Just got ze551 and updated CM. Now can't install google play services/play store - ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm not sure what to do here. I just got my Zenfone 2 (ze551ml/z00a) and noticed I had a notification for a system update and foolishly thought it would be no big deal to proceed to install it. I think it was on CM 12.1 previously and the update was for CM 13 but not sure but after it updated it axed pretty much all the apps that were on it including any Google services. Wouldn't be a big deal since the update was literally the first thing I've done with the phone after porting #/service---haven't imported contacts or anything---but I can't just download an APK of the Play store or Google services. I've tried this through APK downloads and through the Google installer app (which is in Chinese regardless of whether I got it off the xiaomi market or not). The results weren't much different with each attempt. I get either "There was a problem communicating with Google servers. Try again later" when trying to sign in when launching play store or""Google Play services won't run unless you update Google Play services.", which I cannot do.
So I can't really do much of anything right now with the phone and really regret installing the CM update. I got Open Gapps but (x86, 6.0, full I think?) but I'm not sure what to do with it. I have experience rooting phones and have rooted my last two phones but I'm no expert when it comes to smartphones. I just want this phone to be usable again, I don't care whether I am using stock or cyanogenmod. How can I get Google services and alike to run is open gapps the solution or do I need to find some recovery rom to try to flash to? I've seen so many completely different solutions to this that I don't know where to go from here. I did a factory reset but that had no effect and the solutions I tried here thus far haven't worked.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and if you leave a bitcoin wallet address and your solution helps I'll gladly send you a tip for your efforts. Thanks!!

Have you tried reformatting, and flashing gapps and rom? The phone settings was likely tinkered.

What recovery have you got loaded ? If twrp which it should be , being on cm ? Cm 13.1 gets updates and notifications for updates , so download gapps for android 6 x86 ..boot into recovery and flash latest gapps .
What build number date etc ?
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timbernot said:
What recovery have you got loaded ? If twrp which it should be , being on cm ? Cm 13.0 gets updates and notifications for updates , so download gapps for android 6 x86 ..boot into recovery and flash latest gapps .
What build number date etc ?
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If you have YouTube installed , just try n play a video ..crazy I know but this usually asks and updates play store and corrects connection error quickest way

FrameCall said:
Have you tried reformatting, and flashing gapps and rom? The phone settings was likely tinkered.
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Not yet but I'm going to look up how to flash the gapps.
timbernot said:
What recovery have you got loaded ? If twrp which it should be , being on cm ? Cm 13.1 gets updates and notifications for updates , so download gapps for android 6 x86 ..boot into recovery and flash latest gapps .
What build number date etc ?
Not sure which recovery, it had like 6 grey square-ish buttons when I entered it last time. But when you say 'download gapps' you mean get Open Gapps right? I booted into recovery mode with the zip of it but didn't have a guide handy so I didn't mess with it. So I was on the right track it sounds like, I'll give that a shot with a guide and reply here with the results.
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If you have YouTube installed , just try n play a video ..crazy I know but this usually asks and updates play store and corrects connection error quickest way
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Don't have youtube or any google apps unfortunately, the update to CM 13 removed most of the apps.

Yes just head over to cm 13 for z00a if your device in " original android development section"? , and follow cm flashing instructions ,
What build number and date of build installed ?

timbernot said:
Yes just head over to cm 13 for z00a if your device in " original android development section"? , and follow cm flashing instructions ,
What build number and date of build installed ?
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I guess I got ahead of myself. I tried installing open gapps from recovery, looked like it worked so I wiped cache and after the phone started I just get a barrage of "unfortunately setup wizard has stopped" and 'play store has stopped" over and over again. So now I can't check what version I have but I know it was CM 13 and one of the latest three available nightly builds with android 6.0.1, I did try installing the 'official' google apps first but I got an error like "unable to update file" or something---guessing I should have tried unlocking the bootloader first? The official unlocker tool is an .apk so now thats off the table. But if this phone has TWRP on it then doesn't that mean the previous owner already unlocked it (I bought it used)? Should I try unlocking first or go straight to flashing CM13?
I'm assuming you are saying to get the CM 13 ROM for z00A from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen.../rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-nightly-builds-t3264492
I'll download that and give it a shot.
edit:
Do I want the .zip for CM13 (CM Build) or the recovery (.img) or both? screenshot. the guide isn't really clear. I'm going into recovery/TWRP to see if I can find out my version # of CM---I think its the version from 5/23 but I'm not sure

Well the guide is straight forward , you will have download new twrp and flash that for future updates to flash correctly , there are tonnes of threads to get you back up and running around here , take your time ..enjoy .
You say you cannot boot into system so put all files on SD card and select storage in twrp ..flash ROM ..gapps .. and latest twrp ..so you can back up at earliest instance
If any probs , try YouTube ..there's a few vids for flashing cm13 on zen 2

How's it going ohituna ? All good?

timbernot said:
How's it going ohituna ? All good?
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Updated TWRP to v3 first then flashed CM13 from the thread I linked above (the zip, not the img). along with the x86-nano version of opengapps. Worked perfectly. Wish I would have done that from the start instead of messing around with trying to get opengapps to work without the flashed CM and whatnot. Seems to be running perfect, got bunch of apps off play store already with no problem getting my contacts and other Google stuff.
Thanks for the pushes in the right direction!:good::good::good::good:
Now the ZF2 is starting to grow on me, got it instead of waiting for the HTC One A9 price to drop and I'm feeling like I made the right call.

Great news , better that you sorted it yourself .
Now save a back up on PC and keep forever lol just in case

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[Q] Jellytime R29 help

Hello
I have just installed Jellytime R29, mu 1st ever custom ROM. I am trying to figure out to install apps with no success. I cannot find the Play Store app, only the Play store website. If I try and install any of the apps I had previously, the website says they are already installed. I assume that is because they are linked to my gmail account, I cannot seem to reinstall them either. So I tried to install an app that I have never installed before, it said it installed successfully, but I cannot find it anywhere on the phone.
I am really confused, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
flash gapps
domnic619 said:
flash gapps
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The version on the Jellytime download site says it is deprecated, it is dated the 26th of July 2012, is this the one to use?
When you flash any ROM, you should read the OP. The JellyTime OP instructs you to flash gapps and has a link to a more recent version.
Try this one? :fingers-crossed:
"goo.im/gapps"
evanr3 said:
The version on the Jellytime download site says it is deprecated, it is dated the 26th of July 2012, is this the one to use?
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Try here for all the versions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873040&highlight=jellytime
Wifi issues
Today I noticed a problem while using Skype on r29, during a call when the screen switches off the Wi-Fi connection becomes unstable and the call stutters, it the screen is on all is fine no issues, other users had same problem, I even tried latest radio but still having same issue anybody knows of a fix our if it will get fixed.
evanr3 said:
Hello
I have just installed Jellytime R29, mu 1st ever custom ROM. I am trying to figure out to install apps with no success. I cannot find the Play Store app, only the Play store website. If I try and install any of the apps I had previously, the website says they are already installed. I assume that is because they are linked to my gmail account, I cannot seem to reinstall them either. So I tried to install an app that I have never installed before, it said it installed successfully, but I cannot find it anywhere on the phone.
I am really confused, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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You've got to flash the GAPPS right after flashing the ROM. Better you reflash both. Everything should work fine then.
The Link for the GAPPS you find in the first post of the JellyTime- ROM.

problems with Cyanogenmod 13 update and gapps

My tablet (Nexus 7, 2013 flo) just updated to Cyanogenmod 13 (snapshot, I was previously using the latest snapshot version of 12). it was an automatic update, where it let me know that there was snapshot version for download, then let me download it and install automatically.
When I re-started the tab my google apps were fussy so I realised I needed to update gapps. I downloaded (from opengapps) the pico version for Android 6.0 and flashed it (using twrp 2.8.7). After that I rebooted. Now as soon as I boot up, it pops up the notification "unfortunately setupwizard has stopped" and a variety of "Google play services/youtube/gmail/etc have stopped" notifications. As soon as I click OK the notification returns so I am unable to interact with the system at all.
What have I done wrong? How do I fix it? help please.
aequidens said:
flashed it (using twrp 2.8.7)
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"Known broken TWRP versions: 2.8.7.0"
Perhaps it is also broken on N7?
k23m said:
"Known broken TWRP versions: 2.8.7.0"
Perhaps it is also broken on N7?
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Maybe it was that. Impatience got the better of me and I ended up getting the latest TWRP, downloading CM13 from their site and reinstalling everything (I had hoped to avoid that because of reinstalling everything but I'm not good at waiting). Something in he mix worked anyway and it's all fine now. (Except Neko Atsume which does not store anywhere and has to start over LOL).

From CyanogenMod 13.x to Cyanogen 14.1 Errors!

Hello There!
I had custom CyanogenMod 13.x with OTA updates to my phone i dont remember exactly the version i had but im sure it was the 6.x. So I notice that i didnt have any new updates for a long time. Yestaurday I had 3 new updates and I do the last one it was the Nougat version and so i do that. No I have really big problems with apps. Google services didnt work and any programs which needs my google accounts didnt work like game maps market etc. I had also a new update to do and when i saw dat i was like thanks god Problem will be fixed after the new update so i press the button to download and to reboot to update but a message told me "Unable to reboot into recovery". So i tryed to downgrade from the update settings to my old version 13.x but the same thing appearance! Please I need help cause in 5 days i will go at EU Trip and i really want my phone. Please help me. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks in advance!
Erosa13 said:
Hello There!
I had custom CyanogenMod 13.x with OTA updates to my phone i dont remember exactly the version i had but im sure it was the 6.x. So I notice that i didnt have any new updates for a long time. Yestaurday I had 3 new updates and I do the last one it was the Nougat version and so i do that. No I have really big problems with apps. Google services didnt work and any programs which needs my google accounts didnt work like game maps market etc. I had also a new update to do and when i saw dat i was like thanks god Problem will be fixed after the new update so i press the button to download and to reboot to update but a message told me "Unable to reboot into recovery". So i tryed to downgrade from the update settings to my old version 13.x but the same thing appearance! Please I need help cause in 5 days i will go at EU Trip and i really want my phone. Please help me. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks in advance!
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Best thing to do after an update is to reset your phone, I reccomend hard reset, first backup all your files (contact list, photos, videos etc.) on your laptop/pc or flash drive, then do the hard reset of your phone. If the same problem appears after hard reset, you will have to flash your ROM again.
If you switched from MM to N, best you can do is a full clean new install. Also flash pico Gapps and if you need more Google apps download them from Play Store. For D855 is mandatory to flash v21C modem before flashing the Rom, not sure for other variants.

[Guide] Install official ROM and Google Playstore

Hello,
I found a tutorial on how to install the google playstore on the Nubia Z17. It's to long to repeat it here. Anyway for me it worked. I first unlocked bootloader, then I installed the official ROM V2.44 and Open Gapps. After that playstore works until you reboot. To get it working there is a small workaround that takes only 1-2 Minutes and includes activating the airplane mode. Unfortunatly you have to do it every time you reboot your device. The good news is that the Google Playstore finally works. You can find the tutorial here:
https://www.china-phone.net/nubia-z17-playstore.html
Hope this helps other Nubia Z17 Users too
also available in german: https://www.chinamobilemag.de/tutorials/nubia-z17-twrp-root-google-play.html
loquenz said:
also available in german: https://www.chinamobilemag.de/tutorials/nubia-z17-twrp-root-google-play.html
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I do that but didn't work . I return to custom rom. from seller in aliexpress
Sent from my NX563J using Tapatalk
I dıd ınstal and ıts same lıke you said after 1 or 2 mıns google play start work. but my phone keep restart ıt self otomatic every 2 hours. so buggy till now.
lets wait....
sewkanteam said:
I dıd ınstal and ıts same lıke you said after 1 or 2 mıns google play start work. but my phone keep restart ıt self otomatic every 2 hours. so buggy till now.
lets wait....
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My phone is working normal.
1. Reinstall the original ROM 2.44
2. Unlock bootloader and install TWRP
3. Root the phone
5. Install Open Gapps Arm64 7.1 Full
6. The phone restart and do the Factory Reset
7. Open Google Play and insert your Google account. It will take several minutes for Google to work.
8. Press the circle-home button to start multi task. Pull down the Google Play until you see 'lock icon'.
9. You're done
Note: when your Google stop working, just go to Flight Mode for 1-2 minute and try to authenticate again.
Always keep your Google running by lock it on multi tasking.
jeffaguilera said:
My phone is working normal.
1. Reinstall the original ROM 2.44
2. Unlock bootloader and install TWRP
3. Root the phone
5. Install Open Gapps Arm64 7.1 Full
6. The phone restart and do the Factory Reset
7. Open Google Play and insert your Google account. It will take several minutes for Google to work.
8. Press the circle-home button to start multi task. Pull down the Google Play until you see 'lock icon'.
9. You're done
Note: when your Google stop working, just go to Flight Mode for 1-2 minute and try to authenticate again.
Always keep your Google running by lock it on multi tasking.
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thx for replay ım on it now.lets see
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6. The phone restart and do the Factory Reset
what you mean wıth that . when ı try factory reset phone go twrp direct. ?
sewkanteam said:
thx for replay ım on it now.lets see
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6. The phone restart and do the Factory Reset
what you mean wıth that . when ı try factory reset phone go twrp direct. ?
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Yes.. It will go to TWRP to exceute the reset. Just swipe to execute
loquenz said:
also available in german: https://www.chinamobilemag.de/tutorials/nubia-z17-twrp-root-google-play.html
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This doesn't work for me either. It's also a different tutorial than the first post.
Hello, thanks you for tutorial, this works for me too. But I have got a problem with Google apps which are not included in zip. I am user of Google Analytics and Google Adsense apps and if I want to login into these apps, it shows that Google Play Services has some problem and cant load my account. I already deleted apps data but it still doesnt work. Can someone help me please? Thank you guys.
thekrto said:
Hello, thanks you for tutorial, this works for me too. But I have got a problem with Google apps which are not included in zip. I am user of Google Analytics and Google Adsense apps and if I want to login into these apps, it shows that Google Play Services has some problem and cant load my account. I already deleted apps data but it still doesnt work. Can someone help me please? Thank you guys.
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Some aspects of Google apps still have bugs. For me, Google Calendar doesn't work and Photos doesn't sync. For full function we'll just have to be patient (or try a custom ROM maybe)
thekrto said:
Hello, thanks you for tutorial, this works for me too. But I have got a problem with Google apps which are not included in zip. I am user of Google Analytics and Google Adsense apps and if I want to login into these apps, it shows that Google Play Services has some problem and cant load my account. I already deleted apps data but it still doesnt work. Can someone help me please? Thank you guys.
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Yes it is true with same problem I have. What you need to do is to find a Gapps package including Google apps you need.
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jeffaguilera said:
My phone is working normal.
1. Reinstall the original ROM 2.44
2. Unlock bootloader and install TWRP
3. Root the phone
5. Install Open Gapps Arm64 7.1 Full
6. The phone restart and do the Factory Reset
7. Open Google Play and insert your Google account. It will take several minutes for Google to work.
8. Press the circle-home button to start multi task. Pull down the Google Play until you see 'lock icon'.
9. You're done
Note: when your Google stop working, just go to Flight Mode for 1-2 minute and try to authenticate again.
Always keep your Google running by lock it on multi tasking.
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I have a problem when I open Gmail. The message shows that com.google.android.gm.MailMigrationApplication cannot access Google Play Service, and ask me to retry. Although Gmail works fine, but this message comes out every time when I start Gmail. Is there any solution to resolve it?
Thank you.
Hi gyus, new update for Nubia Z17 is out - V2.48. I tried to update but it didnt pass. When I hit update, it ends in main page of TWRP recovery. Thanks for suggestions.
backboycn said:
Yes it is true with same problem I have. What you need to do is to find a Gapps package including Google apps you need.
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I have a problem when I open Gmail. The message shows that com.google.android.gm.MailMigrationApplication cannot access Google Play Service, and ask me to retry. Although Gmail works fine, but this message comes out every time when I start Gmail. Is there any solution to resolve it?
Thank you.
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That issue also happen to me. Theres no any solution for this. Lets cal this installation as emergency install while waiting for the real international rom
thekrto said:
Hi gyus, new update for Nubia Z17 is out - V2.48. I tried to update but it didnt pass. When I hit update, it ends in main page of TWRP recovery. Thanks for suggestions.
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it happened same to me. ı needed ınstall official rom v2,44 agaın and hıt update and do steps agaın from beggınıng root +gapps . and now ıt work perfectly no problem sınce a week everythıng works fine .
Really? On my device I was not able to start the google playstore anymore. Did you do anything to fix it or was it just working normally?
sewkanteam said:
it happened same to me. ı needed ınstall official rom v2,44 agaın and hıt update and do steps agaın from beggınıng root +gapps . and now ıt work perfectly no problem sınce a week everythıng works fine .
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So you are on 2.48, root and installing Gapps? What about the Gapps issue like sometimes its not working everytime the device restarted and also the gmail?
jeffaguilera said:
So you are on 2.48, root and installing Gapps? What about the Gapps issue like sometimes its not working everytime the device restarted and also the gmail?
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yeah ım on 2.48 wıth root and gapps. gmail atill com. error. but working stil..
about restart phone yeah ı had ıt 1 time first day. I swıched phone off for 2 mıns. then open back. so ı dont have restart problem nomore ıts a week now.
sewkanteam said:
yeah ım on 2.48 wıth root and gapps. gmail atill com. error. but working stil..
about restart phone yeah ı had ıt 1 time first day. I swıched phone off for 2 mıns. then open back. so ı dont have restart problem nomore ıts a week now.
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I tried today and i found that after updating to 2.48 we should do clean install after unlock botloader, root and installing gapps. If not the google play wont be working properly.
Can I install version 2.44?I have an unofficial "ENG".
Download package 2.44 update, I put it on a pen drive and then Choose Update Package? Or should I install it through TWRP?
hanakyn said:
Can I install version 2.44?I have an unofficial "ENG".
Download package 2.44 update, I put it on a pen drive and then Choose Update Package? Or should I install it through TWRP?
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Hi,
Yes I'm a newbie... We have to begin one day
I just received the phone.
After the first power on (plugged) and Wifi connection, the phone automatically did two updates :
original (2.39 ?) to 2.44
2.44 to 2.48.
When I bought the phone, it was mentioned that gaps are not available at that moment (GeekBuying)
Now, they do not mention this limitation on their web site (and the price goes lower )
Is there a new "international complete official ROM ?"
Thanks
Regards

Help me with google apps

Hi everyone
I have got a Samsung Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520) and it unfortunately stopped updating due to it been so old and was left behind on android KitKat 4.4.
So I decided to root it and download the lineage update to get android 7.1.2 custom ROM on it and give it a bit of life instead of never been used because it's slow and blotchy.
When I download the ROM everything worked really well, moment installed Gapps it when pear shaped. I was met with "android is starting" message stopping me from do anything but go on settings through notifications bar and it made my keyboard disappear.
So I just flashed the lineage ROM back to standard without Gapps. I have tried most of the Gapps packages that they make and I get the same thing every time with the missing keyboard.
My real question is can build a set of google apps through apk. I have tried installing google play, google play services and google play frame something (can't remember the last one) all of them either don't work or crash and just not stop being up a message saying each one of them isn't working.....what apps do need to install or flash to build up my own set of google apps without using Gapps
(Just some notes at the end to help, I rooted using root genius, my custom boot is TWRP, I installed TWRP via odin and lineage seems to be the only ROM that does a android 7 for my device, the apps I want working are google play store, google app, google maps, google assistant (if possible), gmail and maybe calender. The rest of them are on my non rooted s7e so don't need them on the tablet.)
Hope someone can help
hello
there " http://opengapps.org/ " use aroma version
or there " https://www.apkmirror.com/ "
it's what u need
regards
Thanks.
In the end I just picked and tried flashing different Gapps packages, when a package I tried wouldn't work I just flashed installed the original lineage 14.1 ROM, to wipe the Gapps package....after trying about 4 different packages from Gapps I think the micro package worked.
Just can't get android assistant to work now, do anyone have any ideas???
hello
before installing opengapps u should wipe data, cache, walvick
regards

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