Hi there,
For the past couple of days, I've been getting "installation unsuccessful" error messages whenever I download anything from the Market. The apps are downloaded, and Android tries to install them but fails every time. I've gotten successful installations on one or two occasions, though, seemingly at random.
I have 22MB of internal storage left, and I used to be able to install apps with only 10MB, so that's not the cause. And I have around 2GB on my SD card. Funny thing is, I can't even install some .APKs of beta apps that I know should work, because I've installed them before. I thought the issue was solely related to the Market, but the Market isn't involved when installing apps from "unknown sources", or is it?
Does anyone have any suggestions besides doing a hardreset? Anyone experiencing similar issues?
Cheers
I had the same issue with my Desire. After i searched on the internet, i found a lot irellevant sollutions to this issue.
What i did? I did a backup of my SD card, format SD, restore settings to default and that it.
It was a hard decision but i couldn't find any other solution. After that, everything goes normaly, even today!
Thanks for the reply! I still hope I don't have to do a hardreset, but if nothing else works, I guess I have to go ahead and wipe that thing.
Have you tried the fix_permissions script? You can run this from the Amon Ra recovery or go to the Market and download ROM Manager. It's under the Utilities section of ROM Manager
I guess that's only for rooted devices?
OK, I give up. If no one has a solution to this, I'll just hardreset the darn thing
OK, I give up. If no one has a solution to this, I'll just hardreset the darn thing.
Is there a backup tool that can restore all your apps in a way that the Market will recognize them under "Downloads"? I restored apps from a backup once, but that was pretty pointless since I no longer could enjoy updates through the Market without having to re-download every single app.
Titanium Backup has a "Market Doctor" to fix your Market links, but you need to be rooted.
If you aren't, I'd suggest syncing with AppBrain, which at least means you won't need to search for all your apps on the Market again.
Regards,
Dave
MapleDouglas said:
OK, I give up. If no one has a solution to this, I'll just hardreset the darn thing
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Have you tried connecting your phone to pc in disk drive mode and doing a scandisk of SD card.
I had the same problem (card was mounted as read-only)
After I done scandisk it found and fixed the problem.
Cooperman_UK said:
Have you tried connecting your phone to pc in disk drive mode and doing a scandisk of SD card.
I had the same problem (card was mounted as read-only)
After I done scandisk it found and fixed the problem.
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No, I had not tried that since the SD card appeared to be working. I used to get quite a few "SD card damaged" messages until I let Android format the card. I tried Scandisk now but it didn't take care of the Market issue unfortunately. Thanks anyway
But it does indeed seem like the SD card somehow is to blame. Those few apps that I actually have been able to install have been installed to the internal storage.
I think this problem started when I for some reason decided to clear the Market's cache and data. Thing is, I have set Android to install apps to the SD card by default (adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2) and that might have something to do with it as well, although it worked fine for three weeks.
I got this when I installed the unofficial OTA update for 2.2. Only fix was to try another custom rom.
Have you tried to go into manage applications and then clear all data for the market app ? This has solved some similar problems for me in the past.
Yes, I cleared the Market's cache and data, and I actually did that before the issue started as well. I just hope a hardreset will fix it all, going to erase everything later today
For the record, I had to not only perform a hardreset, but delete the .android_secure folder on my memory card where apps are stored to get the Market working again. I could probably just have deleted the .androd_secure folder, but then I would have lost all apps installed to the SD anyway
Works like a charm now.
hey did you find a solution to your problem???
if you did please tell me
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hey did you find a solution to your problem???
if you did please tell me
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Yes, but not the one I wanted Look at my post about yours.
i was having the same installation unsuccessful problem. i deleted the .android_secure folder and i can now install all the apps that werent working. i did not have to do a full flash of the ROM.
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i was having the same installation unsuccessful problem. i deleted the .android_secure folder and i can now install all the apps that werent working. i did not have to do a full flash of the ROM.
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But erasing that folder removed all the apps you had installed on your memory card, right?
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But it does indeed seem like the SD card somehow is to blame. Those few apps that I actually have been able to install have been installed to the internal storage.
I think this problem started when I for some reason decided to clear the Market's cache and data. Thing is, I have set Android to install apps to the SD card by default (adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2) and that might have something to do with it as well, although it worked fine for three weeks.
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Hey man good to know im not the only one i have exactly the same issue,did u found the solution for it? i still want to use the trick setinstalllocation 2 .
Hey I a user from India.. Got the update 2.13.720.2.. After the update I have noticed a problem that the apps stored on the sd card dont get updated.. they get downloaded.. On installation it shows "Unknown Error - 18".. But if the app is moved back to phone memory it gets updated.. Also any apps that install directly to sd card also show the same error.. As suggested by HTC support I performed a factory reset still the problem continues.. Please help me with a solution..
Any help is appreciated... I hv not encountered anyone else facing the same problem... I hv contacted HTC support again but Im not too hopeful...
Also noticed another thing.. Apps which directly install to sd card do not get installed even with the application installer through the HTC sync software...
Well, even I upgraded to 2.13.720.2 but didn't notice any issue but except this "All the widgets on the home screen will have duplicates sitting on top of it" So you will have to delete all the widgets which is on the "first layer" the ones behind these works fine.
Today I flash new rom in XDA and restore it back.
and maybe something wrong in process with theme install
I've started and move home screen to location widget . getting a notification
for SD card problem
and I find sdcard\.data\navigator\Data\Temporary\Tiles\35057_44367877.map
the file is Damage .
I use windows chkdsk /f function to fix it
the SD card problem disappear . but HTC location map display just land without
street... location my position is ok ....
has someone can provide this file to me ?
or more solve suggest to me ........ very very thanks....
it is pm 12:43 in TW zzZZ
I hope that you have some friend with dhd and copy files from his SD card...I had same issue,but my friend saved me
solved
thanks very much~
i solved it today by another way .
refer to F.A.Q. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840040
Q 2: My Premium Navigation doesn't work correctly. What should I do?
A: Your Premium Navigation may not work correctly for number of reasons. Most of them are not ROM related. You can try following things:
- reinstalling Locations under Settings ---> Locations
- removing from your SD card /sdcard/.data/navigator/Data/Temporary
- re-downloading maps
- clearing data from Google Maps
even im hving this problem
i tried those methods but none of them r working
wen i reinstall locations it comes downloading locations even after its finished downloading it stays there. i can see the download complete but its stuck there. the only option i hve is to cancel download....
wat do i do??
is there any other way i can reinstall locations??
same Map downloading issue
Hi!
got the same problem... every time i want to download maps, download stucks.
It was all running perfect and I just wanted to update my maps... after I tried a few times I finaly formated SD Card (data folder is gone!), flashed back to HTC Stock Rom and rooted again to put CM7 back on. So I made a big reset for nothing because I still wasn`t able to download one single map in Locations.
Whats going on with this SD-Card files? Why they are so special? There must be a way to install them again... any idea how?
Thanks for reading!
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HTC Desire
ROM: InsertCoin CM7 1.0.5
Now it works.... Seems there was bug in route 66 on the mapserver... Whatever
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
Hey there,
i'm using my DHD since 3 months now but i never tried htc locations.
today i wanted to try it..but it said the files are too old and i needs to be updated.
ok - no problem.
i clicked update and it downloaded the files.
but when my phones tries to install the location files i get the error message that the "SD Card is provided write only" (dont know how to translate it correctly )
so what am i doing wrong?
should i reformat my sd card? i'm afraid of loosing apps like doodle jump or something else.
any advice?
thanks in advance,
DN41
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DN41
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DN41
It must have said that your sdcard is read only...Are you rooted or completely stock?
You can first try to reboot your DHD and see if that helps. Else the ultimate option is to try formatting sdcard. You can always backup your data and place them as they are...
yeah i'm 100% stock
reboot doesnt work, so it seems that i need to format the sd card and put the files back there.
or should i first try to delete the Location files? btw: where can i find them?
so there's no problem when formatting it and putting files back on it again? no problems with apps or so?
DN41
For data, as long as the paths are ok, it should not be any problem. But i do not know about the installed apps (with app2sd) as i have never tried it (but i m guessing it would be ok as well). You can easily download locations from within the app itself.
gonna give it a try
if anything goes wrong, i'll claim you for doing it
DN41
ok i just checked and repaired the SD-Card with Windows 7.
works now.
DN41
Hi there, I am definitely a beginner so please go easy on me.
Background: I have a Bell Htc one m8 that I have rooted ( I can confirm this by the fact that root checker says I am even after doing a factory reset)
Problem: I am trying to instal Sunshine to get s-off but, i am running into the problem that I cannot seem to get the file onto my phone in any way. When I try to use dropbox I get the error "Storage full or unavailable" , when I try to install from the Sunshine website i get "No SD card: An SD card is required to download downloadfile.apk" and when I try to HTC Sync, it just freezes and needs to be force quitted (I am on a mac). I have also tried to use bluetooth but the file wont send because of an "unsuccessful transfer error."
SO, I am not sure what I did wrong along the way.. but I know its something. I have tried to retrace my steps by doing a recovery in TWRP but the issue remains. I have tried cleaning up my cache using the factory reset function in TWRP with the problem persisting when i get the phone set up.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance!!
Google ARHD virtual SD fix..