[Q] ROM for Note 8 bought in China without GAPPS?

[autorobbie]

China is a very tricky place to buy gadgets if you live there. I had the same problem with my first galaxy tab, and thats when i got aquatinted with XDA since then. No problems with S3's and Note 2's as you can find them rooted with proper ROM's even at the stores here.
I got my hands on the Note 8 as soon as it came, and there is not much happening in the development area so far. I have achieved Root, but failed to flash anything, as there is only 1 German ROM available. Anybody who can contribute in giving ROM and CSC solutions for expats living and working in China would be appreciated and properly thanked

 

[roustabout]

take a look at the sammobile site, and be aware that the device is classed as a phone there.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

There are a ton of stock ROMs for a lot of markets for the N5110. I don't know if there are as many for the device you have, which I think is a 5100?

 

[autorobbie]

take a look at the sammobile site, and be aware that the device is classed as a phone there.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

There are a ton of stock ROMs for a lot of markets for the N5110. I don't know if there are as many for the device you have, which I think is a 5100?

Thank you for your suggestion. Yes i got the N5100 and sammobile is great. However it is blocked in China, and can be accessed only through VPN. Same like sites like hot file.com etc...
Therefor this website is a perfect haven for us who reside in China. If we would have more links here would be very helpful..

 

[roustabout]

Unfortunately, the files are are huge (the stock firmware is a 1.1 gig file) so uploading and hosting is a chore.

If you had a copy of the play store would it work?

There are copies of the play store all over the place. I'd think you could extract the APK that's used with CM10 and install that, as long as you had root.

 

[autorobbie]

Unfortunately, the files are are huge (the stock firmware is a 1.1 gig file) so uploading and hosting is a chore.

If you had a copy of the play store would it work?

There are copies of the play store all over the place. I'd think you could extract the APK that's used with CM10 and install that, as long as you had root.

Thank you. Could you please provide a link so we would give it a try?

 

[autorobbie]

It actually works! I will post the thread in the morning as it is 1:41 here..

Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

 

[autorobbie]

Here is the link for gapps that worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041851
First I achieved root with framaroot and then after I downloaded gapps I flashed the zip from CWM. Gave my gf's Note 8 international character. Waiting for a black 32Gb to come up for my self
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

 

[roustabout]

Holy cow, you flashed the whole of the CM10 gapps?

I was thinking you'd pull the play store APK out and install it after rooting your device - but great to know the whole thing can be installed.

 

[autorobbie]

Holy cow, you flashed the whole of the CM10 gapps?

I was thinking you'd pull the play store APK out and install it after rooting your device - but great to know the whole thing can be installed.

Yes. Joyful surprise