[Q] Has anyone noticed... - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

has anyone noticed that with the recent ICS leaks that alot of apps that were compatible with our phone are not now. On 4.0.3 leaks i could still get apps of the market, on the 4.0.4 leaks i can't. Example directv, on market says not compatible, walgreens app says not compatible. They were before, now they not. I have the apps in my dropbox so no biggie, but was just wondering if there is that much difference between 4.0.3 & 4.0.4 that would make apps not compatible anymore.

isaac2k10 said:
has anyone noticed that with the recent ICS leaks that alot of apps that were compatible with our phone are not now. On 4.0.3 leaks i could still get apps of the market, on the 4.0.4 leaks i can't. Example directv, on market says not compatible, walgreens app says not compatible. They were before, now they not. I have the apps in my dropbox so no biggie, but was just wondering if there is that much difference between 4.0.3 & 4.0.4 that would make apps not compatible anymore.
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That is a good observation Isaac.
I'm willing to bet that the apps check the build version that is written into the build.prop file. I'm not having issues but if someone is and knows how to edit their build.prop file maybe change this line back to 4.0.3 to see if it works:
ro.build.version.release=4.0.4
Well, after backing up their rom first of course.
Edit: FYI, do not edit build.prop unless you know what you're doing. The system may not boot if this file is edited incorrectly.

isaac2k10 said:
has anyone noticed that with the recent ICS leaks that alot of apps that were compatible with our phone are not now. On 4.0.3 leaks i could still get apps of the market, on the 4.0.4 leaks i can't. Example directv, on market says not compatible, walgreens app says not compatible. They were before, now they not. I have the apps in my dropbox so no biggie, but was just wondering if there is that much difference between 4.0.3 & 4.0.4 that would make apps not compatible anymore.
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Have you changed your dpi or installed a ROM that does? I am running AOKP latest and have no problem using Play Store Market apps. Perhaps open settings, manage apps, play store, clear cache then reboot?

HenryDCase said:
Have you changed your dpi or installed a ROM that does? I am running AOKP latest and have no problem using Play Store Market apps. Perhaps open settings, manage apps, play store, clear cache then reboot?
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Forgot about this too, 240dpi is the default setting.

Maybe that's it. My dpi is set to 215
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isaac2k10 said:
Maybe that's it. My dpi is set to 215
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If you change the dpi from 240, that will explain your problem. Change it back, clear Play cache, reboot. Should work fine.

HenryDCase said:
If you change the dpi from 240, that will explain your problem. Change it back, clear Play cache, reboot. Should work fine.
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anybody know why you have to change the dpi and all?

bigrndahouse said:
anybody know why you have to change the dpi and all?
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Different devices have different dpi and that is part of what Play Store checks. Example: if I change my dpi to under 190, 128 specially, Google will display tablet apps. So, if your dpi doesn't match the phone that Google detects, it breaks.
In the Tablet mode ui thread, there is a hacked Play Store that automatically reports your dpi as 240 so that it doesn't break.

Yea changing the dpi back fixed it
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bigrndahouse said:
anybody know why you have to change the dpi and all?
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Already answered. Delete please.
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App not compatible (Moderator: PLZ MOVE TO Q&A)

So i've been wanting to install a couple apps lately and either i do not find them in the market or if I go through the web, i see that it is not compatible with my device.
I am running the latest version of MIUI (2.2.3 i think).
I've done some research and it seems that it is because of some values in the build.prop file.
I've changed the lcd_density from 240 to 200 but that did not help.
There is also the ro.build.description and the ro.build.fingerprint, but in this case i have no clue what to put in there.
I am sure i am not the only one.
What should i do?
thank you
adrien1977 said:
So i've been wanting to install a couple apps lately and either i do not find them in the market or if I go through the web, i see that it is not compatible with my device.
I am running the latest version of MIUI (2.2.3 i think).
I've done some research and it seems that it is because of some values in the build.prop file.
I've changed the lcd_density from 240 to 200 but that did not help.
There is also the ro.build.description and the ro.build.fingerprint, but in this case i have no clue what to put in there.
I am sure i am not the only one.
What should i do?
thank you
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Wrong thread post it in the q&a section
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First, you shoult probably ask in the right thread - General that is
But, to help just a bit ... Which apps are those you want to install? What is your device (G2 or DZ)? In which country are you located and who is yours cell provider? Some apps are available only in US and not available outside, some are available only for customers of some specific carrier. Were you able to install these apps before you installed this last ROM? If yes, what was the rom you used before?
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I had the same problem. In order to view certain apps that weren't available I had to change screen density back to her original 240 reboot, clear market data, sign back into market and then find the "incompatible apps" when the market is started it saves configurations such as density etc. after restarting market with the correct g2 density you can change back to a previous density setting and the market should still give you the apps that were once not available.
That is what fixed it for me, you may be experiencing something different.
Sorry about putting the app in the wrong thread.
I will try to move it to the Q&A forum.
As far as the other questions, i was trying to add the WD 2GO app. I also wanted to try the chrome beta today.
As far as the density, it was 240 all the time. I actually put it to 200 but did not help. I will put it back to 240 and see what happens.
thank you
PS: Forgot to add: I have the G2 from TMO US
You need to put it back to 240 then wipe cache and info from the market, then reboot......you should get everything back
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Nope. Been trying everything and it does not work.
LCD_density is back to 240 (it was originally 240 then i moved it to 200)
Cleared cache and even cleared cache of google framework.
This is annoying
Here, that's what you need : LCD density modder pro. There's a one click market fix.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
Clear the market cache, clear market data.
oVeRdOsE solution worked.
Thanks a lot

What's up with Play?!

Riddle me this: I'm sitting here looking at a working Google Maps. Yet, Play says it's incompatible with my Nexus 7. And, that's not the only one! Apps like Boat Browser and, of all things, GMail! Anyone else running into this?
gjtoth said:
Riddle me this: I'm sitting here looking at a working Google Maps. Yet, Play says it's incompatible with my Nexus 7. And, that's not the only one! Apps like Boat Browser and, of all things, GMail! Anyone else running into this?
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Screenshots? (power+volume down)
Off the top of my head, if you flashed a custom ROM, it could be that.
I ran a WW firmware ROM on my US Transformer Prime and certain apps became incompatible.
jaycustom said:
Screenshots? (power+volume down)
Off the top of my head, if you flashed a custom ROM, it could be that.
I ran a WW firmware ROM on my US Transformer Prime and certain apps became incompatible.
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Screenshots forthcoming. Stock but rooted ROM.
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Gary
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Changing your DPI can cause compatibility issues. If you haven't changed that, you may wanna try wiping data for play store app in settings.
Caliyork said:
Changing your DPI can cause compatibility issues. If you haven't changed that, you may wanna try wiping data for play store app in settings.
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What is the default DPI? I changed some settings with Rom Toolbox Pro and that may have been one of them. Not sure, though.
gjtoth said:
What is the default DPI? I changed some settings with Rom Toolbox Pro and that may have been one of them. Not sure, though.
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LCD Density = DPI
Did you change your screen size to make things either smaller or larger? that will break compaitiblity in the play store.
jbrawley1 said:
LCD Density = DPI
Did you change your screen size to make things either smaller or larger? that will break compaitiblity in the play store.
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Found it, thanks! I reset it to 213. Still no joy.
gjtoth said:
Found it, thanks! I reset it to 213. Still no joy.
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OK, I cleared caches, and that seems to have done the trick for MOST of the apps that showed incompatible. Strangely, GMail still shows incompatible, but I can deal with that. I was having autorotation problems and that's fixed now, too.
Thanks to all for your assistance.

device suddenly incompatible with a bunch of apps

Hi guys,
Weird thing happened today, I was checking the Play store app for updates, there were about 10 of them.
I didn't update anything at the time.
About 10-20 minutes later I check again and I only see 3 updates available... when I search for those missing updates on the play store, the apps don't even come up. When I look on the play store on the PC, I see that all those apps (which are all already installed, from the play store) as being incompatible with my device... both free and paid apps.
I rebooted, cleared cache/davlik, but still the same..
do you know what went wrong, and what I can do?
Perhaps they're not compatible with 4.2.1 yet?
EddyOS said:
Perhaps they're not compatible with 4.2.1 yet?
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nah that's not it, I mean I was seeing an update for Beautiful widgets, which I have been using since 4.2 and when I check now there is no update, I can't find the app on the play store, and on PC it says it's incompatible... and eventhough it's installed on my phone, it doesn't show in the list of installed apps in the play store app. Yet I can still access the widgets and add more to my screen...
did you modify the dpi on your phone?
Zepius said:
did you modify the dpi on your phone?
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I am on Paranoid Android, I was on 720px / 220 dpi (for a very long time, and never had problems), the first thing I did was reset everything back to default. Still no go
BW is running fine on my GNex, running a custom build of MoDaCo's MCR - all stock values, of course!
well in the end there was an update to my ROM so just dirty flashed along with gapps and it seems back to normal.. weird what happened, but oh well.
Thanks for the help guys

[Q] Foursquare, Goggles, Walmart - OH MY!

I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2. I recently rooted it and installed the latest CM10 nightly. I also have Clockwork Recovery Mod v6 installed.
When I installed CM10, I did a complete wipe, format, etc. I flashed the latest gapps for JB (20121011-signed). I noticed right away that certain apps on the market are now saying "not compatible with your device" (Foursquare, Walmart, Google Goggles, and a few others).
Someone suggested changing my DPI. I switched ro.sf.lcd_density from 240 to 320 (and also tried 160 and 220). Rebooted. Didn't work. Still got the incompatible notice. I really don't think it's a DPI issue anymore. But are there other common DPIs that I should try? What's default for the S2?
I downloaded the Amazon AppStore and it allowed me to "download" these apps, but it would FAIL when it went to "install" them. They wouldn't simply error out during the install with "Application Not Installed" or something generic like that. This makes me think there's some setting on my phone that's wrong, and not necessarily just a problem with the app store.
Any other suggestions? It really seems odd to me that I'd "start from scratch" and get these incompatible notices from Google Play store. Can anyone else install or run these apps?
The incompatible notice is usually dpi-related. Try changing your dpi to 240 (the default) and then clearing the data on the play store. Reboot, open the play store and agree to the prompts. Exit again, and wait ten minutes. That usually clears it up for me.
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Beremat said:
The incompatible notice is usually dpi-related. Try changing your dpi to 240 (the default) and then clearing the data on the play store. Reboot, open the play store and agree to the prompts. Exit again, and wait ten minutes. That usually clears it up for me.
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I appreciate the help, but it didn't seem to work. I did all the steps exactly, and the apps still have incompatible notices.
When you say "Exit again" did you mean simply exit the Google Play store app? After opened the play store, agreed to the prompt, and then hit the home button. Waited 10 minutes and didn't seem to help.
Thanks again. Any other suggestions?
kennedystephen said:
I appreciate the help, but it didn't seem to work. I did all the steps exactly, and the apps still have incompatible notices.
When you say "Exit again" did you mean simply exit the Google Play store app? After opened the play store, agreed to the prompt, and then hit the home button. Waited 10 minutes and didn't seem to help.
Thanks again. Any other suggestions?
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Yeah, that's what I meant. Really strange sorry that I can't help you further.
kennedystephen said:
I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2. I recently rooted it and installed the latest CM10 nightly. I also have Clockwork Recovery Mod v6 installed.
When I installed CM10, I did a complete wipe, format, etc. I flashed the latest gapps for JB (20121011-signed). I noticed right away that certain apps on the market are now saying "not compatible with your device" (Foursquare, Walmart, Google Goggles, and a few others).
Someone suggested changing my DPI. I switched ro.sf.lcd_density from 240 to 320 (and also tried 160 and 220). Rebooted. Didn't work. Still got the incompatible notice. I really don't think it's a DPI issue anymore. But are there other common DPIs that I should try? What's default for the S2?
I downloaded the Amazon AppStore and it allowed me to "download" these apps, but it would FAIL when it went to "install" them. They wouldn't simply error out during the install with "Application Not Installed" or something generic like that. This makes me think there's some setting on my phone that's wrong, and not necessarily just a problem with the app store.
Any other suggestions? It really seems odd to me that I'd "start from scratch" and get these incompatible notices from Google Play store. Can anyone else install or run these apps?
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Beremat said:
The incompatible notice is usually dpi-related. Try changing your dpi to 240 (the default) and then clearing the data on the play store. Reboot, open the play store and agree to the prompts. Exit again, and wait ten minutes. That usually clears it up for me.
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This is how I fix it:
1 - adjust dpi back to 240 (stock for this phone)
2 - In settings/app manager, find Google play store & Google framework services
3 - force stop, wipe data & wipe cache
4 - same for both
5 - now you go to the settings/accounts and you need 2 Google accounts, cause you have to actually remove your main Google account, then re-add it
6 - reboot
If this doesn't fix, then the app is either not compatible with this device or something else is causing the issue..
Good luck!
sj
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From N7 forums.
I found this post.
jamesst20 said:
Hi,
To change your LCD density but avoid apps incompatibility, set your density back to 213.
Now, create a file in /data/local.prop and type in it :
qemu.sf.lcd_density=160
You can change the density to whatever you want, save and reboot
Please press thanks if I helped you
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This could help you. Just set it 240 instead of 213 for E4GT.
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Market and LCD Density Issue

Does anyone know of a permanent fix for the market saying "incompatible device" when you change the LCD Density? I have followed all the steps (for example, listed in AOKP roms) and even though it works for a few days or couple weeks, it still eventually reverts back to the error state.
So, anyone know of a permanent fix?
Download and flash one of the latest modded Play Store apps in the second post of this thread. Each modded Play Store will have proper multi DPI support and may fix your issue.
FineTalent said:
Download and flash one of the latest modded Play Store apps in the second post of this thread. Each modded Play Store will have proper multi DPI support and may fix your issue.
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Thanks. It's done. Hopefully it will stay this time!
aujbman said:
Thanks. It's done. Hopefully it will stay this time!
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Don't forget to clear market data as well as Googleservicesframework data under settings
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aujbman said:
Thanks. It's done. Hopefully it will stay this time!
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every so often play store auto updates itself along with Google services framework. When this happens just flash the latest like already stated

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