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Android market, doesn't remember my downloads?

Hi everyone
So I just flashed cyanogens 5.0 mod and I just assumed android market would remember what applications I had downloaded (yes, I'm an Android newbie) so you can imagine my surprise when only one of my previous downloads showed up!
I have no idea where I got it from but I was under the impression the Google saved my download history in Market? I mean it obviously remembered that one application lol
Any help is appreciated!

It does sort of. On the first boot after flashing a Tom go straight to the downloads and your apparently will show. Install all your Alps right then, if you leave the download page they go away. I hop Google fixes that soon.

iVisionX01 said:
It does sort of. On the first boot after flashing a Tom go straight to the downloads and your apparently will show. Install all your Alps right then, if you leave the download page they go away. I hop Google fixes that soon.
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No way! So I'm screwed? Well that sucks...
Is there really no other way? If I re-flash it, will I be given the same "chance" to go to market right away, or was that a one shot deal?

I think its one shot but it would hurt yo try.

No luck... I guess I'm screwed huh
Actually another 5 apps showed up in Market after a while, but that's it.
I'm still in shock that it didn't remember all my apps, I mean, whats the requirement?? gah...

Sorry man, at least it will always remember your paid apps even when you switch devices. But for next time if you wipe first thing you do is redownload your apps.

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Sorry man, at least it will always remember your paid apps even when you switch devices. But for next time if you wipe first thing you do is redownload your apps.
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Lesson learned my friend, lesson learned...
Thx for the help!

Actually, when you boot up your phone for the first time (or after a wipe), there's an option for you to select if you want Google to save all your settings. If you don't check this option, your downloads (and other stuff I'm not exactly too sure about) won't save when you wipe or change phones.
I flashed Cyanogen's ROM yesterday and my whole list of downloads were there. Downloading them was a bit of a hassle though...

TaFFeR said:
Actually, when you boot up your phone for the first time (or after a wipe), there's an option for you to select if you want Google to save all your settings. If you don't check this option, your downloads (and other stuff I'm not exactly too sure about) won't save when you wipe or change phones.
I flashed Cyanogen's ROM yesterday and my whole list of downloads were there. Downloading them was a bit of a hassle though...
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Yeah I do get that question after flashing, have no memory of getting it first time I started the phone tho.
I always checked that option when I got it, thinking it was a good idea, guess I'll try not checking it next time, but I guess by now the damage is already done.

Hey, I just restored my nandroid to before cyanogen, and all the apps are there now in downloads again.
Perhaps there's a way to save this yet

Missing apps
Actually thing happened to me today after installing 5.0
all of my apps where gone except for the paid ones so what i did was restore from my nand backup copied all of my apps down, and then i went ahead and re flashed 5.0
hope that helps
(hope you did a nand backup before flashing )
thanks
M3manny

Celeborn_81 said:
Hey, I just restored my nandroid to before cyanogen, and all the apps are there now in downloads again.
Perhaps there's a way to save this yet
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All hope is not lost.
-Restore Nandroid
-Flash CyanMod and Google Apps
-Reboot
-Do what I showed you before
-Enjoy your apps

Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.

uansari1 said:
Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.
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Well you don't know how many apps he has and there's always the chance that you forget some that you liked.

uansari1 said:
Is it really worth the hassle to avoid redownloading all the apps? I'm assuming by now the OP could have reinstalled the apps a hundred times already.
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Sure I could have done that, but I'm used (from the windows mobile world) to flashing my phone at least once a week, and I'll probably keep that up here so I want to make sure I have a simple way to restore my applications afterwards.
I appreciate the help everyone, I'll try to re-flash later and see if they show up

Flashed CM 5.0 beta 3 now and went straight to market and voila, all my apps are present! :-D
Thanks everyone for taking your time to help me!

[Q] LauncherPro Plus keeps refreshing - possible SD Card issue?

I wasn't sure where to post this so I hope this will do...
All of a sudden today my MT4G with LauncherPro Plus keeps refreshing or restarting or something on the home screen. Sometimes it does it every minute or so other times it does it so rapidly the home screen isn't even showing up before it does it again.
Worst part aside from the annoying bright flash every time it happens is that it kicks me out of apps to do it.
It's not a Force Close and no errors pop up it just refreshes to the Home screen as if I hit the Home button or restarted LauncherPro.
I am so confused.
I have no new apps recently, but I did Root a few days ago using The Unlockr's Visionary root.sh method. Had no problems when doing it and phone has been fine since until this. No custom ROM yet, still on Stock 2.2.1 while I research which one I want to get.
I already wrote to the LauncherPro people who thought it might be because Keep in Memory was checked, but it isn't checked so no help there.
There was one point when I unmounted my SD card to put it in the pc to get to the files because this issue kept kicking me out of Astro and I couldn't get anything done. And while the card was out, it did not do it. As soon as the card was back in though it started up again.
Sometimes restarting LP will help, but other times it will make it go more frequently. So frustrating.
Can anyone help or at least point me in the right direction. I have a video of it if that will help to post it, but it doesn't show much, just the home screen restarting several times. Also happy to provide any more info anyone thinks might be helpful it stopping this.
Thanks so much!
Jen

Uninstall it then reinstall it can't u back up your settings if so when reinstall restore settings hopes this helps
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Yes, I have my settings backed up and I've tried to uninstall it, but I can't stay in the market or manage apps long enough to do it, it keeps kicking me out. Is there another way to get to the uninstall screen for it?

This is way to Uninstall a app from pc you have to have adb install on your computer before doing this. blog.artuc.net/how-to-uninstall-android-applications-via-your-computer/
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Tez MyTouch said:
This is way to Uninstall a app from pc you have to have adb install on your computer before doing this. blog.artuc.net/how-to-uninstall-android-applications-via-your-computer/
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OK thank you very much I will check that out tomorrow. Don't want to try something new half asleep. LOL

Uninstall didn't work :-( it's still doing it. Not quite as frequently but bad enough I am still getting kicked out of apps. I'm wondering if it is even a launcherpro issue since I never had a problem before yesterday. Any and all suggestions, help, advice and ideas welcome. I'll try anything this is driving me crazy!

Lol try the Uninstall method but instead install another launcher then press the home button to choice the newly installed launcher and see if that works ?
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Tried ADW Launcher and it did the same thing :-( Guess it is not LP after all. I put LP back and reboot. As of now it is not doing it, but I am very afraid to reboot or do anything in case it starts up again LOL
Can't help wondering if when I flash a new ROM it might stop altogether...

is this issue solved?

aaronsuarez95 said:
is this issue solved?
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It seems to be. After I did a nandroid backup it did it a few more times then I reboot and it hasn't done it since.

Sorraia3 said:
It seems to be. After I did a nandroid backup it did it a few more times then I reboot and it hasn't done it since.
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ever tried wiping cache + dalvik cache then fixing permissions in recovery?

aznprodgy said:
ever tried wiping cache + dalvik cache then fixing permissions in recovery?
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I have cleared the app caches, but I do not know how to do the rest.

Sorraia3 said:
I have cleared the app caches, but I do not know how to do the rest.
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well depending on what ROM you have installed (Im assuming stock froyo after reading the OP), just run the ROM Manager app and then "reboot into recovery". from there, the recovery screen comes up. you can then "wipe cache partition", then "advanced>wipe dalvik cache". finally, "advanced>fix permissions" and after its done you can then reboot your phone. this USUALLY fixes a lot of problems with FC's and other issues

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well depending on what ROM you have installed (Im assuming stock froyo after reading the OP), just run the ROM Manager app and then "reboot into recovery". from there, the recovery screen comes up. you can then "wipe cache partition", then "advanced>wipe dalvik cache". finally, "advanced>fix permissions" and after its done you can then reboot your phone. this USUALLY fixes a lot of problems with FC's and other issues
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Update: It has continued to do it, not constantly, and seemingly randomly, but yeah, not totally fixed. Going to flash the new CM7, trying to fix other issues, maybe that will help.
I did try your above advice, wiped the caches, fixed permissions... it was stable for a few days then started up again. Really bad at first, like I wasn't even seeing the screen before it flashed again repeatedly. That was about a week or so ago... Now it is still doing it but every couple minutes instead. I mostly don't notice it unless I am in one of the apps it kicks me out of when it happens. Really really annoying. hopefully the new ROM will help.

Has anyone else been having this problem or found a solution. I've been trying to flash a new ROM this weekend, but can't stay in any apps long enough to prepare the phone for it. Titanium Backup and ROM Manager keep closing because of the launcher restarts. Not force closes, they just exit out and go back to the home screen which just keeps refreshing. I can't stay in Apps2Sd Pro long enough to move apps, can't stay in the market to update apps, and can't uninstall anything, I can't even stay in Astro long enough to do anything. It's driving me insane and I really want to make sure as many apps as I can are moved to the SD card and backed up to flash the new ROM. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Xperia Play epicly failing....please help?

What's going on guys? I've had my Play for a while and for the most part I love it...def could be faster but thats ok.
So, the problem. I'm rooted, but stock rom and kernel. I was using go launcher, go sms and have alot of apps, a 32gb sd card thats almost full. I installed go locker a couple nights ago and it was running great. Then, the next day, I have no clue if it relates to go locker...but now my phone is like on life support or something!
75% of apps force close upon opening, the phone is deathly slow if it doesnt close...like I'll open up "settings" and it will either FC or take 2 minutes to load up...then it loads and I click something and it FCs. SOMETIMES an app will open fine, play fine. Like muffin knight, sometimes it opens and plays 100%. other times it instantly FCs over and over. Every single app no matter how complex is subject to the same problems in the same way.
I honestly have no clue wtf is wrong. It feels analgous to a computer virus. Everything is bogged and broken. I tried cleaning my phone. I uninstalled every launcher and theme app, and then uninstalled about a dozen apps I dont use alot. I left mself with the bare minumum....Id then open the "messaging" app and it would crawl open to greet me with a force close. It doesnt seem to be a problem with any specific app.
I checked battery use....very normal stuff. I don't know whats going on!! but my phone barely works....someone will call and it will take 10 seconds for me to be able to slide the slider and accept the call...
Anyone have any direction for me? I don't want to flash any kernels or roms yet (waiting for 100% stability) and I'm busy right now w tests and I just want my phone back to how it was a few days ago. I'm using adw launcher now and its the same as with the go launcher or without anything....slow, force closes everywhere, hang ups everywhere...
thanks SO much for any help from anybody...I really appreciate it.

What device are you running? R800x? R800i?
Is your bootloader unlocked? What firmware/android version are you on?
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Leraeniesh said:
What device are you running? R800x? R800i?
Is your bootloader unlocked? What firmware/android version are you on?
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r800x, unlocked bootloader through hardfix with Alejandrissimo....and most current Verizon firmware so 2.3.4 (right?)
since I rooted it I haven't messed it with it much, just took the liberty of using apps like root explorer and stuff

Dyelon said:
r800x, unlocked bootloader through hardfix with Alejandrissimo....and most current Verizon firmware so 2.3.4 (right?)
since I rooted it I haven't messed it with it much, just took the liberty of using apps like root explorer and stuff
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If you have CWR installed I'd try to wipe the cache and dalvik cache. I've had weird things like that happen and wiping them fixes it.
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Clienterror said:
If you have CWR installed I'd try to wipe the cache and dalvik cache. I've had weird things like that happen and wiping them fixes it.
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I don't think I do....I'm really noob when it comes to the in depth rooting stuff but I don't even think I have a nandroid backup...
I can boot to that orange screen and I did save my state when I initially rooted...
How do I clear the caches for that stuff? Davlik, can that be done thru titanium backup?
and what about the other cache? How do I see if I have clockword recovery? (I never intentionally installed it so I don't think I have it?)

Okay so I wiped the davlik cache (like 24mb) thru titanium backup....and then I reinstalled the market (one of the more troublesome apps to open)...and then rebooted.
Tried opening a few apps in succession upon boot, and for the first time ever the phone froze and rebooted itself!
What the hell is going on?? Lol my phone was fine a few days ago and now its just insufferable!!
Any more ideas as to whats going on?
I never dled clockwork mod so I don't think I can wipe that cache?

Deleting dalvik-cache via Titanium Backup only deletes "unneeded" caches. You need to delete every dalvik-cache by going into data/dalvik-cache and deleting every file in it. Then reboot, which will rebuild the caches (first boot will take a while)

jacklebott said:
Deleting dalvik-cache via Titanium Backup only deletes "unneeded" caches. You need to delete every dalvik-cache by going into data/dalvik-cache and deleting every file in it. Then reboot, which will rebuild the caches (first boot will take a while)
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I deleted every file in the davlik cache folder...rebooted.
No change. Takes 10 seconds to open the phone...everything is slow/force closing.
Sigh. My phone is possessed and/or dying.

Then I suggest backing up your user-apps (if still possible) and doing a factory reset

Do a nandroid backup, then factory reset. Then install apps one by one testing for stability after each. If an app is causing problems that will identify it. Or provide us with a list of your apps and we could help determine if one of them may be the culprit.

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Then I suggest backing up your user-apps (if still possible) and doing a factory reset
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Wouldn't factory reset erase my root? Or no?
I paid for that root haha that would be disappointing

Dyelon said:
Wouldn't factory reset erase my root? Or no?
I paid for that root haha that would be disappointing
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I assume you paid to unlock the bootloader (reset does nothing to this). Root is much more easily obtained
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859

It won't. factory rest doesn't wrote the system partition where root is located.

Factory reset.

Please dont be scared of losing root, just use the search bar and type in doomlord zergrush. His script has to be the easiest most automated way to get root on any xeria firmware ever

TheCraig said:
Factory reset.
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Just want to thank you guys alot. I backed up everything i cared about in Titanium and did a factory reset...everythings running 100% now and I have all my apps back in place...
I really appreciate the help

[Q] CM7 home button

I was wondering if there was a way to change the home button from holding the power button and selecting home to just tapping the power button and having that serve as the home button.
Furthermore, is there a way to changed launchers in CM7?

Lkr721993 said:
I was wondering if there was a way to change the home button from holding the power button and selecting home to just tapping the power button and having that serve as the home button.
Furthermore, is there a way to changed launchers in CM7?
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Not sure but in Settings > CyanogenMod settings > Tablet tweaks > Choose soft-buttons, you can put the home button right on the screen.
Not sure if you knew that but if not, now you know.
Launchers: In the Market.

that's pretty handy, thanks for the tip. i'm going to enable that now.
do you know if there is a way to get flash support in CM7? i know that it is supported in the kindle OS

Lkr721993 said:
that's pretty handy, thanks for the tip. i'm going to enable that now.
do you know if there is a way to get flash support in CM7? i know that it is supported in the kindle OS
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Download Flash Player from the Market.

devilot said:
Download Flash Player from the Market.
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Lkr721993 said:
that's pretty handy, thanks for the tip. i'm going to enable that now.
do you know if there is a way to get flash support in CM7? i know that it is supported in the kindle OS
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Yes, exactly what Devilot said. Adobe Flash from the Market should do the job.

Has anyone thought of taking the ICS virtual buttons and porting them into CM7?

in regards to installing flash from the market, it says 'incompatible with your device'. i'm having the same issue with Dolphin Browser HD at the moment

Lkr721993 said:
in regards to installing flash from the market, it says 'incompatible with your device'. i'm having the same issue with Dolphin Browser HD at the moment
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That's strange. Maybe go into Recovery and clear cache and Dalvik-cache? You're using CM7, correct?

I'm using CM7 as well, and flash installed fine for me. Just make sure to do a Delvik/Cache wipe AFTER you install the ROM, and you *should* be fine.
As far as launchers go, definately check out GO Launcher EX v2.71. Its not available in the market yet, just off their website, but its made specifically for 7 and 10 inch tablets.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/
- dredd

aoaleman said:
That's strange. Maybe go into Recovery and clear cache and Dalvik-cache? You're using CM7, correct?
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yes i am on CM7. clearing caches did nothing.
i just backed up my CM7 install, gonna try a reinstall and see if i can fix it

dredd0606 said:
I'm using CM7 as well, and flash installed fine for me. Just make sure to do a Delvik/Cache wipe AFTER you install the ROM, and you *should* be fine.
As far as launchers go, definately check out GO Launcher EX v2.71. Its not available in the market yet, just off their website, but its made specifically for 7 and 10 inch tablets.
http://golauncher.goforandroid.com/
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It is now available in the Market.

look for flash player 10.3 apk, i had the same problem and that worked for me you have to reboot the tablet after you install it for it to work

mono feo0 said:
look for flash player 10.3 apk, i had the same problem and that worked for me you have to reboot the tablet after you install it for it to work
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Yeah like mono feo0 said, try Flash 10.3.186.7.
If not, also try 11.1.111.5.

reinstalling CM7 did the trick. unfortunately i have to reinstall everything now

Lkr721993 said:
reinstalling CM7 did the trick. unfortunately i have to reinstall everything now
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I'm sorry to read that. But next time use Titanium Backup to backup your apps and data. Makes things so much easier. On a brighter note, I'm glad you got it working.

aoaleman said:
I'm sorry to read that. But next time use Titanium Backup to backup your apps and data. Makes things so much easier. On a brighter note, I'm glad you got it working.
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to be honest, i have nothing to complain about, I only had CM7 running for a few hours, there isn't that much to put back on it. i will check out titanium backup though!

Lkr721993 said:
to be honest, i have nothing to complain about, I only had CM7 running for a few hours, there isn't that much to put back on it. i will check out titanium backup though!
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Cool! Enjoy your CM7 powered Kindle Fire.

Wow, that is definitely odd. I have two KFs, both on CM7, and both installed Flash Player straight from the market without hesitation.
Glad you got it to work though!

Seems to be quite a few little quirks and bugs that happen to some and not others. I'm sure as the roms and devs get going the bugs will be fewer.

Reinstalled PA 3.65... but now my Google apps are black...?

So.... not really sure how to explain this, but I reinstalled Paranoid Android 3.65 with the recommended pa_gapps zip and now my Google apps (mainly the Play Store and Gmail) have a black skin? And I mean a solid black skin, it's not even appealing to me. I can't uninstall Gmail and Playstore and reinstall them, since I'm given no option to uninstall. I also tried reinstalling just the pa-gapps zip, but that did nothing. I also just spent the last few hours getting my phone set back to how it was, so I really wouldn't want to start all over again...
I've added some screenies to show you what I mean exactly. I just want the plain ol' white/grey apps that I'm familiar with. Thanks for your help!

use different gapps. the one you used probably has blacked out apps.

simms22 said:
use different gapps. the one you used probably has blacked out apps.
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Would just the latest official gapps work?

RawrNate said:
Would just the latest official gapps work?
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yes

simms22 said:
yes
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I've tried 3 different gapps and nothing's changed :/

RawrNate said:
I've tried 3 different gapps and nothing's changed :/
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Hmm, that's odd. Back your apps/data in Titanium backup then wipe and reflash the ROM and GApps. After that you can restore your data.

Have you tried a clean install? Wipe data system cache and dalvik then flash your ROM kernel and gapps.
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