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Where is the Videos app in 3.1?

Just updated my Xoom Wifi to 3.1 with adb recovery. Did other people, (ie 3G Xoom owners) have the new Videos app installed by default? Its not on my Xoom nor is it in the Market.

dont have it on my wifi with 3.1 either. I didn't get the OTA update though, I updated mine through clockworkmod

It showed up in my apps called Video.
Try browsing to the video and open it.
The player will not be in the market.
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It should be there ts a red icon called videos

can someone post the apk please?

Definitely not on my Xoom Wifi. Can you be sure to post what Xoom you are using and how you updated. Thanks.

djsaad1 said:
can someone post the apk please?
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http://www.multiupload.com/1NOS1E32YP
Verizon 3G XOOM, applied update using koush's method for the 3.0.1 update. Videos apk was in there already, and an odex file of course (both included)

good lookin out Tekuru

tekuru said:
http://www.multiupload.com/1NOS1E32YP
Verizon 3G XOOM, applied update using koush's method for the 3.0.1 update. Videos apk was in there already, and an odex file of course (both included)
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Were they just in system/app with normal permissions?

djsaad1 said:
Were they just in system/app with normal permissions?
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Yes, /system/app and I will check the permissions right now.
Forgive me for not knowing the numerical value, but it is:
-rw-r--r-- root.root
just like all the others, doesn't appear to be any special value.

cant seem to figure this one out. I'm on wifi only. Theres a videos.apk in system/app/ with a bizarre 2008 modified date. Package installer on that other apk is unsuccessful. Tried to uninstall, but videos doesnt seem to be listed in manage applications. Renamed the original videos.apk, and package installer still doesnt work. Tried to move the new apk/odex to system/app/ and they dont seem to do anything.
Any advice and did us wi-fi folks get shafted?

I had a small Videos.apk file already there that appeared to be nonfunctional. Replaced with your files, chmod 644, rebooted. I still don't see them in my app list, and Titanium Backup shows com.google.android.videos at the end of the list with a strikethrough. The only option I get on a tap is to uninstall it. US Wifi Xoom running 3.1 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073884
Edit: Also, I pushed these files with adb to /sdcard then used an adb root shell to place them by hand into /system/app, if that matters.

eightbitbandit said:
Edit: Also, I pushed these files with adb to /sdcard then used an adb root shell to place them by hand into /system/app, if that matters.
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:/
Sorry you guys are having issues, unfortunately I don't have access to a Wifi XOOM until this weekend.
This behavior seems so odd though, why is the wifi geeking out. Maybe there is a model check?

I'm afraid pushing around files and some build.prop editing is about as far as my knowledge goes at the moment. I'm pretty good with linux in general, but the intricacies of Android are still new to me. I do have the modified root boot image for 3.1 applied now, along with the su and Superuser.apk binaries, as well as busybox 1.19 all linked up, so I'm about as rooted as it gets I think.
If you have any ideas I'd be happy to beat up on mine trying them out.

Dubar said:
cant seem to figure this one out. I'm on wifi only. Theres a videos.apk in system/app/ with a bizarre 2008 modified date. Package installer on that other apk is unsuccessful. Tried to uninstall, but videos doesnt seem to be listed in manage applications. Renamed the original videos.apk, and package installer still doesnt work. Tried to move the new apk/odex to system/app/ and they dont seem to do anything.
Any advice and did us wi-fi folks get shafted?
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Is it possible that the Videos app won't work if you're rooted since this update introduces the new Widevine DRM framework and with root you could presumably rip streams?

jdclucidly said:
Is it possible that the Videos app won't work if you're rooted since this update introduces the new Widevine DRM framework and with root you could presumably rip streams?
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I am rooted, and it is working fine for me, but it worked after install and never didn't work. (VZW 3G model).
Haven't tried any DRM'd content though.

For what it is worth, I rented Being John Malkovich just to see if it played... and it just says buffering over and over and then errors out, but no details.
Most likely is just release day issues, but I don't see google as being short on processing power or bandwidth..
*EDIT*
After still not being able to stream the movie, I chose to make it available offline, and I got this message:
"Unable to fetch license for "Being John Malkovich" error 49"
Splendid. Going to flash back to the original boot.img see if that helps.
*EDIT 2*
Flashing back to the stock 3.1 boot.img didn't help any. Went back to the insecure, rooted one. Hope someone with a stock install can chime in if it works or not. I like how it was okay to take my money and add it to my library but yet I can't play it :/

Missing the Video app here, too. Xoom Wifi.
Tried installing the APK above, but that also did not work.

The app is already in the /system/app folder guys. I suspect you may need to load a, movie or rent a movie before it will show up.
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B Dizzle said:
The app is already in the /system/app folder guys. I suspect you may need to load a, movie or rent a movie before it will show up.
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For me, movies dont show up in the market. I used the browser to rent a movie and it loaded in the browser and said something about how I need html5 support, which I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to have now

[Q] Attempting to get Google services back

Ok, so I managed to get my fire rooted again after the 6.2 update with little to no problems. However, my gmail, market, etc is still broken. I've tried reinstalling the apks to no avail. It won't even install the google framework at all. I have ESFile Explorer & just gave it root access, but that's not helping me too much, since I don't know what I'm doing. If someone has some steps to try, I'm up for it.

Try this
LoriH7 said:
Ok, so I managed to get my fire rooted again after the 6.2 update with little to no problems. However, my gmail, market, etc is still broken. I've tried reinstalling the apks to no avail. It won't even install the google framework at all. I have ESFile Explorer & just gave it root access, but that's not helping me too much, since I don't know what I'm doing. If someone has some steps to try, I'm up for it.
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1. Mount /system as rw
2. Copy the google framework.apk to /system/apps
3. Set permissions to rw- r-- r--
4. Install the google framework.apk (This is how I was able to keep my gapps functiong after the update. I think this will install it under /data/apps. You don't have to install since anything in /system/app runs a boot, but it will probably help in avoiding to have to re-do this after every update.)
5. Reboot
6. Follow the regular install steps for the .apks you want to add.
7. Make sure /system is read only when you're done.
These are pretty much just a reprint of the steps from this thread. So I would take a look at it.
I don't use ESFile Explorer so I can't help you with specific actions, just the general ones. Sorry!

I did everything, using root access on ES File Explorer. No dice. All the APKs are in the system/app folder. The still refuse to install. I still get "application did not install" on all of them.

LoriH7 said:
I did everything, using root access on ES File Explorer. No dice. All the APKs are in the system/app folder. The still refuse to install. I still get "application did not install" on all of them.
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Change the permissions on the apps in /system/app as he said above. Reboot. Done.

publicanimal said:
Change the permissions on the apps in /system/app as he said above. Reboot. Done.
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I don't have any options to change permissions, but they are the same as all the other apps in the folder.

[Solved] Google Play Store not working

I rooted my Kindle Fire and the only thing that isn't working is the Google Play Store. I used Kindle Fire Utility to root my device. When I open up Google Play, it says:
The application Google Play Store (process.com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
I've tried installing the apk various ways but it's the same result every time.
Any helped appreciated.

Did you move it to /system/app and chmod 755 before installing?

I had this problem for awhile myself and it took me hours to find a solution. What I did was after I rooted my kindle and flashed it over to cm9 reloaded I noticed gapps was not working. So to fix this I rebooted Into twrp and reflashed the gapps zip rebooted once more and my problem was solved. Hope this helps
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Flashing insecure stock rom 6.3 did the trick.

It was working. I could navigate through the market and look for apps but when I went to install Spotify, it went back to that error message. After that, I try opening the market and it shows the error message.

I'll be honest; I'm a little lost on what everyone said above. All I've been doing is downloading the apk's from the Internet and throwing them on my downloads folder. I open ES File Explorer and download the apk's. Is there anything simple I can try?

gclo85 said:
I'll be honest; I'm a little lost on what everyone said above. All I've been doing is downloading the apk's from the Internet and throwing them on my downloads folder. I open ES File Explorer and download the apk's. Is there anything simple I can try?
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Do you have the stock rom or a custom one?
Sent from my Kindle Fire using XDA

I'm using stock with go launcher. I just tried a suggestion from a site to make sure I'm rooted. I installed terminal manager and typed su. I got the reply permission denied. I'm thinking that means I'm not rooted?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24312196&postcount=17

@b63: I did what was in that forum and now I'm rooted. Thank you.
Only issue left is when I open the Play Store, it says:
"You must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?"
I press yes, it closes. I press no, it closes.

gclo85 said:
@b63: I did what was in that forum and now I'm rooted. Thank you.
Only issue left is when I open the Play Store, it says:
"You must add an account to the device to continue. Do you want to add one now?"
I press yes, it closes. I press no, it closes.
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Did you flash the gapps.zip or are you just nstalling the apk..... I'd look at that thread b63 gave you again you have to install 3 apps the other 2 sync your gmail account with market that's why it's FCing.... Just set up the es file manager set as rw and drag and drop the 3 apks into the system folder and reboot the kindle
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I believe I'm installing APK's. I've been trying to install files like these:
com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk
Vending(Mod).apk
I move the files to system/apps with Root Explorer and change the permissions but after I install it, it says "Application Not Installed."

gclo85 said:
I believe I'm installing APK's. I've been trying to install files like these:
com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk
Vending(Mod).apk
I move the files to system/apps with Root Explorer and change the permissions but after I install it, it says "Application Not Installed."
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Don't hit install download those 3 apks in the thread b63 gave you a few posts a go and simply drag them into the system folder then reboot
EDIT: Here
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@DJLamontagneIII: It's working! Thank you so much!
Thank you to everyone else who contributed.

glad to help ...
please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) with [Solved]

I also wanted to ask; aside from backups or maybe those 3 APK's I just moved, is it safe to delete anything, like the zip file ROM, to free up space on the internal storage?

i assume you mean the sdcard partition
yupp - it's safe - you can keep a backup on your computer if you like

old vending apk that works with the kindle fire

if you install as system app and then install a later version of google play as an update, this works with kindle fire, thats how people were able to get google play working this may work if you uninstall newer vending apk/ remove it from the gapps zip.
www(dot)dropbox(dot)com/s/mcqeqb51t1m6jgi/Vending.apk

qwerty790 said:
if you install as system app and then install a later version of google play as an update, this works with kindle fire, thats how people were able to get google play working this may work if you uninstall newer vending apk/ remove it from the gapps zip.
www(dot)dropbox(dot)com/s/mcqeqb51t1m6jgi/Vending.apk
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trying it now...
*edit: no luck... posting logcat's for attempts here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41832156#post41832156

professorpoptart said:
trying it now...
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Okay.
My instructions were a little unclear in case youre having trouble (I'm waiting for mybook to upload the latest cwm before I try)
(needs googleservicesframework)
1. install as system app
2. click on in using a file manger or whatever to install as regular app as well
3. run and sign in
4. upgrade to newer version

qwerty790 said:
Okay.
My instructions were a little unclear in case youre having trouble (I'm waiting for mybook to upload the latest cwm before I try)
(needs googleservicesframework)
1. install as system app
2. click on in using a file manger or whatever to install as regular app as well
3. run and sign in
4. upgrade to newer version
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adb push vending.apk /sdcard/vending.apk
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cat /sdcard/vending.apk > /system/app/vending.apk
chmod 6755 /system/app/vending.apk
adb reboot
launch market... accept terms... crash...

professorpoptart said:
adb push vending.apk /sdcard/vending.apk
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cat /sdcard/vending.apk > /system/app/vending.apk
chmod 6755 /system/app/vending.apk
adb reboot
launch market... accept terms... crash...
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Did you try installing it in /data/app/ as well and /system/app/ ?

qwerty790 said:
Did you try installing it in /data/app/ as well and /system/app/ ?
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same logcat...

professorpoptart said:
same logcat...
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Crap .. ill keep looking around and trying to think of a solution and will start messing around later when I get home.
This is the google services framework that was packaged with the vending.apk : https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rgpp75p60dl5ls/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
I dont know if its modified or an old version or whatever but might work (I just don't know if it will mess up other gapps) Its worth a try but I'm not too optimistic

You need to install the GoogleServicesFramework and reboot the device before attempting vending.apk.

SixSixSevenSeven said:
You need to install the GoogleServicesFramework and reboot the device before attempting vending.apk.
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He already had a copy of the GoogleServicesFramework installed from when he flashed the gapps zip I dont know if its a diffrent version. Also restarting after installing vending.apk might help but that would be too easy

qwerty790 said:
He already had a copy of the GoogleServicesFramework installed from when he flashed the gapps zip I dont know if its a diffrent version. Also restarting after installing vending.apk might help but that would be too easy
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Right google music works fine... trying that old framework now...
edit: same...
edit surprisingly though Google music still works with the old framework!

Am I the only one who can't even log into my google account?
I keep getting connection errors, though I did manage to log in with the YouTube app (it only uses the YouTube account though)

r_idn said:
Am I the only one who can't even log into my google account?
I keep getting connection errors, though I did manage to log in with the YouTube app (it only uses the YouTube account though)
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I had the connection issue when I tried to log in through the vending app. I was able to get past it by using a network cable. Previous to using the vending.apk though I added the account in regular android setting settings with no issue.

professorpoptart said:
I had the connection issue when I tried to log in through the vending app. I was able to get past it by using a network cable. Previous to using the vending.apk though I added the account in regular android setting settings with no issue.
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managed to login actual account through the Youtube app and ended up having to remove the youtube one (which you apparently can no longer use to sign in) still couldn't manage to login through settings, though my play store crashes now like everybody else's

[TUT] Disable OTA on 4.5.2 + Install GApps

Edit: Sorry for not maintaining this thread for a long time (rl stuff) but after all I really recommend you switching to LineageOS. It's very straightforward, you have full Play Store and Amazon access and a smooth, nice, customizable and clean android. Also you don't have to worry about your device getting incompatible to the Play Store^^ or bricking your device by accidental updates.
Srsly, don't do anything below here. It's old and not supported anymore. Also before doing anything to your tablet: Unlock the Bootloader here
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)

Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like
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You need specify that need to change the extension exactly

Potato_of_Doom said:
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
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Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.

Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir

candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues

Potato_of_Doom said:
Yes you can copy everything, just look out for /priv-app/PrebuiltGMSCore.apk (If you try to copy it you'll get a memory error)
@awinston
Thats strange. On my kindle it worked without any issues
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Got it thanks

awinston said:
Worked great but for some reason on my kindle hdx 7" running 4.5.2 when I booted up the SetupWizard came up to select my language and then when I clicked the big arrow it dumped me into the wireless settings screen and I was stuck. I had to eventually remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk. You might want to recommend users not including this as well on the off chance it causes the same problem I had. After I fixed this I just clicked on the play store and it prompted me to login.
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How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk

After doing this to get gapps, I am receiving license error when attempting to play amazon instant videos. Any ideas?
Edit: obviously did something to drm as I can't access kindle books either.
Anyone know a way to fix? Thanks

candiflan said:
How did you remove /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk
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Never mind I rename SetupWizard.apk to SetupWizard.apk.old this is what I did
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o rw,remount /system'"
adb shell "su -c 'mv /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk /system/priv-app/SetupWizard.apk.old'"
adb shell "su -c 'mount -o ro,remount /system'"

Is there a recommendation on installing the gapps via this method, versus the HDXposed method?

It sounds like this is easier and slightly less risky.
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Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks

tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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I had issues when I tried ES Explorer. I used Root Explorer with no issues. Also, make sure to set perms to RW R R to match other files in all the directories.

tuanda82 said:
Doesnt work on my Apollo. I downloaded GAPPS 036 (320DPI) and follow your steps. But it doesn't work and I cannot copy phonesky.apk, i have to manually install it. I copied system folder using ES Explorer. Do I have to set permit for files??
Thanks
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Did you get an error message?

Notifications not working
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications? I am not receiving notifications about updates from google play and I am not receiving notifications from apps where they have been enabled. I took a quick look at some test apps on the store and I never receive the notifications through those apps either. Below is a log cat from a test notifications app. I did some reading and it seems to suggest maybe the individual apps are not configured correctly but I will need to keep digging. Will keep digging, just not very familiar with c2dm so wanted to ask.
03-03 11:17:24.787 2024-4230/? I/GCM﹕ GCM message com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester 0:1425403044280977%c5da679ff9fd7ecd
03-03 11:17:24.797 2024-2024/? W/GCM-DMM﹕ broadcast intent callback: result=CANCELLED forIntent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) }
03-03 11:17:24.797 937-966/? W/BroadcastQueue﹕ Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE flg=0x10 pkg=com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester (has extras) } from com.google.android.gsf (pid=2024, uid=10003) requires com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND due to receiver com.firstrowria.pushnotificationtester/.broadcast.GCMReceiver

Potato_of_Doom said:
Did you get an error message?
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@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
@Potato_of_Doom: It closed without message. On the first boot, I can log in my account but after the home screen loading, PlayStore closed without warning. next time playstore close without warning (very fast). It is seem another Google service still working except playstore. I can log in to my play games account and load Clash of clans data without problems.

tuanda82 said:
@riggsandroid: I tried root explorer and set permissions, same results.
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@tuanda82 I had similar issues when I didn't remember to install the GMS Core apk after moving all files over. Just a thought.

awinston said:
Anyone else having problems not receiving notifications?
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Discovered a fix. I had to install Xposed and HDXposed. This leads me to wonder whether the technique used to install gapps with HDXposed might not be the better and safer solution if notifications only work with HDXposed. Anyone else have notifications working without HDXposed installed? After looking through the HDXposed code it looks like this is probably the only solution but maybe I am missing something.

candiflan said:
do i put <app etc framework lib priv-app> in /system dir
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I don't want to confuse anyone, but you really don't want to overwrite the folders, just add files to their corresponding location within their like-named partition directories.
If you are comfortable with adb shell commands, I find it easiest to actually move all the folders from the zip into the data or a newly created system folder & then use batch scripts that take advantage of the * wildcard call, such as *.apk, to change ownership & permission setting to 644 for all files at one time. I don't have time to list it all out all the steps right now, but if you have been playing with adb for a while, you probably already know what I am talking about. You can also do the same thing, live in the system folder, but I personally like to segregate the new files so I can check several & then move them all over at once, after I am confident all the changes were made via the shell commands.

Potato_of_Doom said:
So you finally rooted your Kindle Fire HDX 7/8.9 on 4.5.2
and you want to start using it but remembered that amazons updates kill everything, searched for a method to bypass it and fortunately found this thread.(You Sir are very lucky)
So lets start:
1. How to disable OTA updates
Step 1:
Get a file explorer which has root access (I used ES File Explorer because it was already in the Amazon App Store but every other file explorer should work too)
Step 2:
Browse to /system/priv-app/ and search for DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk
Step 3:
Just rename DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to whatever you like (Important: After renaming the file mustn't end with .apk)
Step 4:
Profit! You can now access the internet freely without the fear of evil amazon updates
But you want to install apps on your Kindle so
2. How to install Google Play Apps
Step 1:
Aquire the GApps for KitKat. Preferably here
Step 2:
Extract it to your Kindle and copy everything except for PrebuiltGMSCore.apk, META-INF and addon.d in the similar system folder (apps in system/app folder go to system/app folder (the real one))
Step 3:
Install PrebuiltGMSCore.apk manually like you would install any normal apk
Step 4:
Reboot (eventually it takes a bit longer)
Step 5:
PROFIT!!!! You have a fully working Play Store!
Obviously i don't take any responsibility if anything goes wrong (even though this procedure should be pretty safe)
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There's another way to get working playstore:
You need enough system store to flash gapps by recovery. To get this, change some system apps to user apps (for example by titanium backup). Don't do this with 'really' system apps, but there are many Amazon apps, you can change (for example kindle reader, music, audible). You can still use these apps after change. Then you can flash with twrp a small gapps package.