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[ipic]

I have wiped and installed following ezterry's guide here:
http://forum.cyanoge...spl-unofficial/

I did a factory reset in AMON_RA recovery, as well as cache and dalvik-cache wipes before installing.

I have a hard error in the Package Manager - triggered by the Market trying to install any package:

D/AndroidRuntime( 3968): 
D/AndroidRuntime( 3968): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
I/AndroidRuntime( 3968): Heap size: -Xmx16m
D/AndroidRuntime( 3968): CheckJNI is OFF
D/AndroidRuntime( 3968): --- registering native functions ---
I/ActivityManager( 3498): Start proc com.android.defcontainer for service com.android.defcontainer/.DefaultContainerService: pid=3974 uid=10016 gids={1015, 2001}
D/dalvikvm( 3974): GC_EXPLICIT freed 574 objects / 48200 bytes in 111ms
W/dalvikvm( 3498): threadid=10: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x400207e8)
E/PackageManager( 3498): Couldn't create temp file for downloaded package file.
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): *** FATAL EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS: PackageManager
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$FileInstallArgs.createCopyFile(PackageManagerService.java:5144)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$FileInstallArgs.copyApk(PackageManagerService.java:5152)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$InstallParams.handleStartCopy(PackageManagerService.java:4962)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$HandlerParams.startCopy(PackageManagerService.java:4821)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$PackageHandler.doHandleMessage(PackageManagerService.java:470)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$PackageHandler.handleMessage(PackageManagerService.java:415)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3498): 	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
I/ActivityManager( 3498): Process com.android.vending (pid 3879) has died.

"Couldn't create temp file for downloaded package file." seems to be the pertinent error.

I have tried fixing permissions from AMON_RA.

Anyone seen this before? I've searched around and there seem to be issues with app2sd - I have no apps installed on SD, so doesn't seem to apply here.

Thanks

Edited by ipic, 28 December 2010 - 12:26 AM.

[daaxix]

I wiped/flashed as well and see the same error and a reboot.

[ipic]

I tried a few more things but am still getting a hard fault on any attempt to install.

I tried superwipe - download from here

Steps I followed: Flash Superwipe from recovery, reboot to recovery, flash CM6, flash Gapps_tiny.

Still get error on original post for any install attempt.

Also, I removed the swap and ext4 partitions from the SD card, no change - still get error.

Its strange - lots of other people seem to have followed ezterry's guide and say its working for them  

[ipic]

I have stumbled upon the reason for this failure - at least in my case.
Firstly - apologies. This is a textbook case of not posting all information  
Along with following the ezterry guide, I always ended off by flashing a signed zip of Titanium Backup.
Turns out, that was the problem.

I have now followed the install guide to the letter (no TB flash). Market downloads and installs fine.
Download of TB from the market, and then restore all backed up apps works fine as well.

So, lesson learnt - don't freestyle and not mention it!

I have no idea why a TB signed zip should cause the installer to crash as above. I don't have a huge incentive to find out, so I'll let it lie.

[r00ktard]

I know this is an old topic but might help others... This basically happened because the "TB Flash" created the data folder manually without assigning it proper permissions. (0777). The Market automatically creates the "/data/app" folders and automatically assigns the proper permissions.

If the permissions are not assigned correctly the Market app will throw the exception:
Couldn't create temp file for downloaded package file.

A simple chmod 0777 might have done the trick. However by wiping your device and reinstalling the mod you essentially allowed the market to do it on it's own. I hope that helps anyone in the future.