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Nexus S help, I cant download Apps!!!

Ok so like i bought this back in feburary, and i love this phone, i love pure android to the fullest and have gotten 7 of my friends to jump to android, But anyway i recently came into a problem, after trying to upload a album to my PS3(Playstation3) i noticed that i encounter a usb problem, which by recovery i fixed, but now theres some sort of problem with downloading apps, when i download it says theres a "Download" error and the app wasnt downloaded, i cant even update apps, I have already been everywhere to search for this problem on the internet so im signed in on gtalk, gmail and every other google app i just have no other apps, besides the angry birds games.....im thinking somethings wrong with the path the apps go to or something...any ideas would be helpful!

Lilith_Crysis said:
Ok so like i bought this back in feburary, and i love this phone, i love pure android to the fullest and have gotten 7 of my friends to jump to android, But anyway i recently came into a problem, after trying to upload a album to my PS3(Playstation3) i noticed that i encounter a usb problem, which by recovery i fixed, but now theres some sort of problem with downloading apps, when i download it says theres a "Download" error and the app wasnt downloaded, i cant even update apps, I have already been everywhere to search for this problem on the internet so im signed in on gtalk, gmail and every other google app i just have no other apps, besides the angry birds games.....im thinking somethings wrong with the path the apps go to or something...any ideas would be helpful!
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Have you rooted your phone? I can assume that's the case.
But if you have:
Backup all the apps you want with titanium backup (Just for ease)
Go into recovery and wipe all data and cahce.
Either keep the rom you have now or flash a new one.
Check to see if it's fixed.
Restore all of the apps you want to with Titanium backup.
Thank me if it works, or curse my name if it doesn't.

No this Nexus s hasnt been rooted thats why its such a problem!!!

Lilith_Crysis said:
No this Nexus s hasnt been rooted thats why its such a problem!!!
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It's actually really easy to root Try it out.

I could but i would like to slove this problem first with downloading apps lol!!!

[Q] can't open pictures if send with whatsapp

hai there,
does anybody has the same probleme as me?i cannot open the pictures that been send tot me tru whatsapp..and i cant open "little moevies"from browser?
any idea?
(exuse my bad english)

I use WhatsApp for the most part of the day, I'm able to open, send and receive pictures and videos. Everything is running ok.
Try reinstalling the app... who knows?

i tried that,no differenceso i thought maybe i have to do a batterypull..
but i cant open de cover..tried it for 30 minutes..

have you seen in the manual how to open the cover? you need to push it with both your thumbs.
anyway, i'd try uninstalling and deleting all the cache you have from whatsapp of your SD card... then do a clean install and see if it's working.

essepoesjuh said:
i tried that,no differenceso i thought maybe i have to do a batterypull..
but i cant open de cover..tried it for 30 minutes..
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Hold the phone face down on your palm, with the keyboard on your fingers. Now with your other hand, press the bottom of your palm on the battery cover, press hard and push upwards to remove the cover.

try factory reset next... xD

thank you,i've managed to get it open,en did a batterypull,didn't change anything..i think i have a early edition of this phonebecause i cant find many apps in market,like whatsapp,angrybirds.. also my battery sucks
when i charge all night til morning,and just drink coffee its already at 80%..i have the appclose app..removed facebookchat,disabled a view things reccomended...but nothing changes..i hope you all understand me,my english is very poor

essepoesjuh said:
thank you,i've managed to get it open,en did a batterypull,didn't change anything..i think i have a early edition of this phonebecause i cant find many apps in market,like whatsapp,angrybirds.. also my battery sucks
when i charge all night til morning,and just drink coffee its already at 80%..i have the appclose app..removed facebookchat,disabled a view things reccomended...but nothing changes..i hope you all understand me,my english is very poor
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I don't know why the battery for some people is so bad. I have the phone as-is, using with Facebook chat, Google account configured and automatic sync. My battery lasts 24 hours, always. I don't installed too many apps, just Skype, WhatsApp, Evernote, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Tune In Radio and Foursquare... maybe the case is some apps you are using?
I know that the Android market limits some apps depending on where you are based. Like we're usually unable to see the apps launched in Japan. For that there is a specific app/customization that I've read about a few months ago. Unfortunately I don't remember right now, but some Google should do it.
- Also, have you seen WhatsApp and Angry Birds on the market with other Android phones, in the same location? If yes, then we have to investigate the problem.
Alternatively, you may try downloading your apps using the web version of android market. You just have to login with the same Google Account you used on your phone and click to install on your web browser. The download and installation will happen automagically.
Curiosity: how can you say you can't see WhatsApp on your market if you're complaining about WhatsApp pictures in the first post?

was it something call market enabler? hmmm...

haii,
I dowloaded whatsapp tru the site..not tru market..
with other phones i always could use it,en it was in market..strange:$
i did a factory reset..didn't help with the pictures..i only installed whatsapp,en flashplayer..and appcloser..nothing else..
when i go to the online version of market,it say i have a samsung phone,and i cant change that.. before i had a bb 9780,and would like tot have android.thats why i bought this phone..
maybe i just have tot accept that this phone is not what i hoped it would be
but thanks for your reply

essepoesjuh said:
haii,
I dowloaded whatsapp tru the site..not tru market..
with other phones i always could use it,en it was in market..strange:$
i did a factory reset..didn't help with the pictures..i only installed whatsapp,en flashplayer..and appcloser..nothing else..
when i go to the online version of market,it say i have a samsung phone,and i cant change that.. before i had a bb 9780,and would like tot have android.thats why i bought this phone..
maybe i just have tot accept that this phone is not what i hoped it would be
but thanks for your reply
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u download flash player thru website & install? btw chacha only support flash player lite & by default. other flash player are not supported. appcloser? why not try memory booster?
btw my whatsapp doesn't give me any problem.

Advanced Task Killer.
> when i go to the online version of market,it say i have a samsung phone,and i cant change that
Open the site, go to Market Settings (Account Settings), click the second tab, under the phone you don't use click it and select Hidden.

ok thank you,i will try that
i"ll let you know how it goes from here

Android Rom and Banking Fraud?

Hello to all,
first of all forgive me if i am in the wrong forum. Second I am not an authority with ROMs and developing. I can flash a new ROM and follow guidance easily but that's it. Up to that.
I will tell you my scary experience with a specific rom which i installed a couple of days ago on my S3. First off all this post is not suppose to be rude to anyone or anything. I am telling you my story and I would appreciate your input as you are the experts.
3 days ago I installed the MIUI (http://miuiandroid.com/community) ROM on my S3.
As soon as I turned the phone on to run it for the first time I went to the typical set ups but then I noticed something.
On he top right corner of the status bar the a green phone icon appeared meaning that the phone was automatically set on "Call-diverting" .I dint pay any attention for about 30 mins as I was setting up the phone.
When I decided to see what the icon does to my sock and horror I realised that my phone was pre setted to call diverting automatically to a specific mobile number in the UK.
I quickly disabled the call diverting and dint think anything more. All of that happened around 12:30 in the afternoon (pay real attention to the times here).
about 10 minutes later I was at the office. around 2 hours after that I got a text message from my Bank to call them about a suspicious money transfer.
I called the bank and the told me that a few minutes earlier someone attempted to transfer 2000 pounds from my account. Of course my on-line banking was frozen and I was lucky not to loose the money.
Now, during these two hours my phone never rang just the text message from my bank. The bank security employee told me that it looked suspicious to them because whoever was trying to transfer the money asked for the 4 digit number via the automated bank security system to be diverted to another mobile number. The bank advised me to call my mobile carrier as I did.
The mobile carrier , when i talked to him, confirmed that someone called them and accessed my account by giving them all the right info, and requested that every time my phone was out of coverage all calls to be directed to another mobile!
have you guess what was the other mobile?? It was exactly the same mobile number as the pre-set on the ROM which I had installed 3 hours earlier!
And my bank confirmed that the same mobile was used in order to get the 4 digit pin.
I was shocked to say the least!!
When after a few minutes I managed to talk to my girlfriend , she told me that she was calling me earlier for about an hour. These phone calls never made it to my phone. As the phone was pre-setted to call diverting it was ringing to the diverted phone and not mine.
It is obvious that as I do mobile on-line banking and I access my accounts from my mobile (as many do), somehow they managed to get all the information about me and I am suspecting dodgy applications on my phone. I hope I am wrong but this experience has really shocked me.
I love android phones I love what you developers do but I am after you opinion in this one.
I am not here to offend any developers but to have a genuine answer and a sensible discussion about this issue. I am not a kid I am professional and this experience has really made me think twice about smart phones.

nice.! install only trusted ROMs with a lot of feed back
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jowett69 said:
nice.! install only trusted ROMs with a lot of feed back
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the miui-rom made by miuiandroid.com is a "trusted rom with a lot of feedback" and has a long history and a community with over 50.000 members.
mtdgr said:
I am suspecting dodgy applications on my phone.
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i think you're right, it wasn't the rom but some malware-/spyware-app.
assuming your phone was rooted, it would be easy for an app to do all kind of bad stuff once it got root-privileges, eg hiding on your sdcard and spying your data and after that establishing the call-divert to catch the 4digit-pin and the rest would be history.
only thing you could do is think what questionable apps with root privileges you installed in the last days before this happened, try to get a copy of it and have a closer look on it, maybe installing it without a simcard inserted or with a simcard without charge on it, to see what happens...
a big piece of luck would be some kind of log from about 1230h to see what established the call-divert, but if i would do such app i would ensure to delete all logs with traces afterwards, but who knows?
though, all of that are just the ideas that came to my mind as i read your post...
good luck for the investigation, would be interesting to know if you could get any information about what happened, so keep us updated, ok?
greetz,
sUsH

It would be difficult for me to know which custom ROM is safe and which one is not! I am not an expert you see. And the same goes with apps. I don't think anyone can state with certainty that any are safe.
It is just shocking to know how easy it is for your details to "escape" !
I will keep you informed about how this goes.
jowett69 If you can tell me how to get that log you are talking about, that would be great.
In the meantime can anyone advise on a descent mobile data protection application? something which will prevent any sensitive data from leaking from my phone? Payware or freeware I don't mind.

some ideas
mtdgr said:
It would be difficult for me to know which custom ROM is safe and which one is not! I am not an expert you see. And the same goes with apps. I don't think anyone can state with certainty that any are safe.
It is just shocking to know how easy it is for your details to "escape" !
I will keep you informed about how this goes.
jowett69 If you can tell me how to get that log you are talking about, that would be great.
In the meantime can anyone advise on a descent mobile data protection application? something which will prevent any sensitive data from leaking from my phone? Payware or freeware I don't mind.
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A start might be to check the Superuser app and click on Log and see what apps received su permissions.
Also, from a cmd prompt you can enumerate all the running processes by running:
Code:
adb shell "busybox ps -A > /mnt/sdcard/process.log"
adb pull /mnt/sdcard/process.log
View process.log for anything suspicious, or post it up and I'll have a look.
fluxist

fluxist said:
A start might be to check the Superuser app and click on Log and see what apps received su permissions.
Also, from a cmd prompt you can enumerate all the running processes by running:
Code:
adb shell "busybox ps -A > /mnt/sdcard/process.log"
adb pull /mnt/sdcard/process.log
View process.log for anything suspicious, or post it up and I'll have a look.
fluxist
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I don't think I could do that my friend. As soon as I suspected that something with that ROM was wrong I performed a full wipe and installed omega 9.1 rom.
My question is this. By performing a full wipe should really erase any malware from the previous installation right? Can anyone advise on a descent antivirus/firewall application which will help me (and others like me) monitor and "block" unusual application behavior?

oh and one more question for my information...sensitive personal data can only be leaked when the device is rooted ? if it is not rooted am I safe?

mtdgr said:
I don't think I could do that my friend. As soon as I suspected that something with that ROM was wrong I performed a full wipe and installed omega 9.1 rom.
My question is this. By performing a full wipe should really erase any malware from the previous installation right? Can anyone advise on a descent antivirus/firewall application which will help me (and others like me) monitor and "block" unusual application behavior?
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did you wipe your internal and external sdcards too? how did you wipe? cause it depends where the malware was hiding, if it is erased now or not.
a simple, yet powerful firewall is droidwall. you can find it in the market. put it in whitelist-mode and allow only the stuff you know. but droidwall controlls "only" internet-connections (wifi and 3g or such). for full controll over every permission of every app and connection of your phone you sohuld use pdroid, but i don't know if that's really necessary, though i understand your fear. but if someone really wants to harm you and has some knowledge, there are always ways, i think...
mtdgr said:
oh and one more question for my information...sensitive personal data can only be leaked when the device is rooted ? if it is not rooted am I safe?
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not really, think of those apps you can use to root your device. think a bit further and one could make an app that roots your device and afterwards does the stuff it wants. but seriously, though it is possible, who would do that to you? that's what you should think about...
greetz,
sUsH
ps: cause you did a wipe, there's no possibilty of going through some logs, sry. (though this too depends on the way you wiped and what exactly you wiped...)

I did a full wipe to install the new rom...wipe cache data ...devlink and one more but cant remember it
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mtdgr said:
I did a full wipe to install the new rom...wipe cache data ...devlink and one more but cant remember it
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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sry, then your try to get rid of the problem also got rid of possible evidence. just try to forget it and be more careful in future with suspicious apps from questionable sources and similar.
greetz,
sUsH

[Q] I've searched. I swear! I suck.

I've been searching all $*#(&$# day. Please be kind. I'm about to cry.
I bought my Samsung Galaxy S 4g when they first came out. I rooted because I heard I could delete the "bloat" and regain disk space. I had no trouble rooting, but my phone has never worked right and I'm ALWAYS getting out of disk space messages, even though I've moved every possible app to the SD card. At some point I lost the ability to send or receive picture text messages so I went hunting online. I don't remember the steps I took or how I took them, but somehow I changed the model of my phone to say HTC Vision. It was on recommendation from someone somewhere, but it was over a year ago and I can't find the thread I originally read.
Fast forward to now. I got the out of disk space error AGAIN, so I used Titanium Backup to delete some stuff. Yes, I'm a dumbass and I must have deleted something that looked unimportant, but WAS. Now both email and text messaging crashes. I can receive a text, but messaging crashes before I can reply. I can make and receive calls.
I've been looking for a day and a half to try to find a stock rom with instructions to "flash" back to factory settings. (I put these terms in quotes because, while I've seen them everywhere, I really don't know what they mean). I've downloaded the updated Kies program, but it won't recognize my phone. Possibly because it thinks it's an HTC Vision? I've also installed Odin in preparation for reinstalling the stock rom. I keep hitting a wall whenever I find a link to what I think is a stock rom - I get a stupid ilivid link and nothing else. I've avoided installing ilivid, but I went ahead and installed it to try to get the rom. I don't know what else to do.
I'm sorry this is so long. My level of proficiency is just enough to get myself into a lot of trouble with no knowledge to get myself out. Can anyone help in a "for dummies" answer? Thanks in advance.

one click back to stock should do the trick. I believe you do it twice for bootloader.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2

vixvax said:
I've been searching all $*#(&$# day. Please be kind. I'm about to cry.
I bought my Samsung Galaxy S 4g when they first came out. I rooted because I heard I could delete the "bloat" and regain disk space. I had no trouble rooting, but my phone has never worked right and I'm ALWAYS getting out of disk space messages, even though I've moved every possible app to the SD card. At some point I lost the ability to send or receive picture text messages so I went hunting online. I don't remember the steps I took or how I took them, but somehow I changed the model of my phone to say HTC Vision. It was on recommendation from someone somewhere, but it was over a year ago and I can't find the thread I originally read.
Fast forward to now. I got the out of disk space error AGAIN, so I used Titanium Backup to delete some stuff. Yes, I'm a dumbass and I must have deleted something that looked unimportant, but WAS. Now both email and text messaging crashes. I can receive a text, but messaging crashes before I can reply. I can make and receive calls.
I've been looking for a day and a half to try to find a stock rom with instructions to "flash" back to factory settings. (I put these terms in quotes because, while I've seen them everywhere, I really don't know what they mean). I've downloaded the updated Kies program, but it won't recognize my phone. Possibly because it thinks it's an HTC Vision? I've also installed Odin in preparation for reinstalling the stock rom. I keep hitting a wall whenever I find a link to what I think is a stock rom - I get a stupid ilivid link and nothing else. I've avoided installing ilivid, but I went ahead and installed it to try to get the rom. I don't know what else to do.
I'm sorry this is so long. My level of proficiency is just enough to get myself into a lot of trouble with no knowledge to get myself out. Can anyone help in a "for dummies" answer? Thanks in advance.
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Don't cry lol. Go to this link :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
and download the one click. All you have to do is open it up and click flash and everything is done for you. When its done, your phone will be just as it was when you opened the box it came in. As a word of advice though, don't use titanium backup to move apps to the SD card. It does more harm than is justified for saving a few MB's, because system apps aren't meant to be used from the SD card. If you don't use them, just delete them.

Thank you!!!
You all are amazing. I now successfully have Gingerbread stock (when I used to have Froyo) and everything seems to be working just like it should. I think I'll leave my phone alone now. I tried to swim in the deep end, but I belong in the kiddie pool! This is all above my head. Thank you again! MWAH!!!

vixvax said:
You all are amazing. I now successfully have Gingerbread stock (when I used to have Froyo) and everything seems to be working just like it should. I think I'll leave my phone alone now. I tried to swim in the deep end, but I belong in the kiddie pool! This is all above my head. Thank you again! MWAH!!!
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Glad to help

[Q] How to know if im affected by mobilespy android keylogger?

Im having a doubt that my smartphone is being keylogged by this thing called mobilespy android keylogger. Everyone is watching everything I do with my smartphone including the photos I take and save, facebook and whatsapp messages( both incoming and outgoing) and even the music I hear. My friends are responding to whatever I do by uploading photos in fb, whatsapp and through status updates in both. I dont want to get rid of this keylogging. I just want to get the details of this keylogging like whoever it is senting to and any proof to show them. Because I want to catch them red-handed. Please help!!
I posted about this issue in xda several months ago, but this thing called mobilespy never came to my mind. Thats why Im asking. Also, I want to know this thing works in safe mode too? Please help!
Help me!

It is hard to tell since some mobile spy app like mobile spy, spyfone app and iKeyMonitor are totally invisible. But you can restore your phone to get rid of such apps if you suspect it.

dreamer04 said:
Im having a doubt that my smartphone is being keylogged by this thing called mobilespy android keylogger. Everyone is watching everything I do with my smartphone including the photos I take and save, facebook and whatsapp messages( both incoming and outgoing) and even the music I hear. My friends are responding to whatever I do by uploading photos in fb, whatsapp and through status updates in both. I dont want to get rid of this keylogging. I just want to get the details of this keylogging like whoever it is senting to and any proof to show them. Because I want to catch them red-handed. Please help!!
I posted about this issue in xda several months ago, but this thing called mobilespy never came to my mind. Thats why Im asking. Also, I want to know this thing works in safe mode too? Please help!
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Here is my professional advice based on several facts:
You joined XDA in October 2014; posted four messages about being spied on and keylogged on Android; have had and continue to have numerous issues being hacked/taken over; you use firewall and other android apps to no avail; all other non android equipment works fine for you. So, Android is "definitely" the culprit.
Here is the advice: ask for a raise from Mr. Cook or better have him make you the chief of Apple's propaganda department...
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Dont let your afraidness take you over!
Go and make a factory reset of your phone.
Next time buy a blackphone and you and your mind have peace...
All the best!