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Should I reinstall Gapps when upgrading CM10 nightlies?

I usually download both the ROM zip and the gapps zip, reboot into recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache and then install the ROM and Gapps.
My question is should I reinstall Gapps after installing the ROM or will the Gapps that is already there from the previous installation suffice?

My rule of thumb. Always clean wipe. Never have issues of leftover junk. Resetting up a fresh ROM is better then discovering a huge bug due to dirty flashing
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libbrichus said:
I usually download both the ROM zip and the gapps zip, reboot into recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache and then install the ROM and Gapps.
My question is should I reinstall Gapps after installing the ROM or will the Gapps that is already there from the previous installation suffice?
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As the CM10 nightlies install include a format of /system (which is where the gapps package installs), I'd say it's required. It certainly doesn't hurt to reinstall gapps after installing any AOSP rom (they may or may not format /system) and I don't think any will ever contain the google apps.
edit: flumoxed. Tested this with a format /system, install CM10, boot, no gmail, reboot, install gapps, reboot, gmail there, reboot, re-install CM10, reboot... gmail there. It sticks. Doesn't compute with the format command I see in the CM10 updater-script (along with a backup script of some sort). Will have to do some more testing. Still think it's best to always reinstall gapps.

hopesrequiem said:
My rule of thumb. Always clean wipe. Never have issues of leftover junk. Resetting up a fresh ROM is better then discovering a huge bug due to dirty flashing
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The problem with that is - I upgrade nightlies every couple of days and don't want to reinstall everything and make changes to my settings everytime I do it. Is there a one-click shortcut to restore everything if I clean wipe and install?

Go backup or titanium backup will get most things back for you painlessly.
On the contrary I've been dirty flashing cm10 nightlies for 3 weeks without reflashing gapps and I've experienced no issues so it's perfectly feasible but ymmv
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toddley said:
Go backup or titanium backup will get most things back for you painlessly.
On the contrary I've been dirty flashing cm10 nightlies for 3 weeks without reflashing gapps and I've experienced no issues so it's perfectly feasible but ymmv
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You're one of the very few then. The majority of problems in the official thread are people who have dirty flashed and when they finally do a clean wipe - problem solved.

Removing Gapps package from phone

Does anybody know how to remove an entire Gapps package from our phone, in order to flash another?
I'm using Justin Bean inverted Gapps and I'm having a hell of a time with it, mainly the YouTube app which will force close every time you try to raise the volume of a video via volume rocker, and then will not re-open until the phone is rebooted.
I want to remove JB Gapps and flash an entirely different package. I'm on Cypher ROM Build 2.

You should be able to wipe cache and dalvik and then flash the new package and reboot.

Use root explorer.. go to /system and delete YouTube.apk
Then install the one of your choice
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lukas_s said:
Does anybody know how to remove an entire Gapps package from our phone, in order to flash another?
I'm using Justin Bean inverted Gapps and I'm having a hell of a time with it, mainly the YouTube app which will force close every time you try to raise the volume of a video via volume rocker, and then will not re-open until the phone is rebooted.
I want to remove JB Gapps and flash an entirely different package. I'm on Cypher ROM Build 2.
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Or just do a full wipe.. then flash your rom and whatever gapps you want
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jthatch12 said:
Or just do a full wipe.. then flash your rom and whatever gapps you want
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That's what I was trying to get around doing. It's a pain to have to set everything up the way I like it again, which is why I haven't flashed Build 3 yet.
I ended up going through the ROM with Titanium Backup, uninstalling all of the Justin Bean Gapps, and just flashing an entirely new package. Everything is working great, now.

lukas_s said:
That's what I was trying to get around doing. It's a pain to have to set everything up the way I like it again, which is why I haven't flashed Build 3 yet.
I ended up going through the ROM with Titanium Backup, uninstalling all of the Justin Bean Gapps, and just flashing an entirely new package. Everything is working great, now.
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It's always good to do a fresh wipe every once in awhile

[Q] Sense ROM's break my dialer...

I've tried everything I can think of...
1. I have done a full format of the phone and tried both CWM, TWRP (2.3.3 and newest version).
2. I've tried using Calkulin's Format All and then reinstalling using TWRP.
3. I've tried every other tip I've read on this forum but, no matter what I do, every time I do a clean install of a Sense Rom (Hatka or Viper)...the dialer just does not work. I tried wiping the dialer's cache and installing after market dialers too. When I install an after market dialer...contacts crash instead of the dialer and I still cannot make a call.
Oh, and lastly, CM Rom's work fine.
Anything else I can try? Really frustrating.
THANK YOU!

Drew489 said:
I've tried everything I can think of...
1. I have done a full format of the phone and tried both CWM, TWRP (2.3.3 and newest version).
2. I've tried using Calkulin's Format All and then reinstalling using TWRP.
3. I've tried every other tip I've read on this forum but, no matter what I do, every time I do a clean install of a Sense Rom (Hatka or Viper)...the dialer just does not work. I tried wiping the dialer's cache and installing after market dialers too. When I install an after market dialer...contacts crash instead of the dialer and I still cannot make a call.
Oh, and lastly, CM Rom's work fine.
Anything else I can try? Really frustrating.
THANK YOU!
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You did try "fastboot erase cache" while in fastboot, didn't you? The only other thing I did was erase my sdcard.

Yes I would do what was mentioned previously, stay on twrp 2.3.x and I would wipe cache, dalvik, system, and factory reset after fastboot erase cache.
Then reflash the rom. That should fix you up. Also if you're restoring apps, don't. Just in case you're restoring the dialer by mistake.
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lol, had some spare time today so I tried again. Wiped EVERYthing, formatted card, fastboot cache wiped twice. installed again 3.2.6 again...dialer broken. I cannot figure this one out. :/

Drew489 said:
lol, had some spare time today so I tried again. Wiped EVERYthing, formatted card, fastboot cache wiped twice. installed again 3.2.6 again...dialer broken. I cannot figure this one out. :/
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There has to be some variable your screwing up.. I've used both and have a very temperamental XL... No over or under clock or crash... But a dialer issue? Try a dirty flash? Redownload Rom?
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I've done everything like that...I cannot figure it out. The ONLY variable I'm seeing is, no matter what wiping I do, with all the tools and things mentioned above...the elemental boot screen always comes up. Is there a way to really format even deeper using ADB?

S-off if you're not already and ruu. Let me know if it still happens
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Ok fixed it...
Here's how.
Installed latest TWRP and Viper 3.2.6
Dialer broken.
Then installed ROM Manager and latest non touch CWM.
Installed Viper update 3.2.7
Profit.
Everything works fine now. No idea why though.
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Drew489 said:
Ok fixed it...
Here's how.
Installed latest TWRP and Viper 3.2.6
Dialer broken.
Then installed ROM Manager and latest non touch CWM.
Installed Viper update 3.2.7
Profit.
Everything works fine now. No idea why though.
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Swipe navigation based CWM works also. It seems to be just the touch version that's tainted.

[Q] AOKP Nightlies Update Problem

I have couple of question and need some help. With the new AOKP nightlies being release every 3 days or so, I would like to stay updated on them. So when I download them and proceed to update and flash over the old nightly. (Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache) Upon reboot everything is gone icluding Gapps and seems that it instead of just updating the rom and keeping everything, It updates everything and wipes clean as if it was a fresh flash instead of a update flash ("Dirty flash"). Does anybody know why this happens? Is it that with the AOKP nightlies, you just have to always do a clean install and flash?

MichaelDrakeMS said:
I have couple of question and need some help. With the new AOKP nightlies being release every 3 days or so, I would like to stay updated on them. So when I download them and proceed to update and flash over the old nightly. (Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache) Upon reboot everything is gone icluding Gapps and seems that it instead of just updating the rom and keeping everything, It updates everything and wipes clean as if it was a fresh flash instead of a update flash ("Dirty flash"). Does anybody know why this happens? Is it that with the AOKP nightlies, you just have to always do a clean install and flash?
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When I do this it causes my keyboard to f/c but my apps are still there
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dustinhayes93 said:
When I do this it causes my keyboard to f/c but my apps are still there
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I can see why the keyboard won't work. That might be due to having to re install Gapps. But I don't understand why every time I update to the new nightlies, all my stuff is gone and it's like a full wipe fresh install/flash. Does anybody know how to avoid this from happening? Or is it that AOKP nightlies won't allow these types of updates.

I don't think there is a way around this. I've been using aokp for awhile and i just keep all my apps backed up so i can restore them after install.

Okay. Thank you for the help.
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[Q] About GAPPS

Hey there everyone,
I decided to make a new topic since my other thread had a way other issue. I want to have a custom rom of AOKP on my HTC one x. I've downloaded the file, installed CWM etc. Now my question is what Gapps do I need? Is it rom specific? I know that AOKP runs on android 4.2.2.
Do I need CyanogenMod 10.1.x 4.2.2 Gapps?

Pmage0wns said:
Hey there everyone,
I decided to make a new topic since my other thread had a way other issue. I want to have a custom rom of AOKP on my HTC one x. I've downloaded the file, installed CWM etc. Now my question is what Gapps do I need? Is it rom specific? I know that AOKP runs on android 4.2.2.
Do I need CyanogenMod 10.1.x 4.2.2 Gapps?
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Most roms will have a link to the proper Gapps package within OP but yes, if it's a 4.2.2 rom, the cm 4.2.2 gapps should work fine.

Pmage0wns said:
Hey there everyone,
I decided to make a new topic since my other thread had a way other issue. I want to have a custom rom of AOKP on my HTC one x. I've downloaded the file, installed CWM etc. Now my question is what Gapps do I need? Is it rom specific? I know that AOKP runs on android 4.2.2.
Do I need CyanogenMod 10.1.x4.2.2 Gapps?
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I believe you do if you flash the wrong version of GAPPS it can boot loop you.
Nexus 4 CyanogenMod 10.1.0RC2

exad said:
Most roms will have a link to the proper Gapps package within OP but yes, if it's a 4.2.2 rom, the cm 4.2.2 gapps should work fine.
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Ah yes, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052610 This first linked me to an enormous site with alot of Gapps which confused me. But once I scrolled down to check I could still find the Gapps that were reccomended for that build.
Excuse me for my impatience Carry on!

How do I perform a FULL wipe though?

Pmage0wns said:
How do I perform a FULL wipe though?
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Reboot into recovery, do a factory reset, wipe /system/, and (optional) wipe the sdcard. Just remember that if you wipe the sdcard you will be wiping the zip files you were going to flash. So, you might want to do that part AFTER installing the Rom and gapps.
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A Full wipe consists of wiping: Cache, dalvik cache, system and factory reset in recovery.
TWRP 2.4+ seems to have issues wiping so if you get error messages or bootloops after doing a full wipe and flashing a new ROM, this could be why. TWRP version of choice is 2.3.3.1
Installing the wrong GAPPS will typically create Force closes when you boot up or try to launch and apps within GAPPS. I've never seen flashing the wrong gapps cause bootloops.

Shiizzzzzz, I flash every gapp package under the sun for every aosp Rom there is for the XL lol... My favorites are midnight gapps... Worked perfect on all roms.
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exad said:
A Full wipe consists of wiping: Cache, dalvik cache, system and factory reset in recovery.
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I keep seeing advice like this on the boards, but doesn't the factory reset wipe both /data and /cache? I honestly want to know so I don't give people bad advice.
Regardless, good call on the twrp version.
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Duckman5 said:
I keep seeing advice like this on the boards, but doesn't the factory reset wipe both /data and /cache? I honestly want to know so I don't give people bad advice.
Regardless, good call on the twrp version.
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Yes but redundancy never hurt anyone. Also, when you take into account the issues with both cwm and twrp across multiple devices, it's best to be overly cautious than not cautious enough. Sometimes I wipe it all twice just to ease my mind. If you read on Tweamwin's site, they also say that most ROM installs wipe the system partition so you should never have to wipe it, but I think we all know that's BS.
TWRP, CWM, ROMS, MODS, these are all developed by random people I don't know, who also have no part in the original manufacture/design of my device. Better to be safe than sorry, I always say.

Fair enough. I guess when you are dealing with stuff that could seriously mess up an expensive device a little caution can't hurt.
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exad said:
Yes but redundancy never hurt anyone. Also, when you take into account the issues with both cwm and twrp across multiple devices, it's best to be overly cautious than not cautious enough. Sometimes I wipe it all twice just to ease my mind. If you read on Tweamwin's site, they also say that most ROM installs wipe the system partition so you should never have to wipe it, but I think we all know that's BS.
TWRP, CWM, ROMS, MODS, these are all developed by random people I don't know, who also have no part in the original manufacture/design of my device. Better to be safe than sorry, I always say.
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I agree 100%
I always do double wipes of everything before flashing something. And I wipe cache/dalvik after the flash too. I expect that's the reason I never have issues after booting my phone up.
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