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DEVICE: Nook Color
OS: Currently Android CM7
App: Google Play
Subject: Easiest way to re-download apps
OK, searched Google, searched the forum, used the "Here are the similar threads we found:" and couldn't find a definitive answer.
I originally installed CM7, then tried CM9 and am now going back to CM7. In the meantime, I have installed A LOT of apps from Google play. No, I didn't do any backups using Titanium, but I will once I get the apps back.
Somewhere along the way I got the impression that Google Play automatically downloaded all the apps you already purchased on your "new" device. I did see the screen during initial setup that said something about doing what I thought was downloading the apps, but I read it as if you want to do this later, click cancel.
So, can I trigger a download of all those apps, or do I just need to pony up and click install in Google Play on the device for EVERY app and remember to use Titanium backup the next time I am planning on wiping my device?
Hmm...why not you try to clear data from the play store app via settings?it should prompt you again...
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Ryuinferno said:
Hmm...why not you try to clear data from the play store app via settings?it should prompt you again...
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On the device, Go to Play, then settings? No obvious option for that from what I see.
I don't see anything under the device settings either.
go to settings->manage applications->play store->clear data,cache
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n1newbie said:
go to settings->manage applications->play store->clear data,cache
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Found it. OK, now should I get prompted somewhere to re-download? I didn't.
Worse case, I did find a decent spot on the Google Play website I can push the apps from on my PC. Still have to do it one at a time, but easier than through the Nook.
O.O ...then try to uninstall the google play update...it will redownload again...no guarantee that you will get what you want but won't do any harm either...
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Well, thanks. I ended up reload my wife's...I upgraded her from a 1GB to a 32GB and got no real upgrade prompt from Google, so fortunately Titanium Backup worked. I guess I misread that prompt. I'm guessing it's just actual data, not apps.
sflesch said:
Well, thanks. I ended up reload my wife's...I upgraded her from a 1GB to a 32GB and got no real upgrade prompt from Google, so fortunately Titanium Backup worked. I guess I misread that prompt. I'm guessing it's just actual data, not apps.
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OK, so I wiped mine last night and loaded CM9...and it started downloading the apps (after prompts). That ran like garbage, so I reloaded CM7 again this morning. Nothing...must be a feature of CM9 somewhere?
I am really confused.
It is an option on the Android OS, not particularly on CM7 or CM9.
I don't have the NC in front of me now so I can't confirm for sure but under Settings -> Privacy (or something alike), there is an option called "Automatic restore". If you get it checked, it will automatically re-download and reinstall all apps that saved/stored on your google account. You may uncheck it if you don't like.
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Try doing exactly like votinh said. It works for me.
votinh said:
It is an option on the Android OS, not particularly on CM7 or CM9.
I don't have the NC in front of me now so I can't confirm for sure but under Settings -> Privacy (or something alike), there is an option called "Automatic restore". If you get it checked, it will automatically re-download and reinstall all apps that saved/stored on your google account. You may uncheck it if you don't like.
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I'm wondering if it is only with ICS...or some post CM7 based build. I did find an article on it so at least I feel a little more sane. However the setting you are referring to is only for data. That makes me think there's something different between the CM7 & CM9 builds...perhaps Android itself added the option between the two.
mikosss said:
Try doing exactly like votinh said. It works for me.
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I've tried that before, but I unchecked the box and checked it again to no avail.
Settings > Privacy > Automatic Restore was checked by default. I unchecked then checked again and no apps came down and I was never prompted.
FWIW
Android version 2.3.7
Kernal version 2.6.32.9 ([email protected] #171)
Mode version CyanogenMod-7-1116-2011-NIGHTLY-encore
Build number GWK74
BTW, missed your post...I must have been in the middle of trying to read the "Captcha" while you posted.
I wonder if it is possible to reset Google Play's device list associated with me.
lcmazza said:
I wonder if it is possible to reset Google Play's device list associated with me.
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Not sure if this is what you are talking about, but if you go to the bottom of Google Play, and click My Orders and Devices, then on the next page, select the My Devices Tab, I think you can delete it there.
I might try that...maybe
sflesch said:
Not sure if this is what you are talking about, but if you go to the bottom of Google Play, and click My Orders and Devices, then on the next page, select the My Devices Tab, I think you can delete it there.
I might try that...maybe
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I am having the same issue - did resetting the devices work?
if u dont have too many apps then go on play store find that apps and under stays to check option Auto Update
I FIGURED IT OUT ! =) ... well to some extent ..
In CM 10 i just went to the ROM Manager and choose "Fix Permissions" And after a reboot it started downloading my apps again =)
Now i have used "Fix permissions" in CM RECOVERY mode a hundred times before. But that did not help my apps to auto-download on a new device.
So just to be clear. this is the APP "ROM Manager" NOT the "volup+home+power" CM Recovery "Fix Permissions"
sohell said:
I am having the same issue - did resetting the devices work?
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No it didn't. I've reloaded and reset several times to no avail.
Super-Bosnian said:
if u dont have too many apps then go on play store find that apps and under stays to check option Auto Update
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That doesn't re-install the apps after a fresh reload.
Caitho said:
I FIGURED IT OUT ! =) ... well to some extent ..
In CM 10 i just went to the ROM Manager and choose "Fix Permissions" And after a reboot it started downloading my apps again =)
Now i have used "Fix permissions" in CM RECOVERY mode a hundred times before. But that did not help my apps to auto-download on a new device.
So just to be clear. this is the APP "ROM Manager" NOT the "volup+home+power" CM Recovery "Fix Permissions"
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Thanks but if you re-read my post, I am talking about CM7, not CM10.
Hi guys,
just got my new phone and unfortunately i had to realize, that there are some apps i cant install.
I know that this issue depends on my Playstore, so i want to install a custom playstore with no restrictions.
Did this many times on other phones and never got problems.
But this time there is a problem:
I can install the modded version of the playstore without any problems. But it self-updates every time and i cant do anything against.
In the Last android versions there was a "Market Updater" App, which you could just freeze to avoid this.
But in my Android 4.2.2 theres no such app.
Any Ideas how i can prevent the Playstore from updating?
unSKILLEDgl said:
Hi guys,
just got my new phone and unfortunately i had to realize, that there are some apps i cant install.
I know that this issue depends on my Playstore, so i want to install a custom playstore with no restrictions.
Did this many times on other phones and never got problems.
But this time there is a problem:
I can install the modded version of the playstore without any problems. But it self-updates every time and i cant do anything against.
In the Last android versions there was a "Market Updater" App, which you could just freeze to avoid this.
But in my Android 4.2.2 theres no such app.
Any Ideas how i can prevent the Playstore from updating?
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Dude you sure about that, I mean if you have knowledge how to install custom play store than you must have the basic knowledge from where to disable the auto update feature.
goto play store>settings>Auto update apps select here none.
After this you will have to manually update all your apps that you want.
Sorry if I misinterpreted your query..
Press thanks button on the left side of my post.
Rohit02 said:
Dude you sure about that, I mean if you have knowledge how to install custom play store than you must have the basic knowledge from where to disable the auto update feature.
goto play store>settings>Auto update apps select here none.
After this you will have to manually update all your apps that you want.
Sorry if I misinterpreted your query..
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that's not for the update for the playstore itself, that's for the apps that you download with it
correct mjz2cool
Noone have an Idea?
unSKILLEDgl said:
correct mjz2cool
Noone have an Idea?
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found this
mjz2cool said:
found this
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Hm...already know this Thread...but don't know what they want me to do oO
unSKILLEDgl said:
Hm...already know this Thread...but don't know what they want me to do oO
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i think you can just download 1 of the versions in the bottom of the post, and just rename it to vending.apk or phonesky.apk and push it to /system/app (just replace the original vending.apk or phonesky.apk) (and backup your original file)
hm...but how? if i click on one of those links i get referred to another Posts where it only shows MD5 sums
unSKILLEDgl said:
hm...but how? if i click on one of those links i get referred to another Posts where it only shows MD5 sums
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can't seem to find it maybe the links are gone or something
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which phone do you use by the way? cause it could also be that the apps you miss are incompatible with the phone.
there is however, an app that also appears to be able to remove the restrictions (i think with a proxy of some kind), this app is mostly used for apps unavailable in certain countries.
This is really annoying, when I put the new games in the games folder (which should already be there) when I restart my phone, they disappear and I have to put them back in again!
breeboy said:
This is really annoying, when I put the new games in the games folder (which should already be there) when I restart my phone, they disappear and I have to put them back in again!
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Hi,
Are you running the latest version of Themer? Also, did you download it from the Play Store?
ThemerSupport said:
Hi,
Are you running the latest version of Themer? Also, did you download it from the Play Store?
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Yes, Its updated, and I downloaded it from the playstore.
If you tell me to redownload, will I lose all of the data I had and themes i've already downloaded?
breeboy said:
Yes, Its updated, and I downloaded it from the playstore.
If you tell me to redownload, will I lose all of the data I had and themes i've already downloaded?
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You need to remove the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/Themer/Exported folder (place it somewhere else). Once that's done do this:
1. Uninstall Themer.
2. Delete the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/ folder.
3. Reinstall Themer, place the Exported theme back where was.
Is it worth using? I have tried every launcher and theme apk that I can find and none of them seem to work 100%.
benb4391 said:
Is it worth using? I have tried every launcher and theme apk that I can find and none of them seem to work 100%.
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It depends what you're looking for. Themer is still in beta, so be advised that there will still be the occasional bug. If you're someone that often changes the look of their homescreen but wants to apply everything in just one click, then Themer is for you.
All my themes wont load after copying mycolorscreen back after reinstalling. Thanks.. I had like 30+ downloaded -_-
breeboy said:
All my themes wont load after copying mycolorscreen back after reinstalling. Thanks.. I had like 30+ downloaded -_-
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Did you paste the zip files into /sdcard/MyColorScreen/Themer/Exported/zip?
Yes. Okay I reinstalled everything, and still they do not save onto my games folder when I restart my phone! Some of them don't even appear in there even if I ticked them in the manager of the game folder. Is this just a bug on beta?
breeboy said:
Yes. Okay I reinstalled everything, and still they do not save onto my games folder when I restart my phone! Some of them don't even appear in there even if I ticked them in the manager of the game folder. Is this just a bug on beta?
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This is a bug that the developers are aware of now, hopefully it should be fixed soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
ThemerSupport said:
This is a bug that the developers are aware of now, hopefully it should be fixed soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Thank you very much!
Hi Guys,
i cannot seems to install Gapps, its just keep asking permission in chinese which obviously i don't understand, can anybody point me to right direction?, anyone have a full Gapps apk for manual install, it seem i can't install Gapps using Google installer
spiderclan said:
Hi Guys,
i cannot seems to install Gapps, its just keep asking permission in chinese which obviously i don't understand, can anybody point me to right direction?, anyone have a full Gapps apk for manual install, it seem i can't install Gapps using Google installer
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It's pretty straightforward, there are several apps that do this. You can search in Baidu.com for Gapps and the apk will show up. Install it, press the big button and there you go. You can also find several tutorials in Youtube, if you don't know how the app looks like.
Alternatively, here's another tutorial with a different app: http://en.miui.com/thread-17910-1-1.html
somehow i'm able to install Gapps using the installer, i don't know what i did to fix it, anyway its all good now, btw the link you gave is for device that is not bootloader locked
The minimum set of Gapps are very easy to install with the help of this tiny online installer. It's in Chinese, but it's intuitive.
ViAlexSt said:
The minimum set of Gapps are very easy to install with the help of this tiny online installer. It's in Chinese, but it's intuitive.
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This is the tools that i was using when trying to install Gapps, and after countless of failed effort, somehow it works on its own, i don't know what happened
For me NewGoogleInstaller works flawlessly on all firmwares, including the latest 7.2.4.
yeah, but now i'd like to know how can i set google playstore as a default app store instead of Mi app store
Everything is installed following the process but I can't download any apps from the app store..
rocketfans14 said:
Everything is installed following the process but I can't download any apps from the app store..
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You must update Google services
And Google Play at the same time.
ViAlexSt said:
You must update Google services
And Google Play at the same time.
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I did. Well, not exactly the 'same time' but I have updated them..Now, play store is just stuck at a loading circle screen.
rocketfans14 said:
I did. Well, not exactly the 'same time' but I have updated them..Now, play store is just stuck at a loading circle screen.
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Reboot your phone.
"At the same time" means can be done, but not necessarily.
rocketfans14 said:
Everything is installed following the process but I can't download any apps from the app store..
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Same here first time, but removed Google*, installed them again and it started working. I rebooted after Google login, Xunlei engine was disabled and download limit set to Unlimited.
it seem that after you login to playstore, you need to wait for a while for it to sync in order for you to be able to download apps, otherwise you'll get unable to contact server error message
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Reboot your phone.
"At the same time" means can be done, but not necessarily.
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Gotcha. Rebooting didn't change anything at first but I just kept rebooting (..a lot) and it seems to work now.
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P.Kosunen said:
Same here first time, but removed Google*, installed them again and it started working. I rebooted after Google login, Xunlei engine was disabled and download limit set to Unlimited.
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I can't find Xunlei engine.. But rebooting (numerous times) seems to work now.. Just hope it stays that way...
Xunlei engine is in Downloads apps settings.
spiderclan said:
Hi Guys,
i cannot seems to install Gapps, its just keep asking permission in chinese which obviously i don't understand, can anybody point me to right direction?, anyone have a full Gapps apk for manual install, it seem i can't install Gapps using Google installer
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the google installer worked to install the apps but they couldn't establish a connection to the servers. I had to restore my playstore and google apps from a titanium backup file I had and then it would work. So anyone not able to get on google apps try installing old titanium backups, it may work.
One thing to note with all of these is sometimes it just needs time.
After all, the play services and framework often have to register with Google and also update themselves (you're not guaranteed to get the most up to date version for each even with the installer).
I installed mine and they registered fine. But as soon as I tried to download an app from the play store I got weird errors.
Left it a day and boom, worked fine.
My phone has YouTube version 12.16.16 installed when the newest version in the Play Store is 12.19.56.
However the YouTube page in the play store does not show an Update button, just an Open button.
I downloaded the latest version APK, but I'm getting an "App not installed" error message while trying to install the APK.
After doing some google searching I reset app preferences, cleared cache of the Play Store and the Play Services apps and restarted the phone. Afterwards I'm still getting an error while installing the APK.
Any advice?
tomerstern said:
My phone has YouTube version 12.16.16 installed when the newest version in the Play Store is 12.19.56.
However the YouTube page in the play store does not show an Update button, just an Open button.
I downloaded the latest version APK, but I'm getting an "App not installed" error message while trying to install the APK.
After doing some google searching I reset app preferences, cleared cache of the Play Store and the Play Services apps and restarted the phone. Afterwards I'm still getting an error while installing the APK.
Any advice?
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i had a similar problem with O, i think i removed youtube from system to fix it
AL_IRAQI said:
i had a similar problem with O, i think i removed youtube from system to fix it
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What do you mean by remove from system?
tomerstern said:
What do you mean by remove from system?
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Deleted it entirely so it isn't a system app. Are you rooted? Remove it with titanium backup and reinstall from the play store
crixley said:
Deleted it entirely so it isn't a system app. Are you rooted? Remove it with titanium backup and reinstall from the play store
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As mentioned in the topic, my device is not rooted. Any way to do it without rooting my device?
tomerstern said:
As mentioned in the topic, my device is not rooted. Any way to do it without rooting my device?
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Ah sorry.. you could try uninstalling updates from settings/apps and then updating again in the play store
Could you please guide me further? Are you running android O?
I entered apps info from the settings and could not find an uninstall updates button. I would expect the button to appear in the play store on the YouTube page, but it does not.
tomerstern said:
Could you please guide me further? Are you running android O?
I entered apps info from the settings and could not find an uninstall updates button. I would expect the button to appear in the play store on the YouTube page, but it does not.
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Under apps it is the "disable" button. It will ask if you want to uninstall updates, click OK and let it disable.
Now reenable it and install update from play store
crixley said:
Ah sorry.. you could try uninstalling updates from settings/apps and then updating again in the play store
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When I disable YouTube it just gets disabled. I do not get asked any questions. I still do not know how to get updates.
Anybody has an advice?
Not any app should be disabled. It's hard to tell as we don't know all modifications you did to your system. It seems to be working for everyone.
Factory reset and done...
rchtk said:
Not any app should be disabled. It's hard to tell as we don't know all modifications you did to your system. It seems to be working for everyone.
Factory reset and done...
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You have no idea what I'm talking about obviously
On earlier versions (not sure about on O), when you disable it'll ask you if you want to uninstall updates. You can then re-enable and reinstall the updates.
tomerstern said:
Anybody has an advice?
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If you don't want root, flash twrp with fastboot, boot to twrp recovery, mount system, use twrpfilemanager to delete YouTube, use twrp to install stock recovery.img, boot system and install YouTube from playstore.
First you can try to download YouTube.apk from apkmirror.com and try updating manually.
Edit, sry you tried that already.
Good luck, root makes life easier
crixley said:
You have no idea what I'm talking about obviously
On earlier versions (not sure about on O), when you disable it'll ask you if you want to uninstall updates. You can then re-enable and reinstall the updates.
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Keep calm. I didn't read your message.
What I am saying is that no apps should be disabled (not only YouTube) and that finally a factory reset would solve the problem.
rchtk said:
Keep calm. I didn't read your message.
What I am saying is that no apps should be disabled (not only YouTube) and that finally a factory reset would solve the problem.
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That would take a lot longer than what I suggested. A full reset vs a two second fix.
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That would take a lot longer than what I suggested. A full reset vs a two second fix.
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Twice you quote my whole post but only answer the part you are interested in.
The suggestion that I gave after yours to re-enable all apps is valid whatever you say and includes your ''two seconds fix''.... I brought this to his attention because he's still asking for help.
So if your fix doesn't work OP can try this and ultimately factory reset.
Wow I don't intend to explain 3 times a so simple post. Take your time to read...
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Twice you quote my whole post but only answer the part you are interested in.
The suggestion that I gave after yours to re-enable all apps is valid whatever you say and includes your ''two seconds fix''.... I brought this to his attention because he's still asking for help.
So if your fix doesn't work OP can try this and ultimately factory reset.
Wow I don't intend to explain 3 times a so simple post. Take your time to read...
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Are you on your period
rchtk said:
Twice you quote my whole post but only answer the part you are interested in.
The suggestion that I gave after yours to re-enable all apps is valid whatever you say and includes your ''two seconds fix''.... I brought this to his attention because he's still asking for help.
So if your fix doesn't work OP can try this and ultimately factory reset.
Wow I don't intend to explain 3 times a so simple post. Take your time to read...
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Nice bull****ting with your factory reset, lol
I was on O and had the new updated youtube tabs. After resetting it back to 7.1.2 the tabs didn't appear. Deleted the app from system with no luck.
Can you clarify on how you think a factory reset would solve this?
trantium said:
Nice bull****ting with your factory reset, lol
I was on O and had the new updated youtube tabs. After resetting it back to 7.1.2 the tabs didn't appear. Deleted the app from system with no luck.
Can you clarify on how you think a factory reset would solve this?
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YouTube DP3 now