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Tutorial How to install Google apps, services and the Play Store on the Huawei Mate 30 series

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  1. The first step is to download the installer from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. On your phone, open the Browser app, visit the site and hit the download button. You'll then have some prompts to click through since you're downloading an app from somewhere outside the approved Huawei app store. You'll also need to give it permission to access your internal storage when it first starts up.
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  2. For the next step, the instructions for the next step are in Chinese, but the process is pretty simple. The app needs to become a device administrator to update the blank stub apps already in the phone's firmware with fully functional Google apps and services. And to do this, it needs your permission. Tap the blue button. You'll see exactly what the app will be able to do, temporarily, while it installs your Google apps. If you're happy with this, tap "Activate."
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  3. Next, wait for the app to download Google Mobile Services. It'll download all the background components, then, finally, the Google Play Store. When it's done, the button at the bottom of the screen will turn blue, and you can tap it to proceed.
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  4. Once it's done, you're pretty much good to go. Google Play Protect and other services will spring to life in the background, and once things have settled down you'll be able to sign in and use the Play Store to download all the other Google apps — things like Chrome, Google Maps and Gmail. It's a good idea to reboot your phone before starting to use them.
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  5. You'll also want to remove the Google Service Assistant app, since there's no reason to keep it around. First, go to Settings > Security > More Settings > Device Administrators and remove its admin permissions. Then you can simply uninstall it from the launcher as normal — find it on your home screen or the app drawer, long-press, and tap "Uninstall."
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"Generally on my(the author) Mate 30 Pro, things have just worked just fine. I(the author) did have to reboot again once installing the Google app before some apps would show sign-in prompts for my Google accounts. Also, although Google Assistant works, it's not possible to activate it with the power button shortcut or the "Hey Google" hotword. (Workarounds exist for older Huawei phones, but these do not work on the Mate 30 yet.)
Also, because the Mate 30's software isn't certified by Google, you can't use Google Pay, and certain apps that use DRM — digital rights management — may also fail. For example, the current version of Netflix on the Play Store fails on the Mate 30, though a sideloaded older version of the app worked just fine.
So the method here doesn't restore absolutely everything you'd get with a Google-certified phone, and there are extra steps to take — as even the basic loaded out Google apps will need to be downloaded individually. But for someone in the West, who's fully bought into the Google ecosystem, this is pretty much the only way to use this phone."
 
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