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HI all, this past weekend Kies popped up with a notification that there was a firmware upgrade for my Galaxy S. I immediately downloaded and installed it, I guess a newbie mistake. When completed I found that all my apps vanished and my settings went back to out of the box state. Though annoying I spent much of Saturday morning trying to get my phone back to where I had it before the update. The issue now though is that when I log into the market I find I am unable to download certain apps, I get to the install button on the phone then I get an error message "file not found". This is troublesome as there are a few apps that I had before the upgrade that I can no longer install, including paid apps, (examples Pandora, Pure Calendar) nor am I able to install certain new apps. I read that the market will no longer display protected content after this upgrade. I spoke to Samsung who told me to take the phone back to the Bell store. Bell told me to call Samsung as it is a firmware issue
Has anyone else experienced this, and does anyone know of a solution to the problem.
Thank you
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HI all, this past weekend Kies popped up with a notification that there was a firmware upgrade for my Galaxy S. I immediately downloaded and installed it, I guess a newbie mistake. When completed I found that all my apps vanished and my settings went back to out of the box state. Though annoying I spent much of Saturday morning trying to get my phone back to where I had it before the update. The issue now though is that when I log into the market I find I am unable to download certain apps, I get to the install button on the phone then I get an error message "file not found". This is troublesome as there are a few apps that I had before the upgrade that I can no longer install, including paid apps, (examples Pandora, Pure Calendar) nor am I able to install certain new apps. I read that the market will no longer display protected content after this upgrade. I spoke to Samsung who told me to take the phone back to the Bell store. Bell told me to call Samsung as it is a firmware issue
Has anyone else experienced this, and does anyone know of a solution to the problem.
Thank you
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Some people suffered market problems after upgrading to the UK-released JM1 last week. Apparently Samsung has to notify Google that they released an official update, so that Google allows access to paid and copy protected apps for that firmware. It took a couple of days for everyone to see everything over here. Maybe you just have to wait a bit (?)
Same happened here in Australia.. It was fixed the next day. I called Samsung to complain about it (when it was still happening) and was told that there was nothing they could do (which seemed like rubbish to me)..
If you are updating to a unsupported (beta) fw, make sure you install a rom or replace your build.prop file with a supported fw file.
Hi my phone is a month old now, everything is stock..no mods so far..I am having multiple problems with my phone.
- I cannot download anything from Market..it starts download and then 'download unsuccessful'
- FM radio never worked for me, not even after manually tuning it.
- I am not able to use wifi..it just says 'obtaining address...'
I did a factory reset yesterday and after that I was able to download 2~3 apps from Market..but today I am facing the same issue again.
Please help me guys..
Thanks guys for the help, it turns out that the issue was exactly what you said, but maybe more to the point, my own impatience.
Thanks again
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If you are updating to a unsupported (beta) fw, make sure you install a rom or replace your build.prop file with a supported fw file.
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I am on the Captivate running the beta I897UCJH2 firmware. I have market issue with some apps (e.g., Asphalt 5 HD, Fandango, and G4Tv) not showing up. I tried your method of copying over the build.prop file from the official I897UCJF6 firmware release. Even rebooted after doing that. The missing apps never showed up, so I reverted back to the JH2 build.prop file. Any other suggestions to fix my issue?
P.S. - Spoke too soon. This does work. Someone suggested clearing Market cache, followed by reboot, and then installing and reinstalling a couple of apps. And that did the trick.
from what i can gather it seems to be related to a location issue, as in certain apps will not show up for some countries and other apps will, etc.
so if you load firmwares from different geographic location the market is filtering what it allows/not allows bassed on the rom firmware location.
it'll be great if we can remove that filter and have it show everything online.
the work around that i do is find and download the apps via browser, instead of market
also avoid the barcode scanner downloads, which just launches the market app
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from what i can gather it seems to be related to a location issue, as in certain apps will not show up for some countries and other apps will, etc.
so if you load firmwares from different geographic location the market is filtering what it allows/not allows bassed on the rom firmware location.
it'll be great if we can remove that filter and have it show everything online.
the work around that i do is find and download the apps via browser, instead of market
also avoid the barcode scanner downloads, which just launches the market app
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Are you saying there a site where I can get the all the apks for these missing apps downloaded by bypassing the market? I have never run across it so far. Every one of the solutions so far has the phone launching the market app at some point, which fails, as the apps are not listed or downloadable there. The apps I am talking about are all free and should be legally able to be sideloaded, but how?
I'm having a problem with psx4droid.
I'm unsure if this is the improper place for this thread, so please inform me if it is so and I will take necessary actions (if any are necessary).
What i'm using:
Model: Android Transform (SPH-M920)
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
If there are any other specs that are required for diagnosis and the solution to my problem, then please inquire!*
My problem:
I have downloaded and installed psx4droid v1.1 and BIOS file schp1001.bin, uploaded Final Fantasy VII .bin ROM and am having an issue loading the game.
As soon as I tap on the Final Fantasy VII Disc 1.bin, I am brought to a black screen where it then takes me back to the "select ROM" screen and doesn't load the game.
What i've tried:
I've tried re-installing psx4droid using online tutorials, downloading and installing new bios files, re-uploading newly created FFVII .bin files, uploading and trying FFVII.pbp (eBOOT) and .img files, changing and messing around with the psx4droid settings, changing and messing around with my phones settings, closing out applications that may be interfering with psx4droid/FFVII, and everything else that I can think of.
Now I am at a loss, I don't know what to do. This should be working, according to the description of psx4droid in the market place.
I hope someone can help me find a solution to this problem soon.
Thanks all!
Well this really isn't a answer to your problem persay. But I too am having the same issue. My FFVII worked fine with the earlier psx4droid releases. However, when the latest release of 1.1 came out a day or so ago my FFVII quit working the same as yours. I would say it might be the release over anything else you tried. I went back to the last release that worked fine of psx4droid 1.0.9, which everything now runs fine on. I also noticed the latest release of psx4droid drops ALOT of framerates from the games I did get to work with it. In my opinion 1.1 is a bad release and creates more problems then I believe it fixed. I'd google 1.0.9 and upload the .apk onto your system and hopefully that version will work just fine for you.
Can't find a version of 1.0.9 anywhere. Think I could help finding this?
Hope the admins/mods won't mind us posting a link to help more people in the future
Ok, I found a download link for this version at a place called mediafire.
This will be your code at the end of the link placed in your browser: ?sh9f0ww7dzbuzgo
Alright, I've "updated" to v1.0.9 and it appears that things are doing better; but my only problem now is that when I launch the game (FFVII.bin) it just goes to a blank, black screen. I'm almost there, I can feel it!
Any ideas on what to do with the black screen?
I usually d/l my psx roms from doperoms.com. they always seem to be of good quality. Maybe try that next. Also, what device are you running psx on?
These version numbers seem to suggest you're pirating old versions and not obtaining the latest from the market....
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These version numbers seem to suggest you're pirating old versions and not obtaining the latest from the market....
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Hardly, I paid for my copy. However the latest release of psx4droid in my opinion is garbage so thanks to titanium backup I restored my previous version.
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These version numbers seem to suggest you're pirating old versions and not obtaining the latest from the market....
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The way I see it is he's basically downloading a backup .exe file to an earlier version, because the dev guys didn't care enough to leave any download links to those. Which, is legal, might I add
I paid for a program that doesn't work with the newest version, so i'm going to downgrade to the version that works!
Have you tried compressing your games w/ IceTea v1.3?
This has helped me run games that wouldn't run in a .bin format.
It's annoying that extra steps are needed but it also reduces the file size by a lot!!
This 'cyanogenmod 7 RC' ROM is Great! all things Considering.(don't really care bout 4G, and full HDMI Support coming soon) i haven't ran into any major mechanical issue/s (Thus-far) but i did ran into some minor Malfunctions but were easily corrected i.e. voice recognition, WiFi connections,inaccurate GPS location,etc..
But there is one issue that I've notice that i find kinda strange...
after i have updated from 'CM6.1.2-STABLE' ROM to 'CM7-RC' ROM, thanks to ROM Manager's 'OTA' Update
it have seem to have lost the ability to play Emulators of ALL kinds(gba-Snes-psx4droid,etc)
My known problem i am experiencing is "As soon as I tap on the Game, with a .bin ext(or of any ext), I am brought to a black screen-- then takes me back to the "select ROM" screen again and doesn't load the game.
i have done many things to had try repair this issue, like:
-Re-installing ROM w/ wipe cache,
-Installed other versions of the Emu's.
i have searched (google'd) for others like me that are experiencing this on 'cyanogenmod 7 RC' ROM. but sadly, non where found...
Problem with PSX4DROID?
Solution: Get Fpse for Android and forget about that P.O.S.
I can say Fpse works amazingly well, it's a emulator that's actually worth the money
I started playing GT2 and FFVIII again when I'm on the go and both work just like on the PS1, loading times are faster then on the actual PS1
I was wondering, before I buy this great app, will it work for the new phones running gingerbread?
Reason I ask is because I just updated my phone to android 2.3.2(Gingerbread) and now ALL my emulators (including PSX4DROID) are non-fuctional. And also, those it support wii controllers or any other type input controllers?
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I was wondering, before I buy this great app, will it work for the new phones running gingerbread?
Reason I ask is because I just updated my phone to android 2.3.2(Gingerbread) and now ALL my emulators (including PSX4DROID) are non-fuctional. And also, those it support wii controllers or any other type input controllers?
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Here's Android Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.emulator.fpse
It shows that it supports 2.2 and up so it could work, that's interesting how all your emulators stopped working.
So my phone is now unlocked and i followed everything in the activation guide except calling Microsoft for the activation code yet.
and I managed to download some apps through my laptop and installed to my phone and worked
but i tried 2 games which were "the Harvest" and "Twin Blades" and they don't work
but also i installed a LG game which worked fine
so i was wondering if this is because i still didn't activate live services or the HD2 isn't capable of playing WP7 games after all ??
Thanx in advance
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So my phone is now unlocked and i followed everything in the activation guide except calling Microsoft for the activation code yet.
and I managed to download some apps through my laptop and installed to my phone and worked
but i tried 2 games which were "the Harvest" and "Twin Blades" and they don't work
but also i installed a LG game which worked fine
so i was wondering if this is because i still didn't activate live services or the HD2 isn't capable of playing WP7 games after all ??
Thanx in advance
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Hi
I installed "Twin Blades" trial from the market (activated) and it worked fine.
I tried installing "Harvest" through my computer, like how you did it (I think)it installed, but didn't open/run.
I then tried installing Harvest trial again, but this time using the market, and it worked fine.
There might be a difference between the trial versions and full versions (in terms of installing / running), but I haven't tried purchasing any games yet.
Some xbox live titles work when you install it through desktop. So it's just a hit or miss when trying out apps that way. Either way, it is recommended to get an activation code to get the full WP7 experience.
I believe you used WP7 3MktPlace to download the games. Am I right? In this case you just have to wait for the vbguy (the creator of 3MktPlace) to update the software. He already found a way to make an automated patch for XBL games. (games other than Xbox LIVE games should work fine with current software)
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I believe you used WP7 3MktPlace to download the games. Am I right? In this case you just have to wait for the vbguy (the creator of 3MktPlace) to update the software. He already found a way to make an automated patch for XBL games. (games other than Xbox LIVE games should work fine with current software)
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yes exactly i downloaded using 3mktplace then installed using tom xap installer
so the only limitation from not activating the code will be using xbox live accounts or signing in to windows live accounts only?
and could u plz tell me more about this update??
also, is 3mktplace the only way yet to get apps and games other than the built in market place?
Thanx in advance
yes the only limitations are not being able to access windows live (includes x box live, live accounts) and marketplace.
3mrktplace isn't the only other way, there is another one, can't remember it but i think it's on xda.
Im sorry, Im afraid that I cant be more helpful in this matter. I don't know much about the updates except what I read in his blog. All I know is, in his latest blog entry he wrote that he already found a way to fix all those XBL games and he will integrate this new patch in new version of 3MrktPlace (v0.5). I think we should sit tight and wait for the updates, it wont take long
I only use 3MrktPlace btw, so I dont know about the other stuff. I browse the marketplace apps through zune, and I'll download apps through 3MrktPlace.
oh btw ahmedsalem89 : Get the activation code. Just call them. It's worth the try.
Thanx
I will Call them as soon as I'm sure that I'll be sticking with WinPhone 7 and not returning to android at least for a while
Hello.
I've installed android SDK on my acer aspire ax1300 computer twice now & the android SDK works fine but has left my computer running horrible. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem or perhaps has a solution?
Specifically the problem i get is that when i try to open a web page at random times throughout the day i will get "windows can not display the web page" it offers a point to select diagnose problem so i do & it comes back "there does not seem to be anything wrong" It then refreshes the web page to where i was going and everything works fine. It does this maybe 10x in a day. Also i noticed that trying to view web pages takes a lot more time..i mean A LOT more & the time it takes to shut down has increased as well. I know android sdk is a huge file but i still have a ton of memory left so I know its not a memory issue or a installed issue since its working fine. My thought was maybe it was a paths directory issue but i cant find any info to support this or even why i thought this...jus do i guess,. lol.
solutions i've tried1st) i uninstalled android sdk to see if it would do it with it uninstalled which it does not...only when android sdk is installed do i have these problems
2nd) i double checked to make sure my computer meets the requirements set forth by google which it does
3rd) i tried to look through countless forums including videos from theunlockr.com & have not came across anyone with this problem or similiar for that matter
4th) i defragmented my hard drive
5th) i disabled indexing
6th) cleared computer of unwanted files & disabled unnecessary files from within the start up menu
7th) i finally caved and came to the experts here on xda for help...please help me fix this issue or i will have to ban my hopes of having android sdk & a working computer
8th) i disabled Aero
9th) i ran avg pc tuneup including cleanup/defrag/tweaks/optimize/registry repair & registry defragment all of which did not seem to help the issue
10th) installed firefox to see if i would have the same issue...will report back after some time using to see if it helped
Thanks in advance to any help any member gives or any nudge in the right direction ?:^D
also if i kill the process to adb.exe & java.exe i notice a huge system improvement..soo... . i then tried to visit sites that had been giving me problems & i did not seem to have those same issues. web sites seem to load much faster also signing out of yahoo is much quicker. (it would take a very long time to sign out of yahoo before..normally i would have to click sign out many times)
anyone with info/help & also wouldn't mind passing it along i would be very appreciative.
so i figured out what was causing my problem..not to sure how to fx it but i wanted to list it just incase someone else runs into the same issue i have had.
i have a cisco router which worked fine when i dont have android sdk installed but when i do i cant use the router. well i can but it gives me the problems listed above. when i unplug the router my computer runs & works just fine so i know its the router that has been giving me problems. i guess i'll look for a new router and hopefully i wont have that problem anymore.
I've been collecting free apps from Amazon on my rooted NC for awhile now. At the time I got each of these apps, they were listed as "compatible" with my device.
Now suddenly a lot of them are not, and I am unable to go back and re-install the ones that I had removed.
Even worse, pretty much everything I've tried so far today to grab has come up as incompatible. Even really simple stuff that should have no problem running.
Oddly, at some point early on, Amazon listed my device as simply "Nook Color". Most of the apps are still showing as compatible with that device. Unfortunately, that's not what Amazon thinks my NC is anymore! I now have a second device on my list called "BarnesAndNoble NOOKcolor", which almost nothing is compatible with.
So then I wanted to check to see if Amazon was behind this, maybe to screw B&N fans. But nope! The Android Marketplace lists every game I've checked so far today as incompatible with my NC!!!
That's certainly news to me, considering some of the games I checked are currently installed on my NC and work perfectly.
I'm not sure what's going on here, but it's sort of scaring me. Who's locking down my rooted NC? If the official android marketplace says everything is incompatible... there aren't a lot of options for getting apps.
Do search with "Market" keyword, you will see about 10 threads with many responses and instructions how to fix this.
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Do search with "Market" keyword, you will see about 10 threads with many responses and instructions how to fix this.
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There are quite a few threads found that way, but none of the ones I read helped. I did the "stop/restart Framework/Google and reload" and nothing changed. Most of the others seem to be related to problems with the new market, which was working perfectly for me up until today, or problems run into right after rooting. I've been rooted for about 5 months with no market problems of any kind, and I haven't changed anything on my NC for over a month.
I also tried clearing the settings for the Amazon market and also deregistered the device from my amazon account, forcing it to re-register. Still no luck.
Anyone else seeing this, or have another suggestion?
My old market and new market were working fine too, just like yours, until a few days ago. If you try the 160 dpi/reboot/clear-data-from-market procedure below and that doesn't work, then you may have a totally unique problem that just happens to have the same variety of symptoms everyone else is having. (I'm doubtful.) This procedure seems to be fixing the problem for almost everyone else. Did you try it? It fixed mine.
1) set dpi to 160 in build.prop
2) reboot
3) clear market app data (force close first may help?)
4) restart market, accept terms, let it rebuild data at 160 dpi
5) profit
the above we all seem to agree on now. Next steps are more speculative
6) set dpi back to 161 (or whatever you had)
7) reboot
8) profit indefinitely (unknown how long this lasts; I rebooted >5 times including flashing a nightly w/o issue)
9) do NOT clear data again as this rebuilds data at the wrong dpi again.
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Thanks, I had tried the first half, but not the second. I used manual nooter, so my dpi entries originally looked like:
ro.sf.lcd_density.xdpi=169.3333
ro.sf.lcd_density.ydpi=169.3333
I don't know if that makes a difference.
Anyway, I just tried the second half of the above process but I'm still showing as incompatible. I wonder if I need to re-noot.
Everyone trying to be helpful here seems to miss the poster's dilemma. He is talking about the Amazon Market, not the Android Market. Hopefully someone familiar with the workings of the Amazon Market will chime in with some suggestions.
My original problem was with Amazon's market, but it looks like that's just a symptom of the bigger problem that I noticed first because I use it every day, as opposed to much less frequent use of the android market.
But the Android market suffers the same problem and from what I've read online it sounds like the problem was started with changes by Google that Amazon also adopted.
Interestingly I noticed this for the first time last night on the Android market and this morning with the Amazon market. Ebook downloads presently are unaffected to my rooted NC. Amazon recognizes my device as an Android but when I tried to make an app purchase this morning it suddenly tried to download it to a BN Nook. Amazon emailed me this morning saying that unless I have their market preloaded by the manufacturer they do not support it. Collusion?
I got the "not compatible" message after installing the most recent update from the Amazon App Store. Fortunately, I have the very first app store apk. I uninstalled the updated app store, then installed the old apk, logged in and then updated it and for some reason that worked for me. You might try not updating also to see if that works. I am not using CM7 though and I'm not manualnootered. I'm minirooted meaning I can side load apps and have superuser access, but no Android Market access and some other things.
I have attached the apk I used. I hope it works for you.
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Interestingly I noticed this for the first time last night on the Android market and this morning with the Amazon market. Ebook downloads presently are unaffected to my rooted NC. Amazon recognizes my device as an Android but when I tried to make an app purchase this morning it suddenly tried to download it to a BN Nook. Amazon emailed me this morning saying that unless I have their market preloaded by the manufacturer they do not support it. Collusion?
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A better question would be is Amazon trying to bork the Nook Color with their app?
Anyone else have a suggestion for getting the Android Market working again for me?
thanks for the APK, I'll try it when I have a chance... But since the Android market from Google doesn't work either I'm hoping for a fix to that.
If you make the change in your build.prop “ro.product.manufacturer=BarnesAndNoble” to “ro.product.manufacturer=samsung” then reboot the device. This seems to fix most of the device compatibility problems in the Amazon appstore. I went down the top 100 paid and free app list, and the only apps that came up with the compatibility problems after doing this are,
Soundhound
Peggle
Thumb keyboard
Trainz simulator THD
Chuzzle
Talking Tom Cat
flexT9
GrooVe IP
Ultra Voice Changer
TV.com
Compass
Also attached is the amazon appstore v.1.14, it has the double click buying fix, but does not give all the compatibility issues. With installing this version does fix the compatibility problem, but you will be constantly hounded with the update reminder.
I don't use Facebook, but I was able to find, install and open the Facebook app with the new market. Do the density change using 240. Its more stable than 160 for whatever reason.
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If you make the change in your build.prop “ro.product.manufacturer=BarnesAndNoble” to “ro.product.manufacturer=samsung” then reboot the device. This seems to fix most of the device compatibility problems in the Amazon appstore.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it had no effect. The first four apps i tried not on your list all came up incompatible, as did stuff on the google market.
I'll try your attachment to see if it helps. Thx!
kayak and tripit does not install
Running MN4.5 on NC. Kayak and Tripit are visible in Market and downloads - but I get a window that just says "error".
Any suggestions?
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Also attached is the amazon appstore v.1.14, it has the double click buying fix, but does not give all the compatibility issues. With installing this version does fix the compatibility problem, but you will be constantly hounded with the update reminder.
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The old version of the market is working! I was able to install a number of apps that didn't previously work.
Now if I could just get the Google market to work!
Thanks for that link!
I was having the same problem with the AMAZON appstore (but not the android marketplace, for some reason) but I couldn't find the old amazon appstore apk. Going back to it totally fixed the problem. But you're right, the constant reminders to update the apk are a pain in the whatsus.
Also try going into application management and goto market and tap uninstall updates. Also use titanium backup or similar program to freeze market updater.
By what I read, I bet amazon is trying to block the competition because they are fixing to come out with their own tablets and by horning something like the nook you might be enticed to buy their tablet.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
My markets all seem to do whatever the f*ck they want the moment i need an application that was perfectly available minutes before. What i've done to get around the issue if neither the market or the amazon store have what i'm looking for is: (i know its tedious but hey it works)
1) install astro
2) using your android phone assuming you have one, download the applications you want regardless of them being compatible with the nook color according to the android market.
3) once your files are installed on your phone use astro to create a backup of the .apk files you want (open astro > menu > tools > application manager/backup)
4) i then take my sd card out of my phone and pop it into my nook color and install my apps through w.e file manager it is i have on the nook color
all the games that i cant normally download onto my nook through the official methods i've been able to install and play through the method i've been using. not ALL apps will allow you to back them up though =/