What identifying info is sent with stock browser to websites? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3

A friend of mine said your phone number is among the info sent out to sites. The thing that got me wondering was looking for auto parts. I'd enter my year make model into one site for a search and that info also showed up on another parts site I had never visited. I have forms turned off in browser. I would search amazon for things, and even when I fully signed out after buying something, cleared all private data in browser with an about:blank start page, and used a app cache cleaner, they still remembered what I ran searches on. Even when all private data is cleared in browser, cache cleaner reports there's still data there 128k+ to be flushed out. Anyone have more knowledge on this subject and possible solutions?

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[Q] Market inaccessible

I've been having a weird problem with my Vibrant for the past ten hours or so, and can't seem to find a solution. I was running stock rooted JI6 and attempted to apply some app updates through the Market, but began getting network connection errors. I gave it several minutes, and when it refused to let me in, I restarted the phone, which had no effect. I did an ODIN restore and reverted to factory settings, and the phone refused to sign me into my Google account, saying it couldn't establish a reliable connection. I hunted around and eventually got signed in using the YouTube app workaround, but now when I try to access the Market it says the server is unavailable.
I haven't heard any buzz about a major outage, so I assume this is not something on Google's end. For the record, my connection is fine (tried to sign in to Market on both 3G and WiFi, no go, but browser and other internet-connected apps work fine, as do Google's sync services once I've managed to sign in through YouTube), and my Google account appears entirely normal PC-side. I saw an old thread about people having problems in China etc. after Google was partially blocked there, but as I'm in the United States, I don't think that applies. I am completely at a loss, and now I'm stuck with a factory-settings phone with no apps because I can't get into the Market.
I've followed the XDA forum for a couple months now, but this is my first post. I'll be heading to a T-Mobile store to ask them about it later today, but I'm hoping you folks will be able to shine some light on the subject in the meantime and perhaps even save me the trouble. I'm still pretty new to smartphones and Android, so go much beyond rooting and ODIN 101 and I'm quite ignorant. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks for your attention!
Market works fine on my end. Try clearing the data on market that has helped me in the past. From home screen menu/ settings/ applications/ manage apps/ market/ clear data and cache reboot.
There's no entry for the Market in my apps list, since it's pre-installed.
zorak950 said:
There's no entry for the Market in my apps list, since it's pre-installed.
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[Q] Where is my device in web based market?

I have read nearly all the "Market Fix" threads and can't find an answer to this. And I have tried searching as well, but pulled no results from the gTablet forums, so my apologizes if this seems like a double post of something already discussed.
When I access the Android Market via my pc, it says that I do not have any devices and can not install from there. I can merely browse. Now when I first flashed Vegan 5.1.1, I saw my device but now it's gone. I have not changed my account since I started and signing out and back in has not resolved this.
Also is it normal to have to apply the "fix" on a regular basis? Even before my device disappeared from my web settings, I have noticed a few times that my Market web searches often show results my Market app does not.
Thanks.
Does your tablet still have access to the Market?
While it's not typically needed to do the fix "again", I have read and experienced it myself where the Market seems to have reset itself back to its pre-fixed state.
This happened to me when the Market updated itself from 2.x to 2.x1 or whatever version it pushed down. I had to do the Market Fix again after that....this time quite a few times to make it work.
The Market on your device is designed to show you what apps are available for your device (ie hardware features and OS version) while the view you see from the Web is everything, regardless of hardware/OS version.
Do your Market Fix until you have a significantly "full" market and download something from the Market on your device. Check back on the web and see if you see it.
I've switched ROMs and such and still see my device (though it's name/info has changed on the website).
Thaks for your reply.
The market is accessible from my gTab, the device just does not show up via the web Market (either from pc or DolphinHD).
My big concern is that I will be upgrading my phone to a HTC Inspire this week and I want to make sure the apps I have purchased will be available when I add the new phone. If I don't have a device in the web store, will it effect my ability to get to all my apps?
As long as you use the same gmail account on your phone you should be able to get all the apps you purchased.
Not sure why your tablet does not show on the web market. We have 2 phones and the gtab on the same account, and they all show up on the web.
Maybe you find a solution in google help https://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1141080 or the tab magically shows up once you have your phone.

Anyone else locked out of Amazon Market?

I'm using the stock os ... and in upgrading my Amazon market have now found that I can't access Amazon App Store any more. I'm told that (everything I try) is incompatible with my device. It used to work, though. Anyone have any ideas?
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I'm using the stock os ... and in upgrading my Amazon market have now found that I can't access Amazon App Store any more. I'm told that (everything I try) is incompatible with my device. It used to work, though. Anyone have any ideas?
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Here's the answer from Amazon:
Hello Al,
I am truly sorry about the troubles that you have been having. I have contacted our development team about this issue here about one week ago. They informed me that there was a increase devices that are not compatible with our apps, but they did not mean for it to take out almost everything for devices that clearly can handle the apps. They are working on getting it fixed but right now there is now estimated time for them to get this completed.
Thank you for your patients and look forward to seeing your soon.
Thank you for your recent inquiry. Did I solve your problem?
EPIC FAIL on Amazons part. On a side note, that was on a Froyo rom (calk+clemv6). I'm now on HC (GTabComb3.3) & Amazon work with it.
i an into this problem last week. Deleted the data and cache from the application itself, re-entered my login information, and everything was magically compatible again.
Go to Settings, applications, manage applications, all, find Amazon appstore, and delete cache, then delete data, force close it. Close settings, restart appstore. You'll need to provide login information again, and it shoul work.
Still getting Not Compatible message in Amazon Appstore
I have a Viewsonic G Tablet with the stock operating system, except I did repatition the sd card. When I loaded everything back up I saw that all of my apps were not in my account. At that time I was able to search manually and find and install them, but now I can't even do that. I tried loading the previous version of the appstore but the apps were still not in my account and when I found them it would redirect me to load them from my account, where they are not at. Has anyone found a way around this yet?
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I have a Viewsonic G Tablet with the stock operating system, except I did repatition the sd card. When I loaded everything back up I saw that all of my apps were not in my account. At that time I was able to search manually and find and install them, but now I can't even do that. I tried loading the previous version of the appstore but the apps were still not in my account and when I found them it would redirect me to load them from my account, where they are not at. Has anyone found a way around this yet?
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I've run into this as well. Amazon rebuilt their compatibility list at some point and the gTab is not listed as incompatible with nearly every app in the store. The reason your apps don't show up is that incompatible apps are filtered from search results, including your purchased apps. This restriction also seems to apply to the installer as well. Don't know any workarounds. I've already contacted Amazon on multiple occasions to bring this matter to their attention, but no action seems to have been taken.
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i an into this problem last week. Deleted the data and cache from the application itself, re-entered my login information, and everything was magically compatible again.
Go to Settings, applications, manage applications, all, find Amazon appstore, and delete cache, then delete data, force close it. Close settings, restart appstore. You'll need to provide login information again, and it shoul work.
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Worked for me, I was getting increasing numbers of incompatible notifications especially for the free app of the day.
Amazon should learn...
About the only thing that the Amazon market had going for it, other than FAoD, is that I didn't have to worry about apps not appearing in searches because someone didn't recognize my device. As a frequent ROM flasher on a number of android devices, it's a pain when a market search shows up nothing even when you know it's there.
Amazon shouldn't follow google in this. If anything, they can just post a disclaimer "This app is not compatible with your device, if you want to purchase it anyway, click here, waiving any liability if it crashes your device, and indicating that you understand that you won't get a refund if it doesn't work." Or even just give advanced users a flag in their profile to sign this disclaimer once and turn on the ability to download "incompatible" apps.
Sometimes I get error logging that's about it
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Chrome to Mobile Issue/Device and google account sync issue

Okay so I got my first prime in january and then RMA 'd it and got a new one back...but being the "smart" one I am I had backed everything uip on titanium backup, so when I got my replacement I simply rooted it and restored.... NOW THE PROBLEM
though I registered my replacement Prime iwhen i look on my devices on google it says it was never used....and my old one has not been used since RMA.....so google cannot find my device
This has made installing apps from desktop site impossible and worst off it has made chrome to mobile impossible. When I try to use chrome to obile it sees two primes....Weird because I nnever had it on the first one.... if I have the chrome to mobile turned on and will say it sent a page but the Prime never gets it....if C2M is off it always still sees one
Any advice or ideas? I have tried removing account and then adding..no help
MASSIVE UPDATE
Got rid of the diuplicate listing and got market to install apps from web
but C2M doesnt work yet....but I found out how it woirks... it uses cloud printing ito send the link so after messing with some things at https://www.google.com/cloudprint/#jobs It now says that it cant send pages and if I just try to use cloud print it says that it sent it but couldnt notify it..... so again, any ideas?

Help with Restricted Play Store

This weekend, I flashed the 4.2.2 factory images onto my Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 devices. I am currently in China, and I likely won't return to the States until this summer. After flashing the images, I got some pages in Chinese that I skipped through without reading, then I had to check a box and click a button. I assumed it was a terms of service agreement. After completing the initial setup, I installed my apps using a web browser on my laptop since I was installing so many on both devices. It just seemed more efficient to go through my list of apps, click install, and click on both devices.
Everything went well, and I got both devices set up the way I like, and I thought I was in good shape. Then I saw one of the developers I follow mention that he had updated his app. I hadn't been prompted to update, so I opened the Play Store. The app wasn't there. It is on my N4 and on my N7, but it isn't showing up in either Play Store app.
On the N4, I have a list of installed apps, but it is not a comprehensive list. Many, many apps are missing. On the N7 it's even worse. I just have "Categories" when I open the app. If I click on the "Installed Apps" button, I get a blank page.
I do have a VPN with a server in San Francisco, and I set it up on both devices. I can connect on the N7. Once connected, I cleared the cache and data of the Play Store and forced it closed. Then I reopened, re-accepted the terms, and let it load (all with the VPN still connected). Same thing as before. On the N4, I can't even get the VPN to connect. That might be a completely separate issue, but it's keeping me from seeing if I can get the Play Store to improve.
Anyone have any ideas about what specifically (not "you're in China") might be causing this problem or how I might be able to fix it? I have flashed many roms with complete wipes since being in China, but I'm thinking this is probably my first time flashing a complete factory image. Both factory images were downloaded from Google's developer site. I don't recall if my VPN was connected when I downloaded those files or not.
Bumping to hopefully get some help.
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