Cross-posted from General Q&A as suggested:
Two days ago I received a used Nvidia Shield Portable that I won on eBay. It is bootloader unlocked and on the last official OTA, but otherwise stock. It was unable to complete the network connection test, which I eventually skipped. Oddly, the Google Play Store app (as well as Google Play Services) was seemingly not installed. I wound up installing the latest APKs of each from APKMirror via Chrome. I then discovered that the HOSTS file was outdated, so I rooted my device, then used a root explorer app to delete said HOSTS file so it could regenerate with good data. It now connects to the Google servers fine, and it is at this point that I am struggling with Play Store\Services error code 190. The last thing I tried was to move the folders of said core apps from the internal data to root and attempt to make them system apps. I gave both of them every permission under the sun, but even after rebooting, i'm not sure that the move and permission granting stuck. I think my issue has to do with app permissions and\or or authentication between my device and Google's infrastructure. Finally, if a custom ROM is the best route, i'm totally cool with that.
Please advise.
Two days ago I received a used Nvidia Shield Portable that I won on eBay. It is bootloader unlocked and on the last official OTA, but otherwise stock. It was unable to complete the network connection test, which I eventually skipped. Oddly, the Google Play Store app (as well as Google Play Services) was seemingly not installed. I wound up installing the latest APKs of each from APKMirror via Chrome. I then discovered that the HOSTS file was outdated, so I rooted my device, then used a root explorer app to delete said HOSTS file so it could regenerate with good data. It now connects to the Google servers fine, and it is at this point that I am struggling with Play Store\Services error code 190. The last thing I tried was to move the folders of said core apps from the internal data to root and attempt to make them system apps. I gave both of them every permission under the sun, but even after rebooting, i'm not sure that the move and permission granting stuck. I think my issue has to do with app permissions and\or or authentication between my device and Google's infrastructure. Finally, if a custom ROM is the best route, i'm totally cool with that.
Please advise.
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