Is there a standard procedure to getting the Android Market on devices that don't come with it? There's a tablet I'm considering to buy and I want to know how to do it.
Thanks.
sorry to bum u out, but it is impossible, there are other app stores out there that u can download to the tablet, but not the actual market.
unless they root and cook custom ROMs that have the market baked in for said device.
as far as i know you could use the vendor.apk from some custom firmwares to install the market to your device, but i think you also have to modify the user agent to see all apps.
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I'm looking for several apps in the marketplace. I know they exist but they don't show up. I have a Samsung Captivate, rooted and running the lag fix and gps fix. I have run the market access app to emulate several other market places T-mobile, Verizon, Sprint etc.
For example, I cannot find paintshop pro, Logmein Ignition, or Caligo chasers. I have heard that some apps might not be available to rooted phones but to me that doesn't make sense. Excluding apps from the market literally forces you to pirate them because they cannot be legitimately purchased from the market.
Is my phone being excluded because it's rooted or could there be some other problem?
Is there a workaround
It seems that after a bit of research that I can see that google has made rooted phones unable to see protected apps. There must be some workaround for this, I cannot imagine all the rooted android users just not having access to large quantities of great apps.
My rom might be the problem
Upon further investigation it appears that my particular rom, and not the fact that I am rooted, might be to blame. Does anyone know how to hide my rom from the market or if I can access the market in a way that will make the market think I am using a different rom.
no work around?
does anyone have an Idea about how to work around this? I seem ro be missing out on some great apps.
Figured I would post in here instead of starting a new thread since this pertains to my question/issue.
I have a Samsung Vibrant running on SoftBank(Japan) network. I rooted and had initially loaded up Bionix Fusion JACs Kernel(TeamWiskey) ROM and was able to download Angry Birds off of the Market. I then wanted to try out Frankin-Twiz (Eugene373) ROM, after I loaded the ROM I went to the Market to find Angry Birds and it wasnt there. This was the only App that I know for sure that I couldn't get after loading the new ROM.. there might be others, I just cant say what they are.
So it is defiantly a ROM issue. Anyone have any ideas why?
try market enable which is available in the market. but i think u also need to root your phone to use it
tasriri said:
try market enable which is available in the market. but i think u also need to root your phone to use it
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Ended up just getting AppBrain instead of using Googles Market.. seems to have all the same apps with less hassle.
Where can i download the Android market?
I have got a new epad but it does not have
android market. so where or how can i download the lastest
original google android market?
many thz
Google vending.apk You must have root though. You can either place it in the system apps with root explorer or push it to the system apps with adb
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Thz I will find this apk in xda
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Google vending.apk You must have root though. You can either place it in the system apps with root explorer or push it to the system apps with adb
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this method do not wrok,i am sorry
my epad cannot install market><
or i cannot run
How bout rooting and flashing gapps?
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I think this question has been asked many times before. I suffer the same problem, so I wonder if there is another way of installing Android market apps on a phone without android. For example, using a QR code scanner? Would that work from a device that doesn't have Android market?
It's an android application, so to use on a non-android phone you'd have to port it.
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android software packages cannot run on non-android devices, no offence but we know this.
Us users of devices that have an android version without Android market, want to have android market on that device.
I just tried using a QR code scanner on my motorola XT701 (which from the factory does not have android market), and it failed to install, because it wants android market presumably.
So here goes again: does someone know of a way to access android market apps on an android device that does not have android market?
Alternatively, can someone explain why Google does not make Android Market available? I mean, it's in their own best interests isn't it? I mean, Google Android is an Opens Source platform, so the app should be available to all android users, right? Or am I thinking to normal here?
For your phone or tablet to have access to Android Market and the rest of the Google apps, it has to be approved by Google. Android itself is free to everyone, but not those apps.
many thz everyone
it can be loaded but crashed in loading terms and argeement scan.
So how about flashing it to another rom or kernal?
For phones flashing it with a new ROM is possible, most android phones tend to have a ROM availale somewhere. However, for those Chinese made tablets, many donot have Market installed. I happen to have one I bought in May, and it does have Android Market, but so far many others do not, even proper brand ones, like Archos, don't have Market, which is sad.
So for chinese tablets, I guess you just hav eto search until you find one that has teh market pre-installed. Probably you'd have to order from HK, rather than mainland china (they are quite arsy, even about google maps. Infact, if you check google maps in China, you wil find the satellite images have been shifted compared to the map....)
I've been researching this for awhile and tried multiple variations of the market fix and messing with the build.prop file and still haven't found a solution.
Since Feb 4th, my G-Tablet has been listed on Google Market as incompatible with most applications. I first noticed this with WeatherBug Elite. It used to show up in the market app. When I finally decided to purchase it, I couldn't find it. I tried from the web version of the market and found the app but when I attempt to download it, I get the incompatible device message.
Most other users in this boat (and there are lots of us) have the same issue with many different apps and devices. Quite a few have custom ROMs and it seems like just as many are using stock devices. Google seems to have a deaf ear for this issue. The Google forums are full of complaints and no solutions.
As anyone had this issue and actually resolved it?
*Update: Yes, I know you can side-load the apps if you use a different device not suffering the problem. However, my wife won't let me root her phone so I'm out of luck here.
I haven't used it, but I keep hearing that you can use Astro File Manager to backup your APKs and then get the APK. I don't think it requires root, at least for free apps:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/download-apk-files-from-the-market-to-the-desktop-14790/
Jim
That might work as a work-around but doesn't solve the root cause.
Another work around is "bluetooth file transfer", you don't need to root your wifes phone to package the apps on her device and send them to your device.
I know it's not a true solution to your problem but there us one coming in the form of honeycomb. The issue is the majority of the apps on the market are in fact incompatible with tablets because of the larger resolution.
Honeycomb will fix that and devs will be able to make their apps work for our devices.
Patience friend, the fix is coming.
Using TNT LITE 4.2 trying to install My Movies application but it won't allow me to install, says the item is not compatible with my device... how is that possible? I'm new to all this but shouldn't all android apps work on android devices? This app requires android 1.6 and up, I have 2.2. Anyone know what's going on? I tried another app and got the same message.
I only get this problem with the web based market. Running market from my device I don't experience that issue. However I do not see all available apps from the device market probably because they are filtered out. I have experienced this with several different roms. I know that a large part of the apps you see from the device market is based on the fingerprint found in the build.prop file. I am not sure what other minor settings will affect the device market. As far as the web based market I am still experimenting. You could always download the Amazon market and see if you can find the apps you are needing to install.
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I only get this problem with the web based market. Running market from my device I don't experience that issue. However I do not see all available apps from the device market probably because they are filtered out. I have experienced this with several different roms. I know that a large part of the apps you see from the device market is based on the fingerprint found in the build.prop file. I am not sure what other minor settings will affect the device market. As far as the web based market I am still experimenting. You could always download the Amazon market and see if you can find the apps you are needing to install.
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Okay I got it. Follow these instructions and you should be able to get almost the full market place.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...s-guide-to-making-the-best-of-a-great-tablet/
Hey everybody. I wasn't sure about the right place to sumbit this thread so I went for the General one. I'm having some store-troubles.
I recently got this new device, a generic greek brand. It came without the playstore on it. I tried a lot of ways to make the playstore work on this device but the best state I got it to, is, having it installed on the device but whenever I may try to download an app on it, it will crash. That was no problem me, I mostly needed it to use other apps that just "need" the store to be installed. For my everyday use I shuffled through AmazonAppStore-1mobile-Aptoide n such.
Now the problem I'm facing is with certain free apps that I try to install, the last one being Heroes of O&C. It's a free app on the Google store, but since I can't use it I search on my other stores. Found it on 1mobile,downloaded it, ran it, runs license check and drops me. Found it on aptoide, same deal. That's happened before on other apps I tried to install through these store, and everytime they fail. See, I don't understand how this works. They are all free apps, and they all fail a license check and ask my to BUY the dam app(?). So then I'll have to resort to google, find a legit apk+obb combo out there and download it. But what happens when you want to go online? Some of em won't support it, or even support updates on themselves. By the way i didn't mention it before but the device isn't rooted and I doubt there's a certain way to root this one (nor would i risk it for the time being).
So what I'm finally asking of you are these two things:
1) I want whatever possible way you can think of making the playstore work without having a rooted device
2) perhaps any "more" legit store I haven't found already?
Thanks in advance peeps