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Google Play Store...How to get it on your device now.

Found these instructions on Phandroid and thought I would share them with everyone. Worked like a charm for me. This will get rid of the Android Market app/icon on your phone and replace it with the Google Play Store.
1. Install or update to the latest version of Play Books, Play Movies, or Play
Music
2. Navigate to Settings > Apps > Market and hit “Clear data”
3. Open Play Books, Play Movies, or Play Music
4. Tap the Play Store icon and accept new terms of service
5. Welcome to the Google Play Store

Much easier way. Just clear data on market and uninstall updates, then after you open the market it updates to Play.

too bad you still cant rent any movies if you're rooted.

Yes u can bro.. Temp unroot ota keeper
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baronsamedi said:
Yes u can bro.. Temp unroot ota keeper
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Awesome thanks!
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so whats the difference with the play market and how the music market was before....looks the same to me, except for a few new squares like play beats and play guitar......other than that its the same.

well that was a waste...the version number isn't even different despite a new TOS message. Either this doesn't work for the update or they just rebranded the old Android Market.

zander21510 said:
well that was a waste...the version number isn't even different despite a new TOS message. Either this doesn't work for the update or they just rebranded the old Android Market.
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I followed the steps exactly as above and at first wasn't able to access the Android Market app anymore, it said it doesn't exist. I shut my phone off, turned it back on and I had a new app called Play Store. This app replaces the Android Market App.

mygti02 said:
so whats the difference with the play market and how the music market was before....looks the same to me, except for a few new squares like play beats and play guitar......other than that its the same.
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It's pretty much the same ,Google Music, Google eBookstore, and the Android Market were combined to form Google Play. You can purchase music, movies, books, and apps at play.google.com, but those items will also be stored in the cloud. You'll be able to do the same thing on your Android phone or tablet using the various Google Play apps. More info below.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57391700-285/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-google-play/

did it without clearing data for the market, just updated play music and hit the market button in it and it updated to play (market?).

Or you could just download this.
You will most likely have to reboot after installing it like I did.

How to get more apps?

So i just got a new Samsung galaxy nexus (first smartphone) and I checked out the app store (Play Store) and i noticed there are barely any apps for games. Does anyone know how to get or find more apps? I saw on some videos with people with a ton of games for their nexus.
Do i need to upgrade to 4.2 or something?

TheAznGuy said:
So i just got a new Samsung galaxy nexus (first smartphone) and I checked out the app store (Play Store) and i noticed there are barely any apps for games. Does anyone know how to get or find more apps? I saw on some videos with people with a ton of games for their nexus.
Do i need to upgrade to 4.2 or something?
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Just search for the games u want
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TheAznGuy said:
So i just got a new Samsung galaxy nexus (first smartphone) and I checked out the app store (Play Store) and i noticed there are barely any apps for games. Does anyone know how to get or find more apps? I saw on some videos with people with a ton of games for their nexus.
Do i need to upgrade to 4.2 or something?
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Swipe to reach the Categories menu and search for the Games category.

[Q] Is it possible to automatically update side loaded apps on firetv stick?

I have a firetv stick with apps sideloaded. Is there a way to automatically updates those apps?

Yes, with third party app stores. You do not wanna auto update with third party app stores though, cause sometimes it installs fake apps. I use 1mobile market and Aptoide to update my apps, but I always update them one at a time. I have three apps that always say they need to be updated in Aptoide, but they are really downgrades, so thats an example of the problem you might have with updating apps through third party app stores. I actually think I prefer using third party markets and downloading apps from the internet, than I do the play store. The only advantage the play store has is some apps need the play store to run, but the solution is to find another app that does the same thing that does not need the play store to run.

porkenhimer said:
Yes, with third party app stores. You do not wanna auto update with third party app stores though, cause sometimes it installs fake apps. I use 1mobile market and Aptoide to update my apps, but I always update them one at a time. I have three apps that always say they need to be updated in Aptoide, but they are really downgrades, so thats an example of the problem you might have with updating apps through third party app stores. I actually think I prefer using third party markets and downloading apps from the internet, than I do the play store. The only advantage the play store has is some apps need the play store to run, but the solution is to find another app that does the same thing that does not need the play store to run.
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Thank you for your advice. Would you happen to have links to those markets? Thank you much.

Do you really need to install Google play store ?

Was going to use Aptoide or something like that instead the Google play stuff for my Android apps
Will that work ok or will it have problems also ?
Thanks

You could use any store in theory, but some apps need the Google Play services, otherwise they won't start / work properly.
The Playstation app for example. I didn't want to install a whole GAPPS package, so I installed only the Play services.
In that case it worked, but I can't promise it will work for every app.

No,
I guess you could always switch to a windows phone if you don't need any apps ;o)

The only use I have found for gapps is downloads from play store, and even those apps can be sideloaded without the need for gapps. Otherwise, in my opinion, gapps framework is a constant drag on fire-phone. They use up resources in the background.
I have about 7 androd devices and have disabled Google Apps on almost all of them, and life is good.

Same here, using F-Droid and a 2nd repo I made for myself. I'd rather buy (or donate for) apps directly, e.g. here on XDA instead of using the Play Store.
Novice users tend to prefer Google Play Store & services, because it's comfortable and (usually ^^) hassle free, I suppose.

I have apps I've paid for on google play store and there are other apps there that are not on amazon's app store so yeah you really do.

I'm still running 4.6.1, so no Google Play Store or Services for me. I get all my apps from Aptoide and most of them work fine. So you don't really need to use Google stuff but as mentioned some apps won't work...

Any app store will work... the only advantage about using google play store and google services is that you need google play services to get most google apps working such as maps, hangouts, etc. Also, any games that work with the Play store scoring system will require google play. Other than that, most 3rd party apps will work fine if they don't integrate with google play.
gecoffin said:
Was going to use Aptoide or something like that instead the Google play stuff for my Android apps
Will that work ok or will it have problems also ?
Thanks
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Google services

If I install google services for google applications like gmail,maps, play store
would I get application update notifications from play store?
will play store itself update automatically?
will I need to continuously monitor play store for updates and then update it manually?
are there any limitations or drawbacks or anything I need to know?
thanks

CorruptedSanity said:
If I install google services for google applications like gmail,maps, play store
would I get application update notifications from play store?
will play store itself update automatically?
will I need to continuously monitor play store for updates and then update it manually?
are there any limitations or drawbacks or anything I need to know?
thanks
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Except to Google Pay you will have all facilities