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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XSafire:
tl;dr I installed an apk that you normally have to buy (with the developers permission), and now I want to buy the app, but the market says I purchased it and gives me an error when I try.

Detailed version:

So I was chosen to beta test the boot manager application by the developers. They sent me a download link to an apk that I installed on my phone (nexus one).

The developers stopped updating the app through the link they gave me, and they only update the market apk now. I felt that I should purchase the app, to support the developers and gain the new features. I tried to purchase the app, but in the market it already says "purchased" instead of "buy". When I try to buy it, it gives me an error.

I have since uninstalled the app completely, and still no luck.

I cleared the market cache and data, and even tried using the browser market to install it remotely. It even says purchased on the web.

It's possible titanium backup attached the app to the market through market doctor, but even after i uninstalled it it still had this issue.

I'm not sure if it matters, but the app checks with the market to see what your registered email is, and then checks the developers server to see if that email is licensed before using the app. Since I didn't buy it from the market, they just added my email to the list.

What can I do about this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Re-install the apk file they gave you, then uninstall it through the market.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XSafire:
Just tried that, after it was uninstalled everything appeared the same, and gave me the same errors.

I just got off the phone with a "market specialist." She said that I tried to purchase the app, but something went wrong and "the phone doesn't know where to get the app from." She handed the issue over to a more specialized department who will try and fix the problem and either get back to me for more information, or fix the problem within 24 hours. I was extremely impressed with how they handled the issue.

To anyone having this problem in the future, go to this page, scroll down, and fill out your info under "talk to a specialist" and let them know what your problem is. They did ask if I was using a custom ROM (which I am) and they said that custom ROM's can sometimes interfere with the market, but I highly doubt this is the case.

And an email they sent me:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
You could try detaching it from the market using Titanium Backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EncryptedFile:
was this ever resolved?

I too have this problem, but I have apps that I purchased, or got free from Amazon.com's App Store, and now that google has this massive .10¢ sale of over 10k (supposedly?) apps I want to rebuy the same apps from google (who updates much faster than Amazon).

I'm going to try to detach, hopefully it works.

If not hopefully we can figure this out as I'm sure this is an issue that afflicts many of you too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XSafire:
just a follow up, and no the issue is still persistent for me as well
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwwwww:
I have the same problem with an app I purchased from Amazon App Store but want to repurchase from Google Market.

I tried detaching it from the market using Titanium Backup but that did not help.

Anyone have a solution?

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I tried the instructions at this thread, but they did not work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1m4an:
Try purchasing it from the web market.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1m4an:
Or one sure way that worked for me is to downgrade the market app to v2, even if the app says purchased, it still gave me the checkout page.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwwwww:
I had the same problem with the web interface, but downgrading to market 2 worked. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidbliss:
How do I downgrade my Market to v2 to fix the same problem others are having....?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myrobot007:
i download marketv2.3.6.apk then install it.

but not work

market require google account all time
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebol94:
Have you tried wiping cache ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
See here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19085789&postcount=14.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EncryptedFile:
Still not finding a solution I simply logged into another Gmail account I own, and purchased it from there.

Now when there's an update to one of the secondary accounts apps I get a download refused message until I switch accounts.

It's not too much of a hassle, but it's not convenient either. :/
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
Trying to theme the dialer for Ice Cream Kangwich and am having some trouble locating the proper files

I've gotten a few things so far on the dial pad while in a call

But I cant find where to make the same changes on the main dialer...

Anyone know where these files are located?
[LG Revolution] Beamer9408:
Sorry I'm no help here I'm going to try that stuff when I get home
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
DialerTabActivity.apk and Contacts.apk are also tied in with all the phone stuff. You may or may not have all these files:

DialerTabActivity.apk <----Main one

Phone.apk

Contacts.apk

All of those apks have to be themed in order for it to look right. There will also be some editing of the XML files involved as well.

Here's a quick explanation of the apks.

Phone.apk - is what you see when you're in the middle of a call

DialerTabActivity.apk - is what you see when you just open the phone dialer

Contacts.apk - self explanitory.

Hope all that helps!
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
Awesome! Was missing the dialer apk. Thanks.

From my Kangwich Bryce Device
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Not a problem!
[LG Revolution] drt054:
Hope it goes well.. I gave up twice on trying to theme that. The AOSP dialer would be ideal. Maybe someday :)
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
I agree 100%

From my Kangwich Bryce Device
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
I couldn't find a DialerTabActivity.apk ?!?
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
I'm going to have to download GV and see what apps are in there. Let me look around then I'll get back to you.

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That's odd. I only see 3 apks that would have anything to do with the phone or contacts:

Contacts.apk

Phone.apk

ContactsProvider.apk <--no idea what this one is even for.

No idea what to tell you man. You might have to seek out some help elsewhere on this one.
[LG Revolution] S.Meezy:
Yea, I'm not sure where its hiding, but it has to be somewhere... hopefully. Haha.

VS910 4G Kangwich
[LG Revolution] mtmichaelson:
That dial pad looks sexy!

I believe they are supposed to be in contacts.apk
[LG Revolution] Beamer9408:
Well I have tried some things I changed a lot of the text values in values/color compiled and nothing seemed to change lol still looking into it just letting you know do we don't waste a bunch of time doing the same thing as each other.

Edit: that was in phone.apk haven't tried any others yet well keep you posted
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Phone.apk is what you see when you're in a call so you would have to look while in a call to see any changes.
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
Got it figured out, everything is in Contacts.apk under hdpi-finger ... I had edited the wrong pngs :P

It's looking pretty sweet!

Should be releasing an update with this and the fixed landscape pulldown tomorrow if all goes well
[LG Revolution] Haro912:
I wish I didn't despise that notification pull down :( I miss this theme. lol
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
Curious: what don't you like about the pull down?
[LG Revolution] Haro912:
That lack of separators lol. It just looks weird to me. I do think it looks very clean just not my style
[LG Revolution] S.Meezy:
Haters gonna hate... :-P

VS910 4G Kangwich
[LG Revolution] drt054:
The primary dialer is in contacts.apk I just haven't started messing around with it yet

sent from my LG Steel BlueVolt :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
Here is a full system dump of the EP4D OTA update. This system dump is with Root and Recovery. Enjoy devs! I will also be uploading a pure stock system dump as well in about an hour.

THIS IS NOT A ROM AND CANNOT BE FLASHED IN RECOVERY! You have been warned.

EP4D System Dump w/ Root & Recovery:

http://www.multiupload.com/WM0E8GSGYX

EP4D Pure Stock System Dump:

http://www.multiupload.com/T9MF545WSU
[Verizon Droid Charge] Highriser:
Can this be flashed in recovery or do we need to do something too it?
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
It's just a system dump, this can NOT be flashed in recovery. Dev's use system dumps for making ROMs. The OTA update has been posted in the "General" section though.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bluevolume:
What did you do to get root before you dumped it? Imoseyen's kernel?
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
BEFORE YOU ODIN BACK TO EE4, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SU FLASHABLE ZIP, THE OTA UPDATE AND IMOSEYON'S KERNEL ON YOUR SDCARD!

Make sure the update file is renamed to "update" and that it's on the root of your sdcard. (not in any folders or anything)

Odin back to EE4. Reboot normally.

Turn the phone off, then reboot into Stock Recovery and run the update.

Once the update finishes and the phone boots regularly. Reboot into Download Mode and plug the phone into the computer.

Start Odin, Uncheck "Auto Reboot", select PDA, NOT PHONE!

Click on the PDA tab and find your recovery file then click "start."

Once it is done and you see the word "PASS" on Odin, unplug the usb cable and press down all three buttons to boot into recovery (volume up, home, power)

Once in recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, mount /system and flash the SU flashable zip.

Go back and wipe cache and dalvik again, mount /system again and flash the kernel.

After that, your recovery will stick and you're good to go. You are now rooted and running on EP4D.

Here is the flashable Super User zip. http://www.multiupload.com/V6R1RZJPXV
[Verizon Droid Charge] ceredics:
Someone needs to squeeze this into a Odin package or somethinggg! Too many newbs that need the easy way around! Lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] cmdrfrog:
Technically just the su package will give permanent root. I'm going to wait for imoseyon to release a kernel from the ota source before replacing stock
[Verizon Droid Charge] spc_hicks09:
True but if you don't flash imo's kernel you will not keep CWR.
[Verizon Droid Charge] junksecret:
Can you elaborate on how to do this? I don't need CWR, just want the camera mod and perhaps themes later, once I can odin a deodexed ROM. A step by step would be great.

Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
You need CWR (Clockwork Recovery MOD) if you want to do any kind of MODing to the phone. This includes themes, kernels, camera mod hacks, etc. It makes doing those kinds of modifications easier since it can modify the system in an offline state which is required to do certain low-level system modifications such as kernels, themes, etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnikai:
I'm running CM7 stock and I have very inconsistent wake times. Sometimes I'll wipe and flash CM7 and wake from sleep is instant. Sometimes it's a full second.

This doesn't seem tied to CPU speed or governor (I've tried several options with no effect).

What's the best way to ensure wake is instant?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siky_dude:
Why are you posting this here?

Go away.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnikai:
Simple answer: because the people here know the answer and it very much relates to kernels and how they handle sleep/wake.

Longer answer is I don't know how to move it now that I've posted it.

(Yes, I'm fully aware the longer answer is shorter...)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NolFito:
I have the same issue. I have found that the NEO kernel 18 on nightly 181 has relatively consistent wakes though it still is often over a full second. Worse if you have had your phone in sleep for longer periods of time, I imagine it has to do with deep sleep.

For some reason it seems that pressing volume down and power button often wakes up the phone instantly (if it puts the phone into mute or ring mode) but this method is not very consistent. If my phone is connected to power, it wakes up instantly.

I have also tried different governors and overclocking including putting the phone at minimum 200Mhz but it still wasn't consistent.

Flashing a stock Gingerbread Samsung ROM does have instant wake-up. I haven't tried flashing older CM7 Nightlies to see fi the issue emergers at an specific point, but not unlike you it seems to be a recent issue with me somewhere in the ~170s nightlies.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnikai:
I'm finding I get fairly consistent instant wake with Glitch's V13 kernel (even with max 800mHz to save battery).

Just wondering what the method is behind the madness.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NolFito:
I don't think it would be an app as freshly flashed still shows the problem. Ill try that kernel see how I go with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
Stupid. This area is for development.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
This is a very good question, and something that has bothered me about the Galaxy S for a very long time. HTC devices snap on instantly when you hit the button regardless of how long it's been off, but the SGS takes an annoyingly long time to wake up most of the time.

That said, these folks are right, this doesn't really belong in *development* unless we are investigating the cause at a lower level or working on a solution.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnikai:
This is directly relevant to the development of SGS roms and kernels and we're attempting to discuss the problem and possible resolutions - I am hoping for a "low level" answer regarding the scheduler in use, perhaps. However obviously some disagree, so I'm happy to move it, but I have no idea how.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siky_dude:
well, afaik this is a bug in latest cm7 nightly, i am running older cm7 nightly, mintberry crunch miui and super osr and my wake is instant.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaikat:
Among other things maybe, it has to do with the voltage set at sleep mode... i think.

Notice how it wakes up instantly when the charger is plugged in..

Those interested could use setvcell to change the voltage at the lowest speed for the sake of experimenting.. but do give us your feedback please.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
So I flashed the cm7 alpha that came out last night this morning. I wasn't getting calls so i turned it off and tried to reboot it into recovery. The phone never got into recovery (I told it to reboot into recovery from clockwork mod), and now it isnt powering on, at all. I've tried every key combination, recovery, download mode, letting it charge for HOURS, and still nothing.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm trying to gather the files I need to see if odin will recognize it and possibly be able to restore it to stock. If I can't get it to work by tomorrow, I'm just going to go to the T-Mobile store.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
Would it be possible that you tried so many combinations that the phone's battery has died? Have you tried plugging it in and seeing what happens?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
charged for four hours and nothing.

Took it to a tmobile store and they're doing a warranty exchange since they couldn't get it to do anything either, even with a different battery.

Kind of curious as to what'll happen when I send it back since it has cyanogen mod 7 on it and its rooted. Then again, the phone won't boot, go into download mode, or recovery.

edit: I'm thinking the phone won't charge because of the custom kernel in cm7. Don't know how I would flash a kernel if I couldn't get it to boot though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jangst123:
Dam,, too late

But for reference try!

Take the battery out and let it sit for a few min the put it back in and see if it boots.

If it still will not boot

Take the battery back out

Plug in the USB cable connected to the computer

Hold down the volume up and down then

Put the battery back in.

You should get the option: Volume UP / Volume Down for Reboot

Hit Volume UP and go get some Odin love!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
I still have the phone, I'm gonna try this now. Will update with results.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KillaHurtz:
Cool man, keep us updated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
Well, I tried both suggestions to no avail. Anyone else have any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PorchSong:
I did not see you mention it, but did you try the "10 second" power button hold? You know it works when the phone vibrates 3 times. Simply hold the power button until it vibrates. It takes about 7-10 seconds (although when you think your phone is bricked, it feels like it is taking 5 minutes). If it vibrates, you are in the clear. You can usually get to recovery or odin from there. Try doing this on battery only first.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
no cigar with the hold for ten seconds method on the power button.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PorchSong:
It is really, REALLY difficult to brick a phone unless you are changing the radio (for example, flashing a wrong or corrupted radio). A kernel can hose your phone, but not brick it as you don't need a kernel to access recovery. A bad recovery could also brick your phone, but then you have download mode (Odin) to access that bypasses recovery. In other words, there are layers of protection or access points. We have not flashed any new radios for our phones yet, so you know that is not the problem. Having said all that, that does not mean you are not bricked.

To be clear on your position, you are getting no power response at all? Again, try this:

Unplug your phone;

take battery out (wait about a minute before replacing battery);

replace battery;

"10 second" hold until phone vibrates 3 times (or vibrates at all for that matter);

If you see no sign of life, then try the above process with phone plugged in (try plugged into computer and wall socket separately). Odin recognizes when you are plugged into computer and the boot process goes differently.

As for Odin bootup:

Load Odin;

Plug in your USB to computer;

try the volume/power boot up;

if that fails, try the "10 second" hold boot up with Odin running on your system and phone plugged in.

Outside of that, I can not think of any other way to get you to recovery or Odin.

I have flashed my android phones probably 150+ times in the last 2 and a half years and never made a brick. I thought I had, but was always able to get to recovery or bootloader (think Odin for HTC), and recover the phone. The only times I ever saw anyone truly brick the phone was when flashing the wrong or bad radio for their phone (radio is your 4G / cell receiver). So, walk through your processes to recover your phone in a methodical way and if that all fails, then return it. If you can't get it to go trying all these techniques, then T-mobile probably won't be able to as well and see that you rooted it.

Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] btyork:
Slightly off topic but if you send in a rooted phone for warranty (not insurance, warranty) they will charge you a full repair fee.

Sent from the Galaxy, 2 stars to the left.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
What happens when you pull your battery, put it back in and attempt to turn your phone on?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
@PorchSong, I've tried everything you said to no avail. I know its extremely hard to brick an android phone. Having had over 10 devices in the past year, all running custom roms, I've never bricked one either. This is why I find this so unbelievable, I usually don't make posts on XDA, not for lack of caring about the subject matter, but rather because I'd rather learn about it on my own to further my understanding on it.

Again, this is as bricked as I've ever seen something. The phone simply is unresponsive to every method I've tried.

@btyork, how would they know if the phone doesn't boot into recovery, download mode, or into regular android? I'm not saying that they couldn't. I'm just saying, what precautions could I take against them finding out. Trust me, if i could find a way to, I'd restore it to stock before I sent it back to them. (I still have the phone and will until december 6th, when they send me my new one, so we have a little bit of time to work on this)

@ mikeyinid, Nothing at all. Nothing in this thread has made the phone give even the slightest response.

The last thing I did was try to boot into clockwork mod, rather than boot with the key combination like I normally do, i did it directly from rom manager. Except, it never booted into recovery, so I pulled the battery and tried to start it again, from there it hasn't booted, or charged. I could've sworn the phone had at least a 30 percent charge when I was doing all this as well. Not the best for restoring from a backup in clockwork mod but I was in a bind as I was about to leave somewhere for roughly two hours and needed a functioning phone (cm7 did not let me make or receive calls, for whatever reason).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddysays:
Are you seeing anything on the screen?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
Are you sure you flashed cm7 for our phone? Sounds like a boot.img flashed to the wrong partition. I only know that because I bricked my first gs2 using the wrong mount point to flash a kernel. If it doesn't do anything at all, jig might work but idk. I just got a new one
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddysays:
Typically with Samsung phones, if you can get ANYTHING at all to show on the screen it is not bricked.

Do you have a G+ account? If I can see what is going on while I walk you through it it would be easier. Could possibly hold an open hangout so others can join in and help or just for informational purposes.

I have had soft bricks on my behold 2, vibrant and SGS2, over 100 times all together. Sometimes it takes a little fiddling, my SGS2 seemed a little more difficult only because of the relative simplicity of it compared to the others.

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Well i think he said it did boot initially, so I doubt that is the problem.

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That depends if they can tell or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronpaws:
Okay, well I'm going to try and fix it in Odin one more time tomorrow on my friends computer (I use a mac), so I'll report back on what happens. I'm thinking I didn't put it into download mode the right way when I tried it the other night. I remember having to do it for rooting the phone, but hadn't done it since, and since this is my first samsung phone other than the nexus s, I wasn't all that familiar with it. The google + idea might be a good one. I'm not sure how to go about setting that up, but I should be at my friends around like 12est tomorrow, so if anyone wants to set something up we can do that, or I can just report back. Either way, I'll come back to this thread and give a conclusion on what's happened.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddysays:
Let me know, G+ is easy. Im out of class at 2est.