Error while opening play store beta links - General Questions and Answers

I receive a strange error when trying to open play store beta links.
I tried opening https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.catalyst06.fingerprintactionpro which is a beta app that I was invited to.
Clicking on the link gives the following error. (Screenshot attached)
Copying and pasting the URL to chrome for Android also gives the same error.
"to view this content install a web browsing app"
Looking forward to support and suggestions.

I think maybe you should set Chrome as your default web browser.

That does not work. Setting any of (in my experience anyway) 3 browsers as default still does not enable beta links to work.
After noticing the date of the OP, and not having seen this bug myself until buying a new phone just days ago, I figured there might be a link between the Play Store update, and the bug manifesting. It turned out that after disabling the Play Store entirely and allowing the phone to rollback to the previous version of Play Store, I was able to open the beta link that I was having problems with.

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Problem watching youtube videos

I deleted the Youtube application on my phone, and i can't watch youtube videos anymore or other videos online.
Anyone hwo could help me?
Go to the Market, download it again. Just search for Youtube.
I found mny YouTube applications, but non of them is the same as i got on my phone. I tried to download a couple of the applications i found, but i still got the message "No applications can perform this action".
If you had the old version of the YouTube app, you wont find it on the market. The new one is slightly different but maintains the same functionality. It'll say Google as the developer.
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Maybe I'm stupid but I could not find any youtube apps by google when I searched for "youtube"
I'm fairly sure it's only available if you have 2.2.
Are you rooted?
Yes, i'm rooted
I got android 2.1 (x10 mini pro), does that mean that I cant install it again?
It should still come up. Google made it modular like Gmail so that different versions of Android could run it. For now you can play Youtube videos from the youtube mobile website. Those will play with the Android's built-in video player.
EDIT: This is the app. http://www.appbrain.com/app/youtube/com.google.android.youtube
Either use AppBrain or search the Market for "com.google.android.youtube"
When I click the link "download directly from the android market" in the page you linked to, I get the message "the requested item could not be found".
Try this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817528
Well, should never uninstalled it in the first place.
I tried the method you linked to, but when i was going to install the application I got the message "Application not installed".

[ROM] Prime 2.1.1 New Market FC downloading a couple of apps

Hi All,
Since I'm a rookie, please pardon me that I'm not allowed to post/reply in the development section, so I have to report my issue about the custome ROM "Prime" here. If anyone is kind to repost my report to the proper thread I'd be appreciated (I can't still join the discussion until my post number reaches 10 though).
I just updated to 2.1.1 last week and all goes well. Only that yesterday I had a chance to open the updated Market (the newest one for Honeycomb, sorry not sure about the version no.), however when choosing a couple of apps, like ThinkFree Office Viewer or Kingsoft Office, the Market app would FC immediately after I press the "Install" button.
Also, the app link in my Folder Organizer to Market is also broken. There is a toast message "Error launching the activity". So I searched the Market for "Market" and found an old version of Market. After installing it, I now have two versions of Market"s" together, but with the old one I still cannot install any app.
Could anyone using the ROM share your experience with the new Market app? Thanks!
I get the same error when I try launching the market, with Prime 2.1.1. Error while launching activity.
Beako said:
I get the same error when I try launching the market, with Prime 2.1.1. Error while launching activity.
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Hi Beako, for me, it seems that the launching problem has been fixed, because now again the "Market" icon appears in Folder Organizer and Market can be launched successfully. I wonder if it's because Google has updated the Market version, since Prime remains the same.
I'll try to download the apps which failed to load previously and report back
i had a few apps stalling out on the download step... I just waited a few hours, tried again and it worked fine.

[Extension] Updated version of the APK Downloader Chrome Extension

What is it?
This is an updated (and slightly modified) version of redphx's awesome Google Chrome extension APK Downloader.
It allows you to download APKs from the Play Store webpage via your desktop browser directly onto your computer.
The original version stopped working as of Google Chrome version 20+ because starting with this Chrome version, all Google Chrome extension require to use the manifest version 2. When I noticed, I checked the author's page for any updates. But there were no updates on that.
Update: Earlier, I said that the original APK Downloader extension stopped working because it uses Manifest version 1 and that Google Chrome dropped support for all extensions that use Manifest version 1.
However, gt573 noted that he can still use the original extension (v1.2.1) with Chrome 21.
So, I checked again the Manifest version 1 support schedule and I found that I was wrong there. Manifest version 1 was announced deprecated with the release of Chrome 18, but will be partitially supported until "early 2013".
Nethertheless, the original APK Downloader (v1.2.1) does not work for me since my Chrome was update to 21.0.1180.60 m. The extension constantly throws content security policy exceptions when trying to download any App, which prevents the extension from working at all. Additionally, this is the error message I get on the extension page:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And according to the recent comments on the author's webpage, there's a bunch of other users who have/had the same problem with v1.2.1 within the last days. (For a detailed explanation of manifest version changes in Chrome and what that means for the original APK Downloader, click here to read the full story.)
So: If APK Downloader v1.2.1 stopped working for you, feel free to use this updated version.​
What was changed?
So.. Basically, this is the original APK Downloader v1.2.1 extension for the Google Chrome browser, downloaded from the author's - redphx - webpage. However, these are the changes that I made:
As of version 1.3.0
Updated the extension manifest version from 1 to 2
Replaced deprecated functions in JavaScript and references in manifest.json
Changed JavaScript formatting from compressed to "Pretty Print" (so that the source code is readable for everybody)
Removed Google Analytics Code (Sorry redphx, all credits to you! But using GA for this, without even anonymizing the User IPs, is a No-Go as I think).
Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar) from the author's webpage to a local domain "http://localhost/[..]".
Removed all other "extra" code, that was not used for the actual functionality.
Replaced extension icons.
As of version 1.3.1
Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar) from"http://localhost/[..]" to this thread's URL, because v1.3.0 required a local web server to be running for the extension in order to function.
As of version 1.3.2
Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar). Instead of open a new tab, as of version 1.3.2 it will simply reload the current Play Store URL and start the download!
As of version 1.3.3
Fixed redirect bug, introduced in version 1.3.2
Major code clean up (reduced number of files from 16 to 12).
As of version 1.3.4
Improved new reload function to support Play Store URLs that contain a hash key already.
Get Started - Download
To install the extension the steps are as follows: download and extract the following zip archive to your computer.
Direct download link:
apkdownloader-1.3.1.zip
apkdownloader-1.3.2.zip
apkdownloader-1.3.3.zip
apkdownloader-1.3.4.zip​
How to set up?
After you extracted the downloaded zip file to your computer, open Google Chrome and go to the extension page; you can copy and paste into the Url bar: chrome://chrome/extensions/
Load it
Now, enable "Developer mode" and load the "APK Downloader"-extension from the directory where you extracted it to.
Set it up - Google-Account
To be able to download from the Play Store, you need to authenticate all requests. Therefore you need to "log in to your Google Account" at the extension's option page.
On the extension's options page, log in with your Google-Account (email-address and password) - the same Account that you used with your device! Also, you will need your Android Device-Id (which is part of the algorithm to generate a valid request key).
Note: Basically this is not a "login" in the common sense. Your credentials are stored safely in Chrome's local data storage - on your own computer!!!
Set it up - Android Device-Id
To get your Android Device-Id, type in the dialer of your phone...
Code:
*#*#8255#*#*
*#*#TALK*#*#
... and you will get the "GTalk Service Monitor" screen like the following. Search for "DEVICE-ID:". Everything that comes after "android-", that is your Device-Id.
OR
Use my App "Android Device-ID"
(Almost) Done
The extension is now available and ready set up. However, you need to follow 1 more step to actually use it; you need to disable SSL warnings. Therefore please read on at the original APK Downloader page at: http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/​
Credits
All credits for the extension goes to redphoenix89 (or redphx @xda)! It's his code - I did only cosmetics.​
Legal Note / Disclaimer
Finally, please note that the use of this Chrome extension is violating Google's Play Store TOS! You've been warned.​
As Wesnam pointed out the version 1.3.0 requires a local webserver to be running in order for the extension to work. I fixed that, so everybody can use it. Please download version 1.3.1 (click here).
APK downloader 1.2.1 seemed to work just as well on google chrome 21 as your 1.3.1. Neither will download the IBM think tablet app, which is a free app. I get an error with both extensions. Any idea if there is a fix?
Looks good, thx. Was always a bit worried about it using his server.
To everyone: I checked the code and there's no suspicious stuff in there, just what's expected to be there (a number of calls to the Market). 100% legit.
gt573 said:
APK downloader 1.2.1 seemed to work just as well on google chrome 21 as your 1.3.1. Neither will download the IBM think tablet app, which is a free app. I get an error with both extensions. Any idea if there is a fix?
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There's a difference in the way they do not work. Original APK Downloader (v1.2.1) doesn't work at all. Mine doesn't work if there're server-side validations to be passed, such as country limitation, device limitation or screen size limitation (and of course you can download only free apps). For the IBM app there's a limit for the screen resolution. So you need to have a device registered with the same email address you use for the extension, that is compatible with the app's screen resolution minimum: A screen width of 800 pixels or more and screens classified as Xlarge. Do you match these criteria?
I just installed v1.2.1 last night and a quick test verified that it was able to download apps with my current version of google chrome (21). I only downloaded one app and it was one by the extension developer, I don't know if that makes a difference. Anyway, it wouldn't download the app I was after (IBM think) which is what brought me here. I was able to download another tablet app with your extension that the market tells me is not compatible with my device so I thought it would bypass the device and screen limitations. My device(Galaxy note sgh-i717) has 800 x 1280 resolution. It is running android 4.0.4. I changed the dpi to 160 in build.prop to match xlarge, still no go. Just for full disclosure (not asking for build.prop help here) I have tried modifying my build.prop to make my sgh-i717 appear as a Tab 10.1, but it didn't work, it still show as an sgh-i717 in the market.
Bexton said:
There's a difference in the way they do not work. Original APK Downloader (v1.2.1) doesn't work at all. Mine doesn't work if there're server-side validations to be passed, such as country limitation, device limitation or screen size limitation (and of course you can download only free apps). For the IBM app there's a limit for the screen resolution. So you need to have a device registered with the same email address you use for the extension, that is compatible with the app's screen resolution minimum: A screen width of 800 pixels or more and screens classified as Xlarge. Do you match these criteria?
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gt573 said:
I just installed v1.2.1 last night and a quick test verified that it was able to download apps with my current version of google chrome (21).
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That's odd. But I checked back and according to the Manifest version 1 support schedule, the support for v1 extensions is not yet dropped - unlike I said in OP. According to the schedule the support will be dropped in "early 2013". Thus, APK Downloader v1.2.1 should still work as it did all the time; also with the latest Chrome versions. Now, to explain you why I said/thought it was:
The thing is that I used v1.2.1 almost every day and I never had problems to download Apps, except for a few that were labeled as non-compatible with my devices in the play store. (I will come back on that later..) Then, a few days ago, the extension just stopped working without me making any changes. So I opened Chrome's developer console and saw that the extension threw some content security policy errors fired by the extension's Javascript code.
Then I checked the author's website and saw a lot of recent comments by users having the same issue - that the extension just stopped working for them.
Since I've developed a few Chrome extensions myself, I remembered that the changelog between Manifest 1 and 2 includes a new content security policy and also that Manifest 1 was announced deprecated in Chrome 18.
So I checked my Chrome version and saw that it was updated just that morning (from 20.x to 21.0.1180.60 m). Hence, I thought that the exceptions, thrown by the extension, were due to the "fact" that the old content security policy, which was used before Manifest version 2, was unsupported with that Chrome-Update.
So I updated the extension's source code to use Manifest version 2. Finally, I had no more content security policy exceptions in the dev console and the downloads worked again.
And because there was no update by redphx and I've seen a lot of users had the same issue, I thought I'd share it here.
To cut a long story short:
I was wrong in saying that the original extension stopped as of Chrome 20+ due to missing support by Chrome.
However, for me v1.2.1 constantly throws content security policy exceptions in Chrome which prevent it from working at all. And as you can see from the comments on redphx's website it stopped working for others, too (whatever else the reason is..!?).
Also, as you can see from the schedule, v1.2.1 will stop working in the not-too-far-away future (unless redphx will release an update), whereas mine is "future-proof" (as far as it concerns Chrome).
Finally, my version does not include Analytics code, nor does it redirect you to a site which can not be verified to be safe (it should be, though).
gt573 said:
I only downloaded one app and it was one by the extension developer, I don't know if that makes a difference.
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No, the developer should be irrelevant.
gt573 said:
Anyway, it wouldn't download the app I was after (IBM think) which is what brought me here. I was able to download another tablet app with your extension that the market tells me is not compatible with my device so I thought it would bypass the device and screen limitations.
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Now, as I said earlier:
"I used v1.2.1 almost every day and I never had problems to download Apps, except for a few that were labeled as incompatible with my devices in the play store."
However, this was not true for all Apps that were labeled as incompatible. Some work, most do not. I'm not really sure how the checks work at this point. I know that there exist options for developers to restrict access to downloads by some "more advanced" parameters (apart from payment, obviously). And I think that the the device compatibility check for the In-App-Listings and the Play Store Website is separated from the logic that is used for those "advanced" restrictions (and no, I'm not talking about the basic country-limit here).
As another weird example take the new chameleon launcher beta. The Play Store says it would be compatible with my device. However, I can not download it. Neither through the Play Store, nor with the extension. Why not? Because, as you can read on the developer's website, your Emailaddress for Play Store must be paired with the Emailaddress that I/someone used in the developer's beta signup form that was on the website a few weeks ago. Means: eventhough it is a free App and labeled as compatible in Play Store, I can not download it because the developer needs to specifically allow my Account. As you can see, there're lots of possible and not always understandable reasons why somebody can download some apps while others can't.
gt573 said:
My device(Galaxy note sgh-i717) has 800 x 1280 resolution. It is running android 4.0.4. I changed the dpi to 160 in build.prop to match xlarge, still no go. Just for full disclosure (not asking for build.prop help here) I have tried modifying my build.prop to make my sgh-i717 appear as a Tab 10.1, but it didn't work, it still show as an sgh-i717 in the market.
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I don't think that editing the build.prop file will help with that at all. Even if I change everything in my build.prop, the Useragent that is send by the Play Store App still uses/reveals the real device info. No matter what I change, it always sends: "AndroidDownloadManager/4.1.1 (Linux; U; Android 4.1.1; Nexus One Build/JRO03H)".
Hey bexton, thank u very much for your modded extension! I installed it because I get with the previous version the "ERROR: Cannot download this app!" message but with version I get the same message:
Chrome startup parameters: --ignore-certificate-errors --allow-running-insecure-content
Chrome Version: 21.0.1180.57
OS: Linux
thankz!! but not working here
Chrome version: 22.0.1219.0 (148586)
maybe disable ssl warnings don't work i don't know
Works for me. Is there a way to disable this page popping up everytime I download something?
maybe it'd be possible to use a data-uri instead of this thread as download page?
prodigy7 said:
Hey bexton, thank u very much for your modded extension! I installed it because I get with the previous version the "ERROR: Cannot download this app!" message but with version I get the same message:
Chrome startup parameters: --ignore-certificate-errors --allow-running-insecure-content
Chrome Version: 21.0.1180.57
OS: Linux
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Hi, I have the same problem unfortunately on Windows 7 on Chrome 21
I still get the error "ERROR: Cannot download this app!". This is happening on Chrome 22.0.1229.2 dev-m, Win7 32bit.
Ytain
Sorry for the late response, but I've been on holiday. For those of you who still get the error "ERROR: Cannot download this app!" for an app that should be downloadable(!!), please provide a link to the app. If you get this error for ALL apps, than please leave this info as well.
@XlAfbk: I don't think so, but I'd need to check on that.. If know how to, let me know.
This one won't work for me https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5jb25kdWl0LmxvY2tlciJd
How do I know if a free app is supposed to be downloadable?
Sadly, it still doesn't support most of the apps I attempt to download. Here's a list:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5jbm4ubW9iaWxlLmFuZHJvaWQudGFibGV0Il0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5hbmRyb2lkIl0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53ZWJtZC5hbmRyb2lkIl0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rcm9nZXIubW9iaWxlIl0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53YWxtYXJ0LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50YXJnZXQudWkiXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iZXN0YnV5LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...arch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5xdmMiXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5odWZmaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5hbmRyb2lkLnRhYmxldCJd
That's just a few.
I'm thinking that Google corrected some of the coding in Chrome as it regards to the Play Store to prevent people from downloading apps that WILL work with your devices, but still declare them incompatible.
I also notice this problem. Didn't worked with any app that Google was saying to be incompatible with my device.
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scottharris4 said:
This one won't work for me https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5jb25kdWl0LmxvY2tlciJd
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I had no problems downloading the app with the extension (find attached). Is it labeled as compatible with your device in the play store?
abarax said:
Sadly, it still doesn't support most of the apps I attempt to download. Here's a list:
[snip]
That's just a few.
I'm thinking that Google corrected some of the coding in Chrome as it regards to the Play Store to prevent people from downloading apps that WILL work with your devices, but still declare them incompatible.
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I was able to download the apps that are labeled as compatible in play store. The Huffington Post and the CNN link were for Tablets only, so they failed. But when I tried their apps for phones, I was able to download those as well.
scottharris4 said:
How do I know if a free app is supposed to be downloadable?
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You can't know. But if you set up everything correct, you can be almost sure that you can download all apps that are labeled as compatible with your device in Play Store. Me personally, I never found an app that was labeled as compatible and I was not able to download it via the extension. Whenever it is labeled as compatible, I can download it.
@Felimenta97: There're a few exceptions; for a few apps I was able to download them even though the Play Store said it would be incompatible. However, as said above, a general rule of thumb is that you will be able to download only the apps that are labeled as compatible for your device.
I see. But if you could work on that it would be nice. Some apps work on my phone, just play store is crazy about that.
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@XlAfbk: I don't think so, but I'd need to check on that.. If know how to, let me know.
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I tried modding the extension but for some reason it even fails with localhost instead of this thread, just replacing the 1 line containing the url *confused* (not a chrome extension guy so probably missing something there. more of a web dev)
Maybe if you'd explain why that is and why it needs some site in the first place I'd be able to figure it out.

[APP][4.2+] Bento Launcher Alpha

Hey guys, I've been a longtime member of xda-developers and I've been working on this app for the past few months with a team. I'd love to get your feedback on it.
Bento is an intelligent android launcher with a personalized stream of cards (similar to Google now, but we think its better) http://www.bentoapp.com/
Sign up for the beta here
Features:
Search including apps, contacts, play store, locations and Google
Ranked and organized notifications
Dock with recently used apps
Personalized Yelp, Uber, concert, Soundcloud and Youtube recommendations
Local weather card
Calendar card
and many more cards!
Signed up for the alpha. Will respond as soon as I can download.
Very nice idea. Reminds me of aviate launcher mixed with Google now launcher, but looks way awesomer. Signed for the alpha too. Very interested in this project
Chillz88 said:
Very nice idea. Reminds me of aviate launcher mixed with Google now launcher, but looks way awesomer. Signed for the alpha too. Very interested in this project
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You're absolutely right. Also, Aviate has changed a lot since the acquisition by Yahoo. This project looks great.
Waiting for download link to appear
Signed up... Waiting for the alpha version.
We just launched our website and put up a blog post
We also launched version 0.3 today which includes the following changes:
- A YouTube Music card personalized to your music preferences
- A brand new on-boarding experience for new users
- A new Settings area to let you add, edit, and delete Saved Locations
- Major algorithmic improvements for the Contextual Apps card
- Bug fixes
-- Fix cards flashing when stream updates
-- Fix bug that allowed swiping card to left
-- Fix for swiping away of cards when scrolling vertically
-- Fixes for Notification card syncing and ranking
If you signed up for the alpha but for some reason never got in please PM me.
Signed up to test it out
Signed up for Beta, however says it is not on Play Store as of yet. Got an APK we can download by chance?
Signed up as well looks promising, joined group just getting 0 of 0
Nooblet said:
Signed up for Beta, however says it is not on Play Store as of yet. Got an APK we can download by chance?
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Can you try going here http://www.bentoapp.com/ and clicking join the beta? We've changed the sign up a bit. You should be able to immediately access the beta google group from there. Once you've joined the google group, you should see a link to the beta. Let me know if this doesn't work for you.
There is no link shows up for me also. Just a blank Group Page.
Blank group for me as well. Also tried to use desktop mode. Brings me to the welcome message in the group with a playstore link. Playstore link does not work.
Download link not working
Download link after joining beta from your website is not working.
edit: Works after manually copying and pasting link!
can't download from play store, item not found
edit: downloaded, some playstore or phone bug
Looks promising.
Signed up but it's just an empty Google groups page. Um, what do I do?
EXV said:
Signed up but it's just an empty Google groups page. Um, what do I do?
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Same here.
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We're really sorry about the blank google groups page. This is the link to download the app. https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.bento.launcher . There have been multiple issues with the way play store beta membership groups work and we have tried to fix all of the issues.
If clicking on the above link takes you to a page that says "App doesn't exist" or "Page not found", you could try a few things:
Please wait a few minutes and open the link again.
Ensure that the default account you used to sign into your browser is the same as used to sign up for the Bento Beta Google group.
Ensure that your play store account is using the same email you used to sign up for the Bento Beta Google group
If all else fails, please email [email protected]
Joined beta group from site without at hitch, got from Play, installed and ran. Playing with this, looks quite interesting. Later, google+ did not have me in the "community" so requested that as well.
First and second reactions:
1. Intriguing concept. Looks like it belongs in Ubuntu.
2. Weather card should be location-based (maybe it is). Default units should be locale based. How to set up?
3. To facilitate testing, might be better as a launcher overlay rather than a full launcher. But it is very easy to switch homes from settings (was not always the case). Actually, it will run as an app except that the app-drawer or screen from which it is run remains visible behind the app folders.
4. App runs as app from app-drawer or folder. Runs (and labeled as) Bento Settings from Bento's app drawer. So found how to get my Celcius and km. Cannot place Bento Settings on the folders.
5. A refresh (or "more") button on cards pane might be in order. Can be mostly blank for long periods of time.
6. Got a "tomorrow" card. Never got "today."
7. Quickly learned how to arrange the folders, add, remove apps. More-or-less just like current stock launchers.
8. Like it or not, we are still part of the Google universe (though Cyanogen/Microsoft and Rational would like to change that). So normal calendar, maps, google+ will be around and should fit in. Google Now should also fit into this scheme.
9. Problem on my ArmV6 dinosaur: Cannot use Google's off-line speech recognition which will crash. I get text into Google Now using a voice search wrapper widget which links with older VoiceSearch on-line recognition (that app also did phone searches like Bento!). Voice input to keyboards, most apps crashes. There is a settings->language&input->voice-recognition choice which should be polled and respected. When Bento has more traction, might persuade the wrapper's dev to do a version that feeds Bento's searchbox intent.
10. The thing has no clock. On other launchers I use chronus so took the clock off status bar. Bento runs immersive mode anyway. (Another reason this is more and app than a launcher.)
11. Getting typed text into search bar is problematic sometimes. KB comes up but does not enter.
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Odd Google Play Store Crash...it WORKS, but...

On my rooted LG Leon w Android 5.1.1 with the latest T-Mobile firmware installed via KDZ before the last root, I'm running into an unusual problem with the Play Store. It OPENS, DOWNLOADS, INSTALLS APPS, let me READ REVIEWS. It ONLY when I tap the "Read More" link on the first page of an app description that the Play Store CRASHES w/o any error message. I UNINSTALLED the Play Store UPDATES, and that cured it, but of course had to UPDATE Play Store to run Maps, etc. And then, again, it crashes when I tap the "Read More" link. Any thoughts? Yeah, I MIGHT have disabled some obscure system component, but don't THINK so.

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