Hi,
I'm not exactly a total noob - I have used the XDA forums to hack my HTC Dash to upgrade to Win Mobile 6.5 (Tmobile version was 6.1). But I've lost my login info for that account, so....
Just bought a Tablet: the Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 with ICS. It seems like I am going to need to root the device to run the apps I need.
I've searched these forums and Googled my butt off; I have yet to find a clear answer as to how to root a device that an advanced hacker hasn't made a specific root process for the specific device.
I've seen "Universal Root" apps and/or instructions: all well and good, but always referring to Ginger or Frodo - never for ICS.
I paid $169.99 at walmart online (free shipping). I expected a very rough P.O.S., but the Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 is surprisingly good! The screen is great; very clear and use-able at most angles and in bright lighting. Very responsive, runs all the apps I've installed, etc. For the price it's incredible! And it was delivered 3 days after I ordered!
Only problem I've had has been using the usb connection on my work laptop (Win 7 Home): for whatever reason it drained the battery rather than recharging it! Recharges on my own laptop (Win 7 Ultimate). Plus the supplied usb cable is very cheap quality. Otherwise it's an awesome "Starter Tablet".
If anyone wants to tackle this as a project, I'll share as much data about the device as I can. At $170 for a 10 inch ICS tablet with current HW? They are going to sell a lot of them!
I'm not asking for myself: I expect I'll have this resolved by Memorial Day. I just offer to share the data to give back to the XDA developers who work so hard to bring us all such awesome stuff!!! Thanks to you all...
A link to a universal rooting app or instructions is all I really need. I can burn a Linux boot disk for my home laptop and run Ubuntu (or whatever the advised version is these days). Def don't want to dual-boot my laptop, and rather not mess about with a Virtual Linux install.
Any ideas? Links to tutorials?
HELP!!! Anyone? Need ICS root how-to
Well, it is the first holiday weekend of summer; but I'm surprised that I haven't gotten even a single response. Not even a "Why didn't you read this?" post and link. Not what I expected from my past experiences here.
I am rethinking how popular the Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 is going to be. With a 10 inch screen, 1G ram, current HW and ICS for $170? Sounds like a no-brainer. But most people probably want a completely set up device: the Fire, the Nook, the Galaxy. Most people may not want to deal with a second-rate app store and having to root a device.
I still need to though. I hate to pay for an app, but it looks like that's the only way I will ever get Google Play on this thing. I have the modded apk and the instructions for installing it. (A big thanks to the XDA member who created it and the members who added posts to the thread!!!) But no root access.
If anyone reads this and can point me to a method for rooting a brand new ICS device, please reply!
TRSFBAY said:
Hi,
I'm not exactly a total noob - I have used the XDA forums to hack my HTC Dash to upgrade to Win Mobile 6.5 (Tmobile version was 6.1). But I've lost my login info for that account, so....
Just bought a Tablet: the Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 with ICS. It seems like I am going to need to root the device to run the apps I need.
I've searched these forums and Googled my butt off; I have yet to find a clear answer as to how to root a device that an advanced hacker hasn't made a specific root process for the specific device.
I've seen "Universal Root" apps and/or instructions: all well and good, but always referring to Ginger or Frodo - never for ICS.
I paid $169.99 at walmart online (free shipping). I expected a very rough P.O.S., but the Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 is surprisingly good! The screen is great; very clear and use-able at most angles and in bright lighting. Very responsive, runs all the apps I've installed, etc. For the price it's incredible! And it was delivered 3 days after I ordered!
Only problem I've had has been using the usb connection on my work laptop (Win 7 Home): for whatever reason it drained the battery rather than recharging it! Recharges on my own laptop (Win 7 Ultimate). Plus the supplied usb cable is very cheap quality. Otherwise it's an awesome "Starter Tablet".
If anyone wants to tackle this as a project, I'll share as much data about the device as I can. At $170 for a 10 inch ICS tablet with current HW? They are going to sell a lot of them!
I'm not asking for myself: I expect I'll have this resolved by Memorial Day. I just offer to share the data to give back to the XDA developers who work so hard to bring us all such awesome stuff!!! Thanks to you all...
A link to a universal rooting app or instructions is all I really need. I can burn a Linux boot disk for my home laptop and run Ubuntu (or whatever the advised version is these days). Def don't want to dual-boot my laptop, and rather not mess about with a Virtual Linux install.
Any ideas? Links to tutorials?
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Before rooting you would need a bootloader for this device. Maybe you could make a post asking for a bootloader and ask if anyone has the same device. Maybe you could also ask if any developers on xda have this device and if they are planning on doing development on this device. Be patient its a new device and in time something will come up. Owning Android devices and waiting for development is something we all deal with no matter what device we own. Waiting for bootloaders, OC Kernels, source codes, root, custom roms etc is just part of owning a droid.
Just curious - what resolution is the screen on this device?
pixelens said:
Just curious - what resolution is the screen on this device?
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http://www.hellomynews.com/price-a-...-ematic-eglide-xl-pro-2-price--specifications
Rooted At Last!!!
Not sure if it was my installing Android Commander or using Superoneclick; or if it came pre-rooted. Had many frustrating moments with it. Restored it to default about 3 times (definitely once since running SuperOneclick). Android Commander finally informed me it was, indeed, rooted.
Superuser and Titanium Backup STILL failed to run though. So I finally downloaded the SU binary, installed it in the proper folder (copied over existing one) and had to run CHmod for right permissions. Not a big fan of the command line, but if pushed hard enough I use it. Now SU updates and runs properly!
Still haven't re-installed Titanium yet, but I'm guessing the 'Can't gain root access' will not be a problem.
Not sure of the resolution: will check when I get out of work and post some specs. It's certainly clear enough, has a gyroscope and accelerometer, is responsive. App store still sucks, not going to try the Google Play Mod again so it's Amazon for me.
Don't rely on the posted specs; they are from various vendors, not from Ematic. I def have 1 Gig RAM, and the screen resolution is very good. I'll see what I can pull off the device later....
For $170 and free shipping? Not bad....
TRSFBAY said:
Not sure if it was my installing Android Commander or using Superoneclick; or if it came pre-rooted. Had many frustrating moments with it. Restored it to default about 3 times (definitely once since running SuperOneclick). Android Commander finally informed me it was, indeed, rooted.
Superuser and Titanium Backup STILL failed to run though. So I finally downloaded the SU binary, installed it in the proper folder (copied over existing one) and had to run CHmod for right permissions. Not a big fan of the command line, but if pushed hard enough I use it. Now SU updates and runs properly!
Still haven't re-installed Titanium yet, but I'm guessing the 'Can't gain root access' will not be a problem.
Not sure of the resolution: will check when I get out of work and post some specs. It's certainly clear enough, has a gyroscope and accelerometer, is responsive. App store still sucks, not going to try the Google Play Mod again so it's Amazon for me.
Don't rely on the posted specs; they are from various vendors, not from Ematic. I def have 1 Gig RAM, and the screen resolution is very good. I'll see what I can pull off the device later....
For $170 and free shipping? Not bad....
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How did you root... can you explain in short so that I can at least get google play on this thing! Thanks!
Ematic eGlide XL PRO 2 rooted, Google Play store installed
Here are the steps I used to create and install a driver for my Ematic eGlide XL PRO 2 tablet so that I could root the blasted thing and install the Google Play Store.
I called Ematic customer service before starting this mess, and they said that they do not provide downloadable drivers for any of their tablets, and that there were no plans to. This is a big DIY job, but it was totally worth it. After fixing the driver problem, I was easily able to root the tablet using SuperOneClick, and I was also easily able to install the Google Play Store and SetCPU. The tablet runs faster now and feels much more stable. And, after installing ICS Browser + from the Play store, the tablet now kicks a little bit of ass.
I did this on a machine running Windows Vista (32-bit).
I guess at this point you should check out the general instructions about rooting to prepare the tablet (USB Debugging has to be turned on in the Android settings, for example). You can do everything indicated but install the driver, since it doesn't officially exist.
1) Connect the tablet with a USB cable and let the driver installation fail.
2) Open the Windows device manager and look up the device ID for the tablet.
a. In the device manager, my tablet showed up as Android Tablet or Android Phone
b. Right-click on it and open the Properties window.
c. In the Details tab of the Properties window, change the Property to “Hardware Ids”.
d. Make a note of these Ids for later (I only needed one of them, see the code I added below).
3) Eject the tablet (safely remove the hardware).
4) Download and install the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
5) Follow the instructions here (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html) to install the right packages once you have downloaded and installed the SDK.
a. I installed SDK tools (required), Android 4.0.3 API 15 (for my tablet), and the Google USB Driver (in the extras section). You can see what version of ICS is running in the tablet by looking in the tablet settings.
6) Once all of the packages are installed, navigate to the file android_winusb.
a. My android_winusb file was located in the following folder: /my_user_account/Local/Android/android-sdk/extras/google/usb_driver
At this point you have to manually add an entry to the android_winusb file for the eGlide XL PRO 2 using the device ID found in step 2. (There are two sections in the android_winusb file, one for 32-bit Windows ([Google.NTx86]) and one for 64-bit Windows ([Google.NTamd64]). Since I am running 32-bit Vista, I only added an entry for my tablet to the 32-bit section.)
7) Open android_winusb in a text editor and add an entry in the section relevant to your system using the following syntax (insert your device id where indicated):
;eGlide XL PRO II
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, YOUR_DEVICE_ID_HERE
For my tablet, I added the following entry to the file:
;eGlide XL PRO II
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&REV_0230&MI_01
Two device ID numbers were given in the properties window of the device manager. I used the longer one.
8) Save the changes and close the file.
9) When I connected my tablet with a USB cable again, Vista managed to find the driver automatically, but you might have to let the driver installation fail again so that you can point Vista to the location of the driver manually (see step 6a for the location). I did have to accept the installation, since the author (me) was untrusted by Vista.
After the driver was installed, I used SuperOneClick to root the tablet. I pressed the Root button once, and the Allow Non-Market Apps button once, and the tablet was rooted (no problem at all for me here, SuperTwoClick, I guess.)
Then I restarted the tablet.
I downloaded the Google Play apk from xda-developers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582422
I emailed the non-modded apk to myself, saved it to my SD card and installed it from the /download directory with no problem. Since the “non-supported” eGlide XL PRO 2 doesn't have the Google Play store pre-installed, I didn't have to do anything funky like rename the file. I just installed it like any other app.
The store didn't open properly until I restarted the tablet again.
After this I installed SetCPU (downloaded from xda-developers) and the ICS Browser + from the Google Play store, and now the tablet rocks. It seems noticeably faster now and much more stable than when I first bought it.
I made this guide from memory, so I hope I didn't leave anything out. Send me a private message if you have any questions.
Whoa... That is A LOT to read... and frankly... IM F**KING EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK OFF OF!!!! I may have time to do this tomorrow... either way... thank you sooooo much for helping me out. I cannot wait to get around the blasted eMatic crap!
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brainiac5 said:
Here are the steps I used to create and install a driver for my Ematic eGlide XL PRO 2 tablet so that I could root the blasted thing and install the Google Play Store.
I called Ematic customer service before starting this mess, and they said that they do not provide downloadable drivers for any of their tablets, and that there were no plans to. This is a big DIY job, but it was totally worth it. After fixing the driver problem, I was easily able to root the tablet using SuperOneClick, and I was also easily able to install the Google Play Store. The tablet runs faster now and feels much more stable. And, after installing ICS Browser + from the Play store, the tablet now kicks ass a little bit of ass.
I did this on a machine running Windows Vista (32-bit).
I guess at this point you should check out the general instructions about rooting to prepare the tablet (USB Debugging has to be turned on in the Android settings, for example). You can do everything indicated but install the driver, since it doesn't officially exist.
1) Connect the tablet with a USB cable and let the driver installation fail.
2) Open the Windows device manager and look up the device ID for the tablet.
a. In the device manager, my tablet showed up as Android Tablet or Android Phone
b. Right-click on it and open the Properties window.
c. In the Details tab of the Properties window, change the Property to “Hardware Ids”.
d. Make a note of these Ids for later (I only needed one of them, see the code I added below).
3)Eject the tablet (safely remove the hardware).
4)Download and install the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
5)Follow the instructions here (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html) to install the right packages once you have downloaded and installed the SDK.
a. I installed SDK tools (required), Android 4.0.3 APK15 (for my tablet), and the Google USB Driver (in the extras section). You can see what version of ICS is running in the tablet by looking in the tablet settings.
6)Once all of the packages are installed, navigate to the file android_winusb.
a. My android_winusb file was located in the following folder: /my user account/Local/Android/android-sdk/extras/google/usb_driver
At this point you have to manually add an entry to the android_winusb file for the eGlide XL PRO 2 using the device ID found in step 2. (There are two sections in the android_winusb file, one for 32-bit Windows ([Google.NTx86]) and one for 64-bit Windows ([Google.NTamd64]). Since I am running 32-bit Vista, I only added an entry for my tablet to the 32-bit section.)
7) Open android_winusb in a text editor and add an entry in the section relevant to your system using the following syntax (insert your device id where indicated):
;eGlide XL PRO II
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, YOUR_DEVICE_ID_HERE
For my tablet, I added the following entry to the file:
;eGlide XL PRO II
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&REV_0230&MI_01
Two device ID numbers were given in the properties window of the device manager. As you can see, I used the longer one.
8) Save the changes and close the file.
9) When I connected my tablet with a USB cable again, Vista managed to find the driver automatically, but you might have to let the driver installation fail again so that you can point Vista to the location of the driver manually (see step 6 for the location). I did have to accept the installation, since the author (me) was untrusted.
After the driver was installed, I used SuperOneClick to root the tablet. I pressed the Root button once, and the Allow Non-Market Apps button once, and the tablet was rooted (no problem at all for me here, SuperTwoClick, Iguess.)
Then I restarted the tablet.
I downloaded the Google Play apk from xda-developers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582422
I emailed the non-modded apk to myself, saved it to my SD card and installed it from the /download directory with no problem. Since the “non-supported” eGlide XL PRO 2 doesn't have the Google Play store pre-installed, I didn't have to do anything funky like rename the file. I just installed it like any other app.
The store didn't open properly until I restarted the tablet again.
After this I installed SetCPU (downloaded from xda-developers) and the ICS Browser + from the Google Play store, and now the tablet rocks. It seems noticeably faster now and much more stable than when I first bought it.
I made this guide from memory, so I hope I didn't leave anything out. Send me a private message if you have any questions.
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Ok... so I read everything... and it seemed quick... so I did it... everything exactly as you said... no issues... except when all said and done... Play was still crashing... so I figured I would factory wipe/reset to stock... and do all over again with the super one click root and then allow market apps... but super one click is now hanging up at allow non market apps... so I'm not sure what to do... when it asked to do a test after rooting... the sending of su request... did you do that? and if so... did anything pop up on your tablet... because nothing did for me...
then I hit allow non market button and super one click hangs... to where I have to force close on my pc...
I am using 64 bit win 7... but the driver is not the issue... super one click seems to not be doing what it says its doing
any ideas?
The settings I changed
You're experience sounds a lot more like my previous experiences with SuperOneClick. This was the first time that it went right for me the first time round, and I honestly can't tell you what I did differently. It still took two clicks though.
I did change a few settings in the tablet afterwards too, like allowing it to accept non-market apps in the system settings.
I also erased all of the instances of my my google account (from sync and my email client and youtube) and then I re-entered it after installing the store. Maybe that helped?
If I think of anything else I did, I will post again. Wish I could be of more assistance.
brainiac5 said:
You're experience sounds a lot more like my previous experiences with SuperOneClick. This was the first time that it went right for me the first time round, and I honestly can't tell you what I did differently. It still took two clicks though.
I did change a few settings in the tablet afterwards too, like allowing it to accept non-market apps in the system settings.
I also erased all of the instances of my my google account (from sync and my email client and youtube) and then I re-entered it after installing the store. Maybe that helped?
If I think of anything else I did, I will post again. Wish I could be of more assistance.
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No worries..... I'm pretty savvy with rooting and such... so I think I can get it to work
new plan:
factory reset & reboot
super one click & reboot
allow non-market apps reboot
accept non-market apps in seetings and install play and reboot
try play again...
if that doesn't work... I'm going to be a little dismayed LOL.
Thanks again
Where is the ematic store app?
I also wanted to get rid of the ematic store, but I couldn't find it. I figured at first that if I left it in that it might interfere with the Google Play store. In the end it didn't seem to have an effect. I still would like to get rid of it though, on principle. Any idea where it is hiding in the system?
Thanks.
brainiac5 said:
I also wanted to get rid of the ematic store, but I couldn't find it. I figured at first that if I left it in that it might interfere with the Google Play store. In the end it didn't seem to have an effect. I still would like to get rid of it though, on principle. Any idea where it is hiding in the system?
Thanks.
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LOL... now you want my help! One thing at a time my friend... gotta get this Play Store working so I can actually install all my google services... then I will be more than glad to help in pimping out this little bad boy.
Good luck!
LOL
I can be a little impatient
Good luck and I hope you get it running!
brainiac5 said:
I also wanted to get rid of the ematic store, but I couldn't find it. I figured at first that if I left it in that it might interfere with the Google Play store. In the end it didn't seem to have an effect. I still would like to get rid of it though, on principle. Any idea where it is hiding in the system?
Thanks.
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Man, no luck again...
installed, rebooted, input my google info, asked me to joint google +, enter credit card... everything was fine
then when it went to load a pop-up loads saying "market is becoming google play store"
and when I hit continue... thats when the crash hits: "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has Stopped"
in fact, that is where it always crashes first time...
after that, every load is pretty much same... loading circle goes for a few seconds, then "stopped"
and I can see the terms of service underneath it... which I want to "Accept" so badly thinking that will change everything
that is where I am at right now... kinda blows because I followed instructions to the T, but results are not the same... hmmmm
gonna have to try different apk... maybe the modded one and then some other one...
Got stuck there too, but only a couple of times
I had that problem the first few times I tried to run the Play store after the install, and I though I was done, but restarting the tablet fixed everything.
I was really burned up too, you can see underneath the error message that Play recognizes your log in information, but that something in the tablet is stopping you. Frustrating.
I should have a chance to play with the thing again later after work, to figure out if I did anything else to make it work.
brainiac5 said:
I had that problem the first few times I tried to run the Play store after the install, and I though I was done, but restarting the tablet fixed everything.
I was really burned up too, you can see underneath the error message that Play recognizes your log in information, but that something in the tablet is stopping you. Frustrating.
I should have a chance to play with the thing again later after work, to figure out if I did anything else to make it work.
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SU is definitely on there, and allow non-market apps did apparently work... so super one click (two click) did what it was supposed to do... but the XL Pro 2 is not having it with Google Play... many reboots and no luck...
wondering if it is the app I'm flashing... used the one you posted as that is the one I had tried long before this whole process... wondering if there is a better apk...
was super excited, now I'm back to being frustrated! Very jealous of you right now! LOL
Google play newer build?
Da_Sheezy said:
SU is definitely on there, and allow non-market apps did apparently work... so super one click (two click) did what it was supposed to do... but the XL Pro 2 is not having it with Google Play... many reboots and no luck...
wondering if it is the app I'm flashing... used the one you posted as that is the one I had tried long before this whole process... wondering if there is a better apk...
was super excited, now I'm back to being frustrated! Very jealous of you right now! LOL
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I am pretty sure that I installed from the 3.5.16 apk link, because I remember all of the instructions that I ended up just ignoring, but just to be sure I checked the build number on the version of Google Play running in my tablet, and it was newer (3.7.13). I didn't notice if my tablet updated after the install, or if in a blur of downloading and installing I pulled a more recent Google play apk off of xda-developers without realizing on accident.
Anyway, I found this link on here, which is to the apk of the latest build, the one installed in my tablet that is working. Maybe this helps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752605
Stay strong! :good:
one more thing, all of my apps are automatically updating, not something I usually do, but the tablet is for my mom...
Sent from my eGlide XL PRO II using xda app-developers app
No way... this tablet is for my mom too...
What a trip lol
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Good Evening/Hello/Hi,
I own a Nexus 5X and I am running Android O Preview 3 using the Nova Launcher 5.2
Phone is not rooted and bootloader is still locked.
I recently downloaded the Android O Preview 3 OTA update directly f System Update settings. I was just before the OTA update running Android 0 Preview 2.
Problem :
Once the device updated and rebooted everything is working like a charm. Except, I found out that some of my widgets on my home-screen are not working anymore.
I can only see a grey rectangle with an Play icon and under written Setup. (see image attached)
I had 3 of those widgets and they were all "My Play Library" (One for My Movies, My Books and My Newstand).
When I try to re-add it from the widget menu. It's nowhere to be found it completely disappeared.
Any other people have this problem. Got a way to fix this ?
It was working correctly on Android 0 Preview 2.
I even tried to reboot and wipe the cache partition, tried also to change to another launcher like google now launcher to see if problem was related to Nova Launcher but still it's not there at all in either cases.
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kindastuff said:
Good Evening/Hello/Hi,
I own a Nexus 5X and I am running Android O Preview 3 using the Nova Launcher 5.2
Phone is not rooted and bootloader is still locked.
I recently downloaded the Android O Preview 3 OTA update directly f System Update settings. I was just before the OTA update running Android 0 Preview 2.
Problem :
Once the device updated and rebooted everything is working like a charm. Except, I found out that some of my widgets on my home-screen are not working anymore.
I can only see a grey rectangle with an Play icon and under written Setup. (see image attached)
I had 3 of those widgets and they were all "My Play Library" (One for My Movies, My Books and My Newstand).
When I try to re-add it from the widget menu. It's nowhere to be found it completely disappeared.
Any other people have this problem. Got a way to fix this ?
It was working correctly on Android 0 Preview 2.
I even tried to reboot and wipe the cache partition, tried also to change to another launcher like google now launcher to see if problem was related to Nova Launcher but still it's not there at all in either cases.
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Thank You
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Woke up this morning and mine was gone too. Looked exactly like your screenshot. I didn't install any updates though, I'm still stuck on Marshmallow, it was just gone. Google probably just killed it out of nowhere, as Google does.
This also happened to me. I'm wondering if it will ever come back. Any ideas for an alternative widget in the meantime?
Happened to me today as described. Sucks as it was my favourite feature to have all my books on my home screen.
Current solution was to add a folder using root explorer to data/app called com.android.vending-1.apk then go to airplane mode and force stop Play Store and uninstall updates. That reverted my Play Store app and prevented it from auto updating which will do for now.
Will link source to that tip when not on mobile.
Also interested in alternative widgets for this purpose.
Yeah, I noticed mine was gone too. I hope they add it back...
Adding more. Happen on my old nexus 7 2013. Definitely linked to Google removing the widget from the play store apk. Dammit it was a great widget. I could easily see my movies books and magazine. I'm pissed they did this without notice.
got the same problem on my galaxy S7 edge running Nougat, it's a right PITA
What a bummer! Gone for me too, on a completely stock Galaxy Tab S3 running Nougat. I used it for the digital magazines I subscribe to in Google Play Newsstand and it just disappeared without any notice.
Dammit Google. I used that for books too, on a 12" tablet, full screen. It was awesome. Why not fix it instead of removing it just like that? There are many of us who liked it a lot. Geez.
Anybody able to create a widget app that could replicate what the 'my library' app did?