Neewbie here,
Have a quick question. UK user, purchased a Chinese Samsung Galaxy Win (dual sim) GT-I8552. Unfortunately, I dont think its going to come with the Google Play app.
Im not interested in installing custom roms, custom recovery modules etc, all I desire is to be able to access the Play store to restore my purchased apps on old Android phone!
Is there any way I will be able to install a Stock from FROM A DIFFERENT REGION to the Phone, or am I stuck with no google play or having to install a custom rom (which I believe from searches, a stable version doesnt exist at present for the I8552!). I am planning on using the standard Samsung Tools to install the Stock ROM from a different region.
The phones specs and hardware are identical, apart from the Internal memory, which is 4Gb as opposed to 8Gb on the non Chinese model....
Thanks in advance, as a newb I couldnt post this to the Dev side, if any Android XDA developers could repost in dev if I dont get an answer on the general forum....
Thanks in advance!
Download it as APK
mbga9pgf said:
Neewbie here,
Have a quick question. UK user, purchased a Chinese Samsung Galaxy Win (dual sim) GT-I8552. Unfortunately, I dont think its going to come with the Google Play app.
Im not interested in installing custom roms, custom recovery modules etc, all I desire is to be able to access the Play store to restore my purchased apps on old Android phone!
Is there any way I will be able to install a Stock from FROM A DIFFERENT REGION to the Phone, or am I stuck with no google play or having to install a custom rom (which I believe from searches, a stable version doesnt exist at present for the I8552!). I am planning on using the standard Samsung Tools to install the Stock ROM from a different region.
The phones specs and hardware are identical, apart from the Internal memory, which is 4Gb as opposed to 8Gb on the non Chinese model....
Thanks in advance, as a newb I couldnt post this to the Dev side, if any Android XDA developers could repost in dev if I dont get an answer on the general forum....
Thanks in advance!
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Without installing any ROM or doing anything dangerous, you can get the APK of the Play Store.
Here is a link for the latest one as for today (4.6.16) : goo. gl/IF8SoA
Download it and open it from your phone and install it and it should work.
If it didn't work, you have other alternatives such as Aptoide.
If you don't have the Google Play store, then most probably you don't have the Google Play Services package. For this, you may need to root your device and install it as a zip, or google Gapps for your device and download each APK by itself.
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I got the 6.3 MEGA in China (i9200 or JDQ39.I9200ZNUAMI2 to be exact) and while it's mostly in English, it still has all sorts of Chinese apps and texts on it and no Google Play store, Google Maps, etc. What's the best way to clean this up and add Google apps to it?
Is there a basic stock English language ROM with google apps that I could use and how (I've rooted and updated my devices before but never changed the base ROM)?
Thanks.
well, i was able to root with kingo android root program, and then installed google play store and services using this solution.
the phone still has a ton of samsung and chinese bloatware that i may just remove manually, but i think maybe i should just flash it with a new, clean rom - only hesitating because i've never done it before and afraid i might brick my new phone.
i was thinking of trying the unofficial CyanogenMod11 : [4.4.2] for GT-I9200/I9205 - it should work, right?
pajenn said:
well, i was able to root with kingo android root program, and then installed google play store and services using this solution.
the phone still has a ton of samsung and chinese bloatware that i may just remove manually, but i think maybe i should just flash it with a new, clean rom - only hesitating because i've never done it before and afraid i might brick my new phone.
i was thinking of trying the unofficial CyanogenMod11 : [4.4.2] for GT-I9200/I9205 - it should work, right?
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Yes it will work on that version forsure as it even works on my i527m Canadian version. :good:
I have a doov d800 phone which is from a company called Shenzhen Doov Technology. It has a Chinese version of android installed on it. I was wondering if there are instructions online on how to format/erase the original OS, and install a US based Android onto it. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can't read Chinese well enough to use it. Also, most of the apps I use is in English and they don't have the google playstore installed, instead they have their own Chinese app store.
Does anyone know if there are custom ROM's available for the Archos 45b? I would love CynogenMod but a ROM based on Lollipop 5.0 would be fine too. This is my dad's phone and he wants to upgrade but doesn't know how to, and since this is mostly an offbrand phone (I use a Galaxy S5) it's harder to sometimes impossible to find custom roms, so any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Also if someone knows if CWM Recovery is available that would be super.
Thanks in advance!
I would also like like that but it seems there are no devs around willing to do it. I sure understand because they do it for free.
CM 11 e TWRP but play store problem RH-01
Hi everyone,
I applied this guide (I can not put the link because I have to first write 10 posts here)
and put CM11, and TWRP 2.8.6.0 all seems to work except the play store, I got the last gapps for arm and android 4.4.xe I tried both pico and micro, gmail works but play store from bug server RH-01 and do not serve the guides that try to fix this error, tips?
maybe not use the gaaps and hand them? but what do you need? play store and play services? and what versions?
ah I forgot, with twrp 2.8.6.0 does not reboot and to do this i have to take the battery off, also i can not do the dalvik wipe .... but the CM11 works
Help!!
thanks,
Mario
Hi There,
I've just got one of these Chinese phones and the stock ROM is terrible, has anyone else had one and put a better version of Android on it? For some reason it is forcing me to install certain apps from some random website rather than the Google Play store, and also if I do manage to install an app it puts the icon in a little box rather than displaying the correct icon. It would be nice to get Cyanogen Mod on it but I can't find it in their supported devices list, I'm hoping that as with most of these Chinese devices it's just a generic device that has been re branded by Xgody and therefore compatible with Cyanogen.
Cheers
Steve Goral
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I am about to buy the 4gb 128 gb version from an eBay store and the seller notes that it's a chinese version and doesn't have google play store on it.
1) How can I install the google play store? Do I need to root or something? please instructions
2)how the chinese version is different from other?
thanks!
koloko12 said:
I am about to buy the 4gb 128 gb version from an eBay store and the seller notes that it's a chinese version and doesn't have google play store on it.
1) How can I install the google play store? Do I need to root or something? please instructions
2)how the chinese version is different from other?
thanks!
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You will have to root and install googleplay from somewhere. China doesn't use google play. You will get instructions on how to root from here if you search the honor 10 forum but when it comes to install googleplay you will have yo do aome extra research amd find the files you can install from twrp. Unfortunately im away from my pc to give you some links for few days. It is possible anyway and google play should not stop you from buying the phone. What is the actual problem is that you will need bootloader unlocking code so you can root. If you can not get the code dont buy the device
vampirian said:
You will have to root and install googleplay from somewhere. China doesn't use google play. You will get instructions on how to root from here if you search the honor 10 forum but when it comes to install googleplay you will have yo do aome extra research amd find the files you can install from twrp. Unfortunately im away from my pc to give you some links for few days. It is possible anyway and google play should not stop you from buying the phone. What is the actual problem is that you will need bootloader unlocking code so you can root. If you can not get the code dont buy the device
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Thanks for the fast reply!
i'll ask the seller about the code.
Ah sorry but this guys is talking ****.
I own the Honor 10 AL10 China Version with 6GB Ram and 128 GB Rom. On my phone also Play Store wasnt installed but all you need to do is download APK (from apk mirror as example) and install it. After this you have access to almost all Google Play features. Dont know how about Google Pay...
Raikuna said:
Ah sorry but this guys is talking ****.
I own the Honor 10 AL10 China Version with 6GB Ram and 128 GB Rom. On my phone also Play Store wasnt installed but all you need to do is download APK (from apk mirror as example) and install it. After this you have access to almost all Google Play features. Dont know how about Google Pay...
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You see this guy has a bit of manners and he will reply you that if the phone he gets doeant contain Google api, he will be screwed because apk will not be enough. You can not be sure what kind of firmware he has in. That you had the luck to get a device with firmware that contains google api and so you managed to just install apk doesnt make me wrong. So take back your statement please.
Back to the point OP i wouldnt risk it for many reasons. Yes more ram, yes more memory but locked bootloader means you can not touch anything.
I also have a Chinese honor 10, can not use goolge playtore, any solutions except root?
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the problem is i can not download or install apps from google playstore, android auto can not be used.
koloko12 said:
I am about to buy the 4gb 128 gb version from an eBay store and the seller notes that it's a chinese version and doesn't have google play store on it.
1) How can I install the google play store? Do I need to root or something? please instructions
2)how the chinese version is different from other?
thanks!
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U don't need to root or flash another system. China edition supports Google Service.
First, open AppGallery.
Second, search Google Play
Third, tap UPDATE