I've been fed up with the poor battery life on Lollipop and Marshmallow, so I decided to downgrade my Z3c to KitKat. I did it "by the book," using Flashtool to downgrade (I checked both boxes to wipe everything in Flashtool), giefroot, dual recovery, etc. I installed a prerooted zip of 23.0.1.A.5.77 and then flashed RICdefeat and a mod specifically designed for 23.0.1.A.5.77 so I could have Xloud. Both the prerooted firmware and the mod are from XDA. So far so good. I had root and recovery working perfectly, and I started downloading my apps from the Play Store.
Everything looked great until I tried to access the Play store after the first reboot. The Installed Apps under the My Apps menu would not show up at all, and anything I tried to download would just hang at "download pending" and never make any progress. Furthermore I could not download anything from my browser (Chrome). And every time I tried to assign ringtones or notification sounds, Media Storage crashed. I did some searching and found that the Download Manager and Media Storage are somehow linked and seem to be the cause of this problem. Things went back to normal after I cleared the cache (or force closed if there was no clear cache option) from both of those in settings, but this does not persist after a reboot. So every time I reboot the phone, I have to go back and clear those manually, and then re-assign all of my custom sounds (ringtones, notifications, etc) due to media storage being cleared. Luckily I don't reboot all that often, but obviously this is not ideal.
I do have Xposed with a few modules (Gravitybox, Amplify, Greenify, etc.) installed, but this problem occurred before I even installed Xposed. I use Titanium Backup to freeze some of Sony's bloatware. Otherwise I'm basically stock with a locked bootloader, and I have plenty of free space on internal storage.
What is causing my download manager and media storage to keep messing things up, and is there a fix?
You mentioned that you have frozen some of the Sony's bloatware on your phone. Might have something to do with that!
About the download pending on Play Store: Play Store might be needed to be updated, so go to settings (sliding menu from Play Store) and tap on Build Version, it will say something like "Newer version will be downloaded and installed etc" IF you have an old version of the Play Store.
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I updated to ICS over Kies, then restored my apps with Titanium Backup. For those that don't know, Adobe Flash Player is installed as a system app. I think something went wrong with the restore for flash player with TB, because after restore finished, Google Play notified me that there was an update to Flash Player (even though I had already restored the latest version). So I updated through Google Play.
Now my current situation, the flash player doesn't work now. However, the flash player setting icon is still present in Touchwiz. To get it to work, I have to restore it with TB, which installs successfully, even though it's treated as a system app (and at least for me, TB has always hung when trying to restore a system app).
Every time I reboot the phone or power off/on, flash player stops working and I have to restore with TB to get it working again. Checking the list of system apps after I do a restore does not show anything new - so I have a feeling TB is not actually restoring it as a system app?
1) Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how I can fix it?
2) I've pulled up the list of system apps, and the only .apk I can see corresponding to the flash player is titled "com.android.flashplayer-2.apk". Is this how it appears for those of you on stock ICS?
(I also tried removing com.android.flashplayer-2.apk, then installed it as "com.android.flashplayer-1.apk" in system apps and the problem still persisted.)
nitroblu said:
I updated to ICS over Kies, then restored my apps with Titanium Backup. For those that don't know, Adobe Flash Player is installed as a system app. I think something went wrong with the restore for flash player with TB, because after restore finished, Google Play notified me that there was an update to Flash Player (even though I had already restored the latest version). So I updated through Google Play.
Now my current situation, the flash player doesn't work now. However, the flash player setting icon is still present in Touchwiz. To get it to work, I have to restore it with TB, which installs successfully, even though it's treated as a system app (and at least for me, TB has always hung when trying to restore a system app).
Every time I reboot the phone or power off/on, flash player stops working and I have to restore with TB to get it working again. Checking the list of system apps after I do a restore does not show anything new - so I have a feeling TB is not actually restoring it as a system app?
1) Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how I can fix it?
2) I've pulled up the list of system apps, and the only .apk I can see corresponding to the flash player is titled "com.android.flashplayer-2.apk". Is this how it appears for those of you on stock ICS?
(I also tried removing com.android.flashplayer-2.apk, then installed it as "com.android.flashplayer-1.apk" in system apps and the problem still persisted.)
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Try to install Adobe Flash Player from the Play Store.
tknguyencsu said:
Try to install Adobe Flash Player from the Play Store.
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tried it. i removed the apk from system/apps first, rebooted, then installed from play, rebooted, and ran into the same issue after rebooting
Last night I updated three modules on my Gal.S4 running Liquidsmooth Rom. I then noticed my framework needed an update, so i did so using the typical "classical write." It completed successfully something like 54/54 packets then prompted a reboot.
When my phone rebooted, everything went wrong. The ROM appears to have reset itself to a default state (including wallpaper, default apps, and replacing my "Buzz launcher" with the previously uninstalled "Google Now."
Hangouts now reports that it requires Google Play Services, which was obviously installed correctly before the update. this is also indicated by "an application requires instalation" error notification. The Play store opens to a white page.
Interestingly all of my settings appear intact including my status-bar, Halo notifications, saved wifi, etc including custom colors.
When i view both the internal and external sd, the file structure appears intact including but not limited to, storage/emulated/0/Android/DATA. in this directory i see the "com" directories for my apps, but they appear to be missing the physical files.
Other files in Emulated/0 are still there including pictures and the other normal directories which are NOT empty. i believe this shows that it didn't wipe my /data partiton?
I have tried wiping the cache and Davlik cache since that ususally fixes basic bugs. the "optimizing apps" dialog listed something like 95 apps while my app drawer shows only 24 and i think i had over 100 last time i wiped the davlik
i do not think i did anything but update Xposed and a few of its modules
Thank you for your time
That's definitely not related to the Xposed framework. Might be some script you have installed, but it's probably best to ask in your ROM's Q&A thread or device Q&A forum.
As described.
Tried to convert to user app via TB for greenify and it immediately would crash anytime I initiated a download.
Tried updating to newest ,converting back to system app , tix permissions , clearing cache in DL manager , Play services, play store etc. and same issue.
Any idea how to get it back to working ?
Flash ROM again. If you still down then time to Odin back to stock and start all over
That's why you don't delete stuff unless you KNOW what it is and HOW it benefits you on having "playstore" frozen.
I've installed lollipop using TWRP and recovering a backup, and everything seems to be fine, except for the fact that now I can't install apps, neither from apks, Google play, can't even update them. When I do from apk it simply says "application not installed" and from Google play it gives an error 504,which you usually fix deleting the apps data and cache, and Google services's too, but that doesn't work.
I was able to do it at first, after I made it 5.0.2,installed all my previous apps, updated the old ones, except Chrome that never allowed me to update it. But now I can't install or update any app. Any idea what could it be?
I thought it may be related to writing permissions but if that was the case I'd have had he problem right from the beginning.
Could it be a problem with the version of Android I installed itself? I mean I could flash apps in, but not install them in the usual ways.
Device:
G6 Ali with OPS27.104-15-10 rooted following the instructions here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/how-to/guide-twrp-root-magisk-installation-t3816569
The cause of the problem:
I backed up, uninstalled, then reinstalled Play Store and froze Play Services briefly in Titanium backup while trying to install the modded Google Play Store from a certain (apparently banned here) "warez" app, LP. The install never went through. It failed both trying to "update" Play store and when I backed up and removed Play Store with Titanium Backup. After it failed I re-installed my backup of Play Store.
The problem:
Many apps force close upon refresh/first open. Also, certain apps complain because Systemwebview isn't installed even though Google Play says it is. Google Play Store itself appears to be fine and can uninstall/re-install apps without issue.
My attempts so far:
factory reset(both from the settings menu and from TWRP) - This resulted in a fresh install with no ability to sign into Google Play store. I got a black screen instead of a login screen, regardless of whether I did it during initial setup or after. I ended up reverting to a backup I made with only the issues listed above because at least it kind of works.
reflashing OpenGapps
re-installing SystemWebView and affected apps in the Play store
Using Titanium Backup to clear cache and data from Play, Play services, Webview, and any affected apps.
My next move:
I was thinking I might try fastboot flashing the stock firmware, but the one here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/development/stock-firmware-moto-g6-t3792292
does not match the build number of my phone and the other stock firmware thread doesn't list a build number at all.
What am I missing here?
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Device:
G6 Ali with OPS27.104-15-10 rooted following the instructions here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/how-to/guide-twrp-root-magisk-installation-t3816569
The cause of the problem:
I backed up, uninstalled, then reinstalled Play Store and froze Play Services briefly in Titanium backup while trying to install the modded Google Play Store from https://www.luckypatchers.com/ The install never went through. It failed both trying to "update" Play store and when I backed up and removed Play Store with Titanium Backup. After it failed I re-installed my backup of Play Store.
The problem:
Many apps force close upon refresh/first open. Also, certain apps complain because Systemwebview isn't installed even though Google Play says it is. Google Play Store itself appears to be fine and can uninstall/re-install apps without issue.
My attempts so far:
factory reset(both from the settings menu and from TWRP) - This resulted in a fresh install with no ability to sign into Google Play store. I got a black screen instead of a login screen, regardless of whether I did it during initial setup or after. I ended up reverting to a backup I made with only the issues listed above because at least it kind of works.
reflashing OpenGapps
re-installing SystemWebView and affected apps in the Play store
Using Titanium Backup to clear cache and data from Play, Play services, Webview, and any affected apps.
My next move:
I was thinking I might try fastboot flashing the stock firmware, but the one here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/development/stock-firmware-moto-g6-t3792292
does not match the build number of my phone and the other stock firmware thread doesn't list a build number at all.
What am I missing here?
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Flash stock and never ever use that modded things again, and never mention them again on XDA, any discution of the app you mention is against the XDA rules.
Thank you for that information. I have edited my OP to remove direct mention/link of said warez app, though it still exists in the quoted text from AleSebEri.
Does it matter that the build number in the stock firmware thread I linked is different than mine? Mine is OPS27.104-15-10, the linked one is OPS27.82-72.
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For anyone reading this in the future facing similar issues, no, it does not matter if the build number is the same. Flashing the factory files from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/development/stock-firmware-moto-g6-t3792292
solved my issue. Thank you for your assistance, AleSebEri