I flashed the Gapps given in whitexp's thread via rom manager.
i still cant see my gapps.. i cant login to google account
so i tried sideloading GooglePartnerSetup app and other gapps via system app installer but still not of use :crying: please help.
try
Install the latest gapps for GB
the one from whitexp's thread??
GAPPS
AlphaQ said:
the one from whitexp's thread??
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No, Try this gapps http://www.mediafire.com/?krxc9apxoakkm6l
AlphaQ said:
I flashed the Gapps given in whitexp's thread via rom manager.
i still cant see my gapps.. i cant login to google account
so i tried sideloading GooglePartnerSetup app and other gapps via system app installer but still not of use :crying: please help.
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Make sure you are on latest white kernel
Download gapps from his thread
Reboot recovery
go straight to install zip from sd card no need to mount/unmount anything
Flash gapps
I don't know why but flashing gapps this way solved all problems in my case
great
Khizar Amin said:
Make sure you are on latest white kernel
Download gapps from his thread
Reboot recovery
go straight to install zip from sd card no need to mount/unmount anything
Flash gapps
I don't know why but flashing gapps this way solved all problems in my case
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This is great if my gapps not work
I'm a noob at the whole flashing ROMs and the business that goes with it, so go easy on me.
So.. I'm flashing a ROM for the very first time, AOKP. I've already installed it, I installed GApps from Androidroothelp.com and when installing, it came up with 'Google Apps for Android 4.1.1 2012-07-26.
I want to know if it would be possible to replace the 4.1.1 Google Apps with 4.2.2. I haven't moved from the CWM recovery screen after install.
Would I have to factory reset to install the GApps for 4.2.2??
Thank You!
Dirty flash your rom(flash without wiping anything ) and then flash 4.2.2 gapps.That should fix it.
Daanyyaal said:
I'm a noob at the whole flashing ROMs and the business that goes with it, so go easy on me.
So.. I'm flashing a ROM for the very first time, AOKP. I've already installed it, I installed GApps from Androidroothelp.com and when installing, it came up with 'Google Apps for Android 4.1.1 2012-07-26.
I want to know if it would be possible to replace the 4.1.1 Google Apps with 4.2.2. I haven't moved from the CWM recovery screen after install.
Would I have to factory reset to install the GApps for 4.2.2??
Thank You!
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1. you can update most the gapps in the play market.
2. you can boot up, download a different gapps pack(4.2.2), then go back into recovery and flash it.
ashishv said:
Dirty flash your rom(flash without wiping anything ) and then flash 4.2.2 gapps.That should fix it.
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How would I go about doing that? Should I reboot the phone, go back to CWM recovery, download the 4.2.2 gapps, do the process like I did before??
After rebooting, it says 'Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped' and I hit OK and it said 'Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped'
What do I do?! :crying:
Daanyyaal said:
After rebooting, it says 'Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped' and I hit OK and it said 'Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped'
What do I do?! :crying:
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download a new gapps on your phone if you can, then go to recovery and flash it. or download it via your computer, then move the to your phone via the recovery and adb. or, if you made a nandroid backup, restore it. then boot up and download the right gapps, then flash your rom and gapps again.
simms22 said:
download a new gapps on your phone if you can, then go to recovery and flash it. or download it via your computer, then move the to your phone via the recovery and adb. or, if you made a nandroid backup, restore it. then boot up and download the right gapps, then flash your rom and gapps again.
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Thanks a lot!! You saved my life! :good::good:
Daanyyaal said:
Thanks a lot!! You saved my life! :good::good:
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LOL
I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks
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I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks
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Move the zip containing the update to /sdcard (your root documents directory, where all your files are stored- ANdroid, Data, DCIM, Downloads, etc), reboot to CWM, flash zip, select zip and go. That should be all you have to do. :good:
It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
Sent from my Nexus 10
purmou said:
It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
Sent from my Nexus 10
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Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.
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Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.
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Correct.
hey hey hey guys its me amnesia and u probably know me for messing up my playstore all the time and im never able to fix it without the help of u guys so yeah lol
Well a month or when my playstore **** itself someone suggested that i flash gapps and its worked epicly but after a week or 2 it stopped working and i was thinking of deleting it and flashing gapps again which is what i did i deleted playstore with an app called root app delete maybe uv heard of it so i deleted playstore and then when i flashed gapps again nothing happend..... the playstore just wasnt installed again i tried multiple times and with factory reset and the problem persists so guys can u please help me with this one last problem ...... thanks in advance and sorry for me being so annoying hehe .__.
make sure you mount system in cwm before flashing any zip
you can install the play store by itself by downloading the apk from the android police website but unless you are using a stock rom (not a custom rom) google play services will not work unless you flash gapps
So basically what u want me to do is get the apk from android polive then flash gapps and then install the apk ?
Can u tell me exactly what do please ?
if you are using stock rom uninstall any playstore installed and install the apk from android police
if you are using a custom rom flash gapps in cwm with system mounted (note to flash gapps you need to wipe data first)
you could just install the playstore apk if you have already flashed gapps
if you cant work it out just flash stock rom via odin and start again
well its installed but it opens the app loads for a bit and then automagically crashes....
now what ?
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well its installed but it opens the app loads for a bit and then automagically crashes....
now what ?
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if you cant work out how to fix it by uninstalling and clearing data and flashing gapps just flash stock rom via odin and start again
Hi all
Got an I9505 on O2 and since lollipop update it restarted a few times by itself. Now it keeps going into a loop where it will restart and the home screen loads, you can use it for about 20-30 seconds and it will reboot again!
Initially when I researched I though it was an app problem but couldn't find the culprit. Then I took it into the Samsung repair centre and they said it needed a clean flash by them. This didn't work and they fitted a new mother board and this still hasn't worked.
I can say that it has twice happened when the Wifi hasn't been working properly so I have turned it off but other than that I have no idea!
Also I have tried rebooting into safe mode but it still does it, aaarrrggghhhh!!!
Any ideas where I can go from here please?
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Return to kitkat if you can. Otherwise use a custom rom. These would be my suggestions. Since Samsung's repair couldn't fix it, warranty should not be a problem anymore.
Thanks, I am more than willing to try a Custom ROM. Any recommendations? And how easy is it as never done before!
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Thanks, I am more than willing to try a Custom ROM. Any recommendations? And how easy is it as never done before!
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It's fairly easy. Depending on what S4 model you have. Some models have a locked bootloader and that makes the whole thing trickier.
This is what I did:
1) Root with CF-Auto-Root. Thread here.
2) Backup all my apps.
3) Install a custom recovery (TWRP). Download and instructions here.
4) Flash custom rom. Most roms have their own instructions.
You can skip 1 and 2 if you don't want to backup.
Installing a custom recovery can be done using Odin. I recommend TWRP since it's the only one I've used.
Lollipop GPE rom. I've used this rom and didn't have any issues. CM12 seems a bit faster, but the GPE was more stable and bug-free.
Thanks I tried to install the CM12 before you posted using the instructions there but it failed, I assume that it needs to be rooted.
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Thanks I tried to install the CM12 before you posted using the instructions there but it failed, I assume that it needs to be rooted.
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You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Go to Install (if on TWRP), go to the location where you saved the downloaded rom zip and select it. The swipe the slider to begin flashing. Afterwards flash the gapps zip. Reboot.
Also, don't use the recovery posted in the CM12 thread. It was specially made by the dev and will convert your file system to f2fs. What it basically means is that it will wipe your internal storage completely.
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You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Thanks, doing that now
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GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Thanks, doing that now
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On the CF-Root page it says to open Odin and click on the PDA button but I cannot find a PDA button!
Edit: It is the AP button on the newer version!
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GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install any rom. It doesn't matter if it's rooted or not.
Get a custom recovery. Get all the necessary zip files (rom, gapps, etc). Place all the zip files on the external sd card. Boot into the custom recovery. Wipe /data, /cache and /dalvik-cache.
Go to Install (if on TWRP), go to the location where you saved the downloaded rom zip and select it. The swipe the slider to begin flashing. Afterwards flash the gapps zip. Reboot.
Also, don't use the recovery posted in the CM12 thread. It was specially made by the dev and will convert your file system to f2fs. What it basically means is that it will wipe your internal storage completely.
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When you say go to install, do you mean install update... in the recovery menu? I do not have an install from zip option
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When you say go to install, do you mean install update... in the recovery menu? I do not have an install from zip option
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You don't have a custom recovery installed. That is probably the stock recovery. You can't flash a rom using the stock recovery.
You absolutely need a custom recovery if you want to flash a custom rom.
Custom recoveries are: TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project), CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) and PhilZ Touch Recovery. Either one should work. But you necessarily need one.
GDReaper said:
You don't have a custom recovery installed. That is probably the stock recovery. You can't flash a rom using the stock recovery.
You absolutely need a custom recovery if you want to flash a custom rom.
Custom recoveries are: TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project), CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) and PhilZ Touch Recovery. Either one should work. But you necessarily need one.
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Thanks I have installed TWRP, then it asked me to install Busybox which I did. Tried to Install from Zip and it went back to the original recovery and now when I am trying to restart the phone I just get messages telling me things have stopped working (Google play, settings etc etc) and a black screen!
Currently factory resetting and will try again
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Thanks I have installed TWRP, then it asked me to install Busybox which I did. Tried to Install from Zip and it went back to the original recovery and now when I am trying to restart the phone I just get messages telling me things have stopped working (Google play, settings etc etc) and a black screen!
Currently factory resetting and will try again
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Follow the link I gave you. They have several instrunctions on how to install TWRP. You can install TWRP with Odin too.
Here, There are 3 ways to install. Use Odin. It doesn't require root and should be the easier one. Just UNTICK auto-reboot in Odin before flashing. Once it's done, turn the phone off and use the key combo to get into TWRP recovery.
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Follow the link I gave you. They have several instrunctions on how to install TWRP. You can install TWRP with Odin too.
Here, There are 3 ways to install. Use Odin. It doesn't require root and should be the easier one. Just UNTICK auto-reboot in Odin before flashing. Once it's done, turn the phone off and use the key combo to get into TWRP recovery.
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I think I am in, got through to the TWRP recovery and flashed the files but now I have a blue face with a pulsing white light behind it and have had for about 10 minutes. Any idea what is happening please?
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I think I am in, got through to the TWRP recovery and flashed the files but now I have a blue face with a pulsing white light behind it and have had for about 10 minutes. Any idea what is happening please?
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I guess that's the CM12 logo. First boot after flashing always takes some time because the rom is configuring stuff.
If you still don't get into android, turn off the device and turn it on again. If you've done everything correctly there is no reason why it shouldn't boot.
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I guess that's the CM12 logo. First boot after flashing always takes some time because the rom is configuring stuff.
If you still don't get into android, turn off the device and turn it on again. If you've done everything correctly there is no reason why it shouldn't boot.
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It is their logo but it seems to be taking forever, any idea how long a first boot should take?
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It is their logo but it seems to be taking forever, any idea how long a first boot should take?
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It shouldn't take that long. For me it always took under 5 minutes. Tell me exactly what you did.
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It shouldn't take that long. For me it always took under 5 minutes. Tell me exactly what you did.
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Did as you said, in the end I tried flashing the other GPE ROM and that has worked but I do not really like it. Trying the Cynogen again by downloading direct to the SD card and not copying it over. I want to say a very big thank you GDReaper for all your help, it is and has been very much appreciated.
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Did as you said, in the end I tried flashing the other GPE ROM and that has worked but I do not really like it. Trying the Cynogen again by downloading direct to the SD card and not copying it over. I want to say a very big thank you GDReaper for all your help, it is and has been very much appreciated.
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No problem. You could try a different build. Or you could try a CM12 based rom. SaberMod worked fine for me. And it's the closest to the actual CM12 you can get.
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No problem. You could try a different build. Or you could try a CM12 based rom. SaberMod worked fine for me. And it's the closest to the actual CM12 you can get.
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Cheers, I have CM12 up and running now. Downloaded the files straight to the SD card and they worked. Seems OK but might try others, how do I go about trying SaberMod, do I need to flash that? Sorry to keep asking what are no doubt pretty obvious questions but I'm pretty new to this!
Want to get rid of the google search box for starters!
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Cheers, I have CM12 up and running now. Downloaded the files straight to the SD card and they worked. Seems OK but might try others, how do I go about trying SaberMod, do I need to flash that? Sorry to keep asking what are no doubt pretty obvious questions but I'm pretty new to this!
Want to get rid of the google search box for starters!
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SaberMod is a rom. SaberMod CM12.1.
They are very similar. The difference is how they tackle optimizations.
Yes, you will have to flash it. But you can also stick with normal CM12 if you don't have any issues.
The google search box from the home screen or the recents?
You can change the launcher to get rid of it from the home screen.
To remove it from the recents there is an option somewhere in the settings.