[Q] Can't Download Marketplace Apps Over Wi-Fi

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Hey all,

Ok, so here's the setup:

Bought a (supposedly) unlocked Samsung Focus from Expansys (AT&T Branded).

Don't have a SIM for Rogers yet, so just using it on my home wireless network. I can surf the web, access the marketplace, my XBOX Live account is linked up (my avatar is displayed), etc. All good.

UNTIL...I actually want to purchase or download an app/game from the marketplace! After I click Install, I get this message:

"This item is not available from the Marketplace catalog."

This happens for *every* application, paid or free. The only way I can get apps on to my phone is to get them through the Zune software and synch, and even then I have to go through the marketplace to the app where it tells me that its already installed (even though it shows up NOWHERE on my phone), and asks if I want to install it again...which it then lets me do and voila, app is visible.

This is *really* frustrating and I can't figure out what the issue could be. Any thoughts or has anyone else experienced this?!

Thanks,

DL

I just got my Focus today and I've got the EXACT same problem. I don't have it unlocked yet, so the only thing that is the same between our two cases is that we don't have a valid sim card.

Can anyone confirm this issue?

Issue Fixed...well more Issue Disappeared

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My issue went away...literally...I don't really know what I did, or that I did anything. I blogged about it here (I'm still too new to post full url's here, so its broken up): geekswithblogs .net /dlussier /archive /2010/11/23/142839.aspx, but here's the update part:

So last night I plugged my phone into my pc to charge, which brought up the Zune software. I wanted a few more apps, so I downloaded them from there. Phone synched, and I went to try my apps. I thought “What the hell”, and tried to access an app on the marketplace. This time I didn’t get the “This item is not available from the Marketplace catalogue”, I got some message about an error and a hex value.

I tried to access an app again to see if I’d still get the error message and…*POOF*…I have full access to the marketplace over wi-fi!

I have *no* idea what caused the switch, it was nothing that I did intentionally! I did notice that the prices are now higher (BeJeweled was 4.99, now 5.49), and I’m assuming its because I’m hitting the Canadian marketplace and not the US one.

Weird, yes, but its working so…yay?

lol the EXACT same thing happened to me...it just....went away? lol I'm not complaining