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[Q] can I install market manually?

I'd like to buy this tablet, but I found there's no market app and I have the installation .apk file extracted from nexus one.
Can I install this market in order to get other applications from there?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10475889

hoagm said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10475889
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I read that, but I'd wait until the 14 days trial is over, so I have to be sure the .apk manual install works before installing update.

I have the Elocity A7 but since it lacks a true capacitive multi-touch screen i bought this tablet http://www.brandsdragon.com/products/product_30627.htm just to play around with. Its only $153 shipped to the US.

mingkee said:
I read that, but I'd wait until the 14 days trial is over, so I have to be sure the .apk manual install works before installing update.
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Installing apks manually works fine. Some apps still won't work, but in general, it works fine. But you won't be able to install just the market (vending.apk) without most of what Dexter has put in his ElocityMod.

rfisher1968 said:
I have the Elocity A7 but since it lacks a true capacitive multi-touch screen i bought this tablet http://www.brandsdragon.com/products/product_30627.htm just to play around with. Its only $153 shipped to the US.
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Actually, I already have another tablet purchased for $180. It has Android Market but I couldn't find slingplayer, so I have to extract it from rooted XT720 and install, but soon I found the video quality is poor (slow), so I am wondering will A7 work with slingplayer.
Even it doesn't have Market, I can extract the apps from rooted nexus one and XT720 and "side load" them.

MARKET INSTALLED AND WORKING on eLocity A7!
HELLO,
I just got my a7 yesterday after purchasing a archos 70 (250gb) and bricking it in about 25 minutes trying to install android market i returned it and picked up thiS tablet. although it doest have multi touch, and anywhere near as big of a hard drive i still am happy that i went with this. It runs much faster than the archos and i love having the option of using my memory stick with it. What i hate is it cant be pluged directly to my pc and copy files over that way, and that pinch to zoom doesnt work properly since this doesnt have a real multitouch capacitive screen. If i wasnt able to get market capabilities i would not have kept the device and to be honest i still might return it within my 30 days and pick up somthing else.
to get Market and google aps installed i recomend using Dexters Mod (available at dext3r.komodin.org or you can search for him here on xda). It is real simple to use. here is quick rundown in a few short steps on how i did it.
1. download 'ElocityMod v1.0c.rar' to your pc
2. rename the 'ElocityMod v1.0c' to 'update.rar'
3. copy 'update.rar' from your pc to my memory stick (or you can use a micro sd card)
4. insert memory stick into elocity a7
5. go to 'settings' - 'about device' - 'System updates' - 'Update device'
6. it update using dexters mod and gave me market capabilities as well as the android layout i am accustomed to without elocitys crapy UI.
Now, as for apps, i havent had any aps that did not work yet on my a7. I am currently runing ADW Home, google voice (cant make calles but lets me SMS), youtube, xda-dvelopers forum app, avg antivirus (freee), aBTC, and WinAmp and all work fine so far. I have seen many posts complaining tha they are having issues with runing apps not made for the A7 but i am yet to run into any issues.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEXTER FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK! DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIS MOD FILE!

rfisher1968 said:
I have the Elocity A7 but since it lacks a true capacitive multi-touch screen i bought this tablet just to play around with. Its only $153 shipped to the US.
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someone , someone has this experience , is it a good tablet ?

Ajjallen said:
someone , someone has this experience , is it a good tablet ?
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the cpu doesn't compare to the tegra2. it doesn't seem to have accelerometer. i wouldn't go for one of these. a couple months ago, i went for a cheap $120 7" tablet from a no name in china - total junk. then i decided to get the elocity a7. i'm pleased with it now, except for the screen... now i'm thinking i should have just went with galaxy tab... if only galaxy tab had their next gen (dual core) processor in it...
edit: btw, i just noticed this question is off topic and shouldn't be in this thread

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the cpu doesn't compare to the tegra2. it doesn't seem to have accelerometer. i wouldn't go for one of these. a couple months ago, i went for a cheap $120 7" tablet from a no name in china - total junk. then i decided to get the elocity a7. i'm pleased with it now, except for the screen... now i'm thinking i should have just went with galaxy tab... if only galaxy tab had their next gen (dual core) processor in it...
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what a pity ! i really don't know where i can get good quality and low price items , many China online shop have low price but the products are junk indeed .

Marriya said:
why you said it doesn't ahve market ? i saw two of my friends use it
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The original ROM doesn't have market.

MobiLeroy said:
HELLO,
I just got my a7 yesterday after purchasing a archos 70 (250gb) and bricking it in about 25 minutes trying to install android market i returned it and picked up thiS tablet. although it doest have multi touch, and anywhere near as big of a hard drive i still am happy that i went with this. It runs much faster than the archos and i love having the option of using my memory stick with it. What i hate is it cant be pluged directly to my pc and copy files over that way, and that pinch to zoom doesnt work properly since this doesnt have a real multitouch capacitive screen. If i wasnt able to get market capabilities i would not have kept the device and to be honest i still might return it within my 30 days and pick up somthing else.
to get Market and google aps installed i recomend using Dexters Mod (available at dext3r.komodin.org or you can search for him here on xda). It is real simple to use. here is quick rundown in a few short steps on how i did it.
1. download 'ElocityMod v1.0c.rar' to your pc
2. rename the 'ElocityMod v1.0c' to 'update.rar'
3. copy 'update.rar' from your pc to my memory stick (or you can use a micro sd card)
4. insert memory stick into elocity a7
5. go to 'settings' - 'about device' - 'System updates' - 'Update device'
6. it update using dexters mod and gave me market capabilities as well as the android layout i am accustomed to without elocitys crapy UI.
Now, as for apps, i havent had any aps that did not work yet on my a7. I am currently runing ADW Home, google voice (cant make calles but lets me SMS), youtube, xda-dvelopers forum app, avg antivirus (freee), aBTC, and WinAmp and all work fine so far. I have seen many posts complaining tha they are having issues with runing apps not made for the A7 but i am yet to run into any issues.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEXTER FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK! DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIS MOD FILE!
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I am new at this. I am trying to get the Android market on mu eLocity A7. I down loaded the file per your directionin the thread and the file I down loaded is "ElocityModv10c.zip". Your instructions in your thread say to rename the file .rar. I tried running the .zip file but it would not run. Does your instruction refer to renaming the zip file from ElocityModv10c.zip to ElocityModv10c.rar? Please advise what I am doing wrong

SCremona said:
I am new at this. I am trying to get the Android market on mu eLocity A7. I down loaded the file per your directionin the thread and the file I down loaded is "ElocityModv10c.zip". Your instructions in your thread say to rename the file .rar. I tried running the .zip file but it would not run. Does your instruction refer to renaming the zip file from ElocityModv10c.zip to ElocityModv10c.rar? Please advise what I am doing wrong
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First, the latest one is the ElocityMod v1.1. That is what you want to install.
Second, the "ElocityModv11.zip" should be renamed "Update.zip".
it is all right here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890042

I did as you suggested and everything loaded correctly. However, when it did a reboot, it simply cycles the elocity logo every 6-7 seconds. Any suggestions?

jteubanks said:
I did as you suggested and everything loaded correctly. However, when it did a reboot, it simply cycles the elocity logo every 6-7 seconds. Any suggestions?
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Hold the power button fot 12 to 15 seconds to power of the device. Then turn it back on.
If that dosen't clear you issue try Booting into recovery and select "wipe data/factory reset", then reboot.

I like the cheap price

rfisher1968 said:
I have the Elocity A7 but since it lacks a true capacitive multi-touch screen i bought this tablet http://www.brandsdragon.com/products/product_30627.htm just to play around with. Its only $153 shipped to the US.
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Did you get this tablet yet?
It seems like they might be falsifying information on the site. The linked tablet has a Telechips TCC8902 which doesn't have a 2.2 (Froyo) out on any of the mainstream tablets with that same chip i.e. Gentouch 78 and the Coby Kyros, they both have 2.1 (Eclair.) The touchscreen is resistive and NOT capacitive so, I'm not sure about multitouch. Also, the TCC8902 chip has GL issues so 3D games like Angry birds, Aslphalt5, and others with have graphics issues.
I owned a Coby Kyros which has pretty much the same hardware and returned it simply becasue of the graphics issues and got the eLocity A7.

Elocity A7 - Requested item could not be found
Hi,
I have applied Dexter's mods since 1.0 and they have made my Elocity A7 a wonderfully usable tablet. Otherwise it was more of a $299.00 door stop
All kidding aside, thanks Dexter. But since applying the 1.4 mod, the market place is not allowing me install apps that were available previously. I've been reading for solutions but not finding anything yet.
Has anyone else found this problem and a way to fix it?
Thanks

In these cases specifics like which apps might be very helpful.

Hi,
First a correction, mod 1.41 with display patch. The following apps will not install for example:
Dolphin Browser HD
SliceIt
Adobe Flash Player 10.2 hulu fix
Voice Search
There are more but I cannot recall them all. I was able to load these from backups but would like to know what has changed to cause the new problem.
I can tell you that I had backed out 1.3 and restored to 1.2 so was using the older version of market. Wondering if the new version is not happy with Elolcity?
I have sendlog outut if anyone wants it.

[Q] Android Netflix App for A7?

Does anyone know if the new Android Netfix app will ever work on the A7? I installed it on my EVO and it is sweet! But the screen is TINY!

homas333 said:
Does anyone know if the new Android Netfix app will ever work on the A7? I installed it on my EVO and it is sweet! But the screen is TINY!
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I don't count on it ever working,but I put playon on mine and it works pretty much perfectly.You can install it on your computer then you are basically steaming but you have Netflix, Hulu CBS,tbs comedycentral,syfy and the list goes on.You can try it out for a couple of weeks for free and then if you want to keep it they are pretty cheap and have several ways to subscribe,from monthly,yearly and even a one time payment for a lifetime subsciption.Anyway I got tired of waiting and got it on sell and haven't looked back.It is more than you can imagine and you can use it on PS3.Xbox,Wii,and several blueray players.Pretty much anything that is DLNP capable .
Anyway didn't mean to ramble but hope this helps.

There is a netflix app available without the checks and already signed. Most have said they can get it running in a gingerbread rom. I haven't been able to get it working on the A7's rom however.

tetsuo_shima said:
There is a netflix app available without the checks and already signed. Most have said they can get it running in a gingerbread rom. I haven't been able to get it working on the A7's rom however.
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Link please?

netstat_EVO said:
Link please?
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Sorry.............
Here is the link to the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150
I was able to get this working on my G-tablet. Works great.

http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/26315-edit-build-prop-file-netflix.html
Here's another approach haven't tried it yet

homas333 said:
Does anyone know if the new Android Netfix app will ever work on the A7? I installed it on my EVO and it is sweet! But the screen is TINY!
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I know that they won't allow it to run on devices that are rooted, but I think if you search the forums you'll find a modded apk that should run.

netsurge said:
I know that they won't allow it to run on devices that are rooted, but I think if you search the forums you'll find a modded apk that should run.
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I tryed them all, they are a no go. Something in the A7 is missing to let it run, i can browse for movies but once i go to play them it just loops back to the browse screen

I have an archos tab and the cracked apk works great. But not for my A7
Sent from my A7-040 using XDA Premium App

New 1.3 build 246 from market works flawlessly with streaming (on Elocitymod 1.42a at least).

mmarcuse said:
New 1.3 build 246 from market works flawlessly with streaming (on Elocitymod 1.42a at least).
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Thanks,
I had installed the cracked version on my Evo4G and Evo3D, and it installed on the A7 but would never work.
I always ignored the "there is a newer version available" message until I read your post. Works like a charm now... Resolution seems like it sucks a little, but that may have just been the movie I tested with.

Just down loaded from Market. Install and logged in. It works great!!!

Works great!!!
Sent from my A7-040 using XDA Premium App

mmarcuse said:
New 1.3 build 246 from market works flawlessly with streaming (on Elocitymod 1.42a at least).
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I updated to this version and it works well. I've noticed that the resolution starts out bad but rapidly improves. I am really happy with this tablet now. It pretty much does most things I want it to do. Only thing left for me to conquer is moving apps 2 external SD.
Thanks to everyone that has helped develop the mode!

Just wanted to make sure everyone is aware that you can adjust the quality of your stream through netflix. Just head to your account page on netflix.com and towards the bottom is a link to adjust the quality.

I've be seaching for the Elocitymod 1.42a, but haven't been able to find it. Can anyone tell me where I can get it or send a link? Thanks

tetsuo_shima said:
Just wanted to make sure everyone is aware that you can adjust the quality of your stream through netflix. Just head to your account page on netflix.com and towards the bottom is a link to adjust the quality.
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On my completly factory A7+ I got netflix working only through an account on amazon
Still can't find way for un modified A7+ to get HBO GO
more to point. I cant get netflix audio (or any audio) through hdmi on my ~5 yr old Insignia HD TV, is it possible adjusting stream quality will solve the no audio? I tried it on a new 55" Toshiba and audio/video work perfect (and wow, a 3' tall angry bird is cool)
This has been answerd in old threads as, "some tv's audio works, some don't"
Any new fixes?
Anyway to put screen to sleep while still streaming through hdmi?

S8500XPKH3 aviable.

http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-s8500.htm
Here is the new beta firmware of BADA 2.0. Have you tested it ?

thanks for the info buddy. gonna test it.

===according to bada-os.inf o (via Google Translate): ===
"So the changes that I noticed compared to XPKH1/KH2:
Several visual changes (such as when you first start there is no "blue screen" - just the icon informs about the configuration, the browser strips are gray, the colors changed in the dialer and calculator to the dark, changed the appearance of the bar when changing volume)
When entering the individual applications are "the transition animations"
When turned off, screen rotation:
Videos are played in a horizontal position
Camera settings are in a horizontal position
It is possible to record movies in HD on the memory card (although in the case of my phone / memory card if the phone catches a few seconds "zwiechy" - in previous versions required a restart)
[Unconfirmed] It seems to me that the work will navigate Route 66 (although I do not know on what basis is the activation - at any rate, you can browse maps and routing works without a license purchased)
The notification settings now appear in the applications from Samsung Apps (do not know if an application uses it and I'm not sure if that was not previously)"
===another info===
Accounts samsung functioning
FW is the most stable release so far.
Samsung apps fast
Some graphical changes (keypad with color Bada 1.2) etc. ..
===some other guy says (unconfirmed)===
Phone will crash if connect to KIES via wifi!

Thanks, stathismes.
This is very useful info for those willing to test this new firmware.

still very unstable. it reboots very often. cant install widgets from sasmung apps. but anyway, its faster.

"zwiechy" - means freezes (plural), this is noun from verb "zawieszać", eng. freeze. It's just polish computer jargon.

73nokian said:
still very unstable. it reboots very often. cant install widgets from sasmung apps. but anyway, its faster.
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Yes, widgets cannot be installed.
Apart from the widgets problem, this version of the bada 2.0 firmwares seems to be the best. No random crashes like the previous versions.
Samsung Accounts is now ok. Over 90% of apps are working.
Install from kies and on mobile is ok. But when you install from mobile, do nothing until installation is over. Otherwise, phone may restart by itself.
SHP works excellently.
Facebook, Twitter, Google WAC, all work fine without crashes nor delay.
Signing in to any apps now is swift without problems.
Though Route 66 license still does not sync automatically.
For one day of use, no crash so far. For this, I am keeping this firmware on my phone till the official release (I uninstalled each of the previous bada 2.0 firmwares after 2 or 3 hours of use).

it reboots almost every 5 minutes when i'm on browser. i cant use it. i prefer kh1.

73nokian said:
it reboots almost every 5 minutes when i'm on browser. i cant use it. i prefer kh1.
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do you set the debug level to low? how about hard reset?take note, we need a hard reset after flashing

KH3: random crashes during writing sms or listening to the music. IMO less stable version. I'll wait for the final one.

ortega1 said:
KH3: random crashes during writing sms or listening to the music. IMO less stable version. I'll wait for the final one.
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i think we'll have more beta versions before the final one.

Yes, we will, KH4, KH5... KH16 and counting ))

Mobile AP via WiFi now works for me, previously I had to tether my 3G connection through USB cable..!

ortega1 said:
Yes, we will, KH4, KH5... KH16 and counting ))
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we wont get kh16 ) but kh6, ki6, kj6 kk6 yes

Hey, how about spoofing apps in this S8500XPKH3 version? Do you guyz think it will be possible? This is the only thing that keeps me from updating now. Not because im a little dirty man (though i may be ) but because Samsung Apps gives me an error when trying to link my visa card.
So any ideas about spoofing?

spoofing didnt work with updated 1.2 much less bada 2
the later 1.2 versions disabled the old way of spoofing.
(the earliest 1.2 versions can spoof)
theres a new method that can be used on the later 1.2 versions which fools kies into downloading paid apps but expect samsung to close that loophole soon enough.
even the new method doesnt work on bada 2 so i guess samsung just has to
fix kies for bada 1.2 newest versions.
i think spoofing is the reason commercial developers are veering away from bada
like furry legends, vampire rush, hero of sparta 2 arent in the samsung apps market anymore.
In many countries, there isnt even an option to buy paid
apps at their respective samsung stores.
samsung is so slow opening the paid apps market in those countries
its one reason why spoofing became a widespread practice.
samsung is partly to blame why spoofing became endemic.
the delays for the paid apps option would push even law abiding citizens
to look for illegal alternatives.

bong4316 said:
i think spoofing is the reason commercial developers are veering away from bada
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really? what about android? and ios?

i think spoofing is the reason commercial developers are veering away from bada
really? what about android? and ios?
73nokian said:
really? what about android? and ios?
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For example google any game-app for android just add androids app extension "apk", just like with iPhone extension "ipa". Even more Android almost allowed it by adding support for unknown source app instalation.

90% of aplication unfortunaly means that sigic maps doesn't work. :/
Or meaby it's just mine problem?
Bada 2 looks great form me it is much faster than Android OS i've seen, for exammple on galaxy S , do not mention devices with worse CPU :/ ( galaxy S has 1 GHZ processing Unit )

73nokian said:
really? what about android? and ios?
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You can't compare the user base of Bada to that of iOS or even Android... orders of magnitude more users in, in general, much richer countries than that of Bada (no offense towards poor countries, of course).
BTW, XPKH3 for Wave II is also out: http://hotfile.com/dl/127455538/1e3f8b5/S8530XPKH3.rar.html
Just downloading and flashing - want to see whether the official 2.0 SDK works with it (with beta 2, it didn't).

Iconia A100 sucks at app compatibility

Downloaded an upgrade to Skype today, and included was a bunch of new devices, that got videocalling with the upgrade. Among others was the Iconia A500, but of course no A100. ARGHHH!!!
After a couple of weeks of owning the A100, I'm more than happy at the size and speed of this little tablet, but it's getting to be really tiresome, that most of the cool new games and apps I find in the Market aren't compatible with the A100
Even some TABLET APPS aren't compatible.
And this is just the apps openly state they aren't compatible. With some of them, you won't find out until you either open it, and a message tells you that your device isn't compatible, or it just plain crashes on you...
(To further the confusion, in some cases you can download a demo from Tegrazone, but when you try to buy the full game after happily playing the demo, Android Market tells you, that the game isn't compatible with your device.... WTF?!?!)
Who's fault is this exactly? Is it Google that messed up? The developers that are just plain lazy? Or is Acer somehow to blame?
(I noticed that most apps report my screen in the A100 as being 600*976 pixels. Is this somehow the problem for at least some of the uncompatible apps!?)
And more importantly, what can I as a user do? Shoot off some friendly emails to developers? Or can a root or somekind of hack help solve the problem?
Opinions, suggestions?

Video still isn't working on Skype for the A500, so you're not missing much!

kjy2010 said:
Video still isn't working on Skype for the A500, so you're not missing much!
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Errr, yes it is (on A500/A501)! If you took 10 seconds to search you'll find in the skype parameters the possibility to turn on video (it isn't by default) and it works, I've just spent an hour on skype video, you can choose which camera you want to use, everything works perfectly. Sorry for being off topic but I just wanted to clarify what the person above me said...

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Errr, yes it is (on A500/A501)! If you took 10 seconds to search you'll find in the skype parameters the possibility to turn on video (it isn't by default) and it works, I've just spent an hour on skype video, you can choose which camera you want to use, everything works perfectly. Sorry for being off topic but I just wanted to clarify what the person above me said...
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Those options do not exist in HC 3.2 on the A500.

In mine stock 3.2 non root exist. Is in settings at the skype application. But you need the last skype update. I just finished a video conference right now and it worked great. Try again.

Alright, on 3.2 Rooted, but the rom that has all the bloatware and everything pretty much intact Skype does not do video calls or show ANY of the video options in the settings.
I reverted back to a backup of 3.1, and the app DOES do video call, and show the video call settings.
I don't know what your doing Kekinash, but you've got a magical tablet.

That's weird, my A501 on 3.01 stock rom with root is compatible with skype video calls.

vszulc said:
Downloaded an upgrade to Skype today, and included was a bunch of new devices, that got videocalling with the upgrade. Among others was the Iconia A500, but of course no A100. ARGHHH!!!
After a couple of weeks of owning the A100, I'm more than happy at the size and speed of this little tablet, but it's getting to be really tiresome, that most of the cool new games and apps I find in the Market aren't compatible with the A100
Even some TABLET APPS aren't compatible.
And this is just the apps openly state they aren't compatible. With some of them, you won't find out until you either open it, and a message tells you that your device isn't compatible, or it just plain crashes on you...
(To further the confusion, in some cases you can download a demo from Tegrazone, but when you try to buy the full game after happily playing the demo, Android Market tells you, that the game isn't compatible with your device.... WTF?!?!)
Who's fault is this exactly? Is it Google that messed up? The developers that are just plain lazy? Or is Acer somehow to blame?
(I noticed that most apps report my screen in the A100 as being 600*976 pixels. Is this somehow the problem for at least some of the uncompatible apps!?)
And more importantly, what can I as a user do? Shoot off some friendly emails to developers? Or can a root or somekind of hack help solve the problem?
Opinions, suggestions?
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This is both an opinion as well as a suggestion...
Be patient
Unfortunately the 7" and 8.9" sizes are 'new territory' for HC apps. Devs worked to get apps compatible with/to 10" screens and the associated resolutions that run on that size primarily for their tablet-only applications. In the same way devs for phone (1.5-2.3) apps have been working to make their apps scale up for tablet use, I'm sure HC-only app devs are working quickly to make their apps scale to smaller tablet screen sizes and those new resolutions. Even if the resolutions are already supported, afaik there's an issue in 3.2 causing them to crash when paired with 7" screens either way.
So when I say be patient, I mean hold out a bit longer and I'm sure things will be up to spec. On one hand you'll have the quicker devs fixing their apps to work well with smaller screens/different tablet resolutions and worse case scenario, you know it's all coming together anyway for ICS and at that point, everything SHOULD work.
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And friendly emails to devs let me tell you, do tend to get the job done. Especially when the app is popular. I use Getglue and was frustrated that it wasn't after quite a long time, not changed to be compatible with 3.0.1. I wrote a friendly email to the dev. asking for a Getglue for Tablets because I really loved the app and I sit with my tablet beside me more so than my phone now at home, etc. etc. and I got a response from my team saying that the app was unfortunately no longer compatible, but to use the mobile site. This was in July. Then roughly a few weeks or so later, voila! Fix'd. So it never hurts to let them know what's up.

most apps work in my stock A100
So far I have had no problems with the apps I use and have downloaded or even pay for. Skype now does video calls perfectly, the only app that was crashing a lot was a spell checker tha I did uninstall and replaced with an other one that has no problems.

Just checked, and the video options DID turn on in Skype.
Along with a little warning that it might not be supported, blah blah...
So I got to use the front camera for the first time today

Dunno if it's just me but it seems not all the apps I could/can see on my A500 appear on my A100. Same gmail account. For a while I couldn't find Facebook on the market.

Yeah, there would be a lot of apps for the A500 that aren't compatible with the A100 I can imagine.
Best way to check, is to go in to the www version of the market, then you can see all apps, no matter if theyre compatible or not. If you have several devices, the www market tells you which one of your devices an app is compatible with. I wish there was a similar feature in the market app.
BUT! On the bright side, I DID get around to rooting my A100... You think that might make a difference in regards to apps? Is there some kind of workaround available now that its rooted?

I just activated cam on my A100 and it is working fine.
?? Does Skype update automatically???

muqali said:
Dunno if it's just me but it seems not all the apps I could/can see on my A500 appear on my A100. Same gmail account. For a while I couldn't find Facebook on the market.
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I sideloaded Facebook, just FCs. The alternates kind of suck. Dolphin for Tablet FCs. Works on my A500.
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reverendbill said:
I sideloaded Facebook, just FCs. The alternates kind of suck. Dolphin for Tablet FCs. Works on my A500.
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I just downloaded the Facebook app from the market on my A100, it works perfectly. Running 3.2.

It must have auto-updated. Works now. Weird. It didn't used to.
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Skype is working too here...

Skype works well
Acer Iconia Tac A100-- Skype Video works great.!

mine is working with no problems also.
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my Wife has the Iconia Tab 7" and when she gets incompatibility issues, all I do is side load the app. example, American Express app says its not compatible with her device. I just copied it from one of my Android devices and Bluetooth it to her, she installs it and it works 100%
sometimes the market place is just wrong. when I want an app even though the market says NO, I find the .apk from somewhere and install it. on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gameloft says their game Lets Golf 3 doesn't work....BS, Ive been playing this game for a month now with ZERO issues.

[Q&A] Ask a Developer your Ouya Questions

I backed Ouya on Kickstarter, and mine finally arrived today. There have been a lot of questions, a lot of speculation, and not many answers. I will personally be attempting to install a 3'rd party launcher, Google Play apps (store, music, movies) and other games and apps I have bought over the years on the Play Store. The point of this topic is for other people who are interested in buying one or have pre-ordered one to get answers to their questions, like I couldn't.
I have been an Android user since the original Motorola Droid on Verizon, and a Custom ROM Developer for the Samsung Fascinate, HTC Thunderbolt, and Droid Bionic. I will be working on a custom ROM for the Ouya as well once we get some reasonable safety measures to ensure I don't brick it while experimenting. Feel free to ask me anything, about app compatibility, features, user interface, whatever, I'll do my best to answer. I'll also keep this topic updated with my observations and experiences with hacking and modding this console.
Since I've already gone through the trouble of tracking down working apps I figured I'd save everyone else a few minutes and collect the working ones here:
How to install: From your Ouya browser click the link for any apk's you want to download. once the downloads have completed go to: Manage > System > Advanced > Storage > Downloads and select the apk files one by one.
Netflix: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Netflix_2.1.2 build 787.apk I had audio issues on some shows until I rebooted, and an occasional freeze, but just hold down the "ouya" button on the controller to back out to home and open it up again.
Hulu Plus: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Hulu Plus 2.6.201000.apk Seems to be working great!
Youtube: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.google.android.youtube.googletv-2.apk Works great.
Nova Launcher: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.teslacoilsw.launcher-1.apk Works great and opens up additional options in the settings menu. I choose to use this as the default launcher, since I can still access all my ouya games, and the ouya home from it much quicker than from ouya home.
Dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.dropbox.android-2.apk Works great with the controller, I use it to copy apps from my computer or phone easily.
Amazon App Store: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.amazon.venezia-2.apk Installed, logged in, and downloaded Angry birds, which didn't work so well.... Well, I mean it worked great, but was very difficult to play with the ouya controller. Time to hook up a bluetooth mouse. EDIT: after the initial time working so well, I cannot get it to work again. the main page opens but any app I click on it just brings up a blank screen. If anyone else experiences this please let me know...
XBMC: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk This is the latest XBMC build with hardware decoding. I didn't try any local/network video yet, but the streaming video from break.com looked fine.
Pandora: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.pandora.android-1.apk Works great, but since it's the Android interface you'll have on screen adds unless you pay for prime, and the "X" to close it is very tiny. However on the plus side if you go to Settings > Developer Options > Uncheck Don't keep activities Pandora can run in the background with a 3rd party launcher. So right now I'm listening to Whitesnake and installing the next app on my list to check tonight.
Flixter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/net.flixster.android-1.apk Works, but not always. Final Destination 5 kept freezing at the same point every time, but I watched several minutes of The Dark Knight Rises on wifi and the quality was good and I had no issues.
Chrome: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.android.chrome-1.apk Works great, but due to lack of gapps framework you can't sign in, so no tab/bookmark syncing yet.
Non-working/Glitchy:
Facebook - Installed, logged in with no problem, but the interface is far to large to use. Imagine pictures that are 2 - 3 times larger than the screen, with tiny text and you'll get the idea. plus it crashed for no reason....
Twitter - Installed, could not log on. Got the error "Cannot create account" when trying to log in.
SuperSu - Installed, but once inside it said SU needed an update, and installation of that update failed.

Commenting to subscribe to the thread, excited to hear your plans and glad to see a bit more action around here.

I would suggest talking with Rayman ( posted the OTA download thread) he's also working on some development for it and I know we wanted to get some dumps from another ouya to confirm some things.

Definitely looking forward to the comments here. I received my Ouya today and excited to see what it can do.
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I'm certainly no developer, but I've had the same results regarding the play store, for what its worth. I have superuser installed and working. I attempted to use a similar method to getting the play store on the Kindle Fire, with no luck.

Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?

dully79 said:
Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?
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I played around with it a little. I was able to stream in HD from icefilms with no major problems. The most glaring issue that I saw was if you have a video playing, and decide to pull up the menu, it can be pretty sluggish. I only played with it for about 10 minutes or so, though.

Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?

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Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?
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XBMC works great, but make sure to install the experimental "libstagefright" build for hardware acceleration support. If you could figure out Hulu that would be awesome, someone reported tweaking the APK a bit to get it working but never revealed what they did.

Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...

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Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...
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Well XBMC and OUYA both promise one for XBMC at least, and I read that they're in talks to have Hulu and Netflix officially supported as well. I imagine it'll all depend on how the reaction at launch goes.

It would be really nice, but given streaming media providers attitude toward root users I wouldn't be surprised if they refused to play nice. I still can't watch an Ultraviolet movie on my Nexus 7 without temp unrooting it...

For Hulu, find the Hulu for Google tv apk, I found it online.
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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.

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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.
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I can confirm that the googleTV youtube app works very well.

Updated OP with tons of links to tested working apps.

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Thanks! Hulu is working great.

Bluetooth not working
My controller and console work but the bluetooth on my console does not want to turn on so it just constantly tries to turn on so my controller can never connect.
Any help?

Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
https://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/comment/11742/#Comment_11742
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*

one note about hulu plus. THe app you posted here 2.6 does not have options for keyboard control (which was indroduced in 2.8, the latest version.) for use with the controller, keyboards etc I have a copy of the apk which i will upload as soon as I have 10 posts and can post links (almost there haha). WHen I installed 2.8 by it self, it force closed but i was able to get it working by installing 2.6 from your post and then upgrading.
sonofskywalker3 said:
Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*
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