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The only way to accomplish this is to use an online SMS gateway, which means you send the message to the service provider via the internet, and they forward it to the recipient over SMS. There are several service providers for this, but mostly they require a subscription, i.e. they're not free. Just google for "sms gateway" to find them. Some service ...


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Google Play Services is a library used by other Google and third-party apps. It allows apps to use: Google Maps layers to show maps in other apps Google+ sign-on and sharing the new Google+ gaming functionality for match-making, leaderboards, and to store saved games "in the cloud" Google Cloud Messaging to sync data from the Internet to your device ...


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Short answer: You can't. Explanation The tutorials are correct about that: It's impossible without root -- as the Playstore app needs to be made a System App (i.e. must be installed in /system initially), or it won't work. The reason behind it is the permission system: certain permissions are only granted to system apps, and the Playstore app needs at ...


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This error can have multiple causes. Some are explained on our sister site, in Error while retrieving information from the server RPC:s-7:AEC-0 in Google play?: turns out my credit card info on file needed updated to my new expiration date. is one possibility. One more: RPC:AEC:0 error is known as CPU/RAM/Device/Identity failure. Go to ...


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Also ES File Explorer has this feature. Open the Fast Access menu from the top left corner, and select Tools -> App manager. This will open a list of your installed apps. After this, you can sort the list from the bottom of the screen, and select the desired sort.


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I think Google Play is bundled with some services that requires for another applications. ie : Applications that uses Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). According to this link: http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/gcm.html GCM requires devices running Android 2.2 or higher that also have the Google Play Store application installed.... So ...


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I have since been updated to 4.0.27 and although I got prompted after my first app update as to whether I want to auto-update next time (no mention of Wi-Fi though, although I suspect this is dependent on your settings) to which I responded "Not Now", I have not been prompted since in subsequent updates for other apps. In Play Store->settings->auto ...


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Usually, Google Play Services will always run in the background and the if there is an update to the Play Store it would update it for you automatically. You may enable Google Auto Sync and check whether it works. If not, there may be some problem with Google Play Services. Alternatively, try installing the apk from XDA.


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Log Data can't be faked without root and doing that would be a painful waste of time. All phones pre 4.1 that app can access a list of everything the phone has been doing (after you install 4.1 it can only access what it has been doing itself). You will have to trust the maker of the game to not use any logs maliciously currently or you can try and use this ...


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As @Izzy says, this is a force close loop. The wiki states this about force close: note, taken from force close wiki About force-close What is a force-close? If an application encounters an unexpected state or some other programming error, it will issue an force close. In most cases you will be presented with a form that allows you to send log files and ...


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I've contacted Google and this is their response: Thanks for contacting us about country support for Google Play. We use the billing address of your default payment instrument in Google Wallet to help determine your home country for accessing the Play Store. Our collection of content can vary by country, so your view of the Play Store may ...


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So there are still some differences between the factory images and AOSP builds. Here are some of the differences I know: "Gesture Typing" feature is missing in AOSP builds as noted by JBQ here. "Photosphere" feature is missing in AOSP, as noted here. The various Google Apps don't come included with AOSP (Play Store, Gmail, Maps, Google Now, etc). I'm ...


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Summing up from the comments on the question itself, so it doesn't "get lost": As ce4 pointed out: The READ_LOGS permission requested by the app grants it access to the system logs, which might include sensitive information logged by other apps (also system apps). However note, that this specific problem has been adressed by Google with Jelly Bean onwards ...


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I just had this problem on my Nexus 7, though error message was Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account, but same symptoms, everything worked fine except for downloading paid apps. The problem was Google Wallet was disabled. To protect your data and privacy, your Apps Google Wallet account will be suspended when your account ...



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