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android market search issues (donut)

Since I installed donut (was previously using an Ion build with the first android market version) I have not been able to find many applications I once had or was able to previously find. For what it's worth, i'm in Canada.
Examples include:
- scoreboard (google)
- listen (google)
I installed "market enabler" v.3.0.4. and am now able to see paid applications but still cannot find apps which are even free and I know are in the market (specifically google applications)
Is this an issue with the newer vogue builds or is this only a problem I am having?

prairiefire said:
Since I installed donut (was previously using an Ion build with the first android market version) I have not been able to find many applications I once had or was able to previously find. For what it's worth, i'm in Canada.
Examples include:
- scoreboard (google)
- listen (google)
I installed "market enabler" v.3.0.4. and am now able to see paid applications but still cannot find apps which are even free and I know are in the market (specifically google applications)
Is this an issue with the newer vogue builds or is this only a problem I am having?
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the issue is with screen resolution. when in qvga 320x240 only fully compatible apps will show. the same problem exists on the tattoo. switching to 320x480 should solve the problem.

right. didn't understand that this was the same problem as that since i've always used the same resolution in any build. thanks. now i feel like an idiot

prairiefire said:
right. didn't understand that this was the same problem as that since i've always used the same resolution in any build. thanks. now i feel like an idiot
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no problem. this was actually a bug we had for a couple months when donut first came out. everyone was throwing a fit. so you either live with out those apps in market or download them while in hvga 320x480 and then try to run them in qvga. most will still run in qvga from what i've experienced. some older apps don't scale right.

zenulator said:
no problem. this was actually a bug we had for a couple months when donut first came out. everyone was throwing a fit. so you either live with out those apps in market or download them while in hvga 320x480 and then try to run them in qvga. most will still run in qvga from what i've experienced. some older apps don't scale right.
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To get the apps to show up again, load up a fresh donut rom at 320x480 @ 160dpi (fresh data too), than if you go back to 1.5 running even 240x320 @ 120 all of the apps will be visible.
Unfortunately we currently don't have a complete fix for people who run Donut at 240x320 that want to see all apps.
Perhaps soon though

Myn does that smiley face suggest you are working on a fix? This issue is the last thing keeping me from using nand, cause I can't regenerate a full market on the fly with it.

Is anyone else unable to see paid apps? I used marketenabler but I still can only see free apps

Thanks everyone.
On another note: is anyone out there on Rogers/Fido network? My most viewed webpage on my phone is wap.sportsnet.ca and I see now that they have an android app. Problem is I can't find that on market and they do say on the sportsnet website that it's for Rogers/Fido subscribers only. Since there's probably no incentive for market enabler to spoof a canadian provider (i.e. spoof rogers specifically) i cannot get this app. Would love a copy of the apk if someone could do so please.
cheers

berardi said:
Is anyone else unable to see paid apps? I used marketenabler but I still can only see free apps
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Are you setting it to US t-mobile? That allows me to see paid apps - seems temporary though.

Market Enabler
plemen said:
Are you setting it to US t-mobile? That allows me to see paid apps - seems temporary though.
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I used a link to Market Enabler that never worked right for me. This one does:
http://market-enabler.googlecode.com/files/MarketEnabler_3.0.4.apk
You need to run Market Enabler each time you boot into Android or else you won't see the paid apps. I keep the link in my gmail account, so I can access it easily if I change to a different build of Android.

plemen said:
Are you setting it to US t-mobile? That allows me to see paid apps - seems temporary though.
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I think I was using the wrong version of MarketEnabler - I am using your new build and the included MarketEnabler (looks different than the one I had) works like a charm - can see all apps.

Market problems with new root?

Hi, I know I've read of other people having the same problem I'm having where there are apparently missing from the market. Has anyone found a solution?
Sent from my X10a using XDA App

Which root method did you use? I had the market issues with the first couple of root versions, but my phone and the market are working perfectly now with the latest 3 step version. Im also using market enabler with no issues either. Would consider re-rooting with the newest method. Really doesnt take very long once you get used to it.
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I've used the latest R2B020 3 step method (with steps 4 and 5 for my Rogers X10a). Still can't find Pure Calendar Widget, or Tapatalk Pro. I should try enabler...

He's got a point.. There used to be an app before on the market called countouch launcher but somehow disappeared from mine!!
Everything else is perfect though.. removed alot of the built in apps and it runs smooth as ever for me
All thanx to the geniuses who rooted this phone!!
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There is a problem because of the region the firmware's from.
I got market enabler, but there's some apps I want that I still don't see in the market
If anyone knows how to configure market enabler to allow stuff from rogers (canada) that'd be great

adrianoftyriel said:
Hi, I know I've read of other people having the same problem I'm having where there are apparently missing from the market. Has anyone found a solution?
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Yeah, got the same issues with my X10a. Market enabler app is quite simple really. all it does is use the MCC MNC codes (see wikipedia) for you mobile operator and sets them in some config files (see the wiki on market enabler project hosting website).
There is something much deeper going on here. I had purchased UltimateJuice before rooting with the crappy Japanese Firmware and market was able to find it after the root as well. But, this time around with the R2BA020 firmware... not quite so.
I wrote to the developer of UltimateJuice and he mentioned that Android Market terms forbid some access to rooted/custom firmwares. Personally I don't see how how Google manages to enforce that.
There is certainly some way in which we can tweak around the settings somewhere to make Android Market realize that we are legit. I mean look at brut.all's google navigation hack...
EDIT: I did try almost all the market enabler settings but didn't manage to to see my app. The developer told me that he had create a version specifically for that situation (its called UltimateJuice (Alternate))... lacking more details, I dont know what that means...

Interesting... I don't think root has anything to do with it though because I have been missing these Alps since I flashed r2ba020 originally (the telenor one).
I too can confirm that market enabler does not work. What I'm wondering is if Google is limiting the apps in some way because the firmware us new.
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I think it's some kind of market bug. I had the same when I debranded from 1.0.14 o2 to 1.0.16 generic.
After some weeks everything worked fine again. So I think google has to unlock new firmware for their market ?!?

Make sure you system kill (with taskpanel etc) the market after you make changes with market enabler. Maybe obvious, but some may forget.a

i'm having almost the same problem, i tried download the market enabler and and tried to view in market for paid software but cant see any also, i used appbrain i can see a few only but not much at all

I'm also having some problems with the market, before root I had an app called myplayer which was a bbc iplayer app.
Can anyone else who is in the UK check the market to see if you can find this app?

dink-x10 said:
I'm also having some problems with the market, before root I had an app called myplayer which was a bbc iplayer app.
Can anyone else who is in the UK check the market to see if you can find this app?
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I believe this is dependent on the firmware region that you use to root the device. The myPlayer app is restricted to the UK only, so if the firmware is not officially recognised as a UK build you will not be able to see the app on the Android Market.
-Fry

dink-x10 said:
I'm also having some problems with the market, before root I had an app called myplayer which was a bbc iplayer app.
Can anyone else who is in the UK check the market to see if you can find this app?
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I am on UK branded O2 firmware R1FA016 and I can see the myplayer app in the market.
I am not rooted.

indesisiv said:
I am on UK branded O2 firmware R1FA016 and I can see the myplayer app in the market.
I am not rooted.
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Thanks a lot for checking mate.
I have now installed Market Enabler, according to it I was already identifying as Orange UK (234-33). I have tried all other UK network codes and still cannot see the myplayer app.
Does anyone have a link to the .apk file so I can bypass the market altogther?

Issues
I am another proud owner of a rooted x10a (now x10i)
But I got problems, I cannot sent MMS with the rooted phone, it just looks like im missing an app because, but i don't know where to find it, and I have the right APNs. So if someone can help us out with this issue I'll will be very grateful.
Also timescape is missging the facebook and tweeter plug-ins :-S
You guys are my best shot

Now, this is interesting to me. I tried to do the rooting option, but I got stuck on step 2, which couldn't find my device. So I used SEUS to update, and it let me update to R2BA020. I assumed that, coming through SEUS, this would be an official, unrooted update, as if I was going back to the default (although it came on O2 in the UK with the R_whateveritwas_016 firmware). I didn't like the idea that a rooted phone caused a few issues anyway, but the R2BA020 update has made a HUGE difference to my battery life.
Then I noticed that the O2 branding had gone - not much, just O2 updates in Timescape that I didn't want anyway...
But I noticed that my lovely Death Star Clock was no longer in the market, and MyPlayer also has gone...
Dang... so it seems like my phone no longer thinks I am in the UK or something.
I've got Beebplayer though, which I preferred to MyPlayer anyway.
But, it's a bugger... I LOVED my Death Star clock!

[Q] Any way to simulate another (higher than qvga) display resolution?

I was wondering if there was a way to simulate a higher display resolution on the wildfire now that the phone has been rooted. This would really be a great help as a lot of programs that do not support qvga would be able to run.

Do you mean to simulate the resolution or make them available in the market?
Most of the programs that we can not access in the market run just fine on QVGA, we just can not install them.
To enable installing....
I think we need (write)access to the market app which is still in a locked part of the phone, but if I have understood correctly that will change with the proper root, aka pretty soon.
As far as I know it also should be relative easy then to hack the "vendoring" part of the market app and just replace it within the phone (that's what they did with tattoo i think).
But, that said, I'm also very eagerly awaiting this. I have been using the htc sync for installing apps from .apk's. But not all programs can be found that way..

I mean i wish to "simulate a higher resolution". BTW u can use market enabler to view all apps in the android market (once your wildfire is rooted)

Alrighty.
I am already using market enabler, you can use it fine with the "1-click-root".
But i'm still missing quite a few apps from the market, as they have not been enabled for QVGA devices like tattoo and wildfire..

i have a patched market that may work to show other apps on market than just for our screen res. but i wont be able to do full test until i have a custom recovery.

Just use Appbrain to install apps from the computer it is so much easier, also you would not to be able to display a higher resolution display on a Lower resolution screen that would just defy the point of a lower resolution screen.

cashisback said:
Just use Appbrain to install apps from the computer it is so much easier, also you would not to be able to display a higher resolution display on a Lower resolution screen that would just defy the point of a lower resolution screen.
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Its annoying to update apps though.
For Mixzing I always have to uninstall and readd it on appbrain.

Skye Menjou said:
Its annoying to update apps though.
For Mixzing I always have to uninstall and readd it on appbrain.
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Yep, that's very true.

Damn, Didn't know you could use appbrain for that.
Thank you.
I actually had it installed but had always been "syncing it" from the phone via the google account, and that didn't work.... but if you connect it via the usb it seems to work, nice.
This actually resolves most of my problems

thereon said:
Damn, Didn't know you could use appbrain for that.
Thank you.
I actually had it installed but had always been "syncing it" from the phone via the google account, and that didn't work.... but if you connect it via the usb it seems to work, nice.
This actually resolves most of my problems
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Instead of using the USB you can download 'Fast Web Installer' on your HTC and once you click on install on a app that you like the look of on Appbrain.com it will Push the download to your phone and download it automatically as long as you have wifi on

It's not work, Appbrain sync found this but install don't work, market can't find package.

You need to be either in WiFi or in usb for normal appbrain to work.
Have not tried the web install method yet.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Web installer does not work, all synced up etc, but when i click on the app on appbrain, it says the requested item could not be found.

install the apps from www.appbrain.com not from appbrain application on the phone
it works 100%!

You need to install the fast web install app. Then it should work. As soon as you have root you could try the market patch for Tattoo. There is a version for 2.1 that could also work for the wildfire.

maybe a stupid question
but will this app do the job?
LCD Density Changer v3.2
www.twitter.com/beansoft
www.xda-developers.com/android/lcd-density-changer-application-v3-0-released/
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762070

tom781 said:
but will this app do the job?
LCD Density Changer v3.2
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I tried v2 of this and it just froze my phone, i cant find any newer versions to download anywhere and i cant see it on the market...

I personally agree that the long-term aim should be to enable all apps on the market, without needing a PC to download apps not designed for QVGA.
The Tattoo market patch was indeed achieved by editing a constant in the vending apk, but I cannot achieve this myself, and the developer of the original patch did not respond to my query as to how it was achieved on the tattoo.

tom781 said:
but will this app do the job?
LCD Density Changer v3.2
www.twitter.com/beansoft
www.xda-developers.com/android/lcd-density-changer-application-v3-0-released/
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762070
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Lowest value of this is 120 and WildFire already have this value in default, so this will not work.

yes i have tried the LCD Density changer and it didnt work .... hopefully they can make something just for the wildfire would be great !

[Q] Latest Youtube apk

Hello,
For some strange reason, I can't find the Youtube application on the market, whichever ROM I try. I used to get it fine on my HTC Magic but nothing on my HTC HD2.
I can't find Vocal Search either but that one can be found in CM's gapps.zip. No Youtube in that pack unfortunately...
So is there an address or thread that keeps an up-to-date .apk of the Youtube app ?
Thank you very much !

Install market enabler. Then launch market enabler, go to setting list, long press either us t-mobile or us-verizon. A menu will appear, press fake this provider now.
Now you'll be able to find the youtube app on market.

I know about that but I don't really want to install an app to get another app. I wouldn't use market enabler for anything else...

Check your PM.

DannyBiker said:
I know about that but I don't really want to install an app to get another app. I wouldn't use market enabler for anything else...
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There's a function called "Apps Un-installing", but then u already know dat.

Hi there. I installed a market enable but I still cannot find a youtube. is a reason because I'm from Serbia or what, i dont know. Please, if someone can give me a hand with this, I would be very happy. I found Maps and Gmail, but Youtube is the most important for me.

Found a solution. I didn't change a network in setings.
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Solution found or ??
Same for me, cant find it in belgium, tried to download market enabler and it doesnt work either :-s
I found an apk file online and it doenst want to open either...Did anyone find another solution to this problem?
Strange that youtube isnt default anyways, but i guess thats one price to pay for having an HD2 on android...still a cool and much better phone with android that f*@king windows. ;-o
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DannyBiker said:
Hello,
For some strange reason, I can't find the Youtube application on the market, whichever ROM I try. I used to get it fine on my HTC Magic but nothing on my HTC HD2.
I can't find Vocal Search either but that one can be found in CM's gapps.zip. No Youtube in that pack unfortunately...
So is there an address or thread that keeps an up-to-date .apk of the Youtube app ?
Thank you very much !
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If you're from Belgium and go to the android market website on your computer, you'll see you won't be able to install youtube.apk because it's not allowed in our country. Market enabler is an old well-known solution, but I recall Google having removed the separation between market-regio's so Market enabler was no longer required. So why suddenly is there some country-based restrictions again on some apps :/ Even youtube.. I mean I can easily open a brower on my computer in Belgium and just access youtube so I don't understand why it would be forbidden to open it from a smartphone.

srdjanLeo said:
Found a solution. I didn't change a network in setings.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Full GOOGLE Market now online!!! :-) (https://market.android.com/)

Hello all,
The FULL Market is now online! Just open up your browser on your tablet and go to https://market.android.com/ (don't forget the s in https) Then sign in and you'll be able to download and install any app from the Market! (I have done several searches for apps that usually don't show up and they were all there!)
While on a PC, you can't download to the PC, but you can browse the Market on the PC and click install and some how Google finds your tablet and installs it.
Tesla
Edit: I just noticed it does a compatibility check, so maybe not all apps. I believe you have to have the Market installed on your tablet.

yeah its pretty good. although it has a rather striking simularity to Appbrain. I hope that google bought into their product and integrated it rather than pretty much rip it off.

thefunkygibbon said:
yeah its pretty good. although it has a rather striking simularity to Appbrain. I hope that google bought into their product and integrated it rather than pretty much rip it off.
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But what is nice about Google's is that almost all the apps are downloadable.. even the ones that don't show up in the Market app. With AppBrain and AndroidZoom, if the app didn't show up in the Market app, then it wouldn't download.
It looks the same as the Google Market App.. I don't think they ripped it off.. unless the new Market was based on AppBrain??

Where does it download the apk to? I tried installing an app via the web Market in Dolphin HD. The downloading symbol appeared in the notification bar for a few seconds, then disappeared, and that's it. Nothing else, and can't find a downloaded apk anywhere... It did a compatibility check before downloading, and my archos came up in the list of devices I could install to...

@fisha21
After you have found downloading symbol then open Market app. It will install app for you.

jakkrith said:
@fisha21
After you have found downloading symbol then open Market app. It will install app for you.
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D'OH! And thank you

has anyone else noticed that the google market website has suddenly stopped listing their archos even though it listed it previously?
It still shows my HTC Desire when I go to my market account in the top right and click on the settings tab, but no longer lists my archos 101? (I am logged into the archos using the same google account).
it used to list it but with some details missing from certain fields.
I have gappsforarchos v4 Market installed, and the archos is rooted with archangel v2, (I have tried 'market enabler' but it made no difference.)
I dont know if its relevant, but I re-did the market fix (where you delete the market cache etc) the other day, maybe this effected it?

My Archos 101 showed up last night and I just checked now and its still there.
Don't know what you did!

CarsnGadgets said:
I dont know if its relevant, but I re-did the market fix (where you delete the market cache etc) the other day, maybe this effected it?
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Yes I've had my device show up one day and disappear after the market fix.

did you ever manage to get it to show again?

CarsnGadgets said:
did you ever manage to get it to show again?
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It showed after the market did an automatic update. But when I fixed the market again that was needed after the upgrade it disappeared again.
I managed to get it back when I did an uninstall upgraded version in the apps management.
Anyway I hate the market website it can't even show what apps are installed it will show apps that where installed even when they where removed afterwards. I rather use appsbrain that site seems to be stable and you can manage your own devices/lists.

My online market was able to see my A70 up until this morning when i installed the new firmware. I did the market fix 5 times, but it doesn't seem to be working. And now I can't even install from the web market.
Anyone know a solution. Is there a new market fix that works better?

Umm I know it's recommended to actually go to the new market site (including the "s") but is there a .apk for it instead?? I'm just asking if anyone knows of a new .apk for it cuz for me it would be simpler.
Side question: Is this "new" Full Google Market site the newly updated gApps V5 or is it more like a new V6? I have aApps V5 and all of a sudden I noticed a few days ago the whole look of the Google Market when I click on my Market Apps icon was a little different. The area near the search bar at the top changed from all green and white-to all gray with a different font. This new look of the Google Marketplace is what I see when I click on my Market App icon, not the website.