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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.
votinh said:
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.
GMPOWER said:
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 =/
I notice there's always a system process called ADCP running, I think it stood for Amazon Device Control Program. Anyone investigated what it does and what happens if you disable it? I'm wondering if it's involved in any way with the OTA updates, and also what ramification disabling it has, like will the various Amazon programs not work right? I've not been adventurous enough to experiment with, in fact I've got my wifi off for now until it's clear whether the OTA update can be blocked by the methods discussed here.
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I notice there's always a system process called ADCP running, I think it stood for Amazon Device Control Program. Anyone investigated what it does and what happens if you disable it? I'm wondering if it's involved in any way with the OTA updates, and also what ramification disabling it has, like will the various Amazon programs not work right? I've not been adventurous enough to experiment with, in fact I've got my wifi off for now until it's clear whether the OTA update can be blocked by the methods discussed here.
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check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20166149&postcount=1
essentially it connects the amazon apps to the kindle registration
I'm suspicious, I suspect it does more, and is the thing responsible for the OTA updates everyone is getting no matter what they do....
I really want to try and freeze it, but too afraid that it might actually be necessary...
Well I installed Droidwall and didn't give permissions to ADCP and so far my device is still registered and I can watch videos and use my books, can use the Amazon App Store (I gave it permissions, I don't think it's the program responsible). I've effectively disabled ADCP by not allowing it to connect to the internet, but it's still running in case it does, say, DRM services or something. All good and still on 6.2 (and I did do the other suggestions previously).
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Well I installed Droidwall and didn't give permissions to ADCP and so far my device is still registered and I can watch videos and use my books, can use the Amazon App Store (I gave it permissions, I don't think it's the program responsible). I've effectively disabled ADCP by not allowing it to connect to the internet, but it's still running in case it does, say, DRM services or something. All good and still on 6.2 (and I did do the other suggestions previously).
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Glad it worked for someone else too. I am not sure which process is actually responsible for downloading and installing the update though.
EDIT: Oh, I didn't post about DroidWall in this forum. I figured out DroidWall last night and we posted on Gizmodo about it.
An important element I overlooked, even after adding apps to the whitelist, you have to go back to Menu and enable firewall. It's NOT enabled by default even if you change whitelist apps. Even though I had it not running firewall until 10 minutes ago, I hadn't received update. Maybe moving otacerts.zip stopped it....
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I'm suspicious, I suspect it does more, and is the thing responsible for the OTA updates everyone is getting no matter what they do....
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I installed ADCP on CM7 when I was trying to find a way to get amazon video working. It brings up the page to register your kindle, but it never seemed to work right on CM7. There's a different apk for the OTA update, if I remember correctly.
You could put /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip back in and see if ADCP then lets your register your kindle.
It's been about three weeks since I got my Shield TV. Everything's running as expected except Kodi.
There hasn't been a single day where I used it without crashing for once - more like freezing I had to force stop. But I force stop Kodi once and if it freezes the second time, I have to restart the whole system since force stop is not available...
Bottomline is that Kodi is glitchy af when played around via Nvidia Shiled android TV. Am I the only one with this opinion?
I play with Lodi a little but always go back to Plex. Plex is awesome especially with the plug in called SS-Plex
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I haven't had any problems running Kodi on my Shield TV.
My guess would be that it's not Kodi per se that is causing the freezes and the reboots.. It's likely one of the addons you installed that is the culprit.
Kodi takes a lot of unwarranted crap for 3rd party addons that are not officially supported by them that causes problems for the end user. If all the addons are officially support by the Kodi team then I would goto their site and describe your problem... If not, then start by removing them one at a time to see if the problems persist.
Also, Are you rooted ? Using custom rom ? Using alpha v17 of Kodi ?.. Hard to offer more advise w/o more info.
You might try a different version of Kodi, I am running 16 with no problems.
Also you can install SPMC as another install of "Kodi", they co-exist without any problems. So you will have two installs to play with, try different setups.
The person who is developing SPMC, uses a NSTV for the development.
SPMC is much better
I agree with burkett375. SPMC is much better. It's actually created by the lead Kodi android developer that has left Kodi. It's more optimized for Android Tv' devices and the latest version 16.2 has integrated voice search for SPMC. http://spmc.semperpax.com/
In general with KODI / SPMC you need to clear you cache and purge packages. Uninstall any addons or repos that not longer work to keep your system clean. I hear some people have issues with kodi downloaded directly from the playstore so it may be a good idea to download from the website and transfer it to your device.
First thing I did when I got my shield was to upgrade the Kodi( I believe it was 15 version at the time) , this was prior to the shield update.
I then used the Chris B wizard the beast ..check it out on youtube and I have not looked back, it is very smooth and has never crashed for me...hope it helps
Tool to clear cache and purge packages;
https://www.tvaddons.ag/maintenance-tool-kodi/
Interesting... I use Kodi pretty much everyday, on many different devices (Windows, Samsung Android tablet, kid's amazon fire tablets, Shield TV, iMac, iPad, MX2 boxes...) and never have any single issue with it. Never force close, never crashes, always plays anything I throw at it. This is I think the most accomplished open source software that exists. I have used it for many years, went through many versions, and absolutely love that piece of software. Just saying "Kodi on Nvidia Shield Android TV sucks" without any detail of what you are trying to do with Kodi when it crashes is an insult to those developers who put so much of their personal time aside for us to freely download and enjoy their work.
Please take a look at this post from their website concerning non-official Kodi addons:
https://kodi.tv/the-piracy-box-sellers-and-youtube-promoters-are-killing-kodi/
For those who have mentioned SPMC, thank you, I never heard of it before!! Being developed by their original Android lead developer seems legit enough for me to test it out!
There's some strife with the lead developer of SPMC and the Kodi foundation. That's why he left but it works to our advantage as he's implementing things the regular version of kodi doesn't have. He left Kodi as he didn't like the direction it's going and those who follow the community know the deal.
As far as third party addons go for the most part they're fine just because "kodi" hasn't supported or endorsed them doesn't mean much. They are trying to protect themselves. We all know that the "kodi" endorsed addons don't really offer much. Furthermore TVaddons is not KODI there a development team ( that also have a fork of kodi TVMC) and there developers also create their own addons that you probably use but don't release it.
I experience the same problem with Force close not being available all the time when i need it. that pisses me off. also my sheild randomly exits back to the home screen whenever i am using the remote instead of controller.. I found a thread about a lot of others with the same problem.
anyone who's having problems with Kodi: step 1) go to settings from the main leanback launcher , and go to apps and delete KODI's data / cache etc... then after that delete the app. Go to Kodi's website, download their latest version of Jarvis , as an APK , transfer it using your prefered method ( I use ES File explorer and go to network > Remote manager, turn it on, and access the FTP server from a computer or whatever, send files that way) ... and open it in ES file explorer or whatever... then you should have a working KODI that is more stable. Add your addons you wish, you'll find it SHOULD be tons more stable. I've had problems with the KODI from the playstore.
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anyone who's having problems with Kodi: step 1) go to settings from the main leanback launcher , and go to apps and delete KODI's data / cache etc... then after that delete the app. Go to Kodi's website, download their latest version of Jarvis , as an APK , transfer it using your prefered method ( I use ES File explorer and go to network > Remote manager, turn it on, and access the FTP server from a computer or whatever, send files that way) ... and open it in ES file explorer or whatever... then you should have a working KODI that is more stable. Add your addons you wish, you'll find it SHOULD be tons more stable. I've had problems with the KODI from the playstore.
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Thanks, I'll try that. I have to agree with OP. Kodi Jarvis on Shield Marshmallow sucks! Scrolling is extremely choppy! Exiting Kodi takes FOREVER!
I came here to ask if anyone else has had issues with Kodi Jarvis, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
This looks pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVyNISBZvfA <---- No longer works!
But we shouldn't have to mod Kodi just to get it to work the way it should in the first place!
Kodi 16 is working perfectly on my NSTV, but I am on [ROM][Full Android Marshmallow for Shield TV][v.1.2]
It is slow to close after using for awhile, but no big deal, when you accept that as normal close behavior.
Miamijerry said:
Kodi 16 is working perfectly on my NSTV, but I am on [ROM][Full Android Marshmallow for Shield TV][v.1.2]
It is slow to close after using for awhile, but no big deal, when you accept that as normal close behavior.
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That's not normal behavior. SPMC exits fast.
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That's not normal behavior. SPMC exits fast.
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There are issue's with Kodi not closing quickly. If you go in the forums it comes up alot. On my mac it never closes properly sometimes I have to force close it.
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There are issue's with Kodi not closing quickly. If you go in the forums it comes up alot. On my mac it never closes properly sometimes I have to force close it.
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You should try SPMC! Let me know how fast it exits for you.
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That's not normal behavior. SPMC exits fast.
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I just tried closing SPMC, It takes about half the time of Kodi.
Kodi was fast at closing when it was first installed., but over time it has gotten longer...
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You should try SPMC! Let me know how fast it exits for you.
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I use SPMC it's fine. It's KODi that has the issue. The dev of SPMC removed alot of useless code that's why it's faster
Cheers
Noobs and nerds community portal doesn't allow you to install builds on SPMC. So I have kodi for community builds and Schism for SPMC.
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I own a 2017 Fire HD tablet 10. One thing which I have noticed is that if I'm playing a music app like Spotify or Amazon music, if I start using other apps something as simple as Google Chrome, the music app to automatically close after a few minutes. It seems like it might be a lack of ram issue. Just might be forcing the on my closure by the Android operating system. I was wondering if there is any way to select which apps are prevented from closure in the fire OS / lollipop ecosystem.
Is there any app that you might recommend that might work to remediate this ?
Is there any methods that you might recommend?
I tried freeze app type of applications, but I don't think they really do anything. My best guess at this time is to uninstall applications I don't use which seems to still be using processes and services even when they are not on or opened.
Thanks a lot for your help in these matters
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I own a 2017 Fire HD tablet 10. One thing which I have noticed is that if I'm playing a music app like Spotify or Amazon music, if I start using other apps something as simple as Google Chrome, the music app to automatically close after a few minutes. It seems like it might be a lack of ram issue. Just might be forcing the on my closure by the Android operating system. I was wondering if there is any way to select which apps are prevented from closure in the fire OS / lollipop ecosystem.
Is there any app that you might recommend that might work to remediate this ?
Is there any methods that you might recommend?
I tried freeze app type of applications, but I don't think they really do anything. My best guess at this time is to uninstall applications I don't use which seems to still be using processes and services even when they are not on or opened.
Thanks a lot for your help in these matters
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After speaking with amazon rep, this issue was resolved by turning the amazon fire tablet off, and then holding the power button for about 40 seconds, which lead to a hard reboot.
I am, so far, enjoying the tablet with the rooted version.
However there are a lot of things that don't work well. I will post in here as I come across them, but, one that I can spell out quickly is that the streaming on American Airlines doesn't work.
It uses the Gogo App or the AA app.
Every time I pick a movie, it calls one of the apps. The streaming starts and suddenly stops. The app gives an error saying the title is not available. You do the same operation with a OOTB Samsung tablet or an iPhone and it works normally.
Any ideas? I would be happy to help to troubleshoot as I travel every week and I can try to debug, but need instructions on how to do it.
My Android Auto it's work om Fire HD 8:2018 (No root)
See screenshot below
Do you have an unrooted Fire tablet that you could try? There may be something that detects root and prevents playback to prevent certain sneaky people from leaking unreleased movies that are available on airlines. Or it might rely on SafetyNet which other Android tablets should pass.
I have 2 rooted samsung tabs and no problem with AA streaming, so I don't think rooting is the problem. Maybe try a third party browser. Also, try chrome with the the user agent app to simulate different devices.
What I've noticed before is the Amazon intent handler on my 2017 HD8 was failing to launch the GoGo/AA entertainment activity, so it looked like it was just completely broken. I intend on trying the method in the Intent thread if it still happens on my 2018 HD8
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What I've noticed before is the Amazon intent handler on my 2017 HD8 was failing to launch the GoGo/AA entertainment activity, so it looked like it was just completely broken. I intend on trying the method in the Intent thread if it still happens on my 2018 HD8
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If you are using the TMO free GoGo it will only work with a phone. If you have a subscription, then try a browser with user agent and set it to iphone or even desktop.