[Q] Application not installed

Marlboro123 · Jul 24, 2014

Hello guys, I had VSCO 2.1 (not through market) installed on my Note3 and I encounter problem when I tried to update to a later version, it says "Application not installed".

I then uninstalled the v2.1 (was thinking that should have cleared all previous installation stuffs)
Now none of the VSCO apk versions I have on hand is now able to install, all of them (including the original successful version of v2.1) failed with the error "Application not installed".

After few days of searches and reading, I suspect this could be due to corrupted AndroidManifest.xml, and/or not correctly signed.

Is there anything I can do to get it fixed ?
Can someone help me out on this ?
I certainly do not wish to do a factory reset

Thanks in advance on all help.

rignaneseleo · Jul 24, 2014

you could flash your rom without wipe to restore all original app.. it is better than factory reset

Killwish · Jul 24, 2014

Marlboro123 said:
Hello guys, I had VSCO 2.1 (not through market) installed on my Note3 and I encounter problem when I tried to update to a later version, it says "Application not installed".

I then uninstalled the v2.1 (was thinking that should have cleared all previous installation stuffs)
Now none of the VSCO apk versions I have on hand is now able to install, all of them (including the original successful version of v2.1) failed with the error "Application not installed".

After few days of searches and reading, I suspect this could be due to corrupted AndroidManifest.xml, and/or not correctly signed.

Is there anything I can do to get it fixed ?
Can someone help me out on this ?
I certainly do not wish to do a factory reset

Thanks in advance on all help.

Try to find "ZipSigner.apk" on internet
With this tool you can sign apk packages....

If you want to factory reset then make backup of all user apps with es file manager...
And make a backup of your contacts also....

Hit thank button if this post helped you

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

Killwish said:
Try to find "ZipSigner.apk" on internet
With this tool you can sign apk packages....

If you want to factory reset then make backup of all user apps with es file manager...
And make a backup of your contacts also....

Hit thank button if this post helped you

Installed ZipSigner and re-signed the apk packages successfully, but still encounter "Application not installed" when come to apk installation

Still hoping for a non-flashing nor factory reset solution :fingers-crossed:

shadowcreeper_1 · Jul 25, 2014

Try to see if the dalvik cache is still their for that app, and try to find folders for it nd deleate them

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

shadowcreeper_1 said:
Try to see if the dalvik cache is still their for that app, and try to find folders for it nd deleate them

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

no luck as well...
not able to find any residual folders/files (tried with ES search "vsco" as well as manual eye-search :crying

shadowcreeper_1 · Jul 25, 2014

Do you have enough available space to install the app? that might be a issue

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

shadowcreeper_1 said:
Do you have enough available space to install the app? that might be a issue

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

space is not a problem...
I have 13.82G free in SD
and 2.62G in extSD (irrelevant anyway)

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

I found below 2 replies (from other threads) before posting here :

1.) There are a few reasons you would get app not installed

1- app not compatible with phone (eg armv7 only)
2- not enough internal storage (try cleaning cache either in cwm or with app cache cleaner playstore or clear data of an app that uses a large amount like twitter)
3- app already exists (some apps to upgrade or reinstall you have to remove previous version)
4- app can only be installed to system (use system app installer playstore)

2.) If an apk doesn't install it's either
not compatible with phone (either android version or processor like armv7 only)
Corrupted AndroidManifest.xml
corrupted apk
is a user app that's not been correctly signed
is only meant as a system app (so install with system app installer)
cannot replace previous version (Uninstall old version first)

other than the "Corrupted AndroidManifest.xml" and "not been correctly signed", i believe the rests shouldn't applied to my case

shadowcreeper_1 · Jul 25, 2014

Try the clear cache one, maby it wont let u install because of insufficient storage available. when you go to settings>storage it gives you 3 bars: external SD, Internal SD and apps storage. try to erase app cache, reboot, and then reinstall

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

---------- Post added at 07:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

If it dosnt work, you might have a corrupted apk, try finding it and redownload it

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

Cached cleared, but still not able to install

it's the same apk I am using (the very 1st successful installation), chances of corrupted apk should be pretty low...
in addition, I also tried with various versions :
2.1 - initial successful installation
2.3.2 - later version
2.4.1 - latest version

and all three failed

shadowcreeper_1 · Jul 25, 2014

Man, worst case might be a full factory reset , then if not factory reset+data wipe

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

shadowcreeper_1 said:
Man, worst case might be a full factory reset , then if not factory reset+data wipe

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Will wait for a while for other possible helps

Thanks for all your help, you have been very helpful :good::good:

btw, when you say "factory reset+data wipe", I though factory reset cleans everything (sys+data) ?

shadowcreeper_1 · Jul 25, 2014

Oh yeh thats right, i was thinking of factory reset + SD format

My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t

Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Killwish · Jul 25, 2014

Marlboro123 said:
Will wait for a while for other possible helps

Thanks for all your help, you have been very helpful :good::good:

btw, when you say "factory reset+data wipe", I though factory reset cleans everything (sys+data) ?

Factory reset or wipe data means

Delete all user apps
Clear system apps data cache etc...

Your phone will be look like when you have bought this phone...
If you have rooted and installed some apps as system apps.. Then they will not be deleted...

Just make backup of contacts and your apps... And your personal data which is in internal memory...

And do factory reset...

Hit thank button if this post helped you

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

bump with hope :fingers-crossed:

Marlboro123 · Jul 25, 2014

another lucky bump before zzzz..zz..z... :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Marlboro123 · Jul 26, 2014

good morning all...

bump

Marlboro123 · Jul 26, 2014

still looking forward for help :fingers-crossed:

Marlboro123 · Jul 29, 2014

still hoping for possible help :fingers-crossed:

[Q] Application not installed

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Attachments

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts