HTC Desire Z without Android Market?

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I bought a HTC Desire Z from UAE (United Arab Emirates) country. Surprisingly, there isn't the Android Market in the Applications list! I tried to install Market manually, but it crashes and terminates. Without Market I'm unable to install new applications or upgrade existing ones.

Do you have any idea? Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:18

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It looks like the Market is currently blocked in UAE and this has nothing to do with your phone. It may become available soon but I've not found anything with a date. I have seen that it's not so much the government blocking it as an inability to bring banks on-board.

This thread suggests that you can get around it with a dial code, but it looks like it needs a hard reset. There are also other questions here about installing the app manually, like: How to install android market app manually?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:18

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answered Sep 02 '11 at 11:17

ale

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I have to root my phone, finally! :D – cartoonist Sep 04 '11 at 08:36
I've installed cyanogenmod 7. It's GREAT! :D – cartoonist Sep 09 '11 at 07:17

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '11 at 06:42

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every Android phone with android 2.2 OS must comes with android market!.if don't have google market that may your phone isn't a smart phone!it just only a common phone with MTK OS

answered Sep 03 '11 at 06:42

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This is the exact reason that I ask this question! ;) – cartoonist Sep 04 '11 at 08:38
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This is incorrect. There are phones that run Android that do not ship with Google Applications. – Broam Oct 13 '11 at 01:08

HTC Desire Z without Android Market?

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