Hi, I posted this on the CM forum, sorry for cross posting.
I managed to flash CM and gapps, and it is great. Thanks everyone! I was reading the following article:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ntrolling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
and realized we don't have the newest versions of some google apps - only those realeased with "vanilla" Android. Can we get hangout and other apps? What else is missing from CyanogenMod and you recommend installing?
Thanks!
Whatever is missing from our Gapps package are what is available in whole from the Play Store. So if you want Hangouts, head over to the Play Store and give a search for it.
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Hey Everyone,
I am really excited to see that there is Inverted GAPPS that can be flashed; however, when I look through the forums I see them under everything other than Nexus S.
I have been following the thread at Rootz Wiki (XDA won't let me post link as I have not submitted enough threads), it is for the Galaxy Nexus, and am wondering if the inverted GAPPS here work for the Nexus S, seems I cannot find the right answer anywhere.
I am on Codename Android 1.4.0 with Matr1x kernel. Any advice or proper download and instructions links would be appreciated.
Cheers!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15092-invertedtotally-inverted-apps-updated-2-16-google-reader-added/ most of these work for our nexus s i havent tried all of them though
Excellent! Yeah, thanks for the link. Can you tell me which ones worked for you? I'm hoping for Gmail, Email, Talk, Market and Calendar. Also, any special intructions on installing them? I read something about uninstalling updates....I'm not sure how to do that as I have never had to. Thanks in advance.
I should also mention that I flashed the new 404 GAPPS from Codename Android....is this an issue with the inverted GAPPS?
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I should also mention that I flashed the new 404 GAPPS from Codename Android....is this an issue with the inverted GAPPS?
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Not sure about this questions answer, but to answer above, yes. All of those you mentioned worked fine for me.
They have all worked for me on Nexus S and Desire S.
I got mine from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435194
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Hey Everyone,
I am on Codename Android 1.4.0 with Matr1x kernel. Any advice or proper download and instructions links would be appreciated.
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Codename Android 1.4.0 with Matr1x 16.5 kernel here. I've tried two different packages of of inverted gapps, and both seem to crash gmail. This thread* has a few pointers on getting them working, but between the new-to-me acronyms and the somewhat pigeony english, it's a little hard to understand.
Best I can guess is that you need to flash AOKP gapps, reboot, then flash the inverted apps one at a time (the multi-app pack seems to be more problematic).
That said, the ones I installed that work look absolutely phenomenal on the AMOLED screen.
* I'd post the link but the spam filter sez I need 8 posts to put up links. Suffice to say that if you google the phrase "page__st__760__p__478289", it should send you to the right place.
hi, im new to the whole root/flashing concept but decided that motorola are dragging their heals in too long to bring the xoom mz601 upto to ics if ever so ive managed to unlock/root and flash with everything all up and running apart from internet connection not working but ive found solution and the only other issue ive got is both the gmail and youtube apps fail to update from playstore with the message (package file was not signed correctly. uninstall the previous copy of the app and try again) so i need advice on how to fix this please, how do i remove apps and if so will it cause a system issue? anyone help a noob?
did you flash a gapps package with your new rom??
@draxin hi, yes i flashed EOS_GApps_ics_4.0.3_v10.5 immediately after flashing Eos-umts_everest-2.0.0.zip
both gmail and youtube work but show update in playstore and give that package file was not correctly signed message when trying to update. just noticed there is a newer version of gapps named: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip which ive downloaded directly from the goo.im app but am not sure if i need to flash Eos-umts_everest-2.0.0.zip again first or can i just flash the new gapps and will i need to clear anything?
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Just updating that I decided to try a reflash of Eos-umts_everest-2.0.0.zip and then immediately flashed new gapps (gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip ) and after a couple of tries I've now got latest Gmail and YouTube as the latest gapps had removed them which made life easier for a noob like me. Loving my Xoom even more now with team eos ics running on it and looking forward to the next stable build which hopefully gives the data arrows on network signal as its really odd not knowing if data is being transferred in/out plus extended battery life would be great too although I'm sure I along with thousands will be waiting for jellybean stable release by the year end.
Seems I came late in here. Anyway, you could have flashed the latest gapps without reflashing the rom. Good luck and enjoy ..
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Seems I came late in here. Anyway, you could have flashed the latest gapps without reflashing the rom. Good luck and enjoy ..
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hi, never too late as its nice to know what is possible and what is not. is there away to get just play music to flash as ive managed to delete it as for some reason it wont play any of my songs yet it finds them ok, not sure if the old music.apk was in gapps but ive got that and it works but i would like to see if i can get the newer music2.apk to work
Music.apk is part of android (aosp)
Play music is on the play store.
Gmail and YouTube are no longer part of gapps I believe because they are both on the play store
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Music.apk is part of android (aosp)
Play music is on the play store.
Gmail and YouTube are no longer part of gapps I believe because they are both on the play store
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I thought play music was in the play store but its not anywhere to be found in UK store which is why I was asking, I could flash gapps again as that's in there but it wouldn't play any songs. If there is a fix for it playing then flashing gapps would be easiest option I believe, I've been told I can flash gapps without flashing rom again but should I wipe cache and dalvik before any flashing?
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Just updating that I decided to try a reflash of Eos-umts_everest-2.0.0.zip and then immediately flashed new gapps (gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip ) and after a couple of tries I've now got latest Gmail and YouTube as the latest gapps had removed them which made life easier for a noob like me. Loving my Xoom even more now with team eos ics running on it and looking forward to the next stable build which hopefully gives the data arrows on network signal as its really odd not knowing if data is being transferred in/out plus extended battery life would be great too although I'm sure I along with thousands will be waiting for jellybean stable release by the year end.
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Always give a new rom sometime to settle in before you judge battery life. Like 4 or five cycles and you'll see how it's working.
I'm glad to hear you're loving the Xoom, running EOS!
Hi,
I just installed the 4.2.1 rom from aokp but I can not find out how to download any apps. There is no marketplace or google play app. Do I have to find the .apk and download it manually? If so do I need a special version for 4.2.1?
Thanks
Download and flash Google Apps. Goggle "gapps" and download the version for your ROM.
As previously mentioned you need to download the latest version of Google apps for ROMs based on Android 4.2.1 (Such as the latest version of AOKP) and flash the zip package in recovery. Google apps compatible with Android 4.2.1 can be found here http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip.
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Download and flash Google Apps. Goggle "gapps" and download the version for your ROM.
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Thanks a bunch. I must have downloaded the wrong one before. Thanks for the links, that did the trick.
Wow, you all are really quick with the answers. Kudos.
Course, now bluetooth seems broken. It seems to be a a2dp issue. I'll post again with a different title but basically when I tried to listen to music/podcasts it is fine for like 3 seconds then turns really staticy and garbled. I heard the latest nightly from 13-01-28 addressed this so I flashed that which is definitely better but the voices seem off like they are speaking at 80% speed. Weird.
Thanks again you all rock!
A suggestion for you is to get Goo manager. Some of the devs have the gapps right there when you select the rom version for download, Lets you download them together. It'll help you get the right gapps for the rom your looking to use.
I must be totally blind but I can't seem to find an answer to this by searching, please be gentle
I'm running Slim Bean 4.3 (unofficial) on my HTC XT Evita. Runs great etc. The issue is that in the 4.3 release of slim bean there can be presistant google search errors. The fix for this is to "uninstall Google Now.....reboot one time......reboot into recovery and just flash AIO_gapps again and you are fine to go" as per the slim bean site
Now comes the noob question how do I uninstal google now? I'm not sure what .apk and .odex files to delete. I've considered using adb to get a ls of the /app/ folder pre and post gaaps instal so I know which ones are associated with it but there must be a better way. I've already tried various methods and reflashes to try and fix this but obviously I'm just doing it wrong.
Any help appreciated.
I found a solution if not the answer directly. As part of the unofficial slim bean htc Evita forum a user just posted the following-
-Flash ROM
-Install GAPPS with aroma installer don't install Google search,
-Install Google search/now through the playstore
This method is working well for me currently, just wanted to pass on the answer if somebody finds this.
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I want to create an original ROM (Or download if it is already available), the Google Nexus Original 4.4.4 Rom with all Google Stuff Subtracted from it. I don't want it rooted and want to root it myself.
How is this possible? Is there any link from where this can be downloaded?
Just download a rom zip, stock would be best, and extract out the apk's you don't want from system/app and system/pri-app. Then re-zip it.
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or find a stock rom that has gapps separate and dont flash the gapps
This one is made by the dev who makes the Rastakat rom (rascarlo). It's built from AOSP source and contains no theming or add-on features other than a few AOSP apps like email.
http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=rastakat&device=hammerhead-vanilla
Or.. Build from source, look at release tags to sync/build specific Android versions.
Just like the others said, get a rom and just take the google stuff out of it.
You could download a rom that's completely stock and delete the GApps out of it before flashing
Turn your phone off and ta-da! :thumbup:
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Without any Google Apps.... You'll have no play store. That's the only issue I see. And no contacts sync, calendar sync, voice commands and text to speech. Or properly functioning location services.... I think. ?
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Without any Google Apps.... You'll have no play store. That's the only issue I see. And no contacts sync, calendar sync, voice commands and text to speech. Or properly functioning location services.... I think. ?
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GPS location would still work, but coarse location would not. You could use an alternative app store like Amazon or Slideme.
I think you could make it workable, but it would be a looooot of trouble. Neat as an experiment, but if you're doing it "on principle" I would suggest a different OS.
Not so much of an experiment really. Its just flashing an AOSP ROM then not the Gapps. People have done it before, so hardly unknown territory
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Not so much of an experiment really. Its just flashing an AOSP ROM then not the Gapps. People have done it before, so hardly unknown territory
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well, its not only not flashing the gapps, there are services involved as well. but it has been done before, i know because i helped someone do it 2 years ago. he ended up building aosp, removing the services, and adding other services from i dont remember where.
Building aosp doesn't include google services. Flashing an aosp ROM and not flashing gapps will accomplish exactly what the op wants.
#stayparanoid
I hope you are aware of freezing applications like google's. Also there are mini gapps not full ones.
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