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I'm running the stock "Woot" ROM (which is probably vanilla 3588 with some pre-installed apps, but I can't be certain) and have installed the Market and done the standard "market fix."
I'm able to browse the market, but the website insists I don't have any device. However, the website *does* show things I've installed as "installed." I believe that may be from when I was fiddling with TnT Lite earlier, but can't be sure.
I noticed in a thread about editing build.prop that doing so may break website updating, but I've never had that in the first place. That means that any time I do a market fix or switch ROM's that the Market doesn't know about any previously-purchased apps. I might try risking $1.98 and purchasing something then seeing what happens if I try purchasing it later.
Like others, I'm frustrated by what doesn't appear in the Market that I think should: Firefox and Google Earth in particular.
I think ive found that clicking on a link to an app will open it even if its not found in the search. there was an app i couldnt find earlier but it was there when i clicked a market link to it. installed just fine
If you want Firefox to show up after the market fix is applied you need to edit the build.prop - discussed a bit in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017368
It also will show up before the market fix is applied. I am also having web market problems - no luck there so far.
Regarding Google Earth... never been able to see it in the market. I went as far as searching for the APK to sideload and it simply wouldn't work. Not sure why - it just froze when opening. I am guessing there is some sort of incompatibility with the gTablet...
I recently put cm7 on my moms gtab, and I found google earth in the market and it runs just fine
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kamontryst said:
I recently put cm7 on my moms gtab, and I found google earth in the market and it runs just fine
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I never tried to find Google Earth after editing the build.prop. Just did and it was not only in the market but worked great. Maybe CM7 uses a different build.prop by default than vegan 5.1.1. I must have side loaded an old copy before when it didn't work.
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I noticed in a thread about editing build.prop that doing so may break website updating, but I've never had that in the first place. That means that any time I do a market fix or switch ROM's that the Market doesn't know about any previously-purchased apps. I might try risking $1.98 and purchasing something then seeing what happens if I try purchasing it later.
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Wrong! Paid applications are tied to your Google Account. As long as you log in to your Google account, all your paid apps are available to you in the Market application. However, if you are using a fingerprint in build.prop that Google does not recognize, your paid Google DRM protected apps will not show up; however I believe all ROM's are using a recognized fingerprint (Nexus 1 on TnT-Lite) so we don't have to worry about that.
I've read just about everything I can find on this subject and have yet to find a solution. I am not sure if this is phone specific and since this is my first post, I figured I'd try the general QA forum. So here goes:
This all started when I was looking to unlock my SIM for an upcoming trip to Costa Rica. I have a stock ROM Firmware version 2.2.1. in a Samsung Infuse 4G. I had some other things in mind for later like flashing to a custom ROM, but I wanted to get some of the junk off the phone and get the SIM unlocked first. So feeling a little frisky with the uninstaller of TB, I started getting rid of some of what I thought may have been bloatware....family maps, google books, bar code reader, etc. I don't remember now if play store was one of those apps. I really don't believe I did uninstall it. If it was questionable in any way, I left it installed. But who would care right? I had the whole phone backed up.
Ok, so I see that I needed to be rooted for this. So I followed some QBking77 tutorials on YT. Got the superoneclick application and got it rooted with no problem. Then, I followed the suggestion to get Titanium Backup. I bought the paid version and did an entire backup. In the meantime, superuser updated itself and everything seemed fine. I shut the phone down and came back some hours later to attempt an unlock. After boot, I started TBackup and it was hanging on a message saying searching for license. I restarted the app and it kept hanging. It finally gave me a message to reinstall the Pro version key. Well, I uninstalled it...not knowing any better....and then could not download it from the store. The store still had these apps showing installed and purchased. This is when I began seeing the force close of Play Store app.
Ok...I'm trying to provide detail here and this is why it is so long winded. But I began looking for solutions to this issue all over the place. I saw the solutions to clear the cache and data and force close the app...reboot the phone. That didn't work. I found apk google store files and began trying to install those to the SD card. That wouldn't work. So now I got the big idea to reset to factory. I did that twice and that didn't work. Tried repeating all the suggested solutions after factory reset. That didn't work. I ended up losing my backup from before. So what's left?
I figured I would try to flash the ROM now and get a fresh start with a new OS. Well, it turns out that many of the apps I need like root explorer, need the paid version to modify the recovery files. So I found an app called file expert that is free, but I need to have a paid version to modify root files. I also saw a solution to google play which involved putting the apk file in system/apps. But it won't let me do that either without a paid version.
So I'm stuck and very frustrated. I'm caught in this never ending loop where the files I need require google play to purchase and I can't do anything to get it working.
I don't know if I'm posting in the right forum. I'm all tense about asking questions. But I'm really at the end of my rope here. I probably screwed something up without knowing it. But I see that there are alot of complaints with this force close. But many of those complaints seem to be getting resolved. The last thing I tried was to download vending 3.5.16.apk I've been putting these files on my internal SD card and trying to install from there. This is very frustrating. And it even gets more frustrating when you see the solutions can be to download something from the market. If I could do that, I wouldn't be typing this.
I apologize if this is in the wrong forum. And if you want me to take it somewhere else, I will. But I'm at a point right now where I don't care who yells at me. I'm desperate.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: And just to clarify, everything else seems to be working. I tried all the google apps (maps, gmail, etc.) My phone works, wifi, camera, etc. I get notifications of updates....and when I accept (or when it's an auto update), google play store starts and force closes. But other than that, the phone seems to have all it's functionality intact. And now, if I go to the store via my pc, it shows all my prvious app history including installs and purchases, but says I have no device.
Same problem here
tested all solutions, but same
help please
ARDV said:
Same problem here
tested all solutions, but same
help please
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I'm not sure how drastic you want to get...but this worked for me. Got the phone back to stock.
youtube dot com/watch?v=y1HgcZrYR_4
It won't let me post links.
try a factory reset, this works all the time for most of the problem.
flash back factory rom
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I'm not sure how drastic you want to get...but this worked for me. Got the phone back to stock.
youtube dot com/watch?v=y1HgcZrYR_4
It won't let me post links.
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i'll check the video
oyching88 said:
try a factory reset, this works all the time for most of the problem.
flash back factory rom
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already tried the factory reset
but i can't flash any rom because i don't have clockwork mod for my phone
check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26581744
Try fixing permissions (recovery mode)
i also faced this problem but i fixed it easily!!
go to setting
then select application
after that choose manage application
select the tab "all"
there select the play store
first clear the data as well as cache then give it a try
if still doesnt work
go to setting
then select application
after that choose manage application
select the tab "all"
there select the play store
select uninstall update
and finally ur android market would work!!!!
Get ES file explorer.apk It works like rom manager but completely free. Start there,one of the solutions will work. Also,if you still have titanium backup folder still in your SD card,put the FREE version of the app and see if it'll find your backup. Good luck.
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Keeping within the guidlines of the forum....I want to say "Thanks" to everyone for the responses.
In a haste, I found the vid on youtube that showed the Odin method of reverting back to stock/unbrick. This is what worked for me. I did something stupid with Titanium Backup (I think) and that's what got me into trouble.
All is (still) well, I'm re-rooted with unlock code and got all the apps needed for a flash. I'm reading up on ROM flashing to hopefully get a handle on it. Thinking of trying Zues. Just a little unsure of this backup business....like where to put the backups....my pc?
But with all sincerity....again, thanks for the responses.
I do a double backup,nandroid and titanium. But,you're welcome.
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I have got a solution!
OK, Perhaps you don't want to see a person who has had a solution, Huh. Doesn't matter....
Here's what happened to me: I has updating my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S to android 4.0.4 and after doing so found my Google Play Store force closing every time I tried to turn it on. Fortunately, (or perhaps not so fortunately) I had encountered the exact problem before and spent one painful month mulling other the dull fact that it didn't work. When I plucked up the courage to try and fix I found that uninstalling the updates which can be found in Settings > Applications or apps > Manage applications > (locating Google Play Store located under All) Google Play Store > Uninstall updates.
So when I tried to do the same this time, IT DIDN'T WORK. What I gradually found out what I had done was uninstalled Google Play Store because as I had recently updated my whole device, it had worked it's magic on the Play Store. After what seemed like hours getting worked up into a frenzy and searching the web, I found a download link that downloaded the play store back on to my device:
I'm not allowed to write links so on your mobile device search for 4shared and then write Google Play Store.apk into the toolbar making sure the subsection selection is under files (you'll understand once your on the site). You want to pick the one which has the developers name: xurupita_zorro
(Its more convenient to download Google Play Store from your phones inbuilt browser as you wont have to muck around with files... Also, the link requires you to sign up, but I would suggest that you do because it lets you download games and apps for free... but that's irrelevant.
Anyhow, you could always try and download it elsewhere.
Then I opened it up and realised that it too was force closing, and of course you cant install updates on a Google Play Store which never updated. TROLOLOLOLO, not funny.
I Shut Down my phone for a very restless night and when I woke up this morning, I found that it was working fine and I could search the store beautifully!
So, My top tips:
Chillout as things fix themselves normally
Chillout as things fix themselves
Shutdown for the night
try uninstalling updates but be careful if you recently updated device
also the play store can be viewed online
Hope for the best,
Will :highfive:
Don't know what is going on but I can't download app files. Recently updated system on Moto E4 v 7.1.1 and dl's were working.
Tried to download F-Droid and it would not respond. Searched every possibility with no luck. Enabled the proper tab in settings etc. Went to XDA site to try and download an adblocker and it shut down the XDA app after the tab was ena led for settings. This happens on anything I try to do on this app. Immediate closeing of XDA. With any other apk file the thing just does not download. Nothing in the app tray. Just blank. I've tried everything but I'm not an advanced user. This happened once before and I had to reset to factory settings. Would not want to do this again but as they say... whatever
darun083 said:
Don't know what is going on but ......
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Did you subscribe to a conservative YT channel/website or even watch a video at some point?
Sorry for the delay responding. I don't know what I did but the download problem has been corrected. apk files have successfully installed. I wish I knew specifically what the answer is as I mentioned this happened once before. Thank you all. I'm pleased to be part of this community.
I posted this on another tech forum too, but I am looking to anyone and everyone for answers before I go crazy.
I have an HTC Wildfire S, currently with version 4.2.2 Jellybean. This error has been pestering me ever since my first ICS ROM 4.0.4. I have tried numerous versions of gapps, numerous resets. This has come to happen daily no matter what I do. It only affects the Play Store. I have endlessly searched online and tried different things to no avail, now across 3 Android versions built by different developers. It got worse as of 4.1.2 and is no better in 4.2.2. Using the standard gapps flashables and the built in one to the 4.1.2 ROM, this error will come daily out of nowhere. Usually it shows when I open the Play Store or when I try and run a paid app. In that case(running paid app), it will get so relentless that I can't do anything with my phone but clear dalvik and reboot. It will stop any work I am doing with the constant error. Clear data no help. Force stop just has it restarting on its own. Clear cache no help. Clear Google Account no help. Only clearing the dalvik like a good little girl and rebooting clears it for a little while and lets me use paid apps and the Play Store, only to have it resurface hours later. Reflashing gapps, even after totally wiping them only does about as much as just clearing the dalvik cache. In desperation, since it seemed to mostly happen when launching paid apps, I tried a Play Store with the licensing system hacked. Besides being able to launch my BOUGHT apps offline(like offline games should be able to), this offered 1 improvement. I no longer have it flash up randomly during work with other apps or when launching a paid app. But, I do still have it come up as soon as I try and launch the Play Store in about the same amount of time. The temporary cure: same thing. At least I am not forced out of other apps. My guess is the hacked version does not make the crashing library load to check the license online, hence this improvement. But it still sucks when I want to install or update an app. I would have quit the Play Store and bought from Amazon and others if I have not already paid for so many apps over time I can't use or update without it.
Given I have got it so that it only happens when I launch Play(with hacked Play Store only, otherwise the random relentless error happens(usually when launching or working with a paid app) with any normal version of Google Apps and Google Play in addition to when I launch Play), I am about to either become a pirate and install black market(can have paid apps and avoid launching Gay Store, which would avoid this with the hacked Play Store as unlike the regular builds, it only happens when I actually launch Play) or get an iphone. After over a year, I am just so sick of this error and it's driving me loony. Have never found an answer to it or a fix when searching online. Nor have I been able to trace or figure out why this is happening. Only common thread(besides the hardware) is the ROMs are all stable CM builds, but different Android versions and different developers. I hate to become a pirate to solve this, but I am at wits end and really don't want Apple. I just want something stable, which my setup otherwise is, except for the Play Store. Again, clearing the dalvik cache is the only thing that lets me use it again, but the error will rear its ugly head again anywhere from hours to a day or 2. Please help me. Piracy is not a good fix but iphones are even worse. I will not pay for all my apps again through Amazon. That is just not an option for me, with money being tight and all. The only reason I would consider splurging on an iphone is so I never lose an investment due to a faulty appstore again and to punish Google for this miserable failure by handing over no more money to them.
Selenia said:
I posted this on another tech forum too, but I am looking to anyone and everyone for answers before I go crazy.
I have an HTC Wildfire S, currently with version 4.2.2 Jellybean. This error has been pestering me ever since my first ICS ROM 4.0.4. I have tried numerous versions of gapps, numerous resets. This has come to happen daily no matter what I do. It only affects the Play Store. I have endlessly searched online and tried different things to no avail, now across 3 Android versions built by different developers. It got worse as of 4.1.2 and is no better in 4.2.2. Using the standard gapps flashables and the built in one to the 4.1.2 ROM, this error will come daily out of nowhere. Usually it shows when I open the Play Store or when I try and run a paid app. In that case(running paid app), it will get so relentless that I can't do anything with my phone but clear dalvik and reboot. It will stop any work I am doing with the constant error. Clear data no help. Force stop just has it restarting on its own. Clear cache no help. Clear Google Account no help. Only clearing the dalvik like a good little girl and rebooting clears it for a little while and lets me use paid apps and the Play Store, only to have it resurface hours later. Reflashing gapps, even after totally wiping them only does about as much as just clearing the dalvik cache. In desperation, since it seemed to mostly happen when launching paid apps, I tried a Play Store with the licensing system hacked. Besides being able to launch my BOUGHT apps offline(like offline games should be able to), this offered 1 improvement. I no longer have it flash up randomly during work with other apps or when launching a paid app. But, I do still have it come up as soon as I try and launch the Play Store in about the same amount of time. The temporary cure: same thing. At least I am not forced out of other apps. My guess is the hacked version does not make the crashing library load to check the license online, hence this improvement. But it still sucks when I want to install or update an app. I would have quit the Play Store and bought from Amazon and others if I have not already paid for so many apps over time I can't use or update without it.
Given I have got it so that it only happens when I launch Play(with hacked Play Store only, otherwise the random relentless error happens(usually when launching or working with a paid app) with any normal version of Google Apps and Google Play in addition to when I launch Play), I am about to either become a pirate and install black market(can have paid apps and avoid launching Gay Store, which would avoid this with the hacked Play Store as unlike the regular builds, it only happens when I actually launch Play) or get an iphone. After over a year, I am just so sick of this error and it's driving me loony. Have never found an answer to it or a fix when searching online. Nor have I been able to trace or figure out why this is happening. Only common thread(besides the hardware) is the ROMs are all stable CM builds, but different Android versions and different developers. I hate to become a pirate to solve this, but I am at wits end and really don't want Apple. I just want something stable, which my setup otherwise is, except for the Play Store. Again, clearing the dalvik cache is the only thing that lets me use it again, but the error will rear its ugly head again anywhere from hours to a day or 2. Please help me. Piracy is not a good fix but iphones are even worse. I will not pay for all my apps again through Amazon. That is just not an option for me, with money being tight and all. The only reason I would consider splurging on an iphone is so I never lose an investment due to a faulty appstore again and to punish Google for this miserable failure by handing over no more money to them.
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Full wipe should have been done between different dev's roms.
Then flash your favorite rom and start from scratch with everything.
It will fix your error definitely.
Lgrootnoob said:
Full wipe should have been done between different dev's roms.
Then flash your favorite rom and start from scratch with everything.
It will fix your error definitely.
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Thanks for trying but definitely not. I full wipe before every flash of a new ROM and even did it a few times and reinstalled the last 2 ROMS to no avail. Seems to fix it a bit longer than wiping dalvik, but inevitably, the error comes back within days. This is even without restoring my Titanium backup and reinstalling apps from scratch via Play. But again, thank you for being the first to try. But I do know to full wipe /system, /cache, and /data, and sd-ext before even restoring backups, let alone a new ROM install. I do this in TWRP 1 partition at a time then flash or restore(whichever applies) then usually wipe dalvik after for good measure
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Thanks for trying but definitely not. I full wipe before every flash of a new ROM and even did it a few times and reinstalled the last 2 ROMS to no avail. Seems to fix it a bit longer than wiping dalvik, but inevitably, the error comes back within days. This is even without restoring my Titanium backup and reinstalling apps from scratch via Play. But again, thank you for being the first to try. But I do know to full wipe /system, /cache, and /data, and sd-ext before even restoring backups, let alone a new ROM install. I do this in TWRP 1 partition at a time then flash or restore(whichever applies) then usually wipe dalvik after for good measure
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Any more ideas? I never said this would be easy. In fact, the fact I posted here suggests that it will not. I am experienced with Linux systems and troubleshooting thereof and generally pretty good with Androids and modding. I love helping people but despise asking questions of others and only do so in desperation. Usually content to troubleshoot and lookup info myself and always been that way. But I feel I have reached a dead end, so now I call upon a forum I see as loving challenges to hopefully bail me out. Thanks again, guys. Note:had this issue with 1 other device that dropped dead before I could troubleshoot: a Pantech Burst, also with ICS and JB(was fine on GB as was this HTC Wildfire). It also had no other issues outside of a few minor things listed under bugs for its ROM, just like this phone.
Selenia said:
Any more ideas? I never said this would be easy. In fact, the fact I posted here suggests that it will not. I am experienced with Linux systems and troubleshooting thereof and generally pretty good with Androids and modding. I love helping people but despise asking questions of others and only do so in desperation. Usually content to troubleshoot and lookup info myself and always been that way. But I feel I have reached a dead end, so now I call upon a forum I see as loving challenges to hopefully bail me out. Thanks again, guys. Note:had this issue with 1 other device that dropped dead before I could troubleshoot: a Pantech Burst, also with ICS and JB(was fine on GB as was this HTC Wildfire). It also had no other issues outside of a few minor things listed under bugs for its ROM, just like this phone.
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How 'bout the forum here for the wildfire s?
So this happens even if you run completely stock with no user installed apps? (Other than CM?)
Your s-off right?
Lgrootnoob said:
How 'bout the forum here for the wildfire s?
So this happens even if you run completely stock with no user installed apps? (Other than CM?)
Your s-off right?
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Not S-Off, which was deemed impossible with Wildfire S at the time I started flashing ROMS. Bootloader is unlocked, however, which is said to be good enough for flashing from zip files. All changes I make to /system from TWRP stick permanently. As to whether I had the issue on GB, didn't as far as I left it on there, which was not long at all. Just a matter of days. I loathed the stock Sense 2.1 ROM and only bought this phone off my friend because it was very capable of being modded, otherwise, I would have passed, even at $25 I paid over a year ago. The other phone with same issue started the issue with stock ICS, which continued with custom ROMs. I mention this because that phone had no secuflag. Just a locked bootloader that was easily hacked to unlocked. All root apps do their job with no issue and all my added init scripts(mostly for internet tweaking, etc) stick.
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Not S-Off, which was deemed impossible with Wildfire S at the time I started flashing ROMS. Bootloader is unlocked, however, which is said to be good enough for flashing from zip files. All changes I make to /system from TWRP stick permanently. As to whether I had the issue on GB, didn't as far as I left it on there, which was not long at all. Just a matter of days. I loathed the stock Sense 2.1 ROM and only bought this phone off my friend because it was very capable of being modded, otherwise, I would have passed, even at $25 I paid over a year ago. The other phone with same issue started the issue with stock ICS, which continued with custom ROMs. I mention this because that phone had no secuflag. Just a locked bootloader that was easily hacked to unlocked. All root apps do their job with no issue and all my added init scripts(mostly for internet tweaking, etc) stick.
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I just think that it might because of tweaking.
Partly right. I wiped the phone. Reapplied basic tweaks and was fine. So before letting it pull all my apps back in, I fired up a cheap Chinese tablet that is often used as a victim to my experiments. I installed my previous apps 1 by 1, as this tablet never had the issue. Went on a sudden hunch I had and set Cache Apps to SD Card up and let it run as it binds all app caches. Let it go overnight. In the morning, BAM! Play Store was stopping. Restored apps on my Wildfire S but used a shell script I wrote instead of that app. No Play crashes all day. Funny it probably caused it on my Burst too(RIP). I used the app on several GB phones with no issue but either a Play update, an update to the app, or ICS+ cause this app and Play not to play well. This app does not have many settings to try and fix it. Thus I would avoid that app until further notice. Funny how it's on Play but crashes Play
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Hey everybody. I wasn't sure about the right place to sumbit this thread so I went for the General one. I'm having some store-troubles.
I recently got this new device, a generic greek brand. It came without the playstore on it. I tried a lot of ways to make the playstore work on this device but the best state I got it to, is, having it installed on the device but whenever I may try to download an app on it, it will crash. That was no problem me, I mostly needed it to use other apps that just "need" the store to be installed. For my everyday use I shuffled through AmazonAppStore-1mobile-Aptoide n such.
Now the problem I'm facing is with certain free apps that I try to install, the last one being Heroes of O&C. It's a free app on the Google store, but since I can't use it I search on my other stores. Found it on 1mobile,downloaded it, ran it, runs license check and drops me. Found it on aptoide, same deal. That's happened before on other apps I tried to install through these store, and everytime they fail. See, I don't understand how this works. They are all free apps, and they all fail a license check and ask my to BUY the dam app(?). So then I'll have to resort to google, find a legit apk+obb combo out there and download it. But what happens when you want to go online? Some of em won't support it, or even support updates on themselves. By the way i didn't mention it before but the device isn't rooted and I doubt there's a certain way to root this one (nor would i risk it for the time being).
So what I'm finally asking of you are these two things:
1) I want whatever possible way you can think of making the playstore work without having a rooted device
2) perhaps any "more" legit store I haven't found already?
Thanks in advance peeps
I've been looking at Chinese smartphones for a while but haven't yet taken the plunge. However, a colleague of mine asked me for my opinion and I nudged him in the direction of the X2, as it would have been what I would have gone for had I gone for one...
He went for it and I am impressed. But I didn't realise (probably niaively) that it would be so dislodged from Google. Obviously not completely detached, but there is no Play Store, G+, Play Services etc as you will all know. I've been on XDA for many years and I'm somewhat of an HTC fanbuy (see my sig :laugh so I know all about unlocking bootloaders, rooting, flashing custom recoveries, firmware, custom roms etc so I am absolutely fine doing all that. He has brought the phone back to me and asked if I can help him with it; basically give him a more "westernised" Android experience I suppose
So once unlocked, rooted and flashed the (apparently) only custom rom available (KangVIP), am I able to flash a gapps package to it? And if anyone has done so, would you please be able to point me to the right one to use? He tried adding google apps from the built-in appstore but they don't play nicely (I wouldn't expect them to), presumably because the framework isn't there
Coming from a long list of mainstream devices, it's amazing to me to see a subforum with only one of two threads I understand the lack of support isn't due to unwillingness though; just a lack of owners and developers. I've been on XDA so long because of how helpful everyone is and I try to help others where I can from my experiences and techy logic
I would be extremely grateful for a little bit of advice if someone wouldn't mind :good:
Thank you all
PS - The device is the 16GB 703L and is currently running the B106 update (EMUI 3.1)
matmaneyre said:
I've been looking at Chinese smartphones for a while but haven't yet taken the plunge. However, a colleague of mine asked me for my opinion and I nudged him in the direction of the X2, as it would have been what I would have gone for had I gone for one...
He went for it and I am impressed. But I didn't realise (probably niaively) that it would be so dislodged from Google. Obviously not completely detached, but there is no Play Store, G+, Play Services etc as you will all know. I've been on XDA for many years and I'm somewhat of an HTC fanbuy (see my sig :laugh so I know all about unlocking bootloaders, rooting, flashing custom recoveries, firmware, custom roms etc so I am absolutely fine doing all that. He has brought the phone back to me and asked if I can help him with it; basically give him a more "westernised" Android experience I suppose
So once unlocked, rooted and flashed the (apparently) only custom rom available (KangVIP), am I able to flash a gapps package to it? And if anyone has done so, would you please be able to point me to the right one to use? He tried adding google apps from the built-in appstore but they don't play nicely (I wouldn't expect them to), presumably because the framework isn't there
Coming from a long list of mainstream devices, it's amazing to me to see a subforum with only one of two threads I understand the lack of support isn't due to unwillingness though; just a lack of owners and developers. I've been on XDA so long because of how helpful everyone is and I try to help others where I can from my experiences and techy logic
I would be extremely grateful for a little bit of advice if someone wouldn't mind :good:
Thank you all
PS - The device is the 16GB 703L and is currently running the B106 update (EMUI 3.1)
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When you install the play store from the Chinese App Store it installs the Google Framework. The only two things you need to install are the Play Store and GoogleContactsSyncAdapter. You can download the GoogleContactsSyncAdapter here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nw5nwhtp16l5gd6/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk?dl=0
ajsmsg78 said:
When you install the play store from the Chinese App Store it installs the Google Framework. The only two things you need to install are the Play Store and GoogleContactsSyncAdapter. You can download the GoogleContactsSyncAdapter here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nw5nwhtp16l5gd6/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk?dl=0
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Thanks for this. I did read this in another thread actually but I was reading so much that it got lost in my brain somewhere
So at the moment play store is installed (I don't have the X2 with me at the moment). Play store won't load because of not being able to authenticate with Google servers. Also G+ doesn't work for the same reason and obviously sync doesn't work. So am I right in thinking that one sync adapter will solve all of that? If so I'll sort it tomorrow for him :good:
Thanks again
matmaneyre said:
Thanks for this. I did read this in another thread actually but I was reading so much that it got lost in my brain somewhere
So at the moment play store is installed (I don't have the X2 with me at the moment). Play store won't load because of not being able to authenticate with Google servers. Also G+ doesn't work for the same reason and obviously sync doesn't work. So am I right in thinking that one sync adapter will solve all of that? If so I'll sort it tomorrow for him :good:
Thanks again
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I didn't have to do anything on my new X2 other than install the play store and GoogleContactsSyncAdapter. Go into settings---Manage Apps and clear data for the play store and see if it opens. Mine opened no problem and I was able to sign into my Google account from there. When I opened maps it asked me to update Google play services and when I did the play store would no longer open. So I installed the Google play services update, rebooted and everything worked fine after that.
ajsmsg78 said:
I didn't have to do anything on my new X2 other than install the play store and GoogleContactsSyncAdapter. Go into settings---Manage Apps and clear data for the play store and see if it opens. Mine opened no problem and I was able to sign into my Google account from there. When I opened maps it asked me to update Google play services and when I did the play store would no longer open. So I installed the Google play services update, rebooted and everything worked fine after that.
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Excellent... Thanks a lot! I forwarded the link to him and told him to download and install it and he reports everything is working. To say he is grateful is an understatement. I was bombarded with messages at 2am saying how amazing it is
Just need to help him get rid of all of the Chinese bits now. Changing default apps and keyboard, launcher etc. He's not really interested in rooting which is a shame because of all the system apps I'd like to clear out for him but if he's happy I'll let it go. No good for my OCD though. I like a clean ROM myself
matmaneyre said:
Excellent... Thanks a lot! I forwarded the link to him and told him to download and install it and he reports everything is working. To say he is grateful is an understatement. I was bombarded with messages at 2am saying how amazing it is
Just need to help him get rid of all of the Chinese bits now. Changing default apps and keyboard, launcher etc. He's not really interested in rooting which is a shame because of all the system apps I'd like to clear out for him but if he's happy I'll let it go. No good for my OCD though. I like a clean ROM myself
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Have him install Swiftkey, Textra and Apex Launcher. Those are some of my favorite apps.
ajsmsg78 said:
Have him install Swiftkey, Textra and Apex Launcher. Those are some of my favorite apps.
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Swiftkey is standard for me so that's a definite recommendation. And yes something along the lines of Apex or Nova will improve it 1000%. At least then he can have an app drawer and either hide the stock Huawei apps or put them into a folder, never to be opened again
Messaging-wise he's already using WhatsApp but I'll mention Textra anyway
Google Play and Apps on X2
Which model is your friend having ? Mine is the GEM-702L and it comes pre-installed with Google Play and apps.
ajsmsg78 said:
Have him install Swiftkey, Textra and Apex Launcher. Those are some of my favorite apps.
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Textra is the best. I gave up swiftkey for touchPal. Also, love Buzz launcher also. And for emails, I cant give up on CloudMagic.
weather is weatherbug
GPS Navigation is WAZE
add others if you think of some top notch super highly recommended stuff