androlib number of apps decreasing - Legend General

Have you noticed that the number of apps in andolib has been decreasing?? what's happening? last week there were around 68000 apps and now there's 64000.

I hope they throw all those half baked apps and games out!
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probably they are cleaning up the Market, hope so!

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New Android Market?

It's gotten a little.... green.
Welcome to about last week.
... and the market still sucks. No way to sort by popularity or # of downloads, search results usually yield Asian crap unrelated to your query, and its slow.
I love Android, I love tinkering with it, but they really need to fix the market. When I search for "xda developer" I shouldn't get pages upon pages of garbage in a language I can't speak. I should also be able to filter searches by free, paid, rating, downloads, etc.
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Very much a mess still... Oh well
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Intratech said:
Welcome to about last week.
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You got me.
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You got me.
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I knew it was out but i dont have it still!
New market doesn't show my downloaded free apps! Anyone got the same problem? If so, how is it solveable? BTW, if I search for those apps, then they show as installed - but not in my apps. Go figure.
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I don't like the barf green at all. Other than that it seems to work fine so far, I haven't had an stuck in authorizing/installing issues like I had before yet. But I have had it lag a bit several times.
I do wonder if this is partially my SD card failing or something.
I have to admit being an app designer myself. It looks ****ty and amateur. However the usability fells much better.
Google pretty much build solid apps but design sucks. Just imagine I'd they invested in good designers, they would kick ass.
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New market doesn't show my downloaded free apps! Anyone got the same problem? If so, how is it solveable? BTW, if I search for those apps, then they show as installed - but not in my apps. Go figure.
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Clear market cache and something from the settings. Restart after clearing cache.
My old market didn't show downloaded free apps any more. What I did was go to preferences - applications. Then to market and erase its data.
After starting market I had the new market! And all installed apps were visible again.
I prefer not to have an option to sort by ratings/download number. If available, people would search for something, sort the list by ratings and download the top one or the second.
Not being able to sort by ratings gives less known applications the opportunity to shine in the market.

Android Market just stopped working (stock rooted tmo)

I'm running the stock rom on my rooted t-mobile tab, and today i've suddenly started having issues with the Android Market. At first thw problem was with certain apps (ones that needed updates) not downloading, but now it seems as though the majority of apps have disappeared from the market altogether. Everything looks right on my myTouch 4G, so I know that the issue is local to my tab, but I have no idea what that issue is. I've gone in to the settings and clear the market app's cache, as well as uninstalling updates, and it has done nothing.
Please help. I'd rather not have to wipe everything and just hope for the best. Thanks.
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Try clearing the market data under settings-applications. I think that worked for me.
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same thing happened to me yesterday, i think its because google is setting up in app payments
Clearing data didn't do anything. It fixed itself over time, thankfully, although there is now no record of any free apps I've downloaded (which means no update notifications, and is actually kind of an issue.)
Reading the reports about a new test market showing up on some devices I'm pretty sure thats what happened to me, because I do recall seeing content ratings on the few apps that were available. Too bad I didn't think to look for the google music app.
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It will clear up in a day or so too.
I sure hope so. I'm using App Brain to notifyme of updates in the interim (as a tip to anyone dealing with the same thing) but of course that mea mbs havig remember to ignore u puffs ates from apps I got through Amazon.
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What country code do you have?

Spam attached to apps...

I put the game Air Penguin and another game Sky Warrior on my phone last night and 1 of them has put a load of other crap on there as well...
I've now removed both as i'm not sure which one was the issue but most of the day today i've had notifications that i might have won an Iphone 4 and other spam like that, it hasn't happened since i've removed the 2 games.
but since installing these 2 games i've also got another app that displays as "search" in a blue square and when you select takes you to a website www.livemobilesearch.com
Any ideas how i can remove this might have missed it but i can't find it with manage applications...
Dam annoying when this spam gets attached to other things you download...
Wish i could help, but where did u get the apps from, if u don't mind me askin.
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From the marketplace...
I'm almost certain the search icon on your homescreen is just a bookmark and not an app. Just delete it.
As far as figuring out which app sent spam to your notification bar is easy. Reading the reviews for both in the market will give you a hint. Or when you get the spam icon in your notification bar just select it. For a brief second or 2 you will see the name of the app at the top of the screen.
There are a number of free apps in the market taking on this spam format. Hope google puts a stop to it. Always read the reviews before you install.
Yeah it was a bookmark just made to look like the Google search
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I have Air Penguin and I don't have the ads or bookmark so it has to be the other app.
Install an app called "airpush detector" (free on the android market). It identifies the app that has airpush adware in it so you can uninstall it. And don't forget to 1 star the offending app with a comment in the market. When it happened to me it wasn't the app I thought that was actually the problem.
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Install an app called "airpush detector" (free on the android market). It identifies the app that has airpush adware in it so you can uninstall it. And don't forget to 1 star the offending app with a comment in the market. When it happened to me it wasn't the app I thought that was actually the problem.
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Yup, exactly what I did with the app MySettings - Airpush is totally annoying.
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spyware?!
actually the link contains a huge (may be 500-1000 characters or something like that) random string.
i'm afraid that all passwords and cookies could be stored within this string
i changed all passwords i recalled

GetJar is giving out 100 free apps

GetJar is giving out 100 paid apps for free. Here is the site to get an idea of what they are offering and the getjar.apk.
Side note: GetJar runs as a service in the background, so what I do is find the app I want, download it and either uninstall or "freeze" it to stop the service from running and eating my data/battery [see my guide for more detail on this].
Have fun and happy downloading (and unlike the Market sale, there are actually some utility/productivity apps included).
GetJar is offering over 100 paid Android apps for free! To compete against Google’s 10 Billion App Downloads promotion and Amazon’s “One Paid App for free everyday“, GetJar has come out with its own offering which is better than both the Google’s official Android market and Amazon’s app market.
Usually when offers like this come about the apps are quite crap, this is not the case with GetJar’s deal. Some notable apps which are being offered for free are Paper Camera, TweetCaster Pro, They Need To Be Fed, Splashtop Remote Desktop and more.
All you have to do to access the free apps is download GetJar for your mobile by hitting this url into your mobile phone browser - m.getjar.com/gold
You can check out all the apps available here - GetJar have very nicely laid out all the apps on a side-scrolling type page.
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Source: http://theultralinx.com/2011/12/100-paid-android-apps-free-getjar-gold.html
Thanks for this I just got some nice apps for free!! But where did you get all 100? I don't think it shows a 100 on that website or in the app
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Just what I read in the source site. First line says Getjar gives 100 away. Glad you got some good ones.
hmmm Word Up!
Getjar giving away stuff...how novel!
What they do not tell you is that their crappy app runs constantly in the background! Unlike amazon or android market Getjar is a real battery drain!
With our poor vibrants battery life being what it is, I personally would rather keep it "alive" longer for other things than scanning getjars web site for news/files.
If they were to change this detail, then it would be worth revisiting untill then not for me.
Hope this helps!
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Getjar giving away stuff...how novel!
What they do not tell you is that their crappy app runs constantly in the background! Unlike amazon or android market Getjar is a real battery drain!
With our poor vibrants battery life being what it is, I personally would rather keep it "alive" longer for other things than scanning getjars web site for news/files.
If they were to change this detail, then it would be worth revisiting untill then not for me.
Hope this helps!
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Nice thing is you can remove it after you get the apps you want and you don't need it to run them.
yeah the app itself runs your battery like water... i dont understand why but i uninstalled it after i saw in 5 minutes my battery decreased 10%
Hence my sidenote in the OP about it running as a background service. I've seen that same drain before on other times I have used it. That is why I usually get what I need and then kick the app to the curb.
Just curious are we able to update these apps through the regular Android market
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Just curious are we able to update these apps through the regular Android market
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Usually not. They do get linked to the Market though; so you'll get an update alert. But when you try to update you'll get a message saying you can't because "you didn't pay for the app." A little annoying; but it's true.
Once in a while it does work though. I think I was able to update Paper Camera a while ago.
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Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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That's the downside when you get apps from Getjar. But their free apps are really good, even better than Amazon appstore.
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Originally Posted by iwillkillyou
Getjar has been been giving free apps for a while now. The sad thing is NO updates.
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That's the downside when you get apps from Getjar. But their free apps are really good, even better than Amazon appstore.
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Exactly my point... u miss out on new features on updates. Its a good way of previewing apps before u buy though.
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I got a few apps the other day and none of them are showing up in my Market. I'm not new to GetJar, I know they aren't going to update, but I've been having problems with my phone and would like to know if this is happening to anyone else.
Been using it for about 6 months now and there have been some real good apps.
try redownloading the apps once an update is shown in Market.
Sometimes it takes them a while but they do update the versions in GetJar.
cheers

Google is going to change the market!

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/6/2848223/google-play-store-rebranded-android-market
its gonna be google play now
https://play.google.com/store
it auto-updated on my x10i , but on my neo doesnt want to ..
Already updated....
music, videos and books are blocked to my country, so, no changes here beside the logo.
Mine didn't change it still market anyone know why?
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laneyofdeath said:
Mine didn't change it still market anyone know why?
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force stop and clear cache and wait for 5 mins
Cheers sahib. Like the new pic (donkey is a legend)
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Android market sounds better than google play.. :/ why they changed name and its harder to find play store on app list thats app image is just like many other app. maybe il get it on time.
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Its updated last night, soo smooth, im on DONUTHD2.1
LOOOL @ laney/sahib - Donkey rules!!
New market is good, not much improvment tho - but the cheap apps deal is really good, Osmos is well worth it for anyone looking for a great time kill game.

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