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Note 4 with missing Google Play services

Hi,
I have a Galaxy Note 4 which has Google Play Services Missing.
The handset has been rooted but cannot install Google Play services ZIP file, i think need CWM on the phone to do this but CWM is not available for Note 4.
Any other way to add Google Play services ?

Did you have the google apps installed before you rooted your device? Try flashing stock from the sammobile website, should install everything.
I also read TWRP is available for the note 4, GApps zipfile should be available somewhere already. (TWRP is only for the snapdragon though, don't know your model)

klect said:
Did you have the google apps installed before you rooted your device? Try flashing stock from the sammobile website, should install everything.
I also read TWRP is available for the note 4, GApps zipfile should be available somewhere already. (TWRP is only for the snapdragon though, don't know your model)
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Hello, Note 4 was bought from china, hence no gapps on chinese android phones !
However the problem is solved now, TWRP is available for Tmobile which works with China firmware.
Gapps pushed using TWRP and problems solved.
Thanks for help.

daz said:
Hello, Note 4 was bought from china, hence no gapps on chinese android phones !
However the problem is solved now, TWRP is available for Tmobile which works with China firmware.
Gapps pushed using TWRP and problems solved.
Thanks for help.
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Hi, How did you get TWRP to work. I tried to install Tmobile through Odin and the program just froze. Please help

daz said:
Hello, Note 4 was bought from china, hence no gapps on chinese android phones !
However the problem is solved now, TWRP is available for Tmobile which works with China firmware.
Gapps pushed using TWRP and problems solved.
Thanks for help.
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Hi, I have the same problem. I brought a Note4 duos; model no. SM-N9100 from China. Kindly advice how to resolve this problem so as to be able to use google play store, youtube, etc. Thanks in advance.

Same problem here, I cannot seem to get TWRP working through Odin as well on my N9106w from China. I was able to root it no problem. GooManager cannot find a compatible ROM.

I rooted the phone then install twrp tmobile through Odin --> Result was as before. Still no google play etc. To those who got it to work, please advise.

patricklee said:
I rooted the phone then install twrp tmobile through Odin --> Result was as before. Still no google play etc. To those who got it to work, please advise.
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Hi, I managed to resolve the problem. Just download app from below site and run but it is in Chinese.
http://soft.shouji.com.cn/down/26330.html

I downloaded from the link already but still doesn't work. When I open the google play store, it says no connection and I cannot search for any apps.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=315819327
Seems to be two threads for the same thing. I downloaded from the above link and installed v. 1.5. It then gave me a list to download so I chose the KitKat version which is about 44 megs. I then unzipped it and it expanded to many folders. I think the files in the folder are supposed to be moved to the similar folders on the phone. Possibly with adb? I am not sure.
From the translation, the link seems to be a crack for Gapps in China but I cannot translate on how to install it.

Downgrade Note 3 N9600(china) ,problem with playstore,no instal.

hello, I have a problem in a china samsung note 3 9600, I did not downgrade to 4.4.2 and PlayStore no appears to me, what is the problem?

kppus said:
hello, I have a problem in a china samsung note 3 9600, I did not downgrade to 4.4.2 and PlayStore no appears to me, what is the problem?
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what do you mean, "I did not downgrade to 4.4.2?"
First, try to reset your phone through recovery mode. Or you can flash the official firmware through ODIN.
Second, well this is my last opinion..... use google instaler to get any google apks...

sorry,google translate..
I mean I downgrade to 4.4.2 and failed to install google play store, now we have left to do its update to 5.0 and still nothing that did not install google play store.
I bought the phone came with update 5.0 and google Play Store.

Play services can't be updated after reset phone

I am using the Hong Kong version unlocked M9+. After reset, I find I can't update the Play Services which causes problem for me to update any critical google apps.
Android version is 5.0.2
Sense version is 7.0
Software Number is 1.84.708.10
I am wondering if I need to reflash from stock rom or is there any other way to get this problem sorted?
Thanks.

I am using the Hong Kong version of HTC One ME Dual SIM, which has the same issue after resetting my phone. Luckily I have two of them so that I can check the latest version of Google Play Service and Google Play Store and download from apkmirror to update it manually. Sorry I am a new registered user so I cannot post the full link from APKMirror for your reference.
This is the version of Google Play Service I used to upgrade my phone after reset:
14-3-66-020408-213742215
This is for Google Play Store, seems it is required to update it after upgrading to Google Play Service. Otherwise the phone is not responding to any Play Store requests in my case.
12-3-19-all-0-pr-218276083
Of course you need to enable Installation of APK from unknown source in your security settings. I am not sure if the same method can apply to your case. I hope this will give you more insights in resolving your issue.
xiaohan said:
I am using the Hong Kong version unlocked M9+. After reset, I find I can't update the Play Services which causes problem for me to update any critical google apps.
Android version is 5.0.2
Sense version is 7.0
Software Number is 1.84.708.10
I am wondering if I need to reflash from stock rom or is there any other way to get this problem sorted?
Thanks.
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tongdonaldcc said:
I am using the Hong Kong version of HTC One ME Dual SIM, which has the same issue after resetting my phone. Luckily I have two of them so that I can check the latest version of Google Play Service and Google Play Store and download from apkmirror to update it manually. Sorry I am a new registered user so I cannot post the full link from APKMirror for your reference.
This is the version of Google Play Service I used to upgrade my phone after reset:
14-3-66-020408-213742215
This is for Google Play Store, seems it is required to update it after upgrading to Google Play Service. Otherwise the phone is not responding to any Play Store requests in my case.
12-3-19-all-0-pr-218276083
Of course you need to enable Installation of APK from unknown source in your security settings. I am not sure if the same method can apply to your case. I hope this will give you more insights in resolving your issue.
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Thank you.
I tried with manual update Play Service, it fails. That's why I am thinking to refresh the ROM with stock one.
But not sure where to download the official ROM.

I am sorry to hear that you are not able to update manually. I also think that the built-in ROM of my phone is buggy, but couldn't find any custom ROM to try.

tongdonaldcc said:
I am sorry to hear that you are not able to update manually. I also think that the built-in ROM of my phone is buggy, but couldn't find any custom ROM to try.
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Anywhere I can find the stock ROM for my HTC bought in HK?
I remember it updated Android version once to 5.0.2. If I can find the original 4.4 version ROM I guess it would still work.

xiaohan said:
Anywhere I can find the stock ROM for my HTC bought in HK?
I remember it updated Android version once to 5.0.2. If I can find the original 4.4 version ROM I guess it would still work.
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No custom rom so far... I also try to find in some chinese sites but no hope... This is really sad that no one has made any custom rom for this Mediatek device... What si the problem there..I am asking myself.. My old HTC one m7 has plenty custom roms...
Maybe the problem is that there is no CM version for this device.. Google is the problem with no buying this version of the flagship..

I only need the stock factory ROM, not custom ones.

xiaohan said:
I only need the stock factory ROM, not custom ones.
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Which stock factory ROM did you want ? KK version ?

Peacemaker69 said:
Which stock factory ROM did you want ? KK version ?
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Just whatever the ROM they put on my HK version M9+ from factory. What's KK version?

xiaohan said:
Just whatever the ROM they put on my HK version M9+ from factory. What's KK version?
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Found a fix for the play services, need to download the play store service apk for version v12.3.30, install then it should be fine for the store part.

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
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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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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.