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missing Google Books, Magazines, Movies & TV shows

I'm newb so I don't have enough posts to reply others' thread. I saw some had the same issue so I'm posting here. Hope this can help...
same issue with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29103318#post29103318
I had the same problem, not only with Gbooks & movies but also magazines app. I'm in Vietnam and I had my N7 purchased & hand-carried over from US. Here's the fix that works for me, hopefully it can help you out.
1. Root your N7.
2. Install ROM Toolbox lite from play store.
3. Open it after installation, go to App manager > All apps. Scroll down and you will see Books/ magazines/ movies there but they are all grey'd out. (Which might explain why it shows 'app already installed' and we can not locate them without rooting - just my guess - I'm a noob hehe).
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I wasn't able to launch them from here either. So next step:
4. Uninstall them.
5. Go to Play store and reinstall them back. You will be able to see and launch them from the home screen this time. Apps & contents of Play store are regionally available so if you don't see these 3 apps, you need to connect via a VPN that is US based. Try to look for some VPN app in the store. I use DroidVPN. Not so happy with it coz the connection is not so stable but at least it gets the job done.
My home screen here for example. After installation:
Lastly, as mentioned above, play store contents are limited by regions so even if we successfully install & launch these apps, we still need VPN connection to get books, magazines, movies & TV shows. And VPN is slow so I give up movies & TV, I just download books to read offline. Good enough for me though.

Good write up Sir ! Thanks for the info ....

Can I ask, when your music widget updates ,does your nexus lag? Assuming you're not using Google music, let's say you play a new song and it appears on your my library widget, does your home screen start lagging?
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glenn37216 said:
Good write up Sir ! Thanks for the info ....
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Thanks. I've learned a lot and got a lot of help from this forum so it's my pleasure to post this actually
i.amtom said:
Can I ask, when your music widget updates ,does your nexus lag? Assuming you're not using Google music, let's say you play a new song and it appears on your my library widget, does your home screen start lagging?
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Well I haven't noticed that. So far I'm happy with the tablet's performance. Let me try it and I'll let you know later.

[APP] [Solved] My 5.0.1 watch face doesn't install on some devices

I've been developing a sample analog watch face that uses 24 hours scale, on request of a friend. It works well for me, as well as for some other people. The problem is that on the friends Samsung device it doesn't install: he clicks install button, and nothing happens. Also another Samsung user reported a similar issue: the app installs, but stays invisible on the apps list, and no new watch face appears. I can not reproduce the situation in any way. It works well for me every time, as well from the apk file, as from the alpha channel on the Play Store. Could you guys give it a try?
EDIT: the problem seems to be solved, at least partially: when installed from the Play store, the app behaves well. I suppose it might've been related to this certain user and his environment. Anyway, if someone wants to test the app, I'll be grateful for feedback. The beta version on the Play Store is available for members of the Android Wear Developers G+ community, or you may join this one.
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Same problem with my watchface on my LG G3 / Sony Smartwatch 3 ... WF is running in the emulator, but nothing to see in Android Wear App.

I've installed your app on SGS2 CM11 recent nighlty build.
App is in apps list but just like it was a process or service.
App is not visible in apps drawer.
But the new watch face appeared in the list. Watch is S Gear Live.
Screenshots attached.

Dat0r said:
I've installed your app on SGS2 CM11 recent nighlty build.
App is in apps list but just like it was a process or service.
App is not visible in apps drawer.
But the new watch face appeared in the list. Watch is S Gear Live.
Screenshots attached.
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It is the service indeed. That's the way watch faces based on Google api work. Configuration, if available, should be done in the companion app.
The most recent version there is on the beta channel at the play store - see the OP. Improved layout, two faces to choose from. Thank you for the feedback.

Have a locked headunit 10" android 4.4.4 and no app store

Bought a car recently, and one of the extras Nissan put into my qashqai was a 10 inch android head unit, which completely replaces the stock set up.
It's got bluetooth, a file manager, sd card slot, waze, and couple other apps built in. But no app store. Tried side loading apps via sd card, but requires I allow unknown apps, and that won't allow without a password.
No idea what the passcode is, and the installation guys said they can't help me because they are a legitimate company and apparently it's a no no here to leave it unlocked.
So question, fellas, someone help me unlock it. I really just want to add a couple basic apps, not even looking for netflix, or hulu, or fb. Just a handful of apps to make every day driving more enjoyable. I also prefer google maps over waze personally.
Heres what it looks like, since it doesn't have a brand name or anything.
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Need help from yoy
Hello, lilmomo, I have the same problem with my Nissan, were you able to sign in to Google app? If so what is the solution?
Thank you!

lilmomo said:
Bought a car recently, and one of the extras Nissan put into my qashqai was a 10 inch android head unit, which completely replaces the stock set up.
It's got bluetooth, a file manager, sd card slot, waze, and couple other apps built in. But no app store. Tried side loading apps via sd card, but requires I allow unknown apps, and that won't allow without a password.
No idea what the passcode is, and the installation guys said they can't help me because they are a legitimate company and apparently it's a no no here to leave it unlocked.
So question, fellas, someone help me unlock it. I really just want to add a couple basic apps, not even looking for netflix, or hulu, or fb. Just a handful of apps to make every day driving more enjoyable. I also prefer google maps over waze personally.
Heres what it looks like, since it doesn't have a brand name or anything.
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Can u send me spesifikasi your hu,,,,,? I 'll try to help u
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Questions about games and apps on SM-T590

Hi!
I have Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (2018), want to try out some apps / games before I buy them, will installing a pirated APK from outside Play Store trigger Knox? I know the cracked apps sometimes contain malware, etc, so I risk my data, but can they damage Knox protection making it invalid and trigger warranty bit? After some googling I found that Knox triggers when it detects modified system, kernel, or root attempt, but there is nothing about apps installed on the device.
My other question is related to Samsung Game Optimizing Service. I have noticed that the games are blurrier than web browsers or normal user interface, found out it's caused by GOS. I downloaded the Samsung Game Tuner app's APK and installed it directly, because it's not available in Play Store or Galaxy Apps. It's working normally, after starting it up I found out that every game's resolution is set to 75% by default. Changing them to 100% solves the problem, but that's not really a "clean" solution. Is there any way to set the default resolution value without Game Tuner? Tried to delete GOS's data, restart the device, didn't help, the games running in 75% resolution by default. Here is an example screenshot of a system info app which is detected as a game, the tablet's screen resolution is 1920x1200, but it's running lower than that:
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I don't want to root the device or install custom ROM as it's just a week old, and it would be bad to void the warranty.
Thanks a lot for help!

You can disable that GOS to make games run as apps, using app like 'Package Disabler Pro ( Owner APP) All Android' in Google Play store.
You might need to buy it.
(You might disable Game Launcher/Game Tools too because they are GOS dependants.)
After disabling them, reboot the device. And check the game's running resolution.
- But this way you cannot use Game Tools' recording feature and GOS' game performance optimization.
This is applicable to almost every Samsung Android Galaxy devices.

Very Slow PX3 Android Head Unit

Hello
Couple of years ago I bought and Android HU for my Kia Rio UB.
It is a PX3 RK3188 with Android 7.1.2, Quad Core and 2 Gb of RAM.
At the very first time the HU was extremely fast. Apps installed within 1-2 secs, updates were instant and everything was very smooth. But as time passed it became slower and slower. At this time a regular app update (ex Google Maps - file size in PlayStore should be about 30Mb) could last up to 20 min to complete....
HU is not overloaded, i have only factory apps (radio, video player etc) and a few others like spotify and sygic navi...
I have also done all rom updates i found on the internet and all MCU updates as well.
I did a lot of factory resets trying to fix this issue with no success, at the very first boot it is still a very slow HU.
Is there any reason this happens? Can I do something to fix it?
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I have same problem. I dont know. I tried Clear ram .. but nothing change. Play store very slow. Programs very slow open

Somebody told me to do a clean install of the Android.
But i thought that when I do factory reset it is the same thing.
I guess he means to flash the rom from the beginning.... Not sure if it is going to work, but I have to try.

I solved the problem. I deleted the cache and all other data of the Google app and playstore app. I removed updates for the Google app. the device got pretty fast. do not google update.

I will give it a try too...
Thx

Did what you did but no significant speed change.
Maybe I will try to flash the rom again while wiping data.

Hello, i read this post and i agree with slow. Someone solved? Any tips ? Thanks in advance

I had the same issues with similar device. The workaround (working for me) was not to use google at all. So factory reset, no sign in to google account, no play store. Installed APKs manually from mirrors (I have only Waze, Here We Go and Deezer). Device is responsive again.
Device was useless with the same apps + Google Play Services.

origami_ns said:
I had the same issues with similar device. The workaround (working for me) was not to use google at all. So factory reset, no sign in to google account, no play store. Installed APKs manually from mirrors (I have only Waze, Here We Go and Deezer). Device is responsive again.
Device was useless with the same apps + Google Play Services.
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Hello, great tip and thanks for share !
I use waze and Spotify lite really well for moments but I will try disable all related to google services. I disable google maps and lots of stock apps

Hello again, i have done full factory reset, disable all gservices, store and lots of trash of not usefull apps. Then download Spotify Lite and Waze apk in a usb pendrive and installed.... works like a charm.
sometimes using DVR in record mode get reboot the unit ... i use a SD kingston special model for DVR... may i write on flash memory and not in usb.. but im happy about speed working now of radio