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[Q] download incompatible app from market

The is an app in the market that I would like to get but it says it is incompatible with the transformer but I am 99 44/100% sure it will work.
Is there a way to fool the market place? I searched and found answers for other devices but none for the transformer.
Thanks in advance!!
DougP123

Hi
If you have another android device, like phone, download it to phone, make backup, transfer apk to TF and install. Works for me.

I have downloaded apps directly to my tf and after uninstalling them tried to get them from the market only to be listed as incompatible..think it had something to do with having a custom rom, some of them include older versions of market, some have the option to install the ics market app, while others have options to go back to the hc market app. AS poster before said, you can download on another compatible device and make a backup and just swap the apk over, but if you don't have a backup device many of the apps on the market can be found in the wild as the raw apk file, even some pay apps can be found in the wild, though i don't pirate apps because that is the sure way to kill or own market (who is going to design apps for android if they can be pirated so easily?).
Also, try to get the 'tablet market' app, that seems to have the tablet optimized versions of some apps that are hard to find via market.

stenc55 said:
Hi
If you have another android device, like phone, download it to phone, make backup, transfer apk to TF and install. Works for me.
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After downloading to the compatbile device, how do you transfer it to the incompatible device can you explain?

cetindk said:
After downloading to the compatbile device, how do you transfer it to the incompatible device can you explain?
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Like sent an email with attached apk to yourself and open it on the device were its needed on

batjuh said:
Like sent an email with attached apk to yourself and open it on the device were its needed on
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Wait I dont get it. After downloading the app from Google Play, where do I find the apk for that app? And do I need a root for this?
God I hate sounding like a noob...

cetindk said:
Wait I dont get it. After downloading the app from Google Play, where do I find the apk for that app? And do I need a root for this?
God I hate sounding like a noob...
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O didn't understand you had the apk from the market the first time. Thought you said you first downloaded it from another site then the google market.
Otherwise you need root for you transformer indeed. they are in /data/app folder
[ps] = I have downloaded apps directly to my tf and after uninstalling them tried to get them from the market only to be listed as incompatible <----this is why i thought you downloaded somewere else !!

[Q] Rooted phone and deleted google play NEED HELP!

I rooted my phone last night using poot and super user. I downloaded a modded google play from pirate bay thinking it was gonna give me free apps. i deleted the google play that was orginally on my phone now i can't get it back. i tried factory reset. i tried downloading a google play apk but everytime i open it after download is crashes. i want to unroot my phone but dont have a usb cord and dont have google play. what do i do?!?!?!

its ok
a lot of times roms do not have a google play apk but now here is what you can do .YOU can search the web ,and install google play 4.0.25 its the new one and it is downloadable as an apk file.JUST tipe downloadandroidrom in your browser and go to apk and then go to market, click on com.android.vending .If you have any problems installing it ,try use a file explorer.

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johnyvlad said:
a lot of times roms do not have a google play apk but now here is what you can do .YOU can search the web ,and install google play 4.0.25 its the new one and it is downloadable as an apk file.JUST tipe downloadandroidrom in your browser and go to apk and then go to market, click on com.android.vending .If you have any problems installing it ,try use a file explorer.
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I tried doing that and it keeps saying download unsucessful. i tried finding a file explorer but they all show up in google play and i dont have it. is there anything esle i can try? thank you for responding and helping out!!

annabelle87 said:
I rooted my phone last night using poot and super user. I downloaded a modded google play from pirate bay thinking it was gonna give me free apps. i deleted the google play that was orginally on my phone now i can't get it back. i tried factory reset. i tried downloading a google play apk but everytime i open it after download is crashes. i want to unroot my phone but dont have a usb cord and dont have google play. what do i do?!?!?!
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First off, we dont support piracy on xda.
To solve your problem, download a play store in apk format from sites like androidpolice etc. and push it to /system/app with permissions of rw-r-r. You are done.
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nothing has worked ive tried both things and google play still crashes. ive tried moving it and it won't let me.

when i move google play apk i move it to system. then i install it then when i open it, it still crashes.

annabelle87 said:
when i move google play apk i move it to system. then i install it then when i open it, it still crashes.
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Ok. Install the app directly. Download another app called link2sd. Grant superuser access. Then open app window. Click on google play. Click on actions button. see options and click "make system app". It will make it system app automatically. Then reboot your phone. If it still FC, use fix permissions option from cwm recovery.
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annabelle87 said:
when i move google play apk i move it to system. then i install it then when i open it, it still crashes.
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make sure that you also have GoogleServicesFramework.apk and GoogleLoginService.APK. AFAIK you need these two as well to get the play store app to work.

superuser says my binary is outdated. when i go to update it, it crashes saying it has stopped unexpectly. on link2sd all the options under actions is launch manage reinstall unistall. i tried manage and it just took me to application settings. i hope i didnt screw up my phone rooting it last night because i cant do anything on it. google play has got to where i can go in install an app but soon as i hit accept and download it crashes. i did a factory reset last night so poot and superuser are gone. i tried to redownload superuser just now and thats when it said my binary was outdated and when i try to update it, it crashes. is this fixable or is my phone screwed up lol. i really appreciate you helping me!!!

annabelle87 said:
superuser says my binary is outdated. when i go to update it, it crashes saying it has stopped unexpectly. on link2sd all the options under actions is launch manage reinstall unistall. i tried manage and it just took me to application settings. i hope i didnt screw up my phone rooting it last night because i cant do anything on it. google play has got to where i can go in install an app but soon as i hit accept and download it crashes. i did a factory reset last night so poot and superuser are gone. i tried to redownload superuser just now and thats when it said my binary was outdated and when i try to update it, it crashes. is this fixable or is my phone screwed up lol. i really appreciate you helping me!!!
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You can disable notifications from superuser app. Also you won't loose root if you factory reset your phone. Superuser app is set as system app when you root it. Also follow what justmpm said above.
A Hero Can Be Anyone.

Thanks Bruce Wayne. Very helpful.

annabelle87 said:
superuser says my binary is outdated. when i go to update it, it crashes saying it has stopped unexpectly. on link2sd all the options under actions is launch manage reinstall unistall. i tried manage and it just took me to application settings. i hope i didnt screw up my phone rooting it last night because i cant do anything on it. google play has got to where i can go in install an app but soon as i hit accept and download it crashes. i did a factory reset last night so poot and superuser are gone. i tried to redownload superuser just now and thats when it said my binary was outdated and when i try to update it, it crashes. is this fixable or is my phone screwed up lol. i really appreciate you helping me!!!
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You must install the Goggle play compatible with your Android version and your phone.
Please provide the phone model, Android version and if you have a custom recovery or not,

If you are still unable to install playstore apk, i will recommend downloading gapps for your phone model. Flash them from custom recovery using install zip. This should install your playstore. No clue if it can override the pre exisiting apps. Still learning on xda.
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Dr.Varun5179 said:
If you are still unable to install playstore apk, i will recommend downloading gapps for your phone model. Flash them from custom recovery using install zip. This should install your playstore. No clue if it can override the pre exisiting apps. Still learning on xda.
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I don't think he has a curtom recovery set up. Flashing Gapps would overwrite existing ones, but most gapps packages are configured to abort the installation if some gapps already exist.

Try this app as an alternative
Have u tried downloading 1 mobile apk its like Google play store try it

janekmuric said:
I don't think he has a curtom recovery set up. Flashing Gapps would overwrite existing ones, but most gapps packages are configured to abort the installation if some gapps already exist.
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He is already on root, and perhaps if there's nowhere the solution, ome simply can't live without playstore. I will advise full system wipe with data and installing a newer custom recovery and then new rom with new gapps.
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Solution?
Any proper solution for this? Running on CM12.1.

Brother sorry we couldn't help you in this case because we don't know how to fix it . One thing you can do is that Google it and you will found some better response for sure

Dude, that is the easiest thing to fix, but if the OP doesn't tell us the phone model and version i wont even bother trying to fix it. OP is inactive anyways...

Please Help Me to Side Load Play Store Onto Xelio Tablet

I recently bought a Xelio 9" tablet (Android 4.0.4) and need to get a full version of an app that I've paid for onto it. Seems like the easiest way would be to side load the Play Store onto the tablet and then log into my Google account and recover that app. So, that's where I'm stuck. I downloaded the 'com.android.vending-4.1.10' apk to the SD card and then used ES File Explorer to navigate to it and install it. Seemed to install fine... that was until I attempted to open it and I get an error 'Unfortunately Google Play Store Has Stopped' and I can't get any further. Do I need to copy the apk to the /system/app directory and change permissions or is there something else I should do/try?
The tablet doesn't have GAPPs but it does seem to have Gmail & Maps even though I didn't try to open them yet. Thought that was odd since it wasn't supposed to have any Google apps from the factory but sure 'nough, there they were.
Thanks for the help.

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

apricusgames said:
nice work really
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Dafuq?

Anyone?

OstrichSak said:
I recently bought a Xelio 9" tablet (Android 4.0.4) and need to get a full version of an app that I've paid for onto it. Seems like the easiest way would be to side load the Play Store onto the tablet and then log into my Google account and recover that app. So, that's where I'm stuck. I downloaded the 'com.android.vending-4.1.10' apk to the SD card and then used ES File Explorer to navigate to it and install it. Seemed to install fine... that was until I attempted to open it and I get an error 'Unfortunately Google Play Store Has Stopped' and I can't get any further. Do I need to copy the apk to the /system/app directory and change permissions or is there something else I should do/try?
The tablet doesn't have GAPPs but it does seem to have Gmail & Maps even though I didn't try to open them yet. Thought that was odd since it wasn't supposed to have any Google apps from the factory but sure 'nough, there they were.
Thanks for the help.
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Try another version.
I successfully am using 'com.android.vending-4.0.27.apk' with the same method you described.

solopilot said:
Try another version.
I successfully am using 'com.android.vending-4.0.27.apk' with the same method you described.
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On a Xelio tablet? Do I need to root and/or run another ROM? I think I saw something where someone was saying to flash CWM and then CM9 onto it so I was going to look into that next.

I tried 4.0.27 and still no dice.

I am using xelio tab 7" and I rooted and used an app called lucky patcher to install a modded play store. It has no relation to the play store at all plus the play store is installed as a system app and you can choose any version of the store starting from the android market to play store 4.3.10. Also it installs the original stores as well.
Update
It now has the latest play store update as of 5/14/2014.
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Different signature app not installing on Moto g unrooted

I have a stock Moto g kitkat. It has a locked bootloader and hence unrooted.
When I try to install an app with a different signature, it says the app doesn't have a trusted signature or over the same app installed from play store it says the app has different signature.
Please help

nvo2411 said:
I have a stock Moto g kitkat. It has a locked bootloader and hence unrooted.
When I try to install an app with a different signature, it says the app doesn't have a trusted signature or over the same app installed from play store it says the app has different signature.
Please help
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There's nothing you can do about that. The reason you can't do this is because is to prevent (in a way) users from installing malicious apps that may look and feel like the original but are running all kinds of stuff in the background.
What I would suggest IF you trust the source for which you got the APK is uninstall the app on your device then install the apk you got
AGAIN, be very careful with this and only do this if you trust the source that you got the apk from
Your locked bootloader has nothing to do with this btw......

Paid apps from different app stores are also "signed". An Amazon App Store app can not be installed over a Google Play Store app.

Mazda said:
There's nothing you can do about that. The reason you can't do this is because is to prevent (in a way) users from installing malicious apps that may look and feel like the original but are running all kinds of stuff in the background.
What I would suggest IF you trust the source for which you got the APK is uninstall the app on your device then install the apk you got
AGAIN, be very careful with this and only do this if you trust the source that you got the apk from
Your locked bootloader has nothing to do with this btw......
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I am actually trying a fresh install and not on play store install app.
The message displayed is 'app not installed'.
Please help, I have enabled install from unknown resources

It's possible that the app is not compatible for your hardware/OS.

mcarver2000 said:
It's possible that the app is not compatible for your hardware/OS.
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The same app with the version gets installed, but I have got a bit modified version to avoid vulgar ads. Also I am not rooted

App Not Installed

I'm trying to install an older version of Google Photos on my Pixel (don't care for versions 2.17+ as they remove the ability to upload while charging only). I'm not rooted, have not modified in anyway, and am running the latest stock Android Oreo 8.1. I uninstalled Google Photos as a system app using ADB and tried sideloading the apk appropriate for my phone (arm64, nodpi), but keep getting the error message: App Not Installed. I've allowed installing from unknown sources and have disabled Play Protect, but still no dice. I can sideload or install the latest version of Photos from the Play Store, however.
Any ideas?

boojay said:
I'm trying to install an older version of Google Photos on my Pixel (don't care for versions 2.17+ as they remove the ability to upload while charging only). I'm not rooted, have not modified in anyway, and am running the latest stock Android Oreo 8.1. I uninstalled Google Photos as a system app using ADB and tried sideloading the apk appropriate for my phone (arm64, nodpi), but keep getting the error message: App Not Installed. I've allowed installing from unknown sources and have disabled Play Protect, but still no dice. I can sideload or install the latest version of Photos from the Play Store, however.
Any ideas?
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pretty sure you didn't really uninstall Google Photos if it's a system app unless you have root. using adb to "uninstall" does not uninstall an app system wide, only for the specific user. that said, Google Photos is still there and installing a version older than what's on the system will give you that error

dimm0k said:
pretty sure you didn't really uninstall Google Photos if it's a system app unless you have root. using adb to "uninstall" does not uninstall an app system wide, only for the specific user. that said, Google Photos is still there and installing a version older than what's on the system will give you that error
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Ah, gotcha. That makes perfect sense. Looks like I may have to resort to root after all. Thanks for the heads up.

boojay said:
Ah, gotcha. That makes perfect sense. Looks like I may have to resort to root after all. Thanks for the heads up.
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While you temp root, maybe is interresting to search for bringing back upload on charge only. There is an xda article about that. It is done by changing something in a file.
After that you can just use the newest version, but with the option u want.
Here it is: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-photos-backup-while-charging-only/
Worked for me even after updates to the app.
Cheers
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