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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hello,
I have a problem to install the BB UEM client at my Mi10ultra with the latest stable EU Rom (xiaomi.eu_multi_MI10Ultra_V12.0.10.0.QJJCNXM_v12-10.zip).
The MI10Ultra is not rooted, just unlocked bootloader, clean installation, no additional apps at the MI10ultra.
During the configuartion procedure of the UEM app, I always got the error message "your device cannot be activated at this time. The google account could not be created" and "Your using this app outside of your work profile". The scond error message might be a result of the not activated google account/work space.
At older Xiaomi phone it helped to delete the dual apps but there is no dual app curently at the MI10.
Is there anybody who had an idea what I can try to overcome this issue?
Many thanks.
d_blue
hello everyone, i have a big problem. it's about installing a custom ROM on my Poco X3 (surya). after i unlocked it, i installed the xiaomi.eu ROM (V12.0.9.0.QJGMIXM). So far everything went without problems. but now I wanted to install a custom ROM because I'm not completely happy with MIUI. when I now try to install Havoc, crDroid or rros with the open gapps (pico) I get the following error message after the custom OS is started: "This device isn't Play Protect certified". the device is unfortunately not usable with the OS and the play store also does not open.
am i making any mistakes with the wipe or factory reset or am i missing something? I am happy about any help.
PS: I have also already added the Google Services Framework Android ID of the device registration, which has unfortunately also brought nothing. I also tried Magisk (canary) and the MagistikHide option with no luck.
PPS: in the recovery menu I always get the following message with a custom ROM: "failed to mount /vendor (invalid argument)". can this be ignored? if it can't be mounted, doesn't that mean it doesn't exist? but then why does the xiaomi.eu ROM work with their included gapps?
EDIT: YEAH, ok, i have access to the play store, it was due to the device registration. it just took some time for it to sync with adding the entry.
HI with the previous ROMS ive used i am able to remove bloatware like bluetooth , basic daydreams,print spooler ,sim tool kit ,fused location ,mobile broadcasts, carrierdefault app etc using a frdroid debloat application running as root.
it works perfect with AOSP ROMS, and havoc os etc , YET when i try to do the exact same thing with a exact same phone running LineageOS 18.1 (android 11) it causes the system to bootloop and reboots to recovery after the LineageOS logo just flashes for ages.. anyone know why this is or how i can work around it ?
you probably removed some software that's needed from the ROM to work correctly, if android needs an app to perform basic functions this might happen, you can still debloat it, just try to understand which app removal is causing the bootloop and remove all the apps but that one
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you probably removed some software that's needed from the ROM to work correctly, if android needs an app to perform basic functions this might happen, you can still debloat it, just try to understand which app removal is causing the bootloop and remove all the apps but that one
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yes i tried this ! i tried removing one by one and they all cause bootloops(having to reflash the rom in twrp each time) .. what i cant understand it why only Linageos causes a bootloop with other roms i can remove the exact same PKGS without this happening...
i was thinking perhaps it might have to do with the android version the other roms i can do this on are all runnning on android 9 // when i have tried this on roms using android 10/11 it doesnt work. i think there has been a change to the system wide config of some sort that checks the hiarchy on boot /
By default a phone's bootloader at the begining loads vbmeta.img what holds the hard-coded hashcodes of Android's ( critical ) partitions like /system and then checks whether these partitions got tampered or not.
So in case you make any changes to /system partition ( e.g. remove system apps ) a successfully booting into Android OS must fail.