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!!!
rtwombly said:
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?
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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.
FYI:
After rooting v1.4.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413734), when I fired up the Android Market app today, I noticed that Adobe Air needed to be updated. When I tried, I got a pop-up message about the update signature being invalid, and to uninstall and reinstall the app.
Using Titanium Backup, I did a backup of Adobe Air and then removed it. However, then attempting an install of Adobe Air from the Market gave me an "Incompatible update", so I tried recovering it from Titanium Backup, which hung.
However, after that I again tried a Market install of Abode Air, and that installed OK.
I don't currently use Adobe Air (it's a B&N pre-installed system app), but I wanted it out of the "update available" list.
You are tenacious indeed!
Bravo!
I'm also having this kind of problem with my Rooted Kindle Fire.. I'll try this.. Hope this does the trick. ^^
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Thanks.. it works.... ^_^
Adobe Air is required for a few applications, it is a framework that you can use to develop apps with having to do less coding, it also allows multiple apps to share code. So, this is installed in system, I got the same sort of errors as you, generally speaking I'd just leave the version of adobe air as is, as the update generally speaking doesn't benefit much.
Just FYI when I tried go do that, I was unable to read enhanced magazines because they apparently require the B&N version of Adobe Air.
Hello!
I rooted my NT (1.4.2 8gb) about one-two weeks ago, but I'm still having problems trying to get apps from the browser. I downloaded the NT Hidden Settings apps and when I finally managed to make the "Unknown Sources" box stay checked by immediately turning off my nt right after clicking on the "Unknown Sources Hack", it didn't make any difference.
This is what happens: I download an .apk off my browser, go to Downloads, then click the download. It'll pop up with a message asking to complete the action using the App Installer or the Package Installer. If I click the App, it'll will say, "Unable to intall. This application was not able to unstall onto your device. Please try "Archive" and then "Unarchive" the application to start again." If I click Package, it'll say, "Parse error. There is a problem parsing the package."
And it will do this with every .apk except for the one at http:comptonsoft.com/test/ called "AppMenu" which does basically the same thing as NT Hidden Settings. I've tried using ES File Manager, but when I go to the App Manager, the downloaded file isn't there for me to move/backup/fiddle with.
Also, I'm not sure if his is related to the issue at hand, but when I try downloading other apps I know for sure have an android version, it tells me it's incompatible with my device.
Can somebody please let me know how to fix my problem???
Thanks in advance.
You should be using the package installer, not the app installer, based on my experience. The package installer gave me the same results you see.
In 1.4.2 you can't sideload that way but by installing/pushing apps with adb might work. That is why many 16GB NT users prefer going back to 1.4.0 where sideloading is not an issue but the thing is 8GB NT users can only have installed 1.4.2 internally otherwise you will brick your device.
~ Veronica
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My KF HDX 7 is rooted and I have downloaded the various files that allow me to access the google store. However when I try and download any app, it just says "starting to download" and nothing happens. A message will sometimes be displayed "server error". I have the Android Firewall installed and everything is un-ticked) Could that be a reason and, if so, what apps should I tick? Hope someone can help. Thanks.
SOLVED: Look at my answer below.
Hello,
I'm new to this forum so sorry if I put this question in the wrong category. (also, I'm french, I don't speak english very well)
I have a Wiko Lenny running KitKat 4.4.2 (in fact, "WIKO LENNY Version 8") rooted, but I don't have CWM installed.
Yesterday, I installed some apps on my phone and tried using "Lucky Patcher", because I heard that it could remove ads. The website that explained how to use it said to go in Toolbox and to click "Install modded Play Store". So I clicked it, it said "Loading.." and then showed me an error that there wasn't enough space on the /system partition, only 60-70 MB free. So, as it didn't work, I uninstalled Luck Patcher but then I saw that it uninstalled the Play Store. I searched everywhere, it's not in the launcher, not in Settings->Apps, and now when I open any google app, it says that the Google Play Services needs to be updated, that they're not compatible with my device. I tried to download latest Play Store apk from various websites, but when I install it, it loads and then shows "Application not installed".
How can I get the Play Store back ?
Thanks
EDIT: I managed to install the Play Store apk using ADB from Android SDK. But if I try to install an app (or update existing), it crashes and says "Play Store stopped working". Then I need to go to Settings->Apps and to do "Clear data" for Play Store to make it run again (otherwise it crashes at launch).
EDIT 2: After some time, it showed a notification (translated from french) "Couldn't download <insert any app name here> : Couldn't retrieve information from server {error code i dont remember}".
NIL
Solved
I solved my problem by reinstalling Play Store by using ADB, and by setting it as system app with "/system/app mover" by j4velin. Now everything works perfect ^^