Does anyone know what is the latest version of Google Maps with no dependency, i.e., which is *not* dependent on Google Play Services? And if so, where can I get the APK?
Background: I have just switched to CyanogenMod 7, based on Android 2.3.7, on my trusty much-sat-on Galaxy Ace. The only Google app I can't bear to lose is Maps, partly because of its My Places feature. But Maps + Play + Play Services = over 50MB of the 180MB app space eaten up! That is ridiculous for one app. I don't mind not having the latest features of Google Maps, it's the Google Places database which is useful.
Okay so first off, I've got a Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium (1.33Ghz Intel Core Solo with 2Gb Memory) Dual Booting Windows 10 Pro and this version of Android-x86 (android-x86-4.4.4-kitkat-kernel-4.0.8-exton-mesa-426mb-150721.iso) only problem is right off the bat at first boot-up even before ya connect a google account you're/I am bombarded with "google app" "google play services framework" and even "google play" error popup's, I managed to to stop them from happening by uninstalling "Google App" "Google Play Books" "Google Play Games" "Google Play Movies & TV" "Google Play Music" "Google Play Newstand" FREEZING "Google Play Services Framework" and uninstalling "Google Play Store" as well, my only problem is anytime I reinstall Google Play Store and enable Google Play Services Framework, the popups instantly start happening again...
So how can I cure and fix this bug and be able to use Google Play Store and it's other services? I have root access, tried GMS Installer it downloads a huge package and then opens dialer for some reason, tried a couple others like SuperMarket.apk and Google installer.apk from MiUi forums and they instantly fc upon opening, is there any other methods and what else should I uninstall and go into a root explorer and manually clean if SD Maid Pro didn't pickup the vanquished leftovers to have a fresh G-App's installation and hopeful no error popups?
E-mailed the developer about a calibration problem I was having before I fixed it and he gave me his newer build for free (android-x86-4.4.4-kitkat-kernel4.0.9-exton-mesa-526mb-160125.iso) and it fixed everything except the google app fc/stopped responding popup.
Please can someone tell me what is going on? Anyone else experiencing CM Browser being blocked?
CM Browser Home Website cmbrewser.org results in an "Attack Page"??
I disabled " Google Play Services ". Because I don't play game on OPX, OOS stock with Boeffla Kernel, Will this prevent downloads from "Google Play Store"?
Don't know y it is called Google play store, nothing playful about it!
Stay away from Cheetah apps!
Google Play Services (or an alternative like microG) is required to use the Play Store.
I wonder if I can create two (or more) user profiles on my android device, one of which I will use only open source stuff and everything else on the other.
As far as I know, it is possible to create several user profiles in Android that are isolated from each other.
I would probably install LineageOS for this as it doesn't have google play services pre-installed on it and it seems very "clean" in terms of these things (I have never used this system).
There is something like OpenGApps that allows you to install google play services but as far as I know it requires installation from twrp. So I suspect google play services will then be installed for all user profiles on the device.
So is there any possibility to install google services for one user only?
I also know that there is such a thing as microg (and Aurora stora). When I heard that there was such a thing as "LineageOS for microG" I thought it would be a very good option (on one android profile I just wouldn't use microg). But later I also found out that it is supposedly against the google policy and that they can ban my account for it, which I would prefer to avoid.
So I wanted to ask if the only option to do this is to install LineageOS, check what applications are installed by default, install OpenGApps to it and then disable all google related applications on one of the user profiles?
Does such disabling the application also ensure that Google will not be able to "work" on my device in any way? Does OpenGApps install any system level google stuff that will run in the background anyway?
And are OpenGApps not something that I should not install when I don't want to get a google ban?
You are confusing (Open)GApps - Google themselves call them Google Mobile Services (GMS) - and Google Play Services what are two completely different things.
Google Play Services is one of the most important parts of Android. It helps connect everything together and hold it all there. The Google Play Services are the interface to the Google Mobile Services as well as to the hardware functions of the Android device. Many of your apps use Google Play Services everyday.
GMS is a bunch of apps what includes
Google Play Store,
Google Now,
Google Play Music,
Google Maps,
Google+,
Gmail,
Google Photos,
Youtube
and the Android Device Manager.
Knowing the difference it should be clear that GMS can get installed on a per-user basis whereas Google Play Services not.
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You are confusing (Open)GApps - Google themselves call them Google Mobile Services (GMS) - and Google Play Services what are two completely different things.
Google Play Services is one of the most important parts of Android. It helps connect everything together and hold it all there. The Google Play Services are the interface to the Google Mobile Services as well as to the hardware functions of the Android device. Many of your apps use Google Play Services everyday.
GMS is a bunch of apps what includes
Google Play Store,
Google Now,
Google Play Music,
Google Maps,
Google+,
Gmail,
Google Photos,
Youtube
and the Android Device Manager.
Knowing the difference it should be clear that GMS can get installed on a per-user basis whereas Google Play Services not.
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Thanks for the clarification, although I still don't really know what you meant. I thought that google play services is the name for all those components that are needed to run, for example, the google play store. If the google play store needs also other components (?), then when I wrote google play services, I meant all the components that are needed to run the play store.
In any case, I mean in practice whether I am able to install both the play store and the components needed for it only for one user in Android, but from what I understand it is not possible in your opinion.
The questions at the end of my post probably still remain the same. I can only clarify that I meant more general cases in these questions:
Does installing the play store (along with the necessary components) install any system-level Google stuff that will run in the background anyway even if I disable these apps?
And isn't installing the play store (along with the necessary components) by hand something that I shouldn't be doing when I want to avoid a Google ban?
Again:
Google Play Store simply is an ordinary user app as any other user app, too, nothing else. It itself installs , except some Android OS libraries, nothing. Only thing is it requires Google Play Services ( which are running in background ) to properly run. As already said: Google Play Services can only get installed once because it extends Android OS. And Android OS always is the same for all created users.
Don't understand what you mean with "Google ban".
Dani3I said:
I would probably install LineageOS for this as it doesn't have google play services pre-installed on it and it seems very "clean" in terms of these things (I have never used this system).
There is something like OpenGApps that allows you to install google play services but as far as I know it requires installation from twrp. So I suspect google play services will then be installed for all user profiles on the device.
So is there any possibility to install google services for one user only?
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You can install those apps but you have to flash it via recovery. Also, you need to do that prior to booting into the os for the first time, which I think is related to encryption.
If you already booted into your os, you need to boot into recovery and perform a factory data reset, then flash those gapps (as far as I know dirty flashing those gapps will introduce instability to those gapps. That's why you need a factory data reset).
Keep in mind that factory reseting will delete all your person data.
After you flashed it, those gapps will be available for every user
Dani3I said:
I also know that there is such a thing as microg (and Aurora stora). When I heard that there was such a thing as "LineageOS for microG" I thought it would be a very good option (on one android profile I just wouldn't use microg). But later I also found out that it is supposedly against the google policy and that they can ban my account for it, which I would prefer to avoid.
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Aurora Store provides an anonymous google account. It's data isn't linked to you which means they cannot ban your account.
Dani3I said:
So I wanted to ask if the only option to do this is to install LineageOS, check what applications are installed by default, install OpenGApps to it and then disable all google related applications on one of the user profiles?
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LOS comes without any google apps preinstalled. So first flash LOS, then OpenGApps (follow their official guide. They describe it there).
And yes, after that you have to disable every google app you don't want to use for every new user profile.
Dani3I said:
Does such disabling the application also ensure that Google will not be able to "work" on my device in any way? Does OpenGApps install any system level google stuff that will run in the background anyway?
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If you disable it for the current user, it won't run in any way, yes.
OpenGApps itself shouldn't install anything on system level. But those apps will be installed on system level since you flash them to the system (using your recovery). However, if you disable them they won't run in the background.
Dani3I said:
And are OpenGApps not something that I should not install when I don't want to get a google ban?
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I don't know.
jwoegerbauer said:
You are confusing (Open)GApps - Google themselves call them Google Mobile Services (GMS) - and Google Play Services what are two completely different things.
Google Play Services is one of the most important parts of Android. It helps connect everything together and hold it all there. The Google Play Services are the interface to the Google Mobile Services as well as to the hardware functions of the Android device. Many of your apps use Google Play Services everyday.
GMS is a bunch of apps what includes
Google Play Store,
Google Now,
Google Play Music,
Google Maps,
Google+,
Gmail,
Google Photos,
Youtube
and the Android Device Manager.
Knowing the difference it should be clear that GMS can get installed on a per-user basis whereas Google Play Services not.
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Yep that's absolutely correct
Hello, for reasons relating to the internal browser vs Chrome Custom Tabs situation in the Google App, I want to run an older version of the Google App on my S10+. I am unticking "Enable auto update" in the Play Store, and then selecting "Uninstall updates" (it's a system app so no way to fully uninstall). This takes me back to an older version, which is what I want, but at some time every day, the app is updated again by the Play Store.
Is ignoring the "Enable auto-update" option expected for a system app, or something that's part of the GApps and Play Services world?
Does anyone know a workaround please?