Installing Android market place/play

[phiber]

Howsit guys, got myself a 7" tablet from china, and it doesnt have the android market place on it. Its running ICS and i cant figure out how to install this thing, do i need to root my device as XDA Developers say, has anyone downloaded it? I thought it would be as easy as hitting a website, grabbing and APK and hitting go, it doesn't seem so

any ideas?

 

[Elimentals]

I think the device needs to be certified to be able to access the market, never tried installing it on a none certified device.

You can try this old Market APK I had

If that fails, only thing I can suggest is Appbrain or Getjar.

PS: Check out the free Apps in the Getjar Gold promotion regardless if you get Android Play working or not

 

[phiber]

Awesome, got Appbrain setup and it installs the apps with the crazy chinese software that came with the device, so i now have my Kindle app

Tx elimentals. I will check out getjar aswell, its not ideal but i will manage

 

[Elimentals]

Your welcome.

Getjar is worth it even if just for the following for free:
Beautiful widgets http://www.getjar.com/mobile/231883...=m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=mvw00002o2mwc3z2B&lang=en
Splashtop Remote Desktop http://www.getjar.com/mobile/76092/...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=99p1h1ffmq9xlu6y34&lang=en
Paper Camera http://www.getjar.com/mobile/167590...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=41qg2gosadpfzzn93A&lang=en
Wifi File Explorer Pro http://www.getjar.com/mobile/285001...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=el6qiq886wd87gp593&lang=en

As for Games there are some good ones like
Guerrilla Bob http://www.getjar.com/mobile/283692...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=bxm9hio99yx1e8bk43&lang=en
Grave Defense http://www.getjar.com/mobile/264186...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=4wms7almzv9loggy9B&lang=en
Samurai II: Vengeance http://www.getjar.com/mobile/264605...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=ic3mt769qb9bd85kA7&lang=en
Demolition Master 3D http://www.getjar.com/mobile/285868...m8lzrx4wk3atz0x5&c=74i6qnncni6lwetc78&lang=en
Just to name a few.

PS: in case you worried, its totally legal, they use the Gold promotion like Amazon use the Free App of the day. You can read a review about it over here

 

[phiber]

Cool, thanks. WIll give it a go this weekend, really need to get amazon going so i have a book to read

 

[oldhat]

If Amazon don't work, combination of Aldiko & Profect Gutenberg a possible free option:

http://www.aldiko.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/

 

[Park@82]

Did the old market apk work?