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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
Did you add your Google account after installing Vending.apk app or after latest Play Store.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
No Connection

Well, after adding vending.apk manually to System/app, I installed it and tried to set up my account. I hit Existing Account and put in my details. I got as far as the white loading screen, but it stuck there. In between, I kept getting that force close message about the Gapps process.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
That's fine. Vending app never work after I added my account. Just update to latest Play Store right away after and it'll be fine.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
I still get no connection from the market.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
Still No Luck

After installing the latest PLaystore, following your sequence carefully, the app says No Connection when I try to open it. Also the force close message about the Gapps process pops up as soon as I boot up the tablet now.

I do have an internet connection, tested with my Browser.:confused::confused:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Exactly the same with me...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] androiduser87:
Try clearing data and cache in setting and app manager
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] randomhkkid:
Hey, thanks for everything you're doing. When I open up vending apk once i've moved it to system/app i agree to the terms of services and then it crashes. If install and open again it just crashes after a couple of seconds.

When I went to open the playstore it worked for about 30 seconds and then it crashed (I did notice my account was logged in). Now when I open it, it crashes straight back to the homescreen.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
Tried That

Tried that, but problem persists. App still says No Connection.:(
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Same thing for me. I have "retry connection" when I open the Play Store after putting in my account information.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
It finally works. I copied all apks to the system/app. Then installed them not fromy system/app but from phone internal storage and it works. Thanks android cowboy.

Edit : it shows all apps, but FCs when i try to download anything..
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] kiddo12345:
Video?

Is it possible for you to make a video of this? The only reason I got my device rooted was because of your videos.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
After I copy Vending.apk in "system/app", install it, then open it, Services Framework and com.google.process.gapps starts stoping but Vending.apk is still running. I enter my account info but gets stuck on a loading screen but I can look at settings. If I try to look at My apps in setting "A server error has occurred." I closed vending and rebooted. Then I installed Google Play Store and opened it but it says No connection. (It is not Iptables causing the conflict.)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
I will make a video soon but it's basically the same as the KF HD so you can check that video for now. I would suggest for everyone that is having trouble to make sure you remove all sideloaded Google apps if you had installed them. I had some issues before when I tried to re-install some Google apps after removing my account. I began with a fresh start that had no sideloaded apps. So far I'd had no issues with FC, or messages. I know people suggest installing all apps in system/app but if I prefer to keep system app installation to a minimum. If it doesn't require it then I don't do it. That was the case with old KF HD and I had no issues and I will do the same on the KF HDX.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
I'm having trouble installing apps as well from Play Store. Will investigate.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
I got a little bit closer this time. I uninstalled search, drive, and Chrome which were all the Google apps I had remaining. Then I followed the instructions in the OP again. This time I had no FC's on reboot and I successfully logged into my account and the Play Store loaded up. But it FC'd right as it asked me to accept/decline the terms of service and won't let me load any further.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Yes. I did it again exactly like you said, this time around, i uninstalled youtube, gmail, everything google. I got to the play store again, but it does not let me download anything.Does it reguire some build.prop modification?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
Holding Off

I will uninstall all the google apks and remove vending apk manually. No point in trying any more until someone reports that they can actually download from the Playstore.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
I'm also having the same issue like everyone else in Google Play store not working. I've uninstalled everything and retry. When I retry putting vending.apk into /system/app folder and attempt to install it, I get X App not installed. So, I'm guessing it is saying it is already installed. How do I uninstall vending.apk? I had just deleted it, but am guessing this is not uninstalling it correctly. Can you let me know how to uninstall vending.apk correctly so that I can reinstall? Thanks.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
In the Interim

Meanwhile, I'm having good success using BlackMart Alpha (which I only use for free apps), Aptoide and 1MobileMarket. Also have sideloaded XBMC (the XAF mod) and am getting ample and spectacular HD movies using MX Player for video. That's good enough for me for now...

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First, uninstall the latest Playstore, using Settings. Then remove vending.apk manually from System/App using ES File Explorer or similar. Reboot and it's gone.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
Delete it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
You can also use titanium backup. Gives you a nice overview of apps you have installed and you can simply uninstall them.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
Thanks, this worked for letting me reinstall vending.apk. However, I am getting "no connection" still on Google Play Store, and the process com.google.process.gapps keeps stopping.

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Thanks. I was thinking since placing it into /system/app folder and installing that it would add other files to some folders I didn't know about.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
That may be the case. I'm trying to see if I can figure it out.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
I bricked my device trying to make some changes in build.prop so be careful. Trying to recover now.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
Hope you get your HDX recovered. Thanks for trying to get this working.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
play store

Im going crazy with this play store. I'm rooted HDX 7in and followed directions which were same before root. Same errors as in framework and gapps errors and google installs but no connection retry still (as before root) comes up. I soft reset(factory defaults) and hard reset it to factory restore with power and vol+. But play store wont go away. And I'm still rooted... so I can't start from scratch like I would like to. Root stays which is good but driving me crazy..Is there anyway I could flash original img since root is had. I would love google play to work..Do you still get framework errors and such even with it working? Help What about that bin update thru amazon recently..is there any way to flash it.:confused:

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i go into settings and it comes up as market and cannot unistall
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Loqheed:
Have you guys tried changing the permissions to see if that stops the crashes?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] arestivo:
You have to delete the Vending.apk from system/app using ES File Explorer with root enabled.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
I just did that by itself and its gone ..I've seen all the post relating to all troubles just now which I didn't read before ( like I should of) before posting sorry about that. Well at least I found root stays after reset
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] zahir32:
Getting Rid of Playstore/Market

I think it's obvious by now that Playstore on the rooted HDX isn't ready for primetime. The objective should be to undo the apks installed through this thread and use alternative 'markets' until we have an unlocked bootloader and custom roms. Amazon is intercepting all calls to the Google Playstore from within the Kindle's stock OS.

To uninstall the Playstore, start by using Settings to uninstall the Framework Services, Account Manager, Playstore Services and the Playstore itself. The first three will uninstall completely. Playstore will ask if you want to uninstall all updates, say yes and proceed. It won't completely uninstall and will leave a footprint, which is the Vending.apk you manually moved into System/app. Go to system/app and delete Vending.apk. Reboot, and all should be clean.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
Thanks man you are correct I've done all that and I'm clean and will go back to alternate venues as before and wait this out. Root is a major start so thanks to all that worked hours on end by trail and error. Thanks to all senior members of xda
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
See, told you I'm not crazy. Same thing I did, except I started with ICS apps & a 2.3.4. Accounts & Sync. It is really wonky though. I found some PS versions will not show many apps as compatible, some won't install extra data, some crash on installs & some will never connect. It's almost like Google intents & Amz intents are duking it out & the later the version of PS, where more stringent checks were instituted, the more errors are thrown, as you can see in logcat.

The intercepts are easy enough to fix, but the real issue is the missing accounts and sync settings profiles. For that, the settings from another device (HD?) will have to be rebuilt with a different package name (~maybe) or the HDX settings will have to be modified to include the standard account settings.

Also, take a look in /data/system & /data/system/user, there are files with apks & accounts that probably need to be modified. I think breaking down the app store (amz) & the intent proxy with studio to java code & checking diff's MAY reveal an easy fix for quite a few of the issues, likely it'll take someone more knowledgeable than I.... Adding a few items via java or smali, probably not a problem, merging the code into the new kf hdx source, well.... I don't think I can do that any time soon.

Being as not has really changed in the basic source from the HD, I'm inclined to at least believe that a somewhat simple fix may exist. Can someone with the connection issues pull a logcat filtered to the play store package name? I'm away for Thanksgiving, but I'd really like to see what's going on there.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] kholdstare:
I am getting the no connection error. Here are two log files one contains only errors the other contains all info while the app is launched. View attachment Log_2013-11-29_00-26-11_errors_Only.txtView attachment Log_2013-11-29_00-27-46_All_Info.txt
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] AmphybiouS:
I'm in doubt if buy this Kindle Fire HDX... But there is no way to install an Android Rom like Cyanogen or similar?

Thanks.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
There will most probably be a way to instal custom Roms. We have root. Perhaps some talented coder can unlock the bootloader and from there it is only a matter of time. I would recommend Kindle fire HDX. I bought it for hardware too, rooted, use a different launcher and now i am (almost) satisfied. Only thing we're missing is the play store. But as was written before. You can use alternative markets for now or sideload.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maromi:
most likely you have an app that is preventing it. it exists in all the kindle fires.

located in \system\app\

MarketIntentProxy.apk

you need to backup it up to storage and remove it or rename MarketIntentProxy.bak
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] AmphybiouS:
Then it will work?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] immi1988:
How can I make /system/app to rw?

I'm new to Android/FireOS.

I have SuperUser, BusyBox and ES-Filemanager installed and searched&tried some suggestion, but that did not help me.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Use Rootexplorer. Browse into the folder and you'll see a switch r/o and r/w somewhere in the upper part of the screen above the folder content. Tap it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
In ES-File manager, on the left side, click Tools, down the menu turn on the Root Explorer button, then click the words Root Explorer for it to open up a pop up window, click mount r/w, then click the RW for / and /system, and click ok. You should be good to go from there.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] immi1988:
Thanks a lot! Things can be so easy. Thanks!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] And0rDrakon:
Any luck getting this to work by renaming? Planning to try when I get back from work.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Did not work for me...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] immi1988:
After installing vendor.apk and google play store.apk: i get: No connection, opening the playstore.

Vendor.app says also server error.

Any hints?

Kind regards
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
For now we all get some error when we're trying to connect to the play store /market. It either force closes or gives you a connection error. The solution might lie in build. prop (hosts) or some (amazon) app interfering with the play store. If you don't really know what you're doing, you should wait for now, because even some experienced users bricked their Kindles editing build.prop or deleting system/app files.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
That is correct. I bricked with build.prop edit. I ordered a fastboot cable to see if that will work or not. If not I'll probably get Amazon to replace it. We'll report back. Recovering from brick will also be good to figure out.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Sorry to hear that. Rooting for you to bring your Kindle back to life. Thank you for trying to make the kindle hdx a better device for everyone.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] evilgrin98:
This allowed me to get past the loading screen and access the store. App downloads not working, as others report.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] cjdfyd2:
thanks for your effort but this method has a problem.

I have a wireless problom after install "vending.apk" and then google play store app is not working appear "no connection" on the screen.

did you know solve this problem?

::) your rooting tutorial is very good and easy thanks for your effort.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Edvard_Greig:
Looking at picking an hdx up so lurking these forums, sounds like connection issue might be related to a hosts file, has anyone looked at that yet?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] cowhow:
My thought also...installed Adaway which replaces hosts file with no joy. 1Mobile has several individual GAPPS so i installed Chrome and it works but its sluggish as a snail and lots of half page loads. Silk on the other hand doesn't display any of the same behavior. Could this be a case of Amazon apps having s signed crypto key?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] altrenda:
Silk will almost always be faster because some of the processing of pages is done on Amazons servers and sent to the Kindle.

Chrome and other browsers have to do all the work on the Kindle Fire.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
Renaming the intent proxy alone will NOT fix anything. It is more complex than just stopping intent intercepts. Also, host change in the build.prop with several other changes likely needed, such as /data/system/ files.

Right now, the best you can do is to install framework & play store & then restore or sideload your apps. They will work & pass DRM checks, but will not update or allow in-app purchases.

For games like madden, asphalt, etc... once you install everything, you have to then manually transfer obb data, but it will then work.

We're making slow but steady progress & once the LTE version releases, it will increase. Just like there was no root or work really for HDX 7" until after the HDX 8.9 released. As more versions release, there is more interest & more participation.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] bruckner:
Netflix crashes after following this procedure

Just a note that after following this procedure, the Netflix app crashes for me. I had the same experience when I tried side-loading Google apps wo/ rooting; was hoping it goes away when play store is installed. Uninstalling everything fixes it.

So probably just wait a bit longer until things stabilize ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] sohanjaryal:
Google playstore not working
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
It will work. Just gotta be patient. I have gotten everything working, however, it is causing a bootloop as soon as the device is restarted. There are more things that need to be edited & added. This is one of the reasons I have not updated my Play Store thread, where people are asking how I did it. I am not in a position to support everyone that has issues & to be honest, being end of the year at the office, I hardly have any free time, so it's all about spending the time on what needs to be done, in my eyes,

which is to have Play Store AND Amazon services, not an occasionally working Play Store that kills Amazon.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] hitzhak:
Hangouts video call

did you able to use the Hangouts video call? it's not working for me ...:(
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
Yes. I am on an 8.9 HDX & I added talk to the system partition, the necessary lib files & then updated to Hangouts via sideload. I don't have the files, so you'll have to root through an older dump from a 4.2.2 device for the lib files for the original talk.apk.

I can see if I can find them when I get time, but I am on the road all week closing out end of the year business, so it'll be awhile before I get home to my build machine.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Nadalou:
Hell from Germany :)

great compliment to you all.

I read with eager.

today my fire 7 hdx come and Im satisfied. I'm looking if there is a custom rom will be released sometime.

greetz Dennis

Write with google translate!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] scx110a:
I just installed the Hangouts in data and it works perfectly, included the video chat. HDX 7'' 4G version.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] murso74:
Can't tell you how much this made me giggle
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Buddha6900:
Playstore working flawlessly

I've had playstore working on the hdx 8.9 since first day of root. Downloads apps installs updates etc etc only thing I did dieted the than everyone here is use a custom root only version of playstore I found on a torrent site I just registered and don't know if I'm permitted to post name and or link but will if permitted can also provide video of it working.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] tech6:
How did you do it? Does PlayStore download and install apps? We are all interested in how you made that happen. Please share what you did. Thanks. :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
And 7 in 13.3 ?

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I got everything working except play store connection. I side loaded all Google apps with no more errors..signs into all apps that require it love it thanks for all your help
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
[MENTION=5590217]Buddha6900[/MENTION] Can you PM me a link to the modded Play? I would like to decompile it to see what they have changed & to make sure that they aren't redirecting anything, like in-app purchase data.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] fierce_brake:
I got it working this way:

1- Install Google Account manager, Services Framework, and Play Services using "adb install"

2- reboot

3- copy the vending apk (i used root explorer) to system/app, change permissions over this file to read/write/execute and then run it, log in with your account and let it be in the white loading screen (doesnt matter after it took your credentials).

4- copy Google Play Store to internal sdcard and install the apk

So far, i got hangouts (with video call and all), youtube and google play music.

Havent installed much more cause i am looking where to side-load some other apps.

Thank you very much for the guide [MENTION=4444503]Android Cowboy[/MENTION] !!

How is your replacement going ? got it yet ?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
Can you sign into youtube etc. other google apps?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Android Cowboy:
Got my replacement and it's all good now. So are you able to download directly from Play Store or just sideloading still. And you can get all the apps from my site. Go to the apk files page at the very top.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] fierce_brake:
Good news you have your replacement !

No direct installation from market, only sideloading.

Thanks for the APKs ! ill have a look :D

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So far i have quickoffice, googledocs, youtube, feedly, google chrome, google music, g+ and hangouts fully working...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DornoDiosMio:
He is probably referring a version of the play store which has the license verification library disabled and as such is unlikely to be supported by the folks here at XDA Dev. However, I figured I would chime in, just in case that gives some insight into what changes might need to be made so that the play store can work properly on the HDX.

That 'special' version replaces the vending.apk along with doing some others things, I'm not sure what it changes. I saw directions for installing it manually around 9 months ago, before it was re-released as an apk installer program. I can't even recall the website, it was after I bought my HTC One X+, which is about to be replaced with an LG G2 tomorrow, thus the obsession begins anew! Anyways, maybe this info will enlighten those of you whom are skilled enough to work on figuring all this out.

FYI- I don't actually own a Kindle Fire HDX at this point. Saw this thread while reading XDA in anticipation of my LG G2 arriving tomorrow. If any moderator feels this post is inappropriate or broaches a subject that should not be discussed, please feel free to edit or delete this post.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] gqukyo:
Do you still get error msgs/crashes about the framework and such? My youtube, gmail, chrome, gmusic works fine but still get those error msgs from time to time. I also couldn't change the permissions for the vending.apk after I've copied it over to system/app even though I have that folder set as RW. I was using ES explorer with root explorer enabled.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] cdub50:
I am using a hacked Google play apk and I have it fully working I can view my account and apps. I have tested a few google apps and they are also working. Hangouts, YouTube, keep are ones I have tested, no errors anymore either.

[Edit] spoke too soon. I tried to install an app and it crashed can't open it back up now as it just closes. No error messages from framework when I open any google apps though.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] cjdfyd2:
i'm still have a wifi connection problem

I follow your guide but wifi connection problem after reboot my device

Do you know how solve this problem? Play store display no connectin retry toi