Google Plus dependencies?

[viktorhu]

I bought a Chinese Bambook S1 phone. I managed to install all Google services (like location, play store, syncing various googe services like Picasa, contacts etc).

The only thing I cannot install is Google Plus. The market says it is incompatible with my device - and even if I try installing it from an APK, i only get the message "application not installed".

What could be missing? Unfortunately these error messages do not give me any clue. I have JB 4.1.1 and an ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset.

 

[mikedt]

I bought a Chinese Bambook S1 phone. I managed to install all Google services (like location, play store, syncing various googe services like Picasa, contacts etc).

That might be the problem.

The only thing I cannot install is Google Plus. The market says it is incompatible with my device - and even if I try installing it from an APK, i only get the message "application not installed".

What could be missing? Unfortunately these error messages do not give me any clue. I have JB 4.1.1 and an ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset.

Google+ is not available in China. So I'd guess they've never tested it for compatibility, given that you had to install the Google stuff yourself.

 

[OverByter]

The biggest dependency that comes to mind would be having the latest Google Play Services installed.
OB

 

[viktorhu]

The biggest dependency that comes to mind would be having the latest Google Play Services installed.
OB

Thanks for the replies.

I was thinking more in this direction - I did install several Google services (some of them when I noticed something was not working and then I was looking for missing services). But maybe something is still missing? I am not an Android expert, but it was easy to guess I had to replace the location services apk to use google maps rather than baidu..

But I have no clue now - Hangouts is working, Play store is working, contacts mails etc are synced...

Now if it was really that my phone was marked incompatible - would it still be impossible to install even the apk that I downloaded separately, "off-store"? Now that i remember there is another incompatible app: Google Goggles does not install either.

So there must be something "Google-related" that is still not there - or is there something with the hardware? (This chipset is used in brand mobiles too).

 

[Blacktom]

I've got a similar problem, but I can't even run Play Services, so no Hangouts, Youtube, nor Google Now.
I also can't set contacts and Picassa sync.
(I could install Play Store, calendar is syncing and Gmail, Maps works also)

Can somebody send me the apk-s?