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[Q] Downloading from android market UK.

Has any one got a solution to why the android market will let you download some apps but not others. This problem only happens with certain apps.
Contacted one of the app developers, and he thinks there may be a problem with my data partition.
I'm on stock rom, latest froyo update, and have not rooted. thanks, in advance, for your help.

Do you get an error message?

I just get the message installation unsuccessful

Try resetting ur phone and clear cach or make a different Google account
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Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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pwraggcan said:
Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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+1 for this but if not can you list some example apps so we can see if it's just you (B. East) or not?

The apps i seem to have a problem with are, Cordy the game, storage analyzer, and gun brothers game. I some times have problems with updating from the market. I have to un-install some apps then download them again to update. this happens when the app has been moved to the sd card, but not with all the apps that I have moved to the sd card

B. East said:
The apps i seem to have a problem with are, Cordy the game, storage analyzer, and gun brothers game.
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No problems here. This is going to be something up with your phone.
B. East said:
I some times have problems with updating from the market. I have to un-install some apps then download them again to update. this happens when the app has been moved to the sd card, but not with all the apps that I have moved to the sd card
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Not all apps like being on the SD Card. Do all your apps specifically say they have been updated to allow them to be moved to sd card?
You may have to move them to phone if they continue to cause issues (and to be honest, with a 1GB internal memory, putting apps onto a slow sd card really isn't worth doing.
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Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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Did you try this?
If all of the above fails to work you will probably have to factory reset the phone.

I tend to download using wifi, going to try downloading over 3g and see if that makes any difference, if not, will do a factory reset. thanks for the help though.

Before you do that you still haven't said if you cleared the market cache. Did you?

yes, i done that, tried to download again and got a message, "could not install on USB storage or sd card". First time I have seen that message.

Is this whilst trying to update an app or download a new one?
If to update then move the app to the phone first.

this is trying to download a new app.

Had a quick Google and found something to try.
mount the phone so you can access the sdcard.
Set to show hidden files
Go to folder .android_secure
Delete a file in there smdl2tmp1.asec
Then try again.

thanks, I will give it a go. can I use a file explorer to do this, because am not sure how you mount the phone, I am quite new to android, use to use winmo mobiles

you can yes, my favourites are Astro, Linda and ES.

I had a look in android_secure, made sure all hidden files would be visible, and could not find any files at all. checked to make sure that the hidden file visible setting in the file explorer was switched to the correct setting, and could not see any files at all.
Have I lost some files? if i have i have no idea how. do I need to do a factory reset?

B. East said:
I had a look in android_secure, made sure all hidden files would be visible, and could not find any files at all. checked to make sure that the hidden file visible setting in the file explorer was switched to the correct setting, and could not see any files at all.
Have I lost some files? if i have i have no idea how. do I need to do a factory reset?
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Damn. When I found that possible solution I noticed that as many people said they did have it as said they didn't. I was hoping you would be lucky.
In this case the same file (apparently this is a known bug and has been marked for next version fix) is being stored in the system directory of the phone and without root you can't get access to it.
I'm afraid the only way to clear it (without root) is a factory reset, sorry.

thanks for your help, I will factory reset and see what happens.

[Q] Camera App stopped working

Not sure what happened.... camera used to work fine. Now today I keep getting FCs every time I try to launch it:
"The Application Camera (process com.sec.android.app.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
I've tried rebooting the phone, did an error scan on both the internal and external sd cards (they were fine), but still it will not launch. I also tried booting the phone without the micro-sd card inserted with the same result.
Any ideas? I really don't want to have to do a hard reset...

Wayno-san said:
Not sure what happened.... camera used to work fine. Now today I keep getting FCs every time I try to launch it:
"The Application Camera (process com.sec.android.app.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
I've tried rebooting the phone, did an error scan on both the internal and external sd cards (they were fine), but still it will not launch. I also tried booting the phone without the micro-sd card inserted with the same result.
Any ideas? I really don't want to have to do a hard reset...
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Are you rooted, what ROM if so, also Kernel?
If you are rooted try running fix permissions in recovery.

I am rooted but everything is stock. Camera was working fine with root for a long time. I didn't flash a recovery, just the stock ROM with root.
Not even sure how to clear the dalvik on this phone yet....
This appears the be the only application that is presently crashing although I do notice that there are a couple duplicate app icons (normal +grayed out with "sd" next to it). Even those applications work fine though.
Even some of the other applications that utilize the camera are working (HDR Camera+, Docscanner)

Hmmm, my gallery app is also not showing my photos... I checked the directory and they are there. I think that this is related..

Yes, that would be related. Camera needs access to the SD Card, its not mounting or could possibly be out of space? If thats not the case from the home screen try this...
Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Select ALL (at the top) > Scroll to Media Storage and select it > Clear Data.
Then reboot the device and give it a few minutes to rebuild the Media Storage and see if that "did the trick". Nothing will be lost from your storage by clearing data in the media Storage settings.

That did the trick! Thank you so much.
I was thinking along the same lines and cleared the data for the camera and the gallery but I didn't think of the multimedia scanner.

Awesome! I 've had that happen to me a few times, don't know what causes it either but clearing that data fixed it. The other night while at Guns-N-Roses concert my wife was videoing it on her Evo 4g and she maxed the SD Card out. Well the camera and gallery kept FC until we transferred and deleted the videos giving space back to the card. That's why I threw that in there. Anyway, glad it worked!
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THANKS SO MUCH! i actually love you! i went to an eminem concert the other day, and could only take crappy photos with something off the market but this solved my problem!

the application camera (process com. android.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again.
Sorry for my english, I got this warning after completing the recording, and does it in the gallery. I own htc desire hd, and installed him sense 3.5 (7.0.4.)
I realized when I open explorer in the DCIM folder it contains clips that I recorded. I noticed that the video clips that were previously recorded in the sense 3.0 they were in 3gp format and now in mp4.
Pleas help!

Probably your from or kernel.

cordell12 said:
Yes, that would be related. Camera needs access to the SD Card, its not mounting or could possibly be out of space? If thats not the case from the home screen try this...
Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Select ALL (at the top) > Scroll to Media Storage and select it > Clear Data.
Then reboot the device and give it a few minutes to rebuild the Media Storage and see if that "did the trick". Nothing will be lost from your storage by clearing data in the media Storage settings.
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Hi,
I did the same think but when i reboot the phone, it's working fine for single snap. After again showing "The Application Camera (process com.sec.android.app.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"..
Please help me...
Thanks...

cordell12 said:
Yes, that would be related. Camera needs access to the SD Card, its not mounting or could possibly be out of space? If thats not the case from the home screen try this...
Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Select ALL (at the top) > Scroll to Media Storage and select it > Clear Data.
Then reboot the device and give it a few minutes to rebuild the Media Storage and see if that "did the trick". Nothing will be lost from your storage by clearing data in the media Storage settings.
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I did the same thing. The camra is only working after single restart and then again showing the "process com.sec.android.app.camera has stopped unexpectedly" error....
Can you help me...
Thanks..

Gallery Won't Sync with folder

Ever since i installed one of the new JB ROMS, my Gallery won't sync with pics I copy to any folder on my SDCARD. If I reboot the phone, they'll show up. I reverted back to an ICS ROM and the problem persist. Any ideas?

That is why I posted this

z06mike said:
That is why I posted this
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Thanks for that post. I installed the updated gapps package referred to in your link. I then copied some pics to a folder on my SD card. They didn't show up in the gallery. I rebooted the phone and there they were. Unfortunately, your fix didn't work for me.

Sorry I misread your post. You have a different problem. Have you tried clearing data from the Gallery?

I've been having weird gallery issues as well. Check out SDRescan. This will force the media scanning service to kick off. It helped me with re-populating the gallery.
Also you can also clear data on 'Media Storage' but that will wipe out all your ringtone/notification settings.

SirVilhelm said:
I've been having weird gallery issues as well. Check out SDRescan. This will force the media scanning service to kick off. It helped me with re-populating the gallery.
Also you can also clear data on 'Media Storage' but that will wipe out all your ringtone/notification settings.
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Thanks! SDRescan does the trick (a workaround until this is resolved).

Android Media Process And Android Keyboard (AOSP) Using A Lot Of Cpu

For some reason I keep getting a warning from watchdog lite that Android Media process is using 20.3% cpu and Android keyboard is using 20% cpu. Please help.

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This is generally caused by media becoming corrupted. Browse through any photos or videos you have and see if anything appears that way. Might be pixelated or picture may be all black. Delete any corrupted pictures and see if that corrects the problem.
Also, if possible post a logcat. This well help better to determine the cause of the keyboard as well as if the above doesn't correct the first part of your problem.
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RPelham said:
This is generally caused by media becoming corrupted. Browse through any photos or videos you have and see if anything appears that way. Might be pixelated or picture may be all black. Delete any corrupted pictures and see if that corrects the problem.
Also, if possible post a logcat. This well help better to determine the cause of the keyboard as well as if the above doesn't correct the first part of your problem.
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I have deleted all photos in the gallery yet it still uses a lot of CPU. How do you post a logcat?

As far as the media problem try this:
1. Go to Settings > Apps > All
2. Locate and select "Media Storage"
3. Select Force Close
4. Select Clear Data
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for the app: Android Keyboard (AOSP)
6. Reboot your phone
Note: The above clears settings for the keyboard. If you have modified these settings, go back to Settings > Language and Input to re-modify those settings back to how you like after performing the above steps.
You'll notice some high CPU for these processes while they rebuild their databases, but after a while you should see them go down to normal usage.
What this does is clears the database for your media. When Media Storage encounters something corrupt it tries to endlessly rebuild the database. Since you cleared your media, let it rebuild the database from scratch and hopefully it won't encounter any issues.
how to install and save logcats:
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Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Installing this is a little tricky. You will need a root explorer or you won't be able to see logs. Steps below:
1. Install from play store
2. Open root explorer and browse to your system root (not ur SD card, but actual system root.)
3.) go to /data/app and cut org.jtb.alogcat-1.apk
4.) go back to system root and now browse to: /system/app
5.) paste the file.
6.) set permissions to 0644 (-rw-r--r--)
7.) restart your phone.
Note: make sure you move or cut the file so that you don't have duplicate apps. If you do happen to copy, go back to /data/app after you have it copied and delete the original.
This app has to be a system app to function in 4.2.x android systems. The above process converts it to a system app.
Open alogcat from your appdrawer and press menu.
Select save. should save to your internal storage under alogcat/whateveryourlognameis.txt
Upload your logcat here and I'll review it.
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RPelham said:
As far as the media problem try this:
1. Go to Settings > Apps > All
2. Locate and select "Media Storage"
3. Select Force Close
4. Select Clear Data
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for the app: Android Keyboard (AOSP)
6. Reboot your phone
Note: The above clears settings for the keyboard. If you have modified these settings, go back to Settings > Language and Input to re-modify those settings back to how you like after performing the above steps.
You'll notice some high CPU for these processes while they rebuild their databases, but after a while you should see them go down to normal usage.
What this does is clears the database for your media. When Media Storage encounters something corrupt it tries to endlessly rebuild the database. Since you cleared your media, let it rebuild the database from scratch and hopefully it won't encounter any issues.
how to install and save logcats:
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Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Installing this is a little tricky. You will need a root explorer or you won't be able to see logs. Steps below:
1. Install from play store
2. Open root explorer and browse to your system root (not ur SD card, but actual system root.)
3.) go to /data/app and cut org.jtb.alogcat-1.apk
4.) go back to system root and now browse to: /system/app
5.) paste the file.
6.) set permissions to 0644 (-rw-r--r--)
7.) restart your phone.
Note: make sure you move or cut the file so that you don't have duplicate apps. If you do happen to copy, go back to /data/app after you have it copied and delete the original.
This app has to be a system app to function in 4.2.x android systems. The above process converts it to a system app.
Open alogcat from your appdrawer and press menu.
Select save. should save to your internal storage under alogcat/whateveryourlognameis.txt
Upload your logcat here and I'll review it.
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OMG MY KEYBOARD IS GONE!! Omg help!!!

what on earth did you do?! I just performed the same exact steps I gave you and it worked fine...
Manage apps -> Keyboard -> force stop -> clear data -> reboot.
Do it again.
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RPelham said:
what on earth did you do?! I just performed the same exact steps I gave you and it worked fine...
Manage apps -> Keyboard -> force stop -> clear data -> reboot.
Do it again.
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It's not in the "all" section.

TimeAndroid said:
It's not in the "all" section.
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any app installed in your device is in the all section unless you uninstalled something..
You may have disabled it in error. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the "all" list and if its there, click on it and select enable. (also clear cache and data) and reboot the device.
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RPelham said:
any app installed in your device is in the all section unless you uninstalled something..
You may have disabled it in error. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the "all" list and if its there, click on it and select enable. (also clear cache and data) and reboot the device.
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Android Media process still hogging CPU, according to watchdog lite.

TimeAndroid said:
Android Media process still hogging CPU, according to watchdog lite.
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was onononm
I had a similiar problem and someone suggested rescan media for root. It disables media scanner and worked for me.

Bubba Fett said:
I had a similiar problem and someone suggested rescan media for root. It disables media scanner and worked for me.
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Will it stop me from using anything?

TimeAndroid said:
Will it stop me from using anything?
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No. The problem is probably that you have some files your media scanner doesn't like and it hangs. Usually a format fixes this, unless you can find the file causing the issue.

I'm sure bwolf is probably correct but I've used rescan media when using certain ROMs ported from Verizon and it worked for me. It stops the media scanner and quickly scans. I don't believe I have any bad files so it may be a different problem altogether but maybe it is worth a try. I can't remember but I think its free.

Bubba Fett said:
I'm sure bwolf is probably correct but I've used rescan media when using certain ROMs ported from Verizon and it worked for me. It stops the media scanner and quickly scans. I don't believe I have any bad files so it may be a different problem altogether but maybe it is worth a try. I can't remember but I think its free.
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Wasn't suggesting not to try it. Actually, the OP should definitely give it a try before formatting.

Sorry bwolf didn't mean to imply anything. Actually a full wipe of the internal SD cleared up other issues I've had with some ports and could've helped with the media scanner too but I never checked that part specifically.. If you decide to try a wipe, OP, don't forget to back up all your pics and vids if they are on internal SD and also copy any nandroid backups you want and titanium back up folder to external SD. You can then restore apps using TB from there. Just change folder location in prefrences. If you restore a nandroid backup it could also restore any issues.

Bubba Fett said:
Sorry bwolf didn't mean to imply anything. Actually a full wipe of the internal SD cleared up other issues I've had with some ports and could've helped with the media scanner too but I never checked that part specifically.. If you decide to try a wipe, OP, don't forget to back up all your pics and vids if they are on internal SD and also copy any nandroid backups you want and titanium back up folder to external SD. You can then restore apps using TB from there. Just change folder location in prefrences. If you restore a nandroid backup it could also restore any issues.
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Did not work. I pressed "Disable media scanner" and 3 minutes after that watchdog lite warns me that android media process is hogging CPU.

Remove all files from your sd card and then format it. It's also completely normal for media scanner service to run anytime you use it, especially during initial boot. I always stop the process after a boot, otherwise it'll run for 5-10 minutes nonstop and keep my cpu at max. It is suppose to stop eventually though.
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Flashed new rooted stock ROM, keep getting "downloaded file notifications"?

I had MD4 de-odexed. Flashed to MK3 odexed as mentioned here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910947&page=745
Now, every so often, I get the little "down arrow with a line under it" notifications in my notification area. There are about 20 files that I had downloaded prior to my upgrade. A long time ago, I moved those files off of my sdcard/main memory to my external SD card.
When I pull the notification bar down, it lists the files (e.g., 'dollar.jpg') and says "download complete". But when I click on it and choose an app to complete the action (e.g., "Gallery"), it says "unable to find item" and exits.
How do I get the notifications to stop popping up? Do I need to copy those files back to internal memory and move them back to the external card again?
Edit: new files are being stored in "storage/emulated/0/download". I forgot to mention that a few months ago, I installed "Link2SD" to free up some internal memory on my 16GB Galaxy S3. Maybe that's the problem...

Just wipe data on the two Downloads applications in Settings > Applications ,> All
Then reboot

CNexus said:
Just wipe data on the two Downloads applications in Settings > Applications ,> All
Then reboot
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Sorry... Where?
I go to Settings. I don't see "Applications", but I see "Application Manager", is that it? I don't think it is 'cause I don't see "All".
Is that in TWRP somewhere?
Edit: I guess you *did* mean that. I scrolled to the right in App Manager and found "All". I went to both Download apps and wiped data. Rebooting now... Thx.