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gwhitevt

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I have had my Fascinate for about 3 months. Other than waiting for 2.2, I have no complaints.

Recently (however) I started having an issue, if I try to install an app from the market, all it does is download, after it downloads, I get the "install" button, which I click, and the app simply downloads again.

anyone else seen this?

thanks.
 
yes. very annoying. I posted this under troubleshooting, but no response. I will show up under my downloads, but says "free" or "$X.XX) instead of installed. then i go thru same thing over and over.

I've only noticed it when battery is low, but if I turn off phone and back on, it works so can't really be low battery.
 
gwhitevt said:
I have had my Fascinate for about 3 months. Other than waiting for 2.2, I have no complaints.

Recently (however) I started having an issue, if I try to install an app from the market, all it does is download, after it downloads, I get the "install" button, which I click, and the app simply downloads again.

anyone else seen this?

thanks.
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Is this problem now always occuring across the boards. As in not any single apps DL? Also if you have/use Google Talk try and open it and see if you get an immediate close. If you do you have a semi-common problem and you will need to clear cache from the Market [Settings>ManageApplications] and maybe even more. But start there
 
SAPS Thanks. but I dont' see any options to clear my app cache in the path you indicate. any other thoughts on where to look for this?
 
Thanks, I found it, however it did not solve my problem. :-( my device is registered with Samsung -maybe I will chat them up for support.
 
gwhitevt said:
Thanks, I found it, however it did not solve my problem. :-( my device is registered with Samsung -maybe I will chat them up for support.
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Do you have the google talk problem?
If so its a prretty big deal something is amiss with your google settings hence the market DL is non-functional. You need to uninstall and reinstall market app. BTW which market do you, have like version is it?
 
I chatted with SamSung support. I had down a full power off, and reboot which did not fix the issue. They had me do a battery pull, which did fix the issue. Remember that I had also cleared the cache.

Google Sky installed properly. I noticed that going to the "downloads" page also force a refresh of apps, and might have helped, typically, the app downloaded, I pull the windows Shade down and access it that way, but for some reasons going to the download page seemed to help.

I will keep you posed if it comes back.
 
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