I feel sad to write this but Google has recently done a very stupid thing - "They replaced Google Talk app for Android (and iOS) completely with the new Hangout app".
How do I get back my Talk app?? I can’t find it in Play Store..
Interestingly, this is what some of the people at Google had to say about this. Read it, it is very funny:
“We’re upgrading Gmail video chat to Hangouts for all Gmail users over the course of the next few weeks. If your account has already been upgraded, there isn’t a way to return to the old video chat, as we are now going to be using a more modern video calling technology.
Thanks for your understanding!”
Here’s another one:
“I’m sorry to say but Hangouts is going to replace talk at all once it has been rolled-out globally.
Don’t worry that much about who’s online or offline, the great thing on Hangouts is, your messages are delivered for sure – no matter if the person is online or offline!
However, on your mobile you see friends that are currently not “online” at that time grayed out. Online members are displayed in “full” color and on the web extension you’ll see a green line below their photo.
Hope that helps.”
Yeah, really that was ‘really helpful’.
So, THIS is WHAT you SHOULD do TO GET BACK YOUR TALK APP in ANDROID phone. BTW, I am using and HTC device.
1. Go to Settings and then to Applications.
2. Select Manage Applications
3. Select ‘ALL’ to see the list of all the applications installed in your phone.
4. Scroll down and find the ‘Hangout’ app.
5. Click it
6. Select ‘Uninstall’
7. You will be asked to confirm your command, say yes.
8. That’s it!!!
Now, go back to where you saw ‘Hangout’ app in your device and voilà!! there the old Talk guy sitting!!
UPDATE:
It is really vexing to see what Google has done with regards to Hangout/gtalk. In Android version Jellybean (4.2.2) and above, the gtalk is completely replaced by Hangout, leaving users without much option to switch back to gtalk. Thus, the option above (uninstall will not really work if you have upgraded your Android).
Then how to get back the gtalk?
1) Go to App manager and, kick out Hangout (disable it). There is no option to uninstall it.
2) If you are rooted then, you can uninstall it using Titanium backup app.
or If you don't have SU rights (not rooted),
2)you can download 'SuperManager' app for free from Playstore. Then, goto settings - "Enable root", then goto apk manager, find Hangout and uninstall it.
3) Download the attached gtalk zip (this is the one am using on 4.2.2).
4) Install it using CWM or TRMP.
or If you don't have SU rights (not rooted),
4) Extract the gtalk APK from the zip and install it...
Enjoy!!!
I am sure there must be few Hangout fans who might like it but I have my reason's to hate it:
1. I can not see which of my friends are online..In Talk, I used to see a green/red/yellow icons next to their names so that I know their status (available/busy/idle, respectively). With the new Hangout app, I am completely blind about this ..heck, I don't have any idea about who’s online.
2. I can’t set my status (available/busy) in Hangout. Forget about being invisible – that’s not at all possible which means you are exposing yourself to that nagging friend/co-worker of yours!
3. The interface is such that you easily inadvertently move your conversation to archive (left / right swipe).
How do I get back my Talk app?? I can’t find it in Play Store..
Interestingly, this is what some of the people at Google had to say about this. Read it, it is very funny:
“We’re upgrading Gmail video chat to Hangouts for all Gmail users over the course of the next few weeks. If your account has already been upgraded, there isn’t a way to return to the old video chat, as we are now going to be using a more modern video calling technology.
Thanks for your understanding!”
Here’s another one:
“I’m sorry to say but Hangouts is going to replace talk at all once it has been rolled-out globally.
Don’t worry that much about who’s online or offline, the great thing on Hangouts is, your messages are delivered for sure – no matter if the person is online or offline!
However, on your mobile you see friends that are currently not “online” at that time grayed out. Online members are displayed in “full” color and on the web extension you’ll see a green line below their photo.
Hope that helps.”
Yeah, really that was ‘really helpful’.
So, THIS is WHAT you SHOULD do TO GET BACK YOUR TALK APP in ANDROID phone. BTW, I am using and HTC device.
1. Go to Settings and then to Applications.
2. Select Manage Applications
3. Select ‘ALL’ to see the list of all the applications installed in your phone.
4. Scroll down and find the ‘Hangout’ app.
5. Click it
6. Select ‘Uninstall’
7. You will be asked to confirm your command, say yes.
8. That’s it!!!
Now, go back to where you saw ‘Hangout’ app in your device and voilà!! there the old Talk guy sitting!!
UPDATE:
It is really vexing to see what Google has done with regards to Hangout/gtalk. In Android version Jellybean (4.2.2) and above, the gtalk is completely replaced by Hangout, leaving users without much option to switch back to gtalk. Thus, the option above (uninstall will not really work if you have upgraded your Android).
Then how to get back the gtalk?
1) Go to App manager and, kick out Hangout (disable it). There is no option to uninstall it.
2) If you are rooted then, you can uninstall it using Titanium backup app.
or If you don't have SU rights (not rooted),
2)you can download 'SuperManager' app for free from Playstore. Then, goto settings - "Enable root", then goto apk manager, find Hangout and uninstall it.
3) Download the attached gtalk zip (this is the one am using on 4.2.2).
4) Install it using CWM or TRMP.
or If you don't have SU rights (not rooted),
4) Extract the gtalk APK from the zip and install it...
Enjoy!!!
13 comments:
I had tried "Uninstall" long back and it worked. But, recently, Google has updated the app, such that an Android user can only "enable" or "disable" the app. Meaning, GTalk ain't available no more, unless you do a factory reset of your phone!
@Ashish, Thanks for bringing it up. I have updated the solution. Let me know if it helps!
Have tried to install gtalk on Samsung S4 Active this way but it will not work. Have disabled all security checks. Any clue?
@Active, Did you try the "Update" section? If yes, were u able to install the Talk zip successfully?
I hv samsung glaxy grand quattro android 4.1.2 .. pls tell how can i got back gtalk and remove hangout
Hi Bhushan, I just followed your updated steps on an S3 and it unfortunately didn't work. Root cannot be enabled with SuperManager if the device is unrooted, and the apk cannot be installed if Hangouts is installed. It was worth a try though. Thanks!
Hi ... I could remove hangouts after rooting ... But cannot install gtalk ... Please help ...
@Dev, do you have SU rights? Did you try installing the attached zip from recovery?
Hi Bhushan,
I am trying to follow your instructions but am unable to install the zip file given by you. please help me for the same.
@Heena,
If your phone is rooted then, you can directly install the zip from recovery mode (CWM or TRMP).
If its not, then extract the gtalk zip and goto System-->app folder, there you should find the "talk.apk". install in!
I want my g.talk back... hangouts is of no use. Is thr any way to uninstall hangouts from lenovoS820 & install gtalk
hey hi,
how to uninstall hangouts from lenovoS820 & install gtalk. Downloaded the zip file... but unable to install gtalk
Do you have recovery or any other tool to install the zip?
If not, try to extract the .apk file from the zip and then install it.
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