Are there any alternatives to the play store app? I've a chinese lenovo phone and have tried almost everything to get the play store to work "rooting, attempted flash rom, to install as a system app etc" but can't get the framework to work with my phone, so is there any alternatives to the play store in app form, the lenovo store app on my phone is in chinese and 98% of the apps too!
Amazon app store is the biggest after Googles store: www.amazon.com/getappstore . Another small but important store is F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/ (All apps are open source). Just google for more alternatives.
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I've recently realised that apps I've downloaded outside of the Google play store (Apks from Internet) , but are in the play store market don't auto-update, the playstore doesn't even give me the ability to update them. This might be quite blatant, but is there a way to update my APKs from the Google play store, which have not been downloaded from the Google play store, or is the only option to manually downloaded updated versions from the Internet, thanks.
To update with the PlayStore they have to be gotten from the PlayStore. They don't update outside apps due to many security issues and no way to link them.
Hi,
I just got a Z3 Compact for my girlfriend to migrate from iOS. Everything is ok so far except the fact that all the preinstalled apps (Maps, YT, Hangouts, Services etc.) dont show up in the My Apps section of the Play Store. I have to find them manually to update them. Why is this? any fix?
Thanks!
anyone?
Pre-installed apps usually don't show on Play Store, there's no solution to it.
popthosegaskets said:
Pre-installed apps usually don't show on Play Store, there's no solution to it.
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Ive always had the preinstalled android apps show up such as YT, Maps, Google Play services etc...
Hi all,
Is there any app out there that could notify me (I don't even need to block, only be notified) when Google Play Services, Google Play Store and other silently autoupdatable Google apps are updated?
I recall to be able to do it using Xposed module X-Privacy... Now I'm on stock rooted Marshmallow and I wouldn't like to use Xposed...
Any app out there?
Thanks a lot.
No one cares ¿?
No one? Really?
I'm using a Chinese Huawei Honor 6 H60-L02 with Android 4.4.2 (rooted) that originally didn't have any Google Apps on it. I have successfully installed Google Play Services and Google Play Store. When Google Play Store is installed, everything works perfectly, including other Google Apps with my Google Account, except install. Every time I try to install an app the phone turns off and restarts (no matter if it's from Google Play Store, a separate APK, or Aptoide). I have tried uninstalling Google Play Store, then everything installs just fine. As soon as I install it again, the same problem returns. I have tried deleting cache and data, but to no avail. I can't find anything on the internet, any ideas!?
The ROM itself may be behind some of the issues as Play is not allowed in China.
I am going to be buying an android TV device thats ROM that does not have google play store and i will just install it my self.
I am wondering is there any downsides to this. Will i still be able to download and install all the apps from play store or is there any limitations at all?
Google Play Store simply is a market place for Android apps. To successfully run the Google Play Store app it's required some more Google services ( e.g. Google Play Services, Google Services Framework ) get additionally installed. Many people don't want this.
It's on you.
jwoegerbauer said:
Google Play Store simply is a market place for Android apps. To successfully run the Google Play Store app it's required some more Google services ( e.g. Google Play Services, Google Services Framework ) get additionally installed. Many people don't want this.
It's on you.
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Thank you.
So play store does not check if your device is supported/official it just lets you download and use any app as long as you meet the requirements of the app.
Google Play Store doesn't care what Android version is installed on a device: they want to earn money from the apps they offer.