Posted in: Android, Mobile software 9 minutes ago by Prasad One of the key features in Android 4.1, Jelly Bean is that it automatically encrypts paid applications with a device specific ID, which ensures an app downloaded on once device can only be used on that particular device. This was created to combat the rampant piracy that has been seen on the Android platform. Unfortunately, while the idea is excellent, the execution is not, as several developers and users of paid apps have found out. The problem exists with the way the encrypted applications are downloaded and installed. In Jelly Bean, Google Play Store installs the application in the /mnt/asec folder (which is encrypted) instead of the /data/apps folder. When the OS boots, a service cache is generated for all the installed apps. Unfortunately, this process happens before the /mnt/asec folder is mounted, because of which the the OS cannot find the settings and other user profile data for the app, which causes the paid apps t...
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