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Android Market Updates on Sideloaded Apps???

Hello everyone.
Is it possible to get Market updates on apps that are sideloaded?
Let me start by saying Yes, I Google (and forum) searched for a solution...probably for the better part of 2 hours and I couldn't find an answer.
I recently went from cupcake to CM 4.0.4 (great ROM). But before that, I used ASTRO to back up almost all of my apps to my SD. After flashing, I used ASTRO to restore my apps, but now none of them show in My Downloads in the Market. Also, when I search for an app that's installed on my phone, the Market doesn't recoginze that I have it installed.
Is there anything I can do, or do I have to download them again?

search for "atrackdog" in the market

oophlamer said:
Is there anything I can do, or do I have to download them again?
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Market will not care at all about sideloaded apps. It will only update the apps that it has recorded in its local database. Wiping deletes that database. It would definitely be nice if the Market had some kind of bulk reinstall, but you have to keep in mind that the AOSP team never intended for users to wipe their data/cache very often.

jashsu said:
Market will not care at all about sideloaded apps. It will only update the apps that it has recorded in its local database. Wiping deletes that database. It would definitely be nice if the Market had some kind of bulk reinstall, but you have to keep in mind that the AOSP team never intended for users to wipe their data/cache very often.
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i guess learn how the market database works and then add all the entries back into database after reinstall?

aTrackdog is your best bet. I use it all the time and always tells me wehn there are updates for apps on my ext3 partition.

xidominicanoix said:
i guess learn how the market database works and then add all the entries back into database after reinstall?
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aTrackdog works well for finding the updates & once I install the update, it appears to register to the built-in notification system, but my purchased apps still aren't working.
I'll see what I can figure out about the Market database files & share whatever I find.
Thanks

I'm pathetic because I just goto the market using my wifi connection and search for all my apps and update them manually and then later I get notices. Sure it takes some time and its work, but I don't flash my roms a lot like I used to.

[Q] Annoying random full screen advertisments

Hello everybody,
I hope I am not breaking any forum rule, neither I know whether the following question is about android, in general, or device-specific. In case, I hope the moderators don't mind to move the thread.
I can't get rid of some adverisements which pop up full screen every now and then whatever I am doing. I factory resetted the device and installed no app; still the advertisements appear. I have no clue about how to get rid of them. I have tries a couple of applications to identify the malicious app, but they don't find any one.
The advertisements usually are about games and clicking them usually brings you to a page on the play store were you can buy a game (different ones from different companies). In addition, almost every day the file "mobomarket.apk" gets downloaded. It is an alternative market, as far as I have understood.
Does anybody have any idea about how it is possible for the malicious app to keep installed (or instantly reinstall) after making a factory reset? What could I delete or wipe?
If I installed a custom ROM, such as a Cyanogenmod, do you think it could get better?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Gianluca

Factory reset is the same as wipe data.
It doesn't wipe /system
Likely you have root, and your malware is installed there.
Depending on how complex it is, either it runs from init script or it has hijacked one of the standard app by installing a wrapper or hook around it.
Your best chance is to restock.
Or to mount /system from cwm and format it there, followed by reinstall of your ROM.
If restock, overcome link is on my signature.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda app-developers app

Nook HD - Google Play Services corrupted, now no conceivable way of installing apps

I was getting an error that told me the device was out of space when it clearly wasn't, so I followed the advice of uninstalling updates for google play services, which has now rendered not only the Play Store but many features(signing in with youtube) completely inoperable.
I've finally managed to root the device but since I have no application for installing apks I've no way of installing it.
I've tried building a flashable zip from a couple of apk(latest google play services apk, astro file manager), and it did not work. Adb will not pick up the device while booted and it returns an error when in CWM. There was another app market app on the Nook store but it refuses to download in my country.
I don't want to do a factory reset. It seems ridiculous that this could happen and defeats the point of locking a device down if I have to do this to restore it.
Does anyone have a zip I could flash that might help?

Dollywitch said:
I was getting an error that told me the device was out of space when it clearly wasn't, so I followed the advice of uninstalling updates for google play services, which has now rendered not only the Play Store but many features(signing in with youtube) completely inoperable.
I've finally managed to root the device but since I have no application for installing apks I've no way of installing it.
I've tried building a flashable zip from a couple of apk(latest google play services apk, astro file manager), and it did not work. Adb will not pick up the device while booted and it returns an error when in CWM. There was another app market app on the Nook store but it refuses to download in my country.
I don't want to do a factory reset. It seems ridiculous that this could happen and defeats the point of locking a device down if I have to do this to restore it.
Does anyone have a zip I could flash that might help?
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Not entirely sure of what your doing or trying to do. Uninstalling important updates to an app needed by others is bad advice - there's potentially a situation to do it, but that's definitely not one.
It sounds like your using stock BN rom, so check leapinlar's main threads for stuff related to doing stuff with that - they can be found in the signature of his posts as well. You can always re-flash the stock rom too which I think leapinlar has a guide on that or at least there's a guide around here somewhere.
You can also move on to cyanogenmod as well and flash a matching gapps (that of which your trying to fix are already bundled there) and then can repeatedly break it over and over again if you so wanted.

Detaching apps from market

Like many others I don't always like the updates to some of my installed apps. Yet it is a hassle to avoid accidentally installing an unwanted update. It is so much easier to click on "update all" in Google Play instead of going through each app's update individually.
Yet I have not found a way to make an installed and purchased app safe from updating. Titanium backup's "detach from market" does not work.
May I suggest a module that would prevent an app from updating? Maybe by making its app files write only?

I think a package like that would be useful. But an easy workaround in the mean time would be to go to Google play store settings and change the automatic update to never.

I already don't allow automatic updates but it is still a nuisance to have to pick through and avoid the persistent update notifications.

I currently use Changelog Droid to accomplish this, although I'd certainly welcome a module to replace it.

Yes, that will tell me what the update changes. I'm looking for something that would "prevent" the update.

this would help me a lot as well. im sure there is a module somewhere that will detach an app from the market and it would just stop showing in the pay store updates.

I think it would help a lot of users. Titanium backup has had that feature for years but it hasn't worked for years. Every time the play store refreshes it reattaches the app.
I am not a programmer but it seems to me that if a tool made an installed app's main files "read only" any attempted update would simply fail, which would solve the problem. Wouldn't that work?
Right now, I try to avoid certain updates but if I accidentally update I use titanium backup to restore the previous backed up version. But it would be nice if it could be simpler. I don't understand why the play store insists on forcing updates.

maybeme2 said:
I think it would help a lot of users. Titanium backup has had that feature for years but it hasn't worked for years. Every time the play store refreshes it reattaches the app.
I am not a programmer but it seems to me that if a tool made an installed app's main files "read only" any attempted update would simply fail, which would solve the problem. Wouldn't that work?
Right now, I try to avoid certain updates but if I accidentally update I use titanium backup to restore the previous backed up version. But it would be nice if it could be simpler. I don't understand why the play store insists on forcing updates.
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There is some kind of workaround for this issue.
You can use Raccoon to download .apk files from the Play Store to your computer (you can also download previous app versions, search the thread for it). Afterwards, use the app ZipSigner to sign the downloaded .apk with your own key. If required, uninstall the official app version, reboot, install the newly signed .apk and reboot again. Now the update notification from Google Play Store should be gone as the app isn't signed with the same key as the official one from Play Store.

Thank you. I'll try that. Thanks for taking the time to help.

orville87 said:
There is some kind of workaround for this issue.
You can use Raccoon to download .apk files from the Play Store to your computer (you can also download previous app versions, search the thread for it). Afterwards, use the app ZipSigner to sign the downloaded .apk with your own key. If required, uninstall the official app version, reboot, install the newly signed .apk and reboot again. Now the update notification from Google Play Store should be gone as the app isn't signed with the same key as the official one from Play Store.
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thanks for the workaround. can i use titanium backup to restore the data of the app after download and signing it?

+1

resitm said:
thanks for the workaround. can i use titanium backup to restore the data of the app after download and signing it?
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Yes, you can That's one huge advantage of the described method :good:
Google Play Store checks for the sign code, whereas Titanium Backup depends on the package name (which isn't changed during signing process).

orville87 said:
Yes, you can That's one huge advantage of the described method :good:
Google Play Store checks for the sign code, whereas Titanium Backup depends on the package name (which isn't changed during signing process).
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I signed the apk and ended up with a zip file, so i flashed that and got the attached error. What am i doing wrong? Got the apk from the developer website which might be causing the issue.

resitm said:
I signed the apk and ended up with a zip file, so i flashed that and got the attached error. What am i doing wrong? Got the apk from the developer website which might be causing the issue.
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You can select if you want to sign the .apk as .zip or as .apk file (.apk files are .zip files, just with another file type). Don't flash them via recovery. If you can't find the option to sign the .apk as .apk, just sign it as .zip and rename it to .apk afterwards.

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You can select if you want to sign the .apk as .zip or as .apk file (.apk files are .zip files, just with another file type). Don't flash them via recovery. If you can't find the option to sign the .apk as .apk, just sign it as .zip and rename it to .apk afterwards.
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Thank you very much, i didnt know i could change the output to apk. The app no longer appears in the play store.

Cannot Remove bloatware on Metro 626s after MM update

I have my desire systemless rooted w/ twrp installed. I have tried several different ways of removing system apps but Everytime I restart EVERY Single app is back like they are an aggressive cancer that will not subdue to chemo. Is Anyone else experiencing this and if not please advise me on your method of removal. Thanks.
Also, Tidbit more info, when I attempt to flash ANY thing in TWRP, the phone stops the flash and IMMEDIATELY restarts into ROM.

i2andog said:
I have my desire systemless rooted w/ twrp installed. I have tried several different ways of removing system apps but Everytime I restart EVERY Single app is back like they are an aggressive cancer that will not subdue to chemo. Is Anyone else experiencing this and if not please advise me on your method of removal. Thanks.
Also, Tidbit more info, when I attempt to flash ANY thing in TWRP, the phone stops the flash and IMMEDIATELY restarts into ROM.
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Have you tried re flashing twrp ? You can use flashify or rashr from play store to flash the .IMG file
As far as system apps and bloat, I've also had issues removing them. When I use ROM toolbox pro's app manager, a lot of times the app will still be on the list of apps installed even after I've clicked uninstall. But usually the apps are gone once I reboot

I use /system/ app mover *root* from the play store. I covert the system apps to user apps and then uninstall them.
It also shows that in the latest update it might recognize sytemless root.

IsaacGuti said:
I use /system/ app mover *root* from the play store. I covert the system apps to user apps and then uninstall them.
It also shows that in the latest update it might recognize sytemless root.
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Why do you convert to user apps first? Could that be the reason why they aren't being removed? Due to some type of broken operation of an app that was meant to be system only?

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Why do you convert to user apps first? Could that be the reason why they aren't being removed? Due to some type of broken operation of an app that was meant to be system only?
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I do that because I keep some of the apps and also because I haven't had any problems uninstalling apps that way. converting them to user apps also gives me the option to move them to the SD card.
I remember when I used "system app remover(root),"it would still show the app in the app drawer(even after reboot) and when I pressed on them they would say "unfortunately ...has stopped"

I used titanium backup to get rid of all the apps i didnt want,afterwords i went into TWRP and wiped the dalvik cache/ART cache and it rebuild upon first reboot,and all the apps i uninstalled were gone.try this method and let us know.