Paid apps - Android Market 1.6

[Guest foxof]

Please find below a copy/paste of my solution (posted on market enabler's forum). The 'final' solution might be a combination of both (I did not try changing the XML without setting the props).

This has been tested with MCR 1.6 w/nexus one. Hope it helps.

Chris.

Comment 24 by [email protected], Today (102 minutes ago)

Hi there,

For the ones who have the 1.6 market working; but no longer have the "paid apps" tab;

I finally got it working properly (okay, you might not like the method below; use at

your own risks :(

Note: Some of the below steps might not be needed; I haven't looked further.

1) Fake your provider (in this example, I chose T-Mobile italy (TIM)

2) Set the following props:

# setprop gsm.sim.operator.iso-country it

# setprop gsm.operator.iso-country it

# setprop gsm.operator.alpha TIM

# setprop gsm.sim.operator.alpha TIM

3) Not only clear your cache; but also your db (clearing the cache is not enough)

# rm -rf /data/data/com.android.vending/*

4) Run android market

5) Here it is again.

Note: I was a bit afraid that getting rid of my db would cause issues with previously

installed apps/bought apps; but after browsing for them they are still marked as

installed ; refund is still possible for some of them.

Note2: Make a backup of your directory's content before clearing it...U never know...

Feel free to give a feedback || mention unnecessary steps.

Cheers,

Chris.

Comment 25 by [email protected], Today (66 minutes ago)

Turns out; by putting back my backup and by only modifing the following, it works too:

<boolean name="metadata_paid_apps_enabled" value="false" />

to:

<boolean name="metadata_paid_apps_enabled" value="true" />

into the /data/data/com.android.vending/shared_prefs/vending_preferences.xml

:(

Edited February 23, 2010 by foxof

[Guest navygino]

Cool Thanks, it works.

Just read the Wiki in the project page. Sorry that I just a newbie and not sure what to do.

Any hint how to do this?

Which file needed to be tweaked?

http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/wiki/StartOnBoot

[Guest JetSerge]

You can just install the MarketAccess and it will apply custom SIM numeric on boot:

http://amip.tools-for.net/android/MarketAccess

[Guest JetSerge]

MarketAccess 1.0.4 also automatically changes

<boolean name="metadata_paid_apps_enabled" value="false" />

to:

<boolean name="metadata_paid_apps_enabled" value="true" />

in /data/data/com.android.vending/shared_prefs/vending_preferences.xml file.