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Google Calendar post 4.4 Kit Kat Update

Is anyone having trouble with the Google Calendar (from the Play Store, updated on 11/20) since upgrading to 4.4? Whenever I install the Google Calendar from the Play Store it stops the default Moto X calendar from working and neither the Google Calendar or the Stock Calendar work when it is installed.

Rahshaka said:
Is anyone having trouble with the Google Calendar (from the Play Store, updated on 11/20) since upgrading to 4.4? Whenever I install the Google Calendar from the Play Store it stops the default Moto X calendar from working and neither the Google Calendar or the Stock Calendar work when it is installed.
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the "stock" moto X calendar is the "old" Android calendar. why they don't merge when you install the google calendar is beyond me. i had both operational (at the same time) in 4.2.2 and ended up disabling the android calendar. they functionally identical, but only one is updated in the market.

I been wondering about this also. Hopefully this has been fixed in 4.4. It's amazing how Motorola missed this.
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EVOSerb said:
I been wondering about this also. Hopefully this has been fixed in 4.4. It's amazing how Motorola missed this.
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its not. they both exist.

640k said:
its not. they both exist.
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With 4.2.2 I was able to successfully "disable" the AOSP calendar under the App settings (unrooted, stock) and the Play Store Calendar would still function fine. After the Kit Kat update, when I disable AOSP calendar, it breaks the Play Store version. This is really annoying because if I leave them both installed, besides the clumsy look of having 2 calendars in the app drawer, I get 2 separate notifications. I suppose I could try disabling notifications on the AOSP version... but anyone have other suggestions or similar experience?

This is odd, on my Verizon moto x DE I just have one calendar app and always have, both on 4.2.2 and the new 4.4. This must only be a problem for other carriers?
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hazenberger said:
With 4.2.2 I was able to successfully "disable" the AOSP calendar under the App settings (unrooted, stock) and the Play Store Calendar would still function fine. After the Kit Kat update, when I disable AOSP calendar, it breaks the Play Store version. This is really annoying because if I leave them both installed, besides the clumsy look of having 2 calendars in the app drawer, I get 2 separate notifications. I suppose I could try disabling notifications on the AOSP version... but anyone have other suggestions or similar experience?
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Are you sure you've disabled android calendar and NOT calendar storage? I had the android calendar disabled prior to 4.4 and it remained disabled after the update and my Google calendar works fine.
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Jexx11 said:
This is odd, on my Verizon moto x DE I just have one calendar app and always have, both on 4.2.2 and the new 4.4. This must only be a problem for other carriers?
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I have a vzw retail version. If you check the market for Google Calendar, you will find that it is not installed. The Moto X comes with the Android calendar and not the Google calendar which is what is odd to me.

640k said:
Are you sure you've disabled android calendar and NOT calendar storage? I had the android calendar disabled prior to 4.4 and it remained disabled after the update and my Google calendar works fine.
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I have a vzw retail version. If you check the market for Google Calendar, you will find that it is not installed. The Moto X comes with the Android calendar and not the Google calendar which is what is odd to me.
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I definitely only disabled the android calendar. I have no idea what's up with it. I also wish they had merged (i.e. deleted) the old calendar when they sent the OTA.

hazenberger said:
I definitely only disabled the android calendar. I have no idea what's up with it. I also wish they had merged (i.e. deleted) the old calendar when they sent the OTA.
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I disabled the Android calendar and installed the Google Calendar app on my stock/unrooted Moto X (VZW). Google Calendar doesn't work and now I can't even find the stock calendar in apps to enable it.

Yep, having the same problem... seems like I can only use the stock calendar app. Pretty annoying.
funkbucket007 said:
I disabled the Android calendar and installed the Google Calendar app on my stock/unrooted Moto X (VZW). Google Calendar doesn't work and now I can't even find the stock calendar in apps to enable it.
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You can re-enable in under Settings->Apps->Disabled tab (far right)

Yes this is very strange, why would they leave the lesser of 2 still hanging around....especially in Kitkat.
Also, make sure under settings, Google, that calender sync is still check marked.

I've had this problem on multiple builds and it drove me crazy. To fix it go to Settings > Apps > All and select Calendar Storage, then clear data. Either calendar should work without issue after doing this.

Here is how I got it to work. Disable Calender in settings>apps>all. Next go to Calender Storage in settings>apps>all. Force stop Calender Storage and clear data. After that install the Google Calender from the play store if you haven't already. Finally, reboot and it should sync with your Google accounts.

Dark9781 said:
Here is how I got it to work. Disable Calender in settings>apps>all. Next go to Calender Storage in settings>apps>all. Force stop Calender Storage and clear data. After that install the Google Calender from the play store if you haven't already. Finally, reboot and it should sync with your Google accounts.
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So basically exactly what I said in the post above with some extra steps thrown in for bad measure?

publicanimal said:
So basically exactly what I said in the post above with some extra steps thrown in for bad measure?
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Pretty much, except when I just cleared data it still didn't work properly. That's why I had to go through a few extra steps.

Dark9781 said:
Pretty much, except when I just cleared data it still didn't work properly. That's why I had to go through a few extra steps.
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When I did it I already had Google Calendar installed from the Play Store and I hadn't disabled the stock Calendar. I've also done it with the stock Calendar removed and only the Google Calendar from the Play Store installed and it worked.
I don't think that disabling the stock Calendar before clearing Calendar Storage data or rebooting afterwards is necessary - at least it wasn't for me, but I never tried it with only the stock calendar installed (I hate the stock calendar!). You might need to go to your account sync settings and uncheck + recheck the Calendar sync to force a sync, but this should happen on its own regardless.

Dark9781 said:
Here is how I got it to work. Disable Calender in settings>apps>all. Next go to Calender Storage in settings>apps>all. Force stop Calender Storage and clear data. After that install the Google Calender from the play store if you haven't already. Finally, reboot and it should sync with your Google accounts.
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Had to look for an answer to this, since my S3 with the new KitKat wouldn't work. This did the trick, thanks.

[Q] LG G3 and Google Calendar

Anyone else having issues where the Google Calendar isn't syncing? In my account settings, the option to sync Google Calendar isn't even listed. I've got App Data, Hangouts, People Details, etc, but nothing about the Calendar. I use the Google Calendar app exclusively, never tried the LG one and hated the Samsung one on my previous phone. I am currently rooted.
Already tried:
Removing Google Calendar and reinstalling.
Removing Google account and re-adding.
Rebooted
Shut down and powered back on

Works here. Did you select it as one of the calendars to sync?

GroovyGeek said:
Works here. Did you select it as one of the calendars to sync?
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It's not an option for me to select. There is no calendar in the Account Settings and in the Calendar app itself, it is not listed. When I click add calendar, it just sits there with a spinning wheel and does nothing.

Works fine for me.
When you go under your Google Account settings uncheck the Google Calendar sync then recheck it...... that helps sometime.

As was already mentioned twice, that option does not exist for me on my phone. There is no option under Google Account settings to even select the calendar as something to sync. It's just not there at all.

I believe I had a similar problem a few years ago and the issue was the calendar was corrupted in the account. I think the solution was to log into gmail via a browser and copy or make a new calendar. Google search the issue and you should be able to get more exact instructions.
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I think you can get it back by adding a second "dummy" account and letting it sync. It's recommended to be on data when doing so.
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Well, I ended up doing the full factory unroot process (basic rebuild from factory ROM file). Irritating as it is, my Google calendar now syncs. I'm not sure what was causing it not to, but there it is.

contacts sync

Hi guys, just received my mate 7 32Gbps from.China with gmail and play store installed but it seems they forgot to add the contact sync option and it doesn't appear in the Google account option (I have only app, people contacts and email sync options).
Does anyone know how to retrieve my contacts and add this option on a chinese import mate 7 ???
Thanks for help

Im in the same space as you are maly348. Usually for Huawei i root the phone and rename that XML file in the china directory and that takes care of the contacts sync issue but none of my one click root programs work with the mate 7 yet.
I am willing to paypal $50 to anyone that can help me get this done!

maly3648 said:
Hi guys, just received my mate 7 32Gbps from.China with gmail and play store installed but it seems they forgot to add the contact sync option and it doesn't appear in the Google account option (I have only app, people contacts and email sync options).
Does anyone know how to retrieve my contacts and add this option on a chinese import mate 7 ???
Thanks for help
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You just need to install GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.APK, that will enable you to sync your google contact. it is available in XDA forum please search for it. No need to root the phone for this function. It works on my Huawei P7 and Mate 7.

Hi suksanto
Thanks for this Input... It works just fine on my Mate 7 now!
Well done!

Thanks, it appears now but for whatever reason, it keep syncing non stop without stopping ... Which version of gapps did you install ?

[email protected] said:
Thanks, it appears now but for whatever reason, it keep syncing non stop without stopping ... Which version of gapps did you install ?
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I have downloaded the GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk from cyanogenmod.org, they have a section for Google Apps. I have installed it using the built-in File Manager as a non-market app, no need to root device, which is great. However I have two google accounts that I am using for sync (one for private and one for business) and I can only enable sync for one of them. The other one, when I enable auto sync, it appears as if it is enabled but then the auto sync is switched off. Any ideas of what may be wrong? I installed the latest google apps package GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk from the cyanogenmod website, it is version 20140606 CM11.

radecek1977 said:
I have downloaded the GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk from cyanogenmod.org, they have a section for Google Apps. I have installed it using the built-in File Manager as a non-market app, no need to root device, which is great. However I have two google accounts that I am using for sync (one for private and one for business) and I can only enable sync for one of them. The other one, when I enable auto sync, it appears as if it is enabled but then the auto sync is switched off. Any ideas of what may be wrong? I installed the latest google apps package GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk from the cyanogenmod website, it is version 20140606 CM11.
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Are the two Gmail accounts both added to the default account management?

getmobilephone said:
Are the two Gmail accounts both added to the default account management?
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Yes they are. I managed to now get both accounts to sync. After several attempts, the syncing switch finally stayed "on" for both.

radecek1977 said:
Yes they are. I managed to now get both accounts to sync. After several attempts, the syncing switch finally stayed "on" for both.
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Cool!

suksanto said:
You just need to install GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.APK, that will enable you to sync your google contact. it is available in XDA forum please search for it. No need to root the phone for this function. It works on my Huawei P7 and Mate 7.
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Good afaternoon,
I have te same problem.....
Where can I find GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.APK and how can I install it?
I am new here so I do hope anyone can help me.

Hi,
you can find on google : GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.APK, download it, connect your phone by cable on your computer, or by wifi (wifi transfer for ex.) put apk file where you want on your phone and double tap for install, and it's done !

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and maybe he will pay cash as he promised
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adding facebook contacts to contacts app

any ideas how to make my facebook contacts appear in my contacts app guys? I mainly want it for the birthdays so that they show up in my calendars but can't figure it out as adding a facebook account doesn't have the option to sync contacts

There was an description in this article i remembered
Another option is to include the facebook birthdays in your calendar. Look here

as mentioned in the original post I dont have the option to sync contacts. I have added facebook as an account but there is no option to add contacts

what is with the other solution to include the calendar?
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kostas90 said:
as mentioned in the original post I dont have the option to sync contacts. I have added facebook as an account but there is no option to add contacts
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Do You have installed any facebook app ?

thunder141 said:
what is with the other solution to include the calendar?
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Do You have installed any facebook app ?
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yes, installed and signed in

What is with this option:
Another option is to include the facebook birthdays in your calendar. Look here

thunder141 said:
What is with this option:
Another option is to include the facebook birthdays in your calendar. Look here
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I tried that but facebook doesn't look like that anymore and doesnt have that option

I use sync.me from the play store

kostas90 said:
I tried that but facebook doesn't look like that anymore and doesnt have that option
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I did this literally 2 days ago and can confirm it does work. Once you open your events page look down to the bottom right, below Events Happening This Week you will have a small link to birthdays. Copy that link and add it as a new google calendar.
Also +1 for the app sync.me from the playstore. I use it occasionally and uninstall it afterwards as it has other features which I dont want (caller ID etc). The contact pics remain for each user even if the app is gone.

skzalez said:
I did this literally 2 days ago and can confirm it does work. Once you open your events page look down to the bottom right, below Events Happening This Week you will have a small link to birthdays. Copy that link and add it as a new google calendar.
Also +1 for the app sync.me from the playstore. I use it occasionally and uninstall it afterwards as it has other features which I dont want (caller ID etc). The contact pics remain for each user even if the app is gone.
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did it, thanks a ton!
I was a bit iffy on the sync.me app due to the ID features and the blocking because I don't need it so thanks for getting me out of it as well
also, this will be continually updated, right? I don't need to re-do this everytime I add a new facebook friend.

No, it is a link to your Facebook birthdays. It will get actualized
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thunder141 said:
No, it is a link to your Facebook birthdays. It will get actualized
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I dont follow

I meant: It will be updated as you suspect in your post, cause the facebook birthday calendar is "linked" with this method

Which Email App?

Hey Guys,
Which Email Client are you using with your gmail/live accounts on Huawei - Which has no trouble with notifications and GMS dependency ?

Aqua Mail

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Aqua Mail
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I have tested and aquamail notifications are not reliable .. please test with gmail account and outlook account. which mail are you using?
i have been testing the following apps:
huawaei email app
yahoo mail
outlook mail
gmx mail app on huawei app gallery
aquamail app on huawei app gallery
bluemail app on huawei app gallery (still has google push warning)
the only reliable & instant notifications are with yahoo mail app and microG installed.
... but now microG is causing problems with whatsapp and I cannot use whatsapp due to a google play services error
my conclusion .. is at this time .. there is no instant & reliable email notifications for gmail and outlook without using GMS (at least via microG).

I use Fairemail (also available via Fdroid) and am pretty happy with it (with and without Google services)

linux2525 said:
I have tested and aquamail notifications are not reliable .. please test with gmail account and outlook account. which mail are you using?
i have been testing the following apps:
huawaei email app
yahoo mail
outlook mail
gmx mail app on huawei app gallery
aquamail app on huawei app gallery
bluemail app on huawei app gallery (still has google push warning)
the only reliable & instant notifications are with yahoo mail app and microG installed.
... but now microG is causing problems with whatsapp and I cannot use whatsapp due to a google play services error
my conclusion .. is at this time .. there is no instant & reliable email notifications for gmail and outlook without using GMS (at least via microG).
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Aqua Mail works fine for me using Gmail. Notifications are very reliable once the relevant battery optimisations are turned off. Check your config.

Microsoft Outlook works fine on my P40 Pro. no problem with notifications.

I am using the stock android email client with no issues with notifications for my Gmail account.

Bluemail is working nicely and allow all types of accounts.
Gmail is also working but I use Autosync account activator app.

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I am using the stock android email client and have no issues with notifications for my Gmail account.
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yes ... but do a few tests ... it is not instant like many notifications .. i read somewhere that there is a 15 min sync with gmail and the huawei app ..
i am using outlook and microG and notifications are instant.
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Bluemail is working nicely and allow all types of accounts..
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did you install GMS/GPS?
i tried BlueMail without GMS/GPS and it is not very good at all .. always an annoying message that it is not connected to google cloud messaging.
bluemail and aquamail are pretty bad.

linux2525 said:
yes ... but do a few tests ... it is not instant like many notifications .. i read somewhere that there is a 15 min sync with gmail and the huawei app ..
i am using outlook and microG and notifications are instant.
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did you install GMS/GPS?
i tried BlueMail without GMS/GPS and it is not very good at all .. always an annoying message that it is not connected to google cloud messaging.
bluemail and aquamail are pretty bad.
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I installed Gms the first day I received the device using the Greek you tube video.
As already told, nearly all Google apps are working, including maps, fotos, YouTube and even Google pay.
Only issues remaining are some bank apps (not all), and notifications for all apps using Google cloud messaging.
I then installed Bluemail and received mail notifications from Gmail and other exchange accounts.
Using Autosync account activator app I know receive also notifications from Gmail app.
Regarding Netflix, its working but not available in Playstore, had to install it via Aurora store.

jejecule said:
I installed Gms the first day I received the device using the Greek you tube video.
As already told, nearly all Google apps are working, including maps, fotos, YouTube and even Google pay.
Only issues remaining are some bank apps (not all), and notifications for all apps using Google cloud messaging.
I then installed Bluemail and received mail notifications from Gmail and other exchange accounts.
Using Autosync account activator app I know receive also notifications from Gmail app.
Regarding Netflix, its working but not available in Playstore, had to install it via Aurora store.
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Interested in the part bolded above. My assumption is that the notification issues are the same irrespective of whether you install GPS or not? e.g.You install GPS to get the missing apps such as Photos, Google pay etc but you will still be left with no notifications for almost all apps.
It is the lack of notifications that are starting to really bother me, pretty much all I have workling are outlook, sms and whatsapp. Messenger lite too works on and off. I thought I would be ok with that but I really am not!

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Aqua Mail works fine for me using Gmail. Notifications are very reliable once the relevant battery optimisations are turned off. Check your config.
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with or without GMS?
with or without microG?
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Microsoft Outlook works fine on my P40 Pro. no problem with notifications.
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need some extra detail ....
with or without GMS?
with or without microG?

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with or without microG?
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with or without GMS?
with or without microG?
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I do not have GSM services installed. And I’m not going to install Google services. All Microsoft applications work fine.

arsenal74 said:
It is the lack of notifications that are starting to really bother me, pretty much all I have workling are outlook, sms and whatsapp. Messenger lite too works on and off. I thought I would be ok with that but I really am not!
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yea .... notifications really suck .. otherwise I would have been very happy without GMS .. just going naked HMS.
i have installed microG and it is a short-term solution .. not perfect, but notifications are better.
use chrome to convert to english, but there is a comment that huawei are working on a fix .. twitter screenshot ... there was an update of HMS Core today .. doing some testing today ...
https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/huawei-p40-pro.3659/keine-push-benachrichtigungen.944363.html
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I do not have GSM services installed. And I’m not going to install Google services. All Microsoft applications work fine.
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thanks .. any chance you have tested skype (full version) notifications with GMS?
some people are testing without GMS, or without microG .. so it is a bit confusing to compare results!

These are the steps from that thread. The thing is I think these are not really the steps as to get it really working properly you need to add the full playstore install instructions to step 4. At least I think that is the case? i.e. It will not work properly if you just go the fakestore route?
1. Reset mobile phone
2. Install Services Core
3: install Services Framework Proxy
4: either install the real AppStore with the Lila app or install the store (FakeStore release)
5: start and set MicroG. Now create all the accounts you need (no longer possible afterwards),
restart your phone and install your apps.
My concern going any of these routes is many of the files scan as a virus e.g. for the full GPS method the step files are fine but the backup ones at the start return multiple positives, likewise for the above the fakestore app also scans as a virus. I get these are modified files etc etc but given the purpose of doing all of this is to then enter credentials and use payment apps it does give me some pause for thought.

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These are the steps from that thread. The thing is I think these are not really the steps as to get it really working properly you need to add the full playstore install instructions to step 4. At least I think that is the case? i.e. It will not work properly if you just go the fakestore route?
1. Reset mobile phone
My concern going any of these routes is many of the files scan as a virus e.g. for the full GPS method the step files are fine but the backup ones at the start return multiple positives, likewise for the above the fakestore app also scans as a virus. I get these are modified files etc etc but given the purpose of doing all of this is to then enter credentials and use payment apps it does give me some pause for thought.
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1. I have not heard of anyone suggesting microG as a Google Play Store solution for Huawei. I thought we were just talking about using microG for notifications and you only need the fakestore for that.
2. Reset mobile phone step is optional ... just install apps after install of microG in order to register into microG google cloud messaging.
3. microG has been around for a long time, used in many ROMS, and open source .... I do not think you need to worry entering your google credentials to use for microG for notifications.

linux2525 said:
1. I have not heard of anyone suggesting microG as a Google Play Store solution for Huawei. I thought we were just talking about using microG for notifications and you only need the fakestore for that.
2. Reset mobile phone step is optional ... just install apps after install of microG in order to register into microG google cloud messaging.
3. microG has been around for a long time, used in many ROMS, and open source .... I do not think you need to worry entering your google credentials to use for microG for notifications.
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Thanks, I guess just uninstall the apps that you want notifications for and then reinstall.
MicroG scanned clean, it was fakestore that scanned as a virus.

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1. Thanks, I guess just uninstall the apps that you want notifications for and then reinstall.
2. MicroG scanned clean, it was fakestore that scanned as a virus.
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1. yes .. that's what I did and it worked fine. ... after testing and some success (but not perfect) .. then i did a reset and started from scratch (but after testing again after the reset, it did nothing different) .. still a few successes and a few fails.
2. oh ok.

Could be a false positive as just the one positive hit for AdWare.AndroidOS.ekdy whereas the full GPS approach backup (stuff in Huawei/Backup folder) files triggered multiple positives.

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Could be a false positive as just the one positive hit for AdWare.AndroidOS.ekdy whereas the full GPS approach backup (stuff in Huawei/Backup folder) files triggered multiple positives.
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either way .. it doesn't worry me at all .. wouldn't surprise me if it is a positive hit .. it is obviously not a legitimate service .. but like i said before, microG has been around for years, installed hundreds of thousands of times in ROMs, open source, etc.