wifi only xoom: where's my youtube app?

serratocg · 03-28-2011, 02:52 PM

Hi all! Just got a wifi only xoom from costco, and I don't have a youtube app installed. Since I used my gmail that's linked to my phone, the market shows that I already have youtube installed. There's a button to open, but it doesn't. Also, I can't uninstall the youtube app. I don't know how to fix this. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

siscim23 · 03-28-2011, 03:37 PM

When you're in Apps, are you in My Apps or All? Do you have all the other preinstalled apps?

serratocg · 03-28-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by siscim23

When you're in Apps, are you in My Apps or All? Do you have all the other preinstalled apps?

When I look at "all", its not there. It never was, even right out of the box. Any thoughts on what's going on? Kinda weird.

realitydigg · 03-28-2011, 04:40 PM

Did you swipe over to the 2nd page of apps...

ock · 03-28-2011, 04:46 PM

Try factory resetting it. If trying to launch it from the Market isn't working, that means that it is not finding the APK properly. You can either factory reset it and hope that it is there afterwards or just simply go and exchange it saying that its not working properly.

serratocg · 03-28-2011, 04:48 PM

I did, nothing. Is it supposed to come pre-installed on the wifi only models? If so, that's my problem. I never had it.

Also, do you think that because I used the same gmail as my phone during set up, that messed things up? It's weird that some of the apps I downloaded on my phone are in the market as my apps. YouTube is one of these apps, but won't let me download, open, or uninstall.

serratocg · 03-28-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ock

Try factory resetting it. If trying to launch it from the Market isn't working, that means that it is not finding the APK properly. You can either factory reset it and hope that it is there afterwards or just simply go and exchange it saying that its not working properly.

Yeah, I was thinking about doing this. Didn't do too much formatting, so it shouldn't be a pain.

ock · 03-28-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by serratocg

I did, nothing. Is it supposed to come pre-installed on the wifi only models? If so, that's my problem. I never had it.

Also, do you think that because I used the same gmail as my phone during set up, that messed things up? It's weird that some of the apps I downloaded on my phone are in the market as my apps. YouTube is one of these apps, but won't let me download, open, or uninstall.

Yes, it is supposed to come pre-installed with the WiFi only models.

And no, you didn't mess it up by using the same Gmail account. It is expected that you would. I use the same Gmail account for my primary account on both my phone and Xoom.

drethos · 03-28-2011, 05:25 PM

I just checked mine, it's not there but when I go to the market place to install it the button says open. When you click it it goes to a installed apps page and the youtube app is under not installed. But when go to install it falls back to not installed. It's weird but I'm not going to worry about it you tube still works in browser.

serratocg · 03-28-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by drethos

I just checked mine, it's not there but when I go to the market place to install it the button says open. When you click it it goes to a installed apps page and the youtube app is under not installed. But when go to install it falls back to not installed. It's weird but I'm not going to worry about it you tube still works in browser.

Yes, the same thing is happening to me! Thanks everyone for the feedback. I'm going to try a factory reset, and see what happens.