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Hi people, I've fiddled my way around and managed to brick and unbrick my handset at least three times.
I'm currently running the latest stock UK Jelly Bean on my China Unicom SGS3
I'm trying to download things like Pandora, Skype, Snapchat etc
The don't show up on the handset search of google play
The show up on the pc version of google play, but say incompatable with this device
I've run market enabler, makes no difference to what I am doing
Any suggestions on where I am going wrong would be great.
I feel like I am finally at about 80% of where this handset should be, from the 2% of where it was when I bought it from China Unicom (fuktards)!
Wrong section, post in QA
Hi
I would recommend using a foreign mini sim. I hope you have one or an older one that can be clipped. I note that I need to pop mine in every couple of weeks to get updates on certain apps. Obviously, I don't get reception, but i get access to the right apps once I hook into wifi. Also a vpn couldn't hurt.
Cheers,
M.
Archie7878 said:
(sorry mods, realised I posted in the wrong forum - please move)
Hi people, I've fiddled my way around and managed to brick and unbrick my handset at least three times.
I'm currently running the latest stock UK Jelly Bean on my China Unicom SGS3
I'm trying to download things like Pandora, Skype, Snapchat etc
The don't show up on the handset search of google play
The show up on the pc version of google play, but say incompatable with this device
I've run market enabler, makes no difference to what I am doing
Any suggestions on where I am going wrong would be great.
I feel like I am finally at about 80% of where this handset should be, from the 2% of where it was when I bought it from China Unicom (fuktards)!
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was referred here from a reddit forum. i'll just post what I wrote there.
Living in China and I got an LG-P503 today. After turning it on I was seriously disappointed to see that the Marketplace is removed on the Chinese version. After searching around for the past 3 hours online I found that its pretty common, as well as the amount of people it pisses off, but I couldn't find a real working fix for it.
Here's what I've done so far:
* successfully rooted it
* tried several .apk's of the Marketplace and could never get them to load, even using MarketEnabler
* attempted to install the .apk's using Astro and Root Explorer (to manually put in the the app folder)
But now I'm wondering if I can just fix all of this by somehow putting the American version of the firmware on it. It would be great to get rid of all of the Chinese stuff too. Even if its set to English the keyboard always defaults to Chinese and all of the notification messages are in Chinese. I've read online that the P503 is the exact same as the P500. Can anyone recommend anything here?
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Hi.
Welcome to the forum.
You can read this thread for more details about ur problem.
Also, flashing a custom ROM which are unbranded will make ur problem go away.
i recommend getting the void rom or the Prime rom. they are both awesome, but i advise using prime first cause its a nice taste of the overclock. find it in the dev forums, but do not expect guides there: guides are in the general section (mostly)
Market has banned all chinese ip's, so its impossible. Thts wat i think
well i have market enabler installed and the biggest gripe is just that i want a market that is in english.
I'm nervous about custom roms. is there a way to install the american version or the uk version of the firmware? and if so where could i get that?
ccdreadcc said:
Market has banned all chinese ip's, so its impossible. Thts wat i think
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that is not the case. it seems only mobile version matters. I have a MB501 for T-Mobile and I can access Android Market, while I have no access to the Market with my LG P503.
Hi,
so far I have been using iOS devices and they pretty much do what I need, even without jailbrake.
Unfortunately iPhone has a small screen and the new one I don't really like (plus it is quite expensive).
I am looking at WP but it also has few down sides (for me) despite of system itself looking great!
So,, here we come to SGSIII and few questions.
On my iPad I use VPN and got myself apps from UK and US store without problem. Now I can enjoy the likes of BBC iPlayer and Netflix.
If I'll get SGSIII will I be able to do the same?
I was told SGS III has locked bootloader and I will need access to this if I want to root this phone in order to download apps (like Netflix) from Internet , not from Google Play which in Poland will not have them available.
If SGSIII (which wen down in price a bit) will not do what I need - what else (with approx 4,5" screen) should I look at?
galtom said:
Hi,
I was told SGS III has locked bootloader and I will need access to this if I want to root
Thats wrong .
BASICS SGS3 I9300 International Only .
ROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
INDEX ROMS ETC .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
jje
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Does it mean that I will have no problem making VPN and Netflix work on this device?
And installing Netflix app (which in polish Play is not available).
You shouldn't have any problems running netflix if you root your device all your doing is getting superuser permission. If u flash a custom Rom you may have some problems then like I flashed paranoid android v2.13 and can't use the tvcatchup anymore still looking for a fixed!
Don't hold me to it I'm just going by my experience lol root didn't change anything service wise only the rom did.
No... custom roms is not my thing - i did not even needed to jailbrake my ipad so far. As long as I can get vpn up and apps like iPlayer and netflix all the rest is enough for me - all I need is browser, mail client, access to skydrive and MS services - and I am happy.
So I can get European SGSIII and should have no problem in getting the entertainment soft working on it?
TVCatchup blocks all VPNs
Just found something called Market Enabler - will that work for me to get those app from different markets...?
Yes market enabler allows you to find and download apps that are not available in your country.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks! So unlike in case of Windows Phone I should be OK.
friends,
there any ROM updated model?
RenorainChile said:
friends,
there any ROM updated model?
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I have a couple of these. Seem basically sound phones, using MTK6589 quad core, dual SIM, 4G ROM, 512Mb RAM,
Google play and services is absent from the default install, which has a lot of Chinese-centric apps. eg, a Chinese-only opera web browser.
It is easy to root using Kingo android root.
The default software makes this otherwise reasonable phone look rather tacky, and misses so much functionality westerners expect from the (missing) Google infrastructure.
I'd like a vanilla android for this with gapps, etc..
LOVE this phone.. lot of china and russian roms works great and some won't connect to wifi so try them out and use chrome browser to translate. Pretty easy to put custom rom.
Please help me
I bought this phone some time ago and no Google
play.when I install black market or aptoide on the
phone, the ram after playing few games go full
and the only thing to do for this phone to work is
to shut down and replace the battery.is this
normal or this phone doesn't work well?i want
some help cause I don't understand room or
root .this is the only forum when is posted this
phone.please help me and sorry for my bad
english
Wonder if you would put a link to where I can download custom rom to ZTE V965?
Thanks in advance!
zte v965 roms
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=475789
Hi,
I recently bought an android phone from overseas (China) and when I was trying to set it up I noticed that there are no Google Play services meaning there is no Play Store, Music etc, I can't sync my contacts or emails and do a lot of the stuff associated with Google.
The Phone is an HTC Desire 5088 (I think its the Chinese version of the Desire 510) running Android 4.1.2. I really just want to install all the Google services so that the phone runs like a regular android phone.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Also I know this may be the wrong place to post this but would anyone be able to point me in the right direction as to how to root the device? I have tried looking everywhere but can not find anything.
Thank you.
Maybe this is due to ban on google in china.
Solution could be to root the device and flash gapps package.
Even better would be to find a chinese forum for your device and see how those guys do it.
Use google translate of course.
HELP !!!!!!!!
Just imported an Oppo Find X here in the UK - and have managed to get most things working except Android Auto. I have given Android Auto every permission I can - and shut off all battery and app freezing elements but still when I connect Android Auto to my car (which has worked find with any other Android Phone) I just get a black screen on the head unit.
Does anyone have any idea how to get Android Auto working properly? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!
I bought an Oppo find x in Malaysia and use it in the UK. Android Auto works fine, although I don't use it or particularly like it. Sorry, but all I did was click on it and approve the 6 or so permissions.
The only apps I struggle with are, oddly, the clock (as the android alarm doesn't always work- but I just switched to the Oppo clock and that does) and Google Now (which works when I tap on it, but not automatically).
Is yours the global rom?
I imported one fro China and android auto doesn’t work for me either
I have thé same no Android auto to my Oppo chinese rom
Same issue on Chinese ROM, imported to UK. Screen just says to check phone compatibility.
Did anyone find a work around for the china version?
Much appreciated
Lovertech920 said:
Did anyone find a work around for the china version?
Much appreciated
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It's as near as a bricked phone you'll find software wise. I've sold mine, thank god.
I've managed to find and buy a global ROM version and can confirm Android Auto (along with everything else for that matter) works perfectly.
I have an oppo find x with China ROM, there was an OS update few weeks ago to ColorOS 5.2.1, reinstalled Android auto on Friday and it was working perfectly on my Chevy Volt
Real me 2 pro not able to connect car by using android auto
I am facing same issue with real me 2 pro. When connect to android auto display tell to reconnect and try again.