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[Q] tried to instal gapps, get non stop error on boot.

So I rooted/unlocked and flashed Cm10 last night with success. The phone was working fine except I had no google apps and iI was having a hard time getting them installed.I ended up following a thread but with my luck I installed the wrong version of gapps it seems. I've been searching all morning for the fix on my dev with no luck.. Now when I boot the phone I get non stop "unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped. " errors and can't do squat. I have tried whiping cache,/ factory settings, and the other one from recovery. And to top it all off it all off out of no where my samsung drivers I installed decided to stop working, so now i'm running into probs getting the correct gapps on to my phone from my pc. Is there some way to un install the dang gapps or a workaround to that error. I know if I keep messing around with it I'm gonna brick the damn thing. pulling my hair out as it is now xD. verizon samsung galaxy s3 i535 with cm 10. I tried downloading the correct gapps that was advised and rebooted into recovery, but couldn't get recovery to mount the sd card, it won't show up on my computer anymore so that i may transfer the new zip. Any advice? Thanks a lot.

audio.fm said:
So I rooted/unlocked and flashed Cm10 last night with success. The phone was working fine except I had no google apps and iI was having a hard time getting them installed.I ended up following a thread but with my luck I installed the wrong version of gapps it seems. I've been searching all morning for the fix on my dev with no luck.. Now when I boot the phone I get non stop "unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped. " errors and can't do squat. I have tried whiping cache,/ factory settings, and the other one from recovery. And to top it all off it all off out of no where my samsung drivers I installed decided to stop working, so now i'm running into probs getting the correct gapps on to my phone from my pc. Is there some way to un install the dang gapps or a workaround to that error. I know if I keep messing around with it I'm gonna brick the damn thing. pulling my hair out as it is now xD. verizon samsung galaxy s3 i535 with cm 10. I tried downloading the correct gapps that was advised and rebooted into recovery, but couldn't get recovery to mount the sd card, it won't show up on my computer anymore so that i may transfer the new zip. Any advice? Thanks a lot.
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I would recommend re-flashing the CM10 ROM you installed so you can start with a clean slate. After you have reflashed the stock ROM then uninstall and reinstall the Samsung USB drivers, and see if your computer is then able to transfer files to your Phone. You can also use the Goo Manager App, to browse for, download, and install the correct version of Google Apps. What version of Google Apps did you install and from what source? Here is a link to the correct version of Google Apps for CM10 straight form the Cyanogenmod wiki. Let me know if you still have questions .

thank you.
Thank you for the detail and instruction, you would of had a laugh at the last answer I recieved. I'll give this a try here in a bit and let you now how it went, I'll have to look at the version of that gapps I tried when I get home, but I got it off a help post on the forums. Thank you again, I appreciate the help.

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audio.fm said:
Thank you for the detail and instruction, you would of had a laugh at the last answer I recieved. I'll give this a try here in a bit and let you now how it went, I'll have to look at the version of that gapps I tried when I get home, but I got it off a help post on the forums. Thank you again, I appreciate the help.
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originally i used ROMmanager to download and install the cm 10.0 and I can't seem to find the zip. So i'm downloading cm-10.1.0 RC for d2zww from cyanogenMod download section now. im doing it on my linux comp and downloading directly to my ds card, then gonna slap it in phone and try to install from recovery, should of done it this way the first time, can't ever trust windows to work right xD

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shimp208 said:
I would recommend re-flashing the CM10 ROM you installed so you can start with a clean slate. After you have reflashed the stock ROM then uninstall and reinstall the Samsung USB drivers, and see if your computer is then able to transfer files to your Phone. You can also use the Goo Manager App, to browse for, download, and install the correct version of Google Apps. What version of Google Apps did you install and from what source? Here is a link to the correct version of Google Apps for CM10 straight form the Cyanogenmod wiki. Let me know if you still have questions .
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Ok well I downloaded and installed from recovery cm 10.1 from their main site. checked version and everything. it installed with no errors. hit the reboot button and it booted fine, then started updating apps , and it got close to the 90 something it was doing and the error came back up, "com.google.process.gapps has stopped.. not sure why thats still trying to load with a new ROM. what should I do now? the link to the cm10 I installed is "//get.cm/?device=d2vzw" . forum doesn't allow me to post links yet so add in http:

audio.fm said:
Ok well I downloaded and installed from recovery cm 10.1 from their main site. checked version and everything. it installed with no errors. hit the reboot button and it booted fine, then started updating apps , and it got close to the 90 something it was doing and the error came back up, "com.google.process.gapps has stopped.. not sure why thats still trying to load with a new ROM. what should I do now? the link to the cm10 I installed is "//get.cm/?device=d2vzw" . forum doesn't allow me to post links yet so add in http:
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Did you do a full wipe when you installed the CM 10.1 ROM? Going from Cyanogenmod 10 to 10.1 you should do a full wipe, making sure to wipe both the data and cache Also the Google Apps I linked to in my previous post were meant for Cyanogenmod 10 not Cyanogenmod 10.1 the correct Google Apps for Cyanogenmod 10.1 can be found here. At this point I would recommend re-flashing the CM 10.1 ROM you downloaded and then flash the Cyanogenmod 10.1 Google Apps. If that doesn't work I would recommend taking a look at this video.

Wipe system also. That is where the rom is.

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shimp208 said:
Did you do a full wipe when you installed the CM 10.1 ROM? Going from Cyanogenmod 10 to 10.1 you should do a full wipe, making sure to wipe both the data and cache Also the Google Apps I linked to in my previous post were meant for Cyanogenmod 10 not Cyanogenmod 10.1 the correct Google Apps for Cyanogenmod 10.1 can be found here. At this point I would recommend re-flashing the CM 10.1 ROM you downloaded and then flash the Cyanogenmod 10.1 Google Apps. If that doesn't work I would recommend taking a look at this video.
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hell yeah, so far so good. gapps and phone booted up with no error.. its trying to restore apps now. thank you so much, i appreciate the help gettin this thing back on..

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shimp208 said:
Did you do a full wipe when you installed the CM 10.1 ROM? Going from Cyanogenmod 10 to 10.1 you should do a full wipe, making sure to wipe both the data and cache Also the Google Apps I linked to in my previous post were meant for Cyanogenmod 10 not Cyanogenmod 10.1 the correct Google Apps for Cyanogenmod 10.1 can be found here. At this point I would recommend re-flashing the CM 10.1 ROM you downloaded and then flash the Cyanogenmod 10.1 Google Apps. If that doesn't work I would recommend taking a look at this video.
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hey out of no where after a reboot my status bar is gone, i tried re flashing and its still not there, any ideas?

audio.fm said:
hey out of no where after a reboot my status bar is gone, i tried re flashing and its still not there, any ideas?
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Even after re-flashing CM 10.1 your status bar is gone? I would recommend flashing the stock ROM and then reinstalling CM 10.1 after you have flashed the stock ROM.
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[Q] [HELP] 403 Google play error, help!

Hello awesome people at xda forums!
I had my N5 for about 2 weeks now, for the first week i've used stock, but i had to try som new roms/kernels so i installed cataclysm rom with franco kernel. I had no problems everything worked great, and google play worked. On my old phone i had xposed framework, and a few modules. I've downloaded it on my N5 and got "keepchat, bootmanger, greenify and gravitybox. Everything still worked great, i used some of the features with gravitybox and enabled some feature where i had to reboot my phone. Something i about statusbar, not really sure though. I've hot rebooted, and my phone kept crashing "system ui crashed" and i tried normal reboot, still crashing. I've factory reset with twrp and used a stock 4.4.2 backup i had, and i was about to download busybox then i got some errors. I think i got a 920 error at first, I've searched the whole web and found a solution. (Or i thought i did) Then it gave me a 403 error, I've spent my whole day trying to find a solution, but could not find any. Heres what I've tried:
Reboot phone. *same issue*
Wipe cache and data from google play, then reboot. *same issue*
Sign out of google account, then wipe cache and data from google play and google services framework, then reboot and sign in. *same issue*
Make a new google account and use it to download apps. *same issue*
Wipe dalvik cache and cache from twrp. *same issue*
Install a update for google play *same issue*
Check for proxy, had none.
I think my APN is fine, not sure though.
I've mixed some of the options above, but still with the same stupid error "403"
My question is, is my N5 bricked? If not, is there a solution to this problem?
Best regards,
Kristoffer

If your phone turns on in any capacity, it's not bricked. That term is only supposed to be used when your phone is rendered completely useless and turned into a paperweight or wait for it.... a brick.
If I were in your shoes I would just flash the factory image from Google and start over again. That'll get you back on your feet.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Disregard my previous post. I just read an article that says apparently everyone is having play store issues today and getting the 403 error.
Sent from my Moto X

_MetalHead_ said:
Disregard my previous post. I just read an article that says apparently everyone is having play store issues today and getting the 403 error.
Sent from my Moto X
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Thank you verry much! You sir, just saved my day

Article in question: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-with-error-403-for-some-best-to-wait-it-out/

[Q] CM update aborting

I got a Nexus 5 been using CM on it for a while now. Currently i have 11-20140708-SNAPSHOT-M8
the build date is july 8. I've been getting CM update for a new version for like a month now, tried installing it a couple of times, when i press to reboot and install it says it installed it, and after the phone reboots, it's still the same old version, and i keep getting the notification to upgrade, but i can't.
So I waited for another new build, thinking this is just some bug in the update. Yesterday a new version prompted for a update, but the same happened. So i tried to download the zip from CM website and flash it on recovery manually. And i got an error:
Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. (Status 7) installation aborted.
I used to update with no problems, but I seem to be stuck on the july 8 build.
Anyone else dealing with this, or know how to fix this?

Is your bootoader up-to-date? CM often require you to have latest bootloader

No. I haven't upgraded it. I've found multiple threats about it, I'm not sure which one is the right to do so. As i'm not really familiar with this kind of stuff.
EDIT: My BL version is HHZ11K. From what i gathered it's the most recent one.

TheSidiO said:
Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. (Status 7) installation aborted.
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Sounds like you're dirty flashing but something in your current set up has been corrupted. You may need to factory reset or do a clean install.

Wakamatsu said:
Sounds like you're dirty flashing but something in your current set up has been corrupted. You may need to factory reset or do a clean install.
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Was thinking if I can salve the problem without doing that. But i did a factory reset and it fixed the problem.
Thanks for the responses.

problems updating monthly snapshots of CM
Hi, I have been looking everywhere to see why I am having difficulties updating Cyanogen snapshots every month. I found this post but I don't really know if it pertains to my problem. I have a google rooted nexus 5 and every month when I try to update my phone begins acting up. It starts saying unfortunately google play services has stopped working. I see my apps trying to install but all I get are error notification icons at the top and they won't download. I posted on g+ and someone says it has to do with titanium. Im at a loss. Its very frustrating as I've tried almost everything I can think of to no avail. I try to go to the playstore and it's like I have no connection. I do have and use titanium backup for the apps I want to restore. I spoke to someone that has the same phone and he tells me to just flash the update without wiping but it doesn't work for me. I don't know if its a setting I'm missing on titanium or what it is but it sucks. With the 2 last updates this has happened. Leaving me with no option but to download the CM snapshot along with gapps. Wipe my phone and flash both the snapshot and gapps and start from scratch. I hope you can help me. Hopefully I'm in the right place. Tx you

acf150 said:
Hi, I have been looking everywhere to see why I am having difficulties updating Cyanogen snapshots every month. I found this post but I don't really know if it pertains to my problem. I have a google rooted nexus 5 and every month when I try to update my phone begins acting up. It starts saying unfortunately google play services has stopped working. I see my apps trying to install but all I get are error notification icons at the top and they won't download. I posted on g+ and someone says it has to do with titanium. Im at a loss. Its very frustrating as I've tried almost everything I can think of to no avail. I try to go to the playstore and it's like I have no connection. I do have and use titanium backup for the apps I want to restore. I spoke to someone that has the same phone and he tells me to just flash the update without wiping but it doesn't work for me. I don't know if its a setting I'm missing on titanium or what it is but it sucks. With the 2 last updates this has happened. Leaving me with no option but to download the CM snapshot along with gapps. Wipe my phone and flash both the snapshot and gapps and start from scratch. I hope you can help me. Hopefully I'm in the right place. Tx you
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So here is what i would try to do. reboot into recovery. do a factory reset, make sure you backup your files as this cleans them. And then make the update from the updater or download it manually from cm website.

updating CM snapshot monthly problems
TheSidiO said:
So here is what i would try to do. reboot into recovery. do a factory reset, make sure you backup your files as this cleans them. And then make the update from the updater or download it manually from cm website.
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Almost what I did, i l always do a nandroid backup before flashing anything in recovery, I downloaded the snapshot and the gapps, wiped, and installed snapshots along with gapps. So your telling me to just do a backup in recovery before updating that it cleans my files, then without wiping to try to update just the CM update from either my phone or their website? No gapps? Will try next time thanks.

[Q] rooted device without backing up(can't install anything)

Hello everyone! First post from a noob android fanboy! I have a gnex gsm version. I rooted recently and flashed cm11, but the problem is that I did not backed up my data(don't know why I did that sincerely), but the problem is somewhere else. I couldn't install anything. When I try to download Facebook it says error, try to download play store, won't open. I sign in with my account on play store on the web and it show the status of my previous apps installed, but I can't find them nowhere. This is the best part where I factory reset my phone, loosing all my data, but the situation is the same. I flashed cwm before the custom ROM, but I don't know if I have it anymore. Any idea is welcome guys. Thanks in advance

You cant install google play and start downloading apps right away !!
You have to flash GApps
(Google Apps)
Search for this on google : cm11 gapps
Download it and format system + factory reset from the recovery (cwm)
Then flash the rom again .. And before u boot to system, flash the GApps package
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katallani said:
Hello everyone! First post from a noob android fanboy! I have a gnex gsm version. I rooted recently and flashed cm11, but the problem is that I did not backed up my data(don't know why I did that sincerely), but the problem is somewhere else. I couldn't install anything. When I try to download Facebook it says error, try to download play store, won't open. I sign in with my account on play store on the web and it show the status of my previous apps installed, but I can't find them nowhere. This is the best part where I factory reset my phone, loosing all my data, but the situation is the same. I flashed cwm before the custom ROM, but I don't know if I have it anymore. Any idea is welcome guys. Thanks in advance
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Is This a Google Problem, or Something I Did?

I've been running Cyanogenmod 12.1 for a while now, updating to the new nightly versions as they come out. Recently I discovered that Cyanogenmod 13 is now rolling out, but I held off on updating for a bit.
The other night, I decided to give it a go, and it ended up causing my phone to get stuck trying to boot. So, I flash back to the last 12.1 nightly I had been using, installed the latest version of GApps for CM12.1 and went back to using my phone as normal. However, I quickly noticed a problem, but I'm not sure of the root cause...
Nearly all of my apps fail to work properly... They all keep force closing, and I can't update them or anything because every time I try to access the Google Play Store, an error pops saying that Google Play Services has stopped. Now, if you look at the Google Play Services page on the Google Play Store, you'll see a load of negative reviews from people all reporting the same problem. However, it just very suddenly started happening to me, so I'm not sure if I messed something up when I was going back to CM12.1 after CM13 failed to work for me.
Any ideas? I just did a clean install of the latest stable release of CM12.1 and the latest CM12.1 GApps, but it's still not working. I even updated to the newest version of TWRP, thinking that might help. At this point, my phone is useless... My texting app closes. My browser closes. My calendar, contacts, etc. don't work since they're linked to my Google account. Instagram, Facebook and Twitter don't work. NOTHING WORKS!
I'm considering flashing back to stock, but I really don't want to do that. I've finally gotten Nova Launcher configured how I want it (in terms of my home screens), and I don't want to have to redo all that tweaking. Especially if flashing back to stock doesn't fix the damn problem! I just finished making a backup in TWRP and copying it to my computer for safekeeping in the case that I do try to flash back to stock. That way, if it doesn't help, I can go back to where I'm at now at least.
So; any ideas? I don't know if it's Google, or something I did.

The first and easiest thing u could try is reinstalling those apps! Check http://www.apkmirror.com/ for that!

Andus1988 said:
The first and easiest thing u could try is reinstalling those apps! Check http://www.apkmirror.com/ for that!
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Which apps; the ones that keep crashing? I don't see how that's going to help...
Like I said, I can't do anything that's associated with Google at the moment. Initially I thought removing my Google account would help, as that's what an Internet search suggested would help. Now, since Google Play Services keeps crashing, I can't even add my Google account back onto my phone.

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Which apps; the ones that keep crashing? I don't see how that's going to help...
Like I said, I can't do anything that's associated with Google at the moment. Initially I thought removing my Google account would help, as that's what an Internet search suggested would help. Now, since Google Play Services keeps crashing, I can't even add my Google account back onto my phone.
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Yes u could at least give it a try! Uninstall the apps that keep crashing and reinstall them via their apks!

I just tried to flash back to stock, and it wouldn't work; the GPT.bin kept failing to flash. So, I had to go back to CM12.1 and I'm right back where I started; with Google Play Services not functioning.

This may sound stupid... but have you tried clearing the caches? /data/dalvik and /cache?
I'd suggest making sure you have mfastboot, extracting the stock 5.1 untouched files here and then running the script here. Make sure those lines are adjusted to reflect where you've extracted the stock files to. Ie. mfastboot flash partition C:/Android-SDK/Platform-tools/gpt.bin
What's the failure that's stopping it from flashing? If you can get past that I'd boot the stock firmware once, flash TWRP, clear /system and /data then flash the latest nightly and GApps then clear your caches before booting.

Here's an update.
After flashing back to CM12.1 I discovered that I was still having the same issue with Google Play Services, but my network also wasn't working. This was my own fault though; I forgot that since I tried restoring my phone to stock, I needed to apply the Network Fix that is floating around for the XT1033. Although, my phone is technically an XT1032; it just doesn't have a functional network unless it's using an XT1033 radio...
So, when I got home from work I applied that Network Fix, which got me my network back. However, my Google Play Services still refuses to work.
I've just tried to give another go at flashing back to stock Lollipop firmware, but it's still not working. Just like before, it keeps failing to flash the GPT.bin file, throwing me an error; see below.
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
I've never had this happen before. This time around, I even went into TWRP before starting the flash and used Advanced Wipe to clear the Dalviik Cache, Data, Cache and System, yet it still won't flash properly. Cyanogenmod flashes just fine, but I want to see if using stock firmware will fix my issues with Google Play and its services.
I have no idea what to do.

Well, my phone is officially KIA. I followed this guide to get it back to stock (none of the other guides would work), and once I went to reboot as part of Step 7, the phone shut off and won't come back on. I've tried plugging it in, holding the volume down and power button for as long as three minutes, holding the volume up and power buttons for just as long... it won't do anything. It's hard-bricked.