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hey all,
first post, apologies if this might be in the wrong place.
i've just picked up the kobo vox, and it's awesome, but i can't figure out how to get the android market running. i've got the apk installed, but the device doesn't give me the option to add a google account. the kobo vox explicitly says it supports the android marketplace, so i'm hoping i'm doing something wrong.
thanks!
I'm in the same state. I've looked about and managed to use some of Cyanogen's packages to install a few core stuff like the framework and the market app itself, but trying to run the Market asks me to register a Google account, which always fails saying there was a connection issue. On a further reboot android.process.acore decided to crash every five seconds and I had to reset the device to factory settings.
This kinda sucks because the device is fairly solid, but the default "market" is a joke. I'm already annoyed by the fairly large amount of preinstalled apps (which can't be uninstalled, as usual), but not having proper Market access would probably be a deal killer.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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What about Rooting?
I have run into the same problem. I think that before you can install the full android market we will have to Root the tablet. Has anyone tried the Gingerbreak.apk? Or is there some other way to Root the tablet?
Syncmaster700nf said:
I have run into the same problem. I think that before you can install the full android market we will have to Root the tablet. Has anyone tried the Gingerbreak.apk? Or is there some other way to Root the tablet?
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I've tried GingerBreak on my Kobo Vox and it seems to have installed, however I'm not certain the SU access is working properly. When I try repairing permissions in ROM Manager, I get the message "An Error occured trying to run priviledged commands!". It also fails when I try to backup my ROM.
This is honestly the first Android device I've ever owned so I'm not certain that I'm doing everything correctly. I did make sure to allow SuperUser permissions to ROM Manager, but I'm still getting errors. Any help from a Veteran Android user would be appreciated.
Can't get past the Android Login
After rooting and installing Busybox I was able to install the Android Market but every time I try to login the app will not connect to the Market to confirm my ID, it seems to time out. Any Ideas on what I can try?
Turns out my inability to repair permissions was simply due to me not having busybox installed. I can attest that GingerBreak does successfully root the tablet.
I'm hoping I can find a way to install Clockwordmod recovery in order to install the google apps from CM7. I tried simply copying the files into place without success.
So, did you manage to install busybox? What version and where?
Tell me if you manage to install the recovery, the vox don't seem to have one by default.
If we manage to install all the google app and the googleframeworkservice, that would make the tablet a lot better and give the possibility to install the android market.
I was able to install busybox 4.3 /system/xbin. I do not know about a recovery mode but I did manage to put the tablet into "Safe Mode" after it do stock in a loop at bootup but I am not sure how I did it. According to user help you can not update the firmware from the SDcard.
Have you tried to install Clockwordmod?
I managed to install the googleserviceframework, but I need to install some other thing that don't want to install.
I also manage to install youtube (the real one) and it work great, I just can't sign in...
In the accounts & sync settings section, I can create a google account, but It can't communicate with the google server to set up the account, it give me the error:
"Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server."
It's probably cause by some app that I didn't manage to install yet, like "onetimeinitializer", "googlepartnersetup" and some other...
I've managed to install Busybox, but have yet been unsuccessful installing the Google Framework.
I was able to install the Clockwordmod, but I have yet to find a phone or tablet on it's list that is compatible with the Kobo Vox. I'm going to do my research to see if any phones or tablets have similar specs to the Vox and see if that will work. So far I've just been picking at random and trying it.
Try the B & N Nook Color - same CPU, Memory & screen size.
That was my first thought. Unfortunately no luck. With a couple of them I can seem to get them start loading as if they're going into an update but it always errors out. I'm now just systematically going through the list and driving every version.
If you attempt to install a version of Clockwork made for another device, you'll brick it.
Don't forget that after dropping in the files to the various system directories, you also have to set permit permissions properly.
Also, would be good to request a Kobo Vox forum here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301121
If anyone in this thread is actually a developer who knows how to compile and so forth, Koush has a brief guide to porting Clockwork:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html
Manual Configuration is a must have option. Thanks
wow, pretty lame that the android market seems not to be supported despite it being touted as an official feature
on a side note, has anyone figured out how to change or remove that default dock (without rooting)? it's kind of a pain in the ass.
I've installed a couple dozen different clockwork of recoveries so far and haven't bricked it yet but maybe I should quit while I'm ahead. I'd rather not brick my shiny new Kobo.
Need Kernal Version & Build Number
I have to return my Kobo Vox because the speaker is not working. Under Privacy Settings I have done a Factory Data Reset but I am still showing the Super Icon. Does anyone have a copy of the original firmware or know how to unroot the device?
jakeopolis said:
wow, pretty lame that the android market seems not to be supported despite it being touted as an official feature
on a side note, has anyone figured out how to change or remove that default dock (without rooting)? it's kind of a pain in the ass.
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Official marketing material says apps but doesn't say Android Market. Some media outlets misquoted and wrote Market falsely.
Sent from my Nook Color!
Syncmaster700nf said:
I have to return my Kobo Vox because the speaker is not working. Under Privacy Settings I have done a Factory Data Reset but I am still showing the Super Icon. Does anyone have a copy of the original firmware or know how to unroot the device?
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Factory Reset just clears the data partition but doesn't reset the system partition.
Until someone properly compiles a custom recovery or finds a stock reset file, there's no safe way back.
Sent from my Nook Color!
Hi, first post
I flashed my TMOBILE US [SGH-T999] SIII with root66 and all went well. verified with rootkeeper I'm indeed rooted. Problem is when I first configured superSU i checked hide from apps list (figured id still be able to get it in /system) So although it asks for permission and still fully functional I cannot open the app to change the configuration. There was some codes *#*#1234#*#* amongst others I thought would bring up the app, but because the sim is no longer registered to a network it just gives a network error.
This has been going on for a week and would really appreciate a solution. Going to google play doesn't show any options. just a picture. If i disable in manage apps i can then deactivate on google play, but it didn't help. Also re flashed rom and nothing changed.
Should be able to open the app somewhere on the phone right? use file explorer to delete some config file that will reset to default?
irvington said:
Hi, first post
I flashed my TMOBILE US [SGH-T999] SIII with root66 and all went well. verified with rootkeeper I'm indeed rooted. Problem is when I first configured superSU i checked hide from apps list (figured id still be able to get it in /system) So although it asks for permission and still fully functional I cannot open the app to change the configuration. There was some codes *#*#1234#*#* amongst others I thought would bring up the app, but because the sim is no longer registered to a network it just gives a network error.
This has been going on for a week and would really appreciate a solution. Going to google play doesn't show any options. just a picture. If i disable in manage apps i can then deactivate on google play, but it didn't help. Also re flashed rom and nothing changed.
Should be able to open the app somewhere on the phone right? use file explorer to delete some config file that will reset to default?
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Hi, to open supersu through the dialpad, please enter the following:
*#*#1234#*#*
or
*#*#7873778#*#* which spells(*#*#SUPERSU#*#*)
If that didn't work, check if supersu is still installed by going to manage applications.
Sent from my Droid Incredible 2 using Tapatalk.
antoniodz95 said:
Hi, to open supersu through the dialpad, please enter the following:
*#*#1234#*#*
or
*#*#7873778#*#* which spells(*#*#SUPERSU#*#*)
If that didn't work, check if supersu is still installed by going to manage applications.
Sent from my Droid Incredible 2 using Tapatalk.
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Yeah mentioned the codes in my post. my girlfriend has a deathgrip on the phone right now but i'm pretty sure the exact error was: Not registered on network. I also mentioned that superSU is indeed installed cause I can clear su's data, etc from the manage apps area. I use groove IP for phone calls and I've been putting the code in the phone settings not the groove voip app if that matters.
bumped after a few days of waiting patiently.
Hi i was having similar issues, did you try
*#234#* instead of *#*#234#*#* that worked for me before although my issue now is different.
i was getting an error and work around it by installing
System app remover (root) from play store
then went to apkmanger and click on reinstal Supersu, that bring back the icon
that did not solve my problem of the dialing code not working anymore, but it got me to super su app
hope it helps
Ajabis said:
Hi i was having similar issues, did you try
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you just woke up a sleeping thread. its one year old, so I am sure it has been resolved.
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Dear All,
I am new to this community. Yesterday i have flashed my Galaxy note N7000 as per the instruction provided in this forum(link below).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051904
I have successfully done the flashing for the first time and it works fine except few things..
My Apps are not restoring as previous state.. if i check in play store all the apps are showing installed for my account. But i try to access the play store using my mobile its asking me to install ( got confused how for my same account its showing installed in web but showing not installed in mobile )
How to get back my apps in old state( I have reinstalled Temple run 2 i got it from the old stage but when i tried to install candy crush it installed as new from scratch i have to start )
I feel battery charging taking so much time. Also i cant find any Spen features in 4.4!!! am i missing something?
Please help and let me know if i need to do something.
Thanks
Kart
KartAndroid said:
Dear All,
I am new to this community. Yesterday i have flashed my Galaxy note N7000 as per the instruction provided in this forum(link below).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051904
I have successfully done the flashing for the first time and it works fine except few things..
My Apps are not restoring as previous state.. if i check in play store all the apps are showing installed for my account. But i try to access the play store using my mobile its asking me to install ( got confused how for my same account its showing installed in web but showing not installed in mobile )
How to get back my apps in old state( I have reinstalled Temple run 2 i got it from the old stage but when i tried to install candy crush it installed as new from scratch i have to start )
I feel battery charging taking so much time. Also i cant find any Spen features in 4.4!!! am i missing something?
Please help and let me know if i need to do something.
Thanks
Kart
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Hey Kart. Right away I can tell you that there is no support for S-Pen functionality in this rom. As for your apps, I have never had this problem? Did you flash the appropriate 4.4 PA Gapps?
Hello everyone
I am not a developer but would appreciate any helpful feedback, preferably in layman's language, that anyone might be able to offer to a problem that I am having with my android device, running version 4.2.2, a large Hannspree 13.3 tablet. I bought the tablet about six months ago and I am happy with the general performance. However, recently I downloaded a number of streaming media apps from Google Play Store including the Sky Go and Sky Movies apps and also the All4 Channel 4 on demand app. When I tried to run these apps, I got a message saying 'These apps are not supported on rooted devices'. I am led to believe that the Hannspree 13.3 is rooted by default at manufacture although I did not know this at the time of purchase and indeed, at that time I was totally ignorant about 'rooting'. For this reason, I have not yet opted to do a factory reset of my device because, if true, then this would not solve the issue. After researching comments on a number of internet forums, I came across several suggestions as to how to resolve the issue. I opted for downloading the SuperSU app, which then enabled me, via the app settings, to perform a 'full unroot', which I duly did. By downloading a root checker app, I was able to verify that my large Hannspree tablet is now unrooted. However, when I tried the Sky Go and Sky Movies apps after unrooting, I still got an error message 'Not supported on rooted devices'. I no longer get the 'rooted app' message when I play the All4 app, but the app doesn't play, it simply hangs. Therefore, and I have been in touch with the Sky Community forums, these streaming media apps all still perceive my device to be rooted but it is not, although someone from the Sky Community forum suggested that there still must be traces of the original rooting in the OS/firmware which the Sky apps and other streaming media apps are picking up on. I tried, on advice, a hide root app but when I tried this, I get a message saying 'Cannot find the su binaries'. When I tried to reinstall SuperSU I got a similar message 'Cannot locate the su binaries and SuperSU cannot install them. This is a problem'. It seems that the original unrooting has removed the su binaries and I cannot now try hide root apps. However, there must be some trace of root that the streaming media apps are still picking up on.
Would anyone know how to remove these traces of root. I did read somewhere, another suggestion from a forum, that it was possible to manually unroot a device by using a file manager app and deleting su binaries from system/bin and system/xbin directories and deleting superuser.apk from system/apps directory. However having browsed system directory with root browser in the ROM toolbox app, the su binaries are not present in the system/bin or system/xbin which, I suppose, is further verification that my device is now unrooted. But it can't be fully unrooted, otherwise surely the streaming media apps would play.
Should I do a factory reset to restore the device to its default (presumably rooted) state and then manually delete the su as described above?
The curious thing is that the streaming media apps work perfectly on my smaller Hannspree 10.1 device, which obviously is not rooted and not perceived as rooted.
Is it possible to install the operating system of my smaller Hannspree device onto my larger Hannspree device? I tried the 'check available updates' in the About tablet tab in Settings but I get an error message on my large Hannspree device to the effect of 'Error invalid ROM ID' so cannot do an update, or check for an update.
Can any of you techies out there help?
Thanks, in anticipation.
trivia chris said:
Hello everyone
I am not a developer but would appreciate any helpful feedback, preferably in layman's language, that anyone might be able to offer to a problem that I am having with my android device, running version 4.2.2, a large Hannspree 13.3 tablet. I bought the tablet about six months ago and I am happy with the general performance. However, recently I downloaded a number of streaming media apps from Google Play Store including the Sky Go and Sky Movies apps and also the All4 Channel 4 on demand app. When I tried to run these apps, I got a message saying 'These apps are not supported on rooted devices'. I am led to believe that the Hannspree 13.3 is rooted by default at manufacture although I did not know this at the time of purchase and indeed, at that time I was totally ignorant about 'rooting'. For this reason, I have not yet opted to do a factory reset of my device because, if true, then this would not solve the issue. After researching comments on a number of internet forums, I came across several suggestions as to how to resolve the issue. I opted for downloading the SuperSU app, which then enabled me, via the app settings, to perform a 'full unroot', which I duly did. By downloading a root checker app, I was able to verify that my large Hannspree tablet is now unrooted. However, when I tried the Sky Go and Sky Movies apps after unrooting, I still got an error message 'Not supported on rooted devices'. I no longer get the 'rooted app' message when I play the All4 app, but the app doesn't play, it simply hangs. Therefore, and I have been in touch with the Sky Community forums, these streaming media apps all still perceive my device to be rooted but it is not, although someone from the Sky Community forum suggested that there still must be traces of the original rooting in the OS/firmware which the Sky apps and other streaming media apps are picking up on. I tried, on advice, a hide root app but when I tried this, I get a message saying 'Cannot find the su binaries'. When I tried to reinstall SuperSU I got a similar message 'Cannot locate the su binaries and SuperSU cannot install them. This is a problem'. It seems that the original unrooting has removed the su binaries and I cannot now try hide root apps. However, there must be some trace of root that the streaming media apps are still picking up on.
Would anyone know how to remove these traces of root. I did read somewhere, another suggestion from a forum, that it was possible to manually unroot a device by using a file manager app and deleting su binaries from system/bin and system/xbin directories and deleting superuser.apk from system/apps directory. However having browsed system directory with root browser in the ROM toolbox app, the su binaries are not present in the system/bin or system/xbin which, I suppose, is further verification that my device is now unrooted. But it can't be fully unrooted, otherwise surely the streaming media apps would play.
Should I do a factory reset to restore the device to its default (presumably rooted) state and then manually delete the su as described above?
The curious thing is that the streaming media apps work perfectly on my smaller Hannspree 10.1 device, which obviously is not rooted and not perceived as rooted.
Is it possible to install the operating system of my smaller Hannspree device onto my larger Hannspree device? I tried the 'check available updates' in the About tablet tab in Settings but I get an error message on my large Hannspree device to the effect of 'Error invalid ROM ID' so cannot do an update, or check for an update.
Can any of you techies out there help?
Thanks, in anticipation.
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Hi, thank you for using XDA assist.
There is a general forum for android here*http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help*where you can get better help and support if you try to ask over there.*
Good luck.
Hello,
This is Francis K. Ntembula from Zambia, I’m a user of a ZTE Grand X2.
My device stopped installing Applications after it was rooted, I wanted to get rid of some inbuilt Applications which I had no use for but I mistakenly deleted the system file which allows applications to be installed on the phone.
Since then my phone no longer installs applications, an application can be downloaded from the Google play store but when it gets to the point of being installed an unexpected error just pops up and the process just ends there.
Kindly assist me on how I can fix my ZTE Grand X2 so it can start installing applications once again.
Email me on [email protected]
fkntembula45 said:
Hello,
This is Francis K. Ntembula from Zambia, I’m a user of a ZTE Grand X2.
My device stopped installing Applications after it was rooted, I wanted to get rid of some inbuilt Applications which I had no use for but I mistakenly deleted the system file which allows applications to be installed on the phone.
Since then my phone no longer installs applications, an application can be downloaded from the Google play store but when it gets to the point of being installed an unexpected error just pops up and the process just ends there.
Kindly assist me on how I can fix my ZTE Grand X2 so it can start installing applications once again.
Email me on [email protected]
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Can I ask what process you used to root the grand x max 2?
I would also love to know how you rooted been searching all over