**** you apple...fight with dignity not this way...you are just making yourself shame to all smarthphone users! and that the advantage for android....android for all time!
[SPRINT] New 2nd update kills search functionality? FIX Available
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I don't see how Apple can claim the rights to this sort of search functionality Windows Vista had it before the iPhone came out. Not sure if Apple had it before that on their OSX but they don't seem to mind that Windows uses it. Not to mention I don't think the iPhone even got the feature until the 3g or 3gs.
Never mind... I guess it really is just Google Search and freezing it won't help. So as long as I have a copy of the current .apk file, I can update, restore the .apk to /system/app and not worry about it being overwritten during a reboot?
See what Apple are doing to this industry. They are destroying it. They are the absolute garbage this industry and I will never, for as long as I live, give another cent to those pieces of ****. Even hearing the name Apple makes me cringe. If I had to chose between a 5 year old Samsung flip phone and the latest iPhone, I'd go with the Samsung.
Absolutely furious!
Absolutely furious!
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See what Apple are doing to this industry. They are destroying it. They are the absolute garbage this industry and I will never, for as long as I live, give another cent to those pieces of ****. Even hearing the name Apple makes me cringe. If I had to chose between a 5 year old Samsung flip phone and the latest iPhone, I'd go with the Samsung.
Absolutely furious!
That's right I'm not feeding my future children Apple Sauce they made me hate Apple, made me hate apples. Now, some Sam-sauce sound pretty tasteful
100% enjoyable without the need to be forced fed.
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See what Apple are doing to this industry. They are destroying it. They are the absolute garbage this industry and I will never, for as long as I live, give another cent to those pieces of ****. Even hearing the name Apple makes me cringe. If I had to chose between a 5 year old Samsung flip phone and the latest iPhone, I'd go with the Samsung.
Absolutely furious!
You (and the other people here) are not alone. This is of course not the first time Apple stole ideas and pretended they invented the wheel. It has a huge impact on how technology is allowed to progress and Apple plays a major bump in the road of true innovation these days. Usually when a company loses jobs it's a rather bad thing and it normally changes the way a company operates. Losing Jobs in this case didn't make a difference at all; the arrogance and sad attitude that propels the company is still very much alive. Apple is a cancer for true innovation and free marketing, and luckily more people and companies are starting to see things for what they really are.
I ended up restoring the older version of Google Search using TB, which was even easier. Thanks!
Don't u find it strange that apple stopped a search engine company from searching on its on platform? Smh
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It's not that Apple stole Ideas it's that when software ip was made copyright-able they didn't allow existing art first claim on the work, so whoever filed first got the ip rights and the copyright office was and is woefully understaffed and accepts most claims unless there is some party protesting.. Judges around the world are recognize that the software and silly design patents are not valid. How can you patent a rectangle? The slope of a keyboard at 3 degrees and then sue for being 4 degrees? How many degrees before it's not 'like' your patent?? Touch on screens has been around way before Apple was even a company, almost all that ip on the interaction was never patented, hence the Apple vs HTC case in the UK that was tossed on the prior art by Quickie ( ?).
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I cant help but think Samsung or HTC, maybe both, have something up their sleeves for Apple right before the new IPhone
goes to be released. It would be absolutely wonderful to see a temporary injunction on the IPhone.
goes to be released. It would be absolutely wonderful to see a temporary injunction on the IPhone.
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If you don't want to call it "stolen" then let's say they borrowed ideas and then ran to the patent office to make sure they can make money out of ideas created by someone else. Either way, if there is one company that abuses the patent system up to the point where development and true innovation are obstructed, then Apple should get yet another patent for that. This morning I reached a gentleman's agreement with a few other companies and developers to stop support for Apple related products as long as this insanity keeps growing. I know these are small steps, but it has to start somewhere, and complaining without doing anything at all is about as useful as nagging about being on fire while standing next to a river.
Anyways, I apologize for going off topic a bit too much.
installed update while drunk tonight, now cannot search apps. will instal the apk shortly, thanks!
There are reports that using Vudoo Root will keep your root after the update. I think that the pro busybox has a similar function. I believe based on my reading of the apps is that they require a small partition on the internal storage so that they can protect themselves and the needed data from flashing.
I don't know if it should be the people at the patent's office or the judges that allow this nonsense suing, but some people should be hanged by the balls for allowing all this.
Apple has just given me another reason (as if i didn't have enough...) to never buy any of their products and recommend everyone i know against them. Thanks, Apple.
The funny thing is... how many times was microsoft sued by international courts for monopolistic practices??? why is Apple not having those problems with even more aggressive practices? I remember microsoft having to pay one million dollar per day until they offered a special windows version which did not include IE for Europe... or having to add the option to install other browsers from other companies the first time you start windows... or the cases of JAVA and HTML, where microsoft lost, because they modified JAVA and HTML for IE and was not completely compatible with the open standards. I'd also like to know why Apple devices' bluetooth is not compatible with so many bluetooth devices from other companies... i thought bluetooth was published by IBM to be an open standard... am I mistaken?
There is something even more hilarious... Apple still exists because microsoft bought a big chunk of Apple stocks and also gave them a present of many millions to avoid Apple's bankruptcy, all because microsoft was afraid of the court trials they would have to face if their "competitor" went out of business. Right now there are tons of news on the internet showing many companies being forced by Apple to stop supplying Apple's competitors or stop producing their own competitive products... or else Apple would withdraw its contracts (all kinds of hardware suppliers are facing this, and no one says anything about it). Just check ASUS if you don't believe me. Apple Macbooks were produced by ASUS and Quanta, now ASUS is having the contracts retired because they build quality notebooks that are better than Apple's. In other words:
WHERE THE F.U.C.K ARE THE TRIALS AGAINST APPLE FOR MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES????
Tomorrow i'm going to the patent's office, i'm going to register the concept of teletransportation... just in case someone manages to develop it. If that happens... then, i'll sue and i'll become one of the richest men in the world.
Hopefully history repeats itself, so in a few years Apple will be again out of the game because of its stupid policies. It happened in the computer world, they were practically taken out of business by windows, and i sincerely hope it happens soon in the phone and tablet environments. People will open their eyes sooner or later, and they will stop paying for the overpriced close environment "pay for anything you want to do... but only if we've decided you should be allowed to do it, otherwise you can't do it" that apple imposes to their customers.
End of rant. Sorry.
P.D: English is not my native language, so I apologize for the mistakes i've sure made writing this post.
Apple has just given me another reason (as if i didn't have enough...) to never buy any of their products and recommend everyone i know against them. Thanks, Apple.
The funny thing is... how many times was microsoft sued by international courts for monopolistic practices??? why is Apple not having those problems with even more aggressive practices? I remember microsoft having to pay one million dollar per day until they offered a special windows version which did not include IE for Europe... or having to add the option to install other browsers from other companies the first time you start windows... or the cases of JAVA and HTML, where microsoft lost, because they modified JAVA and HTML for IE and was not completely compatible with the open standards. I'd also like to know why Apple devices' bluetooth is not compatible with so many bluetooth devices from other companies... i thought bluetooth was published by IBM to be an open standard... am I mistaken?
There is something even more hilarious... Apple still exists because microsoft bought a big chunk of Apple stocks and also gave them a present of many millions to avoid Apple's bankruptcy, all because microsoft was afraid of the court trials they would have to face if their "competitor" went out of business. Right now there are tons of news on the internet showing many companies being forced by Apple to stop supplying Apple's competitors or stop producing their own competitive products... or else Apple would withdraw its contracts (all kinds of hardware suppliers are facing this, and no one says anything about it). Just check ASUS if you don't believe me. Apple Macbooks were produced by ASUS and Quanta, now ASUS is having the contracts retired because they build quality notebooks that are better than Apple's. In other words:
WHERE THE F.U.C.K ARE THE TRIALS AGAINST APPLE FOR MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES????
Tomorrow i'm going to the patent's office, i'm going to register the concept of teletransportation... just in case someone manages to develop it. If that happens... then, i'll sue and i'll become one of the richest men in the world.
Hopefully history repeats itself, so in a few years Apple will be again out of the game because of its stupid policies. It happened in the computer world, they were practically taken out of business by windows, and i sincerely hope it happens soon in the phone and tablet environments. People will open their eyes sooner or later, and they will stop paying for the overpriced close environment "pay for anything you want to do... but only if we've decided you should be allowed to do it, otherwise you can't do it" that apple imposes to their customers.
End of rant. Sorry.
P.D: English is not my native language, so I apologize for the mistakes i've sure made writing this post.
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16if this is true, this is bad news....
Edit:
to fix it, install GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
here is that file
Edit 2
WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM
This stops working after a reboot and you have to install the file again for it to work
Only thing I can think of is to root and replace the system file with the old one...not sure though
any suggestions?
Edit 3: How to make it stick. Must be rooted
NOTE: You need ROOT! and probably Root Explorer, so you can change permissions, I did it all through the phone, I'm sure you could also use adb but this seemed simpler. Also, I don't think this can in any way break your phone, but just to be safe, make a backup, at least in Titanium, and don't blame me if something goes wrong.
1) Download the apk at the beginning of this thread, place it on your SDcard (or phone) where you'll find it easily.
2) Install root explorer (or equivalent, I used root explorer though)
3) Go to /system/app and mount as R/W
4) move GoogleQuickSearch.apk somewhere else, just so you have it if you need to restore it
5) Go to where you placed the full-featured apk, copy/move it to /system/app
6) Long-Click on GoogleQuickSearch.apk, select permissions, and set to rw-r--r-- (ie, row 1: yes yes no, row 2: yes no no, row 3: yes no no)
7) Hit okay, mount R/O, and quit
8) Go to Settings > Application Manager > All
9) Select Google Search, and clear data/cache
10) Select Google Services Framework, clear data/cache
11) Reboot
12) ???
13) Profit!!!9picked up by phandroid =) http://phandroid.com/2012/07/10/spr...search-app-attempts-to-prevent-apple-lawsuit/
to fix it, install GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
here is that file4Got it back!
Okay, so I'd lost my unified search functionality during the upgrade, but I replaced the castrated apk in system/app with the full-featured apk available in the first post of this thread, and several reboots later, the full-featured search functionality is still available. If you know how to switch them, go right ahead, if you don't, read below.
NOTE: You need ROOT! and probably Root Explorer, so you can change permissions, I did it all through the phone, I'm sure you could also use adb but this seemed simpler. Also, I don't think this can in any way break your phone, but just to be safe, make a backup, at least in Titanium, and don't blame me if something goes wrong.
1) Download the apk at the beginning of this thread, place it on your SDcard (or phone) where you'll find it easily.
2) Install root explorer (or equivalent, I used root explorer though)
3) Go to /system/app and mount as R/W
4) move GoogleQuickSearch.apk somewhere else, just so you have it if you need to restore it
5) Go to where you placed the full-featured apk, copy/move it to /system/app
6) Long-Click on GoogleQuickSearch.apk, select permissions, and set to rw-r--r-- (ie, row 1: yes yes no, row 2: yes no no, row 3: yes no no)
7) Hit okay, mount R/O, and quit
8) Go to Settings > Application Manager > All
9) Select Google Search, and clear data/cache
10) Select Google Services Framework, clear data/cache
11) Reboot
12) ???
13) Profit!!!
I've rebooted a dozen times and I still get the full app/contact/google search, no need to reinstall every reboot!2For anyone without tasker that wants a temporary solution to this without rooting, I used the tasker app factory to create a stand alone apk file that will reinstall universal search upon boot. I would be happy to share it.1I'm sorry but how the hell do you patent a search of apps, contacts and other items within a phone? It seems like apple is just going through processes that android has/had, sees that there is no patent for such a process and files for said patent acting as though they created it.
I really kept out of this apple lawsuit stuff but this is really getting out of hand, they are crippling development for everyone because they are running scared since Android is taking over. How do you patent a square/rectangle for a table? WTF?!
These patent judges are in apples pocket and its very obvious. The patent office is in apple pocket as well or they would have put an end to this crap a long time ago. Can't wait till apple starts suing people for eating apples because that is their logo.
Sorry end of rant.
