Compatibility with Android Market apps

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I recently rooted my NT by this method. It's working great and I love it, but the Android Market shows a lot of apps as incompatible (for example, Pocket Frogs, Facebook for Android, etc).

Does anyone know a way to bypass these restrictions. I think it may have something to do with pixel density requirements?

I know you can get the apps with an android phone, and transfer them over. However, I do not have a phone. If there is another way, I would be interested in it too.

Have you tried using AppBrain to get Market apps to the NT?

I have an Android phone, so I haven't looked into this.

Write access?

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I found this thread which discusses changing the pixel density to 160, but I don't know how to get write access to the /system/ folder.

Can anyone walk an inexperienced android user through the following steps:

1. Gaining write access to the /system/ folder (specifically the build.prop file)
2. Clear market data

Thank you.

EDIT: I figured out how to clear market data and cache, but still only have read access...

You need to be rooted and use a tool like Root Explorer to navigate to and open the file in r/w mode.

I changed my dpi settings to 160 and it did very little in the way of making more apps show up in the market. I've found that buying apps on another device and sideloading the apk to my NT works best with many otherwise incompatible apps.

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Originally Posted by zaptoons

You need to be rooted and use a tool like Root Explorer to navigate to and open the file in r/w mode.

I changed my dpi settings to 160 and it did very little in the way of making more apps show up in the market. I've found that buying apps on another device and sideloading the apk to my NT works best with many otherwise incompatible apps.

Thanks. As I mentioned in the OP, I am rooted. I was using ES File Explorer, but it only had read access (is there a way to change this?).

Unfortunately I do not have any other android device to download with, and I would want to be able to update the apps without constantly sideloading.

Thanks for the reply.

Originally Posted by lehite

I found this thread which discusses changing the pixel density to 160, but I don't know how to get write access to the /system/ folder.

Can anyone walk an inexperienced android user through the following steps:

1. Gaining write access to the /system/ folder (specifically the build.prop file)
2. Clear market data

Thank you.

EDIT: I figured out how to clear market data and cache, but still only have read access...

Are you rooted?

Originally Posted by dkb218

Are you rooted?

Yes, as mentioned in various places in this thread. I have access to the android market on the device as well.

You must grand the file explorer root permissions.
For ES File Explorer: open, press options -> settings, scroll down to "Root settings" and check the box for "Root Explorer".
Maybe you should also change your Home Directory to "/" for easier navigation

Originally Posted by lehite

Unfortunately I do not have any other android device to download with, and I would want to be able to update the apps without constantly sideloading.

Keep in mind, I've found that once you sideload an app, it then becomes available for updates on the Market the same as any other.

It seems the compatibility check only happens initially. Once you sideload, it's as though the market sees an app as: "Well, it's running on your device, so here's the update..."

There's a caveat: it's still possible that running an update will break a previous version that runs on the NT. I think that happened for some with the Facebook app update.

So far, I've had the market update several otherwise incompatible apps that I sideloaded with no ill effects.