Matepad 10.4 Google Services
Renita Lukins
Since the trade war between China and US, lots of services are not allowed to be used on Huawei devices as a series of procedures enforced by US government to restrict China. These services include the Google Play services which are used for downloading Android apps on Android devices. This has brought big trouble to Huawei users as they are not able to download apps available for all other Android devices.
Fortunately, there are ways for people to get Google services installed on Huawei devices with some more steps after getting a new Huawei device. In this post, we will show how to install Google service on Huawei MatePad which is similar to iPad.
First please install the Hisuite which is a device manager running on a laptop/desktop to manage resources on Huawei mobile devices. The executable file can be downloaded from Huawei's website. After connecting to the mobile device, the device can be managed on laptop.
Next on laptop, download the GMS installer which will be used for downloading the Google services. The version of working GMS installer can be found here(But before you can download the Zip file, please create a Huawei ID account first if do not have, otherwise you would see below error) or here.
On Huawei MatePad, tap on the GO Google Installer as shown in the second App in above orange box. It will ask you to install Google service framework, Google Play service and Google Play Store. Just tap Go and all these these three will be installed. Retry if some of them failed to be installed.
Now tap on the first App in the orange box above. This app will be used to activate Google services. After activating, just restart your Huawei MatePad device. And you should be able to see the Google Play store app installed.
Now go to Setting - Apps - Apps and search google, you should be able to see Google Play service and Google Play Store. Go and enable different permissions for these two. And now you should be able to download apps through Google Play Store.
after u ran the second app, have u verified that you installed the google related packages successfully(three of them: google service framework, Google Play service, Google Play store) -- should be all green tick on the right?
Thank you, for the new link to download GMS installer. Now the issue is Im unable to install the three of them successfully . google service framework shows a green tick but Google Play service, Google Play store both still showing the red exclamation mark.
I did all the steps, but it does not allow me to log in and at the time of I opened the application of the "G" a message comes out with a blue button I give that button and the same message returns... Install the apk of you
I ran this process on the Huawei MatePad Pro. I installed everything via HiSuite, but the app with the Blue logo won't allow permissions, and I cannot sign in to the Google Play Store. I gave all the necessary permissions, but the Play Store will not open. I am on Emui firmware 11.
I am install hisute in my desktop then download gsm packege in first link and click restore and select file path. And ask password I am enter a0000000 then install ok but second icon click (!red) not download 3 option many tile I am click green Go button :(( not install play service and play store what wrong ? Please help
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It's a setup that people may look to as their only computer. But if that's the case, they are going to have to get used to HarmonyOS, an operating system and services suite that Huawei developed after being shut out of Google Mobile Services in a dispute with the US.
This matters because familiar ways of working may have to be set aside, and familiar applications given up for alternatives. For example, if you've bought into the Google ecosystem for productivity you'll need to access its services via a web interface rather than via native apps. There will be a learning curve for many people.
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One important place HarmonyOS trips up is app support. Because the Google Play Store is absent, Huawei has developed its own Huawei AppGallery. This boasts apps across many categories including business, education, shopping, sport and health, entertainment, and lifestyle. But the number of apps can't match the Google Play Store, and some popular apps are absent.
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Huawei has done a good job with the build of the MatePad 11, which is only available in Matte Grey in the UK -- although elsewhere you can also get Isle Blue and Olive Green. It's a familiar rectangular shape, measuring 253.8mm wide by 165.3mm deep by 7.25mm thick and weighing 485g. There are smallish bezels around the screen and Huawei claims a screen-to-body ratio of 86%, although our calculation puts it at 82.9%. Four speakers output good-quality sound via a pair of grilles on either side of the (landscape mode) screen. There is a caddy for a MicroSD card that can be used to boost the 128GB of internal storage, of which 17GB is used out of the box.
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