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[APPS] GApps package [not continuing, last update Jan 13,2011]

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With Cyanogen Mod 7, you can choose which Gapp you need when you set up the first Gmail account, as a CM 7 user I no longer update this gapps package.
By the way, the gapps package is only to be used with CM6.
Good day!
Download folder: http://www.mediafire.com/?qn47py0cn8y3h
Please report if you encounter any error, thanks!
2011-01-13
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Rom Manager 3.0.0.7
File Manager 1.14 rc-1 CM version
(I forgot if there's anymore... maybe a YouTube or FaceBook I can't remember)
* traditional Market is included instead of latest Market 2.2.7, if you would like to use new Market please grab it from any of the following links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888330
http://android.shk-desktop.com/LeoGingerBread/Vending-2.2.7-signed-testkeys.update.zip (from LeoGinger's thread)
2011-01-13 Googlewares
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This package contains most of popular Google softwares, it provides your Android more Google experience.
Please make sure that you have at least 14.5MB more free space on /system partition (Find it out by executing "df -h" in Terminal)
Google Books, Google Buzz, Google Chrome To Phone, Google Gesture Search, Google Listen, Google Goggles, Google Reader, Google Scoreboard, Google Shopper, Google Sky Map, Google Translate, Google Youtube Remote
*This contains only additional Google softwares, standard Google Android softwares are not included in this package.)
(old changelog removed)
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If you have already installed your ROM and have been using it for a while, you may also try this more convenient way to move updated apps from /data/app to /system/app if you have Titanium Backup installed :
Originally Posted by crachel
Update the gapps from market
Open Titanium Backup
Find the updated app (it will say "(Updated)")
Long press app, select "Integrate Update into ROM"
Wait
TB will move it from /data/app to /system/app
or you could manually move the files with Linux commands.. both options, IMHO and no offense whatsoever to the effort put in to these packs, are better than waiting for update zips.. use the market as it was intended
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Thanks to Carig for providing the above procedure
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By the way. It's easy to make an update package by yourself!
Here are the steps that I used:
1. Download any gapps update pack
2. On your phone, update Google apps
3. Find your updated google apps' APK files in /data/app, copy & paste them onto your SD card
4. (optional) if you Want to immediately apply your update pack after making it, uninstall updates of all your updated Google apps from Market
5. copy updated APKs from your SD card to your computer
6. use any Zip file manager (e.g. 7-zip, a free one), open the old Google apps update package (the zip file)
7. Carefully re-name your downloaded APKs to the names in the update package (e.g. rename com.google.android.gm-1.apk -> Gmail.apk)
8. copy and paste your new APK files into the Zip archive
9. (optional) sign your package, using Zip Signer (freeware on Android Market) or using this tutorial:
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/

Thanks man, it's so useful to me everytime I flash a nightly : )

Thanks a lot!

Thanks very useful

thankyou very much

I would love to see a program which can work with exchange Group adress lists. That together with a nice email widget is moving me towards sense all the time.

Good Stuff! Thanks

what abt market?

If it's not already on /data, will this move it?
Prob a stupid question...
What if we already have GApps installed and we don't want to wipe?

Maps 4.7 is out.

Thanks guys, new pack is now up, including updated Maps, soundback and Terminal Emulator, rebased on CM's gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip.
This update package will not automatically remove updates which you already done in Market, but it's easy to remove them. Just go to Market and "uninstall updates" to all your updated system apps.
I'm currently learning how to make update script, I hope I'll implement that feature later.

Thanks for your work, I'll keep an eye on this thread too
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

i'm a beginner, how can install these package ?
can i just install i from ROM Manger ( withou wiping and backup ) ?

Motlaq said:
i'm a beginner, how can install these package ?
can i just install i from ROM Manger ( withou wiping and backup ) ?
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I believe ROM manager will do this, so will amon_ra recovery.

maybe include voice search
edit: it was already included

houzuoguo said:
please suggest any other application, which you think is a must-have for Nexus One and should be put into /system/app
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Appwidget Picker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
Gallery 3D Hi-res mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804161
Maybe not for everybody:
Email.apk without forced security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007
I prefer market apps not be duplicated in /system
Facebook 1.4.1
Twitter 1.0.5
Maps 4.6.0 (note that there is a system framework component/jar that needs to remain)
Street View 1.6.0.6
Youtube 2.0.26
Gmail 2.3
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Adobe Reader 9.0.2
Google Voice

britoso said:
Appwidget Picker: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
Gallery 3D Hi-res mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804161
Maybe not for everybody:
Email.apk without forced security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775007
I prefer market apps not be duplicated in /system
Facebook 1.4.1
Twitter 1.0.5
Maps 4.6.0 (note that there is a system framework component/jar that needs to remain)
Street View 1.6.0.6
Youtube 2.0.26
Gmail 2.3
Android Terminal Emulator 1.0.17
Adobe Reader 9.0.2
Google Voice
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Thanks a lot,
Now I'm on holiday so I'll give them a try I'm very new to Android development.
I had few problems with the Terminal Emulator, I can not simply replace AndroTerm.apk with newer version, it will force close if doing a clean installation (flash rom then immediately flash the update package)
I'll look into this problem....

Hey guys
New pack is now up
includes updated Google Voice, Voice Search and YouTube.

thanks, keep this updated

Thanks very much.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

[MOD!] GMail Application (GB + HC + ICS!) [EXTERNAL APP ACCESS ENABLED!]

UPDATE 3
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Added modified GMail v3.2.1 for HC and GMail v4.0.3 for ICS based ROMs. Make sure you download the right one for your OS (GB, HC, or ICS).
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Hey guys, for those of you who didn't know, the Gmail application now RESTRICTS access to your emails by third party apps. This basically means that any app that needs access to your email database (for example, Pure Messenger Widget) will be LOCKED OUT and therefore Gmail will be disabled in said application.
So I went ahead and modified the latest Gmail apk to ALLOW EXTERNAL ACCESS to re-enable support for apps that require it. Hope this helps anyone who needed it.
Install Instructions (YOU MUST BE ROOTED!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0) DOWNLOAD CORRECT VERSION FOR YOUR OS AND RENAME TO Gmail.apk
1) Open Root Explorer (or any other root file manager you like)
2) NAVIGATE to /data/app
3) DELETE com.google.android.gm-1.apk (it might say com.google.android.gm-2.apk for some people or it may not exist at all)
4) NAVIGATE to /system/app
5) Mount Read/Write
6) DELETE Gmail.apk
7) COPY new modified Gmail.apk into /system/app
8) CHANGE permissions to Owner = read/write, Group = read, Others = read.
---(The following may not be necessary but its HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)---
9) REBOOT into Recovery
10) Wipe Cache/Dalvik-Cache/Fix Permisions
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11) REBOOT!
NOTE: Some apps may require you to uninstall and reinstall the program before it is able to see the change in Gmail (for example, Pure Messenger Widget)
DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON!

APK Re-added.
I was having issues with regards to getting the app to show up after reboot but realized it wasn't actually a problem with the modification, but it was a problem with the permissions.

lol guess i was the only one who needed this... ah well, if anyone needs it its here, hopefully people know how to use the search

lol...dont worry dude.. keep up the great work..!!

Thanks for this! Google are a bunch of tight ass losers for restricting access to Gmail...
Oz

BULL3TPR00F said:
lol guess i was the only one who needed this... ah well, if anyone needs it its here, hopefully people know how to use the search
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Thanks for this, I've been looking for a way to make LED Flow change the LED color for emails from different contacts!

No problem everyone, I will keep this thread updated with newer modified versions as Google releases them.

What do you mean when you say "mount read/write" in step 5?

Nevermind, I figured it out. Explorer didnt allow me to mount r/w or change permissions so I installed Root Explorer and worked it out.....much better file system explorer btw. Thanks for the tutorial.
via x10i WB GB v4.0 edition

Uploaded hacked version of the newest Gmail application (v2.3.5.2).

Now we can have gmail timescape for the latest app

Yeah sorry i took so long to upload the new version, my phone has been disconnected for a few months now so i dont use it too much lol.

BULL3TPR00F said:
Yeah sorry i took so long to upload the new version, my phone has been disconnected for a few months now so i dont use it too much lol.
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It doesn't seem to work with Launcher Pro's Gmail widget :/

Thanks for this. Just put it on my SGS, now SlideScreen works again, fully .

make sure keep this updated LOL
Slidescreen is back in businesssssss!
Subscribed

It works, thanks.

Working, nice job man, thanks!

Cant get this to work with slidescreen, but it works with launcherPro :s

THanks for this, it's exactly what I've been looking for however I seem to get stuck doing the steps involving pasting into system/data basically nothing ever pastes there despite me setting the read write permissions as suggested. Guy who got slidescreen working using this how exactly did you go about it? exactly as described?

Thanks so much for this fantastic hack!
Mind letting us know exactly what you did?
I ask because I'm using I'm already using a modded themed apk, and obviously I can't use both at the same time.

BlueStacks android on windows out now !!

Alpha out today
http://bluestacks.com/download.html
You can install any apk from your phone to the bluestack windows client really cool but some can't (I guess for security reasons) anyone has been able to install a terminal successfully ?!

If someone is interested https://www.facebook.com/groups/185729648172160/

Thanks, I was going to post it too.
I am curious to try it and see how it works..

Been workin on this, GingerBreak failed (not surprising), seems to be no way to "reboot" bluestacks (tried QuickBoot, ButtonSavior, etc.). Anyone managed to find out where BS is mounting the android system, and if there's any way to decompile it?

Buttons are pretty easy to skin =)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18333866&postcount=5
It likely cant be rooted without rebuilding the image, which might mean a bluestacks specific rooter. The image the fs is stored on is a read only fs type

Market !
Hi, I was able to run market (and other G-apps) on Bluestack.
Root is not necessary.
Extract and install the files in this order (click on .apk file -> "open as" -> choose HD-ApkHandler.exe from bluestack installation dir. to install):
GoogleServicesFramework.apk
OneTimeInitializer.apk
SetupWizard.apk
Talk.apk
Vending.apk
Gmail.apk
Maps.apk
Using an home replacement setup your account and.. you are in!
Saluti

Gmail will not sync, Market throws network error when clicking on an app... still, good find, we're makin progress on day 1 =)

Nvm, got gmail/sync working... still network errors with Market

oneshotblu said:
Hi, I was able to run market (and other G-apps) on Bluestack.
Root is not necessary.
Extract and install the files in this order (click on .apk file -> "open as" -> choose HD-ApkHandler.exe from bluestack installation dir. to install):
GoogleServicesFramework.apk
OneTimeInitializer.apk
SetupWizard.apk
Talk.apk
Vending.apk
Gmail.apk
Maps.apk
Using an home replacement setup your account and.. you are in!
Saluti
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Old market 1.82 vs 3.2 but nice anyway

Things that needs that emulator are:
1.ROOT!
2.A home button that leads you to your launcher's homescreen
3.Windowed mode
It will be perfect for all netbooks.

Been using ButtonSavior for the home button

I have gotten the market to install and open but when I select an app to install it, an error pops up "A server error has occurred. Retry or Cancel to return to the previous screen" Any Ideas?
torturedsoul802 said:
Been using ButtonSavior for the home button
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I thought ButtonSavior required root? How are you using it?

Location?
I opened the maps app and it lists "my location" as Lewistown, PA
I'd like to know why. It can't go off wifi or GPS. How is it getting this info. It's not exactly correct, but it's an hour away, so maybe there is something to it. It could be hardcoded, is this where the dev is from? Anyone else have lewistown?

seivad17 said:
I thought ButtonSavior required root? How are you using it?
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Not for the home button, power still not functioning at all

I can't seem to get any apps to install whether it's sync (which doesn't seem to work right) or right clicking on an .apk file.
This has a lot of potential, I just wish I could get it to work right. Maybe I'll reinstall it and try again.

demolition23 said:
Things that needs that emulator are:
3.Windowed mode
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it can, but need to edit regitry, so do at your own risk.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\FrameBuffer\0
inside change FullScreen to 0 (default is 2)
then change width and height(decimal or hex), then restart computer

Restart is not required, you can do on the fly resizing, just need to close the agent and restart

1. I installed ADW launcher EX
2. Got Market to work, thanks to following post
http:// forum.xda-developers.com/
show...28&postcount =7
The apps can be downloaded. It gives error everytime, but press RETRY a couple of times and you will be able to install the app.
I downloaded the Dropbox and installed many apps from there.
The apps which are not supported in the above MARKET (its old version of market), failed to open (like Glow Hockey Pro failed but Air Hockey was
installed successfully).
Apparently this device is HTC MAGIC or HERO. The android vrsion running is 2.3.4 but all the wallpapers are from 1.5. It doesnt support Flash, and doesnt allow
advanced apps to run.
Also I tried to update MARKET but it failed to install.
3. I entered Android Initial Setup mode, finger pressed the Android logo but it didnt go further.
Sent from my Dream/Sapphire using xda premium

I loveeeee it

[Q] Installing .apk in CM7 on SGS2

Ok, so I have spent the last week searching for an answer to this problem, and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out and others who may have similar problems.
With a rooted SGS2 and stable CM7 rom, I wanted to install the stock messaging app as I liked the "bubble" GUI better. Further, I found a copy of a camera app with higher bitrates/other improvements that I wanted to install as well. but every time I install them, I get "application not installed" with a check mark.
My method was:
Checked to install apps from unknown sources
Uninstalling old app (after backup)
Copying new apps to system/app to replace
Using root explorer in r/w to install them (didnt work)
So then tried:
Signing the apps using Signaptik/Zipsigner
Changing permissions to same as stock apps
It seems nothing that I try to install in system/app will install. Actually, any of these apps, no matter their location, will not install. Why is this? I'd really like the better camera app and my old mms.apk back!
Cheers!
------EDIT------
The camera.apk I want to install was built for SGS2, the mms.apk I wanted to install is stock from sgs2

Enable non-market apk installation.
Go to Settings – Applications – tick the “Unknown Sources” checkbox at the very top. Accept the warning which pops up by tapping on OK.
If you downloaded the file on PC, transfer it to phone.(sd card)
Open the file explorer (if you don’t have one, download any file manager from the android market) and browse to the location where you’d transferred the file.
Tap on the file to install it.

They won't install because they have dependency on a framework or application that does not exist in CM7.
Try installing them with ADB
adb install <apkname>
It will give you the full error message.

[MOD!] GMail Application (GB + HC + ICS!) [EXTERNAL APP ACCESS ENABLED!]

UPDATE 3
--------------
Added modified GMail v3.2.1 for HC and GMail v4.0.3 for ICS based ROMs. Make sure you download the right one for your OS (GB, HC, or ICS).
--------------
Hey guys, for those of you who didn't know, the Gmail application now RESTRICTS access to your emails by third party apps. This basically means that any app that needs access to your email database (for example, Pure Messenger Widget) will be LOCKED OUT and therefore Gmail will be disabled in said application.
So I went ahead and modified the latest Gmail apk to ALLOW EXTERNAL ACCESS to re-enable support for apps that require it. Hope this helps anyone who needed it.
Install Instructions (YOU MUST BE ROOTED!)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0) DOWNLOAD CORRECT VERSION FOR YOUR OS AND RENAME TO Gmail.apk
1) Open Root Explorer (or any other root file manager you like)
2) NAVIGATE to /data/app
3) DELETE com.google.android.gm-1.apk (it might say com.google.android.gm-2.apk for some people or it may not exist at all)
4) NAVIGATE to /system/app
5) Mount Read/Write
6) DELETE Gmail.apk
7) COPY new modified Gmail.apk into /system/app
8) CHANGE permissions to Owner = read/write, Group = read, Others = read.
---(The following may not be necessary but its HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)---
9) REBOOT into Recovery
10) Wipe Cache/Dalvik-Cache/Fix Permisions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11) REBOOT!
NOTE: Some apps may require you to uninstall and reinstall the program before it is able to see the change in Gmail (for example, Pure Messenger Widget)
DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON!

That is sweet, thanks!

Great job, this night i try it.
You are reading my firm

No problem, I actually had this posted in the X10 section since last year when I had my X10 (now i have an SGS II).
Someone PM'd me requesting the ICS version, so i did it and thought it would make sense to move it to the main thread so everyone can use it.