hi i have apps on the sd card that want to upgrade but since i installed them from the sd card they don't appear in the market i just wanted to know if there was a way to update apps that are installed from the sd card such as paid ones thanks!!
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thanks works great except i cant get the paid apps to update without buying them all over again any ideas?
Really? Paid apps are binded to your gmail account...so unless you changed to another Gmail you should be able to buy and update any app you paid for regardless of how many ROM flashes or wipes
when you try to redownload a paid app or update it, it always says "verifying credit card" no matter what...dont worry its not charging you again......
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I formatted my sd card after installing Dwangs ROM, however I originally formatted it wrong so I got the black screen. Before I formated the SD card I had downloaded a bunch of apps.
Now that I've formatted the sd card all of my apps are gone. When I go into the Market to re-download them the market thinks I still have them installed.
I went to Manage Applications and cleared the cache of the Market App.
I then sorted for 3rd party apps and sure enough they still all show up under that filter but they are all 0.00Kb and when I click on them the phone just says App no found.
Anything else I should try beyond a whipe and re-install the Rom?
Yeah I had that happen too. I just went ahead a re-installed the rom, but I'm pretty sure if you pushed the .apks to /system/sd your phone would read them properly. They would have to be named exactly as they were before though - "com.handcent.nextsms.apk" for example, and not just "Handcent.apk."
this is happening with my lock screen widget, i try to add it it's not there i look in applications under settings and it's not listed, i go to market and in my downloads its there but i can't open or uninstall i've flashed 3 times already do i need a wipe? i have my apps on sd but i'm not trying to install them from market again
You can manually edit out the problem apps entries in /data/system/packages.xml
Nevermind i fixed it...just did a nandroid restore and then flashed cm4.2.4 then my theme and it's there and working now, strange
So I was getting unknown reason 18 error when trying to install certain apps from the market.
I've googled and search the forum. The best answer I could get was to wipe and reinstall the ROM, which I did not want to do.
Then I checked the logs and figured out the problem was that all those apps that would fail were trying to install on SD card by default.
The solution: move all the apps back to phone, put your microSD into a card reader and delete .android_secure folder. That's it!
didn't work for me
Worked
That worked for me. For ever I could not update Sky map. When I could not install Angry Birds I went "searching".
Thank you for the fix.
I don't think it'll work for me either.
None of my apps are on my SD. I know this because I can't even do that. When I try to transfer an app to sd it the progress bar just hangs there (doesn't move it just shows the striped pattern)
It worked!
Hey ho, it worked!! Finally the nagging issue is resolved (for me)
I can't find that folder/file! :S
.android_secure is hidden, you need to enable showing hidden files on your file manager. I use ES File Manager and it has such feature.
...or, you can just make sure your app is installed on the phone, then unmount the SD before updating.
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Holy crap! It worked for me. I didn't have anything installed on the SD card either.
when your market chache is moved to the SD then move it back to the internal memory and clear the market data...
Worked for me... Thanks a lot...
i've had this error for quite some time - i realized i need to move the app back to phone in order to update it and then move it back to SD card.
Will try this method!
Thanks for posting
thank god this!!!!! work i'm was getting piss off at is unknown 18 **** it was hunting me in my dreams THANKYOU
Please, I have the same problem but I haven't space in my phone to return the SD apps. Is there another way to solve this?
Simple FIX
Just take out the sd card, install whatever is giving you an error, then pop the sd card back in. No fuss no muss!
Nice SIMPLE solution!
Thank you. Didn't involve rooting the phone, installing adb, saying magic mantras etc. etc.
Thanks
Karolis said:
So I was getting unknown reason 18 error when trying to install certain apps from the market.
I've googled and search the forum. The best answer I could get was to wipe and reinstall the ROM, which I did not want to do.
Then I checked the logs and figured out the problem was that all those apps that would fail were trying to install on SD card by default.
The solution: move all the apps back to phone, put your microSD into a card reader and delete .android_secure folder. That's it!
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Exellent amigo, now every think is perfect, now i can install all my apps, thank again.
Karolis said:
So I was getting unknown reason 18 error when trying to install certain apps from the market.
I've googled and search the forum. The best answer I could get was to wipe and reinstall the ROM, which I did not want to do.
Then I checked the logs and figured out the problem was that all those apps that would fail were trying to install on SD card by default.
The solution: move all the apps back to phone, put your microSD into a card reader and delete .android_secure folder. That's it!
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threepwood960 said:
Please, I have the same problem but I haven't space in my phone to return the SD apps. Is there another way to solve this?
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Ok, so I figured out a solution that is hopefully "better" and "quicker" for all. Simply connect your phone to your computer (as USB Mass storage), browse to the folder '.android_secure' (make sure you can view hidden files/folders in windows) and delete the file 'smdl2tmp1.asec' (I just renamed it 'smdl2tmp1.asec.delete' just in case it didn't work).
Problem solved! Everything updates just fine now and I didn't have to move any apps back from the SD card to the phone.
ultratech23 said:
Just take out the sd card, install whatever is giving you an error, then pop the sd card back in. No fuss no muss!
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Yea...just this guys.
zero need to delete, move, etc.
Just unmount the SD, instead of taking it out...
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Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now
terrywai said:
Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now
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Me too. Please somebody help us.
LEF32 said:
Me too. Please somebody help us.
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Seems something crash but don't which part, somebody help us
I recently have experienced the same problem and I spent nearly 3 days to get my phone back to work.
The issue is probably caused by broken app file on SD card.
I'm sure there's one way to replay the issue: get more than 100 apps on SD card, then use Titanium Backup to move all apps from internal storage to SD card, before it finishes (near the end) force close Titanium Backup. On next boot, Android won't be able to load all apps on SD card anymore.
My solution was:
Connect the sd card onto a computer using a card reader. Go to .android_secure folder, then sort by modifying date. Delete few latest apps then put the SD back to your phone but you have to re-install the apps which you deleted.
Good luck!
If you use apps to ext, you can just restore your nandroid...
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Thanks! I did what you said only I deleted all the apps in the android secure folder to be sure. And so far is working well for a couple of days. Thank you again.
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Hey everyone. I have a question regarding updating my whatsapp. I have a 2 GB SD card with lots of space and am currently using the PAC ROM by old droid. I have Gapps light.
When i try to update whatsapp it comes to a certain percentage such as 12% then it says installing. Then it stops and gives me an insufficient memory error. I reflashed the ROM and gapps again and still i get the same problem. I also cleared cache for the play store and google play services and tried to update but still get the same error. When i first installed whatsapp it was fine but when i try to update i can't.
Thanks.
i think you should backup ur whatsapp messages then uninstall it , then install the last version of whatsapp
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I don't mind my msgs getting deleted. I tried that but now i'm not able to reinstall it! For some reason i'm able to install and update other apps which are around the same sise but not whatsapp.
dont install older version and then updating it...try downloading directly from play store and make sure you have enough memory in your phone because whatsapp gets installed in phone memory and not in sd card memory..it doesnt matter if you have enough memory on your sd card..
Doubts kill more dreams than failure ever will..
I had the same problem with whatsup you just have to un-install it and than install it. :fingers-crossed:
After I tried to move some apps to the SD card their icons disappeared from my phone screen and the SD card also disappeared from my phone. Then when I tried to reinstall the apps from the app store it keeps giving me the message "You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on this device".
I'm at a loss because I tried to find the apps in the settings but their not there anymore so I can't find the incompatible versions anymore.
Also the SD card wasn't readable by my phone anymore and when I tried to read the SD card from a pc the only option I have is to reformat it.
So I can't Uninstall those apps anymore and I don't know how to access other users in note 8 tMobile version to find the incompatible version. When I moved to the SD card did the phone interpret that as another user and the apps became corrupted maybe? Is there any solution to this problem?
It took me a few hours but I found a work around. What I had to do is search for the APK I needed. I downloaded and installed it from the yalp store (APK mirror) should work as well. Once installed, I moved it to the SD card, just like I did before. Opened it so it created the data folder. Then immediately uninstalled it. I was then able to go back to the Play store and downloaded it just fine. I know xda does not Condon the use of "pirated" apps or work around but I hope this reply does not get flagged as I believe it is a huge issue for us.
justin94 said:
It took me a few hours but I found a work around. What I had to do is search for the APK I needed. I downloaded and installed it from the yalp store (APK mirror) should work as well. Once installed, I moved it to the SD card, just like I did before. Opened it so it created the data folder. Then immediately uninstalled it. I was then able to go back to the Play store and downloaded it just fine. I know xda does not Condon the use of "pirated" apps or work around but I hope this reply does not get flagged as I believe it is a huge issue for us.
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:good: That did it! Thanks a ton. Actually installing any apk version of the same app and then uninstalling it regardless of moving it to the SD card solved the problem. I could then reinstall it from the play store without getting the notification of an incompatible version already being installed by another user.