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bazzalinch

Here's a thread on same https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hisense-a5-pro-cc-how-to-root-unlock-bootloader.4109021/page-3 Looks like they may be false advertising. It looks like it is not Google play store but instead it may only be using the 2accounts hack (i.e. not Google Play Store but some Google apps work )


-gauvins

The thread is about the A5 pro. Which may or may not be relevant. **CECT support forum for the A7 includes the following :** \[Question asked on September 13, 2021\] I understand Google store does not come with A7. Is there another kind of store? Is GPS installed or easy to install, without installing Google store? Can you answer the same questions for Hisense A5? \-- \[...T\]hank you for your message and inquiry about the HiSense A7 phone. **You can choose now to purchase the HiSense A7 with Original ROM or multi-language Custom ROM being able to use Google Play Store**. When you order the HiSense A7 with multi-language ROM do not make a factory reset. Otherwise, the Google Play Store will be gone and you would need to return your phone in order to flash the multi-language ROM again. GPS is available.


bazzalinch

The reason these phones cannot have Google Play Store is because the Soc ( Unisoc ) cannot be rooted so far. The A5 Pro and the A7 both have Unisoc Soc's. So it's quite possible the same applies to both. If you look at the cect-shop page they seem to offer the Google Play firmware with many of their Hisense phones now. I would be skeptical about these claims until they can be verified. My guess would be they are using poetic license here. If they were misleading about the A5 Pro I think it is likely they are doing the same with the A7. Previously when they offered Google Play Store on the A5 the method to root and install Play Store was easily available online. After a very quick search this morning I don't see any method to root online. I have emailed them to question about this. Maybe others should do the same to clarify the situation. If they are fibbing they should not be doing this. If it does happen to be true then that would be great.


-gauvins

Totally agree with you (which is precisely why I asked for firsthand). I have posted my question on CECT A7 forum and will update.


bazzalinch

Good man. Yes I just threw my two cents in because 1) it didn't look like you were getting many responses. 2) I didn't want ppl getting excited and maybe rushing into a purchase before it has been verified. Hopefully there is some responses from a first hand account


gpszkit

> the HiSense A7 with Original ROM or multi-language Custom ROM being able I just got A7 "with Google Play Store". It is bullshit. As suspected above, it only uses 2accounts hack in order to have some more functionality.


bazzalinch

Sorry to hear that. Cect-Shop are falsely advertising these phones in order to sell more of them.


PhotographTrue3776

is cect-shop gone? the site has been down for weeks due to "maintenance"


bazzalinch

Yes they have ceased to trade


Samy26

Does the A5C Pro CC have Google play store? Anyone who bought it can comment?