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[23AUG] "Hacked" Play Store 3.8.17.4 (Wishlist, delta "smart" updates, gift cards)

[23AUG] "Hacked" Play Store 3.8.17.4 (Wishlist, delta "smart" updates, gift cards)
Hey guys,
I was looking for this yesterday and I found nothing, so I decided to "hack" the Play Store apk myself.
It's just 3.8.17 Play Store with Wishlist and (US only for now) gift cards activated.
How to install (or update)
1. Make a nandroid or backup Play Store by Titanium
2. Go to Settings » Apps » All » Google Play Store, tap "Uninstall updates" (if active) and confirm
3. Download my APK, place it on /sdcard and rename to Phonesky.apk
4. In Root Explorer (or any other file explorer that uses root permissions, but don't use ES File Explorer) go to /system/app and remove Phonesky.apk
---4.1. If you see any com.android.vending-*.apk file in this directory, remove it too
5. Copy Phonesky.apk from /sdcard to /system/app
6. Reboot
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Screenshots
Code:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103113367881493800003/albums/5777438263662654481
or
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344071545674005.80514.100002134861260&type=3
Changelog
3.8.17.4-2
FC fix
3.8.17.4-1
updated to 3.8.17
something big is coming!
3.8.16.4
based on the latest Play Store 3.8.16 (nothing new - updated DE, FA, JA translations and minor bug fixes)
3.8.15.4
mobile connection emulation when over Wi-fi (Store thinks you're over 3G and activates Smart [delta] Updates - downloads only small part of every update instead of a whole file)
increased cache size
easter egg (ha! find it!)
buf fixes and performance improvements
3.8.15.3
removed device restrictions (you can install every app available in Play Store - even if your device isn't compatibile)
Store won't update itself to any newer version
3.8.15.2
bug fixes
3.8.15.1
first release
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DOWNLOAD
Code:
https://hotfile.com/list/2079715/2f98b65
Tested on Galaxy Nexus w/ Jelly Bean (CM10, clean build) - it just works.
Disclaimer: Do NOT reupload the APK. Link to this thread instead. Thanks.
Twitter: @maciej (don't donate, just follow )

What exactly does this do? Aren't giftcards already enabled?

atrix4g18 said:
What exactly does this do? Aren't giftcards already enabled?
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They aren't. It enables both them and wishlist. Both are fully usable, however there's no way to buy any gift code ATM

Got a better link? On my phone it wnt let me copy the text to put in my browser
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InfantryMarc said:
Got a better link? On my phone it wnt let me copy the text to put in my browser
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Code:
http://bit.ly/playstoregift

Works awesome thanks.
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webDeWo said:
Hey guys,
I was looking for this yesterday and I found nothing, so I decided to "hack" the Play Store apk myself.
It's just 3.8.15 Play Store with Wishlist and (US only for now) gift cards activated.
How to install (or update)
Screenshots
Code:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103113367881493800003/albums/5777438263662654481
or
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344071545674005.80514.100002134861260&type=3
Changelog
DOWNLOAD
Code:
https://hotfile.com/list/2079715/2f98b65
Tested on Galaxy Nexus w/ Jelly Bean (CM10, clean build) - it just works.
Disclaimer: Do NOT reupload the APK. Link to this thread instead. Thanks.
Twitter: @maciej (don't donate, just follow )
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Can I ask if this is dpi hacked? As in for those who have a dpi of 162 like me it will fix the market incompatibility error?
If not how can I hack it to force the market to use a set dpi? Instead of reading my build.prop?
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elesbb said:
Can I ask if this is dpi hacked? As in for those who have a dpi of 162 like me it will fix the market incompatibility error?
If not how can I hack it to force the market to use a set dpi? Instead of reading my build.prop?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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Nope, it's not. I can hack it if you want.

elesbb said:
Can I ask if this is dpi hacked? As in for those who have a dpi of 162 like me it will fix the market incompatibility error?
If not how can I hack it to force the market to use a set dpi? Instead of reading my build.prop?
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OK, updated to 3.8.15.3. See changelog.

webDeWo, Does it work for GB 2.3.4 ?

seksith said:
webDeWo, Does it work for GB 2.3.4 ?
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Android 2.2+. Assuming: yes.

I dont understand, this version let the download payable apps?
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turko9999 said:
I dont understand, this version let the download payable apps?
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Nope. It lets you download apps unavailable in your country (they aren't shown in search results!) or for your device. It also lets you access and manage your Wishlist and gift cards.

Is that possible to free download to payable apps, can u do it?
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It's impossible and illegal. Do not even ask for it.

Nice work webDeWo. Imma download this now. Funny how you hack a app that is free but not yet available now people want you to start getting apps for free. smh.

Hi, and thanks for sharing your work.
I have one question though : if I install an app while on the play store website on the PC, it will still download it to my phone with this hacked store ?
I'm sorry if I don't make any sense, English isn't my native language.

AngelFeoras said:
Hi, and thanks for sharing your work.
I have one question though : if I install an app while on the play store website on the PC, it will still download it to my phone with this hacked store ?
I'm sorry if I don't make any sense, English isn't my native language.
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Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean

webDeWo said:
Nope, it's not. I can hack it if you want.
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Can I ask what you did to change it? I've been trying to figure this out for the longest time. Plus sorry to be a pain but can you get rid of just device restrictions and not auto updating the market? I wouldn't mind if the market updated itself
webDeWo said:
OK, updated to 3.8.15.3. See changelog.
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---------- Post added at 08:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 PM ----------
AngelFeoras said:
Hi, and thanks for sharing your work.
I have one question though : if I install an app while on the play store website on the PC, it will still download it to my phone with this hacked store ?
I'm sorry if I don't make any sense, English isn't my native language.
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the answer is yes.
webDeWo said:
Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean
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He's talking about going to play. Google. Com and installing an app from there. But Google services framework is what handles that (if I'm not mistaken)
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I just modified the function that checks whether the application is available for user to always return true. Simple, isn't it?

anyone with android wear apk?

Can anyone upload the official android wear apk?
I can't find it on play store
Thanks

telis12 said:
Can anyone upload the official android wear apk?
I can't find it on play store
Thanks
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Opens this link play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.wearable.app and click the Become a Tester button to opt-in to the preview version of the app. You should be able to see the app in play store after a few mins.

michaelma23 said:
Opens this link play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.wearable.app and click the Become a Tester button to opt-in to the preview version of the app. You should be able to see the app in play store after a few mins.
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The link doesn't work...
Can anyone upload the APK please? :angel:

Hreidmar said:
The link doesn't work...
Can anyone upload the APK please? :angel:
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Same. Might be USA only. Upload please.

tomgreen99 said:
Same. Might be USA only. Upload please.
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I'm in the USA. It won't work for me either.

I downloaded it from here:
http://www.giga.de/downloads/android-wear/downloading/?id=76228&post_id=2532817 (German IT News Website)

muml said:
I downloaded it from here:
http://www.giga.de/downloads/android-wear/downloading/?id=76228&post_id=2532817 (German IT News Website)
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Thank you very much for the APK but for some reason it will not instal even though that I'm running CM 4.4.2

Connect Android Wear App with Emulator
Hi,
Installed the above Wear apk succesfully, and it is running.
Did anyone succeed in linking this new Android Wear apk to the AndroidWear Emulator?
The Android Wear Preview connected over USB cable using adb -d forward tcp:5601 tcp:5601.
The Wear apk has an option to connect to the emulator, but using the USB cable its not connecting.
Can it only connect over Bluetooth?
Edwin

Can anyone upload the newest play services and search? I'm getting a notice to update and it takes me to the play store but no update is available for me.
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anidrin said:
Can anyone upload the newest play services and search? I'm getting a notice to update and it takes me to the play store but no update is available for me.
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This post has everything from Android L, including fonts, keyboard, google play services, google search, etc.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796019

I would just wait for official to drop. Im guessing Wednesday since thats when google likes to do things.

tomgreen99 said:
Same. Might be USA only. Upload please.
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Pls upload pls

It's released in the Google Play Store. Just look for Android Wear
Source: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...lic-not-that-you-can-do-anything-with-it-yet/

Me I am going to wait until I get the watch, the app is of no use to me until then.

RESOLVED: Noob Question: How can I track down installation issue?

Hi,
I'm running a stock rooted Samsung S4 GPE (Google Play Edition) aka 9505G on t-mobile.
I'm trying to install an app via the play store but using market helper to spoof the device as a regular Galaxy S4 9500 otherwise the app does not show up.
The app starts installing then says "Error" with "Missing Shared Library". How can I find out what the missing dependency is? The aLogCat phone app doesn't give me any output. Would adb help?
People say the app needs system/framework/org.simalliance.openmobileapi.jar and system/SmartcardService.apk which I copied/pasted with the right permissions. SmarcardService didn't come with my non-touchwiz S4 and it doesn't seem to want to run. Could this be the problem? How do I get it running?
Thanks everyone in advance!

sgthrowaway92 said:
Hi,
I'm running a stock rooted Samsung S4 GPE (Google Play Edition) aka 9505G on t-mobile.
I'm trying to install an app via the play store but using market helper to spoof the device as a regular Galaxy S4 9500 otherwise the app does not show up.
The app starts installing then says "Error" with "Missing Shared Library". How can I find out what the missing dependency is? The aLogCat phone app doesn't give me any output. Would adb help?
People say the app needs system/framework/org.simalliance.openmobileapi.jar and system/SmartcardService.apk which I copied/pasted with the right permissions. SmarcardService didn't come with my non-touchwiz S4 and it doesn't seem to want to run. Could this be the problem? How do I get it running?
Thanks everyone in advance!
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Tell me the app..i could provide you with the apk..
But only free versions.
Warez not allowed here..
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Hi,
It's a totally free app called softcard (formerly isis) wallet. It's only available for tmobile/att/verizon I think using the carrier phones. I have google wallet but for certain reasons I need to sign up for softcard/isis using the app which is very frustrating lol.
DeepankarS said:
Tell me the app..i could provide you with the apk..
But only free versions.
Warez not allowed here..
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Free mobile app
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sgthrowaway92 said:
Hi,
It's a totally free app called softcard (formerly isis) wallet. It's only available for tmobile/att/verizon I think using the carrier phones. I have google wallet but for certain reasons I need to sign up for softcard/isis using the app which is very frustrating lol.
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you have which carrier?

I have tmobile but it's not a problem to download the app from the playstore (market-helper is working). I think the problem is a messed up install of a shared library. According to adb logs from when I try to install:
Package com.isis.mclient.tmobile.activity requires unavailable shared library org.simalliance.openmobileapi; failing!
I'm not sure that I installed this library jar correctly: \system\framework\org.simalliance.openmobileapi.jar
It might also have something to do with nfcee_access.xml giving permissions to apps to use the nfc etc.

I think I have resolved the issue. I was missing a file called org.simalliance.openmobileapi.xml in /system/etc/permissions. Thanks for your help everyone. I will try to update the main thread I was following for instructions to see if anyone else could use this info.

sgthrowaway92 said:
I think I have resolved the issue. I was missing a file called org.simalliance.openmobileapi.xml in /system/etc/permissions. Thanks for your help everyone. I will try to update the main thread I was following for instructions to see if anyone else could use this info.
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I've ran into this problem while installing the CIBC mobile payment app which utilizes the secure element in an nfc enabled sim card. Are you able to share in more detail how you solved this issue?

[Q] Nexus player APK's

Would anyone please extrakt the APK's for Pandora and Songza from the Nexus Player and post them here?
Sideload Apk extractor on your Nexus player and use to extrackt APK's.

jtn360 said:
Would anyone please extrakt the APK's for Pandora and Songza from the Nexus Player and post them here?
Sideload Apk extractor on your Nexus player and use to extrackt APK's.
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Here's Pandora - Pulled from /data/app on my Nexus Player.
https://mega.co.nz/#!U9EGxJJK!5dJPXhmQchr24eTyyIXFHMIhVHZXMNm-5vHYZfC9764
Here's Songza - Pulled from /data/app on my Nexus Player.
https://mega.co.nz/#!dtURwaKD!OY9YnhaTWcG3uwOgLzFb7IaZtSoYy-Jpni65Cy1NKLo

Thanks!!!
Both apps works fine. Thanks alot.

Would be great if we could get a sticky with all of the APK's available!!!
Netflix, Hulu etc

A better way(for now)
Found a better way for installing apps not available in my region.
Just go to: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000e26_androidtv_apps_all"
(I was not allowed posting a normal link)
from any computer and install whatever app you want.
Works great for me in Norway.
(don't tell Google )

jtn360 said:
Found a better way for installing apps not available in my region.
Just go to: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000e26_androidtv_apps_all"
(I was not allowed posting a normal link)
from any computer and install whatever app you want.
Works great for me in Norway.
(don't tell Google )
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This link only shows the apps that are already available in my country (Canada). I don't see any outside of my region.

jtn360 said:
Found a better way for installing apps not available in my region.
Just go to: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000e26_androidtv_apps_all"
(I was not allowed posting a normal link)
from any computer and install whatever app you want.
Works great for me in Norway.
(don't tell Google )
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Sadly that didn't work for me either, in the UK it just shows an empty page

Sorry.
jtenniswood said:
Sadly that didn't work for me either, in the UK it just shows an empty page
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Sorry about that one. Seems You have to make an american acount for this. On my Nexus Player I cannot install US only Apps., but from my PC I can.

Google Camera App for Moto G4?

How can I install the google camera on my Moto G4 (Normal)?
Thanks

Download through Play Store
Search for APK file and simply install as a user app

It's hidden in the Play Store for me for some reason - maybe for you too.
https:// play . google . com / store / apps / details ? id = com.google.android.GoogleCamera
Remove the spaces from the URL in order to get it to work. I don't seem to have enough posts to create links yet.

Using the above link, the Play Store reports that Google Camera is not available here in the UK at the moment. Looks like a sideload if you want Google Camera...

echo92 said:
Using the above link, the Play Store reports that Google Camera is not available here in the UK at the moment. Looks like a sideload if you want Google Camera...
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Using link provided above worked just fine, XT1622

siredux said:
Using link provided above worked just fine, XT1622
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Lucky you Looks like for me it's OpenGApps or one of the various APKs on the internet until Google Camera comes over here!