[STOCK ROM][NO ROOT][Android 4] Correct login to Google account after phone reset

[ze7zez]

There are devices with android 4 in which after a reset to factory settings or very long ago not updated, there is no way to log in to a Google or Samsung account. Here is a proven repair method.


Before you proceed with the repair, you need to be logged into your Google account from another device (phone, PC), to do verification of adding a new device.
The method was tested on an account with two-step login verification.

• Remove Google account on the phone, uninstall updates and application data for Google Play and if installed, also Google Play Services.
• Download on PC and upload to phone Google Play 5.1.1.
• Download on PC and upload to phone Google Play Services. Download nodpi version or appropriate dpi for your phone. Depending on the amount of space on your phone and the correct operation of purchased applications in the Google Play, start testing from the lowest API.

Google Play Services (Android 2.3+)​

Google Play Services (Android 4.0+)​

Google Play Services (Android 4.1+)​

Google Play Services (Android 4.4+)​

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On your phone, install first Googla Play and then Google Play Services.​

• Connect your phone to the Internet and wait a long while.
• Launch Google Play. There will be a login process. Select an existing account (the one you are logged into on another device).
• Approve on the other device messages, codes or other methods of authorization to add a new device to the account.

Check that everything works in the Google Play after you've finished adding your account and that store-bought apps refresh access to the full version (if not, make a copy of that app, uninstall it and reinstall it).

If anyone has checked their device and the guide works, please post about the model and any comments.

I confirm the correct operation of the described method on the original firmware for:

android 4.1.2 - LG Optimus 4X HD
android 4.2.2 - HTC One SV
android 4.4.2 - Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE (i9195)
android 4.3 - Samsung Galaxy Note II (n7100)
android 4.3 - Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300)

 

[gesaugen]

I can confirm that it partly works on my S3 mini (android 4.1.2): i can install apps from store, but the store crashes after a while

 

[ze7zez]

I can confirm that it partly works on my S3 mini (android 4.1.2): i can install apps from store, but the store crashes after a while

Did Google Play update itself to a higher version?
Did Google Play download Google Play services by itself, or did you install Google Play services?

 

[gesaugen]

Did Google Play update itself to a higher version?
Did Google Play download Google Play services by itself, or did you install Google Play services?

Goggle play hasn't update itself to higher version
I have installed Play services by myself from 4.1+ link as I have 4.1.2

 

[ze7zez]

Goggle play hasn't update itself to higher version
I have installed Play services by myself from 4.1+ link as I have 4.1.2

Your android version doesn't matter, which is why I wrote "start testing from the lowest API". So start from the beginning, but with Services for Android 2.3+

 

[seriyserek]

well, that doesn't work on samsung galaxy s3 stock 4.3!!
maybe i don't understand what do you mean by "a long while"
i waited a hour and a half, 30 minutes and 30 minutes and it still failed.. how much do i wait or do i need another solution?

 

[ze7zez]

well, that doesn't work on samsung galaxy s3 stock 4.3!!
maybe i don't understand what do you mean by "a long while"
i waited a hour and a half, 30 minutes and 30 minutes and it still failed.. how much do i wait or do i need another solution?

That should be enough, as long as you had an active Internet connection on your phone. Have you checked opening pages in the web browser?

 

[seriyserek]

That should be enough, as long as you had an active Internet connection on your phone. Have you checked opening pages in the web browser?

yeah, i did, the connection is good

 

[ze7zez]

(...) it still failed.. (...)

What exactly does this mean?

 

[seriyserek]

What exactly does this mean?

2.3+ = i waited and nothing happened+play services started crashing every second
4.0+ = i waited and nothing happened
4.1+ = same as 2.3+
4.4+ = my s3 has 4.3 so it doesn't support it

 

[seriyserek]

What exactly does this mean?

it makes a "unreliable connection error"

 

[ze7zez]

it makes a "unreliable connection error"

Google Play 5.1.1 is from 2014. If it doesn't download Google Play Services to your phone on its own, then start installing Google Play Services from versions released in 2014, and you won't have a crash. Unfortunately, old versions of services do not connect the store to your account, so you have to experiment on your own, and uninstall and install successive younger versions of Google Play Services for so long, until Google Play login works.

Have you tried logging into a newly created account?
What exact model of S3 are you using?

 

[seriyserek]

Google Play 5.1.1 is from 2014. If it doesn't download Google Play Services to your phone on its own, then start installing Google Play Services from versions released in 2014, and you won't have a crash. Unfortunately, old versions of services do not connect the store to your account, so you have to experiment on your own, and uninstall and install successive younger versions of Google Play Services for so long, until Google Play login works.

Have you tried logging into a newly created account?
What exact model of S3 are you using?

i will try. also, after factory reset i had play services pre-installed, old version. i also can't login to google account at all, not only google play.
i didn't try newly created account, will try now and edit/reply.
i have GT-I9300.

 

[seriyserek]

Google Play 5.1.1 is from 2014. If it doesn't download Google Play Services to your phone on its own, then start installing Google Play Services from versions released in 2014, and you won't have a crash. Unfortunately, old versions of services do not connect the store to your account, so you have to experiment on your own, and uninstall and install successive younger versions of Google Play Services for so long, until Google Play login works.

Have you tried logging into a newly created account?
What exact model of S3 are you using?

i tried a fresh account and creating a new account on device, none of those worked. it just cant reach google services, even if i type random text into login page it gives the unreliable connection error.

 

[ze7zez]

(...) unreliable connection (...)

Show logcat.

 

[seriyserek]

Show logcat.

hello, sorry for long no answer
what's a logcat?

 

[seriyserek]

Show logcat.

What's a logcat?

 

[seriyserek]

Show logcat.

hello

 

[seriyserek]

Show logcat.

here's the logcat from the launching of google play to the unreliable connection error

 

[Snakeforhire]

Time to look into building your own 7-9 AOSP ports, I reckon.