Hate the new market? - HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

If you're like me and really don't care for the new market I thought I'd share this tip.open terminal emulator and type
Su
pm disable com.android.vending. updater
and NO more market updating itself .If you already got the update go to applications-manage-all-market-uninstall updates and boom back to the old.
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I hate the new market too. When you complete the first part it said [1] killed in terminal. Does that means it done right.

Gonna give this a go myself.
I "hate " the new market!
It's functional, but really quite unfriendly for me to use.
thank you for the terminal trick! ....g
Edit ...
I just completed the terminal operation, and my old market is working perfectly...
(Thank you button pushed )......g

It was working for me until I enabled background data/sync.

tommyguns818 said:
It was working for me until I enabled background data/sync.
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Background data shouldn't effect it.the terminal command tells the package manager not to even run the market updater.when you ran the command did it confirm disabled?
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It says [1] killed, after I put in..
Su
pm com.android.vending. updater
Please let me know how exactly to input it in the terminal. Im a terminal noober.

Should be like this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Thank you so much. Ill hit the "thanks" button too.

Thanks!!! That worked for me as well..
The new market mimicks the wp7 in navigation that i hate

Very cool, thanks sent.

yeah, the new market really sucks! I had to uninstall the update and freeze the market updater with TB. now i have my old market back and now i can see and download everything

What's with all the hate on the new market? I like it mostly except for that movies don't show up on my phone.
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Optic2 said:
What's with all the hate on the new market? I like it mostly except for that movies don't show up on my phone.
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Takes up a lot more space
Ugly. Simple beats Busy in my book
Not easy to navigate. Old version much more streamlined
Rooted devices can't see "video" downloads. Even though I would never use it, I don't like this.
Those are my reasons for not liking it...

DanGeorges said:
Takes up a lot more space
Ugly. Simple beats Busy in my book
Not easy to navigate. Old version much more streamlined
Rooted devices can't see "video" downloads. Even though I would never use it, I don't like this.
Those are my reasons for not liking it...
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Pretty much my feelings exactly. It's got a wp7 look to me and if I wanted that I wouldn't have an android.After five minutes of playing with the new market I proceeded to educate myself on how to get rid of it.Then shared that knowledge here.That's the true beauty of android, FREEDOM to make it YOUR phone and not what someone else thinks it should be.long live the aosp and xda!
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In fact if anyone is interested here's a link explaining the pm commands.they can be very useful but can also get you into trouble.I highly suggest you nandroid before experimenting.Also I am not an expert so don't expect much in the way of tech support from me.I'm still learning too
http://www.xinotes.org/notes/note/1446/

DanGeorges said:
Takes up a lot more space
Ugly. Simple beats Busy in my book
Not easy to navigate. Old version much more streamlined
Rooted devices can't see "video" downloads. Even though I would never use it, I don't like this.
Those are my reasons for not liking it...
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+2........old market is just .....simple, and works well ...IMHO
Maybe I'll have a change of heart when the bugs get worked out ....but until then I'm going old school ....g

mtnlion said:
+1
Pretty much my feelings exactly. It's got a wp7 look to me and if I wanted that I wouldn't have an android.After five minutes of playing with the new market I proceeded to educate myself on how to get rid of it.Then shared that knowledge here.That's the true beauty of android, FREEDOM to make it YOUR phone and not what someone else thinks it should be.long live the aosp and xda!
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Ditto ...many thanks to you ....g

How do I get the market updater re-enabled? Just change disable to enable? I tried that and never saw it update to the new market through several reboots. Only reason I ask is I want to post this on the infuse forum but want to make sure it can be undone. I WILL give credit where credit is due. Will this also turn off automatic updates of apps? Will it still check for app updates when you go into the market?
Thanks for this tip. I love it. Recently switched from an Aria to a Samsung Infuse but I still like frequenting these forums.
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Hah. Not even 5 minutes after my last post the market updated. I had enabled it to test undoing the disable. Thanks again for the awesome tip!
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You're welcome and yeah it still checks for app updates
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[APP] Samsung Vibrant Service Menu's *Updated 11-14-10*

Here is a little app I made to quickly pull up service menu's. Enjoy!
This app is free and opensource.
V2.1 Can now be downloaded in the android market! - 11-14-10
(If you have the original version downloaded from here installed you need to uninstall it first then download the one from the market.)
Now works on 2.2 Froyo!
*Updated 10-07-10 to v1.3 Made the buttons larger and changed the GPS to work with the new JI6 OTA update. Also note that at least for now I will only be updating this for the Samsung Vibrant OTA roms. It is getting to time consuming to keep changing the codes for all the different Galaxy S phones/roms.
*Updated 9-3-10 to v1.2 Changed the look to accommodate more buttons and added more options.
Menus in v2.1:
Service Mode
GPS Settings
Battery / Phone Info
Show IMEI
Factory Reset
LCD / Speaker Tests
GTalk Monitor
Power Button Settings
Wifi Mac Address
Bluetooth RF Test
Bluetooth Device Address
Proximity Sensor Test
Factory Format with Warning
Warning: Use this program at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone by using this.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Downloading now.... will let you know after I'm done messing with my boy's Slide.
Thanks, I will be awaiting your feedback.
Definitely a nice app, like the "Network" app on the Market. Whenever you have to do those *# codes it just is nice to have an app lay it out nicely for you.
Great app, no issues, just a suggestion.... personally, I'm not big on the font style lol but awesome job man, much appreciated.
Yeah the font does need some work but unfortunately I did not have to many choices at the time. I will work on that in future updates. Thanks for the suggestion and for trying it out.
TJD319 said:
Definitely a nice app, like the "Network" app on the Market. Whenever you have to do those *# codes it just is nice to have an app lay it out nicely for you.
Great app, no issues, just a suggestion.... personally, I'm not big on the font style lol but awesome job man, much appreciated.
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Updated the OP with a new version hope you like this one.
Updated the OP with version 1.2 which has more options and looks way better.
Ok after some positive feedback that I have gotten from my app I wanted to touch on an off-topic subject. This app was my very first app and for those that have not figured it out it was made in google app inventor. As of right now google will not let me add it to the android market purely because it was made in app inventor. It seems everyone thinks that allowing app inventor dev's into the market would flood the market with useless fart/wallpaper/etc. programs. Isn't that the way it already is? All they are doing is blocking people with less coding knowledge, but with good useful ideas for apps out of the market. Was my program useless? It may not be top notch but most people I talked to found it useful (and judging by the 250 downloads and 0 complaints). Well thats my 2 cents. Let me know if you agree or not?
thank you..
the3dman said:
Ok after some positive feedback that I have gotten from my app I wanted to touch on an off-topic subject. This app was my very first app and for those that have not figured it out it was made in google app inventor. As of right now google will not let me add it to the android market purely because it was made in app inventor. It seems everyone thinks that allowing app inventor dev's into the market would flood the market with useless fart/wallpaper/etc. programs. Isn't that the way it already is?
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I seem to be the only one who voted against letting app inventor apps on the market. For precisely the reason you mentioned. Your app seems to be very useful, but I think there will be a lot more useless apps. And if that turns out to be true, then there will be even more crap in the Market than what's already there.
What I'd like to see is a separate section for App Inventor apps and somehow have these apps "graduate" to the main market. I don't know how that can be accomplished. Number of votes and downloads may not be enough since that could be gamed. Maybe some University could do app rating like on the App Store - not for disallowing apps from being uploaded on the Market, but just for rating.
As an aside, great job with this app.
os2baba said:
I seem to be the only one who voted against letting app inventor apps on the market. For precisely the reason you mentioned. Your app seems to be very useful, but I think there will be a lot more useless apps. And if that turns out to be true, then there will be even more crap in the Market than what's already there.
What I'd like to see is a separate section for App Inventor apps and somehow have these apps "graduate" to the main market. I don't know how that can be accomplished. Number of votes and downloads may not be enough since that could be gamed. Maybe some University could do app rating like on the App Store - not for disallowing apps from being uploaded on the Market, but just for rating.
As an aside, great job with this app.
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I do see what you are saying, but... I don't agree that it will make the problems with junk apps worse. Just like with java/dalvik you still have to learn a lot about app inventor to make a good app. I could make a ton of bs apps in the regular environment with very little knowledge of code also. I am not looking for a paycheck, I am just looking to make helpful apps. I don't have the time or money to learn java, especially since I am not planning on being a full-time application developer. App Inventor allows me to make some useful apps in less time because some parts are already figured out for you. I would be fine with a separate section in the market, but not allowing our apps into the market at all is bull. Why should some douche making apps that do nothing more than pull up a porn website or make farting sounds be allowed into the market, but I can't put my useful apps in?
Hmmm. I can't find it in the market. I searched "galaxy s" and "galaxy s service" and it didn't find anything.
Can some one give me a qr code?
From the pictures it look really nice
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SamVib said:
Hmmm. I can't find it in the market. I searched "galaxy s" and "galaxy s service" and it didn't find anything.
Can some one give me a qr code?
From the pictures it look really nice
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I am guessing that wasn't a joke lol (read the thread from a pc and you will find why this is funny). The xda app doesn't show the downloads or the poll. It is not in the market. Google wont allow it in the market because it was made in app inventor. You can download it from the OP or from my website in the downloads section. www.xxthe3dmanxx.com
Sorry about that... I didn't know the app didn't show downloads so I assumed it was in the market.
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Thats ok it gave me a laugh. Then I realized you were using the xda app.
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Okay so I can't download it on to my phone it days it isn't supported by my phone. I went to the guys download section and it downloaded as a .txt file. Can I rename that to .apk and install? Sorry no access to a computer for a few more weeks my vibrant is all I have.
Edit.. Nevermind haha
red96turbols said:
Okay so I can't download it on to my phone it days it isn't supported by my phone. I went to the guys download section and it downloaded as a .txt file. Can I rename that to .apk and install? Sorry no access to a computer for a few more weeks my vibrant is all I have.
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Yeah try renaming it to .apk That is very weird it downloads fine on my stock vibrant.
WoW
Hi Just wanted to say "Thank - You" for the awesome app!
installed and tested and I really like what I see...so far!
on a few of the notes above/comments
I could care less about what you used to make it....so should/nt google market IMHO...on a side note I too am about to embark on this path too...but I have no skill's...yet
as for the fonts/graphics..looks fine to me....
points i'd "pop"
make the buttons bigger...4.0" of screen lets use it lol the buttons would be great for a g1...every one I show my Vibrant too loves the size....and no your not alone in making buttons too small for such a big screen....
not sure why/how this works but how come it seems to hang on the dial pad? can't you force it to return to the menu? without us hitting the return arrow..... -< sorry thats not what it looks like.... but hopefully you understand what I mean....
other than my minor tweaks I really love it...
I will deff help spread it to other vibrant owners!
Props Man! good job!
RoxAbout said:
Hi Just wanted to say "Thank - You" for the awesome app!
installed and tested and I really like what I see...so far!
on a few of the notes above/comments
I could care less about what you used to make it....so should/nt google market IMHO...on a side note I too am about to embark on this path too...but I have no skill's...yet
as for the fonts/graphics..looks fine to me....
points i'd "pop"
make the buttons bigger...4.0" of screen lets use it lol the buttons would be great for a g1...every one I show my Vibrant too loves the size....and no your not alone in making buttons too small for such a big screen....
not sure why/how this works but how come it seems to hang on the dial pad? can't you force it to return to the menu? without us hitting the return arrow..... -< sorry thats not what it looks like.... but hopefully you understand what I mean....
other than my minor tweaks I really love it...
I will deff help spread it to other vibrant owners!
Props Man! good job!
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Thanks for the feedback! I will work on the bigger buttons, but as for ending up on the dialpad... I have not quite figured out how to make it return to the app yet working on it.
Can this app's GPS access code be changed? In the latest Vibrant firmware, here's the new dialer code for the GPS test mode:
*#3214789650#

[APP] Bloater 0.7 - 6/15/11

Bloater​
What the hell is it?
Bloater is an application I wrote to help users get their device setup after a new ROM flash. It can install apps to your phone that you may want that your ROM does not come with. It is completely community driven, so anyone can have a "category" and post their own apps (this means it works for other phones, too). Should work on any Froyo device.
However, it has much more potential. Soon, I will code it so it will be able to download a flashable to your phone and then reboot into recovery and flash it.
Change Log
Code:
0.7
-minor styling changes
0.69
-various stability tweaks
0.68
-initial startup checks for root & busybox
0.6.6
-uninstall functionality available again
0.6.5
-various internal improvements
-new dialog to make sure you don't remove something by accident
0.6
-complete re-write
Installation
Install like any normal APK!
About
0.6 is a complete write up. I've spent the past couple of weeks working away at this. The program is pretty functional and it works for the most part but I KNOW there are still bugs, so I am posting this at its early development stages so I can kind of see what you guys will say about it and where you guys want it to go.
It looks pretty plain right now, but when I add in more icons (or you guys!) it should look a lot better
What works
If you notice, there are two buttons available right now, download & install. Download does just that, just downloads the file to your /sdcard/bloater folder.
Install will actually install an application.
Mostly everything does so far!
What is not yet working
The program will most definitely crash out if there's no internet connection (I'm sure there's other dummy proofing to do)
Flashing. I am going to try and make it so it can open a zip file and send it to ROM manager so you can download and flash in one mostly-painless process. Also if it's possible I will do the same with metamorphs.
Anyone who wishes to contribute
If you want to help me, please submit detailed bug reports along with a logcat if you can.
Themers/developers please also help. I will post an example XML file below, it's pretty self explanatory & easy to read! After you set your XML file up, all I would need is the URL
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<entry>
<category>
<name>Stock KB5 Apps</name>
<child_url>http://rbirg.com/test1.xml</child_url>
</category>
<category>
<name>Launchers</name>
<child_url>http://rbirg.com/vibrant/launchers.xml</child_url>
</category>
<item>
<name>Test File</name>
<action>download</action>
<file md5="C9EC250C130D1D81B1FBEC1DFCBDFE52">
<url>http://rbirg.com/test/test.zip</url>
<target>/sdcard/test.zip</target>
</file>
</item>
<item>
<name>Trigger</name>
<action>download</action>
<file>
<url>http://romshare.deployfu.com/downloads/25/2/Trigger_3_2_final_vvmfix.zip</url>
<target>/sdcard/Trigger_3.2.zip</target>
</file>
</item>
<item>
<name>Wifi Calling</name>
<action>install</action>
<file>
<url>http://rbirg.com/vibrant/kitchen/system/app/WiFi-Calling.apk</url>
<target>/system/app/WiFi-Calling.apk</target>
</file>
<file keep="true">
<url>http://rbirg.com/vibrant/kitchen/system/lib/librilswitch.so</url>
<target>/system/lib/librilswitch.so</target>
</file>
<file>
<url>http://rbirg.com/vibrant/kitchen/system/lib/libkineto.so</url>
<target>/system/lib/libkineto.so</target>
</file>
<file keep="true">
<url>http://rbirg.com/vibrant/kitchen/system/lib/libganril.so</url>
<target>/system/lib/libganril.so</target>
</file>
</item>
</entry>
You can view my live xml at http://rbirg.com/test.xml that's the one the program defaults to.
As you can see, the root tag is an entry, you must have this to do anything. Then you can have either an item or a category. Categories are pretty self-explanatory, not many options (icons & descriptions for them coming soon probably).
Items are where it gets to be a lot! You can have an md5 check for each file, if there is not one provided, I try and do an extremely rough guesstimate on the appropriate size of the file vs the downloaded amount. There are a few different actions: download, install, flash. The flash option is not yet implemented. One important feature I implemented in the files is that you can assign a file to download, but you can make it stay on the system after the user chooses to remove it (this is extremely useful in the case of WiFi calling when you're replacing system libs with newest ones but do not want them removed).
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Donate Version
Is up on the Android market. 1 buck. Benefits? Automatic updates (I will upload newer versions to the market first, too!). And support my ongoing development of this and other Android projects . At least help me get my $25 back from posting it up!
Rom developers, you must ask me permission before using this program or modifying it in any way. Thanks
Very nice, thank you.
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Great idea.
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A dollar is on the way, just bought, great idea..best success
Ok just bought it on the market. Great idea. Good luck,
This is great, but can you please add the tw music player?
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hitman818 said:
This is great, but can you please add the tw music player?
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should be up in a minute or so
birgertime said:
should be up in a minute or so
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Thx man, your great.
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Works great! Lean and simple. Nice work.
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I installed the tw music player, but its not showing in my app drawer.
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hitman818 said:
I installed the tw music player, but its not showing in my app drawer.
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reboot, and it should show up
birgertime said:
reboot, and it should show up
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I rebooted and it still didnt show up.
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hitman818 said:
I rebooted and it still didnt show up.
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Alright, I'm putting my detective hat on, be back with info
edit: should work, i had it named incorrectly on the server
birgertime said:
Bloater 0.1
Hi guys
About
This Android application will be able to download original software that came with your Samsung Vibrant that may or may not be there already. This is a side project for me to learn Android and really learn how to implement ACS the best way. However I will be actively working on this and I will provide support for it. It *does* require busybox to be installed (for now), however every single deodexed Vibrant ROM has it included.
This is great for rom developers & users.
Rom developers, you may include this in your ROMs, just please give credit somewhere, and let me know you are including it!
Donate Version
Is up on the Android market. 1 buck. Benefits? Automatic updates (I will upload newer versions to the market first, too!). And support my ongoing development of this and other Android projects . At least help me get my $25 back from posting it up!
Other
Right now, it's pretty basic. It can download & install the apps. In the future, it will be able to detect if you have those apps installed, and will let you uninstall them as well!
Screenshots
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Aaaawwww shuweetttt dude!
Another nice app!
Great idea man! I'm looking forward to trying this out when I flash a rom that doesn't have everything I want on it.
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Does it matter if we install in system/app or data/app? It will be included in Flagship V4.
jellette said:
Does it matter if we install in system/app or data/app? It will be included in Flagship V4.
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It shouldn't. I would put it in data/app just in case the user wishes to upgrade to a newer version though
when I install the sims it says "problem parsing package".
I did reboot. Running Bionix v5
Thanks.
megatherian said:
when I install the sims it says "problem parsing package".
I did reboot. Running Bionix v5
Thanks.
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ACS has the same problem, I just haven't gotten around to making Sims work. I'll try and fix it tonight.
birgertime said:
ACS has the same problem, I just haven't gotten around to making Sims work. I'll try and fix it tonight.
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I really like the idea, but I feel like I should put in a word of caution. Including apps like the Sims may bring you problems with google and potentially get your app banned. I'm honestly not sure which apps are ok to redistribute and which aren't, but I do know that the Sims is one of the ones that is not.
It's entirely up to you if you want to take the risk, just thought I'd mention that to you.

Netflix App

Looks like it's almost finished. The app is ready and it'll let you sign in and manage your queue but when you attempt to stream a video an error pops up with:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So I attached the apk of the file that I installed if anyone wants to play around with it.
EDIT: I noticed that there are a few of these posts already and if the forum or senior moderator wouldn't mind merging these, I'm fine with that. The search feature wasn't working during the time of posting.
EDIT 2: I decompiled the app and attached it. If anyone is savvy enough to take a look, perhaps you can figure out why it's not running. It might be something on Netflix's end... or it might be DRM, it might be something in the .prop files... who knows.
So, Netflix.apk is the app
Netflix.zip is the decompiled app.
I let myself get too excited when I installed this afternoon the app itself should would but with the lg phone. Lets hope someone could crack this
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Yaaaaa almost done!!! Someone get it too work please
1.4 ghz dragon vibrant
i get the same error when i try to watch instantly... signs me in just fine though
Anybody try it with WiFi? Just saying. I remember reading that it was going to be a WiFi only app?
Is someone going to be working on a work around for this app?? I read it was not going to work unless you had the correct hardware in the phone.
It doesnt give me no errors it just keeps saying loading on my tab and vibrant when i try to watch a movie
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Sweet... good to know it's coming along! I'll probably reactivate my Netflix once this gets finished!
I just tried the wifi and no dice
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I see that one thread on this wasn't enough. LOL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994740
spiz516 said:
Sweet... good to know it's coming along! I'll probably reactivate my Netflix once this gets finished!
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Good luck with that...
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/qualcomm-promises-netflix-streaming-support-on-future-android-d/
The DRM required for the streaming to work likely isn't present on our phones and may never be?
Could the issue be related to our Vibrants not passing a DRM check? I'm pretty t I read when that a DRM check was needed to stream with Netflix (and also the upcoming Hulu app).
Maybe someone can rip out the coding the requires the check.
cashless said:
Could the issue be related to our Vibrants not passing a DRM check? I'm pretty t I read when that a DRM check was needed to stream with Netflix (and also the upcoming Hulu app).
Maybe someone can rip out the coding the requires the check.
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I tried it and I got a black screen as if it was about to stream video, then it backed out to the main Netflix screen.
Tried it again and got that notorious server error.
Seems like it is checking for something first.. likely DRM stuff. Hopefully they just get on top of it and release the damn thing!
Anyone try changing the build.prop to a phone model with the proper hardware for the drm check?
creator2456 said:
Anyone try changing the build.prop to a phone model with the proper hardware for the drm check?
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Common creator! Fix this baby up for us so it works! Then make a Netflixblackout.zip to go along with it as well! lol!
Love your keyboards
I decompiled the app and attached it to the OP.
I honestly don't think that it's DRM.
If you look at the code specifically strings.xml and lookup the error that you get (1005) here is what it says:
<string name="NFErr_MC_OpenDeviceFailure">Sorry we could not reach the Netflix service. Please try again later. If the problems persists please visit netflix.com. (1005)</string>
It looks like a DRM error would be 1008 and 0028.
But we could be getting more than one error too.
May be it in the build prop that needs editing???
Binary100100 said:
I decompiled the app and attached it to the OP.
I honestly don't think that it's DRM.
If you look at the code specifically strings.xml and lookup the error that you get (1005) here is what it says:
<string name="NFErr_MC_OpenDeviceFailure">Sorry we could not reach the Netflix service. Please try again later. If the problems persists please visit netflix.com. (1005)</string>
It looks like a DRM error would be 1008 and 0028.
But we could be getting more than one error too.
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It could be account related... perhaps an account has to be "cleared" with netflix to stream to android?
...how about a more...hopeful scenario?
it could be that the app simply isn't pointing to the right place to stream a video from.
Reverts back to the main app screen when trying to stream.
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What if netflix isn't allowing streaming until the phones actually come out
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erod188 said:
What if netflix isn't allowing streaming until the phones actually come out
Sent from my bionix powered Vibrant with XDA app.
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Thats what i think...
These are leaks... for phones that aren't released yet (i think so)
Maybe they just got started on their own netflix streaming through phone..
They may still be working on it

HELP! I want to ditch google Android Market

Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
thanks in advance
cheers,
disco
Are you kidding?you have a Google phone but you want to isolate yourself from the android market by Google. I hope this is a joke...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
You can Try the Amazon market
Take a chillpill.
disco_y2k said:
Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
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They don't track a lot, and what they track is for developers and it looks like this.
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Yeah it's in dutch, but it's about the idea
try to delete an app from your account or change anything. i spoke for a long time with google developer on the phone and they strictly forbid it. no exceptions! if you switch phones alot and do not want to create a new gmail account for each new phone, you will understand what i mean.
cheers,
disco
disco_y2k said:
try to delete an app from your account or change anything. i spoke for a long time with google developer on the phone and they strictly forbid it. no exceptions! if you switch phones alot and do not want to create a new gmail account for each new phone, you will understand what i mean.
cheers,
disco
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If it's from your phone it's not installed, it's simply a value in their DB that IF you get a new device you can simply download that app again.
I don't want to be mean, but you sound like a paranoid parrot to me.
Or did you buy some freaky app which continues to haunt you?
Someone grab my foil hat!
i do ALOT of 'testing' and 'repairing' and i do not need google hammering me about apps everytime a swap an esn or a phone. i tried to clear market accounts to stop this and you can not! see my above post. you telling me as soon as you swap phones and sign in to market you do not get notices? it eats bandwidth and slows me down when testing. if you do not think google records everything in detail and it is associated with your specific esn/meid I.E. you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
cheers,
disco
spc_hicks09, i'm not that paranoid anymore, when i was i would just goto a sprint store and 'test' a display unit and make a phone call from it then 'repair' another phone and therefore i appeared as if i was calling from a sprint display fone. lol that was years ago.
cheers,
disco
disco_y2k said:
i do ALOT of 'testing' and 'repairing' and i do not need google hammering me about apps everytime a swap an esn or a phone. i tried to clear market accounts to stop this and you can not! see my above post. you telling me as soon as you swap phones and sign in to market you do not get notices? it eats bandwidth and slows me down when testing. if you do not think google records everything in detail and it is associated with your specific esn/meid I.E. you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
cheers,
disco
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Lol I'm far from a noob. Also, YES I can tell you that I swap phones around every 3 weeks and never get any notices about it from the market. So again, grab my foil hat for Mr. Paranoid here that is freaking out like a little girl.
disco_y2k said:
you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
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Please, I am not a noob, let that be clear.
Flash a custom rom and do your testing without Gapps flashed, problem solved.
I still think you're paranoid, and suggest you do your on a custom rom.
but on caller id, and account it still simply shows 'disco'
cheers,
disco
I really don't understand why you'd use Android without a Google account.
Sounds like extreme paranoia to me.
Here is a solution..
Buy a non-smartphone. Problem solved.
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disco_y2k said:
Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
thanks in advance
cheers,
disco
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You have a smartphone, try to find another OS that doesn't have its own app market.
InfiniteRisen said:
You have a smartphone, try to find another OS that doesn't have its own app market.
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On that note, I suggest Windows Mobile 6.0
Why do you need the market installed at all? Google the app you want, download it, side load it to the phone, then use titanium backup to restore the apps to any phone you want.
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vertigosrs said:
Why do you need the market installed at all? Google the app you want, download it, side load it to the phone, then use titanium backup to restore the apps to any phone you want.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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because "googling apps" is also common to pirating apps. And even if you do it for FREE apps, its a waste of time.
you guys really need to get rid of your phones. I don't think they deserve this much paranoia from their owners. end their lives for gods sake.
Dude, try this, no body in the whole effin world can track you!
Also you can use this as a weapon, trust me!
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Just joking dude chill out.
I'm confused.
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Do I need all the Facebook all the time on phone? NO! But working perfect on L9

EDIT FINAL:
Hey all FB HOME , FACEBOOK APP and MESSENGER is working perfect on my P765 from this thread.
[MOD] Facebook Home "unlocked" [NO ROOT!]
It's smooth, fast and perfect. It works on L9 perfectly. I don't understand why they are forbidding us?
Please go and say thanks to mod.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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FB Home is due release on 12-Apr for all strong devices. But its not appearing in India. The day is over even in most part of asia but it is not appearing.
Is there any user who already got it in Play Store/Site? Anyone?
EDIT: We have 1GB processing Ram and good enough graphics chip with dual core 1GHz cpu. I think it should work nicely on our system too. And yes, a good battery too.
cmahendra said:
FB Home is due release on 12-Apr for all strong devices. But its not appearing in India. The day is over even in most part of asia but it is not appearing.
Is there any user who already got it in Play Store/Site? Anyone?
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play store Taiwan hasn't seen yet.
what is facebook doing?
s884812 said:
play store Taiwan hasn't seen yet.
what is facebook doing?
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Forgot to mention, I tried the Leaked beta yesterday but it failed to install. May be I did not tried properly as installation explained by modaco dev, paulobrian
http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/facebook-home-pre-release-leaks-r1028
EDIT: We have 1GB processing Ram and good enough graphics chip with dual core 1GHz cpu. I think it should work nicely on our system too. And yes, a good battery too.
Got update for both Facebook and messenger Chat heads are great the "what's new" in Facebook app read "new permissions for Facebook home" still waiting for the HOME !!
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rajesh261092 said:
Got update for both Facebook and messenger Chat heads are great the "what's new" in Facebook app read "new permissions for Facebook home" still waiting for the HOME !!
Sent from my LG-P765 using xda app-developers app
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WOW! Good news rajesh, where did you get it? Why dont you upload the APKs? Or tell us which link you got it from?
Is it running smooth on P765?
cmahendra said:
WOW! Good news rajesh, where did you get it? Why dont you upload the APKs? Or tell us which link you got it from?
Is it running smooth on P765?
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You misread his post, he said he is still waiting for HOME. I got the same Facebook update for my P769
mjb1994 said:
You misread his post, he said he is still waiting for HOME. I got the same Facebook update for my P769
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he said got updates and "chat heads are great" so I thought he might have got partial update to home. AFAIK new home comes in three parts. So I though he received chat part and waiting/downloading for home.
was refreshing this page and also checking on playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Facebook
btw I did not get facebook app update. will check manually. I disabled auto-updates.
Sad news.................
"This app is incompatible with your T-Mobile LGE LG-P769.
T-Mobile LGE LG-P769
This item is not compatible with your device."
Is there any compatibility/required spec list on download page?
Obviously they will be more interested to sell their high configuration phones first. I just hope, once it becomes global they may release lite version also. Just hoping
With a grain of Wikipedia salt:
"Facebook has promised support for Home on a "wide range of devices" (including smartphones and tablets), but it is currently only compatible with the HTC First (which is pre-loaded with Home, and was unveiled alongside the software), One X, One (2013), Samsung Galaxy S III, S4 and Note II. An update to the Facebook Messenger app allows use of the Chat Heads feature on any device without using Home."
AwesomeTurtle said:
With a grain of Wikipedia salt:
"Facebook has promised support for Home on a "wide range of devices" (including smartphones and tablets), but it is currently only compatible with the HTC First (which is pre-loaded with Home, and was unveiled alongside the software), One X, One (2013), Samsung Galaxy S III, S4 and Note II. An update to the Facebook Messenger app allows use of the Chat Heads feature on any device without using Home."
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I am not able to see FBH on play, maybe its recognizing device and preventing. Then logged in to google playstore on pc, but after logging in and searching FBH page, it recognized the phone device I have and rejected saying NON-COMPATIBLE DEVICE and also said....DOWNLOAD NOT AVAILABLE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. Strange.
I am sure someone on xda will port it to many devices. I never used Messenger on facebook before. Was doing chat from main app only. But now downloaded and tested the updated Messenger and yes, the CHAT HEAD feature is nice. You can chat right over the homescreen. Playing with chat head icons is fun.
But the disadvantage is that when we are not chatting and chat heads are placed or appear on homescreen, then anyone can see our text content. Practically not good. Fingers crossed for FBH from xda pals. IF anyone shares apk we can still give it a try.
I wouldn't doubt it. Devs are probably making lovely progress as we speak.
I really liked the FBH interface and one-step ahead style, but I still wanted to ask myself....
....Do I need all the facebook all the time?....And an answer came from inside...."NO! You need phone for work."
And take a note, with so much of animations and full capture of all apps and whole device with many FB processes running in background (messenger, file upload service, active friends list, chat heads, etc), battery may get dead in couple of hours. lolz.
Just wanted to test for some time.
Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232589
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You need a minimum resolution of 768x1280.
Sent from my LG-P769
Mars11_ said:
You need a minimum resolution of 768x1280.
Sent from my LG-P769
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Work for me. I think up to 768x1280
Sent from my p-765 using xda premium
Not compatible with P769 right now, not even if you side load it.
Sent from my LG-P769 using Tapatalk 2
got the solution!
Here u Go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232307
tested and working perfectly!!
Used the above given link
Everything works perfect on my L9 p768.... I use FB a lot, but for even someone like me, the whole Facebook Home is stupid I immediately uninstalled in 15 mins
rr46000 said:
Here u Go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232307
tested and working perfectly!!
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ha ha ha! Before saw your post already searched in XDA and its working great on P765 with JB V20C Europe Open
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232307
AND GO AND SAY THANKS TO HIM :laugh: Check cool screenshots too in OP.

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