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[Q] "UIDs are inconsistent", most apps are FC'ing -> Can't Download from Market

[Q] "UIDs are inconsistent", most apps are FC'ing -> Can't Download from Market
So yesterday I ran your run-of-the-mill market search for updates, "update all", phone back in pocket while downloading.. when I pull it out, it's frozen up completely. I leave it for half an hour before pulling the battery, but on booting, the updates start again, and sure enough before long the damn thing freezes up. I try this again a couple of times before clearing all data of the Market and Download Manager apps. Woohoo, seems to prevent the downloads automatically starting, and thus in the short term my phone works. I'll sort out the problem app in the morning (ROM Manager seems to want to go to 4.x from 3.0.2.4, and it's by far the most system-nosy app on the update list, so I'm eyeing it with suspicion).
Morning comes, quick check on facebook and xda in the morning, seems fine. Phone in pocket. Next time I take it out, the bastard's frozen and needs a battery pull again. Swearing a bit by now, I see with some anxiety that when it finally boots, it's throwing something about "UIDs are inconsistent. You should wipe /data." Ohhh dear. Interestingly (and adding to my stress levels), it seems to have started the Sense launcher instead of Launcher Pro, and I'm getting "Swype has FC'd" errors every half a minute or so, on top of the fifteen or so FC messages for various apps after dismissing the UID error. Thank god for the hardware keyboard.
Having a look around on the net, there's a few references to a file called 'uiderrors.txt'. I've taken a look in this, and it seems to have every single app (i.e. everything listed in the All tab in Manage Applications) listed with a mismatched UID.
Any ideas? I suppose the next step is formatting the SD card, but I was wondering if anyone knows what's actually gone wrong here before I start down the path of blindly resetting things in the hope that something will work.
Virtuous 1.02 with the Standard (not Stock) kernel, on an Indian model Desire Z.

Hello... Okay first thing is wipe everything. Then reflash the Rom. If that doesn't work download a different Rom and redownload the Rom you were using. After you flash back try to fix permission. Don't format your SD card yet, let's do that if the wiping and reflashing doesn't work.
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Sorry double post.

Thanks for the reply. I first formatted /data with CWM; on rebooting everything was nice and factory-like, but for the fact that nothing could install from market. After trying various fiddling around to make it work, I gave up and re-flashed Virtuous 1.02 (clearing cache and /data) - but still I can't get market installations to work. It eveidently worked for a while, because this time it managed to automatically re-install most apps from my Google account, but now I get "download was unsuccesful" for everything; paid and free. I've tried downloading on both wifi and 3G, uninstalling market upgrades, clearing cache and data for Market, Market Updater, and Download Manager, using ROM Manager to fix permissions, renaming /sdcard/.android_secure, unmouting SD card completely, and rebooting after each of these steps (except the SD card unmount obviously). I only have my primary Google account set up at the moment to try and eliminate any issues with my secondary account (which is a Google Apps email address). Now I'm at a bit of a loss. Does the download manager keep a log of the actual errors encountered?

Akdor 1154 said:
Thanks for the reply. I first formatted /data with CWM; on rebooting everything was nice and factory-like, but for the fact that nothing could install from market. After trying various fiddling around to make it work, I gave up and re-flashed Virtuous 1.02 (clearing cache and /data) - but still I can't get market installations to work. It eveidently worked for a while, because this time it managed to automatically re-install most apps from my Google account, but now I get "download was unsuccesful" for everything; paid and free. I've tried downloading on both wifi and 3G, uninstalling market upgrades, clearing cache and data for Market, Market Updater, and Download Manager, using ROM Manager to fix permissions, renaming /sdcard/.android_secure, unmouting SD card completely, and rebooting after each of these steps (except the SD card unmount obviously). I only have my primary Google account set up at the moment to try and eliminate any issues with my secondary account (which is a Google Apps email address). Now I'm at a bit of a loss. Does the download manager keep a log of the actual errors encountered?
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Well try to download a different rom and flash it, try to download something not sense. I had that annoying issue before... Backup everything on your sd card and format it using clock work or go on the setting and format the sdcard there.
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Why would formatting the SD card work if downloading fails even if the card is unmounted? Thanks for the reply though
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Akdor 1154 said:
Why would formatting the SD card work if downloading fails even if the card is unmounted? Thanks for the reply though
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Because sometimes the sd card can be corrupted and when you download stuff from the android market you will get an unsuccessful or your app says its downloading but never installs. When you restore the sdcard to its original factory it should work again. Well thats just me i guess. but i hope everything goes well my friend
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i am having the same problem, i am about to lose my mind.

same issue here cant install anything on any rom

I just ran into this issue today. Anyone know if formatting the sd card actually worked? Backing up 7 gigs of whatever is on my phone is just gonna take too long. I don't wanna do it unless I really have to.
I've wiped multiple times and tried several roms, and I've even checked the rils on my radio and fixed permissions. The whole 9 yards.
Edit:i give up ._. im gonna try formatting it. are any folders on the sd card necessary to keep in order for the phone to function or keep it's root? if not, im only going to keep my music and clockworkmod folders.

had same problem, but a full wipe and clean install helped.

[Q] Cant download any Apps!!!!

I've been running the Blazer ROM (best one so far) with no problems until I updated to the latest version. For whatever reason I cant download apps from the market. Everytime I try I get an error box saying "Error downloading _____ (insert app name). There is insufficient space on the device." I've tried everything. I'm not a noob either and I know how to flash. I've wiped and wiped again. I checked all my settings too. I even tried downloading from my computer to my phone. This is fu**ed. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks in advance.

This same thing is happening to me. There is still clearly space on both the SD card and the internal memory, and yet, it says there is insufficient storage on phone. It is rather frustrating. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

go to settings. go to applications. then manage applications. find market and click on it. clear data. open market and try again. let me know if that works

Lol guys you just have to flash a different kernel. Try the new one steady just put out. Im pretty sure phantom fixed this though. Do u have the latest version
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341564
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I flashed the kernel and the same problem continues to happen. =/

There is insufficient space on this device
I have a similar problem.
I have E4GT with Caulkins 2.9.1.
I have the following storage available on my device:
SD Card 24.25GB
USB Storage 3.25 GB
Device Memory 1.23 GB
I get the following error when trying to update apps, or install new apps:
"There is insufficient space on this device"
I have gone into settings>apps>google play> clear cache. -> no change
I have downloaded App Cache Cleaner app and cleared all cached files. -> no change

[Q] Problem installing / uninstalling apps

Hi,
I tried to install Angry Birds Space last week, the download and installation seemed to complete normally, however once the installation was complete the app wasn't present and the memory the game uses (~24mb) was gone. I tried again the day after and the same thing happened. So I'm now down 48mb of RAM and my phone has started to freeze as there's only ~ 1mb of RAM free. I tried to uninstall the apps in the Manage Applications section but they don't seem to be listed there. Is there anyway I can find where these files are stored and delete them? I've already had to do a factory reset on my Desire twice in the 21 months I have it, I don't particularly want to do it again.
Thanks!

it happened to me too, are still with stock 2.3 (or 2.2) rom?
Best thing I could do was root and flash another rom, and it's really worthed

I'm still on 2.2. Did the same thing happen to you with Angry Birds Space or just in general?

No, I cannot rememeber what I was triyng to install (it was in dec!), and surely, that time, I had just applied the 2.3 offical update for desire (which btw is really awful).
Another thing you can do of course is uninstalling most of your app so that you sort of "clean" your memory, checking if any folder related to these app is really deleted from your sd (you can check in the system directory too, but I don't think you can delete folders without superuser permission). Then try to re-install everything.
Anyway, the suggestion is still the same: try a new rom

You probably just have to clear the cache of the market app, or you can use something like this to clear the cache of all apps
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.cache
If that doesn't work you can try to clear /data/local/download, that's where the market stores its downloads IIRC (don't know if you can clear it without root though)

Had the same problem. (Not with the same app as you have) but clearing the market cache did the trick for me
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Issue with application download

I've been trying to install various apps on my device but everyt time I try to install a new app it says I have unsufficient storage space, which shouln't be the case as I have plenty of space left on the phone. Even if I try to delete a few applications off the phone in order to make some room it still says I have unsufficient space.
I'm running AOKP JB rom 09/04 version with the Sammy Kernel 08/30.

ray8753 said:
I've been trying to install various apps on my device but everyt time I try to install a new app it says I have unsufficient storage space, which shouln't be the case as I have plenty of space left on the phone. Even if I try to delete a few applications off the phone in order to make some room it still says I have unsufficient space.
I'm running AOKP JB rom 09/04 version with the Sammy Kernel 08/30.
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Is it looking at the internal sdcard or external? Also, way back I had a similar prob, I rebooted to CWM and did the fix permissions, and it started letting me d/l. Also, try clearing the cache for the market app, you are talking about from the market right?

Yes, I I figured out how to fix it, used the cmd console through platform-tools to manually set the install location to external sd now everything installs perfectly =) thanks for the help though
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error code installing app

Hey guys,
Im trying to install my paid, SwiftKey board app/upgrade from the free version and i keep getting an error code window popup after download & long-install
Unknown error code during application install: "-24"
ive tried uninstalling the apps, and folders in sd card; are there any other files (like certificates) that i should try deleting? if so im unaware of where the correct directory is.
will a logcat help?
also ive noticed random apps installing by themselves when i wake up(if im connected to wifi all night) ive scanned, still cant find it
im on CM10.1 UNNOFICIAL -ace- SR1 perf kernell
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