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[Q] Lost Android Market!!

I have a Motorola Photon, and I had tried to get the old Market backet back with a process I found in the forum. It didn't work, and somewhere along the line I lost the Market all together. I tried wiping the phone back to factory and the Market app did not come back. I tried to just install a version from 4Shared, but still doesn't work with any version I install. It says that "com.android.vending has quit unexpectedly" and then it FC's. It only seems to do this when I go to download an app. I can browse and search fine with no problems, just no downloading!! I admit I'm a noob, and probably messed with something I shouldn't, but I figured this would be a nondestructive thing to learn on. Man was I wrong!! This sucks...please help me!!

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Did your phone rooted ? if rooted just backup all ur apps, and flash custom rom back. that way will restore all basic app. wait, did u try install market.apk ?

arifafzan said:
Did your phone rooted ? if rooted just backup all ur apps, and flash custom rom back. that way will restore all basic app. wait, did u try install market.apk ?
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Yes...I was rooted but no custom rom. I don't know how to do that yet. This is going to sound stupid, but what exactly is a custom rom? After I wiped to factory condition I tried to install a vending.apk from 4shared and that still gives me same error. I will uninstall again and try a market.apk now. Is that the same as vending.apk?

A factory reset will only delete user data, it won't put back something that has been removed. You need to get the vending apk for the version you want and instead of installing it normally put it in /system/app. You can do so using Root Explorer or another root level file explorer. If you don't have one installed, I can post the apk of a free one for you. Mount system as r/w and copy/paste the apk into /system/app, then set permissions to rw-r--r--, then reboot. You should have your market back up & running.
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plainjane said:
A factory reset will only delete user data, it won't put back something that has been removed. You need to get the vending apk for the version you want and instead of installing it normally put it in /system/app. You can do so using Root Explorer or another root level file explorer. If you don't have one installed, I can post the apk of a free one for you. Mount system as r/w and copy/paste the apk into /system/app, then set permissions to rw-r--r--, then reboot. You should have your market back up & running.
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That's what I originally tried to do and didn't work, but I will try it again...If you could post an apk of the market you know is good that would be great. Can u post an apk of a root explorer also? I havent checked 4shared yet. Is there another free download service other than 4shared? Thanks for your help!!

Just download Market and install it. If it FC then check the permissions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231290
(It's the new market btw. I know you don't want it, but you don't really have a choice at the moment)

Ok so this is weird!! I left the Market that wasn't working installed by mistake. I installed the OTA update that Motorola did, and then re-rooted my phone again. Now the Market is working for the most part!!! Only thing is...it FC's every time iot installs an app. It downloads and installs, but right after it installs it FC's!! It doesn't always close all the way...sometimes just goes to Market home screen. All the functionality seems to be working though, so I can deal with that.
Does anybody know why after the OTA update I can only get EDGE instead of 3G on a Rogers SIM card?

Did you clear Google Services Framework data and Market data?

[Q] Accidentally uninstalled Accounts & Sync App

Yep, I I accidentally the whole thing. I clicked the wrong button in TIBU.
Anyways, I got the phone yesterday, updated it to 2.3.6, and rooted it, but otherwise left it alone. I just rooted so I could restore my apps from my previous phone with TIBU. I did not restore data. Today, I was trying to fix an issue I was having with accounts and sync, and I meant to freeze it, but I hit uninstall and wasn't paying attention to the prompts, so it uninstalled it. It was backed up, but I can't re-install it. I even found the app's .apk in system/app folder, and tried to re-install it but it will not, it just tries for like a second and then says "Not installed". The option is now missing from my settings menu.
I would really like a way to fix it without having to wipe and re-install the OS, but if I have to I can.
nb4 "did you search?" yes, I did. I couldn't find anything that helped.
Thanks in advance, everyone.

Download a rom for your phone thats2.3.6 and unzip it. Go into system/app and take the apk that u need. Push it to your system/app folder with root explore. Change permissions to the ones on the pic and reboot and u should be good.
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Esteway.619 said:
Download a rom for your phone thats2.3.6 and unzip it. Go into system/app and take the apk that u need. Push it to your system/app folder with root explore. Change permissions to the ones on the pic and reboot and u should be good.
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I pushed the file and changed permissions to exactly as shown in the picture, and it still came back with "application not installed"
Edit: DERP, big time derp, forgot to reboot. one minute.
Edit 2: changed permissions, rebooted, still would not install.

iamtheculprit said:
I pushed the file and changed permissions to exactly as shown in the picture, and it still came back with "application not installed"
Edit: DERP, big time derp, forgot to reboot. one minute.
Edit 2: changed permissions, rebooted, still would not install.
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No u need to just copy paste to system/app change permissions then reboot. Don't try to install like a regular app
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Esteway.619 said:
No u need to just copy paste to system/app change permissions then reboot. Don't try to install like a regular app
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I did that, but the Applications and Sync option is not there.
If I did a recovery update to 2.3.6 again, would that fix it perhaps? or will it not let me update it that way since it's already on 2.3.6?

iamtheculprit said:
I did that, but the Applications and Sync option is not there.
If I did a recovery update to 2.3.6 again, would that fix it perhaps? or will it not let me update it that way since it's already on 2.3.6?
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Actually, I did just that, and it fixed it! sigh. I wish I had thought of that right away. Now I'm back to my original problem that I was trying to fix, though. When i try to add my facebook account in accounts and sync, I click on add account, select the facebook icon, and it just goes back to the previous page without doing anything.
Oh well. At least I got the big problem fixed, thank you for helping.

iamtheculprit said:
I did that, but the Applications and Sync option is not there.
If I did a recovery update to 2.3.6 again, would that fix it perhaps? or will it not let me update it that way since it's already on 2.3.6?
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reflash whatever rom you currently have, but don't wipe the data/factory reset. Since the file you need is in the system folder it'll rewrite.

crzdcole said:
reflash whatever rom you currently have, but don't wipe the data/factory reset. Since the file you need is in the system folder it'll rewrite.
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I just ran the 2.3.6 update again. It fixed it, but it turns out that the problem I was trying to fix in the first place which led me to uninstall the app was not a problem at all, it was google locking out facebook sync on nexus S meh, whatever. I only did it for the pictures anyways. Thanks though!

[APP][Launcher][Stock Gingerbread 2.3] Stock Gingerbread launcher

Ok, here i have tried to port the stock gingerbread launcher, tell me if it works or not, and if you think its good, hit the thanx button.
thanx for viewing

When I try to install, it says that the app doesn't was installed, so I went to Root Explorer, and I put it in /system/app and change the permissions to rw-r--r-- and the problem was solved ^.^
Thanks a lot

Lynx901 said:
When I try to install, it says that the app doesn't was installed, so I went to Root Explorer, and I put it in /system/app and change the permissions to rw-r--r-- and the problem was solved ^.^
Thanks a lot
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thanx for pointing that out! this was basicaly extracted from a stock GB rom so i guess, that is what caused the problem.
this is a squeal to this thread i also made, its the stock froyo launcher.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670831&page=2
here is also an ICS launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26727274#post26727274

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russian392 said:
thanx for pointing that out! this was basicaly extracted from a stock GB rom so i guess, that is what caused the problem.
this is a squeal to this thread i also made, its the stock froyo launcher.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670831&page=2
here is also an ICS launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26727274#post26727274
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Not working even after following all steps. any way to fix this? I set the right permissions... Please help,i did not delete the old launcher, and rebooted after changing permissions. Any help will be appreciated.

s4meq said:
Not working even after following all steps. any way to fix this? I set the right permissions... Please help,i did not delete the old launcher, and rebooted after changing permissions. Any help will be appreciated.
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What phone are you using, and android version?
Are you rooted?

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russian392 said:
What phone are you using, and android version?
Are you rooted?
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My LG Optimus one, running offical cyanogenmod 7, and rooted. Using es file explorer, as it worked for my galaxy gio.
Edit: JUST wiped dalvik cache, do i need to do something else? ie delete ADW launcher and replace with launcher2?

s4meq said:
My LG Optimus one, running offical cyanogenmod 7, and rooted. Using es file explorer, as it worked for my galaxy gio.
Edit: JUST wiped dalvik cache, do i need to do something else? ie delete ADW launcher and replace with launcher2?
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No definitely do not delete the real launcher. Dalvik shouldn't be causing the issue as its just cache. Sometimes this happens, the app just doesn't work. Um...try a different app, although es file usually works on all my devices. Or...you could tty flashing it although I have no idea how to make a flash able zip.

nice one for backup

Camera App keeps crashing, error displayed

For some reason the Camera app on my galaxy 2 10.1 keeps throwing an error when I try to launch it.
It says can't connect to camera and I just get to close the APP.
I tried rebooting the tablet - it didn't help. Also tried clearing the cache for the APP and it didn't make a difference.
Running SlimKat rom 4.4.4.
Can someone shed some light for me on how to fix this issue?

DHeffernan said:
For some reason the Camera app on my galaxy 2 10.1 keeps throwing an error when I try to launch it.
It says can't connect to camera and I just get to close the APP.
I tried rebooting the tablet - it didn't help. Also tried clearing the cache for the APP and it didn't make a difference.
Running SlimKat rom 4.4.4.
Can someone shed some light for me on how to fix this issue?
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Sometimes (this worked on a different ROM for the 7 inch version, but its worth trying) installing Google camera to system/app and removing stick camera works (always nandroid backup first so if something goes wrong you dont have to reflash.)
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EDIT: also, did you clean flash or dirty flash SlimKat?

jrc2 said:
Sometimes (this worked on a different ROM for the 7 inch version, but its worth trying) installing Google camera to system/app and removing stick camera works (always nandroid backup first so if something goes wrong you dont have to reflash.)
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EDIT: also, did you clean flash or dirty flash SlimKat?
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Clean flash Kitkat, can't recall if the camera worked or not when I first flashed it but I'm pretty sure it did. So it just randomly stopped.
Where does one obtain Google Camera? Right in the playstore?
And can I just uninstall the stock Camera app using the Dev tools of the rom?

DHeffernan said:
Clean flash Kitkat, can't recall if the camera worked or not when I first flashed it but I'm pretty sure it did. So it just randomly stopped.
Where does one obtain Google Camera? Right in the playstore?
And can I just uninstall the stock Camera app using the Dev tools of the rom?
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Yes, google camera is in the play store. It actually probably does not need to be installed as a system app. Idk what tools are in SlimKat ATM but I've always just gone into es file explorer as root or used root explorer, mounted / and /system as R/W and deleted the camera apk from /system/app. Then just wipe cache and Dalvik in recovery and reboot. This may or may not fix the problem, but it worked for me. Again, make a backup first.
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jrc2 said:
Yes, google camera is in the play store. It actually probably does not need to be installed as a system app. Idk what tools are in SlimKat ATM but I've always just gone into es file explorer as root or used root explorer, mounted / and /system as R/W and deleted the camera apk from /system/app. Then just wipe cache and Dalvik in recovery and reboot. This may or may not fix the problem, but it worked for me. Again, make a backup first.
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How do you install something as a system app?

DHeffernan said:
How do you install something as a system app?
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Don't install it with package installer. If you installed it from the Play Store, cut the apk from /data/app and move it to /system/app and change the permissions to the same as the other apps in folder. Google camera shouldn't matter though.
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jrc2 said:
Don't install it with package installer. If you installed it from the Play Store, cut the apk from /data/app and move it to /system/app and change the permissions to the same as the other apps in folder. Google camera shouldn't matter though.
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Google camera does not come up on my device in the results from the playstore..
What I get for Google Camera is this here.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netco.camera&hl=en

DHeffernan said:
Google camera does not come up on my device in the results from the playstore..
What I get for Google Camera is this here.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netco.camera&hl=en
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See if you can install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
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jrc2 said:
See if you can install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
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Don't get it in the search results at all.

DHeffernan said:
Don't get it in the search results at all.
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Did you click the link? If you are not viewing this on your tablet, email the link to yourself and open it in your tablet.
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google camera is not compatible with our tabs....even if you do get it installed its pretty useless IMO. Grab your ROM zip and go into it and find your camera.apk. unzip it to your sd card and then go back in and long press it and reinstall it. It may (did for me) work that way. If not try another (different) ROM. Grab zip file go in and find the camera apk under apps, unzip and then reinstall. NOTE: for me, I had to go into Titanium and completely remove the camera app that i had and then do the above procedure. I trial and errored it and it worked for me. Finally
Edit: and yes, please nandroid backup b4 trying anything

CSP III said:
google camera is not compatible with our tabs....even if you do get it installed its pretty useless IMO. Grab your ROM zip and go into it and find your camera.apk. unzip it to your sd card and then go back in and long press it and reinstall it. It may (did for me) work that way. If not try another (different) ROM. Grab zip file go in and find the camera apk under apps, unzip and then reinstall. NOTE: for me, I had to go into Titanium and completely remove the camera app that i had and then do the above procedure. I trial and errored it and it worked for me. Finally
Edit: and yes, please nandroid backup b4 trying anything
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@Android-Andi posted in another tab2 thread that flashing next kernel (and vendor blobs) will fix the problem.
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jrc2 said:
@Android-Andi posted in another tab2 thread that flashing next kernel (and vendor blobs) will fix the problem.
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True, True....Andi is the man around here. (very thankful for him) Good luck bro!

[Q] One Plus One apps

Is anyone using camera and/or audio fx apps from the One Plus One? I installed the CameraNext apk but the on launching it, it crashes... I took a logcat and it says 'MEDIA SERVER DIED'... If anyone has got it working on their blaze, please help

chweez said:
Is anyone using camera and/or audio fx apps from the One Plus One? I installed the CameraNext apk but the on launching it, it crashes... I took a logcat and it says 'MEDIA SERVER DIED'... If anyone has got it working on their blaze, please help
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I haven't used it, but from what I read you have to put the apk in system/app, change permissions, reboot, then install. Not sure if that's what you did or if it'll work. But it's worth a try!

Tried that
njstein said:
I haven't used it, but from what I read you have to put the apk in system/app, change permissions, reboot, then install. Not sure if that's what you did or if it'll work. But it's worth a try!
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I did that already... I even wiped Dalvik Cache...Also, i flashed a CWM flashable zip for the app but it still didn't work. I guess the blaze is so different from the 1+1...

chweez said:
I did that already... I even wiped Dalvik Cache...Also, i flashed a CWM flashable zip for the app but it still didn't work. I guess the blaze is so different from the 1+1...
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It could also be that since the stock camera itself isn't in perfect working order it's affecting anything camera related. Kudos for trying, though.