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Google eating through Sewage tank called Android System WebView. help..

Hello scholar buddies,
Yes google is eating through sewage. The Android System Webview app keeps running even when I have disabled it. It shows in the disabled apps' list, it shows disabled, but the force stop button is active time to time when I check. Yes it still runs back secretly even when disabled. This is a new sewage trick by google. Obviously for phone home stealing. How hungry one can be?
Non rooted xperia. Android 5.1.
What should I do? Any solutions?
Thanks.

Either root and delete it, or stop using that distinct browser.
Also, its not for any kind of theft. It allows your browser to display web functions which would not normally be shown due to programming limitations.

ninjasinabag said:
Either root and delete it, or stop using that distinct browser.
Also, its not for any kind of theft. It allows your browser to display web functions which would not normally be shown due to programming limitations.
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Hello buddy,
Havent rooted the phone yet, because I am waiting for a final update that will feel wholesome. Then I will root.
I have dissabled the Chrome and stock web browser, along with the Android System Webview. Isnt it suppose to keep itself dead when you have disabled it? But it wakes inside the Coffin, isnt it suspected to be definately programmed for some hidden purpose?

How did you disable apps without root?
What does 'pm list packages -d' show?

HypoTurtle said:
How did you disable apps without root?
What does 'pm list packages -d' show?
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You can still disable apps through settings even without root, right? I have that option on my Nexus 6 before I rooted.

harpin14789 said:
You can still disable apps through settings even without root, right? I have that option on my Nexus 6 before I rooted.
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Possibly; but l guess it's ROM dependant a: if there is a disable button in app settings and b: what said button actually does.
Checking the disabled apps with the pm command listed should at least show if it's been disable via the package manager.

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How did you disable apps without root?
What does 'pm list packages -d' show?
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Yes, almost half of the system apps have 'disable' option activated without root. When apps are disabled they are totally non existant. Other apps depending upon them, either crash, or ask to install the particular needed app. No other(non-douchebag) app will pull out any disabled app. After the number one douchebag app 'Google Play services', 'Android System WebView' seems to be the douchescum sidekick.
I disabled many. All the apps obay the disabledness, except Android System WebView. It shows disabled, but poops out from time to time. After a while or the other when I check the app info, there you see the 'force stop' button is active again.

Ketansa said:
Yes, almost half of the system apps have 'disable' option activated without root. When apps are disabled they are totally non existant. Other apps depending upon them, either crash, or ask to install the particular needed app. No other(non-douchebag) app will pull out any disabled app. After the number one douchebag app 'Google Play services', 'Android System WebView' seems to be the douchescum sidekick.
I disabled many. All the apps obay the disabledness, except Android System WebView. It shows disabled, but poops out from time to time. After a while or the other when I check the app info, there you see the 'force stop' button is active again.
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It still could be that the app isn't fully disabled; perhaps the 'disable' just turns of as much services/activities as possible.
Have you checked the pm command? (You can run that in terminal without root...)

U really need to have some clear idea about webview.

HypoTurtle said:
It still could be that the app isn't fully disabled; perhaps the 'disable' just turns of as much services/activities as possible.
Have you checked the pm command? (You can run that in terminal without root...)
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Hi thank you for reply.
No I dont do how to do the pm command. Is there a link?
THank you.

Ketansa said:
Hello buddy,
Havent rooted the phone yet, because I am waiting for a final update that will feel wholesome. Then I will root.
I have dissabled the Chrome and stock web browser, along with the Android System Webview. Isnt it suppose to keep itself dead when you have disabled it? But it wakes inside the Coffin, isnt it suspected to be definately programmed for some hidden purpose?
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DON'T TOUCH IT! DONT DISABLE IT !
Let me explain why?
The WebView is the system organ that manages the application that run internet (except chrome or Firefox )it allows the app to connect with Internet.
So find the application that is culprit try : Gsam

Ketansa said:
Hi thank you for reply.
No I dont do how to do the pm command. Is there a link?
THank you.
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Terminal emulator and enter pm list packages -d to see what package manager sees as being disabled.

DevUt said:
DON'T TOUCH IT! DONT DISABLE IT !
Let me explain why?
The WebView is the system organ that manages the application that run internet (except chrome or Firefox )it allows the app to connect with Internet.
So find the application that is culprit try : Gsam
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Its a Myth.
I already DISABLED it. And all the apps run and connect fine without it.

the purpose of the app is to render webpages for apps that don't have a built-in browser. An example would be google login page, which is web based (likely for security reasons) for when you want to allow an app access to your google account. It doesn't even have its own internet permission. Nor does it have any other hidden abilities. Think of it as an HTML Viewer for modern internet implementations. Definitely not a phone home app and definitely not as douchebaggey as the rest of googles apps. here is screenshots of the apps components http://imgur.com/a/CzW8r

Ketansa said:
Its a Myth.
I already DISABLED it. And all the apps run and connect fine without it.
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This is exactly where u r wrong.

ElwOOd_CbGp said:
the purpose of the app is to render webpages for apps that don't have a built-in browser. An example would be google login page, which is web based (likely for security reasons) for when you want to allow an app access to your google account. It doesn't even have its own internet permission. Nor does it have any other hidden abilities. Think of it as an HTML Viewer for modern internet implementations. Definitely not a phone home app and definitely not as douchebaggey as the rest of googles apps. here is screenshots of the apps components http://imgur.com/a/CzW8r
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Thank you for the report )
Good wishes for you.

But there is still the question-
Why does it run anyway, even if disabled? Why this bullysh act? If I am disabling important service (according to google bots ) , then stay disabled and give me errors in the system. Why run back?
I know I am going to nail it with root, but still raising the question.

Sounds an awful lot like you are being unreasonably paranoid in a slightly uneducated fashion frankly. I have it disabled on my non-rooted phone and it would take more than a Force Stop button being non-grayed out to worry me. Rather than jumping to conclusions and displaying hysteria symptoms why don't you actually confirm that is or is not running in the running processes.
Logic. It works.
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How can i simply force close open/running aps?

Is there a solution to this yet? Either from the system itself or from downloading or sideloading a specific app to close them?
This is still Android so there should be something to force close apps like our phones.

I agree, I force closed each app individually, helped speed things up a bit.
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I wish there was as well. Only thing you can do currently is go into Apps and manually Force Stop the apps, which is too much of a pain. Really stupid.

wouldn't greenify achieve that? I haven't tried to install it on the shield, but I assume it would sideload fine. just add all the apps that you commonly find yourself force closing to your greenify list, then you should be able to just open greenify and hibernate them all at once.

awp69 said:
I wish there was as well. Only thing you can do currently is go into Apps and manually Force Stop the apps, which is too much of a pain. Really stupid.
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It's not possible to limit the number of apps running in background in the developper menu?

You can download a task manager and killer.
You just need to side load it.

Im personally using this which i can confirm working on full android with airmouse controller
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
The app has native "force close" option, which you can use on any currently opened app, and, for those interested, has tasker support, i.e. initiate tasks anywhere
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"force close" option is listed as "ka". Ka = kill app
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Im using lmt version 2.5 on full android marshmellow, although i can confirm that it worked on full lollipop too

How Do I Remove Icons From Disabled Apps

I have disabled many of the built in apps from my S4 but the following ones are still in my App drawer although they are disabled.
S Planner
Music
Optical Reader
Help
Voice Recorder
Calculator
Samsung Hub
Voice Search
Kids Mode
Can I get rid of these icons?
Rob

Do they work if you want to open them? If so, they are not disabled.
They should disappear after a restart of the launcher.
Otherwise, just hide them.

Yes they still work, although disabled is selected and greyed out. Is there no way to properly disable these or remove them?
Rob

Yes there is a way. You can root your device easily with help on this forum or another thread (search for: how to root device Samsung galaxy s4 i guess? , so you can uninstall the bloatware apps with the app Root Uninstaller from the Playstore. If you are not familiar with this way to remove system Google Apps, than don't try it. It can mess up your Device very bad. But it's worth a try. Just learn and follow the instructions very good with a little help. That's all i can say from my experience which is very positive:good:

robertywatson said:
Yes they still work, although disabled is selected and greyed out. Is there no way to properly disable these or remove them?
Rob
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A grayed out "disable" means it cannot be disabled.
If an app was disabled, the "disable" option gets replaced by "enable".
Disabled apps aren't supposed to work either, so obviously your apps weren't disabled.

shield-leanback launcher- way to disable recommended from home

Is there a way to disable the service so it won't show on the home screen? I have root and all apps disabled but it still is there empty and says loading on boot.. I just don't want it there at all..
I have root. There has to be a way to remove it but I have searched and found nothing. Any help appreciated
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Found a way.. How to below

OK I figured it out for anyone wanting to know.
You need root. There are 2 services you have to disable.
You can use a service Disabler app.
I used Disable Service.
Under the system apps you will see 2 leanback services. If you click on these they each have2 services within them. Disable the one that has recommended in the name. (Under both instances of leanback)
Afterwards the leanback home screen loads as normal but the recommendations are completely gone.

mate if you just want to stop recommdations, u dont need root, just go to apps and disable leanback launcher recommendations, currently no one has been able to stop the actual launcher home screen though

That didn't work for me. There is actually to instances of lean back you can find with a service Disabler. I went under both and disabled the recommended. Now on my home screen I see nothing.

u have a blank screen?

No. I just have android TV home without the recommended section at the top. Which was what I was after.
To accomplish: disable service app
In disable service you find 2 instances of lean back launcher. Go in each one and disable recommendations.
Afterwards no recommendations will exist on the launcher home. Gone. Not just an empty recommendations section

as i said this can be done by just disable leanback recommendations, i have 2 shields and my mum has one and a close friend and have been able do this on all for on stock without any modifications

Thanks for the info. I am trying to accomplish the same, but I cannot run Service Disabler app on my Android TV box. However, I can run root commands from the terminal. I have tried disabling these 2 services and rebooting, but the recommendations area is still there:
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.RecommendationsService
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.NotificationsService
The command I used was "pm disable com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.NotificationsService".
Can you please check in your Service Disabler app if these are the services that you have disabled?

bluemax23 said:
Thanks for the info. I am trying to accomplish the same, but I cannot run Service Disabler app on my Android TV box. However, I can run root commands from the terminal. I have tried disabling these 2 services and rebooting, but the recommendations area is still there:
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.RecommendationsService
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.NotificationsService
The command I used was "pm disable com.google.android.leanbacklauncher/.recommendations.NotificationsService".
Can you please check in your Service Disabler app if these are the services that you have disabled?
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Code:
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.recommendations.UbRecommendationsService
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.recommendations.UbNotificationsService
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.recommendations.RecommendationsService
com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.recommendations.NotificationsService
Disabling these gets rid of the actual recommendations, but leaves a huge gap where they were. Anyone know how to move apps right up underneath the google app?

Google Notifications on Fire HD 10

Is there a way to get Google apps (voice, gchat, gmail, etc) to have working notifications on the 2019 HD 10? I have searched around and see others with the problem, but I did not see any solutions. I installed Google Account Manager v7.1.2, Google Services Framework v9-4832352, Google Play services 20.15.15, and Google Play Store 19.8.15 after a factory reset. Notifications will not work. With Voice, I can have the app open with the screen on and it will not notify or display a new message until it is "refreshed" (leaving the current conversation and going back to the list, etc will then show the new message). Thanks for any help.

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Is there a way to get Google apps (voice, gchat, gmail, etc) to have working notifications on the 2019 HD 10? I have searched around and see others with the problem, but I did not see any solutions. I installed Google Account Manager v7.1.2, Google Services Framework v9-4832352, Google Play services 20.15.15, and Google Play Store 19.8.15 after a factory reset. Notifications will not work. With Voice, I can have the app open with the screen on and it will not notify or display a new message until it is "refreshed" (leaving the current conversation and going back to the list, etc will then show the new message). Thanks for any help.
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You have to disable the battery optimization or doze.

AmznUser444 Dev said:
You have to disable the battery optimization or doze.
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Could you explain further? I did disable battery optimization for each Google app that I installed (including the 4 to get Google apps on the tablet). It did not seem to make a difference. Even with the app open and screen on, I cannot get it to make a notification sound.

I have the same problem, no ring or notifications. No battery optimization find and turned on all the notifications on every setting i can find, but still not working. Any other ideas? Thanks!

Mary8 said:
I have the same problem, no ring or notifications. No battery optimization find and turned on all the notifications on every setting i can find, but still not working. Any other ideas? Thanks!
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You can use Activity Launcher:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
Open Activity Launcher -> scroll down for Settings -> select Battery
Press the vertical 3 dots and select Battery optimization -> Google -> select Not Optimized
If Google notifications didn't work, your Fire HD 10 is terrible. Migrate your valuable files to a new Android device and turn your terrible Fire HD 10 into Android app debugger, digital clock, photo frame, Echo Show (Alexa), or MIDI device.

Yes! Agree! Amazon Fire HD 10 is no good!!!! Since i cannot return it now, i try to make it work. Why didn't Amazon just use the latest Android? Fire OS is so primitive and full of bugs. I tried everything i could find online, turned off battery saver and turned on notifications for all apps, but still does not work right. Fire OS is so stupid!!!! I had to go through each app because i could not find a way to do it easier, very frustrating!!!! Now i am getting some notifications, but hours or even a day later!!!!! They must work for some people. Please share how you make them work. Thank you very much!

as it is, Fire HD10 2019 will not show notifications from Google services. u can installl the apk files and get Play Store up n running. but Fire OS is missing other android framework so notification will not work consistently.
there is no bootloader unlock for HD10 2019 right now. IF that is unlocked in the future AND a custom ROM like Lineage is ported in, then chance of notification working will be much higher.
Amazon sells its Fire tablets mostly for consumption of its digital content. dats why the HD10 does not even have Play Store. getting anything beyond that to run is a bonus. u can use the tablet as-is or get a full android tab: walmart has a few around the same price range. good luck!