Registering a Google account?

aphroat · 09-18-2011, 10:59 AM

I successfully loaded various Google apps (sadly not the Android Market...), now I'm trying to register my account via the Gmail app on my PE. Gmail asks for my username and password, then tells me it has to talk to the Google servers. After about 90 seconds the registration throws this error:

Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server. This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues call Customer Care.

Now, PE is obviously not a phone. WiFi is working fine on the PE so I'm not getting why Gmail can't phone home, as it were.

Halp?

Note: I did have telephony.apk and phone.apk disabled per other threads on power savings; I have re-enabled those, rebooted PE, same problem.

aphroat · 09-20-2011, 09:42 AM

*bump*

Surveyah · 09-20-2011, 11:48 AM

What gmail app are you using and where did u get it? I tried installing one and it keeps crashing....

bunodosoma · 09-20-2011, 01:08 PM

To install GAPPS consult kennyminot's sticky thread. That will point you in the right direction. You need arooted phone/android device.(I used a rooted Nook Color) I don't believe the phone apk's have any influence on the process. Mine were gone by the time I did the workaround and it worked fine.

laymans · 09-20-2011, 04:05 PM

I upgraded the OS from 1.6 to the beta 2.2.1 and have the same issue when going to the OS app "Accounts". I can log into gmail via the default mail app but cannot connect the gmail account through accounts. I can set up a Linked In and Facebook account. Must have something to do with the Google side. Perhaps they are checking to see if the devices is an "authorized" device before allowing the account to hook up?

Sheridan

aphroat · 09-20-2011, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Surveyah

What gmail app are you using and where did u get it? I tried installing one and it keeps crashing....

I grabbed the gapps zip from one of the stickythreads in this forum. It'll run for me, but the app won't authenticate to Google due to an unwillingness to use WiFi, it seems.

aphroat · 09-20-2011, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bunodosoma

To install GAPPS consult kennyminot's sticky thread. That will point you in the right direction. You need arooted phone/android device.(I used a rooted Nook Color) I don't believe the phone apk's have any influence on the process. Mine were gone by the time I did the workaround and it worked fine.

I have rooted my PE, I don't have any other Android devices available. If that's a prereq then I'm screwed. So many things I want that Amazon doesn't have and that the other "markets" don't actually have but merely redirect me to the Google Android Market.

*sigh*

DianNC · 09-21-2011, 12:22 AM

aphroat - I also had no luck, but someone here suggested I use an emulator. I found a website with detailed instructions here if you want to have a look:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21862...roid-emulator/

I've decided it's too complicated for me, but it might give you some additional ideas.

Filark · 09-21-2011, 03:28 AM

Also, if there's a specific app you want you can try starting a new thread to ask for it. You'd be surprised how often someone is able to provide what someone else is looking for!

bunodosoma · 09-21-2011, 03:11 PM

Alternate sources for apps include freewarelovers, Slideme, Amazon app store and others. Evidently there are some apps people say are exclusive to market, I don't know. A good resource for app sources is obessed2's sticky thread at the top of the forum. Try there.

09-18-2011, 10:59 AM	#1
aphroat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Pocket eDGe	Registering a Google account? I successfully loaded various Google apps (sadly not the Android Market...), now I'm trying to register my account via the Gmail app on my PE. Gmail asks for my username and password, then tells me it has to talk to the Google servers. After about 90 seconds the registration throws this error: Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server. This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues call Customer Care. Now, PE is obviously not a phone. WiFi is working fine on the PE so I'm not getting why Gmail can't phone home, as it were. Halp? Note: I did have telephony.apk and phone.apk disabled per other threads on power savings; I have re-enabled those, rebooted PE, same problem.

09-20-2011, 11:48 AM	#3
Surveyah Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle	Gmail app What gmail app are you using and where did u get it? I tried installing one and it keeps crashing....

09-20-2011, 04:05 PM	#5
laymans Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Entourage eDGe	Same issue after upgrading to beta 2.2.1 I upgraded the OS from 1.6 to the beta 2.2.1 and have the same issue when going to the OS app "Accounts". I can log into gmail via the default mail app but cannot connect the gmail account through accounts. I can set up a Linked In and Facebook account. Must have something to do with the Google side. Perhaps they are checking to see if the devices is an "authorized" device before allowing the account to hook up? Sheridan

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09-20-2011, 09:42 AM	#2
aphroat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Pocket eDGe	bump

09-20-2011, 01:08 PM	#4
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	To install GAPPS consult kennyminot's sticky thread. That will point you in the right direction. You need arooted phone/android device.(I used a rooted Nook Color) I don't believe the phone apk's have any influence on the process. Mine were gone by the time I did the workaround and it worked fine.

09-21-2011, 12:22 AM	#8
DianNC Banned Posts: 1,431 Karma: 5222495 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen	aphroat - I also had no luck, but someone here suggested I use an emulator. I found a website with detailed instructions here if you want to have a look: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21862...roid-emulator/ I've decided it's too complicated for me, but it might give you some additional ideas.

09-21-2011, 03:28 AM	#9
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	Also, if there's a specific app you want you can try starting a new thread to ask for it. You'd be surprised how often someone is able to provide what someone else is looking for!

09-21-2011, 03:11 PM	#10
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	Alternate sources for apps include freewarelovers, Slideme, Amazon app store and others. Evidently there are some apps people say are exclusive to market, I don't know. A good resource for app sources is obessed2's sticky thread at the top of the forum. Try there.

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