[Q] Rooted Incredible sans market access - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Alright so long story short, just bought a 2 month old incredible off my buddy because he is a mactard and HAD to have an iphone.
The phone was rooted but I wanted to start from scratch so I formatted the sd card and performed a factory reset (within the phone, not thru recovery). In doing so, I no longer have access to the market - simply says "you don't have this application installed on your phone" when i try to open.
What is my best bet? Can I just flash a new rom and instal it in recovery? Is it possible to unroot at this point?
PS - I haven't set up the phone on the Verizon network yet so could this be the reason I can't access the market?
Any advice is much appreciated!!

sounds like you need to install google apps.

It would help if you said which rom you're on or if you're running stock but it does sound like flashing Google apps could fix your problem. Latest version is 5/3/11.
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My bad,
Rom: The Ultimate Droid 3.3.0
Android Version: 2.3.3
Kernel Version: [email protected] #27

Definitely try flashing Google apps, should get your market back.
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THanks I'll try that...you wouldn't happen to have a link to the .apk would you?

Its not an .apk, its a zip file flashed through recovery. ROM Manager has a GAPPS section at the very bottom under "Download ROM".
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Ah that's right, I remember reading that in another forum...
Say I want a different rom though..if I simply flash a new one, will my Google apps exist?
Sorry for the rookie questions, still navigating my way thru the world of root, appreciate your guys' patience!

Pretty sure Google apps only need to be flashed with aosp roms, every sense rom I've flashed had the market and typical Google apps included.
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THanks...now for the final question. Just dled OMFGB and Gapps...which do I flash first? And do I need to do another davlik wipe after the 1st flash?
Again, many thanks for your help!

frankyfourfingers said:
THanks...now for the final question. Just dled OMFGB and Gapps...which do I flash first? And do I need to do another davlik wipe after the 1st flash?
Again, many thanks for your help!
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rom first then gapps thats the rule with every rom

hmmm didn't seem to work. Tried again after rom was installed and still nothing...any suggestions?

Nevermind we're good!

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Fresh Rom...somethings not right...help plz

ok new guy here..well not that new i used the how to that toast made then did the various AmonRA-sp updates all the way up to fresh 3.0
heres the problem (so far):
1.market opens then immediately closes, though this isnt a force close...?idk?
2. my contacts are there but they arent: people isnt working it force closes on me and i i cant recover any phone numbers through google or my sdcard backup.
well those are my problems, again im running the latest Fresh rom used Amon RA and did the apps2sd(the right way)
im really at a loss here fellas, i dont know what to do but im not gonna do anything until i can get some insight into this debacle.
thanks in advance
easy answer.... do it all again
or
dont use fresh
use Evio 1.1 or 1.2
i have tried most of the popular roms and this is by far the best, including the best battery life, stability, compatability, etc.
screw the havs and crap.. i tried those and got the worst battery life EVER from those. 6 hours tops... Evio i can go 2-3 times that, true... i get far farrr better battery life out of a pseudo stock rom than i do all the custom "stuff"
just flash with another rom... fresh is unique in itself and doesnt always play nice with certain other add-on's (from what i have read)
that is why in other threads you see custom builds for people using "fresh roms"
why mess with something that is so unique it requires its own builds for certain things.
so do i have to do apps2sd again
Just wipe your cache and davlick cache
have you tried wiping your cache & dalvik-cache and flashing gapps?
no not yet....gapps? where can i find that...forgive me i dont use forums ever lol
okay tried wiping both caches....same results.
how do i flash gapps? i searched the forums and all i get is the Fresh 3.xxx thread titled GApps and no source on the file itself.
OP of CM6. Just flash from recovery. You shouldn't need to wipe anything. But if you're gonna, just cache and dalvik.
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dglowe343 said:
OP of CM6. Just flash from recovery. You shouldn't need to wipe anything. But if you're gonna, just cache and dalvik.
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flash teh rom? ok then will do!
No, there's a separate download for gapps. Sorry, I could've been more specific.
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dglowe343 said:
No, there's a separate download for gapps. Sorry, I could've been more specific.
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okay that was what i was searching for...where is that download link located? searcdh function seems to not be helpful
It's in the CM6 OP just below the rom download link. Should say something like gapps8172010.
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nope didi all three and still no market and com.w/e.people still force closes.
i dont have time for this so im flashing back to 1.0.1
thanks for the effort

[Q] Now that im rooted..

Now that im rooted, custom rom already installed, if i ever got tired of my current rom..would it be possible to install another one and get rid of the old one? If so, how would i be able to do this? Thanks
xxMAGIC MANNxx said:
Now that im rooted, custom rom already installed, if i ever got tired of my current rom..would it be possible to install another one and get rid of the old one? If so, how would i be able to do this? Thanks
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The easy way would be to use ROM manager, open rom manager, do "backup of current rom" first to back up this working rom in case you want to revert after flashing a new rom, next go to "download Rom" and choose a new rom to download (there are only currently three roms offered in rom manager CyanogenMod,Virtuous and CyanogenMod Nightlies but I dont recommend Nightlies for noobs could have lots of bugs) it will ask if you want to install it, remember to select wipe data/cache any time you switch roms, and let it install the rom.
Other wise you will have to download a rom install it to the root of your sd card, open ROM manager, select boot into recovery, wipe data, wipe cache, select install zip from sd, select choose zip from sd, choose the rom zip you installed and apply, when done reboot and finish. Remeber in either case do a backup in rom manager first.
Thank you so much, do you happen to know where i can find a sense 2.2 rom??
xxMAGIC MANNxx said:
Thank you so much, do you happen to know where i can find a sense 2.2 rom??
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Thats Virtuous, its what I use, use rom manager and download Virtuous 0.8.1 full rom and install.
Remember to wipe when changing roms, you don't need to wipe when applying updates.
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Okay, how do you like the rom? Does it run smooth??
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Okay, how do you like the rom? Does it run smooth??
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Ive tried them all. It runs great.different roms offer different things, but so far this is my favorite.
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Okay just making sure..and not to be a hassle or anything but can u write out the instructions in numbered form if you can cause im still all new to this and dont want to mess up my phone. If u can it would be greatly appreciated
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xxMAGIC MANNxx said:
Okay just making sure..and not to be a hassle or anything but can u write out the instructions in numbered form if you can cause im still all new to this and dont want to mess up my phone. If u can it would be greatly appreciated
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open rom manager
select backup current rom if have not already done this (it will boot into recovery and backup your rom then it will reboot back into your current rom)
after that go to download rom
select virtuous
select download full Virtuous 0.8.1
it will download two files Virtuous 0.8.0 and update from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1
when its done it will open rom pre-installation screen
select wipe data and cache
then press ok
it will reboot into recovery and install the rom
that its
I will let you know how it goes
You are the man! couldnt have done it without you! Lol
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Just an F.Y.I... there is a great tutorial over @ theunlockr.com
thanks for the detail joemm ;-)
I can't connect to the htc sense server are you having the same problem?
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xxMAGIC MANNxx said:
I can't connect to the htc sense server are you having the same problem?
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Never used the service, but in going to the website its not loading on my home computer the server might be down. I would try again later. If you still have issues please search the following thread for a fix and if there is no awnser for it you can post your problem there too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042
Ok thanks. Did all your apps load onto ur rom or did u have reinstall them?
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xxMAGIC MANNxx said:
Ok thanks. Did all your apps load onto ur rom or did u have reinstall them?
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Anytime you install a fresh rom, it starts fresh, you can use the app titanium backup to make a backup of your apps, and info and reinstall them onto diffrent roms. I would suggest to start reading the diffrent threads in this form and start learning how you use your new rooted phone and all the options you now have. Remember there are some roms and radios you dont want to intall on your phone, like the ones made for the desire z. Also might want to check out gfree for your phone. That will give you radio s-off and a true permroot, but you have to use adb to do this. It will also unlock the carrier and carrier id for the phone(so you can use other carrier sim cards). Here is another video on how to set up adb on your computer and the driver needed for your phone.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
Remember dont do anything unless your sure you understand the directions. Keep reading and searching, this is what is gonna help you understand diffrent aspects of modifying your phone, another good resource is youtube, look up videos on how to do diffrent things, have fun.
Alright thanks
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[Q] HELP - tried to update, now not rooted, all sorts of other problems

Hello,
I am having some serious issues with my Evo. For several weeks now my Gmail accounts have not been syncing at all, incredibly frustrating, to say the least. I was hoping that the Gingerbread update would take care of this, so I followed all the instructions I could find, downloaded the de-odexed zip update, booted into recovery, wiped davlik, then installed that zip, and it seems to have updated (I'm running 2.3.3 now, that's the updated version, right?). However, not only has that not solved my syncing issue, but now when I went into Titanium Backup, it said that it could not establish root access! Also, when I go into ROM Manager and try to "Manage and Restore Backups," nothing comes up, when I know there are 3 backups on there (I was trying to delete one of them to free up space on my SD card).
Maybe related are the terrible space issues I've been having. It's also for some time now been telling me that I'm running low on space, but I have moved virtually all of the big programs to the SD card and deleted things I do not use, so I really don't understand how it's having such space issues.
Anyway, I really need some help here. I guess the number one most important thing I need to figure out is why I am no longer rooted. Can I just reroot like I did in the first place? But I'm also very bothered by this syncing problem, and the space issue is not far behind.
Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Do you have the superuser app and what version is your hboot?
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Oh and do you have a recovery on that still works like among RA or clockwordmod (amon RA is way better tho)
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I do have SuperUser, but have used it very little - what can I do with it/what will it tell me?? Not sure what HBoot version I have - where do I find that?
I don't have Amon RA, I do have ClockWorkMod, although I'm a little confused - what is ROM Manager? I'm not sure if ClockWorkMod still works - how can I tell?
Sorry, I'm obviously fairly a novice at this. Thanks much for your quick reply, and thanks in advance for your help.
Superuser is the app that gives you root permission
and rom manager is an app for beginners that will allow people to download roms and making backups doesnt do nothing
OK im going to help you now but your going to have to flash a new rom and everything ok tell me when your ready
Ah, OK. Fantastic, thanks so much!!! I am ready anytime...
download that rename PC36IMG and put on root of sd card now go into bootloader go into fastboot and it should stay start update press volume up for yes ok then reboot
EDIT: hers a good link
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ersonic-v2.3 - xda-developers&txt=PC36IMG.zip
Oh shoot, I just realized that, since I'm at work, I'm not going to be able to put anything on the SD card until I get home later tonight. Maybe you can just spell out the instructions and I'll give it whirl tonight?
Also, I just clicked on that link though, and got this message - "Parameter 'out' is required."
Thanks so much again!
yeah sure k and yeah link is bad
download that rename PC36IMG and put on root of sd card now go into bootloader go into fastboot and it should stay start update press volume up for yes ok then reboot
EDIT: hers a good link
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ersonic-v2.3 - xda-developers&txt=PC36IMG.zip
now you should have amon ra as your recovery boot into recovery now make sure you downloaded a rom or you can use that stock rooted gingerbread and put it on root of sd now go into recovery on evo and click wipe cache then go into install zip from sd card choose the zip (rom) and it should install then reboot
and try titanium backup and gmail again if tb should work if gmail doesnt work view this thread on gmail http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703912
im currently running Decks rom with savaged-zen kernel sbc and everything is working perfectly heres a link to decks rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078558
Keep in mind you can flash any roms u want these are my choices
these are really stable ones
Here are some good Roms
Myns warm 2.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
End of Days
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065414
Decks Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078558
Konis elite series 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941055
If he has ROM manager he should just try to change recoverys with that if not I'll post some links where you can get the recovery and some nice gb ROMs.
Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
radios ,wimax,pri etc..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Mikg ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038967
Kings ROM this is what I'm on its amazing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120734
These all have instructions on how to flash them .
Hope I helped you somewhat.
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yeah but he doesnt have root he has superuser but he doesnt have superuser permissions thats wht he said so he cant use like tb or rommanager and yeah mikgs rom is good but im giving him COMPLETELY stable roms with good battery life
jadden said:
yeah but he doesnt have root he has superuser but he doesnt have superuser permissions thats wht he said so he cant use like tb or rommanager and yeah mikgs rom is good but im giving him COMPLETELY stable roms with good battery life
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Sorry didn't see that and I was posting all those links before I saw all yours didn't mean anything by it it just took that long and I just saw by the time I was done you had posted everything and yes decks is bad ass I also use that I have it backed up as well.
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So did he get it to work he hasn't posted?
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Thanks much to both of you. Yeah, all I really want is the updated stock rom rooted, I'll be happy with that. I'll try out what you suggested later and let you know what happens.
In the meantime, anyone have thoughts on my storage issues? It fluctuates like crazy, goes from 50 MB+ free, down to like 4. Driving me absolutely crazy!

Question about updating arhd Rom.

I recently rooted and installed the arhd Rom and I love it. The Rom has just been updated and I am looking for some answers with regards to flashing this update.
I know the procedure is straight forward, however is there a way I can do it without losing my downloaded apps, data and the way I have configured my screens ?
I used an app to backup my stuff before but it did not store the data. Any help is appreciated.
chetdenim said:
I recently rooted and installed the arhd Rom and I love it. The Rom has just been updated and I am looking for some answers with regards to flashing this update.
I know the procedure is straight forward, however is there a way I can do it without losing my downloaded apps, data and the way I have configured my screens ?
I used an app to backup my stuff before but it did not store the data. Any help is appreciated.
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If you are already running ARHD 6.1.x, you can flash the newest update on top of your current setup without any changes or losing data. No need to superwipe or anything. It's all based on the same base, the changes have been minor bug fixes or app updates here and there.
And just so we are clear, boot into cwm/EXT4 recovery and flash the updated ROM zip. Always a good idea to manually wipe cache and dalvik cache but it's all really straight forward.
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Thanks bud.
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[Q] Please help an older lady

Last week, I rooted my Sprint HTC EVO 4g using directions I found on this site plus the revolutionary site. All I did was turn S-OFF so I could do wireless tethering with my phone - I did not change the stock ROM - it worked great and I thank you for all you do here.
However, today Sprint sent an OTA update. I know I should not accept it. However, how do I get the update? I have been reading on this forum and I know that the wonderful developers create Sprint stock ROM updates, but I do not know how to choose the correct one and update my stock ROM.
Could someone please advise me on what I should do - or point me in the direction I should go to find out how to get the update?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Hey,
Yeah you are right about that ota can unroot and damage your phone!
Alright to do this you will need to flash a rom! this link below is a tutorial how to do so! just scroll past all the rooting guide and follow the directions how to flash a rom! Make sure to do a Nandroid first! then wipe your data cache and Davlik Cache!
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/03/h...flash-new-rom-and-kernel-on-your-htc-evo.html
Then download the rooted o'xed version of the rom and place it on your sd card! and just follow the instructions on how to flash! This is the latest ota of htc sense and it runs great Brad is a great guy and makes great things! and this is just is the stock evo rom with update!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455340
Tips:
Remember you will loose your data text apps and so forth! so you might want to use titanium back up to save your apps and data first!
Be sure to nandroid
Be sure you wipe!
Have fun good luck and if you need anything pm me!
Oh and If i helped hit the thanks please!
Stevo!
Thanks you so much!
have you tried rom manager in the app market? there are stock evo roms there and itll flash it for you and everything
Nelsonr618 said:
have you tried rom manager in the app market? there are stock evo roms there and itll flash it for you and everything
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Don't use rom manager on the evo amon ra and amon RA style recovery are the only ones that work properly when. Wiping cwm doesn't always wipe properly and causes issues and rom manage does not work without cwm recovery
We are legion, for we are many
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Thanks you so much!
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You welcome! Glad I could help!
Rom manager doesn't work how?
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Rom manager doesn't work how?
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it doesn't work without CWM he said
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With out clockwork mod recovery rom manager is useless you can't flash or wipe anything with it as it uses cwm to do so, so if you are using amon ra or amon RA style supersonic recovery(my preference) then rom manager becomes useless besides doing it in recovery you're not trusting a script to do it without screwing something up
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Its worth noting that the if you want to keep the same sense rom (like the one your have before you root) stevos link to brads page will be the best.
an app that would be worth downloading before you flash a rom if its your first time is titanium back up (and super user assuming you have not installed it already) titanium back up will allow you to save (back up) your apps so when your flash the rom you can reload the apps that you have now onto the new installation. I hope this helped!
Here is a wiki it list stock rom's and costume one's for the supersonic (HTC EVO).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs

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