Hi,I bought a new Readynas 104 as soon as it became available, and am trying to install apps from the genie marketplace. The service is enabled, and I created an account on the website and logged in on the nas admin page.I am presented with a list of apps. Now, if I click 'Buy' on an app like SABnzbd, it just sits there saying it is being installed and never completes. This happens for all apps.Why does the link say Buy but not give you a price or ask you for any payment info? Am I doing something wrong?Also the Genie marketplace website has not been updated to include the new 104 so it says I have no apps available there.Can I purchase an app from somewhere like ReadynasXtras like I could on the Duo and install via the update function still? How does this work?This new readynas range seems very rushed out, there are parts which obviously have not been updated to accommodate it!

The addon installer format (SDK) has changed with the new OS, the older versions are not compatible.The Genie staff visit here every few days, you may want to call tech support for quicker response.

Beware ye the promise of fool's gold and Genie apps...... There might be some, but IMHO Netgear have just jumped on the "app" bandwagon. I've been very disappointed.... (NV+ v2)

OK I was able to fix this. It turns out that when you click 'buy' it is far from the one click experience Netgear promises it to be. Where the box opens and says it is installing, what is supposed to happen it it launches the genie apps web site. So where it hangs saying it is installing, it isn't supposed to install anything at all. They could have got around this by just including a 'click here if you are not redirected' link as all its supped to do is launch a browser. poor.You are then supposed to manually buy the app from the website and select for it to install the apps to your nas device.The red herring was that the apps for the new range is listed as their own duplicate app entries, right at the last page of the buggy, slow, horribly designed website. So you have to click next page, wait 5 minutes, repeat 5 times to get to the end of the list and find the small selection of apps available. Then you can purchase and install one.It is also worth noting that there is a lot of apps (as listed in the apps section here http://netgear.com/landing/storage/home.html#4 ) which are simply not available despite it saying so in the marketing for this device. For example: Transmission. Simply not available for the 104. Even if I could get a compatible package from the developer, it seems Netgear have removed the ability to install app packages manually, instead forcing you to buy from their marketplace which is a buggly, slow, horrible purchasing experience.Netgear really dropped the ball making such a big deal about the apps but putting almost 0 effort into it.

random, how are you with SSH? If you run the command below, does it load up?# apt-get update; apt-get install transmissionr6; touch /apps/transmissionr6/.localapphttp://www.readynas.com/packages/readynasos/dists/6.0.4/apps/binary-armel/Packages.gz wrote:Package: transmissionPriority: extraSection: checkinstallInstalled-Size: 3316Maintainer: PoussinArchitecture: armelVersion: 2.77-1Provides: transmissionFilename: dists/6.0.4/apps/pool/transmission/transmission_2.77-1_armel.debSize: 1473192MD5sum: b80dc5170293e4a71fda0ae335839e1dDescription: Transmission P2P ClientPackage: transmissionr6Priority: extraSection: contribInstalled-Size: 89Maintainer: poussin <readynas@orange.fr>Architecture: allVersion: 2.77.1Depends: libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0), transmission (>= 2.77)Filename: dists/6.0.4/apps/pool/transmission/transmissionr6_2.77.1_all.debSize: 45882MD5sum: 739b64ffe9c6cec5f8baadc56a555550Description: Transmission P2P ClientHomepage: http://www.readynas.com

Hmm, it appears to have installed:Get:1 http://apt.readynas.com/packages/readynasos/ 6.0.4/apps transmission armel 2.77-1 [1,473 kB]Get:2 http://apt.readynas.com/packages/readynasos/ 6.0.4/apps transmissionr6 all 2.77.1 [45.9 kB]Fetched 1,519 kB in 2s (596 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installedSelecting previously unselected package transmission.(Reading database ... 18731 files and directories currently installed.)Unpacking transmission (from .../transmission_2.77-1_armel.deb) ...Selecting previously unselected package transmissionr6.Unpacking transmissionr6 (from .../transmissionr6_2.77.1_all.deb) ...Setting up transmission (2.77-1) ...Setting up transmissionr6 (2.77.1) ...And it says in the log app successfully installed. However, it doesn't show in the Installed Apps section and I can't access it via port 8181 as you usually can. How do I remove what has been installed?

Genie Apps on new readynas 104 not installing?

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Adz
Aspirant
Apr 27, 2013
having the same problem tried rebooting to no avail, simply cannot access the apps on the app page just hangs.
noleafclover133
Aspirant
Apr 27, 2013
I checked with Netgear this week, still no ETA on 6.0.5
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 27, 2013
I'm sure they are working hard on it. It will be released when it is ready.
Adz
Aspirant
Apr 27, 2013
Accidentally found a fix for using the apps you have installed, when it prompts you to login to genie, just hit cancel, then go to ur apps and voila. At least it works for me :)
chirpa
Luminary
Apr 29, 2013
Darth Vader wrote:
We are working with Plex to deliver the ARM version soon. It is going to be a built-in app, so no purchase or download from Genie Marketplace are required.
How do app updates work in this scenario? If a bug is found in the app, is a new firmware update required? If it was in the store also, updates could be done easily.

Darth Vader wrote:
We are working with Plex to deliver the ARM version soon. It is going to be a built-in app, so no purchase or download from Genie Marketplace are required.

6ril

Aspirant

Apr 30, 2013

chirpa wrote:

The interface of the genie website leaves a lot to be desired. 1995 called, it wants its html back?
https://genie.netgear.com/UserProfile/# ... :service52
The AJAX code on there is very slow, hard to direct link to pages, no search/sort functionality, yuck.

chirpa wrote:
The interface of the genie website leaves a lot to be desired. 1995 called, it wants its html back? https://genie.netgear.com/UserProfile/# ... :service52 The AJAX code on there is very slow, hard to direct link to pages, no search/sort functionality, yuck.

this is sooooo true!

chirpa
Luminary
Apr 30, 2013
The Marketplace doesn't even load for me right now, just a spinning wheel.
Darth_Vader
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 01, 2013
Yes, the server was down because they were deploying a new build to fix the "app uninstalling itself issue". Please try again later.
chirpa
Luminary
May 01, 2013
There should be an 'under maintenance' landing page then, otherwise it looks unprofessional.
Darth_Vader
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 01, 2013
You're right. I have filed a bug to add that in.

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