[Completed] Restoring from the Play Store, how do I make it work? - XDA Assist

Hi all,
I just have a general question about the PLay Store and thought maybe someone here might have a suggestion. When flashing a new ROM or resetting to factory defaults, I get one of three behaviors when logging in to Google:
1) Nothing, it logs me in and shows every app I have ever installed on any device as "Available".
2) A bunch of random stuff starts installing, most of it what I want, but a bunch I haven't had on my device in weeks sometimes. This can be 5 apps or 50, no pattern that I can figure out.
3) I get this nifty screen that lets me pick a device backup, even for other devices. It not only also lets me pick a backup date but ALSO lets me go in and further pick and choose which apps on the list that I want to restore.
#3 is what I'm looking for. I want to restore from the Play Store, not a Titanium Backup file or anything, but I can't make this consistent at all, does anyone have any luck with the Play Store being consistent? It does appear that #3 is a Lolipop feature, at least in that particular format, but once again, no consistency.
Currently the device in question is my Asus Tf700t, but I've come across this on multiple devices. I just installed Zombi Pop 5.1 RC as my ROM, but I've also had it be just as random in other ROMs. I also tell it to back up my data on install, and just double checked that it was marked as such in my settings.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, it just drives me nuts to have this supposed auto backup that never works the same way twice in a row. Apologies also if I put this on the wrong board, but this seemed appropriate.

Mikey1969 said:
Hi all,
I just have a general question about the PLay Store and thought maybe someone here might have a suggestion. When flashing a new ROM or resetting to factory defaults, I get one of three behaviors when logging in to Google:
1) Nothing, it logs me in and shows every app I have ever installed on any device as "Available".
2) A bunch of random stuff starts installing, most of it what I want, but a bunch I haven't had on my device in weeks sometimes. This can be 5 apps or 50, no pattern that I can figure out.
3) I get this nifty screen that lets me pick a device backup, even for other devices. It not only also lets me pick a backup date but ALSO lets me go in and further pick and choose which apps on the list that I want to restore.
#3 is what I'm looking for. I want to restore from the Play Store, not a Titanium Backup file or anything, but I can't make this consistent at all, does anyone have any luck with the Play Store being consistent? It does appear that #3 is a Lolipop feature, at least in that particular format, but once again, no consistency.
Currently the device in question is my Asus Tf700t, but I've come across this on multiple devices. I just installed Zombi Pop 5.1 RC as my ROM, but I've also had it be just as random in other ROMs. I also tell it to back up my data on install, and just double checked that it was marked as such in my settings.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, it just drives me nuts to have this supposed auto backup that never works the same way twice in a row. Apologies also if I put this on the wrong board, but this seemed appropriate.
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Titanium Pro problem

Hi there,
I'm hoping all of this will make sense..
I fired up Titanium last night to restore an app I'd frozen. As I opened the app, it came up with a popup that said something about my Android account being registered to a different device. It gave me the option of keeping my current ID or switching to the previous one (which it recommended). I followed the recommendation and it did what it needed to do.
All seemed OK until this morning and I realised that I can now no longer open any of my paid for apps or games. I just get some kind of pop up saying "You are not authorised to use this app on this Android device."
I've had a quick look through the settings but there are so many, I don't know what to do.
Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about and, if so, how I can just revert to how it was before?
Thanks
Sorry, I should point out, it wasn't my Gmail account that it recommended a change.. but some long number.. I assume some kind of UDID type thing
philliplavelle said:
Hi there,
I'm hoping all of this will make sense..
I fired up Titanium last night to restore an app I'd frozen. As I opened the app, it came up with a popup that said something about my Android account being registered to a different device. It gave me the option of keeping my current ID or switching to the previous one (which it recommended). I followed the recommendation and it did what it needed to do.
All seemed OK until this morning and I realised that I can now no longer open any of my paid for apps or games. I just get some kind of pop up saying "You are not authorised to use this app on this Android device."
I've had a quick look through the settings but there are so many, I don't know what to do.
Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about and, if so, how I can just revert to how it was before?
Thanks
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Try going to menu and select manage android ID and choose create a new random ID.Hopefully it should work.
philliplavelle said:
Hi there,
I'm hoping all of this will make sense..
I fired up Titanium last night to restore an app I'd frozen. As I opened the app, it came up with a popup that said something about my Android account being registered to a different device. It gave me the option of keeping my current ID or switching to the previous one (which it recommended). I followed the recommendation and it did what it needed to do.
All seemed OK until this morning and I realised that I can now no longer open any of my paid for apps or games. I just get some kind of pop up saying "You are not authorised to use this app on this Android device."
I've had a quick look through the settings but there are so many, I don't know what to do.
Does anybody have any idea what I'm talking about and, if so, how I can just revert to how it was before?
Thanks
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Every andrid phone has a android ID and
after you flash a new custom ROM your android ID changes and many applications use Android ID too like Google Music
TB provides an option to keep your android id...
This is the issue - it asked if I'd like to change it back to the old one or keep the new one. It recommended going back to the old one. I did so, and now the apps don't work. So how do I revert to how it was?

[Completed] Recovery with broken GooglePlay

So my Google Playstore app broke after a mod (or a few days after an app [Stickman"] was "botified" [strangely, GPlay reinstalled it after I flushed it]). The "not responding" toast popped up more and as the corrupted files spread throughout my GAPPS over a couple days. Resultingly, I lost use of my VPN and also TWRP, both of which apparently depend on GPlay to function, (because I PAYED for them). The many solutions sadly did not apply here. I had Flashify, which I had loaded with my backup ROM and GAPPS, but when I went to go into recovery, the android (a Galaxy S4 4.4.2), couldn't go to boot, instead going to the ODIN Download page. I guess Flashify ALSO depends on a working GooglePlay app system to function. The kicker is, I have an identical Galaxy s4 ALSO in bootloop (removing the more commercial elements is DANGEROUS!) that has no CWM or TWRP installed that I was hoping to be able to save. I have my apps backed up on Titanium, both user and (corrupted) system, but I realized too late that TiB is only good for user apps. GPlay is sadly lacking at backing up the non cash-cow apps, so TiB has proved extremely useful. I loaded the ADB drivers (thanks to an awesome dev) on my friends PC, along with the custom ROM & GAPPS, but have zero luck loading them on either device (the serial number etc. fails to appear), perhaps it's a timing thing, or wrong commands. I have been thrilled and fascinated during my experience exploring this fantastic tech, but perhaps the fun is over. Is there any way to save these things? I am disabled and cannot afford but to try and fix them myself. The tutorials I've repeatedly gone over seem to lack the precise circumstances I am experiencing. Certainly, the multitude of solutions to the Gplay failure, though helpful and edifying, also lacked these factors. I really hoped for the day when I would know all the "Why's"; and "How's" regarding these things, but it doesn't look promising here. ANY USEFUL ADVICE would be GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. The best thing you can do at this point is flash the stock frimware with odin and start over. But, I don't know what variant of the S4 you have, i337, i9000, etc. so can't give you the proper link to help you.
No response. Thread closed.

[Completed] How to make a full reset on a heavily modded android to take it back to stock?

Hi there. First of all I'm sorry if this is not the right place to post this.
Anyway, someone I know bought an used iPhone 6 only to discover that it's somehow an Android device heavily modded (it looks like an iPhone 6 on the outside, which is an issue because it doesn't have the three buttons the android apps are meant use). I'm not even sure if it's possible to make this usable, the iOS stuff is glitchy and Android apps don't seem to work that well either.
I'm not really a developer but I play around with Tasker/xposed and stuff so when I realized there wasn't an actual shortcut for the android settings (I can only access the iOS version of the settings, which the factory reset doesn't seem to be working), I decided to download the trial version of Tasker and see what I could fiddle so I could find out how this was done. On my first try I couldn't find a thing and now Tasker keeps crashing, I can't keep it open long enough to enable logging.
The root seems to have been made using the kingroot app (evidenced by the KingUser, which was the only thing I could find). Removing root access doesn't seem to do a thing.
Sooo... I've ran out of options and decided to post it here as a far cry for help. I realize I have not given you much and more info is probably required, but I'm not sure how to acquire it. The "About phone" on the menu doesn't give me much, device name is Android, Carrier is unknown and Version is 8.1.2 (12A405). Model number is MG492CH/A.
Thanks for your help and I'm sorry I couldn't provide any more useful information.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. A goggle search of your model number shows it as an iphone clone. It doesn't surprise me that it uses Android as iOS would be next to impossible obtain. But the bad news is there is no information on XDA about your device. The closest I could find was this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2778862 To return to stock you'd need the android factory image for your phone and a method to flash it. Both would be specific to the phone. The only other thing I can suggest is to ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help

[Completed] Customizing Cubot X9's rom(replacing apps issues)

Hello everyone
i think this is my first post or one of the first on this forum, i'm a videogame modder(vice-boss at VStanced.com) who for fun also mods/dismounts/analyzes everything that slips in his hands(like, seriously every single thing). I have a semi-good knowledge of java and from some years i'm learning more and more about android, yet(as you can see) i still need help from time to time to figure out some stuff.
So, enough of presentation, time to talk about what i came here for.
I've been gifted a Cubot X9 some days ago, so the first thing i did was rooting(Kingroot -> Supersu-me) and applying a custom recovery(TWRP), i backed up rom and nvram with sp flash tool and the base rom(just rooted and recovery-ed) from recovery to make sure that in case i f**kd up something i could restore it without issues.
After that i restored all the additional apps and a couple gapps(Google Play Store, Google Play Services, Google Account Manager, Google Latin Keyboard) from a backup(Titanium Backup) of my old phone, a LG P990(Optimus Dual/X2/Star/Speed) and it all worked straight at first try. As soon as i finished restoring these i got myself a new recovery backup to prevent having to redo everything once again.
At the moment there are still 4 things that "bother" me, i've not been able to install Dialer, Contacts and Messaging apps from that same backup(they're a lot more comfortable than Cubot's original ones) because they just f**k up the whole thing, after a restart(either with or without cache/dalvik cleanup) System starts flickering/turning on and off and with it the background and the SIM control(it stop receiving any signal/recognizing the sim and wont allow me to open the sim selector/editor - for dual sim mode).
I've installed the first two apps(Dialer and Contacts) flawlessly with a root explorer(ES file explorer) and after deleting all odex files related to the old apps they worked well, cant say the same for Messaging(Mms.apk), it works but as soon as i press either on a received message, on the "new message" button or on "setup" it crashes to desktop.
Moreover, i'm not able to install the data backup(i'm mainly interested in contacts and messages but also the calls history) from Titanium Backup otherwise i'll get those issues i said above.
Mind both phones are 4.4.4 and so are their apps, on the LG P990 i had installed Slimroms' Slimkat but those apps i named should all be stock Google KitKat's ones(correct me if i'm wrong) and thus should work 1:1 on any 4.4.4 OS. Should.
You may ask me why i dont simply use google's backup system, so here's the answer, it is because i just dislike uploading my personal data and i honestly prefer figuring out how to do stuff manually.
I tried moving the *.db files from the old phone but they either cause to not show any messages(mmssms.db) or to not receive signal/not recognize the sim(telephony.db).
I have also installed an app called WAPPushManager.apk(com.android.smspush) from the old phone because i thought it could be somehow connected with the crash from clicking on the new message button but nothing changed.
So now i'm kinda lost, i have no clue if i'm missing to delete/add some files, or replace/add some apps.
Here's a few pics of the apps of which i'm speaking
I hope someone will be able to help me out on this, thanks a lot everyone for even bothering reading all this drama. hahaha
Also, yeah, you noticed well, i said that there are 4 things that bother me but i talked only about 3 things so here's the 4th:
this is more like a random question than a real issue or anything else(since i didnt even try yet). I would like to get the system bar and options/setup menu from the old phone(LG P990 Slimkat) to the new one(Cubot X9) but i have no clue if it is doable or not and what it eventually implies.
I'm looking forward for some magic to happen, thanks again
- BB93
Alright, i've been able to transfer all my contacts, calls and messages using an app called Super Backup, it did the trick quite quickly.
I still cant figure out why the Mms.apk wont work, i sent it over to a couple friends and all of them installed and used it right away. I am now almost sure the Cubot wont work correctly with it because it's dual-sim... in case there's anything(scripting wise) that can be done to make it work properly?
Well i kinda solved all my problems, for some reason that app just dont want to work on this phone, i downloaded another "kitkat 4.4 stock messaging app" from google play and it worked straight on... or almost, because for some reason that Super Backup program was messing my messages in a way that i had two threads for each person, one with sent and the other with received messages. Analyzing the *.xml file created by that tool i realized that it was using spaces between the numbers only for either received or sent messages(i didnt bother checking which of the two was it).
A basic example:
<sms address="+391234567890" time="22/gen/2016 09:18:58" date="1453450738028" type="1" body="THIS IS MY TEXT" read="1" service_center="+291234567890" name="" />
versus
<sms address="+39 123 45 67 890" time="22/gen/2016 09:18:58" date="1453450738028" type="1" body="THIS IS MY TEXT" read="1" service_center="+29 123 45 67 890" name="" />
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It made so that the phone recognized those as different numbers and thus create the issue i said above.
I hope this little self-research thread will help someone else too in the future, thanks for reading.
- BB93
Bigg Boss93 said:
Well i kinda solved all my problems, for some reason that app just dont want to work on this phone, i downloaded another "kitkat 4.4 stock messaging app" from google play and it worked straight on... or almost, because for some reason that Super Backup program was messing my messages in a way that i had two threads for each person, one with sent and the other with received messages. Analyzing the *.xml file created by that tool i realized that it was using spaces between the numbers only for either received or sent messages(i didnt bother checking which of the two was it).
A basic example:
It made so that the phone recognized those as different numbers and thus create the issue i said above.
I hope this little self-research thread will help someone else too in the future, thanks for reading.
- BB93
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Hi,
Thanks for using xda assist.
I see you've solved your problem. Thanks for being so thorough with your post. This should help others with the same problem. Enjoy the site :good:
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[MOD][GUIDE]How To Enable The Hidden Alternate SystemUI In Note5

Not sure how many of you are aware, but there is a completely different user interface built into the Note5 that's hidden. I thought maybe some of you might like to check it out just for fun. It allows you to place widgets and apps on the lockscreen and has a bunch of cool lockscreen effects. Also, the "notifications panel" and the "recents" page are totally different, as well as many other interesting features. I added some screenshots for you guys to check out in this post.
Here are the steps to activating it:
1) First, anytime you're playing around with the SystemUI, even if it's a built in feature, it's a good idea to do a full system backup in TWRP. Not necessary, but recommended.
2) Next, you will need to have the Galaxy Apps store installed on your device. If you happened to have deleted it like I did, then I've attached the APK to this post for anyone that needs to reinstall it.
3) Open the Galaxy Apps store and update it if/when it prompts you.
4) Once the store has loaded, search for the words "Good Lock". Click on the app and click "Update", then "Install" and reboot the device when it prompts you.
(This is the hidden SystemUI that you already have on your device, but it needs the current update to work.)
5) Once rebooted into the new SystemUI, it will begin walking you through all of your new customization options. You can change any of these anytime you want by opening the "Good Lock" app in your applications list.
NOTE: If you decide that you want to deactivate the alternate SystemUI at any point, then you can just open up the "Good Lock" app and click on "Uninstall" too. You can also uninstall the Galaxy Apps store at any time and features like the new "Recents" page, if you don't like it, can be toggled off in the app as well.
Anyhow, I hope you guys have some fun with this. I'm trying it out for awhile just for kicks. Be sure to let everyone know what you thought of the new SystemUI in the comments too!
Just installed this running N5 Express ROM with no issues yet. Really like being able to have Tasker widget shortcuts on the lockscreen.
catchjeff said:
Just installed this running N5 Express ROM with no issues yet. Really like being able to have Tasker widget shortcuts on the lockscreen.
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That's a really good idea. Been trying to think of a more useful widget to use on the lock screen. So far I've only added a fancy clock/weather widget. [emoji14] Maybe I'll give it a try.
Cool cant wait to try it out!
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For this you dont need a root or twrp its official from samsung
mirketos said:
For this you dont need a root or twrp its official from samsung
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TWRP is mentioned for backing up your current configuration of TouchWiz(and your device in general) if you can before using Good Lock in case anything goes wrong. Obviously backing up your device is never required, but definitely always recommended when altering the system in any way, regardless of where it comes from. It's important to understand that Good Lock isn't just some Samsung app in the app store or just another launcher that changes the home screen, apps page, etc. It tweaks the system ui itself, including the look and function of the notifications panel, lock screen capabilities and more. It's true that you can just revert back to TW whenever you want pretty easily from within Good Lock, but the process isn't perfect. In fact, I myself applied it and reverted back only 2 times and the second time something went terribly wrong during the reversion and the system halted and it would no longer boot after that, so I had to restore a previous backup which I was glad to have had. All the data that I hadn't recently backed up though was of course lost, so yes...a TWRP backup is recommended when using Good Lock.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that if you're not running a compatible version of the stock firmware or at least a compatible TouchWiz rom, it will try to prevent you from installing it by not showing it in an app store search or by blocking access to the app's page(if you're following a link) in the Galaxy Apps store. For instance, it was there when I was on stock Marshmallow, but does not allow me to access it on stock Nougat. Instead I get error messages saying the app is not supported on my device when trying to load the Good Lock page.
Here is the link btw in case anyone can't find Good Lock in a search and wants to check if it can be used on their device. If it shows it, then it's compatible, if it doesn't then it's likely not. Just open the link in a mobile browser and click "OK" if prompted.
https://apps.samsung.com/jupiter/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.android.systemui
bogarty said:
TWRP is mentioned for backing up your current configuration of TouchWiz(and your device in general) if you can before using Good Lock in case anything goes wrong. Obviously backing up your device is never required, but definitely always recommended when altering the system in any way, regardless of where it comes from. It's important to understand that Good Lock isn't just some Samsung app in the app store or just another launcher that changes the home screen, apps page, etc. It tweaks the system ui itself, including the look and function of the notifications panel, lock screen capabilities and more. It's true that you can just revert back to TW whenever you want pretty easily from within Good Lock, but the process isn't perfect. In fact, I myself applied it and reverted back only 2 times and the second time something went terribly wrong during the reversion and the system halted and it would no longer boot after that, so I had to restore a previous backup which I was glad to have had. All the data that I hadn't recently backed up though was of course lost, so yes...a TWRP backup is recommended when using Good Lock.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that if you're not running a compatible version of the stock firmware or at least a compatible TouchWiz rom, it will try to prevent you from installing it by not showing it in an app store search or by blocking access to the app's page(if you're following a link) in the Galaxy Apps store. For instance, it was there when I was on stock Marshmallow, but does not allow me to access it on stock Nougat. Instead I get error messages saying the app is not supported on my device when trying to load the Good Lock page.
Here is the link btw in case anyone can't find Good Lock in a search and wants to check if it can be used on their device. If it shows it, then it's compatible, if it doesn't then it's likely not. Just open the link in a mobile browser and click "OK" if prompted.
https://apps.samsung.com/jupiter/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.android.systemui
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Ok! Haha!! You dont need a make backup or something IT'S OFFICIAL YOU FOOL MAN
mirketos said:
Ok! Haha!! You dont need a make backup or something IT'S OFFICIAL YOU FOOL MAN
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WTF dude? Seriously. Stop being an ass and actually read what I wrote. It's the least you can do after I typed all that out. You're not helping anyone by TROLLING this thread and repeatedly mentioning something so extremely redundant. If you don't want to backup then don't backup. I clearly said that it was obviously not required to do a backup and that I was only recommending to do it because I lost data and couldn't boot after selecting the option to revert back one time. Stop wasting people's time with your pointless comments. NOWHERE does it say in my post that making a backup is Required, so get over yourself. Either stop being a destructive ass or go and troll someone else! Your negative comments are not welcome here.

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