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Market problem

It seems that the new market is checking on screen density. For YouTube it has to be 240, but other apps are also missing.
On other phones, this is fixed with a screen density app, but the tattoo is totally useless at 240. Does anyone know how to fake the screen density, so that it looks like 240 for the market, but is still the 120 for our screen?

sanderd17 said:
It seems that the new market is checking on screen density. For YouTube it has to be 240, but other apps are also missing.
On other phones, this is fixed with a screen density app, but the tattoo is totally useless at 240. Does anyone know how to fake the screen density, so that it looks like 240 for the market, but is still the 120 for our screen?
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Are you sure is a density problem? For missing apps I use market enabler that fakes region and operator, sometimes is useful and reset after reboot.. Or find out the app on xda/gapps/aptoide and install without market.. Maybe to getting more help try saying something more, like version of market and rom..

I tried market enabler, didn't help.
My rom is the CM NB 169, and my market is version 3.1.3

see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217628

sanderd17 said:
I tried market enabler, didn't help.
My rom is the CM NB 169, and my market is version 3.1.3
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try the following link if you want to get previous version of android market back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231358
at least that is best thing for us, new market being painstakingly slow, laggy and draggy
or try to change phone fingerprint in build.prop to make market think you have a bigger phone,
as mentioned in the following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133702

Can not install Google Earth on Cyanogenmod 7.1

Everytime i try to install Google earth on my Nexus S through the Market i get "Device not supported". I search on google and in this forum and can not find a answer. Please help me!

i also get the same message on bunch of apps in the market and haven't been able to find a fix

i fixed it for me
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i also get the same message on bunch of apps in the market and haven't been able to find a fix
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I fixed for me installing through webbrowser: hxxps://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.earth&feature=search_result
But why i can not use market-application to install. Thats bad...

I'm having the exact same problem - no idea why.

Try this,
Go to manage applications, click on market and clear data, Now install the apps again.
Might work.

I tried to extract the Google Earth apk from the stock ROM and installed it. It installed, however it keeps force closing when i launch it. So i guess it's incompatible with CyanogenMod 7.1

Installs and works just fine on cm 7.1.0.1, but I also have matrix 8.5 kernel on top of cm
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When I was on CM7.1, I didn't have any difficulties to install from local Market or Web Market.
Furthermore Google Earth has a lot of downloads, then it would say if there was a kind of bug we would be informed one or two days later and not one week.
Did you already try to clear/ wype Cache?
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I had the same problem cleared data and it works fine.
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clear data worked
saranyan said:
Try this,
Go to manage applications, click on market and clear data, Now install the apps again.
Might work.
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THX for this solution!

I found the solution to my issue regarding this as well. Apparently, if you change the device density, it will say device not compatible. I like running mine at 200 instead of default 240. So when I changed it back to 240, I was able to install/update all the apps.

Heeeeelllpp!!!
I convinced my girl to root her phone so i could "make it pretty" for her and well, part of my theming included changing the density down to 200. I used blade buddy to do it at first and it worked fine, except for the "device is not compatible" play store message. So i changed the density back to 240 again with blade buddy and it still gives me the incompatible message, even after wiping data from play store and rebooting with the default density! So i tried market enabler and that worked ONE time, now no matter what i do its not updating most of her apps and market enabler does nothing to help. Any suggestions, other than the obvious nandroid?

Android Market Error Message - "Your Device Is Not Compatible"

I've been struggling with this issue today, and just found the "solution" so I wanted to post it here in case anyone else has this problem.
Cause:
No Apps in the Market were updating, including stock Google Apps (including Google Maps!)
Every App - Including Ones that were installed on my phone would get a "your device is not compatible" error message.
Solution:
Change the Density size back to stock 240. Clear the data of the Android Market, and then everything should be running again.
Final Comments:
This was driving me nuts because I've had my density size at 260 since day one with my Atrix, and now this has become an issue "when it was never an issue before". Anywhoo... I updated all my apps, and then changed my Density back to 260 because I hate small icons/fonts.
Like I said this is a new issue that's never happened to me before, and possibly other Atrix owners may have the same issue, so hopefully this writeup may help somebody else out...

I think I remember encountering this issue before and got frustrated and just started everything over. Ill keep this in mind for future reference though, thanks!
Running MIUI Alpha

THX!
It's been driving me nuts trying to figure out why that message was appearing.

rjohnstone said:
THX!
It's been driving me nuts trying to figure out why that message was appearing.
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NP... Believe me I've tried EVERY solution that I could think of over the past 2 weeks on and off. When I finally figured it out and got things working, I dropped everything that I had going on and wrote that up.
Knowing that it helped at least one person made it all worth while...
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A similar issue happened to me. A month ago i bought SimCity Deluxe, then i change my Rom and the Android Market said to me that this game was not compatible with my phone. The problem is that now it is not compatible with every Rom I flash, stock also.

density should be @240 not 260
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sambaeallegria said:
A similar issue happened to me. A month ago i bought SimCity Deluxe, then i change my Rom and the Android Market said to me that this game was not compatible with my phone. The problem is that now it is not compatible with every Rom I flash, stock also.
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having this issue with Block Breaker 3. just wondering if anyone knows how to alter build.prop for Atrix 4G to work around this annoying issue.
EDIT: solved.
edit build.prop (I used Rom Toolbox Pro), change the following (and ONLY the following):
ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.brand=Samsung
however. once I got my game(s) working, I realized WHY my device isn't compatible: the display size (resolution) is too big. d'oh!

ltdanno360 said:
density should be @240 not 260
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While 240 is a standard density, the Atrix screen is actually 275ppi. The moar you know.

thank you for the solution, i run into this exact issue time to time when i switch to a different ROM. I had this recently on the new Neutrino ROM with Instagram, but if i logged into google play through the web on pc, i could install Instagram with no issues. Only on the phone in the google play store it would tell me my device isn't compatible but it would still install if i did it through the google play website.

This is actually an issue that HP Touchpad users have been trying to figure out. Basically, the Android Market only likes specific DPIs to make things easier on app developers. So if its not 120, 160, 240 or 320 things break. IMO its stupid since good coding practices should allow an app to cleanly scale, but Google apparently feels otherwise.
It is possible to patch the market to work on other densities, but I've had no luck finding a patched version of the most current market.

I had hoped this was my problem, but alas didn't work. This worked for Navigon update, but for google maps it says my device isn't compatible, which of course it is. It actually doesn't even see that I've got Maps installed anymore.

Mr Majestyk said:
I had hoped this was my problem, but alas didn't work. This worked for Navigon update, but for google maps it says my device isn't compatible, which of course it is. It actually doesn't even see that I've got Maps installed anymore.
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I had that issue happen to me when I updated to 3.5.15. What I ended having to do was first uninstall all market updates. Then I replace vending.apk in the system/app directory with an older version and set the permissions to rwer--r-- (normally it would be rw-r--r--, but it wouldn't work for me). After that reboot the phone. Then go back to the vending.apk you placed in the system/app directory and change the permissions back to the way they were before you changed them. Next you should be able to launch the market and it should update to the play store after a few minutes. All my google apps were recognized again.

Fix
1. Go into Settings, Apps, All
2. Find Google Play - Clear Data
3. Find Google Services Framework - Clear Data
Should be OK now
If not, Install Market Enabler, redo above - then fake USA market once and should be OK.

HELP! Android market app not compatible

Using : [01/feb/2012] Rom SENSATION XL V 3.0 stock ALL IN ONE (marc v0.1.8 ker)
I installed this rom, and the market updated to google play.
Device identified as HTC X315e
However this app, can not be installed as it is incompatible. It is definetely able to play using [20.Feb.2012] NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.3-CM9 V1.4 and also able to download the app. However it is not with sense.
Really want to install this game, any way to solve this problem? I have tried editing build.prop with no luck...
By the way, the android market is now changed to google play.

you should change your dpi to 240 or 160! there are apps on the market, thats the easiest way (dpi changer?) or just change it in your build.prop
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Sorry didn't see that you alread tried this. That is the only thing that worked for me. there is a hacked market somewhere around XDA but for me it doesn't work anymore since google play immediatly updates it.
good luck though

Try to clear Market cache and redownload.
Or in terminal use marketclean.sh (i don't know if it does more than regular cache clear by app manager).
Are you sure that device you changed ID to is compatible?

Have you checked the app on https://play.google.com/store ; as you device is incompatible at the moment and would be greyed out but hovering over it may give more detail i.e. Not available in device's country. Which may be remedied by market enabler.
And FYI, the country/region may be static and built into the rom not based on actual location. which would explain why it works on some roms and not others
HyT

JimWest7997 said:
you should change your dpi to 240 or 160! there are apps on the market, thats the easiest way (dpi changer?) or just change it in your build.prop
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Sorry didn't see that you alread tried this. That is the only thing that worked for me. there is a hacked market somewhere around XDA but for me it doesn't work anymore since google play immediatly updates it.
good luck though
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I'll try the 160 density and see how it works out.
Marquo said:
Try to clear Market cache and redownload.
Or in terminal use marketclean.sh (i don't know if it does more than regular cache clear by app manager).
Are you sure that device you changed ID to is compatible?
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According to the google play supported models HTC X315e aka HTC sensation xl should be compatible, but im not sure if the other data is correct.
HypoTurtle said:
Have you checked the app on https://play.google.com/store ; as you device is incompatible at the moment and would be greyed out but hovering over it may give more detail i.e. Not available in device's country. Which may be remedied by market enabler.
And FYI, the country/region may be static and built into the rom not based on actual location. which would explain why it works on some roms and not others
HyT
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I dont think it is due to the country, it says that the device is not compatible.
The build.prop file shows as wwe_htc.

JimWest7997 said:
you should change your dpi to 240 or 160! there are apps on the market, thats the easiest way (dpi changer?) or just change it in your build.prop
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Sorry didn't see that you alread tried this. That is the only thing that worked for me. there is a hacked market somewhere around XDA but for me it doesn't work anymore since google play immediatly updates it.
good luck though
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Tried it and it just made the rom look so small, the app is still not able to download

Well sorry, thats what worked for me. botch on 240 and 160. I'll try to find the game and see what it tells me.

I had the same problem a while ago. You have to change the Device ID and more to make your android build compatible with market

Need assistance usingStock ROM using 160 DPI

I've been searching and searching. I want to use 160 DPI but Can't get play store to work properly. I've tried modded play stores but they all have that message "this is incompatible with youre Device"
If someone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.

Spacemonkie4207 said:
I've been searching and searching. I want to use 160 DPI but Can't get play store to work properly. I've tried modded play stores but they all have that message "this is incompatible with youre Device"
If someone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't have a solution. Changing DPI always causes problems with play store and other things. Apps will disappear from play store. I've never had luck on any device with changing it.

kieso said:
I don't have a solution. Changing DPI always causes problems with play store and other things. Apps will disappear from play store. I've never had luck on any device with changing it.
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I haven't had any problems with my s2 set to 200 DPI.

What app are you looking at? 160 DPI should work fine. I've been using it for months now. Try force stopping play store and clearing the data before trying again.

Reset your DPI back to 213(stock) then clear your cache data and updates from play store, turn nexus off, turn it on and it will be back to normal, check you can install Facebook or sommets like that, if not u minght need to clear cache n data again, once you can install apps again, use your preferred method to change to 160dpi again and reboot, I say 160 because that doesn't cause problems most other dpi's do at some point,
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