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Google Play jerking me around

So I sent google play an email stating that an app I already paid for (3g watchdog) is showing up as unpaid, gave them my order receipt and they asked for more information so I sent them this.
Allright, I flash New roms to my phone all the time. Normally I just re download all my apps as I switch between gingerbread and ice cream sandwich so I can't use titanium backup. So I flashed a new Rom (ics os) and the app appeared as bought, I clicked download and the market updated to play store during that and the download froze. So I force stopped it and brought up play store again. This time the app appeared as purchase 2.99 . I thought it was the os I was using so I formatted and flashed a gb Rom. Went to download again this time it sai purchase so I went about agreeing to purchase it again to see if it was just a glitch or something. It didn't work it went about charging me but my cc is maxed so I didn't get charged. I contacted the 3g watchdog dev and he said he could refund me just to let him know as he said he found a valid payment record. I can't get refunded because my cc is maxed and I wouldn't be able to purchase it again as payment would not be available which is why I need your help.
The following response came after a week of me sending emails requesting a response.
Thanks for following up and for providing those additional details about the issue you're experiencing on Google Play. In reviewing the information you've provided as well as our records, it appears that this issue is related to the fact that you're not using the authorized ROM that came with your device.
Using any ROM besides the factory default may cause the device to have limited functionality and may cause unexpected behavior with the Google Play Store app. Unfortunately, we won't be able to troubleshoot this issue further because the issue appears to be unique to the way your device is configured, and we can't recreate the issue with our devices here.
To resolve the issue, I recommend using the authorized Android operating system provided by your manufacturer that can be obtained from their website or your carrier.
Regards,
Matt The Google Play Support Team
Seems like google play is jerking me around an awful lot for 2.99. What shall I say to these jerkoffs?
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Why don't you try flashing the stock rom and see if the payment reflects?
if not you can tell them that it isn't working on the 'authorized ROM' as well, no?
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Or you probably could simply ask your card company to pull back the payment?

Its was purchased on a CC a year ago and the card is now beyond maxed, the dev at 3g watchdog said they could reverse payment so I could re purchase the app but with it being maxed its redundant.
Guess I'll flash a stock rooted rom... feels Luke it won't make a difference.
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Well it shouldn't matter, if u use custom or an original Rom imo.
The purchase is bounded to your gmail account. But try a stock Rom and see if it makes a diffrenents. And let us know
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Hasn't happened (YET) with my purchased apps. They were purchased on stick SE Xperia X10 nearly 2 Years back, runs fine on all my custom ROMs on the Inc S.
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Edit stock... Lol. Damn autocorrect.

ragapa97 said:
Hasn't happened (YET) with my purchased apps. They were purchased on stick SE Xperia X10 nearly 2 Yeats back, runs fine on all my custom ROMs on the Inc S.
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didnt know phones come stick ;p

See if the payment issue happens on stock Rom. If not, back up the app and restore in your Rom of choice. If it does, according to the email from Google, they should be able to help.
Kudos to the Dev though, for offering a refund.

Nonverbose said:
See if the payment issue happens on stock Rom. If not, back up the app and restore in your Rom of choice. If it does, according to the email from Google, they should be able to help.
Kudos to the Dev though, for offering a refund.
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+1.
Mighty decent of the Dev to offer a refund on a payment made a year ago....
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Android Pay stopped working!

Hello.. yesterday(7-25-16 @ 10:30pm Est.) I used Android pay at local gas station. The next day, it failed to work. I'm rooted on Dp5 with Su 2.74. I don't have any thing set to auto update, o how could that happen?

It's quite possible that Google updated SafetyNet. Unless you are on a bone stock non-rooted ROM, AP may stop working at any time. Just how it is. It could also be a thing with the processing network. Hard to say.

kwdan said:
Hello.. yesterday(7-25-16 @ 10:30pm Est.) I used Android pay at local gas station. The next day, it failed to work. I'm rooted on Dp5 with Su 2.74. I don't have any thing set to auto update, o how could that happen?
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Android pay also stopped working for me running Developer Preview 5 rooted with Su 2.76. As mentioned in the first reply it was probably something Google updated in the background.

Stopped Working for me too
Was working on July 24th. Didn't work as of today 7-26-16 when I tried it next.
Booo
Hopefully someone figures it out. unfortunately I need root and absolutely love tap & pay!!

aaron804 said:
Was working on July 24th. Didn't work as of today 7-26-16 when I tried it next.
Booo
Hopefully someone figures it out. unfortunately I need root and absolutely love tap & pay!!
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I agree.. I really got used to using it.

Interesting, now the safety net test failed now. Wonder if there will be a work around soon

If the change was made server side it is getting to the point we all knew would come. It is either android pay or root. You will have to pick.

I pick root. Android Pay is useless to me, as I only carry one debit card and one credit card. I can whip those out quicker than the Android Pay user can use the app.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I pick root. Android Pay is useless to me, as I only carry one debit card and one credit card. I can whip those out quicker than the Android Pay user can use the app.
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Agreed. As long as you have to carry an ID of any kind, then you have your cards with you and it takes less time. For me it is even more meaningless as most stores here have banned mobile payments.

Its kind of a relief to have no hope. I can go back to caring purely about flashing cool roms and doing what i want with root. It was neat to have both for a bit.

Any one try Magisk 6.0?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/mod-magisk-v1-universal-systemless-t3432382

Will Package Disabler Apps work on Note 8?

I have been seeing that apps like Package Disabler have been struggling to get around disabling packages with latest updates from samsung. Many users on the Play store keep complaining it doesn't work. Will the latest software of Note 8 work with package disabling? What about AdHell? is it as good a disabler like Package and BK?

Works fine in s8 plus. Perfect way to disable sh*tby totally.

ekerbuddyeker said:
Works fine in s8 plus. Perfect way to disable sh*tby totally.
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Can the Bixby button be used for something else if it is disabled.

StevePritchard said:
Can the Bixby button be used for something else if it is disabled.
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Yes there are a few different apps for remapping the Bixby key or if you root you can do it yourself manually too.
Check in the s8 themes and apps section on XDA or just wait and they'll come to this one too.
However I like Bixby, it's quite helpful and saves me time

MrAshMan said:
Yes there are a few different apps for remapping the Bixby key or if you root you can do it yourself manually too.
Check in the s8 themes and apps section on XDA or just wait and they'll come to this one too.
However I like Bixby, it's quite helpful and saves me time
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I'm not planning on rooting, just disabling any unnecessary packages. I'm pretty happy with the Google assistant, and think that's likely to be superior to Bixby.

StevePritchard said:
I'm not planning on rooting, just disabling any unnecessary packages. I'm pretty happy with the Google assistant, and think that's likely to be superior to Bixby.
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The apps have non root options available so you should be good to go with those.

package disable doesnt work all the time. Its a known fact.
Samsung has told the dev to change some thing so it doesnt work.
I had it install on my phone and work great. Then one day i went to add another app to the list and the program wouldnt load.
So i uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Then got an error 102. Contacted the dev and he said it was samsungs fault and if im getting that error to uninstall and ask for a refund.
So with all that being said i doubt it will work on the note 8. I hope it does since i like to block ota updates but we will see what happens.

xile6 said:
package disable doesnt work all the time. Its a known fact.
Samsung has told the dev to change some thing so it doesnt work.
I had it install on my phone and work great. Then one day i went to add another app to the list and the program wouldnt load.
So i uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Then got an error 102. Contacted the dev and he said it was samsungs fault and if im getting that error to uninstall and ask for a refund.
So with all that being said i doubt it will work on the note 8. I hope it does since i like to block ota updates but we will see what happens.
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Curious what phone your currently using. My co worker just got the S8 and contacted the dev. The dev replied almost immediately with a link to the newest version that was not fully released yet. He hasn't had a problem since. That was this past week.

PDP Pro is working fine on my Note 4. That is an older phone that is on Marshmallow. It works well. I took a look at what was installed on the Verizon variant when I was in the Verizon store today and there was not much on it. Much, much less than what they installed on my Note 4. Does anyone know if they just put less on the model phones in the stores, or will there really be that little junk on the phone?

jselden said:
Curious what phone your currently using. My co worker just got the S8 and contacted the dev. The dev replied almost immediately with a link to the newest version that was not fully released yet. He hasn't had a problem since. That was this past week.
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Tmobile s8+ The dev email me back within 5 mins and said if i got that error to ask for a refund and it wouldnt work. This was about 2 weeks ago.
But as said the app work when i first got my s8+ and installed it. but then i went to open it and it didnt open so uninstalled and reinstalled and it didnt work any more.

I'm sure they will work, some work better then others. the Bixby button is something that a lot of people don't really care for so if there is a way to remap/disable it, a post will be up fairly quick.

varun.gid said:
I have been seeing that apps like Package Disabler have been struggling to get around disabling packages with latest updates from samsung. Many users on the Play store keep complaining it doesn't work. Will the latest software of Note 8 work with package disabling? What about AdHell? is it as good a disabler like Package and BK?
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it would be nice if they support they note 8 given the nasty they did to their customers when they caved to samsung and modified their app to let the stupid battery cap updates go thru on the note 7.
dear policedeveloper: that really sucked and you are gonna have to come back from that nasty deed. until you redeem yourselves, developer = police.

serusaert said:
it would be nice if they support they note 8 given the nasty they did to their customers when they caved to samsung and modified their app to let the stupid battery cap updates go thru on the note 7.
dear policedeveloper: that really sucked and you are gonna have to come back from that nasty deed. until you redeem yourselves, developer = police.
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Sorry, can't agree with this. Their decision to side with Samsung on this was good business sense. Had any customer using it been "lit up" by a faulty battery while the installation of the update was blocked by PD, they'd have been wide open to a lawsuit regardless of what the license agreement said.

Dodge DeBoulet said:
Sorry, can't agree with this. Their decision to side with Samsung on this was good business sense. Had any customer using it been "lit up" by a faulty battery while the installation of the update was blocked by PD, they'd have been wide open to a lawsuit regardless of what the license agreement said.
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i agree that this is the case but all the same i remember when it happened and was annoyed - i planned, as i have done, to use the note 7 for as long as i could and i was incensed at the attempts to hobble it and end those plans prematurely.
luckily i dodged this (and the others) and got a lot of good use out of it as a tablet. it totally rocked as a backup telecommute device or when on the go. the s-pen is what makes it work. remote desktop on windows 10 is actually pretty functional for coding. and this is a phone i just sold for $380. i can't complain about how it ended up but, yeah, i was a bit upset that these devs were assisting the attempts to hobble it.
i can't wait to try to work using the note 8. i checked one out in best buy yesterday and, tho intimidated by the size (that sounds wrong), i have high hopes for how it will perform as a telecommuting device.

Package Disabler?

Does anyone know what package disablers work with the Note 9, it's been a year a so since I was with Samsung and package disabler appears to have disappeared from the Play Store.
Can I get it somewhere else? does it work with the Note 9?

It works but it also gets removed from Play Store periodically then it gets reinstated. People who purchased it its earlier reincarnations need to purchase it again, assuming they need to reinstall, if more than 6 months have passed. Needless to say a lot people feel peeved off (and rightly so) by the developer's attitude.

Shocky2 said:
Does anyone know what package disablers work with the Note 9, it's been a year a so since I was with Samsung and package disabler appears to have disappeared from the Play Store.
Can I get it somewhere else? does it work with the Note 9?
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I had a look around at these but then opted to try the ADB route instead. There are various threads around on what to disable and it's pretty straightforward to do. I also wonder if just disabling the app via settings is similar or good enough. Haven't found enough info so far to confirm, but have disabled some apps this way too.

Is the ADB method the same as on an LG phone? E.g. pm uninstall -k --.......
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pdagenius said:
I had a look around at these but then opted to try the ADB route instead. There are various threads around on what to disable and it's pretty straightforward to do. I also wonder if just disabling the app via settings is similar or good enough. Haven't found enough info so far to confirm, but have disabled some apps this way too.
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Not sure about ADB, only time I've used ADB is for flashing recovery, I wouldn't know where to start.
I've disabled everything I can manually, although there are a few not sure about, after checking the play store via chrome package disabler pro is still available but not for the Note 9, annoying because I'm pretty sure I have the Pro version.
Also somewhat unrelated, why does the software on the Note 9 have such difficulty closing down background apps? even when you explicitly selected them to not run in the background, an hour or so later it's still active and using battery. :silly:

Shocky2 said:
Not sure about ADB, only time I've used ADB is for flashing recovery, I wouldn't know where to start.
I've disabled everything I can manually, although there are a few not sure about, after checking the play store via chrome package disabler pro is still available but not for the Note 9, annoying because I'm pretty sure I have the Pro version.
Also somewhat unrelated, why does the software on the Note 9 have such difficulty closing down background apps? even when you explicitly selected them to not run in the background, an hour or so later it's still active and using battery. :silly:
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I know this is the US Play store,but,perhaps it'll re-direct to what you need:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpremium&hl=en_US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.powermanager.batteryaddon&hl=en_US

Only thing that works for me is if you do it through adb.

https://packagedisabler.myshopify.com
I bought it a few days ago from here and it works great.

xtrocata said:
https://packagedisabler.myshopify.com
I bought it a few days ago from here and it works great.
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How though? As I purchased but never received anything

Goku80 said:
How though? As I purchased but never received anything
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I don't know. I got everythjng through mail: a download link and a code to activate the app.
Maybe try and contact them?

Just in case someone needs the full tutorial for using ADB to uninstall a system app,check this link:
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
If you're not familiar with it,it's worth your while to read everything.
It's not complicated if you're used to using command prompts/ADB,however,be warned that if you delete,it's actually just hidden from the user,but,once you do this,it can't be recovered/accessed/re-installed unless you factory reset (less root access,of course).
The article/tutorial states as much,but,we're all human & at times,TLDR.......... :good:

xtrocata said:
https://packagedisabler.myshopify.com
I bought it a few days ago from here and it works great.
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You will pay again and again because there are thieves...

Adhell 3 has a package disabler. It works. Google "adhell 3 reddit" and you can find links to download the APKs. Then you'll have to go to samsung developer site and generate a knox developer key to plug into your copy of adhell 3.

kill_dano said:
Adhell 3 has a package disabler. It works. Google "adhell 3 reddit" and you can find links to download the APKs. Then you'll have to go to samsung developer site and generate a knox developer key to plug into your copy of adhell 3.
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Yup I was gonna suggest this as well. Works great and also blocks ads.

Just got a Note 9 few days ago, bought a copy from http://www.packagedisabler.com , license 3 times activation.

feyyun said:
Just got a Note 9 few days ago, bought a copy from http://www.packagedisabler.com , license 3 times activation.
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owner of sites that can't add an ssl cert to their websites if often shady people that don't want to get tracked down.
id stay away.

Does anyone mind uploading the apk sent by packagedisabler? I stilll have my license but I already did my 3 downloads and forgot to backup the apk unfortunately.

KevnRobles said:
Does anyone mind uploading the apk sent by packagedisabler?
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No problem, here it is
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There is a useful program called Adhell3 which does app disabling and ad blocking. It works a treat on my unrooted Note 9. It is linked over in the Goodbye Ads forum.

GallardosEggrollShop said:
Yup I was gonna suggest this as well. Works great and also blocks ads.
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Indeed, this is the best way to go ... just remember to renew your Samsung Knox API Key every 90 days, mine needs to be renewed soon.

Google Play System Update issue (U.S. T-Mobile)

So both my sister and I have the same model unlocked Pixel 5 and are using our phones on T-Mobile's network as well.
I've noticed that on my phone I get the Google Play system update (not to be confused with the main phone/security update) whenever I do a manual check for it and a new one's available (Settings, Security, Google Play system update, tap on "Check for update"). But when I do the same thing on her phone, it doesn't update it, even after I restart and ensure that the Google Play Store app is up-to-date as well.
Eventually her phone finally got the December 1 update a couple weeks ago after I tried again, but then now there's a January 1 update and once again mine let me download it right away, but her phone refuses to update that regardless of what I do (main update it does do just fine though).
I'm guessing it will update it soon enough, but why the delay? Can anyone explain why two IDENTICAL phones won't update this at the same time when manually prompted?

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Hey Saturday Night,
Thanks for the link. However, even if it does work for her phone, I still would rather not use it b/c doing so doesn't solve the actual issue of why it's not updating it automatically, or at the very least, when I attempt to update it manually (by doing a recheck).
It seems to update eventually, but I just find it annoying that my phone will do it when I recheck, but not her's. Makes no sense since again we have the same model phone and are on the same carrier.

RockStar2005 said:
Hey Saturday Night,
Thanks for the link. However, even if it does work for her phone, I still would rather not use it b/c doing so doesn't solve the actual issue of why it's not updating it automatically, or at the very least, when I attempt to update it manually (by doing a recheck).
It seems to update eventually, but I just find it annoying that my phone will do it when I recheck, but not her's. Makes no sense since again we have the same model phone and are on the same carrier.
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Same thing happens to me but in reverse. My wife P5 gets it and then about a month later I get it on my P5. I don't really think about it since it really doesn't affect anything. Is there a reason you feel you need it?

bobby janow said:
Same thing happens to me but in reverse. My wife P5 gets it and then about a month later I get it on my P5. I don't really think about it since it really doesn't affect anything. Is there a reason you feel you need it?
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Hey Bobby,
Ok, so it's not JUST me. Good to know. lol
No, not really. As I'd mentioned, it's really not a big deal. I just hope it doesn't indicate that there might be a deeper issue present with her phone. Also, I just hate that I can't explain why it happens at all. lol

RockStar2005 said:
Hey Bobby,
Ok, so it's not JUST me. Good to know. lol
No, not really. As I'd mentioned, it's really not a big deal. I just hope it doesn't indicate that there might be a deeper issue present with her phone. Also, I just hate that I can't explain why it happens at all. lol
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The only thing I can think of is that it's a staged rollout and a random one at that. I update my phone's apps more often than she does so I figured that might be it and then forgot about it. A month later it popped up. I believe the monthlies are way more critical and those come at the same time.

bobby janow said:
The only thing I can think of is that it's a staged rollout and a random one at that.
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You are correct. It's a scattered release.

xunholyx said:
You are correct. It's a scattered release.
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Yes. I agree with you both. This answer seems to make the most sense, and so therefore I'm going to consider this issue resolved.
Thank you all so much for your posts!!

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That's not really an update but more of a place holder. The real update is much larger and can't be installed with an apk. It will change the date to make it look up to date but that's it.