Ok I have a Nook Tablet 16gb and it will no longer install apps. It is stock ROM unrooted and a app was downloaded from the B&N market. It took a LONG time to download (large app apparently) but then it wouldn't install. It just said 'Installing" under it for several minutes and usually installing only takes a second or two. Then I got a message "Activity installer (in app installer) has stopped would you like to Wait or Force Close" I tapped force close and didn't think anything of it. But then the next day I tried to install another app and it does the same thing. Downloads fully then fails on install, although I don't get that popup again saying the activity installed stopped. I powered off and back on to no avail. I archived (removed) a few apps that were installed before but they won't reinstall either.
Any ideas what I can do? Can I fix this without wiping the whole thing? I assume if I rooted it then I could fix this? Any suggestions are appreciated.
You can try backing up all your files not backed up on the Barn and Noble cloud then preform a factory reset. Hold down the nook button when you power on your device.
All your books,apps etc are stored on your account.
Sign into your account when you reboot and all your books,apps etc will redownload.
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I was doing an update from the app store, on of the downloads seemed like it was hung on the install. Rebooted the phone, when I went back in Super User, Titainum Backup, Android App Store, Amazon App Store, HTC Sense plus a ton of other apps are missing, Astro file manager was still working and it looks like they are still on the SD card, but not being read by the apps manager. I cannot download or install anything from the web. Any ideas.
You might have to factory reset that sucker
Phyrephx said:
I was doing an update from the app store, on of the downloads seemed like it was hung on the install. Rebooted the phone, when I went back in Super User, Titainum Backup, Android App Store, Amazon App Store, HTC Sense plus a ton of other apps are missing, Astro file manager was still working and it looks like they are still on the SD card, but not being read by the apps manager. I cannot download or install anything from the web. Any ideas.
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Update when I tried to manually connect using adb I get error: device offline
Trying factory reset and it is just sitting at the white HTC screen after reboot :-(
I am now afraid to try another power button reset.
Well VZW is sending me a refurb phone tomorrow. Since they did not ask if I rooted (which I did), once they get my old will they check for root. The phone totally is F***ked only reboots while trying to install the OTA. Just a word caution. I hope I TBU re-installed and get all my apps back. :-(
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Well VZW is sending me a refurb phone tomorrow. Since they did not ask if I rooted (which I did), once they get my old will they check for root. The phone totally is F***ked only reboots while trying to install the OTA. Just a word caution. I hope I TBU re-installed and get all my apps back. :-(
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Why didn't you hboot the unsigned ruu? Also, what radio were you on? What rom? Froyo or ginger? WE NEED DETAILS.
I have the amazon app store installed on my Nook tablet but none of the apps will install (tried 5 different ones). I keep getting the following error message:
'The application was not able to install onto your device. Please "Archive" and then "Unarchive" the application to try again.
I obviously have allow unknown sources checked and also have a 8 GB Micro SD card installed which the Nook tablet recognizes. Any ideas on why I am getting the error message above? Thanks for any suggestions.
Are you doing App Install or Package Install? If anything, try re-installing the Amazon Appstore. Good luck
By any chance, are these apps that you bought and installed previously on another device? I had that problem with the Kindle app but not with a couple of others. I tried one or two other methods too, and finally had success getting Kindle from a free software website.
did you try resetting the nook? i didnt have the EXACT same issue but i did have issues downloading things and a simple reset fixed all of that for me. i still have things that say "this is not compatible with your device" which is crap because i sideloaded the .apks of the same apps that WERENT from the amazon store and they worked just fine.
That sounds like what happens when you use app installer rather than Package Installer.
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I've just rebooted my nook Tablet to see if that fixed my problem, which is the same as the OP's except I haven't been able to install ANY .apks after setting the "allow 3rd party apps" checkbox.
Specifically, I'm trying to get mobovideo to install, also four or five other video players, and Amazon Marketplace. I can download all of these no problem, but when I click on the download it tells me it can't install and says something about trying to "Archive then Unarchive" the file and try again. Which I would try if I knew where downloaded .apks go...I did find my second Am Market download (fat fingered the install so downloaded twice) under My Downloads, but the only option I get when I touch it is "Delete".
I'm downloading all this stuff on the device. Is that my problem? Does the sideloading need to be done from a microSD?
Thanks!!!
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I've just rebooted my nook Tablet to see if that fixed my problem, which is the same as the OP's except I haven't been able to install ANY .apks after setting the "allow 3rd party apps" checkbox.
Specifically, I'm trying to get mobovideo to install, also four or five other video players, and Amazon Marketplace. I can download all of these no problem, but when I click on the download it tells me it can't install and says something about trying to "Archive then Unarchive" the file and try again. Which I would try if I knew where downloaded .apks go...I did find my second Am Market download (fat fingered the install so downloaded twice) under My Downloads, but the only option I get when I touch it is "Delete".
I'm downloading all this stuff on the device. Is that my problem? Does the sideloading need to be done from a microSD?
Thanks!!!
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Here is an apk of Moboplayer that I installed no problem on nook tablet.
Just ran a quick test -- While some apps won't load due to incompatibility, the couple of successful tests I did worked fine. I did do them as package installs.
This is using a sideloaded copy of the Amazon Market.
The fix was to take the micro sd card out of the Nook and delete the entire contents of the card and then reinstall the amazon app store. All apps install fine now. Strange since I deleted the contents of the card before inserting it originally. Not sure why I had to do it again...
Nachtswerg said:
Just ran a quick test -- While some apps won't load due to incompatibility, the couple of successful tests I did worked fine. I did do them as package installs.
This is using a sideloaded copy of the Amazon Market.
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When an app is incompatible, do you get a message like the ones we've been posting, or something more helpful?
Can anybody comment on my using a direct download rather than sideloading via microSD? Is this simply not the way to do it?
bkerk25 -- thanks, I'll give that apk a try in the morning and let ya know
I have used both sideloading and direct download with few issues at all. Some apps simply won't install right now either way. I have recieved the same error message you described a couple of times.
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It's a light error message that states the program is not compatible with my device. No details on why
Alrighty. I'm not sure what's different, but I went back to comptonsoft.com/test/ and tried downloading AppMenu. This time it worked, I was able to install it and view the "secret" options which I haven't seen since the initial attempt, and am now browsing Amazon Apps. I hadn't attempted to go back to that app since rebooting, so maybe that's what I needed to do. Also, I was habitually hitting App Installer first, then Package Installer when that failed, so I dunno, maybe that messes things up.
Anyway, thanks for this great workaround xda folken!
BigCTM said:
The fix was to take the micro sd card out of the Nook and delete the entire contents of the card and then reinstall the amazon app store. All apps install fine now. Strange since I deleted the contents of the card before inserting it originally. Not sure why I had to do it again...
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This worked for me!
Thanks,
jebrank
I'm having the same problem. I've tried:
Removing and replacing the sd card
Using a different sd card
Trying to install all kinds of different apps
Resetting the device
Reinstalling the amazon app store (actually, I get the same error when i try to install even that or Appmenu now)
Factory reset
Nothing works and it's very frustrating. I think I might try to exchange it for a new one, unless someone here has a better idea
liebherk said:
I'm having the same problem. I've tried:
Removing and replacing the sd card
Using a different sd card
Trying to install all kinds of different apps
Resetting the device
Reinstalling the amazon app store (actually, I get the same error when i try to install even that or Appmenu now)
Factory reset
Nothing works and it's very frustrating. I think I might try to exchange it for a new one, unless someone here has a better idea
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maybe try transferring the apk's from your sd card to the system\app folder using ES file explorer or root explorer and install from there?
Amazon Store - Downloaded Apps Won't Install
liebherk said:
I'm having the same problem.
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Same problem here. I went through the same steps and new, old, installed (on my phone) and never installed apps won't install.
Running the leaked ICS.
First off I did do a bunch of research..no joy on this issue.
First issue: is that some apps disappeared after I flashed the ICS rom.
Second: when trying to download and install I get "ERROR Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card" (Where's My Water) or "This device is incompatible". i just downloaded the Android Central app..it doesn't shop up in my Installed app list in Play. the app will work until I reboot the phone then the app disappears.
I've done everything I can think of, delete data in Play app, totally reformat SD card, factory restore and reinstall ICS. No fix.
I'm guessing it is the apps..not setup for ICS.
BTW: Everything worked running CM7.2 and CM9 nightly.
Any thoughts?
I get some of the same errors the one that mostly occurs for me is (ERROR: unable to process purchase) if you have any thoughts on the issue I would like to know (I only download free apps btw)
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Check your Google account. Does it look like you have no Google history prior to flash? Also, see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573079
I can no longer download anything from the play store. It says insufficient space. I have plenty and can download from amazon. If I go into to settings there isn't any app settings. I don't know what to do...I feel so dumb with this Nook, its nothing like my Evo which I can root and mod blind folded.
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ProCision said:
I can no longer download anything from the play store. It says insufficient space. I have plenty and can download from amazon. If I go into to settings there isn't any app settings. I don't know what to do...I feel so dumb with this Nook, its nothing like my Evo which I can root and mod blind folded.
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try clearing the data and cache from the play store app. under manage apps look for google play store and clear data and cache. go into play store and see if anything changes.
if not you probably need to wipe your caches through cwm recovery.
insufficient space...
If anyone has had this issue recently, this is what worked for me:
in ES File Explorer:
navigate to /data/dalvik-cache/
long-press to get the menu
select "select all"
at the top, hit the "delete" button.
navigate to /cache/
long-press to get the menu
select "select all"
touch the folders to deselect them
at the top, hit the "delete" button.
I had thought in /cache/ there was a folder called either cache or dalvik-cache which I also emptied, but right now it is not showing.
**you will get app force closes**
power off the Nook, then power it back up and retry downloading apps.
This worked fine for me with no consequences. Previously I tried deleting the play store cache and data every way I could find to do so, including with Titanium Backup and several reboots, SD card removals.
-16gb Nook Tablet 1.4.3 OTA Blocked (Rooted and OTA Blocked using Albert Wertz's ver 4.7 SD card)
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Hi I have a NOOK TABLET 8GB and since the software upgrade to 1.4.3. stopped working the Android Market and I could not download any application. What should I do to enable it again?
If you upgraded a rooted tablet then you lost root (along with any gapps you had installed, like the Market). You'll have to re-root and reinstall the Market.
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Hi I have a NOOK TABLET 8GB and since the software upgrade to 1.4.3. stopped working the Android Market and I could not download any application. What should I do to enable it again?
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look here follow the directions and if you have any problems post them in that thread. after the 1.4.3 update it took me less than 30 minutes to regain root using Albert's method.
- 16gb Nook Tablet 1.4.3 Rooted & OTA Blocked using Albert Wertz's 4.7 SD card. Go Launcher EX
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I've used the 7/12/13 build of CM10.1 for a long time now and have had a modded Play Store for just as long, usually a clear/blue version by Team Blackout. After I flashed 4.4.21 I noticed that the app simply disappears and the only way to restore it temporarily is to restore the "app only" with TiBu. At first I thought it disappeared when I rebooted (since it first went missing after a Nandroid backup in CWM recovery. But it went missing the most recent time when the tablet was not ever powered off or rebooted. Any Ideas? Or has this happened to anyone else?
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Same Issue
I have the same issue. When I go into applications it shows that Google Services is running and installed with Google play in the services but I now frequently get errors on updated Google application stating "Unfortunately, Hangouts/Drive/Play has stopped." These applications will not even launch now. Tried uninstalling and reinstalled, clear data and cache. None of this helps. just started after CM last update and disabled Google play.
Any fixes for this?
[QUOT4awhtgye;47010084]I've used the 7/12/13 build of CM10.1 for a long time now and have had a modded Play Store for just as long, usually a clear/blue version by Team Blackout. After I flashed 4.4.21 I noticed that the app simply disappears and the only way to restore it temporarily is to restore the "app only" with TiBu. At first I thought it disappeared when I rebooted (since it first went missing after a Nandroid backup in CWM recovery. But it went missing the most recent time when the tablet was not ever powered off or rebooted. Any Ideas? Or has this happened to anyone else?
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Try to reinstall gapps