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I recently started using CM7 and noticed they recommend a newer gapps. I flashed it, and to my dismay it was the new market(I should have thought about that). Can I just reflash and use an older gapps package? Or would an older gapps cause any problems?
I just really hate the new market. Especially on the Aria.
(btw sorry if this was posted in the wrong section)
turdferguson92 said:
I recently started using CM7 and noticed they recommend a newer gapps. I flashed it, and to my dismay it was the new market(I should have thought about that). Can I just reflash and use an older gapps package? Or would an older gapps cause any problems?
I just really hate the new market. Especially on the Aria.
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When you are running on the 'bleeding edge' and you want to try out the latest and greatest such as CM 7, you need to expect and embrace the changes that come with it and in this case the new market is one of those.
If you browse the CM 7 Development thread you will notice that several people had issues with CM 7 and the older gapps, so I would think trying to go back to the older gapps might cause you some problems.
You could try unzipping the new and old gapps files, remove the new market and replace it with the old market and rezip and flash the new gapps.zip with the old market. Not saying it'll work, but it might be worth a try.
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Ok, thanks for the replys. I'll give CallMeAria's method a shot and if I run into issues I'll just reflash.
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Ok that didn't work. Guess I'll just have to deal with it and learn to like the new market, lol.
And my first post kinda made me sound like a real d-bag. Thanks to all the devs working on CM!
Any ideas? I've tried pushing system apps to the device, but I get nothing but force closes....
So does anybody know of a gapps package that will flash on 4.2.1(cm10.1)?
I'm using the Banks one from N4 themes and apps, no FC's. Contains the appropriate files in addon.d for b/u of Gapps during flashes etc... Although I won't know if CM has re-merged that functionality until I flash tomorrow's build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012857
Thanks I'll give that a try, I'll give that one a go. Didn't even see that one!!
Here is a post from one of the AOKP guys
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111892819495212220501/posts/6oDMjNBy4DK
Link to offical gapps for 4.2.1
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121128-signed.zip
thoth_19 said:
Here is a post from one of the AOKP guys
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111892819495212220501/posts/6oDMjNBy4DK
Link to offical gapps for 4.2.1
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121128-signed.zip
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That was quick, checked for an "official" version earlier and it wasn't there.
So I flashed AOKP and the Gapps package but when I started up my phone my Google apps aren't installed. Everything else seemed to work fine. Is there anything else I can try or do I have to wipe everything then reflash? What could have gone wrong?
I got the files from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025939
you have to flash gapps.you probably got the wrong ones
1. wipe
2. flash aokp
3. flash gapps
zephiK said:
you have to flash gapps.you probably got the wrong ones
1. wipe
2. flash aokp
3. flash gapps
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I got them from the official thread, don't know why they'd be wrong. Do you have to reboot after flashing AOKP before Gapps? I guess ill probably end up just redoing it if there's no other ideas.
Evil_Betty said:
I got them from the official thread, don't know why they'd be wrong. Do you have to reboot after flashing AOKP before Gapps? I guess ill probably end up just redoing it if there's no other ideas.
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no. flash gapps after flashing rom.
Yeah you probably flashed gapps before the rom.
I tried it again and same thing. Play Store is there but no Chrome, maps, People, navigation etc. Is installing this package any different than just manually downloading the apps from the play store? I really don't know what's going on.
I would try re-downloading the gapps package.
Evil_Betty said:
I tried it again and same thing. Play Store is there but no Chrome, maps, People, navigation etc. Is installing this package any different than just manually downloading the apps from the play store? I really don't know what's going on.
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If the play store is there, it flashed. You can download the rest.
Those apps were removed from the rom you flashed.
estallings15 said:
If the play store is there, it flashed. You can download the rest.
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This, they really need to stop calling it a gapps pack when it is really just the play store with which you can then download gmail/chrome/maps/books/etc.
Ok, didn't realize those weren't supposed to be in there. Thanks guys
Evil_Betty said:
Ok, didn't realize those weren't supposed to be in there. Thanks guys
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Gapps is really only useful for account setup, play store, and talk in my experience.
threeclaws said:
This, they really need to stop calling it a gapps pack when it is really just the play store with which you can then download gmail/chrome/maps/books/etc.
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It is a gapps package. When they first gave the package a name, chrome, maps etc weren't on the android market. Eventually it became a a available on the market and to avoid confusion it wasn't renamed.
Those apps were removed because it was more convenient to manually get them from the store as when a new update is pushed. Gapps wouldn't have to be updated
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I think the package manager will always pick the newest package provided two have the same signing. An update will normally not overwrite locally installed app updates, even if older. I think.
Locally installed apps are in /data/app. Flashing a gapps package puts apps in /system/app.
Like others have said there is no reason to include all the crap in the package that you can download yourself in the market. It has been this way for quite some time now.
zephiK said:
It is a gapps package. When they first gave the package a name, chrome, maps etc weren't on the android market. Eventually it became a a available on the market and to avoid confusion it wasn't renamed.
Those apps were removed because it was more convenient to manually get them from the store as when a new update is pushed. Gapps wouldn't have to be updated
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Gapps only came out because google was pissy about CM including google apps in their releases, it was called gapps because it actually included google apps (maps/gmail/store/etc.) that weren't available on non google approved devices. Since now gapps just has the play store (at least from what I can tell) they should just call it gplay or something so people don't expect gapps on their freshly flashed devices.
threeclaws said:
Gapps only came out because google was pissy about CM including google apps in their releases, it was called gapps because it actually included google apps (maps/gmail/store/etc.) that weren't available on non google approved devices. Since now gapps just has the play store (at least from what I can tell) they should just call it gplay or something so people don't expect gapps on their freshly flashed devices.
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Why are you giving me history when I already know this? You're just quoting me just to few quote me. Hence my signature says G1.
Renaming gapps to gplay makes no sense. They can call it whatever they like, it's just a name and their fault for not reading.
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zephiK said:
Why are you giving me history when I already know this? You're just quoting me just to few quote me. Hence my signature says G1.
Renaming gapps to gplay makes no sense. They can call it whatever they like, it's just a name and their fault for not reading.
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You threw chrome into the mix when discussing gapps creation, that is a pretty clear sign you don't know the history since chrome wasn't around at the time. Your broken english doesn't help either, "Hence my signature says G1".
It is not just the play store. It is all Google apps that are not available separately on the play store and stuff that is not open source. So when you build aosp it is not included.
It is very simple and was already explained.
You can pull your current play store.apk and toss it in your roms .zip /system/app prior to flashing it. Then don't flash the gapps package since oh its just the play store.
threeclaws said:
You threw chrome into the mix when discussing gapps creation, that is a pretty clear sign you don't know the history since chrome wasn't around at the time. Your broken english doesn't help either, "Hence my signature says G1".
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During the time of gapps creation, Chrome for Android didn't exist, so those apps were included in the original packaging of the gapps. So no, I didn't bring it into topic. I was saying that those google apps (such as Maps, Chrome [now its available], etc) weren't on the Android Market. So because they weren't on the Market, it had to be included in the gapps flashable zip, but now that they're included, it isnt necessary to include them in the zip as you can get them from the play store.
I don't care, I'm not writing a essay where I'm graded on my english. This is a forum, I shouldn't have to proof read what I said if I got the point across. Don't reply back to me just for the heck of it, oh man you insulted me over the internet over my grammar and english. Does that mean you're going to insult everybody else who's primary language isn't English? Most engineers aren't the greatest when it comes to english, so dont insult them either
I used to update ROMs on my Motorola Defy, but I never had to reinstall Gaaps.
When you update PA, you have to reinstall Gaaps (if I have understand well), is it the same for ofther Nexus 4 ROMs ?
I'm really confused, thanks
PS: Do you still have to update ROMs using recovery (flash .zip) ? Or is there apps which do that ? I heard CyanogenMod have now an OTA update function, is it the same for PA ?
on most roms you do have to reflash the gapps after flashing the rom, unless the rom includes a script that saves them. but, it takes a few seconds to reflash the gapps anyways.
simms22 said:
on most roms you do have to reflash the gapps after flashing the rom, unless the rom includes a script that saves them. but, it takes a few seconds to reflash the gapps anyways.
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Thanks, Do you have an idea why it's not included in PA ?
RaphaelH1427 said:
Thanks, Do you have an idea why it's not included in PA ?
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most dont include it, since its just a matter of a few extra seconds of flashing.
RaphaelH1427 said:
Thanks, Do you have an idea why it's not included in PA ?
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You could make your own script to save them if you wanted. It's not difficult. However, I think occasionally the PA devs modify the gapps with their own changes so that is why they don't setup a script to save them since you would need the new custom versions.
btw, you're better off flashing in recovery. apps that flash occasionally mess up. goo manager can be used to download and flash roms/gapps/kernels.
Ok thanks guys !
RaphaelH1427 said:
Thanks, Do you have an idea why it's not included in PA ?
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Hi,
It's like on all custom roms (CM, AOSP, AOKP). If I remember right Google requested that the Gapps should not be included in the roms. It was at the time of my Gnex if I'm not wrong.
At a moment LiquidSmooth rom included the Gapps and they remove them due to Google policy.
Maybe a dev can reply... Need to confirm but there was an history about the request from Google to not include the Gapps but as a separate package.
EDIT: more information here: http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Google_Apps
viking37 said:
Hi,
It's like on all custom roms (CM, AOSP, AOKP). If I remember right Google requested that the Gapps should not be included in the roms. It was at the time of my Gnex if I'm not wrong.
At a moment LiquidSmooth rom included the Gapps and they remove them due to Google policy.
Maybe a dev can reply... Need to confirm but there was an history about the request from Google to not include the Gapps but as a separate package.
EDIT: more information here: http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Google_Apps
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Thanks you rocks !
aLeda said:
I used to update ROMs on my Motorola Defy, but I never had to reinstall Gaaps.
When you update PA, you have to reinstall Gaaps (if I have understand well), is it the same for ofther Nexus 4 ROMs ?
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As the guys above said, it's mostly a license issue. You cannot include Gapps in a product you launch as your own because unlike other apps like Messaging and Camera, Gapps are not exactly a part of AOSP; they are made by Google. The thing is, developers like the one for your Motorola Defy get away with adding gapps in their ROMs because they are unofficial builds of CM and Google cannot keep a check on all the ROMs out there. The same way the case for my Samsung Galaxy Ace.
For official builds, however, you always require Gapps package to be flashed separately because Google has an eye on the official ones.
rhoadster91 said:
As the guys above said, it's mostly a license issue. You cannot include Gapps in a product you launch as your own because unlike other apps like Messaging and Camera, Gapps are not exactly a part of AOSP; they are made by Google. The thing is, developers like the one for your Motorola Defy get away with adding gapps in their ROMs because they are unofficial builds of CM and Google cannot keep a check on all the ROMs out there. The same way the case for my Samsung Galaxy Ace.
For official builds, however, you always require Gapps package to be flashed separately because Google has an eye on the official ones.
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Ok I understand better now thanks
Hi guys, as you've seen on dev thread, the development for Mahdi ROM for our SP seemed like stopped at 2.6 version. Not sure if the dev is still continuing to develop for it(2.7 version has been out for awhile on other devices). So while I was a bit impatient, I took the chance to learn how to self-compile from source. And it turned out it's almost the same as the procedure in CM wiki.
If any of you are interested on my build and willing to try it also, I'll upload it later when I get home(EDIT:uploaded). Been testing it since last night and it seems fine overall. The charging though seems like a bit slower than CM, I hope it's only because it is my first charge.
Version 2.7 is awesome, you can tap the heads-up for the app to float from an existing app(ala Hover/floating notification of PA).
I won't post it in Dev section as I'm not a dev and take this as it is, no support will be coming from me, lol. Maybe some other users can help each other out if there are issues.
Download:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxHDaik0UJcxcUFfUGdOWm9ycEk&usp=sharing
WARNING:
The navigation bar(back-Home-recent) will be laggy when you have another HOME launcher installed, make sure you only have one home launcher installed at any given time. You can also try the "freeze" function in Titanium Backup. And if you want to freeze or uninstall Google Now launcher, you should do it for the two apks, the google now launcher itself and the Google Search apk. I personally use Nova launcher and I just freezed Trebuchet, Google Search and Google Now.
Credits:
Cyanogenmod team and FXP team
Mahdi-Rom
@neXus PRIME for some build queries I threw at him last week, thanks mate
EDIT: I just received a messagefrom the dev himself @alivanov79 and I think he's still going to continue to support his ROM here after his vacation, nice to know. For the mean time, enjoy this build if ever you installed it.
Tapatalked from my Xperia
I'm interested, I'd like to try it, could you upload it? Thank you :good:
hmmm...nice
^^uploading now to my google drive
EDIT: Uploaded, enjoy
Rycon33 said:
^^uploading now to my google drive
EDIT: Uploaded, enjoy
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Could you remove the permission to access the file? Thanks man
oops, try accessing again
EDIT: forgot to mention in the title, this is for unlocked-bootloader only(fixed now).