Ok just finished flashing my phone and its working fine
now my question is i dont have to google playstore on my phone at the moment but i went to the site via the Internet and loged in it still knows my phone is a samsung galaxy s1 and wont let me download the game i am after as it is not compatible with my phone.
is there a way round this and is there an appstore not run by google i can use to download games
mazoshi said:
Ok just finished flashing my phone and its working fine
now my question is i dont have to google playstore on my phone at the moment but i went to the site via the Internet and loged in it still knows my phone is a samsung galaxy s1 and wont let me download the game i am after as it is not compatible with my phone.
is there a way round this and is there an appstore not run by google i can use to download games
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There are many sites which can offer you download for free. You can just google it for file '.apk'
However, have you flashed gapps in your phone? Just curious.
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i just downloaded gapps and am about to put it back on phone.
the game im after geting on my phone is blood brothers i was playing it up untill the other day then they updated it small patch. the game loads to the mainpage and then asks you to update via playstore and then playstore opens and says not compatible with your phone.
so what i am after as my androids is running on the latest version now is a way to make them think my phone is not a samsung galaxy s but something beter like an s3 or nexus.
i think someone said its called rooting but im not sure how to do that can someone please explain this for me
the are 2 solution for your problem ..
the first one , try to change your rom ! maybe the game is not compatible with all custom rom ( you need the declare what is yours )
the second one , you need to root your phon , after you use a file explorer , go to system you will find a file ` build.prop ` change all the GT-I9000 by GT-I9300 for exemple , and save the file , restart ! and Voila , go to playstore , he will regonise your phon as a S3
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ok planning on buying a samsung galaxy s but it wont have market app and i cant even use it in my location
i have been googling around alot in the last day for a solution
so there is an app called apk installer which allows android phones to install apps from the sd card
now since i dont have the market app and there fore cant get the app the normal way
and i cant install it from a sd card cuz thats the point of the app in the first place
so is there a custom firmware that comes with this program installed or can i somehow manage to install it on my device so i can later just get the apps i want from the internet to my sd card and install them
plz help me out so i know wheather to buy the phone or not
thanks in advance
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ok planning on buying a samsung galaxy s but it wont have market app and i cant even use it in my location
i have been googling around alot in the last day for a solution
so there is an app called apk installer which allows android phones to install apps from the sd card
now since i dont have the market app and there fore cant get the app the normal way
and i cant install it from a sd card cuz thats the point of the app in the first place
so is there a custom firmware that comes with this program installed or can i somehow manage to install it on my device so i can later just get the apps i want from the internet to my sd card and install them
plz help me out so i know wheather to buy the phone or not
thanks in advance
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You saying that the Galaxy S does not come with the "market" app is kinda surprising to me. I haven't seen a single report of any Galaxy S across the world without that application on it.
As for your other query, you can side-load applications using app installers as long as you get the apk's on the SD Card. But most applications will be available off the market directly.
Now I am not sure how the market app is not available on the Galaxy S, but you might try another similar application called "appbrain" (www.appbrain.com). However, how you can get that application installed on your phone would still be a mystery seeing that appbrain has to be installed using the market app.
Have you tried visiting a dealer and seeing a demo unit? That might help solve your predicament.
Cheers....
In the middle east, they wont, and the african region rom doesn't seem to (probably because it's illegal to export to some middle eastern countries).
You could try flashing to another region.. But, not sure how it affects your warranty..
ok thanks for the replays but still that isnt gonna fix it
can someone try the app on link
www
slidme.org
the one u use with ur phone bowser by entering a link and downloading
ok once u get that app use thier file managersearch slidme app installer and use it
and tell me if u manage to install .apk files from ur sd card using the slideme app installer
thank u for trying it for me in advance
also tried an actuall galaxy s at samsung retailer there was no market app
(when i tried it i was gonna buy it if it was working)
but the 3 bottons in the front were broken didnt light or respond so if i go in a menu i cant go back and have to restart luckily this gices me a couple of days to decide
so please try this methode for me
if u want .apk files i can give u a link to some i found on the net
thanks again
Just flash rom to euro one and maybe install market fix
i cant probably use the market app even if i had it
cuz if i try to open pc edition of it i cant do it with out a proxy so this will be the case for a rom with the app unless the market fix disables the location detection or something that doesnt let the google know where i am
so best bet for now is for someone to test slideme.org appinstaller for me and tell me if it works on galaxy s and if they can download the sam3 client from the web browser
in the first place
thanks for the reply
When i search a app from galaxy i cant find. Lets type "" go launcher ex" it finds everything, themese, go keyboard, go sms but not go launcher.
Lets type "eyelauncher" it cant find, if i search using my Pc it finds.
Can you try yourself? Why this happen?
That typically means the market has detected that the app is not compatible with your model of phone.
Have you just flashed your phone to a FW? I was reading earlier that it takes a couple of reboots of the phone to load all the market apps apparently? If this is not your case then forget it.
Market access utility problem i guess.
geesamsungs said:
Have you just flashed your phone to a FW? I was reading earlier that it takes a couple of reboots of the phone to load all the market apps apparently? If this is not your case then forget it.
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what is FW ?? , i have the same issue , lots of apps aren't available in the market , please help
Hi everyone!
My sister had SGM phone, and this problem appear on her phone.
Whenever she tried download from market -games/app/anyhthing sometimes the download stopped and suddenly multiplied.
It happens when her network got slow and disturb the download, make a new download of the same app but not abort download of the previous one.
I already tried stop the original one but the others that multiplied dont have any option where to stop it. And I also already stop the network, restart the phone, but nothing worked.
Need help!
Yea, I also used to have same problem --now I don't download apps (from market). You can try cancelling the download...
Go to My apps and what you are downloading will be listed there. Long press on it and click cancel download/stop. It might solve it... You can try downloading on pc and then transfer to mobile if you are really annoyed.
Try to freeze it using root explorer
Freeze? You mean like Titanium Backup?
yagya said:
Yea, I also used to have same problem --now I don't download apps (from market). You can try cancelling the download...
Go to My apps and what you are downloading will be listed there. Long press on it and click cancel download/stop. It might solve it... You can try downloading on pc and then transfer to mobile if you are really annoyed.
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Yes, it is really ANNOYING! No matter how many times I want to abort it, CANT! And my device now SGA still had the same problem even though its 2.3.4 already.
Hope on 4.0 have problem like this again.
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work. I someone solve my problem i would pay 25 pound with paypal!!!
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My phone was stuck on an infinite reboot once. I didnt have a Nandroid backup so I used this tutorial:
http://enzag.com/technology/android/how-to-upgrade-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830-to-gingerbread-2-3-6/
You will be reverted to a stock rom and you will lose your root. You can change the firmware in the guide with whichever firmware you want. It makes no difference
Did u read what u said?i cant boot in to download mode!
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try it
szymi22 said:
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work. I someone solve my problem i would pay 25 pound with paypal!!!
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I have a same prob last week
so i tried steps from following site
www (dot) galaxy-ace (dot) in
and my ace now is in working state
awesome
If its not entering either download mode or recovery mode, you will have to take it to the service center. You have bricked your phone.
Send it to the service center and don't mention them that you are rooted and they will replace your motherboard and give it back to you!!
They will do it for free if you have warranty. I had mine repaired just like that. I had also bricked my device with Rom Manager before!!
You have already posted this in the general thread why have you posted it in accessories?
Using rom manager can hard brick your phone the only option would be to take it to service center , say that it broke when updating through kies.
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tomb20 said:
You have already posted this in the general thread why have you posted it in accessories?
Using rom manager can hard brick your phone the only option would be to take it to service center , say that it broke when updating through kies.
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DO not mention Kies at all. I had a friend who needed a replacement for his phone which Samsung denied because he updated the software. He is still fighting with them because his phone is under warranty.
Just act stupid when you go to a service center and act as if you dont know anything about your phone. Just say you plugged it into the computer to transfer music or something and it went off and didnt come back on. If they manage to fix it, your phone works again. If they dont, you get a new phone. Its a win-win
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DO not mention Kies at all. I had a friend who needed a replacement for his phone which Samsung denied because he updated the software. He is still fighting with them because his phone is under warranty.
Just act stupid when you go to a service center and act as if you dont know anything about your phone. Just say you plugged it into the computer to transfer music or something and it went off and didnt come back on. If they manage to fix it, your phone works again. If they dont, you get a new phone. Its a win-win
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You won't get a new phone! You will get the same phone back. They will fix it! Thats what happened to me.
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rohanb10 said:
DO not mention Kies at all. I had a friend who needed a replacement for his phone which Samsung denied because he updated the software. He is still fighting with them because his phone is under warranty.
Just act stupid when you go to a service center and act as if you dont know anything about your phone. Just say you plugged it into the computer to transfer music or something and it went off and didnt come back on. If they manage to fix it, your phone works again. If they dont, you get a new phone. Its a win-win
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But kies is Samsung's official software. Its bad customer service by Samsung. Can't see Samsung having much of an argument against your friend.
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Go to Samsung service centre, and tell them that you wanted to update your software up to date, and something went wrong in the middle of the update, server's critical error or something, and now on it doesn't boot at all. Just don't mention Odin, or that you were rooted.
Sorry dude, service centre. Happened to me in the past. Just tell them that one fine day, it couldn't boot. Worked with me. DO NOT MENTION ROOT, ODIN, OR ANYTHING THAT VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY. They'll repair it for free if you do as above
Thats exactly what my friend told them. They are making some bull**** reason that the Kies he was using was downloaded from the internet and not installed from the CD in the box. The CD one was an old version and couldnt have updated his phone ever. Anyways I lost all hope for any Samsung support
szymi22 said:
Ok so my problem is that i eooted my wife galaxy ice without any problem, i downloaded rom manager and download nice custom rom, so at this time i lieft phone at home and go to work. At this time i didnt know that rom manager is not suporting ace device. MY WIFE KNOW a bit about rooting because she saw me rooting all of my androud device,so while a went to work she want to suprise me and she want to instal custom rom on her own so she went to rom manager and when rom manager ask her to confirm device name ahe couldnt find ace on the list, so for some stupid reazon she choose huwei phone and she flashed cwm. After that she go to instal rom from sd and she choose cynanogen ics rom,phone go to reboot but it never turn on again, i try go to download mode but it wont go to it, i remooved battery press three magic buttons and at the same time inserting battery qbut noting pc is not recognizing device. The only way for pc to recognize my phone is when i press volume up+home+power(like recovery mode) when i do this my pc is recognizing my wife ace and odin can see it also,but when i try to flash stock rom odin stock on "setupconnection" i closed all kies backgrounds but still same. I also try jig to boot in to download mode but it wont work. I someone solve my problem i would pay 25 pound with paypal!!!
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Errmm.. dude. Lol service center. Any Galaxy Ace rom manager touches is automatically destroyed.
Just have a try at the service center. If they won´t repair your phone you can use it paperweight.
That's not the spirit of XDA...
I'm closing this thread.
Hi guys , can i have ur time? As a new user of s3 mini i8190 having trouble with this apps.. my sister accdntally wipe my google play with no back up.. my phone is rooted already but not installed like u called a rom.. coz i dont know how to flash..
She tried to install a google play of chelpus with a lucky patcher and dload it without puting back back up.. and now when she try to resume to nrmal i cannot log in my all account n gmail and google.. + i dont see a google services on my application manager..
Can u help me guys how to dl just to bring back my gapps and signing back to my google account.. pls im begging for this...
Please help me... sorry for my english... :crying:
Hello,
I've had the same problem a couple of days ago. I couldn't enter any google service. I was using CM but I don't think that was the problem.
Are you using an ad blocker like AdAway or Adfree?
I had to completely wipe all data and system partition before I could sign in again, so i hope your problem isn't as bad as mine was..
adfree?
hallo.. nope i don't use that nor install adfree, been looking an answer here in xda for the whole day luckily i found 3 thread same probs as mine..gladly i can see my google play now but sad to say no connection only in google play store apps.. at 1st cant establish but now alwys google & and google sound search stopped pop up ..
dmcreation said:
hallo.. nope i don't use that nor install adfree, been looking an answer here in xda for the whole day luckily i found 3 thread same probs as mine..gladly i can see my google play now but sad to say no connection only in google play store apps.. at 1st cant establish but now alwys google & and google sound search stopped pop up ..
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Maybe you can reinstall google plus?
finally
well i upgrade my firmware via KIES .. its ok now even my root is gone.. <3