As end users we are allowed to make a backup of these apps and restore them..
But, if we make a pre 1.6 backup, then update to a cyanogen legal 1.6 build... How will we ever get the newly updated apps like market and youtube?
Unless the Goog put these apps on the market how are we ever to get the updated versions?
ekeefe41 said:
As end users we are allowed to make a backup of these apps and restore them..
But, if we make a pre 1.6 backup, then update to a cyanogen legal 1.6 build... How will we ever get the newly updated apps like market and youtube?
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Just download the 1.6 updater directly from Google and extract it from the zip.
Does google realize how stupid this is?
If we can all do this and get the apps directly from their site, why make a big fing deal about us redistributing it.. this is just retarted. I cant even begin to understand what google is thinking here..
Google, if you are reading this, just let us pass your apps around! No matter what you do we will get the apps, so why even bother? this is just bad press for you...
typically, i keep a set of the latest apks i use in a file, and they include all the google apps. I do this because when i flash, that way i don't have to download all the google apps over the air since service in Maui is awful. also, it is easier to send someone who doesn't know how to update their phone one file to flash rather than several.
however, recently Google Voice doesn't seem to want to be recognized when it is moved to /system/app, and when it is there it doesn't work at all even if you reinstall it. it won't show up in the app drawer until it is reinstalled, and after that, it will open but won't download any messages.
any thoughts anyone? did the fix_permissions through ROM manager and fix uid mismatches through Amon, and checked /data/system/packages.xml, and it all looks good but won't work.
ideas?
So I bought a new phone and one of the apps (catch) is no available in play store any longer.
I really like it and want to continue using it. So is there any trusted source for old apks?
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If you've got the app running on the old phone, you can try to back it up with apps like Titanium Backup (requires root) or App Monster or similar. You can then transfer the apk from the sdcard to your new phone and reinstall it that way.
It has just always been my default move to flash Gapps after a custom ROM flash. Reflex just like flashing SuperSU.
Lately I'm annoyed with it, though. There are some apps I don't want to update, ever. Using an app to remove the market link for an app works till you run the Play Store again, so it really doesn't work. Then you have to go through the apps one by one and update them instead of touching "Update All", or just remove the market link every time before you check for updates via Play. I suppose you could write a script that runs before the Play Store to do this automatically, but this is another annoyance rather than a fix IMHO. And you still get Play Services running the BG whenever it feels like it. Also something I don't like.
So, anybody not using Gapps at all on a DD device? And what are you using to get apps instead? I found androiddrawer.com to be pretty good, but any other full on "store" app seems to either not do enough of what Play Store does, or it does exactly what it does, and I don't want that, OR it's the Amazon "app store" which is just really stupid anymore.
So what I want is either an app store that gives me the option to leave an installed app alone forever and keep its stupid mouth shut about updates, OR ?
What do you use?
Seem to have answered my own question. 1mobilemarket does the trick. Gives me the option to ignore app updates. That's all I needed.
None of Gapps work in here so there are always localized alternatives to each Gapps.
I deinstall gapps with an app with root access
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It has just always been my default move to flash Gapps after a custom ROM flash. Reflex just like flashing SuperSU.
Lately I'm annoyed with it, though. There are some apps I don't want to update, ever. Using an app to remove the market link for an app works till you run the Play Store again, so it really doesn't work. Then you have to go through the apps one by one and update them instead of touching "Update All", or just remove the market link every time before you check for updates via Play. I suppose you could write a script that runs before the Play Store to do this automatically, but this is another annoyance rather than a fix IMHO. And you still get Play Services running the BG whenever it feels like it. Also something I don't like.
So, anybody not using Gapps at all on a DD device? And what are you using to get apps instead? I found androiddrawer.com to be pretty good, but any other full on "store" app seems to either not do enough of what Play Store does, or it does exactly what it does, and I don't want that, OR it's the Amazon "app store" which is just really stupid anymore.
So what I want is either an app store that gives me the option to leave an installed app alone forever and keep its stupid mouth shut about updates, OR ?
What do you use?
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I never install the gapps in the first place. I have a number of extracted apk files for those essential play store only apps, the rest is coming via the f-droid repository.
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I never install the gapps in the first place. I have a number of extracted apk files for those essential play store only apps, the rest is coming via the f-droid repository.
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how to extract apk from Gapps?
I went back to Gapps, unfortunately. F-droid does not have all I normally use, and they really need to have the option to ignore updates. Androiddrawer.com is an OK alternative, but not really ideal.
Think what I'll do it setup a dummy device in an emulator with Gapps installed to keep updated apks on tap and then I can cherry pick what I want with my real devices. Keeps data usage down to a minimum and lets me get rid of Gapps on my real devices. Wish there was a nicer way.
Actually, we here in Indonesia have some alternative app stores, but all of them aren't a replacement of Play Store.
Some of them are carrier-dependent for some features, like Gudang Aplikasi that their IAP only available to XL Axiata users and TemanDev and WePlay where their IAP only available for Telkomsel users.
Another app stores, like web-based JalanTikus and 9Apps, or Baidu Indonesia's MoboMarket.
These app stores' app lists were incomplete and no IAPs like Play Store has. So why Indonesians are using these app stores altogether with Play Store.
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I'd like to get rid of gapps but I have one paid app that require the play store authenticator to run :/
Google recently updated their Messenger app and some changes I don't like. I downloaded the previous version's apk file and tried to install it. I get an error Application not Installed. I am sure that because it is a Google app there is something blocking the installation. Also probably because the install in not coming from Google Play Store.
Has anyone figured out a way to bypass this issue? To load Google apps not from the Play Store server? I deleted the Play Store version before trying to install the apk file, but that did not work.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
Never mind. Found out that the apk version I was using was not compatible with my device. Found another version and it loaded fine.
Talk about a brain f--t! LOL