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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.
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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
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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
Hi guys,
I am on RocketRom v22 with Abyss 3.7.
Today I wanted to launch SamsungApps for the first time. I agreed on the License Agreement and was forced to update Samsung Apps and so I did. But after the download was finished the app was just closed. If I try to start it again, it closes again.
What I already tried:
Clear Data in Settings > apps. --> doesnt work
Then, I uninstalled Samsung Apps with Tit.Backup and tried to install Samsungapps.apk provided by many sites, including XDA.
During installation I get the error "Application was not installed".
I hope you can help me.
k!DDa
Push
10char
Copy it to /system/app and reboot if you haven't already done that.
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Thanks dude it worked
always learning something new here^^
I have pasted the samsung apps apk into the /system/app folder and rebooted but I still get the X Application not installed message...
Any suggestions would be appreciated
anyone?
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It should have been auto pulled by system. Check in app drawer. If not try restoring from Titanium Backup it will auto show in there.
BOOMED from my BOMBASTIC NOTE :-D
where did you get the latest apk from?
can't seem to find it... >_<
Hi Guys...
Sorry to sound dumb, but I am new to the android scene blah blah... Just flashed CM10 (4.1.1 JellyBean) on to my GT-N7000, as you probably guessed, Samsung Apps isn't there.
I have read above but cannot seem to copy the SamsungApps.apk into my system/apps folder... It says SamsungApps.apk cannot be moved (using ES File Explorer)
Any help? Thanks.
EDIT...
Please ignore me... I had to change some settings in ES to allow root access. Thanks.
Double EDIT...
It's still not working for me though... Any help would be great.
I know this post is old, but did anyone solve this problem? I have exactly the same issue. I have copied it to system/app but still no joy. Tried TB too. I copied it into system/app and after reboot it is still in that folder but it does not show as installed and when try and install just get "app not installed" anyone got the anwser??????
I tried installing the samsung apps apk into the /system/app folder and rebooted but I still get the Application not installed message...
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Phone currently running android 2.3.4, system version 5.9.902.xt875.verizon, rooted, cwm based recovery.
I have 4.8g free on the internal, 1.6 on the SD, and the phone claims it's out of space, not enough space to download update to .905, won't update or install apps. I've removed a couple of apps trying to update them, no luck, and can't reinstall. tried wiping cache, dalvik, removing a bunch of stuff, cleaning app caches manually, and i'm out of ideas.
Help please!
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Phone currently running android 2.3.4, system version 5.9.902.xt875.verizon, rooted, cwm based recovery.
I have 4.8g free on the internal, 1.6 on the SD, and the phone claims it's out of space, not enough space to download update to .905, won't update or install apps. I've removed a couple of apps trying to update them, no luck, and can't reinstall. tried wiping cache, dalvik, removing a bunch of stuff, cleaning app caches manually, and i'm out of ideas.
Help please!
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Still inop, still need help.
You need ample room on the external sd for the update to apply. The .ZIP's are heavily compressed and during extraction inflate pretty large. Move your dcim folder or downloads folder elsewhere (such as a computer) and try it again. 1.6gb seems like a lot, but it really isn't.....
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dmullen1373 said:
You need ample room on the external sd for the update to apply. The .ZIP's are heavily compressed and during extraction inflate pretty large. Move your dcim folder or downloads folder elsewhere (such as a computer) and try it again. 1.6gb seems like a lot, but it really isn't.....
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Good grief then..how much space am i going to need?
I just cleared some stuff, and now have about 5gb on SD, and still no luck.
bnmorgan said:
Good grief then..how much space am i going to need?
I just cleared some stuff, and now have about 5gb on SD, and still no luck.
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Ok, how about help getting back to stock recovery so i can just start over??
Im not sure if possibly the cwm recovery partition is causing a problem. If you download the moto-fastboot.exe file and flash the recovery.img file from a .902 fxz thus removing cwm? Fairly certain that the install verifies partitions including system and recovery. Any real experts want to chime in on this?
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After rooting your phone Verizon blocks updates. I had same problem.
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Can't update a rooted phone.
When I was on .902 and rooted I was able to ota update to.905 without issue. I might have had to use voodoo root keeper and temp unroot. I can't remember anymore. I'm using safestrap for recovery though. Shouldn't be too tough to unroot and then reroot if that's the real issue. Don't take it from me though I'm kind of a noob. I also read that you have to unfreeze your bloatware if you have anything frozen. Not sure if any of that helps.
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When did Verizon start blocking rooted phones? Mine has has been forever rooted since .886, 893, 901, 902, & 905. Can't remember, but either 901 or 902 was leaked, but had installed the next OTA from that leak.
I had to defrost all of my bloatware, but never had an issue with the OTA updates on my rooted Bionic.
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It's a safety measure, and it's done by Motorola.
Okay. So the weirdest, yet most annoyingness (them fake words, though) thing keeps happening. It's a pet peeve of mines to not have all my apps up to date. LoL!! So these 2 apps keep giving me the Insufficient Storage Available error.
It started off with PPSSPP ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ppsspp.ppsspp ).
I can't update to the newest update. I have the previous one. I once ran Google Edition and it updated fine. I meant to make a backup and just restore it to be up to date. Grr!!
Then all of a sudden it started happening to The Hardest Game Ever 2 ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.orangenose.games ).
It's weird. I want them to update. LoL!! Yes, I have enough space. I mean all my other apps update.
I've wiped Dalvik Cache and Cache. I read over something once about deleting system logs? When these apps finishing updating I try wiping Market Data. Or maybe just wiping the Market cache. I don't feel. Maybe data. It wouldn't hurt anything.
And it's so weird. On my GS2, restarting usually fixed it, or the problem usually fixed itself. Hmm...
Anyone else ever run into this? What did you do to solve it or did it fix itself? This has been an ongoing problem. I know sometime before the GE phones came out. LoL!!
And as I type this a 3rd app has been added. Into The Dead. ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sidheinteractive.sif.DR ).
I can't have that. That's my game. LoL!!
To not make OP too long, here's some things I've done so far...
Deleted PlayStore Cache and Data...
Checked to see if ROM Toolbox Pro had Apps2SD set to Auto (and it as already on Auto)...
Wiped Cache and Dalvik Cache in recovery...
Deleted the app and tried to reinstall (Had to recover the app. LoL!!)...
Made SURE I had enough space. (I took a 6GB backup off my phone. I KNOW I have at least 6GB off the bat)
It's a slow growing list of apps. Hmm...
The only thing left is to backup apps and reinstall the ROM, since it works on other ROMs. *sigh* That'll take forever. =.S
SOVLED
I have it fixed. Here's what I did. You NEED root to fix since you have to go to a system folder. I think you can do this without root if you use ADB commands. I don't know remember if the computer version of ADB can navigate to these folders. Anyways...
"Follow this and let me know if it works for you.
First step is go into a file explorer with root access. Second in the root directory click on data, once in the data folder click on app-lib folder. Last step is scroll down to the data folder for the app you are trying to update or install and delete it. Thrn go into the market and try to install"
http://www.techfreestyle.com/io
1st comment on the page.
Steps:
1) You will need root. Go into a file explorer and go to the root folder. (I used Root Explorer)
2) Open the directory named "data".
3) Open the directory named "app-lib"
4) Find ALL the folders of the app you're trying to update or install and delete them.
5) Reinstall or update the app and it should work
I don't know if this will delete the data of the app. I've already deleted the data manually from those apps, so I don't know. Do with caution.
also its just solve the app that u can't install , so its not solving the problem permanently.
Jwtiyar said:
also its just solve the app that u can't install , so its not solving the problem permanently.
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You're right. It happened again. But this time these apps had data. The method I mentioned didn't delete the app data. So that's good.
But this means it can happen again. Its a bit tedious deleting them files. I wonder what's causing it. Hmm... Maybe these lib files are suppose to delete on their own, but they don't. =./
IDK...
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My friend who also has a moto x just got the software update for sprint. When it was downloading it turned off and whenever he turns it back on , after about 30 seconds it powers back off. Any ideas on how to fix it ???
Please help!!!
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KNiGHTx4 said:
My friend who also has a moto x just got the software update for sprint. When it was downloading it turned off and whenever he turns it back on , after about 30 seconds it powers back off. Any ideas on how to fix it ???
Please help!!!
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I read something about clearing cache earlier but I can't find it now. I am looking to see if I can find it because I am not sure if that is actually what this person did.
Do a factory reset in recovery
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In case anyone was wondering he fixed it with a ROOT browser (has to be root) and going into the root directory (/ not /root) and then going into cache and deleting the OTA. Still not sure how he is going to get the ota. And also it wouldn't even let him factory reset so that doesn't work
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He is probably rooted using PwnMyMoto. This hijacks the stock recovery. That's what's keeping the OTA from installing. He will need to flash the stock recovery via fastboot and then take the OTA.
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I have this same problem. Stupidly installed the update today without realizing how it would work with pwnmymoto root.
Now the phone just reboots every 30 seconds. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any advice would be appreciated.
KNiGHTx4 said:
In case anyone was wondering he fixed it with a ROOT browser (has to be root) and going into the root directory (/ not /root) and then going into cache and deleting the OTA. Still not sure how he is going to get the ota. And also it wouldn't even let him factory reset so that doesn't work
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How did he do this while his phone would reboot every 30 sec?
a17o17ymous said:
How did he do this while his phone would reboot every 30 sec?
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I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
motomesh said:
I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
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Thank you for the quick reply!
motomesh said:
I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
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This happened to mine as well. Luckily in had root explorer installed. All it took was fast fingers :silly: deleting the ota file form /cache will stop the reboot process
mar5hal said:
This happened to mine as well. Luckily in had root explorer installed. All it took was fast fingers :silly: deleting the ota file form /cache will stop the reboot process
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So, essentially you could just boot to fastboot and run:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
?
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I had the same problem on a rooted AT&T device. Had to quickly delete the zip file in the cache folder before the device rebooted itself.
Anybody know how to get the update installation done?
vr3690 said:
I had the same problem on a rooted AT&T device. Had to quickly delete the zip file in the cache folder before the device rebooted itself.
Anybody know how to get the update installation done?
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Use rsdlite or my python script to go back to 100% stock. Then do the update. Just remember, you cannot downgrade after you update!
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motomesh said:
I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
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I can't even explain how much I appreciate this. I managed to get mine working again following your steps.
Ah! OK. I get it now! The hack to enable root was flashing the kernel image to the recovery partition. Since they used the same signature. Recovery mode in aboot doesn't protect /system so you can mount it read/write.
If you are bootlooping, try just flashing the stock recovery to the recovery partition from fastboot. Next boot, the update will apply. Then flash the pwnmymoto recovery to the recovery partition again after the update and you should be good to go!
In other words... The kernel image does not have the recovery ramdisk. So flashing the stock recovery image allows recovery mode to flash the update. Then switch back to the kernel image on the recovery partition.
If you already had root, this should keep it.
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mar5hal said:
This happened to mine as well. Luckily in had root explorer installed. All it took was fast fingers :silly: deleting the ota file form /cache will stop the reboot process
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Thanks for this information, I appreciate it. I almost entirely forgot about Root Explorer. That was already installed. Crisis averted.
motomesh said:
I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
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Thanks for the advice. I tried this but I don't see any files in the /Cache folder! Any other suggestions?
THANK YOU, sheesh!
motomesh said:
I managed to do it although it was a pain.
Just like he said, install Root Browser. Just keep trying to install it from play store until it sticks. It took me 10 tries because the reboot kept happening before it was done. Then launch Root Browser and accept the allowances and allow it via SU. Again this took many attempts.
Finally once it is installed, go into Root Browser and go directly to the Cache folder off of root, you should see it right away. /Cache
Inside there are two folders, lost+found and recovery, then there is a third file which is a zip file. It's called ghost_blahblabhblah. I tried to rename the file, which just resulted in it vanishing, so I would just delete the thing.
After the file was gone my phone stopped rebooting and it is now back at the prior version.
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LIFE saving. Stupid me. That'll teach me to root my phone for particular reason.
A little tip to get Root Browser installed: go through another device to GPlay and install it to your Moto X. During the next loop, it should download, and then install on the following loop. One more pass to enable su privilege, and one more to find the dang file in cache and terminate with prejudice.
Exhale.
mar5hal said:
This happened to mine as well. Luckily in had root explorer installed. All it took was fast fingers :silly: deleting the ota file form /cache will stop the reboot process
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the above steps saved my arse, so thank you. I kept letting the update go, but someone used my phone today and said "oops I think I hit update".
Argh....
rockcreek_md said:
LIFE saving. Stupid me. That'll teach me to root my phone for particular reason.
A little tip to get Root Browser installed: go through another device to GPlay and install it to your Moto X. During the next loop, it should download, and then install on the following loop. One more pass to enable su privilege, and one more to find the dang file in cache and terminate with prejudice.
Exhale.
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I typically use a PC to go to the play store. easy peasy to get anything installed.