I have installed an apk file previously and now intend to install another updated apk file to my android phone. However the installation of the new apk file failed with message "an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed".
I had tried to uninstall the first apk and then install the new apk file but the installation failed with the same message appeared. My phone is not rooted. Is there any way to rectify the error ?
Thank you in advance.
kclimkc330 said:
I have installed an apk file previously and now intend to install another updated apk file to my android phone. However the installation of the new apk file failed with message "an existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed".
I had tried to uninstall the first apk and then install the new apk file but the installation failed with the same message appeared. My phone is not rooted. Is there any way to rectify the error ?
Thank you in advance.
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I found another user who could fix a similar issue with YouTube.apk: [Q] Installing the new YouTube V5 apk Issues (task's AOKP).
Maybe it works for you too.
Alternatively you can check if the un-installed (first) app is really completely uninstalled. Maybe it's a system app which still has some left-overs in another folder and is just "de-activated" or "disabled".
However, completely uninstalling of system apps requires root access.
If you still have issues and you can't contact the app/update dev for help, you can post your questions in the Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
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I would like to update an apk, (not through market), but the file manger returned a message said the Application is not installed. If I delete the apk, then I can install it, but all the related data are gone. I would like to ask is there any way to resolve this problem next time I update an apk?
i downloaded snapcapture and titanium backup apks online.i then tried to install the apps using solid explorer but then an error shows saying that app not installed. please help.
Settings >> Security >> Unknown Sources enabled?
dayle_fernandes said:
i downloaded snapcapture and titanium backup apks online.i then tried to install the apps using solid explorer but then an error shows saying that app not installed. please help.
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sometimes this error is for upgrading an app because of same directory
check android > data > ... name of app package u wanna install. if there s something similar to the app delete it.
@3rdstring
an error that related to unknown source setting will appear before installation process.
in this situation he can go throw the installation process but cannot complete it.
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Hi,
I've Archos 45B Helium rooted, with 4.4.4 android version. I've got some problem with Play Store so I backed up it with Titanium and I delete it. I was not able to restore. So I downloaded "com.android.vending- 5.2.13 " and I instaled it as Phonesky.apk in the /system/app directory and change is permission to 644. Now Play Store is installed but it doesn't want to download any software.
On this site :
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/69018/minimal-apks-for-play-store
They 're telling to take these 4 files : "GmsCore.apk", "GoogleLoginService.apk", "GoogleServicesFramework.apk" and "Phonesky.apk", from Google_apps pakages which are in the Cyanogen sites.
Could I take Google_Apps wich are in the http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps and which version I've to take?
What is the best method, as Archos doesn't give any firmware for this model of device.
Thanks for your support.
Hi there,
I'm sorry but I can't find anything related to your question/device.
Please post that in the forum bellow for more answers from the experts:
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
I should do that
Thanks anyway
Sent from my MID4X10PJ using XDA Free mobile app
My recovery is TBW572510_9750_V010114
From recovery I flashed this zip file: pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150308-signed.zip
I've got:
Verifying update package
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
I tried to install "Google Play Store" with APK package but it's crashing all the times and I'm not able to install or update any software.
Thanks for helping.
Hi Guys,
I installed Truecaller app in my S7 a couple of months back. I lost the sim with which I registered it. Now it is asking for an update. If I install an apk file, it gives an error The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name error. Is it possible to bypass this error without uninstalling the installed app?
Thanks
Hi,
I have an apk that I would like to install on my smart tv, but when installing it I get the following error "An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed" but I am 100% sure that there are no packages installed with the same name since I wiped my smart tv clean, not that if I installed the same apk on my phone it installs just fine, if I install it on a tv box with the same version of android as in the smart tv then it works as expected.
also if I try to install a different apk on my smart tv it works also, but that specific apk with the specific smart tv that I have just don't work.
My tv is an off-brand 55' that runs the same firmware as a Tcl v8 TVs, in fact, I have updated it using a firmware file from TCL site with the version number "v8-s68at02-lf1v198"
running Aida64 reveals that the android version is 5.1.1(lollipop) and the API level is "22" and the "minSdkVersion" of the apk is "21" so it should install just fine
I uploaded the apk here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UtDuZee6xv9ISW9a-e4T-YHiIYJ2Y48J/view?usp=sharing
can someone tell me what's so special about this apk?
Regards
You get this error message if Android's PM ( package manager ) detects that a similar APK version is already installed. Hence delete the already installed APK version: if APK is a user app then a Factory Reset may help in doing so.
If APK is a system app and/or a system-priv app then Android OS must get rooted before trying to manually uninstall it.
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You get this error message if Android's PM ( package manager ) detects that a similar APK version is already installed. Hence delete the already installed APK version: if APK is a user app then a Factory Reset may help in doing so.
If APK is a system app and/or a system-priv app then Android OS must get rooted before.
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I understand what the message means but as I said in the OP the strange thing is that the package is not installed, I even formatted the tv and wiped it clean, and tried to install the apk and it gave the same error.
Have never heard or read that PM produces false error messages.
Just to make matters stranger I created a dummy app in android studio with the same package name and installed it on the tv and it worked fine! so if it was true that the app is installed it would've warned me but it didn't.
now I resigned the problematic apk with the same certificate as my dummy app and tried to install it on top of my dummy app, it did tell me it will update the app since they have the same package name but after clicking update it also showed me "An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed" which is strange since they should both be signed by the same certificate.