Google Play - "Your device isn't compatible with this version"

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• BJG Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  When I first started messing around with Android emulation I came across an approach using Virtualbox.
  
  http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/how-to-install-android-40-ics-in.html
  
  I don't know if this might help with investigating x86 compatibility - after some messing around with these instructions I was able to configure a Virtualbox setup with the Play store.
  
  I was able to install and run a free solitaire game via the Play store on the Virtualbox version, but when I tried the same trick with Filin Banyosu I got the "version not compatible" message.

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  @BJG, I got the VM image running but it has a very unstable Google Market so could not get the apps to support viewing and working with the device.
  
  Since it is x86 based, the apps from the marketplace (usually ARM based) will not work. If anyone wants to test it, they will need to build an x86 port of their app.
  
  Some plus points
  - it Boots up very fast in comparison to the emulator
  - The mouse and the scroll wheel work quite well and can scroll the items in a list quite well.
  
  Some -ves
  - I tried to access the VM on an iPad by extending the screens by using Air Display. The screen on the iPad would give me touch capabilities, they do not work very well, so have to use the mouse alone.
  - The market is not x86 hence the apps are limited and the market is often buggy, crashed even before one can look at an app on the amarket.
  - Side loading app si not easy and specially when it is unstable.
  
  So if you create an x86 version of your app, it will not run, however again the speeds are amazing, even the start up speed is quite fast in comparison to the emulator.

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  this is what I see most of the time - the unstable market place. The .iso you choose will make the VM look different.

  

  

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• BJG Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  ...likewise, I only got that ropey-looking "Market" icon, though the screenshot in the installation instructions (below) shows a "Play" icon.
  
  I'm confused about this ARM thing. Atilim says that Filin Banyosu only contains ARM binaries and not x86. I don't understand the difference between booting up one of these Android-x86 images on my Atom laptop (where Banyosu works) and booting one up in Virtualbox (where it won't install from Google Play).

  

  

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  I installed the Google Apps and I have two store apps, one called the App Store (andApp store) and the other is the Google Market.

  

  

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• BJG Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  When I first set it up I could only see the "Market" icon, but loading it up again now I only see a new "Play Store" icon. Maybe it's automatically updated or something. I don't remember seeing "andApp store" and don't have it now.
  
  (I used this image, as given in the instructions.)
  
  http://www.buildroid.org/Download/Android-4.0.3_bd2a.ova
  
  There certainly don't seem to be a lot of apps available in the store.

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  .. i found my VirtualBox containing a couple of more images (systems) From a HP Palm SDK 2.1.0.519 to Android x86 2.2 Froyo to a virtual box x86 with 4.0.3 and the one above. They can be connected to using adb on the command line, will write a post on this once I get around to checking it out.

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• BJG Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Atilim is right about the 4.0RC2 image I put on the Dell laptop having ARM emulation via Houdini - there's an announcement about it here.
  
  http://android-x86.sceners.org/en/?p=799
  
  I tried installing the Gideros Player apk on that 4.0.3 Virtualbox image above and it didn't work, but I just found this link for a Virtualbox build of Android 4.1.1 with Houdini support to try...
  
  http://www.keyables.com/2012/10/run-android-411-jelly-bean-on-virtualbox.html

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• Unknown Member

  March 2014

  Galaxy s Young:i tried to download subway surfers but when i go to app store and select that game i cant download it beacuse it says your device isn't compatible with this version

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• Unknown Member

  January 2018

  I had the same problem, But after resetting the phone from the phone settings, that fixed my problem. Also, make sure you've upgraded the phone OS to the latest version.

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