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Is it possible to install Play Store on a non approved phone

I have a phone, Thl W1 ICS that does not have Play Store installed. Is it possible to install Play Store. I have been trying for a week and the closest I can get is a Server Error screen. If it's not possible lesson learnt, if it can be done could someone tell me how. This is my first Android device so knowledge is limited. Thanks either way Mike

Yes, but you will have to modify your build.prop so it identifies as a supported android device. Find a supported/official android device that has the closest spec to your phone. Also, you will need the google framework (you might as well just flash the ICS gapps from CM, they will work on AOSP roms also)

Yeah, just search the forums. I believe the thread on how to do this is in the Devlopment forums.

Would like to give flashing gapps a try but every post I've read requires Clockwordmod but without play store I am unable to get it as every download site refers back to play store

jianC said:
Yes, but you will have to modify your build.prop so it identifies as a supported android device. Find a supported/official android device that has the closest spec to your phone.
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Many apps dont seem to care as my HP Touchpad shows up with the name cm_tenderloin on Google Play since its unofficial. Its only some games that flag as incompatible. I imagine most other apps just care about Android OS version and processor instruction set (ARM11, ARMv7).

MikeMcLeod said:
Would like to give flashing gapps a try but every post I've read requires Clockwordmod but without play store I am unable to get it as every download site refers back to play store
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You can try alternative android market's like 1mobile market that might help you find something to help you install the play store
Sent from my R800i using xda premium

Thanks, Managed to get Android Market 3.4.4 working. I then tried to update to Playstore but it wouldn't load, just sat there with a spinning circle saying loading. But I'm happy as it still doe's what I require.

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MikeMcLeod said:
Thanks, Managed to get Android Market 3.4.4 working. I then tried to update to Playstore but it wouldn't load, just sat there with a spinning circle saying loading. But I'm happy as it still doe's what I require.
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Hi Mike,
did u have to do anything else so market 334
worked? I have the same phone and cannot make it run.
does the contacts from your google account are
Downloaded when market is installed?
thanks
Denis

[Q] LT28h clone problem

Hello, I bought this phone (LT28h 4.5" Android 4.1.1 Dual Core MTK6577 1.0GHZ 3G Smartphone with Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, Capacitive Touch - google for specs) and except for one problem it's worked fine. It has a 4.1.1 or 4.0.4 android installed. It had a chinese Google play store 2.0.0 installed but I can't read chinese. So I tried to access google play store anddownload apps but I get an error. I also rooted the device using bin4ary_v17. After that I downloaded latest english Google play store. When I install it and try to download an app I get "error RPC:S-5:AEC-0" and nothing happens. After using it for a while I get an error "Unfortunately google play store has stopped". I tried all fixes on internet and nothing works. Can you help me do something, so that I can download apps from google store (english)?
The second question is if there is an option to install a custom ROM (for instance Cyanogenmod) on this device?
Thanks a lot for replying!

Finally. I found a fix for this problem.
I downloaded root explorer, then copied the file
"Vending.apk" (Goolgle market) - not really matter
what version to /system/app (You need to press
the "mount RW" before).
Then changed the permissions on that file (Read to
All and Write to Owner alone).
Once this was done you MUST reboot and after the
reboot it will be working great.
Now, even after erasing the phone to default, the
google play will be there!
Hope it helps someone...

CWM
If you are interested, I prepared a CWM for this phone, using bgcngm's thread http: // forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587411.

cappa72 said:
If you are interested, I prepared a CWM for this phone, using bgcngm's thread http: // forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587411.
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hi can you give me the link for your version

djnasty said:
hi can you give me the link for your version
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Yes, sure, here it is: CWM recovery for LT28H
Please check if your device is MTK6577.

[Completed] Custom Device Needs Play Store (4.2.2)

Hey guys,
First off wanted to say thanks for having a special forum for people like me who don't really know what we're doing
I've got a custom-built device running stock 4.2.2. I'm unable to access bootloader, so I can't install a gapps package, but I need to install the Play Store and Play Services.
I've got Play Store installed, but i'ts not working due to lack of Play Services. Whenever I try to install the Play Services APK, I get the parsing error.
The normal fix for this, from what I've seen, is to put the apk in Drive, but since I don't have Services, I can't log into GMail or Drive, both of which I've installed with their respective APK files.
I can't mount a USB stick because the device doesn't support OTG.
Any ideas?

Been googling for play store and services APKs, I just can't figure out which I should use for 4.2.2.
It's not a custom ROM; stock 4.2.2. I have no access to bootloader, no way to install recovery.

Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Have you tried looking at apkmirror.com? They have every version of those apps available for download.

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[Completed] I have a problem with my android tablet

hi
this is my problem, i am playing coc(clash of clan) but i cant link it to google because my tablet doesnt have google play services. i tried downloading it and install it but theres an error ''incompatible with same shared user id''.
i tried to search for a solution bit nothing works so o went inside system apps and removed google login services and google services framework and it fix the issue i was able to install google play services but by removing those 2 system apps google play store is not working so i need to removed google play services and install those 2 system apps. then i tried factory reset for me to be able ro install google play services but the 2 system apps is now missing.
i tried to install it but it wont install, tried to download gapps but still wont install. now all i have is google play store others wont install. i tried installing gapps but ota missing scatter file.
please help.
device info
Name: tablet
android ver: 4.1.2
brand name: mt6517
device name: mt6577
product name: yilin_m718d
please help

XDA Visitor said:
hi
this is my problem, i am playing coc(clash of clan) but i cant link it to google because my tablet doesnt have google play services. i tried downloading it and install it but theres an error ''incompatible with same shared user id''.
i tried to search for a solution bit nothing works so o went inside system apps and removed google login services and google services framework and it fix the issue i was able to install google play services but by removing those 2 system apps google play store is not working so i need to removed google play services and install those 2 system apps. then i tried factory reset for me to be able ro install google play services but the 2 system apps is now missing.
i tried to install it but it wont install, tried to download gapps but still wont install. now all i have is google play store others wont install. i tried installing gapps but ota missing scatter file.
please help.
device info
Name: tablet
android ver: 4.1.2
brand name: mt6517
device name: mt6577
product name: yilin_m718d
please help
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There is not much about your exact device on xda, but I found this solution for a simialr issue: [SOLVED] install failed shared user incompatible.
Maybe it works for you too.
Basically I would try to flash latest GApps for your firmware (Android) version in custom recovery ... like described here: [newest]Google Play Service for all custom rom by fifa2151.
Gapps can be found here:
[GAPPS] The Gapps Central - Consolidated Gapps [Updated 21-04-2015]
[GAPPS][2015-04-04] Google Apps Minimal Edition for Android 5.0.x & 5.1
[GAPPS][5.1/5.0/4.4] Official Slim GApps & Custom GApps
[Gapps]Download PA Gapps Mirror! [5.1.x/5.0.x/4.4.x] [Lollipop/Kitkat]
Good luck !

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[Completed] You Tube relies on Google Play Services,which is not supported by your device.

i got this error message only when i open youtube on browser or youtube app
i have a mini laptop from china which it has installed Android.
Android 4.0
play store is Installed
i've installed latest version of Google Play Services (reinstalled)
i did a factory format
i tried clear data/cache but none of these didnt help me.
any idea?
ps:IMEI is UNKNOWN is it from this ??

leo.br said:
i got this error message only when i open youtube on browser or youtube app
i have a mini laptop from china which it has installed Android.
Android 4.0
play store is Installed
i've installed latest version of Google Play Services (reinstalled)
i did a factory format
i tried clear data/cache but none of these didnt help me.
any idea?
ps:IMEI is UNKNOWN is it from this ??
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Hello,
You may visit this here
Also, since are using an emulator you should keep in mind that emulator doesn't support Google Play Services by default. What you can do is download and install Google APIs from SDK Manager then create a new device in emulator using the Google APIs as target.
-Vatsal