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[Q] SM-G9008W - Need to get Google Play!!

Hi Guys
I bought a genuine Galaxy S5 in China (SM-G9008W) (baseband: G9008WZMU1ANEH)(Android 4.4.2)
Problem is, this specific model doesn't allow access to Google Play store, because the China government has a beef with Google. There is not even a 'Play Store", it is instead called "App Search", and it is 3rd party. Once google play store is downloaded, it cannot open.
Now I don't live in China (I live in Singapore), so it is not an internet problem. It is the OS the phone is running.
Does anyone know how I can access google (Play Store / GMAIL / etc...) services on this phone? I haven't been able to find a custom ROM for this model. Will any international version be compatible?
Someone please help me access GOOGLE!!!

anyone can help this one ? i also need to get Google play on this phone. Thank you.

need help with same problem, but firmware is 6.0

rally911t said:
Hi Guys
I bought a genuine Galaxy S5 in China (SM-G9008W) (baseband: G9008WZMU1ANEH)(Android 4.4.2)
Problem is, this specific model doesn't allow access to Google Play store, because the China government has a beef with Google. There is not even a 'Play Store", it is instead called "App Search", and it is 3rd party. Once google play store is downloaded, it cannot open.
Now I don't live in China (I live in Singapore), so it is not an internet problem. It is the OS the phone is running.
Does anyone know how I can access google (Play Store / GMAIL / etc...) services on this phone? I haven't been able to find a custom ROM for this model. Will any international version be compatible?
Someone please help me access GOOGLE!!!
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tjhana said:
anyone can help this one ? i also need to get Google play on this phone. Thank you.
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defeyes19980 said:
need help with same problem, but firmware is 6.0
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My first guess would be:
1. Install a custom recovery (i.e TWRP);
2. Root device;
3. Flash from custom recovery Google Apps (compatible with your Android version).
Edit: Nobody replied since October 2014?

Many40 said:
My first guess would be:
1. Install a custom recovery (i.e TWRP);
2. Root device;
3. Flash from custom recovery Google Apps (compatible with your Android version).
Edit: Nobody replied since October 2014?
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just did whats you recommended but google play stop wprking

defeyes19980 said:
just did whats you recommended but google play stop wprking
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You are smiling what would mean that you are fine with this, then I am fine too
I wrote: "My first guess would be" and not: "I checked following solution" so I didn't guarantee you that it will work.
However some other things come to my mind which might help:
1. did you flash proper gapps?
2. did you wipe data/factory reset?
3. did you create google account?
4. Try with smaller versions of the gapps (for example pico or nano).

Many40 said:
You are smiling what would mean that you are fine with this, then I am fine too
I wrote: "My first guess would be" and not: "I checked following solution" so I didn't guarantee you that it will work.
However some other things come to my mind which might help:
1. did you flash proper gapps?
2. did you wipe data/factory reset?
3. did you create google account?
4. Try with smaller versions of the gapps (for example pico or nano).
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thanks man i am smiling because i am thanking you for your kind help ,using it with difficulties,

Can't update google play services after restore to stock firmware !!!

I was on AryMod MM 6.0 v6 but GPS was a little problematic so I decided to go back to a stock rom. After a successful restore I couldn't access my google apps after update. I tried another stock firmware but got the same results. Older apks with .438 install correctly but the problem persists. I tried installing the latest apk from apkmirror but I get an error.
PS : after a google search I found a couple of note 3 owners (N9005) that have the same problem

Same problem here, cant update, got msg that my device is incompatibile.
I try 3 diffrents firmwares, 3 diffrent google accounts, cant use apps becouse it's says that i need to update google services, but google play store says it's incompatibile. Try to clear cache, data of play store and services, and no effect.

Same here.
Try to flash 4 files rom, with PIT file, and Phone Bootloader Update and Phone EFS Clear checked.
For me it worked, but every next rom update other than 4-file rom with EFS clear and problem comes back.

yasstou said:
I was on AryMod MM 6.0 v6 but GPS was a little problematic so I decided to go back to a stock rom. After a successful restore I couldn't access my google apps after update. I tried another stock firmware but got the same results. Older apks with .438 install correctly but the problem persists. I tried installing the latest apk from apkmirror but I get an error.
PS : after a google search I found a couple of note 3 owners (N9005) that have the same problem
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You need to download Play Services from apkmirror.
Also I had this problem: I've solved it with this method.

GalaxyS3Android said:
You need to download Play Services from apkmirror.
Also I had this problem: I've solved it with this method.
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here is the file for N900S
http://www.apkmirror.com/wp-content/themes/APKMirror/download.php?id=90733

You are not alone with this problem. I made factory reset and saw this problem too. I think they (who ever it is) will fix this as soon as possible.

These apps must Be flashed in custom recovery ..search for gapps
Sent from my Limited Edition Note 3 LTE using Super Tapatalk

Has there been an update on this issue? Is it fixed now?
I can try to flash stock rom back to see if it is fixed if no one else has tried.

This was a problem for everyone. Google Play Services was listed incompatible with the Note 3 on Google Play itself. Affected all Note 3 owners, regardless of Android version.
Most recent update to Google Play Services lists it as compatible again.
For me it auto updated. (And broke my GPS tracking along the way, but alas.)

my solution is to download services google play 9.4.52 and do not download the last version off all google applicatios like youtube chrome gdrive.
you downgrade the vertion antel you don't receve the error message
download from www . apkmirror . com

ShadowLea said:
This was a problem for everyone. Google Play Services was listed incompatible with the Note 3 on Google Play itself. Affected all Note 3 owners, regardless of Android version.
Most recent update to Google Play Services lists it as compatible again.
For me it auto updated. (And broke my GPS tracking along the way, but alas.)
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Thanks for letting me know!

fabianowerner said:
here is the file for N900S
http://www.apkmirror.com/wp-content/themes/APKMirror/download.php?id=90733
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Worked like a charm on my
Rooted Galaxy NOTE 3 SM-N900
Official ROM, 5.0: N900BUEBOC3

Any problems with OTA pie upgrade on Chinese AL–00 Mate9 ?

I am using the Chinese variant of the MATE 9. It's happily running Oreo & Google APPS for quite some time now. I travel a lot and change my "HiCare region" to whatever region I'm working in. I was NOT offered android nine until I changed my region to China even though I've been physically in 6 Countries in Asia with this phone.
Has anyone done the OTA update with a situation similar to mine. While I want to try Android Pie (9) I don't want to mess up my smooth running machine & Google apps that I have now.
Thank you in advance for any input.

yes, the problem will be
onepiece said:
I am using the Chinese variant of the MATE 9. It's happily running Oreo & Google APPS for quite some time now. I travel a lot and change my "HiCare region" to whatever region I'm working in. I was NOT offered android nine until I changed my region to China even though I've been physically in 6 Countries in Asia with this phone.
Has anyone done the OTA update with a situation similar to mine. While I want to try Android Pie (9) I don't want to mess up my smooth running machine & Google apps that I have now.
Thank you in advance for any input.
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after updating mha-al00 to version 9.0.1.150, google play disappeared from applications, and I haven't figured out how to restore it. GMSinstaller, at least the version I have, stopped working.

Problem solved
To restore google play u need to switching the region to China in appgalery, searching the google play store and updating it. All other google services work fine.

Thanks
Thank you. This is helpful info...and something I was worried about. Per HiCare, I'm being offered version
9.0.1.160
Haven't pulled the trigger...not sure I want to mess with the Google runaround.

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Vitek777 said:
To restore google play u need to switching the region to China in appgalery, searching the google play store and updating it. All other google services work fine.
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Vitek777 or others...
Could you please list the specific steps you took To get google apps functional on a Chinese MATE 9 that was recently upgraded to EMUI 9?
-Did you have to delete your existing google store or other Google apps?
– Did you have to work with GMS installer?
Making this switch to EMUI 9 and trying to install Google apps on the China version is very temperamental. Please provide more very specific details on the steps involved. Thank you for your understanding.
I am not in mainland China now… So VPN service should not be necessary.

google apps and mha-al00c00 (chinese version)
onepiece said:
Vitek777 or others...
Could you please list the specific steps you took To get google apps functional on a Chinese MATE 9 that was recently upgraded to EMUI 9?
-Did you have to delete your existing google store or other Google apps?
– Did you have to work with GMS installer?
Making this switch to EMUI 9 and trying to install Google apps on the China version is very temperamental. Please provide more very specific details on the steps involved. Thank you for your understanding.
I am not in mainland China now… So VPN service should not be necessary.
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After upgrade from my mha-al00 to emui 9 outside of China, only one application was lost - Google Play Market. All other Google apps continued to function normally.
Running the GMS Installer did not solve the problem - he asked to uninstall all Google applications, but could not uninstall Google Play Services and stopped at this point with an error.
Manual stopping Google Play Services did not solve the problem - GMS installer still refused to work, indicating the same error.
I had to restore Google Play Services to reset the settings of the applications, because after a manual stop it was not possible to start it manually.
Next, in order to install the Google Play Market, I went to AppManager, switched the country to China in it (in my country, the Play Market is not visible in the AppManager application list), then did a Google Play Market search and installed it. The rest of the necessary Google applications, I reinstalled already from the Google Play Market.

YIKES !!
Thank you for your step by step directions to restore Google Apps after EMUI 9 upgrade.
After all the trouble getting Google to work again.....was the upgrade to EMUI 9 worth it? Wow...seems like quite a lot of work if the upgrade from EMUI 8 to 9 was not worth it...
Do you recommend the upgrade to 9?

Google Play Store partially in wrong language after update - PLEASE help!

Hello Everyone!
I'm hoping I can get some good advice on how to fix the issue that has come up.
I will try to be as detailed as I can in describing what has happened.
I started out with my Samsung S5 DUOS rooted on Android 4.4.2 but I had to update due to apps dropping support for 4.4.2.
Using Odin I installed Official Samsung 6.0.1 update for Android 6.0.1, after which I rooted the phone using the correct Chainfire Rooting package,
and after this I also installed the latest correct TWRP Recovery.
When starting up the phone everything was working fine except Google Services Framework and Play Store kept crashing constantly which I then solved by grabbing the APK's from another Samsung S5 running Android 6.0.1 and installed those on my phone. This fixed the crashing issue entirely and everything is now 100% stable and working just fine.
Which brings me to my problem: In the Play Store app it seems now that it is partially in English. I am running the phone set entirely to Swedish language otherwise. So most of the Play Store displays in Swedish, but certain things such as "Downloading" or "Install" or certain menu options of the app itself displays in English rather than Swedish. Also the app name is Play Store rather than "Play Butik" in Swedish. I thought that these APKs had all languages integrated in them and displayed the correct language depending on the language setting of the phone itself.
Any and all help to fix this so that I can have Play Store app run in Swedish would be appreciated very very much.
Kindest regards,
XDAFan.
P.S If I have posted this in the wrong place please move it to where it's supposed to go.

Might be a bug and ruled out with the next version of Playstore. I assume there are quite frequent updates, but performed in the background, like the Play Services updates.

lecorbusier said:
Might be a bug and ruled out with the next version of Playstore. I assume there are quite frequent updates, but performed in the background, like the Play Services updates.
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That is an interesting theory! I went to APK Mirror and checked the versions of the APK's that I had pulled from the other (identical) phone and the Play Services APK was a match but the Playstore was outdated(!) so I pulled the latest compatible (Android 6.0+) version of that that I could find on APK Mirror and installed it and that fixed the problem!!
So BIG THANKS for thinking of this as a possible cause of my problem and the solution to it!
Kindest regards,
XDAFan.
Updating my previous reply here
Kindest regards,
xdafan.

Can't download messenger on note 4

Good Evening
I would like some advice regarding my note 4. I bought it second hand, as I've had 1 before, and I love the devices.
The issue i'm experiencing is that I can't install messenger, I have no problem installing any other apps, only messenger.
These are the things I've tried to rectify the problem
I've factory reset the device.
Cleared cache and data on both Playstore and google services.
Changed the playstore settings to UK.
Uninstalled and then tried reinstalling Messenger.
Tried installing it in safe mode.
Disabled Automatic restore of device.
Tried a different log in for playstore.
Tried downloading from a different app downloader service.
The phone is currently running android 5 Lollypop. (Could I upgrade this to another version? If so how would I go about doing this? explained in novice terms).
Would rooting the device help? (also how do I do this?).
I really would appreciate any advice that anyone could give regarding this matter.
Kind regards
Col

Read the firmware name from the phone information settings.

ze7zez said:
Read the firmware name from the phone information settings.
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It's on android 5 Lollipop

Gaynewc said:
It's on android 5 Lollipop
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You must have android 6, which is why I asked about the firmware version to help you find the right version for your model.

ze7zez said:
You must have android 6, which is why I asked about the firmware version to help you find the right version for your model.
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I was able to download Messenger on Kitkat and Lollipop

dave678 said:
I was able to download Messenger on Kitkat and Lollipop
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Facebook Messenger (Android 4.4+) , (Android 5.0+) , (Android 9.0+)