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After rom upgrade my Android has phantom apps

My MT3g thinks I have a couple dozen apps already installed that aren't already installed. When I go to the market to install one, it says "INSTALLED" if I click on it, I see the OPEN and UNINSTALL buttons grayed out. How can I get my android to stop being obstinate and let me either install or use the apps it thinks are installed?

Did you wipe before you flashed your rom?

I thought so! but apparently I didn't...
I thought Cyanogen had a script to fix this issue though but I can't find it. FixPermissions.sh or something.

Try and format your partition ext/2. I had to do that when switching roms to because apps weren't launching.

Anyone figure this out I'm having the same issue with my G1 with Cyan v4.1.9999????

Same issue after wipe/factory flash and rom upgrade
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=204327c0ee8096e0&hl=en
might be worth following eventually. I've tried using other file and package managers to try and remove the apps, but they aren't showing up anywhere but in the market as phantom apps with greyed out open/update and uninstall buttons.

If you can download the original installer from somewhere (google search), just install that, uninstall it, then install it from the market and that should fix the problem. That's what I did.

allholy1 said:
If you can download the original installer from somewhere (google search), just install that, uninstall it, then install it from the market and that should fix the problem. That's what I did.
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This method works... if you can find the apks. I thought backup for root users saved all apks. But apparently it doesn't for protected apps >.> and I can't find a few of them anywhere on the internet (or the download links don't work for me e.g. rapidshare)
So I'd be really grateful if anyone could upload these apks for me.
biz.mtoy.shot.apk (Shot: a game)
com.agilesoftresource.apk (AndroZip)
com.che.beta.wtd.client.apk (What the Doodle!)
com.handson.gh4.lite.apk (Guitar Hero 4 Lite)
com.herocraft.game.farmfrenzylite.apk (Farm Frenzy Lite)
com.media1908.lightningbug.apk (Lightning Bug)
com.moblyng.android.dungeonquest.apk (Dungeon Quest)
com.socialnmobile.clock.digital.apk (Digital Clock by social n mobile)
game.golf.control.activity.apk (droid minigolf)
sg.uandroid.sgbustiming.apk (SG bus timing)
Thank you!

missing market....doh

i feel like an idiot after this but here it is. I tried replacing the android market with the new version. I placed the file, renamed Vending.apk, into system/apps. prior to that I removed the old market apk and placed it in another folder. needless to say the new version didn't work after a reboot, and I then tried reverting back with the old apk, and of course that doesn't work now either. so now I'm marketless
please don't tell me have to flash back to stock and reroot. it has to be a simple fix, right?
any help as always is appreciated

I used the non-themed one from this thread: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...05022-who-going-re-revisited-vending-apk.html
If I recall, I opened Astro and installed it with that app's installer. I think it even came up with an option to install, update or uninstall. If it wasn't Astro, it was Root Explorer as those are the only two apps I use to install apks.
Good luck.

Geezer Squid said:
I used the non-themed one from this thread: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...05022-who-going-re-revisited-vending-apk.html
If I recall, I opened Astro and installed it with that app's installer. I think it even came up with an option to install, update or uninstall. If it wasn't Astro, it was Root Explorer as those are the only two apps I use to install apks.
Good luck.
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Thanks. I'm using root explorer, and installation fails. It goes through the installation process, but just fails at the end. So I still don't know exactly what the problem is.

Well, in the world of android phones, it seems that usually means there's a version of vending.apk somewhere on the phone that needs to be removed.
Also, take a long look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872621

Just copying the Vending.apk in /system/app is normally fine.
Did you check the file permissions of the new file?
Needs to be at least rw-r--r--
After reboot you should see the market in your apps.
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2alex said:
Just copying the Vending.apk in /system/app is normally fine.
Did you check the file permissions of the new file?
Needs to be at least rw-r--r--
After reboot you should see the market in your apps.
Sent from my LogicPD Zoom2 using XDA App
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I checked permissions and all is set up correctly, and it is installed after all. However, when I open the market, it hangs for a moment and then closes.

I had the exact same thing happen a couple weeks ago... There may have been a solution, but I just did a Titanium backup, reset to factory settings, re-rooted, and restored Titanium. The whole process probably took less than what you've spent asking for a solution in this thread

wvcachi said:
I had the exact same thing happen a couple weeks ago... There may have been a solution, but I just did a Titanium backup, reset to factory settings, re-rooted, and restored Titanium. The whole process probably took less than what you've spent asking for a solution in this thread
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it'll probably take me a bit longer than you to go through the rooting process again, but I guess it'll give me a chance to update my Nc to 1.01.
I'll still give it time for someone to come up with an answer that doesn't require rerooting

[Q] PLEASE HELP!.. Manually installed printershare.apk, now cant seem to remove!? :(

I have a rooted samsung fascinate, with stock rom/kernal..
Anywho I was playin around with installing some apps and I wanted to install the free version of Printershare, but instead of getting it from the market I used an APK file to install it from my sd card. Well the file appears to have been corrupted, so I attempted to uninstall it through root explorer, as well as remove all traces of the program. When I went to reinstall the program from the APP market, I now get the error "Installation Failed.. Update Incompatible." I searched around to figure out what that meant and in the process I noticed that the com.dynamixsoftware.printershare package was still listed in my manage apps section, but I am not able to uninstall it from there. I searched for it in root explorer but like I said I deleted all traces of printershare before so i didnt find it there. If anybody can help me with this issue it would be greatly appreciated!! THX!
PS. Sorry if this is in the wrong section I'm new to XDA

Try downloading Titanium Backup from the market. There is a free version and it should take care of your problem. If not, some others have recommended a program simply called Installer for Root.

[Q] New Android Market crashing, unable to install old one

Hi Everyone,
Looking for help for an issue, I installed the new android market and was messing around with Titanium Backup (forgot to backup the app, dumb me!) anyway I tried to uninstall the new market to go back to the old one but when I did this the market app is gone from the manage apps area. My phone is a N1, running 2.3.4 and rooted, this what I have tried:
- Install the old market manually from a downloaded vending.apk, not working crashes to .com.android.vending every time
- After this I went to look in the /system/app folder for vending.apk and the app is not there, neither I am unable to copy the app using Droid Explorer or Root explorer, it says it is coping the app but is not there
- Re-install gingerbread update again to see if it gets the app back, did not work, still not in system/app folder
Does anyone know why I am unable to copy the vending.apk to the system/app folder? the phone is rooted but still can-t
Thanks!

If you're having problems with root permissions, try using ROM Manager to fix permissions. Another possibility could be busybox, so I recommend installing the version with Titanium backup (under the Problems? section of the menu).
Updating the market can be tricky, but I always find wiping data from Google Services Framework and (use app manager) Market (easier to use Titanium), and rebooting helps. Make sure you reboot before trying to use the Market...

I didn-t know about the Fix Permissions feature of ROM manager, I tried it and it work, I can now place the file on the system/app folder.
Thanks a lot!

Market Lost

After My market was automatically Updated to the 3.x version,
I wanted to get rid of it, and reinstall my Stock Market (Ver 2)
However It didnt happen as the new market was in Data\app
not system\app
so i deleted the vending file from Data\app
but it didnt recover my previous market.
So I deleted the Com.vending folder from data\data\
as well.
Now i dont have either of the versions working, I cant make a factory reset either as some threads suggest.
How can I get my Market back ?
Thanks !