Why are a ton of Android Apps "not compatible with this device"? it's so annoying...
Is there a way they can be "compatible"
Your options:
1. Install on another device, push the apk to your tablet via email
2. Use a hacked market app (if there is one for the flyer) to download any app
3. Change the preferences file on your Flyer so that market thinks you have a different device (hard mode from #2)
Zlatty said:
Your options:
2. Use a hacked market app (if there is one for the flyer) to download any app
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What version of the Market App, would this be? Sorry, I'm new to the HTC Flyer. I just bought it last Friday.
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Try Amazon App market for android or Aptoid, they are a bit more flexible on some apps, but you won't find all apps there.
Sometime certain apps are made for certain devices or certain resolutions. The android market being that we run android 2.3. It thinks we have an oversize phone and some apps aren't able to pan out or zoom to a certain factor to where it will take up all of our screen estate. some apps i tried that work on my phone on 2.3 look pixelated and low in detail on my tablet because was mad for a less resolution. Or its just simply not for our device. Just install apps you have on your android and see how they look to you and see if they work. Just takes trial and error.
I've side loaded all the apps that I need/want and so far so good.
I have had the same issue with some apps, I had them on my Galaxy Tab, but not for my Evo view. The cool thing is ASTRO Manager now has a backup in the newest update. If you have another android device, like I have the Evo 3D, so I take the app on there, back it up and from there you can share it via email or bluetooth. I did it last nite to put Handcent and a few others on my View.
Installing HC will fix the problem with "small screens" in apps... but will break other apps - gameloft games and some that are intended to be run @ the original screen ratio
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I hope i wrote this thread in the right place...
What I was wondering is are the apks downloaded from the internet phone specific or can i just run the apks into any android os phone. For instance if i download an apk from the internet, is it only meant for a certain android device or i can run that apk in the hero,g1 and basically anything android
apps arent device dependant, within boundarys. different screen resolutions can cause trouble, so there might be high and low resolution versions of an app. it is scalable, but you know how it is, doesn't always work like planned.
so answer is no, apps are not specific, and yes, this is the right place
Thanks for the reply. Should have asked this earlier but so long as its for the android there shouldnt be any risk of bricking my phone right??(this goes as far as apk are concern)
no, a default APK cannot brick your phone, like from a small puzzle game or something..
well, there maybe some device specific apps, like the HTC battery widget, doesn't work on the Villian 5.1 sprint port, cause the famework is sprint, and the app is made for the Hero, so it simply won't install..
but there shouldn't be any problems, with default games/apps or something
thanks so much...
The only real specifications come down to the OS your running as for example os 1.5 ran differently to OS 2.0 some apps won't run without modifications.
I think google try to reduce these problems as much as they can though.
Some apps have hardware restrictions for example google earth, can be installed on a hero but it wont run.
Other apps won't be visible in the market if your missing something like a camera (won't see camera apps).
But on the whole just install and see if it works
i have noticed that alot of the apps i have on my phone do not show up in the market on the nook. actually at most it only shows maybe 15-20 apps per category. i do a search for a app and it dont show up either. flash for instance does not exist in the market. anyone know why
turn the nook to landscape and more will show up. or install the new market.
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I don't know why this.is happening, although I am having the same problem. I just started taking the apks from /data on my phone and loading them onto the nook and installing them that way. Its more complicated than using the market, but not a whole lot more complicated.!
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irnoically turning it landscape mode worked as for showing up more apps lol. no clue why but it worked. it still wont find half the apps i have on my phone. like flash wont show up which is kind of important when using the web to its full. can you use astro to instal apps on this like you can on a phone? or is there some different procedure
There's another post in the nook forums which basically states to install "fastweb installer" and "AppBrain App Market". This worked for me and allowed me to find programs like Trillian (but at that price, @#[email protected]#$ that).
I don't think there's an overly usable flash at this point. You'll need to wait for 2.2 from B&N or the NookDevs.
The market on the NOOKcolor, even if it looks like the new market, will only show applications that conform to the Android API 7 API level (2.1 and below). FroYo apps all conform to the Android API 8, so they won't show up on your nook unless you drop FroYo onto it.
Source: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/api-levels.html
Using Root Explorer, I changed the System/App folder to R/W and was then able to upgrade the current Marketplace to the newer APK that is floating around the forums. With the new marketplace all apps are showing without needing to turn the screen to landscape.
nmhusa said:
Using Root Explorer, I changed the System/App folder to R/W and was then able to upgrade the current Marketplace to the newer APK that is floating around the forums. With the new marketplace all apps are showing without needing to turn the screen to landscape.
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The problem stated in this thread isn't about the ability to scroll lists in portrait or landscape, rather it is about the ability to see apps that other devices can find.
Two I have seen that immediately come to mind: searching for Firefox, and searching for Trillian (which was a rude way to find out Trillian is both out of beta and now rather expensive, dammit).
Neither will show up on the NC, but show up as the first result on my Droid.
And my NC is also running the latest iteration of Market.
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The problem stated in this thread isn't about the ability to scroll lists in portrait or landscape, rather it is about the ability to see apps that other devices can find.
Two I have seen that immediately come to mind: searching for Firefox, and searching for Trillian (which was a rude way to find out Trillian is both out of beta and now rather expensive, dammit).
Neither will show up on the NC, but show up as the first result on my Droid.
And my NC is also running the latest iteration of Market.
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Well, I know flash doesn't show up because it's not (yet) supported on NC. Maybe Firefox and Trillian don't show up for the same reason?
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Well, I know flash doesn't show up because it's not (yet) supported on NC. Maybe Firefox and Trillian don't show up for the same reason?
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Some people are saying these apps, and others, are showing up for them no problem.
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Some people are saying these apps, and others, are showing up for them no problem.
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Are these people that are running nookie froyo, or stock 2.1?
All the apps will show up in nookie. They shouldn't in stock 2.1.
Worked on Nootered and Nookie Froyo .59 with new Market
I had the same issue and followed these insturctions from (i think) the original Nootered thread, but cant remember for sure.
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Market->Clear Cache (NOT DATA!)
then
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Google Services Framework -> Clear Data -> Force Close
reboot
After that SliceIt, Minimalistic Text, and others that were not available previously appear.
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I had the same issue and followed these insturctions from (i think) the original Nootered thread, but cant remember for sure.
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Market->Clear Cache (NOT DATA!)
then
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Google Services Framework -> Clear Data -> Force Close
reboot
After that SliceIt, Minimalistic Text, and others that were not available previously appear.
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I can't find Google Services Framework in the list of app. I'm running 1.01 rooted with AutoNooter. NookColor Tools => Manage Applications => Filter => All. Pls help, thanks a lot.
taylor.fowler said:
I had the same issue and followed these insturctions from (i think) the original Nootered thread, but cant remember for sure.
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Market->Clear Cache (NOT DATA!)
then
Settings->Applications->Manage Applications-> Google Services Framework -> Clear Data -> Force Close
reboot
After that SliceIt, Minimalistic Text, and others that were not available previously appear.
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Works nicely, but ends up with all the foriegn language apps showing up as well. Any idea how to restrict results on the marketplace by language ?
Thanks this helped me alot! i kept forgetting to reset the Google one.... duh....
dont forget the part where its set to default to only show downloaded apps in the settings so you need to go to menu and filter and show all
yea google framework services aint in the list. theres a shock another tweak that dont work on this pile if crap nook. im ready to sell this worthless pile of junk and buy a real android tab. this thing is about useless
dennis- said:
yea google framework services aint in the list. theres a shock another tweak that dont work on this pile if crap nook. im ready to sell this worthless pile of junk and buy a real android tab. this thing is about useless
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Have had nothing but fun playing with the nook. Even formatting my microsd card in the nook and ending up with it not turning on for a day till I repartitioned the storage didn't make me think it was not worth the effort. Compared to a $600 Galaxy Tab the nook is a bargain and well worth all the love bestowed on it IMHO.
fyi just clearing the market cache made some apps i couldn't find before appear. so even if the google framework is non existent in some like mine clearing cache does help
Google framework is not listed on my apps list. Im trying to download games such as angry birds and rocket bunnies but they don't show up
V3.1.3 update:
# Adds +1 For Apps And Games, Pin Number For Purchases, And More…
New Android Market / Adds +1 For Apps And Games, Pin Number For Purchases, And More…
(for all devices – does not require root, but you do need to enable ‘Unknown Sources‘ in Settings-> Applications.)
There’s a brand-new settings menu, as well as click-to-read explanations of app permissions (not developer customizable, unfortunately). There’s also a brand-new Market icon to spruce things up.
Oh, and did we mention you can now use a custom PIN for purchases on your phone, instead of leaving your Google Checkout wide open for anyone that picks up your device? If you have kids, or your phone is stolen, this is one awesome feature to have – and really, it makes a lot of sense.
I've stuck with old one as the new one seems a bit laggy. Or is this newer than what was uploaded here a month ago?
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I've stuck with old one as the new one seems a bit laggy. Or is this newer than what was uploaded here a month ago?
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This is the LATEST one from today/yesterday.
Version number for the one uploaded a month ago is 3.0.26 & 3.0.27.
How safe can those supposedly leaked market apps be.
And what a neat trick it is to tell that "Google rolled out a new market.". Then it is proclaimed as a leak. A Google rolled out a leak? With this verbal lingo maybe some people fall to that trick, so let it be said out clearly. Google has not released this app.
Why would official apps require "Unknown Sources" switched on. Only a hacked market app needs that and not official one.
Trusting your credit card info to such an app?
Big deal with those market upgrades provided by those hacked market apps. I rather have official market and know my apps and my credit card are safely mine only.
i tried it and its just the same as one a month ago
Thanks a lot for the .apk mate, it worked like a charm!
Many, many thanks!
Works great. Thanks.
Hi,
Yesterday my market app just got upgraded to this version automatically , I did not install anything , Background Data and Auto-sync were enabled.
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V3.1.3 update:
# Adds +1 For Apps And Games, Pin Number For Purchases, And More…
New Android Market / Adds +1 For Apps And Games, Pin Number For Purchases, And More…
(for all devices – does not require root, but you do need to enable ‘Unknown Sources‘ in Settings-> Applications.)
There’s a brand-new settings menu, as well as click-to-read explanations of app permissions (not developer customizable, unfortunately). There’s also a brand-new Market icon to spruce things up.
Oh, and did we mention you can now use a custom PIN for purchases on your phone, instead of leaving your Google Checkout wide open for anyone that picks up your device? If you have kids, or your phone is stolen, this is one awesome feature to have – and really, it makes a lot of sense.
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Anyone please help!
Suddenly my Market force closes whenever I try to open or download something.
I do all kind of tricks: Clear data, clear cache, reinstall,... but they didnt help at all.
I tried installing from oldest to latest versions but they all had same problem.
Now I just cannot use my Market to download apps anymore.
Please help me! Thank you so much!
Sent from my SE Xperia ARC!
Go to Applications -> Manage Applications -> All -> Market -> Uninstall Updates.
That should do the trick.
Amazing update !!
So here's something odd ... I rooted my NT to 1.4.0 and stay there, but didn't choose the debloat option (so Netflix was still on it). Later on I have used Titanium to convert it from being a system app to a user app, and then used it's own uninstaller to uninstall it (I have also used Titanium to uninstall it). No matter how I have uninstalled it, it says it's successful, and it disappears from my system ... until ... dun dun DUN ... it re-installs itself!
I have sniffed around with Root Explorer in both system/apps, data/apps, etc. for any hint of a Netflix APK after it's uninstalled and don't see anything obvious. I have also made sure when it's installed to uncheck the automatic update box for it on the Market, but sure as ish, it finds it's way back, sitting there in my app tray with it's little orange "new" label over it's icon. Seems to happen when Market runs it's updates on other apps.
Anyone run across this before?
did you unlink Netflix to Market, within TB? Did you delete any netflix backups within TB? did you freeze the B&N device manager? curious as to why you would want to uninstall the HD version of Netflix.
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So here's something odd ... I rooted my NT to 1.4.0 and stay there, but didn't choose the debloat option (so Netflix was still on it). Later on I have used Titanium to convert it from being a system app to a user app, and then used it's own uninstaller to uninstall it (I have also used Titanium to uninstall it). No matter how I have uninstalled it, it says it's successful, and it disappears from my system ... until ... dun dun DUN ... it re-installs itself!
I have sniffed around with Root Explorer in both system/apps, data/apps, etc. for any hint of a Netflix APK after it's uninstalled and don't see anything obvious. I have also made sure when it's installed to uncheck the automatic update box for it on the Market, but sure as ish, it finds it's way back, sitting there in my app tray with it's little orange "new" label over it's icon. Seems to happen when Market runs it's updates on other apps.
Anyone run across this before?
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Did you make sure to block OTA (over-the-air) updates? Nook Tabs update the stock/built-in software entirely on their own, and since Netflix isn't meant to be removable on the stock ROM it's probably checking to see if you have the newest version and installing it since you don't.
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did you unlink Netflix to Market, within TB? Did you delete any netflix backups within TB? did you freeze the B&N device manager? curious as to why you would want to uninstall the HD version of Netflix.
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Ah, the "HD version" myth that's been floating around about the Netflix app.
There's no difference between the stock version of Netflix that comes with the Nook Tablet and the one you get from the market except that the market version is a newer release. I've run both on my Nook and streaming quality is literally identical. The reason why the stock ROM plays Netflix vids in higher resolution than the CM7 Alpha seems to be related to graphics drivers and/or how the device reports its resolution to the app; the app itself is basically a "one-size-fits-all" kind of deal.
I haven't done anything special to Netflix in titanium other than use the uninstall button on it. I also did choose to block OTA updates while rooting.
I don't have a paid Netflix sub so I never use it, no sense in keeping it on here anymore.
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One thing I was wondering about CM7 was whether I'd end up sacrificing Netflix quality, so thanks for the post (even though I'd have preferred otherwise!)
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I've been using Android since 2009 and since the very beginning I have wondered why Google has done such a poor job developing their Marketplace store (since renamed to Google Play -- ridiculous name but that's a different topic). Specifically, the User Interface of the marketplace. The market HAS undergone a couple of changes to its appearance and has had the addition of music, movies, etc. But the basic user interface components for App Installation have seen practically no change at all.
Here's my incomplete list of severe shortcomings of Google Play:
1. There is NO WAY to see a short concise list of all the apps you have already purchased. You can choose between two tabs -- "Installed" and "All". The "Installed" list is just that -- apps already installed. The "All" list shows everything -- already installed, purchased but not installed, free and recently installed on a different device, etc. And this is big jumbled mess is listed in the order of apps most recently installed, which leads to:
2. There Is NO WAY to sort the list in the "All" tab by any criterion. It is what it is, you are stuck with the order everything is listed in and you cannot change it.
3. When you want to install an app, you first have to tap on the app name and then it jumps to the detailed page for that app, where you then press "Install" and then another screen to confirm. There is NO WAY to install the app directly from the app listing without jumping through multiple screens every time for every individual app. This wouldn't be so terrible, except:
4. The listing does not REMEMBER YOUR POSITION when you press back. I find myself scrolling down through the UNSORTABLE list on the "All" page, finding the app I want, which may be 150+ apps down, going to that app's detailed page and pressing install/confirm, then pressing back twice, and it returns me back to the TOP of the list again. So if I wanted to then install the next app that was right below the previous one, I have to SCROLL DOWN AGAIN.
5. Ultimately, what I WANT and NEED is a batch installer directly from the marketplace. Put some freaking CHECKBOXES next to every app on the main list and then put a big "Install All Checked" button at the top. What's so difficult about this concept?
6. You may say "Just use titanium backup, it will solve all your problems." Well I DO use Titanium backup where appropriate. But sometimes I just want to do a CLEAN install of every app, directly downloading from the marketplace again. App backups do get screwed up over time, and reinstalling from marketplace fixes those issues. Not to mention, TiBackup requires ROOT, which not everyone has/wants/needs/knows how to obtain. Or I might be installing all my required apps on a totally new device and I don't want to import incompatible data from some other device.
In my opinion this is a MAJOR shortcoming in Android. There absolutely NEEDS to be a way to easily batch-install many apps directly from the marketplace. Especially for people like me who have 100+ apps installed and regularly wipe my phone to install the latest ROM. And #1 is just insulting in my opinion. I can't see a list of only the apps I OWN? I might forget that I purchased something a long time ago and just forgot to reinstall it. And nobody has come up with a third party tool to batch-install from the market (or have they?)
Can someone please help me understand why Google has failed to improve their storefront for so long? Where is the suggestion box for me to voice all of these concerns?
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I've been using Android since 2009 and since the very beginning I have wondered why Google has done such a poor job developing their Marketplace store (since renamed to Google Play -- ridiculous name but that's a different topic). Specifically, the User Interface of the marketplace. The market HAS undergone a couple of changes to its appearance and has had the addition of music, movies, etc. But the basic user interface components for App Installation have seen practically no change at all.
Here's my incomplete list of severe shortcomings of Google Play:
1. There is NO WAY to see a short concise list of all the apps you have already purchased. You can choose between two tabs -- "Installed" and "All". The "Installed" list is just that -- apps already installed. The "All" list shows everything -- already installed, purchased but not installed, free and recently installed on a different device, etc. And this is big jumbled mess is listed in the order of apps most recently installed, which leads to:
2. There Is NO WAY to sort the list in the "All" tab by any criterion. It is what it is, you are stuck with the order everything is listed in and you cannot change it.
3. When you want to install an app, you first have to tap on the app name and then it jumps to the detailed page for that app, where you then press "Install" and then another screen to confirm. There is NO WAY to install the app directly from the app listing without jumping through multiple screens every time for every individual app. This wouldn't be so terrible, except:
4. The listing does not REMEMBER YOUR POSITION when you press back. I find myself scrolling down through the UNSORTABLE list on the "All" page, finding the app I want, which may be 150+ apps down, going to that app's detailed page and pressing install/confirm, then pressing back twice, and it returns me back to the TOP of the list again. So if I wanted to then install the next app that was right below the previous one, I have to SCROLL DOWN AGAIN.
5. Ultimately, what I WANT and NEED is a batch installer directly from the marketplace. Put some freaking CHECKBOXES next to every app on the main list and then put a big "Install All Checked" button at the top. What's so difficult about this concept?
6. You may say "Just use titanium backup, it will solve all your problems." Well I DO use Titanium backup where appropriate. But sometimes I just want to do a CLEAN install of every app, directly downloading from the marketplace again. App backups do get screwed up over time, and reinstalling from marketplace fixes those issues. Not to mention, TiBackup requires ROOT, which not everyone has/wants/needs/knows how to obtain. Or I might be installing all my required apps on a totally new device and I don't want to import incompatible data from some other device.
In my opinion this is a MAJOR shortcoming in Android. There absolutely NEEDS to be a way to easily batch-install many apps directly from the marketplace. Especially for people like me who have 100+ apps installed and regularly wipe my phone to install the latest ROM. And #1 is just insulting in my opinion. I can't see a list of only the apps I OWN? I might forget that I purchased something a long time ago and just forgot to reinstall it. And nobody has come up with a third party tool to batch-install from the market (or have they?)
Can someone please help me understand why Google has failed to improve their storefront for so long? Where is the suggestion box for me to voice all of these concerns?
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I'm waiting for google to fix this too!
I agree with everything youve said - but the way I see it is that the Play store is a work in progress. There have been some pretty significant enhancements made in the last few years (I think I started using android in 2010).
Since then they have made 2 or 3 comprehensive UI updates, added books and movies support (which you mentioned), and the “ALL” apps list is also reasonably new (since Google Play was implemented).
I think within the next year or two you will start to see a lot of the features you mentioned.
Apple’s app store was pretty basic when it first started, now they have a lot of great sorting and display options.
Hopefully Google will step up.
Cheers.
Yeah, it will be nice if we can install multiple apps at the same time. Well, batch installer, that's what i mean.
Also, i wish i could delete some old apps (that I installed only to test them) from "Other apps in my library". There are lots of apps i never used, only tried them, and this, combined with the inability to sort the apps, make a real mess. I have to mine for every useful app that i need to install.
Or, at least, they should make a "Favorite" option.