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[Q] App Market problems

I just did my first successful (I think) mod to TnT Lite 4.20 on the G Tablet. However, when I go to the app market and search for angry birds, adobe reader, etc. it says there are no matches? I can find them through the app market on my samsung phone so what could be the problem?
Thanks.
Mark

Did you perform the "market fix" as detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

I was not aware of that. I will get right on it! So much info to be had
Thanks!
Mark

No problem, if you run into any issues you can login to #tegratab in IRC on Freenode and we can help you

Google recently did something so that angry birds will appear incompatible with the Gtab. The market fixes do not give us full market for MOST of us. Check the web version and try to install from there. If it doesn't let you it is considered incompatible and you will have to find the alkaline. Angry birds can be side loaded.
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Well, I downloaded titanium backup and followed directions to wipe data but can't get the error message to appear, after which I am supposed to reboot. I still have the messed up market. What should itry now?

Despite not getting the error message I read about in the how to's, I rebooted and it does work better than before. However, the far right column with the star ratings is cutoff to where only 1/2 or so of one star is showing.
Can this be fixed?
Aside from this app market anamoly, I am LOVING this TnT Lite. OMG, what a change from 'stock".
Thanks!
Mark

mlinder1958 said:
Despite not getting the error message I read about in the how to's, I rebooted and it does work better than before. However, the far right column with the star ratings is cutoff to where only 1/2 or so of one star is showing.
Can this be fixed?
Aside from this app market anamoly, I am LOVING this TnT Lite. OMG, what a change from 'stock".
Thanks!
Mark
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You must be on TnTlite and that is a known issue with no fix yet

Market problems
Hi I ve run the market fix several times but cannot get the full market back again. It was working fine, but not now. Has market updater got anything to do with it ?

I have done the market fix. I was not finding a couple of aps (multi picture live wallpaper in particular) so I did it again. I wiped both cache AND user data. Now I get a server error when launching Market no mater how many times I reboot. Running Vegan 5.1.1.
Any ideas on how to fix without doing a complete wipe and flash?

[FIX] Possibly [Not] Full market Fix

Rom use: Vegan V1B5.1.1 (should work with other Roms)
Root Explorer required.
1- Browse in Root Explorer to /system. Then click on Mount R/W.
2- Long click on build.prop and click on Open In Text Editor.
3- Scroll down to the line
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2/FRF91/43546:user/release-keys
4- Replace that with the following text:
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon _wwe/inc/inc/inc:2.2/FRF91/231334:user/release-keys
5- Click on Save and Exit. And then remount the /system directory as R/O.
6- Reboot.
7- Run Market Access or market Enabler and choose us Verizon as provider (sim numeric: 310004).
8- Search market for the following: (did not show up for me before this fix)
• Multipicture Live wallpaper
• FireFox
• Sumarai II Vengeance
• Tank Hero
• Gun Bros
See attached screen shots.
9- If above 8 steps does not work then you might need to to additional steps as follow:
• Market: clear cache/force stop
• Framework: Clear Data/Force stop
• Reboot
• Search market.
Try this and confirm. Please state the Rom ver.
Thanks in advance
Edit: Sorry for posted in wrong (developmet) forum. Posted in a hurry then take my kid to doctor appointmet.
Edit2: Sorry for false alarm. Not full market fix as confirmed by other posters.

not sure why, but can't get it to work, i've tried step 9 and everything...

Worked for me.
Thanks
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Skeptical at first but I did see all the apps show up he mentioned. None of those would show up before either. Very cool.

My market worked right out of the box with Vegan 5.1.1. Those apps you listed above were downloaded to my gTab the day after my ROM install, no hack required. Hmmm....

I am also running VEGAn beta 5.1.1. At first a lot of apps didn't show up in my Market but then after I booted into recovery with ClockworkMod then erased all data, then erased cache, then erased delvik cache, then reflashed VEGAn beta 5.1 and rebooted, then booted into recovery again and flashed the VEGAn 5.1.1 update and rebooted.
After all that all of the apps that didn't show before showed up for me including the elusive Samurai 2: Vengeance. Now all is well an my tab is running better than ever.

Naw... Didn't work for me. Running Adam 1.1.0.
All the apps listed in OP are there and were there in the beginning, can't find CoPilot thou, even with the changes....
Good try, thanks.

Did not work for me and I am using:
[ROM]Tnt G-Harmony-Gingerbread Elements(Updated-1/22)
I wish it would though, thanks for trying.

I was going to try this out but I found all of the apps you posted. I just ran the vegan update supplemental. I don't know if that made a difference though. I don't remember firefox showing up when I made the switch to vegan a few weeks ago. That is the bad thing about getting old, can't remember.
I still can't find dolphin HD on the market. I had to download it from freeware lovers. Themes, walpapers, all sorts of dolphin add ins show up but not the browser.

Did not work for me using vegan as well

This does work on vegan 5.1.1 found dolphin hd, copilot, and everything else i searched for. good info

Google Earth?
I did your fix and I can now see Angry Birds in the Market, which I couldn't see before. I'm running Vegan 5.1.1.
Can anybody here see Google Earth in the Market? It's not showing up for me.

Based on my research the market is doing some decision making server side now. Curious to see how that pans out for these fixes.

Hmm Tank Hero shows up but Super Manager still does not. However, other apps by its publisher do show up.

The only thing not showing up for me on the market from the attached pics is Mulit-picture-live, and I didnt apply this fix.
I used the method posted from the video on another thread.

Running Vegan5.1.1 and having a lot of stuff not show up in Market. IMDB, Flixster Movies, NFS Shift, SIMI clock, Launcher Pro and many other odds and ins. I do see things like Gun Bros., Sims 3, Samurai Vengence, Fruit Ninja and others.
App Brain, as many other sites, push me into the market for downloads and I end up with Not Found messages. I try to go around this and use Market from the web - where I can find absolutely everything. However, when you try to install from web the market forces you to select you device - Vega Tab - is the option that displays in the drop down and it is typically followed by message - device is not compatible with app.
So...any thinking on how to change our identifier from Vegan Tab to Xoom or something that would have full access to the Market? My biggest frustration with ViewSonics tab isn't the hardware or the ROMS, its Google themselves.

This is so bizarre. First of all this didn't work for me on Vegan 5.1.1.
What's really weird is that I wiped and reinstalled Vegan 5.1 and the update to 5.1.1 this morning, did the usual clear data and cache on market and framework and then I did see Angry Birds, and Gun Bros, but I didn't install them.
It's literally only about 6 hours later, and I can't see those now, not having made any changes.
MC

rickyt63 said:
Rom use: Vegan V1B5.1.1 (should work with other Roms)
Root Explorer required.
1- Browse in Root Explorer to /system. Then click on Mount R/W.
2- Long click on build.prop and click on Open In Text Editor.
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Not to burst any bubbles.... but I turned on my g-tab today, went to the Market, and it asked for me to read the T&Cs and click Accept. I said, 'oh no'. But upon accepting, I am seeing all the stuff you said, and a lot of stuff I didn't before (like Stupid Zombies fer instance). With most things with the Market, I blame/give credit to...google.
I should add... I have tried to add a bunch of apps that I can now see... Firefox, Stupid Zombies, Gmail and Jumpgate Live Wallpaper... and they are all stuck on Starting download. Also had previously added Tegra Zone from the web market, and it hasn't shown up.
And another update... so with things stuck, I did a typical market fix. Well that made all but the Gmail downloads disappear. But Gmail wasn't downloading still. Eventually it did, a re-start or two later. Tegra Zone, which is listed as being downloaded on my account, never showed. And when I try to install now from the web, it says it is incompatible. *sigh*

Worked for me. Needed step nine tho. Still not the full market tho. I still don't see apps I get on my sprint hero.

Z Tab, latest version from these forums. The market works the same as before trying.

amazon appstore apk installation/backup methods, what I found so far

I tried to find out if it's possible to extract amazon app store downloaded apk APPs for backup/archive purposes. here are some facts I found so far,
- when you download an app, the apk goes in \sdcard\android\data\com.amazon.vevezia\. the apk names are in the format of vnz-<some_number>.apk
- I uninstalled amazon appstore at this point and moved the angrybirds apk to root. it installed fine but requires "unknown sources" checked
- angry birds rio won't play. error "it looks like the amazon appstore was uninstalled from your device"
- reinstalled amazon app store apk. angry birds rio error "You must be signed in to the Amazon App Store to run this app".
- signed in appstore, angry birds rio runs fine now.
- switched to airplane mode to disable data/wifi. app runs fine.
- killed appstore in task manager. app runs fine.
so, seem apps only look for appstore(signed in) for the very first time it's launched.
- this file now exists, sdcard\.android_secure\com.rovio.angrybirdsrio-1.asec
will .asec file backup and restore?

leo221 said:
I tried to find out if it's possible to extract amazon app store downloaded apk APPs for backup/archive purposes. here are some facts I found so far,
- when you download an app, the apk goes in \sdcard\android\data\com.amazon.vevezia\. the apk names are in the format of vnz-<some_number>.apk
- I uninstalled amazon appstore at this point and moved the angrybirds apk to root. it installed fine but requires "unknown sources" checked
- angry birds rio won't play. error "it looks like the amazon appstore was uninstalled from your device"
- reinstalled amazon app store apk. angry birds rio error "You must be signed in to the Amazon App Store to run this app".
- signed in appstore, angry birds rio runs fine now.
- switched to airplane mode to disable data/wifi. app runs fine.
- killed appstore in task manager. app runs fine.
so, seem apps only look for appstore(signed in) for the very first time it's launched.
- this file now exists, sdcard\.android_secure\com.rovio.angrybirdsrio-1.asec
will .asec file backup and restore?
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Pm me please.

soooo....did you guys find a way to backup without the need for amazon appstore?

Snazarian said:
soooo....did you guys find a way to backup without the need for amazon appstore?
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+1
This whole process is quite a drag.

I'd like to know also, amazon app store is a pain to use. Also the fact that it keeps signing me out and every time I try and use an app purchased with the app store I have to log in each and every single time
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Well burt, looks like we may be on our own. I guess we'll just have to deal with the memory hog, Amazon App Store. Lol
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Amazon appstore apk
leo221 said:
I tried to find out if it's possible to extract amazon app store downloaded apk APPs for backup/archive purposes. here are some facts I found so far,
-You can download the apk form here getandroidstuff.com/download-andorid-amazon-appstore-watch-hands-video/
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soooo....did you guys find a way to backup without the need for amazon appstore?

It appears to be a lost cause, my friend.
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Am I missing something- Market/few apps??

For some reason in my market there are almost no apps. I only see "top free apps" in any category, not like a huge list of apps im used to on my phone.
I look at the compatible apps for the TF on here but yet im unable to install any of them or even find them. No skype, friendcaster, and others..
Apps I thought I'd be able to easily get, i cant
Im on the latest OTA and not rooted. Anyone care to explain?

I had this before my self. I really dont know why...but i got it fixed by rooting it and installed it with Prime rom.
..i stopped asking why it happened

When you say you can't find Skype and Friendcaster, are you saying even when you search you don't find them? Or do you just mean you can't find them when browsing categories?
I would say that finding apps by the categories is not great. But I can find the apps you're talking about if I search by name.

Correct. Before I rooted, I wasnt able to see every app under "social"- then the sub category of "top free apps". I would just see the 8 and not able to click all free apps.
I went to the google market on the internet and found friendcaster but said the transformer was not compatible.
Once I rooted though, I was able to see a bunch more apps. Honestly- i couldnt even see the other versions of angry birds, only angry birds rio because it was on the top free apps list in the home screen.

tlxxxsracer said:
Correct. Before I rooted, I wasnt able to see every app under "social"- then the sub category of "top free apps". I would just see the 8 and not able to click all free apps.
I went to the google market on the internet and found friendcaster but said the transformer was not compatible.
Once I rooted though, I was able to see a bunch more apps. Honestly- i couldnt even see the other versions of angry birds, only angry birds rio because it was on the top free apps list in the home screen.
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can u pls tell us what version honeycomb ur u installed? Configuration > about my tablet (iono how its called in english, im running dutch language)
also pls tell us what rom u flashed with the rooting?
I got prime 1.8 with HC 3.2 running. I belief 3.0 and 3.1 HC didnt have the update for non tablet apps compability mode. Meaning that google market prevent u downloading it.
Just root and flash prime1,8 or revolver rom2.5. Any rom with HC 3.2 on it. u will see the apps ill be back and u have the compatibility options for non tabet apps.
gl!

dungeon defenders

I have been trying to find this game and for some reason all the links to it on google play say file not found. Is the GS3 not compatible with this game?

Try to use the play store on the browser and see if you can push it to your phone that way.

antispiral said:
Try to use the play store on the browser and see if you can push it to your phone that way.
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no luck

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp
Had no problem installing for me.

If anyone gets this game to work on the SGS3, please post what you did! I played this a lot on my Droid Charge, but have installed several different versions on this phone and they have all crashed at the loading screen...