I "acquired" an apk for an app and now I'd like to buy it but the market only gives me an option to update the app and when I do it tells me that I haven't bought it.
I've tried uninstaling, clearing market cache, installing through online market, delinking from market in tb but nothing works.
Any ideas on how I can make the market forget that I ever had this app?
You said you tried uninstalling; what did you uninstall? The market or the app?
I've got the same problem. Installed one of Getjar's gold apps (free apps that are paid on the market). Got fed up of it sitting there in the Android Market's updates list (it seems not all developers bother pushing updates to getjar, and you still have to manually redownload to see if there's an update) but I can't get the Market to let me buy it - it seems to have latched on to the getjar version.
When I uninstall the app, it shows up in the market as purchased, but attempting to download fails the additional checks. Since it thinks its already purchased, I can't buy it.
I tried clearing the market data and cache, but that doesn't make a difference
Try installing the app again and clearing the data for that app and then uninstall .. Also check your sd card to see if you have app data on there
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You said you tried uninstalling; what did you uninstall? The market or the app?
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Both. First it was the app and now I've update market too. It's definitely a market issue as when I check it out online it shows as "purchased".
I just found a solution - find the app on the web marketplace, and it'll let you buy it there, then the phone will happily update.
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Both. First it was the app and now I've update market too. It's definitely a market issue as when I check it out online it shows as "purchased".
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With the app being uninstalled, when you go in the market and try to re-download the app, what happens?
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With the app being uninstalled, when you go in the market and try to re-download the app, what happens?
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The app shows up with "purchased " next to it. I then click on that followed by Install but then a toast message appears saying that it's not been bought.
In the web market it also says purchased although that's where I'm going to dig around next.
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The app shows up with "purchased " next to it. I then click on that followed by Install but then a toast message appears saying that it's not been bought.
In the web market it also says purchased although that's where I'm going to dig around next.
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Weird situation. Here's an idea: Re-install the apk file which you "acquired", then uninstall it through the market. See if this fixes your problem..
Try installing the app again and clearing the data for that app and then uninstall .. Also check your sd card to see if you have app data on there
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That's the problem - when an item needs to be updated in the market you only get options to Open and Update rather than Open and Uninstall. I could try to get the "acquired" version update and then uninstall that I suppose.
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That's the problem - when an item needs to be updated in the market you only get options to Open and Update rather than Open and Uninstall. I could try to get the "acquired" version update and then uninstall that I suppose.
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Yes you could. Also, you don't always get Open and Update. Sometimes you may see it say Update and Uninstall and if you click update and it fails (for some reason), then it changes to Open and Update.
Don't uninstall from the market use your stock app manager or titanium backup if you have it but first clear all traces of the app your trying to un install.. Cuz their may be some kind of cookie/data Installed that is telling the market you already have it
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OK having tried uninstaling through different methods I've managed to solve it.
I used the Old Market app to replace my 3* version and I was able to officially uninstall and then purchase the app.
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OK having tried uninstaling through different methods I've managed to solve it.
I used the Old Market app to replace my 3* version and I was able to officially uninstall and then purchase the app.
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Great. Glad you problem has been solved.
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I used the Old Market app to replace my 3* version and I was able to officially uninstall and then purchase the app.
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Hi,
great to hear that you found a solution. I have the same problem here. Can you provide a download link to the old Market version you used?
Thanks a lot
Wrapp
I had the same problem and this is what I ended up doing.
Under Manage Applications/all
clear data and uninstall updates for market
clear data for download manager
Now I opened market and had the old/original market back, before it updated again I searched for the app that was bugged and it let me purchase/install it on the old market. A minute later the market was auto updated. Not sure what steps were actually needed but this is what worked for me. GL
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OK having tried uninstaling through different methods I've managed to solve it.
I used the Old Market app to replace my 3* version and I was able to officially uninstall and then purchase the app.
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Can you, please, share the old Market apk?
Just install the "acquired" version, then goto Market and un-install it. After that the market will show an option to purchase.
I had the same problem. I installed version2.2.6 of the market. and searched quickly for the app that said purchased before the market updated automatically. It let me purchase it. Problem Solved. I would post the link, but I don't have enough posts here.
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Installed fine on TouchWiz ROM. Can others report if it installs with no issues on stock ROM?
Edit: Took down download link. Not tablet friendly.
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Installed fine on TouchWiz ROM. Can others report if it installs with no issues on stock ROM?
Download APK
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Have rented and started watching a video!
Thanks for posting!
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Stock 16gb here.
I got it installed
I now have two market apps installed. It did not override the tablet market. Also, I don't have access to the movies section.
I tried it and uninstalled it within a minute or so. Obviously not optimized for tablets. will wait for official release.
Agree...looks good on the cell. Not so much on tablet. But it is working..
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yea I have a feeling this is the same apk for both the mobile and tablet because it works better on my TB than my GT 10.1
even then, it is alot slower compared to the previous market so idk if this is worth it just yet
Damn...i broke my market. I uninstalled the new one...old one seemed to work until i try to install an app or load my apps. Then i get a com.Google.android.finsky force close. Ideas anyone?
Edit: a data wipe and restart fixed the issue.
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yes data are not the same so have to clear it before installing the new one or after uninstalling it.
finsky is FC for me
I screwed up my market by installing then uninstalling this and wiping market data in settings and a reboot didn't fix the issue.
Market runs but when I click on the "My Apps" in the upper right I get a FC.
Can anyone send me the market vending files I need to push to my Tab's system/app folder to help me fix?
(and yes I know I am an idiot by not doing a Titanium Backup of Market before installing the new one).
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I screwed up my market by installing then uninstalling this and wiping market data in settings and a reboot didn't fix the issue.
Market runs but when I click on the "My Apps" in the upper right I get a FC.
Can anyone send me the market vending files I need to push to my Tab's system/app folder to help me fix?
(and yes I know I am an idiot by not doing a Titanium Backup of Market before installing the new one).
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See post #7 - Should do the trick.
Thanks for trying this out and reporting back, guys. I installed it on my Nexus S without issue but decided not to pull the trigger on my tab.
Looks great on MT4G. I will wait to install on my GT10.1
Hi, so I have Market Enabler installed and for some reason it doesn't seem to work on the new market. Also, cf3d's 'open market' seem to have no effect either.
Is something broken? Anyone knows of a market enabler that works with the new market? Thank you!
We need a market enabler that works with 3.0.27
It will be made, its just a matter of time. Im very interested in this too, I had to rollback to the old market because of this.
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We need a market enabler that works with 3.0.27
It will be made, its just a matter of time. Im very interested in this too, I had to rollback to the old market because of this.
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I'm very interested too!
I got it!
Download the attached file.
You will find Market 2.3.6 (april 2011) and follow the instructions file.
Now I return to this version of Market which is fully compatible with Market Enabler!
Tested in a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000.
Yes we know it works with the old market. What we need is a market enabler for the 3.0.27 version of the market.
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Yes we know it works with the old market. What we need is a market enabler for the 3.0.27 version of the market.
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It doesn't exists yet.
That's the only solution at this moment.
The file u uploaded is a rar file and i cannot extract it.I am having this problem with all rar files the phone cannot identify them..Any ideas???
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bkilit said:
The file u uploaded is a rar file and i cannot extract it.I am having this problem with all rar files the phone cannot identify them..Any ideas???
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Here you have the two files that contains the .rar.
Any news on that app..? I want to install google+ and I cannot due to an unexpected error.
nickolasemp said:
Any news on that app..? I want to install google+ and I cannot due to an unexpected error.
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You should be able to get free apps. Only problems with market enabler is actually buying apps. So, roll back and reupdate or something.
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Market Access works fine for me with the new market.
Cheers.
Thanks man. I'll try it out.
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huzz said:
Market Access works fine for me with the new market.
Cheers.
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It ain't work either
I still cannot find the google maps..
The app seems to be working, it gives green mark and everything,
But when I search for the blocked apps such as google maps and most other google's inc, it doesn't find (which it was found-able when the old market)
any sollution?
I also tried the Flamingo's advice, but also no changing the search results.
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It ain't work either
I still cannot find the google maps..
The app seems to be working, it gives green mark and everything,
But when I search for the blocked apps such as google maps and most other google's inc, it doesn't find (which it was found-able when the old market)
any sollution?
I also tried the Flamingo's advice, but also no changing the search results.
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Did you clear all data / cache? for Market? then emulate on boot a new provider and reboot. I am using it ever since the new market was released and it works.
Cheers.
huzz said:
Did you clear all data / cache? for Market? then emulate on boot a new provider and reboot. I am using it ever since the new market was released and it works.
Cheers.
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OHH I JUST TRIED IT AND IT WORKS !!
WOOhoo finally I fixed this market !!
Thank you so much!!
huzz said:
Did you clear all data / cache? for Market? then emulate on boot a new provider and reboot. I am using it ever since the new market was released and it works.
Cheers.
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Did the same on a Optimus 2x and it didn't work.
I had to uninstall the market update and MarketAccess works as advertised.
Cheers!
This thread should probably be in the general section rather than under SGS II.
I am also using the old market but instead of using an APK I simply uninstalled the update for market from 'manage applications' to go to the old market. Also had to uninstall the market updater system app using Titanium otherwise it updates automatically. Very irritating.
+1 for a solution for the new market since I have to do this every time I change ROMs (which is often). However, the new market is ugly as anything. The waste of screen real estate is appalling!
xeeshan said:
This thread should probably be in the general section rather than under SGS II.
I am also using the old market but instead of using an APK I simply uninstalled the update for market from 'manage applications' to go to the old market. Also had to uninstall the market updater system app using Titanium otherwise it updates automatically. Very irritating.
+1 for a solution for the new market since I have to do this every time I change ROMs (which is often). However, the new market is ugly as anything. The waste of screen real estate is appalling!
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I was looking for a way to stop those irritating auto-updates! Thanks.
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I was looking for a way to stop those irritating auto-updates! Thanks.
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Just follow the directions in the attached txt file on this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16103977&postcount=8
Regards ...
I can't find Market Access on the market...
Maybe google removed it from the market...?
Market links apps that have been downloaded&installed outside market.how to stop it?
Hi,
This has been Bugging me for a while now... I'm a confident android user... and have had my HTC desire for over a year and a half, and now have an Asus transformer...
Basically, I have an app that I didn't download and install from the market, however, the market says that I have "purchased" the app and gives me a download button. If I click it I get an error message. An app in question is setCPU, I have downloaded it from xda, but now would like to buy the app to support the developer and get market updates.. at the moment this seems impossible for me to do... It is linked to my account as "purchased" even though I haven't actually purchased it...
This is the same with another app that I downloaded a while ago, and now I have some spare cash I would like download the app, get updates, and more importantly support the developer...
Also, PIRACY IS BAD, THESE ARENT PIRATED APPS.. SUPPORT DEVELOPERS!
Sorry for long post, and any mistakes, I wrote all this on my phone...
Hopefully someone can help me...
Many thanks,
Matt
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Reinstall app, go to market, uninstall from there and then buy that app. It works for me
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Reinstall app, go to market, uninstall from there and then buy that app. It works for me
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thanks for the reply... what if the market doesn't have an uninstall button and only an open or update button...
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In fact that didn't work for me... I uninstalled it via the market and it just said purchased... I then clicked install and it gave me an error...
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I googled and found this
- Unlink the app from the market with titanium backup (long press on the app in titanium backup), uninstall the app
- Go to app setting menù and click on market apk, here you have to clear data/cache and uninstall the update
Now if you have the last market version installed by default, you have to download and install the previous version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743249&d=1318041888
Now you have to find the app you want to buy on the old market before the phone update it again (if the app price is different don't worry, they will charge you the real price). Do this for every app you want to buy
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thanks a lot... This has half worked.. I purchased the app, an got the order receipt email, but then market has stopped working, and is force closing. I will have to go back to the up to date market, download the app, then back to the old market and so forth... I'm actually fixing permissions at the moment, whih i doubt will help, but worth a shot!
anyway, thanks so much dude...!
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I am running the new rc1 download for ultimatum ics. I can download, install any apps but I cannot purchase any. Gives me the unable try again later error. I had no issues with beta 3 version, the market worked fine but the newer versions all give me the same error. I have wiped cache, cleared dalvik, tried full wipes before installing the new versions of ultimatum. Tried going into app management and clearing the play store data and cache as well as Google frame work and clearing that data (it was a suggestion on Google's help site). I restored to my beta 3 backup and the market worked perfect again, then tried to install rc1 back without a wipe and the error occurred yet again. Any other suggestions?
OK, I think I may have found the issue but still cannot fix it maybe someone else can help. I used the play store online to purchase an app. It still gave me an issue. It said that this account hasn't been used with the play store on your device. I don't understand how when it is the same account my phone is synced with.. seems as if the market isn't recognizing my account on my phone.. any help? Thanks
Try logging out of ur google account(s) and then clear market data. After log back in and i think it should work.
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Try logging out of ur google account(s) and then clear market data. After log back in and i think it should work.
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Which data? Just the app data?
Droidmissionary said:
Which data? Just the app data?
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Yeap.
OK went menu-settings-accounts/sync and removed the Gmail account. Cleared market app data tried re-entering market. It asked me to sign in.. I did that and still had the error. I also restored my beta 3 backup again and verified I had the same account. Tried installing beta 4 after that no wipe and couldn't purchase anything after changing to 4. Something seems to be getting cleared or messed up during rom change. Just can't pinpoint it.
Delete market apk and push a new one. I have no idea ??
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Delete market apk and push a new one. I have no idea ??
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Well man I appreciate the help. I tried pushing an old and new version of the market. Didn't make a difference, I've tried every sequence of deleting and installing with no luck. Only thing I've found different is if I flash back to icscrewd (what I had ran before this) it works fine. What I notice though is after it asks me to sign in to my account after the full wipe, when I do so on that rom it tells me the account was successfully linked with ultimatum it doesn't it just proceeds with loading my data.. but apparently no one else has this issue so I'm clueless.. thanks for the attempts though
Just had the issue. Fixed it with installing market not play store. And let it update to playstore by its self and problem solved for me.
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howtomen said:
Just had the issue. Fixed it with installing market not play store. And let it update to playstore by its self and problem solved for me.
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Omg thanks so much, I got it figured out! When I pushed the original market apk it would force close so I pushed the play store apk and still had the issue, so I reinstalled the market apk and went into titanium backup and converted the market file into a system file and that got rid of the force close then it updated on its own after a few and all is fixed now. Thanks for your time man!
I was installing free apk's yesterday in CF-rooted Galaxy S3. Some I download directly from the Play Store in my device and some I get from the XDA forums (ike SuperSU), transfer it to the device and install the apk from there. With the first few programs, Google Play easily detects that it is INSTALLED but after I installed many programs it isn't able to detect them. Usually a status of "INSTALLED" is seen in Play Store or play.google.com (in the PC) for installed apps or games. But now there are some apps that aren't detected by it.
Also, the ones that are detected by google play but are non-updated (not latest version) have "INSTALLED" status instead of the usual "UPDATE".
What could be the issue here?
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I was installing free apk's yesterday in CF-rooted Galaxy S3. Some I download directly from the Play Store in my device and some I get from the XDA forums (ike SuperSU), transfer it to the device and install the apk from there. With the first few programs, Google Play easily detects that it is INSTALLED but after I installed many programs it isn't able to detect them. Usually a status of "INSTALLED" is seen in Play Store or play.google.com (in the PC) for installed apps or games. But now there are some apps that aren't detected by it.
Also, the ones that are detected by google play but are non-updated (not latest version) have "INSTALLED" status instead of the usual "UPDATE".
What could be the issue here?
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You can try using Market Doctor in Titanium Backup to see if it fixes it, otherwise they might not install with the right license for the Play Store in which case you generally have to keep getting them from where you get them, or buy from the market if you want it to update.
Market Doctor will only repair broken links, if it's not licensed to your account you can't do anything to update them with the store other than buying that way.
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You can try using Market Doctor in Titanium Backup to see if it fixes it, otherwise they might not install with the right license for the Play Store in which case you generally have to keep getting them from where you get them, or buy from the market if you want it to update.
Market Doctor will only repair broken links, if it's not licensed to your account you can't do anything to update them with the store other than buying that way.
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Ok. Well but why are the other apps detected properly even though I install them by their apk files?
BUMP!
Anyone? How can I use Market Doctor?
Try clear google play data in application manager 1st
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You can use market doctor by using Titanium and looking throug it's operations (afaik you need the paid version)
Free apps can be linked to the market, paid apps cannot.
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Try clear google play data in application manager 1st
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Didn't work
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You can use market doctor by using Titanium and looking throug it's operations (afaik you need the paid version)
Free apps can be linked to the market, paid apps cannot.
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Well, for example Mobile Odin is a paid app in the Market but I can get it free here at XDA as others have mentioned. Before, when I installed it it was linked right away to the Market as "Installed".
Oh by the way, when I search ALL my apps at Google Play Store in the S3 (not in the PC) it detects them as "installed", no problem with that BUT when I go to "My Apps", some aren't listed there and there goes my problem?
Just tried using Market Doctor of Titanium Backup and it found 26 recoverable links. I then went to Google Play Store and downloaded a free app to "refresh" the my apps list but unfortunately this whole process didn't work. So what else can I do then?
Btw, even free apps that I sideloaded aren't showing in the my apps list but are shown as installed when I search them in the store.
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Can anyone really help me here? This is getting very annoying. I did everything I could think of but to no avail. Please guys, I need your help here