I've got an ATT moto X running 4.4.
Chrome crashes multiple times per day. Typically i can simply open it up again and it's right where i left it, but it's quite annoying.
Just curious if others are having similar issues as I've not seen it mentioned by others here.
I've tried uninstalling, clearing cache, etc. Davlik or ART seems to make no difference.
I was just about to ask the same thing. Chrome stable force closes randomly, usually after browsing for a while. I have the same configuration (ATT Moto X, stock unrooted 4.4).
I also get a lot of force closes using the Amazon android app. The stack trace mentions the chromiumwebview library. Probably not related as Chrome ships with its own rendering engine, but I've only seen these issues on the Moto X. Doesn't happen on my Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 5.
So far I've learned to live with it. If it gets too annoying I'll probably try to flash the stock image. Hopefully that will overwrite any possibly corrupted / conflicting files.
Not me, cause I froze it as soon as I rooted my phone. In my opinion...chrome it's just awful.
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kj2112 said:
Not me, cause I froze it as soon as I rooted my phone. In my opinion...chrome it's just awful.
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Chrome does have issues. It almost seems as if it's meant for something more powerful. Lag in scrolling is the biggest issue I run in to.
That said sync with chrome on the desktop is something really hard to lose with another browser. I know you can kind of get AOSP browser and dolphin to kind of do the same thing, but it's not the same.
I've got unrooted 4.4 and this started happening a few days ago. I'm running a live wallpaper which, after chrome crashes, it crashes as well. I was unsure of the cause but now that I'm hearing more people are having a similar issue I think it's chrome. My solution is to use a different browser.
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I've got unrooted 4.4 and this started happening a few days ago. I'm running a live wallpaper which, after chrome crashes, it crashes as well. I was unsure of the cause but now that I'm hearing more people are having a similar issue I think it's chrome. My solution is to use a different browser.
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I don't have the issue.. But Ali agree... I've never used chrome..I recommend dolphin browser.. Excellent.. Have u check for updates? Or even uninstall it and reinstall?
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I don't have the issue.. But Ali agree... I've never used chrome..I recommend dolphin browser.. Excellent.. Have u check for updates? Or even uninstall it and reinstall?
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I've done that several times. Granted it's a system app, so i can only uninstall the updates.
Dolphin is a fine browser, but without integration with google it's more of a pain that it's worth.
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I don't have the issue.. But Ali agree... I've never used chrome..I recommend dolphin browser.. Excellent.. Have u check for updates? Or even uninstall it and reinstall?
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Never had an issue.. If ur rooted u can uninstall app and reinstall..sometimes it even the update.. Also look at the comments for it see if anyone is having same issue.
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I've done that several times. Granted it's a system app, so i can only uninstall the updates.
Dolphin is a fine browser, but without integration with google it's more of a pain that it's worth.
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Never had an issue.. If ur rooted u can uninstall app and reinstall..sometimes it even the update.. Also look at the comments for it see if anyone is having same issue.
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The reviews mention problems but most are vague. I did notice that if you look at moto x reviews for chrome, especially around and after the time of the kitkat update very few of them are glowing or even good.
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Just installed the new google market place no issues at the moment just started with looking at it.
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Just installed the new google market place no issues at the moment just started with looking at it.
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Yep pushed it into CM7 and it works wickedly.
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Just installed the new google market place no issues at the moment just started with looking at it.
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Okay time to add on to this quick post at the start of the thread. I am running this on VeGan Tab as the ROM of choice. The App switches from portrait to landscape mode with a minor reload. The search look exactly the same as before. One of the cool feature is the ability to side scroll between the home screen and categories to the left and top paid, top free, top grossing, top new free, and trending. From each of these you can scroll up and down. The scrolling is just a tiny bit laggy but not a hugh issue. Clicking on an app opens a nicely laid out window which fills the entire display and is well laid out in my opinion. The one odd issue is when you click on the screen shots they only display in portrait mode. Also the movie preview streams are excellent they do not lag even on my slow internet connection.
It is my recommend for all tablet users 2.2 and higher to install this update to the app store
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... I am running this on VeGan Tab as the ROM of choice...
... It is my recommend for all tablet users to install this update to the app store...
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Even users with HC? I've been putting this off because I thought it was for Froyo/GB people.
-Daryek
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Even users with HC? I've been putting this off because I thought it was for Froyo/GB people.
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What I know of this update is that it is for 2.2 and higher. from the google blog...
Recently, we’ve been hard at work improving Android Market to give you new ways to find great applications and games, purchase books, and rent movies. Today, we’re releasing a new version of Android Market which makes all of these available on phones (Android 2.2 and higher).
So I take it this is not on the HC builds and it can be used on the HC builds. As with anything like this your mileage will vary. I just put my two cent worth in on the update.
Tried on Stock 3588 but no go which of course I did not think it would work.
I like the new Market however I keep getting a force close if I try to add a customized icon shortcut via Better Cut. I have to drag the app icon from the application menu & add it to my launcher bar, which is fine but I can't use a customized icon.
I am running this on Flashback rom with no problems.
Actually have two Markets to pick from for now so I'll wait and see which I like better.
Downloaded Zinio from new market and updated a few apps no problem.
Now if we can get Netflix to work on Flashback this would/will be a great tablet and replace my laptop.
Anybody try it on HC yet? I really like the layout of the HC market.
any hack fix for this version of the market
Any hack fix
Anyone tried it on Honeycomb yet?
Running BoS 6.0 Alpha nad so far no problems.
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Im on Vegantab GE and I get a force close after a few seconds every time I open it. I have tried clearing the cache, clearing data, going into CWM and clearing cache and data there and even fixing permissions. Nothing seems to work. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Thanks--- Works great.
I'm running Clemysen 2.6.23.9 (Adam/Notion Ink) - (not sure if that is the right nomenclature for versions.)
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Im on Vegantab GE and I get a force close after a few seconds every time I open it. I have tried clearing the cache, clearing data, going into CWM and clearing cache and data there and even fixing permissions. Nothing seems to work. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Had this happen to me but doing something different. Before you go wild and try a lot of things, I found out that this may be caused by your contacts getting corrupted. If you have Titanium backup and can get into it, wipe your contacts/account data and you'll be fine.
If not, you most likely DON'T have to NVFlash your device- just wipe your data&cache if you have CWM recovery installed.
Whoa... Nice improvements. This is SLICK!
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Had this happen to me but doing something different. Before you go wild and try a lot of things, I found out that this may be caused by your contacts getting corrupted. If you have Titanium backup and can get into it, wipe your contacts/account data and you'll be fine.
If not, you most likely DON'T have to NVFlash your device- just wipe your data&cache if you have CWM recovery installed.
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i'm getting the FC too and this isn't working. i wiped contacts data and it didn't work. cleared cache and dalvik and still didn't work. i even wiped market data and google services framework like we did back then for the market fix. still nothing. what exactly am i supposed to wipe in titanium?
I've ran it on flashback 5.4 with no problems, but i like the hc version better.
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i'm getting the FC too and this isn't working. i wiped contacts data and it didn't work. cleared cache and dalvik and still didn't work. i even wiped market data and google services framework like we did back then for the market fix. still nothing. what exactly am i supposed to wipe in titanium?
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Yeah, the contacts don't have anything to do with the market so Im not even going to bother. Are you runing Vegan Gingeredition? If you are it may be safe to assume that the issue is a conflict there. Need more feedback from others running Vegan GE to know for sure. For know I just reverted back to the orig market and it runs fine, I don't plan on renting any movies anyway, (not that they play on rooted devices) so not having the new market doesnt bother me a lot.
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Yeah, the contacts don't have anything to do with the market so Im not even going to bother. Are you runing Vegan Gingeredition? If you are it may be safe to assume that the issue is a conflict there. Need more feedback from others running Vegan GE to know for sure. For know I just reverted back to the orig market and it runs fine, I don't plan on renting any movies anyway, (not that they play on rooted devices) so not having the new market doesnt bother me a lot.
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yea i am running vegan ge as a matter of fact. looks like the issue is there. still havent put hc on mine yet because the process seems so long and complicated. gonna have to put a day aside to do it.
the new market is awesome tho. i have it on my droid 1 with no issues. i guess ill just have to stick with the original market for now. i dont care about the movies or books either but it just looks so cool haha
O.K. Wearing my tinfoil hat. Looked and couldn't find the processes that might operate this rootkit on my Bionic, but I really can't be certain what I am looking for.
The HTC versions were IQAgent and IQRD. Nothing similar that I have found, but I'll bet they are there somewhere.
Anyone found anything?
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video
RMD
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I've heard that it could be disguised as Contacts Sync and ContactsData. They have the same icon (although that doesn't mean much).
I haven't been able to determine if its the same thing or not.
Anyone able to confirm that the Bionic is CarrierIQ free?
I tried the Logging test tool, but if they renamed the app it won't work.
Either way, this thing is going to cause such a lawsuit with huge repercussion. (which they deserve)
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I've heard that it could be disguised as Contacts Sync and ContactsData. They have the same icon (although that doesn't mean much).
I haven't been able to determine if its the same thing or not.
Anyone able to confirm that the Bionic is CarrierIQ free?
I tried the Logging test tool, but if they renamed the app it won't work.
Either way, this thing is going to cause such a lawsuit with huge repercussion. (which they deserve)
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Likewise, I ran the "CIQ Checks" test in the "Logging Test App" by xda member TrevE mentioned in this article as a reliable way of testing for the presence of CIQ: http://lifehacker.com/5863895/carri...everything-on-your-phone-and-how-to-remove-it The test completed running and nothing showed up in the "CIQ File List" so I'm assuming the Bionic is clean.
I don't think the Contacts Sync and ContactsData icons are a reliable way to test for CIQ. Found this on another site: "The icon is a default icon, not specific to Carrier IQ. It can't help you determine whether or not CIQ is present."
After all the latest news about the rootkit that is allowing apps to bypass requests and can track what you're doing on the phone, I have found that particular app on our Bionics.
First, read this article:
http://www.helloandroid.com/content/are-carriers-illegally-tapping-your-android-phone
Next, go to settings, applications, manage applications, all applications tab, and look for the Fake Blur app. I am rooted and rommed and noticed that I still have this app. Is it something that we should be worried about? Has anyone tried uninstalling it and seeing if the phone still works without it?
Well, for whatever it's worth:
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602532/verizon-carrier-iq-denial
So that would seem to strongly support the idea that the Bionic lacks CIQ.
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After all the latest news about the rootkit that is allowing apps to bypass requests and can track what you're doing on the phone, I have found that particular app on our Bionics.
First, read this article:
http://www.helloandroid.com/content/are-carriers-illegally-tapping-your-android-phone
Next, go to settings, applications, manage applications, all applications tab, and look for the Fake Blur app. I am rooted and rommed and noticed that I still have this app. Is it something that we should be worried about? Has anyone tried uninstalling it and seeing if the phone still works without it?
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I'm tempted to use TB to remove this completely from my phone... and it's present in Liberty v2.0
Stories said:
I'm tempted to use TB to remove this completely from my phone... and it's present in Liberty v2.0
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It's present in Shifter rom also. I was going to uninstall it using TB, but it seems like it might stop something from working, because when I attempted to force stop the application and went back to my homescreens, it was like I had just turned the phone on and they were sluggish.
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It's present in Shifter rom also. I was going to uninstall it using TB, but it seems like it might stop something from working, because when I attempted to force stop the application and went back to my homescreens, it was like I had just turned the phone on and they were sluggish.
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I froze it with titanium a few hours ago and hadn't had any issues or FC's yet. I'm running Purity.
I've had my VZW Moto X for a week now and I'm having trouble with the Hangouts app. Every so often when I bring up Hangouts to read a new message, it'll pop up for a brief moment then kick me back out to my homescreen. Then will continue to do so every time I try to open the app back up until I restart my phone. I've tried clearing cache, app data, uninstalling updates, but nothing fixes it without a reboot... at least not consistently. And to top it all off... because Hangouts came preinstalled, I can't completely uninstall it to try a fresh install. This has happened at least once every other day since I've gotten this phone. I was running Dalvik until yesterday when i switched to ART. Happens using both. I used Hangouts on my 2013 Moto X without ever an issue. Any suggestions?
Strange. I had hangouts fc on me once. Today actually. But it was only once and worked fine afterwards. I refuse to update to the new hangouts. They ruined it
I had the same issue for the first day or two, then the force closing stopped.
Same here but rebooting clears it up
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Had this issue like 3 or 4 times on VZW as well. Only way to open the app to send a text was to reboot, very annoying...latest verzion of hangouts.
Still having this issue. Really annoying.
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So I found a quicker fix than restarting the phone. If Hangouts force closes, I open the stock android messaging app for just a moment. Then, once I've backed out of it, Hangouts magically works again without a reboot. Don't know why it works... but it does... at least on my device.
I really wish I could figure out what is causing this issue... It happens at least once a day and nothing seems to be a fix that works every time.
It seems to me that every time Hangouts force closes initially, I get a notification from the Play Store for an app update. Also, when it force closes, usually Messaging will start force closing as well if I try to open it. So incredibly frustrating...
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I really wish I could figure out what is causing this issue... It happens at least once a day and nothing seems to be a fix that works every time.
It seems to me that every time Hangouts force closes initially, I get a notification from the Play Store for an app update. Also, when it force closes, usually Messaging will start force closing as well if I try to open it. So incredibly frustrating...
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Agree fully. I have not been able to associate it with anything but it happens daily. Drives me insane.
I'm tempted to do a factory reset, but I'm afraid I'll go through all the trouble to reset everything and it'll continue to happen. Are you using the stock launcher or something else?
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I'm tempted to do a factory reset, but I'm afraid I'll go through all the trouble to reset everything and it'll continue to happen. Are you using the stock launcher or something else?
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I'm using the Google Experience Launcher. The fact that more people aren't complaining about it leads me to believe it must be some weird conflict between a couple apps/Google services.
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I'm using the Google Experience Launcher. The fact that more people aren't complaining about it leads me to believe it must be some weird conflict between a couple apps/Google services.
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Yeah I need to try and remember to get a log next time I see it.
It just happened again! I really think it's somehow tied to Play Store Update notifications. Any time I'm actively using Hangouts and it crashes, I will then immediately get a notification that I have one or more updates available in the Play Store. How could these two be connected and what can I do to sever this connection? I sideloaded the updated version of the Play Store... maybe uninstall updates?
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It just happened again! I really think it's somehow tied to Play Store Update notifications. Any time I'm actively using Hangouts and it crashes, I will then immediately get a notification that I have one or more updates available in the Play Store. How could these two be connected and what can I do to sever this connection? I sideloaded the updated version of the Play Store... maybe uninstall updates?
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Get a logcat when it happens. Really only way to be sure
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Can you get a log cat if you're not rooted?
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Can you get a log cat if you're not rooted?
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Yeah and I was finally able to do some digging. It's actually tied into contacts somehow, which I never had noticed before. When hangouts is auto-closing so will people, phone, and generating a new text message. Basically anything looking for contacts. Still not sure why though.
I think that for some reason it's tied to Play Store notifications. I've also had Hangouts crash while sending a MMS picture message. Don't know if these crash instances are related.
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I think that for some reason it's tied to Play Store notifications. I've also had Hangouts crash while sending a MMS picture message. Don't know if these crash instances are related.
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It's not tied to Play Store. I have no updates pending and I'm looking at the logcat.
Just go to app info and clear the data
It should work on most cases
when ever I get a phone call I get a contact force close
Me too.
Same here!
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Same here. I even cleared the data for the contact storage and contacts thru the apps setting and it did not fix it.
Another me too. Doesn't happen every to be (I don't think...), but does happen.
Same here man! All ouuta nowhere!
I'm having the same issue. Not every time but I notice it when somebody calls me. Are any of you rooted on a debloated image? I figured that was the case for me since the one I'm using has stripped all Verizon and non essential apps out.
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I'm having the same issue. Not every time but I notice it when somebody calls me. Are any of you rooted on a debloated image? I figured that was the case for me since the one I'm using has stripped all Verizon and non essential apps out.
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I am using the stock software. No root.
Same problem here, non-rooted. Tried clearing Contacts and Google+ (on advice of another forum), no luck. Still crashes every time I place or receive a call.
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Same problem here, non-rooted. Tried clearing Contacts and Google+ (on advice of another forum), no luck. Still crashes every time I place or receive a call.
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The force close started 2 weeks ago. I have the same apps installed no new ones. I wonder if google or Motorola updated something in the background or server side. Who knows...
Three days have past and no force close. I havent uninstalled anything or cleared contact cache. Anyone still experiencing the force close or did it go away?
Same here! Incredibly annoying.
I fixed mine by disabling Google+. Ever since I uninstalled it I haven't had any more force closes of contacts.
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I fixed mine by disabling Google+. Ever since I uninstalled it I haven't had any more force closes of contacts.
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Thanks, that seems to have fixed it.
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Thanks, that seems to have fixed it.
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Google+ update yesterday seems to have fixed it for me.
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Google+ update yesterday seems to have fixed it for me.
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The problem with disabling is if you use Google Photos to backup photos, your stuck with the error because disabling Google+ removes Photos.
I just got a Droid turbo used and all links from Gmail, Bing, and just about all other apps open in a browser popup window. Half of the content won't load... How do I turn this crap off? I've looked in chrome settings and don't see anything. I'm guessing this is a Motorola feature?
I'm not rooted, verizon 5.1 rom and I have factory reset. This is happening on two different Turbos (mine and my wife's, we just got them from different sellers ).
I just want to open links in a chrome itself and not in some android window.
Thanks!
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I just got a Droid turbo used and all links from Gmail, Bing, and just about all other apps open in a chrome popup window of sorts. Half of the content won't load... How do I turn this crap off? I've looked in chrome settings and don't see anything. I'm guessing this is a Motorola feature?
Please help me then this off, I just want to open links in a chrome itself and not in some android window.
Thanks!
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Window? Odd... And it's chrome?
What launcher are you using?
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If you bought it used you should do a factory reset.
Sounds like someone installed malware on your phone. What ROM is it running?
This is what it looks like... This was already factory reset with 5.1 verizon rom. So this isn't normal when opening links from apps (doesn't happen in Chrome, in this case it was a link saying I had replies on this thread in Gmail) on the Droid turbo?
Newest test, I Uninstalled chrome and links from apps still open up in the browser window. My wife's turbo that I just bought is doing the same thing. Both running verizon 5.1 rom and have been factory reset. Any idea guys?
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Newest test, I Uninstalled chrome and links from apps still open up in the browser window. My wife's turbo that I just bought is doing the same thing. Both running verizon 5.1 rom and have been factory reset. Any idea guys?
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It might be WebView, but I'm not sure. I when I was on stock I disabled WebView.
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It might be WebView, but I'm not sure. I when I was on stock I disabled WebView.
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Anyone out there on a stock 5.1 turbo? Opening every link from Gmail, etc pops up these windows... Even YouTube links and then I just get white windows and not in YouTube app. Really getting annoyed.
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Anyone out there on a stock 5.1 turbo? Opening every link from Gmail, etc pops up these windows... Even YouTube links and then I just get white windows and not in YouTube app. Really getting annoyed.
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Did you try disabling WebView?
Yep, disable disabled webview and still doing it. Can't believe this doesn't annoy anyone else.
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Yep, disable disabled webview and still doing it. Can't believe this doesn't annoy anyone else.
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My turbo never did this on stock, ever. When you factory reset, did you set it up as new, or restore backed up apps? If you can screenshot all apps (Settings -> Storage -> Apps), it might help me, and anyone else reading this thread, narrow down a possible cause.
I suspect that it's a "feature" of an app that you have installed. This is definitely not a Moto feature and not something that is built into the stock rom. Are there any web-related apps that both you and your wife have installed?
If you want to ensure that your phones are completely stock (a factory reset won't erase anything that's on the system partition), and they're on version SU4TL-44, follow step 0 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-install-t3292684. If the phones were updated to SU4TL-49, try using the Verizon Upgrade Assistant to repair them (the annoying popup that you get when you plug your phone into the computer).
Figured it out! Both of these phones were purchased from swappa and factory reset. Both had Motorola factory reset protection enabled, which meant I couldn't initially activate them. I had to perform the steps in this video to remove the frp via adb commands : http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTojqc0ZX8
This apparently meant the phone wasn't fully activated, but we're still "working". I also thought it was odd that I couldn't change the defaults for Web browsers in Android. Using an app named "Default app manager" showed that my default was set to "Setup wizard" rather than Chrome... Disabled " setup wizard " and then all was fixed and was able to setup my browser of choice as Web default.
Interesting predicament!