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Brand new market!

hey guys i googled/downloaded this today the new market with movies, Books, and TV plus it kinda themed like WP7
to install:
use root explorer
delete com.android.vending-1.apk in /data/app folder
copy this com.android.vending-1.apk to /data/app with permissions rw-r--r--
click on it and it will install

How do you take screenshots? Just rooted my Play

With the screenshot app get it in the market
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You can also extract the rar file and install it like any apk.
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it works perfectly!
thx for dat!

yea yea its just easier to extract it then install like any other app!!!!!!!!!!

You don't need to uninstall the orginal Market, just run the apk and it will apply updates
I'm using the new market with an APK I got from Android Police.

I really like your theme, where can I get it?

What theme would that be?
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think he means ur custom framework!

thatsupnow said:
What theme would that be?
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its ok I found it on the forums
Sorry I'm new to themes/rooting, in fact I've not rooted just yet.
I think i'll grab that as soon as I've rooted!

I've tried every suggestion in this thread and the file will not install.
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Really? That's weird I wonder why its not installing
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Worked like a charm on a unrooted 2.3.2 R800a
Thanks for the link guys! Loving the new look of the market

ArmedPropaganda said:
I've tried every suggestion in this thread and the file will not install.
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YOu tried copying the com.android.vending-1.apk on the phone then open it from the phone using an explorer?
I used ASTRO and I clicked the apk ,Open App Manager ,Upgrade then I replaced my Market...
I have R800i 2.3.3 not rooted

ArmedPropaganda said:
I've tried every suggestion in this thread and the file will not install.
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Rename it to Vending.apk, and use adb to push it to /system/app/

AndroHero said:
Rename it to Vending.apk, and use adb to push it to /system/app/
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After doing that a reboot is neccessary

Laberkopf said:
After doing that a reboot is neccessary
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Ofcourse

Yo guys anybody know how to make this market app transparent?
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thatsupnow said:
Yo guys anybody know how to make this market app transparent?
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Yes use apk tool to decompile it, edit the images, recompile and sign

(Solved) Downgrading Google play to old 2.0 market

I figure why not and downgrade to the classic android market, don't care for Google play much. So how would I downgrade to a very early version like that and prevent it from re-updating back to Google play?
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Well, you could find an apk somewhere for an older version (extract from a rom, for example) and delete/freeze market updater apk.

This is a good idea
coccolino_dbro said:
Well, you could find an apk somewhere for an older version (extract from a rom, for example) and delete/freeze market updater apk.
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[APK] Old Market v2.3.6
What coccolino_dbro said. Here's the apk for old Market v2.3.6. Got it from BlackICE ROM for HTC DHD.

Thank you, so I would freeze market updater with nobloat and then install this apk which would replace the current one?
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I disabled the market updater with nobloat, that should hold right?
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brokenAndroid93 said:
Thank you, so I would freeze market updater with nobloat and then install this apk which would replace the current one?
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freeze market updater, delete the old market apk and replace it with the new apk

I disabled it with no bloat and installed the new apk which replaced the old apk
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brokenAndroid93 said:
I disabled it with no bloat and installed the new apk which replaced the old apk
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Does it work then?

Well I disabled it with nobloat, but after a reboot the icon changed and it upgraded to the version where the shopping bag android icon changed a little. So I tried freezing it, after a reboot it was back to Google play.
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Do I need to delete the play store before installing the new market one?
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I deleted the old one, installed the new one, and it won't stop crashing.
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Guys, my phone's market is really screwed up, someone please help.
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Try deleting MarketUpdater.apk and the Google Play apk through a root file browser. I think Google play apk is called Phonesky.apk and not Vending.apk. Anyway delete both those files from your /system/app folder and then move the old market apk to the folder. Set permissions to rw--r--r (same as all the other apps in the folder) and reboot. Should work now. Copy the MarketUpdater.apk to your SD card before deleting, just in case.
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Looks like its working now, thank you.
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Thanks guys, Google play just looked ugly and like something that wasn't even part of android.
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Well everything is good now, thanks for all your help everybody

Does anybody know the file permissions of the market updater.apk?
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[App]Apollo v1.1-/- if you want to Removed Google Adds on free apps read OP

I found a new free Apollo app on market that got removed.. It looked lot nicer. It had Google adds on it and I tried removing it. It looks like adds are gone! I will post pics when I have time!
Download: Download Here!
Also if you have any free apps with adds feel free to post link I'll see if I can remove it! No promise I can remove! 50%/50% chance
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bradman117 said:
I found a new free Apollo app on market that got removed.. It looked lot nicer. It had Google adds on it and I tried removing it. It looks like adds are gone! I will post pics when I have time!
Download: Download Here!
Also if you have any free apps with adds feel free to post link I'll see if I can remove it! No promise I can remove! 50%/50% chance
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Sir,do you have issue when playing music??
I have tried original Apollo ,Apollo+,and your version
But they all force close when finished one song and starting next song..
Do you know how to solve it?? :crying:
But when using the apk which extract from cm10,it is normal

ishow0806 said:
Sir,do you have issue when playing music??
I have tried original Apollo ,Apollo+,and your version
But they all force close when finished one song and starting next song..
Do you know how to solve it?? :crying:
But when using the apk which extract from cm10,it is normal
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That is very odd if your phone FC on original apk. I'll upload the same apk with no add removed. Let me now if it still FC. If this one FC it might be your ROM. It plays fine on my infuse and gnexus.
Try this apk, it is same app with adds - Download
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I found the FC try clearing data on app. It fixes it
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U can use lucky patcher apk to remove adds easily
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taylormade772 said:
U can use lucky patcher apk to remove adds easily
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That's what I did. I didn't mention it because it can be used for hacking and stealing apps... I'm using lucky patcher to modify the apk and remove Google apps
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bradman117 said:
That is very odd if your phone FC on original apk. I'll upload the same apk with no add removed. Let me now if it still FC. If this one FC it might be your ROM. It plays fine on my infuse and gnexus.
Try this apk, it is same app with adds - Download
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I think maybe that is my problem
Some of my songs has Chinese :silly:
But why using apollo which extract from cm10 without problems:crying:
Apollo which extract from cm10 doesn't have JellyBean notification bar....

ishow0806 said:
I think maybe that is my problem
Some of my songs has Chinese :silly:
But why using apollo which extract from cm10 without problems:crying:
Apollo which extract from cm10 doesn't have JellyBean notification bar....
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That's very odd.. Maybe next time you Do a factory reset or flash a new ROM try the Apollo app
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bradman117 said:
That's very odd.. Maybe next time you Do a factory reset or flash a new ROM try the Apollo app
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downloading now!:good:

File not found
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Side load APK without it showing in Play Store

Hi all
I want to side load an app which I have the APK for but don't then want it to show as installed on the Play store.
At the moment I have extracted the APK file using ES File Explorer then uninstalled it from the device. I then side load through a file explorer.
But it pops back up in the play store as installed on device.
Any help welcome
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Are you rooted? I think using Titanium Backup would work.
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Not rooted and the phone I want to do this on won't be rooted so kind of rules it out.
I have just tried downloading a file from the Amazon app store and repeating the process and when I install that APK it does not show on installed apps. If you search for the app in the Play store it shows as installed however.
I can kind of live with that but otherwise ideas welcome
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simonsteele said:
Hi all
I want to side load an app which I have the APK for but don't then want it to show as installed on the Play store.
At the moment I have extracted the APK file using ES File Explorer then uninstalled it from the device. I then side load through a file explorer.
But it pops back up in the play store as installed on device.
Any help welcome
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Try lucky patcher

simonsteele said:
Not rooted and the phone I want to do this on won't be rooted so kind of rules it out.
I have just tried downloading a file from the Amazon app store and repeating the process and when I install that APK it does not show on installed apps. If you search for the app in the Play store it shows as installed however.
I can kind of live with that but otherwise ideas welcome
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can you be more clear on what you are trying to achieve ?
if you install any app using apk directly then open that app in playstore then yes it does show up as installed but if you see in the list of my apps(press options in playstore and it will be the first option) then it wont be listed ..

Does it have to be sideloaded? If not, create a secondary google account, install it via that account, then remove the account. Another option would be to decompile the apk and alter the androidmanifest.xml to make it incompatible with your phone. Not that straightforward, though...

Prash8429 said:
can you be more clear on what you are trying to achieve ? ..
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Thanks for replies so far guys.
To answer the question above, please basically trying to have an app installed but if the account is looked at using the Play store on a PC it won't show it as being installed.
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simonsteele said:
Thanks for replies so far guys.
To answer the question above, please basically trying to have an app installed but if the account is looked at using the Play store on a PC it won't show it as being installed.
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if you install app via apk and search in playstore on PC it wont be shown as installed ... i just verified

Thanks Guys
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[APK] DEAD TRIGGER 2 for Gingerbread

So guys I've found this apk over the Internet, tested on Gin2KitKat
Link:
MOD EDIT: app was warez
Decryption Key:
e7nuzJoRDf9KHTGZhmi85j4p8-ZPqEmvzDhIspoigSA
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CriGiu said:
So guys I've found this apk over the Internet, tested om Gin2KitKat
Link
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Where is the link ?
Its invisible ATM
Edit - Got it . ^_^
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Lalit Patil said:
Where is the link ?
Its invisible ATM
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sorry fixed lol

How to download data?
I get error 'download failed because you may not purchase this app'
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musikahan said:
How to download data?
I get error 'download failed because you may not purchase this app'
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Only legal way is to download game from ics/jb rom. Make backup in your gb rom, flash any ics/jb rom, download game from play store, restart and restore your cwm backup (don't forget to use proper kernel).
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Bakisha said:
Only legal way is to download game from ics/jb rom. Make backup in your gb rom, flash any ics/jb rom, download game from play store, restart and restore your cwm backup (don't forget to use proper kernel).
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So its not for GB as the title says?
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You missunderstand me... You need ics/jb rom to download sdcard data.
Then restore your gb rom and install gb version from this thread.
Or search google for sdcard data...
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Thanks.. Will try it later..
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I just installed the apk, ran the game, let it download, then played. All on gb, no ics/jb backup required.
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korrectmethod said:
I just installed the apk, ran the game, let it download, then played. All on gb, no ics/jb backup required.
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Yeah, what Bakisha meant was that you need to download the game from the official Play Store before installing this apk, and the only way on the Xperia Play is to run ICS or higher. Of course if you've downloaded the game previously on another device with the same Google account you won't face any issue
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CriGiu said:
Yeah, what Bakisha meant was that you need to download the game from the official Play Store before installing this apk, and the only way on the Xperia Play is to run ICS or higher. Of course if you've downloaded the game previously on another device with the same Google account you won't face any issue
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As i said, that's only legal way to download that game. But i guess it's not that hard to find it by just searching "com.madfingergames.deadtrigger2.apk"

CriGiu said:
Yeah, what Bakisha meant was that you need to download the game from the official Play Store before installing this apk, and the only way on the Xperia Play is to run ICS or higher. Of course if you've downloaded the game previously on another device with the same Google account you won't face any issue
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But I haven't touched this game before downloading the apk you posted.
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korrectmethod said:
But I haven't touched this game before downloading the apk you posted.
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Lol that's strange, that should happen only if you disable the license verification
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Got it working.. Minimal lag.. Thanks..
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cool, im playing in my r800x 2.3.4, were do you find it?

CriGiu said:
So guys I've found this apk over the Internet, tested om Gin2KitKat
Link
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The link says file belongs to a non-validated account. Please fix or give an alternate link, I am dying to try this out on my X-play. I tried one gingerbread apk for Dead Trigger 2 before, but it forced closed on start. I cannot be more happy if this one works.

cacarod2007 said:
The link says file belongs to a non-validated account. Please fix or give an alternate link, I am dying to try this out on my X-play. I tried one gingerbread apk for Dead Trigger 2 before, but it forced closed on start. I cannot be more happy if this one works.
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Thank you for informing me.
Uploaded to my MEGA account, check OP
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CriGiu said:
Thank you for informing me.
Uploaded to my MEGA account, check OP
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Thank you, I got the apk but it says free up space and try again I somehow made 114 MB free internal memory and I have several GBs free on memory card but no luck. Does it checks for the availability of full space required including the OBB on internal memory? If that is true, then I will have to wipe all my other games clean to have a chance at installing this.

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Thank you, I got the apk but it says free up space and try again I somehow made 114 MB free internal memory and I have several GBs free on memory card but no luck. Does it checks for the availability of full space required including the OBB on internal memory? If that is true, then I will have to wipe all my other games clean to have a chance at installing this.
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Did you use any cache-modifier app like Lucky Patcher before installing the apk?
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CriGiu said:
Did you use any cache-modifier app like Lucky Patcher before installing the apk?
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Yes, I used lucky patcher on an earlier attempt for Dead Trigger 2. And I cannot yet install the apk, facing the problem while installing it.
Edit: Finally got it installed after free space of 140 MB. Will dowload the data and check. Thanks.
Edit: Works like a charm! And it is partially Xperia Play optimized too! Now I do not regret buying a second Xperia Play.