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Marketplace

I don't get it.
If I use the Android XDA app, the Marketplace is visible in General. Using a real browser however, it's not. A quick search for a link into the Marketplace rears a permissions error. And all of this without being registered. So what gives? Something I'm missing here?

nevezen said:
I don't get it.
If I use the Android XDA app, the Marketplace is visible in General. Using a real browser however, it's not. A quick search for a link into the Marketplace rears a permissions error. And all of this without being registered. So what gives? Something I'm missing here?
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what phone your using?

Oh, so it's now visible. After glancing through the rules/disclaimer it appears it'll become accessible after 8 posts for a noobjuice member. Clever.

nevezen said:
Oh, so it's now visible. After glancing through the rules/disclaimer it appears it'll become accessible after 8 posts for a noobjuice member. Clever.
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Good idea to read the Forum FAQ'S there is a lot in there that will help you

nevezen said:
I don't get it.
If I use the Android XDA app, the Marketplace is visible in General. Using a real browser however, it's not. A quick search for a link into the Marketplace rears a permissions error. And all of this without being registered. So what gives? Something I'm missing here?
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You need more posts and/or a longer membership (I can't recall the details).
Guess the Tapatalk app needs fixing .
Dave

nevezen said:
I don't get it.
If I use the Android XDA app, the Marketplace is visible in General. Using a real browser however, it's not. A quick search for a link into the Marketplace rears a permissions error. And all of this without being registered. So what gives? Something I'm missing here?
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It's not the app...we've changed the permission on the Marketplace to not allow access to a user until he/she has made 8 posts. That 8 post level is also the same point at which you can post links. It's just an anti-spam measure. We found people were registering at XDA just to spam the site or the Marketplace. This helps.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

This is good to know. Long time lurker and finally signed up so I could post in the marketplace but alas!

Can someone link to the rules for gaining access to the Marketplace? I have 8 posts but still cannot see it. Tried logging out and back in but still nothing

For a while there I thought I needed to check my eye sight. Makes sense now.

Hard to achieve 8 post if you have nothing to say or to discuss or if everything is so well explained that you do not need answers
Maybe you could add a waiting time also. Lets say after 4 weeks you get to see the market, I highly doubt anyone would wait 4 weeks just to spam something.

It doesn't make sense that you can view the Marketplace before you sign up (and then have it dissapear after you are a member).

oh!! so thats why i couldnt c the marketplace

I am new here. it seem that this is an useful forum.

welcome to forums
Once you become an active/regula user all XDA features will be unlocked and you will be able to post in marketplace, this rule is to protect us from spammers/scammers

Ah I was wondering why I wasn't able to see that deal I saw anymore... guess I'm off to ask more questions.

I have been on the site reading for 6 months now trying not to poste but now i need to use the market so here is my 8th poste thanks.

sweepstakes said:
It doesn't make sense that you can view the Marketplace before you sign up (and then have it dissapear after you are a member).
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Lol. Non-members can't see the marketplace anymore.
Trust me to say too much

As I said before:
Once you become regular/active members will see the benefit of having this
Meantime post and you´ll finally get access

Nice
Really smart security measure! I like it.
--XPiemaster

as long as its for security im all for it

new update

there is a new update on HTC site
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=1061&news_id=805

hamdir said:
there is a new update on HTC site
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=1061&news_id=805
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What's the People application?

wangxiaohu said:
What's the People application?
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The people tab and the application accompanying it.

What the hell, so no serious updates for the tp2 the coming months anymore.... What a disaster -.-

So what does this update do?

The only issue I've ever had with the People Tab, is occasionally a few favorite people may disappear or be rearranged. Maybe the fix addresses that?

Hmm, I'm on the previous ROM now, but from what I remember, one of the issues was that the peoples tab inserted text in the notes section of the selected favorites. It also took quite a long time to add favorites (in fact, it took so long that Sense appeared to have stoped working), and a category "HTC Favorites" was added to the Outlook categories.
I'm assuming they fixed at least some of that.

Official Engadget App

about an hour ago i was skimming through the new apps in the marketplace and came upon an engadget app (not engadget reader). I went ahead and downloaded it. Right off the bat i could tell this was the official engadget app. Great metro ui integration, very smooth interface and offered podcast and videos integrated into the app. I was a little suspicious of the app and whether or not it was the official one, but it had an about page with all the copyright info from engadget. Right before typing this I searched once more for this app and it seems that it has been pulled from the marketplace as well as the engadget reader.
Did anyone else download this app before it was pulled?

It's unfortunate that it got pulled down before I could get it. I have the Engadget reader and it's lacking. I want an official Engadget app ASAP!
Good to hear about it being smooth with metro UI integration though.

I managed to get it before it disappeared.
Wonder what got it yanked?

What is it like, screenshots?
Microsoft seems to be really strict about their guidelines. They have guidelines for everything from User Interface to how long u have for the app to load/resume to distributing it on the marketplace, lol.

N8ter said:
What is it like, screenshots?
Microsoft seems to be really strict about their guidelines. They have guidelines for everything from User Interface to how long u have for the app to load/resume to distributing it on the marketplace, lol.
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I believe this link should do, but it's not there for download:
http://redirect.zune.net/External/L...oneAppID=e32911a0-472d-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Link may not work in browsers other than IE. It didn't work in my version of Opera.

I got it. Settings button restarts it, might be why they pulled it so it's fixed. Give it a go and see if it's the same for you.

Ok it wasn't an offical Engadget app or they would have had an artical on it. much like all the BBC apps none are offical BBC apps. the apps that Engadget has for IOS and Android are offical. from what I was told they will be having one soon but it wasn't that app.

Peew971 said:
I got it. Settings button restarts it, might be why they pulled it so it's fixed. Give it a go and see if it's the same for you.
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which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.

jabtano said:
Ok it wasn't an offical Engadget app or they would have had an artical on it. much like all the BBC apps none are offical BBC apps. the apps that Engadget has for IOS and Android are offical. from what I was told they will be having one soon but it wasn't that app.
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check the screenshots in the link above. Definitely created by AOL. You do the math.

xmckinzie said:
check the screenshots in the link above. Definitely created by AOL. You do the math.
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Yeah, it is official, but it is buggy.
App restarts whenever you hit the Settings button.

I deleted to the unofficial Engadget app for the official Engadget app.
It seems the unofficial app was pulled down too

The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?

OGCF said:
The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?
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Go figure. Engadget is pro iPhone and Android. Not sure what are their motivation to create this app, and now I see why.

xmckinzie said:
which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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I have the Omnia 7. It was there to download at one point but disappeared.
Definitely official, I can even read and post comments from it.
Could be nicer though.

Ut0p1a said:
Go figure. Engadget is pro iPhone and Android. Not sure what are their motivation to create this app, and now I see why.
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Actually pro-iphone... Hardly any Android device got high score in review...

Can anyone post the XAP for this?
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xmckinzie said:
which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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Mine is HTC and no go for mine.

xmckinzie said:
which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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I have been trying to get this app since it was discovered on the 16th. My guess is that it was released, found to be buggy, and then pulled back. One thing about the WP7 marketplace is that Microsoft actually QA's the apps during the approval process. Android, never. Apple, yes. But it is to look for anti-apple or sexy stuff(j/k).
My buddy has been trying to get his WP7 GPS app approved for quite some time now. It keeps getting rejected for various QA and functionality requirements that keeps the WP7 ecosystem efficient and functional. So props to Microsoft for being sticklers about the quality of apps released(the purpose and types of apps release is another thing).
In case people want to keep checking for the app, here's the link to Zune d/l: http://ow.ly/3ZWl0

OGCF said:
The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?
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The Android Engadget App is anything but pretty when it comes to reading and posting comments. Nested comments in an endless 2 character column of text FTW?

amtrakcn said:
Actually pro-iphone... Hardly any Android device got high score in review...
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The ATRIX 4G lagged its way to a 9/10 (or was it 9.5?) on Engadget and I believe the Galaxy S[hit] got a pretty high score as well even though its lag and GPS issues were well-known at the point of review...

[Q] mobgifts.org (Possible browser hijack)

I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...

BlueBagodah said:
I open up Chrome to go visit xda on my Galaxy Nexus (Stock, Unrooted, converted to yakju through this thread), and I get a popup and redirected to mobgifts.org
I've attached a screenshot of this scam. I'm a little concerned that I may have somehow gotten hijacked...
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I am getting this too, it started a couple of weeks ago, at first I thought it was a pop up from the site I had been visiting, but now it's happening with other sites. I am on a stock rom bell Canada Galaxy S II. Anyone have any ideas?

I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?

BlueBagodah said:
I have done some further testing and have discovered that the site hijack only comes up for me when I go to http://xda-developers.com .
It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or cell data. I did a full factory reset, as well as re-flashing 4.0.4 again, and right after first boot, it still redirects me. I've even tried it without letting Android restore my phone.
Is it a problem with my phone, or with the xda site?
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I got it on XDA as well but I am getting it on other sites with increasing frequecy, for example, icefilms.info, and demonoid.me. I dont think it's an issure with just the xda website

It's just a clever popup on the internet. A lot of people here will see it because a lot of people visit XDA.
There is nothing wrong with your phone and no need to panic or wipe.
There was also a thread about this yesterday.

uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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its just the ad supplier that multiple sites use.

Druter said:
uhhhhhhhh It's more than just on xda, I think it's a little more than just a clever pop up too.
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I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.

Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?

Druter said:
Could you post the link to the thread.
Any idea of how to get rid of it?
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When I find the link, sure.
You can get rid of it by not using the internet.

joshnichols189 said:
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You can get rid of it by not using the internet.
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Not very helpful

Druter said:
Not very helpful
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Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
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It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.

yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one

Druter said:
yeahhh, I think you're wrong on this one
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Then what do YOU honestly think is happening?

actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart

Druter said:
actually what I meant to type is I think you're right on this one, had a bit of a brain fart
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Fair enough haha. Here read this, there's some plausible causes.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/uzpb8/when_did_this_start_happening/

Here is the other thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706480&page=2
I'm starting to think that it's Google Adsense serving these ads to people. All of these sites almost all use Google Adsense in some form to back fill ads.
This is happening to both Android and iPhones - only through mobile browsers. My guess is that this shady ass advertiser is targeting mobile browsers through Adsense.
From what I can tell, the ads are somehow attached to a site called blueAds.com, at least that's where they redirect from.

joshnichols189 said:
Except it's true.. it is a popup ad.
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It's been reported on iphones too, so you aren't being targeted by an internet ad.
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Not to say that I'm glad to hear, but at least there's some corroboration. I tried to do some research, and the whois record isn't helpful, and all that comes up for any search on mobgifts is a site called downocean(or something like that).
My Scam alarms just started going off.

I concur on that point, a lot of the searches on this topic. Bring the downocean name up again and again. Especially when you type how do I get rid of. Its definitely got some javascript going on, when I turn JS off I don't seem to get the the pop ups.

joshnichols189 said:
I didn't say it was just XDA. I said a lot of people on this forum will see it because they visit XDA. It isn't infecting your phone with anything, it is a popup.
On the internet.
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I wonder if browsers such as opera show pop ups.

What the **** is going on with WP purchase history?

This ain't good at all and I'm really pissed. All my apps in my purchase history are MISSING. I can only see 10 purchased games and that's it. Can you imagine I've been asked to repurchase WPCentral app again after trying to reinstall after having some log in issues with it? WHY and HOW? :
What the **** is wrong with Microsoft and the Marketplace? Why am I experiencing this? I can't pay for an app twice. Any insight into this?

Maybe you just can't "see" the purchases. I have had no problem re-installing previously installed/purchased apps.

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This ain't good at all and I'm really pissed. All my apps in my purchase history are MISSING. I can only see 10 purchased games and that's it. Can you imagine I've been asked to repurchase WPCentral app again after trying to reinstall after having some log in issues with it? WHY and HOW? :
What the **** is wrong with Microsoft and the Marketplace? Why am I experiencing this? I can't pay for an app twice. Any insight into this?
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i am in your exact situation (purchase history start at the 24th agoust 2012 but i am on wp since 24 ago 2011!!!!!! and one year of apps installed are gone included all the pay apps i get since now)
dam^^^^ned microsoft!
it seems to be a technical issue, i hope they fix it soon... i have also contacted ms to get some info but no reply till now
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Maybe you just can't "see" the purchases. I have had no problem re-installing previously installed/purchased apps.
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no.. the purchased app are gone... i am trying to reinstall (trought web store and marketplace on wp) but they ask for a payment, no way to get the "reinstall" button....
fuc^^^^k off!

znial said:
i am in your exact situation (purchase history start at the 24th agoust 2012 but i am on wp since 24 ago 2011!!!!!! and one year of apps installed are gone included all the pay apps i get since now)
dam^^^^ned microsoft!
it seems to be a technical issue, i hope they fix it soon... i have also contacted ms to get some info but no reply till now
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no.. the purchased app are gone... i am trying to reinstall (trought web store and marketplace on wp) but they ask for a payment, no way to get the "reinstall" button....
fuc^^^^k off!
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You are right, just pray the fix this. I need my apps back, can't pay double.
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thesecondsfade said:
Maybe you just can't "see" the purchases. I have had no problem re-installing previously installed/purchased apps.
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I think you are lucky but you have to check daily since it's something that just started and it's moving as a wave. Your apps might be there today but tomorrow????
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is possible that this issue affect only us two?
please if any other user is affected let us know...

i think i know what causes this bug. the purchase history on windowsphone.com in my case only from 22.09.2012 till today. so i miss all apps from june 2011 till 22.09.2012! and that causes the paid apps to be gone, not all paid apps, only the ones downloaded for free which normally cost before and after these free days. i wrote microsoft but nobody has answered yet. they send me a link to chat with them but the link is broken it says "windows live id is some thing bla bla bla..." so i cant access the chat to tell them what is going on. but this is a serious bug. no matter if it is paid app or the purchase history, they cant do this to us.

offcourse in my case those apps are get by free in different sale&promo offers by the devs on the store
but i want them back...
maybe
could it depend by the fact i have not associated any credit card to my account?
ms didnt reply to mee to (neither a chat link)
:crying:

I am also having the same problem! It's only showing the apps that I have purchased/downloaded since October 2012. Except it shows one app that I purchased on 5/27/12 which is the XDA app. Hopefully they get this problem figured out and very soon.

the same problem here

majkeljj said:
the same problem here
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Having similar issues here. Just tried to re-download ilomilo (which I've owned since WP7 launch-day), and it's asking me to purchase it again. wtf?

i dont think they gonna fix this. i think they deleted our data purposely. they want that we pay for the apps, and they dont want that we store all our app and reinstall later to use it. till today the chat link of the microsoft service center is broken, it says something with the windows live id is not right...

for me all my apps are gone from 2 years it seems though they left after I did som cleaning on my account and removed the phone they were first purchased from ms credited me 35 bucks but says they have to escalate it to get the 150 bucks I asked them for.so if you have old phones listed there that your not using do not remove them he also said if you change the live id that it could lose them in the migration

I'm really getting tired of this. MS support saod I should wait but for how long? Why is it that they are not coming out to tell us anything.....in a press release or something to make people aware of this issue??
Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express

By the way, did you change something in your Microsoft account? Language or location?
I had the same problem when I changed the language from French to English on my Microsoft account (not on the phone, the one for everything: live, msdn, xbox, credit on the web). When I went back to French, all the purchase history came back.

Last Sunday I contacted Microsoft by Chat on "www.windowsphone.com" (it pretty amazed me to get live support so easily) and they told me this is a known issue and that they are going to fix it. They also told me this is going to take a week to be fixed.
When they fix this, they'll merge the new and the old list of apps.

Polish microsoft wrote to me that this is know problem which touch part of people who changed their WP7 phones to WP8 and doing everything to solve this problem. I didn't change my phone to WP8 but I installed Dynamics 2.0 (7.8) maybe this is the reason of our problems?
Edit:
From today again I can install part of my old, purchased apps starting from 02.2012. Not all installed in period 02.2012 to today are visible in purchase history, but few of them I can install.

Brothers, I think the issue is partly fixed. I got my WPCentral app back but still can't see apps BEFORE 29th March, 2012. All apps in 2011 and early march 2012 are still missing; which still contains my Liquid Daffodil's apps. Microsoft should please fix all for me. Check yours to see if all is available
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Kenzibit said:
Brothers, I think the issue is partly fixed. I got my WPCentral app back but still can't see apps BEFORE 29th March, 2012. All apps in 2011 and early march 2012 are still missing; which still contains my Liquid Daffodil's apps. Microsoft should please fix all for me. Check yours to see if all is available
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my apps come back the last night
finally
im going to see if something is missing from my purchase history but at a first look it seems all right (recently reinstalled apps appear purchased on 24 november 2012, my last flash day, so the History is gone... better then nothing!)
ok my purchase history before sept 2012 are gone, but i am able to reinstall the apps purchasede before that date (ie portals 2d and monster up adventures arent visible in the history but i can reinstall them anyway)

znial said:
my apps come back the last night
finally
im going to see if something is missing from my purchase history but at a first look it seems all right (recently reinstalled apps appear purchased on 24 november 2012, my last flash day, so the History is gone... better then nothing!)
ok my purchase history before sept 2012 are gone, but i am able to reinstall the apps purchasede before that date (ie portals 2d and monster up adventures arent visible in the history but i can reinstall them anyway)
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The problem has been fixed. You can redownload all your paid apps and list all your old purchase on "windowsphone.com".
I can see all my history, starting from Nov 2011, when I took my Titan.