android - Google Cloud Messaging register AUTHENTICATION_FAILED

Question

I want to try Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service, and I am faced with a problem at the beginning.

I get an error AUTHENTICATION_FAILED while trying to register a device to GCM. I searched and all I found were variations of the incorrect password. My password is correct and I am using just one account.

There are two ways to implement GCM client on Android:

1. GCM library with additional jar, now deprecated.
2. Google Play Services API

I started with the second of course and got this issue.

I thought the problem is in my phone, but then decided to try the first way, which worked! However, it is deprecated and requires an additional jar, which doesn't seem like the right way.

In an attempt to understand the reasons for the error, I decompiled Google Play Services jar and compared it with GCM library.

It turns out they both have a similar method, something like:

void register(Context context, String senderIds) {
    Intent intent = new Intent("com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTER");
    intent.setPackage("com.google.android.gms"); // this one row are different
    setPackageNameExtra(context, intent);
    intent.putExtra("sender", senderIds);
    context.startService(intent);
}

The difference in one row:

In GCM library it is com.google.android.gsf, where gsf is Google Services Framework (I guess), and it works!

In Google Play Services API jar it is com.google.android.gms, And it does not work (AUTHENTICATION_FAILED error).

Then in GCM library I replaced "gsf" to "gms" and run. And I got the same AUTHENTICATION_FAILED error! If I enter another package, then it is not working.

What do I need to do to make it work? Should I set up something in the phone? Or is it a bug in Google Play Services? Have someone encountered such a problem?

Thanks in advance!

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