Root Anyone having trouble with the market?

[jkdmoore]

Yesterday my V said I needed to update some apps, no biggie, I went to do it and I get this notification that the market is upgrading to something...It disappeared so fast I never got to read it. Anyway now my market app does nothing won't open do not get an error nothing..any ideas how to fix this?

 

[rooter1]

Look for an icon called play store, that's the new market after the update. Google it to find out more about it.

 

[Guian]

Look in your apps for Google Play. Its a 6.58 MB file. I uninstalled the update and the basic market works fine.

 

[fightingirish]

I just flashed my Optimus last week (Cyanogenmod) and love it! So far, Google Play is working for most updates. However, I can't download Angry Birds Rio (should have backed that one up, but forgot), as it says I don't have enough available space (though I now have roughly 100mb internal memory free now). Also having problems installing the update for Google Maps. Everything else updates fine.

 

[MacFett]

it says I don't have enough available space (though I now have roughly 100mb internal memory free now). Also having problems installing the update for Google Maps. Everything else updates fine.

Which build are you using? If you have the 01mvdalvik script it moves your dalvik to the partition from where the market uses to download and install updates.

 

[AndyOpie150]

Which build are you using? If you have the 01mvdalvik script it moves your dalvik to the partition from where the market uses to download and install updates.

+1

 

[fightingirish]

Which build are you using? If you have the 01mvdalvik script it moves your dalvik to the partition from where the market uses to download and install updates.

The file name is "BACKside-IHO-VM670-12162011"

 

[MacFett]

That still has the 01mvdalvik script.

You can use a file explorer to navigate to /etc/init.d/ and move 01mvdalvik from that location to an alternate location such as your SD-Card root. Then clear your market's cache and data. Reboot into recovery and wipe your cache and dalvik then reboot into your ROM. All of the space saved by the script will be gone.

Or:

Open terminal emulator and:
$ su
# cd /cache
# mv download download.old
# mkdir -p /sdcard/cache/download
# ln -s /sdcard/cache/download download

 

[fightingirish]

That still has the 01mvdalvik script.

You can use a file explorer to navigate to /etc/init.d/ and move 01mvdalvik from that location to an alternate location such as your SD-Card root. Then clear your market's cache and data. Reboot into recovery and wipe your cache and dalvik then reboot into your ROM. All of the space saved by the script will be gone.

Or:

Open terminal emulator and:
$ su
# cd /cache
# mv download download.old
# mkdir -p /sdcard/cache/download
# ln -s /sdcard/cache/download download

Thanks! A few questions though:

1. Will I have to back up my entire SD card?
2. Will I have to reinstall all my apps?
3. Anything else I'll need to reinstall?

 

[AndyOpie150]

You will not have to re-install your apps. It is always a good Idea to backup the contents of your uSD card to a folder on a PC. Came in handy for me just a couple of weeks ago.

Also: Don't type in $ or #, these are just what the terminal emulator will show you before each line of code you type. Make sure you hit the enter key after each line. After you have entered the last line of code (and hit the enter key) type in exit and hit the enter key, then exit the app. You should be good to go.

 

[MacFett]

1. Will I have to back up my entire SD card?

No

2. Will I have to reinstall all my apps?

No

3. Anything else I'll need to reinstall?

No

 

[fightingirish]

Tried both methods. The terminal emulator commands didn't work. And I wasn't able to move the 01dalvik file. I did, however, find a slightly different solution that seems to work now.

In terminal emulator (start from app drawer):

Type in the following on each line (hit 'enter' after every entry):

su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/market-download-cache
cd /cache
mv download download.bak
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/market-download-cache download
ls -ahl

(last command should show the symlink in the listing).

This solution comes from here: Insufficient Space market error - Page 2 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

I switched the first two lines around (start with "su" to gain superuser access) and it worked! I can download and install from market!

 

[MacFett]

Tried both methods. The terminal emulator commands didn't work. And I wasn't able to move the 01dalvik file. I did, however, find a slightly different solution that seems to work now.

You just put the same thing I did, except you created the new directory first.

 

[fightingirish]

This one did the trick! lol

Main difference I saw was the difference between download.old and download.bak (which basically serve the same purpose). Perhaps this helped.