but if I access the market from the web, it tells me the app is not compatible with my device. If I access it from my phone, the app doesn't show up at all.
fixed the problem on his HTC phone changing the ro.build.fingerprint line in the build.prop file. (To access the file, you need an app like 'root explorer': you'll find the file in /system.)
My question is: if any of you has managed to run this app, could you please post your build.prop on this forum? I'd like to try changing the ro.build.fingerprint and/or some other parameters but I don't know what values will make the phone compatible with the app.
Alternatively, even if you don't have the app but are running a stock rom or a non-Cyanogen based rom, could you please post your build.prop so I can experiment a bit?
I know I could flash a stock rom but if you could post your file it would be much easier! Hopefully there is no sensitive information there, and, if there is you can always take it out as I certainly don't need it.
sent it to my SGS2, but when I try to install it I get the error: "there is a problem parsing the package".
I tried installing it with the built-in MIUI file explorer and with AndroExplorer.
Just to be sure, I verified that on my Motorola I can reinstall the app from the apk file, after uninstalling it of course, using AndroExplorer.
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Quick update: the apk got corrupted because I emailed it from one phone to the other and a slightly smaller file was received; a few KBs must have got lost along the way...
I transferred from the Motorola to my PC and from there to my SGS2, and this time the app worked perfectly!
So, to recap, both MIUI and the SGS2 are perfectly capable of running the app , but, for some reason beyond my understanding, if you're running MIUI the market will flag the SGS2 as incompatible with the app.
I've removed the post with the attached APK, not because it contravened any AF rule, but simply because NatWest might freak out, go into full-on "security breach mode" if they discovered the app posted on a web forum, and do something silly like lock it out.
Anyone running into the same issue can always PM you for details of the workaround. I also hope you've flagged the issue up with the ROM developers? Something they've done must be causing the handset to be misidentified by the Market API.
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I've removed the post with the attached APK, not because it contravened any AF rule, but simply because NatWest might freak out, go into full-on "security breach mode" if they discovered the app posted on a web forum, and do something silly like lock it out.
Anyone running into the same issue can always PM you for details of the workaround. I also hope you've flagged the issue up with the ROM developers? Something they've done must be causing the handset to be misidentified by the Market API.
I see. Makes sense. And yes, of course, if anyone wants details they can always pm me.
I installed 'a track dog' and will report on whether it manages to keep track of the Natwest app and download updates.
I made a post on the miuiandroid.com forum and will probably do one on the Cyanogen forum, as MIUI is Cyanogen-based.
A weird thing, though: if I search the market for 'natwest' on my Samsung, it says '3 results', which I suppose should be the same I see when accessing the market from my pc: the official Natwest app, Money toolkit, and Bank Control (www.bankcontrol.co.uk). Anyway, it says 3 results but it only shows one: Money toolkit.
I did the same for bankcontrol which I did on the Natwest app (installed on another phone, extracted the apk, and installed manually) and that app works fine, too. I then contacted the developers who said they didn't put any restrictions on compatibility, so that their app should be flagged as compatible with the MIUI rom, too, but clearly it isn't.
Now, I understand that Natwest may not want its app to run on non-official roms (even if some official roms may well have more spyware than non-official ones: Developer Hit with Cease and Desist Order for CarrierIQ Investigations ) but it's puzzling that BankControl is flagged as incompatible even though its developers are saying it shouldn't...
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I contacted Natwest on the number which is supposed to be their ‘technical support’ for mobile banking apps.
However, as I feared, the people answering the calls are less ‘technical’ than my grandma.
I called two times and both times I talked to people who had no clue whatsoever what a ROM is; I explained what I had done but I lost them when I said that my phone was rooted and that I extracted the apk because it soon became clear to me that they didn’t know the difference between an apk and a pineapple. I asked if they knew what the app manifest was and if it imposed restrictions on certain kernels or roms but they had no idea what I was talking about. I asked if I could speak to someone more technical; the guy put me on hold, talked to his ‘supervisor’ who advised I should ‘remove this rom thing’. I politely pointed out that the guy was clearly not understanding what I was saying, and that I would have liked to speak to someone more technical. I was told someone would call me back but so far it hasn't happened.
I fully understand that most customers have the IT literacy of an ape, and that, say, if a phone doesn’t turn on, technical support people must ask questions like ‘are you sure the battery isn’t dead?’ because chances are most users won’t have realised it is; I also understand that it would be too expensive to hire real experts in these roles (if not impossible because real experts would probably never do such boring jobs), just like a high street photography store cannot hire professional photographers to ‘advice’ customers. I get all of this. I just wish there were a way to get in touch with the real developers of the app, when the few customers who are slightly more IT literate than an ape have a real technical question which cannot be solved by ‘turning the phone off and back on’.
A weird thing, though: if I search the market for 'natwest' on my Samsung, it says '3 results', which I suppose should be the same I see when accessing the market from my pc: the official Natwest app, Money toolkit, and Bank Control (www.bankcontrol.co.uk). Anyway, it says 3 results but it only shows one: Money toolkit.
I did the same for bankcontrol which I did on the Natwest app (installed on another phone, extracted the apk, and installed manually) and that app works fine, too. I then contacted the developers who said they didn't put any restrictions on compatibility, so that their app should be flagged as compatible with the MIUI rom, too, but clearly it isn't.
Now, I understand that Natwest may not want its app to run on non-official roms (even if some official roms may well have more spyware than non-official ones: Developer Hit with Cease and Desist Order for CarrierIQ Investigations ) but it's puzzling that BankControl is flagged as incompatible even though its developers are saying it shouldn't...
Apparently, this issue has been sorted and the Bank Control UK app is visible on the Market from Cyanogen.
Hi Guys, I have been reading this post and am having a similar issue in that I have a sgs2 running cm9 but since doing so rbs app is now say incompatible. Please help with a workaround it be appreciated.
Natwest banking app incompatible with MIUI?
, but, for some reason beyond my understanding, if you're running MIUI the market will flag the SGS2 as incompatible with the app. 
