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Root Market goofiness

brotherswing

brotherswing

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So the market has been goofy for months now, I've tried reflashing, flashing as a fresh install, flashing as an update. The problem is many of my installed apps don't show as installed in the market. The only reason I care is updates don't show, I have to manually go through about twenty or so apps, pull up their market page, and see if there is an update. I've been doing this for about six months now. Anybody else have this problem?
 
I don't have to go to every single page, but sometimes I'll have to go to "my apps" and an update or two will be there that I didn't know about
 
Sometimes I look under my apps in market and it shows many of my installed apps as being not installed. If I restart my phone that usually fixes the problem. Are the apps you have problems with on the phone or sd card or both?
 
Both. This has been a persistent issue across reboots, flashes, battery tricks, and at least two versions of market. Doesn't matter where the app is installed. I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem.
 
I go into manage apps then clear data then reopen it if it doesn't work I try again sometimes I reboot as well. Sometimes it takes a couple tries. Sometimes after clearing the data I also open and close market a few times.
 
It's odd because other than the minor thing I described earlier I've never had an issue with market
 
brotherswing said:
So the market has been goofy for months now, I've tried reflashing, flashing as a fresh install, flashing as an update. The problem is many of my installed apps don't show as installed in the market. The only reason I care is updates don't show, I have to manually go through about twenty or so apps, pull up their market page, and see if there is an update. I've been doing this for about six months now. Anybody else have this problem?
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There has been several threads on this issue. I've find what works best is if you go into your app manager and clear cache and all that jazz. After that reopen the market and most of the time the apps show up. If that doesn't work, try searching for an app that you have installed inside your market. sometimes that works for me.

Anyone know the answer why this happens? Contact the developers of the ROM
 
ilovefarts said:
There has been several threads on this issue. I've find what works best is if you go into your app manager and clear cache and all that jazz. After that reopen the market and most of the time the apps show up. If that doesn't work, try searching for an app that you have installed inside your market. sometimes that works for me.

Anyone know the answer why this happens? Contact the developers of the ROM
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Jerry who commented is the developer
 
I know about clearing the cache and data, I just never bothered because I know it's just putting a band-aid on it. I was kinda hoping someone knew what caused it. Oh well, I've lived with it this long. :rolleyes: I can keep living with it.
 
brotherswing said:
I know about clearing the cache and data, I just never bothered because I know it's just putting a band-aid on it. I was kinda hoping someone knew what caused it. Oh well, I've lived with it this long. :rolleyes: I can keep living with it.
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Just for you. ;)

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Haha! Anyone watch Simpsons last night? "my favorite game it's angry nerds"

Too continue with the topic, the way I look at the market issue is that's a minor bothersome. If you are looking for a smooth bug free fix to your issue, maybe flashing a custom ROM isn't for you. I'm sure the developers appreciate the feed back though.

Who are all the developers who make up the iho backside mod crew?
 
That would be JerryScript. I never said I expect smooth, trouble free performance. I was just wondering if someone knew what caused it. This isn't something that will make me change roms or anything.
 
brotherswing said:
That would be JerryScript. I never said I expect smooth, trouble free performance. I was just wondering if someone knew what caused it. This isn't something that will make me change roms or anything.
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sorry if I came across rude, I want trying to be. I'm still getting over the packers losing yesterday. Where are my meds?
 
The developers of IHO at this time are:
Blarf aka the originator of IHO
BobZhome (we pretty much all use his kernel now)
JerryScript (that's me :))
LeslieAnn
mrg666
tdm
thekraven
And of course the entire CM team, and everyone who tests things out for us!

The best people to throw out some comments/complaints would be the Google team, since the Market is their app. ;)
 
JerryScript said:
The developers of IHO at this time are:
Blarf aka the originator of IHO
BobZhome (we pretty much all use his kernel now)
JerryScript (that's me :))
LeslieAnn
mrg666
tdm
thekraven
And of course the entire CM team, and everyone who tests things out for us!

The best people to throw out some comments/complaints would be the Google team, since the Market is their app. ;)
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Thanks!
 
I had read recently, but don't remember where, that Google knows of issues with restored apps and have been working on it.
 
It probably doesn't get used very often, but the Help menu item in the Market allows you to report issues.

Press Help -> Android Apps -> Help Resources -> Contacting Us -> Market on my phone or tablet

You can select the type of issue (e. g. Downloading/installing apps). It also asks you to specify your phone model, and a free text field is provided to add additional information.
 
Google provided me with the following response. Some of this is standard stuff, but other instructions are things I haven't tried, but will if I have problems again.

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It's a pleasure to read your note and assist you today. I recommend the following troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue:

- Uninstall Market updates (Home > Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Market > Uninstall updates)

This will revert Android Market to the original version that came with your device. Android Market should automatically self-update to the current version within a few days - there's no way to permanently uninstall Market updates. However, you can perform the following steps to ensure the latest version of Android Market is updated properly:

1. Launch Android Market
2. Switch to the Home screen
3. Wait 5-10 minutes for Market to self-update
4. Re-launch Market

- Clear the Download Manager cache and data (Home > Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Download manager > Clear cache and Clear data)
- Clear the Market cache and data (Home > Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Market > Clear cache and Clear data)
- Reboot your device
- Sign in and out of Google Talk repeatedly to restore connection to our servers:

1. Go to your device
 
- Sign in and out of Google Talk repeatedly to restore connection to our servers:

1. Go to your device’s app launcher, and press the Talk app
2. If you’re already signed into Talk, press Menu, and then touch Sign out
3. Launch Talk again to sign in (if you are unable to sign in, please let me know)
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I'm sorry, I may not be the best dev, but I do have a clue about networking and how some of these apps work and that is the biggest bunch of nonsense.

Sign in and out repeatedly?
What is this supposed to accomplish? You either get connected to their server or you don't.

Worse, the Market server is NOT the same server as Talk. The authentication server most likely, but not the apps or the market itself. Even if they somehow are, signing in and out isn't going to suddenly make it work anyway. It's like going to your refrigerator and opening the door 10 times in a row expecting the empty milk jug to suddenly be full.

What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.




What this really is doing, is while you were busy signing in and out of another app, odds are they will have corrected the problem with the Market.

DSL companies are notorious for this.
"First let's reset your modem", meanwhile their techs are in the server room rebooting the server. Your modem resets and amazingly, everything works again, imagine that! This is the same thing Virgin help does when they say "wait 24 hours" after they "activate the special Android service plan". You older OV owners may remember that one.
 
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