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Apps installing by them selves, even after uninstalling.

A few days ago random apps started downloading and installing by themselves. Not from the app store, but appeared to be their apk files downloaded from the the internet. It happens few times a day and they keep coming back after I uninstall them. I did a factory reset but that still didn't help. I also unchecked allow installation from unknown sources still doesn't work. I want to get rid of them permanently. How can I do that. Some of the apps are DU cleaner, DU battery saver, Go launcher, APUS, and 4 shareapps. Thanks you.

All of them might be from the sites you go to, advertisements that downloads the apks when you click on some link. Try ad-blocking and only install apps on the play store..

Any app can't be installed by itself without having root access. So if you have a rooted phone, check the list of granted apps from SuperSU and also check your installed apps because there must be an app which is downloading and installing other apps from the Internet.

Help me with google apps

Hi everyone
I have got a Samsung Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520) and it unfortunately stopped updating due to it been so old and was left behind on android KitKat 4.4.
So I decided to root it and download the lineage update to get android 7.1.2 custom ROM on it and give it a bit of life instead of never been used because it's slow and blotchy.
When I download the ROM everything worked really well, moment installed Gapps it when pear shaped. I was met with "android is starting" message stopping me from do anything but go on settings through notifications bar and it made my keyboard disappear.
So I just flashed the lineage ROM back to standard without Gapps. I have tried most of the Gapps packages that they make and I get the same thing every time with the missing keyboard.
My real question is can build a set of google apps through apk. I have tried installing google play, google play services and google play frame something (can't remember the last one) all of them either don't work or crash and just not stop being up a message saying each one of them isn't working.....what apps do need to install or flash to build up my own set of google apps without using Gapps
(Just some notes at the end to help, I rooted using root genius, my custom boot is TWRP, I installed TWRP via odin and lineage seems to be the only ROM that does a android 7 for my device, the apps I want working are google play store, google app, google maps, google assistant (if possible), gmail and maybe calender. The rest of them are on my non rooted s7e so don't need them on the tablet.)
Hope someone can help

hello
there " http://opengapps.org/ " use aroma version
or there " https://www.apkmirror.com/ "
it's what u need
regards

Thanks.
In the end I just picked and tried flashing different Gapps packages, when a package I tried wouldn't work I just flashed installed the original lineage 14.1 ROM, to wipe the Gapps package....after trying about 4 different packages from Gapps I think the micro package worked.
Just can't get android assistant to work now, do anyone have any ideas???

hello
before installing opengapps u should wipe data, cache, walvick
regards

I'm going to install LineageOS on my Nexus 5x. What are some apps I might like to use

So, this is what I know:
There are at least 2 apps that must be flashed just after LineageOS is flashed, before the first boot, otherwise I won't be able to install them and have them working correctly.
1 .addonsu for root access
2. gapps for google apps and play store access.
However, I cannot seem to find if there is anything else that I must install at flash time if I intend to use it.
In addition to that concern, which applications in-general should I install after booting into lineageOS?
I mean, I definitely want to know all of the network and internet activity my phone is engaged in. After all, my main reason for changing from Android to this is so that google can't track everything I'm doing and listen-in on my microphone. (They admitted to this, by the way, regarding their in-home devices. Is it really a stretch to think they aren't doing it to anything they control that has a microphone?) Is there perhaps a good LineageOS app that will report to me all of the network and internet activity going on with my phone?
Does anyone have some sort of list in their mind or maybe linked somewhere that is a good general list for a beginning user to lineageOS?
Is there some kind of LineageOS app store with it's own app that I could flash?
I'll be installing to my Nexus 5x bullhead, so that means Lineage 15.1, since that's the supported one for that phone. I'll probably try to upgrade to 16 once I get 15 installed with the apps I want. -- Oh wait, I guess I can't until someone comes out with a nightly 16 build for bullhead.
And of course, thank you for taking the time.

Congratulations. You are well prepared. One point, nobody told you, yet: after installing lineageOS, you can quickly and easily flash other roms and addons. So it's no problem to flash lineageOS and nothing else. So you have no Google spyware to block afterwards.
You can flash lineage4microG that has f-droid app store, which is far more trustworthy than Google play store.
You can flash addonsu or magisk at the time you recognise you really need root. Rooting is nothing you should do just for fun.
After trying various no-GApps configurations, you maybe come to the conclusion, you need GApps. In that case you best flash rom and GApps and root and and install a firewall like AFWall+ (Netzwerkdatenverkehr kontrollieren) - https://f-droid.org/app/dev.ukanth.ufirewall

kurtn said:
Congratulations. You are well prepared. One point, nobody told you, yet: after installing lineageOS, you can quickly and easily flash other roms and addons. So it's no problem to flash lineageOS and nothing else. So you have no Google spyware to block afterwards.
You can flash lineage4microG that has f-droid app store, which is far more trustworthy than Google play store.
You can flash addonsu or magisk at the time you recognise you really need root. Rooting is nothing you should do just for fun.
After trying various no-GApps configurations, you maybe come to the conclusion, you need GApps. In that case you best flash rom and GApps and root and and install a firewall like AFWall+ (Netzwerkdatenverkehr kontrollieren)
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I did. I installed TWRP. Then I sideloaded lineageos, not the microG one though. I sideloaded addonsu, and an OTA zip I found for fdroid. I also sideloaded orbot and orwall, but I think orwall prevented things from connecting to the internet. I hope orbot is sufficient. It uses TOR and sets up a VPN profile that you can then set to never allowing connections without the VPN, which I hope means that all traffic is routed through orbot's TOR connection.
I don't think I'll need google because I think that I'm more safe with privacy concerns downloading apks from an unmonitored third party site like apkmirror than putting google stuff on my phone. And I also found out about yalp, but we need a google account apparently to get the apps from the play store that way. I downloaded swiftkeys from apkmirror, and that gave me a keyboard that I could use like normal android has.

dain`112 said:
I did. I installed TWRP. Then I sideloaded lineageos, not the microG one though. I sideloaded addonsu, and an OTA zip I found for fdroid. I also sideloaded orbot and orwall, but I think orwall prevented things from connecting to the internet. I hope orbot is sufficient. It uses TOR and sets up a VPN profile that you can then set to never allowing connections without the VPN, which I hope means that all traffic is routed through orbot's TOR connection.
I don't think I'll need google because I think that I'm more safe with privacy concerns downloading apks from an unmonitored third party site like apkmirror than putting google stuff on my phone. And I also found out about yalp, but we need a google account apparently to get the apps from the play store that way. I downloaded swiftkeys from apkmirror, and that gave me a keyboard that I could use like normal android has.
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That's hard core
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[SOLVED] Is it possible to disable Play Store?

Dear All,
By any chance has any of you succeeded into disabling play store without being root?
It used to be possible on older phones I owned, but I am struggling to find a way to do so on my new RN8PRO option to disable is 'disabled'
I have read many of those threads here, might have missed the solution, please forgive me if I did, would appreciate if you could point me toward the solution.
I also used that java app to debloat phones by uninstalling/disabling what I had no use for and it worked fine with most of the apps, just not play store which was not even listed at all.
Yes I dont use play store, Apps I install I get from other means (F-Droid etc).
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

You can uninstall system apps through ADB / using fastboot.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-8-pro/themes/adb-fastboot-tools-debloat-safe-list-t4012255
I'm not sure though if it's safe to uninstall play store.
Sounds to me you'd be better of with xiaomi.eu ROM and debloat as much as you like.

I have the 11.0.2.0 Global without Playstore running. Just deactivate or uninstall with adb "com.android.vending".
You can also still debloat the Google Play services "com.google.android.gms" and Google services framework "com.google.android.gsf" but this can cause problems with some apps that require the services.
You can use the Xiaomi ADB Fastboot tool for this, as the previous speaker mentioned. There you can add the apps you want to disable/uninstall via App Manager -> Add apps.

Thanks @donkyshot & @hmarder!
Actually I am using google play services, that's google play store I have no use for.
So what I had to do simply was to Add the app ing App Manager from the Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot app "com.android.vending: Google Play Store" and disable from there (I prefer disabling those stuff to avoid dependencies problems afterward).
When I just get a new device I try to refrain myself from doing too many things I could not easily recover from, more especially If I am not 100% sure I want to keep the device or if I will return it.
That said I would have liked to have that one a bit earlier because from what I read it looks like xiaomi.eu stopped supporting this device right before I got it, and they removed links to ROMs even for stable Android Pie versions, I'll probably never be able to test those later on even If I would have probably liked to.
I'll try to find working links before they all go down....
Thx again for pointing me to the right direction.
Regards,

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[How To] Flash GSI ROMs

Requirements:
- Stock Clean Firmware: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/kane/official/
- TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-vision/how-to/twrp-3-3-1-0-root-updated-kane-troika-t4102839
- GSI ROM (arm64, A/B versions): https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list
- Permissiver_V5 Flashable Zip: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=6006931924117940902
- Google Play Services APK - Whenever you boot into a GSI the first thing you should do is install the Google Play Services APK. Installing it will clear the "System Updating..." notification and you will be able to login to your Google account.
Google Play Services for Android 9 GSI: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-24-13-100400-316577029-android-apk-download/
Google Play Services for Android 10 GSI: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-24-13-120400-316577029-android-apk-download/
Instructions:
- Flash Stock firmware
- Wipe system and data in TWRP
- Reboot to bootloader
- Run the following command in the command line:
Code:
fastboot flash system [yourGSI.img]
- While still in fastboot mode run:
Code:
fastboot -w
- Reboot to TWRP and flash Permissiver_V5 zip file
- Reboot to the system
Notes:
Look at the size of the downloaded GSI.img file (Not the zip file), If it's larger than 3GB you won't be able to flash it because the system partition is limited to 3GB)
Permissiver_V5 is required for some GSI to successfully boot, some of GSIs might work without it but if you don't flash it and the GSI doesn't boot that might be the main problem.
GSI ROMs might have some bugs, the most known bug at least on One Vision and maybe Action is the Bluetooth Freeze Bug that might happen when you try to play music over Bluetooth. Be prepared for anything.
Not every GSI will successfully boot. Some of them might not boot but don't worry as there are a lot of GSIs for you to try on.
Same procedure works for both One Action and One Vision

FAQ:
Do I need to flash GAPPS after I install an GSI?
No. Flashing GAPPS is an optional step, most of the GSIs might already come with GAPPS installed and all you have to do to enjoy your ROM is to install the Google Play Services apk mentioned in my post.
You must install GAPPS if the GSI you're using doesn't have the Google Play Store app and you want to install any apps from the Play Store, but even then there are alternatives to install Play Store apps even without installing any GAPPS package
After installing a GSI my phone it's stuck in a bootloop, what do I do?
The main reason for your android not booting up is that some vendors enforce SELinux which stops GSIs from booting and the fix for that is by flashing the Permissiver_V5 zip file to be able to boot into GSI.
But if you can't boot even after you flashed Permissiver_V5, you either downloaded the wrong GSI or the GSI isn't compatible with your device so you have to find another GSI to flash. Remember that not every GSI can successfully boot.
The X GSI has the Y problem! How do I fix it?
Even after your GSI finished booting there's no guarantee that everything will work as it should. The best thing you can do is to find support on google, or if the creator of the GSI has provided any contact links (Email, Telegram, etc) you can contact him and ask him if there's a fix for your problem or not.

This is something new for me, I was used to install rom and gapps, is this something similar?

simije97 said:
This is something new for me, I was used to install rom and gapps, is this something similar?
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Flashing GAPPS is totally optional, GSIs will work even without flashing them. Most of them already have GAPPS installed, other might not work with GAPPS.
Is totally up to you if you want to flash GAPPS on a GSI, but as I said most of them don't need it, the most important thing to install after flashing a GSI is to install the Google Play Service to login into your Google account and fix any issues related to Android Setup
[Edit] I've added a small FAQ section to my post above

simije97 said:
This is something new for me, I was used to install rom and gapps, is this something similar?
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There are 2 main reasons why you should install GAPPS:
1: The GSI you're flashing doesn't have any google apps and in that case to be able to login into a google account and install apps using Play Store you have to install a GAPPS package to have access to google play store
2: The GSI has access to PlayStore but you just want to have other apps like YouTube, Gmail installed in your system. In this case I myself, I prefer to install the Google apps that I need from play store rather than installing a GAPPS package that bloats my phone with apps I don't use.
Anyway, flashing GAPPS is totally optional and it's up to you if you want it or not.
The most important thing when installing a GSI is to look if it has any google apps, if yes then it's important to install Google Play Services apk listed in my post.
To give you a small example Google Experience comes with google apps included so you never have to install GAPPS. I'm using Google Experience and everything worked out of the box, it didn't require the Google Play Services but I guess I just got lucky.
This can't be said for when I've installed an Android 11 Pixel-based GSI, where I had to install the Google Play Services to be able to use my Google Account and finish the android setup.

After few weeks I decided to try this and it works just fine, thank you. Unfortunately ROMs are not created for that big hole on the screen. It hides time, notifications etc., otherwise it works pretty well.. Any sugestions how to repair it? Thank you again

Go to developer settings. You find notch settings.

rhaavin said:
Go to developer settings. You find notch settings.
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I installed Descendant X, there are some options for notch, but it doesn't work for One Vision.

Put the apk attached in /system/overlay and it will correct the values for the punch hole. Don't forget to reboot after. Also I've made this a long time a go but I didn't had time to test it as I'm on Android 8 due to working on something.
Report back if it works or not thanks.

SnoopDoggyStyleDogg said:
Put the apk attached in /system/overlay and it will correct the values for the punch hole. Don't forget to reboot after. Also I've made this a long time a go but I didn't had time to test it as I'm on Android 8 due to working on something.
Report back if it works or not thanks.
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Unfortunately, I had to install stock firmware because of my work and Google pay. I was trying to hide root but I was unsuccessful. Anyway, thank you very much for sharing this

I installed GSI ROM, I have been trying to root it for 3 hours. Can someone here tell me what to do?

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Root & TWRP 3.4.0 for Android 10. Page on the official TWRP website https://twrp.me/motorola/motorolaonevision.html Installation Instruction 1. Download twrp-3.4.0-0-kane.img and twrp-installer-3.4.0-0-kane.zip TWRP, patched vbmeta.img and...
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WellThisSucks1 said:
I installed GSI ROM, I have been trying to root it for 3 hours. Can someone here tell me what to do?
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You can take the "Magisk-v20.x-phh.zip" for root
Magisk-v20.3-phh.zip | by shumway66 for Generic Device/Other
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Should work

simije97 said:
Unfortunately, I had to install stock firmware because of my work and Google pay. I was trying to hide root but I was unsuccessful. Anyway, thank you very much for sharing this
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This works

alphalog said:
This works
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How do I make it work?
Como lo hago funcionar xd

ChriisTBv said:
How do I make it work?
Como lo hago funcionar xd
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Copy the apk to system/vendor/overlay
and reboot

Thank you very much for continuing to support and improve this smartphone