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[Galaxy S I9000 General] jkruijff:
i had this problem too this morning (i'm not on Doc's rom or anything, just using Supercurio's VooDoo kernel on stock FroYo). I got it fixed after clearing the Market Cache, after that i restarted the Market app, and immediately had the NEW Market layout. Maybe it's worth a shot.

J.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
Maybe,

but why someone have this problem and someone no...

i can't understand this absurd situation...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
But I´m glad to see that this not only my problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
got same problem... tried everything, wiping everything lots of different roms.. nothing helps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Try updating to the latest version of market. Not via phone, but either search in the xda or google it & install.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
also tried this, will try it again.

Think it's somehow coupled to my google account.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
Today i have the same problem. My device mounts the RSJP5 rom. I guess that it is a server issue, or a random google account issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Are your IMEIs ok?

Market shows & behaves perfectly for me as of THIS moment.

PS : Its even downloading Ulysse Gizmos update as of the moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
The IMEI of my device is corrupted. But the android market has worked until today. The Samsung market works still fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
The same situation...

Everything had work fine untill yesterday/today, never i get problem with market for my corruted imei and i think is not the problem, but i dont know why i have this problem
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
I meet some people with the correct IMEI and have the same problem with the market
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Can some Dev post a hack for these people to STOP market from upgrading itself? Let them stay at a market that works.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
I tried to flash many roms, with the newer and the old market version and all times I have the same problem
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Have they installed the latest market? Until I did it, I was having a LOT of issues with the market.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
Is it a google account random issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
I dont think so, with the latest market, I haven't had a single issue. I had some earlier, like it downloads, tries to install, & says Not Installed. My money wasted. But with the latest one No issues at all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
Same thing, with all rom and old and new market i get the problem but only yesterday/today... :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
hmm my imei is corrupted since the jpx upgrade..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
I think you need to update your Title to currupted IMEI. Use your imagination.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mafiadog:
Same problem here !!! please help me !! after i flashed to docrom from darky's. I have used odin and reflashed completely to initial firmware, unrooted etc but nothing seems to work.

The market somehow is not even returning to its original state even if i flash it to my original firmware. It stays new and corrupted with a warning that my device may not support android market .

Edit : Also my imei is not corrupted , i also happen to have an efs backup.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Even with all the detailed howto by a lot of knowledgable people around, a LOT of guys get confused when to use Odin, & When to use CWM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
I think the imei is not the real problem, i have corrupted imei since JPK and never i get problem!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mafiadog:
Err ??? Odin is used to return to stock firmwares and cwm for custom roms. What is the confusion ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
IF YOU HAVE BROKEN YOUR IMEI, how will google identify you? 7 IF YOU BOUGHT SOMETHING how will google bill you?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
People tend to use CWM file in Odin. & visa versa. That can potentially break the phones IMEI.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
Do you have read my post?

i say never i get problem with market for my corrupted imei, but only in this 2 day!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mafiadog:
Correct, but my imei is not broken. I don't know why is it that i'm facing this problem. It happened after i tried faking tmobile settings through market enabler.

Now whatever i do be it clearing cache, or reverting to stock firmware i always have an updated market place which i believe is now embedded with my gmail account.

It seems that if i initially use a temporary gmail account only then do i get a market fix. Please someone help us out of this mess.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Somebody has a solution for this messup?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Even with earlier ROMs go install the latest version of market.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
you asked it seriously¿?¿?¿? trough the google account (not by IMEI) ;)

If google identifies the people by the IMEI, when you change the phone (other imei) what do you do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
India has a policy. Wrong IMEI, Stolen phone, China phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
Well, and this, how is related with the market?

the IMEI is independent of the market. the market works with the google account. IMEI is to identify the phone, not the user... and google account´s is for indentify the user, not the phone :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
Thats news to me, I always thought, ONLY a valid phone can connect to market.

PS : VALID meaning with good IMEI.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
I my case... I have the 0049... IMEI number, for a long time and the market worked perfect... until today :D :D

best regards!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
Anyone have idea why we have this unpleasant problem?

Im desperate.. i dont know what can i do to resolve...

Please any suggestion?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
Does someone tried it with another google acount?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
It's also my case. Has someone sented an email to google assistance?

Similar cases with other devices:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=55c997eccabf0a6a&hl=en
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
http://market.android.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=contact_policy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arielito:
I also have the same problem since yesterday evening. I flashed darky's Rom 5.6 which by the way is the fastest rom I have ever tried, but then when I tried to even find some apps in the market, the message appear that my device might not be compatible with android market. I have flashed everything ( back to Eclair, froyo, different roms and nothing). My IMEI is not corrupted, so what could this be? THIS IS REALLY DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mafiadog:
I've figured that we are somewhat on a test market place where apps are published only for testing purposes.

Everything is something.test or google maps 5.0 (test) etc. Very limited applications and everything seems corrupt.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
Thats really strange... I´m not sure what that is.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] milan2008:
We need someone who got this issue to test it on another phone model with the same gmail account.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
Tested it with a new account- not working :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ookamikuroi:
I have testet it on my desire - no problem there. It seems its a problem with our SGS
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnmachielsen:
I seem to be having the same problem since earlier today flashing Darky's 5.5.

I've tried flashing the slim 5.5 and even the newer 5.6 edition Darky posted up.

No luck, also not with clearing the Market Cache.

My IMEI is not corrupted either.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KALI2000:
I also have the same problem since yesterday evening. I flashed darky's Rom 5.6...:confused:

Anyone have a solution?

Thanx in avanced.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Darkyy:
It's funny - I never got problems with my Market.

I think the Market itself is quite unstable sometimes.

My ROM has only a changed fingerprint to show all protected apps - nothing more.

I can't have to do with a custom ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dupel:
Since the problem is new and apparently on other devices and not connected to any specific rom - i think its safe to assume google is either testing or updating something in market.

My money are on some stolen phone/imei related/piracy related stuff. Though I might be wrong about it =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sufeng:
i got the problem on my galaxy tab. On my galaxy s i have not this problem.

I use my account on both device.

On galaxy tab my market appear this problem, but on my galaxy s the market workes fine

So i dont understand why this can happen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] decepticon:
Everyone please post this to the Google help thread here http://www.google.com/support/forum...ad?fid=55c997eccabf0a6a000497b751724693&hl=en

Looks to be just an issue with Galaxy S based devices but on Google's end.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
for me, the problem dissapeared

market works correctly one more time
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
Do you have rebooted the phone?

Do you have, now, the new market?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sufeng:
the problem disappeared also.

i have just formatted the internal memory and do a factory reset.

now i got the new market. =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] awia:
this morning I flashed JPO, JM9, JPU, JPX ,.... with the new and old version of the market app... nothing worked...

Now, without do nothing, the market works
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arielito:
Yes, indeed. Everybody do a factory reset now!!!!! It seems like the problem has been fixed a couple of minutes ago. Just did a factory reset and formatted the internal SD card and it works like a charm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ABE94:
Yes, after format SD card and a factory reset, it's work for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CherngX:
Is your imei 004999010640000?

this should be the root cause.

Please check.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KALI2000:
Yes this is my imei.

How I can recover my original imei?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragin:
So, all problems solved?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] milan2008:
Seems like it, I have the updated market- force stopped it, cleared data, restarted it and all is working fine. I am sure google did something.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
I have had the same idea! :)

Try those steps before to work a lot:

1) Forced Arrest the android market and market updater from the menu Manage Applications.

2) Clear the data chace.

3) Open the android market.

Now the android market on my device works fine again. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
marked works again...

problem solved. Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sxi200:
This problem had nothing to do with the imei number. It was a google issue. I believe just some sort of a market update. Tried everthing to fix it but in the end it fixed itself.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnmachielsen:
I still have this issue, but then again, I have been fiddling alot with new ROM's from Darky and Doc the last day too.

I'm gonna go and wipe everything, factory reset, and back to a clean safe JM8.

From there I'll establish a working market and then go to Froyo and/or Darky's 5.6
[Galaxy S I9000 General] johnmachielsen:
Just to confirm what others have said.

After flashing back to a safe JM8 by Richthofen, my Market works again.

It seems to have updated itself into the new version as well.

Quite crappy that Google didn't communicate (AFAIK) that there would be Android Market updates this weekend which could affect your phone's functioning.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
Yay Problem is back... :D Got it since today in the morning...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mafiadog:
Same here.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] StephenC82:
Same here Galaxy S i9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] corgar:
problem is started because a new rollout of an updated version 2.2.11

how to fix market problem:

settings -> manage apps

search for market and delete all update

then go here and download the cwm package .zip one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914492

reboot in recovery and install it. delete dalvik cache just to be sure. reboot and restart market
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Gave this a try earlier and it didnt work, will try it again later see if the market is fixed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mystifiyer:
Good to know I am not the only one this time. Got it since 5 hours ago

Seemed that whenever a new Market version is rolled out, we get affected?

Btw, I got a corrupted imei.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
same problem corrupted imei
[Galaxy S I9000 General] red103:
If you read the older parts of this thread you see that there are a few people have this problem without a corrupted imei...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mystifiyer:
This problem seemed to affect those with corrupted imei more than those without.

Anyone here having this issue TODAY but with intact imei?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sxi200:
TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM LIKE MYSELF.....RELAX. THE MARKET PROBLEM WILL FIX ITSELF. NO FLASHING OR CLEARING CACHE ETC WILL HELP. JUST HAVE TO WAIT IT OUT. MOST LIKELY GOOGLE ARE DOING AN UPDATE JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
Haha. This is actually one of the few times where all-caps is actually warranted. I'm having this same problem on my Nexus S, which now has a corrupted efs / IMEI, and I'm glad to hear it'll come back eventually.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] quidome:
Initially I thought I didn't have a corrupted IMEI but I seem to have the illegal 004999010640000 as IMEI. So maybe some people don't know their IMEI is corrupted.

I still have the market problem BTW
[Galaxy S I9000 General] StephenC82:
I restored my IMEI number but still have the same problem.

When it started I did have that IMEI but had a backup of my /efs so restored that.

Guess I just sit and wait like everyone else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Yeah this happend to me also more than 8hrs ago.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
Since yesterday i have the same issue with the market v. 2.2.7.

I guess it will fix itself. Try sometimes to close the market, clear the cache and restart it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] roccos_van:
Same here since yesterday...I have a bad IMEI.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
This has nothing to do with IMEI as far as I can tell people with good IMEI or never flashed anything aside from stock firmware or that came out of the box have this issue as well.

attached are the pictures for those who dont know what this is and for those who believe that this can be resolved by a mere clearing caches and such, notice the subtext..

this might just be some issues with the market in certain regions
[Galaxy S I9000 General] roccos_van:
Thanks, that's great and all but I flashed all the way back to stock, then re-rooted and tried a couple different roms with the same result. Anyways...I can't get access to my paid apps and now i'm stuck without them.

ADW ex, root explorer, beautiful widgets and more... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
What's worse is that this time the problem seems to be lasting longer. It's actually been broken for me since at least 7 PM, Eastern last night.

Last time, the time between the first post and the "fixed" posts was about 8 hours. Obviously, perhaps the OP didn't notice or report the problem immediately, but it's been about 21 hours of being broken for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] saintjmf:
I had this issue since lastnight.

Went back to stock -- factory reset tried multiple google accounts no luck.

I had to restore my backup of nvdata.bin.

I unlocked my phone using some instructions on XDA about 2 weeks ago it was unlocked tested on ATT. My IMEI started with something like 004 - I replaced my nvdata.bin and did restore and now all apps available.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Petrilson:
It's back guys.

Had same issue after moving from JPU to JPY and continued to have the problem on JS3.

Now, 10 minutes ago, without doing anything, all started to work just fine. Although there was no Market update occurring.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
Unfortuantely, it's not back for me. I'm going to try clearing my Cache and Dalvik Cache, though.

Edit: Still broken for me after clearing the caches.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Petrilson:
I suppose they are modifying some Market stuff location-based. Otherwise, after backing some data, a reset sounds like a natural next step to try.

Fingers crossed!

Btw, 1215 on Quadrant w JS3 and ~20 apps installed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] roccos_van:
I did the same, unlocked around two weeks ago with sgs unlocker pro. I'm sure this has something to with the nvdata.bin file.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] StephenC82:
I unlocked using this http://www.xda-developers.com/android/galaxy-s-sim-unlock-without-code/

Think this could have been the problem. I did restore my /efs tho.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mystifiyer:
Going to samsung to flash back my imei. Will let you guys know again
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
Got it working again! (Instructions)

So I was able to get it working perfectly again... I just had to go through a bit of a procedure to do so. I am also fairly confident that it will break again, but I hope that these steps will fix the problem next time. Also, most of these steps may not even be necessary, but this is what worked for me.

1. Make sure you have the latest version of the market installed (v2.2.11 attached).

2. Backup and then delete the contents of your /efs partition. Leave the partition intact; simply remove what's inside. I used Root Explorer to do this.

3. Restart. You should now be on the fake IMEI, if you weren't already.

4. Turn on WiFi and use root explorer to find your /efs partition again. It should have auto populated with some files. Delete the files inside again.

5. Copy your original, valid nvdata.bin and nvdata.bin.md5 (or anyone else's for that matter) into your /efs partition, overwriting the files currently inside.

6. Restart the phone and turn on wifi. At this point, since you only copied the nvdata.bin and nvdata.bin.md5, you should not be able to get a wireless signal. This is normal.

4. Connect to the newest version of the market and see all of your apps. If this didn't work, reboot to recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache and try again. It worked for me here.

5. Go back to Root Explorer and delete the contents of the /efs, restart, and enjoy continued market access.

Hope this helps anyone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
My market version is already 2.2.12, so are you saying that this is caused by the fake IMEI ?

EDIT:

Im going to do the steps that you mention right now since i have a copy of my friends valid EFS folder with a valid nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 ( non corrupted IMEI on his phone )

Seem like the market is really down in some places, its now telling me

"A server error has occured. Retry or cancel and return to the previous screen"

EDIT2:

Id like to add during the time i used my friends nv_data i still got wireless signal from my telco but its extremely low at around -99dba AKA 1-2bars only. I deleted my entire EFS folder again after doing the steps and my signal is back to -69dba ( full bars ) I dont have a valid back up of my efs for a long time already ( since JPC )
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sxi200:
I had the same market issue but then today another problem. It had a server error. My friends was working ok so just added his gmail account and market worked instantly. Deleted his account straight away and now all good. BTW I have corrupted IMEI but i doubt that is the cause. Had this problem before and it just fixes itself. Server error was something new.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arthos7:
This problem came after i flashed js3 rom. after a lot of flashing roms from jpu to to darky's custom rom and even doc's rom it's still fix the market. but after i read about the efs here's my conclusion of fixing the market. what i did was :

1) delete my current efs folder on my current rom

2) copy my backup efs which i made earlier althou it is fake imei(made after jpc) back to current rom

3) wipe market cache

4) restart my phone and voila market is back again:D

hope this helps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DJ_Spray:
Just got back the market after a terrible night(mare).

Tried messing around with my nvdata trying to restore the original one (no luck btw).

After xxx reboots and messes, it suddenly reworks.

I can confirm this is not the imei issue then as i still have my messed number.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
My situation:

corrupted imei. first only test market, this morning couldn't connect.

Did a factory reset/wipe cache/wipe dalvik and now it is working again.

Did nothing else
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Toss3:
Factory reset worked for me too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
Same situation! :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
try a factory reset
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beat.kitano:
The market works fine now! :)

I've relsoved the issue with this solution, without i reboot the phone:

PS

My rom is: JPY_6.1_Fast by Sconcau/velenoso84.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sxi200:
Just add another gmail account from a friend who's market is working or maybe create another one. Don't delete your original account. Then go into market. Worked instantly for me. Then just delete the new account and all should be ok. This solved my server error problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nesquix:
worked for me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Market is now working again, I just waited it out!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
And the problem's back again...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tommy34:
true again..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanoxxx:
Also for me, the problem's back again......i tryed all solution but nothing to fix it..

Anyone have a new solution?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] willverduzco:
I got it working again in no time by doing a modified version of what I said in my previous solution. This only applies if you have a broken IMEI, and this requires the use of WiFi and temporarily breaking your radio connection.

1. Make a backup of your broken EFS partition.

2. Connect to a working WiFi network (to quit your data connection).

3. Delete the contents of your broken EFS partition.

4. Copy the contents of your broken EFS partition backup into the EFS folder, using Root Explorer. You can also use a copy of your original EFS if you still have that.

5. Go to Manage Applications and clear data for Download Manager, Google Services Framework, Market, and Market Updater

6. Run Market fix with market cache wipe and reboot in SGSTools (attached below)

7. *You should see "No Service." Do not be alarmed at your nonfunctional radio. It is required that your connection be broken temporarily; we will get it back. If your radio still works, see below on how to break it temporarily.

8. Make sure you are still connected to Wifi.

9. Open Market and notice all of the apps are now showing again. Give it a little bit of time here (~30 min worked great for me) and install a new app or two, or else when you do the next step, it'll break again. I first fixed my market this morning without waiting or installing any new apps, but it broke again a few minutes later. After retrying (and installing a 2 apps and waiting about 30 minutes with my market working again), it's working great.

10. Open Root Explorer again and delete the contents of your EFS partition and reboot.

You should now have your working market and your data connection should also work once again. Don't worry if it breaks again. That just means you need to spend more time in step 9 or install a few more apps.

*If for some reason manually copying back your broken/original EFS partition DOES NOT kill your network connectivity in steps 4-7, simply make empty files with the names nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 and copy those inside of the partition. That should temporarily break your radio just as well. I would assume that simply turning on airplane mode and rebooting would work as well, but I am on CM7 Alpha 2 Rerelease on my Nexus S, which has a broken Airplane mode.