[linuxluver]

I really like the v1.7.4 firmware upgrade for my M001, but the Android Market will NOT download any app I choose. It doesn't matter which one. They queue up and say "Starting download", but never download. I've seen this before on my various Android phones and I know how to fix it, but none of those tricks have worked on the M001. I have tried logging in with Google Talk first as that often resolves the same problem on an Android phone. The two apps are tied together somehow and Google Talk's code is used in the authentication (I think). I have also tried creating a new Google account in case the one I was trying to use had problems because I have also used it recently with Android v2.2 on a Nexus One. No luck. I have tried doing factory resets a couple of times, once with each of the old Google account and the new one. So far, I can't get any apps to download from the Android Market. I have access to the Market on my phone, so can just copy the *apk files over and install them. That's OK for the free apps, but I'd prefer to not pirate the paid apps and would like to buy them if I could get the market to work properly.The Internet connections I've been trying this on are my wifi at work (heavily firewalled and often causes the Market problems) and tethered to my Nexus One (running Froyo) via the built-in wifi hotspot. Neither one works for the Market. The only connection I haven't tried is my own wifi at home.

 

[linuxluver]

I wonder if AppBrain would work. It lets you select apps from the PC and they get installed on the device.....more of a push than a pull.....but it might not work either. I haven't tried it.

 

[linuxluver]

I tried AppBrain, but it uses the Android market, so that wasn't any good. (You need an Android phone for this to work) Instead, I: 1. Installed AppMonster Pro on my Android phone, then used it to back up all apps on the phone on to the sdcard. Any such program will do. 2. Used Estrongs File Explorer on the phone to navigate to the backup folder. 3. In Estrongs, found the app I wanted and long-pressed on that app to bring up the Menu.4. When the menu came up, I touched "send" and chose Gmail. 5. I then sent the *.apk to the gmail address for the M0016. On the M001, go to the Gmail inbox thru the BROWSER (not the Gmail app) as the browser will let you download the attachment. (The Gmail app will not let you download the apk). 7. The app downloads and you can just touch the download entry to start the install. The whole process takes about 1 minute / app. No big deal. But it works great. For protected apps, you'd obviously need a backup tool that was able to back them up. I'm mainly interested in the free apps.

 

[linuxluver]

[quote name='jayk2k;13128]Mogrith posted this in another thread' date=' and it worked for me.[/QUOTE']Yes. This works for me, too. Though not every app installs successfully even if you do manage to download it. but I have "Beautiful Home" widgte running on my Home screen now and I'm happy. If a custom ROM has this fixed, I'll change to that instead.

 

[linuxluver]

When using this method of accessing the Android Market, I often see many apps attempting to be downloaded to my system - and failing. None of them are apps I have chosen at any point. I wonder why the Market thinks I want them? Looks like there may be a hack in the setup that makes the Market think many M001's are the same M001. What I am seeing is consistent with a file having fixed values that should not be fixed but should instead vary according to the individual system / user.