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EMUI 5 (Nougat) B320 via Firmware Finder!

Hey guys!
I am Vivek from Ahmedabad, India. I am writing this just to let you all know about my recent experience with FF!
I bought my 6X (BLN-L22) like 2 months back and couldnt get any official ota even after waiting this long. I tried to contact the EMUI admin in Facebook and they told me that its being pushed to individual devices gradually. Now as promising as it sounds, how long is someone supposed to wait right?
Now, I came across an ocean of unfavorable and negative reviews about FF here in XDA and also in other websites. A lot of people complained about disappearance of updater and app twin along with other apps. While others complained of buggy performance or some other issues with the camera. But what I later found out was that people were trying to jump from an old release to the latest one without patching the previous releases of the full OTA in FF!
Some people had issues while jumping from 301 to 320 and some from 310 to 320. And some had twrp installed so its obv to face random issues anyway. Well, I was in B132 all this time and I didnt know what to patch first. But I read somewhere that my release and B320 were stables ones compared to others. So I backed up every single thing from my phone and took the risk only to see if all the hype about FF was true or not...
And to my surprise, it actually worked!! I simply flashed my phone to B320 from B132 using the proxy method and it all happened within an hour. I am on Nougat (EMUI 5) now and its super smooth. I have all the new features like App twin and box based push notifications. I even have the updater file which many complained of vanishing after flashing. It all worked just fine!
I was given a little inspiration by a guy named Gopi here for trying out the FF after all those crazy reviews. He said "You never know unless you try". And I went for it! haha!
So go ahead folks! B320 through FF is what you need if you dont wish to wait too much for the OTA. Special thanks to the developers of FF for this!
Good luck! :good:
Peace.

I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon

darKz22 said:
I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon
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Sad to hear that buddy! Just wait and hope for the best.

darKz22 said:
I'm legit jealous . Cause in my device (BLL-L22) there is still no full nougat update in it (with the app twin etc). Just wish huawei release it soon
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It's released for your model, just wait for OTA bud

PalakMi said:
It's released for your model, just wait for OTA bud
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Still in B360 though with March security patches. Hope that it comes sooner :3

darKz22 said:
Still in B360 though with March security patches. Hope that it comes sooner :3
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I hope also

advice needed
So previously if we update manually everyone is facing only minor issues. But the main which some have reported is if you factory reset after the update then then are complaining about missing updater in setting and also some apps like calculator. So I want to know if this still exists. Have you tried factory reset on your phone after update ? Are the apps like updater still present after factory reset? Please help me I am done waiting for ota

Ajay Pesala said:
So previously if we update manually everyone is facing only minor issues. But the main which some have reported is if you factory reset after the update then then are complaining about missing updater in setting and also some apps like calculator. So I want to know if this still exists. Have you tried factory reset on your phone after update ? Are the apps like updater still present after factory reset? Please help me I am done waiting for ota
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No I didnt went for the factory reset. It wasnt necessary anyway. I simply updated from B132 to B320 via FF and within 15 mins, the whole update was installed. I got App Twin, Updater and a lot of other new features. I didnt faced any bug so far. Been using EMUI 5 since 3 days now. Dont wait for OTA if you dont wish to. Just upgrade via FF buddy. Good luck!

I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?

[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?
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OTA updates will be available

[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....?
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He will get OTA's

PalakMi said:
He will get OTA's
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Hope you are not wrong

[email protected] said:
Hope you are not wrong
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He didn't root, he just updated through FF, so he's good to go

PalakMi said:
He didn't root, he just updated through FF, so he's good to go
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I know he's not rooted.
People who updated with firmware finder earlier are getting 320 build as OTA but it shows "update failed" when try to update.

[email protected] said:
I know he's not rooted.
People who updated with firmware finder earlier are getting 320 build as OTA but it shows "update failed" when try to update.
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Yup m also having that issue

tejus said:
Yup m also having that issue
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So, the only solution is reflashing the firmware

PalakMi said:
So, the only solution is reflashing the firmware
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So what to do? Like can u tell me steps

tejus said:
So what to do? Like can u tell me steps
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Just look in the guides section, you'll find it there

tejus said:
So what to do? Like can u tell me steps
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1. Download the right firmware for your device
2. Create a folder inside sdcard named dload
3. Extract the update.app inside the firmware you downloaded and put it inside dload
4. Power off your phone
5. Power it on back again using volume up, volume down and power buttons. All pressed simultaneously
6. Flashing will start.
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Not Getting B320 Update . How to Update to this version via Firmware Finder
[email protected] said:
I think you won't get future OTA updates after this...
Because I also updated with firmware finder from Marshmallow to Nougat build 310 just as happy as you and now I'm not getting 320 update....
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Same here bro. Not able to update via Firmware Finder once updated to 310 Build. There is a patch available but not able to flash it .

Will we Get wear 2.8

Hi folks
google has released Android Wear 2.8 to watches . will our Huawei Watch 1 will get ? any of member got OTA ?

Wating for it

yourstauseef said:
Hi folks
google has released Android Wear 2.8 to watches . will our Huawei Watch 1 will get ? any of member got OTA ?
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The "wear 2.8" that everyone is talking about is an update to the Android Wear app. It will not come in the form of a firmware update. And yes, some HW 1st gen users have already got it. I did the update manually on mine because I didn't feel like waiting.

TheSt33v said:
The "wear 2.8" that everyone is talking about is an update to the Android Wear app. It will not come in the form of a firmware update. And yes, some HW 1st gen users have already got it. I did the update manually on mine because I didn't feel like waiting.
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How do you forced the update. I have installed the apk on my Phone, but I can´t do this on the watch.

pczwiebel said:
How do you forced the update. I have installed the apk on my Phone, but I can´t do this on the watch.
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1. Get ADB working on your watch.
2. Download the latest watch version of the Android Wear app: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...id-wear-2-8-0-182596874-android-apk-download/
3. adb install -r [path to apk file]

The battery life became horrible on 2.7 .. hope 2.8 will fix that
Used to get 1.5 days minimum.. now i am getting 12h
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Got 2.8 OTA few days ago on version 1 watch. No forced update. As soon as the phone app gets updated to 2.8 you should get an update to the watch.

Surprised EMUI Update this morning on my M2-801W

Just FYI...Huawei just pushed out an OTA update to my M2-801W.
Version is now at M2-801WC233B217
EMUI 4.0.3
Security Patch Level Dec 5, 2017

Any problems with Google apps? I have major issues with minte after the update. Cant access Play Store nad Chrome crasches immidiatly. Tried to factory reset, but to no awail.

candybag said:
Any problems with Google apps? I have major issues with minte after the update. Cant access Play Store nad Chrome crasches immidiatly. Tried to factory reset, but to no awail.
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I have the same problem

I am just using the default AppGallery, but I think Huawei is purposely Blocking the Google Play Store. I use FIREFOX.

candybag said:
Any problems with Google apps? I have major issues with minte after the update. Cant access Play Store nad Chrome crasches immidiatly. Tried to factory reset, but to no awail.
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I have the same problem!！

I have the same problem too! I even tried to install google play service manually with latest apk files, but it doesn't work. Plus, I can't even use any google apps. Very frustrating. I tried to ask for help to the support, but they didn't care anything. Shame on Huawei, I would never buy Huawei devices anymore

I had the same issue, but I fixed it. The problem is my device came with Chinese firmware on it, which as you already know after the last update doesn't support Google services and all of the related apps.
The solution is to change your mediapad's firmware with no Chinese one. I downloaded mine from here: romfirmware.com/2017/08/03/huawei-mediapad-m2-8-0-m2-801w/
Definitely works. Wish you luck!
P.S. Bear in mind that you will loose all of your personal data and installed apps doing so. I recommend to backup your entire device and later to try to restore it on the new firmware - it is not so easy in my case but in the end it worked.

nixxson said:
I had the same issue, but I fixed it. The problem is my device came with Chinese firmware on it, which as you already know after the last update doesn't support Google services and all of the related apps.
The solution is to change your mediapad's firmware with no Chinese one. I downloaded mine from here: romfirmware.com/2017/08/03/huawei-mediapad-m2-8-0-m2-801w/
Definitely works. Wish you luck!
P.S. Bear in mind that you will loose all of your personal data and installed apps doing so. I recommend to backup your entire device and later to try to restore it on the new firmware - it is not so easy in my case but in the end it worked.
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Thank you so much for the information. I'm going to try this way

No Google
Yep I got the same problem. Update stopped google working.
I side loaded some things but Chrome worked for a short period and then stopped working again. I tied Opera and it was fine so only a Google thing.
I then attempted to flash older firmware and did something wrong as I completely hard-bricked my device. Fastboot mode works but no other mode works. I'll be posting a 'help please' elsewhere in the forums. Very f'ed off about it, but the downsides of buying off AliExpress, it's going to be Chinese firmware. Might go buy a Samsung form the shop down the road (sigh).

I updated to B217 and have the same problem that all Google things stop working.
After hours of searching I have successfully downgrade my M2-801W from B217 (EMUI 4, Android 6) to B019 (EMUI 3, Android 5).
Now all Google things work fine as before.
I will post the guide and the necessary files soon.

wilson00 said:
I updated to B217 and have the same problem that all Google things stop working.
After hours of searching I have successfully downgrade my M2-801W from B217 (EMUI 4, Android 6) to B019 (EMUI 3, Android 5).
Now all Google things work fine as before.
I will post the guide and the necessary files soon.
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PLease hurry up my friend I really need this tablet for my work XD
Thanks in advance

pavelmayorga said:
PLease hurry up my friend I really need this tablet for my work XD
Thanks in advance
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If you are in a hurry try the method I described. Plus mine EMUI is v.4.0, not 3.0 which I think is better.

ZiCott said:
I am just using the default AppGallery, but I think Huawei is purposely Blocking the Google Play Store. I use FIREFOX.
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Thank u but is not solving my problem and all my needs
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The solution is to change your mediapad's firmware with no Chinese one. I downloaded mine from here: romfirmware.com/2017/08/03/huawei-mediapad-m2-8-0-m2-801w/
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The links to download the files in this site are no longer working

pavelmayorga said:
PLease hurry up my friend I really need this tablet for my work XD
Thanks in advance
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Finally
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m2/how-to/guide-downgrade-mediapad-m2-8-emui-4-0-t3763727

pavelmayorga said:
The links to download the files in this site are no longer working
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Yeah, appears so. Try here: cloud.mail.ru/public/E8YU/pjjUzCz1y

nixxson said:
I had the same issue, but I fixed it. The problem is my device came with Chinese firmware on it, which as you already know after the last update doesn't support Google services and all of the related apps.
The solution is to change your mediapad's firmware with no Chinese one. I downloaded mine from here: romfirmware.com/2017/08/03/huawei-mediapad-m2-8-0-m2-801w/
Definitely works. Wish you luck!
P.S. Bear in mind that you will loose all of your personal data and installed apps doing so. I recommend to backup your entire device and later to try to restore it on the new firmware - it is not so easy in my case but in the end it worked.
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Can you share how you did it? I'm not too familiar with the process. Thanks

Has Android 10 final OTA landed for the Sprint model?

I saw some mentions of people installed the beta/preview version. I came across this article that states it is the final version:
https://www.mylgphones.com/download-sprint-lg-g8-thinq-android-10-firmware-final-v20a.html
Has anyone tried installing this?

Yea i just flashed it. See screenshot.. I Can confirm thx man. No issues.
cas8180 said:
I saw some mentions of people installed the beta/preview version. I came across this article that states it is the final version:
https://www.mylgphones.com/download-sprint-lg-g8-thinq-android-10-firmware-final-v20a.html
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I can also confirm, working great!

Working?
can you please confirm if it is the final version? and when updating I don't lose my information? And is everything safe without problems so far?

Its working fine no issues. Everything is perfectly working

Help me
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Its working fine no issues. Everything is perfectly working
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Can you tell me if I don't lose my data when updating ??

My data is working fine.. I just backed up my messages and etc via Google... Follow the instructions and reboot when its done

Help me
guytano86 said:
My data is working fine.. I just backed up my messages and etc via Google... Follow the instructions and reboot when its done
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Yes but I mean if I do not lose my files when updating, like my photos or applications I hope and you answer me fast because I am about to update

I didn't lose any files.

Heads up that payment apps do not currently work with this update. Android Pay says this is not an official rom, and LG Pay requires and update for android 10 that doesn't exist yet. I suspect because although it might be official firmware, it hasn't officially been released yet.

Hmmm thinking of pulling the trigger on this. Wondering if they made improvements in the camera app? Also wondering if there is a battery drain. A lot of updates from several different phone manufacturer's are reporting battery drain after updating to Android 10.

Yes
cas8180 said:
Hmmm thinking of pulling the trigger on this. Wondering if they made improvements in the camera app? Also wondering if there is a battery drain. A lot of updates from several different phone manufacturer's are reporting battery drain after updating to Android 10.
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I notice the battery exactly the same, the camera improved and added new modes, but mainly the interface and fluidity of the Android 10 device improved much more than with Android 9

I took a gamble and decided to install it. Maaananaannnnn am I love this update. What a refinement! Feels like a new phone so much more polished that 9 was on the g8. Also loving the system wide dark made aka night mode. Everything is so buttery smooth

Meanwhile T-Mobile won't say anything on when they will push the update out for their variant. :crying:

With the security lock screen are the numbers suppose to be so small

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Hey, May i Use your screenshot on mylgphones.com?

Yea feel free

guytano86 said:
Its working fine no issues. Everything is perfectly working
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This is not final. Sprint has made new versions but blocked installing them somehow

Yea new version with bloatware.. Enjoy
antintin said:
This is not final. Sprint has made new versions but blocked installing them somehow
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guytano86 said:
Yea new version with bloatware.. Enjoy
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... First off this one had bloatware too, u still had too disable it. You want to stay on a not as optimized firmware and not receive otas?

Installing Google play on WIFI matepad pro

Hey guys hows it going? just trying to see if someone can clear some stuff up for me. My Matepad pro is in the mail or else i'd try myself. So my understanding is that at this moment the Playstore cannot be installed on a WIFI Matepad pro, only the 5G version? This is of course what i've read from various youtube comments. One thing i am curious about is when i was going to purchase the tablet from Aliexpress alot of the sellers there offer the wifi version with the play store pre-installed, how do they pull this off? i'm assuming this means its at least possible?

hi mate, try the one from FoneTech channel on YouTube, that's the only one that worked perfectly on mine

deltaman83 said:
hi mate, try the one from FoneTech channel on YouTube, that's the only one that worked perfectly on mine
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this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEBXAOCin2E&list=FL4UakH2jHTPvIKKTmZu4zGQ&index=2&t=0s

Dr. Light said:
this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEBXAOCin2E&list=FL4UakH2jHTPvIKKTmZu4zGQ&index=2&t=0s
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no too old. that one
https://youtu.be/uKfz4xeMzh0

i'm thinking i shouldn't have updated to 10.1, either Huawei, Google or someone patched something because none of the 500 youtube tutorials i've tried have worked...

i did updateto 10.1.0.131 and the process in the link i gave worked like a charm

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i did updateto 10.1.0.131 and the process in the link i gave worked like a charm
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i appreciate your help and sorry to keep bugging you but my tablet (Wifi -256gb 8gb ram MRX-W09) updated to 10.1.0.130. i checked for update but thats the newest for me.....I'll give it a shot a couple more times. maybe i'm screwing something up somewhere.
edit: got it working. thanks again for you help. if anyone else is having issues with the WIFI version matepad pro, let me know and i'll see if i can help.

@dr Light which one did you use to get GSM Play Store? I have just taken ownership of the 6Gb/128Gb version.

Dr. Light said:
i appreciate your help and sorry to keep bugging you but my tablet (Wifi -256gb 8gb ram MRX-W09) updated to 10.1.0.130. i checked for update but thats the newest for me.....I'll give it a shot a couple more times. maybe i'm screwing something up somewhere.
edit: got it working. thanks again for you help. if anyone else is having issues with the WIFI version matepad pro, let me know and i'll see if i can help.
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Hi Dr.Light, I am thinking about ordering Huawei MatePad Pro(MRX-W09) as there is a discount for it going on.
Do you mind me asking if the GMS(through fonetech tutorial) that you installed has been working since it was successfully installed?
Your review of it would be greatly appreciated. As it's very attractive deal...just want to make sure it can work on the WiFi version too as I see some of the tutorials mentioning the GMS only works if it is the MatePad Pro LTE/5G.
Thanks in advance!

Hi all
I have the Matepad Pro 6Gb/128gb MRX-W09 and have been trying to get Play store installed I have tried 3 different methods and apart from one which will not go past Sign-in on playstore, the others give the Goggle services play protect error. My Pad is on the latest version of EMUI 10.1.0.151(C432E135R1P135) and is a UK version
bought from Curry's. Anyone with this latest EMUI version able to install the Play Store please advise.
TIA
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Stransky said:
Hi all
I have the Matepad Pro 6Gb/128gb MRX-W09 and have been trying to get Play store installed I have tried 3 different methods and apart from one which will not go past Sign-in on playstore, the others give the Goggle services play protect error. My Pad is on the latest version of EMUI 10.1.0.151(C432E135R1P135) and is a UK version
bought from Curry's. Anyone with this latest EMUI version able to install the Play Store please advise.
TIA
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Have you tried this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc&t=

randnet said:
Have you tried this:
youtube.com/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc&t=
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This one didn't work:
youtube.com/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc&t= :crying:
but this one worked for me (WIFI 256 GB - EMUI 10.1.0):
youtube.com/watch?v=uKfz4xeMzh0 :good:

Likely the most important tweak with the latest MIUI updates - not even the full reset - but:
the "switch back the system time year" part in the beginning (then it can be turned back onward the process).
Another that works: youtube.com/watch?v=pXotMm47K2E

https://youtu.be/jPBQrqj6cLU
Works for me... No msg saying device not protected. Latest emui 10.1.0.150 on MRX-W09. But everytime run playstore, date need to change to latest or "Auto".
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I will try 1 last time for this, but the other 3 I've tried says lzplay won't launch, some error soon as I open it.
10.4 tho.
I see a lot of these guides saying 'now change the date back to automatic' but they never say WHEN to set it to 2018?

Mine works google apps w/ updates (system updated also to latest 10.1.0.137) and even Netflix runs (actually runs movies with sign in). Up for sale on Swappa. LTE 8gb 256gb version.

hi i have the MRX-W09 and my compilation number is 10.1.0.172. Any tutorial? thanks

Ap el g said:
hi i have the MRX-W09 and my compilation number is 10.1.0.172. Any tutorial? thanks
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+1 Help please

You can follow this link. That's the latest tutorial he has. I did his previous one and it worked perfectly, updating emui version also works. I'm now on 10.1.0.176.
Hope that helps you out.

yukarlo said:
You can follow this link. That's the latest tutorial he has. I did his previous one and it worked perfectly, updating emui version also works. I'm now on 10.1.0.176.
Hope that helps you out.
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I'm on version 172 and not work for me, I can't install backup app. It says package is not valid.