Marketplace oddities?

[Dan.Droid]

My brother and I both have a Moto Droid, and we're sitting here talking and sharing apps we found. He found an app that, when I do a search for it in marketplace, doesn't come up.

I can see the search result on his screen, and I use the exact same search string he does, and don't come up with half the list he got.

My Droid is older, from launch, and his is only 3 days old, if that matters.

Is there an option some where that is restricting my searches? He says he hasn't changed anything for settings.

 

[pandroid]

You have 2.01

He has 2.1

Compare "about phone" in settings

 

[Dan.Droid]

We both have 2.1-update1.

 

[pandroid]

hrm, same roms?

Market might not recognize your phone as 2.1.
Can you see any lwp's? ie "pongur"

 

[Dan.Droid]

I've done several searches for lwp's and have several running. I did a search for Pongur, since you specifically mentioned it, and it comes up quickly.

 

[pandroid]

That is odd. What is the search term that comes up with nothing for you?

 

[Dan.Droid]

He found a lwp that was the Droid Eye, so I did a search for that. I got a list of stuff, but it was about a third of the list he got, and the specific lwp he found wasn't listed. So, I did a search for Droid Eye Lite, which was the name of the actual lwp, and absolutely nothing came up.

 

[Shadez]

He found a lwp that was the Droid Eye, so I did a search for that. I got a list of stuff, but it was about a third of the list he got, and the specific lwp he found wasn't listed. So, I did a search for Droid Eye Lite, which was the name of the actual lwp, and absolutely nothing came up.

You sure its not Droid eye live and not lite?

 

[Dan.Droid]

Yep. Droid Eye Live is a paid lwp, and red. The one he found is free and blue.

 

[Shadez]

Weird I dont get it either..

 

[pandroid]

also dont get it

 

[Dan.Droid]

I'll go into a Verizon store Monday and see if they can figure something out. Thanks for trying.

 

[pandroid]

Report back

Im interested in this

 

[JCo352]

This was a known issue after the 2.1 update, with Google Earth and a few LWP, a known fix would be doing a factory reset, that has helped some people.

 

[Dan.Droid]

I spoke with a couple reps for Verizon today. The guy I was talking to in person admitted to not knowing, which I can respect, so he called what I assume was a Verizon tech center on the phone.

The person on the phone was clearly reading from a script because she said the problem was 'the google', which made me chuckle slightly.

But yeah. What JCo352 said was pretty much what script-lady said. The first thing then want to do is a factory reset, though they're not sure that will actually fix the issue. They may have to send me a new phone. I'm currently dumping all the data from my phone to my lappy that I can (pics, videos, .apk's from appsaver, etc.) because the only ones that they say will reappear for me automatically are the ones that I paid for.

And she wasn't even sure about that.