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Android Market Updates on Sideloaded Apps???

Hello everyone.
Is it possible to get Market updates on apps that are sideloaded?
Let me start by saying Yes, I Google (and forum) searched for a solution...probably for the better part of 2 hours and I couldn't find an answer.
I recently went from cupcake to CM 4.0.4 (great ROM). But before that, I used ASTRO to back up almost all of my apps to my SD. After flashing, I used ASTRO to restore my apps, but now none of them show in My Downloads in the Market. Also, when I search for an app that's installed on my phone, the Market doesn't recoginze that I have it installed.
Is there anything I can do, or do I have to download them again?

search for "atrackdog" in the market

oophlamer said:
Is there anything I can do, or do I have to download them again?
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Market will not care at all about sideloaded apps. It will only update the apps that it has recorded in its local database. Wiping deletes that database. It would definitely be nice if the Market had some kind of bulk reinstall, but you have to keep in mind that the AOSP team never intended for users to wipe their data/cache very often.

jashsu said:
Market will not care at all about sideloaded apps. It will only update the apps that it has recorded in its local database. Wiping deletes that database. It would definitely be nice if the Market had some kind of bulk reinstall, but you have to keep in mind that the AOSP team never intended for users to wipe their data/cache very often.
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i guess learn how the market database works and then add all the entries back into database after reinstall?

aTrackdog is your best bet. I use it all the time and always tells me wehn there are updates for apps on my ext3 partition.

xidominicanoix said:
i guess learn how the market database works and then add all the entries back into database after reinstall?
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aTrackdog works well for finding the updates & once I install the update, it appears to register to the built-in notification system, but my purchased apps still aren't working.
I'll see what I can figure out about the Market database files & share whatever I find.
Thanks

I'm pathetic because I just goto the market using my wifi connection and search for all my apps and update them manually and then later I get notices. Sure it takes some time and its work, but I don't flash my roms a lot like I used to.

First wipe, some questions before doing so

alright i've never had to wipe my phone before, but going from cyanogen's 4.0.4 to the latest 4.2.3.3 is creating some problems. I have a few questions before I do so.
1. how do I backup the market list so I can redownload all the apps and reregister through market?
2. what happens to all my current applications on apps2sd? should I just format that partition?

Easiest way is to use mybackup pro or backup for root users. But what I normally do is copy the apps/apps-private folder, push that back and redownload the paid ones when I have free time so it shows an update, when it works... =p

i already use mybackup pro, but I want to be able to use the market to redownload rather than install a bunch of APKs that dont register with the market for updates.

The market will remember all your paid apps based on your google account.. Just open the market and click the downloads tab to grab them again. It usually remembers unpaid apps too, but I've had a couple of wipes where it didn't.

isnt there a file I can save that remembers the market downloads?

Not that I'm aware of, but I've wiped hundreds of times and all except maybe 1 or 2, it's remembered everything on the downloads tab.

[HowTo] Remove preinstalled apps - no need to flash custom roms or gold card root!

I know there are some people like myself who actually like Sense and doing a 'full' root can be daunting, especailly if all you want to do is remove the crud that Vodafone or your Telco install on your branded Legend. But there is no reason this can't be used to remove apps that are in a custom ROM - as far as I am aware! If someone with a custom ROM could confirm this, that would be great!
Righto, as per usual here is the disclaimer - doing this is risky and you do so at your own peril! Don't come crying to me or Paul @ MoDaCo if it bricks your phone (it shouldn't but this is just a warning)
Enough of that you get the idea Now for the fun bit!
First if you are not you'll need VISIONary+ from MoDaCo, at the time of this writing r13 is the latest and is available on page 7.
Please read and check the original post as there may be an updated version. If you are rooted skip to the next step.
This is Paul's guide he done quickly on his G2, it's more of a pictorial guide (same rules apply to the Legend as G2 in this case).
Once installed use the Temproot option, this can take 15 seconds or so to complete, use a Terminal Emulator and type su then return/enter and your $ should change to a # - this means you have temproot.
Go to the market and install SuperUser, Titanium Backup, BusyBox.
Open Titanium Backup allowing it root access when prompted, go to Backup/Restore and scroll to find one of the preinstalled bloatware apps, I chose the Vodafone Music app and the Vodafone Web app.
Long hold on the app you want to remove and scroll down a bit and choose the option "Force remove app (by recovery exploit)"
This will reboot your phone TWICE, you will get the recovery screen up - LET IT RUN IT's COURSE! DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS.
Once it boots back into your normal check that the app is no longer in your App drawer
Repeat for all the Apps that came preinstalled that you don't want, just be careful you don't remove anything that may still be needed!
A huge thanks to Paul at MoDaCo for this ingenious hack and the Titanium Backup, BusyBox and SuperUser developers for their hard work in writing their apps which also allow us to easy do this
Oh and you can use the Temproot on boot to have a sortof but not fully permaroot

Great work. I'll try on CM 6.1 RC1. One thing though...If I'm rooted I presume I need only the Titanium backup not VISIONary or other tools, right?

Yes you need the other apps, but you can remove them afterwards if you want. You'll need SuperUser to be able to grant Titanium Backup access, and Titanium Backup requires BusyBox to be installed - Titanium Backup gives you the option to install BusyBox if you press the 'Problems?' button under the Overview tab.
PS: you can use the free version of Titanium Backup for this exercise.

Yes, thank you. I knew about busybox and the option to install it from Titanium. SuperUser I have it already since I'm using CyanogenMod RC1 and it is included in the ROM (I think it is OK like this). So only Titanium (+busybox) needs to be installed.
I'll give it a try and let you know the results. I'll try to remove a rather large application (for ex Google Maps) and I'll install it afterward on the sdcard (since it is system appl, it cannot be moved directly to sdcard)
Later edit: IT WORKS! So I've tried to (and succeeded) remove 2 "system" applications: Google Maps and Calculator. Both were removed and the free space is now available (before 80 Mb free, after 91.2 Mb free).
There was only one issue with Maps, the icon still showed up in the application drawer and it was working (even after going through all above). After several checks I found the reason. The Maps were installed twice...the version included in the CM ROM (that was deleted by this procedure) AND the updated Maps (it once asked for upgrading the application from the market and I did that). After removing the "system installed" version of Google Maps, the "updates" remained. I went to Settings-Applications-Manage Applications and I found Maps there. I've uninstalled the updates then rebooted the phone. After that the icon was gone completely.
To conclude, for CM ROMS (or for all phones that are already rooted and have already the SU application), the steps to be performed for removing a system appl are:
1. Install Titanium Backup
2. Press (as instructed) "Problems" button. This will install a working version of busybox.
3. Check if the application you want to remove, has also updates (from Market or some other places) installed. If YES, go to Settings-Applications-Manage Applications and uninstall all the updates.
4. Start Titanium Backup and perform the steps indicated in the first post by TheLegendaryJay.
So it is working on custom ROM's as well and you don't need VISIONary or other application/tools.
All credits go to Paul, CM team and this whole community, the ones which made such things possible for our phones. TheLegendaryJay, thank you also for sharing this with us. Perhaps for rooted phones it is easier to remove applications with adb commands, but some are maybe not so technical to install the SDK or know how to use it (I can be counted as one of them), or they just might want to remove an application when they don't have a pc with SDK nearby.

yap, can confirm this. works great on cm 6.1 rc1. thanks for the hint

For you guys who are rooted - why not just flash the overlay filesystem patch, enable it, and then use any file explorer and go to /system/app/ and delete the apps you dont want? just a tip, it's much easier.. (and takes less time)

Because one of the reasons for which I wanted to rip out an application from the ROM is to gain some more space... By using overlay system, as I understood, you're practically duplicate the whole system to make it accessible for writing so I don't know if you gain some more space. Eventually you'll have less. Or, if that space is on the sdcard, that does not suit me also cause as I know, is working slower from there. Anyhow, I don't want to detail this here cause we'll be off-topic.

Rapier said:
Because one of the reasons for which I wanted to rip out an application from the ROM is to gain some more space... By using overlay system, as I understood, you're practically duplicate the whole system to make it accessible for writing so I don't know if you gain some more space. Eventually you'll have less. Or, if that space is on the sdcard, that does not suit me also cause as I know, is working slower from there. Anyhow, I don't want to detail this here cause we'll be off-topic.
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As I understand it, the system folder is only linked so the phone believes it's on the SD-card. This should mean, no extra space is taken (except for the few kB that makes this possible). i could be wrong, but I use system overlay and I see no whatsoever decrease in performance. Not in benchmarks nor in usage.
If you are rooted - and dont want system overlay, I still think there is a better wway - ADB! just mount system, cd to system/app, ls it and rm whatever apps ypu dont want.. no need for multiple reboots - quick and effective

adb way might be quicker but it might prove to be ineffective (at least for me it was). In order to remove an application, you must check its filename (with ls command). I've tried to remove Facebook and Twitter applications using adb remove and guess what...they're still there. I admit I might have done something wrong, what I'm saying is that through this new method described above, someone is able to remove an appl by chosing it from a list. For the ones that don't feel so confortable using adb, this is an alternative
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

Rapier said:
adb way might be quicker but it might prove to be ineffective (at least for me it was). In order to remove an application, you must check its filename (with ls command). I've tried to remove Facebook and Twitter applications using adb remove and guess what...they're still there. I admit I might have done something wrong, what I'm saying is that through this new method described above, someone is able to remove an appl by chosing it from a list. For the ones that don't feel so confortable using adb, this is an alternative
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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When it comes to ADB, you must write the filename exactly as it is, if you want to remove Facebook.apk you must rm Facebook.apk, not facebook.apk or just rm Facebook*
What I do, I ls all files, copy the filenames I want to remove into into a txt file. ex. "rm facebook.apk Torch.apk voiceDialer.apk AndroidTerm.apk" and so on. When I flash a new rom, i just copy that file string and remove em all with that one command ofc. I ls it after and check if there is anything new I want to remove, but I get rid of most of it in a few seconds. (good tip!)

I understood that. Now I've checked again and I know what happened...the same thing I said above. The appl was removed also with adb command but the updates of that appl were not. I've removed the updates from Settings and after that the whole appl was gone (Facebook in this case). So both metods work, everyone can choose what he likes more
Anyway this was much more to test if it's working on custom ROMs as was asked by TheLegendaryJay and less as of providing an alternate way for rooted owners.
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You both are wrong. Overlay is just an overlay... it uses several file systems or parts of file systems (directories, files), merge them and show them to us as one new merged file system. The principle is such that if U have one read-only and one read-write file system merged together, all writes are then performed to that read-write one. If you'd like to delete one file from read-only portion, that action is noted on read-write portion and your system doesn't t see that file again through merged file system whereas it is in fact still there...

BlaY0 said:
You both are wrong. Overlay is just an overlay... it uses several file systems or parts of file systems (directories, files), merge them and show them to us as one new merged file system. The principle is such that if U have one read-only and one read-write file system merged together, all writes are then performed to that read-write one. If you'd like to delete one file from read-only portion, that action is noted on read-write portion and your system doesn't t see that file again through merged file system whereas it is in fact still there...
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thanks for this, great info. Now I'm glad I use adb and not file overlay for removing files

Why's that? Overlay is really handy thing for testing... U can make the system think that the file is not there but in fact is. If something goes wrong (boot loop) because of that, U just disable overlay and U R back on with origial state. After U are satisfied with changes, U can merge those changes into read-only file system via recovery mode.
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BlaY0, you're totally right. Overlay is a great thing for testing (and by the way many thanks you for what you did). But if you're not a tester, just an enthusiast who look for new stuff for his phone, overlay could be much more than he needs.
I'm looking for example to have as much free space in memory as possible. REAL free space. If I'm using overlay, that will not be gained right? The read only files will still be there, only the overlay will show them "deleted". So...what I'm doing instead is that I'm flashing one of the existing ROMs (as per my preferences - CM 6.1 RC1 for ex.) that will not "brick" my phone, I customize it with widgets and applications as I like, than I start deleting what I don't need. For sure I can use overlay for that, but I can do it also without it. This topic presented an alternative for doing that, to the known adb commands. Also from what I've understood, the method in this topic is more aimed to the ones that are not (or don't want to be) rooted. And for those, the adb method doesn't work

You sure are totally right, but then again if you deleted some apk from /system/app that is needed for some other apk and U didn't know about that, you could end up with a so called boot loop. And if this is done by some noob, the simplest way for him to restore would be to wipe and reflash the original ROM. Overay can prevent such accidents. Actually even with overlay you can save space especially where is needed the most, that's on data partition - there's no need for dex in dalvik-cache any more etc. and surely you get more free ram as that app isn't loading any more. For the system partition it actually doesn't matter if it is full in fact why it shouldn't be full. When we get our S-OFF the first thing I will do is to rearange mtd partitions shrinking system and extending data coz now I have like nearly 50 MB free on system partition that I can not use wisely.
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Thanks, VF music and web app not banished from my Legend

Okay, I must be doing something wrong, but I have no idea what. I have the same ROM as Rapier on my Desire, I have Titanium Backup and I did everything he said above. The pre-installed apps are uninstalled with TB (Car app, News and Weather, Facebook, Twitter, Google Voice, Maps, Quickoffice 2.0 which I have no idea what really is), I clear the Dalvik cache and many mega are freed. Then if I reboot, they're back. Like nothing happened.
Do you have any idea or should I give more details? Thanks for the help, guys.

Have you checked also if those applications you're removing do not have some updates installed? Because if they do, you'll get them back on the phone. First remove the updates from each application (from normal "Application" management), then remove the application residing in system with TB.
PS. QuickOffice is a suite program similar with MS Office, that allows you to read (and in the paid version also to write) office documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt...etc)

Thank you for your quick reply.
Yes, I have checked and uninstalled all updates. They are all with the basic version.
About Quickoffice, I know what it is It's just that the one that came with CM 6.1.0 RC1 cannot be accessed, it can only be used to open supported file formats (I just found out after posting here ). I'd prefer the normal Quickoffice with which I can access my dropbox and Google docs too, that's why I wanted to uninstall this in the first place.

3389 and Market

Ever since the update, I have been having a problem with Market. I have tried all of the "fixes" but to no avail. I DO have access to Market, but only the limited one. Here is my problem: when going through the steps, I get market started, browse around a bit, then go to my "home" screen,[ I use Launcher Pro]. I go to settings, but I cannot find Market under the Running section. I can't even find it under the System services, section. I see it under the Downloads section. When I do the steps as directed, nothing happens. I do not get the "error" message that I am supposed to get. And when I start up again, I still have limited access to Market. It is frustrating that most, if not all, of the app sites depend on access to Market, e.g. appbrain, droidpit, etc. I am not ready to go Tnt lite. I did see a thread to flash parts of the rom, and add market, etc, but am afraid it would disable OTA for the future. Any suggestions?

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Ever since the update, I have been having a problem with Market. I have tried all of the "fixes" but to no avail. I DO have access to Market, but only the limited one. Here is my problem: when going through the steps, I get market started, browse around a bit, then go to my "home" screen,[ I use Launcher Pro]. I go to settings, but I cannot find Market under the Running section. I can't even find it under the System services, section. I see it under the Downloads section. When I do the steps as directed, nothing happens. I do not get the "error" message that I am supposed to get. And when I start up again, I still have limited access to Market. It is frustrating that most, if not all, of the app sites depend on access to Market, e.g. appbrain, droidpit, etc. I am not ready to go Tnt lite. I did see a thread to flash parts of the rom, and add market, etc, but am afraid it would disable OTA for the future. Any suggestions?
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Losing the OTA is not that big a deal. Viewsonic posts a link to their updates on their site and a link is posted here within seconds of an update showing up.
Are you using "Market" or gMarket" that comes with the 3389 update?
When you run "Market" browse around and then hit the "home" button. Unless you have a taskmanager installed, market will stay running. Market should then show up under the "running" section. I am a little confused because I have never seen the Market under the "downloaded" section.

Thanks...
Thanks, BadFrog for the reply. I use Market. The gmarket gets me to Handango, which is really not that good. For some reason, Market does not show up under running, no matter what I do. I even tried to download a freebie to ensure it is running. But when I hit the home button, and go to the settings, it, as well as the other app I am supposed to force close are both under the downloaded, and not in running. Is there a way to reinstate OTA after flashing the market fix?

How exactly did you install the market. (I'm installing an older backup of tntlite becuase the menu structure is a bit different from vegan but the same as stock) I can install stock and market the way you did and see if I can help.

thebadfrog said:
How exactly did you install the market. (I'm installing an older backup of tntlite becuase the menu structure is a bit different from vegan but the same as stock) I can install stock and market the way you did and see if I can help.
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I had the same issue too with the market. I found this thread with the market fix. Just go to step 6 and follow the instruction on Youtube link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861044&highlight=market+fix

I have the same problem after installing market and google apps through the same process. Everytime I launch market it says no apps found until I click one of the categories at the top. Even then, there are only some apps listed and most searches I try for apps I want to install (mog music for instance) aren't found by searching either.
I believe it has something to do with the version of the market, and whatever viewsonic put on the tablet by default? That said, I have tried to upgrade to the new market from an APK file I found in the forums here and it won't install. Hmmm

shangpav said:
I have the same problem after installing market and google apps through the same process. Everytime I launch market it says no apps found until I click one of the categories at the top. Even then, there are only some apps listed and most searches I try for apps I want to install (mog music for instance) aren't found by searching either.
I believe it has something to do with the version of the market, and whatever viewsonic put on the tablet by default? That said, I have tried to upgrade to the new market from an APK file I found in the forums here and it won't install. Hmmm
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You need to do the market fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Follow the market fix steps

Thanks for the video link talexander18!! I'm was Vegan5 and still not getting the full market ... that did the trick for me.

Market
BadFrog, I used the files that came with the fix. It had a folder GTablet, with subfolders, and I transfered over files from the APK, permissions, etc, to my tablet, and I ran the apks, in the order suggested. I actually did this before the latest upgrade and it worked fine. But with the latest one, for some reason, Market, and the other google app I am supposed to force close won't come up in the running section.

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BadFrog, I used the files that came with the fix. It had a folder GTablet, with subfolders, and I transfered over files from the APK, permissions, etc, to my tablet, and I ran the apks, in the order suggested. I actually did this before the latest upgrade and it worked fine. But with the latest one, for some reason, Market, and the other google app I am supposed to force close won't come up in the running section.
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I'm gonna assume your using the official viewsonic update 3389 then. I would suggest installing the performance pack from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
This will get you the latest NVidia drivers and the market. You will keep the complete stock look.

Yes, I guess that is what I will try next. Thanks.

Suffering from limited Market visibility? Try LCD Density

I couldn't find a separate thread on the latest Market visibility issue, but it's discussed in several threads. So I created this one to be easily found and hopefully help some people.
EDIT: Check this thread with more updated information.
The Issue
After upgrading or making changes, many people are not able to see all market apps that they did before, or several appear to be incompatible.
The Solution
It seems that the Market uses LCD density as a filtering item. Changing the Nook lcd density to 160 brings back compatibility.
The Options
(1) If you are on CM7, upgrade to at least the latest stable (10-12-2011) which includes a fix for the resolution.
(2) Get the LCD Resolution app from the Market and change the density to 160 (check "Always Set on Boot" option). Then clear data from the Market app via app manager/App Info or Settings. You will need to accept google T&C's again when you next open up Market. Some people have reported that they need to clear data several times before it shows all apps. App added for those that need to sideload.
(3) Edit build.prop to set the density to 160. Then clear the Market data as in step 2.
(4) Use an app like Titanium Backup to uninstall the marker updater app. Then uninstall the market update and clear the data/cache in the market app and reboot.

I'm not running CM7, so that's out.
I can't get anything at all to display in the market, so the LCD Resolution app is out.
How do I go about editing the build.prop file to change the LCD density by hand?
EDIT: Likely a dumb question but I'll ask anyway... The NC is the 2nd device that's registered to my same gmail account. That's not causing issues, is it?

You missed an option. Use an app like Titanium Backup to uninstall the marker updater app. Then uninstall the market update and clear the data/cache in the market app and reboot.

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You missed an option. Use an app like Titanium Backup to uninstall the marker updater app. Then uninstall the market update and clear the data/cache in the market app and reboot.
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Well, if I could get access to ANY applications in the Marketplace, I'd be happy to give that a try...
I get a message that says "No matching content in Android Market." when I start up the market. I searched for Titanium Backup, but it said "There are no matches in Android Market for the search: titanium backup", and presented me with one possible app to install - OI File Manager
EDIT: OK, I've been playing around a bid with ADB, and I can rummage around the guts of my phone, but I can't get it to recognize the NC. I'm on WinXP, do I need to get some drivers to get it to recognize the NC? I've turned on the WirelessADB that comes as a part of the MN package, and ADB still doesn't seem to recognize it.
What am I missing????

FreeMan2012 said:
I'm not running CM7, so that's out.
I can't get anything at all to display in the market, so the LCD Resolution app is out.
How do I go about editing the build.prop file to change the LCD density by hand?
EDIT: Likely a dumb question but I'll ask anyway... The NC is the 2nd device that's registered to my same gmail account. That's not causing issues, is it?
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1. If you have someone to send you the app (sorry, I don't have it), copy it to your NC then sideload from there.
2. Using either Root Explorer or File Expert to modify the build.prop.
Do some search on the topic to know what need to be done.
3. I don't think it's a problem but again, it's just me.
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FreeMan2012 said:
Well, if I could get access to ANY applications in the Marketplace, I'd be happy to give that a try...
I get a message that says "No matching content in Android Market." when I start up the market. I searched for Titanium Backup, but it said "There are no matches in Android Market for the search: titanium backup", and presented me with one possible app to install - OI File Manager
EDIT: OK, I've been playing around a bid with ADB, and I can rummage around the guts of my phone, but I can't get it to recognize the NC. I'm on WinXP, do I need to get some drivers to get it to recognize the NC? I've turned on the WirelessADB that comes as a part of the MN package, and ADB still doesn't seem to recognize it.
What am I missing????
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1. If you keep getting that issue, I suggest doing a complete re-install again.
2. ADB is a pain and isn't for everyone. ADB via USB needs SDK and usb driver. ADB over wireless is another issue, someone says it's too easy, I can never get mine to work.
3. Which CM7 version is currently on your NC? PC shouldn't have problem recognizing the NC if you turn on the USB Mass Storage feature.

OK, so I managed to connect adb to my NC, I pulled the build.prop file, and opened it in eclipse.
Here's what it says:
# ro.sf.lcd_density=240
ro.sf.widthpixels=600
ro.sf.heightpixels=1024
ro.sf.lcd_density.xdpi=169.33333
ro.sf.lcd_density.ydpi=169.33333
Looks like the density numbers are close. Do I need to change them both to exactly 160?
thanks!
FreeMan

I could be totally off on this, but I finally got the steps (in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027&page=156) to work when I cleared the data from the Market in Nook Color Tools. The instructions say to clear the cache in the Market, and clear data in Google Framework. I was mucking around a lot, doing things a little differently each time, but I know that the time that it worked was the first time I cleared data in the Market in addition to clearing the cache.
Of course, once it was working, it updated Flash since it had cleared my preference NOT to update flash...

FreeMan2012 said:
OK, so I managed to connect adb to my NC, I pulled the build.prop file, and opened it in eclipse.
Here's what it says:
# ro.sf.lcd_density=240
ro.sf.widthpixels=600
ro.sf.heightpixels=1024
ro.sf.lcd_density.xdpi=169.33333
ro.sf.lcd_density.ydpi=169.33333
Looks like the density numbers are close. Do I need to change them both to exactly 160?
thanks!
FreeMan
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lcd_density is the one.
Did you comment it out?

FreeMan2012 said:
Well, if I could get access to ANY applications in the Marketplace, I'd be happy to give that a try...
I get a message that says "No matching content in Android Market." when I start up the market. I searched for Titanium Backup, but it said "There are no matches in Android Market for the search: titanium backup", and presented me with one possible app to install - OI File Manager
EDIT: OK, I've been playing around a bid with ADB, and I can rummage around the guts of my phone, but I can't get it to recognize the NC. I'm on WinXP, do I need to get some drivers to get it to recognize the NC? I've turned on the WirelessADB that comes as a part of the MN package, and ADB still doesn't seem to recognize it.
What am I missing????
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You can uninstall the market update and clear the data/cache and then launch the market. That would give you temporary access to the old market.

votinh said:
lcd_density is the one.
Did you comment it out?
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Thanks, no, I didn't comment it out, it was that way when I opened it.
I can adb pull the file & edit it, but I can't put it back because the file is RO. I tried
Code:
chmod 777 build.prop
but it won't let me do that - says it's a read only system file. I know that, I want to change it!!!
I don't have an app on the NC to change the permissions on the file, and I can't get one because I have a very limited market. Catch-22...
How do I go about changing the permissions so I can overwrite the file? I thought that's what I was supposed to be able to do with adb.
EDIT: If I clear data for the Market, then reboot, when I go back in to the Market, I have to accept permissions, and I get some access to the market, including search. I searched for TB & installed it, so I now have that available to me!! (Yay for progress!) Any other critical apps I should install this way to simplify the job getting this fixed?

Is their a way to change only the market to have 160 dpi and everything else 161? The way i have my nook set up it looks bad with 160 but i love the look of the new market
Edit: I got it thanks

Glad you got it working, can you share with the rest of the class?

Sure, Change your dpi to 160 then clear the market data and reboot. After you reboot change your dpi back to 161 DON'T clear the market data then reboot. Now your market is still at 160 and everything else is 161 dpi.
Edit: It goes away after awhile, looking for a new solution.

I'm confused. Still having trouble with market access...quite a number of apps (like Facebook, for instance) don't show up in the market at all. I installed the app mentioned above, and my LCD density was already at 160.
So my question is - does this mean the market access problem is something else? Or is it that that many apps really aren't compatible with the Nook anymore?
-Brian

After changing my dpi to 160 and clearing market data facebook and other apps show up and are compatible.

bbasiaga said:
I'm confused. Still having trouble with market access...quite a number of apps (like Facebook, for instance) don't show up in the market at all. I installed the app mentioned above, and my LCD density was already at 160.
So my question is - does this mean the market access problem is something else? Or is it that that many apps really aren't compatible with the Nook anymore?
-Brian
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You don't mention your setup, so it's possible that you could have updated to CM7 with the correct resolution but would still be left with the old market cache data.
In any case, try and clear out the Market cache and see if that helps.

sangahm said:
You don't mention your setup, so it's possible that you could have updated to CM7 with the correct resolution but would still be left with the old market cache data.
In any case, try and clear out the Market cache and see if that helps.
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I just did that and it didnt work. Should i clear the cache and then flash gapps?

sangahm said:
You don't mention your setup, so it's possible that you could have updated to CM7 with the correct resolution but would still be left with the old market cache data.
In any case, try and clear out the Market cache and see if that helps.
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I`m on rooted stock 1.3. I thought clearing the data wo held also clear the cache, but will try and report back.

I am out of ideas, i cleared the market cache then refalashed CM7 7.1 Stable and the 20110828 gapps to go with it and i still have the bad market.

Did you say you got it working on the top this page?
What now?