For those people who have a Chinese version of the Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006 it is possible after rooting and installing CWM to flash Google GApps onto the phone giving access to the Google Play store (even though it still localizes showing many Chinese apps by default), Google Accounts, and well everything Google except Google Now. For some reason it still wont function.
Sorry I am not able to give complete credit to who ever came up with the hack because I followed through so many threads last night that I couldn't completely backtrack to the origin. However, I can walk you through my steps to get it on your phone. *****IF you bootloop your phone or brick it I am NOT responsible***** that said following the steps as laid out on the site below has a high probability of successfully rooting your phone.
Step 1. Root the phone: I used the process laid out by galaxynote3root (dot) com making sure to download all the files (I didn't need to download the samsung drivers since I already had them) and then following the root process using ODIN.
Step 2. I flashed SuperUser onto the phone using CWM.
Then I started searching this site, and few others as well as some Chinese sites for how to get the google play store to work, and that's where I lost my footprints into random thread jumping and linking. Finally leading me to site that talked about how to flash Google Play on to the Dual Sim S4 [[[ support.mobicity (dot) com/entries/22148360-How-to-flash-the-Google-Play-Store-on-the-Dual-SIM-Galaxy-S4-GT-i9502 ]]] Guessing that there wouldn't be too much difference between the 4.2.2 version and the 4.3 version of GApps I took a shot in the dark and flashed the GApps file onto my phone using CWM
Step 3. Download the S4 GT-i9502 GApps file from [[[ hotfile (dot) com/dl/232926252/272b320/i9502_FILES.zip.html ]]] The process for flashing this to your phone is the same as flashing SU using CWM.
Put the zip file onto the internal storage of the phone
Turn the power off
Press Volume UP POWER and HOME until the screen flashes and the developer's text appear at the top of the screen release the HOME button continuing to hold UP and POWER
In the CWM screen scroll down to the i9502_Files.zip, press the enter key, and install the only file that says YES.
Once installed reboot the phone and there you go, you now have access to Google Play and all Google Apps except Google Now (still don't know how to fix that)
The only problems that I have encountered is that the Google Search feature seems to crash a lot, which will crash chrome and google voice, google translate, anything that uses Google Search. However, the play store works just fine. Since I don't use Chrome that often because it uses too much data by comparison to UC Browser, I am not entirely concerned with it.
If this works for you, and you Don't experience the Google Search crash please tell me in the comments. I want to know whats different and why mine crashes. If you have already fixed that problem also PLEASE share because I do love google voice search.
***this is my first post so if its not very clear i am sorry***
ShirouX said:
For those people who have a Chinese version of the Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006 it is possible after rooting and installing CWM to flash Google GApps onto the phone giving access to the Google Play store (even though it still localizes showing many Chinese apps by default), Google Accounts, and well everything Google except Google Now. For some reason it still wont function.
Sorry I am not able to give complete credit to who ever came up with the hack because I followed through so many threads last night that I couldn't completely backtrack to the origin. However, I can walk you through my steps to get it on your phone. *****IF you bootloop your phone or brick it I am NOT responsible***** that said following the steps as laid out on the site below has a high probability of successfully rooting your phone.
Step 1. Root the phone: I used the process laid out by galaxynote3root (dot) com making sure to download all the files (I didn't need to download the samsung drivers since I already had them) and then following the root process using ODIN.
Step 2. I flashed SuperUser onto the phone using CWM.
Then I started searching this site, and few others as well as some Chinese sites for how to get the google play store to work, and that's where I lost my footprints into random thread jumping and linking. Finally leading me to site that talked about how to flash Google Play on to the Dual Sim S4 [[[ support.mobicity (dot) com/entries/22148360-How-to-flash-the-Google-Play-Store-on-the-Dual-SIM-Galaxy-S4-GT-i9502 ]]] Guessing that there wouldn't be too much difference between the 4.2.2 version and the 4.3 version of GApps I took a shot in the dark and flashed the GApps file onto my phone using CWM
Step 3. Download the S4 GT-i9502 GApps file from [[[ hotfile (dot) com/dl/232926252/272b320/i9502_FILES.zip.html ]]] The process for flashing this to your phone is the same as flashing SU using CWM.
Put the zip file onto the internal storage of the phone
Turn the power off
Press Volume UP POWER and HOME until the screen flashes and the developer's text appear at the top of the screen release the HOME button continuing to hold UP and POWER
In the CWM screen scroll down to the i9502_Files.zip, press the enter key, and install the only file that says YES.
Once installed reboot the phone and there you go, you now have access to Google Play and all Google Apps except Google Now (still don't know how to fix that)
The only problems that I have encountered is that the Google Search feature seems to crash a lot, which will crash chrome and google voice, google translate, anything that uses Google Search. However, the play store works just fine. Since I don't use Chrome that often because it uses too much data by comparison to UC Browser, I am not entirely concerned with it.
If this works for you, and you Don't experience the Google Search crash please tell me in the comments. I want to know whats different and why mine crashes. If you have already fixed that problem also PLEASE share because I do love google voice search.
***this is my first post so if its not very clear i am sorry***
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Thank you so much!! I was stressing out because they didnt wanna swap my phone, and i didnt know when a gapps and custom rom would, if ever, be realeased for these chinese models, but your gapps zip did the trick!
Also, it working perfectly. Hasnt hung one time at all and i used it for many days. Gmail, and everything.
One thing i remember from prvious days of flashing, and that i did this time too; remember to clear all cache, do a factory reset and stuff before you install the GAPPS. Maybe that will help. Not sure if factory reset is needed, but i remember that some of these things were important to clean first for it to be installed correctly. Once i didnt, and i ended up with the programs stopping like you described.
Good luck and many thanks mate
Toonamy said:
Thank you so much!! I was stressing out because they didnt wanna swap my phone, and i didnt know when a gapps and custom rom would, if ever, be realeased for these chinese models, but your gapps zip did the trick!
Also, it working perfectly. Hasnt hung one time at all and i used it for many days. Gmail, and everything.
One thing i remember from prvious days of flashing, and that i did this time too; remember to clear all cache, do a factory reset and stuff before you install the GAPPS. Maybe that will help. Not sure if factory reset is needed, but i remember that some of these things were important to clean first for it to be installed correctly. Once i didnt, and i ended up with the programs stopping like you described.
Good luck and many thanks mate
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I just didn't want to use the Baidu App store or some other Chinese app shop because I don't know if they have mod'ed the apps to include data mining codes or not. Not that I store anything super secrete in my phone but I wanted official GPlay apps.
As for the my Google Chrome and Google Search crashing on me, I didn't find a way to fix them directly so I deleted the apps and reinstalled them now no problems at all.:laugh:
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ShirouX said:
I just didn't want to use the Baidu App store or some other Chinese app shop because I don't know if they have mod'ed the apps to include data mining codes or not. Not that I store anything super secrete in my phone but I wanted official GPlay apps.
As for the my Google Chrome and Google Search crashing on me, I didn't find a way to fix them directly so I deleted the apps and reinstalled them now no problems at all.:laugh:
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Google play is working perfect for me too.
Yeah, I cant live without google apps because i do everything with google. However, i do use sogu pinyin for chinese input so i guess they can still monitor what i do. But thats a problem both in America (NSA) and China (Not sure what you call them here).
Been up all night downloading apps and confugiring the phone so i was late for work today haha
Can't install the GApps - 9006
ShirouX said:
For those people who have a Chinese version of the Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006 it is possible after rooting and installing CWM to flash Google GApps onto the phone giving access to the Google Play store (even though it still localizes showing many Chinese apps by default), Google Accounts, and well everything Google except Google Now. For some reason it still wont function.
Sorry I am not able to give complete credit to who ever came up with the hack because I followed through so many threads last night that I couldn't completely backtrack to the origin. However, I can walk you through my steps to get it on your phone. *****IF you bootloop your phone or brick it I am NOT responsible***** that said following the steps as laid out on the site below has a high probability of successfully rooting your phone.
Step 1. Root the phone: I used the process laid out by galaxynote3root (dot) com making sure to download all the files (I didn't need to download the samsung drivers since I already had them) and then following the root process using ODIN.
Step 2. I flashed SuperUser onto the phone using CWM.
Then I started searching this site, and few others as well as some Chinese sites for how to get the google play store to work, and that's where I lost my footprints into random thread jumping and linking. Finally leading me to site that talked about how to flash Google Play on to the Dual Sim S4 [[[ support.mobicity (dot) com/entries/22148360-How-to-flash-the-Google-Play-Store-on-the-Dual-SIM-Galaxy-S4-GT-i9502 ]]] Guessing that there wouldn't be too much difference between the 4.2.2 version and the 4.3 version of GApps I took a shot in the dark and flashed the GApps file onto my phone using CWM
Step 3. Download the S4 GT-i9502 GApps file from [[[ hotfile (dot) com/dl/232926252/272b320/i9502_FILES.zip.html ]]] The process for flashing this to your phone is the same as flashing SU using CWM.
Put the zip file onto the internal storage of the phone
Turn the power off
Press Volume UP POWER and HOME until the screen flashes and the developer's text appear at the top of the screen release the HOME button continuing to hold UP and POWER
In the CWM screen scroll down to the i9502_Files.zip, press the enter key, and install the only file that says YES.
Once installed reboot the phone and there you go, you now have access to Google Play and all Google Apps except Google Now (still don't know how to fix that)
The only problems that I have encountered is that the Google Search feature seems to crash a lot, which will crash chrome and google voice, google translate, anything that uses Google Search. However, the play store works just fine. Since I don't use Chrome that often because it uses too much data by comparison to UC Browser, I am not entirely concerned with it.
If this works for you, and you Don't experience the Google Search crash please tell me in the comments. I want to know whats different and why mine crashes. If you have already fixed that problem also PLEASE share because I do love google voice search.
***this is my first post so if its not very clear i am sorry***
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I recently purchased the SM-N9006 in Shanghai and just rooted the device following the exact same steps as you listed.
However, when I try to install the GApps file you linked it starts and then aborts the installation with the little Android icon fallen over and with a red !. Not sure what's going on but if anyone has run into this problem please let me know. Or if you have another GApps file that works please share.
Thanks again for your help!
N9006 English Replacement ROM
Would it be possible to flash a replacement ROM over the Chinese ROM and fix all of the Chinese issues? I brought the N9006 back from China to the USA and have no need for anything Chinese.
Seems for about the same effort it is a better solution if the hardware is close enough between the two ROMs.
Play now working but how to get Gmail, Google Music, Google Now, etc.?
Ok got the GApps file successfully installed. Next bit though...
How can I get apps not available in China like Gmail, Google Music, etc? Just seems limited which is a bummer. Thanks for your help!
Hi Guys,
I'm on the same boat since i have the N9002 version.
I have already managed to get the Gapps working except Google Now (Cannot show Cards).
I fount that Gapps in the link below to perform the best.
In order to get the Cards to show in Google Now, the device language should be set to (English US). which is missing in the CSC for the N9002 and most probably in your N9006's CSC.
So, we do need someone to help on adding other countries to our 9006 and 9002 CSCs
Cheers
www DOT goo DOT im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
Just go with a stock ROM?
I am looking at replacing the ROM with a custom ROM. I prefer a stock ROM but can not find out if any English Samsung stock ROMs will work on my N9006.
Any reason not to go with a custom ROM?
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chawki212 said:
Hi Guys,
I'm on the same boat since i have the N9002 version.
I have already managed to get the Gapps working except Google Now (Cannot show Cards).
I fount that Gapps in the link below to perform the best.
In order to get the Cards to show in Google Now, the device language should be set to (English US). which is missing in the CSC for the N9002 and most probably in your N9006's CSC.
So, we do need someone to help on adding other countries to our 9006 and 9002 CSCs
Cheers
www DOT goo DOT im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
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Not sure for 9006 but for 9002 we dont have a choice for costum ROM, at.least for the moment
Sent from my SM-N9002 using Tapatalk
How are you getting Google Music and the TB Pro version installed?
My biggest challenge now is to install the Google Music app. I get the "not available in your country" whenever I try to download it. I've been doing a google search to open the direct link in the play store and that's when the error pops up. Same goes for whenever I try to upgrade the Titanium Backup to the Pro version.
So... my question, how are you guys getting the Google Music app installed? I'd really like it as I've synced my music with Google Music. I'm guessing I should try to find the .apk file somewhere and then install using the CWM at boot-up? Thanks for your help!
.....:good:
gaylonalfano said:
My biggest challenge now is to install the Google Music app. I get the "not available in your country" whenever I try to download it. I've been doing a google search to open the direct link in the play store and that's when the error pops up. Same goes for whenever I try to upgrade the Titanium Backup to the Pro version.
So... my question, how are you guys getting the Google Music app installed? I'd really like it as I've synced my music with Google Music. I'm guessing I should try to find the .apk file somewhere and then install using the CWM at boot-up? Thanks for your help!
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There you go..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5640gn6un6frrt0/com.google.android.music-1.apk
Many thanks! Works like a charm. Question - How are you finding the right/compatible downloads? I'm missing the Google Now if you have that and don't mind sharing. I'm trying to learn this whole Android thing but clearly not quick enough. Thanks again!
Did you try to browse the play store from your computer ?
As for Google Now, i could only me it work after Wipe Data and connecting through a VPN, but as soon as i installed my Unicom SIM card it stopped working.
On the other side, I think that by Adding my google account while VPN is on helped in relsoving the problem with Google Search crashing.
Let me know if you need Google Search.
Cheers
Sent from my SM-N9002 using Tapatalk
....!!!!
Getting the Google Apps Store Working
chawki212 said:
Hi Guys,
I'm on the same boat since i have the N9002 version.
I have already managed to get the Gapps working except Google Now (Cannot show Cards).
I fount that Gapps in the link below to perform the best.
In order to get the Cards to show in Google Now, the device language should be set to (English US). which is missing in the CSC for the N9002 and most probably in your N9006's CSC.
So, we do need someone to help on adding other countries to our 9006 and 9002 CSCs
Cheers
www DOT goo DOT im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
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We all seem to be having different experiences .. very strange.
I used the directions from gaylonalfano below, but the gapps file he recommended would not work. By using the gapps file from just above this message I got the store installed. (had to search for the file, the url was not valid) At first I received a lot of stoppage errors, after re-starting and re-registering several times the stoppages have reduced to almost none.
This bit of success was the key for me to switch SIMs and start to use the III as my primary phone. I look forward to a complete ROM update if additional Chinese ROM issues crop up.
Support for Safe Rooting ( non-Warranty Voiding )
@designgears & @Chainfire have developed a warranty safe root for other versions of our phone already.
For all of you who already know about the problem with KNOX and voiding your warranty once you root your phone join me on these posts to get us freed from all the worry
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479952&page=151
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487916
Got the Chinese version SM-N9006:
BASEBAND: N9006ZCUBMI3
BUILD: JSS15J.N9006ZCUBMJ3
I'm currently in Shanghai.
Root de la Vega
After i fed up Chinese Google play, decided to root it the time when i saw Root de la Vega
But, the result was not OK.
Actually. i tired first post instruction to root and failed but restarted normally.
Than i tried to root with Vega's instruction and bootloader loop
Do you guys have any idea how bring my phone back in life? ..
Meanwhile, phone is stacked in Odin mode, as shown on pic, my plan is to download stock FW from sammobile and try to flash it with odin..
Any help welcomes and highly appreciated
Thanks
Getting out of the China Play Store
I can share my experience, it may be relevant for some of you. I live in China, but don't read Chinese, so obviously don't want to deal with the Chinese version of the play store. Note, I buy my phones outside of China and dont' know anything about rooting, so this is just about the play store. If you're in China with an international version OR you have a China version and you're seeing the China play store and don't want to, this is how I fix....
On international phones, Play store looks first at sim, and then at Wifi to see what country you're in and what store to show you.
1. Power off
2. Remove Sim
3. Turn phone on
3a. If you're in China, connect to wifi, then connect to VPN and choose whatever country you want the playstore to think you're from
3b. If you're not in China, proceed to step 4
4. Go to application manager and find google play store, click on it and then press "Clear Data" and "Clear Cache"
5. Then open playstore. It should then present you with the version of the country you're in (or you're emulating being in over VPN).
If you live in China but want to buy apps, you'll need to go to the google wallet thing (only ever got it to work on PC over VPN) and then use a credit card that is NOT Chinese. Strangely I use a Singapore CC, but play store seems to think I'm in HK, either way ok with me as not CN.
Good luck, hope above helps. Note, again, this is pretty much for international people/phones in China, not sure if above is relevant for people with China phone in other countries.
I have an i9502 dual-sim S4. This was only sold in China so it does not come with Gapps. I'm on rooted stock 5.0. When I install the Gapps package, gmail (the only preloaded google software) gets updated but nothing else gets installed. This happens with most of the gapps packages I've found (all for 5.0) With one of them I got an error of not enough partition space. What am I missing?
vinuneuro said:
I have an i9502 dual-sim S4. This was only sold in China so it does not come with Gapps. I'm on rooted stock 5.0. When I install the Gapps package, gmail (the only preloaded google software) gets updated but nothing else gets installed. This happens with most of the gapps packages I've found (all for 5.0) With one of them I got an error of not enough partition space. What am I missing?
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its mine problem too ... bcz its stock room! did u find any answer?:crying::crying:
Unfortunately not. Installed the apps needed without playstore using apk's and thankfully don't need google services on this phone. Long-term solution is to change the phone at this point.
vinuneuro said:
Unfortunately not. Installed the apps needed without playstore using apk's and thankfully don't need google services on this phone. Long-term solution is to change the phone at this point.
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It's because the gapps that you try to flash is to big for your partition.
http://opengapps.org/
Select the 5.0 and then the pico. That file is only 40 mb and should probably flash. If not, then first delete some system apps.
Hello to everyone,
I recently bought an SM-G9280, and didn't know at the moment that was a version from China.
Okay, the problem is that I can't get Play Store to work in any way.
I rooted the device, tried many google services APK's, installing gapps from opengapps (and could only install pico version because of the partition storage limit).
When I install pico version from gapps, I can't log in because always shows an error saying "You didn't sign up to use this phone" or something like that and then I have to flash the phone again with the stock rom (6.0.1 version).
Okay, what I've tried: Rooting, installing google services apk, tried a lot of versions (not all of them).
Installing gapps services using TWRP. (gets me to the error that I exposed already).
What I think it could work but need some help: Flashing it with the stock rom of SM-G9287 (which is hong kong s6 edge+, but I readed somewhere that it could work, also readed that we need something called PIT from the SM-G9280).
If you have the same device and you did actually install Play Store, please tell me how or the right way to do it.
Hope you can help me, I am from Venezuela and getting this kind of phone isn't cheap.
Hope you can help me.
P.D: It is an official version of Samsung, not a copy, just moved the thread, didn't notice that I had to post it in this section.
Hello all,
today I would like to first tell about my successfull installation of 2 ROMs and ask a important question.
1. Successfull ROM installation
Using the guides from loquenz at https://www.chinamobilemag.de/tutorials/nubia-z17-twrp-root-google-play.html and from furiousjay at https://geekaxe.com/root-nubia-z17-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-recovery/ I successfully flahed the TWRP and installed the ....CNCommon_V2.39 and the ...CNCommon_V2.44 ROm and upgrade to it (!).
It alll went well and the phone is running.
I then installed the GAPPS onto it and it went fiine too, but I am still having issues (see later).
2. Question 1 FIRMWARE:
When I run on my V2.44 level of firmware the phone tells me that there is the V2.48 level of firmware waiting to be installed. I downloaded (in the phone, not TWRP) it and have it install. It rebootet. But after reboot it ended up in TWRP. There i said reboot and rebooted my phone. I was able to get into the phone but there is a little one to the upper right at the settings icon which brings me to system update and again downloading the same update.
I can install it again, but still end up in TWRP and after rebooting the system, with the update (2.48) not installed. And the system telling me that there is an update waiting for me.
This goes on and on. I have not found a way to end this circle.
Q: Is there a way to hvae a reboot NOT end up in TWRP? Or is this not the culprit?
Any ideas of what went wqrong and what I can do?
3. Question 2 GAPPS:
(this is separate from the above)
I also installed the Full_Dynamic_GApps-7.1.x-20170121.zip package via TWRP.
The GAPPS worked fine, but then started to aks me for reloging into my account (and didn'T let me).
Playing the filght mode trick helped, but only for a while, then the same again, that I needed to log in to my account.
Any ideas here? How can I uninstall the GAPPS and reinstall another package?
4. Question3 Permissions:
The phone didn't let me remove my Google account, saying that my adminsitrator wouldn't allow this!! How can I remove my Google account and re-add it? Which permission do I need to change and where?
Thanks a lot in advance for any light you can shed on this!
Thomas
I forgot to say that this successful installation means that you can go to a stock ROM and will get OTAs for the phone. I received the V2.48 via OTA!!
Not sure about qn1, but:
Qn2 GApps - when I tried to flash different versions from Open GApps, they automatically removed the old one as part of the flashing process. I think people seem to find the 'full' version works best.
Qn3 - I removed my Google account on the computer, I think it's somewhere on your Google account where you manage your devices/log-ins
tsiebold said:
Hello all,
today I would like to first tell about my successfull installation of 2 ROMs and ask a important question.
1. Successfull ROM installation
Using the guides from loquenz at https://www.chinamobilemag.de/tutorials/nubia-z17-twrp-root-google-play.html and from furiousjay at https://geekaxe.com/root-nubia-z17-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-recovery/ I successfully flahed the TWRP and installed the ....CNCommon_V2.39 and the ...CNCommon_V2.44 ROm and upgrade to it (!).
It alll went well and the phone is running.
I then installed the GAPPS onto it and it went fiine too, but I am still having issues (see later).
2. Question 1 FIRMWARE:
When I run on my V2.44 level of firmware the phone tells me that there is the V2.48 level of firmware waiting to be installed. I downloaded (in the phone, not TWRP) it and have it install. It rebootet. But after reboot it ended up in TWRP. There i said reboot and rebooted my phone. I was able to get into the phone but there is a little one to the upper right at the settings icon which brings me to system update and again downloading the same update.
I can install it again, but still end up in TWRP and after rebooting the system, with the update (2.48) not installed. And the system telling me that there is an update waiting for me.
This goes on and on. I have not found a way to end this circle.
Q: Is there a way to hvae a reboot NOT end up in TWRP? Or is this not the culprit?
Any ideas of what went wqrong and what I can do?
3. Question 2 GAPPS:
(this is separate from the above)
I also installed the Full_Dynamic_GApps-7.1.x-20170121.zip package via TWRP.
The GAPPS worked fine, but then started to aks me for reloging into my account (and didn'T let me).
Playing the filght mode trick helped, but only for a while, then the same again, that I needed to log in to my account.
Any ideas here? How can I uninstall the GAPPS and reinstall another package?
4. Question3 Permissions:
The phone didn't let me remove my Google account, saying that my adminsitrator wouldn't allow this!! How can I remove my Google account and re-add it? Which permission do I need to change and where?
Thanks a lot in advance for any light you can shed on this!
Thomas
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1. you better download the China ROM v2.44 and install it via TWRP, dont forget to wipe chace and dalvik. It will make your phone like new
2. Go to Update and update your phone to v. 2.48
3. Unlock Bootloader, instal TWRP and root your devices using TWRP
4. Install Gapps Full
5. Wipe chace / Dalvik again.
So far, Google will running but with some issues like sometimes you need to re-authentucating google account again by go to flight mode by several minutes, gmail, photos and some other google apps. This is what we shoudl overcome while waiting for international rom
How do you prevent Twrp from jumping in (point 1 and 2) at the Reboot for the update?
I do have the China Rom V2.44 installed as explained in my post.
tsiebold said:
How do you prevent Twrp from jumping in (point 1 and 2) at the Reboot for the update?
I do have the China Rom V2.44 installed as explained in my post.
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This is what I can suggest:
1. Do a NANDROID backup
2. Wipe all and flash 2.44
3. Update via OTA to 2.48
4. Install TWRP, Root and Gapps
5. Restore your data partition
Please do it at your own risk. I have not tried it yet.
OK, one additional day of trying...
I have reapplied the V2.44 update ROM through >setting>system update>local update
The following reboot did NOT stop in TWRP.
When the system was up it told me about the V2.48 update being available, downloaded it and I applied it normally (not using local update).
The following reboot also did not stop in TWRP but went through to the upgrade process.
So now I am at V2.48.
As said in other entries I did not (yet) manage to get Google Playstore to run.
I did not apply any Google distribution.
My phone has now updated to V2.54 via the OTA update system.
GAAPS still do not work, but I have personalized my phone to not use Google apps when the do not work, but use Nubia apps.
The support people in Germany and India were not helpful.. They refused saying that the phone is "only" (!!) sold in China.
I wonder whether we will see an international ROM at all, especially with the ZTE branch being sold.
tsiebold said:
My phone has now updated to V2.54 via the OTA update system.
GAAPS still do not work, but I have personalized my phone to not use Google apps when the do not work, but use Nubia apps.
The support people in Germany and India were not helpful.. They refused saying that the phone is "only" (!!) sold in China.
I wonder whether we will see an international ROM at all, especially with the ZTE branch being sold.
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Working in a software company, I can understand why the Indian or German people would not help. I do less technical support than I did in previous years but I already had enough customers on my own so it would have been very problematic if I also had to answer to foreign customers (that and also the fact that a license purchased in foreign countries does not give us a dime so we are not inclined to help customers from foreign offices ).
Regarding the global firmware, the more time passes, the less I feel we're gonna have one. There are only speculations about an Indian release in September but nothing official. The phone is still on my wait list but it may not be the case anymore in October or November.