I looked through all 5 pages of this section and didn't see anyone address my question so here goes.
Does the Archos 70 come loaded with the standard Anrdoid Marketplace? If not, do we have a working method to download it and allow it to work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867303
Its not because Google had said that a Android Device have to have Gps and other stuff.
but its quite easily to "hack" the market on our gen8 tabs
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I am using a GTab with Vegan Gingerbread.
When I try to install an app from the online Market (market.android.com) on my tablet, it always say cannot associate my device to the account. And I find nowhere in account settings to do so.
Can we associate a tablet to google account and get application from online market, if we use an aftermarket ROM?
Also, anyone knows how to turn off the notificaion sound when email arrives (not turning off the whole volume of the tablet) in "Email" and "Touchdown"
thanks
Have you tried accessing the Market with your tablet? Try that first.
Secondly, depending on what you are trying to install it may not work to install it from the Web Market....
Thirdly, there are other posts that have dealt with this.
Finally, thanks for posting this in the correct forum, though it hasn't gotten the answers you were looking for just yet.
Ok, I have applied the market fix. Even went as far as editing the build line. While my market has expanded, I still can't bring up torque by Ian Hawkins. If I use the web service it shows but says it is not compatible with my device /gtablet/. I even copied the APk from my phone over to my tablet, while it does load it crashes within seconds. Can anyone help me?
I have searched the forum to no avail.
What rom are You using?
rom
I'm using the factory version
Hmm.. haven't ever seen it run on that. I have only seen it running on cm7 and vegan 5.1.
Have you looked into editing your build.prop file to expand market?
I edited the build prop with the mahimahi edit from the forum.
This should be the free apk
http://megaupload.com/?d=B07WAF8Y
I definitely wanted to purchase the app to show support for the developer. But all things considered, I will check out that link. I just wish the andriod market would work properly on my device. The market just recognizes my gtablet as "phone" and constantly says the apps I look at aren't compatible. Seems like my money isn't good enough for Google.
Am I missing something here? App is not compatible with some of your devices.
Htc Evo- check
Transformer Tablet- no check
I need to understand the developer side of this coin. I have been trying to persuade Jawbone to update their android app "Jawbone Companion" to support my tablet. I don't know, but I assume their would be a publisher option in Google Play to add or delete supported devices so that they cannot be installed on those from the Play store. For example, I had to go to the website to find the app because search shows no results on the tablet.
It's a bluetooth headset. It supports 2.1+edr. App supported on Android OS 4.0, OS 2.3 and select OS 2.2 phones. Transformer tf300 has bluetooth. It supports 3.0+edr. It has ICS and is certainly more capable than a 2.2 phone.
Sooo the only difference I see from this side is a bigger screen. I have emailed at least 3 app makers that I use frequently and they just keep saying it's not tablet supported. So do they just have to add devices to some file that cross checks with Google Play or is the code for my tablet so drastically different that they would have to write a whole new app for tablets?
A technical explanation link of the whole developer process regarding this would be nice.
Update to OP
I have found a method of downloading apk files in the Chrome browser with the APK Downloader extension. It only works with Chrome and I logged into my wife's account, did a quick search for my apps in question, then proceeded to download them to pc by making play think it was sending the apk to my wife's "supported" phone. Then I manually transferred the apks to my "unsupported" tablet where they are now running fine, no errors and no resolution problems.
I have emailed the developers of these apps and they have blown me off by saying that tablets in general are not supported, I emailed them all back telling them their apps were working fine and I didn't understand why they couldn't have allowed me to just download it the easy way.
So are they just being lazy? This just reinforces my reasoning that the phone and tablet are about the same and don't require any more coding than any other app that has problems on certain phones. Seems to me as long as the resolution is high enough and it allows auto rotation that any phone app should run on a tablet, and I don't see why they all keep telling me apps are not supported.
Until then I guess I'll just get my apps the way I described.
yap the apkdownloader would be the way i recomended to you =)
dunno why they dont support tablets
in some cases u dont have to understand them
feel lucky u find a way to make it work
Hi just new to the forum.
I have a archos 101 gen8 16gb it is about 5years old and has been in a cupboard for a couple of years it is running on the original software, I tried last night to put arctools on it via appslib but its coming up with a server error.
What I want to do if its possible is load kodi onto it for my daughter I am not really fussed about using it for anything else as have a newer tablet now.
Can someone advise will this be possible and if so tell me how.
Thanks in advance, G
pointy1 said:
Hi just new to the forum.
I have a archos 101 gen8 16gb it is about 5years old and has been in a cupboard for a couple of years it is running on the original software, I tried last night to put arctools on it via appslib but its coming up with a server error.
What I want to do if its possible is load kodi onto it for my daughter I am not really fussed about using it for anything else as have a newer tablet now.
Can someone advise will this be possible and if so tell me how.
Thanks in advance, G
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Well I'm late but what do you actually want to achieve with arctools, if you want to install play store then that doesn't seem to be possible anymore as when you login you get a mail with a report that a unsecure device (to today's standards) tried to login and wasn't allowed so the market can't even properly update to play store thus not allowing you to login. (which is pretty much a dumb fail loop)
Also I do not think kodi can run on 2.2, I think the old xbmc builds yes but I am pretty sure kodi has a 2.3 or 4.0 minimum version so you would still need to install either openaos gingerbread or cyanobiz.
On the other hand android 2.3 is also in the same boat with the market place but the good news is that you can just download the apk from the kodi website and sideload it (and IIRC kodi has an auto-update feature built in so you don't even need play store to update it but it will still be done manually).
On the other hand even if kodi would work on 2.2 I would strongly advise flashing SDE and the custom root kernel as kodi has many root only features that make it behave so much better than on a non-rooted device (on some devices without root some of the core features are in fact unavailable) also this would make it possible to overclock using the milestone overclock app which gives a huge boost to overall performance.
Hope this helps you out and feel free to ask any more questions.
EDIT: Seems like newer versions of kodi need android 4.2+ but I think you should be able to use 14.2 or 15 on 4.0+ (cyanobiz).
Hi,
I've just taken a 101-G8 out of its box after about 10 years. I was pleased to find it was still in working conditions, was able to connect it to the wifi, use the installed apps, but trouble started when I tried to browse (using the pre-installed Dolphin browser). Almost all sites give me the 'Web page not available' message. After some trials I found that accessing http version instead of https would work, if the site didn't force a redirect. So I suspect a certificate issue, but I have no clue how to update them. Then I found out that the AppsLib and Market apps are no longer supported, so I can't update or install new apps.
After reading the forums, I know I could try to upgrade Android to something like 4.0 (via Cyanogen), but I'm not even sure this would fix my browsing issues, which is all I need right now (I'd like to use it for my kids to access the doodlelearning.com website). Any advice for me?
Thanks!