[Q] Detaching app from market to purchase it again!

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One of my friend have installed a pirated app of swiftkey...now the market have started throwing error for him for swiftkey and it had stopped giving predictions. He came to me asking for help. I told him i can only help in case he purchase it (and sale was also going on) so when he went to his market to buy it shows there already purchased (even after uninstalling from phone). I tried for him by detaching the app from the market from titanium backup but still it shows there. Cleared all cache and data for the app and market and still no avail. Is there any way to fix this or will have to go ahead and buy from another google account and have multiple accounts added in market ?

*(sorry for informal english and any grammatical errors that might have made their way in)*

Thanks much in advance!!

I have never heard of a pirated app showing as 'purchased' in the app store.

Uninstall the app.

Clear app store cache and data. Reboot.

if it shows as purchased, just reinstall. If not, buy it.

It seems like he wants the legit app and not the pirated one. If the app store shows it as purchased, and he/you, whoever, downloads it, it will be the legit app. The app store will not give you a pirated version.

I see no problem here, other than your friend pirates apps.

Titanium Backup has ability to detach apps from Market.

Originally Posted by Dblfstr

I have never heard of a pirated app showing as 'purchased' in the app store.

Uninstall the app.

Clear app store cache and data. Reboot.

if it shows as purchased, just reinstall. If not, buy it.

It seems like he wants the legit app and not the pirated one. If the app store shows it as purchased, and he/you, whoever, downloads it, it will be the legit app. The app store will not give you a pirated version.

I see no problem here, other than your friend pirates apps.

No it doesn't work like that. When I get free apps off amazon the market sometimes shows when they need to be updated. If you try to update them, it gives you an error saying you didn't pay for it. If you uninstall the app, it will still show up as purchased, and you won't be able to purchase it or install it.

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Originally Posted by Dblfstr

I have never heard of a pirated app showing as 'purchased' in the app store.

Uninstall the app.

Clear app store cache and data. Reboot.

if it shows as purchased, just reinstall. If not, buy it.

It seems like he wants the legit app and not the pirated one. If the app store shows it as purchased, and he/you, whoever, downloads it, it will be the legit app. The app store will not give you a pirated version.

I see no problem here, other than your friend pirates apps.

No it shows. Normally when u install apps from Amazon or use some apk for testing then those apps too show as purchased in the market. U cant reinstall from the market and neither can purchase them. Market doesnt allow you to repurchase the purchased item(though infact it was never purchased).
I have tried detaching it from market though TiB but still this doesnt get fixed.
Not sure if reflashing the whole rom after a full wipe will help.
Anybody??

Originally Posted by solarspeed

Titanium Backup has ability to detach apps from Market.

Detaching doesnt help Already done that.

You could try buying it from the market website. Apps not installed from the market will not show under My Apps but if you search for the app on your device it will show as installed since it probably detects the app on the device itself.

Originally Posted by spunker88

You could try buying it from the market website. Apps not installed from the market will not show under My Apps but if you search for the app on your device it will show as installed since it probably detects the app on the device itself.

No luck there too. Web market also shows that the app is purchased. Guess its synced to google market's servers and even reflashing wont work after full wipe.

Originally Posted by Waddle

No it doesn't work like that. When I get free apps off amazon the market sometimes shows when they need to be updated. If you try to update them, it gives you an error saying you didn't pay for it. If you uninstall the app, it will still show up as purchased, and you won't be able to purchase it or install it.

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Originally Posted by abhisahara

No it shows. Normally when u install apps from Amazon or use some apk for testing then those apps too show as purchased in the market. U cant reinstall from the market and neither can purchase them. Market doesnt allow you to repurchase the purchased item(though infact it was never purchased).
I have tried detaching it from market though TiB but still this doesnt get fixed.
Not sure if reflashing the whole rom after a full wipe will help.
Anybody??

That is weird that it happens that way. It has not happened to me and I use amazon market and have pushed many apps to my phone. I have not encountered this. Also, android market has never prompted me to update an app that I got from Amazon.

Not saying it does not happen, it seems obvious that it does, it just has not happened to me.


Is the app available on Amazon market? If so, can he just purchase it from there?

Originally Posted by Dblfstr

That is weird that it happens that way. It has not happened to me and I use amazon market and have pushed many apps to my phone. I have not encountered this. Also, android market has never prompted me to update an app that I got from Amazon.

Not saying it does not happen, it seems obvious that it does, it just has not happened to me.


Is the app available on Amazon market? If so, can he just purchase it from there?

Was referring the Amazon apps case as stated by Waddle in the above post. And sadly Amazon not available in our country