New market version fc'ing

[Rlacrossjr]

I had to do a full wipe to fix

[Telemachus]

Beautiful ROM, best on the nook. Have tried both stable releases for Nook, and both give the com.android.vending force close, despite any attempts to correct it.

Not a deal killer, but annoying...

[wtmeckes]

A full wipe for me is only a temp fix until it gets the 3.4.4 version of the market. When that happens it will start force closing. You could uninstall the market for one time and it would be the same as doing a full wipe. At least for me. Has anyone figured this out yet or are we going to have to wait till MIUI gets updated?

[Telemachus]

The uninstall update is currently the only solution that I am aware of. In a way, I don't mind, because I can let the kids browse apps without being able to download them...

[goosechaser]

The uninstall update is currently the only solution that I am aware of. In a way, I don't mind, because I can let the kids browse apps without being able to download them...

I wish that I had searched for this earlier. I have been fighting this for 48 hours before searching the MIUI forum... grr!

I wiped, cleaned, dalvik'd, fixed permissions, started from scratch with two different MIUI roms before I found this temporary solution. I can confirm that the Uninstall Update works for long enough for me to use the Market and then I don't have to mess with it for awhile. Annoying but workable.

Chad H

[mastapea]

We have this bug but CM doesn't? No other devices are experiencing this?

[marcjohnson]

Really bad timing, 'cause I gave away four MIUI Nooks away as Christmas presents... any permanent fix?

[rijwog]

I have this problem too - my workaround that has worked fine so far is -

Use Titanium to roll back then root explorer to rename the .apk part of the market updater app to anything (.old etc). Stuck on old market version, but works fine now for a week or so.

Hope this helps

edit - hmmm scratch this - back in the force close/new market sadness

[marcjohnson]

edit - hmmm scratch this - back in the force close/new market sadness

Same here. I renamed the marketupdate apk... still came back and fc'ed. Looks like same symptoms for you. Also tried freezing it (using Titanium), reformatting card from scratch, etc., to no avail. Wow this Market regression is persistent. The Market application itself must have the ability to update (and break) without the help of marketupdate. :-(

Thanks for the idea anyway, rjwog.

[diogen]

Having the same problem.
Instead of uninstalling the updates, I just run the installation of 3.3.12 on top of the 3.4.4 and it works for a few minutes.
It looks like all known (and published) ways of stopping automatic update don't work with the latest version.

What about making the installed and working version of the market look newer than 3.4.4, let's say 3.5.0?
Anybody knows how this checking is done? Maybe just a number anywhere in a config file?

Diogen.

[blistering]

Having the same problem.
Instead of uninstalling the updates, I just run the installation of 3.3.12 on top of the 3.4.4 and it works for a few minutes.
It looks like all known (and published) ways of stopping automatic update don't work with the latest version.

What about making the installed and working version of the market look newer than 3.4.4, let's say 3.5.0?
Anybody knows how this checking is done? Maybe just a number anywhere in a config file?

Diogen.

I'm having the same problem. MIUI was installed on SD card with the stock ROM on internal memory still. Mine was a bit of a cascading failure. Started out the market was just taking forever to install apps so I did all the usual clearing of market cache and data. after doing that though it started crashing and making me force close. uninstalling updates works for a little while but then the update gets installed again and back to square one.

Have the devs been notified of this issue? Can we expect a fix? I've reverted to using CM7 since this was a christmas gift for my wife.

[reppard]

To fix this issue this is what I did. Turn Wifi off. Uninstall market update via Manage Applications menu. Use Absolute System or Root Explorer to change /system/app/MarketUpdate.apk permissions to none. Turn Wifi back on and enjoy an un-updated Market!

[mjlies]

To fix this issue this is what I did. Turn Wifi off. Uninstall market update via Manage Applications menu. Use Absolute System or Root Explorer to change /system/app/MarketUpdate.apk permissions to none. Turn Wifi back on and enjoy an un-updated Market!

Going to try this as soon as my Nook is charged and ready!

[fcanha]

To fix this issue this is what I did. Turn Wifi off. Uninstall market update via Manage Applications menu. Use Absolute System or Root Explorer to change /system/app/MarketUpdate.apk permissions to none. Turn Wifi back on and enjoy an un-updated Market!

Does not work.

[marcjohnson]

To get to the root cause, need to find out what Market is missing (that causes it to crash), and add it to MIUI.

To that end, I got on to #miui-us IRC and shared the log output (http://logcat.miui.us/555018).

D34D looked at it, and came up with a hypothesis. Here is the IRC chat transcript and analysis:

[22:13] <|0xD34D|> but android.nfc.NfcAdapter seems to be causing the problems
[22:13] <|0xD34D|> E/dalvikvm( 2203): Could not find class 'com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc$IcsNfcHandler ', referenced from method com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc.getHandler
[22:13] <|0xD34D|> then E/NFC ( 2203): could not retrieve NFC service
[22:13] <|0xD34D|> and finally it gets a NullPointerException which is the FC
[22:14] <|0xD34D|> at com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc$GingerbreadMr1 NfcHandler.setPushMessage(Nfc.java:150)
[22:16] <|0xD34D|> I think it is that it is missing something which the following error mentions
[22:16] <|0xD34D|> E/dalvikvm( 2203): Could not find class 'com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc$IcsNfcHandler ', referenced from method com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc.getHandler
[22:17] <|0xD34D|> I think when it calls the code to get the handler it gets a null object
[22:17] <|0xD34D|> then it calls setPushMessage(), but since it is a null object you get the NullPointerException and the result is the market FCs
[22:19] <|0xD34D|> perhaps getting com.google.android.finsky.utils.Nfc$IcsNfcHandler class added in might help
[22:26] <|0xD34D|> Marc_: what version of miui are you running again?
[22:26] <Marc_> 1.11.4
[22:26] <|0xD34D|> and what version of Android does it say it is? I know 2.3.7 was where support for NFC and things like google wallet came into play
[22:27] <Marc_> Android 2.3.5
[22:27] <|0xD34D|> that might be why the older market works
[22:28] <|0xD34D|> the newer one may be dependent on some classes that are not in that build for the nook
[22:33] <Marc_> put into next release?
[22:33] <|0xD34D|> perhaps but it seems no one is actively working on the nook
[22:33] <|0xD34D|> if it is still at 1.11.4
[22:33] <|0xD34D|> we are now at 1.12.23

So in summary: Market seems to have some runtime dependencies on NFC that needs to be added to MIUI build for nook.

But is anyone actively working on MIUI for Nook? Apparently we're way behind versions (1.11.4 vs 1.12.23).

Also, from the forum discussion so far, there seems to be no known workarounds.

_marc

[Markusrow]

Marc, Thanks To you and D34D!!

The thing its that although MIUI on Nook is very popular in the US, Nook its not available outside US. This may mean that in the Global overall perspective from the MIUI company, based in China, we off the radar.

My guess its that our supporter in the US is a one man team, a Chinese literate person who can bridge the communication gap, but who cannot do everything and be all things in all situations. He may need help from US based people with deeper knowledge of Roms and kernels. However those kind of guys may only get involved if there is something in it for them. Customer base information and/or or other ways of generating revenue from the US website. (Not very likely).

Or, we need to bridge communications between D34D and MIUI. Again difficulties arise in establishing direct communications in Chinese.

If any of this sounds right or if anyone has insight let's share that to facilitate a relationship with MIUI that brings fixes and patches where necessary. For most people it is not about new roms, but fixing problems.

Mark

[SalluBhai]

The solution is quite simple what i use:

1. Install AppBrain App Market
2. Install Fast Web Installer

Run both the apps and give appropriate account details and permissions, you can use Appbrain to install apps directly, bypassing market entirely.

Do let me know if it works for you.

Neeraj

[marcjohnson]

The solution is quite simple what i use:

1. Install AppBrain App Market
2. Install Fast Web Installer

Run both the apps and give appropriate account details and permissions, you can use Appbrain to install apps directly, bypassing market entirely.
Do let me know if it works for you.

Thanks, for the tip. Neeraj, did you get this to work on Nook, specifically as a workaround for this issue?

Didn't work for me despite an hour trying. I installed both AppBrain and Fast Web Installer. When I install over the web (locally or on a desktop), it tries to launch Market in the background, and crashes with Market errors (process com.android.vending). The dedicated Appbrain app explicitly says that updates require Market too. It doesn't seem to help in my initial testing...

[fcanha]

THIS WORKS, thank you!

The solution is quite simple what i use:

1. Install AppBrain App Market
2. Install Fast Web Installer

Run both the apps and give appropriate account details and permissions, you can use Appbrain to install apps directly, bypassing market entirely.

Do let me know if it works for you.

Neeraj

[SalluBhai]

Thanks, for the tip. Neeraj, did you get this to work on Nook, specifically as a workaround for this issue?

Didn't work for me despite an hour trying. I installed both AppBrain and Fast Web Installer. When I install over the web (locally or on a desktop), it tries to launch Market in the background, and crashes with Market errors (process com.android.vending). The dedicated Appbrain app explicitly says that updates require Market too. It doesn't seem to help in my initial testing...

Hi Marc,
Yes i have tried this on my nook and it works well. probably there is a setting in appbrain whihc you should check :

Go to Menu>Preferences> Use appbrain app page should be on. Rest i don't see why this should not work.

Regards,
Neeraj