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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
If you want to root your phone, click on my signature and download the SuperUser.zip, rename it to Update.zip and put it on your internal card. Boot into recovery and hit Reinstall Packages (twice maybe) and then reboot it. You will see a SU icon in the app tray and you will be rooted but still be on 2.1.

If you want CWR recvovery, see 6 posts up. Xtone has it all mapped out for you. Just follow his instructions and you are good to go. Note: If you are using this method, you will need a custom ROM to flash after it reboots from stck (blue) to CWR (green) rocovery.

Koush is not supporting CWR for Eclair anymore so that is why you are seeing it in the market when you are on 2.1
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grhand82:
Grabbed the file from your signature. BUT...

Still getting:

-- Install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Any thoughts? Like I said. I have already ran through the steps. Any chance anyone has a link to Rom Manager that is still supported in Eclair? This is irritating in the fact that I can root in 2.1 but not get access to CWM and get access to CWM and NOT root in 2.2. Again, this is just a "putzing around" phone and not a big issue but if someone else is having this issue, it warrents a looksy. I am not new to rooting and I know how to do this it is just taking WAY to long.

Update: Got it. Read the next post for file links and instructions. Ha, this makes me look nooby :-(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grhand82:
Problem solved and was a HUGE pain in the A$$ (running around to grab all the neccessary files.) Here is my guide to this specific issue and links to all the files and steps you'll need. Granted, for anyone with experience, this is probably a no-brainer, but it still took to long too get this done. Here we go:

1) Get Odin (and the .pit and .tar) and Sammy drivers from here -> http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/ and follow the instructions on that webpage. This will take you back to stock Eclair.

IF YOU HAVE ISSUES GETTING ODIN TO RECOGNIZE YOUR DEVICE: I had issues on my Win7 machine getting my PC to recognize my device in Download mode. If you have that issue, download the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) (requires Java JDK here -> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html) and install the drivers through that.

2) Download and unzip Super One Click (here -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739300 {thanks TGA_Gunnman})

-Boot up your Vibrant then go to settings>applications>development>usb debugging>on

-plug in your Vibrant with the USB cable, execute the one-click root application and follow the onscreen message

3) You are now rooted running Eclair

4) Download the Eclair version of Rom Manager (thanks koush) here -> http://code.google.com/p/clean-ecla...data/app/com.koushikdutta.rommanager.apk?r=22. Move it to your SD card.

5) Go to the Android Market and grab a file utility (does not need root access.) I prefer ES File Explorer. Install Rom Manager through your file utility, and exit.

6) Open Rom Manager and flash the Vibrant recovery and there you go.

7) Flash away to your hearts content.

This whole method should take about 20-30 minutes MAX (dependent upon download speeds.)

Quick Read Version without files:

Odin back to Eclair - root via Super One Click - move the outdated Rom Manager apk to your SD card - install it via ES File Explorer (or any other file manager from the Market) - and load the Vibrant Recovery Image. Flash custom rom/kernel and enjoy some buttery smooth ICS. Rootin' Tootin
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ast32:
Was it just me? I had so much trouble getting Rom Manager to flash roms when I initially started messing with my Vibrant.

I prefer flashing roms with CWM considering the process is so easily backtracked. Since stock bores me now, I've never had to use SuperOneClick since. Things are much simpler now.

ODIN>JFD (Flash CWM)> Add Roms to Internal SD> Boot CWM> Flash whatever Rom you choose
[Android General] wintermute000:
I've been trying to fix a market issue with my SG tab 7.7 so I did a full wipe and reflashed the ROM in CWM.

Now when I go into the market, all my paid apps don't show up as paid, it wants me to pay again (e.g. titanium root, mobile odin etc.) Ditto on the web store as well.

I've filled in the form on the website but I"m not holding my breath for google (lack of) customer service, anybody run into this before?

Checking on my other droids, the same issue appears to be afflicting them as well, even if the app comes up in 'my apps' when I click on it instead of letting me reinstall it wants me to pay again!!!!

EDIT: Please DO NOT BOTHER SUGGESTING any of the normal 'fixes' such as clearing cache/data, clearing google service framework, full wipe, remove and re-add account, check google account is selected etc. This thread is for those of us whom none of the client side fixes work. And yes our web store is also similarly broken. Confirmed its a google side issue via raising a ticket with them. As per google: ""We are currently aware of this problem with Android apps on Google Play and are trying to resolve it. This complex issue involves several areas of the Google Play Store app and is not an easy fix, so I don’t have a good estimate on how long it will take us to resolve it. As soon as I have any updates, I’ll be the first to let you know.""
[Android General] foxis1981:
Just one silly question. Are you using the same gmail account for your paid market apps ? Is the device id remain the same as it is ?

Touch wood, so far I never experience your issue here. I have did several times of full data wipe with flashed more than 10 different roms from GB to ICS and so far my paid apps still displaying as "purchased". It will appear as "not installed" in "My Apps" section if I haven't re-download/restore them.

Try contact google and probably you need to show them your receipts from the apps you purchased in the past.
[Android General] wintermute000:
Same account, I didn't change any ID or whatever (full wipe and reinstall of same rom). Besides its happening on all 3 droids I own (1 phone 2 tablets).

tried clearing market data, cache, force stop etc. no change.

On web store it says I don't own any apps :(

As for receipts I have it all in my gmail of course but I have to wait for goog to get back to me, the lack of customer service (e.g. I can't even call someone) is appalling IMO. I have over 30 paid apps so this is super annoying, and now I"m afraid to buy any more in meantime until its resolved lest it screw my account even more
[Android General] Vulk_ZA:
Hey, this is my first post ever on XDA.

I just wanted to say that exactly the same thing has happened to me. I've bought around 50 apps on the market, and as of yesterday all of them started saying that I would need to pay in order to install them.

On the web store it says I don't own any apps, so I'm sure this has nothing to do with my individual device. It seems like a problem on the back-end. Maybe some glitches appeared in the system during the transition to Google Play?

Anyway, I'm stuck in the exact same boat that you are. I've reported the problem to Google via their support form, but aside from the automated response that you get when you first report a problem, I haven't heard anything back from them.

I also started wondering whether the problem might fix itself if I buy another app. But I'm also paranoid about making it worse somehow. Sigh...

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Oh, by the way, I'm running an unrooted Galaxy Nexus with 100% stock firmware. So I really think this is issue has nothing to do with custom ROMs - I reckon the problem is entirely on Google's side.
[Android General] wintermute000:
Yep has to be if the web store is borked as well. Also under my apps, all, it sometimes throws 'error connecting to server [RPC]' or something like that

Two of my droids are custom (Atrix w/ ICS Cm9 beta, Samsung galaxy tab 7.7 w/ tweaked stock) but a third is stock unrooted (sony tablet S).

poor form from goog they really need to up their customer service, even if 'sorry we know there's an issue with XYZ and we're working on it'. I've also got 50+ apps lol
[Android General] Kurisu87:
yup im having the same, I first thought it was due to my custom FW but seems unrooted stock folk are also having this problem. I made a thread about it a couple of days ago and again all having the same issue

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24026026#post24026026

what i found, is if i go to the web store and see my purchase history and click a product, it shows as purchased (like it should) but will not download when clicked, when using the search bar looking for the same app (my case both was titanium pro) it wanted me to purchase.

also, when you try to "re purchase" an app you already have, it will attempt to buy but you get an error, followed by 2 emails, a receipt immediately followed by a refunded email.

on an additional note, "play" has now been added to the black bar google home page above the search results in between maps ans youtube, so it seems they are messing with something
[Android General] foxis1981:
Anyone tried to connect to a 3g/wifi and manually sync your gmail account ? So far I observed is whenever I just wiped my phone. It will take awhile to fully synced back my email, contact, calendar and the last one which should be google market place.

Try don't take any attempts to make it work and let it be under internet connection and see if they will come back by their own. Just don't do any full wipe again, and performs a normal personal data restoration (like titanium backups). Let it be like 1 day normal usage with internet connectivity and see if those missing apps will appear back or not.

My personally experience is that I didn't actually take any action when I see them blank after full wipe. I proceed and busy with my gmail account login, sync back my contact and calendar, then performs titanium restoration and sms restoration. Eventually they just appeared after couple of hours or maybe 1 day or I dunno, I didn't actually care about it as I just know that they will come back to me and so far the app did appear back by its own in "My Apps" section.
[Android General] Kurisu87:
none rooted stock phones are also having this problem, so im not sure its anything to do with wiping the cache and thanks, but thanks for the input.
[Android General] Vulk_ZA:
Out of curiosity, have you tried purchasing an app that you didn't already have? What happens then?
[Android General] summer_love:
I've been hit with this too. My apps on the website are completely gone. The orders are still there, thank god. So if google ever actually try and help I can prove I bought them.

All I did was clear cache and data in the play store on ICS because I couldn't download updates. Did they change clear data so it wipes EVERYTHING server side? o_O

My playstore on my ICS xoom has a completely blank "my apps" page. If I try and update my apps it asks me to pay.

My nexus one on GB still uses a really old version of market (I froze the updater some time ago) and that's working fine at the moment. I can do updates ok too.

On my xoom I unistalled updates to pre "play store" re-brand (so plain old android market) and it shows all my apps and lets me update them without asking me to pay again. Next time I open it, I'm back on the play store with no apps listed in "my apps". So I uninstall updates again next time I need to use it. There doesn't seem to be an updater to freeze any more.

I daren't try buying any new apps in case that messes it up even more.

As a short term workaround try using an older version of the market. The one that works for me is 3.3.12.

I've tried going back to a nandroid from a couple of weeks ago, didn't work. I've wiped, flashed, market doctored, everything I could think of. No help. This is definitely server side.

I've sent emails to google but they haven't replied. I sent a few because there wasn't an option for "you deleted everything on my account for no reason."
[Android General] CrashCrashCrash:
"My playstore on my ICS xoom has a completely blank "my apps" page."

My playstore on my ICS Galaxy S2 had the same bug. I installed a free app, cleared my playstore and did a Restart. I don´t know why, but my apps are here again. :)
[Android General] summer_love:
I tried that already :(

I'll try again though.... Nope, now it's not blank, but it just lists the free app I installed!

Thank you for the tip though, appreciate you trying to help!
[Android General] DamnDroid:
wow.. thats totally wierd.

did u login using the same google account??
[Android General] CrashCrashCrash:
What does Playstore on your Computer say, about your installed and bought apps?

Try to install them from internet explorer (www_play_google_com/apps) _=> .
[Android General] summer_love:
lol, yes I did. I removed all others just to make sure :)

Nope, play store on my computer is also blank. The orders are in google wallet, but the apps aren't there in "my android apps".

I know it sounds completely ridiculous, but my account has been wiped on the server. I've attached some screenshots. The first 2 are what happens when I go to play.google.com "my android apps" (I always get one or the other), the third is my xoom's store, the 4th is google wallet showing a handful of the apps that should be there.
[Android General] romansib:
Absolutely the same situation...

Purchased apps looks like not purchased
[Android General] Kurisu87:
when i tried to purchase one I didnt have, it went through and downloaded fine (I purchased v player unlock for 59p) yet I was getting an error trying to download the free trial app. All seems a bit odd to me.
[Android General] summer_love:
Hopefully Google will fix this soon. Or at least reply to one of us... maybe :confused:

If you contact the titanium developer he might be able to send you the old version of the pro key. It's just a file you put on your sdcard. He's always been really helpful when I had issues.
[Android General] Vulk_ZA:
I got a reply from Google Play Support, but it seemed like a canned response: it was mostly suggestions to try things I've already tried, such as logging in with the correct account, making sure I've upgraded to the latest version of the Play Store app, or doing a hardware reset of the device.

I replied with a more detailed explanation, and included several screenshots to illustrate the problem.

I also included a link to this thread. Hopefully someone at Google will realise that there's a problem on their side that needs to be fixed.
[Android General] wintermute000:
I haven't even gotten a single response short of the initial auto reply, and its nearly 72 hours. Pathetic really. If I was an apple customer and lost all my itunes purchases.......... GAH google get it sorted
[Android General] romansib:
I have already installed Titanium Backup PRO key on my device.

The app is working fine, but not in installed apps list in google play market.
[Android General] foxis1981:
Have you guys tried to access into your gmail account using the pc browser, and check on your "My Apps" in the Google Play on the web ? (you can see the "new" Google Play, next to the "Maps" on the gmail header after you login to gmail on the pc browser )

As long as your purchased/previously downloaded apps is listed there, I am sure it is pretty safe for us.

Most probably the issue is falls on our phone local data, not the google's server side data.:D:D:D
[Android General] DarkhShadow:
Apple won't give you songs back, can only download each once, same as films
[Android General] wintermute000:
Can you read our posts again. Web market is blank. I have three devices messed including stock/UNrooted.
[Android General] summer_love:
Sorry if we're a little short tempered, it's just really frustrating! The issue is not on our side. Devices and the online site both show no apps have been purchased. We've tried every fix, but since Google's side is broken nothing we can do client side will help.

BTW, not an Apple fan at all, but yes purchased apps there are also stored in the cloud. Whether that is reliable, I don't know.

I was about to buy a new phone, but seems kinda pointless right now. Even newly downloaded apps disappear from "my apps".
[Android General] wintermute000:
I just got my first reply from google. Precanned response from trevor saying their ability to help is limited if I'm using custom ROM lol. Not a single troubleshooting step or helpful info, and I've already told them a thousand times ITS HAPPENING EVEN ON THE WEB STORE

Interestingly, on the web store instead of my apps being blank, it now gives me an error page. "We're sorry, there was an error. Please try again later." helpful eh
[Android General] summer_love:
I get that or the blank page intermittently lol.

I can't believe that's all they said. Seriously. I don't even know what I would respond to that.
[Android General] Vulk_ZA:
Yeah, I'm now getting the same error. In a strange way, that strikes me as a good sign. At least something is changing - maybe that means that someone at Google is in the process of trying to fix things.

If Google keeps up their radio silence, maybe at some point someone should try getting one of the better-read Android blogs to cover the story? Perhaps that would get someone's attention?
[Android General] wintermute000:
good idea, I've sent a few off to phandroid, android central and engadget
[Android General] gbhil:
http://www.androidcentral.com/getting-google-play-store-errors-youre-not-alone

I've also pinged our contact at Google. Something is up, let's hope it's for the good.

Thanks for the heads-up!
[Android General] :
Can confirm being ****ed by Play Store currently.

Only place my apps show up is in Google Wallet purchase history. I get blank on Play Store Web and app. Still stock unrooted on this current phone.

Here is a link where google say they have reports of the issue and you can click to report the issue (its under "recently fixed"...): https://support.google.com/googlepl...y?hl=en&page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=1319135

Excuse the phone screencaps/edits:
[Android General] brantje:
My apps are showing up here.

Newest google play, in Netherlands
[Android General] summer_love:
Thanks for this!
[Android General] PurePlaguez:
Had the same issue after flashing, but once i synced my google account all my paid apps where mine again. Didn't have to rebuy em luckily.
[Android General] sk806:
Interesting, I thought the update to Play Store was involved. I am going to try to put the original "Old" market version in my ROM and see what happens...

Did your troubles arise when the app updated itself to Play Store? Thanks!

Steve
[Android General] summer_love:
Had a response from Google: try a full wipe.

I hope they haven't sent this to people running full unrooted stock because they'll lose everything & still won't be able to use the store.

No, the update initially worked fine! I cleared data & cache on the store app because something wouldn't download, same way I've been doing for years, and this was the end result.
[Android General] Kurisu87:
a full wipe doesn't work, :( on my previous rom before full wipe and updating, i had apps ready to update (i had the rcp connection error on all apps also) but wasn't able to stating an error has occurred.

hopefully this would be resolved soon
[Android General] IceBlurr:
Hi,

I have a problem, that might be similar.

All the apps that need purchase, but that I have downloaded on a 3rd party market, like getjar, are marked as purchased in the play store, and it always ask for an update, like Beautiful Widgets. So, if I want to purchase it, I can't, because it is considered as purchased already.

Does anybody have the same issue ?

I hope my message is clear enough so you could understand ^^
[Android General] foxdie:
Can confirm I've got the same issue too, official ICS release from Samsung for the SGS2, all my paid apps are now asking me to pay again.

Phone is rooted and with Apex Launcher.
[Android General] summer_love:
Just remove the market link with titanium backup

---------- Post added at 04:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:23 PM ----------

lol wiping is how a lot of people ended up with the problem in the first place, that's why I don't want them to tell a bunch of regular consumers to wipe!
[Android General] Vulk_ZA:
I'm running unrooted stock, and Google suggested that I try a full wipe.

Since I couldn't see how this would help fix the web Play Store, I felt fairly comfortable ignoring this advice.

Some additional information I noticed: the Play Store app on my device is stuck on version v3.4.7, even though everyone else I know has gotten an OTA update to v3.5.15. I tried downloading the v3.5.15 APK and installing it manually, and this resulted in me the "Error retrieving information from server. [RPC]" message that was described on AndroidCentral.

Incidentally, it was interesting to see how many people on the comments section there were having the same problem. I suspect this problem might actually be more widespread, and once the mainstream tech sites start to pick up on it we might start to get a better idea of what the real extent is.
[Android General] summer_love:
Right?! Wiping must have just been today's random answer.

Google will probably be kicking themselves for not sorting this out sooner if it does become widespread!
[Android General] c0minatcha:
Well,

I flashed a CM9 Rom, all good there and it works. I can DL apps, install, pay for apps etc.

However,

I've lost all my paid apps...the lot.

I have a Titanium backup and can use that to restore but the PlayStore just wont play!

Also under Google Chrome where you now have the "Play" tab...this allows me to view apps etc but it doesnt allow me to "Install" via the web to my phone anymore so that seems broken AND when I goto "My Android Apps" on the webpage I get "We're sorry, there was an error. Please try again later."

Its broke!

:mad:
[Android General] sml156:
My 2 cents

I figured I might as well put my name here same problem
[Android General] Kurisu87:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24190334&postcount=22

not yet tried this solution but may be worth a shot..

tried, result:

didnt work for me I am afraid, I uninstalled google play, installed android market, it then updated itself, with same problem.
[Android General] herb2k3:
This is a known glitch. Google is working on it

http://phandroid.com/2012/03/29/google-play-store-glitch-makes-paid-apps-disappear/
[Android General] summer_love:
that references this thread. that's how it's known.
[Android General] bkanuka:
Pretty sure I once bought sound hound when it was a $0.10 app. Now I can't see that I've bought it. As far as I know all other apps I've purchased are still there. And I might be mistaken and didn't actually buy it.

Oh well, I don't use it that often. Just throwing in my experience.
[Android General] rwurdig:
I have the same problem and is a pain, i used backup pro to backup all my contacts and stuffs before i change my phone, and when i tried to recover it i cant, because it ask me to buy again, so whats the point in buy an applicative to backup ur phone if u cant restore it lol.

I asked the company and they told me to re-buy and then they will refund me the ammount.
[Android General] Kurisu87:
Welcome to "The Problem" my friend. Some purchased apps are sating to buy again, if you go in to your order history on the play website you will see you probably did buy it.

before I updated my rom (im guessing my play data was cached) I could see a load of my installed apps, when I clicked update i would get an error. If i uninstalled the app, it would ask me to buy.

all a bit meh tbf lol
[Android General] dougxd:
Interestingly enough.... I can see all my apps, installed or not, paid or not. I just can't download anything...keep getting and error with either 941 or 971 error codes.

**Edit -- Things have magically started working again. I guess I better hurry up and get stuff installed before Google borks things up again. :-/