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[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
Mate 20 pro! The question was because of the problems i had with viber backups. When i decided that there was nothing i could i just started over. Viber's mistake, their backups are not cross-platform compatible (and that includes android with to android without google services!!!) !

May i ask what you guys are using for apk source outside of huawei appgallery? I have aurora and it works fine, but i am getting the feeling that i get more often updates via aurora. That should be ok, but i sometimes risk updating an appgalery app via aurora. Aurora and probably all other alternative app stores provide google play store apks, sp an app optimized for huawei's environment could change to google's. A recent example for me is viber but other certainly exist.

Tried with aptoide but that too wants to update even appgallery's apps...

In other news, i am having a hard time trying to find something i miss... (root maybe!)
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
I'm using Aurora too ... in addition to the app gallery, of course.

Yes, there are some apps that only work if they are installed from the App gallery, but I haven't come across that many ...

The rest works well, even if I updated them without taking into account the download location (installed from the App gallery and updated from Aurora, or vice versa).
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Hi gents,

It seems the topic slightly deviate: It should not mention "virtual".

Each time I come here, i have hope when I see new posts ...

Cheers
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
Correct.

The US ban has been going on for several years now, it is no longer a novelty for anyone.

When you buy a Huawei device you know from the start that it comes without GMS. And inform yourself in advance if GMS can be installed later or not (if you really want to use them).

So the purchase of such a device is ASSUMED.

You can't come after that and say "wow, what a sh*t phone this is, I can't install GMS".
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
I do not say nothing, only if someone find a way to install it, I'll do. All my "essential" apps are working, and the phone is fantastic !
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
After the last update Gspace now seems to function alongside microG !!!

And curve has fully taken over GooglePay.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bukeyolacan:
So whats the current best solution? microG + aurora store? I guess we will never get harmonyOS on global devices
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
microG + App gallery + Aurora.

Some of the apps doesn't work if are not installed from App gallery.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bukeyolacan:
I have installed microG but when I try to signin my google account from there I get error message regarding reaching server etc. Also when look at self-check, it shows that Play Services (GmsCore) has correct signature field is not ticked. What might be the issue?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
Grant all permisions to the app from settings.

It's important to have all permisions granted (from Permisions granted" field).
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bukeyolacan:
I gave all the permissions and have phonesky, gsf installed too but still same error. I get always when login with google account "There was a problem communication with Google servers" message
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OppoF1sUser999:
You must have system spoof signature in your rom and must be custom rom and have root
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OppoF1sUser999:
and microg need to be install as system app and system spoof signature permission only available on some custom rom
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
I don't have any root (Huawei hasn't given you the bootloader code for several years), and microG is functional ... can be uninstalled at any time ... no custom rom ... what are you talking about ?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OppoF1sUser999:
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this method won't work

this is what i mean
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
STOP trying to log in to your account via microG

It does NOT work. THat has been discussed previously, known for at least half a year or so, probably much longer.

Yet, microG delivers on its main purpose, notifications.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OppoF1sUser999:
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[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
I reread, I think I understand what he wants to do ...

No, you can't log in to microG, only some parameters change to log in to YouTube Vanced, for example. And to be able to receive notifications.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bohcho:
Hello, how I can install wear app I wish to connect my fossil gen 5.

Chines version didn't work out of chines , gspace crash whit wear app?

Any help please.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
Doesn't work, installed from Aurora?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bohcho:
I install from everywhere but still didn't work.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
crashes here too in g space. Have you tried in the ourplay app?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
Anyone left in here? Changed the case yesterday and thought i would check for any updates. System updates keep coming. A few apps still refuse to work with microG notifications but most do, even if not always on time. Interestingly almost all gspace notifications come through!

One thing i still hwve figured out is how to get the chromecast to work. I connect to the chromecast, i can have the anbient mode show my pictures but i cannot directly send photos or videos...

Any ideas?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] AlbertAdams:
Alas after sticking it out for 2 years, I have given up, smashed my Mate 40 Pro and got myself a different phone with google play services on!
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] darkmarket:
sai apps is what?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] _4279:
Please refer to this post

https://xdaforums.com/t/install-goo...-back-to-emui-updated-on-may-15-2022.4331937/

Above post provides installing GMS

I had two Mate 40 Pro,

just did it on my first one, one try success

The other international version Mate 40 Pro NOH NX9 does require a DOWNGRADE (regardless of what the instructions said) because the android security patch banned the 谷歌服务助手

I am still working on downgrading firmware
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
I'm still waiting for the day to install either GMS or HarmonyOS on UK Mate 40 Pro. I have faith.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] robi101012981:
If you have EMUI, then no chance, Huawei unfortunately closed the OS and there is 0 to no chance that we'll be ever able to install directly GMS on this devices....The ones from China are not OK to be used in Europe
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
In what way? I know you can install GMS over Harmony OS but I also know Google Pay will not work despite everything else will work if GMS installed over Harmony OS.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xchatter:
Hi guys,

In case you haven't tried the latest solution for google(gms) for EMUI devices-> The LightHouse app but it seems to be available only in Malaysia region AppGallery. I am sharing it in case you are not in this region.

1. Install the app

2. Add your account

3. Download some google apk like YouTube or Maps from PetalSearch or ApkPure.

4. Do they work?

I don't have a Huawei device right now so I can't test this but there are some videos showing good results.

Hopefully this helps someone. If not, sorry. :)

P.S.

This seems to be something like MicroG, some spoofed GMS.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] funkyfrood:
I just tried Lighthouse on my NOH-NX9 this morning. It does appear to be a modified MicroG. After installing, I was able to log in to my Google account through Lighthouse, but the account didn't appear inside Google apps. Drive, Photos, etc. did not recognize the account and I was unable to sync from Account Settings. Cloud messaging also didn't work (apps didn't register automatically like they do with regular MicroG.) Nothing improved after selecting "device spoofing" and re-registering as a Moto or Nexus phone.

The Mate 40 Pro is not on the list of Lighthouse-supported devices so none of this was surprising to me. Maybe support will be added later. For now I'm going to reinstall stock MicroG and keep using GSpace.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] forgotten_jp:
Same on me, the only difference it's that I managed to register apps reinstalling them.

But the account is not recognized
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xchatter:
Ok guys, too bad. :/

Here is one more option you can try -> GBOX https://www.gboxlab.com/

This is basically similar to GSPACE but it doesn't have ads and people report that it works better(more stable). You can give it a go if you like.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xson:
Not really sure about this one business model...
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] adryyy:
You can disable Gspace ADS using NextDNS as Private DNS, Huawei blocking list and the gspace api in custom filters.

It works well on 2.0.9 and probably for updates also.

L.E.: Use NextDNS App on Android. It works fine to clean ads.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sourlis:
i <somehow> managed to install the play store <without>

certification problems on mate 40 pro global NOH-NX9

while opening and finding any app I wanted - when I installed it it kicked me out of the app - opened some google apps but not with account recognition

a googlefier-lighthouse-google installer link

Has anyone managed to do this? Does anyone have any ideas how to overcome this?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sige@jp:
Nice to meet you, this year I finally got the mate40pro I've always wanted!

However, the GMS wall is still very thick and I spend most of my time outside of work on it, but it doesn't work at all.

I checked the firmware finder and found a roms marked as EMUI 10 version (harmonyOS), has anyone tried to rollback using this roms on an EU version phone?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kxra:
If anyone decides to give up and order a Xiaomi 13 Ultra or something instead, maybe they can donate their old Mate 40 Pro to the devs behind Lighthouse or the Huawei Microg fork to get it working
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Zbyshko78:
Hi,

Yes, I did try to upgrade/downgrade my NOH-N29 (C432R6P6) - it's not Harmony, it's EMUI 12. Not working to install the GMS'es... :-(
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Zbyshko78:
I did also attempted to downgrade to the oldest possible EMUI 11 with markings .114 - no success. Even though I was changing the HiSuite to different versions, patching it with Hi Proxy, it starts the work with Roll-Back (or upgrade), but even if I'm choosing the right variants of OVS, Cust, Preload (C432, hw-eu, R6 in my case) it's always kicking-out after the attempt to flash it into the device.

The only variant of EMUI 11 I'am able to achieve is the 11.0.0.253 and nothing older than this.

Tested majority of MicroG revisions - only the one with possibility to change the signature to be reported as the Nexus allows me (but with mixing up with different GMS vs GSF vs Proxy, applying manually rights (majority of them is DISABLED by default!) allowed me twice to run the Googla Play Store. But still accounts are not recognized by the other GApps. If they do, and the Google Play Services are installed - they quickly loose the connection with google servers...

Frustrating, as countless hundreds of hours spent on testing every possible option I was able to find....

Few weeks more and I'm selling this...
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
Diggin up this thread to ask if anyone has found an ampere like app to measure the charging parameteres, volts and amperes. Ampere itself needs google services, a few others i have tried both from app gallery and aurora were no go...
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FAIL04:
If you download it from apkpure and clone it into gbox it works for me
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
I don't know how it could possibly read the actual chipset from within a virtual drive
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
I gave it a try, i get ampere readings but not the voltage
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
I have been using Gbox the last few days and it works just fine. I loaded Viber this time also since the backups were impossible for me between huawei and Google drive.

The battery consumption of Gbox is simply ridiculous. 50%! Gspace was significantly lower but did not have Viber on its back...

Will see if I stay or not
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
However a whole lot of force stops...
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Hi,

I have this wonderfull phone since two years now, and I've learn how to bypass google services.

But unfortunately sometime you can not, So I've installed GBox.

Well now with EMUI13 - GBox 1.5.3 no more "Gbox tags" on shortcut icons, the only thing you see is the gbox launcher when you open an app (1-2 seconds).

All for me is now perfect, now. When I need an app i check if:

- Does exist first (or similar) on FDroid

- Look in AppGallery if app or equivalent exist

- Look Aurora Store and chose equivalent app which doesn't need GFS

- If none of above works, I install app on Gbox and create shortcut on Main window.

Now, I'm 100% satisfy with my mate 40 pro, EMUI13 Is wonderfull, My provider unlock voWifi on EMUI 13 (was not working on 12).

The only thing wich still pending is to send and receive SMS when using voWifi if it works for someone can he please answer my post, so we may exchange configurations ?

Cheers
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
EMUI 13? Im still ok EMUI 12 October 2022 patch. No updates since.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Yes 13, look here, I've post it (you can also see vowifi icon) :

Huawei Mate 40 Pro updates

Greetings, My Mate 40 Pro received the January 2023 security patch update today morning. Interestingly, the update was available only via the My Huawei app, the Settings > System and updates > Software update did not show anything.

xdaforums.com
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Well, gents, there was an "offer" lifetime Gbox premium for 19$ (a little bit less).

So I took premium Gbox account.

With it you may have:

- Several Google accounts

- Choice of "Gms" core (micro-g or Google-full).

- Choice of terminal emulation.

But speed: my Mate 40 pro is on "normal mode" (not performance), Google earth open in less than 0.5sec

Cheers
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Harikrishnan1983:
Hai , if possible please let me know what's the difference between free g box application and paid one. Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Well:

First difference, is you have to spend some money...

Second, I was told on new version there was some adv now (you can verify using latest beta).

I can not really try back free version as I have the licence now, if I did pay it was because of the very low price.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
View attachment 6048314This is the list of differences between premium and free Gbox app.

Cheers
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andresayang:
Sorry, nobody's perfect, as you can see, I'm French!
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Harikrishnan1983:
Absolutely no problems friend. Really Appreciate for your valuable information. Thank you
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] enrique71:
Bump .. just purchased a Mate 40 Pro and looking for updates on this topic. Has anyone managed to get it working?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] schumifer:
Sorry, get what working?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] electric00l:
Been using it for over 2 years, I guess. I have native GMS using an F-droid client, microG Services, microG Companion, and microG Services Framework. Most Google apps work flawlessly - sync, push notifications, and all. Also, I haven't used the Play Store in a while. I use Aurora and what I can't cget from it, I install using Obtanium, Droidify and I use Shizuku.

The only thing that annoys me is Huawei Pay. It is not recognised in most places and so far I have not found any workaround for Google Wallet. I can't use contactless payment. Oh well, it's not the end of the world.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] enrique71:
Thanks, can you expand on how your using microG to get GMS working?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] enrique71:
Native GMS
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] LyGhT13377:
You can use Curve Pay, it replaces Google Pay but works without GMS or even micro. You can use any CC or Debit Card with it without any issues, been using it ever since I had my Mate 30 pro. Then on the Nova 9 and now Mate 40
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] electric00l:
Good for you, mate. Actually, some countries have their own banking apps that have contactless payments as well. Unfortunately, here in Australia, options are very limited. We basically are stuck with Apple, Google, Samsung, Garmin and Fitbit. Curve Pay only works in Europe, if I'm not mistaken.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] LyGhT13377:
Oh, I didn't know that Curve Pay only works in Europe. Huawei Pay on the other hand still doesn't allow for the addition of debit cards which is very sad imo. Then yeah, I can see why you would like another solution.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
Which version? Global? UK? Chinese?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jonyue:
I already try this! is not work now for

mate40pro NOH-NX9
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iammitee:
Well thats sad
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ChrisMD143:
Will huawei mate 40 pro have the beta in Harmony OS probably next year?? If so, and in case. Is there a possibility that it will be easier to install GMS??
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jonyue:
Don’t worry, wait patiently, there will be good news soon
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ic3cub3:
Change your phone language in Chinese and it will work.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iammitee:
the app works when you change language to Chinese? or are you talking about the website?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kxra:
I just tested this. The app doesn't work for anything requiring a Google login (e.g. Gmail doesn't open at all). The OurPlay app "works" if you set and keep your device's language to Chinese, but if you change it back, it gives you the error again.

This is a non-starter because when it "Installs" GMS for the Google Play Store, it is a separate environment and any apps you install through there do not show up on your homescreen or in your Android settings which show you the list of apps installed on your device. You cannot access the apps installed through this Play Store unless you open through the OurPlay app, so you can only use them if they don't require Google authentication AND you keep your phone in Chinese.

For this reason I do not think this qualifies as a solution and I am not adding it to the original post. Let's keep trying and pushing more to support the Huawei AppGallery.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rambits:
Thx, could you check if the Amex UK and Natwest bank App works by using OurPlay? And any others like Google Home App?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] perfect710:
Let's keep this up!
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] pumapumapuma:
the problem is its not working in EMUI 11 and the downgrade option is not safe also , i hope someone will find a new method for mate 40 pro emui 11 (international)
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ostwindxi:
Why insist trying work Bank App on a virtual machine? When I saw my bank ask me whether asign my certification to a dinasor Samsung model, I delete the app immediatelly. I am using German Bank app
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Gman2021:
Have you tried using a VPN with a Chinese IP?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ostwindxi:
I remember saw this somewhere, but can't find it. I do have a Chinese SIM card and put it to SIM1, but not work. Can you please share the link which introduce this method? Thx
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Gman2021:
There are not many articles on the Internet regarding sideloading GMS on the mate40 Pro - all I know at this stage it does work on the Chinese version on the device - I have tried it on a P40 pro and downgraded the firmware - it took me two days but I did get it to work. Also there is no information if android auto works with the sideloading of gms - I can confirm it does but a little buggy - also Maps randomly crashes at times. I got rid of my p40 pro and did buy the mate40 Pro - I couldn't side load it on the international version of the device and gave it back. Overtime, if I cannot get gms sideloaded in the future, I believe Xiaomi will fill the vacuum that Huawei left. But some say to stay away from Chinese manufacturers as they may go down the same route as Huawei.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] stewarta13wsb:
Not really the point of the thread, but just to share the other side of the coin for those asking about changing to a phone from China or Chinese firmware...

I have the Mate 40 RS Porsche Edition (only because I couldn't get the Pro+ I wanted) from China. I knew GMS would be an issue, but there is another side to this - my Chinese phone in English and registered in UK doesn't allow quite a few UK offerings from Huawei - no voice assistant, no new Huawei Docs, no Huawei Video and a few more.

Just for info.

Specific to GMail, the built in email APP works just fine with my Gmail account. And phone Clone has taken over my banking APPS (Santander, PayPal & iZettle) and a few more that are always on the no-go lists by reviewers.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] banmao:
I tried tis "OurPlay" app. But again it says not support the region outside mainland China. So it is useless.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iammitee:
As of now im using dualspace to install playstore apps.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Shymmy:
I tried DualSpace ...

I installed what I would be missing now, a local banking application (BT Pay) and Yahoo mail (for which I still have no notifications, without GMS).

The banking application does not work, at Yahoo mail I still do not receive notifications.

On Google Play (it works) it shows me, in the account picture, only the initial, not the related picture (set by me).

Like on non-certified devices, if I'm not mistaken.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iammitee:
Yeah. Im just using it so i could use google photos as i cant seem find a good alternative for the google ai when it comes to searches in photos as well as the unlimited storage until june 2021. Trying to get rid of anything google but some are still too good to let go.
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kxra:
How does DualSpace help? Doesn't it only clone the apps you already have intsalled?
[Huawei Mate 40 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] iammitee:
The new dualspace app has its own playstore built in so you could install gapps in a sandbox type on your device