Newbie - Cannot use the market

[Tidus88]

The following is my problem: I cannot download any app from official Android Market on my NGM Droid Duo.
My ROM is: Donut.eng.20100907.185034.r4597
My Hardware Version is: Unknown
What I have tried: Well,i tried several Factory Reset but these were useless.
Moreover i'm new to Android World and i want to learn as much as i can about it,
so i tried to install a new ROM,without success.
However crzyruski said me my ROM should be already the best.
I don't know if on my phone i've Root Permissions, but there's a "SuperUser Permissions" in my menu,
the problem is that i don't know how to use this...and also i never done Root operation on my phone...

[ucramos]

you need to have a google account to use the market. If you access your gmail account on it.. you already have it

[Tidus88]

I've done yet... i tried to access the market either with the app,either via website...but no changes.

-In app every download stay ever in 'Download Beginning...' and never go on
-In website i click on 'download' but nothing happens.

I've a google account since 2005 and i noticed in Android Market website that when i go on 'My Market Account' and select 'Settings' there's no devices linked with my account.
This sounds me so strange,because till a month ago i downloaded a lot of app from it,then i guess there should be one device linked!

Well...i'm here to give all the informations i can, and i hope my english is good enough... eventually i hope also to solve this problem

[crzyruski]

You most likely have build 5003.
Maybe the Google patch will work for you?

If you decide to go that route
The patch may be exclusive to andferno recovery, you cannot use the stock recovery (you could try, but you should backup first).
To flash andferno recovery over your stock recovery, you need to need to have root. tutorial: http://forum.androidspin.com/showthr...o-Recovery-1.6

You will probably need root
So you should try "Universal Androot" to get SuperUser.apk + root

You should quickly get familiar with ADB and shell. The goal is to get root (# symbol) at command line.

Turn on Debug mode and install ADB drivers for DSTL1
Try to get root via ADB
Try to get root via Terminal.apk http://code.google.com/p/androidterm...?name=Term.apk
Install UniversalAndrootbeta5.apk http://hotfile.com/links/134630764/5...drootbeta5.apk
Run Universal Androot, you may need to uninstall and reinstall.

Back Up
Andferno has Nandroid, its simple to use you will figure it out.
if you want to see a video, this is close enough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLWq...layer_embedded

Flashing the patch
http://forum.androidspin.com/showthr...lic-Release%29

Hope that works!

[Tidus88]

Well,i tried on adb (i attached a screen of my try) and it seems i've root.

Then i tried with Terminal,on my phone and every time i type in 'su' it returns 'Permess Denied' , so i installed UniversalAndroot and pushed the 'Root!' button...It said me my phone was rooted yet, by the way i choose to root it again. Then i tried again with Terminal but nothing changed...what's wrong??

adb_shell.JPG


P.s. at first i tried to install sdk and the other on Ubuntu,but for some unknown reasons adb didn't work and adb devices didn't return any device.

[crzyruski]

Well,i tried on adb (i attached a screen of my try) and it seems i've root.

Then i tried with Terminal,on my phone and every time i type in 'su' it returns 'Permess Denied' , so i installed UniversalAndroot and pushed the 'Root!' button...It said me my phone was rooted yet, by the way i choose to root it again. Then i tried again with Terminal but nothing changed...what's wrong??

adb_shell.JPG


P.s. at first i tried to install sdk and the other on Ubuntu,but for some unknown reasons adb didn't work and adb devices didn't return any device.

With UniversalAndroot you should "unroot" and then "root it" again.

Ubuntu needs "sudo ./adb"

and since you have root with ADB in Windows you can flash the recovery image (andferno's):

>adb push andferno.img /sdcard/andferno.img
>adb shell
#flash_img recovery /sdcard/andferno.img
#reboot recovery

[Tidus88]

Great Now i've root permission on my phone too!

But there's a problem, i tried to flash the recovery without any good result...i read the thread about myphone A320 because i suppose on my phone there's the same ROM (Donut.eng.20100915.185036.r4597 vs "my" Donut.eng.20100907.185034.r4597)...however i didn't get the point, how can i flash the recovery.img?

[crzyruski]

Great Now i've root permission on my phone too!

But there's a problem, i tried to flash the recovery without any good result...i read the thread about myphone A320 because i suppose on my phone there's the same ROM (Donut.eng.20100915.185036.r4597 vs "my" Donut.eng.20100907.185034.r4597)...however i didn't get the point, how can i flash the recovery.img?

You have not shared the error message with us.

Using my limited understanding of your situation (I thought NGM's Droid Duo was build ".r5003") I think you need to replace your phone's flash_img with an older one (unlocked?).

You can do this by downloading OpenX2 v1.3
decompress the archive
find /system/bin/flash_img
and use "ADB push" to put it onto the X2 (back up the original file just in case)

Then proceed to flash recovery - business as usual.

[Tidus88]

Well,i'm sorry but there wasn't any error message...simply the file recovery.img didn't disappear from sdcard/update folder.

Now,i downloaded OpenX2, found the file and tried to push it into my system/bin,but i receive the message:
"failed to copy 'flash_image' to 'system/bin/flash_image': Read-only file system"

I pushed it into my sdcard and tried by terminal.apk to do a 'su' and then a 'cp' into system/bin ...the error is almost the same.
Wow...those things are becoming more difficult than expected...but i like challenges!

Anyway...thank you a lot for the support. This forum is the only place where i found detailed infos about my phone and people ready to help newbies like me! Thank You in any case!

[crzyruski]

Well,i'm sorry but there wasn't any error message...simply the file recovery.img didn't disappear from sdcard/update folder.Now,i downloaded OpenX2, found the file and tried to push it into my system/bin,but i receive the message: "failed to copy 'flash_image' to 'system/bin/flash_image': Read-only file system"I pushed it into my sdcard and tried by terminal.apk to do a 'su' and then a 'cp' into system/bin ...the error is almost the same.Wow...those things are becoming more difficult than expected...but i like challenges!Anyway...thank you a lot for the support. This forum is the only place where i found detailed infos about my phone and people ready to help newbies like me! Thank You in any case!

You neef remount system as read and write (rw). I think the easiest is "adb remount". Then try to push again.Sorry, hard to write on X2 screen.