Hi All, First of all thanks to everyone for making this forum such a success. It's really addicting reading everyone's post and comments on how to help one another.
My question is one I've searched and can't find. It's MY APPS. I could have sworn there used to be a way to download all of your previous apps by a few clicks. Now I have to go thru tons of apps that I've used over time to find only the apps that I want to install. Is there a simpler way of adding all apps under "my apps" in google play?
Any help is appreciated.
When you're in the Play Store, hit the menu button and one of the options should be My Apps!
gr4p3s said:
When you're in the Play Store, hit the menu button and one of the options should be My Apps!
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Totally not what was being asked.
As for the OP, I don't believe so. As far as I know it's going in and installing one by one
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Did this torture today...so annoying but better than not having a my apps section.
Root and install titanium backup, at least will make it easy on future.
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rakeshchn said:
Root and install titanium backup, at least will make it easy on future.
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Thanks for all of the replies. When I flashed a new ROM i forgot to backup all of my apps. GRR. Yes painful to go thru one by one but still better then no apps at all.
Thanks for the replies.
Did you check the box.. At the beginning of setting up the phone that says... Backup and restore apps and data with Google. If you checked that before it should start downloading all your previously installed apps for you automatically.
If that is what your referring to.
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So I noticed that when backups are made of applications and then later installed from backup, the phone loses knowledge of the fact that these were market apps... thus, it loses awareness of when updates are available. Does anyone know of an easy way to deal with that?
Titaniumbackup.
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what about it? i have that on my phone. are you saying it is supposed to be immune to this problem? i dont see evidence of that.
Use AppBrain App Market to backup/reinstall... it does it straight from the Market so the phone realizes the app has been installed.
Had to learn that the hard way when restoring apps from MyBackup
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what about it? i have that on my phone. are you saying it is supposed to be immune to this problem? i dont see evidence of that.
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Titanium backs up the application's market link.
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edufur said:
what about it? i have that on my phone. are you saying it is supposed to be immune to this problem? i dont see evidence of that.
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Two ways to fix this:
1. In TitaniumBackup, there is a "Market Doctor" function.
2. After a TitaniumBackup restore, go to the market and download any app, it will sync up with the apps you have installed and restore the market links.
wy1d said:
Two ways to fix this:
1. In TitaniumBackup, there is a "Market Doctor" function.
2. After a TitaniumBackup restore, go to the market and download any app, it will sync up with the apps you have installed and restore the market links.
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That seems like a lot of work. If I have like 20 apps, I have to download 20 times? So far, I am not liking that. I will look into that app brain thingy.
edufur said:
That seems like a lot of work. If I have like 20 apps, I have to download 20 times? So far, I am not liking that. I will look into that app brain thingy.
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He said download any app meaning one and then the market will sync up.
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edufur said:
what about it? i have that on my phone. are you saying it is supposed to be immune to this problem? i dont see evidence of that.
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The paid version of titanium really does handle this nicely.
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edufur said:
So I noticed that when backups are made of applications and then later installed from backup, the phone loses knowledge of the fact that these were market apps... thus, it loses awareness of when updates are available. Does anyone know of an easy way to deal with that?
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I use appbrain. After restoring apps from titanium, I sync within appbrain. Done.
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I use appbrain. After restoring apps from titanium, I sync within appbrain. Done.
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Thank you sir! I will take this advice! [Thumbs Up]
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Thank you sir! I will take this advice! [Thumbs Up]
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er...Ma'am, you mean (the 'm' in my name is for 'mom'). I hope this worked for you
So I'll admit, I didn't search for this topic, but I'm in a real time pinch, and I hope someone can answer this by the time I come back, sorry.
My question is this, I love titanium backup pro and how I can flash any rom, and make it feel like home right away, my issue is this, is there a way to have the apps recognized and be able to be updated? I see in the market that it only understands that I have a handful of the apps I actually have installed, so there's no way for me to receive the updates on anything else.
If I'm missing something, please enlighten me. And thanks ahead of time for a soultion!
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Seattleite said:
So I'll admit, I didn't search for this topic, but I'm in a real time pinch, and I hope someone can answer this by the time I come back, sorry.
My question is this, I love titanium backup pro and how I can flash any rom, and make it feel like home right away, my issue is this, is there a way to have the apps recognized and be able to be updated? I see in the market that it only understands that I have a handful of the apps I actually have installed, so there's no way for me to receive the updates on anything else.
If I'm missing something, please enlighten me. And thanks ahead of time for a soultion!
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Have you tried clearing out Market cache?
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I can suggest two things:
- try using the Market Doctor feature in Titanium
- try installing a completely new app from the Market
I've noticed that doing the above will usually populate the "My apps" list in the Market after a Titanium restore.
whatever apps you have download through market, and backed up with TB pro and after restoring with TB Pro click menu and market doctor it will put missing links to market and should have all apps back in market as well ones that need update
Thanks everyone! TBP was one of my newest apps, so yeah, it didn't make all of the market connections, so I went through and redownloaded all my apps from the market, then did a new backup, so hopefully that (and the market doctor) will do it!
Thanks again for your help!
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Make sure in TB's settings that "remove market link" isn't checked. That'll give you hours of fun as you're finding out now. Also after you run the market doctor - reboot. It may not be necessary per instructions and whatever else but a good 'ole reboot fixes a lot of things.
Ok so I'm trying to search just the epic4g area of the forum with my xda app. But I can't seem to figure out how. I have a bunch of questions that the wiki didn't answer but I'm sure someone has asked so I don't want to again. But. When I search I get stuff from other deviece forums as well. Any ideas
Thanks. And is there a thanks feature?
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The app does not have a section-specific search or a thanks button. Might as well ask them.
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The app does not have a section-specific search or a thanks button. Might as well ask them.
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theimpaler747 said:
This is the part I agree with the most. Even from the phone, hit menu on the XDA app, browser, and thank the person helping you.
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Ask away. Ill answer what I can. I don't mind and won't flame ya
Trust us, there are more helpful people here, than flamers(no puns allowed!!)
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Ok first question. I have multiple apps from like the amazon market or from the devs webpage etc and I can't get them to update through the market now. It trys to make me pay again. Or stuff like that.
#2 is there a way to add a custom over my existing stuff. I have work programs on my phone I can not erase. So id like to install swischeese but not loose those or allmy contacts
I know I have or two more I was looking for the answers too but I can't remember right now
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svcbadass said:
Ok first question. I have multiple apps from like the amazon market or from the devs webpage etc and I can't get them to update through the market now. It trys to make me pay again. Or stuff like that.
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Not sure about this one
svcbadass said:
#2 is there a way to add a custom over my existing stuff. I have work programs on my phone I can not erase. So id like to install swischeese but not loose those or allmy contacts
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Buy Titanium back up from the Market. Get busy box from with in the app. Do a batch back up of apps and data. Export contacts to SD card if they are not in your Google account. Once you root make sure you do a NANDROID back up. Flash way. Go to Market d/l Titanium "free" the license will automaticly turn it to pro it. Batch restore. Done.
svcbadass said:
Ok first question. I have multiple apps from like the amazon market or from the devs webpage etc and I can't get them to update through the market now. It trys to make me pay again. Or stuff like that.
#2 is there a way to add a custom over my existing stuff. I have work programs on my phone I can not erase. So id like to install swischeese but not loose those or allmy contacts
I know I have or two more I was looking for the answers too but I can't remember right now
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Ok, question 1 is odd, if you an issue updating and all you have done is rooted and changed to the Clean Kernel, its possible you got a bad download. Your best bet is to PM dRockstar on that one. Its really strange if it shows updates available and won't, that's some random issue
On to question 2...definately make a nandroid backup. Power down the phone. Hold volume down, camera button, and power on all at the same time. Scroll down with volume key and select backup/restore. Then select backup and let it do its thing. It takes a few minutes but then you have a backup to rely on BUT its always best to take out your SD card and backup everything to your PC. Nandroid backups aren't always perfect and sometimes if you use one it may not work. If you flash a ROM, its best to install apps fresh but you can (after flashing ROM) boot into recovery, scroll to backup/restore, then advanced, then restore data only. Some ROMs may give you fits that's why its always best to have a saved version of everything on your PC as well
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svcbadass said:
Ok first question. I have multiple apps from like the amazon market or from the devs webpage etc and I can't get them to update through the market now. It trys to make me pay again. Or stuff like that.
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Apps bought from the Amazon Market can only be updated through the Amazon Market. The markets are separate and do not share purchase records. You'll need to have Amazon, and update through it, which is, unfortunately, a little slow on pushing out updates. Rest assured, they will come. Dev pages like SetCpu will post the app free sometimes, but the version in the market is donation-ware. If you want to get it updated for free, you'll have to go back to the page you originally got it and get a new one.
#2 is there a way to add a custom over my existing stuff. I have work programs on my phone I can not erase. So id like to install swischeese but not loose those or allmy contacts
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A couple things here:
What CWM are you on? If you have to update it for a new rom, be aware that the Nandroid backups will not be compatible, and you'll have to odin back to re-use a backup, should something go wrong. I don't know about Swiss Cheese, you'll have to read the posts in it's thread to know if it can flash without losing data. I've posted a rom called RandomROM that is based off of SRF 1.1.0, which can flash over another version of SRF safely, but may not work properly in other situations.
Thanks for the info on the updates
And I'm on cwm 2.5.1
I have a nandroid backup, a mybackup back up. Ill get that other one as well and ill see how things go and then try n flash a rom
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After factory resetting my GS3, the phone does not automatically downloads all my apps from google play but I have to go in and click one by ONE......
I have hundreds of Apps and it will take very long. How come the phone does not do it anymore. It use to do it every time i reset.
what am I missing?
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After factory resetting my GS3, the phone does not automatically downloads all my apps from google play but I have to go in and click one by ONE......
I have hundreds of Apps and it will take very long. How come the phone does not do it anymore. It use to do it every time i reset.
what am I missing?
Thanks,
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You're missing Titantium Backup :good:
Why two threads about this?
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SDJB said:
After factory resetting my GS3, the phone does not automatically downloads all my apps from google play but I have to go in and click one by ONE......
I have hundreds of Apps and it will take very long. How come the phone does not do it anymore. It use to do it every time i reset.
what am I missing?
Thanks,
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When you first setup your phone after a clean ROM flash it usually ask you if you want to sync up your Google applications. If you unchecked one of the options it will not automatically sync Google Apps from the Play Store. For me i prefer not to autosync and use Titanium Backup to restore my apps. This is much faster. There are some apps which when restore with TBU will not activate properly and for those i am not restoring from backup.
You could also access the Play Store from a web browser and directly send the installation to you phone. This way you don't have to waste time going through each App on your phone.
Yeah it doesn't work for me either. It worked great on my Galaxy Note but has never worked on the S3 anyone have a clue on how to fix this??? THanks
I'm having the same problem.... That sucks.
Use Rom toolbox its amazing and the dev actually helps you
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Is there a way of running the wizard that was at the first boot of the rom again..?
justin860 said:
Use Rom toolbox its amazing and the dev actually helps you
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Plus 1 on this. Great app.
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Is there any way to generate a list of apps installed from the market and sideloaded apps?
Preferably a list that can be copied to a text file.
Thanks....
Titanium backup > options > send data
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Titanium backup > options > send data
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Thank you. But that only lists all the apps, not which are side loaded. Do you know of any way to do that?
I don't believe there is a way to tell if an app is side loaded unless you specifically remember or check the market for ones that don't receive updates.
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I don't believe there is a way to tell if an app is side loaded unless you specifically remember or check the market for ones that don't receive updates.
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How does Play Market know that the app has been side loaded? Can we use the same technique to determine an apps "sideloadedness" ourselves?
Thanks in advance...
It may not help, but Titanium Backup has a Market Link feature where I think you can create/restore or disable a market link for apps. I've never used this feature so im not real sure its what youre looking for, but maybe you can find a way to filter based on this?
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What do you mean "sideloaded" tb shows every app on my device regardless of how it got there....
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It may not help, but Titanium Backup has a Market Link feature where I think you can create/restore or disable a market link for apps. I've never used this feature so im not real sure its what youre looking for, but maybe you can find a way to filter based on this?
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Unfortunately Titanium Backup does not differentiate between the two or give you a way to filter on side loaded app.
Thanks...
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What do you mean "sideloaded" tb shows every app on my device regardless of how it got there....
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A "sideloaded" app is an app that has been installed on the phone without it being downloaded with Android Play/Market. Most file explorers will do this.
The latest versions of Android Play/Market will not update an app that has been sideloaded. It only allows you to open or uninstall the them. While this makes sense for paid apps (they might be pirated) it does not make sense for free apps (such as apps purchased on Amazon or download from XDA).
I sideload many apps (some apps from XDA) and I am trying to make a text list of all of my installed apps and then denote which of the apps were loaded through Google Play/Market and which were sideloaded. Any free Android Play/Market available apps that I find that I have sideloaded I will uninstall and re-install using Android Play/Market so they will update appropriately.
That is why I am trying to do this.
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How does Play Market know that the app has been side loaded? Can we use the same technique to determine an apps "sideloadedness" ourselves?
Thanks in advance...
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I believe they are signed differently. A sideloaded app will NOT receive updates from the Play Store.
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TB will show you which apps have market links, don't see a way to export it but if you email the whole list you could print it and cross them off or just load them into a spreadsheet... Not as quick but should be <10 mins.
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I believe they are signed differently. A sideloaded app will NOT receive updates from the Play Store.
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With this in mind does anybody make an app that will list all of the install apps and whether they are side loaded or not?
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TB will show you which apps have market links, don't see a way to export it but if you email the whole list you could print it and cross them off or just load them into a spreadsheet... Not as quick but should be <10 mins.
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Unfortunately I have used Titanium Backup Market Doctor to link everything to the Market so I dont' think that will work. If there is a way to get that information from Titanium Backup, please let me know how.
Thanks...
Market tools, market auto updates only shows me market apps and I've done the link repair thing too...
JKKKK no I didn't. I thought I had but I never ran it, whoops.
I fixed the links and ran autoupdater after selecting all, only market loaded apps showed up man so.....