I reset my Gear and now I can't re-download 2 apps.
1) Life 360
2) my fitness pal
Can anyone guide me on how I can re-download them.
Samsung apps says "load from Gear Manager"
It's my mistake.
While resetting the Gear, it asked me if I wanted to restore or reset and I chose reset. Now the 2 apps I can't re download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476319
Had same problem just go to application mgr on phone abs you will see watch apps installed also. Just remove the apps from there and you will be able to reinstall
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I tried searching because I thought I'd seen the answer to my problem before but I came up empty so I apologize if this has been asked and I missed it.
I did a data wipe on my phone today to see if it'd clear up some issues I was having. After the wipe non of my apps from the play store are showing up, regardless of free or purchased, the only thing that comes up is the preloaded apps.
What's the trick to get the play store to refresh and load my apps?
I tried to restore the backup I made before the wipe but it fails to reload.
Wiping data will remove your downloaded apps. Open the Play Market, hit menu, "my apps" and you'll see a list of everything you currently have downloaded/installed. Swipe over and you'll find the list of everything you've purchased and downloaded recently (free or not).
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Wiping data will remove your downloaded apps. Open the Play Market, hit menu, "my apps" and you'll see a list of everything you currently have downloaded/installed. Swipe over and you'll find the list of everything you've purchased and downloaded recently (free or not).
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Thanks, I didn't realize it did that.
I thought there was a way to get it to reload most of the apps automatically but this will have to do.
I appreciate the help.
Everytime I update the Gear Manager and hit the Restore button all the sideloaded apps on the gear get deleted
What to do?
Daniel_Deega said:
Everytime I update the Gear Manager and hit the Restore button all the sideloaded apps on the gear get deleted
What to do?
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You are not supposed to have sideloaded apps. Or that is what Samsung implies, now you could use Helium or Titanium with cloud backup if you are rooted, otherwise loose the data each time you upgrade and install them again. Most apps meant for the gear are a combination of software on the phone and on the watch and probably store the data on the phone anyways.
To backup my apps and restore I use.. Wondershare mobile go..
It is fast and easy. Before you update Gear manager, just do a manual backup with Wondershare.,( select Toolkit /one lock backup or restore.)
note 3/note8.0 for xda
I hate it that it does it too. Funny thing, all my ringtones, notifications and videos r still there after it restores.
Ian B
If you put your app apk's in /system/app instead of /data/app they won't disappear on upgrades
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Another solution would require a bit of coding, a phone application without a launcher activity and APK files in assets folder and a few tweaks in the AndroidManifest.xml (I got one from ATNs phone app) would do a proper install of the apps through gear manager and they will survive the upgrades.
EDIT: not coding but you will need the IDE and SDK and know how of the process.
How about keeping root?
And now my MobileMe trial ends today. Damn it, may have to break down and pay for it. If anyone seems any discount codes, please post.
Ian B
Keep a directory of all your apps on your desktop, reinstalling with wondershare is a breeze !
I also back up all my configurations, being novalauncher, tasker & widgets. You simply restore them once you reinstall your apps. They generally are stored on the SDCARD.
It shouldn't be a big bother, if you stay organized.
I full wipe my gear atleast 6 times a day (development purposes) and reinstalling everything literally takes 2 minutes at the most.
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Keep a directory of all your apps on your desktop, reinstalling with wondershare is a breeze
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Wondershare actually saves the apks it downloads into user's documents folder
did you guys really pay $40. idk I think that's way overpriced
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I don't have any sideloaded apps but one app I use from the Play store keeps getting deleted if I open the gear manager. When I install FEEDLY news reader it works fine and I can use but as soon as I open Gear Manager the app disappears from the phone.
When I go to install it from Google Play, it downloads and then this window appears with a Gear Manager unknown sources. I click OK to accept and it works and stays on the phone as long as I don't open gear manager.
It's starting to get me cheesed off as I use this app every day for news reading and having to reload it every time is really not good.
Loading any other app from Google Play seems to be OK and never shows this window.
Anyone else seen this?
v8dave said:
I don't have any sideloaded apps but one app I use from the Play store keeps getting deleted if I open the gear manager. When I install FEEDLY news reader it works fine and I can use but as soon as I open Gear Manager the app disappears from the phone.
When I go to install it from Google Play, it downloads and then this window appears with a Gear Manager unknown sources. I click OK to accept and it works and stays on the phone as long as I don't open gear manager.
It's starting to get me cheesed off as I use this app every day for news reading and having to reload it every time is really not good.
Loading any other app from Google Play seems to be OK and never shows this window.
Anyone else seen this?
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I've been copying the apks to the "sdcard" then I just push the root explorer app to the watch and copy the apks back to data/app or system as needed. A little extra work but pretty quick that way.
Other backup with that wonder app. Would be great to automate it without needing a pc.
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If you put your app apk's in /system/app instead of /data/app they won't disappear on upgrades
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Found the system folder in apps with Airdroid, so I've copied the apk's to it.
Just use titanium backup. It will keep your applications and data backed up. It has a batch restore so the apps are right back in the same state as before they were deleted. It also has the nice feature of exporting apps from your phone directly to the Gear over bluetooth. No more worries about side loading with that functionality.
My problem is that apps disappear from my gear's app drawer every time I open gear manager. If I restart the gear, sideloaded apps appear in the app drawer again. Ive used adb fasboot to sideload the apps. What do i need to do so that apps stick and dont dissapear?
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My problem is that apps disappear from my gear's app drawer every time I open gear manager. If I restart the gear, sideloaded apps appear in the app drawer again. Ive used adb fasboot to sideload the apps. What do i need to do so that apps stick and dont dissapear?
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same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here
leojab said:
same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here
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Im on the most recent GM provided by samsung apps, on a BNA3 firmware. Ive read and moved side loaded apps to system/app from data/app and it didn't do anything. are the only ones having this problem with the adb method?
I am sure Samsung is exercising control and trying to tell you what to run, and this I am not crazy about.
I have not sideloaded anything yet but it should be my right.
Wanted to get the hourly chime app working (pro) version with voice files hate it when the big corporation plays games.
leojab said:
same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here
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Downgrade gear manager to 1.5, or use Nova launcher... (or any other launcher)
Hi XDA, I'm new to the gear and new to the forum. I just followed a guide on how to sideload apps using ADB. I am able to successfully install these apps, but am not able to see them on the list of apps on my phone or on my Gear when they are paired. If I disconnect the gear from my phone and reset the gear, I'm able to see these apps. Does anybody have any idea?
I also installed NOVA and then changed the default of the home button to always be touchwiz (since I want my Gear to be more like a watch and not a mini tablet), but have no way to go to Nova unless I disconnect and reset my Gear. Any ideas or help? Thanks.
I've noticed this too. My gut feeling is that its going into gear manager on my phone that does it as that only lists the conventionally installed apps rather than the side loaded ones.
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I'm having the exact same issue.
If I reboot my watch with bluetooth off, my sideloaded apps show up with no issues. The second I enable bluetooth and my watch and phone connect, the apps get hidden. Are there any solutions to this problem?
Anyone received this message? I can't seem to install temple run, and a whole buck of other games. I keep on getting this error message of the game not being able to install.
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Anyone received this message? I can't seem to install temple run, and a whole buck of other games. I keep on getting this error message of the game not being able to install.
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After trying to use my Gear VR this morning it told me to take it out again and install aps. So I did and the "Gear VR setup wizard" came up and downloaded the VR Installer and App Manager. Headset was working fine last night
After d/l it tries to install but errors out, it only says "install error".
No idea why or how to fix it, tried to reinstall it 5 times so far. It d/l each time and tells me install error every time. getting ready to reinstall all of it.
I tried to reinstall as well and I can't seem to install any other games...
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After trying to use my Gear VR this morning it told me to take it out again and install aps. So I did and the "Gear VR setup wizard" came up and downloaded the VR Installer and App Manager. Headset was working fine last night
After d/l it tries to install but errors out, it only says "install error".
No idea why or how to fix it, tried to reinstall it 5 times so far. It d/l each time and tells me install error every time. getting ready to reinstall all of it.
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Once uninstalled try to find and manually delete oculus vr related folders.
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darekz said:
Once uninstalled try to find and manually delete oculus vr related folders.
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OK, something is wrong. I uninstalled everything, deleted all related folders. When i put the phone into the headset it tells me to take out the phone just like it should. I take out the phone and start the install process. It gives me a list of apps its going to d/l and then starts the download. Here is when it does the same thing as before, finished d/l and tried to install for a second and comes back with an "install error". So now I'm stuck with no way to install any VR apps on my phone.
Could this be a fault on Samsung's side? Everything was working great last night.
I must ask. Are you using factory rom and snapdragon device. Maybe latest updated apps have compability problem. All my apps are up to date and no problem on my side. Using stock rom.
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darekz said:
I must ask. Are you using factory rom and snapdragon device. Maybe latest updated apps have compability problem. All my apps are up to date and no problem on my side. Using stock rom.
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No, Stock phone. But I found out what happened. I froze some ATT apps on my phone. Once I unfroze all apps everything worked again. Not sure what one was the cause, I had only picked the obvious ATT bloatware apps and things like Facebook and some Google apps.
I'll have to go back and freeze one by one to see what one was the cause of preventing Oculus apps from running.
I'm using downloading games from the store option on the left of the home screen on the gear vr and I have the AT&T version of the note 4 model SM-N910A.
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I must ask. Are you using factory rom and snapdragon device. Maybe latest updated apps have compability problem. All my apps are up to date and no problem on my side. Using stock rom.
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No, Stock phone. But I found out what happened. I froze some ATT apps on my phone. Once I unfroze all apps everything worked again. Not sure what one was the cause, I had only picked the obvious ATT bloatware apps and things like Facebook and some Google apps.
I'll have to go back and freeze one by one to see what one was the cause of preventing Oculus apps from running.
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I had this exact same error when I was initializing gear vr on my S6. I also debloated the rom a little bit before this. It seems it's these two facebook apps that should not be debloated, thus reinstalled under the name of vr installer and appp manager. Now I'm reminded that fb required Oculus.
vr installer: com.facebook.system 1.0, /data/app/com.facebook.system~1/base.apk
app manager: com.facebook.appmanager 8.0, /data/app/com.facebook.appmanager-2/base.apk
Anyone by chance using a Samsung fitness tracker with the corresponding Gear Android App? Initially it worked when setting the connection up, but now it crashes everytime I click the app icon... De- and reinstalled it but with no success...
I had the same problem with the Gear software, not with a fitness tracker but in junction with Gear 2 Neo. I didn't figure out what caused the problem.
- I factory-resetted the watch with and without reinstalling a backup.
- I deleted the app and cache data of the software on phone, including a factory reset of the watch.
All leaded to the same behaviour I was unable to get past the main screen in the Gear software. I was not able to change watch preferences, app preferences (some apps have further settings) or doing any further actions in the sub menu's.
So I blame the Gear software being buggy.
At the end I converted the Gear 2 Neo from Tizen to Android Wear 6 and disabled the Gear software completely.
take55 said:
Anyone by chance using a Samsung fitness tracker with the corresponding Gear Android App? Initially it worked when setting the connection up, but now it crashes everytime I click the app icon... De- and reinstalled it but with no success...
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Have the same issue on my P8max with a Gear S2. But I found out by accident (during a reboot of the S2) that the app starts up correctly when disconnected from the handwrist device. Thereafter you can connect and use the app. So whenever you need to use the app disconnect, start the app and connect is a workaround (although a very annoying one).
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