Hello everyone,
this is my first post here, so pls forgive any mistakes (and english grammar torture too).
I've bought a sample of a tablet from a chinese factory, it was intended to be proposed to some of my customers for let them customize, import here in EU and distribute.
The key point of the project was that tablet need to be capable of run Netflix, Primevideo in HD. So...Widevine L1 mandatory.
The supplier, as usual, promised that L1 was there, no problem, let's go ahead.
The tablet arrived and this is what i've found.
DRM info show L1 Widevine, but i was unable to test Netflix as the Play Store miss Play Protect certification and this prevent me to download the app from the store.
I've download an apk of a recent version of Netflix app, that is working but show Widevine L3 and the broadcast is in SD. I dont know if this issue is related to the fact that the app wasn't download from Play Store or its because, in some way, this tablet is not L1 despite what DRM info say.
I've tried also to register the Service Framework ID on the google webpage, to see if i can certify this device, but i'm not sure if the OS is considered like a custom ROM or not, and i dont have understand very well if this registration can work only on devices with custom rom installed.
Of course seem that factory engineers are unable to solve this, and i've excluded this supplier and this product from this project.
So now i was wandering if there is some way for "cure" this tablet by myself and avoid it become the yet another ornament in my office. Is not so bad overall.
My main question is: its possible to fake L1 certification on DRM Info side? Maybe this is only an L3 device, and this is why Netflix apk (unmodded) show that. How can i check this?
If the L1 certification is real and the problem is on the apk, is it possible to turn around the problem of Play Protect and download the original and updated app?
If L1 cert is real, installing a custom rom can help in some way?
I'm not too much in this technicism, so pls forgive me if my question dont take in consideration some basic knowledge that i dont have right now.
Thank you in advance to anyone will read or help.
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i am wanting to get a mate 30 pro and of course install google services on it...
in almost every video tutorial i saw whether its the mate 30 pro or the mate 30 or the p40 the GSF ID is always the same.
the GSF ID is supposed to be unique to every device yet in these videos they are all the same (see below the two i got from videos).
so in essense 100's if not 1000's of people using the restore method are using the same GSF ID? isnt that dangerous to the google play account its lined to?
I am also curious whether this has to do with the backup we're restoring to the phone.
Also, i am spooked by the big G application. who knows what backdoor it maybe opening?
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The big G is the lz play exploit app. I used it to get GMS on my mate 30 Pro last year when it was still an easy fix. I have noticed nothing but I did uninstall it after the fix. Not sure about the most recent fixes? As for the G Id, this could be something like one of Microsoft bulk licensing where one product Id is put on loads of the same PCs ( Dell, HPs etc), not sure but could be something like that? It is obviously from a working account that has been backed up though and copied. But if you need to use GMS, then there is not much choice really.
Is there a working option without crutches now?
Aliexpres now sell phones with Already Installed Google Services
Sathelp said:
The big G is the lz play exploit app. I used it to get GMS on my mate 30 Pro last year when it was still an easy fix. I have noticed nothing but I did uninstall it after the fix. Not sure about the most recent fixes? As for the G Id, this could be something like one of Microsoft bulk licensing where one product Id is put on loads of the same PCs ( Dell, HPs etc), not sure but could be something like that? It is obviously from a working account that has been backed up though and copied. But if you need to use GMS, then there is not much choice really.
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Thanks for the reply.
I understand your explanation but as i read about the GSF ID its like a car license number or rather a serial # for a device. this ID could be tied to your google account or rather device serial #.
I now understand why when installing and uninstalling the framework you have to keep retrying to get the ID back...i think its a hole in the google system where it just gives up and assigns it to you.
I dont know. I feel this is dangerous that all of us are sharing one GSF ID from a backup.
If the device was able to be rooted you can generate a new one.
i am sure the people that generated this backup had rooted their device because when the device first launched there was a service to unlock the bootloader. now its no more.
this is the article i am talking about that concerns the GSF ID:
https://blog.onyxbits.de/what-exactly-is-a-gsf-id-where-do-i-get-it-from-and-why-should-i-care-2-12/
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Aliexpres now sell phones with Already Installed Google Services
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they are probably using the methods everyone is using, putting the phone back in the box and shipping it. i see no other solution. unless root and thats not possible since bootloader unlock services for the device has stopped.
That was how my mate 30 Pro arrived but I reset it and used the lzplay method when it worked back then myself for the sake of it. Good read above, I think we will have to wait a while to see what happens next.
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That was how my mate 30 Pro arrived but I reset it and used the lzplay method when it worked back then myself for the sake of it. Good read above, I think we will have to wait a while to see what happens next.
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I think we should no longer hope that the USA will grant Google the authorization to work with Huawei seen the tensions between China and the US and the Covid-19 story. I have google spy services up and running since late last year and have no issue, granted my use of google apps is very limited. If we have a backdoor installed through lzplay we will never know but if you have google, wattsapp, fakebook etc installed you can be sure you will be tracked, profiled in one way or the other. That is a fact.
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I think we should no longer hope that the USA will grant Google the authorization to work with Huawei seen the tensions between China and the US and the Covid-19 story. I have google spy services up and running since late last year and have no issue, granted my use of google apps is very limited. If we have a backdoor installed through lzplay we will never know but if you have google, wattsapp, fakebook etc installed you can be sure you will be tracked, profiled in one way or the other. That is a fact.
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So your suggestions... to get rid of Google in order not to be tracked?
the average consumer has no clue of what lzplay is doing. its the most dangerous app out there using the MDM technique (mentioned above).
today at the mall i saw a girl representative for a reseller company in my country for huawei products and she had it installed.
i warned her and told her she committed a mistake but ppl see their phones working fine and dont worry about it. you wont know if the app is sending or stealing your data...(Well, actually, you can install a firewall app and track which apps are sending data to what destination - thats one way that came to my mind)
The issue remains is: We dont know who created lzplay and made a website and made the app. thats the scary part.
Now, another perception of this could be the following:
MAYBE, just maybe the lzplay was released by huawei themselves and if so then we need not worry. i mean we run on their operating system. they would have no interest in stealing data. they can already do that ...
This is being optimistic and thinking this maybe a fact.
i, myself will not venture into this and wont attempt it. Almost all apps work fine except for one thing: Games that rely on Google play games will fail without having the GMS files installed.
I dont play games so its not a big deal for me.
besides, most games now-a-days give you the option of logging in with facebook or google play games. select facebook and you'll be fine.
cylent said:
the average consumer has no clue of what lzplay is doing. its the most dangerous app out there using the MDM technique (mentioned above).
today at the mall i saw a girl representative for a reseller company in my country for huawei products and she had it installed.
i warned her and told her she committed a mistake but ppl see their phones working fine and dont worry about it. you wont know if the app is sending or stealing your data...(Well, actually, you can install a firewall app and track which apps are sending data to what destination - thats one way that came to my mind)
The issue remains is: We dont know who created lzplay and made a website and made the app. thats the scary part.
Now, another perception of this could be the following:
MAYBE, just maybe the lzplay was released by huawei themselves and if so then we need not worry. i mean we run on their operating system. they would have no interest in stealing data. they can already do that ...
This is being optimistic and thinking this maybe a fact.
i, myself will not venture into this and wont attempt it. Almost all apps work fine except for one thing: Games that rely on Google play games will fail without having the GMS files installed.
I dont play games so its not a big deal for me.
besides, most games now-a-days give you the option of logging in with facebook or google play games. select facebook and you'll be fine.
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If anybody who is without Google will share the experience, honesty thinking of making hard reset and stay without Google...
cylent said:
the average consumer has no clue of what lzplay is doing. its the most dangerous app out there using the MDM technique (mentioned above).
today at the mall i saw a girl representative for a reseller company in my country for huawei products and she had it installed.
i warned her and told her she committed a mistake but ppl see their phones working fine and dont worry about it. you wont know if the app is sending or stealing your data...(Well, actually, you can install a firewall app and track which apps are sending data to what destination - thats one way that came to my mind)
The issue remains is: We dont know who created lzplay and made a website and made the app. thats the scary part.
Now, another perception of this could be the following:
MAYBE, just maybe the lzplay was released by huawei themselves and if so then we need not worry. i mean we run on their operating system. they would have no interest in stealing data. they can already do that ...
This is being optimistic and thinking this maybe a fact.
i, myself will not venture into this and wont attempt it. Almost all apps work fine except for one thing: Games that rely on Google play games will fail without having the GMS files installed.
I dont play games so its not a big deal for me.
besides, most games now-a-days give you the option of logging in with facebook or google play games. select facebook and you'll be fine.
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I understand your concerns and it is very valid. Over the last 4 months of usage, I have not notice any unauthorised data being sent. I had a filewall installed for removed it just a couple of weeks back.
But again, I can't be 100% sure.
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If anybody who is without Google will share the experience, honesty thinking of making hard reset and stay without Google...
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I just do a full reset of my phone with GMS trying only using HMS. So far it's easy with phone clone and Aurora store. The only thing I miss are the notifications from Google and Twitter, but everything else is working perfect.
If you guys have specific questions concerning the GSF ID, I'd be happy to answer them. I'm the author of the aforementioned blog post, as well as several tools that deal with Google Play Services (in case you don't have/want them on your phone).
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If you guys have specific questions concerning the GSF ID, I'd be happy to answer them. I'm the author of the aforementioned blog post, as well as several tools that deal with Google Play Services (in case you don't have/want them on your phone).
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Is there a way to change de GSF ID of the phone manually? For example give the GSF ID of a Samsung device that works with FCM to a Mate 30 Pro, so that the Mate 30 Pro won't have the notifications issue when GSM are installed.
Or go back to a GSF ID that works perfectly and by mistake the phone's memory has been wiped and now the GSF ID doesn't work to receive FCM notifications.
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Is there a way to change de GSF ID of the phone manually? For example give the GSF ID of a Samsung device that works with FCM to a Mate 30 Pro, so that the Mate 30 Pro won't have the notifications issue when GSM are installed.
Or go back to a GSF ID that works perfectly and by mistake the phone's memory has been wiped and now the GSF ID doesn't work to receive FCM notifications.
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You are not suppose to change it manually. However, you can always request a new one by clearing the cache of the market app. The GSF ID is kept in that apps database, so if you wanted to change it manually, you'd have to install the android platform tools, use ADB to pull the file (root required), use sqlite3 to make the changes (the key is called "android_id", not GSF ID for legacy reasons), then push the file back to the device. Reboot afterwards.
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You are not suppose to change it manually. However, you can always request a new one by clearing the cache of the market app. The GSF ID is kept in that apps database, so if you wanted to change it manually, you'd have to install the android platform tools, use ADB to pull the file (root required), use sqlite3 to make the changes (the key is called "android_id", not GSF ID for legacy reasons), then push the file back to the device. Reboot afterwards.
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I used the Windows tools above to change the GSF ID of my un-rooted Samsung Galaxy A325G, and they worked fine... but does anyone know how the new GSFID was determined?
Is it random?
EDIT: I might be able to figure out how it's generated using "Dummy Droid".
[Tool] DummyDroid - GSF ID generator
Dummy Droid is a mainly a companion tool for the Raccoon APK Downloader . It allows you to create hardware profiles for arbitrary Android devices and upload them into your Google Play account, generating a new GSF ID in the process.
Mocks can either be generated by probing an existing device via ADB or be completely made up from scratch. You (may) need this tool if Google Play won't give you access to an app because of device incompatibilities, country or carrier restrictions. You (may) also need this tool if you are an app developer yourself and want to test compatibility filter settings without actually owning the target device.
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Dear forum members,
im new to the whole "custom ROM"-theme and im rly excited about it. As you can imagine im kinda overwhelmed with all the info i found on youtube and other platforms.
Im on an Honor 9 phone. My wife is on an iPhone 6. We both got into the topic privacy and security recently, so i found Robert Braxman on Youtube, a techie guy who makes videos about custom ROMs, linux phones and so on. I found it very interesting, especially in times of mobile phone tracing, that it's possible to opt-out of the whole privacy madness, for example with an ubuntu touch phone or an de-googled android phone.
So i got a nexus 9 and managed to install Ubuntu Touch on it. It works great but my problem is, that i need certain android apps, that i cant find on Ubuntu Touch. To be precise, i work professionally on Instagram with my business, so i need a possibility to use the Story and the Live Stream feature. Now im thinking about what to do.
I found e-foundation on the internet and i think it's impressive what they do. Do you think in my situation it's a good solution, to get 1 or 2 de googled e foundation phones so we can keep working with them? Or would the whole Instagram think be stupid, because we would have to install google play store to download it, so the whole privacy advantage is gone again? Or is there maybe a solution to install instagram without having to install google play store and to USE instagram without having to log in with an gmail account. I've read something about microg or so, but i dont know what it is!
Sorry for my rly long text, but i think it's good, to describe my struggle as precise as possible for you guys!
Thanks and regards!
johnthreesixteen said:
Dear forum members,
im new to the whole "custom ROM"-theme and im rly excited about it. As you can imagine im kinda overwhelmed with all the info i found on youtube and other platforms.
Im on an Honor 9 phone. My wife is on an iPhone 6. We both got into the topic privacy and security recently, so i found Robert Braxman on Youtube, a techie guy who makes videos about custom ROMs, linux phones and so on. I found it very interesting, especially in times of mobile phone tracing, that it's possible to opt-out of the whole privacy madness, for example with an ubuntu touch phone or an de-googled android phone.
So i got a nexus 9 and managed to install Ubuntu Touch on it. It works great but my problem is, that i need certain android apps, that i cant find on Ubuntu Touch. To be precise, i work professionally on Instagram with my business, so i need a possibility to use the Story and the Live Stream feature. Now im thinking about what to do.
I found e-foundation on the internet and i think it's impressive what they do. Do you think in my situation it's a good solution, to get 1 or 2 de googled e foundation phones so we can keep working with them? Or would the whole Instagram think be stupid, because we would have to install google play store to download it, so the whole privacy advantage is gone again? Or is there maybe a solution to install instagram without having to install google play store and to USE instagram without having to log in with an gmail account. I've read something about microg or so, but i dont know what it is!
Sorry for my rly long text, but i think it's good, to describe my struggle as precise as possible for you guys!
Thanks and regards!
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You don't have to download Instagram from the Google playstore, there are many sites that host the app for download, such as, APKmirror.
As for logging into Instagram with a Google account, if Instagram has an option that allows logging in with a non Google account, you can log in with a non Google account. If all they support is logging in with Google then you are stuck using a Google account which then robs you of privacy from Google at least as far as Instagram is concerned.
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I just noticed while watching Netflix it being grainy, I look in the settings and the max quality is SD, looked further and looks like the Widevine certification dropped from L1 to L3 over night. Tried to get the app from this forum to work but no success, getting error message GET KEY FAILED. Anyone has any solutions? Factory reset didn't help - in fact ended with removing play store certification which I was able to restore clearing data of play store and play services. I don't want to have a beautiful screen showing content in 540p... Firmware is CPH2025CPW_11_A.30
Since you managed to find the app you also know there already is a thread for this, so why on earth did you open a new thread for an already existing topic? If you've read the main thread then you also know that as of now there simply is no other solution than to send it in for service.
However, the .42 global version got released a few days ago, maybe somebody from those affected can tell if this update changes it back to L1 again one they get it...
Hey guys,
so i did a downgrade from C.05 to C.04 (EU) with BL and now after installing everything, Netflix is the only one needed to update in Play Store but is unable to. Tried to turn it off since it was a pre-installed app and it still was shown in PS. I even used DRM app to check my Widevine, whether that’s the problem but it’s L1 (so that should not be it imo). I’m not using Netflix these days, but it’s so that i don’t have to bother in the future if I’d want to watch. And I know I can probably find some file on the internet and install it, but it’s annoying to see it in PS. Anyone knows how to fix it?
Thanks.
EDIT: Realised i needed a Google Play Certificate, which i didn’t have and i just relocked the bootloader and everything’s fine now
Herinek said:
Hey guys,
so i did a downgrade from C.05 to C.04 (EU) with BL and now after installing everything, Netflix is the only one needed to update in Play Store but is unable to. Tried to turn it off since it was a pre-installed app and it still was shown in PS. I even used DRM app to check my Widevine, whether that’s the problem but it’s L1 (so that should not be it imo). I’m not using Netflix these days, but it’s so that i don’t have to bother in the future if I’d want to watch. And I know I can probably find some file on the internet and install it, but it’s annoying to see it in PS. Anyone knows how to fix it?
Thanks.
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Officially Netflix don't support Realme.
Check Here :Netflix HDR Support List
Herinek said:
Hey guys,
so i did a downgrade from C.05 to C.04 (EU) with BL and now after installing everything, Netflix is the only one needed to update in Play Store but is unable to. Tried to turn it off since it was a pre-installed app and it still was shown in PS. I even used DRM app to check my Widevine, whether that’s the problem but it’s L1 (so that should not be it imo). I’m not using Netflix these days, but it’s so that i don’t have to bother in the future if I’d want to watch. And I know I can probably find some file on the internet and install it, but it’s annoying to see it in PS. Anyone knows how to fix it?
Thanks.
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in the playstore app, is your device certified by play protect ?
Herinek said:
Hey guys,
so i did a downgrade from C.05 to C.04 (EU) with BL and now after installing everything, Netflix is the only one needed to update in Play Store but is unable to. Tried to turn it off since it was a pre-installed app and it still was shown in PS. I even used DRM app to check my Widevine, whether that’s the problem but it’s L1 (so that should not be it imo). I’m not using Netflix these days, but it’s so that i don’t have to bother in the future if I’d want to watch. And I know I can probably find some file on the internet and install it, but it’s annoying to see it in PS. Anyone knows how to fix it?
Thanks.
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Use Aurora Store, its GPlay alternative, can install Netflix without any prob https://auroraoss.com/
IgnisGuardian said:
in the playstore app, is your device certified by play protect ?
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Sorry for the late reply
Yea i just came to check it and it's not. Are there any solutions to this?
Herinek said:
Sorry for the late reply
Yea i just came to check it and it's not. Are there any solutions to this?
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Hi, try to flash a magisk module called universal safetynet fix (kdragon) and if it doesn't work, you need to hide something like google play services with the new zygisk magisk hide settings, but I don't remember what exactly. There are plenty of videos explaining how to get the play protect certification just search on google. Let me know if this helped
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Hi, try to flash a magisk module called universal safetynet fix (kdragon) and if it doesn't work, you need to hide something like google play services with the new zygisk magisk hide settings, but I don't remember what exactly. There are plenty of videos explaining how to get the play protect certification just search on google. Let me know if this helped
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Hi, thanks for replying
I didn't want to play with Magisk and Root, so i just relocked the bootloader and I have the certificate (but it's pain reinstalling everything ) So everything's good now
on my device also no streaming app is working (europe) rom disney plus says error 39 root and hide works i tried but now i am on stock locked.
I bought a limited edition jojo docomo phone (L-06d) and it came out in 2012. But whenever I try to update any of the apps it will not let me and will keep saying “package parsing error”. Due to this I am unable to use most of the jojo exclusive content on the phone. It will not let me log into google play even after making a new account, so I was thinking of trying a vpn. Also it says no Lg software update’s available (in settings) but a docomo one is Available. But it will not let me update it even using wifi unless a docomo SIM card is inserted. The seller I bought this from had everything working but for some reason they factory reset it, making all those cool things shown in their listing unusable until I figure out how to fix what’s going on with this phone. I don’t care if I can’t make calls or text but I really want to play to f mega game but due to none of the apps even the game installer not working/updating I can’t. Any help is appreciated thank you
Look inside here:
[Solved] How to Fix There Was A Problem Parsing the Package
“There was a problem parsing the package” while installing an app. Here we’ve collected some useful tricks to fix this kind of situation. [2023 Updated]
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Look inside here:
[Solved] How to Fix There Was A Problem Parsing the Package
“There was a problem parsing the package” while installing an app. Here we’ve collected some useful tricks to fix this kind of situation. [2023 Updated]
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Thanks although the only problem is that
xXx yYy said:
Look inside here:
[Solved] How to Fix There Was A Problem Parsing the Package
“There was a problem parsing the package” while installing an app. Here we’ve collected some useful tricks to fix this kind of situation. [2023 Updated]
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thanks but it won’t even let me install a vpn although somehow YouTube worked over the internet. I was told this by someone on another site: “It's because the phone and its OS version are woefully out of date. It probably doesn't even run the Play Store, and is stuck on the old Android Market. I don't think there's anything you can do about it, unless someone has created a custom ROM for that specific phone based on a more recent version of Android”. So do you think there is a way to fix it? Or am I screwed unless I go to Japan? Because I was thinking about returning it to the seller to get a refund because unless I can get some of the stuff working it’s basically a paperweight
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thanks but it won’t even let me install a vpn although somehow YouTube worked over the internet. I was told this by someone on another site: “It's because the phone and its OS version are woefully out of date. It probably doesn't even run the Play Store, and is stuck on the old Android Market. I don't think there's anything you can do about it, unless someone has created a custom ROM for that specific phone based on a more recent version of Android”
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