Greets - With Amazon giving away an app a day, it is fairly easy to grab each one just in case. Of course, Talking TomCat gets very old after a while (10 minutes?) and PicSay may come in handy some day, but not now.
Any idea how one can claim the free app, and have it when/if you want it, but NOT have to have every single one of them on your phone, growing by the day?
Thanks!!
Download it, then uninstall it. You can reinstall it from Amazon any time you want.
It's amazing some of the apps that they are giving away. Saved me over twenty dollars so far
I wish they was done way to keep therm for side loading directly rather than going back to amazon.
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I don't know if it would work but can you download it, save the .apk on your computer, uninstall it, then reinstall it at a later time?
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Amazon keeps a record of what you have "purchased". I have downloaded the free apps but have not installed them all. They are sitting there waiting.
Considering Amazon keeps your record and you can redownload all you want, in addition to the fact it only takes a matter of seconds...I would think that's a better route than trying to harbor the .apk because there might have been bug fixes, etc., in the meantime and you would have to check for updates after putting it back on, and so forth...
Just sounds like the potential for more headache than what its worth...I just go back to the store and get it if I need to.
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I guess
Going to Amazon is just a Xth layer to restore ... nandroid then titanium then amazon then etc.
But if they keep doing things like giving away Wolfram Alpha (WOW) ... its hard to resist.
Just get the app, you don't have to keep the app. It may come in handy one day.
Just download them but don't install them or download them and the ones you want you can not install them but reinstall them later
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I downloaded and installed them then backed them up with titanium backup. Then if I have no use for them right now I uninstall them and can restore them through TB when needed.
On another note after cursiing the very existance of amazon.mp3 on my phone for the last year I know love it. I got 20 GB free space on amazon cloud for downloading a $4 album and I just got the new R.E.M. album for $4 too. I have 25 GB of my music stored on their cloud server now for free which has freed up a lot of space on my 32 GB card.
I only download the apps I like now, which really arent many. Whats Avinator!? lol
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Not sure that I like the Amazon App store running all the time.
While I like the free apps they give away, it requires you to have the appstore on your device.
Any way discovered to remove the appstore and still use the apps?
I don't have the amazon app store. (Not sure I want it now!!) I seem to always read the posts about whatever they gave away for free the next day!
Anyways... Just thinking here- What if you either back up the apk for whatever app you want to save on your PC? or Maybe try backing it up with titanium, then uninstalling amazon (I assume your "freebies" would go bye bye at this point too) and then restore them?
Love to know if this works or if you figure out a viable solution! Good luck...
Nope. The APKs have DRM in them that connects to the Amazon app, which then checks with Amazon to make sure you're authorized to have that app and run it. You're SOL unless you want to unpack and hack each and every app and its update.
Apparently it's up to the app maker whether or not they want to have the DRM, but all of the free-app-of-the-day's have had this DRM.
Blah, that sucks.
Don't know if I like to have Amazon App store on my phone.....
What's the big deal with having it installed? Seems like a small price to pay for the paid app giveaway. Granted, it takes a couple megs of storage, but other than that I don't see all that big a problem.
yeah really, imigine if you weren't rooted youd have tons more apps you can not get rid. Amazon wants to give away apps every day hecks yeah i'll keep their app
I've had the Amazon app since it came out, and cannot notice a difference in performance or battery life.
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If it causes battery drainage, try freezing the amazon app via TB and see if the free app still works?
Today is Baseball Superstars 2011, a $5 app
cordell12 said:
Today is Baseball Superstars 2011, a $5 app
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Nice. Picking it up now. Preesh!
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Last >$5 app I got from Amazon was Zenonia 2 I almost pissed my pants because I was hesitating whether to buy it or not
I can live with the Amazon app store. I have been getting the free apps since Angry Birds. I have a lot of apps. I use it to store the apps until I find a use for them or download into a different device. It also is the only way you can get app updates.
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I can live with the Amazon app store. I have been getting the free apps since Angry Birds. I have a lot of apps. I use it to store the apps until I find a use for them or download into a different device. It also is the only way you can get app updates.
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+1 on that. I was initially hesitant to keep amazon app store. I realized it aint a big deal keeping it there. It gets me some of the paid apps for free that i really want... and also provides updates. i think its totally worth it.... even more if you play games on your phone coz most of the featured apps are games.
I like the amazon appstore for the free apps and also because you can load the free apps on more than one device. My wife has a rooted Nook Color and I put the amazon appstore on there, now she can have the same games on her phone and the Nook Color.
I still use the official Android Market when I actually buy an app though.
Is this the Amazon MP3 store? I tried to look for it in the App Market but I have no idea what it looks like lol.
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Is this the Amazon MP3 store? I tried to look for it in the App Market but I have no idea what it looks like lol.
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You're not gonna find it on the android market, it's a direct competitor to the android market made by Amazon. The reason they're giving away a paid app for free every day is to try and build a userbase and lure people away from the android market. A lot of the paid apps on there are also less expensive than the same apps on the Android Market.
You can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Wish there was a fix...all of my valid apps from them continue to tell me I need to reinstall (Guess the validity check has failed?)
My evo is rooted and I want to try some apps before I buy them. I know Google doesn't want you to download apks from the internet so they try to block them. Sometimes I can get them to download and sometimes I cant. Is their any way you can get your evo to bypass this? I don't want an app from the market. Maybe a file I can delete using root explorer or something?
Menu > Settings > Applications
make sure "unknown sources" is checked.
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Menu > Settings > Applications
make sure "unknown sources" is checked.
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No that's not the problem. All that does is let you install them. I need help downloading them. It downloads them sometimes but most of the time it doesn't.
Downloading them from where? If you are downloading them from a 3rd party site, then the problem is with the site itself. Unless you are having problems downloading everything. If you are only having difficulties downloading apk files, then try getting them from another source.
I've noticed certain apps do not install, unless installed from the market.
One such app is google maps. After switching to cm7, gapps wanted to install maps 5.31 (current version). I wanted 5.0. Manually installing 5.0 would fail right at the end with a "unable to install" or "installation unsuccessful" message.
Pushing said app to /system/app, adjusting permissions, then rebooting yielded success.
I can install them I just can't download them.
warez is bad mm'kay. don't discuss in thread. pm peeps for that
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I can install them I just can't download them.
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How are you trying to download them?
Why don't you download them using a computer then transfer them to your phone via USB?
Note: I'm not condoning piracy.
9 out of 10 users have pirated apps before. Its not right but people do it.
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I think of if as a free trial, then I always buy them to get the updates. I have a few that I paid for and never use because I went over the 15 minute limit. I also have a few paid ones that are junk, FC a lot and the dev abandoned.
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I think of if as a free trial, then I always buy them to get the updates. I have a few that I paid for and never use because I went over the 15 minute limit. I also have a few paid ones that are junk, FC a lot and the dev abandoned.
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I probably have 10 abandoned apps I've paid for that don't even do anything when you click them; just says no link or something. Some of them from early android days. Bastard devs lol
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Yea a buck isn't so bad, but $5+ apps with no trial, demo or free version you bet Im gonna hit up 4******.*** and look for an apk and give it a run.
Ohh 4*****.*** sucks. I got something wayyyy more epic! Lol
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If you're using 3g/4g to download, make sure you have the Sprint proxy disabled. It may or may not cause problems.
I kind of understand "trying before you buy"... as long as you buy. I just hate how people feel like these apps should be handed to them, like they're entitled.
I can't say much since I pirate music, but I always make sure to purchase from the bands I really appreciate, especially the lesser known & local bands. That's kind of how I view app/rom developers, they're local to the community... so I always either purchase the apps or use a free alternative.
As a lot of you know by now, Google's doing another app sale to kick off the launch of Google Play. I planned on getting a few of the games on sale. Just to be on the safe side, I downloaded their apk files to see if the phone'd handle it. Turns out it did quite well on the lot of em. So I went back to the market to actually buy it but it's now labeled as purchased (even if not installed). Whenever I try to install it I get the verification error. Any workaround for this?
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i sent you a message
Uh yeah I still actually planned on buying em
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Known issue when using either a 3rd party market application or side loading applications. Google does not have a resolution on this matter. I contacted them back in December and still the same ole BS answer from them that: "We're looking into it."
Original thread on this topic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383968
Same issue. It's stuff I really do want to pay for. It's been happening forever. It happens whenever I Titanium restore Amazon apps, too! So now I imagine that Google thinks I stole every free Amazon app of the day that I have on my phone.
I apologise if this is old news, but I just discovered it. I don't know about others, but installing all my old apps from the Play store is a major PITA. I scroll down, select the app to install, install, go back, and .. the list is back at the top and has to load every single item again and make me scroll down to find where I was in the list. The air is blue after doing this twenty times with a hundred to go! (where is my :grrr: smiley?)
Accidentally I turned the Nexus on its side, and found the landscape mode. The list does not go away when you select an item. Peace is restored. My meds cost goes down dramatically.
Like I said, sorry if this is old news, but if it prevents just one person going through what I was going through, it is worth me posting
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I apologise if this is old news, but I just discovered it. I don't know about others, but installing all my old apps from the Play store is a major PITA. I scroll down, select the app to install, install, go back, and .. the list is back at the top and has to load every single item again and make me scroll down to find where I was in the list. The air is blue after doing this twenty times with a hundred to go! (where is my :grrr: smiley?)
Accidentally I turned the Nexus on its side, and found the landscape mode. The list does not go away when you select an item. Peace is restored. My meds cost goes down dramatically.
Like I said, sorry if this is old news, but if it prevents just one person going through what I was going through, it is worth me posting
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I think modaco rom has a legacy play store. I am not 100% sure but i think it show you all your purchased apps.
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Or you could use the play website from a computer
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Accidentally I turned the Nexus on its side, and found the landscape mode. The list does not go away when you select an item. Peace is restored. My meds cost goes down dramatically.
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Good tip to know, thanks :good:
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Or you could use the play website from a computer
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I'm using this more and more, especially when looking for apps on one device to another.
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I used a bit of a workround
I installed App Back Up & Restore on my TF101 and backed up the Apps. The programme creates a specifc folder on the device called (iirc) App_Backup_Restore
I then installed the App on the my N7 and ran a backup. That created the same folder on the N7 but without 'my' apps. I then used my PC as a go-between to transfer the TF101 apps to the relevant folder of the N7. I then 'restored' the Apps I wanted the program
Worked a treat and avoided the need to hunt round Play Store to find the ones I wanted
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Or you could use the play website from a computer
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I agree, this is getting much better.
Appbrain Market app also allows you to install all previously installed apps (if you had to reset your device) or that you have on another device.
Titanium backup is the gold standard. The only use for the play store is to load TB.
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^^^^thats the one! And get the paid version if you can. Batch restore is awesome.
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I noticed this happening too. Must be a bug in the latest version of Play Store. Driving me crazy.
Good to know landscape doesn't do this.
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Not sure if Google realizes this but this is probably not the best idea...
Play Store lets you try out an app for 15 minutes and before that 15 minutes is up you can click refund and it uninstalls the app and you get a refund...
But what if you used TitaniumBackup, backed the app up before you refunded it, and then just restored it after your refunded it?
etc.
1) Purchase app
2) Backup using TB
3) Refund the app
3) Restore using TB
isn't this like awfully bad for developers?
I mean I don't make apps, but I can tell it must be hard to make money off of apps considering the amount of pirates, etc.
This just makes it harder...
Sometimes when you restore paid apps it won't work. It'll tell you that its not a legit apk that you have. Other times of works just fine. So possibly yes. Someone more knowledgeable than me may know more.
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