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AppBrain sync

I have noticed, happily, that apps I have purchased for my EVO are still paid for and available for use with my tab. I have been using AppBrain instead of Titanium to put my apps back on after a ROM flash.
Can I sync my tab without effecting the list of what is on my phone? I guess I could go the Ti route but I kinda like not have another backup saved on my card (in addition to one saved in recovery).

I've synced my phone and my tablet with AppBrain and have not noticed any problems or missing apps or the like.

Outta curiosity, can you check the AppBrain website and see if shows a separate list for the tab?
Thanks!

Hey gents. Just wanted to say how much I'm loving this G Tablet first off.
But I just wanted to leave a little tip you may have used. If you enable Fast Web Install in AppBrain, you'll be able to search the entire marketplace and install apps that even don't show up in the Android Marketplace after the fix.
For example, I used it to install Vplayer Alpha as I prefer it to Rockplayer just bit. I couldn't find it in the Android Marketplace and I wasn't too sure about the APK file I downloaded to sideload.
Luckily, Fast Web Installer + AppBrain = No need for Android Marketplace.

@goalweiser - I see VPlayer Beta (I think it's no longer Alpha) in Market currently, after my extended Market Fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861044), although I've made a few additional tweaks to build.prop now so not certain it will be there for you.
But thanks for sharing the AppBrain Fast Web Installer tip, I wasn't aware of that one.

Thanks for the tip on the Beta...need to update! It was updated on my Evo and I didn't even notice.
That said, my AppBrain account doesn't necessarily seem to be syncing both ways. I can't seem to get the same apps on both my Evo and GTab without downloading them manually.
I'll probably just create another account for the GTab all together.

I see both my Evo and my GTab separately within the same gmail account logged into AppBrain... Look on the left-hand side, they group them according to device.

J_Bone said:
Outta curiosity, can you check the AppBrain website and see if shows a separate list for the tab?
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Yes, it does.

appbrain sync
pray tell, how do you sync appbrain to your g tablet ?

[Q] AppBrain questions

The application's web site seems to me to have circular logic when it comes to installing the AppBrain app itself on the gTablet. After a frustrating week, I am asking for help. What am I doing wrong? I do have a validated account.
A side question. Is it worth the effort to install?
Thanks.
Tom

AppBrain is a Market filter and search index not a repository
The device must be open to the regular Market for AppBrain to work. In other words, Market must function correctly first, then AppBrain should work under "normal" Android conditions.

I appreciate your reply but I don't understand what to do. All I want is a direct link to the apk file for "mydlink Lite" to see my wireless cameras, but all I find are QR scan images. I haven't figured out how to make that work since I have a Blackberry phone. It shouldn't be that complicated.

Do you have Market installed on your tablet. Not "gmarket" but "Market". Are you running a stock tablet? Without the market installed on your tablet appbrain won't work.
EDIT: If you install the Market, the app you are looking for is available
Follow this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842590
Read this also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090

My tablet is stock and only the gMarket is installed. Thanks for the pointers and I'll do the reading you suggest. No WiFi on the cross-country train travel so I'm just catching up with everything.
Tom

I've never used it, from what I've read, Appbrain doesn't have the APKs themselves. It's just a way to see what's in the Google Marketplace. So, when you find something on Appbrain, and want to get it, you actually end up getting from the Market, not from Appbrain.
Jim

[Q] Full Android Market?

My NC is auto-nootered running the newer Market and I love it.
But I hate that I can't get all the normal apps via Market. Amazon and Trillian are the two I've noticed so far. Amazon is only for the US Market, so I had to download an APK for it that won't update. As for Trillian, I can't even find a an up-to-date APK.
I've tried Market Enabler, which hasn't done a damned thing. I can see both Amazon and Trillian with AppBrain, but when I click Market it just says that the target couldn't be found.
How can I/we get access to these apps, installed via a real Market so they can update? I'm fine paying USD$4.99 for Trillian.
Thanks all.

MkFly said:
How can I/we get access to these apps, installed via a real Market so they can update? I'm fine paying USD$4.99 for Trillian.
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You have to install AppBrain and Fast Web Installer from the market on your Nook. Run Fast Web Installer once and click "Allow" -- You can then find and install the protected apps using appbrain.com (not the app). Then go into the AppBrain app and sync then install the protected app on the Nook.

wreckedfred said:
You have to install AppBrain and Fast Web Installer from the market on your Nook. Run Fast Web Installer once and click "Allow" -- You can then find and install the protected apps using appbrain.com (not the app). Then go into the AppBrain app and sync then install the protected app on the Nook.
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"Google has made fast web install impossible in the latest upgrade of the Android market, which is installed on your device."
So ... I guess this can only be done with the older Market app? That's a shame, but better than not being able to use those apps I suppose.
Will the apps be able to update themselves if I install them this way? Or will I have to go back to the website every time?

(HoneyComb 3.0) Working Apps

Apps everyone has gotten working on Honeycomb on the NOOK and how they got them working.
The following have been tried so far.
*apps that you can see in the market seem to work just fine*
All apps with * before them have issues.
*Assume regular install unless noted otherwise on all working apps*
*Of course if you don't have root you cannot get root access*
Here is how to get ROOT http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941445
Browsers:
*Dolphin Browesr HD 4.2 (works, FC on pinch zoom) Just installed apk via Astro.
*Skyfire (FC)
Dolphin Browser
xScope
I dont like the stock browser you cant change it to desktop.
*Thanks clamder*
to change the user agent to desktop in the stock browser, type this in the address bar:
about:debug
Launchers:
*adw ex (FC)
*adw (FC)
*launcher pro (FC)
Zeam
Apps:
*Flash 10.1 (wont install, didnt try ADB Install)
*Zedge (installs but you can't change the background right now)
*hexanage games (wont install)
*Aquarium Donation Live Wallpaper (settings cannot be changed for some
reason)
*Nook app (some people having problems opening books after sync)
*Pocket Legends (will not install)
Taskiller
Gmail
Game Dev Story
Angry Birds (ADB install, Market had issues) *i was able to install from market*
Angry Birds Seasons
Dropbox
Pandora
Swiftkey Keyboard
Power amp (Installed but haven't tested if it works fully yet)
Astro file manager
ES File Manager
ES Task manager
SystemPanel
DropBox
Quadrant Standard
Jewels
Grays anatomy 2011
Robo defense
documents to go 3.0
ez pdf reader
drop box
Facebook
Fruit Ninja
Google Talk
Wyse Pocket Cloud
XDA Developers app (REALLY slow)
FBReader
Chess free
Super Sudoko
Backgammon
Post up the apps you got working and how and i will move them up to the top. If you know a fix to get an app above to work post it too.
Also if anyone knows how to get the market to show all apps please share!

I have installed the following they all work unless noted
Root explorer (Installs but doesn't get root access)
Dolphin Browser
Dropbox
Pandora
Zedge (installs but you can't change the background right now)
Swiftkey Keyboard
Power amp (Installed but haven't tested if it works fully yet)
Astro file manager

following this thread

nice thread, wrong forum

grandmasterlarry said:
Id like to start a Thread on Apps people have gotten working on Honeycomb and how they got them working.
I have tryed the following so far.
*apps that you can see in the market seem to work just fine*
Browsers
*Dolphin Browesr HD 4.2 (works, FC on pinch zoom) Just installed apk via Astro.
*Skyfire (FC)
I dont like the stock browser you cant change it to desktop.
*Flash 10.1 (wont install)
Post up the apps you got working and how and i will move them up to the top.
Also if anyone knows how to get the market to show all apps please share!
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to change the user agent to desktop in the stock browser, type this in the address bar:
about:debug
after you hit enter, nothing really should happen. but then go to the settings of the browser, and you'll see a new debug menu. you can change the uagent string in there.

xScope
ES File Manager
ES Task manager
setCPU (no root)
SystemPanel
DropBox
Quadrant Standard
Jewels
Angry Birds (ADB install, Market had issues)
Ninjump didn't show up in the market when I searched.

So Far I have tried the following
Installs and runs:
Grays anatomy 2011
Robo defense
documents to go 3.0
ez pdf reader
nook app
drop box
installs but force closes
adw ex
adw
launcher pro
doesnt install
all hexanage games which are great hd and non hd versions- evac, radiant,etc.
flash
all i tried so far

xScope is a browser
Add Facebook, Fruit Ninja, Talk, Wyse Pocket Cloud as well please.
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Winamp too...

I have Zeam running. It is my preferred launcher. Had to search for the apk online because it's not in the Market on HC. Installed via ADB. Had to go to Preferences - General - and check sensor rotation to make it rotate when the NC was rotated.
Seems to work just fine.

ictguy78 said:
I have Zeam running. It is my preferred launcher. Had to search for the apk online because it's not in the Market on HC. Installed via ADB. Had to go to Preferences - General - and check sensor rotation to make it rotate when the NC was rotated.
Seems to work just fine.
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I also have Engadget running from the Market (although most videos still don't play)
Aquarium Donation Live Wallpaper downloads and installs from the market - although settings cannot be changed for some reason
XDA Developers app downloads and installs from the Market. Seems to be REALLY slow for me for some reason though.

For those that have loaded the Nook.app, have you actually been able to load and read a book? I have installed the Nook app on two different Honeycombed units. The units will synchronizes with my Barnes and Noble account and I can download my books. I can then select the table of contents sections of the books and even see my bookmarks in a book I am currently reading. However, when I then select a section to read (like Chaper 1 or a bookmark), all I get is the spinner on a blank page indicating the book is loading without any page ever appearing. I have left it try to load as long as 15 minutes on both Nooks without an actual page of the book ever appearing.

FBReader, Chess free, Super Sudoko, Backgammon

wayne710 said:
For those that have loaded the Nook.app, have you actually been able to load and read a book? I have installed the Nook app on two different Honeycombed units. The units will synchronizes with my Barnes and Noble account and I can download my books. I can then select the table of contents sections of the books and even see my bookmarks in a book I am currently reading. However, when I then select a section to read (like Chaper 1 or a bookmark), all I get is the spinner on a blank page indicating the book is loading without any page ever appearing. I have left it try to load as long as 15 minutes on both Nooks without an actual page of the book ever appearing.
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It definitely is buggy. I had to log out/log in again for my library to reappear. I've been able to d/l a book - but when I click on it I just get the spinner on a blank page. I can interrupt the spinner by clicking the Settings softkey and going to the table of contents. Clicking on a chapter gives me the same results you're seeing.
I'm going to say that, at least for the two of us, the Nook app is a no-go on HC right now.

Pocket Legends from their website does not install, says "your app was not installed"
It's not in the market, anyway to get all apps to show up in market yet?

Sweetness on my Nook!
Ran Honeycomb 2g image all day today, showing off at work. It ran well enough to use internet and install some apps on my breaks . So far got Market to work correctly by wiping market cache and framework data followed by a reboot.
Working Apps so far include:
Winamp
Zeam
Perfect Viewer
Jorte
Dolphin HD
So far the only program that hasn't worked fully is Beautiful Widgets, but I only tried one widget so far.
I am very impressed with the progress of this development process. Kudos to everyone involved. Amazing work and thank you!

Thanks for the list

Launchers are flaky, but usable
I have been trying to duplicate the problems w/Launcher Pro and ADW, but both seem to work OK after a reboot. After installation both hang when invoked, eventually presenting a 'force close/wait' dialog, but this no longer happens after the first reboot. Can someone w/problems try rebooting to see if it helps?

Has anyone found a terminal app that works?

sixcoronas said:
Has anyone found a terminal app that works?
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Jack Palevich's Terminal Emulator v1.0.21 works for me

[Q] How do you install .apk files on a rooted Nook?

Alright, so I have a 1.2.0 Nook Color. Last night I rooted it with ManualNooter but now the android market is not working so great. Only a few things show up, and Angry Birds is definitely not showing up. I've heard that sometimes the full market doesn't show up till after 30 hours after rooting, however I don't know how much of a rumor that is.
Therefore, I want to try and get the amazon app market for the Kindle app and such. How can I download it? I know I need to install something but I don't know how.
Any good, straight forward instructions for a total noob? Thanks!

First, you must open up Nook Color tools. Then tick the box for "non-market installs". Second, download the Amazon Appstore apk file from here, directly on the Nook. Once the file is downloaded, open up the notifications in the bottom left corner and tap the "download complete" window. Select Package Installer. Then simply enough, there is an install button. Press it (duh). Now wait. When that's done, then you can open it.

Ahhh, see I don't think I have Nook Color tools on it yet. I'm assuming that's process where I hook the Nook to the computer and form some commands?

Nook color tools is installed with the manual nooter zip that you flash. ADB wireless, SU, google apps and a few others should also be there. What did you use to root? The most current is 4.6.16. Limited market apps was an issue with earlier versions that has a fix posted within the MN thread. Otherwise, I did not run into that with the latest version.

Yeah I just found the Nook Tools on there. The 'Allow non Market apps' was already checked so I don't know why the amazon app wouldn't download.
_EDIT_
Alright, I updated the MN and installed it, the market is working great
Now lets see if I can get Amazon app to work this round!