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any way to install Hangouts on DHD ? it asks for google play services which I can't install.

danny.25 said:
any way to install Hangouts on DHD ? it asks for google play services which I can't install.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk
This one?
I guess you'll have to wait:
NOTE: If you aren't yet able to install Hangouts on your phone or tablet, or the Play Store "Open" button takes you to the old Talk app, hang tight, we are rolling out Hangouts to everyone over the course of several days. Rest assured Hangouts will be available soon for all Android 2.3+ devices, tablets included!
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If you really want to install the Google Play Services, then here is the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms&hl=en
I deinstalled it a week ago with a bunch of other apps, because my battery was draining really fast. I couldn't find it via the Play Store app, but was able to install it via the link above. (and deinstall it afterwards, because i don't need it )
I do have this problem that Talk was preinstalled and the "Open" button in the Play Store takes me to Talk instead of Hangouts, but i didn't need the Google Play Services app for it.

Google Market. Updates cause problems on some custom themed ROM's "X stopped"

Google Market. Updates cause problems on some custom themed ROM's "X stopped"
This is something I didn't know and this post has helped me fix Google Apps that stopped working.
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It's not the Gmail app itself, ROM or Store version. It's Play Services.
The Gmail fix is relatively simple and works every time (so far, I, and 6 of my friends, have used it):
Settings > App Manager > All > Google Play Services
Undo all updates. It will tell you it's installing the "factory" version of it. Hit OK.
Gmail (black Rom version) will [should] work.
Then, I went into Google Play Store settings and UNchecked all auto-updates so they can't slam me into non-working updates anymore.
When you run Maps and a few other Google apps, it'll put a little alert on your Noti Bar that the app NEEDS the newer version of Services...it doesn't...they all work perfectly so ignore the warning until a new Services gets released.
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The only issues I still run into is Google now and YouTube won't work with the factory services anymore. I got other apps for YouTube so that's not really an issue but I've started to like Google now lately.
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Right. I just go to you tube in my browser

[Q] uk 3.6.6 are we stuck without google services

i like many other bought this on sale day under the assumption that i would be able to get google play store and services on.
this however doesnt look the case as we are on 3.6.6
does this look like we are doomed forever without it
any help to myself and others would be most grateful
thanks in advance

goldenbolux said:
i like many other bought this on sale day under the assumption that i would be able to get google play store and services on.
this however doesnt look the case as we are on 3.6.6
does this look like we are doomed forever without it
any help to myself and others would be most grateful
thanks in advance
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Yes, we are stuck. I installed 3.5 AT&T but doesn´t work either. The only thing I could get is Swiftkey

I've been able to successfully install Google play services, account manager and the services framework previously. Managed to get apps such as YouTube, gmail and others to run without crashing. Problem is, I used specific versions and I can't remember which ones they were ? I'm trying to find out what I did right and then I can document it so I won't forget again lol. Bare with me.
Google play store is a no go on 3.6.6 though. Use 1mobile or something instead.
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lu1gj3s said:
I've been able to successfully install Google play services, account manager and the services framework previously. Managed to get apps such as YouTube, gmail and others to run without crashing. Problem is, I used specific versions and I can't remember which ones they were I'm trying to find out what I did right and then I can document it so I won't forget again lol. Bare with me.
Google play store is a no go on 3.6.6 though. Use 1mobile or something instead.
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Ummm... Sounds interesting.
Having Gmail would be awesome. Please let us know which versions are you using, we would appreciate that

Okidoki, sorted. Get them from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365224
Then download the latest Google play services from apkmirror.com and update the one you installed from the above link. Reboot and get YouTube and whatever other stuff you need ?
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lu1gj3s said:
Okidoki, sorted. Get them from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365224
Then download the latest Google play services from apkmirror.com and update the one you installed from the above link. Reboot and get YouTube and whatever other stuff you need
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Thanks, but... It didn't work. I tried that this morning and it didn't allow me to install even 1 of the apks
Thanks anyway

does this require root to the device

thanks for any replies , forgot to add this
thanks

The method that lu1gj3s posted above would require rooting, as that's the same method for all Kindle Fire tablets. As for the Fire Phone I assume it's the guaranteed to way to make it work
Has anyone tried Baidu root or something similar? I think I'll give it a try tomorrow and then go through the method of putting Google Play on again

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The method that lu1gj3s posted above would require rooting, as that's the same method for all Kindle Fire tablets. As for the Fire Phone I assume it's the guaranteed to way to make it work
Has anyone tried Baidu root or something similar? I think I'll give it a try tomorrow and then go through the method of putting Google Play on again
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no haven't messed on that much with it yet as I am waiting for a couple of nano sims to arrive for the 2 that I bought. im not that bothered about the play store itself but more about maybe gmail, google chrome and you tube. As I have a nexus 4 now I am pretty used to google being a part of everything i use plus it works well with my chromebook

Easiest way to root is towel root.
For rooting and google services etc. take a look into my guide - follow these steps and your phone should work well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2898921

thanks for info
will try and have a good go when house is quiet and no kids about lol

No root needed to make it work. I got it running without root on 3.6.6 except for the play store.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2118914&d=1373921344
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2118885&d=1373920818
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2118892&d=1373921084
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google.../google-play-services-6-6-03-1681564-070-apk/
Install account manager > services framework > play services > reboot > update play services > install youtube/gmail etc

Must say its disappointing.
The main selling point for me is, its dirt cheap and we can run android apps off it
I will be trying to root this little bad boy, anybody had much luck?

B1ackByte said:
Easiest way to root is towel root.
For rooting and google services etc. take a look into my guide - follow these steps and your phone should work well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2898921
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Well as you've had people say that the downgrade to 3.5 from 3.6.6 works I guess I'll give it a try
But no harm in trying Baidu Root first

Can you update to 3.6.8? In that version there's no problem with Google Apps

ya same here 3.6.6 no google play
ya im in Ireland got phone for 99pound need google play badly need to update to 3.6.8

If anyone hasn't yet figured out that play store won't work on any version of 3.6.6 haven't even tried to solve the problem by looking it up.
I've got it all working but every now and then get play services have stopped coming up on my phone (if anyone knows how to get rid of that let us know, thanks). I've used blackmart but most of all I use aptoide for all my apps. What I have noticed as well any apps that confirm purchases with play store load up.
I have to say, the fire phone with Google services and gapps is 1 of the best phones out. I think it's great and while they've hacked the price, I'd hope more devs would invest more time in to roms and other goodies. £99 you'd have to be stupid not to get 1.

jerico9 said:
If anyone hasn't yet figured out that play store won't work on any version of 3.6.6 haven't even tried to solve the problem by looking it up. .
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Well what did you do to get it working on 3.6.6? Instead of saying that people should just look it up...

WalkableBuffalo said:
Well what did you do to get it working on 3.6.6? Instead of saying that people should just look it up...
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+1 here..
"google services framework has stopped"
the process "com.google.process.gapps" has stopped
Have tried numerous guides to get this to work on 3.6.6 and none of them work for me, and yes i've looked it up
If not how about being helpful and providing a link or copy and pasting the guide that works?, GoogleFu isnt working out for me.
All the youtube guides and plagiarised articles i can find all reference the same method that doesn't work out.
Alternatively they recommend moving them to system apps which you cant do unless you're rooted and that would mean a downgrade to 3.5

Google Play Store on AFTV

Do the Google Play store work on the on a non rooted yet?

Doubtful since you need to install Xposed Framework and another apk to get Google Play to work on the FireTV.

icefrog119 said:
Do the Google Play store work on the on a non rooted yet?
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It'll work as you just have to sideload 4 apks for Play to work but you'll see only limited number of apps. To get more out of the Play store on AFTV though, you'll need Market Helper which needs root.
Yes, you need xposed so root as well.

Which 4 APK do i need i have googleframeworks, goolelogin, google services and google play store apk i can login to google services and the play store opens but it don't show any apps it say no Internet connection and my sideloaded The CW app stopped working

jainanshal said:
It'll work as you just have to sideload 4 apks for Play to work but you'll see only limited number of apps. To get more out of the Play store on AFTV though, you'll need Market Helper which needs root.
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How will you get around the xposed framework installation without root?

icefrog119 said:
Which 4 APK do i need i have googleframeworks, goolelogin, google services and google play store apk i can login to google services and the play store opens but it don't show any apps it say no Internet connection and my sideloaded The CW app stopped working
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navigates said:
How will you get around the xposed framework installation without root?
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My bad, edited the post above.

Sorry I'm gonna post my question here and not make a new thread since it's somehow related
Since I've bought my FireTV last January, I only had to reboot it 3 times. 1st was a power fluctuation, next one was a firmware update, and last night another unfortunate power outage.
For those who use Market Helper, the spoofing resets after a reboot. And everytime it becomes a pain to spoof it again. The first too it's not too much pain (following the AFTVNews guide) but now I can't do it anymore.
I've tried every combination of Force Stop, Clear Data, Clear Cache, Market Helper 1 and 2 beta. Waiting anywhere between 10 mins to 24 hours. Nothing.
Anyone here can help who can reliably spoof their FireTV? I can't update my apps and it's a very frustrating experience in general
Thanks in advance.

Latest Google play stock on white screen fire os 4.6.1

The screen is stuck on a white loading screen, Google play services still work and if you install an older playstore it automatically gets updated in the background to the later version , so unless the next play store update fixes this issue or a workaround is found its back to sideloading apps , which I don't mind as long as Google services still work for youtube app and maps and other google apps, also if you use Google plus it works fine but notifications won't load from g+ which I'm guessing is related to Google play services as older versions of the app have the same problem , also if I uninstall the latest playstore apk and then reinstall it it works initially and then goes back to being stuck on the white loading screen , just a few observations

kieranc88 said:
The screen is stuck on a white loading screen, Google play services still work and if you install an older playstore it automatically gets updated in the background to the later version , so unless the next play store update fixes this issue or a workaround is found its back to sideloading apps , which I don't mind as long as Google services still work for youtube app and maps and other google apps, also if you use Google plus it works fine but notifications won't load from g+ which I'm guessing is related to Google play services as older versions of the app have the same problem , also if I uninstall the latest playstore apk and then reinstall it it works initially and then goes back to being stuck on the white loading screen , just a few observations
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Just noted this as well. The fun part is i celebrated the 4.6.1 Update with ordering* 2 used firephones for dirt-cheap in new condition - which just arrived some minutes ago.
Can tell you, that's some big "F0ck you" i got just now.
I have to add that Google Hangouts sadly is also broken.
(*=because "Hey, i can get now google apps (and hangouts) working. This phone is now _flawless_")

Lianju7 said:
Just noted this as well. The fun part is i celebrated the 4.6.1 Update with ordering* 2 used firephones for dirt-cheap in new condition - which just arrived some minutes ago.
Can tell you, that's some big "F0ck you" i got just now.
I have to add that Google Hangouts sadly is also broken.
(*=because "Hey, i can get now google apps (and hangouts) working. This phone is now _flawless_")
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I don't use hangouts, hopefully the next Google services update fixes the problem

I will +1 this issue. Better than the "Play Services has stopped responding" that I was getting before the 4.6.1 upgrade, but hopefully we can find a way around it...

A maybe possible "solution" that came up to me:
While still functioning (by freshly installing gplay services and gplay market), download _all the things(tm)_ you need.
Then try to get a working gPlay services apk, dump the - now by the update broken - gPlay services and gPlay market and install the working gPlay services, but leave out the market which would try to auto-update and flip **** again.
It's just a bad workaround. But if it might work, i'm fine with it. It's not like you have to browse the gPlay market every day.

So what Google play services did you install? I use hangouts everyday so I'd gladly give up the play store for hangouts

Lianju7 said:
A maybe possible "solution" that came up to me:
While still functioning (by freshly installing gplay services and gplay market), download _all the things(tm)_ you need.
Then try to get a working gPlay services apk, dump the - now by the update broken - gPlay services and gPlay market and install the working gPlay services, but leave out the market which would try to auto-update and flip **** again.
It's just a bad workaround. But if it might work, i'm fine with it. It's not like you have to browse the gPlay market every day.
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Would you not get the "This app needs an updated version of Google play services" error eventually

I removed Google Play Store and downgraded Google Play Services back to 4.4.52. The latest Google Play Services causes many issues like battery drain and force closes on Fire OS 4.6.1.
So I installed Google Maps 6.14.4 and it works perfectly with Google Now Launcher. The launcher works perfectly, even "OK Google" commands and wallpapers work. Google Drive, Sheets, Camera, Translate all work without the latest Google Play Services. Latest versions of Google Wallet and Google+ linking don't work without latest Play Services, I'll try older versions and update this thread.
kieranc88 said:
The screen is stuck on a white loading screen, Google play services still work and if you install an older playstore it automatically gets updated in the background to the later version , so unless the next play store update fixes this issue or a workaround is found its back to sideloading apps , which I don't mind as long as Google services still work for youtube app and maps and other google apps, also if you use Google plus it works fine but notifications won't load from g+ which I'm guessing is related to Google play services as older versions of the app have the same problem , also if I uninstall the latest playstore apk and then reinstall it it works initially and then goes back to being stuck on the white loading screen , just a few observations
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I just found an _very_ ugly hack and might post soon if it's reproductive.
Confirmed to work: Hangouts, Maps, Youtube, Chrome (Chrome doesn't depend on the play services anyway.)

Lianju7 said:
I just found an _very_ ugly hack and might post soon if it's reproductive.
Confirmed to work: Hangouts, Maps, Youtube, Chrome (Chrome doesn't depend on the play services anyway.)
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Post it man lol. I'm intriqued

kieranc88 said:
Post it man lol. I'm intriqued
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Well, that's bad. I can't delete my own comments.
It's like the same procedure _you_ explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279359&postcount=13 - just a bit simpler.
The thing is, it won't survive a reboot and takes time, so it's useless. The sad thing is, that you don't even have to open the gPlay store. It will update itself, without having you open it.
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To answer your question:
- Reboot the phone, as any previous attempts to "repair" do interrupt the process
- Take ES File Explorer and install Google Play Services 7.0.99, like from as you provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279359&postcount=13
- install any version of gPlay store, open up a google app - the gPlay store will automatically do an update of itself and gPlay services in the background
- go to the system settings and delete the gPlay store (no time to be lazy here, timing counts)
- you should now have a somewhat broken gPlay-services app that even allows to open (having you ignore the popup) and working gApps like Youtube or Hangouts.
And as mentioned before, a reboot - forced by a crash or done manually - will force you to redo the steps above.

Lianju7 said:
Well, that's bad. I can't delete my own comments.
It's like the same procedure _you_ explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279359&postcount=13 - just a bit simpler.
The thing is, it won't survive a reboot and takes time, so it's useless. The sad thing is, that you don't even have to open the gPlay store. It will update itself, without having you open it.
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Yes I realized with the play store after a RebootI thought I had it fixed also, I don't know any other solution until we get an updasee services and hope that fixes it.

Oh man so I can't restart my phone or I have to do it over... Hope this gets fixed soon...

Lianju7 said:
Well, that's bad. I can't delete my own comments.
It's like the same procedure _you_ explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279359&postcount=13 - just a bit simpler.
The thing is, it won't survive a reboot and takes time, so it's useless. The sad thing is, that you don't even have to open the gPlay store. It will update itself, without having you open it.
Edit:
To answer your question:
- Reboot the phone, as any previous attempts to "repair" do interrupt the process
- Take ES File Explorer and install Google Play Services 7.0.99, like from as you provided here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60279359&postcount=13
- install any version of gPlay store, open up a google app - the gPlay store will automatically do an update of itself and gPlay services in the background
- go to the system settings and delete the gPlay store (no time to be lazy here, timing counts)
- you should now have a somewhat broken gPlay-services app that even allows to open (having you ignore the popup) and working gApps like Youtube or Hangouts.
And as mentioned before, a reboot - forced by a crash or done manually - will force you to redo the steps above.
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This worked! Thanks! I usually don't reboot this phone so it should be good. I had to do this twice btw, but it finally stuck.

I have a 7.0.99 gplay Services on /sdcard/.. If i have to Reboot my Phone and Services updatet, i delete Services and install 7.0.99 + force stop play Store. One Minute to Do and PlayStore is working again. And gplay Services Not updating again until next Reboot.
If im going then to the PlayStore to play Services, i can update it If i want..

hydromän said:
I have a 7.0.99 gplay Services on /sdcard/.. If i have to Reboot my Phone and Services updatet, i delete Services and install 7.0.99 + force stop play Store. One Minute to Do and PlayStore is working again. And gplay Services Not updating again until next Reboot.
If im going then to the PlayStore to play Services, i can update it If i want..
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Same here...
If I install the Google Play Services v7.0.99 and never reboot the Fire-Phone, the Google Play Store works flawlessly.
However, as you already said, If I have to Reboot my Fire-Phone and the Google-Play-Services "Auto" updates, I have only to delete this "NEW" 7.3.29 Google-Play Services and install 7.0.99...

Update Google Play Store App
I got its solution:
I tried changing the Google Play Store version by downloading & updating.
Try the below mentioned URL to download Google Play Store, its working totally fine!
apkmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/uploaded/54dd7979177e8/com.android.vending-5.2.13-80321300-minAPI9.apk

TansDeva said:
I got its solution:
I tried changing the Google Play Store version by downloading & updating.
Try the below mentioned URL to download Google Play Store, its working totally fine!
apkmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/uploaded/54dd7979177e8/com.android.vending-5.2.13-80321300-minAPI9.apk
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ok this works in opening the play store everytime, yet will not download and install any app. this is one step closer to a work around.
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mnknight said:
ok this works in opening the play store everytime, yet will not download and install any app. this is one step closer to a work around.
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this is an update on what worked for me, so far so good.
download this
apkmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/uploaded/54dd7979177e8/com.android.vending-5.2.13-80321300-minAPI9.apk
uninstall all google apps framework, services, account manager
re-install everything according to the howto for non-root.
open play store sign in, then immediately un-install the store from phone then install the new vending app that I asked you to download.
I believe when you immediately uninstall the store it stops it from upgrading, and was able to install the updated store.

Hangouts may be
Latest google play store 5.4.12 works fine with play services 7.0.99
As long as you do not use hangouts (uninstall or force stop it) the play services stays at 7.0.99 and all the other things work well.
May be someone else can try this out.
I can probably stay away from hangouts until a working version of play services arrives.

I installed the PlayStore from crackberry board. This PlayStore cant self update. I hope He cant update Services too. I tried to Reboot 3 Times and is still working. Give your more Feedback tomorrow