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Incredibly frustrated with Android Market issue.

Okay, so I bricked my phone messing around with Infused addons. I used ultimate unbrick to reset the phone to stock and now I want to reinstall Infused ROM.
In the market going to download the few standard apps I need to do this, NOTHING WILL DOWNLOAD. I get "application name cannot be downloaded due to an error."
No matter what app I look at, this is what I get. What the heck is going on? All I did was root my phone as soon as the stock image was restored.

That happened to me too last night but I soft rebooted and the problem went away. It also happened again but this time I turned airplane mode on and back off and the download worked.
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It may be due to updated market. Uninstall the new market and it will go back to the old one. I had a low space error when I had plenty of space and it fixed it
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Try clearing the cache
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You have to factory reset your phone
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You need to boot into recovery and reset all the data.. I had this problem last night, and thats finally what resolved it for me.

I can't update my gmail?

I can't update my gmail in the Market. It downloads completely and begins to install but fails to install. I get a popup saying "package file is not signed correctly"
All my other apps download and install without any issues. Does anyone know why I cannot update my gmail?
I have fixed permissions in CWM, wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I have also used Odin to "start clean" using Whitehawkx KC1 and flashed a new ROM.
Any ideas on what is going on with my gmail update would be greatly appreciated. Gmail is a very important app for our phone.
Thank you.

do you have a custom rom or custom gmail app? If so use titanium to back it up then rip it out. Reboot your phone and install official app from market.
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Bassmanjames said:
do you have a custom rom or custom gmail app? If so use titanium to back it up then rip it out. Reboot your phone and install official app from market.
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Ya. I have custom gmail from Audiophile.. I didn't even think of that because my gmail was working fine.
Well atleast all my flashing and reflashing served a purpose. I had some gremlins move in last week. My phone would vibrate for no reason, freeze up, I'd hit the power button and nothing would happen ect once in a while. Now it is working Great again.
Thank you for your help. I will definitely do what you said.
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ya if you constantly flash roms sometimes its wise to factory reset if you have a issue with one app delete it though titanium and then reinstall it ...

Rooted->Factory Reset-> Cant Download Apps now

Soo I rooted my infuse, then after messing around with it and changing roms back and forth the phone got stuck on the samsung logo so then I performed GTG's Ultimate Unbrick. The phone was complelty reset and works fine BUT now I cant download apps from the Marketplace. It goes through the normal process but never actually downloads. What should I do? Any help is apprecaited

This has worked for me in the past when I had that problem :
Settings / applications / manage
Applications / all / market / clear data
Hope this helps
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Factory reset after Odin back to stock and rooting settings privacy factory reset. That'll fix it for you.
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If your just "stuck" at the samsung logo and had previously flashed a custom rom then you still have recovery....pull battery 3 button back to recovery do a complete wipe and flash another rom...if you dont have one on your phone, go to apply update zip and choose yes...your recovery should be green now...then go to mounts and storage>mount usb storage and now your computer will recognize your sd card and you can transfer another rom on your phone and flash...youll be all good then...
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It's a friends phone and to be honest he can't handle the power of the root. He has no idea how to handle issues. I just want the phone to work normally. I flashed it back with the ultimate unbrick which unrooted it I believe but now the market dosent download apps. I just want the phone to return to out of the box normal working.
Please advise on how to fix the market not downloading.g
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Go to settings>privacy and do a factory reset...the reason you cant download apps is because google talk authentication is failing...it happens sometimes on unbrick....a factory reset from phone will solve this..
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jjp023 said:
It's a friends phone and to be honest he can't handle the power of the root. He has no idea how to handle issues. I just want the phone to work normally. I flashed it back with the ultimate unbrick which unrooted it I believe but now the market dosent download apps. I just want the phone to return to out of the box normal working.
Please advise on how to fix the market not downloading.g
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Same thing happened to me before. I flashed it again with odin and that fixed it.

Titanium backup

Does anyone know if there is an ICS rom that I can use titanium backup, or am I the only one with that problem. It doesn't let me backup or restore?
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It worked for me when I try them.
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when you say it wont let you restore what happens when you try? I use titanium on ICS all the time, only thing you have to be careful of is restoring apps that aren't compatible with ICS. doing so usually results in a bootloop.

I think what regp was trying to say above me is don't backup and restore "system apps" only "user apps"
Also if it wont do anything for you make sure you have root access and try updating titanium backup.
If both those methods don't help go into settings>applications>manage applications "clear data" for titanium backup
Pin it to Win it.

what I'm saying is there are apps that are not compatible with android 4.0. if you restore any of those apps your phone will bootloop even if you restore without the data.

The apps I try to restore are as simple as dolphin browser or like kik. It will say restoring, but then after that it wont prompt me to install or anything it will just say done and then nothing. I wont have the app installed?
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regP said:
when you say it wont let you restore what happens when you try? I use titanium on ICS all the time, only thing you have to be careful of is restoring apps that aren't compatible with ICS. doing so usually results in a bootloop.
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I've never got any bootloop with any of the apps. Its just weird and doesn't let me restore or backup. I have Hellfire ICS rom running.
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I do also have the problem with titanium backup, but i can't figure why?

help needed
hi..im using samsung vibrant and i have finally upgraded it from the w.3.0 to ics 4.. before doing that i had a few things that i needed some were messeges and contacts that i had saved in titanium backup. but now using ics 4 i am unable to restore them...
need hlp
regards
no0ob

jab74101 said:
The apps I try to restore are as simple as dolphin browser or like kik. It will say restoring, but then after that it wont prompt me to install or anything it will just say done and then nothing. I wont have the app installed?
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I had this problem before. Go into TB and go to preferences then scroll down until you get to app processing mode then try all of those options since I don't remember which option is right.
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Force Close Loop (Bricked?)

Hey Guys - I am out of ideas and think my run with the charge might be coming to an end.
My phone is running FP8 stock ROM, rooted, with some apps frozen using TiBu. I have not issues with this set up since the update was pushed. I used tweak for a year or so, then went back to stock for FP8.
A few days ago my phone started to act weird. Widgets were not updating, apps randomly force closing. It was annoying but still usable. I decided to do a factory reset and then everything hit the fan. When I boot up the phone every app on my phone force closes and it is not usable. The "Setup Wizard" also force closes so I can not even get past that.
I have tried flashing other ROMs including Eclipse, tweaked, EP4 with pit, etc.The flash is successful but the force closes persist. I have also tried wiping data through stock recovery and CWM, but I do not think it works. I still see force close errors when the phone boots of apps that should have been wiped (twitter,TiBu, etc.). Anything else I can try? Pretty desperate as it looks like this thing might be toast.
Cliffs
Phone acting weird, reset data multiple times and everything force closes. Phone is not usable at all.
Tried wiping data but does not seem to work, downloaded apps still force close
Flashed different ROMS (both stock w/ pit and custom)
Still force closing. Help?

If the force closes are persisting even though data is wiped, you may have something nasty sticking around through dirty flashes (assuming you're flashing over the old). Make sure you clear all caches and if that doesn't work, it's a shot in the dark but you may want to try formatting the system partition through CWM and then reinstalling FP8 or whatever custom ROM you want. Whatever you do have backups ready...
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If the force closes are persisting even though data is wiped, you may have something nasty sticking around through dirty flashes (assuming you're flashing over the old). Make sure you clear all caches and if that doesn't work, it's a shot in the dark but you may want to try formatting the system partition through CWM and then reinstalling FP8 or whatever custom ROM you want. Whatever you do have backups ready...
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Thanks for the idea. I am pretty sure I have already tried this but through CWM I will clear cache, davlik cache, data, and format system then try a flash of stock with .pit
Like you said, it seems like whatever is causing this is still sticking around even after all this clearing/flashing. Is there any way to clear these things through adb? Or would getting a log be worth my time?

If all else fails try odin.
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kintwofan said:
If all else fails try odin.
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I have tried flashing ROMS (stock and custom) through ODIN and to no avail. I am able to flash but it still does not overwrite the corrupted data. I still get force close errors for downloaded apps that should have been erased/over written. Even formatted my SD card just to be sure and didn't help.
Seems like my only option may be to somehow find and delete the data through ADB. Clearing through CVM and stock recovery is not doing anything. Problem is I do not know where this old/bad data is!

SamsungPST?
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SamsungPST?
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Never heard of PST when you posted that. Good idea, but I just tried a few flashes and the effect was no different than ODIN/CWM
This problem keeps getting weirder. So sometimes I am able to get through into the phone (even though I get force close pop ups every 2 seconds). I was able to uninstall most of the apps causing the FCs (not all because some are the system apps).
However, everytime the phone reboots the apps come back! Where in the hell are they being cached/stored to just magically re-appear after data wipes/flashes/un-installs. Seems like I have all these corrupted apps that I can not get rid of. Through terminal emulator I cleared data, and davlik but didn't help.

Have you pulled your sd card and sim then checked if it would boot. Also wipe internal sd from stock recovery
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kintwofan said:
Have you pulled your sd card and sim then checked if it would boot. Also wipe internal sd from stock recovery
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Yea, eventually I can get it to boot but the phone is not usable with all the force closing. The option to clear internal SD only seems to be available for the older ROMS, but I flashed ED1 and cleared it. No luck.
Think I may just be out of ideas on this one...

Pray to jeebus, might be your last option
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Have you gone into Settings, Accounts & Sync and turned everything off? If you are back to stock then this could be the cause of restore of the apps. You are using the full EP4 odin - rom, kernel and radios - correct?
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Reilly1812 said:
Have you gone into Settings, Accounts & Sync and turned everything off? If you are back to stock then this could be the cause of restore of the apps. You are using the full EP4 odin - rom, kernel and radios - correct?
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Yep I have turned them off. My settings also get reset however when I clear data, reboot, re flash etc.
Good question about the full EP4 ODIN. I have been using the ones from imnuts website, and have also tried the CWM packages from kvswim's thread in the development section. Tried Eclipse Beta 2 & EP4,EE4,ED1, FP8 stock. I also tried the CM10 ROM just to see if the change to ext file system would do anything. Not sure if any of them are labled as having rom,kernal and radios, but I would imagine at least a few of them are.
No matter what I do, I get outsmarted and all my corruped apps, settings and force closes remain.

I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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Reilly1812 said:
I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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I was thinking it was a hardware failure to
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Reilly1812 said:
I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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To skip activation - on the setup screen click on the Emergency Dial button. Once at the dialer, dial:
*#TESTMODE (or *#83786633)
That will "enable the soft keys", making it so you can then hit home to get to the launcher without activating.

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To skip activation - on the setup screen click on the Emergency Dial button. Once at the dialer, dial:
*#TESTMODE (or *#83786633)
That will "enable the soft keys", making it so you can then hit home to get to the launcher without activating.
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Pretty cool! Didn't know I could do that. However once getting past that just about every app continues to force close including tw launcher.
Being that old apps & settings will continue to be restored after doing everything possible to get rid of them it must be a hardware issue.
Oh well, I will keep the phone around for the hell of it but guess it's time I look into something new.