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Installing apk files - App not installed? ???

Hi all, bare with me, i hope this is in the correct place as have searched and cant find a thing. Just come from an iphone to samsung note so be gentle..
I am trying to install. Apk files from several locations , phone memory, sd card, network..
But i keep receiving "App not installed." Message 99% of the time, every now and then it will work, but i have no idea whats going on please help.
I am running stock 2.3.6 gingerbread, unrooted as that wont work either :/
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This might not be any help but i had the same problem on my infuse i flashed back to froyo then installed 2.3.6 +root and it went away
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Under settings> applications do you have unknown sources checked? If not, that is most likely your problem.

Yeah have unknown sources checked, but just will hardly ever install anything. Dont get it
Took me about 50 tries to install angry birds ffs!
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Some apps need to be installed via Root Explorer by placing it to some folder.

So why after so many attempts did it work? ??
Also why do some apps insist on only working from the phone memory and not external sd card, is my 64gb card going to be useless?
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Dunno, its weird.
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Didnt you clear some space between some tries?

I have 63gb free on my sd card, and 11.5 gb on my internal space lol
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heavymagik said:
I have 63gb free on my sd card, and 11.5 gb on my internal space lol
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Hmmmm, that´s strange...perhaps the update may fix it.

Update?
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You should root it, flash a custom rom, remove the unused applications, this will make it a much faster.I'd recommend you flash the Gadgetcheck's RevoHD for Note, its perfect.
Now, when you try to install an application from any other place but market, its normal to not be able to. If you are not rooted you shouldnt be able to as well.
When I try to install an application that I have downloaded from somewhere else I think it requires superuser permissions and I have to go to Settings/Applications/Unknown sources and check it.Doing this might solve your problems.
But cant tell for sure, I'm an owner of S II not note.
Good luck.

I cant root it though
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check the Unknown source first

Already done.
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Can anybody help?, tryinging to install airplayit and getting the same error? :banghead:
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toocooldev said:
restart the phone and try the reinstall. If it is not working forget that app
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That not right, its a installed file, so you have to place it in its original folder. then restart & done

install a custom rom simples also why do you have to install that way there is a thing called the market i have a seeking suspicion that the apps you want to install a pirated we all do it

Hi there... just some ideas and few questions
First off all... is that a new samsung from a store or you bought it from someone else ?
What to try:
- Shutdown the phone
- remove the SD card
- after that boot normaly into the OS
- then go to settings - applications and find the market / play store app
- Click on it, FORCE CLOSE if you can and clear the CACHE
- After that try to install any app.
Tell me whats happening after that all.
gl

Airplayit isnt on the store.
Ive tried all of that, just wont install.
Its a brand new phone and i cant install a cystom rom, it wont root ive tried.
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To manually install an app, you'll need root access. Try asking in the q&a forum for your specific device for help with that.
After you've gotten root access (however you do it), copy the .apk to /system/app (you can use a adb, a terminal emulator, or a third party file manager to do this)
Then, change the permissions on the file to so that owner, group, and users all have read and write (but not execute) permissions (that's 644 if you're using chmod)
Here's a link that explains how to manually install an app contained in taskmanager.apk
http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com/2012/03/task-manager-for-cm-rom-on-gt-s5570.html
If you read the explanations (after the he steps you through the process) it's easy to apply this same process to any other .apk no matter where it's stored.

New to rooting. Applications aren't working.

Recently rooted Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. As of now I'm running Cyanogen Mod 10. Before that I was using Cyanogen Mod 9.0. However I've experienced the same issue with both roms. My favorite apps wouldnt open. However Google play store works so I figured its not my gapps.
1) Spotify- just shows a blank screen nothing else.
2) Evernote- not able to create the database file and tells me to restart the device and make sure my memory card isn't full.
3). Lecture Note- App needs a directory at the media/shared/external storage (SD card) to store the notebook.
So just by searching the forum and not seeing much on the topic, I figured I missed something in the process.
I don't use titanium backup and neither am I familiar with it. But if I have to learn then please tell me so.
I've always wiped before flashing roms.
I know CM 10 is a nightly and all that jive but I really like it. But without apps working then it is useless for me.
Oh and not sure if this is related but every download from a hyperlink on a web page results in a download unsuccessful.
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May be try to reflash rom again latest nightly for your specific device + flash gapps jellybean not ics + full wipe after flashing those (wipe cash+wipe dalvik cash in advanced options)
If not working so try wipe data of apps you want in setting
If not so send messages to developers may be their apps not compatible with jellybean need update
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I too am having problems with certain apps not working, mine are more job specific such as the Cadillac mobile workbench and Cadillac mobile showroom. My Chevy components work no problem tho
However I m not new to rooting
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I'm just now getting to the reflashing my ROMs from the advice given up above. Have you had any luck at all?
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I gave up. Going to cm 9 stable
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Okay so attempting to go back to cm9 to ended up in something that seemed like a hard brick but thank god it wasnt. Ended up going back to cm10 and now it ls running like a beast.
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Netflix
My device P5113 4.04 stock
I rooted using this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657056 but now netflix will load up, and I go to play a video and load forever then i get error 11003(note netflix works fine on my phone/ps3).
Does any body know a fix for this?
The original reason i rooted was to attempt to move the notification bar to the top (i hate it at the bottom b/c I constantly hit buttons). So i tried to do this:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18063-move-the-status-bar/
(1) download ES File Explorer
(2) go to settings and activate root explorer and mount r/w
(3) navigate to /system/
(4) click on build.prop and select "ES Note Editor"
(5) look for the line item called "ro.sf.lcd_density=160"
(6) edit it to read "ro.sf.lcd_density=161"
(7) exit and save the file
(8) reboot
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and I broke android(would not boot, go only a black screen) b/c i added this to the file, because i didn't find it, so i had to reinstall.
So my other question is is there anyway to move the status/notification bar to the top? Im about to go back to stock but, i will root again if i can fix netflix.

Fix permissions

I recently noticed by using busy box there is an option to run a script to fix permissions. My question is can we use this feature to fix perm rather than rebooting to recovery, ie does this give the same results or is it recommended to use recovery just like when you do factory data reset.
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Almost always better practice to do things to the system when in single-user mode, or as close to it as you can get. Bad things can happen when you change the system under processes that are running at the time.

Does it accomplish the same result though
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You'd have to read the script you found and compare it to the one in your recovery. Even from recovery version to recovery version, the script can do slightly different things.

Adding to what jeff wrote, this rule is also good when messing with system apps and most importantly with framework-res. For these cases I run the Aroma file manager zip from the recovery, copy and replace what I need, fix permissions and reboot (without active processes noise)
sent from me

Ok thanks guys was trying to skip rebooting device but ill stick to recovery.
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anoymonos said:
Ok thanks guys was trying to skip rebooting device but ill stick to recovery.
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Even if you ran fix permissions (from any script), you'd still have to reboot.

"Operation failed" on rooted i727

Running untouched JB leak 2.
ROM is the stablest, smoothest I've seen, but all 3 root explorers I tried after flashing Mohan's insecure kernel and the SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2 zip gave that error when renaming most apks.
The cleanup and unroot procedures in the updated Su app left me wondering too, with no apparent effectiveness.
Is it all that different in JB where I shouldn't expect to debloat this way? ...or did I miss something in the rooting process?
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Did you wipe data and cache on it?
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chicanowpride said:
Did you wipe data and cache on it?
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At one point I wiped caches, but that made no change. Data wiping shouldn't be necessary here, so I didn't.

pc103 said:
Running untouched JB leak 2.
ROM is the stablest, smoothest I've seen, but all 3 root explorers I tried after flashing Mohan's insecure kernel and the SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2 zip gave that error when renaming most apks.
The cleanup and unroot procedures in the updated Su app left me wondering too, with no apparent effectiveness.
Is it all that different in JB where I shouldn't expect to debloat this way? ...or did I miss something in the rooting process?
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or you can try this rom [UCLL3] SUPERLITE UNOFFICIAL SAMSUNG JB 4.1.2 >> 202mb << ROOTED - INSECURE KERNEL - INIT.D
you can add back what you want from there also

Much appreciated, thank you Vincom. I'm keeping my SR as close to stock JB leak2 as I can.
Everything's already there when I need it and this rom is as stable as the ICS I was using, a dd for on the job that's low maintenance.
I want to take a subtractive more than an additive approach to features, so I'm trying to figure out why, for example, in my rooted app folder only one of the Accuweather... files could be successfully renamed.
My other question is whether a different su app might function more fully in JB, since the 2 commands I mentioned in OP seemed ineffective.
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the reason you cant remove or rename something is because it is being used by android, its like trying to delete a file on a computer while its being used by another program.
use titu to do what you want

vincom said:
the reason you cant remove or rename something is because it is being used by android, its like trying to delete a file on a computer while its being used by another program.
use titu to do what you want
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Thanks again Vincom! I'm not a tibu fan but I spent a few more minutes at [HOWTO] THE ULTIMATE NEWB GUIDE and tried again. For my needs, I
Flashed Chainfire's CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip,
verified root using Root Checker,
quarantined using App Quarantine what I hadn't already disabled using stock methods.
Explorer+ still can't rename the files you said were 'locked', but my phone boots 5 sec. faster.

Resize Nexus 4 Partition Size

Hi there,
Making long story short, I need more size added to android system directory to install more system apps. I am running on Chroma(Android 6.0.1 ver.) for Nexus 4.
I am left with some 80 MBs whereas I have 12 GB free in data. Help me add some size to system from data so that I can install chrome, camera etc... as system apps (user apps to system apps method).
Please help me out!
Thanks for reading.
Your response will be highly appreciated.

Can't you have these apps as user apps installed? Just after wipe you can install 'em back or just restored a backup u would have done earlier.
But about ur question, I think it's possible by resizinig using fastboot, or just running on pc gparted and then repart ur phone, but I don't give any warranty it will be working
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Domin_PL said:
Can't you have these apps as user apps installed? Just after wipe you can install 'em back or just restored a backup u would have done earlier.
But about ur question, I think it's possible by resizinig using fastboot, or just running on pc gparted and then repart ur phone, but I don't give any warranty it will be working
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Can you please elaborate a little more as I don't know anything about it
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I mean you can install these apps from Play Store and leave them installed, or you want to have them installed as system apps, don't you?
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Domin_PL said:
I mean you can install these apps from Play Store and leave them installed, or you want to have them installed as system apps, don't you?
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Yes I do want to install them as system apps but for that I have to resize system partition size....how to resize that? Can you tell me fast boot commands? Or gpart method?
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Okay, but what is main reason you want to have them as system apps installed?
Now I've realized it's not easy as i thought, because to use gparted u need to see all avaible partitions on phone, afterwards it's very simple
About fastboot i have no idea what commands should you use, just i know it's possible to do it with it.
But i also realized, when i had my old htc hd2 - when i was flashing recovery, for every rom were special requirements about partitioning internal memory. Then with flashing file was a file containing script which was formatting the memory, just in every rom u had to change values. I'll check it when i will have time and let you know how was it.
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Okay thank you for your interest.
Please refer this thread to someone who you think could actually help.
Have a good day.
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