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?
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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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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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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.
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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.
When going from one ROM to another (ie. AOKP to CM10), is it only necessary to do a "clean" wipe, or are other steps recommended, such as reverting to stock first? I used to have a Droid 2 and people used to recommend that, but I don't know if it's necessary with this phone.
Also, what exactly does a "clean" wipe entail? I've seen multiple explanations. This guide suggests that you need only wipe data/factory reset and format system. Other people mention things like wiping cache and dalvik cache from recovery. Is there any sort of consensus on this?
Lastly, is it necessary to do these "clean" wipes when flashing a new nightly or new build, or does this simply vary depending on the ROM in question?
Thanks.
If you change ROMs most people recommend doing a data wipe.
Clean wipe is wiping data. If you wipe data, /cache is wiped too, so any subsequent cache wiping is unnecessary.
It is not necessary to wipe data when flashing a nightly or updated build.
When going from one Rom to another or one base to another (4.1 to 4.1.2) a full wipe is recommended that's system, data, cache. Nightly builds are usually safe to flash on top of each other unless otherwise noted. Biggest advice I can give is if you don't do a full wipe and encounter bugs you should go back and do a full wipe to ensure its the dirty wipe that caused it.
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When going from one Rom to another or one base to another (4.1 to 4.1.2) a full wipe is recommended that's system, data, cache. Nightly builds are usually safe to flash on top of each other unless otherwise noted. Biggest advice I can give is if you don't do a full wipe and encounter bugs you should go back and do a full wipe to ensure its the dirty wipe that caused it.
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+1 its just not worth it.. Full wipe
Also when changing roms if the rom you are running has a custom kernel and the new rom uses a stock kernel but doesnt flash it then you will wanna make sure you flash a working kernel too
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x714x said:
Also when changing roms if the rom you are running has a custom kernel and the new rom uses a stock kernel but doesnt flash it then you will wanna make sure you flash a working kernel too
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Ha, I have made this mistake before.
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Also when changing roms if the rom you are running has a custom kernel and the new rom uses a stock kernel but doesnt flash it then you will wanna make sure you flash a working kernel too
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How can I verify this? It looks like AOKP has a custom kernel; what are the extra steps I need to take if I want to go to CM10 or back to stock?
Quacker said:
How can I verify this? It looks like AOKP has a custom kernel; what are the extra steps I need to take if I want to go to CM10 or back to stock?
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If you're on AOSP (which includes CM10 and AOKP) then you'll need to reflash an ICS Touchwiz Kernel to go back to stock. You can go from CM10 to AOKP on the same kernel, depending on the merges. Sometimes new merges make it so an older kernel won't boot, etc.
Hello,
I am completely new to the rooting world and have what might be a very basic question to most of you. I performed my first root over the weekend on my Verizon GS3 and after reading many of the benefits of flashing CM10.1, I jumped ship from stock touchwiz/jellybean to CM10.1. After flashing CM10.1, I realized the Gapps zip file I flashed was 20121011, which is the version for CM10.0. My phone is running fine with no bugs, but I’d like to know how I can go about getting the correct version of Gapps to run with CM10.1? Can I just uninstall the Gapps file I flashed and re-flash the current version? Or, do I need to start from scratch and wipe everything out again and re-install CM10.1 and the current Gapps version?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
You can just flash the newest version of gapps. What I do is, before I flash, wipe both caches, flash, wipe caches again, reboot. You dont have to do a full wipe if your flashing the same rom, unless it is recommend for that rom.
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Casper34 said:
You can just flash the newest version of gapps. What I do is, before I flash, wipe both caches, flash, wipe caches again, reboot. You dont have to do a full wipe if your flashing the same rom, unless it is recommend for that rom.
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Thanks PACmaned, I will try that. I assume by wiping the caches you mean, "Wipe cache partition" and "Dalvik cache"? One last question just so I understand the process correctly. First, wipe both caches...Second, install the new version of Gapps. Third, wipe both caches again, is that correct?....I just want to make sure I follow the steps to a "T", so I don't end up with a brick.
Thanks again for you help...
David
Yep!! Thats how I do it when I flash a ROM and I have not had an issue yet!
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Yep!! Thats how I do it when I flash a ROM and I have not had an issue yet!
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Thanks again, I will try that..
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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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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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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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Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?
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Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?
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no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.
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I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.
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I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.
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Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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joshua5683 said:
Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.
Make sure you backup your imei.
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Make sure you backup your imei.
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I did a nandroid backup.
@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.
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That's not really necessary it's very easy. To flash roms you flash zip files, then your recovery does the work to copy all the files in that zip to the correct place, then when you reboot you have your ROM. So for liquid smooth here is my tutorial: 1. Download Liquidsmooth, the download link is in the OP of the LS thread, also download Google apps, you'll see download links for that in the LS thread, it's something you need for AOSP ROMs. 2. Both will download as a zip file, don't extract it and copy the 2 zips to your phone's SD. 3. Boot into recovery, select Wipe and choose the options data, system, cache, and dalvik. You will always check these 4 before flashing any ROM. No more and no less. 5. Choose the flash option, in the file manager find your liquid smooth zip, confirm flash, and let it finish. You are now on liquid smooth hooray but you are not done. 6. Since you're on AOSP you do not have Google apps which you need or you won't have a play store app. So now flash the Google apps zip the same way you flashed liquid smooth. Now reboot and voila. That is how you flash any ROM. But for touch wiz ROMs you do not flash Google apps.
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I did a nandroid backup.
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Your imei is different and you should back it up. It's easy to do and it really sucks when you lose it without a backup.
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@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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Dang I wouldn't have posted that huge thing if I knew this was gonna come up lol
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@jmxc23, I know that. I am just new to flashing in general. It has been a while since I did it on the GalaxyTab 7 with GB. Plus, I am not used to Teamwin just yt but am getting the hang of it. Also how do I back up my imei?
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Also how do I back up my imei?
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Download terminal emulator off the play store, open it and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
wait for it to finish and that's it
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@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?
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@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?
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Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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joshua5683 said:
Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?
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So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?
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Correct
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@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.
Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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Which ROM do you recommend?
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@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.
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What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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I used the same Gapps as posted in the Liquidsmooth post.