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help cant install apk files anymore

plz help
I have an rooted x10a(r23) and Iv been installing apk files by transferring them to my sd card.
Iv been using Astor to install them. Also i have non market apps checked in my settings.
Today i tried to install an apk file using Astro, but it wouldn't let me. it just goes back to an blank screen and then back to the install screen.
Does any one know how to fix this?

Happened to me after I rooted my phone. But not immediately after rooting.I removed all the unnecessary apps and stopped all the third party services using startup cleaner, dunno if that did it, but I am able to install apks again.
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also the same problem x10i R23, rooted one week ago. Till yesterday it was no problem to install apk files. Since today it is not possible!

interesting. this same thing happened to me before i rooted. after i rooted i was able to install any app.

Try checking the install from unknown sources option in the settings.

Keegan_P said:
Try checking the install from unknown sources option in the settings.
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This point is selected but since today it is not more possible to install apk files.
Installation only direct from the market is possible.
Maybe a bug in the root???
I replaced the rooted R23 through R2BA0024 (not rooted) and have now no problem to install apk files.

IxXxI said:
This point is selected but since today it is not more possible to install apk files.
Installation only direct from the market is possible.
Maybe a bug in the root???
I replaced the rooted R23 through R2BA0024 (not rooted) and have now no problem to install apk files.
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I can install apks fine with my x10a using R23...

I tried what arizhasan said and used startup cleaner, but no luck
This prob has happened to me a few times. The only way iv fixed it was to re-root it again (witch im getting kinda sick of)
any body know how to fix this cause i dont want to ROOT again! :"(

Same problem
After rooting last night I can not install apk files from sdcard. The installer starts but after choosing install the installer just starts againg in an endlesss loop. Works fine using adb install and also from Market.
Any ideas?

Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
also there is a rooting issues thread for this...

Same problem here. I cant install apk anymore on my x10 after rooting to r2ba026. Any solution for this?
Ive been searching this issue but cant find it. Or can anyone post a link on xda addressing this issue> Many many thanks!

is there any way to install .apk files to SD card ( not in phone internal memory ) , on X10i

imranyousaf said:
is there any way to install .apk files to SD card ( not in phone internal memory ) , on X10i
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Look up apps2sd its custom for 2.2 froyo but there is a work around for earlier versions, research lots before you do anything coz you can mess your phone settings if you don't know what your doing.

[Q] My Touch 4G themes not working

Im having a problem with my mytouch 4G. I rooted my phone the other day and all was going well, then I decided to delete some of the factory apps that I dont ever use. well.. Im guessing I deleted an app or apk. file that I needed, because now I cant change themes, when I click on "themes" it just gives me this error "Unable to find an activity to handle this action" I was thinking it might have to do with the "my modes.apk" but im a noobie at all of this so im really not to sure and im looking for help from the big dawgs.. lol... Here are some steps I have already tried taking. I tried restoring it by doing a system reset, well after doing so I realized I didnt do a backup ugh!! So.. I found the factory rom and tried flashing it so that it would install the apps. or apk. files that im missing... I thought that would be the easiest solution, just to start fresh. When I started I re-downloaded the terminal emulator so I that I could flash the factory rom, but now it wont give me "su" permissions it says "permission denied" again nothing! and noticed I didnt have the Superuser permission app. so I downloaded it off the market thinking maybe it would help but its just black like its not detecting anything. why? that this point I tried dropping the rom zip into the root and booting in reboot mode, I noticed it said wrong img. and didnt do nothing. Am doing something wrong? Other then this my phone works like a champ. Thats why I am asking if anybody can send me the "My Modes apk. file from there my touch 4G. PLZ!!! HELP!!! if you know what the heck is wrong.....these are the apk. files I deleted.
AmazonMp3 - amazonmp3.apk
App Pack - AppPack.apk
Asphalt 5 - Asphalt5.apk
Monopoly - Monopoly_Classic.apk
Quick Office - Quickoffice.apk
Rock band - rockband.apk
Screen share - TwonkyMobile_T-Mobile.apk
Stocks - Stock.apk
T-Mobile TV - T-MobileTV.apk
Talk - Talk.apk
Video chat - Qik.apk
Demo Video - TMOUS_myTouchdemo.apk
Car dock - DockPanel.apk
Mail - Mail.apk
News - HtcGreader.apk
PDF Viewer - PDFViewer.apk
My modes - ProfileManager.apk
GMail - Gmail.apk
Software info.
Android Version - 2.2.1
My Touch4G
PLZ!!! HELP!! IF YOU CAN AND THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!

Yes, the my modes app controls your themes in stock rom so you need it if you want to switch themes.
If you flashed the TMOUS rom to fix the missing apps problem, you unfortunately unrooted your phone. That's why superuser app isn't responding. There is a nandroid of a stock install which would have been better to use as it wouldn't have undone root. That's too late, it sounds. You need to re-root after flashing TMOUS rom. All should be ok after that.
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no.. I was still rooted after I deleted but I have fixed my problem. I was being dumb and wasnt installing the right superuser app. lol, so after doing so I got super user permissions and just flashed the phone back to the factory rom. thanks for the suggestion anyway.

[FIX] For Evo's having problems with latest Flash 10.2 update (10.2.157.51)

I was one of the many Evo users who's flash video was killed after the last Flash Player update. After much searching, couldn't find a single thing on why so many of us were having this problem so decided to do a little tinkering.
In my phone, I found a 2nd "libflashplayer.so" file under \system\lib\ which was also a different size from the one under \data\data\com.adobe.flashplayer\lib.
It also remained there after completely uninstalling the current version of Flash.
Installed the latest update and confirmed it as not working
Renamed the \system\lib\ file to "libflashplayer.bak" and flash instantly worked again! Putting the file back to normal instantly broke flash again too.
Also tried replacing it with the copy from \data\ (since it was the latest version) and flash still works just fine and didn't revert back to the older file after a reboot.
So - If any of you also have problems with the latest 10.2.157.51 version of Flash Player - check your \system\lib\ folder for this file and either rename or replace it and see if it solves this for you too
(Note - Always backup stuff first, and I am not liable if you fry your phone. ^_^)

It never ceases to amaze me up buggy and poorly controlled Flash is.
Thanks man.

Interesting i just updated flash NOW after trying twice before only to find video playback broken and it seems like they fixed it themselves now it is works, without doing anything on my end lol - Thank anyhow though!

Now you know why Steve Jobs doesn't want to see flash on Iphone or Ipad.
By the way - thx for the info.

To be fair, this is less adobe's fault, and more HTC's fault for putting the libraries in a read only filesystem. Even that would be alright if that path didn't superscede the ones in /data. I've been doing this on my own phone for a while now, and it does fix a lot of problems with flash. I wish more devs would take care not to put market apps that are subject to frequent updates in /system anyways. It doesn't really save any space in the long run.
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How are you guys renaming this file? When I try it says "insufficient permission". Tried with Astro.

zenmasta said:
How are you guys renaming this file? When I try it says "insufficient permission". Tried with Astro.
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Found the answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609866.
Download Etrong file explorer and give it root access.

Wouldn't upgrading to 10.3 fix the issue even easier?

mattykinsx said:
Wouldn't upgrading to 10.3 fix the issue even easier?
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10.3 wasn't working for me either (I'm on the SprintLover's ROM), but after doing this, it works!
Thanks, OP!

I used ROOT EXPLORER to do this... thats the only program I know that works. it allows you to make the folder R/W instead of R/O then you can rename..
Im glad I found this.. now I am updates to 10.3 .. is there any difference in anything in 10.3 ?

Thanks! This fixed it on my EVO (running Fresh's 3.5.1 Froyo ROM), I used EStrongs file manager to make the necessary changes (you have to enable root options and mount system under settings first). Spent like half an hour trying to find a solution, since the search terms for the problem can be so generic ("Flash", "broken", "black box", etc. just returns a million different results).

WHY do some sites still say you need adobe flash when I go to them?? they worked with the old version.. could it be I have my browser agent set for desktop and the flash installed on the evo is reporting android?

My flash was also broken after the 10.2 (and 10.3) update. I used the method from the OP and it worked. Has anyone noticed though that after doing this fix if you have your "enable plugins" setting on your browser set to "on demand" that all flash content will say: "you need to update flash player to watch this video"? When the "enable plugins" setting is set to "always on" everything works flawlessly. I guess I should be happy that i got flash back at all but it kind of sucks because I like having my browser set to on demand so flash doesn't slow down my browsing experience.
At any rate big thanks to the OP

THANK YOU!!
This finally solved my problem, but in addition to renaming the libflashplayer.so file, I had to also rename libflashsnddec.so. Until I renamed the second file, Flash v10.3 kept giving me that blue Lego block with the question mark.
Thanks again!
Edit: Whoa...don't rename or delete libflashsnddec.so! Doing so causes both DolphinHD and the stock Android browser to abend on some websites (even simple ones like Amazon, etc.). I tried various combinations, uinstalls, reinstalls, clearing cache, backing out to an older version of 10.2 that worked previously, etc., and all ended up pointing to renaming/deleting libflashsnddec.so.

One question though. Would changing the .so to .bak affect when trying to update from the market? It worked like a charm by the way. Thanks.
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Using that fix causes the stock browser and Dolphin Browser HD to abruptly close without even a Force Close warning.
I replaced the lib in /system/lib with the one from the latest Flash Player update and also placed the lib in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib which was actually empty before I put the file there.
Edit: Nevermind. Got it. Removed the APK from /system/app and installed via Market. This placed the libs in the right folder and then I just copied them to /system/lib.
Edit 2: Alright, I'm trying to get this fix to work for my ROM so people don't have to do this manually.
So, I put the files in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib so they get copied over when the ROM is flashed by the updater-script. However if I do this while the install_flash_player APK is present in /system/app, it seems to erase the contents of that folder causing Flash Player to not work again. I need to find a way to make it so the libs stay in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib.
Any suggestions?

does your "new" flash lib file read
01 OCT 09 6.87 MB
I moved the file to the proper folder using r/o and root explorer, and rebooted
both files are in place, but I still get the blue ? mark on certain sites

[Q] Swiss cheese ee03 Camera

Has anybody with this rom flashed had any troubles with the camera fc'ing when trying to take a picture? For the longest time now whenever i try to take a picture it would fc and tell me the process com.sec.android.app.camera has stopped unexpectedly. Could someone with a working camera send me their apk from the /system/app folder to test if that would fix my issue?

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Has anybody with this rom flashed had any troubles with the camera fc'ing when trying to take a picture? For the longest time now whenever i try to take a picture it would fc and tell me the process com.sec.android.app.camera has stopped unexpectedly. Could someone with a working camera send me their apk from the /system/app folder to test if that would fix my issue?
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go under the camera settings and under the wrench icon tab their is an option on page 2 i think to update camera firmware... select it... then select check firmware then select update... then run the samsung apps store app then it should say if their is an update to the camera. if shut down phone and turn back on and rerun the samsung app store...

i tried that already, downloaded the samsung app and re-ran it, says error service unavailable (error code 4002) when it searches for the firmwarer update edit: tried fixing permissions under cwm and would no-ciq play any role in not being able to get the update?

min0rity said:
i tried that already, downloaded the samsung app and re-ran it, says error service unavailable (error code 4002) when it searches for the firmwarer update
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i would go into clock works mod and then reset the phone and do under advanced i think and clear delvik cache. I would also not use a program like Titanium Backup as you could be restoreing files that are causing the issue. The only restore i do is with my backup and text messages only. I then let the market place update all programs then after that is done I then install from the market my programs... I also recommend that you delete everything on the sd card other then your music and dcmia folder (camera saved pics).... then reset the device.... and then after reflashing then rom then do the no icq then do the fm radio gtalk thing then turn it off and use odin to flash the modem...

i used the ee03 tar to flash the rom to my phone so everything was already done including the modem. i tried clearing the cache and fixing permissions with no luck. ill give resetting the phone a try and see how well that will work for me. also before doing that, do you think you could send me a copy of your camera apk from the system app folder to see if that would work for me?

what you suggested isnt working :-\. i did factory reset, cache and dalvik 3x and and tried doing the firmware update and still no luck. i also formatted the sd card and removed all the extra stuff off of it

min0rity said:
i used the ee03 tar to flash the rom to my phone so everything was already done including the modem. i tried clearing the cache and fixing permissions with no luck. ill give resetting the phone a try and see how well that will work for me. also before doing that, do you think you could send me a copy of your camera apk from the system app folder to see if that would work for me?
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ok will see what i can do for you... here is mine from stock 2.2 i will reinstall ec05 later today...

i dont think the 2.2 camera/firmware will work with 2.3 would it?

Strange issue..

Hi, i want to ask what the hell wrong with Lg stock gallery app? When i delete any picture from any folder of gallery, that pictures always back after restarting my device, even i remove them from trash folder they get back in their previous location after restarting phone, Kindly someone help me regarding this issue, thanks..

NumairAdil said:
Hi, i want to ask what the hell wrong with Lg stock gallery app? When i delete any picture from any folder of gallery, that pictures always back after restarting my device, even i remove them from trash folder they get back in their previous location after restarting phone, Kindly someone help me regarding this issue, thanks..
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Try clearing data on the gallery app and rebooting and then give it a shot
Also have you tried another gallery app to see if same behavior? I use simple gallery.

KUSOsan said:
Try clearing data on the gallery app and rebooting and then give it a shot
Also have you tried another gallery app to see if same behavior? I use simple gallery.
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Thanks for your kind reply bro, earlier i have used "quick pic" gallery app and it was working fine without any issue, actually i have ls997 which is Sprint V20 device, it is without so many Lg stock apps device (i don't know why?) i have download and install some lg stock apps manually, Gallery is one of them, everything working fine except this deleting issue and "locked file" option, app always crash when i tap Locked file.. I don't understand why these all things happening.. ?

@NumairAdil
Only thing I can think would be the Sprint factor. There was a thread earlier on here somewhere about trying to get the LG music app on to the Sprint variant and I remember they were having issues in that it was more complicated than just taking the APK and putting it in system and fixing permissions. Where did you get LG gallery APK from? Does it come with official firmware from Sprint or did you have to take it from somewhere?

KUSOsan said:
@NumairAdil
Only thing I can think would be the Sprint factor. There was a thread earlier on here somewhere about trying to get the LG music app on to the Sprint variant and I remember they were having issues in that it was more complicated than just taking the APK and putting it in system and fixing permissions. Where did you get LG gallery APK from? Does it come with official firmware from Sprint or did you have to take it from somewhere?
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Yes you are right bro, Sprint variant have issues to install lg apps manually, but earlier i found a practical and most of time successful solution here at xda forums, mostly lg apps can install with a little tweaking by "Apk Editor" app,
In my V20 music app and fm radio are installed and working fine with these tweaks, even Gallery app working fine except that particular deleting issue, Email can install by apk editor tweaks but Exchange activesync restricted by this Bul**** compamy Sprint ?
I don't know why Sprint did all of these bul**** things, they almost ruined the potentials of a Lg device, what the hell they are think i don't understand,
Anyway i got these apps by a flashable lg G6 Rom which is oreo compatible stock rom, my phone updated to oreo and most of lg apps which i installed manually earlier when i was on Nouget were crashed due to non compatibility with oreo, so i download a new stock oreo rom and extract my required apps from that rom's system image,
But the important thing to share is that Gallery was showing the same issues when i was on Nouget, so this is the core misbehaving issue by Gallery app whatever it was on Nouget or now with oreo.. ?