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Some apps no longer accessible in the market - uk

Hi folks,
I'm just wondering of there's a reason why I can't access some apps I was able to find before in the market?
Quick Settings, Launcherpro beta, Adw launcher, Zeam, etc, are nowhere to be find now...
I've got some of them on my download page on the market app and I also wonder if I can still access the updates.
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think its a problem your end as I can findthen no problems..... Am uk..
regards
lohtse

Thanks for the reply. Ill try to find out.

Maybe your market access keys are incorrect because you have installed a custom rom? For example, test versions from Huawei have test keys installed that will not list all applications. You need to use proper release keys provided by carrier.

Thanks speckles, you point a different possible problem. Even if I don't have a custom rom: just a Milestone 2.1 rooted.
You need to use proper release keys provided by carrier.
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Well, I think that I have the proper one for I didn't changed it. Can you tell me how can I check this? (I've got still a lot to learn.)
I have been reading a little on old and similar problems, often related issues with protected app, like paid/protected app on rooted phones - and regardless to the models, countries, carriers, and maybe even to the versions.
I am not sure to be concerned, I mean it's a bit different in my case. For instance, I have Tapatalk pro installed and which is protected but I can still find it on the market (I mean outside of the download tab).
So far, my problem only concerns some free apps.
There were from long time app that I wasn't able to find on the market (like TV.com), by example when using appbrain. But now, that's the first time I can't find apps I had already downloaded and that I've got installed. (I spotted the problem while recommending apps to a friend who's got a Desire since a few days. He was himself unable to find them, like Quick settings.)
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Scanning a barcode pointing on the apps in the market do not work as well.
Some solutions points to the build.prop:
Root your phone and modify your /system/build.prop with the fingerprint of a build that actually works. Then clear all data and cache from the market and google apps, reboot, set your clock to 23:59 and wait 5 minutes to force a refresh of the data before starting the Market app. You'll have to supply your Google account details again but this should work around the problem.
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Useful as well:
From MasDroid, on XDA -14th April 2010, 08:59 PM
I've read about this issue which was recently explained by a developer of XDA (nprussell).
Apparently everyone is in the same boat so to speak. He states that many "protected" apps are missing from the market. There are generally two reasons why apps will be missing from the market:
When a new ROM or handset is released, the manufacturer (i.e. HTC), sends the build to Google for verification, which includes a 'Fingerprint' (a unique line of text which governs its market access) in one of the build files. Generally, it states the name of the phone and Android version in the fingerprint. With Root & System write access, this fingerprint can be changed, but although it's been claimed that the Desire has recently been Rooted, we still don't have confirmation from any developer of it being able to gain System write access.
Only until Google approve the build, then fingerprint will be added to their allowed database to view these protected apps on the market.
The other cause for apps missing from the market in builds is because of permissions of certain apps. For example, the barcode scanner app requires permissions to use the camera/auto focus. They are NOT protected apps. If the XML permission files are missing from system/etc/permissions, then Google Market will simply block these apps from showing.
HTC need to chase Google up on this and Google need to activate the Fingerprint.
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Edit 2 --
I have tried to replace my build.prop (using one from a Telus Milestone) but nothing has changed. Maybe I need to erase the market's data as told in the second quote but I'm not sure to know how to do it.

I have the same problem. (Htc desire Vodafone/the Netherlands/original ROM) There was an OTA update few days a go. After that most of the installed apps couldn't be found. It seems that this affected a lot of people...check the comments on launcherpro an adw launcher websites
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If you have edited your build.props, then it can take upto 24 hours for them to be published to the market. So wait a few days.
If it still doesn't work, try Eris Market Fix after doing a nandroid backup. Again, you may have to wait about 24 hours before noticing any changes.

I think i have same problem here. Finland/HTC Desire/Stock ROM.
There should be LauncherPro in market right? Had to dl new one from LP's site.

I have got everything back and I'm still using the same build.prop. So I believe that the market had been fixed.
Hope it's the same for you!

cannot install using Fast Web Installer

I am absolutely stumped!
I restored my apps from Titanium, inc. AppBrain. This also restored my AppBrain data which was a bummer as Appbrain recognised it as the same phone, regardless of having upgraded to 2.1 forcing a clean install.
I then installed Fast Web Installer and it worked great, but I noticed it was still recognising as having had installed apps that I hadn't installed, and it thought my phone was 1.6 so kept getting annoying message on website. I uninstalled and reinstalled App Brain and it worked fine, but suddenly Fast Web Installer doesnt work. I get:
"There was an error sending the app to the phone. Please make sure you enabled it with the 'fast web installer' app and then please try again."
I have done everything I can think of, uninstalled both then reinstalled them, launched the FWI app multiple times, synced appbrain multiple times, all the above in multiple sequences, until I decided to delete my account, uninstall app brain, uninstall FWI, recreate my account, reinstall app brain, sync appbrain, install FWI, launched FWI, Synced App Brain, then crossed my fingers, but still got the same problem.
It's painfully annoying as its such an awesome thing
Has anyone else come across this error, and does anyone know a sollution? Im at pulling my hair out here

I have the same problem , its was working before but cant work these days

well, in the process of trying to fix this I accidently got my phone into a power cycle cycle, so gave it a clean install. It works now :S
but the facebook widget is now giving me grief. *When will it all enndddd??*

It's a bug from fast web installer. I emailed appbrain and now it's work. Should work for you too I guess.
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Stop working for me
Anyone could help here? In my last post Fast Web Installer is work for me.. But it now stop from working and no work around yet.
Try to reinstall appbrain app market and fast web installer but no solution yet. I event reflashed my phone (without wiping my data).
I already emaild appbrain but no response yet.
Please advice...

Problem still persists on my phone as well. Not sure what it could be.

sierratango88 said:
Problem still persists on my phone as well. Not sure what it could be.
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having the same problem....I click on install, accept permissions and its say sent app to phone...but doesn't download on my phone.

just got a reply from Appbrain regarding fast web installer not working:
"Google has updated the Android market client, which disables the Fast
Web Installer unfortunately.
Please use the sync mechanism to transfer your downloads from the web
to your phone.
Best regards"

mith500 said:
just got a reply from Appbrain regarding fast web installer not working:
"Google has updated the Android market client, which disables the Fast
Web Installer unfortunately.
Please use the sync mechanism to transfer your downloads from the web
to your phone.
Best regards"
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Got the same email here.

Ah yes, I see that the market is now version 2.12 instead of the 2.09 in which firmware 2.1 gave us. That is quite unfortunate as that was a really useful tool

sierratango88 said:
Ah yes, I see that the market is now version 2.12 instead of the 2.09 in which firmware 2.1 gave us. That is quite unfortunate as that was a really useful tool
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Lets just wait them to fix it then IF they fix it.
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Download Android Apps from other markets in 8 steps
Hey! Try out this, read the post available at abtevrythng (dot) blogspot (dot) com Download Android Apps from other markets in 8 steps
It explains how to make it work again!

Worked for me, hope it works for you too!

Fast web installer not working resolved
Please read Download Android Apps from Other Markets in 8 Steps whcih explains a workaround to get it working again. I tried it out and it really worked for me!

Autostarts!

I'm not sure if everybody uses this, but Autostarts is one of my favorite root apps and I recommend it to all of my friends who have rooted. I don't see too many people talking about it anymore so I figured I would remind everyone of this awesome app. It allows you to prevent any apps from running on their own. After using Titanium Backup to debloat my ROM, I then open up Autostarts and run down the list and disable any apps that I don't want to startup without my say so. It does wonders for freeing up RAM. I did this on my Epic 4G Touch and never needed to flash a single custom ROM because I was able to get the stock ROM running flawlessly. It is an invaluable tool to me and I recommend it highly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts

broken link?

Maroon Mushroom said:
broken link?
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My bad, I just fixed it.

I know this is old post, but I bought this app a long time ago also. It's a pretty powerful app and you can modify every reason for an app to start.
I vote to move this to the App section.

rom toolbox also has this feature

expertzero1 said:
rom toolbox also has this feature
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Yep! I actually like ROM Toolbox's feature a little better now. It's got an easier layout.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Yep! I actually like ROM Toolbox's feature a little better now. It's got an easier layout.
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Hahaha! Last night I just found this feature in ROM toolbox and was about to post it here!!
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_MetalHead_ said:
I'm not sure if everybody uses this, but Autostarts is one of my favorite root apps and I recommend it to all of my friends who have rooted. I don't see too many people talking about it anymore so I figured I would remind everyone of this awesome app. It allows you to prevent any apps from running on their own. After using Titanium Backup to debloat my ROM, I then open up Autostarts and run down the list and disable any apps that I don't want to startup without my say so. It does wonders for freeing up RAM. I did this on my Epic 4G Touch and never needed to flash a single custom ROM because I was able to get the stock ROM running flawlessly. It is an invaluable tool to me and I recommend it highly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
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Is it able to disable Google Play from starting up at boot? I´ve disabled the event I consider to be associated with Google Play (with Autostarts), but still the app launches by itself at every reboot...

Ricfil said:
Is it able to disable Google Play from starting up at boot? I´ve disabled the event I consider to be associated with Google Play (with Autostarts), but still the app launches by itself at every reboot...
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no, it will not. more importantly, google maps is a battery hog, and a privacy killer, and it is also unable to be killed. not by gemini app manager, nor in conjunction with autostarts. google maps will report everywhere you go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
if only someone (windows maybe?) would come out with a nifty phone and declare "Hey we won't sell your soul!" i would so be on board. HTC is slowly drowning themselves, so i am finally, after 6 years, ready to move on to a new brand, and wouldn't mind leaving google behind.

wdkingery said:
no, it will not. more importantly, google maps is a battery hog, and a privacy killer, and it is also unable to be killed. not by gemini app manager, nor in conjunction with autostarts. google maps will report everywhere you go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
if only someone (windows maybe?) would come out with a nifty phone and declare "Hey we won't sell your soul!" i would so be on board. HTC is slowly drowning themselves, so i am finally, after 6 years, ready to move on to a new brand, and wouldn't mind leaving google behind.
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Thanks man.:good:
If your interested I managed to disable Maps from always being on the background on my system . What I did? Used Titanium Backup (Pro edition) to convert it to a user app (because it needs to be so, for the next step). After, used a free app called Greenify (you may find it on the Play Store), to "hibernate" Maps at boot time. Result: No more Google Maps on the background . This app is great! You should give it a try. Maybe you may keep your HTC a few more years using it
Unfortunatly trying the same for Google Play messes with its app update functions... that is why I ask.
Hope it helps you on the Maps issue.
Any other ideas anyone?

i use gemini app manager itll stop it all but also remember that certain actions also stop it from updating the market so be careful which autostart functions u stop: although there are more than just at boot for most apps
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Ricfil said:
Thanks man.:good:
If your interested I managed to disable Maps from always being on the background on my system . What I did? Used Titanium Backup (Pro edition) to convert it to a user app
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Mine is already a user app..?

imma reinstall autostarts see if it has stopped working correctly. i know many instances can trigger apps so you can't just disable on startup for it not to run. but i remember disabling maps in like 3-4 places and it stopped starting unless i told it to start.

I have maps disabled completely in both autostarts and Gemini app manager. And maps is still my #1 battery drain. often my phone displays the gps signal when I wake it up, even though I haven't used maps in days.

wdkingery said:
Mine is already a user app..?
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Ok. Good. But did you follow the rest of my post? Have you used Greenify to stop Maps from loading? It works perfectly for me.
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wdkingery said:
I have maps disabled completely in both autostarts and Gemini app manager. And maps is still my #1 battery drain. often my phone displays the gps signal when I wake it up, even though I haven't used maps in days.
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I do really advise you to try Greenify

Greenify does the same thing right?
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Greenify does the same thing right?
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You may use both in conjunction. Hell, I´m using Autostarts, Autorun Manager (for its simplicity) and Greenify. You just have to know what apps/events are disabled/enabled in them.
Greenify is a little diferent in the way that it hibernats apps when they are not being used/when with the screen off. It works of boot and is really pretty helpfull on those "stubburn" apps that do wish to always remain in the background. With Greenify on they are gone! For good .
Check it on Play Store for more info. Older versions seemed to have some issues with superuser access, with the new one, that seems fixed. It is a great app IMO, saves LOTS of battery and enables a little more ram available for things that do matter (good specially for phones with low RAM memory chips). In the case of your phone you will mainly notice an improvement in battery life, since RAM seems not an issue.
You should try it out

Ricfil said:
Ok. Good. But did you follow the rest of my post? Have you used Greenify to stop Maps from loading? It works perfectly for me.
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I do really advise you to try Greenify
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Yes I did! And it worked well! Thanks a bunch! Battery life has been great since that very moment! Over 24 hours and still 70%!

wdkingery said:
Yes I did! And it worked well! Thanks a bunch! Battery life has been great since that very moment! Over 24 hours and still 70%!
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Maps, as you said, has got several instances and events triggered for the most crazy things (at least in my book - since I do not need many of them), and that was why it still kept restarting even after all events disabled (there should be hidden ones related to other apps still operating in a complex interconection). At least that is how I imagine it was working. Greenify manages to hibernate it altogether (Titanium style), with the advantage of being "quicker" "unhibernating" it when needed. No complains for me so far
Glad it helped. It seems an excelent app!
See you:good:

Re: Greenify
Just bought titanium backup pro to use in conjunction with Greenify. $6 to stop maps and facebook from eating half of my battery. Totally worth it IMO.
Kudos to whoever suggested the app first.
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How to detach an app from the Play Store

Right, I'm a PowerAMP pro user, but with a pretty old phone. The latest app is working but it's slow and sometimes lags. The poweramp site also offers the old 1.4 version which works right for me. Now, all is fine and dandy but I;m a bit annoyed by the app always showing up there to be updated. So I searched for a method to detach the app from the market and learnt that the bug has been solved long ago and apps can't be detached. So I tried changing the app's signature, of course with no luck, my android dev skills being close to absolute zero.
So I ask you, is there any way to do this? I am not pirating the app, so don't worry
I'm also trying to convince the developer to make an unsigned version of the app specifically for old timers like me, but with no success until now..

Just use LBE Privacy guard and freeze internet connection permission for this particular app..
So it will not connect to net and not telling you that new version is available..
we all should be polite enough to press thanks for anyone who helped US.

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Right, I'm a PowerAMP pro user, but with a pretty old phone. The latest app is working but it's slow and sometimes lags. The poweramp site also offers the old 1.4 version which works right for me. Now, all is fine and dandy but I;m a bit annoyed by the app always showing up there to be updated. So I searched for a method to detach the app from the market and learnt that the bug has been solved long ago and apps can't be detached. So I tried changing the app's signature, of course with no luck, my android dev skills being close to absolute zero.
So I ask you, is there any way to do this? I am not pirating the app, so don't worry
I'm also trying to convince the developer to make an unsigned version of the app specifically for old timers like me, but with no success until now..
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If it doesnt need to connect to the internet for anything else you could use droidwall to block it from accessing the playstore

If your rooted you could use blackmart to download the app and never have to update it
Or see the updates notifications saying there's an update
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andrei1015 said:
Right, I'm a PowerAMP pro user, but with a pretty old phone. The latest app is working but it's slow and sometimes lags. The poweramp site also offers the old 1.4 version which works right for me. Now, all is fine and dandy but I;m a bit annoyed by the app always showing up there to be updated. So I searched for a method to detach the app from the market and learnt that the bug has been solved long ago and apps can't be detached. So I tried changing the app's signature, of course with no luck, my android dev skills being close to absolute zero.
So I ask you, is there any way to do this? I am not pirating the app, so don't worry
I'm also trying to convince the developer to make an unsigned version of the app specifically for old timers like me, but with no success until now..
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I know Titanium Backup can detach apps, though I am not sure if it is available in the free version. However, I do recommend the paid version of Titanium Backup anyway.

universeman said:
I know Titanium Backup can detach apps, though I am not sure if it is available in the free version. However, I do recommend the paid version of Titanium Backup anyway.
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I have never been able to make that function actually work and I've tried with several apps that I don't want updates for.
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On a related note, is there a way to remove apps from the "My Apps"list? It is really annoying to have to scroll through a list of apps containing tons of apps that you may have tried for a while and then uninstalled when you need to reinstall something. And why is the "My Apps" list in random order and not alphabetical?
"Dark is the night, I'm just a lonesome ol' shootin' star."
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lunarlandr said:
On a related note, is there a way to remove apps from the "My Apps"list? It is really annoying to have to scroll through a list of apps containing tons of apps that you may have tried for a while and then uninstalled when you need to reinstall something. And why is the "My Apps" list in random order and not alphabetical?
"Dark is the night, I'm just a lonesome ol' shootin' star."
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As far as I know (and after some quick Googling), there is no way to remove any apps from the giant "My Apps" list. However, I use the Appbrain android market replacement, and it lets you customize your lists and sort them better. You can remove devices from view though.

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As far as I know (and after some quick Googling), there is no way to remove any apps from the giant "My Apps" list. However, I use the Appbrain android market replacement, and it lets you customize your lists and sort them better. You can remove devices from view though.
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Thanks, I will definitely look into that and continue to research the issue as well. If I find any other solutions, I won't hesitate to post an update.
"Dark is the night, I'm just a lonesome ol' shootin' star."
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Milk Music for All devices (No root required)

Me and @theos0o have managed to get Milk Music working in devices without the need of having root and modifying the build.prop.This app could not be possible without his help! Enjoy!
EDIT: sorry for the lack of updates,but if Milk music isn't working in your country use a vpn and use it as you would be using it in the
U.S
Edit #2:You cannot listen to explicit content unless you have a samsung acccount. Samsung account apk here: h t t p ://d-h.st/ix0
First download the apk file and then install.Upon installation it should do nothing.
2.Download and install Milk Music if you have not already and open the app. *if it crashes at first its normal
3.Once you are in the Milk music app, press the drawer icon on the top right corner and press on settings.Press to create a Samsung account and the Samsung account application you installed earlier should open allowing you to create an account.Once you have made the account you can toggle the explicit content to "on"
Hope this helped.

Sweet... Working for me
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Nice, its working on my nexus 10

Works on my LG-G2
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Works great, but Lookout is flagging it as "riskware" due to all the permissions it requires. What's up with that?
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appears to be working but no sound ?

What i have to do to make it work? Still saying it's unusable at my location
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Anyone have a mirror. The xda link isn't working for me

Does not work don't bother.

App works on Alcatel idol 2 mini, but isn't in my country. Is there a solution for that problem?
Thanks.

Works perfect. Thank you. Been looking for this since the days it first came out. Someone had uploaded it just like this with no build.prop edit and all.. Thanks. ?
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It works!
Device: Motorola Xt926.
Found 1 issue so far, cannot allow explicit content, force close on sign in to verify age. Not a big deal.
Edit: NVM, problem is due to not having a Samsung device and account, DUH!
Edit #2: to get sign in and explicit content working:
1 download the Samsung account apk mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51600563
2 install
3 go to settings>accounts>add account>Samsung, create an account (or sign in if you have one)
3a. Check your email and verify account
4 launch Milk after creating account
Step 5+6 are important! (I couldn't turn on explicit until I did this):
5 in milk menu pane, settings>account details>profile>enter password>confirm
6 back out of profile settings
7 tick the explicit checkbox
8 enjoy.

tbvnz said:
Works great, but Lookout is flagging it as "riskware" due to all the permissions it requires. What's up with that?
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Not sure, I scanned it with Dr.webb antivirus, but didn't detect anything.No one has seemed to have a problem with it,but the good thing is you can always uninstall

Confirmed!
It works on my Note 2 (ATT) running Dirty Unicorns. I couldn't get any of the other APKs to work even the one from the Galaxy Apps store.
It installed on my (original) 2012 Nexus 7, too!

It works well for me. Thanks.
Myrinero said:
App works on Alcatel idol 2 mini, but isn't in my country. Is there a solution for that problem?
Thanks.
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This is great, thanks so much!
As an aside, has anyone seen a way to get the new "Milk VIDEO" app onto non-Samsung devices? Via an Xposed mod or patch? Even a source for the APK itself would be nice:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.milk.milkvideo
http://gizmodo.com/milk-video-samsungs-beautiful-new-video-hub-for-its-hu-1660283480/all

FoferX said:
This is great, thanks so much!
As an aside, has anyone seen a way to get the new "Milk VIDEO" app onto non-Samsung devices? Via an Xposed mod or patch? Even a source for the APK itself would be nice:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.milk.milkvideo
http://gizmodo.com/milk-video-samsungs-beautiful-new-video-hub-for-its-hu-1660283480/all
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There's an Xposed module called Chocolate Milk
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PiggyFlooper said:
There's an Xposed module called Chocolate Milk
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Yes, I'm aware. This very thread also has a patched APK of Milk Audio so rooting and Xposed/Chocolate Milk isn't required.
But that's for Milk AUDIO, and my question was about (the new) Milk VIDEO.
And I have since found a source for a patched APK of Milk Video, no tinkering required to get it installed on non-Samsung devices.
Here's the link from the comments on this article.
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famozz said:
Me and @theos0o have managed to get Milk Music working in devices without the need of having root and modifying the build.prop.This app could not be possible without his help! Enjoy!
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Thanks very much for this. I note that your patched APK is version 1.0.176956 though. There at least one newer version floating around, 1.0.179553. I'm rooted and that newer version is supposed to be compatible with the Chocolate Milk Xposed tweak. I've tried to sideload that version however, and installation fails every time.
I also note that the actual, current version on the Play Store is 1.4.185368.
So my question is, any chance for a patched APK of any of the newer versions? There's apparently higher music quality and more genre selection to be had. Thanks!

I haven't found a patched Milk apk that will install on ICS(4.0.3) Is it only possible with jb+?
Always get the parse error with all versions, any chance of making compatible?
Sorry for misunderstanding @FoferX- good request btw
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Not working on nexus 6 w/lollipop.