Hi guys, I have a kind of problem with my aunt's nokia x, She told me to install google play apps, I did it by downloading the Kasha_Maga_Gapps. It was an outdated version, when i turned on my aunt's wifi, google play apps updated automatically, but when i tried updatng google play games, I was unable to do so, I wonder why. when I downloaded the latest version I had to put it into System/app/ folder. root explorer shows that it cant be moved, I found out reason was that it needed permission change, but even root explorer phone failed to do so. any help? please:good::good::good:
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I looked EVERYWHERE for a solution to this problem and finally figured it out on my own, so I thought I'd share and hopefully have this thread show up on a Google search for everyone else who has been pulling their hair out. Every other so called "solution" (fixing the time, clearing the cache, reverting back to the old Android Market, etc) has NOT worked at least for my phone, which is the HTC Desire Z, (AKA HTC Vision) with Android 2.2 (Froyo) installed.
I'm talking about getting a "No Connection" error when attempting to download an app from the play store. This error happened ever since they updated from version 3.9.17 to 3.10.9 and beyond. Uninstalling the updates for play store reverts you back to the old Android Market, which works, but which is, quite simply, unacceptable. The problem is when you download and reinstall play store 3.9.17, (or any other for that matter), after a couple of minutes it automatically updates to the newest play store version, which just brings us back to square one! So the solution here is to trick the phone into NOT auto updating the play store app.
Sorry, non rooted users, but you need root for this. You also need to have terminal emulator and a root file explorer such as ES File Explorer. (Of course, in order to download these things from Google Play, you'll have to uninstall the updates to Google Play via the app manager and use the old Android Market).
1) Download Google Play Store version 3.9.17
androidpolice.com/2012/11/02/download-latest-google-play-store-3-9-17/
If you want to try installing later versions just to see if a later version might work for your particular phone, here's a list:
androidpolice.com/tags/series_google_play_store_download/
Put whichever version you downloaded into your phone somewhere, I put it on the SD card.
2) Uninstall all the updates to your current Google Play via the app manager if you haven't done so already.
3) In ES File explorer, go into /data/app
4) Create a new file called "com.android.vending-2.apk"
5) In Terminal emulator, type su and hit enter to get superuser permission.
6) Type "cd /data/app" and hit enter.
7) Type "chattr +i com.android.vending-2.apk" and hit enter.
8) Go back to ES File explorer and browse to the Google Play apk that you downloaded. Click it and install it.
That's it! You should now have an older version of Google Play installed that does NOT automatically update. Like I said, for my phone, the newest version that works is 3.9.17.
mudesi said:
I looked EVERYWHERE for a solution to this problem and finally figured it out on my own, so I thought I'd share and hopefully have this thread show up on a Google search for everyone else who has been pulling their hair out. Every other so called "solution" (fixing the time, clearing the cache, reverting back to the old Android Market, etc) has NOT worked at least for my phone, which is the HTC Desire Z, (AKA HTC Vision) with Android 2.2 (Froyo) installed.
I'm talking about getting a "No Connection" error when attempting to download an app from the play store. This error happened ever since they updated from version 3.9.17 to 3.10.9 and beyond. Uninstalling the updates for play store reverts you back to the old Android Market, which works, but which is, quite simply, unacceptable. The problem is when you download and reinstall play store 3.9.17, (or any other for that matter), after a couple of minutes it automatically updates to the newest play store version, which just brings us back to square one! So the solution here is to trick the phone into NOT auto updating the play store app.
Sorry, non rooted users, but you need root for this. You also need to have terminal emulator and a root file explorer such as ES File Explorer. (Of course, in order to download these things from Google Play, you'll have to uninstall the updates to Google Play via the app manager and use the old Android Market).
1) Download Google Play Store version 3.9.17
androidpolice.com/2012/11/02/download-latest-google-play-store-3-9-17/
If you want to try installing later versions just to see if a later version might work for your particular phone, here's a list:
androidpolice.com/tags/series_google_play_store_download/
Put whichever version you downloaded into your phone somewhere, I put it on the SD card.
2) Uninstall all the updates to your current Google Play via the app manager if you haven't done so already.
3) In ES File explorer, go into /data/app
4) Create a new file called "com.android.vending-2.apk"
5) In Terminal emulator, type su and hit enter to get superuser permission.
6) Type "cd /data/app" and hit enter.
7) Type "chattr +i com.android.vending-2.apk" and hit enter.
8) Go back to ES File explorer and browse to the Google Play apk that you downloaded. Click it and install it.
That's it! You should now have an older version of Google Play installed that does NOT automatically update. Like I said, for my phone, the newest version that works is 3.9.17.
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Sorry but this did not work for me.
Hello guys, well i have a problem lately i rooted my phone Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Android Version 4.1.2 and well i was checking if my phone rooted or not in some root checker programs and they say no busybox. should i install busybox or phone would work just fine without it? i have no problem gaining access to titanium, helium or other programs which needs root.
And Someday i couldnt log in google play and gmail account so i read in forums that its fixed if i delete hosts file from System/etc well i deleted it and it works grand now but when i check System/etc there is no hosts file anymore even tho they said phone will create a hosts file after you delete it and log in google play again. so will it cause any trouble if i have no hosts file? i can now log in google play or gmail and having no problem with internet
and the last question is my phone is custom after rooted and i cant check for updates is it normal? and sometimes it turns to official when i restart my phone. maybe it is something cause of i have no host file?
i have a defy xt that i have up dated to 4.0.4 with rsd lite, all went well followed instructions from xda, in stalled gapps again all went well but maps, instilled root explore but still unable to make it work, when i long press google maps jar to set permissions to rw-r-r i get a warning" permissions change was not successful, please note that some files systems(e.g. sd card) do not allow permission changes. i must have done 1000 google searches to try to solve this issue, i cant even view google maps at google play store on my device, g play will not allow, nor through amazon market, google earth worth just fine. im farley new at android devices, just saying. thank you for your time and this site, no mater how many google searches i do it seams im always back here
Device: Samsung SCH-i509
Android Ver: 2.3.6
Rooeted: Yes
Internal Memory: 160MB
Ext memory: 2GB microSD partitioned as: 1st Partition: 1455MB FAT, Second Partition: 515 EXT2 (I am using Link2SD for linking apps to SD card)
Superuser App: SuperSU
Rom Management: RomToolBox lite
I rooted my phone about a fortnight ago, first time rooting, things went fine, and apps were responsive.
2 days back I not only uninstalled the Google Play Store updates but also uninstalled the app, hoping I would install the latest google store APK from Android Police ( Ver: com.android.vending-4.8.22.apk )
I am new to rooting and installing apks, so after installing the above mentioned Google Play Store apk to the SD card and finding it was not responsive (I was getting a blank screen and an error message shortly thereafter which disappeared instantaneously for me to note what it said). I googled and found on a forum, (sorry don't recall which one) that the APK needs to be copied to the system/app folder and any previous apk of Google Play Store needs to be replaced. So using Root Browser in ROMToolBox I copied the apk to system/app.
Doing so did open the 'first run' of Google Play Store, as in I was prompted to allow permission via google account and opened the interface with my apps etc normally. But trouble started when I tried to update the apps. The moment I do that, I get the downloading bar AND then I get the force close screen. The same would happen in the case if I try to download any apps.
I froze the Google Play Store app through ROMToolBox App Manager.
On doing a search on XDA forums before I posted here I came across: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129881
And did as suggested in this thread: went to the system/app folder through Root Browser and set permission to rw-r--r-- as suggested there.
UNFORTUNATELY things are the same as before: once the app fires up either by clicking on a Google Play Store linked ad or by just opening it, I am back to force close screen.
I would be really thankful if someone could help me out on this.
Also, I am not quite sure how much it makes a difference I was using Link2SD to link all user apps to SD card (I uninstalled this app as well hoping to install the latest version)
You rebooted after changing the apk permissions, right? Also perhaps try force stopping the plays store, wiping the app data then reboot.
Thanks
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You rebooted after changing the apk permissions, right? Also perhaps try force stopping the plays store, wiping the app data then reboot.
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Thanks for the reply. I had rebooted and clear app data but the app was still unresponsive/
The issue resolved when I downloaded an older version of the Google Play Store app and installed it in the sys/app folder after removing the previous one, reconfigured the permissions and rebooted. things are working fine now.
Cheers, have a great weekend!
Got an iDeaUSA CT740K tablet with missing Google play services. I wasnt even able to sing into any google account because of the missing google play services. However, I found an APK version of the services for the tab and installed it. It fixed the problem, well, for a while. Whenever i install the apk it fixes the problem and i am able to download stuff from google play, however, google play services remove from itself after about 10-20min and i cant download anything from google play again. I tried to move the apk into root/system/apps but it didnt help (the device is rooted). I wanted to flash gapps but i dont have a custom recovery (cant do it with the stock one, as it seems) to do it so, because there isnt any available yet. Also, there isnt a stock firmware available so cant re-flash it over the current one. I tried factory reset and erased internal memory but didnt help. I even removed rood (unrooted the device), same.
There are 3 games from fox which appear on the tab even after being uninstalled. I assume that the tablet cough some viruses and they are the reason for this happening.
If someone has a solution, feel free to share it
Thanks!