Cant manually update some apps. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is what happens when I try to update an app from an apk.
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This doesnt happen on all apps but more are becoming frequent nowadays.

incognitonk said:
This is what happens when I try to update an app from an apk.
This doesnt happen on all apps but more are becoming frequent nowadays.
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Remove the old app first smells like not Google Play installs .

JJEgan said:
Remove the old app first smells like not Google Play installs .
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Thats the only option I have left. and that's what I always end up doing.
Any idea on how I can update without uninstalling. ?
yah its not a google play install. Its an apk install.

incognitonk said:
Thats the only option I have left. and that's what I always end up doing.
Any idea on how I can update without uninstalling. ?
yah its not a google play install. Its an apk install.
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You are asking support for installing pirated applications which would not be appreciated by anyone. The fact is that every version of the pirated app would have a different digital signature and won't replace the previous one unlike legally side loaded applications which carry the same signature.

incognitonk said:
Thats the only option I have left. and that's what I always end up doing.
Any idea on how I can update without uninstalling. ?
yah its not a google play install. Its an apk install.
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There goes your answer. You're sideloading apps that's not from the playstore. You can't sideload apks if it doesn't come from the playstore since it has security checks such as that to avoid conflicts.

SignetSphere said:
There goes your answer. You're sideloading apps that's not from the playstore. You can't sideloads apks if it doesn't come from the playstore since it has security checks such as that to avoid conflicts.
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Oh, alright.
Guess I'll just have to backup the app, reinstall it and restore it. Its a drag but looks like I've got no choice.
Thanks for the info. :good:

incognitonk said:
Oh, alright.
Guess I'll just have to backup the app, reinstall it and restore it. Its a drag but looks like I've got no choice.
Thanks for the info. :good:
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And just for your best interest... buy original apps from it's developers cause like @t3chg33k says no one here is encouraging you to use pirated apps. Buy from the developers, it's one way of thanking them for their hardwork.

SignetSphere said:
And just for your best interest... buy original apps from it's developers cause like @t3chg33k says no one here is encouraging you to use pirated apps. Buy from the developers, it's one way of thanking them for their hardwork.
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Yes, I am aware of that. My ISP has blocked Google Play however. I kinda have no other option. I dont support piracy but cant avoid it either.

My ISP has blocked Google Play
Contact your ISP as that seems wrong .

JJEgan said:
My ISP has blocked Google Play
Contact your ISP as that seems wrong .
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I doubt that it'll help. My ISP is a cheap one and hasnt been either helpful or reliable recently.
But I'll give it a shot, just in case.

This type of post is considered discussing warez since the paid apps were obtained without purchase, weather or not you have no access to the playstore does not change this fact. Please read rules and do not create threads of this type in the future.
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[App] XDA Market - completely free appstore for everyone

Hi,
when I started this project i wanted to make an appstore for Windows Mobile where everyone can upload and download apps without paying anything.
Now thats the result:
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Whats the idea of the XDA Market?
There is already an appstore for Windows Mobile (MS Marketplace) BUT you have to pay money in order to publish your apps.
So I started developing the XDA Market. Everything here is for free. I want to give developers the possibility to get much user and much feedback, without paying.
XDA Market is an appstore for everyone:
Developers
-Upload your own apps for everyone without paying anything.
-Everyone can access and download your app without the need of a registration.
-Publish updates through xda market: Be sure everyone will get it.
-Detailed download statistic.
Users
-Browse through apps for your device.
-Rate, comment and download them.
-Favorite apps and never miss an update.
Main features:
-Client for Windows Mobile
-Automatic update function for the client.
-Message system.
The Download for the Client and much more can be found here:
http://xdamarket.net/
Credits:
M.Schmidler: Website design
Anti1000: PC-client
michyprima: Sense SDK
Sanjeev: Server Hosting
Davidgiga: Everything else
OpnMarket has pretty much all the apps available at XDA.
thesecondsfade said:
OpnMarket has pretty much all the apps available at XDA.
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Just give it a try
i use it and i love it
continue it !!
thanks, this new market app is better than WM market, and has stuff like opnmarket, U rule man
daylon said:
thanks, this new market app is better than WM market, and has stuff like opnmarket, U rule man
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Thanks but I still need more apps for this store. I wonder why nobody uploads something
Great app!
I wish developers could upload more app's to it.
IMHO it has a lot of potential!
@ davidgiga congrat's on a good release!
davidgiga said:
Thanks but I still need more apps for this store. I wonder why nobody uploads something
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Lookin nice! I'll check it out here shortly!
As far as why devs aren't uploading, it looks like you only released it a few days ago... Give it time. The vid looks very promising!
Once I release the next version of my KD-Font app, I'll look into uploading it into your app store.
Thanks!
Seems like a nice idea, but doesn't seem to work on my phone (HTC Tilt, Windows Mobile 6.5). I get scrollbars (both at the side and the bottom), the title (XDA Market), but other than that, nothing shows.
uploads
Ok you can upload any of my games you see here you have full permission.
Supermariobros windows mobile adventure is freeware
and SuperMarioJump is also.
QVGA Version would be great please......
I would be interested in that QVGA update too...
thanks much!
zarpy said:
Ok you can upload any of my games you see here you have full permission.
Supermariobros windows mobile adventure is freeware
and SuperMarioJump is also.
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You can upload it
just go to http://xdamarket.vbnfiles.com
..
I'm in munich at the moment but I start with the qvga version when I'm back home
howdykeith said:
I would be interested in that QVGA update too...
thanks much!
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Yes, please.
davidgiga said:
Thanks but I still need more apps for this store. I wonder why nobody uploads something
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i will upload 2 of mines
howdykeith said:
I would be interested in that QVGA update too...
thanks much!
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I will start with the QVGA Version tomorrow
Download link dont work !!
carhigh said:
Download link dont work !!
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Yes, I've got a server problem: I can't reach it anymore
new XDA Market
Check out the new version !!
http://xdamarket.vbnfiles.com/

HELP! I want to ditch google Android Market

Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
thanks in advance
cheers,
disco
Are you kidding?you have a Google phone but you want to isolate yourself from the android market by Google. I hope this is a joke...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
You can Try the Amazon market
Take a chillpill.
disco_y2k said:
Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
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They don't track a lot, and what they track is for developers and it looks like this.
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Yeah it's in dutch, but it's about the idea
try to delete an app from your account or change anything. i spoke for a long time with google developer on the phone and they strictly forbid it. no exceptions! if you switch phones alot and do not want to create a new gmail account for each new phone, you will understand what i mean.
cheers,
disco
disco_y2k said:
try to delete an app from your account or change anything. i spoke for a long time with google developer on the phone and they strictly forbid it. no exceptions! if you switch phones alot and do not want to create a new gmail account for each new phone, you will understand what i mean.
cheers,
disco
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If it's from your phone it's not installed, it's simply a value in their DB that IF you get a new device you can simply download that app again.
I don't want to be mean, but you sound like a paranoid parrot to me.
Or did you buy some freaky app which continues to haunt you?
Someone grab my foil hat!
i do ALOT of 'testing' and 'repairing' and i do not need google hammering me about apps everytime a swap an esn or a phone. i tried to clear market accounts to stop this and you can not! see my above post. you telling me as soon as you swap phones and sign in to market you do not get notices? it eats bandwidth and slows me down when testing. if you do not think google records everything in detail and it is associated with your specific esn/meid I.E. you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
cheers,
disco
spc_hicks09, i'm not that paranoid anymore, when i was i would just goto a sprint store and 'test' a display unit and make a phone call from it then 'repair' another phone and therefore i appeared as if i was calling from a sprint display fone. lol that was years ago.
cheers,
disco
disco_y2k said:
i do ALOT of 'testing' and 'repairing' and i do not need google hammering me about apps everytime a swap an esn or a phone. i tried to clear market accounts to stop this and you can not! see my above post. you telling me as soon as you swap phones and sign in to market you do not get notices? it eats bandwidth and slows me down when testing. if you do not think google records everything in detail and it is associated with your specific esn/meid I.E. you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
cheers,
disco
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Lol I'm far from a noob. Also, YES I can tell you that I swap phones around every 3 weeks and never get any notices about it from the market. So again, grab my foil hat for Mr. Paranoid here that is freaking out like a little girl.
disco_y2k said:
you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer
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Please, I am not a noob, let that be clear.
Flash a custom rom and do your testing without Gapps flashed, problem solved.
I still think you're paranoid, and suggest you do your on a custom rom.
but on caller id, and account it still simply shows 'disco'
cheers,
disco
I really don't understand why you'd use Android without a Google account.
Sounds like extreme paranoia to me.
Here is a solution..
Buy a non-smartphone. Problem solved.
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disco_y2k said:
Hey guys,
I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?
thanks in advance
cheers,
disco
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You have a smartphone, try to find another OS that doesn't have its own app market.
InfiniteRisen said:
You have a smartphone, try to find another OS that doesn't have its own app market.
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On that note, I suggest Windows Mobile 6.0
Why do you need the market installed at all? Google the app you want, download it, side load it to the phone, then use titanium backup to restore the apps to any phone you want.
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vertigosrs said:
Why do you need the market installed at all? Google the app you want, download it, side load it to the phone, then use titanium backup to restore the apps to any phone you want.
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because "googling apps" is also common to pirating apps. And even if you do it for FREE apps, its a waste of time.
you guys really need to get rid of your phones. I don't think they deserve this much paranoia from their owners. end their lives for gods sake.
Dude, try this, no body in the whole effin world can track you!
Also you can use this as a weapon, trust me!
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Just joking dude chill out.
I'm confused.
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No Reason Why this Feature is not available from ICS or Chrome beta browser for ICS 4

but yet it still is. :| providing further reason to stay with Windows.
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Why not just use another method? There are tons of apps for android to allow you to make free phone calls from the prime. There might be a way around doing it through browser. I never really messed with the Google one.
I wouldn't be waisting my time complaining here if there was other alternates. there is no other service out there that offers free VOIP phone calls through the US except Google's phone through Gmail.
Google Gmail phone is the first of its kind that I seen since the old phonefree.com and Net2Phone offering free VOIP calls, although those had limits, Google has no limits for US callers.
For the life of me I can't figure out why this is not available to a Google Android operating system. If they at the very least designed Chrome Beta like the Windows Chrome browser, the service would be available. But no!!! Chrome Beta and ICS Browser are like imitation browsers compared to the browsers on the Windows platform that these services are usable on.
Because carriers dont want you to be able to easily make voip calls they want you to buy more minutes from them. Androids sucess and profitability depends on the carriers selling phones running android.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snrblabs.grooveip
r0ck0 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snrblabs.grooveip
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+1
The "gmail phone" you speak of is an extension of google voice. Sign up for a google voice number and login with your google id on the grooveip app.
Voila! free calls to US/Canada from anywhere in the world.
I live in Dubai and use it to call my GF in New york all the time.
Gee, it's too bad there are no alternatives that allow you to make free VOIP calls.
Something like SIPDroid sure would be handy. Well if you can't get SIPDroid on your Prime maybe there is another possibility (or 5).
Maybe if you'd ask about something rather than just gripe and moan, assuming that it can't be done, you'd get some assistance rather than a dose of sarcasm.
You might not want to try to set up a SIP provider though. It will take some research, some reading, and you might have to <gasp> Google for some information. Nevermind the possibility of searching on XDA for information.
People say I'm critical, but that's part of critical thinking. That's a skill you may want to try to develop.
^
You never heard the saying, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
r0ck0 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snrblabs.grooveip
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thanks! this looks like it will do.
sorry, im with Kernel on this one.... complaining about **** is not the way to get help. If you had instead posted something like "Hey guys! any of you know how to make free VOIP calls through android like i can through gmail on my computer?" that might have yeilded some results. or just GOOGLE voip calls through android and you get dozens of results.
Instead you come here and cry because its not already done for you. Sorry, no sympathy from me. There ARE ways to get help, this is not one of them.
pileot said:
sorry, im with Kernel on this one.... complaining about **** is not the way to get help. If you had instead posted something like "Hey guys! any of you know how to make free VOIP calls through android like i can through gmail on my computer?" that might have yeilded some results. or just GOOGLE voip calls through android and you get dozens of results.
Instead you come here and cry because its not already done for you. Sorry, no sympathy from me. There ARE ways to get help, this is not one of them.
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crying about someone else crying is real good too right. GTFO.
the_game_master said:
crying about someone else crying is real good too right. GTFO.
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You should just say "damn guys. I'm an idiot. Thanks for the help"
Oh btw
GTFO
You could also use the Vonage Mobile app... free calls to US & Canada... other countries same as regular Vonage... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vonage.TimeToCall

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 in Taiwan, complete NOOB

Hey everyone. I've been searching for hours and I just can't come up with anything...
I just got a S3 yesterday (switching over from the iPhone 4). I'm in Taiwan by the way...so I'm guessing this is the international version of the phone?
I'll post all the "about device" info just in case...
Model Number: GT-I9300
Android Version: 4.0.4
Baseband Version: I9300XXLG3
Kernel Version: 3.0.15-570657-user
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 10 22:39:22 KST
2012
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300ZSALG3
I installed Groove IP Lite on my phone and it allows me to use Google Voice with wifi, which is great, but I want to purchase the pro version to use on 3G! When I tried to do that Google Play Store says, "Item not available in your country."
When I used the iPhone, all I had to do was switch Apple accounts to a different country but now I am completely lost as to what to do.
Here are several things I tried:
1. VPN (I have excellent VPN on my computer, so I added it to my phone too.)
It connected, I was even able to reach Netflix, but unfortunately it would not let me into the US Google Play Store.
2. I tried looking for "Market Enabler" and "Market Unlocker" but I cannot find them in the store!
What I want to do: I want to install two apps. Google Voice for texting back to the States and GrooveIP Pro for being able to call both on wifi and 3G network.
If at all possible, I don't want to "root" the phone, because I honestly have no clue what I'm doing and seeing as how there are so many versions of this phone, I'm really afraid of screwing up.
Please, can someone help me do what I need to do?
I tried to learn a bit about all this but...I still can't figure out what is apk...
So...sorry! I'm really really new to this. It's my first android phone.
Thanks everyone!
Apk is the extension for android apps. Just like exe is for windows app. Market enablers will need root as far as I know.
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TSKXDA said:
Apk is the extension for android apps. Just like exe is for windows app. Market enablers will need root as far as I know.
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i tried to install from the web browser already, it gave me the same not available in country error.
thanks!
MOD Edit: Posting warez is against the rules
Need I remind you this is a developer forum. You posting a link to a paid app is a huge slap in the face of the developers in this community. Would you go to an album release party and try to peddle pirated copies of the album? No? Then why would you do it here?
graffixnyc said:
Need I remind you this is a developer forum. You posting a link to a paid app is a huge slap in the face of the developers in this community. Would you go to an album release party and try to peddle pirated copies of the album? No? Then why would you do it here?
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You could try turning on your VPN and creating a new play store account. When you initially set up your account it might have pegged it as a Taiwan account, so even if you use your VPN, it will still put you as Taiwan.
Not sure it will work, but worth a try.
That or root your phone and use market enabler. The rooting process is quite simple, search the forum for the Chainfire (CF-Root) and read how it works. After download it takes like a minute.
graffixnyc said:
Need I remind you this is a developer forum. You posting a link to a paid app is a huge slap in the face of the developers in this community. Would you go to an album release party and try to peddle pirated copies of the album? No? Then why would you do it here?
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Point taken.
It was my mistake to do so.
I will be careful in future.

Venmo asks for Superuser acces on rooted Nougat Galaxy S6 Edge+

So, not sure where to post this, but I recently rooted my device and noticed that Venmo asks for superuser access, and this has me really confused; as I've looked online and haven't found anything. I reached out to Venmo support but haven't gotten a reply, all I was told by the person I chatted with was "I've never seen this before" and she said she'd send it to the tech team. Here's some screenshots
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Logs of how many times it requested it while using the app:
https://imgur.com/BU6VZD7
And here's the screen of my SuperSU showing I denied it access:
https://imgur.com/w2CCxiK
To admins, please feel free to direct me to where to post this thread if it's wrong here! Any comments or help would be appreciated, specially if you guys have noticed this too! (PS: I'd like to know why Uber also asks for Superuser. It's weird that they ask for it, isn't it?)
AWildGamer said:
So, not sure where to post this, but I recently rooted my device and noticed that Venmo asks for superuser access, and this has me really confused; as I've looked online and haven't found anything. I reached out to Venmo support but haven't gotten a reply, all I was told by the person I chatted with was "I've never seen this before" and she said she'd send it to the tech team. Here's some screenshots
https://imgur.com/3fGerHd
Logs of how many times it requested it while using the app:
https://imgur.com/BU6VZD7
And here's the screen of my SuperSU showing I denied it access:
https://imgur.com/w2CCxiK
To admins, please feel free to direct me to where to post this thread if it's wrong here! Any comments or help would be appreciated, specially if you guys have noticed this too! (PS: I'd like to know why Uber also asks for Superuser. It's weird that they ask for it, isn't it?)
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That's really Weird.
Happened The same To Me On a A50 But Google Clock Was asking for Root Access
God Rest His Soul As Soon As I granted It.**** Got Loose and my Phone Became Useless After Two or Three months.
Apparently a Full Flash Solved The Issue.I assumed As It was a Virus.
The Solution Would be Uninstall and Reinstall The Apps.
Or Grant Em And Log em.
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Atifbaig786 said:
That's really Weird.
Happened The same To Me On a A50 But Google Clock Was asking for Root Access
God Rest His Soul As Soon As I granted It.**** Got Loose and my Phone Became Useless After Two or Three months.
Apparently a Full Flash Solved The Issue.I assumed As It was a Virus.
The Solution Would be Uninstall and Reinstall The Apps.
Or Grant Em And Log em.
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I'm not gonna grant access, cause I don't want to give it unnecessary access, specially cause it just feels fishy to me that it would ask for access..
And that really sucks, my man. I wonder why tf Google Clock was asking for access. Wtf is Google Clock anyways lmfao
AWildGamer said:
I'm not gonna grant access, cause I don't want to give it unnecessary access, specially cause it just feels fishy to me that it would ask for access..
And that really sucks, my man. I wonder why tf Google Clock was asking for access. Wtf is Google Clock anyways lmfao
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I thought that too at first.
And hell yeah it's fishy.I mean Wtf uber have to do with root.
Uninstall and reinstall if it doesn't solve it.write a blog about uber secretly stealing your data[emoji23]
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