[Q]Unable to install apps - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys...
I had Phoenix 4.5 VA Themed, than later with glass dialer mod and GO launcher EX...
but after awhile when I went to download apps from the market it just wouldnt download...
The screen kept at the download accept permission "ok" button screen... no loading bars or error pop ups or anything...
just plain idle screen
So I than went to my files and tried to install using apps in my folder...
well "My File" was missing and so was "TiBu".
So what else could I do?
I did a full restore and that didnt work so I did it again.
It didnt work.. the second time so I gave up but all of a sudden it worked...
so I DL go laucher ex and it worked...
yet again after an hour or so...
it stopped working....
is this a compatibility issue or my hardware issue?
any help will be really grateful.
Thanks in advance.
***Also when im manually installing through the phone... it will hang on installing app with the bar moving but nothing happening.
I even let it sit for 30mins.***

well I did everything except odin....
did a restore and it still didnt help....
anyone have an idea why this is happening???
maybe in an internal problem?

Clearing the market cache usually fixes most of the problems you described. Go to settings, applications, manage applications, all, then scroll down to market. From there, I force close the market and clear the cache and clear data then reboot. Hope that helps.

I found out why....
GLE with their custom theme and my LWP raindrop was the problem.
When I got rid of the LWP it worked again....
Thanks for your help though ^^

never mind... it stopped working again...
it wont install or uninstall anything...
sigh...
anyone might have an idea as to why?

I am guessing noone can help me out on this.................
T.T

Have you tried clearing the market cache?

yes i have done everything there is...
even went to stock and tried downloading...
it didnt work and than it started working...
all in all
i got fed up and returned it because mine fell in the "phone keeps resetting" range in the imei number or whatever......and got it replaced....=/
thanks for the reply though

Well the new phone is the same....
i install a new rom and i cant install any apps...
WTF
it works when i first turn it on through wifi without sim card....
but once i sign in with my sim card and sd card... it just doesnt want to DL or install anything...
Anyone else having this problem???
Please help!

ok....
Can the sim card be the cause of this problem?
I put 1 card in at a time and it doesnt work with the sim card in......

While noone seemed to want to give me any answers or help other than think its a cache thing...
I took my captivate in and told them to give me a new sim because of this problem and they did without asking anything else...
and it looks like it was the sim to cause the unable to install apps or download apps from the market...
So to those who might have a similar issue try getting a new sim card and see if that helps.
and those who replied before thank you.
hopefully this is will help someone.

Never mind...
it did it again...
new phone new sim new rom phoniex and SN....
am very aggrovated...
I can install all apps by dl it through maket tibu or from apk ONLY if i have no sim in the phone....
help still needed...

Something new to add to this...
When I used Apps2SD and put all of the apps in SD
I take out my sd card and put it back in.
All the apps in the SD card do not show up and when I go to manage applications then to the on SD card tab.
They all show up but the words computing.... is below the app names and they arnt able to run...
any takers on what the problem might be?

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Can't download from market

Hi guys i been experimenting on my sisters acer liquid by rootin and installin the different roms and now i seem to have a problem with market. The application works i can see apps free and paid but when i try to install they get stuck on starting download for example i tried downloading quick boot and it remained on starting download for about 30min so had to cancel tried installing few other free apps but still same result. I dnt know if its happened to anyone else and i kinda dont have a nandroid backup of when the market was working cos it took me a wyl to have lickons custom recovery image working. everything els seems fine its jus the market.
Any help will be appreciated thanks
I had the very same problem after flashing 2.000.16_EMEA_GEN1. The fix is as simple as it's unexplainable (for me at least).
Just start the Google Talk application for a while and go download your apps
May be you have to format the micro SD too, because it have some minor parts of programs that can make confict with the new rom.
Ever than i put a new rom, i recommended format both (Phone & Sd).
Hi thanks for your replies, it turns out it may have been because of the sim i dnt exactly know how because before when i was trying to download i had a spare orange simcard in and it wouldnt download but i jus thought i'd try put my sisters tmobile sim back in (which i signed up to the google account with) and straight away apps started downloading. I spent like 4 hrs ova something so simple.
Thanks agen for the replies
fezy said:
Hi thanks for your replies, it turns out it may have been because of the sim i dnt exactly know how because before when i was trying to download i had a spare orange simcard in and it wouldnt download but i jus thought i'd try put my sisters tmobile sim back in (which i signed up to the google account with) and straight away apps started downloading. I spent like 4 hrs ova something so simple.
Thanks agen for the replies
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I also found the answer, thank you

market stopped downloading/updating

My phone lately stopped downloading and updating apps in the market. I've tried to wipe cache and dalvik to no avail. I read about signing out of Google Talk, but it wouldn't let me. Is there any other way to fix this issue without clean wipe?
forget it.. much faster to solve my problem with a full wipe..
u gettin an error saying that u have insufficient storage space? cause the same thing is happening with me. ive wiped like 3 times but it still doesnt download or update my apps. im using Chromatic 3.6 currently. i was using Cyanogen 5.0.8 DS before and had the same error message.
no there wasnt an error on my phone. my wife's dream had that problem with insufficient storage even after multiple wipes.. i followed someone's advice to wipe in fastboot instead of recovery and that worked. i already wiped and reinstalled everything, so i no longer have the market problem. it just came out of nowhere.
yingjai said:
no there wasnt an error on my phone. my wife's dream had that problem with insufficient storage even after multiple wipes.. i followed someone's advice to wipe in fastboot instead of recovery and that worked. i already wiped and reinstalled everything, so i no longer have the market problem. it just came out of nowhere.
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rlly? ill try that. wait how do u get into fastboot? i forgot how. lol. and then how do u wipe inn fastboot?
edit: nevermind i got the fastboot and wiped i hope this works
I asked about the problems on my wife's phone in this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6917983#post6917983
So far her insufficient memory problem and FCs are gone other than 1 weird power down. Wouldn't charge or turn on until I pulled the battery.
yingjai said:
I asked about the problems on my wife's phone in this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6917983#post6917983
So far her insufficient memory problem and FCs are gone other than 1 weird power down. Wouldn't charge or turn on until I pulled the battery.
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so whenevr she tried to install an app would she get a message that said that she had insufficient storage space? cause thats wat im gettin.
1. wat ROM is she using?
2. did u do anything like i.e. fix_permissions or watevr and then the problem stopped?
3. shes using a G1/HTC Dream right?
^if u could answer these questions that would b helpful thnks. cause im tryin to help other ppl who r havin the same problem as me.
slayor721 said:
so whenevr she tried to install an app would she get a message that said that she had insufficient storage space? cause thats wat im gettin.
1. wat ROM is she using?
2. did u do anything like i.e. fix_permissions or watevr and then the problem stopped?
3. shes using a G1/HTC Dream right?
^if u could answer these questions that would b helpful thnks. cause im tryin to help other ppl who r havin the same problem as me.
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this is getting off topic and her issue has been already resolved in the other thread i linked.
for the record, she was on 5.0.7 stable before i put 5.0.8 on her rogers/htc dream. i doubt the rom was the problem. i tried recovery wipes and fix permissions, but nothing worked until i wiped everything from fastboot.

External SD not recognised on galaxy s?

Hey all, my 16gb sandisk sd card isn't being recognised anymore, anyone know why?
It says it read the SD card, and it got to 100% complete, yet my apps dont load to the menu list anymore :/
Help please
Also, when I try and boot up either Launcher7 or Twlauncher the phone restarts on me..
It's not rooted, its not a custom rom, just froyo 2.2.1 :/
does windows recognise it ?
if so, move all files to PC, put SD card back in phone and try to format, if you cant format it under windows and try again
ok i connected it to my pc, copied everything over, then i formatted the card (fat32) and yet it still doesnt want to read it.
ive tried all i can do and yet nothing works. my card is 100% authentic so i know that isnt the problem, yet nothing else is fixing it
thats strange. if you was on a custom rom / kernel there are things we could do to get it working.... but your not lol.
under settings, have you tried to unmount / mount ??
does anything pop up in the notification bar when you insert / remove external sd ?
really? what custom roms? i moved from 2.2 to darkys 9.5 within a week, but then went to 2.2.1 for warranty reasons.
ive tried unmounting and remounting, just like inserting it, restarting the phone etc., all it says is media scan running, gets to 100%, media scan complete.
it says i have 8.56gb of 14.2gb free which is normal, and all the files come up on the computer, but in my menu they arent there, just a bunch of empty spaces.
no matter how long i leave it running nothing gets recognised
that is weird
have you tried a factory reset, i dont know any other options.
you havent downloaded any apps that could of caused this recently have you ?
no i haven't tried a factory reset yet just cause i don't want to lose all my apps. i had 10 pages of apps and id rather not want to reinstall 8 of the missing pages, but if i cant fix it ill go into download mode soon and perform a factory reset, if that doesn't work i'm gonna exchange the card for a new one.
i'm 100% certain that no apps caused this. i haven't installed anything new for about a week. just turned the phone off then back on and now its broken.
thanks for your help, ill let you know how i go
Yea keep me informed. Have u got any backup apps that you could try and see if they backup the "missing " apps
Sent from Miui powered SGS
i think my phone is the problem. i've just tried using a new sd card and that one is also not being read
ill try a factory reset later, and then if that fails ill try new firmware to see how that goes.
Just finished flashing froyo 2.2, then 2.2.1 and neither worked.
how do i go abouts fixing this with a custom rom?
i think the problem lies with the hardware not the software.
like you said earlier you tried another sd card and that didnt work either.
the options in a custom rom are just manually mounting / unmounting and fixing permissions in recovery, but i dont think this will help.
your on stock ROM now so i would just go to your nearest SSC and tell them to fix it under warranty
thanks for helping me man
ill be taking it in soon as a repair, however, my friend said it couldve happened cause my battery went to 0% and the phone just shut of and broke something, is that true? i'm not sure cause I can still access the card by pc.

[Q] no data and "insufficient space"

Super boob. I rooted, installed clockwork mod. Made lots of changes and deleted lots of stock files (music widget hanging in my notification bar) I was working then I downloaded "atorrent" just to see if torrents were good for mobile. Now I have no data signal, will not download anything due to insufficient space. I did a factory reset and that was the wrong thing to do!! Got another phone coming tomorrow but I WILL figure a way to fix this! Help would be appreciated tho!!
Ok could you tell us what it does when you turn it on? Does it go into cwm? Does it go into download mode and any other info about whats rong with it now that you did a factory reset?
It boots normally and phone and txt msg work, also wiring works just fine. I am not sure if the atorrent download had anything to do with but its the only thing I did between total normal operation and what I have now.
Factory reset removed titanium and other root tools I had along with everything else. Still have superuser but not sure if still root as there is no way to know and cannot download anything directly. (Wifi, not wiring)
To clarify, It seems like I can download anything except market Apps. I have more more than enough room for files, it will let me dl asphalt 6 because I have to launch the game to do so. U Prolog know that's 300 MB. Plenty of space. Settings, about this phone, status, mobile network state = connecting.... been stuck there for 2 days. Called att and they said possible similar card error. It works just fine in the wife's phone. ( same also rooted)
have you tryed reflashing the kdz with lg flasher tool?
if you dont know how follow these steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870
Not near a comp I can do that with but I will give a try either later tonight or tomorrow. Hope it works and I will post as soon as I do. Thanks a bundle!
Ya np if that dosent work might wanna talk to dark in the free assistance thread just below this one he knows more about this stuff then me.
the phone lost root. i cant get it to root again. "permission denied" i am getting new thrill tomorrow so i will root and be a bit more carefull. use this one as a practice phone. i really want to make it work. i will tinker with it and if i can get it rooted again i will try the above.
i really appreciate the help in any case!
You dont need root to flash a kdz its just tricking the program into thinking its an update.
ok so i got it fixed be flashing a new rom (cyanogen nightly) works faaassssttttttt!!!! only problem is i cant get market to work. unable to open connection to server error. lookin for a fix to that now. everything else is superb!! this forum is freakin awesome!!
whodisname said:
ok so i got it fixed be flashing a new rom (cyanogen nightly) works faaassssttttttt!!!! only problem is i cant get market to work. unable to open connection to server error. lookin for a fix to that now. everything else is superb!! this forum is freakin awesome!!
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Did you install GAPPS?
Download GAPPS
no i didnt. i have about 5 hours of phone miod exp and i screwed up 3 phones and have none left on my insurance. i really dont want to screw up what i have. this has been like a $200 thing. worth it in my opinion tho!! maybe you could give me 1st grade instructions as if i brick another one i will have to go back to flip phones, per the wife!!!
shucks we all know i coulgnt help myself. did it!!! didnt increase my brick count at all!!!! damn this site rocks!! thanks a lot!
whodisname said:
shucks we all know i coulgnt help myself. did it!!! didnt increase my brick count at all!!!! damn this site rocks!! thanks a lot!
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Just when I was about to post instructions too! Lol
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[Q] Gt-I9000 Freez after start up . please help!?

Alright so the short story of it ...i was on darky`s rom then decided to go on MIUI, after that i decided to install my apps and games and all that , after installing backstab game it give me a Force close and i deleted the game, after reboot i still got the FC (but i dont think that has anything to do with the problem) then my phone after boot when hes doing all the SD scanning and stuff got stuck in the SD card scan process i think and then freezes, at first i thought its bc of the MIUI rom and after several tryes whipes and allot of that i changed to a JVT stock rom (and installed root and cwm) but still after i start my phone, the screen freezes and doesnt do anything.. but when i press home button or back button they both light up or when someone calls me it works ..onlly thing is , nothing happens on my phone i cant even see if i`m getting a call or anything, i hope somebody can help me with this and sorry for my english and for the unecesary information ..i just tried to explaine everything that happend. Ty!
well i never realize the problem can be this simple and a memory card can do all this ....the problem was the card....all works fine now
I had a similar problem with the cell of a friend, after changing the external memory, no longer occurred

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