hello i have moto e ... this is a good phone in a low budget.. but the app installing option is really pathetic... i could not install high end games on my device ... thus i found a way a way to change the default app install storage .. using adb shell ...
using these commands
adb devices
adb shell pm set-install-location 2
adb shell pm get-install-location
then it shows 2 [external]
then i tried to install whats app it installed in ext sd ..but all other apps were installig in phone internal memory..:crying:
then again i used those adb commands.. as written bellow
adb devices
adb shell pm set-install-location 0
adb shell pm get-install-location
it shows 0[auto]
but all apps are installing in internal ..except subway surfer... and the "move to sdcard" option is not working for all apps.. i mean this option is not highlighted ... or not available.. but before doing this all adb commands it was possible to move some apps on sd ... :crying: now it is not possible for any app. for example messenger app is not possible to move ... some please help ... give me a perfect solution for this issue ..... i wanna move my apps on my sd..
Yeah.. In Kitkat there is restriction to move apps to sd. To overcome that restriction follow these steps :
1) go to my thread here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e/general/guide-apps-games-to-sdcard-completely-t2869925 and download the app after reading instrctions.
2) install app and that's it. the settings are changed. Now install link2sd or any other app that moves apps to sdcard by native app2sd method. This works on Moto E as i had tested it.
3) Press THANKS to support me.
dricox said:
hello i have moto e ... this is a good phone in a low budget.. but the app installing option is really pathetic... i could not install high end games on my device ... thus i found a way a way to change the default app install storage .. using adb shell ...
using these commands
adb devices
adb shell pm set-install-location 2
adb shell pm get-install-location
then it shows 2 [external]
then i tried to install whats app it installed in ext sd ..but all other apps were installig in phone internal memory..:crying:
then again i used those adb commands.. as written bellow
adb devices
adb shell pm set-install-location 0
adb shell pm get-install-location
it shows 0[auto]
but all apps are installing in internal ..except subway surfer... and the "move to sdcard" option is not working for all apps.. i mean this option is not highlighted ... or not available.. but before doing this all adb commands it was possible to move some apps on sd ... :crying: now it is not possible for any app. for example messenger app is not possible to move ... some please help ... give me a perfect solution for this issue ..... i wanna move my apps on my sd..
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Yeah.. In Kitkat there is restriction to move apps to sd. To overcome that restriction follow these steps :
1) go to my thread here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto...etely-t2869925 and download the app after reading instrctions.
2) install app and that's it. the settings are changed. Now install link2sd or any other app that moves apps to sdcard by native app2sd method. This works on Moto E as i had tested it.
3) Press THANKS to support me.
See my screenshot below : I have NFS most wanted 4GB installed in Moto E.
:/
Harshakoll said:
Yeah.. In Kitkat there is restriction to move apps to sd. To overcome that restriction follow these steps :
1) go to my thread here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto...etely-t2869925 and download the app after reading instrctions.
2) install app and that's it. the settings are changed. Now install link2sd or any other app that moves apps to sdcard by native app2sd method. This works on Moto E as i had tested it.
3) Press THANKS to support me.
See my screenshot below : I have NFS most wanted 4GB installed in Moto E.
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the like is unavailable ..says page not found
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/guide-apps-games-to-sdcard-completely-t2870308
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So i'm thinking of setting up Apps2SD on my Hero.
I have a fast SD card, and the latest recovery image (see sig)
To get it correctly working what do I do?
Is it:
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Partition sdcard > Partition sd
3. Swap-size ?
Ext2-size: 512 ?
FAT32-size remainder?
4. Then reflash Villain ROM?
or will it go automatically without a re-flash?
Please edit as appropriate.
Firstly this should be in the Q&A section not android development.
I dont use swap,i havent since i stopped using the Magic.So personally i would and have chosen 0 i found using swap made Rosie restart whenever i exited a HTC app.
EXT i would have 128 or 256.
REMAINDER FAT32
The process you have given is right all u have to do if see if the rom you want has apps2sd.Install the rom through ADB
adb remount
adb shell
su
(press always allow on the phone)
apps2sd on
it will say something like done please reboot.
Reboot your phone and it should be done!
bonesy said:
Firstly this should be in the Q&A section not android development.
I dont use swap,i havent since i stopped using the Magic.So personally i would and have chosen 0 i found using swap made Rosie restart whenever i exited a HTC app.
EXT i would have 128 or 256.
REMAINDER FAT32
The process you have given is right all u have to do if see if the rom you want has apps2sd.Install the rom through ADB
adb remount
adb shell
su
(press always allow on the phone)
apps2sd on
it will say something like done please reboot.
Reboot your phone and it should be done!
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This is in Q&A ...
I have read that 512 EXT is recommended for A2SD so i'll stick with that. Thanks for the info about swap.
I know the rom i am using has a2sd, so if i repartition the sd then do the adb commands in recovery mode, or whilst in the os?
Ah my bad bout Q&A Section...
Enter those commands in the android OS using ADB
bonesy said:
Ah my bad bout Q&A Section...
Enter those commands in the android OS using ADB
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Thanks for the help! i got it set up and working. Turns out VillainRom.co.uk also have a brilliant wiki page covering it.
Found it in for HTC Desire http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742379
but tried it on our Optimus One and it worked.
Root access is required else you will get a "killed" reply
Majority, not all apps will have the button enabled.
Always backup your phone (nandroid) before trying anything.
You will need terminal
Download Terminal Emulator from Market. (or any terminal software)
type the command below
Code:
su
pm setInstallLocation 2
if you see "[1] Killed pm setInstallLocation 2" means it didn't work
if it replies with "#" means it worked.
now open up settings->manage application and check out which applications have the move to SD enabled.
NOTE: SD card loads slower than the phone. So you will need to know what can be moved and what is better left in the phone. If an essential app is required on boot and the file cannot be found because it is on SD (which isn't loaded yet) you might run into some problems.
Some apps like Facebook can't be moved to SD.
Yes, I know there is A2SD it I can't get it to work on stock rom so this is my other alternative.
Or you can just install "Move2SD Enabler" from market.
Yeah,that is another way for non rooted users I believe.
i wasn't able to find any thread about app2sd being used in xplay. has anyone tried it yet?
most of us just use.
adb shell set pmInstallLocation 2
Does this alternative method break the widgets like a2sd does?
I've rooted my Xperia Play and removed bloatware etc.
I also installed app2sd. I believe you can run it without rooting, but i've never tried.
Works fine for me.
Anything that can be moved to the sd card, it will move it to the sd card.
So yea, works fine.
sort of, when you "next" install an app if it can be installed to sd it will be, but you will need to install all your old apps to sd manually through applications/manage move to SD
Guys your missing the point. For starters apps2sd+ is much faster than googles version because it uses androids native file system, it also lets you move the dalvik cache to the sd ext. And most importantly it lets you move widgets and apps you wish to sync to the sd card
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waz000000 said:
most of us just use.
adb shell set pmInstallLocation 2
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is it this way:
Code:
adb shell
set pm InstallLocation2
or simply in a line?
Code:
adb shell set pmInstallLocation2
AndroHero said:
Guys your missing the point. For starters apps2sd+ is much faster than googles version because it uses androids native file system, it also lets you move the dalvik cache to the sd ext. And most importantly it lets you move widgets and apps you wish to sync to the sd card
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Can you tell me, where i can download app2sd+ ? I heard a lot about it but i never actually saw this app. Im planning to buy Xperia pro and this is quite a problem but it wouldnt be, if i will have 32GB sdcard and this working app.
Logseman said:
is it this way:
Code:
adb shell
set pm InstallLocation2
or simply in a line?
Code:
adb shell set pmInstallLocation2
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First way you'll first get shell, then you have to execute second line command, and exit the shell with exit command.
Second way you send set pm... command to the shell and it automatically closes without you having to exit it manually - like a .bat file on Windows, or .sh on Linux.
Hi Guys, This Is Tutorial How To Move All Apps To SD Card...
Very Simple & Useful... Works On Most Phones... Sony - HTC - Sasmung
1. You Must Have installed Android SDK Platform Tools >>>
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Also Install Packages In SDK Tools Which Are On Images Below
And Goolge USB Drivers >>>
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
2. After Installing Enable USB Debugging, Go To "Android SDK Platform Tools" Folder, Click & Hold Shift ,
Then Click Right Mouse And Choose " Open Command Window Here"
3. Type : ADB Devices > ADB Shell > pm set-install-location 2 > Exit...
4. If Doesn't Work > ADB Devices > ADB Shell > pm setInstallLocation 2 > Exit...
5. Now You Can Move All Apps To Your SD Card...
6. Click "Thanks"
gius321 said:
3. Type : ADB Devices > ADB Shell > pm set-install-location 2 > Exit...
4. If Doesn't Work > ADB Devices > ADB Shell > pm setInstallLocation 2 > Exit...
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"pm" is not a internal or external command
I have made what u say but it gave me permission denied
whats now?
"pm" is not a internal or external command
muzontnt said:
"pm" is not a internal or external command
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As I See YOu Directly Type : pm set install location 2 , you must type 1 . adb devices 2 . adb shell, 3. pm set install location 2...
that method 100% works on Xperia Arc/S ...
P.S
now i will upload images that must be installed before doing anything,,, open sdk tools and install these packages which you see installed on my pics...firstly see maybe if you have already installed...
gius321 said:
you must type 1 . adb devices 2 . adb shell, 3. pm set install location 2...
that method 100% works on Xperia Arc/S ...
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is working :victory: I enter command: adb shell pm set-install-location 2
hahaa that's great
muzontnt said:
is working :victory: I enter command: adb shell pm set-install-location 2
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by the way do you use Xperia Z1 Theme? i'm using it too... but which system ui do you have ? it's hinami but with KB/ps mod i don't know...
gius321 said:
by the way do you use Xperia Z1 Theme? i'm using it too... but which system ui do you have ? it's hinami but with KB/ps mod i don't know...
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KB/ps mod: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.internet.speed.meter.lite&hl=ru
Awesone, man!
That 's exactly what i want to see! While i am searching about ext of sd card, fortunately, i see it! Now, I don't need to worry about the lowness of internal memory and I don't need to do too many steps to make a ext, too! Thanks! Your way is easier and more convinent so much!
thanks!
Was looking for this/ similar. Thanks a lot
This is just my opinion:
The MOD is worth trying but...
I have done this modification twice and was able to move more apps to my SD-Card.
Both times I felt the performance of all my apps was reduced enough for me to revert back.
The sluggishness was subtle but I felt my normally zippy phone was slower.
I also felt there was a lag even when my Arc S was overclocked (1.6ghz) and I applied several different SD cache settings (SD 32gig, Class 10).
In the long run, I am better off managing the the number of necessary apps and keeping things zippy.
Thanks for the guide, the mode may work for others.
Xperia Arc S, Vengeance Kernel.
Kind Regards,
i wil try it soon in my arc:highfive:
My package installer has this options
Sent from my Xperia X-666 rev.99, Devil inside not intel inside
i know that package installer mod...
mvoid533 said:
My package installer has this options
that is just options, in stock moving most apps 2 SD are disabled.. this guide enables to move all apps to sd...
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Thank you have an application that is
I am getting this error as picture shows. I've tried both ways and it's the same error. Using xperia Arc S.
Did work now, only to restart computer was needed. Great app!
works great with kitkat
Cheers
i got out of space error after doing this even both my internal and external has 1gb free memory. how to undo this?
I just bought this tablet today, and I wish to root it to run the Android OS 4.3 or higher. It won't let me play Magic 2014 and I can't successfully download the Google Play Store. Does anyone know anything about this who can help me? Would the rooting process be similar to other Double Powers?
Also just picked up a few of these for the kids. Noticed that it does not have google play or log in services. will have to push the apk and libs to the tablet after root has been granted
sketchle said:
I just bought this tablet today, and I wish to root it to run the Android OS 4.3 or higher. It won't let me play Magic 2014 and I can't successfully download the Google Play Store. Does anyone know anything about this who can help me? Would the rooting process be similar to other Double Powers?
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I just got the same tablet for the kids, super cheap. I used kingo-android Root (just google "kingo android root cnet") it's super easy!:good:
Ah, damn it, I can help, but I can't post hyperlinks. I'll see what I can do. If this is hard to read, I hope some non-rookie will quote me and fix the links in the quote.
I picked one of these up on Black Friday for less than 50 bucks. Good times. It was a bear getting the Play Store not to crash every session. For quite a while I struggled with the Play Store seeming to run OK for a minute, then "Unfortunately Play Store has stopped" and back to the home screen. Clearing the cache and making sure the Download service was started didn't help. But now things are looking up.
I'm still running Android 4.2.2, which is what the tablet came with. I'm afraid I can't help you with finding a 4.3 rom.
Anyway, mgordon's suggestion of Kingo Root works as well as any. You can also use its bundled adb.exe to push the Play Store onto your tablet. To install a working Play Store, after rooting, follow these steps:
Get this Play Store APK: triple-w dot androidfilehost dot com /?fid=23203820527945029 (found [here](triple-w dot androidpolice dot com /2013/11/01/download-latest-google-play-store-4-4-22/#download))
Go to your Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, and right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator."
In the command prompt window, navigate to adb supplied by Kingo Root. (cd "\Program Files (x86)\Kingo Android ROOT\tools") then continue with the following additional commands.
adb push \users\yourusername\Downloads\com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb shell chmod 755 /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb reboot
Good luck!
I tried using the Kingo ROOT app, but mine just wont root. Ive rum it close to a dozen times now. Any suggestions? Thanks!
And calraith, thanks for the walk through on getting google play to work. It works great!
tbs123456q said:
I tried using the Kingo ROOT app, but mine just wont root. Ive rum it close to a dozen times now. Any suggestions? Thanks!
And calraith, thanks for the walk through on getting google play to work. It works great!
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I attempted three or four various methods of rooting before successfully rooting with Kingo. It could've been that Kingo wouldn't have been successful for me without the filesystem modifications made by other tools -- I'm not sure, and don't really feel like restoring to find out.
Maybe try rooting with sf.net/projects/rootandroid ; and after reboot if your apps fail to gain root privileges, use Kingo to remove and restore root. See if that helps.
calraith said:
I attempted three or four various methods of rooting before successfully rooting with Kingo. It could've been that Kingo wouldn't have been successful for me without the filesystem modifications made by other tools -- I'm not sure, and don't really feel like restoring to find out.
Maybe try rooting with sf.net/projects/rootandroid ; and after reboot if your apps fail to gain root privileges, use Kingo to remove and restore root. See if that helps.
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I will give that a try. Thanks!
Here's another useful hack. You know /sdcard points to the rather scant internal sdcard. Once you install a few apps there's little room left for music, movies, etc. You can put some of your media on an external sdcard mounted at /mnt/extsd, but some apps expect their media content to be accessible within /sdcard -- camera apps and FireTaps, for example.
It'd be nice if you could have /sdcard/DCIM and /sdcard/FireTaps as symlinks from true directories on /mnt/extsd. Unfortunately since sdcards use a fat32 filesystem, symlinks aren't supported. You can, however, use mount bindings to accomplish the same sort of thing. Mount is a kernel thing rather than a filesystem thing.
After you get your tablet rooted, you can install and use "Universal init.d" from the Play Store to execute user-made startup scripts. I wrote the following script to bind all the directories from my external sd to my internal. I saved it as /system/etc/init.d/99extbind (using ES File Explorer with root permission) and did chmod 700 (from a JS Terminal console and su for root). Any directory I want to move from the internal sd to the external, now i just move it via cut & paste then reboot. After reboot, the contents of the directory are accessible from both directory trees, but physically only use space on the external card.
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
bind_to_sdcard() {
d=$*
d2=/mnt/sdcard/${d##*/}
[ ! -d "$d2" ] && mkdir "$d2"
mount -o bind "$d" "$d2"
}
# purging empty directories
for d in /mnt/sdcard/.*; do [ -d "$d" ] && rmdir "$d" 2>/dev/null; done
for d in /mnt/sdcard/*; do [ -d "$d" ] && rmdir "$d" 2>/dev/null; done
# binding directories from external sd on internal sd
for d in /mnt/extsd/.*; do [ -d "$d" ] && bind_to_sdcard $d; done
for d in /mnt/extsd/*; do [ -d "$d" ] && bind_to_sdcard $d; done
exit 0
Edit: If you attach your tablet to a PC via USB and enable USB storage, the tablet will not be able to make the internal sdcard available to the PC. I'm guessing this is because when the tablet attempts to umount /mnt/sdcard the device is busy with other child mounts and can't be umounted. The internal sdcard is still accessible to ES File Explorer and similar while not plugged into a PC, though. I recommend copious backups just in case calamity strikes, in any case.
Edit 2: After ejecting from the PC, SwiftKey complained about not being able to read the sdcard, and predictions and swiping were unavailable. A reboot fixed it.
So far for me, the benefits outweigh the problems. I've now got over a gig of FireTaps songs, 250 megs of books, and 500+ megs of application data available in /sdcard where before i was limited to about 1.3 gigs.
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calraith said:
Ah, damn it, I can help, but I can't post hyperlinks. I'll see what I can do. If this is hard to read, I hope some non-rookie will quote me and fix the links in the quote.
I picked one of these up on Black Friday for less than 50 bucks. Good times. It was a bear getting the Play Store not to crash every session. For quite a while I struggled with the Play Store seeming to run OK for a minute, then "Unfortunately Play Store has stopped" and back to the home screen. Clearing the cache and making sure the Download service was started didn't help. But now things are looking up.
I'm still running Android 4.2.2, which is what the tablet came with. I'm afraid I can't help you with finding a 4.3 rom.
Anyway, mgordon's suggestion of Kingo Root works as well as any. You can also use its bundled adb.exe to push the Play Store onto your tablet. To install a working Play Store, after rooting, follow these steps:
Get this Play Store APK: triple-w dot androidfilehost dot com /?fid=23203820527945029 (found [here](triple-w dot androidpolice dot com /2013/11/01/download-latest-google-play-store-4-4-22/#download))
Go to your Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, and right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator."
In the command prompt window, navigate to adb supplied by Kingo Root. (cd "\Program Files (x86)\Kingo Android ROOT\tools") then continue with the following additional commands.
adb push \users\yourusername\Downloads\com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb shell chmod 755 /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb reboot
Good luck!
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Thank you, thank you!! I have been trying for I don't know how long to get the Play Store to work. I tried it and now it works great!!!
More help with Google Play please...
Hello everyone I have the DOPO D7020 and am trying to install Google Play per the instructions given. I installed Kingo Root and have successfully rooted the device. I downloaded the play store APK to my desktop. I am running the command prompt as administrator but this is where I get stuck. When I follow the directions and enter the commands or even copy and paste the commands to the command prompt it says "....is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable function or batch file." Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
impp83 said:
Hello everyone I have the DOPO D7020 and am trying to install Google Play per the instructions given. I installed Kingo Root and have successfully rooted the device. I downloaded the play store APK to my desktop. I am running the command prompt as administrator but this is where I get stuck. When I follow the directions and enter the commands or even copy and paste the commands to the command prompt it says "....is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable function or batch file." Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
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You need to hold down shift and right click on the adb folder, you can't just run the adb commands from any old command prompt, not without setting environment variables, Windows gets cranky about that stuff.
EDIT: Shift, right click, and select "Open Command Window here"
---------- Post added 25th December 2013 at 12:15 AM ---------- Previous post was 24th December 2013 at 11:37 PM ----------
So I scored a couple of these from amazon, planned on giving one to my mother for Christmas, but before that, I had to have one for myself to see what it was about. I actually used Vroot as my root solution. I was able to use the method above to get google play working, so big win there, now if I could only get TiBu to write to the external SD
Kamiex said:
So I scored a couple of these from amazon, planned on giving one to my mother for Christmas, but before that, I had to have one for myself to see what it was about. I actually used Vroot as my root solution. I was able to use the method above to get google play working, so big win there, now if I could only get TiBu to write to the external SD
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Super Backup (com.idea.backup.smscontacts) will let you specify the backup path. Or you could use my mount -o bind trick in comment #8.
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calraith said:
Super Backup (com.idea.backup.smscontacts) will let you specify the backup path. Or you could use my mount -o bind trick in comment #8.
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I actually figured it out late last night. I had the SD card formatted in Fat32, things like ES File Manager and Root Explorer could read and write to it just fine, I formatted the card with exFat and TiBu had no problem writing to it.
USB Drivers
calraith said:
Ah, damn it, I can help, but I can't post hyperlinks. I'll see what I can do. If this is hard to read, I hope some non-rookie will quote me and fix the links in the quote.
I picked one of these up on Black Friday for less than 50 bucks. Good times. It was a bear getting the Play Store not to crash every session. For quite a while I struggled with the Play Store seeming to run OK for a minute, then "Unfortunately Play Store has stopped" and back to the home screen. Clearing the cache and making sure the Download service was started didn't help. But now things are looking up.
I'm still running Android 4.2.2, which is what the tablet came with. I'm afraid I can't help you with finding a 4.3 rom.
Anyway, mgordon's suggestion of Kingo Root works as well as any. You can also use its bundled adb.exe to push the Play Store onto your tablet. To install a working Play Store, after rooting, follow these steps:
Get this Play Store APK: triple-w dot androidfilehost dot com /?fid=23203820527945029 (found [here](triple-w dot androidpolice dot com /2013/11/01/download-latest-google-play-store-4-4-22/#download))
Go to your Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, and right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator."
In the command prompt window, navigate to adb supplied by Kingo Root. (cd "\Program Files (x86)\Kingo Android ROOT\tools") then continue with the following additional commands.
adb push \users\yourusername\Downloads\com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb shell chmod 755 /system/app/com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb reboot
Good luck!
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Where did you get the USB Drivers? In my device manager, I get "Other Devices -> Android" with a yellow triangle and exclamation point.
EDIT: Nevermind, just finished rooting! Had it connected as MTP, switched to USB large storage.
after rooting its easir to install lucky patcher > toolbox >then install modded play store. inintely easier and faster