"We got a problem Houston" on Hero with 1.5 Firmware

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Long press on any of the Settings List to get prompt
2. Select prompt (Fake this provider now)
3. Get error message
(Restore gives the same error message)
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rraffens...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 2:47

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Long press on any of the Settings List to get prompt
2. Select prompt (Fake this provider now)
3. Get error message
(Restore gives the same error message)
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I see nothing, but a message 'We got a problem houston'.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using market enabler 3.0.2v-beta, the one from this site. I have 
modelnumber HTC
Hero, firmware 1.5, kernell 2.6.27-.... buildnumber 2.73.405.5 etc (latest HTC
released rom) and software version 1.0.0.A6288

Please provide any additional information below.
Mail me if you have any questions! I will be more than happy to help fix this, 
so
Market enabler will work on my phone...

Original comment by L.H.Kran...@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 7:44

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Have you two seen issue #5?
can you attach a logcat of the MarketEnabler execution?

Probably you know the requirements but I will ask:
Do you have root rights on your phone and a working su command?
Did you install busybox binaries?

Original comment by michel.racic on 13 Oct 2009 at 8:09

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Original comment by michel.racic on 13 Oct 2009 at 8:10

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Hello Michel,

I think I do not have any of those requirements you described. Can you please 
tell 
me where I can see how to root my phone, get a working su command and where to 
get 
the busybox binaries? I will try doing that, and let you know if I still have 
those 
errors.

Original comment by L.H.Kran...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2009 at 9:16

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I don't have a hero and I have an adp so rooting was never in my focus...
I just googled short and one of the results is
http://phandroid.com/2009/08/04/how-to-gain-root-access-on-your-htc-hero/ but I 
don't
know if it works.
About Busybox (most custom rom's should have it anyway): 
http://www.novoda.com/blog/?p=3
SU command:
There are different ways, easiest and safest would be
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=449536

Another way (but opens security holes) (this was the first action I did on my 
ADP
after getting it with v 1.0):
preconditions: having root access
{{{
$adb remount
$ adb shell cp /system/bin/sh /system/bin/su
$ adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
}}}
But I strongly recommend to use the superuser.apk and the corresponding su 
binary.

If you're patient, as soon as I have some freetime I recode ME and remove 
busybox
dependencies.

Original comment by michel.racic on 14 Oct 2009 at 11:33

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I am very patient, when I have to be. Thank you already for your explanation. I 
think rooting it will be something that will come in handy one way or another, 
so I 
will do that part and then just wait. Your help is greatly appreciated :)

Original comment by L.H.Kran...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2009 at 12:38

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I think I have rooted my phone (I used instant root, a file I found via the xda-
developers forum) and I have tried market enabler again. When I press the 
prompt, I 
get another popup that says: we are working and a progressbar. So it seems to 
work 
fine now! My actual values have changed, and I can restore settings or select 
others. Now comes the figuring out what exactally I can do :)

Thanks for the help, I think my problem is solved. Just need to root the phone, 
and 
it works! 

But just to be sure, do you agree with me? I did not have a working su command 
(I 
think?) or busybox binaries. At least, I did nothing to get those two.

Original comment by L.H.Kran...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2009 at 2:38

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I don't know what exactly instantroot all does but as it worked, it seems that 
it
installed all stuff that is needed.

You mean what you can do with ME?
The reason why I created ME was because I'm in a country where google prohibits
buying apps and I don't want to use warez, that's where ME comes in and enables 
me to
buy apps and pay the developers what they deserve.
Another usage is that you can install Applications, that are just on a specific
market (country and latest even carrier).

Original comment by michel.racic on 14 Oct 2009 at 3:00

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rraffensperger: did this solve your problem too?

Original comment by michel.racic on 14 Oct 2009 at 3:01

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Hi, I have this problem with "We got a problem Houston :-(" when trying to run 
MarketEnabler, latest version, on my HTC Hero bought those days. Im in Sweden 
and 
have need of this.. How to solve? reboots, reinstalls and so on makes no 
difference,

Original comment by jonasnordin1978@gmail.com on 16 Oct 2009 at 1:00

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Do you fulfill all preconditions?
Having root, a working su app and busybox installed?

Original comment by michel.racic on 17 Oct 2009 at 9:39

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Maybe it should be made clearer on the site or in the readme (where now only the
donation stuff is) that it needs a rooted phone. Like, more on the top and 
bigger, or
next to the download link, not justsomewhere near the changelog.

Original comment by florian....@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2009 at 1:45

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Jep, i will include it in the readme and also in download description

Original comment by michel.racic on 7 Nov 2009 at 2:09

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Same problem on Android-on-FreeRunner (based on android cupcake 1.5). See the 
logcat
for details.

Original comment by skliarie@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 1:24

Attachments:

• market-enabler.logcat

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I've seen this issue in the 1.6 emulator with the stock su version from the 
emulator. 
You may try to install the new su binary and the Superuser.apk on your device.

Try this version: http://swnet.spb.ru/files/a/su.zip (installed via adb on the 
USB 
connected device, there is bat file for automated installation, just make sure 
you 
have adb from the SDK in PATH).

Also try the new MarketAccess based on MarketEnabler: 
http://swnet.spb.ru/files/a/MarketAccess.apk .

Original comment by sbara...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 3:03