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[Q] Market... Website or Classic?

Which method of downloading and searching for apps do you guys use most now since theres finally a first party website for apps. Do you still use the market place app OR the website?

I've found the website to be unreliable. It never shows my installed apps correctly. It won't show even half of what is installed but it will show apps that I uninstalled three months ago. I've tried downloading six different apps from the site, none ever downloaded. Plus, I rarely use my laptop anymore since I can do most of what I need to do on my Evo just as easily.
So... the app.
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Not sure why it matters what we used but I am going to guess both for most people. On your computer lets use the web. On your phone lets use the app. Since I use both I can't vote.

Website (mostly)
Reason:
1. Easier searching and browsing
2. Much easy to understand what the app is doing
3. No big issue in terms of installing, it's real fast, once I click ok in browser, the phone start to download near immediately.

Website when i'm at the computer. So most of the time.
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Plainjane is right, the site is really unreliable, but only if you check your instqlled apps. I prefer the market on my phone, but it is easier to use the website's push install (especially when you want to install a lot of apps in a short time)
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The list of installed app on the website for me is broken beyond broken (shows every app I have ever installed instead of which ones are currently installed)
But I do use the website more. As much as I love my vision, I like the bigger screen size on my monitor

i use the web market of cause because it is so esay to use and totaly somoth

ya like others, i don't have any big issues with the web market. i like it & its UI. i mix it up from time to time tho

removed

Market on the phone. Mostly when I install the app I want to use it immediately. When going to the website it takes about 5 minutes between the time I push the install button and the installation actually happening on my phone.

fingerprint scanner lockscreen pro

today I downloaded this app it was free. I uninstalled by accident and now can't find in the market..anyone have it??
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have you tried looking on market.android.com? It should show you any recent purchases under my account or you can also look under my library too and see if you can find it there too.

this was a free app. how can I see history using the old market app?

ok. I see where you meant. the app is not showing anywhere...sucks
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When I start it ti's giving me an error and does nothing. How can I fix that?

Try googling the app name to see if someone has the apk hosted. Usually works for me when the crap market search engine fails to locate apps I've downloaded and used many times in the past.
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Readability for Android

Hi
Readability for Android is released today but only on the Amazon Marketplace.
Will anyone be able to please post up the .apk for it so the rest of us can use it?
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Pleaaaaseee
the apk?? someone ?

its in the playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.readability

WingnutStrikesBack said:
its in the playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.readability
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I'm getting "not available in your country" even though I'm in the US and it's supposedly available through the Amazon app store. Anyways, if anyone could post the apk that would be great!

here for everyone

brilliant, thank you!!

Strange...I got a Epic 4G Touch and I can't see the app in mt Play Store and when I go to the online Play Store, I get the message that my device is unsupported.
However, I downloaded and installed the app with no issues from the Amazon Store.

Thats because they have disabled google play download for US customers for this app. US customers need to download from Amazon store.
Thanks WingnutStrikesBack for the apk. But it does not seem to install on my galaxy nexus. Anyone else have this issue?

Same Problem
I´m able to install it, but have force close issues everytime i try opening it it.

Readability v1.0.apk

Thank you
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awesome!

I installed the app, signed up for the service, etc. How do you link pages from your phone browser to it? As far as I can tell the only way is to copy the URL and paste it into Readability which seems like way to many steps. It doesn't even show up in the list of browsers in the "Open with" menu. You need to be able to share the page with the Readability app directly from the browser. It's actually faster to just save the page directly to your SD card to read later. If I'm wrong about steps to adding pages please correct me. This seems like it could be a really useful app but at the moment it needs a ton of work IMO.
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working well on a Streak running gingerbread
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onestoploser said:
As far as I can tell the only way is to copy the URL and paste it into Readability which seems like way to many steps.
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u can use the integrated browser too. but it shoudve been showing on the share list as u said, that wouldve makde it a very practical app
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I know you can use the integrated browser, but most of the things I would save are links I'd open from Twitter, etc. and since you cant choose it as Open With it's worthless. This app looks nice but that's it. It is very poorly executed.
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Does anyone have the app for the updated version that was released yesterday? I believe it is version 1.0.1.

[APP] New Google Play Store v3.5.15 (aka Android Market) APK!

Hi,
Google released an update of their Google Play Store!! (aka Android Market).
If you can't wait for the auto-update by Google, download the APK here =)
Version 3.5.15
What's new:
- You now have Install and All tabs you can swipe between
- All tab contains a handy dropdown with all your accounts (if you added more than one)
- The list of apps you have purchased but uninstalled or haven't installed yet has moved to the All tab
- Reviews now show the device used by the reviewer
- Reviews can now be sorted by Most Helpful first or Newest first
- You can now filter reviews to show ones for the latest version of the app as well as made by only the device you are using
--
Screenshots below:
Don't forget to press the Thanks button!
Source & Screenshots from AndroidPolice
Cheers!

Works for me!
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Working like a charm!
Thank you very much

Works great, thanks.
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I downloaded this app from this site to my computer because I was unable to get the QR Code link to work on your site! I copied it to the phone, but I don't know if there is a specific location where I am supposed to copy it.
Any chance you might be willing to tell what I am doing wrong? If so, it is com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk. I have downloaded it to my computer, then copied it to phone via USB.
My understanding is I am supposed to select it in ‘My apps’ then click on it to upgrade. However it doesn’t appear when I click the button to view my apps on ‘Go Launcher Ex’. In fact, the only time I can see it is when I look while it is connected via USB. I know I must be doing something wrong, I just don't know what it is!
Richard

why don't you use xda app and than browse to xperia forum and install google play store. that worked for me

Thanks, for the suggestion.
I got it figured out with a suggestion from another site. I installed Dropbox, copied the apk file to Dropbox, then clicked on the file in Dropbox. It worked.
Every time something simple like this stumps me, I realize I have a lot to learn.
Richard

Works great, thank you.

Is the same apk also valid for tablets?

thank a lot..

Am on fera 13.4
I cannot open my playstore. .. Reinstalling... Fixing permission, .. All seems to be not helping me out. .. Wen I click the icon it just waits for a second and closes all f a sudden... Can someone give a solution
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Try to clear data in settings of market app this helps me when i have this kind of issues with apps.
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[Q] Google Drive refuses to open any document?

I've seen this exact problem no where else on the internet. I'm flabbergasted.
Google drive refuses to open any document at all on my sidekick, and no one else on the internet has gotten this error message.
"Google Documents Error
Google documents has encountered an error. Please try reloading the document."
I'm using Ricandroid's NexusJB. I would post in his thread but I can't post in development yet. Its a great build otherwise and I'd like to avoid having to reinstall from scratch. Anyone else have this issue?

I do not have this problem. Do you have your Google account set up to sync in Settings>Accounts and Sync?

Yep, it is. Gmail and talk and contacts all work. I'm thinking its some kind of incapability with memory resources maybe? Its a blank denial on all doc types. I wish I were better at coding and linux to figure this out, but I'm too much of a newbie atm.
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Might be a server problem; have you tried again? Also see this page for some possible fixes: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/drive/ifONR5aCqSc/Sg0hZrbVQXcJ

Yeah I have, multiple times. I thought it may be droidwall but like the poster in your link says, it does load a docs list and allows me to make a doc offline. I didn't find this after many searches.. thanks for that.
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Yeeeah so it was droidwall. I found out after uninstalling it. I guess it was lying when it said it was allowing google drive. I think google drive relies upon other internet processes to function besides itself.
Thanks for your input!
Edit: Nope!
I thought it was droidwall, but I had uninstalled google drive at the same time. It seems its the new update that breaks drive functionality.
It seems the solution is to block updates. Google drive conveniently offers that functionality in its settings.
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Google Drive partially works right now when updated but the reason you can't open your documents may be that one of libs is missing in your /system/lib directory. They could have added more in the update that are otherwise seperated from the old version on your system memory.
Just a though I have had the problem once before, but I can't remember exactly how I fixed it.
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The latest version of Drive works fine for me. I did not have it installed at all, so I had a fresh install (not an update). Maybe try removing it completely (not just the updates) and reinstall. Is your Drive installed as a system app or user app? If it's a system app, you'll need to use something like Titanium Backup to remove it.

This would make sense. It is an uninstall able system app, so maybe the updates libraries are broken by that.
I'm reluctant to try uninstallong with titanium as its working now. Ehh I'll probably do it in a bit and let you guys know.
Would you know how to find out which libraries Drive uses, zydrate?
Edit: Aaand its broke again and I forgot to make a backup... whoops.
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I think google drive app that comes with ricandroid's nexus JB is the only one that will really work. Does anyone know if he packagaes google apps with it? If I could find the right package for the sidekick I could avoid a rom reinstall maybe.
I'm surprised there are barely any other sidekick users with this problem!! I'll post later to let you guys know if that holds true, and if a titanium backup would restore an uninstalled google drive's functionality.

It doesn't make sense to me that only the Drive app that ricandroid bundled with his nexusJB ROM would work. If that were the case, then anytime the app updated from the Play Store, it would break, and as you said, no one else seems to have a problem with it. I think the problem is on your device--maybe a dependency has gotten corrupted or gone missing. But you could always send ricandroid a private message and ask him what version he used, if he modified it, etc. You said it's working right now, so why not make a backup of it in case it starts acting up again?

I though it was working.... but it wassnt.
I finally reinstalled the JB build, which for some reason kind of made it faster?? Maybe a second wipe freshened it up.
Google drive was working initially, I tried updating it, it broke it again, and a titanium backup restored functionality successfully. So I still don't know what's wrong. Maybe a slightly corrupted ROM?
Ill try messaging ricandroid one of these days.
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I don't know why the update keeps breaking Drive. I posted a query on the nexusJB thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162745 for you. We'll see what responses we get.

Wow, thanks man!!! Almost up to 10 posts though! Haha.
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The only response so far is that someone saw on g+ that several people still running 2.x are having an issue with google drive. Of course, everyone using the SK4G is still on 2.2. May just be a random issue.

I got another response that someone is using ES File Explorer File Manager to access Google Drive. I didn't know you could do that, but apparently you can access a lot of cloud services using that app (which is a good one, and free). Just search for it in the Play Store.

marathonjon said:
I got another response that someone is using ES File Explorer File Manager to access Google Drive. I didn't know you could do that, but apparently you can access a lot of cloud services using that app (which is a good one, and free). Just search for it in the Play Store.
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I was watching the thread. Just posted in there as well now that I'm up to 10 posts. Thanks for your help with this, but I think I'll just stick to having updates disabled. Whatever google drive is being updated with, its nothing I can see as it has perfect functionality.