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[Q] Market Not Downloading Apps

Hey, okay so I'm having this annoying problem with the android market not downloading my apps. I would click install, then it will say your item will be downloaded, then it will start downloading but then disappear and stop. What's even more weird is that it doesn't happen for all apps, some of them do download. I have tried going to settings, market, and clear data and cache. Also, the same thing with the download manager still no luck. I am running a custom rom (Stock Turbo) however, this problem was persistent in my original stock rom too. I think it has something to do with the new android market. 2.2.7. Any ideas? Thanks. Btw, I have a HTC Evo.

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Hey, okay so I was reading, and I discovered the with the custom rom I have the dalvik is moved to the /cache space. Apparently, the market also uses the /cache space when temporarily downloading apps. That could explain why I can only download smaller apps. So could this be the problem? Also, is there a way to move the dalvik back to the phone's memory, or am I better off just flashing another rom?

Wow, okay, so I'm replying to my own posts ahha, but anyway, I looked in logcat, and realized, that I get the error d/downloadmanager: downlaod aborted not enough free space. So definitly have to do with the /cache right?

my phone did this to me before i even rooted. try clearing the market cache and restarting.

aimbdd said:
my phone did this to me before i even rooted. try clearing the market cache and restarting.
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Sorry, still didn't work

I had this same problem a few months ago and did find a fix somewhere online. I have the link saved on my laptop at home, if no one posts it before I get home Ill post it here for you.

filmaker said:
Wow, okay, so I'm replying to my own posts ahha, but anyway, I looked in logcat, and realized, that I get the error d/downloadmanager: downlaod aborted not enough free space. So definitly have to do with the /cache right?
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Yes, if your /cache partition is full, it will cause issues downloading from the market. I saw that at one point.
Since you mentioned logcat, I assume you have the SDK and adb ready to go. You can confirm if your cache dir is full with the following (from windows. You can also drop "adb shell" and run it from terminal on the device).
adb shell df -k /cache

bkrodgers said:
Yes, if your /cache partition is full, it will cause issues downloading from the market. I saw that at one point.
Since you mentioned logcat, I assume you have the SDK and adb ready to go. You can confirm if your cache dir is full with the following (from windows. You can also drop "adb shell" and run it from terminal on the device).
adb shell df -k /cache
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Hey thanks for the info. Actually, I just got a little impatient and went on, and installed another custom rom where the dalvik is not moved to the cache portion. That seemed to do the trick. With this new rom I have 152 mb of space available in the chache. (checking from adb)

corzo002 said:
I had this same problem a few months ago and did find a fix somewhere online. I have the link saved on my laptop at home, if no one posts it before I get home Ill post it here for you.
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Thanks, I appreciate the help, but I solved my problem by installing another custom rom without the dalvik moved to the /cache. Seems to be working now. lol

[Q] [Major Problem] App Space Too Small!!!

Is there any way to expand the storage partition where the apps are installed? The DInc has 8-ish gigs of space and it is being wasted because I can't install any more apps on my phone without having to sacrifice one, which is really annoying. Thanks in advance

Futur Innovations said:
Is there any way to expand the storage partition where the apps are installed? The DInc has 8-ish gigs of space and it is being wasted because I can't install any more apps on my phone without having to sacrifice one, which is really annoying. Thanks in advance
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Have you tried A2SD? It can be buggy, but when it works it WORKS.

Futur Innovations said:
Is there any way to expand the storage partition where the apps are installed? The DInc has 8-ish gigs of space and it is being wasted because I can't install any more apps on my phone without having to sacrifice one, which is really annoying. Thanks in advance
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This depends on whether you're low on "Application APK Space", which seems dubious since there's quite a lot, (750M) , or /data/data (where all the libs, cache , etc go) space. That only has 160M or so and it runs out way before 750M of space goes.
I've got, for example, 500M free in applications, but a month back, couldn't install a new one. I found this link in XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853001
I've had no space problems since. It creates a new loop partition either in /mnt/emmc or in /mnt/sdcard (choose emmc, it makes more sense), and then you've got as much as you want. It's the same error message regardless. The new loop partion allows you to move components (that would normally got to the filled up /data/data area to the new partition).
If you want to know for sure, open terminal emulator, type in
$su
# df
# mount
and put the results back into this thread. It's pretty easy to tell. /data/data is pretty tiny separately mounted partition, and it's often close to out of space. That could be the problem. This guy that is doing the thread I linked to above, has been working on the problem awhile with us Beta testers and as far as I'm concerned has it cracked, so it's not yet on market but it's downloadable.
---- Best of luck to you - Hashi

[Q] All apps and widgets GONE after an SD card pull and reboot

So I just pulled the SD card out just to see if it will work in my MacBook, and when I put it back in and rebooted, ALL of my apps and widgets have VANISHED from my phone. The SD card is fine and I can read everything that's on it with any file explorer and all my pics still show up in MIUI gallery but like I said, ALL of my apps and widgets are nowhere to be found.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to get it all back without redoing my phone?
edit: Running MIUI, if that matters.

Sounds like your apps were on the sdcard.
Try in terminal doing a #a2sd check,
or if you're using apps2sd get an application to redo the file-like sym links.

Just did the check, it came up with a whole bunch of stuff related to Darktremor. Is there a way to repair the links from here?

_MetalHead_ said:
Just did the check, it came up with a whole bunch of stuff related to Darktremor. Is there a way to repair the links from here?
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Take a deep breath.
Start with looking for your status. Read the stuff that was outputed with the #a2sd check
Check where the * is in apps and Private Apps
Also check that the EXT partition is mounted.
Also do #a2sd help

Hmmm... both Apps and Private apps are saying that they are run from internal storage, with a [!] instead of [*].
EXT Partition is mounted.

#a2sd repair
That should do it.

Just did to no avail, I don't think it did anything at all.

_MetalHead_ said:
Hmmm... both Apps and Private apps are saying that they are run from internal storage, with a [!] instead of [*].
EXT Partition is mounted.
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So it seems you have partitioned your sdcard but have a2sd off.
The repair command should fix it if it was being used.
There may be a start cmd. Use # a2sd help with the space bar to scroll through.

I'm just going to redo everything. Going to use this as an excuse to update my ROM and get rid of that pesky persistant VM notification that I've had ever since I went to AOSP.
Thanks for your help bud, I greatly appreciate it!

[Q] Why even after a full wipe does it say I have low memory....

So I had rooted my Htc Evo 4g and I would try new ROM's maybe once a week or so... And than I flash a ROM and go to install some apps and I get a low memory warning. I used to have that problem with my Hero. I did the full wipe (everything 3x) and I was wondering why I would be low on memory after clearing everything? Is there something I'm missing, lol?!!

Are you using A2SD with an ext partition? And if so, are you wiping EXT as well? I know you said everything, just checking.

I have never had that problem, and I regularly have around 100 or so apps on my phone.
What roms are you trying? I have tried most roms on here, and almost all of them actually use LESS space then the stock rom, as they get rid of things you dont need.

Bad clusters?? Look at the recovery.log after a wipe

bkrodgers said:
Are you using A2SD with an ext partition? And if so, are you wiping EXT as well? I know you said everything, just checking.
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Lol... Actually I've never wiped that but I don't use the A2SD or anything so it never crossed my mind...

gpz1100 said:
Bad clusters?? Look at the recovery.log after a wipe
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What is and how do I check the recovery log? Sorry for the newb question, you'd think I'd know by now, lol!!!

By bad clusters I assume he means bad blocks. It sounds like parts of your memory have become damaged simply through normal use, its inevitable in all solid state memories. Supposedly some evos have been shipped with defects that cause lots of bad blocks. If your hardware version is 0003 or lower there's a chance yours was one.

Davidsr1127 said:
What is and how do I check the recovery log? Sorry for the newb question, you'd think I'd know by now, lol!!!
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Recovery.log is generated at /tmp/recovery.log whenever you do something in recovery. In recovery, if you go to advanced and then select report error it will copy that file to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log.
I doubt you'll find anything about bad blocks in that file. I just generated one and looked through it and the only thing about blocks that it says is "successfully wrote to block 0", which is just one block out of thousands. Its mostly technical things like what version of recovery you have, what radio your using things like that. It wouldn't hurt to look through it though. Some of it wont make sense, some will. Just look through line by line, it'll take like 5 minutes.

Davidsr1127 said:
What is and how do I check the recovery log? Sorry for the newb question, you'd think I'd know by now, lol!!!
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Yes, I did mean bad blocks, but had sectors and clusters on the mind
Type the following from a dos prompt in the folder containing adb
adb shell
df
Paste the results into a reply. This will show us just how much free space you have and where.

No space on system partition

Trying to set custom boot and shutdown animation but it seems I've only got 32Mb left on the system partition. How can I overcome this problem?

constantG said:
Trying to set custom boot and shutdown animation but it seems I've only got 32Mb left on the system partition. How can I overcome this problem?
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I hate to be obvious; but clearly you need to find out which apps have consumed your storage space. Some likely suspects include Kindle, Audible and Zedge. And then you need to do some serious file backup and/or deletion.

Henri Blanche said:
I hate to be obvious; but clearly you need to find out which apps have consumed your storage space. Some likely suspects include Kindle, Audible and Zedge. And then you need to do some serious file backup and/or deletion.
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I'm fairly positive that apps that I've downloaded and installed reside on the internal sdcard but the system partition is separate to it. I beleive this to be true because although I have only got 32MB space on the system partition, I can still install a game like Super Stickman Golf 2 without any problems. I do not have an external sdcard installed on my device.
If the above is correct, I still need this question answered, thanks for your input though.