closing) and load something that forces Play Services to update like Hangouts. Then do a full update of all embedded apps and give it 10-15 minutes after that for all the Google services to update, restart and try download the Starbucks app (ONLY, no other apps).
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I have tried to fully downgrade and return to the fully updated stock. I am currently unlock with s-off. I still cannot download certain apps I had before, i.e Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Google Search. These apps are all compatible with my HTC Incredible. I can't figure out why my phone is all of a sudden not compatible. Does it matter that I'm unlocked?
sotssax said:
I have tried to fully downgrade and return to the fully updated stock. I am currently unlock with s-off. I still cannot download certain apps I had before, i.e Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Google Search. These apps are all compatible with my HTC Incredible. I can't figure out why my phone is all of a sudden not compatible. Does it matter that I'm unlocked?
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No, it does not. Neither Google Play or the app knows your unlocked or S-Off.
So you are saying that completely stock, no custom ROM, changes to build.prop, or root, and these apps are still listed as incompatible?
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acejavelin said:
No, it does not. Neither Google Play or the app knows your unlocked or S-Off.
So you are saying that completely stock, no custom ROM, changes to build.prop, or root, and these apps are still listed as incompatible?
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Everything is stock except for the recovery. I am rooted. I followed the Downgrade and fully updated stock thread and used RUUs. I have been able to sideload the Dunkin Donuts app by downloading it from APK Downloader and it runs fine. For some reason I can't get the Starbucks app that way.
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Everything is stock except for the recovery. I am using CWM recovery. I followed the Downgrade and fully updated stock thread and used RUUs. I have been able to sideload the Dunkin Donuts app by downloading it from APK Downloader and it runs fine. For some reason I can't get the Starbucks app that way.
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Really not sure what to say, recovery would not be relevant (although on a different note, TWRP is recommended over CWM)... Compatibility typically looks at setting from build.prop to verify model and relevant data like PPI and size of screen, and Play knows your OS version already.
Unfortunately I no longer own a Rezound so I can't confirm any of these issues.
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Starbucks, at least, requires 4.1 or higher. That is stated in the description. This may be the limitation on the other app as well. Be sure to check that next time both were updated recently and probably had a feature added not compatible with 4.0 and lower.
Uzephi said:
Starbucks, at least, requires 4.1 or higher. That is stated in the description. This may be the limitation on the other app as well. Be sure to check that next time
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This makes sense, check the basics first... But how did they work on an HTC Incredible? But which Incredible, the original, 2, or 4G? And stock or no?
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This makes sense, check the basics first... But how did they work on an HTC Incredible? But which Incredible, the original, 2, or 4G? And stock or no?
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Maybe an older version worked? Since M is around the corner, maybe ICS is just starting to get phased out on recently updated apps like GB was when LP launched.
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Uzephi said:
Starbucks, at least, requires 4.1 or higher. That is stated in the description. This may be the limitation on the other app as well. Be sure to check that next time both were updated recently and probably had a feature added not compatible with 4.0 and lower.
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Thanks for figuring this out. Is there a way to trick it to think I have 4.1? Maybe change a line or two in the build.prop then change it back after downloading?
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This makes sense, check the basics first... But how did they work on an HTC Incredible? But which Incredible, the original, 2, or 4G? And stock or no?
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I had an older version of the app on my phone before I started to update. I should have backed up the APK before I wiped the phone.
sotssax said:
Thanks for figuring this out. Is there a way to trick it to think I have 4.1? Maybe change a line or two in the build.prop then change it back after downloading?
I had an older version of the app on my phone before I started to update. I should have backed up the APK before I wiped the phone.
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I think your missing the point... If it requires Android 4.1 or higher, they are using certain APIs or something else in the OS that didn't exist in previous versions, there is a reason its marked as incompatible. You are better off to look at one of the APK repository sites and grab an old version of the app.
Don't mess in build.prop unless you really know what you are doing.
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sotssax said:
Thanks for figuring this out. Is there a way to trick it to think I have 4.1? Maybe change a line or two in the build.prop then change it back after downloading?
I had an older version of the app on my phone before I started to update. I should have backed up the APK before I wiped the phone.
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Your best bet would be to flash a JB rom. Most of the 4.1 and 4.2 ones work fine with no issues on this phone.
Related
Adobe Flash 11
CoPilot Live USA 8
CoPilot Live USA 9
Evernote
A LOT of program are not working with the HTC Thunderbolt, does anybody knows why?
Am I the only one having this problem or is this related to the HTC Thunderbolt?
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Adobe Flash 11
CoPilot Live USA 8
CoPilot Live USA 9
Evernote
A LOT of program are not working with the HTC Thunderbolt, does anybody knows why?
Am I the only one having this problem or is this related to the HTC Thunderbolt?
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No problem here. Something is messed up on your device.
Worked for me
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If you cant get them to work, a factory reset should do it or if u are rooted, wipe all and reinstall rom
If you're running a custom ROM, it's possible that there's info in 'build.prop' that the Market reads and could flag apps as incompatible. What are you running ?
FWIW, I didn't check Adobe Flash 11. When did that get released, a day ago ? Two days ago ? Haven't heard there's been an update.... I'll go out on a limb and say that one won't across too many sites that are "Flash 11 only" yet either !! I think you can hold off for a short bit to get that one sorted out !
As for the others, the Market says they're "compatible with all of your devices". I have TBolts and Eris linked to my account, so yes, they'll even run on my old Eris.
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FWIW, I didn't check Adobe Flash 11. When did that get released, a day ago ? Two days ago ? Haven't heard there's been an update....
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Not sure but on mine the Market auto updated Adobe Flash to 11 last night.
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Adobe Flash only shows up in the Market if I look for it. It doesn't appear under My Apps. When I do find it, it has the "update" tag on it though. I don't know if it will eventually auto-update or not since it's a baked-in app. Maps does though...
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Adobe Flash only shows up in the Market if I look for it. It doesn't appear under My Apps. When I do find it, it has the "update" tag on it though. I don't know if it will eventually auto-update or not since it's a baked-in app. Maps does though...
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Once you update it, it will be linked to the market then since you will no longer be using the /system/app version (you'll be using the /data/app version market installed). So from then on it will be listed in your market when an update is available. As far as making that "automatic", you'd have to check that box in the market for that app.
As someone said, it could be something in your build.prop such as your model name, lcd density, or fingerprint.
hallstevenson said:
Adobe Flash only shows up in the Market if I look for it. It doesn't appear under My Apps. When I do find it, it has the "update" tag on it though. I don't know if it will eventually auto-update or not since it's a baked-in app. Maps does though...
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My apologies. I believe I did use the market to install Flash 10.3 and choosing to auto update. I am using Market version 3.1.6 btw
And I assume that Google pushes updates to their apps which is why Gmail and Maps constantly update without user interaction.
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I think with Google's apps, they took it upon themselves to default the "update" flag to 'yes'
rafarataneneces said:
Adobe Flash 11
CoPilot Live USA 8
CoPilot Live USA 9
Evernote
A LOT of program are not working with the HTC Thunderbolt, does anybody knows why?
Am I the only one having this problem or is this related to the HTC Thunderbolt?
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I was just talking to a guy about this. Did you by chance change your screen density? The stock density on the Tbolt is 240. Or if you are using a custom rom maybe the density has been changed?
You can use Root Explorer and go to system/build.prop. long press and chose to view it as a text file and check the density is 240.
I've noticed with a few apps I've gotten "Your device is not compatible with this item" I have gotten around that by finding upload links in threads but what is the real work around for this? I know for a fact that the app it told me wasnt compatible actually works.
I've run into this too. Hope to figure out an answer.
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SysAdmNj said:
I've noticed with a few apps I've gotten "Your device is not compatible with this item" I have gotten around that by finding upload links in threads but what is the real work around for this? I know for a fact that the app it told me wasnt compatible actually works.
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The answer most likely is that the Samsung Galaxy i777 is so new right now
that when developers create the code to their apps most likely are required to
enter or add into their app coding and or database the exact phone names
and models to which they are compatible with before the market allows the
people to download it...........
Just a way to keep the market safer and from getting thousands of complaints
damm , and I wanted to try that wifikill app. Hopefully the creator has a direct link in his thread on xda.
Someone said in that app thread that its because I may have changed my dpi settings, and I did in the build.prop file but I changed it back and I'm still getting the error so I think Misterjunky is correct.
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SysAdmNj said:
damm , and I wanted to try that wifikill app. Hopefully the creator has a direct link in his thread on xda.
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Here is WifiKill.apk from the market for you..... http://www.multiupload.com/6KFWYNKSWY
(free app)
What would the pixel density have to do with any of that? That absolutely is not true as I have the ATT version of the phone and my room mate has the Epic 4G Touch version of this phone. Both are rooted and his is still stock ROM mine is listed below in my signature. My Pix density is 200 and his is stock 240. Both of our markets show as having not compatible apps for our phones such as Adobe Flash and Netflix...Yet We both have the apps on our phones just older versions. When you search them out they are there and claim to have updates but will not let you install. I flashed the UnNamed 1.0.3 ROM to my phone just a few days ago I did a wipe and reset of the phone, after rebooting and customizing (including changing the build.prop file for density) for a short period of time I was able to search out and update Adobe Flash to version 11 and the latest version of Netflix. I go back after a few hours and restoring from TIBU and noticed one of my apps "Make your clock" was the old version I had in my backups that I must have restored over the newer version downloaded earlier in the day from the market updates. I went to update the app and I was not able to do it, now it is not compatible with my phone. I thought at first it was just paid type apps that were doing this and then I investigated and noticed the Flash and Netflix apps were in the list. That threw out any type of security issues that may be trying to be implemented on paid apps now. But is may be something to do with files or sizes related to TIBU and restoring files from backups.
I can confirm that some of the apps in the market will show as incompatible when you change your LCD density. This may not be the only reason, but I have seen this behavior on the Facebook, Skype and YouTube apps.
I just set my density back to 240, restarted, downloaded/updated, then changed back. It's sort of irritating, but until there's a way to override the compatibility check, i think we just live with this work around.
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anabus said:
I can confirm that some of the apps in the market will show as incompatible when you change your LCD density. This may not be the only reason, but I have seen this behavior on the Facebook, Skype and YouTube apps.
I just set my density back to 240, restarted, downloaded/updated, then changed back. It's sort of irritating, but until there's a way to override the compatibility check, i think we just live with this work around.
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Well I just did the same exact thing you just described and can reconfirm it is still not working with apps installed on my phone. But have not ran into any issue with installing any new appsnot previously installed or restored. Have you or do you use TIBU to backup or restore apps or are you straight stock loading apps from the market directly?
hkeyman said:
Well I just did the same exact thing you just described and can reconfirm it is still not working with apps installed on my phone. But have not ran into any issue with installing any new appsnot previously installed or restored. Have you or do you use TIBU to backup or restore apps or are you straight stock loading apps from the market directly?
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Yeah, like I said. There might be more than one problem. This is just the one that worked for me.
Before I figured it out, I had been restoring (old versions) apps using Titanium without any issue. It's a shame that the market compatibility detection is not quite accurate and there's no way to tell the Market "no really, my phone is compatible."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVmiPIGeF4&hd=1&list=PLDE03959E8AD704DA
Yeah, I even ran the RUU that Football posted, without wiping my Google Wallet data first. Why? Because I did it before the thread was posted.
I followed the directions that were posted here, and my Google Wallet worked fine. Then I rooted, and made this video!
I flashed viperboys de odexed and it messed up my wallet .
Than realized I backed it up via titanium restored data and it was perfect well says not supported device but 10$ is back
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I don't think anyone made the claim that unsupported error made your wallet not work. The error everyone is talking about is the "secure element has stopped working" which is a complete different one and it DOES mean that you will NOT be able to use the secure NFC capabilities ever.
The Unsupported Device error only comes up when you have root and has no effect on functionality.
EDIT: While this is awesome and shows people that the unsupported error is nothing, anyone that wants to keep wallet functionality and flashes ROMs should do the following before flashing anything:
Launch Google Wallet
Hit menu button> Settings> Reset Google Wallet
Racer Of All said:
I don't think anyone made the claim that unsupported error made your wallet not work. The error everyone is talking about is the "secure element has stopped working" which is a complete different one and it DOES mean that you will NOT be able to use the secure NFC capabilities ever.
The Unsupported Device error only comes up when you have root and has no effect on functionality.
EDIT: While this is awesome and shows people that the unsupported error is nothing, anyone that wants to keep wallet functionality and flashes ROMs should do the following before flashing anything:
Launch Google Wallet
Hit menu button> Settings> Reset Google Wallet
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Here you go MR!
rizzomach said:
Only thing I notice is Google wallet says unsupported device anyone else have this?
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fredox19 said:
Everyone that said that gwallet work for them and is rooted, when you open your gwallet it doesn't say unsupported device on top? Because if it does then your gwallet is not working.
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leo72793 said:
Just noticed, this makes google wallet unsupported on out devices.
To fix, DENY ROOT PERMS! My stupid self mustve hit allow
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Here (and my Reply). There are SEVERAL more, and I could spend all day finding posts like I qouted and linked to above. THAT'S WHY I made the video. Not because of the whole (NOT RESETTING GOOGLE WALLET) Thing, and then it not wanting to work. I just stated that I ran the RUU without resetting google wallet, followed directions, and got it to work just fine. Have I made my point?
All it probably means is that google will not secure problems with unsupported devices. So basically if your rooted and you use google wallet they want none of the liability. You SOL if you loose your phone.
no se error
So I acadently forgot to reset my wallet before wiping my system and data like 5 time and I booted everytime and I forgot to reset it before flashing vipers Rom and I have yet to receive that error. So is everyone that says it get broken have proof on the EVO or are they going on the proff from the nexus?
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hi all, just to lay everything out i'm software 1.13.651 lazypanda s-off, android 4.0.3 with sense 4.0, i rooted the phone in store during activation, didn't enter any info into the phone only turned it on, activated it then started rooting, i've been reading for days my eyes are going cross, i've been trying to set up google wallet and it wont let me, i get the "not supported has not been certified in your country/device/carrier" pop up then i get told to update the app, i update it and then i get the "not supported for your device or network" i hit ok and it closes, it will not let me get into the menu or anything, is there a specfic update i need, should i have cleared wallet before i rooted even though it was a new and clean phone with no data or do i need to flash something to get this to work or is it borked and im sol?? thank you in advance for any help :highfive:
Update your Rom.....That old version doesn't work right with Google wallet.
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david279 said:
Update your Rom.....That old version doesn't work right with Google wallet.
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what rom do i need and where would i find it??? and will it brick or un root my phone?? could i flash either viper, mean, or CMX and get it to work??? again thank you for any help and a very fast response
curleysevo said:
what rom do i need and where would i find it??? and will it brick or un root my phone?? could i flash either viper, mean, or CMX and get it to work??? again thank you for any help and a very fast response
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I recommend MeanROM ICS! He has the latest Google Wallet that doesn't even check for root.
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I'd rather push the apk that disables root check and keep my cm10 haha, made the mistake of not backing my Google wallet info and account creation is disabled
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I'd rather push the apk that disables root check and keep my cm10 haha, made the mistake of not backing my Google wallet info and account creation is disabled
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i do perfer cmx due to it having jellybean, i'm still new to this so after i flash cmx how would i go about pushing the right apk file??? as always thank you for any help
Someone has to supply an edited apk from the root of the file system you then over write the file and change the permissions and reboot, of course some one could always provide the full apk and you can uninstall the market version and install the modified. A CMX nightly is supposed to be coming out with a fix soon
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Someone has to supply an edited apk from the root of the file system you then over write the file and change the permissions and reboot, of course some one could always provide the full apk and you can uninstall the market version and install the modified. A CMX nightly is supposed to be coming out with a fix soon
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well thats some good news, one stop shop for me then i guess, thank you all who have helped, i guess i'm just gonna have to watch for cmx updates now
The problem is they mentioned the fix like a week ago lol i guess I gotta be more patient.
Edit: you could always flash back to sense enable wallet, back up data for wallet account, reset wallet ( from inside the app, its the only way) and then flash back and just restore app data. I would have done it by now if I wasn't so lazy
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The problem is they mentioned the fix like a week ago lol i guess I gotta be more patient.
Edit: you could always flash back to sense enable wallet, back up data for wallet account, reset wallet ( from inside the app, its the only way) and then flash back and just restore app data. I would have done it by now if I wasn't so lazy
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hahaha, between lazyness and not knowing, i mean even with all the vids and discussions and staying up way late reading everything i can i still needed help just rooting my phone i'm lucky one of the guys at the store i go to was doing his at the same time and helped me with mine
Its takes patience which is why I'm surprised I didn't run into any problems. Then again I have a good grasp on most of the theory. I can very easily trouble shoot most problems with out having to read up in anything, the procedures are what vary but I can still point people in the right direction about 85% of the time
Just thought something and I need to confirm
In the Evo 4g lte themes and apps subforum here, there is a thread about wallet. There is a link there for one from modaco website. DL it, move it to system/app and set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot. Doesn't matter what ROM or version you're using. I used it on sense 1.13 and now on AOKP.
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Haha that's the one I was talking about, I just didn't know how recent it is and right now I'm too lazy to hop on over and check, also nope I knew my idea wouldn't work and just had to see it through lol
My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
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My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
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You will have to root your phone for all this. You can only flash stock rom on the device without rooting it.
What bloat wares are we talking about specifically? Do you mean all the S-voice/S-Note/Air gestures??
They can be activated and deactivated from the pull down menu. Other things need to be disabled manually!There is no work around this without root. You can try the widgets on the screen that allow you to disable wi-fi and bluetooth but its nothing new than what samsung offers from the pulldown menu
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
You should did root
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What, you mean you don't absolutely NEED NFL Mobile? And Verizon Navigator is so much better than Google Maps!
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You can't remove system apps without root. Clean Master has a function to remove bloat if you're rooted. I don't know if this is changed to disabling if you're not rooted, because my devices are rooted. I seem to remember a previous version of Clean Master had something like that. It merely took you to the app info scree, one at a time, but at least it did it sequentially instead of you having to hunt for each one on your own. Maybe that still exists.
Since Android 4.1, many bloatware type apps can just be disabled via the the built-in Application Manager in your Settings app. Disabling it will hide it from the launcher and make it so it does not run, essentially doing the same thing as uninstalling it. It is better this way because some phones will not properly update if something is modified or removed from the /system partition. Also worth noting in regards to this as it is a popular misconception, removing these unwanted apps will not provide you with more usable storage as they are contained in /system/app and the apps you install via the Play Store or 3rd party sources will only install to /data/app unless rooted and moved.
That being said, TowelRoot is a newer rooting method for many newer phones running 4.4+(especially Galaxies like the S4 and Note 3). This root method is done via an app on the phone and only takes seconds and does not trip Knox. You could root, freeze what you needed and then unroot without anyone the wiser, though, of course, this is done at your own risk - like any other mod.
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You will have to root your phone for all this. You can only flash stock rom on the device without rooting it.
What bloat wares are we talking about specifically? Do you mean all the S-voice/S-Note/Air gestures??
They can be activated and deactivated from the pull down menu. Other things need to be disabled manually!There is no work around this without root. You can try the widgets on the screen that allow you to disable wi-fi and bluetooth but its nothing new than what samsung offers from the pulldown menu
Hit thanks if this was helpful!
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How do I flash stock roms without rooting?
As I mentioned every time I need to do a factory reset it takes about 4 hours of disabling things to get it to the state I want.
There's this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058944
xda'dra said:
You should did root
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I can't.
Planterz said:
What, you mean you don't absolutely NEED NFL Mobile? And Verizon Navigator is so much better than Google Maps!
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You can't remove system apps without root. Clean Master has a function to remove bloat if you're rooted. I don't know if this is changed to disabling if you're not rooted, because my devices are rooted. I seem to remember a previous version of Clean Master had something like that. It merely took you to the app info scree, one at a time, but at least it did it sequentially instead of you having to hunt for each one on your own. Maybe that still exists.
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Thanks.
es0tericcha0s said:
Since Android 4.1, many bloatware type apps can just be disabled via the the built-in Application Manager in your Settings app. Disabling it will hide it from the launcher and make it so it does not run, essentially doing the same thing as uninstalling it. It is better this way because some phones will not properly update if something is modified or removed from the /system partition. Also worth noting in regards to this as it is a popular misconception, removing these unwanted apps will not provide you with more usable storage as they are contained in /system/app and the apps you install via the Play Store or 3rd party sources will only install to /data/app unless rooted and moved.
That being said, TowelRoot is a newer rooting method for many newer phones running 4.4+(especially Galaxies like the S4 and Note 3). This root method is done via an app on the phone and only takes seconds and does not trip Knox. You could root, freeze what you needed and then unroot without anyone the wiser, though, of course, this is done at your own risk - like any other mod.
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Yes you can disable them but it takes about 4 hours to do it each time. There's a lot of them. About 95% of stuff needs to be disabled.
Towelroot looks great unfortunately I am not able to root the phone. They don't use knox. I can do anything but root the phone really. I really just want vanilla android I'm a bit sick of touchwiz. I'd love to just flash to the developer edition or something.
bird11 said:
My job gives me a Samsing S4 from Verizon that is filled with bloat. I have to manually go in and disable everything which takes about 4 hours or so. I am looking for an app that can do it for me but it needs to be a well known app not something that somebody just posts an apk. Any auggestions?
We are not allowed to root the phones. It would be great if I could put a googe play edition or developer edition rom on it or something but I don't think that's possible.
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The S4s bootloader is locked so basically not a lot to choose from. And as others have mentioned you need root to gain access to remove bloatware. Sadly samsung phones on VZW are filled with it as well as many other phones, it's not limited to just samsung.
And navigator may be better than Google maps but maps is free and having been a former user of both NFL mobile (when it was free) and navigator I'm happy I got rid of both of them
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bird11 said:
How do I flash stock roms without rooting?
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You can't flash any ROM without rooting, and aren't you already on stock?
I think you're gonna have to just live with it...
el-figurin said:
You can't flash any ROM without rooting, and aren't you already on stock?
I think you're gonna have to just live with it...
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I'm almost sure they are on stock as its a work phone and mentioned in the first post that they aren't allowed to root
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ShapesBlue said:
I'm almost sure they are on stock as its a work phone and mentioned in the first post that they aren't allowed to root
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Yes, not much to do with those restrictions...
el-figurin said:
Yes, not much to do with those restrictions...
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That's very true. Some people however don't know you need root to remove bloatware or unneeded apps
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has anyone gotten this to work yet, especially on a custom ROM? I've tried CM12, CM12.1 and AOSPA 5.1. no dice. I've tried unrooting, installing different version google play services, nothing works. I'm more than happy to use the new Android Pay app, but if thats a no go, then why did the Google Play Services update have to break my ability to use my phone for tap-to-pay on Google Wallet?
N00b-un-2 said:
has anyone gotten this to work yet, especially on a custom ROM? I've tried CM12, CM12.1 and AOSPA 5.1. no dice. I've tried unrooting, installing different version google play services, nothing works. I'm more than happy to use the new Android Pay app, but if thats a no go, then why did the Google Play Services update have to break my ability to use my phone for tap-to-pay on Google Wallet?
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I seeing the same thing on CM12.1....Android pay seems to hate this rom for sure lol. I'm hoping they fix it or someone finds a workaround soon.
I'm having the same issue on Jasmine 8.0 with stock kernel.
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I did a little experimenting this weekend and here is what I was able to do with Android Pay.
1. KDZ'd back to 23C
2. Installed Android Pay and set it up.
3. Rooted 23C and added TWRP.
4. Installed XPosed
I have not had the opportunity to actually try the Android Pay in an actual transaction yet but I can add and remove cards at will now. I'm thinking there must be some parameters possibly in the buildprop file that the Android Pay doesn't like with Custom roms.
lakingslayer said:
I did a little experimenting this weekend and here is what I was able to do with Android Pay.
1. KDZ'd back to 23C
2. Installed Android Pay and set it up.
3. Rooted 23C and added TWRP.
4. Installed XPosed
I have not had the opportunity to actually try the Android Pay in an actual transaction yet but I can add and remove cards at will now. I'm thinking there must be some parameters possibly in the buildprop file that the Android Pay doesn't like with Custom roms.
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How are you guys getting the Android Pay app?
vv1914 said:
How are you guys getting the Android Pay app?
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http://bfy.tw/1q7t
I will not accept being required to have a lockscreen enabled, and I do not like that they try to avoid running on rooted phones.
Google Wallet is still working fine on my rooted stock KitKat vs985 and I disabled automatic updates for Wallet before Pay could replace it. I'll see how that goes.
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trent9901 said:
I will not accept being required to have a lockscreen enabled, and I do not like that they try to avoid running on rooted phones.
Google Wallet is still working fine on my rooted stock KitKat vs985 and I disabled automatic updates for Wallet before Pay could replace it. I'll see how that goes.
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It will stop talking to servers and die.
They did that when they changed from secure element on the phone.
Does anyone have the stock 24B build.prop file?
I'm trying to get hack working for pay for a phone with Jasmin ROM.
vv1914 said:
How are you guys getting the Android Pay app?
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Send me your build.prop.
Google Wallet still working for credit card transactions after I rolled back from the Pay update, as of this afternoon. Loyalty cards still working here too.
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