How To: Install Android Market on Blackberry Playbook!


So you have managed to get yourself a bargain Blackberry Playbook for only $199! And you’ve spent the day searching through the Playbook’s UI and trying to download some good to honest great apps, but have discovered there aren’t all that many for the BB tablet!

Time to install the Android market on your Blackberry Playbook! and here’s how!

First things first! Did you jailbreak or root your Blackberry Playbook? If not you will have to do that first. Learn how to Jailbreak your Blackberry Playbook here!

Ok now that you have a freshly jailbroken, or rooted, Blackberry Playbook follow these instructions to get the Android market running on it!

What you will need!

  • A copy of Google Apps package from CyanogenMod.
  • An SCP client like WinSCP.
  • And PuTTYgen.

Instructions to Install the Android Market on Blackberry Playbook

1. Extract the contents of the CyanogenMod.zip file which you should have already downloaded.

2. Download an Android launcher app packaged as a .bar file from PlayBook Bars and install it using DDPb Installer.

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3.Using WinSCP for Windows, log into your BlackBerry PlayBook as root. Copy the system folder from Google Apps in Step 3 to the root of your PlayBook’s storage and merge it with the PlayBook’s own system folder.

4.Access the playbook with root access and type in these commands:

mv /system/app/SetupWizard.apk /system/app/SetupWizard.apk.bak

5.Next force stop the Android Player:

cd /apps/sys.android.XXXX.ns/native/scripts

Then run ./android-player-cmd.sh kill-android-core.sh

6. Now use the installer from step 2 to open the Android Market. If everything is working well you should be asked for your Google account log in details and will then be able to download Android apps and run them directly on the Playbook!

Alternative Blackberry Playbook Jailbreak Solutions

If you are having trouble with the above tutorial you can also try alternate Playbook Android market solutions from Liliputing or Redmondpie.

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10 Comments

  1. ucupz
    December 12, 2011

    Is this really going to work?

    • December 12, 2011

      did for me

  2. Guest
    December 12, 2011

    Is this really going to work?

    • Guest
      December 12, 2011

      did for me

  3. Anonymous
    December 20, 2011

    I have everything all setup but when I try to add a Google account it says Can’t establish a reliable data connection to the server. It’s connected fine, I can browse on Android but can’t connect to the marketplace using the app.

  4. Guest
    December 20, 2011

    I have everything all setup but when I try to add a Google account it says Can’t establish a reliable data connection to the server. It’s connected fine, I can browse on Android but can’t connect to the marketplace using the app.

  5. John
    December 30, 2011

    What exactly is XXXX re: cd /apps/sys.android.XXXX.ns/native/scripts

    Thanks

  6. Guest
    December 30, 2011

    What exactly is XXXX re: cd /apps/sys.android.XXXX.ns/native/scripts

    Thanks

  7. khumzz
    February 10, 2012

    i successfully executed the android player on my pb.
    but icant seem to add google account or see the android market icon in android player,
    when i go to settings and add account in android, it says not supported by blackberry.
    whats going on … pls a lil help here ?
    thanks

  8. Guest
    February 11, 2012

    i successfully executed the android player on my pb.
    but icant seem to add google account or see the android market icon in android player,
    when i go to settings and add account in android, it says not supported by blackberry.
    whats going on … pls a lil help here ?
    thanks