How do you prevent the Android Market from re-installing SOME apps after reformatting or installing a new ROM?
I've searched all over and can't find a solution other than don't sign in with your account at the initial start-up. However, this prevents ANY apps from being reinstalled from the backup.
I like the feature and want to use it, but I tested a whole bunch of free apps which were junk and now they keep coming back everytime I flash my phone! I just want a few of the ones I thought were quality apps not everything I've tried.
Please help an Android noob!
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Hello,
For some reason with my Thunderbolt the apps in the market are not being backed up and re-installing themselves. On my Droid X whenever I would flash a ROM and go into market, all the previously installed apps would be queued up and re-install themselves. So naturally when I got the TB I was expecting this to happen, which it didn’t. I went ahead and re-installed all the apps for a couple days before I had a chance to go through the somewhat lengthy process of rooting. Well, got around to rooting last night and hoping that the apps would back themselves up now thinking maybe they would only re-install on the same device I flashed a ROM with no luck. Anyone have an idea of what could preventing this from happening on this phone?
When I look on market.android.com it shows the apps installed so I can’t re-install them from the comfort of the web. Any ideas?
Thanks
I had this problem before too. What I did was go into Settings - Applications, and find "Market". I then cleared the cache and the data. I cycled power to the phone and the next time I went into the Market app it added all my previously purchased and free apps correctly. Hope this helps!
-Yo_Droid
I dont think the market does an automatic backup. And the history it keeps is sketchy at best, it looses alot of apps i had installed. Appbrain would be a better option, it doesnt autoreinstall, but will let you do batch installs. Even better would be a true backup app like Titanium backup, it backs up your apps and assosiated data. But with your current setup, you can tell the market to install the app again, it will work, even if it thinks it is already installed.
Can you please help me?
Since yesterday my Nexus S (i9023 - rooted but with stock room) start getting trouble running the Market.
first it started to become really slow and the images didn't loaded and now no images also but on my apps only 3 appear and the appear as if they are not installed.
Do you know if this could be some type of "virus" or an incompatibility with some other app?
Many thanks for your help.
Probably not a virus, just go to application settings and clear the market data
It worked.
Thanks!
Also, if you use Titanium Backup, and longclick an application, there's an attach to market feature you could always try. (or detatch if u don't want the pesky updates).
a few days ago I was using Titanium Backup to unlink my apps from the android market that I had gotten from other markets so that the market would stop trying to install updates for those apps and when I did this I looked at MY APPS in the market it is now only showing a 2 boxes. 1 reads browse apps and the other browse games. It also says apps and games owned by this account will appear here. Iv'e tried using the market Dr. on TB but it won't fix it. I also tried to force close the market and wiping the data and uninstalling any market updates. I'm hoping I don't have to reset the phone completely. I've also tried fixing the permissions and rebooting into recovery. Any help would be much appreciated. Samsung Galaxy s 4g
I had this issue once before. I fixed it by logging on to market.android.com and when I did I noticed that my apps were missing from there to. I then logged off of the website and then back on and like magic all of my apps were back. I wont garuntee this as a fix but it did work for me
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robertneusch said:
a few days ago I was using Titanium Backup to unlink my apps from the android market that I had gotten from other markets so that the market would stop trying to install updates for those apps and when I did this I looked at MY APPS in the market it is now only showing a 2 boxes. 1 reads browse apps and the other browse games. It also says apps and games owned by this account will appear here. Iv'e tried using the market Dr. on TB but it won't fix it. I also tried to force close the market and wiping the data and uninstalling any market updates. I'm hoping I don't have to reset the phone completely. I've also tried fixing the permissions and rebooting into recovery. Any help would be much appreciated. Samsung Galaxy s 4g
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im having the EXACT same problem... and i even tried a full wipe and fresh install of my rom, and all 200+ apps fresh from market to restore ANY broken market links. still no dice. im on sprints epic 4g touch, found this post on google looking for info lol
i use rom toolbox pro.. no problems here
I used Titanium Backup to uninstall something called the "Market Feedback Agent". I then wiped my cache and dalvik cache and rebooted my phone. My apps showed up in the market after I did this.
Solved ---> See Post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21595929&postcount=39
EDIT
Just download this App Market Fixer by Kstudio from Android Market.
Use it to scan for offending Apps, Note that it requires active data connection. What it basically does is compare your Apps database with the online Android Market Database and then single out the offending Apps. Presently, the only solution it offers is to uninstall the Apps from your Phone which for me is unacceptable because most of them are Samsung Core System Apps like Videos, Galllery etc, you don't wanna lose your System Apps.
When the scan finish just take note of the offending Apps, it would help to write them down. Do not use their Fix tool because it will delete the Apps from your Phone or if you use REMOVE MARKET LINKS ONLY those Apps will give you FORCE CLOSE afterwards. The best option is go to Titanium Backup --> Batch --> Detach User & System Apps from Market --> Deselect all --> NOW SELECT ONLY THE OFFENDING APPS --> Run the Batch Operation --> Reboot.
After this go back to Android Market and all your Apps will be there. If It didn't work the first time, redo the whole process, maybe you missed one App.
This has 99.9% success and I believe it will work for you.
ADDITION
For those of us that Schedule Backups with TB, you have to do some tweaks to your Preferences if not; after such backups, the whole problem will come back again. This is all you have to do:
Go to Preferences --> Deselect MARKET LINK (When backing up an app, save its Market Link. Requires SQlite).
Be aware that this might happen again if you upgrade ROM or restore whole system with TB Backup, but with such Tool at hand, all it takes is less 3 minutes to fix.
Hope this is helpful
Thank you! I'll not sure exactly what I did that fixed it, but somewhere between using Market Fixer and uninstall/re-installing some apps it working again.
Note to self: stop playing with Market Doctor in TB for no good reason.
Hi
Excuse me for being somehow off topic, I'd want the opposite.
I have a few apps (Youtube & windows theme for Go launcher for example) that I hate their updates and I'd like them to not appear on market update list.
If someond knows how to do this, please PM or send a link.
I searched and couldn't find anything. 10x.
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In Titanium Backup - Market Doctor will break market links.
Any free solution?
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Go into settings/apps/manage apps and clear data for market
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I SEARCHED FORUMS BEFORE HAND AND FOUND NOTHING THAT WORKED
I am curious if there is a way to backup my Apps and data and restore them to a new ROM?
Simple question I know, but the only method of backup I try that does this is a full on Nandroid and that isn't helpful for switching ROMs.
I would love to try out all these new ROMs but the problem is that my free apps from market NEVER show up after I change ROMs, but the paid ones do, they just have to be reinstalled all manually one by one!
I also have to problem where my contacts have been merged on my phone, and they have sometimes several connected accounts-apps on the phone eg. Twitter Facebook and G+. When I change ROMs they all come back, but they ALL must be re-merged together and I have dozens that are like this. It is a real pain to change ROM for that reason.
Not to mention most of my paid apps are games, and a good 90% of them require a long and tedious download of additional content taking even LONGER.
I have tried Titanium backup of apps and data (Failed) and have tried ROM Toolbox (Also failed) Going from MIUI 2.3.7 to *Insert ROM Name* ICS ones.
Any help is very much appreciated Thanks to all.
Data between roms is sometimes different, this is why titanium has a option to turn on to attempt to do it, if that fails then its possibly due to incompatible data between roms, apart from the fact your going from 2.3.7 or what ever to ics.
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Give this a shot. Its astro file manager http://www.metago.net/astro-file-manager.php
It has a really nice built in app backup tool,I use it all the time when switching from from to from to install the none paid apps from the market. Hope this works for you.
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So does Astro back up all saved data from the apps as well, or just the apps themselves?
Hi,
I recently bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. very happy with the phone hardware, however the phone shipped with preinstalled apps that serve ads. I have run AVG and identified the preinstalled apps (which cannot be removed) and disabled those apps through Settings > Apps. I have also reset all of the defaults to change the Launcher to the Google Now launcher and things such as the default Mail and browser apps.
What i was hoping to get advise on, is simply disabling the apps enough to ensure that they can no longer cause a threat to the person using the phone, the ads have stopped running since I have done all of the above. Does disabling the app put the apps into a quarantine state where they are completely harmless or should I aim to permanently remove them?
I have tried to avoid rooting the phone (partly because I have never rooted a phone before) and also because of warranty concerns. Would a temporary root be a good compromise here? I also attempted to flash the rom with the global developers rom, however that didnt work when I attempted it and I kept getting the Install update.zip failed! update.zip signature verification failed.
At the moment the phone is stable fast and does not show ads like it did before disabling the apps and changing the launcher etc.... Have I done enough to protect any silent processes sending my data off to china?
Thanks for your help