Hi
I'm looking to buy the "Scroll extreme" android tablet (from eBuyer) - it has ICS but it DOESNT have the marketplace (apparently it has to be licences by Google so it probably helps reduce the cost by not providing it)
I've heard that Marketplace can be installed using an APK download however, I dont know if anyone has actually tried or if its just an assumption.
Does anyone know if Marketplace can be installed on such a device and will it work OK?
I've read another (unrelated) post somewhere that implied it might not allow you to log in if the device is not registered - although its possible I just misinterpreted that.
Any help appreciated,
Thanks
Rob
Usually on non licensed tablets with stock rom, google market doesn't work. But acording to some forums the Scroll Extreme does come with google play, but it's hidden.
"You can access play store straight away out of the box. Just use search, type play and you will see the Play Store. Click that and you're there.
I used ESFilemanager to locate the Play Store then created a shortcut, so I have it on the desktop."
http://scrolltabletforum.co.uk/site/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=2426
You could try to flash gapps for ics
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I purchased the Extreme last friday and mine came with Play store out of the box
purchase
if i may ask where did you purchase the scroll extreme from ?
Here Try one
Here try my market apk
Sorry for digging up and old post, but I was wondering if there was an answer to the original question in this thread. Is there a way to get google play store to work on unlicensed devices?
I recently purchased an Ematic Multi-Touch 7", and noticed it didn't have the play store. After transferring the apk through usb and installing it, I found that the app worked for a moment before shutting down with the message "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped." After searching around a bit, I found out about the nature of the licensing issues, but no real solutions. I suppose I could try and find all of the apps I would normally want to use and side load them, but it would be nice to be able to avoid that and use the play store proper.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time and consideration.
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I am using a GTab with Vegan Gingerbread.
When I try to install an app from the online Market (market.android.com) on my tablet, it always say cannot associate my device to the account. And I find nowhere in account settings to do so.
Can we associate a tablet to google account and get application from online market, if we use an aftermarket ROM?
Also, anyone knows how to turn off the notificaion sound when email arrives (not turning off the whole volume of the tablet) in "Email" and "Touchdown"
thanks
Have you tried accessing the Market with your tablet? Try that first.
Secondly, depending on what you are trying to install it may not work to install it from the Web Market....
Thirdly, there are other posts that have dealt with this.
Finally, thanks for posting this in the correct forum, though it hasn't gotten the answers you were looking for just yet.
Hi all,
The New Yorker magazine has a Galaxy Tab edition of their app and I was wondering if there's ANY way to get this app for an Android phone. Surely there must be an .apk somewhere?
Any help would be awesome. Thanks!
I'd been looking for the APK, too. I found it last night and installed it on my ViewSonic G Tab (w/Vegan Gingerbread) and after a bunch of application errors, finally got it to work. I loaded the onto my Droid 3, but haven't gotten it to work.
It is a laborious processes with multiple downloads and registrations.
Go to www'nextissue'com/instruction'html# (replace ' with . - I'm not permitted to post outside links yet) At the bottom of the instruction page is a "Try downloading again" link that will start the download of the Next Issue (NI) apk.
Once you get the Next Issue app installed, you'll have to create an NI account.
With that installed go to the NI Store inside the app and click on The New Yorker (TNY) sample issue. In the new window, select the "Digital Upgrade" button.
You'll then have to enter your subscription information from your TNY mailing label. Once that is verified by NI, you'll be prompted to download the TNY/NI app.
After the TNY/NI app is installed you may have to input your NI login information again.
Then, the TNY issue has to be downloaded on to your device via the TNY/NI app.
When the download is done, you should be able to enjoy TNY on your phone/tablet.
Hope that helps.
Ok, so essentially, I'll still need a digital subscription. I wish there was a way to know it would work with my mytouch4g before paying for a whole year subscription.
there are sample issues to download and preview, though you may have to enter credit card info for the sample -- says you won't be charged if you cancel w/in 30 days.
try to download the apps, of you get that far and everything is working, then the magazines will probably work.
It seems like some print/mail subscriptions include the free digital subscription and others are additional $. I have print subscriptions for New Yorker, People and Esquire. After I entered my subscription numbers, only Esquire asked for payment info.
The New Yorker is working well on my tablet. The site says it's "optimized" for the Samsung Galaxy and Moto Xoom. People had a video that wouldn't play inside one of the articles so it may be that some features won't work on "non-optimized" devices.
Well, what I'm hoping for is to be able to pay to read it on my mytouch 4g and on my CM7 Nook color.
Does anyone have the apk for this? I tried to install TNY on my xoom using the NI Store and couldn't find the app listed. Their support folks then told me that it has only been released for the lower resolution devices so far.
My mother bought one of these Cydle M7's some time ago- actually not a bad device, it works pretty well. However, of course, it's lacking all of the gapps stuff (no market access, maps, etc etc). Cydle has it's own very limited market. I've played around a little with it, seeing if I could get the market installed, etc, but I haven't seen anything on this device anywhere.
Anyone have any idea if the Cydle M7 has any developments anywhere?
Thanks!
Try downloading the newest market apk from the forums or Google. Drop the apk onto the SD card and install it using the native package installer. That should work for you.
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I have tried this in the past, but ran across some error. I will try again though, when I have time. I disremember if I was able to gain root access on the device, so that may be an issue as well.
Thanks for the tip.
I have an M7 that I have been playing with. I use Drop Box to load apps and have also been able to load the Amazon Market. I have loaded Google Services Framework and the Google Market app, but it force closes. It is a nice tablet with the built-in stand. I keep it on my desk and use it to stream music over WiFi. The HD output is also nice. I have not looked into rooting it, but so far I haven't needed to root it to do what I need it to do.
I am a complete n00b to the Android community. I picked up an M7 recently, and have used Aptoide, Amazon and other alternative markets pretty easily. However, there are three apps I was really looking forward to using: Evernote Food, Evernote Hello, and IQTELL. En's apps don't seem to want to install from the other sites, and IQTs isn't available from them yet.
I have rooted my M7 recently, with much nervousness and trepidation, with a friend's help (online help only) and am wondering if it's worth it to try to figure this out.
Am I missing something here? App is not compatible with some of your devices.
Htc Evo- check
Transformer Tablet- no check
I need to understand the developer side of this coin. I have been trying to persuade Jawbone to update their android app "Jawbone Companion" to support my tablet. I don't know, but I assume their would be a publisher option in Google Play to add or delete supported devices so that they cannot be installed on those from the Play store. For example, I had to go to the website to find the app because search shows no results on the tablet.
It's a bluetooth headset. It supports 2.1+edr. App supported on Android OS 4.0, OS 2.3 and select OS 2.2 phones. Transformer tf300 has bluetooth. It supports 3.0+edr. It has ICS and is certainly more capable than a 2.2 phone.
Sooo the only difference I see from this side is a bigger screen. I have emailed at least 3 app makers that I use frequently and they just keep saying it's not tablet supported. So do they just have to add devices to some file that cross checks with Google Play or is the code for my tablet so drastically different that they would have to write a whole new app for tablets?
A technical explanation link of the whole developer process regarding this would be nice.
Update to OP
I have found a method of downloading apk files in the Chrome browser with the APK Downloader extension. It only works with Chrome and I logged into my wife's account, did a quick search for my apps in question, then proceeded to download them to pc by making play think it was sending the apk to my wife's "supported" phone. Then I manually transferred the apks to my "unsupported" tablet where they are now running fine, no errors and no resolution problems.
I have emailed the developers of these apps and they have blown me off by saying that tablets in general are not supported, I emailed them all back telling them their apps were working fine and I didn't understand why they couldn't have allowed me to just download it the easy way.
So are they just being lazy? This just reinforces my reasoning that the phone and tablet are about the same and don't require any more coding than any other app that has problems on certain phones. Seems to me as long as the resolution is high enough and it allows auto rotation that any phone app should run on a tablet, and I don't see why they all keep telling me apps are not supported.
Until then I guess I'll just get my apps the way I described.
yap the apkdownloader would be the way i recomended to you =)
dunno why they dont support tablets
in some cases u dont have to understand them
feel lucky u find a way to make it work
I'm trying to install the tablet version of the NCCN Guidelines app onto my unrooted Kindle Fire HD, but the Play market will not let me download it via my phone (not compatible), and I can't get the APK to download via any 'Play market to PC' type chrome extensions (tried 2 different ones) or via similar 'download from Play market' websites (all just say ERROR: Cannot download this app) and I cannot find the APK elsewhere online.
I was hoping someone with a rooted tablet and a few spare minutes could download/install the app and upload the APK via dropbox or something of the sort, or could suggest another way to go about doing it! (Besides rooting my Kindle!) I would really appreciate it, thank you!!
Here is the market link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tipmedcom.nccn.guidelines
It is a free app which provides clinical guidelines for the treatment and management of cancers, and as a pharmacy student, I would really like to have it! Thank you!
Does anyone know a way I could bypass the market restrictions on my phone and download the app?
Figured it out! Market helper is the best. In case anyone else wants the APK...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f890f47cychpnv7/com.tipmedcom.nccn.guidelines-1.apk