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Manually installing Market app

I have a branded Galaxy S with no Android market. I've found 3 different Vending.apks, version 1.665, 1.668, 1.713. I tried to install them using adb install. 1.7133 returns "unexpected exception". Other two install successfully but they both crash when click Install an app. When I go back to app page it says Starting download and gets stuck there (Market app is not frozen). Am I missing a step for manually installing market? Do I have to do anything like adb push Vending.apk /system/app/?

Have you tried flashing a gapps.apk?

have you tried using appbrain and their corrosponding apps like their installer?

MindChild said:
have you tried using appbrain and their corrosponding apps like their installer?
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AFAIK appbrain uses default market app to download. I don't have any market app that's the problem..
glwinkler said:
Have you tried flashing a gapps.apk?
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I don't know what gapps.apk is. Could you elaborate please?
Do you mean Vending.apk from the gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip of the Cyanogenmod 5?
Btw I'm using:
pad: jvjh1
phone: jxjg2
csc: trcjh2

Did the same vending.apk installation on a HTC legend "Middle East Version" which also came with no Market and no sucess, i do have the same problem..."crashing at installation"
and about gapps, it's not an apk but rather a flashable content that require rooted device and since i don't wanna root this phone i really didn't figure it out so far. so i'm still waiting for a solution.

Ok. The gapps.apk I know of you can find on rom manager. I think you can DL rom manager straight from their website and install using something like astro file manager. Cyanogen can't release a rom with the Google apps for copyright reasons so they offer it as a seperate download. I'm assuming you can find it on the cyanogenmod site. Otherwise try flashing a stock image through rom manager if they have one for the galaxy x. How did it not come with a market?
Hi. I posted a reply for your idea for my problem but got no reply from you, I guess the thread got lost beneath all the other threads. Could you please give me any ideas about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8090192&postcount=4
Thanks.
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[Q] apk from android market

hello i downloaded some free apps from the market with a friends rooted phone and backed them up using systemapp remover. i then mailed the apks to my mail address and downloaded them on my tab (which does not have access to the market), i then tried to install them everything looked alright but then i got the message: application not installed and that was for all three free apps from the market. do i have somehow manipulate them before i can install them? thanks for any tips

Maybe those free apps are not compatible with the tab's kernel?
You already said that you backed up those apps from a phone. Try getting a market app and then download them, they'll work.
Use gapps for gingerbread from the development section, and apply them using recovery.
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Your apps might not be compatible with your Tab's Kernel.
I would suggest you to install Vending.apk (PlayStore app) first on your tab with the help of root manager and then see if it works or not or search the apps in tab section (PlayStore), follow the old steps and then see if it works.
Good luck!

Try installing the latest version of gapps
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Is the phone you are installing these apps to rooted itself? I've had problems with USENET APK downloads in the past, but after rooting just about everything works. Not sure why though.
Out of curiosity, why not download the free apps directly yourself from the market instead of attemting a direct install?

many thanks to all for the tips. will try them in a few hours when its more quite at work.
the reason i can not install it from the market is that my device is not up to the specifications, its one of those hp zeen thingys, not a great tab at all but nice enough to play around with a bit. however what i will try is to install google play as it might work (the new market) but i doubt it, it had the old vending market on it but i removed since it was not working.
what i did also is that i moved those free market apps with root explorer to the tabs memory and try install it from there but it didn't work.
is it maybe because my device is not 'strong' enough for those apps? its just normal bus and train information apps....
and yes the tab is rooted

Google Play Store and incompatible apps

I have noticed recently that a lot of my apps are now listed as incompatible with my Bionic (Gummy 1.2) but if I download them via other resources, they work fine. Could someone explain what gives? and if there is anyway to 'trick' the market into allowing me to choose whatever I want to install and letting me worry about compatiblity?
If this is answered in a different thread I apologize in advance as I am not sure what to search.

Sounds like you're using a custom screen density
Here are patched market
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580827
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demo23019 said:
Sounds like you're using a custom screen density
Here are patched market
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580827
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I tried this and it did not work for me, as seen from the attached I have this installed that the play store says are incompatible with my phone. Any other thoughts? It becomes an issue as I can not install any apps except for a very select few. Is there a way to see what the incompatibility is?

krichmond0306 said:
I tried this and it did not work for me, as seen from the attached I have this installed that the play store says are incompatible with my phone. Any other thoughts? It becomes an issue as I can not install any apps except for a very select few. Is there a way to see what the incompatibility is?
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To install the apk file do so:
after the emulator is started (via jar of beans.exe) click on abd (top left)
then click on install apk and choose the file you want to install on your computer

You can edit build prop to a other high end device and every thing..
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Problem with play store

When I download apps from playstore the app gets download but while installing it shows invalid package file for first time and when I download it fot 2nd time it gets installed
Please help!
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TheCloneGamer said:
When I download apps from playstore the app gets download but while installing it shows invalid package file for first time and when I download it fot 2nd time it gets installed
Please help!
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try updating your playstore. current version is 3.10.10.
there is also a work around for this one from this site:http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f163/how-to-fix-package-file-is-invalid-error-on-play-store-119585/
it says:
Default How to fix "Package file is invalid" error on Play Store
2 of my friends have got this strange problem where they get "Package file is invalid" error when they download apps from Play Store via WiFi. and when they download via 3G it is fine.
One of them is solved with the methods below, the other one still got the problem ...
1. Go to Application Manager, clear cache and data for Google Play Store
2. Stop the Google Services Framework process and then clear cache and data
3. Go to http://play.google.com/store , click on "My Orders & Settings" at the bottom
4. Give a nick name to your phone and make sure the "Show in menus" is checked, click on "update" to confirm the changes
5. reboot the phone
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doing this will remove your saved login to playstore or could lose your contacts as this also involves clearing google services.
its always a good practice to make backup before proceeding.

Thanks dude.My play store was up to date
But it worked fine after cleared the cache and data for playstore
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TheCloneGamer said:
Thanks dude.My play store was up to date
But it worked fine after cleared the cache and data for playstore
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Good to hear that it worked

Same problem tried this step already, but didn't worked
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Try making a factory data reset.
I hope it will work
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[Q] How to manually install .apk

I've been trying to install a particular app to my phone, Nexus 4, rooted custom rom, etcetc.
The app in question was pulled from the Play store some time ago and it seems Google went further and removed the free version of the app from users devices without permission as well. I have the pro version as did many others and from what I've read, the pro version was not removed. However I flash roms and eventually lost it and that required a reinstall.
The problem: traditional methods of installing the .apk give the error "App not installed."
How can I install this app manually? The only other method I could think of was to try to root copy it to /system/app but that didn't work. And I'll reiterate, so we're clear, browsing to .apk and installing through explorer by clicking it does not allow the .apk to install. So, suggestions?

You could try sideloading it using Android Injector. (If it fails, it'll tell you why)
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Theonew said:
You could try sideloading it using Android Injector. (If it fails, it'll tell you why)
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Yeah it failed.
The application itself says install successful, but the app cannot be found on the phone.

There are a few websites that allows you to download apps in its apk format. You can install that way. But I'm not sure if its legal. Someone could correct me here.
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There are a few websites that allows you to download apps in its apk format. You can install that way. But I'm not sure if its legal. Someone could correct me here.
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The OP stated that this method does not work in this situation.
NB. - It is legal unless the app is warez.
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I have used easy installer to install .apks.
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inroot1898 said:
I have used easy installer to install .apks.
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That uses the same method as manually installing the apk from a file manager.
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The app isn't warez but it is one of the unapproved apps by google now, I mainly just wanted to look for an alternate method of installing apps in case this kind of app blocking became more prevalent. You have to admit, Google did a real number on blocking this app. Thanks for the help anyway guys.

the command that worked for me was:
adb install app.apk

You can make a folder in /system/app with its name without space as folder name and copy the apk to that folder.
Apk name should be same as the folder name +.apk.
Then reboot your device.
After reboot the app will be definitely installed as a system app. But some apps might be stable but some not.