Looking for some guidance here, my wifes Captivate is running Launcher Pro (free version), and about a week ago, she received this message as one of those little popup messages, saying "This version of launcher pro is about to expire, please go to launcherpro.com to update"....
I checked the Market for an update, and according to it, there was no update. We saw this message about every other day, until this morning, she goes to use her phone, and basically launcher pro has completely crashed out, and keeps taking her to the web browser trying to open to the launcher pro website.
She has no way to get to her home screen, or any other part of the phone. All the physical buttons on the bottom redirect her to the browser trying to load launcherpro.com, I assume to get this "Update".
I've never heard of this, I run launcher pro too, which no problems. Any thoughts? How can I back her out of using launcher pro as her home app, with out being able to access the main android setting panel?
Can this be done from recovery mode?
Is her phone rooted?
Edit: And is USB debugging enabled?
Yes, it is rooted. I think her most recent launcher pro update (from market) failed to download, or install correctly, and now it's corrupt.
She only has access to the web browser. She can access other websites, but launcherpro.com will not load.
I had her remove battery, sim card, and then reboot phone, no dice.
Edit: I think USB debugging is enabled, but I'm not sure.... I'm at work, she's at home....I'm basically trying to get my plan together, so when I get home tonight, I can tackle this.
I also had her type in the direct URL for the most recent launcherpro update (apk file) which she was able to download, but of course she can't install it....
If she can sideload apps, You might be able to use the browser to download a different launcher (touchwiz, adw ..etc) then uninstall launcherpro and reinstall if you wanted... just use the browser to sign in to xda and download whichever u wanted....if browser wont let you download an apk then you could use adb, download your launcher then adb push it to /system/app/ and reboot (you might have to adb shell to mount /system RW) once it boots u might have to hit the home key for it to pop up and ask what launcher to use..
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csticky said:
Looking for some guidance here, my wifes Captivate is running Launcher Pro (free version), and about a week ago, she received this message as one of those little popup messages, saying "This version of launcher pro is about to expire, please go to launcherpro.com to update"....
I checked the Market for an update, and according to it, there was no update. We saw this message about every other day, until this morning, she goes to use her phone, and basically launcher pro has completely crashed out, and keeps taking her to the web browser trying to open to the launcher pro website.
She has no way to get to her home screen, or any other part of the phone. All the physical buttons on the bottom redirect her to the browser trying to load launcherpro.com, I assume to get this "Update".
I've never heard of this, I run launcher pro too, which no problems. Any thoughts? How can I back her out of using launcher pro as her home app, with out being able to access the main android setting panel?
Can this be done from recovery mode?
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I got the same message like 2 days back. I went to market and updated my version. It didn't give that message again.
ya, that was the first thing I did, but according to the market, her version was up to date, or at least there were no updates for her to install....
I figured there would be a way for me to sideload something, but I've never done anything like that....rooting via an update.zip file, was easy....
Edit: the other thought I had was, if she gets a market app update notification in the notifications bar, we would probably be able to get to the market that way, and uninstall launcher pro, or install another home app (adw). So I'm hoping an update gets pushed today.
csticky said:
ya, that was the first thing I did, but according to the market, her version was up to date, or at least there were no updates for her to install....
I figured there would be a way for me to sideload something, but I've never done anything like that....rooting via an update.zip file, was easy....
Edit: the other thought I had was, if she gets a market app update notification in the notifications bar, we would probably be able to get to the market that way, and uninstall launcher pro, or install another home app (adw). So I'm hoping an update gets pushed today.
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Try ADW. This is one home replacement simple and more or less on lines of launcher pro, well, atleast personally by me.
She needs to get home launcher or something so that she can switch her launcher.
I still use Touchwiz mainly, but I have Launcher Pro Plus, ADW, Live Home, and Netlife Home on my phone as well.
Thanks, the problem of course is that we cannot access any part of the phone except the browser...so once I can figure out how to get to the market, or into the android settings, I will be able to disable LauncherPro.
If anyone has a suggestion of how to accomplish that, it will be most appreciated.
csticky said:
Thanks, the problem of course is that we cannot access any part of the phone except the browser...so once I can figure out how to get to the market, or into the android settings, I will be able to disable LauncherPro.
If anyone has a suggestion of how to accomplish that, it will be most appreciated.
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She can't even access the market? If she can get an app called home switcher. That would let her choose which launcher to use. If not you would have to either email the creator or reset the phone if everything she touches makes the phone go to pp website. I don't know how anything she does makes it go to their website to upgrade.
This is my Captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
csticky said:
Thanks, the problem of course is that we cannot access any part of the phone except the browser...so once I can figure out how to get to the market, or into the android settings, I will be able to disable LauncherPro.
If anyone has a suggestion of how to accomplish that, it will be most appreciated.
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If debugging is activated you could try to adb push a new launcher apk to /data/app/
Go to appbrain.com and you should be able to hook into the Market from there.
You can also use the Android Sideload Wonder Machine from Androidcentral to sideload another launcher or HomeSwitcher. Link
Just connect your phone with USB debugging on, but not connected as a usb mass storage device, select the apk, and click install.
If you are comfortable with ADB then follow the instructions in the link below.
http://www.careace.net/2010/05/12/how-to-remove-android-apps-through-adb/
csticky said:
Thanks, the problem of course is that we cannot access any part of the phone except the browser...so once I can figure out how to get to the market, or into the android settings, I will be able to disable LauncherPro.
If anyone has a suggestion of how to accomplish that, it will be most appreciated.
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1. Download any launcher, say adw onto ur computer.
2. Use adb commands to push it to /system/app
3. Press the home button -- this will prompt u to pick one home app, pick the new one, and presto... u have full access to ur phone
MikeyMike01 said:
Go to appbrain.com and you should be able to hook into the Market from there.
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MikeyMike has the easiest solution. If on the phone, you can only access the browser. Go to www.appbrain.com, and download another launcher from there(Zeam, ADW,Launcher2) install it and reboot, you should be able to then select which browser to use.
download the .apk from your computer and install using droidexplorer...problem solved
I had the same thing happen to me. The launcherpro website is also down. This seems well thought out. How do you make a program liked by almost everyone and turn it into something I'm swearing at for the last three hours because I need to use my phone as a #(*@^@% phone.
I don't have mine rooted. Stupid thing is I was planning to do it this weekend.
Any of the ideas above work for a non-rooted phone? Can I still sideload something else somehow?
Thanks.
whitesox311 said:
download the .apk from your computer and install using droidexplorer...problem solved
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He is unable to access anything else besides browser, he has now way to get to a file manager
1+ for going to appbrain.com...forgot all about that, it will redirect u to the market to dload another launcher...
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I have started the rooting of my NC using the auto-nooter-2.12.25.img. I appear to be rooted (mostly). I got youtube but gmail did not sync. I opened up Market and accepted Terms and Service. I have softkeys but tapping any of the soft keys just shows a message "Unable to execute as root". In the Market, the search magnifying glass is grayed out. I have selected an app to DL & it says "starting to download" but doesn't seem to be doing anything. I do have wi-fi on and am connected to the internet. Have no clue what to do from here except somehow I need softkeys to do something other than give that message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: On rebooting, softkeys now has been allowed superuser permissions & seems to work. Now I can use it to search the Market. But where are the apps I DLed and how do I get to them? They are not showing in "Extras".
Edit-2: I think I've got it. Now have ADW Launcher working. Just a learning curve.
slayda said:
I have started the rooting of my NC using the auto-nooter-2.12.25.img. I appear to be rooted (mostly). I got youtube but gmail did not sync. I opened up Market and accepted Terms and Service. I have softkeys but tapping any of the soft keys just shows a message "Unable to execute as root". In the Market, the search magnifying glass is grayed out. I have selected an app to DL & it says "starting to download" but doesn't seem to be doing anything. I do have wi-fi on and am connected to the internet. Have no clue what to do from here except somehow I need softkeys to do something other than give that message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: On rebooting, softkeys now has been allowed superuser permissions & seems to work. Now I can use it to search the Market. But where are the apps I DLed and how do I get to them? They are not showing in "Extras".
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It has been awhile since I rooted. I cant remember if the auto-nooter package came with the old or new market(I think it was the old). Seems like I had issues at first and upgraded to the new. May try to clear the market cache first. Here is a thread on the new market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872621
You need to reboot before it shows up in extras. Or install a different launcher and it shows up instantly.
Can you use Google Talk? If the app is stuck at downloading, most likely you can't connect with Google Talk. Open up ports 5222 and 443 on your firewall and see if it works.
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Is there a fix for Google. Earth for g tablet
Some have gotten it to work by creating a mock location, I have not had such luck in trying to get it to work.
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Some have gotten it to work by creating a mock location, I have not had such luck in trying to get it to work.
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This is what worked for me (on TnT Lite)...
1) Install My Fake Location from Market. Set my preferred location (I used the map to find my location coordinates).
2) Install Location Spoofer from Market. All I did was install it. I didn't do anything with it.
3) Run My Fake Location by selecting Set GPS Location. Uou will receive a notification that My Fake Location is Started.
4) Install Google Earth version 1.2.1. The APK is located in this posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10426487&postcount=9
Good Luck!!!
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This is what worked for me (on TnT Lite)...
1) Install My Fake Location from Market. Set my preferred location (I used the map to find my location coordinates).
2) Install Location Spoofer from Market. All I did was install it. I didn't do anything with it.
3) Run My Fake Location by selecting Set GPS Location. Uou will receive a notification that My Fake Location is Started.
4) Install Google Earth version 1.2.1. The APK is located in this posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10426487&postcount=9
Good Luck!!!
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Thanks for this fix... Worked for me!
Thanks you!
Google Earth works right of the bat on Vegan 7.
I have TnT Lite 4.4 and it didn't work with the steps mentioned in this thread. I have tethered my EVO 4G with the g tablet and get GPS working in Maps and navigation but Google Earth wouldn't work at all. It would install, but hang in launching. I then tried with the apps My Fake Location and Location spoofer, but no luck.
My fake location doesn't show up in market anymore for me since switching to TNTLite from stock OS and a sub-TNTLite market fix. I got the apk anyway, and Google Earth. Earth just gets stuck searching for location and eventually force closes or crashes my gtablet. MFL usually crashes it too, turning on or off. I found another fake gps app in market and it also crashes.
And when I say crashes it, the screen goes black and the gtab doesn't turn back on for a while.
I can't believe I had a fake gps and google earth working with stock OS but can't get them working with the mod.
I used a modified version of Butch1326's tutortial. I am running Vegan Beta 5.1.1 and this method does work on my tablet. Here is the method I used:
DO THESE STEPS IN ORDER! If you already have Earth installed, uninstall it before you do step 1.
1) Install Location Spoofer from Market.
2) After installation, go to: Settings --> Location & Security. Check on "Use wireless networks" and "Use GPS satellites" if these are not already. These options NEED to be checked on for this to work. Location Spoofer complains if they are not.
3) Go back and open Location Spoofer and click "select from map". I found a location near where I live to work with, you can do this for where ever you live. I don't think the actual location matters. Once you have found a location, select "Use this Location" at the top of the screen.
4) Change the duration to 5 minutes. This is just so you have some time to work with and the app won't stop running in the middle of the setup process.
4) Check the option, "Spoof GPS Location Too"
5) Click "Start spoofing"
6) Now install Google Earth found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10426487&postcount=9
(If this link doesn't work go to Butch1326's original post for the link)
7) Once Earth installs, click done. Then open your app drawer and open Earth. It will start to load. Your tablet may crash at this point, mine did. Though, I was a little eager and was trying to use the app while it was loading. Let it sit a few minutes and see what happens. If it runs on the first try, your done. You can stop Location Spoofer and uncheck the options under Location & Security. Enjoy Google Earth. IF YOUR TABLET DID CRASH GO TO STEP 8.
8) After your tablet reboots, let it sit a minute or two. Give the OS time to finish booting and the OS to stablize.
9) Open Earth again. Don't worry about Location Spoofer, we don't need it anymore.
10) After Earth launches, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR TABLET. It is necessary to let Earth load all the way before you do anything. I didn't touch mine for two or three minutes and advise you to do the same.
11) You're done. Earth should be running now.
If this did not work for you, there is a possibility one of the steps got messed up or you are not running Vegan 5.1.1, as this is the only rom I have tested this on. And the standard line: If you mess up your tablet, I'm not responsible.
Google Earth 2.x works without fuss
The best way to install Google Earth on the gTablet is just to find a copy of the latest version 2.0.1. It installs and runs without fuss, doesn't care if my bluetooth GPS puck is connected or not, and uses it if it is.
Just install and enjoy!
Hmmm?
I just installed Google Earth on my GTAB directly from the android market and it's running pretty smoothly.. No issues what so ever...
+1 Downloaded Google Earth 2.0.1 from my new fixed Market. Works like a champ! TNT Lite 4.4 GTab
What build prop are you using? I'm using olympus and it doesn't appear...
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Can someone kindly post the apk?
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What build prop are you using? I'm using olympus and it doesn't appear...
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Amused, I posted this this morning and it is the 1st thread at the top in this topic.
"+1! First of all I am running TNT Lite 4.4. I too had tried the standard Market fix many times and just could never see all the cool apps I wanted. Went ahead and changed the build.prop as iamchoco had suggested and BINGO! Although the ro.build.fingerprint already had this line correct, I changed the ro.build.tags and the ro.build.device lines to match iamchoco's instructons. Did the standard Market fix again and it works awesome. It even seems a little faster than before. All the apps I could never get are there and downloadable and have been downloaded and installed...
The programs that I had sideloaded previously are now showing up in the Market and I am updating them through the Market now."
I haven't learned yet how to extract my .apk's yet from my GTab but if you do this fix above, the Market should work for you and show the latest Google Earth.
Alright thanks I'll give it a go
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No go...what iamchoo suggested wad exactly what I was using...is it a location issue? I'm in asia.
Could you help to post the apk? Its mightily easy with root explorer. Just go to /data/apps/???.apk long press and select copy. Then paste it somewhere accessible, like the root of your internal memory which is /sdcard/ .
The ??? is the apk name. Should be something earth?
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Let me know if this is right. I did as you asked. It is an apk file but the only one I found in that directory was com.google.earth.apk. Here it is...
Thanks! WOrks perfectly
You're welcome Amusedkid,
Lets get your market working. What ROM are you running? I can help you get the Full Market if you have the same ROM as me. I tried everything and could never get the Full Market. But with the tweaks from iamchocho AND then the normal Market fix, it works perfectly now. I am running TNT Lite 4.4 on GTab FRF91. Let me know if you want the exact procedure I used...
long story short, my bro did somethin w/ my phone & it stopped working...only worked shortly after battery pulls
so i factory reset and it works but im stuck at setup accounts and it keeps looping when i set up gps and goes back to backup assistant. Any way to get by this? the error says My Accounts (process com.motorola.setup) has stopped
also, i know the phone is working cuz i can get online(by using voice serch), pull notif bar down and go into wifi, gmail, & texts, etc
anyone???
10 char...
Do you have the desk dock? If you do, plug it in, and go into productivity mode. There is an app drawer there. Go to the market, and install your launcher of choice. Actually, if you do voice search, look for a launcher pro apk. That'll work too.
anyone got a solution? please help.. even i am stuck at the same spot... dont know what app's i need to RE-install...
thanks
If you can get to your dialer (I had to use the Visual Voicemail setup to pull it up, then when it closes back to setup accounts, I held down home to get to the recent apps screen, select dialer from there) use the mic button to access voice commands. Say "go to market" it will pull up market. Download a different launcher, and then when you hit home, it will give you the choice to go back into Setup or your new launcher. Go to the launcher. You can take it from there...
Was the phone rooted? If so - did you remove any apps from /system/app?
Yes and yes. I had backed them up with TiBu, but the restore didn't work as planned so I found a dump of the system/app folder here: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-3-hacks/167677-removing-bloatware-2.html#post1705285
yea i figured it out by trial & error Sat with a lil help from techdigital on another forum...altho i hadnt removed anything...stupid ass setuo apk lol
that helps... yay.
By the way if you tap each of the corners of android welcome screen starting from the top left (haven't tested on d3 but works on others) in order it bypasses setup altogether.