INSTALL FAILED UPDATE INCOMPATIBLE when I try to install compiled apk on device

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I ve compiled Trebuchet launcher from CyanogenMod 9  and trying to install it with adb     adb install out target product generic system app Trebuchet apk 3986 KB s  7870141 bytes in 1 928s      pkg   data local tmp Trebuchet apk Failure  INSTALL FAILED UPDATE INCOMPATIBLE    I tried on Nexus S with CM9 and Galaxy Nexus with stock JB  Why I m getting this error   EDIT  In my case I ve tried to reinstall system package with package manager  That s not supported  so I ve got this error  Source of the error may differ in your case

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I just renamed the package and it worked for me.

Or if you are using Ionic, you could delete the application and try again, this happens when ionic detects that the app you are deploying is not coming from the same build. It often happen when you change from pc.

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I just spent an hour trying to debug this and then realised that i was connected to my emulator instead of my phone   So even though i had succesfully deleted the app on my phone it was still failing   Stupid mistake but maybe this will help someone else

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it means the application which you want to install is already installed  just remove the old one and try again

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In my case  I have installed Application from Playstore and after when I am trying to run from Eclipse or Android Studio so it will try to install again on that APK that will not allow    So First of all you have to Uninstall that Siged APK and after that you have to try   Thank you

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RankoR  you must have installed the application from a different computer  in my case thats where the problem arose    all you need to do is just uninstall the application and reinstall it or run it from the computer you are working    this might be a late reply but it will help some one    thanks

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its occurred if you build your apk from some other PC and update it from different PC

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Samsung Galaxy Phones has a feature Known as Secure Folder Removing App from That Solved The problem for me   also adb uninstall packagename can Not remove App from Secure folder

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Try  adb uninstall package-name   It works for me  I have remove my app using Titanium Backup  However I think Titanium backup didn t removed my app totally

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Go to Setting Apps   Search for your app and unistall     It  s worked for me

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If your Manifest file has this line -     android sharedUserId  android uid system    is causing this error  just comment this line and you are good to go

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I don t see anyone mentioning my case so let me add it - it happens when you build the app in one mode  e g  Dev  and then try to override it with a different mode  e g  Production     The solution is the same as for the other cases - delete the app on the device simulator and run again

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The question was why he s getting this error  Uninstalling will solve this problem but in my case  while I was installing the compiled version of the apk  the problem raised  I was trying to build an update for my application  So what I did  I built a signed apk and then tried to install the apk and the apk installed perfectly  So  rather removing the old apk  I had to sign the newer update and then installed it

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This can happen if you sign your application with a different certificate  You can always use  adb install -r myapk apk   to overwrite an existing apk on your device  but you will still get the error if you signed the new apk with a different certificate that of the installed apk   In that scenario you would need to uninstall the apk from your device before attempting an install  However  this can also impact your application since your original signing may be tied to certain Developor API s  so you may need to update the console with your new credentials

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Go to Setting Apps  Search for your app and uninstall    open command prompt and  adb uninstall     It  s worked for me

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Uninstalling the application would be enough to avoid this problem  INSTALL FAILED UPDATE INCOMPATIBLE  but sometimes even uninstalling the message is raised again  it occurs in Android OS 5 0    so this is the solution  Go to Settings  gt  Apps and you will find your app with the message    quot Not installed for this user quot    We have to uninstall manually for all users   then we can install our compiled application with no problems   Another options   Remove the old application and install again   Use Android Debug Bridge command   adb uninstall  PACKAGE NAME

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I installed Astro file manager and searched for a previous version of the apk-file  found one on the sdcard and deleted the apk-file using Astro file manager

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In my case there was no version of the App I could find through device manager or Astro    What I ended up doing was   1  Download the latest version of the App from the app store  2  The app was still not visible in device manager until I restarted my device   3  Remove the app from device manager  4  Run my project again   5  Everything works   Hope this helps someone

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If your device supports multiple users  you might have to delete the app for each account as well   I usually use adb and that does the trick adb uninstall  lt your-package-name gt

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Two ways that can be works  1  Uninstall app from mobile device manually   2  Open command prompt   trace path of adband execute following command   adb uninstall your package name

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For MIUI users  apart for usual USB debugging option be sure to enable these settings as well   Install via USB USB debugging Security settings   then accept the prompt when you try installing app again

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If you are attempting to debug from a different computer than you were originally you will get the dreaded INSTALL FAILED UPDATE INCOMPATIBLE error   However  there is a way to proceed without uninstalling the app and losing your data   To see how to transfer the debug keystore that is required so you don t get the message  The device already has an application with the same application but a different signature  In order to proceed you will have to uninstall the existing application    and lose your data   See Update the app in another machine with same debug keystore in android

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This might be Raised When the Application installed in you device as Different Signature then the Application apk  you are Trying to install  in easy words  earlier application is build by  quot System-A  quot  and now build a Application By  quot System-B quot  and trying to install  You can solve this Issues in one or the other ways as showed Below  Option 1     Uninstall the Application in your Device and install the New APK  Option 2  Note  this option is applicable only if you have the Access to both old and new Systems via which Apk are build respecitively if you don t want to Remove the APk or its not Allowed  then  you can get the Debug key  System-A and the same Debug to System-B steps to take the Debug Key form  quot System-A quot  Go to Terminal enter   gradlew signingReport  you will get to know your results as Below Variant  debug Config  debug Store   home user debug keystore Alias  AndroidDebugKey MD5  CS 7B E3 51 C5 2E 36 AA 3F 66 BA ED 40 DB 86 25 SHA1  2A BB C5 4E 64 4E FE 12 4C 4E 2B 4E 4E 42 4E 4E 4E 4E 63 83 Valid until  Wednesday  May 6  2048  get the  quot debug keystore quot  file from the location showed above and transfer it to  quot System-B quot  then  goto     Android studio  gt  gt  File  gt  gt  Project Structure  gt  gt  SigningConfigs     set the location of the  quot debug keystore quot  to Store File and then ok  Now build the Apk in your  quot System-B quot  and Run it will work

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It happened to me when I installed a dev build using Instant Run  and uninstalled from Google Play  For some reason the data from Instant Run is still in the device and can t install uninstall the app again   Only way to fix it  - disable Instant Run in android studio - install from android studio  it should work only from here  - uninstall app  now it should be clean to install from Google Play or adb

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you just run adb uninstall   package name    That s it  Now you try the build

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I got the same issue and did following to fix it    Settings   Storage   Clear Cached Data Settings   Apps   Uninstall the apps showing there  I had uninstalled my apps but it was showing there  Restart and then everything went fine

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You have to sign your application and then run it  If you are preparing a new update for your application  it is not a problem to continue working  In the end  before releasing the prepared version  when you sign the application  the problem will be solved and users will have no problem installing your application

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This maybe because you have more than one user in your device and you ve just deleted the app on one  leaving the apk still present for the other s     I ve deleted in all accounts  and it worked afterwards

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go to   your adb folder  sdk platform-tools  type cmd type   adb remount on command window adb shell su rm  system app YourApp apk Restart your device

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C  android-sdk platform-tools adb exe  Command failed with exit code 1      Error output  adb  failed to install   app platforms android app build outputs apk debug app-debug apk    Failure  INSTALL FAILED UPDATE INCOMPATIBLE  Package   com example app1 signatures do not match the previously installed   version  ignoring     Solution     You already have the app app1 installed on phone  mostly download from play console  or upload key is changed  Uninstall the app     More details   It s possible that you already have this app uploaded to play store using upload key  play console applied its own signature to it  That s why the app in your phone downloaded from google play does not have the same signature of your upload key     By uninstalling app  there is no play store version of app  so mis-matches when you install a new version to you phone     Hope that helps

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if the APK is built in project with Android mk file  Maybe it s because of the sign certificate has been changed   in my problem  I have add LOCAL CERTIFICATE    platform  as the original apk is signed without this tag

[android] INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE when I try to install compiled .apk on device

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