Installations Unsuccessful

[tofasttafuri]

I am pretty sure threads like this have started here but there were no definitive solutions.

When I try and update certain apps from the market, I receive an error message saying "installation unsuccessful". The two apps that plague me are Street View and Facebook.

I am running CM6 if that helps.

 

[DF Smod]

If you already have these installed as system apps they will not update from the Market, with Root Explorer (available in the market) navigate to system/app and look for street.apk and facebook.apk and rename them to street.apk.bak and facebook.apk.bak and reboot your device

Then go to the Market and download these apps, once you have a successful installation you can go back to system/app and delete these apps you renamed to .bak and your newly installed apps will be stored in data/app where they will recieve the next updates

 

[tofasttafuri]

Thanks you are really helpful.

P.S. new moderator?

 

[DF Smod]

Yes, and thanks...anything I can do to help, just let me know

 

[jvrcb17]

Okay, I am having the same issue, but not with the system apps. I try to download apps from the market, and some of them just don't want to install. The two most recent of these issues I received when trying to download the new version of angry birds and Mini squadron lite. I have tried downloading the apk from different sources as well. but it just won't work. any suggestions?

 

[tofasttafuri]

I know that with angry birds you have to unmount your sd card to install it then you can remount.

 

[mwhartman]

I installed Angry Birds and did not need to remove my SD card or rename any file.

 

[cucucachu0000]

im having the same problem with google search it doesnt show up as installed in the market but i see that the version in the market is newer than the one on my phone. when i click to install it downloads but says installation unsuccessful i have chevys simply stunning rom running. should i do the same thing here?

 

[beckx020]

If it's not system apps, and they are just stuck there and won't install, then going into settings, applications, manage applications, all, market place, then click clear data. It will take a while to repopulate the market. But you should be able to install the apps that got stuck.

 

[jnestico]

I am having the same problem all of a sudden on my droid 1.Tried clearing the data and cache but I still cant download any apps from the market place and my downloads show my apps on the list but a few show not installed,but they work fine.

 

[beezyb]

I have started to have the same problem too. Only the install is unsuccessful, not the download.

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[naman919]

I have started to have the same problem too. Only the install is unsuccessful, not the download.

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me too. haven't fixed the problem yet.

 

[beezyb]

The only fix I have found is unmounting my SD card and then proceding with the install. Although this isn't a solution, it works for now.

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[naman919]

The only fix I have found is unmounting my SD card and then proceding with the install. Although this isn't a solution, it works for now.

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this worked for me. sucks, but it's a work around for now.

 

[naman919]

where/why did this issue just start springing up? Was it due to market updates on google's end?