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Question About Increasing Speed - Titanium Backup

Does "Freezing" apps in Titanium Backup work the same as renaming them or deleting them? Also, if I wanted to receive an OTA upgrade or apply an update.zip, I would have to rename them back to .apk correct?
I'm looking to try and run some benchmarks in quadrant for before and after of some bloatware (which is why I don't want to just hide them with launcher pro).
Sorry if this has been asked already, I promise I searched first!!!
Thanks in advance

I believe it does. Why?
There are a couple different ways to see what processes are running on your phone, (Settings>Applications>Running Services, the various task killer/manager apps, etc). I systematically went through the list of running services and froze a bunch of them. Then I restarted my phone. The services were no longer auto-starting / auto-running. I believe Titanium Backup actually renames them using a particular file extension which allows it to recognize them as "frozen" and prevents them from being recognized at APK packages. I could be wrong about any / all of this, but I believe my observations are easily reproduced if you have a copy of Titanium Backup installed.

I bit the bullet and dropped the few bucks but even freezing apps didn't seem to make it any faster. I seemed to pull about the same score in quadrant.

Just because an app is showing as "running" in Android, DOES NOT mean its using its taxing the CPU. Unless the app is classified as foreground, or service, its basically just dormant, waiting to be called on and ready in an instant. For the most part, freezing apps isnt gonna do jack.
As long as you aren't using a task killer, Android (and especially Froyo 2.2) knows when to kill off apps and apply the memory in other places as needed.

LexusBrian400 said:
Just because an app is showing as "running" in Android, DOES NOT mean its using its taxing the CPU. Unless the app is classified as foreground, or service, its basically just dormant, waiting to be called on and ready in an instant. For the most part, freezing apps isnt gonna do jack.
As long as you aren't using a task killer, Android (and especially Froyo 2.2) knows when to kill off apps and apply the memory in other places as needed.
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How about removing them completely by renaming?

LexusBrian400 said:
Just because an app is showing as "running" in Android, DOES NOT mean its using its taxing the CPU. Unless the app is classified as foreground, or service, its basically just dormant, waiting to be called on and ready in an instant. For the most part, freezing apps isnt gonna do jack.
As long as you aren't using a task killer, Android (and especially Froyo 2.2) knows when to kill off apps and apply the memory in other places as needed.
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Before freezing apps I was pulling about 900 on Quadrant. I froze A LOT of apps that I have no need for including "home" because I use Launcher Pro and I have no need for the Moto home app to run in the background. After freezing I waited until my phone had been running a while and I had used a few apps then benchmarked again. Quadrant scored 2171. I'd say it made a difference. I took a screenshot if anyone wants proof.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Any chance you could post which apps you froze?
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mrnosox said:
Before freezing apps I was pulling about 900 on Quadrant. I froze A LOT of apps that I have no need for including "home" because I use Launcher Pro and I have no need for the Moto home app to run in the background. After freezing I waited until my phone had been running a while and I had used a few apps then benchmarked again. Quadrant scored 2171. I'd say it made a difference. I took a screenshot if anyone wants proof.
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I'm sorry, but you DID NOT get that score unless you used the stagefright mod in your build.prop
Nice try.

LexusBrian400 said:
I'm sorry, but you DID NOT get that score unless you used the stagefright mod in your build.prop
Nice try.
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I never said I didn't. I'm using the 2.2 Nandroid backup from this forum and I think it includes that. Why, does that give a false reading?
I'll be glad to give a list of what I've frozen, but it looks like I did freeze one system process that I need to unfreeze. Whichever one lets you see what your battery has been using. Whenever I try to go to it, settings crashes. Anyone know what I need to unfreeze?

mrnosox said:
I never said I didn't. I'm using the 2.2 Nandroid backup from this forum and I think it includes that. Why, does that give a false reading?
I'll be glad to give a list of what I've frozen, but it looks like I did freeze one system process that I need to unfreeze. Whichever one lets you see what your battery has been using. Whenever I try to go to it, settings crashes. Anyone know what I need to unfreeze?
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Well i didnt want everyone here to be mislead that they were gonna get that score just by freezing apps. Afterall, thats what this post is about. And you made it seem like you got that score by freezing apps. BTW, that build.prop edit you have breaks the gallery's ability to playback HD content. I'd recommend getting rid of it and using this mod found here, My build.prop edit and Instructions
I had that battery settings issue also. The only way I ended up fixing it was to SBF, and then update to 2.2 via koush's Rom Manager. Works great now.

I discovered that on mine the battery manager bug only appears when the battery is below 50%

LexusBrian400 said:
Well i didnt want everyone here to be mislead that they were gonna get that score just by freezing apps. Afterall, thats what this post is about. And you made it seem like you got that score by freezing apps. BTW, that build.prop edit you have breaks the gallery's ability to playback HD content. I'd recommend getting rid of it and using this mod found here, My build.prop edit and Instructions
I had that battery settings issue also. The only way I ended up fixing it was to SBF, and then update to 2.2 via koush's Rom Manager. Works great now.
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Thanks for the tips! I used your modified build.prop but kept the stagefright mod since i use Act 1 to play videos. Still getting great benchmarks! Thanks!
I think i can do without the battery thing. I really don't want to sbf. I might start from scratch when an ASOP ROM comes out though.

ruddymart said:
I discovered that on mine the battery manager bug only appears when the battery is below 50%
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Mine does it no matter what. Good to know it's not something I did with freezing apps though.

I havent done any stagefright BS... my Quadrant scores are legit...
Right out of the box, the very first hour i had the phone, the first app i installed was Quadrant and my phone got a 1200 brand new running 2.1
Now since then, im running 2.2 and have deleted / renamed many apps, dont even use blur, i use launcherpro etc etc... and now it only scores a 1400 in quadrant
its very frustrating when i can go from a completely 100% out of the box device and get a 1200... and then i do a 2.2 update and delete all this crap and only end up gaining 200 points out of it

Joe92T said:
I havent done any stagefright BS... my Quadrant scores are legit...
Right out of the box, the very first hour i had the phone, the first app i installed was Quadrant and my phone got a 1200 brand new running 2.1
Now since then, im running 2.2 and have deleted / renamed many apps, dont even use blur, i use launcherpro etc etc... and now it only scores a 1400 in quadrant
its very frustrating when i can go from a completely 100% out of the box device and get a 1200... and then i do a 2.2 update and delete all this crap and only end up gaining 200 points out of it
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What did you expect? Its just a software update.

LexusBrian400 said:
What did you expect? Its just a software update.
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On my incredible i was scoring in the 800s with 2.1.. and then when i updated to 2.2 i was scoring 1400s... huuuuugggeee difference.. and now with the new BFS kernal they are using from king.. the INC is hitting 1500 - 1600 quadrants now with no stagefright hack.. making them effectively faster then our devices

[Q] Cannot update multiple installed apps, is it the new market?

Anyone else noticing that since getting the new market, multiple apps on the Nook Color won't update? They just show open, and I presume would not let you install them at all?
The new Windows Phone 7 clone market seems to show apps even if you can't install them, so sounds like that's what's going on but can't figure out why.
Waze, Facebook, Wifi Analyzer.. I think I saw another one too.
Solution is found, although still a tad quirky. You must have the new market and follow this procedure:
skwalas said:
Ah hah! You are correct. Clearing market data at 161 caused me to lose my apps again. So it seems the full process is as follows: (and note I've never force closed the app, not sure why that should be necessary.
1) set dpi to 160 in build.prop
2) reboot
3) clear market app data (force close first may help?)
4) restart market, accept terms, let it rebuild data at 160 dpi
5) profit
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And another procedure, similar, with a few extra steps.
freonchill said:
Posting my results, might help someone
Preface: NC running cm7 7.1.0 rc-1 on sandisk cl4 16gb card with 0.5 random write, 32 queue depth... See my post in the sd card performance topic
Downloaded and installed lcd density app
Choose 160 dpi
Choose reboot via first option, kill
After rebooting, run market
Notice its still broken
Goto running app/services
Kill 2 market services
Goto installed app list
Force quit market app
Clear data
Run market
Accept
Full market front screen with movies, books, apps, etc
Was able to update 12 apps that didnt have update icons since i downloaded new market app.
I just did that, so i will post back if it has problems and or stops working in the future
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If you update your CM7 or otherwise go back to 161 DPI, the market will eventually stop letting you update again. You can redo the procedure above to fix it. And if you you find your Apps list is empty you can try using AppBrain, it will list updates and you can update them one at a time. Not sure about installing new apps that otherwise would be "incompatible" this way, however.
Thanks to everyone that figured this stuff out, the two posts above are only examples which seem to work, there are other folks who started the ball rolling towards a solution.

New market updates multiple apps for me.
Only problem is that sometimes even if some app is already updated, it still shows it at updating list.

i constantly have to clear data for the new market to work properly. Have you tried that? I know after I clear data I get a notification that updates are available.

mrkavanagh said:
i constantly have to clear data for the new market to work properly. Have you tried that? I know after I clear data I get a notification that updates are available.
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By that do you mean clear the notification list? I wouldn't want anyone to read that and go ahead and wipe their data.

Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data.
I constantly have to do this as well.

RASTAVIPER said:
New market updates multiple apps for me.
Only problem is that sometimes even if some app is already updated, it still shows it at updating list.
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Oh, sure, it's updating some apps.. Just some are showing up without the ability to update.
Like I know at least a few apps have updated and they don't show up as needing updates. Or look at Appbrain, you can always see app updates there regardless of the market.
Seems like it's just filtering more apps than it used to. I'm about to remove the new market, it sucks anyway.

Silly question, but how do you guy get the new Market?

votinh said:
Silly question, but how do you guy get the new Market?
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Installed automatically on my NC.. Lucky me. There are also apk's floating around.

I'm having a similar problem since updating to nightly 142. Certain icons are no longer visible in Launcher, Advanced Uninstaller, or Titanium Backup. When I visit the Market I'm not given the download box in the header or an update option. Almost as if the app is incompatible with the device. I tried the Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data procedure with no different result. I did get the message when returning to Market, so I guess I cleared something. The effected apps ( that I'm concerned about ) are Facebook and, of course, Angry Birds. Couple others as well. Thanks for any suggestions

416inversed said:
Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data.
I constantly have to do this as well.
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^THIS...Oh SO much THIS
I had to do this today so that nook tweaks would update

khaytsus said:
Installed automatically on my NC.. Lucky me. There are also apk's floating around.
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Thanks, m8.
You aren't the first one saying "it automatically updated" but surprisingly, mine doesn't. Don't know why.
Yes, I can see some Vendor (Vending?).apk floating around the net but no clue which version they are.

Maugchief said:
I'm having a similar problem since updating to nightly 142. Certain icons are no longer visible in Launcher, Advanced Uninstaller, or Titanium Backup. When I visit the Market I'm not given the download box in the header or an update option. Almost as if the app is incompatible with the device. I tried the Applications>manage apps> market> clear cache; clear data procedure with no different result. I did get the message when returning to Market, so I guess I cleared something. The effected apps ( that I'm concerned about ) are Facebook and, of course, Angry Birds. Couple others as well. Thanks for any suggestions
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Didn't help the issue at hand here for me either, unfortunately..

Sorry you're having the same issues. I also posted to the cyanogen forums and am still waiting for another reply to the post. That's where the Titanium Backup suggestion came from. Here's hoping for another suggestion here.

It doesn't seem like the market notifies you if an app needs a manual update due to changing permissions anymore. Also I get a Appstore and market both saying I need to update Amazon mp3 and after I update one the other app store will still say it's not updated so you have to update again in order to clear the two out
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I am having the same issue as the OP. Agenda Widget Plus and Facebook disappeared from my "MyApps" list but can be found by searching. I have the new market and going into settings to clear data and cache for market did not help. Had been working without issue previously. I am running n146.
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I disabled MarketUpdater.apk last night and uninstalled Market updates and I STILL am having problems with SOME apps.
Oddly, I can see Waze again, but I still cannot 'see' the Plus version of Android Agenda Widget and a few others. I CAN see the free version of Android Agenda Widget, go figure. For some reason I can usually see apps in AppBrain that need updating, but those apps have also disappeared from AppBrain, so I'm not sure what I'm missing currently.
Damn you Google, what are you doing?

Same situation for me. Went to a backup of an earlier nightly that still had the old market and even there Agenda Widget Plus was missing. Also checked the android market web site and it shows Agenda Widget as incompatible with NC. How does the market determine whether an app is compatible with a device? I contacted the Agenda Widget developer and he said he had not changed anything.
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elwood1229 said:
Same situation for me. Went to a backup of an earlier nightly that still had the old market and even there Agenda Widget Plus was missing. Also checked the android market web site and it shows Agenda Widget as incompatible with NC. How does the market determine whether an app is compatible with a device? I contacted the Agenda Widget developer and he said he had not changed anything.
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I'd kinda like to know that as well. When I originally downloaded the crappy Facebook app I had no problem. But when I go to the market on the website now it says it is not compatible even though it works fine. I suspect now that the market is "device aware" any of my installed apps that get updates will not show if the app is no longer considered compatible so I will be stuck with the older version.

patruns said:
I'd kinda like to know that as well. When I originally downloaded the crappy Facebook app I had no problem. But when I go to the market on the website now it says it is not compatible even though it works fine. I suspect now that the market is "device aware" any of my installed apps that get updates will not show if the app is no longer considered compatible so I will be stuck with the older version.
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My guess is that Facebook can use the GPS, or Microphone, Camera... some hardware we don't have.
This is new behavior, at least changed behavior, and it's very annoying.

I've read that "device aware" suggestion in a few places, and decided to try the build.prop edit that I've read about elsewhere. Changed the device name to Samsung S and manufacturer to samsung. It didn't make a difference. I also can't understand why Angry Birds and Checkers could be device specific. The Market definitely knows I've got Nook because it is grayed out in the drop down box. I hope brighter minds than mine can come up with a work around.

New market (3.0.27) doesn't show all apps :(

Hello. I'm sure this has been asked many times, and I apologize for adding another, but I still can't seem to find a solution to this. So the new market app v3.0.27 (is that even the latest version?) doesn't show all the apps, particularly in the "Top Free" section. It also won't allow me to download certain applications like Google Books. The market was running fine just a couple of days ago, but I don't know what's going on now. I tried clearing market cache and google services data but that didn't work ether. Any suggestions?
I am currently running Phiremod 6.3 with the transformbread theme.
Thanks in advance

This is happening to me as well. So far I've been unable to get Flash and Facebook as well as a few others. If I figure it out I'll update.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218974
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196417
You can always try uninstalling the market updates. Or installing an old vending.apk
Use search, you'll find TONS of posts relating to this in the past couple weeks.

HRDLYWRKNG try this
First force stop market and clear the data and cache.
Go to system\build.prop
change the line qemu.sf.lcd_density=161 to 160
reboot and market should work
If you could see movies then you should be able to upgrade and download any app without issues

May I know if you are in America? If you are not, try VPN. For me after upgrade to CM7, Angry Bird and many other application only appear after I used an US IP addres..

yup changing the screen density to 160 worked like a charm. Thanks again guys

Those instuctions(pdf) worked for me.

You can also switch back to 161 after you get it to work. Market took up a lot of resources after time under 160. Also had a few problems with apps like the nook app. When switched back you will still have a working market
Skip everything I just said. It worked for a little bit but now it sucks again
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psychoace said:
You can also switch back to 161 after you get it to work. Market took up a lot of resources after time under 160. Also had a few problems with apps like the nook app. When switched back you will still have a working market
Skip everything I just said. It worked for a little bit but now it sucks again
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As I have stated elsewhere, using 240 instead of 160 to fix market and it appears to work flawlessly ( no data clearing, no app problems etc). Going on over 3 days now without having to do a single thing with the market.
Dunno why this should be the case, but market really is more stable at 240 than 160.

skwalas said:
As I have stated elsewhere, using 240 instead of 160 to fix market and it appears to work flawlessly ( no data clearing, no app problems etc). Going on over 3 days now without having to do a single thing with the market.
Dunno why this should be the case, but market really is more stable at 240 than 160.
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I don't like my icons that big. I would rather go through the lame process of changing my dpi and clearing market every few days then to be stuck at such a large dpi. Maybe I will switch to 240 when I do it but it's not going to stay that way
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Gallery...what the hell happened?

I have a TouchPad using CM9 (I think one of the newer nightlies after the last stable, it's been a few weeks though). Everything has been working fine for a few weeks. Go to my home screen, and the wallpaper is missing (I use a live wallpaper that uses the Gallery to get a custom wallpaper, live wallpaper was working fine, but missing the background). Tried uninstalling/reinstalling the live wallpaper, nothing. Happened to check out the Gallery app, and it looks like all it has access to is my online Google account pics, nothing local on the "SD card".
I tried resetting permissions, wiping cache/Dalvik, deleting the Gallery4.apk and re-installing GApps...nothing. Gallery still only shows online pics. All other GApps appear to be working without any trouble, and I hadn't made any changes at all since my last CM9 re-flash.
Thoughts?

Gallery has always been buggy for me, i removed it altogether and use quickpic from the market instead, no problems.
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Nathanation said:
Gallery has always been buggy for me, i removed it altogether and use quickpic from the market instead, no problems.
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Hmm, ok, I'll give that a try. Not sure if the live wallpaper will be able to recognize that as the default image viewer or not...we'll see. Thanks for the idea!

Nathanation said:
Gallery has always been buggy for me, i removed it altogether and use quickpic from the market instead, no problems.
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Same here.

chicle_11 said:
Same here.
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Ok, fair enough. Screw you, Gallery!

Do you mean live wallpapers like multipic? You should get a pop up with different apps you can use to set where it gathers pics from, any apps where you can view pics, but even file managers should come up.
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Nathanation said:
Do you mean live wallpapers like multipic? You should get a pop up with different apps you can use to set where it gathers pics from, any apps where you can view pics, but even file managers should come up.
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No, it's actually this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mx.livewallpaper.clock
The live wallpaper part is actually the clock, but you can set it to have no background, a solid color background, or a specific image from your device. Up until now, it used the Gallery app to browse the images and you could choose whatever, but I turned on the device and the home screen was black (clock was still there). I tried to reset it, but it wouldn't work. Then I tried to go to Gallery and found it could no longer browse my local device. That's when I figured out something was wrong.

I had a similar problem yesterday after flashing the latest nightly MX video player couldn't see me files which were there, I checked with file explorer. I finally got it to work by removing the tick from the box that said :
Respect.nomedia . I also saw something similar on one of the other forums rootzwiki or cyanogenmod but can't remember which.
:

For anyone who is unaware, Rom Manager's latest update has cause some issue with the nomedia file on the /sdcard where pictures are inaccessible through your native gallery application client. This happened to me earlier.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Solution, though temporary until the ClockworkMod Team releases a fix with the new update:
Uninstall the update for Rom Manager in your 'manage apps' in settings and/or install Quickpic from Google Play.
(or, better yet-)
Update from ClockworkMod website:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/RomManager.apk
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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You didn't say anything about reflashing the ROM itself. Sometimes that's the only way I can get problems to sort out. FDR, format system, cache, install update, gapps, boot once, go back to cwr and fix permissions.
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Apex_Strider said:
For anyone who is unaware, Rom Manager's latest update has cause some issue with the nomedia file on the /sdcard where pictures are inaccessible through your native gallery application client. This happened to me earlier.
Solution, though temporary until the ClockworkMod Team releases a fix with the new update:
Uninstall the update for Rom Manager in your 'manage apps' in settings and/or install Quickpic from Google Play.
(or, better yet-)
Update from ClockworkMod website:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/RomManager.apk
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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Ruh roh, looks like that could be possible. I'm pretty sure I set Rom Manager to allow auto-update...guess that's getting turned off...
Thanks for the update! I'll try this when I get home.

Ok, an update to what I did to fix it.
First, I applied the update to Rom Manager from Apex_Strider's post (thanks again!). I think this was the root of the problem, for sure. However, after applying it, Gallery still wouldn't read local images. I restarted the tablet and tried checking again, but still no good. I then re-installed the update APK one more time, and then ran Rom Manager and chose the "Fix Permissions" option. I went back in to Gallery, and once again it didn't look like it worked...but I just let it sit there for about 15-20 seconds, and finally the images on the device started to populate. Went back and re-configured the live wallpaper to use the local image files, and we're off to the races.
Thanks everyone for the ideas, and Apex_Strider for ultimately pointing me to the solution!

hexydes said:
Ok, an update to what I did to fix it.
First, I applied the update to Rom Manager from Apex_Strider's post (thanks again!). I think this was the root of the problem, for sure. However, after applying it, Gallery still wouldn't read local images. I restarted the tablet and tried checking again, but still no good. I then re-installed the update APK one more time, and then ran Rom Manager and chose the "Fix Permissions" option. I went back in to Gallery, and once again it didn't look like it worked...but I just let it sit there for about 15-20 seconds, and finally the images on the device started to populate. Went back and re-configured the live wallpaper to use the local image files, and we're off to the races.
Thanks everyone for the ideas, and Apex_Strider for ultimately pointing me to the solution!
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Yeah, forgot to mention it'll take some time (depending on how many images you had stored) for everything to re-populate. Glad you got things back in order!
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Apex_Strider said:
Yeah, forgot to mention it'll take some time (depending on how many images you had stored) for everything to re-populate. Glad you got things back in order!
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No worries, thanks again!

[ZIP] [Marshmallow] Google Dialer 2.32 + Google Contacts 1.3 (12/4)

Created a zip based entirely on spasticdroid's previous zip for Lollipop Google Dialer. Just updated the Dialer and Contact apks inside to the latest versions for Marsallow and also updated the frameworks file for them to function properly.
Same as his; you can either disable or completely delete the stock Dialer or Contacts or, if you prefer, you can have two different apps for Phone and Contacts.
[Important]After flashing, you must go into "settings > apps > gear icon (top right) > Default Apps > Phone App" and set the new Google Dialer as the default instead of previous Moto Dialer or the inCallUi will not function at all!![\Important]
Download links in the attachment. All credit to spasticdroid for doing the heavy lifting I just moved some files around.
Confirmed working on both odexed and deodexed based roms! If you experience any problems make sure all permissions are turned on and and clear the apps data and cache

The app is working but when I try to search a nearby place it doesn't work.
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I experienced that at first not sure if maybe it was after I rebooted but it eventually began to work not honestly sure what causes it

I have rebooted a few times... I'll rode it out for a bit and see what happens. I surely miss it. I don't know why moto doesn't include it. Also note that the inversion layers doesn't work correctly with it. Some black on black text.
Thanks
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shoman94 said:
I have rebooted a few times... I'll rode it out for a bit and see what happens. I surely miss it. I don't know why moto doesn't include it. Also note that the inversion layers doesn't work correctly with it. Some black on black text.
Thanks
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You have to give the phone app permission to access location. Even though I keep my location on, I had to manually give it permission. It's one of the nuances of the Marshmallow app permissions.

dustin_b said:
You have to give the phone app permission to access location. Even though I keep my location on, I had to manually give it permission. It's one of the nuances of the Marshmallow app permissions.
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I did.... The only thing I don't turn on is the Wifi search even when wifi is off.
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shoman94 said:
I did.... The only thing I don't turn on is the Wifi search even when wifi is off.
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Did you turn on nearby places in the phone settings?

shoman94 said:
I have rebooted a few times... I'll rode it out for a bit and see what happens. I surely miss it. I don't know why moto doesn't include it. Also note that the inversion layers doesn't work correctly with it. Some black on black text.
Thanks
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So are you on a odexed or deodexed rom because layers work perfectly for me with this? Also in terms of the location do you have google history turned on? Mine is on I'm not sure if this is maybe whats causing your issue. Also my location is tuned to high accuracy, could also be a part of it.

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Did you turn on nearby places in the phone settings?
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Yes that is turned on
timde9 said:
So are you on a odexed or deodexed rom because layers work perfectly for me with this? Also in terms of the location do you have google history turned on? Mine is on I'm not sure if this is maybe whats causing your issue. Also my location is tuned to high accuracy, could also be a part of it.
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Yes I'm on odexed
In the dialer.... Recent tab is black on black and when I open the contacts app is black on black.
This is using inversionUI which is fine on the Moto dialer.
Everything is on for location except for the bluetooth and wifi setting in the location settings. I wouldn't care about the theme if it functioned correctly but for me it hasn't so far.
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Did you turn on nearby places in the phone settings?
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it works on odexed rom, i havent made a call yet but when i flashed it did boot up.....:

Flashed on stock rooted MM. Everything works! Including visual VM and call blocking!!! Thanks OP!
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vnphantom said:
Flashed on stock rooted MM. Everything works! Including visual VM and call blocking!!! Thanks OP!
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What about the nearby places.... It's still not working for me.
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shoman94 said:
What about the nearby places.... It's still not working for me.
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Stock rooted MM here. Nearby places working for me.

Installed the zip, rebooted, renamed contacts and dials to .sav (just in case), rebooted again.
Was asked about permissions for both apps including "location based searching"
Changed the default app for phone to "phone"
Shows nearby places when I type "Pizza" in the search bar in the phone app.
Everything looks good except Im getting a message about voice mail stopping. I have Verizon Visual Voicemail app installed, so its not clear what is going on there.
Im running TruPureXMM 2.1
EDIT: Tried VVM and had to grant a bunch of permissions which should address the voice mail stopping message. How is VVM integrated into the dialer?

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Cleared cache and data in the app and it now works.... Go figure. ?

*edit* this is a useless post my bad

Looks like this breaks the SafteyNet for Android Pay after I flash it.

Thanks, worked flawlessly.

Just an update to my previous reply.
Instead of flashing the zip, I moved the files into the proper folders under /system with RootExplorer. Also manually set the permissions on each file. After a reboot the Phone and Contacts app shows up in the app drawer, and I can proceed with disabling the moto equivalents. Everything seems to be working (including In-call UI), and SafteyNet still passes it's checks, so Android Pay should continue to work.

Not using AndroidPay so I can't speak for that, but I can say that after setting this as Default for Phone, clearing Data / Cache for both Contacts and Phone apps and setting permissions, this works flawlessly! Thank you so much!!!