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If I try to use the Amazon app to scan a barcode, it kills the camera and it will no longer work until a reboot. Just the barcode scanner. The take a picture through amazon works.
After amazon kills the camera I tried to open the default camera app and receive an error that it is unable to connect to the camera.
Anyone else have this problem?
why did you get an app from Amazon anyways?
there are TONS of free ones in Android Market
i use this one
ixMAT Barcode Scanner
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ixellence.ixmat.android.community&feature=search_result
it is simply the best
Google Goggles is able to recognize barcode as well.
I have the same problem and would love to see its being fixed.
I use https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&feature=search_result and its fine. And agreed with AllGamer.
Yeah it happens to me too, it's an issue with Amazon's app.
Also people, he's talking about the AMAZON STORE app NOT the Amazon APPSTORE app.
The Amazon store app lets you SHOP on Amazon. Also lets you scan a barcode and it'll search Amazon for the product.
nxt said:
Yeah it happens to me too, it's an issue with Amazon's app.
Also people, he's talking about the AMAZON STORE app NOT the Amazon APPSTORE app.
The Amazon store app lets you SHOP on Amazon. Also lets you scan a barcode and it'll search Amazon for the product.
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No one mentioned about the app store buddy. This post was made WAY before the Amazon App Store was officially released.
zephiK said:
No one mentioned about the app store buddy. This post was made WAY before the Amazon App Store was officially released.
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Read the first reply to the OP. From AllGamer:
"why did you get an app from Amazon anyways?"
"there are TONS of free ones in Android Market"
So yes. someone did mention/thought the OP got an app from Amazon to do barcode scanning, when the OP really meant he's talking about the Amazon app doing it's own barcode scanning.
nxt said:
Read the first reply to the OP. From AllGamer:
"why did you get an app from Amazon anyways?"
"there are TONS of free ones in Android Market"
So yes. someone did mention/thought the OP got an app from Amazon to do barcode scanning, when the OP really meant he's talking about the Amazon app doing it's own barcode scanning.
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The Amazon App Store was published officially on the 22nd. His post was made on:
16th March 2011, 01:05 PM
So at that time the Amazon App Store was not published.
Proof: http://androidandme.com/2011/03/news/amazon-app-store-is-now-open-for-business/
Anthony Domanico on Mar 22 at 6:56 am34 comments
And there wasn't a closed beta. AllGamer probably worded it wrong, but he was not referring to the Amazon App Store because it didn't exist at that time and to be honest. Amazon App Store was not hyped about at all, so I seriously doubt it.
Unless, you're right and what you're telling me is that AllGamer can predict the future
And besides, I'm pretty positive AllGamer meant to say it like this:
Why would you try and use the Amazon Bar code scanner to try and get apps? There are a lot on the Android market for free.
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The Amazon App Store was published officially on the 22nd. His post was made on:
16th March 2011, 01:05 PM
So at that time the Amazon App Store was not published.
Proof: http://androidandme.com/2011/03/news/amazon-app-store-is-now-open-for-business/
Anthony Domanico on Mar 22 at 6:56 am34 comments
And there wasn't a closed beta.
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I'm aware of that, but again, read allgamer's reply to the OP. Asking him why he got an app from amazon, that android market and a bunch of free apps, and then suggesting another barcode app. All which has nothing to do with the OP's issue which was the Amazon shop app crashing the camera when it's scanning barcodes.
I know. Again I said what I said just in case someone confused the OP (which 1 person did). And yes I use "Barcode Scanner", but if I want to buy something on my phone from Amazon, I use the Amazon app to barcode scan, since it stays within the app and i can buy it from the app (which I have done).... rather than having "Barcode Scanner" go to either the mobile site or full site of amazon in the browser. It's a PIA to buy something on Amazon that way.
nxt said:
I'm aware of that, but again, read allgamer's reply to the OP. Asking him why he got an app from amazon, that android market and a bunch of free apps, and then suggesting another barcode app. All which has nothing to do with the OP's issue which was the Amazon shop app crashing the camera when it's scanning barcodes.
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Just like what I modified my post to say:
And besides, I'm pretty positive AllGamer meant to say it like this:
Why would you try and use the Amazon Bar code scanner to try and get apps? There are a lot of bar code scanners on the Android market for free.
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Nuff said. You can't post in a old thread referring to a new app when at the time of the OP and the person mentioned it.. that app didn't exist. So how could he refer to the app store before it was officially open?
zephiK said:
Just like what I modified my post to say:
And besides, I'm pretty positive AllGamer meant to say it like this:
Why would you try and use the Amazon Bar code scanner to try and get apps? There are a lot on the Android market for free.
Nuff said.
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And again, then you did not understand the OP's issue.
The Amazon app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mShop.android&feature=search_result
Lets you shop for items on Amazon such as computers, clothes, dvds, etc..
And it lets you scan a barcode form the Amazon app itself, and show you if Amazon carries that item and if you can buy it from Amazon.
That feature will crash the Camera app of the Nexus S and any other app you run on the Nexus S afterwards will say the Camera is not available and requires a reboot.
Nuff said.
nxt said:
And again, then you did not understand the OP's issue.
The Amazon app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mShop.android&feature=search_result
Lets you shop for items on Amazon such as computers, clothes, dvds, etc..
And it lets you scan a barcode form the Amazon app itself, and show you if Amazon carries that item and if you can buy it from Amazon.
That feature will crash the Camera app of the Nexus S and any other app you run on the Nexus S afterwards will say the Camera is not available and requires a reboot.
Nuff said.
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It doesn't matter though. You're referring to the app store before it was even released to the public. You could do that with a bar code scanner app as well, it scans for prices and compares them.
You obviously don't get my point. At the time of the post, the Amazon App Store wasn't released.... so how could he be referring to it? or how could the OP refer to it? IT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT GIVEN TIME AND PLACE! If AllGamer posted that on or after March 22 then it would be another story. But it was posted way before that.
I know its hard to accept the fact that you're wrong. It's alright. People make mistakes on what they're trying to say, it was just a mis clarification on AllGamers' part but I'm pretty certain he wasn't referring to the Amazon App Store because... like I said, it didn't exist at that given place and time.
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It doesn't matter though. You're referring to the app store before it was even released to the public. You could do that with a bar code scanner app as well, it scans for prices and compares them.
You obviously don't get my point. At the time of the post, the Amazon App Store wasn't released.... so how could he be referring to it? or how could the OP refer to it? IT DIDN'T EXIST AT THAT GIVEN TIME AND PLACE!
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Again, because AllGamer said "why did you get an app from Amazon anyways?"
Then there's 3 replies after that about other barcode scanning apps, so I wrote my
"Also people, he's talking about the AMAZON STORE app NOT the Amazon APPSTORE app.
The Amazon store app lets you SHOP on Amazon. Also lets you scan a barcode and it'll search Amazon for the product."
JUST IN CASE people confused the OP (which AllGamer obviously did)
Also suggesting other barcode apps to do crazy other searches and hopefully get an Amazon link is not helpful to the OP. If I wanted to buy something on Amazon, I simply run the Amazon app and scan the barcode and see if it's available on Amazon then buy it. Why run some other generic barcode scanner app then getting some generic google search url and hopefully find an Amazon link? Or ShopSavvy that has crap store search listings?.
nxt said:
Again, because AllGamer said "why did you get an app from Amazon anyways?"
Then there's 3 replies after that about other barcode scanning apps, so I wrote my
"Also people, he's talking about the AMAZON STORE app NOT the Amazon APPSTORE app.
The Amazon store app lets you SHOP on Amazon. Also lets you scan a barcode and it'll search Amazon for the product."
JUST IN CASE people confused the OP (which AllGamer obviously did)
Also suggesting other barcode apps to do crazy other searches and hopefully get an Amazon link is not helpful to the OP. If I wanted to buy something on Amazon, I simply run the Amazon app and scan the barcode and see if it's available on Amazon then buy it. Why run some other generic barcode scanner app then getting some generic google search url and hopefully find an Amazon link? Or ShopSavvy that has crap store search listings?.
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I told you. He probably misinterpreted it. Just like I'm going to say again, the App Store was not released nor it was heavily hyped or the rumor (if there even was one). So I seriously doubt he was referring to the Amazon App Store.
Bar Code Scanning searches everything from Amazon, PriceGrabber, Walmart, Target.. whatever store. It's not limited to one of them. It searches for the cheapest price available at a verified seller store. So how is this not helpful to the OP? It offers the CHEAPEST price. Who could complain about getting the same thing for a discount?
Holy crap this is like a Laurel and Hardy skit. Incredible.
How hard can this be.
Edit: no, that's not what she said.
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At the time of my original post, there was NOT an Amazon App store. just internet rumors.
I was referencing the Amazon STORE app, not the Amazon APP store, which allows you to take a picture of an item or scan a barcode from within the amazon STORE app and check for information on Amazon. Pricing, ratings, etc are available.
My take on the first few replies is that they were questioning why use a barcode scanner to check just one store when there are others that will check multiple stores at once... ie.. google Shopper. While this didn't answer my question it did seem that they understood my reference to the Amazon STORE app.
There was a question posted a few days later about a camera error. Between this post and logcat, I traced the error to a vague mention on how the amazon app calls the barcode scanner as throwing the error. This is a software error, not a hardware error, which I was questioning.
bumping this old thread. its now fixed in the new version of the AMAZON STORE APP released like <1 hour ago
I thought Amazon was going to keep a tight ship to avoid the crap that infests the Google store...
But there's already a "Sexy Video" app.
Will stolen flash apps be far behind?
Disappointing to see this, I was looking forward to a crap free market!
Hey guys, I've heard a lot about this Amazon App Store, but I don't seem to really understand its purpose. There's already Android Market, which has all the apps available, why would there be another app store, with less apps? And another thing that I can't think of, is why did Google allow Amazon to have this app store? Aren't they losing money with it? The more they sell through the Android Market, more money they make!
Who cares what the purpose is; they give you free PREMIUM apps!!
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Thing is it is not available in my Coun, that's why I don't get its purpose.
How does Google allow such thing?
And do the Apps that I get through Amazon incorporate in my Androird Makert (allowing me to download them like apps I have bought there or not?)
I truly believe Google cares very little about app sale residuals in the long run. They care more about ensuring that there is an abundance of ways to make Android more accessible to more people.
Having a competing, authorized app store underwritten by a successful online merchant is a good move, I think.
In the end, it all boils to advertising dollars for Google.
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Amazon App Store. Great for the end users, absolutely terrible for the small developer.
I've had bad experiences with the Amazon Marketplace and refuse to use it now. They rejected one of my apps because it is not compatible with 3 specific manufacturers (HTC, Samsung, or Droid [I assume they mean Motorola]), The one app they DID accept took well over 2 weeks to be accepted, download details are STILL not available (been 13 days since it was accepted) and they take the same cut as the Google Marketplace whilst also charging you $100 a year.
I don't see the point tbh
FelipeRRM said:
How does Google allow such thing?
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What makes you think that Google has any authority to stop it?
Did you not hear the guy above, free premium apps. i just got zenonia 2 free today, and andry birds was free a few days ago. i mean the android market is good and all but i think amazon is much better. Also i like the layout of amazon better, i think its more user friendly. I mean the current version of android market is ok, but its a big waste of space.
When you buy something through Amazon, does it get linked to your Google account, allowing you to acess it from the Android Market?
FelipeRRM said:
When you buy something through Amazon, does it get linked to your Google account, allowing you to acess it from the Android Market?
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No, it is separate. If you bought it from Amazon, it won't show as bought in the Android Marketplace. I wish that would change, to at least recognize it is installed.
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When you buy something through Amazon, does it get linked to your Google account, allowing you to acess it from the Android Market?
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No. It gets linked to your Amazon account, allowing you to access it from the Amazon Appstore.
Well, as a user out of the US, it's pretty much rules a huge majority out. I tried using it with a fake account to try out the free premium app
http://abtevrythng.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-use-amazon-app-store-outside-us.html#axzz1HtVzxyUa
But the premium apps stopped working after a day. So I dropped it all together
I decided to give a shot this morning to see the feasibility of switching from Google Android Market to Amazon AppStore as I like the idea of a more independent app store. I first discovered (not surprisingly) that the Google apps aren't there neither are a lot of other popular applications I have been using. In addition I was surprised to see the number of applications which have older versions in Amazon Appstore. Google Market kept giving notifications of upgrades available for applications installed from Amazon. It's unfortunate they are lagging behind but I bet it picks up in the future.
I wouldn't switch. It's not a replacement, but rather it's complimentary. Maybe you'd use both, but I wouldn't use one or the other exclusively (at least not Amazon's). I like the layout of the Amazon app store better, and the free premium apps are great. Having the links on my Amazon account and able to be sent to any device is great, of course (though that's similar to the Google marketplace)! The biggest deal breaker for me is that it doesn't have smooth app updating like the Google marketplace does, so if you have a ton of apps like I do on my tablet, you have to authorize the permissions again on every single update being installed.
I saw a thread that someone had removed the ads from the ad free versions of angry birds. ab: seasons.
I was wondering if it is possible to remove the check or verification that some apps do, specifically with the amazon app store. i want angry birds rio, plants vs. zombies and peggle...but Im curious as to whether or not the check can be removed so that the amazon app store can be removed from the device.
thanks!
You only got those apps free as they are tied to the Amazon app store via promotion. If you want those apps to be non Amazon dependant pay for them in the Android market. The developers work hard making apps that you either should pay for or they provide them for free to you because the ads pay for it. You wonder why the Android market will never be as good as the Apple Appstore? Its because of cheapskates trying to cheat the system so the developers don't end up getting paid. Who wants to develop apps for a market that doesn't make them money?
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You only got those apps free as they are tied to the Amazon app store via promotion. If you want those apps to be non Amazon dependant pay for them in the Android market. The developers work hard making apps that you either should pay for or they provide them for free to you because the ads pay for it. You wonder why the Android market will never be as good as the Apple Appstore? Its because of cheapskates trying to cheat the system so the developers don't end up getting paid. Who wants to develop apps for a market that doesn't make them money?
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I want the apps I bought to run without needing the amazon app store installed.. not looking for free products. apple appstore is NOT better than the market as the market is not better than the appstore...pirates exist in every community.
Trust me, I spent a lot of money last night on apps I want to be independent of amazon but there are four or so that aren't on the market. I also buy apps that I won't even use solely to support the dev...latest example would be hidden lock pro by marinelli.tv, I'll never use it but I bought it cause its a cool app and to support xda devs.
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I apologize for jumping on you if you truly are paying for the apps. Its just there are countless people who come here asking to do the same and their intentions are clearly to cheat the system.
If you wanted apps independent of the Amazon App store then you shouldnt have purchased them from there. You should have known they would be tied to the store you bought them from(was one of the biggest complaints about the Amazon App Store BTW)....... And yes, Apples App store is far better than Android Market when it comes to developers making money.
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I apologize for jumping on you if you truly are paying for the apps. Its just there are countless people who come here asking to do the same and their intentions are clearly to cheat the system.
If you wanted apps independent of the Amazon App store then you shouldnt have purchased them from there. You should have known they would be tied to the store you bought them from(was one of the biggest complaints about the Amazon App Store BTW)....... And yes, Apples App store is far better than Android Market when it comes to developers making money.
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Well the times I wanna play games and such the most are the rare times I have no service. It happened the other night, so I was seeking a solution. I think it's silly that we have to be signed in to the amazon app store to use the apps. What of gps apps?
No big deal but I wanna see amazon lose exclusivity on some titles.
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Well the times I wanna play games and such the most are the rare times I have no service. It happened the other night, so I was seeking a solution. I think it's silly that we have to be signed in to the amazon app store to use the apps. What of gps apps?
No big deal but I wanna see amazon lose exclusivity on some titles.
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An Amazon appstore drm token is good for one month. The apps will work offline. They only need to access the internet to get a new token after it has expired. If you want to force the token to refresh, set the system date to more than a month in the future and open the app. Not all of their paid apps are drm'ed, though. It's up to the individual developer.
Last May, I purchased Backcountry Navigator Pro from the Amazon App Store. It hadn't seen much use until recently when I started spending a lot of time on the hiking trails.
I was interested in checking out one of their premium addons (in-app purchase) but it kept giving me errors about premium addons not being available in my market. I shot an email off to the developer, who noticed that I was on version 5.0.3 and instructed me to update to the newest (5.7.4) via google play. Problem is, Google Play - while showing that app installed on my phone - doesn't keep it up to date. My assumption is because it came from Amazon. So, I contacted the developer again and explained the situation. I was told that they had pulled that app from Amazon about 7 months back (shortly after I had purchased it). I was told to contact Amazon and request a refund so that I could re-purchase the app on Google Play.
So, I contact Amazon help desk. I explain the situation to them. They respond that there is nothing they can do, and instruct me to contact the developer.
So here I am, sitting on a $14.00 paid app that I can't actually use, a developer that is either unwilling or unable to help, a google play that won't update an app if it wasnt purchased through them, and amazon unwilling to refund me.
My question is simple... does anyone here know of another way to get this app updated without shelling out another $14 for it?
Side note - Lesson learned. Don't offer support to 3rd party app stores. It'll bite you in the ass.
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Last May, I purchased Backcountry Navigator Pro from the Amazon App Store. It hadn't seen much use until recently when I started spending a lot of time on the hiking trails.
I was interested in checking out one of their premium addons (in-app purchase) but it kept giving me errors about premium addons not being available in my market. I shot an email off to the developer, who noticed that I was on version 5.0.3 and instructed me to update to the newest (5.7.4) via google play. Problem is, Google Play - while showing that app installed on my phone - doesn't keep it up to date. My assumption is because it came from Amazon. So, I contacted the developer again and explained the situation. I was told that they had pulled that app from Amazon about 7 months back (shortly after I had purchased it). I was told to contact Amazon and request a refund so that I could re-purchase the app on Google Play.
So, I contact Amazon help desk. I explain the situation to them. They respond that there is nothing they can do, and instruct me to contact the developer.
So here I am, sitting on a $14.00 paid app that I can't actually use, a developer that is either unwilling or unable to help, a google play that won't update an app if it wasnt purchased through them, and amazon unwilling to refund me.
My question is simple... does anyone here know of another way to get this app updated without shelling out another $14 for it?
Side note - Lesson learned. Don't offer support to 3rd party app stores. It'll bite you in the ass.
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Hate to break it to you, but you won't be able to do anything here.