Aha, so until rooted phones can't see copy-protected apps I don't see any reasons to protect my app. If just 1 user can download and share it with the world it is meaningless to waste twice the space on the user's phone for nothing.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:15 PM, clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Root-enabled G1s are still able to see copy-protected apps. I think > it is just the ADP phones that the market detects, because my rooted > G1 is able to see copy-protected apps, and download them. I have > verified this by looking in the app-private folder on the phone and > seeing that the app that I purhcased was there. > > > ~clark > > On Mar 31, 9:32 pm, Dan Morrill <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is not true. Devices that are identified as root-enabled, whether an >> ADP1 or a rooted retail G1, cannot access copy-protected apps. They can >> still access both paid and free apps that are not copy-protected, however. >> >> - Dan >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Michael MacDonald < >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > Developer phones can't see paid apps in the market. This is because the >> > root access available on the developer >> > phones breaks the Market copy-protection model. >> >> > The Market copy-protection model ignores that there are many consumer >> > phones that have been rooted... >> >> > Eric Schott wrote: >> >> > I have a developers phone running: 1.1 specifically >> > holiday_devphone_userdebug 1.1 Kernel version is: 2.6.25-01845- >> > g85d4f0d android-bu...@apa27 #27 >> >> > and I can not see any paid apps. I still see lots of chatter about >> > some who can see paid apps and some who can not. What the magic >> > button to make this work? :) >> >> > On Mar 10, 11:14 am, Brodsky <[email protected]> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I've got the same problem. If Ican'tseepaidappsoff this dev >> > phone, how do I get my money back for it? No one ever told me it'd be >> > crippled... >> >> > On Feb 20, 4:19 pm, Michael Martin <[email protected]> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > *** Can anyone at Google explain why some G1s can seepaidappswhile >> > otherscan’t? **** >> >> > I don’t believe this is a matter of an OTA updates but rather >> > datacenter propagation thus it would depend on which Android Market >> > datacenter the G1 is pinging. >> >> > In my case I have 2 G1s (side by side) and 1 canseethepaidapps >> > while the other doesn’t….could only assume they are both pinging the >> > same DC. >> >> > (I have already tried the reboot theory to no avail) >> >> > Any formal explanation for this??? >> >> > Thank You, >> > Michael Martinhttp://www.googleandblog.com/ >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
