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[Q] gapps update - change log?

So I've been following the stingray nightllies and have seen a few updates to the gapps package. Does anyone know what these updates are doing? I looked around and couldn't find the change log.

Aethoes said:
So I've been following the stingray nightllies and have seen a few updates to the gapps package. Does anyone know what these updates are doing? I looked around and couldn't find the change log.
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I haven't checked the version numbers, but with EOS GApps v10, everything seems to be running wonderfully! Market is tablet-optomized, gallery seems to be syncing properly, music works...everything works. It is totally worth the wipe to get this level of functionality.

I just saw were Gapps 10.2 was out. I'm still running Gapps 8 with v32 of the EOS ICS nightlies. I figured I would upgrade during the weekend. Could someone please post the link to the new Gapps. I've been looking for awhile and can't find them.
Thanks for the help.

Kenar said:
I just saw were Gapps 10.2 was out. I'm still running Gapps 8 with v32 of the EOS ICS nightlies. I figured I would upgrade during the weekend. Could someone please post the link to the new Gapps. I've been looking for awhile and can't find them.
Thanks for the help.
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I think that this is the link you are looking for http://goo-inside.me/roms/teameos/gapps/EOS_GApps_ics_4.0.3_v10.2.zip

Roms and Gapps Updates

In general, are gapps updates backward compatible for all roms?
Specifically, I am currently using the Illusion Rom and flashed the recommended gapps package. Today I was alerted about a new gapps available. Should I flash this new gapps?
Douglas
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ya bro u should update the new gapps coz in update the old bugs and error are removes...

dlavery845 said:
In general, are gapps updates backward compatible for all roms?
Specifically, I am currently using the Illusion Rom and flashed the recommended gapps package. Today I was alerted about a new gapps available. Should I flash this new gapps?
Douglas
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It Is Not required to update them cause they can be updated via playstore.
and if u still want it check the info cause if its backwards compatible it will be written.

Thanks!
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Actually, in my recent experience over the last few days with flashing half a dozen roms and gapps you can't just mix and match as you want.
Certain gapps were made for different versions of android.
For example, I tried several roms built on android 4.2x and was installing gapps made for 4.3 and it kept crashing the keyboard which was great because without the keyboard you can't enter any text or info at all.
I found out later what was going on because I found the gapps repository which included release notes for each gapps zip package and in there it indicated for which android version they are made.
I thought the roms were bad but went back again and reflashed the roms with the older but correct version gapps and then they worked, no keyboard crashes.
So in short, flash the gapps package for the version of android you are installing and then later once you are up and running if an app needs updating it will do so via google play.

zasy99 said:
Actually, in my recent experience over the last few days with flashing half a dozen roms and gapps you can't just mix and match as you want.
Certain gapps were made for different versions of android.
For example, I tried several roms built on android 4.2x and was installing gapps made for 4.3 and it kept crashing the keyboard which was great because without the keyboard you can't enter any text or info at all.
I found out later what was going on because I found the gapps repository which included release notes for each gapps zip package and in there it indicated for which android version they are made.
I thought the roms were bad but went back again and reflashed the roms with the older but correct version gapps and then they worked, no keyboard crashes.
So in short, flash the gapps package for the version of android you are installing and then later once you are up and running if an app needs updating it will do so via google play.
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That'sobvious!!!
You can't mix

Running stock 4.1.2.. What is most stable to flash?

Is 4.1.2 the latest VZW published version?
I'd like to get to 4.3 or 4.4.. what is the most stable ROM that i can flash that won't cause me to lose any features like GPS or Bluetooth?

DatacomGuy said:
Is 4.1.2 the latest VZW published version?
I'd like to get to 4.3 or 4.4.. what is the most stable ROM that i can flash that won't cause me to lose any features like GPS or Bluetooth?
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For TW 4.1.2 is the most current, but developers are working on 4.3. Otherwise, I would flash an AOSP ROM & I've had good luck on those too.

DatacomGuy said:
Is 4.1.2 the latest VZW published version?
I'd like to get to 4.3 or 4.4.. what is the most stable ROM that i can flash that won't cause me to lose any features like GPS or Bluetooth?
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Gummy and SlimKay have full GPS and Bluetooth capabilities. The unofficial CM builds are FAR more stable than the official ones, so if you must use CM, go with an unofficial like Mastamoon or KitKang.
HOWEVER... every custom rom has issues with a 'kill signal' with Bluetooth, so if you use BT, you need to make sure you power down the other device, before you try to turn off BT on your phone; that will send the signal to your device and unpair the two. Otherwise, your phone won't be able to reconnect to BT on that device and you'll have to reboot. It's a known bug and people are working on it.
I used Gummy all December and now I'm running SlimKat... they're stable for daily use. I'd recommend a custom kernel with Slim, though... I'm using Lean Kernel.

DatacomGuy said:
Is 4.1.2 the latest VZW published version?
I'd like to get to 4.3 or 4.4.. what is the most stable ROM that i can flash that won't cause me to lose any features like GPS or Bluetooth?
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Take a look at this it was just released
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591895

beepea206 said:
Gummy and SlimKay have full GPS and Bluetooth capabilities. The unofficial CM builds are FAR more stable than the official ones, so if you must use CM, go with an unofficial like Mastamoon or KitKang.
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Why would an unofficial cm be more stable? From reading the descriptions, it's just cm with a couple of visual tweaks, no?

lexluthor said:
Why would an unofficial cm be more stable? From reading the descriptions, it's just cm with a couple of visual tweaks, no?
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Recent CM nightlies are highly unstable and there's often they'll put out a build with a commit they later revert. The unofficial builds vary... some don't release every night (avoiding those bad commits), others cherry-pick and are able to avoid commits they don't think are necessary (and are what often wonk up a build). Basically, they're more fine-tuned for our specific device (the CM builds are just pushed out auto-build) and tend to perform better.
If you look at the feedback in the 'official' thread, then compare that to the unofficial threads, you'll see far more issues in the official one. Could be more noobs going to CM's official builds because it's considered safer, but I've seen some veteran flashers have the same issues, so I'm inclined to believe it's due to how they push out nightlies.
... but that's just my observation. Take it for what it's worth.

beepea206 said:
Recent CM nightlies are highly unstable and there's often they'll put out a build with a commit they later revert. The unofficial builds vary... some don't release every night (avoiding those bad commits), others cherry-pick and are able to avoid commits they don't think are necessary (and are what often wonk up a build). Basically, they're more fine-tuned for our specific device (the CM builds are just pushed out auto-build) and tend to perform better.
If you look at the feedback in the 'official' thread, then compare that to the unofficial threads, you'll see far more issues in the official one. Could be more noobs going to CM's official builds because it's considered safer, but I've seen some veteran flashers have the same issues, so I'm inclined to believe it's due to how they push out nightlies.
... but that's just my observation. Take it for what it's worth.
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That's a reasonable explanation. I'm on CM11 official nightly. I usually read the changelog before I update. I did do a full wipe before updating originally and I've been running very well. I've had 1 random boot in about a week and the camera froze the system once. I had many more random reboots on TW. It's incredibly fast and I've got no lag (that was a bad problem for me on 4.1.2).

Nice one... checking the changelog and/or Gerrit commits is a good practice, IMO. I only flash a nightlie if I find some commits I think would make the rom run better for me... most are small things like language tweaks and updates to other device repos, so flashing the newest version isn't always necessary.
Regarding the random reboots, you probably have the same modem issue I do. There was a recent update to the device RILs that completely resolved the modem 'freakout' i kept having; I believe they used the updated device files from the 4.3 stock builds pushed out, so it made the device more compatible with the 4.3 and 4.4 roms.

DatacomGuy said:
Is 4.1.2 the latest VZW published version?
I'd like to get to 4.3 or 4.4.. what is the most stable ROM that i can flash that won't cause me to lose any features like GPS or Bluetooth?
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if you like touchwiz, MOAR and Wicked Sensations roms (4.1.2) are pretty good. I'm on cm10.2 (4.3.1) with xposed framework and it's running perfectly. I'm staying away from kitkat cause of all the bluetooth issues.

[Q] Which CM version works best?

So I'm trying to prolong the use of this tablet but keep it stable and quick, and I think CyanogenMod is the way to go. There are a number of versions available for it, with 10.0 being the last stable build that I can find. I flashed 10.0 and it was quick and stable, except for one major problem: the Google+ app just would not load no matter what, and by searching I found others had the same issues with no fix.
So I'm back to stock 4.1.2 JB now, which is fine but I'd rather move to CM if I can. I flashed the latest nightly, but was having major issues with Gapps closing and the Play Store wasn't even available (even though I flashed the correct Gapps package).
For those that are using CM, which version is the best to use? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!

Honestly, I use the CM11 builds and they are working great.
XOOM XOOM!

slinky317 said:
So I'm trying to prolong the use of this tablet but keep it stable and quick, and I think CyanogenMod is the way to go. There are a number of versions available for it, with 10.0 being the last stable build that I can find. I flashed 10.0 and it was quick and stable, except for one major problem: the Google+ app just would not load no matter what, and by searching I found others had the same issues with no fix.
So I'm back to stock 4.1.2 JB now, which is fine but I'd rather move to CM if I can. I flashed the latest nightly, but was having major issues with Gapps closing and the Play Store wasn't even available (even though I flashed the correct Gapps package).
For those that are using CM, which version is the best to use? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
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CM10.1 (based on 4.2.x) really great. I used it for the past few months.
Never give me problem. Of course you must install 2/20/13 JB Unified GApps.
Looking forward to try CM11 but having hard time with TWRP (big part) at the moment.

TheMan0790 said:
Honestly, I use the CM11 builds and they are working great.
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Another vote for CM11, but you do have to install BigPart. That isn't a big deal if you read carefully through the resource thread before proceeding. I'm certainly not a tech wizard (color TV and phones without dials were big deals when I was a kid, VCRs didn't come out until I was in college, and I was in my mid twenties when home computers just started to become widespread) and was able to run BigPart without trouble.

I got BigPart working successfully with no problems on the first go. Merely requires some reading and should work fine.
Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat ROM!

[Q] Beanstalk OTA Update

I have been a user of Cyanogenmod on my Verizon Galaxy S3 for a while now. I'm what most would call a newbie as far as android tech flash custom rom stuff. But I can get around...
My question is I just flashed Beanstalk and everything seems good so far. Loveing 4.4 (why I switched from Cyanogenmod) I get an OTA notification about a new version of Beanstalk but the numbers don't seem to be NEWER.
Current Beanstalk: 4.4.215-20140117-d2vzw
Update Version: 4.3.1009-20131016-d2vzw
Doesn't make sense to me, is there something wrong with the OTA app, or are they falling back to a previous version for some reason...anyone with info or help. Thanks!

I noticed the same thing. I believe the OTA updater may be broken or not updated. You have the latest build.

I get the same thing here
Been getting this since installing beanstalk that included the beanstalk OTA app....love the idea of it but it looks like the OTA app is broken or beanstalk is reporting itself as the wrong version.
I am running the most current 4.4.285 i believe but yet i get update notifications that new versions are available.
The "new" versions message i get is:
2 updates available for download
Beanstalk-4.3.1015-20131227-d2att.zip
Beanstalk-4.3.1009-20131015-d2att.zip
anyone figure this out as i am getting these older versions but not an actual new versions (and newer did exist while getting this message)?

When I was using beanstalk it was the same issue it would warn me of a lower version update. I don't know why it seems like to do that but just ignore it
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ShapesBlue said:
When I was using beanstalk it was the same issue it would warn me of a lower version update. I don't know why it seems like to do that but just ignore it
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Me too. The only AOSP ROM I've ever used that actually had a working OTA updater was C-ROM.