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Search installed applications in Google Now stops working

Are any of you having issues with the Google Now search of installed applications? I have the checkbox checked in the Google Now settings (Settings -> Phone search -> Apps- Names of installed applications), but sometimes this just stops working until I go into the settings again to uncheck and check it.
This also happens with my Contacts

dcpedit said:
but sometimes this just stops working until I go into the settings again to uncheck and check it.
This also happens with my Contacts
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Yes! This just started for me a couple days ago. The only thing that setting you mentioned above does for me now is search THROUGH installed apps for hits, but no longer brings up the app itself. Unfortunately your fix of checking and unchecking doesn't seem to do the trick for me (I'm on a Note 2).
For anyone who's not familiar with this behavior, it's a really nice feature of the main Google Now bar everyone should have on their home screen:
Punching in part of an app name in the Google Now bar pulls up hits including the app itself.
It's very convenient to for example turn on your phone, type in "Scan", and get as the top hit the Genius Scan app for example (you might only remember the "Scan" part of the name of the app).
Or type in "Face" and the Facebook app shows up. (Partials work.)
It's very similar to the iOS left-swipe search, the Windows 7 Start button, and OSX Spotlight.
Hunting and pecking through the app list is for chumps.

After today's Google+ update patch, this issue is now resolved.

same problem here..
Uristocles said:
After today's Google+ update patch, this issue is now resolved.
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didn't find any solution yet
any advice appreciated...
update...
just found je SOLUTION...
go into app setting.. (installed applications, details.. of Google search..)
clear anything AND un install all updates of the app..
now it finds everything again )
yey.. luckily

[Q] New Gear User: Can't find installed apps

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?

Missing Apps Upon Restart

i installed a calc.apk manually via adb push. i see the app in my app list on the watch, however when i restart the app is gone. i also have nova launcher installed, and can see the calc app is actually still installed, it's just not showing anymore on the touchwiz launcher. is there something i can uncheck, or check from my phone that is screwing it up from a sync or something?
** i actually tested turning off the bluetooth on my phone so it wouldn't pair with watch. and i rebooted phone after re-pushing the calc file. the file stays in my app list. so somewhere something is unsyncing information from phone to watch when it pairs. i just dont know where to look.

xirnibor said:
i installed a calc.apk manually via adb push. i see the app in my app list on the watch, however when i restart the app is gone. i also have nova launcher installed, and can see the calc app is actually still installed, it's just not showing anymore on the touchwiz launcher. is there something i can uncheck, or check from my phone that is screwing it up from a sync or something?
** i actually tested turning off the bluetooth on my phone so it wouldn't pair with watch. and i rebooted phone after re-pushing the calc file. the file stays in my app list. so somewhere something is unsyncing information from phone to watch when it pairs. i just dont know where to look.
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***further testing - i installed gear manager v1.6.132701 - phone said i had to update to use samsung gear manager. i did. as long as i dont show the device *paired in samsung manager, all side loaded apps seem to work fine. if i pair it in manager, poof the app disappears until i disable pair and restart watch.

Known issue (feature?) of later versions of gear manager. Sideloaded apps will disappear from touchwiz launcher (you need to downgrade gm or install another launcher)

Brendo said:
Known issue (feature?) of later versions of gear manager. Sideloaded apps will disappear from touchwiz launcher (you need to downgrade gm or install another launcher)
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how do i load another installer? i tried an old version (16) and as soon as i opens, it forces me to update?

Note 4 Whole bunch of wierd things going on

So there have been a whole bunch of weird things going on with my Note 4. Anyone else seeing this
1.) I have my apps arranged into folders and I am finding that randomly that apps are coming back out of the folders for no particular reason. It seems to happen when I install an app or power cycle the phone but also sometimes it just happens throughout the day
2.) Google Now "always on" stops working. Sometimes when the phone is asleep and never works when connected to wifi (I have seen others on the forum having this issue )
3.) Iheart radio app, I can't get it to install with the verified app setting checked or with my Gear Neo connected. If I turn off my Neo and uncheck verify app it will install but as soon as I turn the Neo on it uninstalls the App
4.) Starbucks app won't install ( I know this is Starbucks issue, just wanted to list it here for others)

asiavik said:
4.) Starbucks app won't install ( I know this is Starbucks issue, just wanted to list it here for others)
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Google search Starbuck apk. I had to side load it other day.
http://downloader-apk.com/starbucks/

For number 1. You have Create Shortcuts enabled in the Playstore settings. After you install an app. It will put the icon on the home screen as well as the drawer.

I think he means when you create folders in app drawer and put apps in different folders when you restart apps in drawer leave folders and go back to the way it was. I also notice when I set time/time zone to manual when I reboot it always goes back to auto time via network. There is a few quirks but nothing an update can't fix. My opinion is Selinux enforcement may be culprit. Android L is probably what was supposed to come stock but it would of delayed note 4 launch . I can't complain as I really like this note 4

asiavik said:
3.) Iheart radio app, I can't get it to install with the verified app setting checked or with my Gear Neo connected. If I turn off my Neo and uncheck verify app it will install but as soon as I turn the Neo on it uninstalls the App
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I have a Gear 2 and have the same issue with the iheartradio app and the latest update. There seems to be an issue installing the gear portion of the app and when it fails, it decides to uninstall the entire program.
For now I have reverted to a previous release of iheartradio version 5.2.0 which seems to work fine and installs the gear portion without issue, hopefully they will resolve this soon.

So I have found some things/updated
" 1.) I have my apps arranged into folders and I am finding that randomly that apps are coming back out of the folders for no particular reason. It seems to happen when I install an app or power cycle the phone but also sometimes it just happens throughout the day " I have found one trigger for this and it is Samsung's Kids Mode. Running the Kids Mode will screw up all of the organization into folders back to a certain point in time. Not sure what event it is going back to but it is always the same point so anything installed after that point will come out of its folder after kids mode is turned off
"2.) Google Now "always on" stops working. Sometimes when the phone is asleep and never works when connected to wifi (I have seen others on the forum having this issue )" Turning off S Voice seems to have fixed this issue
"3.) Iheart radio app, I can't get it to install with the verified app setting checked or with my Gear Neo connected. If I turn off my Neo and uncheck verify app it will install but as soon as I turn the Neo on it uninstalls the App" I installed an older version and so far it is working
"4.) Starbucks app won't install ( I know this is Starbucks issue, just wanted to list it here for others) " I installed an older version and so far it is working

#2 is a known problem m8. I read about it earlier let. Can't give u the link tho
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Glitch: ‘OK Google’ doesn’t work
A few people have been reporting issues getting the voice command “OK Google” to work correctly every time. For some people, it worked fine when initially set up, but then stopped working after a couple of days, other report that the “Always on” function that allows you to use the command when the screen is off, doesn’t work properly.
Workaround:
They shouldn’t be incompatible, but some people have had success here by turning off Voice wake-up in the Settings menu of S Voice. Others report the opposite (that S Voice must be on for “OK Google” to work).
Potential solutions:
Make sure that Settings > Language and input > Voice search > “Ok Google” Detection is set to Always on. Try restarting your Note 4.
If you’re still having the problem there’s a good chance that a specific app is causing it. You could check your apps one-by-one. Start with wearable apps, anything that accesses the notifications. Alternately you could do a factory reset and selectively re-install until you find the culprit.

For #1, use the menu tab on the top right in app drawer. Click edit. Then drag and drop the apps u want into folder. That did it for me.

nano303 said:
#2 is a known problem m8. I read about it earlier let. Can't give u the link tho
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Glitch: ‘OK Google’ doesn’t work
A few people have been reporting issues getting the voice command “OK Google” to work correctly every time. For some people, it worked fine when initially set up, but then stopped working after a couple of days, other report that the “Always on” function that allows you to use the command when the screen is off, doesn’t work properly.
Workaround:
They shouldn’t be incompatible, but some people have had success here by turning off Voice wake-up in the Settings menu of S Voice. Others report the opposite (that S Voice must be on for “OK Google” to work).
Potential solutions:
Make sure that Settings > Language and input > Voice search > “Ok Google” Detection is set to Always on. Try restarting your Note 4.
If you’re still having the problem there’s a good chance that a specific app is causing it. You could check your apps one-by-one. Start with wearable apps, anything that accesses the notifications. Alternately you could do a factory reset and selectively re-install until you find the culprit.
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Turning off voice wake up for svoice worked for me, thanks!
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misterthankyouplease said:
For #1, use the menu tab on the top right in app drawer. Click edit. Then drag and drop the apps u want into folder. That did it for me.
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....... No that isn't the purpose of their post....... They do that and the sofa Apps end up our the folder on their own ,I have same issue
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Broken notifications in Gear Manager ? Here's the solution

I've spent a lot of time to figure out how to get full notifications back on my Gear 1.
Since the last few updates, Samsung screwed us over by updating Gear Manager and mess with the notifications in the process.
For a lot of apps, the full notifications were removed now only showing the app that triggers the notification and for instance the sender of an email.
This is what I did to get it fully working again.
1. Remove everything Gear related on the phone (my case it's a S5).
2. Download earlier version of Gear Manager where full notifications still worked and put it somewhere on your SD card where you can find it.
( I downloaded version 2.1.14071502 from here https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi/Gear_Manager )
3. Make sure the phone doesn't have any internet connection anymore, disable wifi and mobile data connection.
4. disable Bluetooth, so that you don't have a connection with the Gear smartwatch.
5. Install the Gear Manager earlier version you downloaded
6. reboot phone
7. open Titanium Backup and freeze "samsung gear automatic update" (or something simular, I'm translating is from Dutch).
8. open Gear Manager, it shouldn't ask to update (as the internet connection is still not active).
9. disable automatic updates in Gear Manager
10. Set up Gear Manager as you like
11. Connect phone to smartwatch by enabling Bluetooth again
12. Enable wifi and/or mobile data connection
On my S5 it works perfectly like this, no messages about updates and whatsapp and gmail notifications are coming in again with preview of the text.
UPDATE : I don't know if it is related to my "workaround" but I don't receive WhatsApp notifications anymore on the watch, although it is checked in Gear Manager and I do receive notifications on my phone.
UPDATE 2 : decided to give it another try today and I followed again the same steps. At step 7 there was no "Samsung Software Update" in TB, so decided to freeze "Samsung Account" in TB. This worked very well.
Tested my findings by sending myself multiple notifications (Gmail, SMS, Whatsapp, etc) from my company S3 Neo and it worked !

Does this also solve certain apps not installing when installed from phone and not galaxy store?

diamantericos said:
Does this also solve certain apps not installing when installed from phone and not galaxy store?
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No, not that I know of.
This "workaround" is only to get back more text in the notifications, which are gone after the last few updates that Samsung forced upon us.

uhm... 1.7.071502 version can not be found in the link provided?

Henkl said:
uhm... 1.7.071502 version can not be found in the link provided?
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My bad, I ment 2.1.14071502 which is there.

speedme said:
My bad, I ment 2.1.14071502 which is there.
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sorry.. does not work for me ... "Gear manager stopped working"

Henkl said:
sorry.. does not work for me ... "Gear manager stopped working"
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Have you followed the steps exactly ?
I've performed them twice and it worked

speedme said:
Have you followed the steps exactly ?
I've performed them twice and it worked
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trice already....