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(Q) Any ideas on market restrictions?

I was wondering if anyone knew what the cause of the apps that don't appear in the market even w/ improved market fix.
I have been trying to see if I can find the common denominator with these apps and I am coming up empty. Trying to create a running thread and identify some apps that don't so I can email the dev to see if there are restrictions present that we can't see. A couple I have noticed that I use daily are.
ADW EX
Dolphin HD (dolphin mini shows up)
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Google has not officially certified the gtab for its use on the Android Market.

romanrish,
I know the feeling. I used to be able to see Launcherpro and even purchased it for my GTablet. Now with the new market (and all the fixes) I can't see it and have no way to tell when it gets an update other than going to the developers web site. BAH!

@Butch I am fully aware that Google has not certified the Gtablet for the market. This is more of a technical discussion. There are checks that are performed to identify what you should see in the market.
One of which is obviously looking at your build fingerprint. Since this action doesn't appear to have any consequences like changing you device ID probably would. I am trying to figure if there is a way to intercept these checks to display a different device w/out editing the build.prop which may cause instability or worse.
Any ideas?
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mmracing said:
romanrish,
I know the feeling. I used to be able to see Launcherpro and even purchased it for my GTablet. Now with the new market (and all the fixes) I can't see it and have no way to tell when it gets an update other than going to the developers web site. BAH!
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FYI: I have the new market and had to do the "Market Fix" (stop Market service, stop Google Framework, clear data on Framework) several times before I could "see" Launcher Pro and ADW...
It eventually worked and I was able to install both via the Market -- and now they show up fine inc. updates...
What I can't see (yet) is the EA Games that were on sale for 99cents...I am only able to see two -- FIFA (bought) and Tetris -- but I'm guessing it is something to do with the rest of the games not being supported on tablets. (I think NFS Shift even states not supported on Samsung Galaxy Tab)

I just tried the build prop from my droid2 for shiggles. It is kinda ballsy, but root explorer backs up your old build prop so I figured what the heck and gave it a shot. It seems that everything is here I haven't found any side effects. This is working great. Any app I was looking for is there now. This is the build fingerprint I used
ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/droid2_vzw/ cdma_droid2/droid2:2.2/VZW/23.20:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
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romanrish: Did you have to do anything special post-mod of the build.prop when you changed it to your Droid2 string?
Market fix?

Is buzzbox working for you?

I have buzzbox but I cant login anymore, story updates every couple days, and the buzzbox site is down. Anyone else having these issues or can recommend another application like buzzbox? I also noticed pictures no longer load and the app has been removed from the android market.
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Amazon is Down, So BuzzBox is Down
Sorry for the problem for BuzzBox being down. We use Amazon and they are having issues. We are early waiting for them being up. They are a great service and I know they are working hard to fix this.
Please bear with us. Thank you.
Anu

Thanks for the reply.
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That is very interesting. I use buzzbox, its the best news app by far. I was wondering what happened because I uninstalled it in attempting to get it to work, but when I went to redownload it, the app was no longer in the market. Hope it gets fixed asap I need by favorite news app back!

BuzzBox is Back Up
Hey guys,
Sorry about that, but we are up again. Amazon is up and we cleaned our DB, so the service and app should be running fine. Ping me if you see any problems.
Thanks.
Anu

syncing with google account
I don't know if it is just a fluke for me, but I installed the newest buzzbox (1.0.5) from the amazon market. I have searched for 20 minutes trying to find a place to sync my google with the app. I have browsed the help section and it tells me to hit the menu button when adding sources. I hit the menu button and the only thing it shows is to toggle all the sources on or off. There is absolutely no place to get it to sync with my google account. I am using a Droid X fwiw.
Any input would be great. I really want to use this app, but I have racked my brain trying to find a way to get it to sync with no success.

Zinio magazine app port request

Anyone port over the Zinio magazine app from the honeycomb tablet yet?
Tried to find in the app store with no luck.
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I'd not bother until a more polished version of Zinio is released.
I've a Xoom on 3.01, the current app is slow and unresponsive when zoom in/out and navigate within a magazine. I also got low memory warning when using it.
I really don't think the app will perform any better on a single core and 512mb of ram device.
They did state on their market page that a 2.2+ version is in the work.

I had zinio on the ipad, it was a great app! can't wait to try it on my tab now...

Just wait till they re-release it again. No idea why they disabled the current version for our Tabs though. Stupid decision.
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GANJDROID said:
Just wait till they re-release it again. No idea why they disabled the current version for our Tabs though. Stupid decision.
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Just search for zinio in the xda forums. There is an app already out there because we have been using it on our USA tabs for months now. It works perfectly fast and has landscape also.

texasreb said:
Just search for zinio in the xda forums. There is an app already out there because we have been using it on our USA tabs for months now. It works perfectly fast and has landscape also.
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texasreb- i found that app but when it opens, it askes to update to a newer version, which it cant find in the app store.
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you may try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870399
I am using Zinio on my P1000 Tab now.

I have it working via readers hub but it asks for an update. working ok though B-)
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The Zinio app was not showing up in the market till I changed the build.prop using the Xoom's settings. There is a thread on Modaco where Paul did this to his Asus Transformer, to get some other app. Not able to find that thread now...
Anyway, after rebooting, I searched for the Zinio app on the Market and voila, it was there!
Worked perfectly. Even managed to download a few mags (they have a 25 mags for free offer till June 15). It did not notice any weird problems with the Tab even though it was now pretending to be a Xoom!
The only problem i had was that Dolphin HD and Swype started crashing. Since I use Xscope, Dolphin HD was not a big issue. But Swype was.
So, i reverted to the original build.prop, rebooted and... well, the Zinio app had vanished! (Swype and Dolphin HD were back to normal, though).
To be clear, the Zinio icon had gone missing, even though the app was still showing up in the Applications list. Went to system/apps, copied over the Zinio app, reinstalled... but the Open button was greyed out.
Anyway, on to the second fix. Using the Samsung Reader Hub gave me the "newer version available" message. Which of course, was not available for download! So I deleted the Zinio app from system/apps and opened the Reader Hub again. Well, the Read Magazines link had an "Install" icon on it now. Tapping on it downloaded the latest version! Which did not throw up any errors and let me download magazines just fine.
So now I am on the original build.prop with the latest Zinio app. I suggest you try deleting it from system/app and reinstalling it from Reader's Hub. That should do the trick. As a last resort, use the Xoom build.prop trick.

Missing Market Apps

Hi all, I have read a lot about missing apps in the market, but it seams to me that there is an unusually high number missing from my rooted Kindle....
Could someone please confirm if the following apps are also missing from their market?
Be Weather
Weather Bug
Go Launcher EX
Dolphin Browser HD
Weight Watchers Mobile (the official app)
I see themes for a lot of these, but not the main apps.
Also, I tried the fix.apk file that I have used on my phone, but it didn't get me what I was hoping for. Thanks

Don't have a fire yet, but can confirm from a few other places that these were removed from the Amazon marketplace for the Fire. You can still sideload them though. Seems this was done a few days ago once everyone started posting that this was a way to get rid of the carousel.

I noticed that, too. There's obviously some sort of filtering going on.
//Tapatalk.KindleFire//

dspcap said:
Hi all, I have read a lot about missing apps in the market, but it seams to me that there is an unusually high number missing from my rooted Kindle....
Could someone please confirm if the following apps are also missing from their market?
Be Weather
Weather Bug
Go Launcher EX
Dolphin Browser HD
Weight Watchers Mobile (the official app)
I see themes for a lot of these, but not the main apps.
Also, I tried the fix.apk file that I have used on my phone, but it didn't get me what I was hoping for. Thanks
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Not on mine either. Perhaps since the Fire isn't one the "compatible" list they are not even available to download.

MichaelVash7886 said:
Don't have a fire yet, but can confirm from a few other places that these were removed from the Amazon marketplace for the Fire. You can still sideload them though. Seems this was done a few days ago once everyone started posting that this was a way to get rid of the carousel.
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I have side loaded done apps, but note all work. Thanks
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Thanks everyone sounds like the market is also very limited.
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i have go launcher ex and dolphin hd running right now. I did sideload them, i just did it when i was sideloading all the google apps and such. You might do some apk searches on the web. Otherwise it may take a couple weeks for them to be available for the fire (widgetlocker has already updated for the fire, for example).

The Android Market does not contain all of the available apps. It only contains apps that are compatible for your device. So if you have a Kindle Fire it will only show you apps they are compatible with the KFire. That does not mean that you cannot sideload those apps from the Internet.
But, not all sideloaded apps work though.
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When I first got my Kindle, I was able to download Go Launcher Ex from the App Store, then when I had a friend get it, it was gone. Ended up sideloading it, but yes, there appears to be a filter.

It really would be quite awesome if there was a way to override this filtering in the android market for those that are rooted. I would love to take my chances.

Google Voice App Receives, but no way to send texts
I read through all FOUR pages of the Kindle Fire forum but did not see anything about this.
I have successfully installed (side loaded) Google Market and Maps on a rooted Fire. I also installed Google Voice (all apk's from my EVO).
GV runs and displays incoming texts, but there is no way to write or send a text. When you click on a text conversation, it opens but there is no text box to write in.
Clicking menu does not give a "compose" option.
Since GV sends texts over the Internet, I am puzzled why this does not work.
I downloaded another texting app and that one does work, but it gives you yet another "phone" number, which just confuses my contacts (they dont know who is texting them).
Anyone got GV working?

Log into your Kindle Fire, Kindle App, and MP3 App as different users

Ok, I understand this probably doesn't pertain to many other Fire users, but maybe it can help a few of you in the same situation as me.
I have my own Amazon account, but my wife and I share kindle and mp3 since buying books and music twice is just dumb. On our phones this is fine because each app allows you to log in as anyone you want. The Kindle Fire combines log ins for all Amazon services, and even puts your name up in the corner. This sucks because I would rather use Joe's Kindle, not Heidi's, and I shop Amazon a lot, but we use my Wife's accounts for books and music. So I was having to live without my music while having my wife lend me books over and over, which then stopped them from being available on my phone... I know, first world problems. Anyway, after rooting (not necessary for this, though, you can just side load) I noticed there was an update in the Android Market for the Kindle app, which I instinctively downloaded. It allowed me to install it over the system app and log in as my wife, without affecting the rest of the accounts on my Fire. Only down side is I no longer have access to the books tab (its empty), and have to use an alternate launcher to use the kindle app now since it doesn't show up in the native app list. Oh well.
After that worked, I decided to try it with the mp3 app, which I pulled from my phone and side loaded, since the one on my Fire didn't show as needing an update in the market. This time, the native tab didn't go dead at least.
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Edit: After a reboot the music tab works again, updated post.

I have been working on this for a while and just figured out that if you rename the system app com.amazon.dcp.apk to com.amazon.dcp.apk.bak it will essentially seperate the amazon apps from the device allowing different logins for the apps.
Edit: Here's a link for anyone not familiar with renaming apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385301

Sounds good, my mp3 player app reverted back to linked after a second reboot. Just one question, does this kill the tabs in the native launcher? No big deal if it does since I've switched to ADW, just curious. Probably going to reroot my Fire tomorrow and use your suggestion, and disable the Amazon Appstore redirect, too.
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Droidificator said:
Sounds good, my mp3 player app reverted back to linked after a second reboot. Just one question, doors this kill the tabs in the native launcher? No big deal if our does since I've switched to ADW, just curious. Probably going to reroot my Fire tomorrow and use your suggestion, and disable the Amazon Appstore redirect, too.
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I just checked and all the tabs seem to be working fine.

Ok, that works, but it stops you from registering your Kindle. Don't know exactly what that means, but it's a little concerning since I dropped $45 on the warranty. Does yours just say "My Kindle" in the corner? I tried registering it in settings and it won't go through. Oh well. Think I'm just going to copy all the music over to my account.
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Droidificator said:
Ok, that works, but it stops you from registering your Kindle. Don'tknow exactly what that means, but it's a little concerning since I dropped $45 on the warranty. Does yours just say "My Kindle" in the corner? I tried registering it inn strings and it won't go through. Oh well. Think I'm just going to copy all the music over to my account, too.
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Unfortunately I bought mine used and have been having trouble trying to get it registered so mine has always just been "My kindle", that was my driving force behind trying to figure this out. Sorry I was unaware of that issue.