Missing market app + driver for windows 7

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hello all.

i just bought my x10 yesterday and I am (or rather was) eager to install apps on it however the "Market" app isnt on my phone nor is there any sort of file manager.

How can i install anything now?

also the driver for the "X10i" that windows 7 keeps asking for is nowhere to be found...

pls help!

I can't help with the Market Application, but I can help with the drivers/PC Companion software.

With your SD Card installed in the device:

1) Connect Device to PC via USB
2) Once the Device has connected you will see a USB symbol in the top status bar (USB Connected message) on the Home Screen.
3) Drag down the Status Bar and you will see USB Connected under the 'Ongoing'. Tap this.
4) Select 'Mount' from the pop up

The SD Card will now be mounted to your PC and will appear under My Computer. It should be labelled "Sony Ericsson PC Software"

5) Open "Sony Ericsson PC Software" and Select "Install"

Your Drivers and PC Companion software will now install.

NOTE: Make sure you follow this disconnect procedure - I've seen ... weirdness when I haven't followed it and your SD Card may not be visible to the Phone again unless you do!

1) Safely Eject the device from Windows (USB symbol on Taskbar in Win 7 > Eject)
2) Drag down the Status Bar and tap USB Connection
3) Select UnMount

Note: Steps 2 & 3 are not always required...

Thanks.

I wasnt aware there was any stuff on the memory stick that came with the x10. I'll install the software.

However its really lame of SE to not have the market app.
whats odd is under application manager i did find "Market updater" so i know something is there. there has to be a way to install it so i can install s/w.

Hi Cylent,

I had the Market Application on the Apps menu - front and centre.

Forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know but the Home page (the one with the clock and the Timescape/media scape buttons) is only a customisable front end to the Android system.

you can add and remove widgets to the Home screen (Press and hold), there are three screens you can move to and fill with widgets (Swipe left or right to move).

At the bottom of the screen is a stripey bar. Swipe that bar upwards to reveal the Apps menu. This is scrollable and I found the Android Market icon (labelled Market and looks like a shopping bag) just off the initial view.

I find it very strange you don't have access to the Market using the Market app. Just for that, I'd take the phone back and demand another one.

Take care

S.

It seems like in Saudi and UAE the market application is illegal due to "protection of feelings" since there might be offending material in the App Store

So that is why here cant get the X10 with Market application...

:(

Yeah, just found that out myself.

It kinda sucks for guys in that area - half the power of the phone is in its apps...

yes and what is even worse is I checked SE UAE BEFORE i bought the phone - and the website said android market was installed.

But here they do not care - so I was just told to shut it - and they would not give me a refund. SE made a mistake and is not "man" enough to admit it and refund a customer.

Now of course the have changed the UAE website... But I still have my screen dumps for my journalist friends. So off to fry SE UAE publicly..

well heres another ****ed up part.

the box says "AR,EN" on it and it even has a little start guide in arabic but the phone has no arabic on it what-so-ever. messages appear in BOXES when in arabic ...
it has a japanese keyboard which is odd.

i literally cannot do anything without the market app because there is no damn file manager installed.
even windows phones have a file manager. what the hell?

I don't know if it will help you but why not try the "debranding tutorial". With the tutorial you will be flashing an UK Rom via SEUS, in my opinion the market should be there after that.

-Bin4ry

ya the debranding idea came to mind because when i tried the SEUS it said my phone was up to date. but all i want to do is flash the UK or whatever version ontop of what i have. cant i copy the rom image to a flash and reset the device to flash?

reason being is this tutorial got me too confused. i downloaded the file and it had a 1 and a 2 subfiles in the zip. where to extract them and what to do? http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=195467

i did it on my htc magic...is it not possible with the x10?