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[HOW TO] Stop the Amazon App Store from listing uninstalled apps under My Apps

Have you been sucked in by Amazon's free app of the day promotion, downloaded an app, played with it for a couple hours and then decided to uninstall it?
Have you noticed how that uninstalled app will forever appear under My Apps in the App Store?
I wanted Amazon to stop passively reminding me about my fleeting affair with a past free app every time I go to their app store to try out the next free app of the day. The app store doesn't offer any way of removing the uninstalled and I like my lists to be cleaned up.
The solution I found is not perfect, but it works for me. I tried a variety of ways and this is the only thing I could find that avoided having the uninstalled apps re-appear after the app store syncs itself with my account. It requires root, Root Explorer and SQLite Editor. There are probably other ways to do this, but this worked for me.
In Root Explorer, go to the data/data/com.amazon.venezia/databases folder and open the file called "locker". With SQLite Editor installed, Root Explorer will automatically open the file with write permissions. There will be a list of 8 tables:
Applications - this is the table you want to edit
Blacklist - seems to be a table containing apps that are removed from Amazon
BlacklistCursor - somehow related to Blacklist
ContentTokens - the tokens for the apps you've downloaded. Syncs with your Amazon account every time you open the App Store. Deleting records here does nothing, as far as I could tell.
Downloads - lists any downloaded but not yet installed apps. When you download an app from the Amazon App Store, it downloads to a folder on your SD Card located at sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache. Amazon names the apk oddly. Deleting records here does nothing, as far as I could tell.
Wishlist - I assume this syncs with your Amazon wishlist for apps. I don't use it, so I don't know for sure.
android_metadata - One record that identifies the locale as en_US.
sqlite_sequence - identifies the next sequence number that can be used (right? I'm not that familiar with it)
Select Applications
The first field is the ASIN identifier that Amazon uses. You can search Amazon for this and find the app that way, just in case you wanted to know.
Now, it would be great if deleting the record you don't want worked, but Amazon will just resync and add the record again. Boo.
The more interesting fields are off to the right, so scroll down that way.
Right after the SoldBy field are true/false flags. I'm listing them here, because I'm not entirely sure what they all do and maybe someone can fill in the blanks. If you edit most of these fields, Amazon will just reset them when it syncs, too. We want IsHiddenFromActionableItems.
IsPurchased - 1 if purchased
IsNew - 1 if there is a new version (to download or already downloaded but not installed, it seems)
IsUpdateAvailable - 1 if there is an update available (installed, with update available)
IsFlagged - not sure
IsNewNotified - 1 if notified of the new version.
IsUpdateAvailableNotified - 1 if notified of an update available. Interestingly, for the apps I uninstall the IsNew flag is true and IsUpdateAvailable is false, but the IsNewNotified is false and IsUpdateAvailableNotified is true. Seems backwards.
IsFlaggedNotified - notified of flagging?
IsHiddenFromActionableItems - this is the one you want.
IsDownloaded - 1 if downloaded and the file is still in its download location.
IsInstalled - 1 if downloaded and installed.
Full step by step:
***You need root***
1. In Root Explorer, go to the data/data/com.amazon.venezia/databases folder and open the file called "locker".
2. Select Applications
3. Highlight the record you want to edit by tapping it
4. Long press on the value in IsHiddenFromActionableItems.
5. Select Edit Field
6. Change the value from 0 to 1 (or the opposite if you want it back in the list)
7. Click Save
8. Repeat 4 - 7 for any other records you want.
9. Hit back to return to the table list and back again to go back to the folder.
That's it. When you run the Amazon App Store again, the apps you've changed the IsHiddenFromActionableItems value to 1 for will no longer appear under New (and presumably Update Available). Unfortunately, the apps will still show up under the All menu, unless you filter by Installed apps only.
Sorry for the long post, but I thought maybe someone else with more background than me would be able to figure out some other workaround.
I'm not responsible if this somehow screws up your phone.

THANK YOU.
God I thought I'd be waiting forever for them to come up with a better way to manage your purchased apps.

I'd be willing to bet that we'll see a better way to manage apps in future releases of their app store, but I'm not willing to wait for that.

You. are a god! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I was so happy when I saw this post. I tried the recommended resolution. However, when I hit the refresh button in the Amazon App Store, the "hidden" application came back.
Any ideas? I would love to have a solution.
Thanks,
Evan

Two new ideas that may help with this issue:
1) If you are *totally sure* you never want to see the app again..
Just delete the app.
Amazon's official instructions are a ways down this page:
Amazon Appstore for Android says:
(AMAZON OFFICIAL)
Amazon Appstore for Android customers can now permanently delete apps from their account. To use this feature, visit the Your Apps and Devices (http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/your-account/myapps) section of the Amazon Appstore for Android and click "Actions."
To learn more about this feature, visit:
Appstore for Android FAQs - http://www.amazon.com/appstore/faq
Appstore for Android "Manage Apps" overview - http://www.amazon.com/help/managingapps
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Note this is a somewhat drastic step - if you change your mind you will have to pay for the app all over again. Works great for free apps of course.
2) Amazon may have given us a way to run off *all* notifications with the latest Amazon App Store apk. See http://www.goodandevo.net/2012/03/turn-off-amazon-appstore-notifications-on-your-htc-evo.html

Does anyone know if there is a similar process that can now be used? It seems like the recent update to the appstore app broke this method.
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How to avoid play store update for an app

Hi
The latest google search crash on my rom, so I don't want to update it from play store, but I don't know how to disable the update for the apps that I want. I tried to detach from market with titanium but still wants to update it.
any idea?

if you go to Google Play, select the app, there is check box that can disable automatically updating. You'll still get a push notification of the update, but you can clear it and won't show up till a reboot.
There is setting within Google Play to change autoupdate for all apps too.

lovekeiiy said:
if you go to Google Play, select the app, there is check box that can disable automatically updating. You'll still get a push notification of the update, but you can clear it and won't show up till a reboot.
There is setting within Google Play to change autoupdate for all apps too.
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No, that's not that I wanted to ask.
I have auto-updates disabled, but when I go to "my apps", play store shows all my apps that needs to be updated, if I click the update button, all of them starts the update, I want to play store don't show that app so it will never update.
Right now I need to update all of them, then look to search and then cancel that one.

Its just like he said on the new play store auto update is under options on the particular app screen if you uncheck that that app wont update on you..i know dor a fact because i have a few apps set that way...wallet in particular because the new play store auto set everything to auto update and screwed mtly wallet up for a bit and i had to find the auto uodate option.

I don't know of any other way. You may want to try to side load the application. I know the apps I side load, which are not available in the US, don't update the usual way. Some I was to get when you could still use MarketEnable and other similar apps. This has been my experience with NFL Game Pass, BBC iPlayer, etc. They don't show up having an update. I have to go to all apps in the my application list, and manually check all app, and manually update those apps that show an update is available.
I'm not saying it'll work. It's just might do what you're seeking.
Also, TB did an update and had something about delinking. You may want to give it another try.
Personally, I had a few apps I didn't want to update. I would either update the apps I wanted one by one. Otherwise, when I hit update all, I would just hit the one I didn't, and hit stop update. Hopefully, the app wasn't the first to be updated.

Phone got a whole lot of HTC Updates this morning from the google play store

HTC Dot View App
HTC Gallery App
HTC Guide App
HTC Sense TV App
HTC Service Pack
ZOE

Odd.. I notice these having updates, but they don't get listed in with the available updates in the "My apps" section in Google Play.
If you go to the apps individually in Google Play though, it shows an "update" button (clicking the other apps by this developer link is helpful in finding the others BTW).
This sounds familiar for some system apps, but not others (many Google apps auto-updated when I first activated the phone, even before I could get to the UI to turn off auto-updating). Anyone found a way to actually find -all- apps that have updates?

gbritton said:
Odd.. I notice these having updates, but they don't get listed in with the available updates in the "My apps" section in Google Play.
If you go to the apps individually in Google Play though, it shows an "update" button (clicking the other apps by this developer link is helpful in finding the others BTW).
This sounds familiar for some system apps, but not others (many Google apps auto-updated when I first activated the phone, even before I could get to the UI to turn off auto-updating). Anyone found a way to actually find -all- apps that have updates?
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Oh man I hate the autoupdating, I always turn that off, I like to be in control of that. I don't know why that setting doesnt save when you get a new phone or wipe your device.

The updates may be rolling out in phases. I recipes those updates yesterday afternoon while I was setting g the phone up for the first time.

Restart your phone and you'll get them

[Q] No apps appearing in Samsung gear appstore

Hello all,
I've been using a non-rooted Galaxy note 3 and Gear combo now for a while, but recently decided to take the plunge and flashed Tizen onto my Gear. However, after the upgrade, I can no longer access any of the gear apps in the samsung app store. The initial app store homescreen displays a few apps, such as the editor's picks, etc. but once I select any of the displayed apps, it gives me a "no data" message. It also displays the same "no data" screen if i hit the "Top" or "Category" tabs at the top of the screen I've tried reflashing different versions of Tizen, and presenty have a rooted version of NE9 running.
Has anyone else come across this problem? or better yet, has anyone actually been able to remedy it?

I am getting the exact same problem. Note 3 and Gear 1, just upgraded to Tizen last night and now Gear Manager apps show no data. Hope someone can provide a fix.

Check out this thread as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54312586

I need bloatware list

Can anyone give me a list of bloatware that I can remove/disable? please note I will not root my tablet

Anything that you can remove without root, is safe to remove. It's up to you to decide whether you need or want an app. What extra stuff is preloaded depends on your region.

You can not remove any bloadware without rooting your device. I mostly remove high data usage apps like Samsung link, google MUSIC, book.. . And other google apps which im not use them and Microsoft Excel,word etc. You can check and remove apps with this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easyapps.txtoolbox

GidiK said:
Anything that you can remove without root, is safe to remove. It's up to you to decide whether you need or want an app. What extra stuff is preloaded depends on your region.
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Not exactly true. For example, it is possible to disable "Galaxy Apps" without root by simply going to application manager and clicking "Disable" button. However, doing so will cause anything installed through "Galaxy Apps" marketplace to fail to update. Like Microsoft Office apps, for one example. The app itself will say "New version available", but clicking on "Get It" button will just silently fail.

TheKorbenDallas said:
Not exactly true. For example, it is possible to disable "Galaxy Apps" without root by simply going to application manager and clicking "Disable" button. However, doing so will cause anything installed through "Galaxy Apps" marketplace to fail to update. Like Microsoft Office apps, for one example. The app itself will say "New version available", but clicking on "Get It" button will just silently fail.
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I was talking about removing, not just disabling. The bloatware, like e.g. the pizza and hotel apps included in the German firmware, can be removed like normal apps via the app drawer. I would indeed think that disabling system apps like "Galaxy Apps" is riskier.
The situation with the pre-installed Office apps is a bit weird: you can't update them via the Google Play, even though Google Play indicates that an update is available. Somehow Google thinks that these apps are incompatible with our device and refuses to install or update them. Even though they are pre-installed and our device clearly is compatible. This happens even if you haven't disabled "Galaxy Apps". But you do indeed need "Galaxy Apps" if you do want to update them, since that store does see our device as compatible. Though in my experience, updates arrive in "Galaxy Apps" much later.

GidiK said:
I was talking about removing, not just disabling. The bloatware, like e.g. the pizza and hotel apps included in the German firmware, can be removed like normal apps via the app drawer. I would indeed think that disabling system apps like "Galaxy Apps" is riskier.
The situation with the pre-installed Office apps is a bit weird: you can't update them via the Google Play, even though Google Play indicates that an update is available. Somehow Google thinks that these apps are incompatible with our device and refuses to install or update them. Even though they are pre-installed and our device clearly is compatible. This happens even if you haven't disabled "Galaxy Apps". But you do indeed need "Galaxy Apps" if you do want to update them, since that store does see our device as compatible. Though in my experience, updates arrive in "Galaxy Apps" much later.
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What if I disable Galaxy Apps and remove Office apps and reinstall it through Google Play will it update properly?

Ruriko said:
What if I disable Galaxy Apps and remove Office apps and reinstall it through Google Play will it update properly?
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No. Google Play has marked the Office applications as incompatible with our device, so I suspect you can't reinstall it from Google Play.

Is there a link to a description of these apps/packages anywhere? I'd like to take a look at one before I disable my stuff... Or do I need to google them one by one? I downloaded a package info tool but as for descriptions, it just has a button that says "Google It" and it just shoves the query into my search app...which isn't exactly what I expected when downloading the app.

klear6 said:
Is there a link to a description of these apps/packages anywhere? I'd like to take a look at one before I disable my stuff... Or do I need to google them one by one? I downloaded a package info tool but as for descriptions, it just has a button that says "Google It" and it just shoves the query into my search app...which isn't exactly what I expected when downloading the app.
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I hear you Klear, all us simple users need is a list of things which are safe to disable on a stock tablet running Android 7. I've disabled the following and things seem to be OK:-
-Dictionary
-Drive
-Excel
-Google Play & Movies
-Hangouts
-Memo
-OneDrive
-OneNote
-Photos
-Powerpoint
-SideSync
-Word
I suspect there are many more?

Everything Samsung related, I'd say.
I can send you my list if you wish.

GidiK said:
No. Google Play has marked the Office applications as incompatible with our device, so I suspect you can't reinstall it from Google Play.
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I don't think that's completely true. I regularly receive updates via play store at least on the beta channel