This is truly great and path-breaking for both developers as well as the Chrome OS enthusiast community. Follow our linked guide to find out. The ability to sideload Android apps on Chromebook has already moved to the Stable channel. Open Settings and turn on Linux Beta from the left menu. Now, restart your Chromebook and an ADB prompt will come up after the reboot. A similar thing happened with our machine and power washing the Chromebook resolved the issue.
Now, open Terminal from the app drawer and execute the below command to install the ADB platform tools. Remember, your Chromebook should be connected to a WiFi network for this to work. By now, you have successfully set up the base.
It will enable the Developer Options. Now, go back to the System page again and open Developer Options. Now that you have set the foundation, go ahead and download the Android APK that is not available on the Play Store and move it to Linux files. Note: Rename the downloaded APK to something shorter, just so you can easily type it on the Terminal.
In your case, you will have to change the app name in place of firefox. Here, you need to change the firefox part. Now, open the app drawer and you will find the Android app that you just installed. So, the performance is great and similar to other apps downloaded from the Play Store. Also, once you set up the ADB, you just have to download the APK, and then it can be installed via the adb install command. So that was all from our side.
If you want to learn more hacks about Chromebooks and Chrome OS then stay tuned with us as we bring some interesting guides for you in the coming days. As for now, we have covered the best Chrome OS apps and Chromebook games in detailed articles so check that out. Hi, somebody has this kind of error message? Worked for me Had to read the article several times. I had to change to the Dev channel, as well as the development mode. But this worked, and I have sideloaded some apks successfully.
Now if I go back to the stable channel, and the chromebook will powerwash, and reinstall everything. I wanted to know if it will reinstall the sideloaded apps also or not? How do I move it to my Linux files? Anyways, i have absolutely no clue what that failure means… Any help… pls? This is my first time messing around with Linux so… help would be appreciated.
I got Edge to work. In my case I accomplished the side-load and apk install with way less steps, also want to state that Im using a Lenovo Chromebook e. Hope this help for the ppl that are having issues.
What is the link to the firefox apk? Problem: I was an able to toggle a ADB debugging on my pixel book even after a power wash. I was trying to enable ADB debugging on a secondary account on my pixel book. My chrome OS version is 88 and stable channel. Once the reset is complete, your device will automatically restart. Go to the Play Store and check if the problem you were facing has been fixed.
Sometimes you may not be able to download the apps to your device because of insufficient space. You will have to delete a few things from your device to make space at times like these. Check if you have too many photos or videos on your device, which may be eating into the storage. Move these files to your computer to increase the space of your device. You may have to uninstall some apps if you need enough space for large apps.
To uninstall the apps, go to the Settings menu of your device and look for Apps or Application Manager. Now tap on the apps that you want to uninstall, and you will get the option to uninstall the app on the next screen. Tap on uninstall and confirm the uninstallation.
Alternatively, users on the latest version of Android will be able to long-press on the app they wish to uninstall, and they will automatically see the options to uninstall the app on the top of the screen. All you need to do is drag the app icon to the uninstall option on the screen, and the app will be uninstalled.
This error is related to the Play Service and not specific to your device. Clear the data for Google Services Framework to resolve this problem. Follow these steps to remove the data files:. Once you clear the data, head into the Play Store and check if the error has been resolved. If you still find the same error showing up on your screen, then access the Google Play Site from your computer. Install the app to your computer, and then the app will work on your device.
These errors can occur for some problems with the Google Play Store. However, the best solution for all these errors is to clear the cache and data of Google Play Store and Google Services Framework from your device and check if the problem is resolved. For most of our readers who found any of these errors while downloading apps from the store, this solution seemed to have worked.
We have mentioned the steps for clearing the cache and data files in the solutions above. Restart your device after deleting all the files and then check if the problem has been fixed. When you get this error, you must first delete the cache and data of Google Services. We have mentioned the steps for doing this in the solutions above. If this does not fix your problem, then check if you are still logged in if you are using a Wi-Fi connection that uses a web page login.
If it still does not work, you must try connecting to a different Wi-Fi network, and if you do not have the option to connect to another Wi-Fi network, you must use the mobile data option. Remember that this option will use up data from your plan, and if you do not have a plan, you may incur charges.
The problem usually occurs because of the Wi-Fi connection which is being used. It is why you must establish a proper Wi-Fi connection, or you must use your mobile data. All these solutions can work on some Android devices. While these solutions are not tested on every Android device, most of them work successfully for all our readers using various Android devices.
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Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. This is similar to android, In android all you can do is install and delete ONLY the apps you downloaded from play store and view only the the data, files and folders that android allows you to. But, if you gained root access you can delete any app you want, and view hidden files and folders.
If I root my device and then after sometime unroot it, will my warranty continue? It is up to you to decide. So I think there is not much to worry about, but if you fear so much, please google whether people got error while rooting the device you are using.
After rooting your phone, you can delete some software from the system. There is no installing option in the software management inside the root. But after rooting, they can match some file management software to delete the system applications in your phone. This can help save memory space in your phone suited for low-end smartphone.
Some apps need to have the root access to open their functions. But, to use this feature you need root access.
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