Root new market apk

[ducky1979]

just got the new market apk, i havent tried it yet but if anyone wants to give it a go, a word of advice though is make sure you have a copy of the market as it is now, just in case of any problems.

new market

just tried it and it force closes everytime you try to download, dont bother.

 

[Hadron]

There's a thread about it over in the main forum. Opinions are mixed.

 

[GingaB]

There are loads of threads all over android forum regarding the new market. I dont like the look of it personally they remind me of windows 7 phone! Yuck!

 

[ducky1979]

yeah i saw it after i posted this! i cant get it to work, keeps force closing. think ill wait until the official ones out for us, unless someone figures it out.

 

[SUroot]

Did you adb push it?

 

[ducky1979]

Did you adb push it?

no i just installed the apk. is there a better way to do it then?

 

[Hadron]

I think I just uninstalled the existing market using Ti, then installed the apk...

...then uninstalled it after a few minutes.

 

[GingaB]

Is the apk working for anybody?

 

[Hadron]

See above - it installed for me, I just didn't think it was an improvement.

Edit: should clarify - it installed and ran, but I didn't keep it long enough to check I could install apps using it.

 

[GingaB]

Sorry I didnt read the whole thing.. This market is very hit and miss atm kinda like marmite! Either you love it or you dont!

 

[Rastaman-FB]

yes it works perfectly for me ive been using it since it was leaked yesterday, you need s-off for ease of use as you will need to set permissions to the directory which i cant remember how to do via adb and recovery

these are the things you need to do

use rootexplorer (or alternative that actually works the same way)
go to system/app and rename Vending.apk to Vending.apk.old
copy Vending.apk.old to a safe location on your sdcard
copy the new market Vending.apk to system/app and rename it to Vending.apk (cant remember its original name)
set permissions user - read, write. Group - read, write. others - Read, execute.
reboot phone to recovery, wipe dalvic cache and reboot. wait for a long time


once done the new market will work. be warned the 1st time you use it its slow and sluggish as its caching a lot of shit
when you use it again its fine

always wipe dalvic when changing system programs with another

 

[ducky1979]

Is this the reason it force closed all the time then?
What do you think about it?

 

[ducky1979]

Does anyone know how you change permissions?

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Is this the reason it force closed all the time then?
What do you think about it?

yes it is the reason its force closing

i dont mind it, the 1st page is a little windows7 like but to be fair the windows 7 look works for the market type stuff better than it does as an os.
it makes quite a lot of sense and imo a welcome improvement.

if you are using root explorer, hold down on the apk in system/app and click permissions

 

[SUroot]

you can also chmod it from adb shell if not s-off

 

[nafpez]

lol don't know what ya all on about pushing it through adb, and renaming it in root explorer or whatever, I downloaded it then just installed the apk through astro, works perfectly fine for me

 

[Rastaman-FB]

lol don't know what ya all on about pushing it through adb, and renaming it in root explorer or whatever, I downloaded it then just installed the apk through astro, works perfectly fine for me

it shouldnt do, its a system app and if you read someone else has already tried that and it force closes

 

[SUroot]

lol don't know what ya all on about pushing it through adb, and renaming it in root explorer or whatever

Like rasta says, its a system app and will likely cause a conflict on most devices. You should definitely adb push or replace with Root explorer for the best experience.