Guest Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well I have tried the various combinations to get APKs installed, apart from ADB which is still to be looked at. And still have the problem, and unfortunately that includes installing from the google drive. Anyone got any news from Motocare on this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goods Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) It's a bit weird that some are having this problem, I got a 16GB Moto G yesterday, I have no problems istalling APK's. Edited December 3, 2013 by goods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ~Rob Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I've got a Tesco 16Gb, unlocked via the Motorola site with the stock ROM and can't install APKs from dropbox or from the SD Card using Astro (Parse Error) but can via adb. I don't really want to hard reset, but may have to just to test it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I've got a Tesco 16Gb, unlocked via the Motorola site with the stock ROM and can't install APKs from dropbox or from the SD Card using Astro (Parse Error) but can via adb. I don't really want to hard reset, but may have to just to test it can you install catlog and take a logcat of the apps failing to install, i would love to take a look at what's going on. Edit: you can also try wiping data for the Motorola apps individually from settings / apps (swipe to the right until under the "all tab" select each motorola app and clear data & cache) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jlost Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 logcat for apk parsing error. http://pastebin.com/RQN8pbY1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TescoHudl Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Same issue here on my Tesco mobile 16GB Moto G. The problem occurs on both the Tesco and stock ROM's. I'm using the second root method, with the modded recovery. Installing APK's from the command prompt in Windows works fine, using command 'adb install xxxx.apk'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thumper Net Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Wife has the same problem as well even with amazon appstore , this must be a bug. Hope motorola sort this out with the upcoming 4.4 kitkat upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 have you tried going to settings / apps swiping over to the "all tab" and go threw all the motorola apps disabling them and wiping data & cache for them, then reboot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gameeater Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) I have the sabe problem and the solution is you need do a factory reset and dont auto restore the google acount. Be happy. Kkkkkk Edited December 6, 2013 by gameeater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 just received mine, and i also have the same problem no matter how many times i factory reset, also i don't have those two options to untick like someone else mentioned. going to unlock the bootloader and make a custom version of the stock rom to try and get around this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickywyatt Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I found out that moving the apk's to data thay install fine by the looks of it the sdcard dose not set the right permissions eg rw-rw-r Edited December 10, 2013 by rickywyatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 think i have got this problem sorted now... i made a deodexed version of the stock rom flashed it and the problem is now gone, and i can install apps from file managers etc :) will upload the repacked stock rom soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 think i have got this problem sorted now... i made a deodexed version of the stock rom flashed it and the problem is now gone, and i can install apps from file managers etc :) Screenshot_2023-12-16-19-37-50.png Screenshot_2023-12-16-19-38-00.png Screenshot_2023-12-16-19-38-09.png Screenshot_2023-12-16-20-01-15.png Screenshot_2023-12-16-20-01-31.png will upload the repacked stock rom soon this phone is trolling me... now its not working again... :huh: anyway, i will upload both roms i was messing around with... one is just pure stock but deodexed & the other has most of Motorola's stuff removed and replaced with AOSP will also upload the removed stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest irishpancake Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I found out that moving the apk's to data thay install fine by the looks of it the sdcard dose not set the right permissions eg rw-rw-r This is definitely true, moving or copying downloaded apk from /mnt/sdcard/download to /data enables install.....or any root folder!!! Permissions as above when moved......but these are also there in sdcard download folder, exactly the same permissions in both locations.... rw-rw-r-- :huh: [Checked with JRummy Root Browser] Edited December 12, 2013 by irishpancake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr.Murow! Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 The last OTA update (14.71.8) is currently available for Brazil, Germany and France, and it correct the manual installation of APKs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558298 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564408 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tillaz Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 this phone is trolling me... now its not working again... :huh: anyway, i will upload both roms i was messing around with... one is just pure stock but deodexed & the other has most of Motorola's stuff removed and replaced with AOSP will also upload the removed stuff. fixed it again, uploading now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest irishpancake Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) fixed it again, uploading now. Is it available here on Modaco or XDA??....cheers!! Edited December 12, 2013 by irishpancake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest henrythedog Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Finally worked out how to install an .apk by using ADB. Followed this guide http://www.howtogeek.com/125769/ to install the jdk etc, had trouble making device work as no drivers could be found on my system for it, so went to the below MOTO G - Software & Drivers and installed that, re-plugged my device and then my device showed up in the command line test. Then was finally able to install by adb method... no other method works for my moto g, tried everything like copying to data folder (but wouldn't do that), tried uploading to google drive, file uploaded fine, but wouldn't install from there either.. still got the parsing failed thing. Anyway, sorted now, finally :) Hope the above works for others too. Just tested again, and now I can install .apk files from google drive after doing the above. Edited December 13, 2013 by henrythedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kieranc88 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 1. Download Es File Explorer from the Google Play Store. 2. Tick the fast access menu button in the top left corner of Es file explorer(looks like a globe with a picture of a phone in front of it) 3. When the menu pops out click the settings icon in the bottom right . 4. Scroll down to tools settings and click app manager. 5. Go to the last option and tick "(un)install apk automatically" Es will then do the leg work for you when you want to install an apk, all you have to do is go to the folder in which it was downloaded and click the apk file. I think this option is a lot easier than other workarounds that involve using google drive or moving the apk to a root folder. You will need to turn on the root explorer option of Es file explorer for this to work, but if you need this workaround chances are you have an unlocked bootloader and are rooted. To turn on the root explorer click the fast access menu button in the top left corner, scroll down to root explorer ,click to on and grant superuser access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MickJack Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) 5. Go to the last option and tick "(un)install apk automatically"I get stage 5 but it is greyed out, not an option ?Edit: So I have been trying to install the odd app from Dropbox, worked in the past, but getting parsing error since root. Have emailed app to myself - still parsing error. Just pasted app into google drive and installed just as you would expect. funny old world eh ! Edited January 6, 2014 by MickJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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