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  • How to Root Nokia X and Install Google Play Store

    How to Root Nokia X and Install Google Play Store

    If you just got your Nokia X and very much like to Install Google Play Store, Google Apps and Google Now Launcher in Nokia X, then are at the right place, this article will guide you on how to root Nokia x and install Google Play store on it. You cannot download apps directly from Play Store on Nokia X as the operating system on the phone is not a ‘pure’ android but is a forked version of android. Therefore, the phone is missing the google apps and it has microsoft apps pre-installed with it. Google Play Store is also replaced with Nokia Android Store.X-screens

    Also: Nokia launched its first android phone series X, X+ and XL at MWC 2014

    How to root Nokia X and install Google Play Store

    The unofficial method is from XDA Developers senior member Kashamalaga. Hence, all thanks to him for bringing this so early.

    This method is not same as conventional rooting and please take care while rooting your phone. Follow all the instructions step-by-step and carefully.

    Requirements

    Steps to follow

    1) You will need a rooted device, So Use Gandalf Exploit included in Framaroot app for rooting.

    2) Extract and copy all apks from “NokiaX_Gapps_KashaMalaga_28.02.2014.zip” to /system/app and change permissions for this files using your file explorer.

    3) Set the permissions for the APKs to “read” for all and “write” for just the first one from top, as below.PPBaJre

    4) Reboot your device.

    5) Extract and install as usaul every single needed apk include in “NokiaX_SomeGoogleApps.zip“. (If want to use Google Now Launcher, open it after install it)

    6) Now launch Google Play Store and login to your Google account and you are Done.nokia-x-root

    That’s all, now your Nokia X device has all the Google Apps and by doing this you will be able to download all the app from Google Play Store.

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    For more information and support, you can also check the thread on xda.

    UPDATE: How to root the new v11.1.1 Nokia x update

    • Download the required files click here and extract the files.
    • Enable debugging mode in Nokia by going into Settings.
    • Connect Nokia X to the PC.
    • Now update ADB drivers.
      • Go to desktop on PC
      • Right click on computer and click manage
      • Select Device manager
      • In the list, Nokia X will be listed with a Question mark icon.
      • Right click and select update driver, then select Browse my computer for driver option.
      • Now select the path of above extracted folder, in the folder select driver file.
      • Now drivers are updated.
    • Now Reconnect the Nokia to the PC.
    • Open kingroot app from the extracted folder.
    • Now kingroot will detect Nokia X as Android device. Now root the device using the App.
    • Now your device is rooted.
    • For installing Play Store and apps, follow the steps same as above.

    For more information and support for rooting v11.1.1 Nokia X update, you can also check the thread on xda.

  • MWC 2014: Nokia launched its first android phone series X, X+ and XL

    MWC 2014: Nokia launched its first android phone series X, X+ and XL

    nokia-x-nokia-x-plusNokia has finally launched its series of Android phones at MWC 2014, The low-cost devices are running a forked version of Android laden with Microsoft services, as well as the ‘Fastlane’ UI as on Nokia’s Asha.

    The aim is to make the Nokia X a bridge to high-end Windows smartphones under the Lumia brand. It will ditch many of the Google services that come with Android, which Google lets phone makers customize at will.

    “More and more people are buying smartphones for less that 100 euros,” said Stephen Elop, Nokia executive vice president.

    However, as the Nokia X is not an ‘Android’ device in the exact sense as it doesn’t have Google Play certification, apps need to be loaded onto the device from Nokia’s own app store, which provide special section for apps that run on devices in the Nokia X family. Other than loading apps via Nokia’s app store, users will also be able to download them from third-party app stores like Yandex or side-load an APK directly onto the device from a computer.

    The first of the devices are the Nokia X and Nokia X+: both feature 4.0-inch WVGA displays, while the X+ will be slightly beefed up. Internally having a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC with a 1.0 GHz dual-core CPU, a 1,500 mAh battery, dual-SIM support, as well as a 3-megapixel fixed-focus camera and a microSD card slot. The X has 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of storage, while the X+ comes with 768 MB of RAM.

    “The essential reason in Microsoft being interested in Nokia mobile phones and not just Lumia is that they are also [looking to] connecting the next one billion [people] to the cloud; to their cloud services like Skype and Outlook and such.