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(Solved) ADP1.5 (any) App2sd, After Wipe, Market No Longer Autoupdates Apps

First let me say that tho' I may not post here frequently, but I am an avid fan and supporter of this community. Much praise to all those who have so diligently worked on the custom roms, such as JF, Haykuro, TheDude, etc., and to their continuing cooperation and advancement.
However I come with an issue, that I have looked for a solution but have not been able to find one. And while I do dual boot with Jaunty, I am in no way a guru to have time to understand Android's systems. I do hope this would be fixed just for a more 'official' method of updating instead of aTrackDog.
After running nandroid for safety, wiping and flashing a new 1.5 ROM (Dude's .8, .92, .93, Haykruo's ADP1.5H [No JF yet, tomorrow]), then restoring apps and links through either manual method (I just adb the entire process for convenience) or through the apps2sd app (also for convenience). The official Market app does sync in some way with what is installed on the phone, until you go into the market, at which point it asks you if you want to install it to replace the version you have.
I am curious if there is a way to backup your Market application settings before wiping (I prefer to wipe, even if they are 'nowipe' builds, as I go from different developer's builds frequently too) so after redo the app2sd on your new install, you won't have to run aTrackDog to get your updates. Not going through and installing every single application is a plus too, why have more apps if we can just backup and transfer settings somehow?
As I previously mentioned, I don't know the Android system, or specifically the Market and Application systems, so I don't know if this could be done. Also, if I am the only one experiencing this, I would like to know how I am doing this improperly.
Update: Thanks goes to beagz for supplying the information and giving credit to haitiankid4lyf (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3655174&postcount=44)

It's not just you, that's how it works. But I don't see a problem running atrackdog.
I guess there is a file that you can transfer and it will make market remember your apps. Though I might be wrong. If it was that easy, someone would have figured it out by now.

Somebody discovered and posted this. I tried and it works.
mkdir /sdcard/market
cp /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db /sdcard/market/assets.db
To restore use
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
cp /sdcard/market/assets.db /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db

beagz said:
Somebody discovered and posted this. I tried and it works.
mkdir /sdcard/market
cp /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db /sdcard/market/assets.db
To restore use
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
cp /sdcard/market/assets.db /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
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Cool! It is an easy solution after all.
Thank you for sharing.

Cool, so just run the first two lines in the termainl and it will fix the issues?

Minker17 said:
Cool, so just run the first two lines in the termainl and it will fix the issues?
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If you have not made backup prior to flashing a new ROM, this method will not help.

The first 2 are run before a wipe. After run market so that it is set then run the restore commands , reboot and you are set.
Just to clarify. This assumes you are starting from a stable running OS and are preparing to upgrade. All your apps must already be installed.
1) Run these commands to backup your market settings.
mkdir /sdcard/market
cp /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db /sdcard/market/assets.db
2) Install and wipe to update to the new build you want to use. (you don't need to do any of this if you are not wiping)
3) Complete the setup of your phone.
4) Start the market and agree to terms and conditions.
5) Run the second set of commands to restore your market settings.
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
cp /sdcard/market/assets.db /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
6) Reboot and restart the market. All your apps should now be listed under downloads and should update as usual.
7) Kick back and smile since you do not have to redownload and install your apps again

beagz said:
The first 2 are run before a wipe. After run market so that it is set then run the restore commands , reboot and you are set.
Just to clarify. This assumes you are starting from a stable running OS and are preparing to upgrade. All your apps must already be installed.
1) Run these commands to backup your market settings.
mkdir /sdcard/market
cp /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db /sdcard/market/assets.db
2) Install and wipe to update to the new build you want to use. (you don't need to do any of this if you are not wiping)
3) Complete the setup of your phone.
4) Start the market and agree to terms and conditions.
5) Run the second set of commands to restore your market settings.
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
cp /sdcard/market/assets.db /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
6) Reboot and restart the market. All your apps should now be listed under downloads and should update as usual.
7) Kick back and smile since you do not have to redownload and install your apps again
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Also worth noting: this wont work if you go from rc33 to cupcake. I tried it and after restoring the database, market force closes on launch. Fortunately I made a backup of the new assets.db before I restored the old one.

@Azlum: Good to know. Never tried it before I was using the cupcake builds.

Wow this is so awesome, thamk you very much, this is exactly what I have been looking for. This makes apps2sd absolutely perfect for me now. I think I am going to add this to the wiki if at all possible. Thank you so much again.

I didn't wipe from JF RC33 to JF 1.5, had my apps to SD, and the market showed me having about half of my apps installed. Don't know why, but that's what it did.

well, my lazy ass didnt backup, so ill continue to use atrackdog. works for me

Just to let everyone know. I was very glad to help. However, it should be noted that as I stated I found this script posted by someone else. I feel that it is proper to credit
"haitiankid4lyf"
for posting this in the Gscript thread post # 44.
Thank you haitiankid4lyf! for posting this script so that we could use it to make recoveries easier!

beagz said:
Somebody discovered and posted this. I tried and it works.
mkdir /sdcard/market
cp /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db /sdcard/market/assets.db
To restore use
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
cp /sdcard/market/assets.db /data/data/com.android.vending/databases/assets.db
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HOLY CRAP. That saved my life. This post should be stickied.

I believe that during the initial app2sd development, people experimented with moving the entire /data/data directory, which was unstable and is now not recommended (I never did it as I didn't want that many I/O operations wearing down the life of my card, tho' it is class 6) and I believe we wouldn't need to do this if we were to have /data/data ported.
I would also like to reference this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3729952 that details the backing up (and restoration) of specific application settings as this I believe would be useful for some (as it is for me). Integration of this into something like aTrackDog would be absolutely amazing, the reason why I say aTrackDog is since it already tracks applications and wouldn't just be copying the whole directory including system components (as the point of this is having things similar AFTER doing a wipe).
Anyway, just my two cents.

Wait...will this work if I backup with nandroid before I upgraded to 1.5?

What I did was setup a gscript to backup all the data to the sdcard.
cp -f -r /data/data/* /sdcard/backups/---mylocation--
You could reverse / restore by doing it in reverse and then chmoding as you said.

German DREA110: JF 1.5 cupcake and not working Market/Data Sync?

Hi all there,
today i updated my JF ADP firmware to JF ADP 1.5 Cupcake + new radio and actually i cannot use the Market application or the Data synchronization tool. Furthermore i get force close message while trying to start PowerManager.
After a few experiments with the JF Cupcake firmware i tried the Haykuro Cupcake edition too, but without success. I get the same messages.
This might be the reason for my problem: The device is a german DREA110 G1...
I hope there is someone who could help me before i brick the phone while trying to reupdate
Thanks in advance for your help!

eldorado2705 said:
Hi all there,
today i updated my JF ADP firmware to JF ADP 1.5 Cupcake + new radio and actually i cannot use the Market application or the Data synchronization tool. Furthermore i get force close message while trying to start PowerManager.
After a few experiments with the JF Cupcake firmware i tried the Haykuro Cupcake edition too, but without success. I get the same messages.
This might be the reason for my problem: The device is a german DREA110 G1...
I hope there is someone who could help me before i brick the phone while trying to reupdate
Thanks in advance for your help!
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When you play with these roms, are you also playing around with apps 2 sd at the same time ?
I have a german g1, from that electron something store, and it is working perfect with jf's latest! It also works perfect with hay's 1.5'er !! The only one i havnt tried is the dudes!
And i can state that mine is rooted, with skatebord spl, and the special recovery thingy with nandroid 2.1 in!
Furthermore i do use apps 2 sd!
Guides i've used is
Apps 2 sd : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=504235
fastboot glitch on my vista 64bit : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486667
Rooting, downgrading etc: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
My procedure when upgrading has always been whipe, update, whipe, and reboot! After that everything usually works flawlessly!
Hope you get your issue fixed! Try a reboot!! It might just be a glitch!
EDIT: We are talking about the dream with a keyboard that is qwertz and not a qwerty right ? Where the buttons Z and Y have been switched in place?

yes its the qwertz keyboard, i did not really play with the roms, i just updated many times the apps to sd and the normal version of haykuro and the one in all edition of JF but there is the problem with data sync and market... I have got the spl with the skateboard too, i updated very often in past and i know how it works, are there any important things i have to pay attention before updating? i installed the radio like it was said in JF blog and hoped downloading the zip file and renaming it in update.zip would be all ... thanks for the fast answer mate

Nah, tbh when i did the apps 2 sd first my fubared too!
I did another whipe, then i let it start up, and get registered and all that stuff. I ended updownloading 5-10 apps aprox, then i did the app 2 sd like this
First i went into the terminal and went into system/sd and used busybox to delete the folders from the old system, all of them! incl lost+found!
Then i began on the app 2 sd..
busybox cp -a /data/app /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/data /system/sd/
exit
exit
Rebooted into recovery,
mount data
rm -rf /data/app
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
rm -rf /data/app-private
ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
rm -rf /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
Rebooted back to normal, and let it start up fully.. Once it had been there for a min or 2, i did the last step with the dalvik in the terminal, back to recovery, do the rm -rf and ln -s steps, let it stand there a min after being done in the recovery terminal, and then i rebooted. And then it worked..
My theory was either i fubard at a step, or the sd card couldnt keep up, and might have corrupted somewhere along the lines..
My guess your prob suffering from a buffer crash or something like that

i downloaded the cupcake file from jf updater again but nothing changes.. The new firmware is installed successfully but all my contacts or the apps like ahome are like before :S .. What do you mean exactly with wiping (only a reset to factory default?) ?

In my case i installed the new JF 1.5 without wipping my phone, and as you said i got all my application as before, thats because i didnt WIPE, was not necessary in my case, i guess you can wipe your phone( restore ur phone to the beggining) when you are having problem with the build like SU permission or using task manager or cam recording.

The way is to hold the home and the RED button for approximately 20 seconds, once you see the triangle with an exclamation point and a picture of the G1 press Alt+W (can also press Home+Back to reboot).
1. Wipe
2. Update firmware
3. Wipe once more.

nice just needed to wipe the phone to factory default Thank you very much for help
kind regards

[ROM] Haykuro Hero *Tutorial link Post2*

As of 10:07 PM EST 05/31/09 Haykuro posted to Twitter:
haykuro - One last release is coming out in a bit.. i feel that i should at least have the honor of presenting hero before some lifeless loser. 3 minutes ago from web.
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You need to obtain the new SPL and Radio first PRIOR to installing this ROM. Follow this post. ​
Visit the Unwatermarked, Official, Hero ROM thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521059
Now, let's show him some respect and support. Please remember to donate if you are able to and to at least send a thanks when Hero drops.
Follow his twitter: Haykuro
Also, please remember ethics when interacting with Haykuro or any developer. To get a good idea of what I'm talking about visit this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=520835
[TUTORIAL] How To Get Your Phone Running Hero (Rosie UI)(Noob Friendly) per: law_ren_ce
Optimize by creating ODEX files for all apps. per: buttkicker
Bug Reports
Fixed - hero optimized but won't install apps by twistedumbrella
Optimized Hero.. Simpler, Better.. by blackgin
Steps to install Hero by teknomanelvis

ONLY - Haykuro Hero Rom
[Tutorial] "Squished Hero" with A2SD + More
Okay, I had several problems installing Haykuro's ROM but JustAnotherCrowds seemed to do the trick. In this tutorial we will install the "Squished" Hero and send Applications, Data, Dalvik-Cache, and last, App_s to the SD card!
Here goes!
Partition you SD card, various tutorials and links can be found throughout XDA, try the search button!
Install the “Squished” Version of Hero – http://www.wise-projects.com/android/hero.zip
(If this link needs to be removed, please let me know, and please do not delete the topic, If it's helpful, it's necessary right?)
Mount your SD card and create a folder named tmp on the root directory.
Save the following text file into the sdcard/tmp directory
http://98.131.185.198/jf/system/bin/lucid.txt
Now unmount your device
Open the terminal emulator on your phone(If you don’t have it, get it from the market)
Once in the Terminal Emulator
#mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#cd /sdcard/tmp
#busybox cp lucid.txt /system/bin/lucid
#chmod 755 /system/bin/lucid
#busybox chown 0:0 /system/bin/lucid
#lucid (Should Clarify whether or not the Script installed)
#lucid -d -sd
#lucid -dc -sd
#lucid -m –sd
#lucid -a –sd (DO THIS LAST, IT WILL CLOSE THE TERMINAL EMULATOR)
#exit
Now ADB Commands;
adb remount
adb Shell
cp –a /data/app_s /system/sd/app_s
rm –r /data/app_s
rm –r /system/app
ln –s /system/sd/app_s /data/app_s
ln -s /system/sd/app_s /system/app
reboot
Hopefully this helps some people! If you have any quetsions I'd be glad to help.
All credit is to Haykuro for the amazing ROM and JustAnotherCrowd for "Squishing" it up for us!

holy toledo

yes i love haykuro

Between this thread, twitter, I'm going to break my F5 key tonight. Just sayin.

I peeped that. I can't wait from what I can glean from various posts his inner circle just got their hero roms

And now we play the waiting game..

Yesssssssssssssss

It's great that Haykuro wants to release a Hero Rosei UI rom. Can't wait.

He truly is an asset to the community and with his help i have the phone that all friends and co-workers envy.

the other hero thread was closed. What gives?

Paging Dr B said:
the other hero thread was closed. What gives?
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yeah, seriously.. no explanation.. where's the consideration

Does anyone know why it keeps saying its a read file system only blah blah blah..

adb remount is needed

parmenti said:
yeah, seriously.. no explanation.. where's the consideration
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these mother lovers close everything that has to do wit haykuro

I wish we had a general Hero discussion thread now that Haykuro is no longer going to be working on it. Some of us still want to read and discuss it but there really isn't any other thread to do so; just a bunch of scattered ones.
As for H; I hope he reconsiders his resignation to the community, don't let 1 bad apple spoil the bunch for you. Either way, I promised some Nesquick when his Hero release dropped and Nesquick he shall get.

wooo, rosie is amazing, as is Haykuro.

The other thread was mysteriously closed. Guess I will follow this one.
I for one am not going to install Hero for awhile. I'm sure that now that it's out, it will get modded and tweaked until it's working better.

Hero has myfaves? Do i need Haykuro SPL?

Jefpier said:
Hero has myfaves? Do i need Haykuro SPL?
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yep
http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/haykuro_new_spl-signed.zip

Mytouch 3g working talking gps nav

Copied the following onto my Android's SD card:
http://cid-3cf744d4c83401e6.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public
build.prop
build.sapphire.prop
Maps.apk
Unplugged my phone and waited for it to prep the SD card
Fired up the application Terminal Emulator
Typed the following commands:
Code:
suYour phone may prompt you to allow or not allow this, allow it obviously, otherwise wait until you see a # before continuing to the next command
Code:
ashCode:
mount -o remount,rw /systemNext it's time to copy the build files into your system directory, but first you should backup the originals just in case.
Code:
cp /sdcard/build.prop /system
cp /sdcard/build.sapphire.prop /systemRemove the existing Google Maps app
Code:
cd /data/app
rm *Maps*
rm *maps*Code:
when i did this it siad it did not exist but i just keep going!!!
cd /data/dalvik-cache
rm *Maps*
rm *maps***END OF UPDATE**
All done with this part, time to reboot.
Code:
rebootGetting force close prompts for Google Voice? Yeah, go ahead and do the force close. Be sure to wait until your phone is done booting.
Now it's time to actually install the new app. So again, open up Terminal Emulator and type the following code:
Code:
suAgain, allow this command and/or wait until you see a # character
Code:
ash
mount -o remount,rw /system
install /sdcard/Maps.apk /system/app/At this point, I couldn't get things to work like the second post I linked earlier, so I'll did this command...
Code:
rebootGetting force close prompts for Google Voice again? Close the sucker and wait until your phone is fully booted.
Ok the app is installed and you may be thinking you're good to go, but you aren't. It's still not working for you like it wouldn't work for me. Do you have Google Voice installed before you did all this stuff? Most likely!
Go into your phone's settings and Manage Applications
Uninstall Google Voice
Fire up the Market and search for Google Voice
Install Google Voice
Reboot your phone (You can do this by holding the power button and select "reboot phone" or the long way through Terminal Emulator)
Run the Map app (now you may have your old address in there that you tried earlier, never fear. Just clear the map from the map menu)
Put in some directions like you normally would
You should see the option for "Navigate" after it gets the directions. Click it.
Accept the installation of the voice guide thingy
You're done! Revel in the awesomeness!
Get a beer and laugh at your friends with an iPhone
these is what i did exactley and it worked for me
I DONT NO HOW LONG THIS WILL WORK FOR!!!!!!

File to download
http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/a1a...apphireNav.zip

dskyers said:
http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/a1a...apphireNav.zip
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Dead link .

This is maps from the droid dump? I tried using this on hero and wont work ill try again.

manup456 said:
This is maps from the droid dump? I tried using this on hero and wont work ill try again.
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reading from earler i saw some post were it said it does not work on hero roms... i dunno why??? your the great manup maybe you can help us out with some of that great super xda knowlege you have buddy its crazy i feel like i have a brand new phone excited as hell and all its doing is telling me turn left and right lol

I am testing now to see if it works or what it needs to work maybe some libs that 1.6 has and 2.0 but hero does not so ill look into this.

These instructions need major work bro make no sense.

i've done EVERYTHING and when i did these steps..and i finally got it!!!

manup456 said:
These instructions need major work bro make no sense.
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/Twerd.
-bZj

manup456 said:
I am testing now to see if it works or what it needs to work maybe some libs that 1.6 has and 2.0 but hero does not so ill look into this.
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Manup,
The Maps 3.2 only works on 1.6+, unfortunately hero is 1.5

manup456 said:
I am testing now to see if it works or what it needs to work maybe some libs that 1.6 has and 2.0 but hero does not so ill look into this.
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Wont work on stock hero ROMs, tattoo yes, but hero no

i dunno i thought my instructions were pretty good its what i did and got mines to work sry if it does not work for you but like i isad works for me

just a question
dskyers said:
i dunno i thought my instructions were pretty good its what i did and got mines to work sry if it does not work for you but like i isad works for me
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has to be done this only for cyn or is suppose to work in other to , because i was able to work with cyn but not in other donut rom

How to remove Apps - (w/ Current limited root)

Root Explorer doesn't work. Root manager does. If you want to save the $2.55 use ADB
EDIT: Titanium back up is free and also works for removing files although the backup portion seems a little wonky at times. That is an easier way to remove apps the rest of this is obsolete but keeping it here for reference.
/**
YOU MUST ALREADY BE ROOTED TO DO THIS
This is very easy. It assumes you have rooted thus you have the SDK / ADB drivers already installed.
Your phone should be booted up and in android
Connect to your pc and open your command window and do the following:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Adam>cd..
C:\Users>cd..
C:\>cd androidsdk (your directory may be named differently)
C:\Androidsdk>cd tools
C:\Androidsdk\tools>adb shell
$ su (notice the echo on successful command and the change to # meaning you have root access now)
su
# mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# cd /system
cd /system
# cd /system/app
cd /system/app
Once here you can do a "ls" which is LS but all lower case and that will give you a list of what is in the current directory.
The "rm" command is used to remove items. What follows is the file name which is case sensitive.
# rm TouchWizCalculator.apk
rm TouchWizCalculator.apk
# rm TouchWizCalculator.odex
rm TouchWizCalculator.odex
#
*/
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What can be removed? Some sites with info and lists of apps:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/android-2-1/(list)-apk's-and-odex's-safenot-safe-to-delete/
http://androidforums.com/samsung-moment/112896-guide-removing-stock-apps.html

I dont suppose their will be a youtube video for rooting the Epic will there?
or is gaining root access the same on all android 2.1 phones?
Im new to Android & want to get rid of some sprint apps but I dont want to brick my phone at the same time..

Great post. Personally, I just use Root Manager. It is really easy and only costs a couple of bucks in the market. Plus it has the added advantage of backip up the apps as you remove them, and you can restore them if you wanted to, like say you wanted to take your phone back to the store and you wanted it more "factory" before you go.

chris5h said:
Great post. Personally, I just use Root Manager. It is really easy and only costs a couple of bucks in the market. Plus it has the added advantage of backip up the apps as you remove them, and you can restore them if you wanted to, like say you wanted to take your phone back to the store and you wanted it more "factory" before you go.
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So what you're saying is that I can download Root Manager from the market having done nothing else to my phone and delete some Sprint apps?

Although the SDX App Removal Tool was written for the Samsung Moment, but it works to remove any unwanted stock apps from the Epic.
Here's a download.

Is there anything unsafe to remove like Samsung widgets ect?

pjree said:
Although the SDX App Removal Tool was written for the Samsung Moment, but it works to remove any unwanted stock apps from the Epic.
Here's a download.
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this didn't work for me..

WhiteWidows said:
Is there anything unsafe to remove like Samsung widgets ect?
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I deletes all the samsung widgets and the touch wiz launcher without problems. lost all the colorful wallpapers that come with the phone thought, oh well I don't really use them anyways
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

I was able to finally remove amazonmp3.apk using Root Manager, but I selected the apps I wanted to remove and had it back them up first, it said it completed, but no files show up when I try to restore... any ideas?