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READ THE FIRST TWO POSTS ENTIRELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANYTHING. MOST ISSUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLVED.
This is the original Google Now version without sport team adding or stocks. This will not be updated any further. Use a Jellybean ROM if you want to see the updated features. Do not ask about updates. If you do not read these posts and ask a question which has already been answered, you will be mocked.
Read through the entire first and second post before asking a question. By clicking the "Show Content" button below, you agree that you forfeit any right to get upset when someone makes fun of you for posting a question that has been covered. We will work tirelessly to help you solve issues when you have them. All that's asked of you in return is to at least attempt to solve them yourself by reading these first two posts.
The JellyBean update for Google Now, which includes manually adding sports teams, has not yet been ported. Please refrain from asking about this update, since all we're going to do is give you a silly answer to match the silly question.
Requirements:
Follow the simple instructions here.
You must be on Ice Cream Sandwich.
You MUST be rooted
You must be on a deodexed ROM. If you aren't sure, ask your chef.
You should be running a custom recovery like ClockWorkMod Recovery (CWM) or Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP). I use CWM, so this guide is based on that.
WVGA resolution or higher. (480 x 800)
Your device must be using ARMv6 or v7 CPU architecture. If you aren't sure what that is, check this thread.
You must have a file explorer that has root permissions. I use ES File Explorer, so this guide is based on that.
You need at least 60MB of system space for the full offline installation. (30MB for online only version) If you don't know how to check, simply download Titanium Backup from the market. It tells you right on the main screen. (pic)
ARMv7 INSTRUCTIONS:
Download whichever file you want and flash it in recovery. Always be sure to make a backup just in case.
File descriptions:
Online only zip is for those of you who need to save /system space. It removes the offline voice files, so that offline voice dictation does not work. You must always have some sort of data connection for this type of zip.
Offline/Online zip is for those with no /system space restrictions. It contains the full Google Now package with offline voice dictation.
Update zip is for those who already have a version of GN installed. All it does is change your version to the one your choose without having to download a big file. If you are already on an Offline version, it will update you to the Offline version of whichever you choose. Same goes for Online versions and manual installations.
APK only is for those who have already flashed a zip. You may simply push the new apk to /system/app (overwrite or remove the previous version), set permissions to rw-r-r (0644), and reboot to enjoy the latest version of Google Now. DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL THE APK BY ITSELF.
If you aren't sure which one to use, or if this is too much information or is otherwise overwhelming for you, just flash the L4 version - Offline/Online, since it's the latest. Be sure to scroll down a bit and read about it, though.
Before doing anything, you need to make sure you have at least 60MB of free space on your /system partition for Offline/Online files and 30MB of free /system space for Online Only files. The L4 Full Zip only requires 20MB of free space.
Easy installation:
reekotubbs created an installer/restorer that can be used to easily pick which zip you want. It also backs up relevant files for you in case you want to restore later. The thread link is below. Please ask any questions regarding this installer in his thread. [APP][4.0] Google Now for ICS Installer/Restorer [flashable Aroma Zip]
Alternately, if you aren't sure which recovery you're using, or your recovery messed up a flash, try out reekotubbs' app. It does the same thing as his aroma zip linked above, but it works through a standard Android app available for download on the Amazon app store and slide me market. As before, please ask questions about this app in his thread. GNow Handlebars
Flashable ZIPs
As per the new XDA rule on sharing, I am requesting that these zips not be shared elsewhere. I can't troubleshoot issues outside this thread, so please direct people here instead of redistributing the zips.
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L4 - lenny_kano's version 4 - This is identical to the M7 file below, except the apk has been edited to allow you to download your own language files. This means that there is no online or offline version. Download the zip, and flash it. If you already have Google Now installed, you will need to remove it first before installing this version.
Full Zip via Mediafire - 13.06MB /Hotfile mirror
L4-Velvet.apk Only
M7 - mikeyxda's version 7. This version improves on M6 by tweaking notifications to be more accurate and frequent. This version may use more battery. If you are using a Sense ROM, see the troubleshooting below for a hack to improve Google Now performance and battery efficiency.
Online/Offline via Mediafire - 36.48MB /Hotfile mirror
Online Only via Mediafire - 14.06MB /Hotfile mirror
M7 Update - 3.97MB /Hotfile mirror
M7-Velvet.apk Only
Inverted M7 - This is identical to the M7 files from above, except the colors are inverted, so that it has a black background instead of white, and white text instead of black. If you already have Google Now flashed, you can simply perform the update to this version.
Online/Offline via Mediafire - 36.81MB /Hotfile mirror
Online Only via Mediafire - 14.04MB /Hotfile mirror
Inverted M7 Update - 4.30MB /Hotfile mirror
M7inverted-Velvet.apk Only
How to:
Move the file you picked to the root of your SD card. Don't put it in any folder. This just makes it easier to find.
Reboot your device into recovery. See your device's specific instructions on how to do this if you are not sure. Google it for a faster answer.
Backup your current ROM.
In CWM, navigate to "Install zip from SD" and select that.
Next, highlight "Choose zip from SD card" and select it.
Scroll down to the Google Now zip you loaded onto your SD card, then select it.
Scroll down and select the option that says "Yes - Install Google Now....zip"
Once it has flashed, go back to the main CWM menu and select "Reboot system now".
Launch Google Now by opening your App Drawer and selecting the Google Icon (pic), or by adding the Google Search Widget (pic) to your home screen, then doing a normal search. (pic)
Go into the settings menu for Google Now and set it up for your Google account and various other settings.
Manual Installation:
Some Recoveries do not do a good job of retaining the permissions being set by the zips. Some don't even properly flash the files. If you aren't using CWM or TWR or it seems as though Google Now hasn't been flashed properly, then please follow these steps to manually install everything.
Download the Google Now zip of your choice from above and extract the /system folder into your SD card.
Fire up ES File Explorer (or whichever one you feel like using).
If you haven't used ES File Explorer before, open it, then hit menu.
Tap settings, then scroll all the way down.
Tap the entry that says "Root Settings" and make sure everything in there is checked.(pic).
Allow root access when the dialogue box for Superuser pops up.
After that, check off "Mount file system", then back out of the menu.
Navigate to the SD card with the Google Now /system folder.
Long press on the /system folder and select "Copy" from the menu.
Navigate up to the root directory and then press the "Paste" button on your menu bar at the top. (pic)
It will ask if you want to overwrite the files. Tell it yes.
Delete GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk from /system/app or rename it to "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk.bak"
Now we need to set permissions.
Move into /system/app and scroll down to find GoogleTTS.apk.
Long press GoogleTTS.apk and select "Properties".
Change the permissions to rw-r-r. (pic)
Scroll down and find Velvet.apk.
Long press Velvet.apk and select "Properties".
Change the permissions to rw-r-r. (pic)
Navigate to /system/usr/srec/ and find two folders named "config" and "en-US"
Tap and hold on the "config" folder icon to bring up the options menu, then scroll down to Properties.
Tap properties, then tap change and see if the check boxes match this picture.
If it matches, leave it alone and head back to your home screen to enjoy using Google Now! If it doesn't match, change it so it does.
Do the same thing for the "en-US" folder.
Launch Google Now by opening your App Drawer and selecting the Google Icon (pic), or by adding the Google Search Widget (pic) to your home screen, then doing a normal search. (pic)
Go into the settings menu for Google Now and set it up for your Google account and various other settings.
ARMv6 INSTRUCTIONS:
ARMv7 zips do not work on ARMv6 devices. If your device is ARMv6, then unfortunately, you won't receive the latest and greates Google Now updates, but you can still try it out until you get a Jellybean ROM for your device. The voice search still does not work for ARMv6. There is a workaround for it, though.
The Easy Way:
Reboot into Recovery.
Backup your ROM.
Flash this in recovery.
Enjoy.
If you want to use the voice search workaround, visit this thread and install the apk.
The Hard Way:
Back up your current ROM.
Using your favorite file explorer, navigate to system/app and rename GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk to GoogleQuickSearchBox.bak. This is now your backup file.
Download this file, and rename it to "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk"
Move this file to your SD card if you downloaded it from your PC. Move it to /system/app using your favorite root file explorer.
Set the permissions to rw-r-r
Reboot and enjoy
If you want to use the voice search workaround, visit this thread and install the apk.
Now What?
So, you flashed Google Now. You're wondering what you can do with it, right? Well, thankfully, Killer-B has a handy little guide to get you up to speed on all the cool stuff Google Now can do as well as how to do it!
Commands & Now Cards For Google Now!!! Now Video, and custom widget
At this point, I'd suggest looking through your contact list for people with unusual, or difficult to pronounce names. Go into their contact card, and add in a nickname for them of their phonetically spelled name. Google Now has trouble parsing these unusual names, and there isn't a way to make it learn. Spelling the names like they sound allows you to send texts and place calls via Google Now without any voice issues.
Open up the red mic screen and "Do a barrel roll."
Troubleshooting
If you are having an issue with Google Now, please read this and the second post to see if it's been addressed already. Failing to do this will result in someone making fun of your inability to properly read. You have been warned.
The red mic screen won't display.
To fix this, press the normal mic within the Google Now app. While it is listening (after it beeps), press menu > refresh. Now you're at the red mic.
Google Now Force Closes.
Make sure you have enough space on your /system partition before installing this. You need at least 60MB free for the Offline versions and 30MB free for the Online versions.
lenny_kano said:
About the permission denied fc, I'm guessing the users with the issue have an old gmail? Try updating or using tsjoklats patched one and the note to self fc will go away. See what logs do?
Oh and just to explain, the old gmail allows stuff based on signature, so as this apk is resigned it will not be allowed. The new.gmail marks it as.dangerous and will create a.notification for you to allow permission, or the patched one marks it as normal and allows it silently.
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My phone gets worse battery life or uses more data.
Read this post by Racer Of All and follow the directions using apktool. This is for advanced users running a Sense 4.0 ROM only. Sense 4.1 and higher is unsupported.
Sports cards aren't showing up.
It won't add teams that aren't in regular season. To add new teams, simply do a search for them. You can also backup your ICS ROM with a nandroid, flash a Jellybean ROM, manually add teams after updating apps through the market, and then restore the ICS nandroid.
My Galaxy SIII just received the new update which blocks local search, and Google Now won't work properly.
ashshlay said:
This following post only applies currently to the stock rooted LH2 rom for the Galaxy S III TMO and Google Now installation.
The Samsung Kies update that removed the universal search function won't allow this to install via regular methods.
All files are on the device with the correct permissions except because of the different search apk (GoogleQuickSearchBox_USA.apk) the method mentioned in the OP won't work until you delete the _USA part of the file and then reboot into recovery and reflash following the OP instructions.
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I can't open any search links!
This is a quirk in the later apks. You may need to hit the little magnifying glass icon next to the search link. This will allow you to open those links properly.
My phone exploded.
Have a muffin.
Have a question?
Please read this entire post and post #2 for solved problems before you post or you will be mocked. If your question has not been covered in either post, please feel free to describe your problem for us to help you. Here is the proper way to ask for help. Make sure to list the following things:
apk/zip FULL file name
Android version number
ROM
Recovery
UI (Sense/TW/AOKP/CM/AOSP)
/system size and free MB (example: 300MB/60MB) - Since some people don't understand this bit, just post a screenshot of the home screen of Titanium Backup.
LOGCAT or GTFO
Only after you list these things should you describe in excruciating detail what your problem is. Don't report anything that's already mentioned as not working or we'll just have a hearty laugh at your expense.
Back to stock:
If, for some reason, you want to remove Google Now and return to how you were before, flash the following zip. It removes all Google Now files, and returns the original Google Search app and voice files, as well as sets permissions for the Search app. Make sure to uninstall talkback and then reinstall it once you reboot to get voice search working again.
Google Now to Google Search via Mediafire- 2.02MB /Hotfile mirror
If you have a question, make sure you've read through the first two posts. If you don't, we will make fun of you.
Please don't thank me. Find one of these guys' posts and thank them. They made it happen, not me.
reekotubbs, MikeyXda, and Lenny_kano for creating the hacked GN for ICS
homeslice976 for taking on the FAQ
Killer-B for an awesome write up of the cards and commands of GN
slickdaddy96, SinisterChedda, Kameirus, mf2112, jdcasino, Captain_Throwback, xCovErtWolFx757, UndeadSquirrel, and Naddict for troubleshooting, work-arounds, bug reports leading to fixes, and/or just making me laugh
silentstormer for handling the original OP
paxChristos for being our trusty mod
- If I missed you, let me know.
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FAQ
1. Is my device ARMv6 or ARMv7?
Generally, new devices are ARMv7, older are ARMv6. There are lists all over the web. Here’s one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596800
2. Will this work on my device?
There have been reports of multiple devices and UI’s working. The only way to know for sure is to flash it and find out. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST. This way, if something goes wrong, you have a way back.
2a. Will this work on a stock/odexed ROM?
Again, there have been some successful reports of this working on odexed roms..but YMMV - so backup first.
3. Do I have to use CWM Recovery, or will other recoveries work?
CWM is the only recovery that’s been thoroughly tested, though there have been reports of TWRP, EXT4, and others working as well.
4. I'm getting a notification that there is a new version available, but when I try to install it, I'm told my device isn't compatible?
Well, that's because you're trying to install an official JB app on an ICS device. That's not going to work. This is a hacked version, made to be compatible with ICS. Simply swiping away the card will get rid of the update notification. There is no new version for ICS. Please do not ask for it as it's been asked for multiple times. If someone is able to hack the newer version, the OP will be updated. Til then, be happy with what you have.
5. Google Now is force closing on my device, why?
Could be a few reasons. First, make sure you have at least 60MB free space on your /system/ partition (for offline) or 30MB free space (for online). Then check permissions as specified in cajunflavoredbob’s post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856) (RW/R/R for .apk and lib files, RWX/RX/RX for folders). If this doesn’t work, try clearing data and cache from Google Search, Force Quit Google Search, and reboot. Also, make sure you only have 1 active Velvet.apk in /system/app/ at a time
6. Voice search isn’t working, but other functionality seems OK, what’s up?
You may have installed a standalone Velvet.apk, rather than flashing a .zip from cajunflavoredbob’s post. The flashable .zip packages contain libs and other resources that are necessary for Voice search to work. Once you’ve flashed one of these .zip packages, all you need to do in the future is replace Velvet.apk in /system/app/ with the newly released .apk, change permissions to RW/R/R, and reboot. Though, if you prefer, flashing the new .zip on top of the old one won’t hurt. Just make sure you don’t have multiple Velvet.apk files in /system/app/ at any given time. Alternatively, try the response to the last FAQ (google now remover). Also, make sure you have enough freespace in /system/app/
7. When I try to make a Note to self or send an email from Now, it doesn’t actually send, or it force closes or gives another error..., what gives?
Since Velvet.apk has been resigned (not with Google’s key,) it doesn’t pass GMail’s authentication check. Here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199518) is a patched GMail application that will skip/trick the signature check, and allow Now to access it.
7a. When sending a Note to self, it gives me an error about the Audio File not being attached?
Some users on some devices/ROMs have reported this problem. The email will still send, but the Audio attachment (the voice note) will not come along with it. Sorry.
8. Why can’t I back out of the Google Now Cards page?
This is currently a known issue. In the mean time, after pressing your Back key on the Cards page, press Menu then Refresh, and it will back out of the app properly.
9. My persistent search bar says “Google” where the microphone icon used to be?
This is a known issue. You’ll need to ditch the persistent search bar, and add the Google Search widget for the time being.
10. I flashed the .zip, but nothing happened, I don’t see Google Now ANYWHERE?
Just because you don’t see “Google Now” as an available app doesn’t mean it didn’t work. Open the “Google” app or add the “Google Search” widget. These will launch Google Now
If it's really not there, your recovery probably isn't playing nicely with the flashable .zips, in which case follow the Manual Installation instructions in the OP
11. I can’t add calendar entries via Google Now?
This seems to be an issue, but here’s a work around that should work. Google has a feature where you can text a number to add stuff to your calendar. First, you need to setup your Phone as a registered device. Go to www.google.com/calendar, and go to Calendar Settings. Click the Mobile Setup tab, enter your number, choose your carrier (not necessary), and click Send Verification code. Enter the verification code that you get via text, click Finish Setup. Now click Save and we're halfway there.
Now create a new contact on your phone called Calendar, and make the primary number 48368 (which is GVENT). Now you can use Google Now to "Text Calendar Lunch with Mom at Applebee's 1pm on Saturday". The event will be created on your calendar. Doing it this way, you will receive a confirmation text that the event was added as well. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but either way, still cool....
12. Why won't NFL Teams show up?
It looks like NFL teams are slowly rolling out. There have been a number of reports of users with m7 getting Football teams (myself included). Also, if you have access to a JB ROM, you can login to now on JB, manually add the football team, go back to your ICS ROM, and the team will still be there. Unfortunately in our version it's still a baseball icon for football
12a. Why can't I manually add sports teams?
AS PER THE OP: The JellyBean update for Google Now, which includes manually adding sports teams, has not yet been ported. Please refrain from asking about this update, since all we're going to do is give you a silly answer to match the silly question.
13. Voice seems to be working, but when responding, Now is cutting off the last word of the response?
Thanks to XDA user educ for finding this - I can’t confirm first hand it works but it looks promising and he said it worked for him - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780585
14. I installed the “Offline” version, but Now won’t respond to my questions when I don’t have internet connection?
cajunflavoredbob addressed this best - “‘Offline’ means that offline message dictation works. Perhaps that should be made more clear in the op, but even the noobiest should realise that searching the Internet does in fact require the Internet. The offline version doesn't magically cache the whole google network.”
15. Double tapping the home key no longer launches S-Voice?
Install Home2Shortcut - Thanks to ilkevinli for the setup instructions:
“Home2 Shortcut does work. Your just not setting it up right.
1. Go into S-Voice settings and uncheck the "Lauch S Voice by double pressing ..."
2. Lauch Home2 Shortcut
3. In Step 1, choose S Voice
4. In Step 2, choose what you like
5. In Step 3, choose TouchWiz Home
6. In Step 4, hit close
Now when you double click the home button, choose Home2 Shortcut
Have fun.”
16. How can I get the “Swipe Up” gesture to launch Google Now?
Some launchers don’t support this. Two that have been confirmed to work are Holo Launcher and Nova Launcher. You can set the Swipe Up action to launch the “Google” app in Holo, and “Assigning swipe up to Nova setting Voice works AMAZING!!!” (Thanks crutzulee). Other launchers may support this, Sense (Rosie) doesn’t. Let me know about any more confirmed working or not working launchers, stock or otherwise (homeslice976 on xda)
APEX Launcher also works "The "swipe up" gesture works well with these steps: menu>Apex settings>behavior settings>select "swipe up">select "launch app">select "Google">"OK">home. Works great, launches reliably." - @gershomww Thank!
17. After installing this, when pressing the button on my BT headset, it launches the crappy ICS Voice Dialer, can I change this to Google Search?
We've come across 2 ways to accomplish this, however, once you default it to the Google Now Voice Search, it won't listen through the headset, or play Now's audio through the headset, this will all be done via the speaker and mic on the device. But at least it will launch Now Search, and as long as the phone is close to you, your mic should pick you up (Now's voice recognition seems to be awesome). Anyone smart enough to figure out how Voice Dialer can listen through the headset and play it's audio through the headset and can apply it to Velvet?
Method 1: Install Bluetooth Launch from the Market. Move Velvet.apk from /system/app/ to /data/app/ and reboot. Setup Bluetooth Launch to launch Google Search/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity. A few users have reported this working for them (though you may need to setup Google Now again).
If after moving Velvet.apk to /data/app/ and rebooting you no longer have Google Search anywhere (app, widget, etc), or if this for some other reason doesn't work, move Velvet.apk back to /system/app/, reboot, and verify Now is working again. Then do this:
Method 2: Uninstall Bluetooth Launch from your phone and reboot. Ensure it's still uninstalled, and no longer in /data/app/ (com.kin.bluetooth_launch-1.apk). Place this (waiting for permission from Bluetooth Launch's dev, Guardian Bob, before sharing publicly. In the meantime, shoot me a PM) modified Bluetooth Launch apk in /system/app/, set permissions to RW/R/R, and install it. Once installed, open the app and set it to launch Google Search/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity, then reboot. Now your BT button on your headset should launch Google Now.
18. Google Now seems to have installed properly, and is working, but everytime I open Google Now I have to go through the setup process where I tell it "I'm in", why?
A couple users have reported this issue, and said that by simply flashing the uninstall .zip, then reflashing the mod, it began working properly
19. Other weird issues? Still having trouble and don’t know what to do?
Try flashing the Google Now Remover (http://www.mediafire.com/?whihy17x6q8l31f) and then try flashing the Google Now flashable .zip of your choice and see what happens.
I would really love to see this. Its one of the features I really think makes JB cool.
The actual file is called velvet.apk and I can't get it to work as it is API 16 (jellybean) and its odexed.
There a deoxed version out, but it still doesn't work because like said above the api, is for jelly bean. We need a dev to decompile find change recompile for ics
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I hope they can get it to work on ICS, or that my Padfone gets JB quick
I played around with it and got it working on ics. Still buggy and it has no voice support (at least on my phone) yet.
I'll upload the apk later when I'm at home .
me cant wait too.. please devs, do something.
MaR-V-iN said:
I played around with it and got it working on ics. Still buggy and it has no voice support (at least on my phone) yet.
I'll upload the apk later when I'm at home .
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You'll be my hero if you get it to work fully on ICS!
MaR-V-iN said:
I played around with it and got it working on ics. Still buggy and it has no voice support (at least on my phone) yet.
I'll upload the apk later when I'm at home .
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I'll wait for your post
Sent from my Xperia Neo on Ics
http://d-h.st/y44 - have fun
GUYS PLEASE: Search this thread for a newer version before complaining about any errors. If you get problems, please full logcat! - We don't need a spammed thread.
MaR-V-iN said:
http://d-h.st/wst - have fun
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"There is a problem parsing the package".
How to install ?
MaR-V-iN said:
http://d-h.st/wst - have fun
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Doesthat one work properly? and also on unrooted devices?
Downloaded.
Got parse error on install.
Sorry uploaded APK with wrong Manifest file.
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This one should work: http://d-h.st/y44
GUYS PLEASE: Search this thread for a newer version before complaining about any errors. If you get problems, please full logcat! - We don't need a spammed thread.
MaR-V-iN said:
Sorry uploaded APK with wrong Manifest file.
Wait a minute...
This one should work: http://d-h.st/y44
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Also without root?
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I try to install and nothing.
I set permissions, reboot and wipe dalvik cache and nothing.
MaR-V-iN said:
Sorry uploaded APK with wrong Manifest file.
Wait a minute...
This one should work: http://d-h.st/y44
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Lol you had minimal sdk version=16 in manifest while ics sdk version is 15
Any updates on voice input? whats the main problem of it not working? It's depending on libs or something?
Should I install this as a normal APK?
Yes it does not require root, install as usual app (does not require to be in /system/app)
I disabled some things in voice input initializing code that require api 16, have to look deeper to resolve this, but i have no free time at the moment, so this will not be done tomorrow
The other idea is to port the missing JB apis to ICS, this should allow other JB apps to run too.
@seahorsepip while playing around with jb apps i changed my api version in build.prop to not require recompile any time - forgot this change for velvet...
I have read through a number of these How-To's online and had struggled through most of them with little success. My struggles were due to my slow internet, among other things, and the lack of reliability and up-to-dateness of these methods. I will present a thorough method for accessing the full potential of Play Music outside of the USA, and am confident that this will have positive results for those of you who have had no success with alternative methods.
1. Currently, you can download Play Music from the Play Store onto your device. If you haven't already done this, go ahead and do it now.
2. Go to tunnelbear.com and download it for your applicable operating system. Install it onto your computer. At some point, you will have to sign up. Do this. It will be worth the hassle. Use a real email as you will have verify your information.
3. Run the installed program on your computer. Once you verify your email, you can sign in. The program will want to install another internet connection. Let it. When the program is open there will be a window with two knobs. Ensure the one on the right is switched to US and then switch the one on the left to ON.
4. TunnelBear will configure and start doing its thing. Once it is connected, come back to this browser and open a new tab (or whatever you want). Then, type in music.google.com into the address bar and go to the site. Sign in using your Google account. Then, it will bring you to the Play Music page.
5. A window should pop up in front of the page asking you to Accept certain conditions. If not, maybe clicking on the Upload Music on the upper right of the page should do the trick. Continue to follow the instructions, accepting the conditions and 'buying' the app. After the first two steps of this process, using other methods, a circular blue loading ring would come on the screen and nothing would follow. By using this method, the loading ring will appear for a short time, and then a new window will pop up asking you to purchase the application.
6. Continue following the steps until you come to the step that requires an American Credit Card. I already have my (Canadian) credit card on file. When I went to select it from the list, it stated that it could not be used, so click to add a new payment method / credit card.
7. Simply enter the same credit card information (or the accurate information for any credit card you have). For the country, leave it as United States. Enter your full name (the name on the card). For the Post Code, find any legitimate American zip code online and punch it in. Click to accept and it should go through. Since it is not actually charging the card, it shouldn't really make a difference.
8. Then you will eventually be prompted to install the musicmanager.exe, which should be installed onto your computer. Following through the installation steps, you will be asked which file it will take music from to upload. I started with a new folder that I put a small amount of songs into, since my internet is quite poor and the upload speeds are minimal.
9. Now, grab your device. Ensure that the Play Music app is installed, but not running in the background. Go to
Settings > (Device) Apps > (Downloaded) Google Play Music. Click Force Stop and then Clear Data.
10. Close this. Make sure some music has been uploaded via the Music Manager. Then, go to
Settings > (Accounts) Google. Click on the account associated with your music manager (the one you used to sign in) and sync the account. Once it is fully synced, open your Play Music app and the uploaded songs should start compiling into the app!
I did this last night with success. My struggles with other methods leads me to believe that I am not the only one. That is why I made this.
Hopefully this works for you! I may have missed something or used the wrong wording in some parts, but the idea is the same and I'm sure you will manage.
Try contacting senior developers....
DONT FORGET TO HIT THANKS.......
Sorry for digging up this old topic, but you sir is now my master. Worked flawlessly for me. (I'm from Brazil.)
Micoolef said:
I have read through a number of these How-To's online and had struggled through most of them with little success. My struggles were due to my slow internet, among other things, and the lack of reliability and up-to-dateness of these methods. I will present a thorough method for accessing the full potential of Play Music outside of the USA, and am confident that this will have positive results for those of you who have had no success with alternative methods.
1. Currently, you can download Play Music from the Play Store onto your device. If you haven't already done this, go ahead and do it now.
2. Go to tunnelbear.com and download it for your applicable operating system. Install it onto your computer. At some point, you will have to sign up. Do this. It will be worth the hassle. Use a real email as you will have verify your information.
3. Run the installed program on your computer. Once you verify your email, you can sign in. The program will want to install another internet connection. Let it. When the program is open there will be a window with two knobs. Ensure the one on the right is switched to US and then switch the one on the left to ON.
4. TunnelBear will configure and start doing its thing. Once it is connected, come back to this browser and open a new tab (or whatever you want). Then, type in music.google.com into the address bar and go to the site. Sign in using your Google account. Then, it will bring you to the Play Music page.
5. A window should pop up in front of the page asking you to Accept certain conditions. If not, maybe clicking on the Upload Music on the upper right of the page should do the trick. Continue to follow the instructions, accepting the conditions and 'buying' the app. After the first two steps of this process, using other methods, a circular blue loading ring would come on the screen and nothing would follow. By using this method, the loading ring will appear for a short time, and then a new window will pop up asking you to purchase the application.
6. Continue following the steps until you come to the step that requires an American Credit Card. I already have my (Canadian) credit card on file. When I went to select it from the list, it stated that it could not be used, so click to add a new payment method / credit card.
7. Simply enter the same credit card information (or the accurate information for any credit card you have). For the country, leave it as United States. Enter your full name (the name on the card). For the Post Code, find any legitimate American zip code online and punch it in. Click to accept and it should go through. Since it is not actually charging the card, it shouldn't really make a difference.
8. Then you will eventually be prompted to install the musicmanager.exe, which should be installed onto your computer. Following through the installation steps, you will be asked which file it will take music from to upload. I started with a new folder that I put a small amount of songs into, since my internet is quite poor and the upload speeds are minimal.
9. Now, grab your device. Ensure that the Play Music app is installed, but not running in the background. Go to
Settings > (Device) Apps > (Downloaded) Google Play Music. Click Force Stop and then Clear Data.
10. Close this. Make sure some music has been uploaded via the Music Manager. Then, go to
Settings > (Accounts) Google. Click on the account associated with your music manager (the one you used to sign in) and sync the account. Once it is fully synced, open your Play Music app and the uploaded songs should start compiling into the app!
I did this last night with success. My struggles with other methods leads me to believe that I am not the only one. That is why I made this.
Hopefully this works for you! I may have missed something or used the wrong wording in some parts, but the idea is the same and I'm sure you will manage.
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Your instructions are perfect. Thank you so much.
I tried so many methods without success until I came upon this post, thanks Micoolef.
Does not work
Micoolef said:
I have read through a number of these How-To's online and had struggled through most of them with little success. My struggles were due to my slow internet, among other things, and the lack of reliability and up-to-dateness of these methods. I will present a thorough method for accessing the full potential of Play Music outside of the USA, and am confident that this will have positive results for those of you who have had no success with alternative methods.
1. Currently, you can download Play Music from the Play Store onto your device. If you haven't already done this, go ahead and do it now.
2. Go to tunnelbear.com and download it for your applicable operating system. Install it onto your computer. At some point, you will have to sign up. Do this. It will be worth the hassle. Use a real email as you will have verify your information.
3. Run the installed program on your computer. Once you verify your email, you can sign in. The program will want to install another internet connection. Let it. When the program is open there will be a window with two knobs. Ensure the one on the right is switched to US and then switch the one on the left to ON.
4. TunnelBear will configure and start doing its thing. Once it is connected, come back to this browser and open a new tab (or whatever you want). Then, type in music.google.com into the address bar and go to the site. Sign in using your Google account. Then, it will bring you to the Play Music page.
5. A window should pop up in front of the page asking you to Accept certain conditions. If not, maybe clicking on the Upload Music on the upper right of the page should do the trick. Continue to follow the instructions, accepting the conditions and 'buying' the app. After the first two steps of this process, using other methods, a circular blue loading ring would come on the screen and nothing would follow. By using this method, the loading ring will appear for a short time, and then a new window will pop up asking you to purchase the application.
6. Continue following the steps until you come to the step that requires an American Credit Card. I already have my (Canadian) credit card on file. When I went to select it from the list, it stated that it could not be used, so click to add a new payment method / credit card.
7. Simply enter the same credit card information (or the accurate information for any credit card you have). For the country, leave it as United States. Enter your full name (the name on the card). For the Post Code, find any legitimate American zip code online and punch it in. Click to accept and it should go through. Since it is not actually charging the card, it shouldn't really make a difference.
8. Then you will eventually be prompted to install the musicmanager.exe, which should be installed onto your computer. Following through the installation steps, you will be asked which file it will take music from to upload. I started with a new folder that I put a small amount of songs into, since my internet is quite poor and the upload speeds are minimal.
9. Now, grab your device. Ensure that the Play Music app is installed, but not running in the background. Go to
Settings > (Device) Apps > (Downloaded) Google Play Music. Click Force Stop and then Clear Data.
10. Close this. Make sure some music has been uploaded via the Music Manager. Then, go to
Settings > (Accounts) Google. Click on the account associated with your music manager (the one you used to sign in) and sync the account. Once it is fully synced, open your Play Music app and the uploaded songs should start compiling into the app!
I did this last night with success. My struggles with other methods leads me to believe that I am not the only one. That is why I made this.
Hopefully this works for you! I may have missed something or used the wrong wording in some parts, but the idea is the same and I'm sure you will manage.
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I have tried it with tunnelbear, private internet access, express vpn and hola. It doesn't work. I don't get past the first stage. I get the message The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories. This message I get even if the VPN is not activated. I have already updated a US address as billing and delivery in my wallet account. Apart from that a US card is also updated.
manukashyap said:
I have tried it with tunnelbear, private internet access, express vpn and hola. It doesn't work. I don't get past the first stage. I get the message The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories. This message I get even if the VPN is not activated. I have already updated a US address as billing and delivery in my wallet account. Apart from that a US card is also updated.
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Same here, "The Google Play music player is currently available in select territories"
Hi, I have a MID-756, also known as an F900, Quadcore A33, with Android 4.4.2. A bog-standard cheap tablet, but having installed a 10,000mah battery, quite a useful device that lasts for several days.
The performance isn't super-sparkly and it does appear to run out of some types of memory sometimes, with browsers prone to shutting down without warning when reading newspaper websites. So I purchased Link2SD Pro and moved as many things as possible to the internal SD card. This also allows you to set some system programs as user programs, which then enables you to move them to the SD card as well, which is very useful.
I also did this with google play store and google play services, and that is when it went wrong, as google play store no longer worked. Based on things other people suggested, I tried various things like clearing caches, but that didn't work. I tried to use the browser to go to the play store and update them, but it said things like, "App will be installed later" - but which never happened. I tried to download google play services and play store APK's from a repository and after deleting the originals I installed them from the APKs. It nearly worked - it got to checking permissions, but instead of starting the download progress bar it said, "Unfortunately google play store has stopped", or words to that effect. Based on one suggestion I tried clearing the data for services and google services framework, and then it wouldn't even connect to the store at all.
So I saved important things and then did a factory reset, under the naive impression that it would restore it to how it had arrived. I discovered that it only clears user data and programs, and does not restore system apps that you've stupidly deleted. Having reinstalled the play services and play store from the downloaded APK's it still wouldn't actually download anything as it failed at the progress bar stage with the same message as before - "Unfortunately google play has stopped".
The other thing is that after doing a complete reset the keyboard became chinese, and having to use the old 'Nokia' way of entering English using a numeric keypad is a nuisance. So I'm keen to be able to restore the Play store function so I can at least download a better keyboard.
I've tried to download the gapps file, saving it on an external SD card and installing it on its own as suggested by one person, even going to the Pico version and each time I get "E: Error in /tmp/sideload / package.zip (status error 255)", which apparently means not enough memory according to one person.
I have looked for a custom ROM to install from scratch, but there don't appear to be any for this model. I considered reinstalling the original ROM I downloaded (exdroid4.4.2_r2-a33-v2.0) but I haven't found a mid-756 driver file so my understanding is that it is highly likely to fail.
I can't now reinstall the Link2SD app in order to set the play-related apps back to system apps again either, even though I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling on my rooted phone in order to get the .APK files and then transfer them across to the tablet. It appeared that the .APK files were automatically deleted from both the app and the Pro licence app.
I'm feeling I've right royally screwed my tablet. I know it wasn't that expensive, but it is pretty useful with the massive battery so I'd really appreciate any pointers to help fix it. I've read the suggested threads but as I can't find a driver file for this device, reinstalling the whole ROM from scratch doesn't seem like a good idea. Is it safe to clear the Dalvik cache and reinstall a whole gapps package though? I'm cautious because so far clearing other caches does not seem to have improved anything and in one case made it worse.
Very grateful for any help received!
Mike
Ok, didn't get any help but finally fixed it and people might like to know how I did it:
To recap, the situation was: Rooted MID-756 / F900 tablet, having deleted play store after it stopped working when I made it a non-system app, and after doing a full reset, found that the only keyboard option was a japanese one with Nokia-style input for Western typeface. Complete nuisance to use and with hardly any even standard apps remaining after I'd previously moved them to SD card, which was then wiped when I did full reset. So, close to useless.
Solution: Use another Android 4.2 phone, and for each of the following apps, [ Google play services, play store, Link2SD, Link2SD (new)] do the following steps:
a) in Link2SD, select an app.
b) in the details screen, from the options menu, select 'share apk'. You may need to scroll the menu up if your screen doesn't show it.
c) When the share apk options come up, select 'google drive'
d) go to your PC, and in google drive, change the name to xxxxx.apk . I don't know why the .apk seems to get missed off, but you need to add it back in again.
e) Once you've done all four apps, copy all of them to a micro SD card.
f) Put the micro SD card in your tablet.
g) in a file manager, go to the external SD card, and click on the google play services.apk. This will take you through the install procedure. When it has finished installing, reboot.
h) Do the same with Link2SD and Link2SD(new). Even if it says that the licence won't verify (it will show a red triangle next to the name when the app is open), don't worry. Select google play services, and in the detail screen, from the options menu select 'convert to system app'. Then reboot again.
i) Do the same with Play Store - install apk, reboot, convert to system app using link2SD and reboot again.
f) Open Play Store. You will probably have to go through some account setting up of google play store which should be familiar to you. This time when you get to play store and try downloading or updating something it should work. If it still doesn't, do one more reboot.
You can now restore all your previous apps, including the google keyboard if you've screwed that up by doing a hard reset. You will now be able to use a proper keyboard again.
If Link2SD was not verifying the licence for the paid version, when play store is working again you should find it will now check the licence properly.
The moral of the story: Play store does not work as a user app, it needs to be a system app, so don't try to convert it to a user app in the first place.
coolinventor said:
Ok, didn't get any help but finally fixed it
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Ok so I think you are new to xda and so I want to tell you that you will only get a reply when you post summarized threads.
Posting long posts will not get much attention
You can post small posts and then just elaborate your problem when you get a reply
Remember my advice next time whenever you post
Regards milkyway3
You're correct - Point taken, thanks
coolinventor said:
You're correct - Point taken, thanks
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Always thank the post using the thanks button whenever you get any help because it is meant for it and these thanks are recorded by the xda community
Regards milkyway3
Doh! I'll get the hang of it eventually
Hello, this is my first post here. I've used the info on these forums many times through for years and love you guys. If this is in the wrong sub-forum I apologize. I've removed FRP from dozens of phones & tablets in a multitude of ways but I am far far far from being an expert. (A bad memory doesn't help, I forget methods in a use-it-or-lose-it type of way.) I also apologize if I am not pithy!
Anyway, the point of this thread. A situation happens fairly often where I can access Settings, but then I am stuck. Usually on a device that is too new and/or unique to have a specific tutorial for it online. I remember from various tutorials there being a handful of methods for once access to Settings is achieved. I hope we can make a list of them here.
Once I have access to Chrome and/or File Explorer I know how to load various apks (GAM and FRP Bypass / Gmail Browser Login or QuickShortcutMaker if need be). So this thread is not for those things that occur later in the FRP removal process.
I do have a tablet I am stuck in this situation now, which made me think of making this thread, and I will list the details below. But I would like this thread to have various methods for opening Chrome or File Explorer from Settings even if they don't apply to the situation below. Especially considering many of the normal methods have the user opening the web browser and then just typing Chrome into search to access Chrome.
I'll start off with a couple:
Open any link
You should be able to find a link in a multitude of places in Settings. Then in the default browser that opens type Chrome into the search to access Chrome.
Users > Guest
This will often load the desktop, which will let you just select Chrome or File Explorer.
Apps > Data Usage > Application Settings
Usually Application Settings is not highlighted (not selectable). I'm not sure if I even remember successfully opening Chrome via this method, though this can sometimes let you open some apps like Gmail or Maps.
Any other general and/or novel ideas on how to access files once in Settings would be appreciated!
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RCA Voyager Pro
Android Version 6.0
Android Security patch level June 1, 2016
Kernel version 3.18.22 Aug 19, 2016
I had 3 cheapo RCA Voyager tablets to do, the first two were easy, but this Pro is being a problem. And here is why. Any web link I find opens up in a very restricted, no-feature, pop-up window browser. It does not let me do the normal search > Chrome to access chrome. And, what is worse, this browser does not allow access to download links.
I am in Settings. (Accessed via Highlight characters in a wifi field > Share > Gmail (Hold) > Data Usage > App Settings > Manage Accounts)
I have tried the Users > Guest > Guest trick. It doesn't work (it switches back to Owner almost immediately). Users > Owner just lets you change the User Name. Users > Add User or Profile both also just switch back to Owner upon loading.
Any ideas would be awesome.
Argh, I'm dumb! I completely missed a very obvious vector. (My memory is so bad; I had just used this method several months ago and completely forgot.)
File Explorer
Storage & USB > SD Card
Tldr: Two game apps by different developers are pulling up random persons' game accounts/profiles. Fresh tablet, fresh installs, etc. It should be blank Guest profiles, but I'm insta-logged in with preexisting accounts no matter what I do.
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I have a new, out of the box tablet, wifi-only, unrooted, with my Google account now added. I installed several games from Google Play Store, two of which are casino apps (Caesars and DoubleU). I also installed DoubleDown, and that's not giving me any issues. All three are from different developers.
Upon opening it for the first time, Caesars loads up some old dude's account. His name, photo, and progress.
DoubleU asks if I want to log in with Facebook or play as guest.... I select Play As Guest, but alas, it then pulls up some rando's account as well (not the same old dude as Caesars).
DoubleDown acts normally as you'd expect it to.
I cleared the cache and user data for the apps, uninstalled and reinstalled the apps, deleted literally everything possibly pertinent in the file directory... it's bonkers. I clicked the "log out" options in both apps, and they boot right back into these weirdo profiles.
It's not just some weird "guest" account either... I took the coins down to a particular amount, uninstalled the game, reinstalled it, and the coins were at that same amount. So it seems to be pulling from the games' servers.
I did a little test with another tablet (unrooted, wifi-only again) that I had Caesars installed on previously (guest account, working correctly). I uninstalled it, deleted everything pertinent in the file directory, etc. Reinstalled it, and behold, it remembered my Guest progress.
I'm no expert, but my guesses for possibilities for how that happens...
1. Caesars stores the guest account data on their servers tied to some internal number unique to my device
2. Same as above, but instead of a device-specific number, they know and remember the Google account used to download the game and/or the Google account signed in on the tabet
3. There was leftover data in the root directory of the tablet that wasn't wiped by clearing data and uninstalling
Regarding the 2nd option, the app doesn't show any special permissions that would allow it to know my accounts, but maybe it does anyway. It's also important to note that the 2 tablets in question are using different Google accounts.
Of course, that was all in regards to the 2nd tablet that's behaving correctly and expectedly... No matter what method Caesars et al use to remember Guest data, it doesn't explain why I'm getting non-Guest preexisting-credentials forced into my apps on the 1st tablet.
Thanks for your help! This is maybe the weirdest technical issue I've ever had.
apowe said:
Tldr: Two game apps by different developers are pulling up random persons' game accounts/profiles. Fresh tablet, fresh installs, etc. It should be blank Guest profiles, but I'm insta-logged in with preexisting accounts no matter what I do.
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I have a new, out of the box tablet, wifi-only, unrooted, with my Google account now added. I installed several games from Google Play Store, two of which are casino apps (Caesars and DoubleU). I also installed DoubleDown, and that's not giving me any issues. All three are from different developers.
Upon opening it for the first time, Caesars loads up some old dude's account. His name, photo, and progress.
DoubleU asks if I want to log in with Facebook or play as guest.... I select Play As Guest, but alas, it then pulls up some rando's account as well (not the same old dude as Caesars).
DoubleDown acts normally as you'd expect it to.
I cleared the cache and user data for the apps, uninstalled and reinstalled the apps, deleted literally everything possibly pertinent in the file directory... it's bonkers. I clicked the "log out" options in both apps, and they boot right back into these weirdo profiles.
It's not just some weird "guest" account either... I took the coins down to a particular amount, uninstalled the game, reinstalled it, and the coins were at that same amount. So it seems to be pulling from the games' servers.
I did a little test with another tablet (unrooted, wifi-only again) that I had Caesars installed on previously (guest account, working correctly). I uninstalled it, deleted everything pertinent in the file directory, etc. Reinstalled it, and behold, it remembered my Guest progress.
I'm no expert, but my guesses for possibilities for how that happens...
1. Caesars stores the guest account data on their servers tied to some internal number unique to my device
2. Same as above, but instead of a device-specific number, they know and remember the Google account used to download the game and/or the Google account signed in on the tabet
3. There was leftover data in the root directory of the tablet that wasn't wiped by clearing data and uninstalling
Regarding the 2nd option, the app doesn't show any special permissions that would allow it to know my accounts, but maybe it does anyway. It's also important to note that the 2 tablets in question are using different Google accounts.
Of course, that was all in regards to the 2nd tablet that's behaving correctly and expectedly... No matter what method Caesars et al use to remember Guest data, it doesn't explain why I'm getting non-Guest preexisting-credentials forced into my apps on the 1st tablet.
Thanks for your help! This is maybe the weirdest technical issue I've ever had.
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Are either of the devices pre-used before you got them?
Try clearing cache and data for app, then uninstall the app, then boot into recovery and wipe only the cache partition(s) but do not factory reset, then reboot and reinstall the game and see what happens.
Another investigative step to try is to make a backup of the apps .apk file, save it somewhere safe to be reinstalled later in this test sequence. Then, clear cache and data for the app, uninstall the app, then sign out of your Google account on your device, then reboot into recovery and wipe cache partition(s) but do not factory reset, reboot into system, do not sign in to your Google account, then use the copy of the .apk file to reinstall the app instead of installing via Playstore and see what happens.
Another thing to try is to create a dummy Google account then signin the device with the dummy account and install the game via Playstore and see what happens.
Droidriven said:
Are either of the devices pre-used before you got them?
Try clearing cache and data for app, then uninstall the app, then boot into recovery and wipe only the cache partition(s) but do not factory reset, then reboot and reinstall the game and see what happens.
Another investigative step to try is to make a backup of the apps .apk file, save it somewhere safe to be reinstalled later in this test sequence. Then, clear cache and data for the app, uninstall the app, then sign out of your Google account on your device, then reboot into recovery and wipe cache partition(s) but do not factory reset, reboot into system, do not sign in to your Google account, then use the copy of the .apk file to reinstall the app instead of installing via Playstore and see what happens.
Another thing to try is to create a dummy Google account then signin the device with the dummy account and install the game via Playstore and see what happens
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Both devices are brand new, never used before.
I don't have TWRP installed, so I'll do that and try your suggestions. And thanks for being detailed in the step-by-step process!!
Regarding the backup of the .apk file, that may be out of my skill range, not sure off hand... Would finding the same build on ApkMirror be sufficient?
Edit:
Just wanted to add some additional info.
I installed 2 more games created by those same developers. Slotomania (same company as Caesars) acts normally - no progress, starting from blank slate.
But Take5 (same company as DoubleU) boots me into yet another preexisting account - and not even the same person's as DoubleU does. Ugh.
apowe said:
Both devices are brand new, never used before.
I don't have TWRP installed, so I'll do that and try your suggestions. And thanks for being detailed in the step-by-step process!!
Regarding the backup of the .apk file, that may be out of my skill range, not sure off hand... Would finding the same build on ApkMirror be sufficient?
Edit:
Just wanted to add some additional info.
I installed 2 more games created by those same developers. Slotomania (same company as Caesars) acts normally - no progress, starting from blank slate.
But Take5 (same company as DoubleU) boots me into yet another preexisting account - and not even the same person's as DoubleU does. Ugh.
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You don't have to install TWRP, you can wipe the cache partition using stock recovery.
You can backup the .apk using MiXplorer file manager app or you can download the same build from APKmirror.