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Paid Apps and ROM update..... everything lost???

Hi everyone,
just wondering as I did my first order (BlueEx) for my Dream machine.
What happens if I format my device (install another cooked rom)? do I lost my application? do I download it again for free as I have the same gmail account? is there any way of grabing my apk install file?
thanks for your help, sure it's just 1.4€ for the moment, but if I went for documents2go or any other more expensive app (wisepilot....), I would not format my device anymore!

paid apps can be downloaded from the market again at no cost, but yes you will have to reinstall everything.

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew how to get your paid apps. moved from original gmail account to another gmail account. (Going to delete original account) Thanks.

You can pull the app off of your device using adb pull. I believe some backup apps can also backup apk files onto sdcard. One thing to note is that if you reinstall your own backup from a file rather than the market, you will not be able to get updates from the market. Only apps installed using the market app will show up on the Downloaded list (and thus be updatable without a repurchase).
Also, if the app in question is a protected app (not all paid apps are) then you will need root to pull it out of app-protected.
I wonder if there isn't some way to transfer your Market app licenses from one gmail account to another. You might have to contact Android Market support about it.

jashsu said:
You can pull the app off of your device using adb pull. I believe some backup apps can also backup apk files onto sdcard. One thing to note is that if you reinstall your own backup from a file rather than the market, you will not be able to get updates from the market. Only apps installed using the market app will show up on the Downloaded list (and thus be updatable without a repurchase).
Also, if the app in question is a protected app (not all paid apps are) then you will need root to pull it out of app-protected.
I wonder if there isn't some way to transfer your Market app licenses from one gmail account to another. You might have to contact Android Market support about it.
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I figured it out, first you wipe in Recovery then Reboot, log into original Gmail account (The one with your purchased Apps.) go into Market and redownload your purchased Apps., now get out of Market and go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications, scroll down till you get to Google Apps, click on that and press Clear data now Reboot and go back to Market and it'll ask you to log in again, log in with new Gmail account and all your stuff will sync, Contacts ect... and after a few minutes your purchased Apps. will show up in My downloads.

_Kyros_ said:
I figured it out, first you wipe in Recovery then Reboot, log into original Gmail account (The one with your purchased Apps.) go into Market and redownload your purchased Apps., now get out of Market and go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications, scroll down till you get to Google Apps, click on that and press Clear data now Reboot and go back to Market and it'll ask you to log in again, log in with new Gmail account and all your stuff will sync, Contacts ect... and after a few minutes your purchased Apps. will show up in My downloads.
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Thank you for the Tutorial - it worked for me until I wanted to install a Update of a purchased App:
they are all shown in My downloads & Market tells me that there is a Update available. When I click update it shows me the Buy button & the Price of the app?!
What can I do now? Any ideas?

[How to]Install Google Play on chinese ROM Galaxy S2 i9100G

Hi all,
When buying your S2 in China, you while probably have the bad surprise to discover Google Play is not installed on the device.
Even by installing some .apk downloaded from the web doesn't solve the issue.
I managed to got mine working. Here's how i did.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
You'll need to Root your device first
Here's how it goes:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says it can access ALL the data in your phone, even the private stuff. You've been warned. (what did you expect? it's still Google after all)
2) Install Google Play with any .apk you can find, as system app (see bellow):
Instructions (Thanks to Bandage)
-1. Transfer the .apk files to your Kindle Fire via PC / Mac (remember where you put them)
- 2. Open Root Explorer App, and navigate to the transferred .apk files
- 3. Select the GoogleServiceFramework.apk and install
- 4. When complete, click "Done" and return to the file location for Vending.apk
- 5. Long-press Vending.apk and select the "Move" option on pop-up menu
Navigate to /system/app folder
- 6. Change mount option from RO to RW (read-only to read-write)
Paste Vending.apk into the /system/app folder
- 7. Long-press Vending.apk and select "Permissions" from pop-up menu
Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r--r--)
- 8. Install Vending.apk
- 9. Reboot device
3) Launch Google Play
You should now be able to input your account and login.
For the first login, you will probably need to turn on both Wifi and APN (also can try turning off Wifi and only use APN).
You can now browse the market, but still can not install any apps.
Final step: You'll need to send some e-mail to Google (go to google play web site -> help). Explain the problem, they need to allow Play to be used by your device.
Took me a couple e-mail to get it right. The google team was very kind open to help (unlike samsung).
Go ahead and install any app you want
I recommend starting by installing Market Unlocker (especially for those in China). It lets you get the market as if you where in another country.
Hope this has been useful.
And don't forget to press the Thanks button
I actually did this a while ago (I wanted to try it out first before sharing). So i may be forgetting some specific points. Let me know how it turns out for you so i can update this How To.
Cheers
Chewee
May the force be with you

Thanks!
I tried many other ways, but they just would not work on my I9100G!
Just now I have tried this simple method and it works perfectly.
For me the final step is not necessary.
Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate.
Glad i could be of any help

I did add all google services on my chinese G in november, i basically have all google services working, including calendar sync, and still on stock GB.
What i did was to take all the google apps from CM and put them in the system app folder with correct permissions.
But i remember i did setup gmail sync before getting google market (now play store) to work correctly.
For the calendar, only the sync adapter is needed, do not replace other apps, it's not needed.

chewee133 said:
Hi all,
When buying your S2 in China, you while probably have the bad surprise to discover Google Play is not installed on the device.
Even by installing some .apk downloaded from the web doesn't solve the issue.
I managed to got mine working. Here's how i did.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
You'll need to Root your device first
Here's how it goes:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says it can access ALL the data in your phone, even the private stuff. You've been warned. (what did you expect? it's still Google after all)
2) Install Google Play with any .apk you can find, as system app (see bellow):
Instructions (Thanks to Bandage)
-1. Transfer the .apk files to your Kindle Fire via PC / Mac (remember where you put them)
- 2. Open Root Explorer App, and navigate to the transferred .apk files
- 3. Select the GoogleServiceFramework.apk and install
- 4. When complete, click "Done" and return to the file location for Vending.apk
- 5. Long-press Vending.apk and select the "Move" option on pop-up menu
Navigate to /system/app folder
- 6. Change mount option from RO to RW (read-only to read-write)
Paste Vending.apk into the /system/app folder
- 7. Long-press Vending.apk and select "Permissions" from pop-up menu
Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r--r--)
- 8. Install Vending.apk
- 9. Reboot device
3) Launch Google Play
You should now be able to input your account and login.
For the first login, you will probably need to turn on both Wifi and APN (also can try turning off Wifi and only use APN).
You can now browse the market, but still can not install any apps.
Final step: You'll need to send some e-mail to Google (go to google play web site -> help). Explain the problem, they need to allow Play to be used by your device.
Took me a couple e-mail to get it right. The google team was very kind open to help (unlike samsung).
Go ahead and install any app you want
I recommend starting by installing Market Unlocker (especially for those in China). It lets you get the market as if you where in another country.
Hope this has been useful.
And don't forget to press the Thanks button
I actually did this a while ago (I wanted to try it out first before sharing). So i may be forgetting some specific points. Let me know how it turns out for you so i can update this How To.
Cheers
Chewee
May the force be with you
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HI I followed the steps but at stage 3 after reboot I open google play it 'force closes' automatically. I cannot open play app. What may be the issue. This is Chinese phone, i also tried one of the market unlcker.. is there any specific version you can suggest ?
Ok now it opens google play and displays 'loading' but nothing appears. Funny that when I try to install it from website it says 'app will be sent/installed on your phone shortly' but nothing happens
I installed a market unlocker (some random one which configured my China phone for USA T-mobile - there are other countries i can configure for too)
Any guess what could be problem ?

It's not the right way!!!
It seems to work properly, but it may cause some problem, frequent FC for example. And some apps even can't work, such as Foursquare, which you can have a try.It's not only the Google Play but also the whole gapps that are not included in the Chinese ROM. The GoogleServicesFramework.apk and GooglePlay.apk are just part of it, so this problem can't be solved by simply installing some apks.
The right way is to download the right gapps from this page: goo.im/gapps and flash it from CMW.To do that, you must flash a kernel first, such as superatoms, lucir.
Or, you can simply root your phone and decompress that zip file and move it to your phone to the right folder.Never forget to fix the permission. You'd better do that through adb.

I can't agree with what you're saying. I have a chinese G and installed all google apps from Cyanogen wiki, with the exception of goggles, everything else work perfect ! Including Gmail with full sync, contacts with full sync,calendar with full sync, music working, books working etc ... Stock zcki1 rooted.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA

Edit

Ta
Thanx for the walkthrough. I got the market working but can't download. Will be contacting Google help soon.

ICS 4.0.4
They just released the ICS 4.0.4 ROM for China, that one also does not have any of the GAPPS, in addition some
service providers actively block Google services so installing GAPPS will do no good unless you set up a VPN
chewee133 said:
Hi all,
When buying your S2 in China, you while probably have the bad surprise to discover Google Play is not installed on the device.
Even by installing some .apk downloaded from the web doesn't solve the issue.
I managed to got mine working. Here's how i did.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
You'll need to Root your device first
Here's how it goes:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says it can access ALL the data in your phone, even the private stuff. You've been warned. (what did you expect? it's still Google after all)
2) Install Google Play with any .apk you can find, as system app (see bellow):
Instructions (Thanks to Bandage)
-1. Transfer the .apk files to your Kindle Fire via PC / Mac (remember where you put them)
- 2. Open Root Explorer App, and navigate to the transferred .apk files
- 3. Select the GoogleServiceFramework.apk and install
- 4. When complete, click "Done" and return to the file location for Vending.apk
- 5. Long-press Vending.apk and select the "Move" option on pop-up menu
Navigate to /system/app folder
- 6. Change mount option from RO to RW (read-only to read-write)
Paste Vending.apk into the /system/app folder
- 7. Long-press Vending.apk and select "Permissions" from pop-up menu
Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r--r--)
- 8. Install Vending.apk
- 9. Reboot device
3) Launch Google Play
You should now be able to input your account and login.
For the first login, you will probably need to turn on both Wifi and APN (also can try turning off Wifi and only use APN).
You can now browse the market, but still can not install any apps.
Final step: You'll need to send some e-mail to Google (go to google play web site -> help). Explain the problem, they need to allow Play to be used by your device.
Took me a couple e-mail to get it right. The google team was very kind open to help (unlike samsung).
Go ahead and install any app you want
I recommend starting by installing Market Unlocker (especially for those in China). It lets you get the market as if you where in another country.
Hope this has been useful.
And don't forget to press the Thanks button
I actually did this a while ago (I wanted to try it out first before sharing). So i may be forgetting some specific points. Let me know how it turns out for you so i can update this How To.
Cheers
Chewee
May the force be with you
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Can someone please explain where and how to change permissions!

What permission are you talking about?
If you are talking about the root, their are a lot of threads talking about how to do it on xda, and all over the web.

chewee133 said:
Hi all,
When buying your S2 in China, you while probably have the bad surprise to discover Google Play is not installed on the device.
Even by installing some .apk downloaded from the web doesn't solve the issue.
I managed to got mine working. Here's how i did.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
You'll need to Root your device first
Here's how it goes:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says it can access ALL the data in your phone, even the private stuff. You've been warned. (what did you expect? it's still Google after all)
2) Install Google Play with any .apk you can find, as system app (see bellow):
Instructions (Thanks to Bandage)
-1. Transfer the .apk files to your Kindle Fire via PC / Mac (remember where you put them)
- 2. Open Root Explorer App, and navigate to the transferred .apk files
- 3. Select the GoogleServiceFramework.apk and install
- 4. When complete, click "Done" and return to the file location for Vending.apk
- 5. Long-press Vending.apk and select the "Move" option on pop-up menu
Navigate to /system/app folder
- 6. Change mount option from RO to RW (read-only to read-write)
Paste Vending.apk into the /system/app folder
- 7. Long-press Vending.apk and select "Permissions" from pop-up menu
Change permissions to match all other apps in this folder (rw-r--r--)
- 8. Install Vending.apk
- 9. Reboot device
3) Launch Google Play
You should now be able to input your account and login.
For the first login, you will probably need to turn on both Wifi and APN (also can try turning off Wifi and only use APN).
You can now browse the market, but still can not install any apps.
Final step: You'll need to send some e-mail to Google (go to google play web site -> help). Explain the problem, they need to allow Play to be used by your device.
Took me a couple e-mail to get it right. The google team was very kind open to help (unlike samsung).
Go ahead and install any app you want
I recommend starting by installing Market Unlocker (especially for those in China). It lets you get the market as if you where in another country.
Hope this has been useful.
And don't forget to press the Thanks button
I actually did this a while ago (I wanted to try it out first before sharing). So i may be forgetting some specific points. Let me know how it turns out for you so i can update this How To.
Cheers
Chewee
May the force be with you
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I think I may need an 'idiots guide' to all this because I have no clue and no idea what flash and all thats means.... I brought my S2 online and had no idea it was coming from China and that it won't have Google Play on there.
I have tried the above steps but can't even get the 1st one right.. :/
I have tried downloading 'Google Service Framework.apk' from my phone and computer but everytime it tries to install it, it finishes by saying 'Application Not Installed'. Really getting very confused and need urgent help. Please can you let me know where I am going wrong? Many thanks.

Seems you didn't root your phone.
But before doing anything, you should learn a little bit what you are about to do. There are several threads on root issues, or guides for begginers.
Also, double check if you have the i9100 or i9100G version. It's important when you root.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA

chewee133 said:
Seems you didn't root your phone.
But before doing anything, you should learn a little bit what you are about to do. There are several threads on root issues, or guides for begginers.
Also, double check if you have the i9100 or i9100G version. It's important when you root.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA
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Thanks very much. Its the i9100. I'll try that. I used to think I was good with phones but after reading all this, I don't actually know jack all about them, lol!

chewee133 said:
Seems you didn't root your phone.
But before doing anything, you should learn a little bit what you are about to do. There are several threads on root issues, or guides for begginers.
Also, double check if you have the i9100 or i9100G version. It's important when you root.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA
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Just wondering about kernel version number too. Mine says '2.6.35.7-I9100'. Does this seem right? Thanks

You are checking the android version. That's not what's important. What you need to check is to take the same kernel version and rom version called basedband version (may be the similar with the build number). For example i have the i9100gzcle2 version. There are some threads about this around here.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA

chewee133 said:
You are checking the android version. That's not what's important. What you need to check is to take the same kernel version and rom version called basedband version (may be the similar with the build number). For example i have the i9100gzcle2 version. There are some threads about this around here.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using XDA
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You have been a great help. Thank you SO much!

Help with some Apps after ICS
lorinkundert said:
They just released the ICS 4.0.4 ROM for China, that one also does not have any of the GAPPS, in addition some
service providers actively block Google services so installing GAPPS will do no good unless you set up a VPN
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Guys help me here plz.. I have a couple of issues,and cant find relevant info.
Background. I am usgin SGS2-I9100G (Chinese) flased with ICS 4.0.4 (baseband-I9100GZCLPG/kernel-3.08 [email protected] #2) (rooted with temp CWM)
1.Followed the above to get Google play working. Installed Market enabler (dint help much, just says market configured to t-mobile USA but still google play website shows China-unicom) I am not able to install many apps because of this
-Google My tracks
-FX currency converter
many others that I would like to use alternative apps are also giving same issue.
2.I am not able to get google account in the contacts. When I go into
Contacts > Properties > accounts> Add accounts I see only skype, tango, whatsapp. The same under "add accounts" It is not listing google. Is it supposed to in first place ?
if yes how can I get it?
3.I am not able to install Viber and Voxer even with Apk. It keeps saying "Application not installed" They both dint work on GB too.
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toctan said:
It seems to work properly, but it may cause some problem, frequent FC for example. And some apps even can't work, such as Foursquare, which you can have a try.It's not only the Google Play but also the whole gapps that are not included in the Chinese ROM. The GoogleServicesFramework.apk and GooglePlay.apk are just part of it, so this problem can't be solved by simply installing some apks.
The right way is to download the right gapps from this page: goo.im/gapps and flash it from CMW.To do that, you must flash a kernel first, such as superatoms, lucir.
Or, you can simply root your phone and decompress that zip file and move it to your phone to the right folder.Never forget to fix the permission. You'd better do that through adb.
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@toctan can you plz help me with this.. which folder do u mean when you say "the right folder" ?? I am running ICS and my phone is rooted.

shivaraman said:
Guys help me here plz.. I have a couple of issues,and cant find relevant info.
Background. I am usgin SGS2-I9100G (Chinese) flased with ICS 4.0.4 (baseband-I9100GZCLPG/kernel-3.08 [email protected] #2) (rooted with temp CWM)
1.Followed the above to get Google play working. Installed Market enabler (dint help much, just says market configured to t-mobile USA but still google play website shows China-unicom) I am not able to install many apps because of this
-Google My tracks
-FX currency converter
many others that I would like to use alternative apps are also giving same issue.
2.I am not able to get google account in the contacts. When I go into
Contacts > Properties > accounts> Add accounts I see only skype, tango, whatsapp. The same under "add accounts" It is not listing google. Is it supposed to in first place ?
if yes how can I get it?
3.I am not able to install Viber and Voxer even with Apk. It keeps saying "Application not installed" They both dint work on GB too.
---------- Post added at 04:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:50 PM ----------
@toctan can you plz help me with this.. which folder do u mean when you say "the right folder" ?? I am running ICS and my phone is rooted.
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Hi shivaraman.
I'm not sure i understand exactly what is your problem. Do you have Play installed? Can you install some apps with it? If yes, you're all good.
Market enabler is only going to help.you once you get Play working correctly. Market Enabler doesnt fix Play. It only simulate you are from another country, as if you changed your sim card.
I figured out this methode using android 2.3.6. There is no guaranty it works on ICS. I would suggest trying swiching back to 2.3.6 (if possible, it might be the hatdest part) and try the methode again. Play stays installed when upgrading to 4.0.4
A lot of apps are blocked due to the chinese ROM. Seem the bootloader is posing the problem and is locked. I still didnt find any solution for that. A couple month ago Odia started posting he may had a solution. But he never told what it was.
Sent from my GT-I9100G using xda app-developers app

[Q] Google Apps Permissions

I've read a bit on Google Apps permissions, but I'm kind of stuck figuring out how to/what needs to be set for Google Play Movies to work consistently without having to reinstall it again after shutting down the KFHD. I can only surmise that something doesn't have the correct permissions set. Any help here?

babblin5 said:
I've read a bit on Google Apps permissions, but I'm kind of stuck figuring out how to/what needs to be set for Google Play Movies to work consistently without having to reinstall it again after shutting down the KFHD. I can only surmise that something doesn't have the correct permissions set. Any help here?
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Since no one replied yet, I'll try to help. There is a post about GAPPS without rooting so I'll paste instructions here and maybe you can get the permissions:
1. Enable installation of applications from unknown sources in Kindle Fire Settings.
2. Install GoogleLoginService.apk.
3. Reboot.
4. Install the Google Apps.
5. Start YouTube. Sign In. It will take you to Google Account Manager to create/use existing Google credentials.
6. Same goes for other apps. In case sign in fails for any of the apps (except Maps/GTalk) drag down the Kindle Fire notification bar, click on the notification for "Permission requested....." and assign required permissions.

robertc88 said:
Since no one replied yet, I'll try to help. There is a post about GAPPS without rooting so I'll paste instructions here and maybe you can get the permissions:
1. Enable installation of applications from unknown sources in Kindle Fire Settings.
2. Install GoogleLoginService.apk.
3. Reboot.
4. Install the Google Apps.
5. Start YouTube. Sign In. It will take you to Google Account Manager to create/use existing Google credentials.
6. Same goes for other apps. In case sign in fails for any of the apps (except Maps/GTalk) drag down the Kindle Fire notification bar, click on the notification for "Permission requested....." and assign required permissions.
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Can't see the notification in the pull down. Maybe I need to go into settings to see those notifications.

I gained access ability to the notification when I installed the GoogleLoginService apk from what I remember.

robertc88 said:
I gained access ability to the notification when I installed the GoogleLoginService apk from what I remember.
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ok

stupid question : when i download from google market , where is the link of files i had download and install ? not a system/app , i want ask a orginal files which the files can move and copy... thank

and1us said:
stupid question : when i download from google market , where is the link of files i had download and install ? not a system/app , i want ask a orginal files which the files can move and copy... thank
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Do you find it in /data/app? Are you rooted?

[APP][NST][NSTG][1.2.x]NTGAppsAttack - Google Apps Installer Addon For NookManager

Nook Touch Google Apps Attack aka NTGAppsAttack
Custom Menu Addon for NookManager
Google Apps Installer for Nook Simple Touch & Nook Simple Touch Glow firmware 1.2.0 , 1.2.1
Highlights
Improved GApps install that uses the setup wizard to register eliminating the YouTube / GMail dance.
Market update enabled so Market updates to latest version including in-app purchases.
New patching method that should allow quick releases for new firmware versions.
What apps does it install?
Installs Google apps to NST/NSTG running firmware 1.20 or 1.2.1 rooted with NookManager
Google Market (Play Store)
Automatically updates to latest Market for NST/NSTG Android version. Includes in-app purchases.
GMail & GMail sync
Google Contacts sync
Google Calendar & Calendar sync
Google Talk
Google News & Weather
Calculator
What system files get modified?
/system/build.prop - set device fingerprint and turns on checkin
/data/system/packages.xml - clears signatures so new apps will install properly
/system/framework/framework.jar - patches to generate device id & phone type to allow market registration
/system/framework/services.jar - patch to start Backup Manager so setup wizard works
Getting ready to Install
Root your NST/NSTG using NookManager
Make a backup!!
Download NTGAppsAttack 0.5.0 for NookManager 0.5.0 (attached at end of post)
If you have a reader installed that uses Adobe DRM (Aldiko, Mantano, etc.) and you have authorized it with your Adobe ID you should deauthorize it before installing GApps and reauthorize it afterwards. If you don't the change to your Android Id that happens as part of the GApps install process will invalidate your Adobe authorization and force you to reauthorize. This counts against your device limit for Adobe authorizations (6 authorized devices). If you forget to deauthorize first and you run up against the limit you will need to contact Adobe to reset your device authorizations.
Do not disable BN Apps or reenable them before installing NTGAppsAttack
If you use Googles 2 step authorization, create and have ready an application specific password since when registering your Nook it won't redirect to the page where you add a generated pin from the Authenticator app.
Connect to wireless before powering off and installing NTGAppsAttack so that when you boot up after installing you'll be connected and ready to register your Nook.
** Warning **
I have tested this on my Nook Simple Touch. It works for me. I think it will work for you. But it might not. It might brick your Nook.
You must root your Nook using NookManager before installing NTGAppsAttack. Using NTGAppsAttack on a Nook rooted using any other method will probably break some stuff you like. Maybe even your Nook.
I haven't tested this on a Nook Simple Touch Glow. But the XDA forum talk is that it runs the same firmware as the Nook Simple Touch from 1.2.0 forward. NookManager roots a NSTG same as a NST and all seems rosy. So I assume NTGAppsAttack will work fine on a NSTG. But it might not.
Install at your own risk.
** Warning **
** Important **
Your version number of NTGappsAttack should match the version of NookManager you are using as NTGappsAttack replaces a file that is patched by NookManager. If your versions don't match things might not work when you're done. Updates to NTGappsAttack for the same version of NookManager will add a suffix to the NookManager version. For example the first NTGAppsAttack release for NookManger version 0.5.0 is NTGppsAttack version 0.5.0. An update to NTGappsAttack for NookManager 0.5.0 will be NTGppsAttack version 0.5.0.1 or 0.5.0.2, etc.
** Important **
** Important **
** Important **
** Important **
Make a backup before you get started! NookManager makes it easy. Thanks jeff_kz!
Make a backup before you get started! NookManager makes it easy. Thanks jeff_kz!
Make a backup before you get started! NookManager makes it easy. Thanks jeff_kz!
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OK, I'm ready to Install
Make sure your NookManager and NTGAppsAttack versions match (see above).
Make sure your have rooted your Nook with NookManager and all is working correctly.
Deauthorize any readers you have installed and authorized with your Adobe ID.
Unzip the NTGAppsAttack zip file into the the root of your NookManager microSD card
Power off your Nook
Insert NookManager microSD card into your Nook
Power on your Nook and let NookManager load
From the main NookManager screen select More, then Custom, then Install NTGappsAttack
If all goes well, select Back, Back, Exit, eject your microSD card and let your Nook boot
** Important **
Once your Nook has booted you need to follow the next steps without delay. You don't need to rush but you need to move through them without interruption. Your Nook will be downloading an update to the Market while you are doing these steps. You need to be done before the update is installed. Otherwise when you open the Market you'll get a "server error" message. If that happens tap Cancel on the message and the Market will close. Go back to ReLaunch. Long press on the Market and select Uninstall and let it uninstall the update. When its done Market will still be there in ReLaunch. Immediately open the Market and pick up at step 14 again. And don't get interrupted this time. If the "server error" message persists try restoring your backup and try registering using a different GMail account.
Why didn't I preinstall the update? For some reason it doesn't work and won't communicate with the Google servers.
** Important **
Touch the Android to begin
Skip the tutorial
Tap Sign In
Enter your gmail account and password and tap Sign In
Leave location tracking boxes checked and tap Next
Uncheck Backup Settings to My Google Account box and tap Finish (You can try leaving backup checked but I haven't tested it as I use Titanium Backup)
Go back to ReLaunch and open the Market
Accept the Terms & Conditions
Tap on Apps
Tap on All applications
Tap on Top Free
Tap on one of the Apps and install it. Any one of them, it doesn't matter which, you can uninstall it later.
Exit the Market.
You're not quite done yet. Keep reading.
This gets the process of connecting your Nook with the Google Market servers going. At this point you are hooked up with Gmail, Contacts and Calendar syncing to your Nook. Try Gmail and Calendar out. You'll see your appointments in the Calendar and contacts in Gmail but the Contacts app isn't installed because it doesn't work on the NST/NSTG. Try Go Contacts EX once the Market is up and working. Now you need to take a break to let Google's servers get all cozy with your Nook before the Market will work properly. For me it usually takes less than an hour but it might take longer. As long as 24 hours+ has been reported for other GApps install methods. I think the installing of the free app speeds things up so I don't think you'll have to wait that long.
To see if the Market is ready:
Go to http://play.google.com - its most reliable to do this from your PC
Search for SearchMarket
Click on Install
Open the Send To dropdown. You should see a device called "phone". Thats your Nook. Select it and click Install. If it responds "the app will be downloaded to your device shortly" your Nook and Google have cozied up nicely. If you dont't see "phone", it won't let you select "phone" or gives you an "Oops we had trouble with this request" error when you click install you need to wait longer. Once it says it will be downloaded, back on your Nook open the Market again. It should look different. You've been automagically upgraded to the most current version of the Market app supported on our Nooks. It supports in-app purchases if you care. You should see a notification balloon in your status bar. Tap on it and the message should say SearchMarket has been installed. Now you can use SearchMarket on your Nook to find apps and install them (search in the Market app is broken). If you don't get the installed notification continue on.
Open the Market on your Nook.
Tap on My Apps.
Tap on SearchMarket to install it.
Missing and/or Broken Stuff
Market Search doesn't work - Use SearchMarket from the Market per above instructions
No Contacts app - try Go Contacts EX from the Market - default and iPhone themes are decent on our eInk displays
No Google Books - see this thread on Google Books[/URL]
No YouTube, Maps, etc. - download them from the Market
How to change sync settings - Go into Gmail, open the menu and tap on Add Account. Add your same Google account again and you'll get a screen that will let you select what you want synced. Don't worry, it won't really add the account twice.
Thanks to:
jeff_kz - NookManager NST/NSTG 1.20+ firmware rooter
GabrialDestruir - for working examples of how its done TouchNooter and GlowNooter
Decad3nce - doc of how to patch framework.jar
clockworx - original development of framework.jar patch
Mistar Muffin - getting gapps to work on Nook Color
nookdevs - nook color calendar sync / how to get to account & sync settings
CyanogenMod - archive of old gapps files
For Developers:
Source is on github for my patches and build system Feel free to use any of it in your rooters or other tools.
I got the setup wizard to work with a patch to services.jar to start the Backup Manager. It was looking to populate its checkbox for backing up apps & data up to Google.
The patch is written as an awk script to eliminate problems with line number and baksmali label changes with firmware changes. I rewrote the patch to framework.jar as an awk script as well.
I had to pull the MarketUpdater.apk from a different gapps package to get a matched pair of vending.apk and MarketUpdater.apk signed with the same cert. Otherwise MarketUpdater would fail. I tried just using everything from the EPF30 package but it seemed a bit flaky in its communications with the Google servers. YMMV.
Cert mismatches may have been why I added a sed to delete the certs for uid.shared in packages.xml as well as the usual uid.system. After dozens of reinstalls I can't remember. It looks like now a different shared user id is added to packages.xml and the one the certs are removed from doesn't have any certs added to it. So maybe this isn't needed with my final selection of GApps apk's but it doesn't hurt either.

Reserved for OP.

Market is getting stuck on "starting download". Everything else works.
NSTGL
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Re-enabling the B&N apps helped.
One of these apps must be important for the process.

I don't think its the B&N apps causing the Market to get stuck at Starting Download. The B&N use of some of the same underlying Android authentication and communication stuff may have triggered things to start up again. I don't have the B&N apps disabled and it happened to me once during testing. I have read about it happening on non-B&N devices as well. When it happened to me it was only for one app. I could download and install others. I used Titanium Backup to clear data for the Market app and it fixed the downloading for the problem app and it started working again.

If you have a reader installed that uses Adobe DRM (Aldiko, Mantano, etc.) and you have authorized it with your Adobe ID you should deauthorize it before installing GApps and reauthorize it afterwards. If you don't the change to your Android ID that happens as part of the GApps install process will invalidate your Adobe authorization and force you to reauthorize. This counts against your device limit for Adobe authorizations (6 authorized devices). If you forget to deauthorize first and you run up against the limit you will need to contact Adobe to reset your device authorizations. I have updated the OP with this info.

Thanks, this is excellent! When I start Titanium Backup it complains that debug mode is not enabled - is there a way to do this?

dwl99 said:
Thanks, this is excellent! When I start Titanium Backup it complains that debug mode is not enabled - is there a way to do this?
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Install NookColorTools.apk and turn debugging on in there?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868366

USB debugging is turned on by the rooting process but the Android settings database isn't updated to reflect it so TiBu throws up that warning. I just ignore the message and I haven't had a problem with TiBu. If the message bugs you enough you could PM jeff_kz, the developer of NookManager, and ask him to set adb_enable to 1 in the system settings to get rid of it.

Now, my problem is this: I installed your GApps on my rooted NST, made sure to follow your directions, except I was too slow on steps 10 thru 17 and got the "server error" message when i tried to start up market (it went as far as the terms and conditions screen). I tried uninstalling/relaunching Market like you said in your guide, but still got the error message. I tried using Titanium backup to clear data for market, didnt work (same server error), and i tried uninstalling market with Ti Backup and then re-installing from the microsd card that had your GApps on it--this didnt work either (maybe this step was a mistake?). Other Gapps seem to work: gmail, weather, calendar, calc. I'm really at a loss as to what i should do, i would greatly appreciate some direction to what i could do next, or even where i could get more help if you dont feel like answering my question. i promise i'll give you internet cookies for helping me! maybe even real cookies! Pretty please...
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Hmm.. That's a tough one. The server error is a problem that has affected a lot of people on a lot of different devices ever since the Google "upgrade" to Google Play. Its sounds like you did things right and uninstalling with TiBu and reinstalling from the NTGappsAttack package was a good idea - too bad it didn't work. There is a lot of voodoo out there on things that might work to fix it. Some things I've found you might try are:
Try a different wifi connection
Go into GMail and add a second GMail account
Use an app called Market Enabler to add a fake carrier id to your Nook (not sure if this is for phones only)
If none of that works I would restore to your backup from before you started and reinstall GApps.

When i tap on android, nothing happens. I cannot bypass it anyway. any ideas?
EDIT: SOLVED by enabling BN apps.

This is brilliant, working lovely.
Anyone with Googles 2 step authorisation, create and have ready a application specific password since it won't redirect to page where you add a generated pin from Authenticator app.

domi.nos said:
When i tap on android, nothing happens. I cannot bypass it anyway. any ideas?
EDIT: SOLVED by enabling BN apps.
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Thanks for the update. I have added a note to the install instructions about enabling BN apps.

remlap said:
This is brilliant, working lovely.
Anyone with Googles 2 step authorisation, create and have ready a application specific password since it won't redirect to page where you add a generated pin from Authenticator app.
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Thanks I'll add a note to the instructions.

No problem, also might be good to mention have wifi connected when shutting down before running this, makes authenticating simpler if it auto connect to your wifi network.
Wonderful anyway, thanks very much for your effort, pleased to uninstall 1MobileMarket and use some of my paid apps.

Is anyone able to get Aldiko working after rooting with NookManager, then installing NTGappsattack? Aldiko doesn't seem to be in the Market, and attempts to do things like a Titanium restore from another device and downloading directly haven't worked.

This sounds excellent and I can't wait to try it.
However, I can't seem to find NookManager 0.5.0 anywhere. The version I used when I orginally rooted my NST was 0.4.1. Can anyone point me at 0.5.0?
thanks,Jeff

repoocaj said:
This sounds excellent and I can't wait to try it.
However, I can't seem to find NookManager 0.5.0 anywhere. The version I used when I orginally rooted my NST was 0.4.1. Can anyone point me at 0.5.0?
thanks,Jeff
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The link is near the bottom of the first post of the NookManager thread.

Can the B&N apps be disabled with nook manager after install and registering or do google apps need it to run.

Dopedangel said:
Can the B&N apps be disabled with nook manager after install and registering or do google apps need it to run.
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I bet it is a question?
You'd better make everything work propertly, then try if after disabling it is still ok, if so then no prob i guess, if not just enable them.
My question: is accountandsyncsettings.apk not used for gapps to work? It is disabled by NookManager.

domi.nos said:
My question: is accountandsyncsettings.apk not used for gapps to work? It is disabled by NookManager.
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I believe accountandsyncsettings.apk is only used to add new accounts and change sync settings. You can't invoke it directly on the Nook due to the B&N hacking of their authentication into the Android authentication framework and requires going through GMail to get to it. I would think that once GApps are setup disabling accountandsyncsettings.apk wouldn't hurt anything it would just require reenabling to add an account or change the sync settings.
I would worry more about BnAuthenticationService.apk as I'm not sure exactly how B&N hacked their authentication into Android and whether or not GApps would fail without it. It may depend on whether you've registered your device with B&N or not.
I'm pretty certain that NookManager disabling ContactsProvider.apk will break contacts syncing in GApps.
If you disable B&N apps after installing GApps and have a problem, reenable them then try editing the NookManager /scripts/disable_all_bn script and delete the lines that disable the above apk file and try disabling again.

Can't log out of google account

I setup a fire tablet for a friend by rooting it, and adding google play. Tested the system, and various apps by logging into my personal google account via play. Everything works great, except that I can't figure out a way to log out of my google account on the device before giving it back to my friend.
The issue seems to be that the amazon system doesn't have an "accounts" or "accounts & sync" settings menu like most android devices, where you can remove/delete accounts.
I was able to change my google password, and then wipe the data from the various apps to prevent the device from syncing any further but the issue is that my account is still listed in play/gmail/etc, and there is a 'sign in' notification that won't go away.
Anyone have any thoughts on a work around to fully remove my google account from the device?

Would clearing data for the Google Play services apps do it?

Do you have a google settings app, looks like a cog?
If so, sign in and security, devices and notifications, loads a web page, on recently used devices click review devices, select the Fire, Press remove?
Come to think of it I think you can load the web page on pc if don't have the app, try logging in at
https://myaccount.google.com/u/1/security#activity
On the left select - Device activity & notifications, scroll down and select review devices, select the Fire and press Remove.
Looks like it should do the trick.

SpencerB said:
Anyone have any thoughts on a work around to fully remove my google account from the device?
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edit: Deleted. @Pond-life's solution sounds good!

Pond-life said:
Do you have a google settings app, looks like a cog?
If so, sign in and security, devices and notifications, loads a web page, on recently used devices click review devices, select the Fire, Press remove?
Come to think of it I think you can load the web page on pc if don't have the app, try logging in at
On the left select - Device activity & notifications, scroll down and select review devices, select the Fire and press Remove.
Looks like it should do the trick.
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I did this as well. It effectively does the same thing as changing your google password. It does not remove the account from the device. It still shows up in all the google programs, and prompts a permanent notification that the account requires attention. I think this process is intended to prompt a device to re-sign in to google without changing the password itself.
DoLooper said:
edit: Deleted. @Pond-life's solution sounds good!
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I think your original post prior to edit, stating that a factory reset is the easiest method, might be the way to go.
Appreciate the help guys! :good:

I setup one for my Mother-In-Law this weekend and I was able to add an new account and then remove the old one. I think gapps require an account to function so there has to be an account but once a second is added the first can be removed.

pjsockett said:
I setup one for my Mother-In-Law this weekend and I was able to add an new account and then remove the old one. I think gapps require an account to function so there has to be an account but once a second is added the first can be removed.
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Do you remember how you removed the 2nd account? I have 2 accounts on the device, yet still can't find an option to remove one other than a link to "manage accounts" which then takes me to the main amazon settings menu which has no account management for google.

pjsockett said:
I setup one for my Mother-In-Law this weekend and I was able to add an new account and then remove the old one. I think gapps require an account to function so there has to be an account but once a second is added the first can be removed.
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Doesn't this also remove your gmail, apps, calendar, etc?

DoLooper said:
Doesn't this also remove your gmail, apps, calendar, etc?
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Yes it did. All of the apps that I looks at only showed the current account. It didn't remove any apps but the user was no longer associated with them.
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SpencerB said:
Do you remember how you removed the 2nd account? I have 2 accounts on the device, yet still can't find an option to remove one other than a link to "manage accounts" which then takes me to the main amazon settings menu which has no account management for google.
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I am on CM12.1 so I don't know if that makes a difference but I went to Settings > Accounts > Google > Click On Account to Remove > Under Settings toggle Select Remove Account

pjsockett said:
Yes it did. All of the apps that I looks at only showed the current account. It didn't remove any apps but the user was no longer associated with them.
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I mean, does the deleted account even exist anymore? Can you access it from other devices/PC? I remember a big warning when I was thinking of doing this that everything would be deleted: Gmail, contacts, app history, google drive files, etc. Thanks.

DoLooper said:
I mean, does the deleted account even exist anymore? Can you access it from other devices/PC? I remember a big warning when I was thinking of doing this that everything would be deleted: Gmail, contacts, app history, google drive files, etc. Thanks.
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If you are on the stock rom like the OP you can't access the menu pjs mentions, the one you can get to via "google settings", "account preferences", "delete your account or services" would do what you fear above.

pjsockett said:
Yes it did. All of the apps that I looks at only showed the current account. It didn't remove any apps but the user was no longer associated with them.
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I am on CM12.1 so I don't know if that makes a difference but I went to Settings > Accounts > Google > Click On Account to Remove > Under Settings toggle Select Remove Account
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Ah, CM12.1 is how you are able to do it. I'm still on the stock Amazon rom with Nova launcher.

Pond-life said:
If you are on the stock rom like the OP you can't access the menu pjs mentions, the one you can get to via "google settings", "account preferences", "delete your account or services" would do what you fear above.
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SpencerB said:
Ah, CM12.1 is how you are able to do it. I'm still on the stock Amazon rom with Nova launcher.
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OK, it sounds like my original post was correct for rooted stock so I'll try to reconstruct it, if not for you, then for others who might need it.
There's no simple way to remove a google account. Basically, you have to delete gapps, either manually or by factory reset, and reinstall.
(EDIT: Reinstalling over current Gapps - Didn't think to mention this as an option because when I installed new Gapps over old I had major problems with google apps crashing and had to factory reset anyway. That was over a year ago with earlier Gapps version, though. Maybe it could magically work now?)
Factory Reset: I think this is easiest. Do the reset and then install Gapps again. Your apps and data will be deleted, but root survives. If you flashed the SuperSU zip, the app installed to /system so you won't have to reinstall it. Same with your launcher if you moved that to /system. (If you didn't flash SuperSU zip, you'll need to reinstall the app after resetting.)
Disable your launcher and enable the Fire launcher before resetting. The state of system apps disabled/enabled with the "adb shell pm" command doesn't change with the reset. (I've confirmed this several times with gatesjunior's Debloater tool. Still, I always keep wifi off during a reset and disable OTA again afterwards.)
Manually: You must uninstall (at least) play store, play services, gmail, google accounts and google setup. Use Titanium Backup to search for all things "google" and see if there's anything else that sounds account-related. Make a list of what you're getting rid of, back them up and uninstall. Then get new apks from some place like apkMirror.

This worked perfect:
Manually: You must uninstall (at least) play store, play services, gmail, google accounts and google setup. Use Titanium Backup to search for all things "google" and see if there's anything else that sounds account-related. Make a list of what you're getting rid of, back them up and uninstall. I then re-ran the Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-SuperTool and option 2 and the account is now gone.

DoLooper said:
OK, it sounds like my original post was correct for rooted stock so I'll try to reconstruct it, if not for you, then for others who might need it.
There's no simple way to remove a google account. Basically, you have to delete gapps, either manually or by factory reset, and reinstall.
(EDIT: Reinstalling over current Gapps - Didn't think to mention this as an option because when I installed new Gapps over old I had major problems with google apps crashing and had to factory reset anyway. That was over a year ago with earlier Gapps version, though. Maybe it could magically work now?)
Factory Reset: I think this is easiest. Do the reset and then install Gapps again. Your apps and data will be deleted, but root survives. If you flashed the SuperSU zip, the app installed to /system so you won't have to reinstall it. Same with your launcher if you moved that to /system. (If you didn't flash SuperSU zip, you'll need to reinstall the app after resetting.)
Disable your launcher and enable the Fire launcher before resetting. The state of system apps disabled/enabled with the "adb shell pm" command doesn't change with the reset. (I've confirmed this several times with gatesjunior's Debloater tool. Still, I always keep wifi off during a reset and disable OTA again afterwards.)
Manually: You must uninstall (at least) play store, play services, gmail, google accounts and google setup. Use Titanium Backup to search for all things "google" and see if there's anything else that sounds account-related. Make a list of what you're getting rid of, back them up and uninstall. Then get new apks from some place like apkMirror.
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How do I re-install gapps? I don't want to factory reset as this is my mother's tablet, and manually uninstalling requires root.

Dandroid Optimus said:
How do I re-install gapps? I don't want to factory reset as this is my mother's tablet, and manually uninstalling requires root.
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Not sure. I wrote this for rooted stock. Guess it depends on how you installed it and whether or not you can get to any core components. Maybe someone else will have an idea.