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I'm currently on CM7 Nightly #7 and was wondering if the following features would be implemented:
- Google Talk Video/Voice chat (stock MotoBlur GB update had this)
- 1% Battery Mod
- Overclocking
If none of those are set to be implemented, is it safe to install the above 3 using CWM like I normally would? Also, will Webtop work if I manually install it using CWM?
I'm assuming I can find the above 3 and Webtop lying around in forums?
Thanks.
Kaaji1359 said:
I'm currently on CM7 Nightly #7 and was wondering if the following features would be implemented:
- Google Talk Video/Voice chat (stock MotoBlur GB update had this)
- 1% Battery Mod
- Overclocking
If none of those are set to be implemented, is it safe to install the above 3 using CWM like I normally would? Also, will Webtop work if I manually install it using CWM?
I'm assuming I can find the above 3 and Webtop lying around in forums?
Thanks.
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Umm...Ok. Google Talk, whether it be video/voice/otherwise is not installed or included with CM7 and as far as I KNOW, never will be. They keep the CM project clean of anything that doesn't come stock with Android, and Google Apps (a package that can be downloaded seperately and installed) are OPTIONAL, I don't think they would ever push it down our throats. Second, 1% battery mod IS included, just dependent on the theme you have whether or not it's showing you the % or not. There is actually a setting to change the battery icon now under Settings---Cyanogenmod Settings--Interface---Status Bar or something to that affect. Third, overclocking/underclocking/undervolting is all kernel dependent. The kernel that is currently being rolled out with the nightlies and the stable release is not capable of this. It runs at stock voltages and stock frequencies. Faux123 has several kernels that will work with these versions of CM7 however.
^the reason why google apps arent included is because google sent cyanogen a cease and desist letter because the apps arent open source. it almost completely killed CM development.
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Umm...Ok. Google Talk, whether it be video/voice/otherwise is not installed or included with CM7 and as far as I KNOW, never will be. They keep the CM project clean of anything that doesn't come stock with Android, and Google Apps (a package that can be downloaded seperately and installed) are OPTIONAL, I don't think they would ever push it down our throats. Second, 1% battery mod IS included, just dependent on the theme you have whether or not it's showing you the % or not. There is actually a setting to change the battery icon now under Settings---Cyanogenmod Settings--Interface---Status Bar or something to that affect. Third, overclocking/underclocking/undervolting is all kernel dependent. The kernel that is currently being rolled out with the nightlies and the stable release is not capable of this. It runs at stock voltages and stock frequencies. Faux123 has several kernels that will work with these versions of CM7 however.
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Sorry I should've rephrased the Google Talk question; I guess I should've phrased it as will it ever come with the optional Google package that I installed via ROM Manager.
Anyway, thanks so much for your help! I found the battery option and I will get to installing the voice/video Google Chat and a new kernel soon.
Kaaji1359 said:
Sorry I should've rephrased the Google Talk question; I guess I should've phrased it as will it ever come with the optional Google package that I installed via ROM Manager.
Anyway, thanks so much for your help! I found the battery option and I will get to installing the voice/video Google Chat and a new kernel soon.
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It's already included, just tick the video option when you install gapps from ROM Manager, or flash the 2nd "-newtalk" zip
turl1 said:
It's already included, just tick the video option when you install gapps from ROM Manager, or flash the 2nd "-newtalk" zip
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^ This. I never download it or use it, but it should ALWAYS give the option as Turl said when downloading from Rom Manager.
so my KF is rooted, google market, gapps and all that good stuff is working fine.
I see in the DEV thread that cm7 is about to be released but im wondering what exactly does this really mean?
Is cm7 just a custom OS that the KF will boot to? What OS will it be? What benefits does this have over currently having the KF rooted with all the apps working properly from the the google market place as well as amazon?
Sorry for the noob question, i want to go install cm7 when its ready but wondering what it really is all about.
Thanks
okay i think i figured it out, its just wiping out everything that is on it now, like a format, and putting a gingerbread OS on it instead.
it will just be a full blown version of gingerbread with no limitations to anything you can do on it.
right?
It's this http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/about
I'd recommend their website for a start. Basically they are a team of developers that develop aftermarket firmware for a number of different Android based devices. The OS is a modified version of AOSP - Android Open Source Project.
One reason why CM7 is such a big deal is because Cyanogenmod is such a leader in Android development. Many other developers leverage the work done by the CM team in order to create custom ROMs and make improvements to Android devices. At a user level, running CM7 will give you an enhanced vanilla Gingerbread AOSP.
There are a lot more qualified people that could give you better info, but that's a start - and i'm sure someone will correct me if I said something wrong...
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
have a look there are multiple versions and cm 9 ....ice cream sandwich is not far away ... Cyanogen is the most used custom ROM on Android .... unofficially over a million kmobs said he is a cyanogen dev
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joelags said:
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Is cm7 just a custom OS that the KF will boot to? What OS will it be? What benefits does this have over currently having the KF rooted with all the apps working properly from the the google market place as well as amazon?
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I think one difference that you may consider a benefit is that the automatically installed updates, periodically pushed by Amazon, will no longer unroot your device and remove your system/app installs (Android Market, gApps, etc.) like the last one did for rooted users, because it will not be an Amazon device at all anymore. And you can still install the kindle app (and Amazon Video, I hope?) which makes this machine an awesome value for its retail cost.
gruuvin said:
I think one difference that you may consider a benefit is that the automatically installed updates, periodically pushed by Amazon, will no longer unroot your device and remove your system/app installs (Android Market, gApps, etc.) like the last one did for rooted users, because it will not be an Amazon device at all anymore. And you can still install the kindle app (and Amazon Video, I hope?) which makes this machine an awesome value for its retail cost.
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amazon video will require an extra help from an app for that...it can work on other unrooted devices but if it detects your device as rooted then it wont let you stream videos
joelags said:
so my KF is rooted, google market, gapps and all that good stuff is working fine.
I see in the DEV thread that cm7 is about to be released but im wondering what exactly does this really mean?
Is cm7 just a custom OS that the KF will boot to? What OS will it be? What benefits does this have over currently having the KF rooted with all the apps working properly from the the google market place as well as amazon?
Sorry for the noob question, i want to go install cm7 when its ready but wondering what it really is all about.
Thanks
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Everyone get's the be a noob (including me at this site) I've been on CM since the 5.x days for my Nexus dev phone and it's in my opinion the best aftermarket ROM out there. In my case what I like so much about it is the enablement of all of the capabilities that the hardware actually supports. My Nexus when initially released it didn't have 802.11N and no FM radio (even though the hardware supported it) CM is basically what you really wanted out of a ROM (and not just what the manufacturer or marketing wanted to give you)
Take the plunge (once things settle down a bit unless you like alpha's and the constant change) You'll not look back...
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.
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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".
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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
Anyone know how to make or have a link to a gapps zip that is updated with google play for CM7 based ROMs?
http://goo.im
Yeah that one is missing google play still has the old market and it takes a long time to update everything when flashing a old ROM. I did find this post and I'm testing it out now looks like this guy has done a good job keeping the gapps updated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23396851&postcount=1
Introduction
Though CyanogenMod always claimed to be open-source, there were only few versions that had an open userspace (Some drivers and firmware have always been proprietary, but it's not CMs fault).
The first CM version I ever installed on a device was CM7 and it contains koush's proprietary ROM Manager app. CyanogenMod 9 seemed to have no proprietary parts, but since CM10 they included Google Analytics Client library (libGoogleAnalyticsV2.jar) within cmstats in the settings app (so it's not even possible to disable it). In CyanogenMod 10.1 CMAccount was included. It relies heavily on Google's Cloud Messaging service and includes the proprietary Google Play Services Client library (google-play-services.jar).
There are some people here at xda (including myself) that installed CyanogenMod because it does not ship GAPPS and is a fully (except vendor files) open-source and free rom. Since i noticed it's not, i started building CM without these closed-source stuff, but it's a pity to do so. That's when the idea of freecyngn started.
What is freecyngn
freecyngn is a tool you can run from recovery, that removes some known proprietary things (or apps relying on proprietary extensions) from CyanogenMod. At the moment this is Google Analytics (from CMStats in CM10/11), CMAccount, LockClock, SetupWizard, Voice+, VoiceDialer and WhisperPush.
Installation Instructions
Copy or download the zip file to the sdcard of your android device
Boot your device into recovery.
If not already done, install CyanogenMod as usual from recovery - DO NOT REBOOT
Install freecyngn as if it was a rom, but DO NOT WIPE /system before
CyanogenMod 12/12.1The version for CyanogenMod 12 should not be used on nightlies before July 9, 2015!
Changelog
v1.0: First release for CM12
Downloads
Latest release (v1.0): https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn/releases/download/v1.0/freecyngn-flashable-cm12.zip
All releases: https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn/releases
Source: https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn
CyanogenMod 10/11
Changelog
v0.5: Latest fixes, better logs
v0.4.1: Remove LockClock (uses Google Play Services)
v0.4: Adapt to latest changes, remove VoiceDialer as well
v0.3.1: addon.d based auto repatching
v0.3: fixed logging
v0.2: Now creating logfile: /system/freecyngn/log
Downloads
Latest release (v0.5): https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn/releases/download/v0.5/freecyngn-flashable-cm1011.zip
All releases: https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn/releases
Source: https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn
How it works (technical stuff)
freecyngn disassembles (using [bak]smali) the CyanogenMod settings app and removes the proprietary Google Analytics component. It then replaces it with NoAnalytics, so that existing bindings from cmstats do not break and reassembles the settings app.
FAQ
Q: My recovery hangs while flashing?
Q: Why is this script so slow?
A: freecyngn need plenty of time and is sometimes even slower than flashing the rom itself. This is bcause most recoverys underclock the cpu, which is no problem for just copying files from zip to partition or format a partition, but it is a problem for disassembling and reassembling, which are cpu intensive tasks.
Q: Do I need to apply the patch after every update?
A: Since v0.3.1 this is no longer needed. Patching is done automatically.
Q: What's about other custom ROMs?
A: AOKP is patchable with freecyngn as well. Paranoid contains Google Analytics in the proprietary ParanoidSettings app instead of the system settings and thus does not work with this patch. OmniROM does not contain Google Analytics. Note that some slimmed-down CM/AOKP-custom-builds will not work with freecyngn. If you use such, check the log file /system/freecyngn/log after flashing.
XDA:DevDB Information
freecyngn, Tool/Utility for the Android General
Contributors
MaR-V-iN
Source Code: https://github.com/mar-v-in/freecyngn
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v1.0
Stable Release Date: 2014-08-07
Created 2013-12-01
Last Updated 2016-07-02
Its work in android 4.4 kitkat Ah?
Pretty interesting stuff, I didn't knew you could assemble/disassemble dex files on the device. Anyways, I wanted to tell you, you can just boot the cpu freq to make it faster.
just grep cpuinfo_max_freq and use that number for scaling_max_freq
This is really cool... definitely going to try this out,
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Flashed on cm10.2 on evo3d. Only took about 3seconds for me. Thanks
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MaR-V-iN said:
Introduction
What is freecyngn
freecyngn is a tool you can run from recovery, that removes some known proprietary things (or apps relying on proprietary extensions) from CyanogenMod. At the moment this is Google Analytics (from CMStats), CMAccount and Voice+.
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I always remove CMAccount and Voice+ as they are system apps but isn't removing CMStats the same as disabling About Phone>CyanogenMod Statistics>Enable Reporting?
ela1103 said:
Its work in android 4.4 kitkat Ah?
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I'm on beanstalk 4.4 and worked fine.
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Thanks, will try this now!
jdstrydom
thank for u reply
Sir what is the use of it
I.mean by removing the google support what will we get
And how is this useful
Please tell me sir
ela1103 said:
Its work in android 4.4 kitkat Ah?
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I tried it on the CM11 build for mako, so I highly assume it's working on all CM11 based roms.
broodplank1337 said:
just grep cpuinfo_max_freq and use that number for scaling_max_freq
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I'm aware of this method, but I don't think it's a good idea in general, because on some overclocked kernels cpuinfo_max_freq could be really unstable.
jbonetwo said:
I always remove CMAccount and Voice+ as they are system apps but isn't removing CMStats the same as disabling About Phone>CyanogenMod Statistics>Enable Reporting?
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It's not removing CMStats completely but only the Google Analytics part. Sending stats to stats.cyanogenmod.org will still work.
Moreover, you can't really say if Google Analytics is disabled. Due to it being proprietary code, it could do nearly anything and the class initializer code is called, even if CMStats is disabled. (I assume they're not doing this, but you can;t know and they always could add this in a future version)
aditya rathee said:
I.mean by removing the google support what will we get
And how is this useful
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First: This does not remove Google Support in general. You could still install GAPPS afterwards, but it would be kind of senseless.
Second: Some people think, that Google is not this "don't be evil" company they're proposing to be. And some people like the idea of privacy and not getting totally tracked by Google, so they do not install GAPPS. If this is not the case for you, then this is just not targeting you. I'm not going to try to convince anyone that privacy is a good thing
MaR-V-iN said:
I tried it on the CM11 build for mako, so I highly assume it's working on all CM11 based roms.
I'm aware of this method, but I don't think it's a good idea in general, because on some overclocked kernels cpuinfo_max_freq could be really unstable.
It's not removing CMStats completely but only the Google Analytics part. Sending stats to stats.cyanogenmod.org will still work.
Moreover, you can't really say if Google Analytics is disabled. Due to it being proprietary code, it could do nearly anything and the class initializer code is called, even if CMStats is disabled. (I assume they're not doing this, but you can;t know and they always could add this in a future version)
First: This does not remove Google Support in general. You could still install GAPPS afterwards, but it would be kind of senseless.
Second: Some people think, that Google is not this "don't be evil" company they're proposing to be. And some people like the idea of privacy and not getting totally tracked by Google, so they do not install GAPPS. If this is not the case for you, then this is just not targeting you. I'm not going to try to convince anyone that privacy is a good thing
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ok ok
now i am gonna flash it
MaR-V-iN said:
It's not removing CMStats completely but only the Google Analytics part. Sending stats to stats.cyanogenmod.org will still work.
Moreover, you can't really say if Google Analytics is disabled. Due to it being proprietary code, it could do nearly anything and the class initializer code is called, even if CMStats is disabled. (I assume they're not doing this, but you can;t know and they always could add this in a future version)
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Thank you for the info. I would not have thought to look at the Settings app for undesirable activities.
Found the following activities for Settings in Sys Tuner:
UsageStats
Settings$AnonymousStatsActivity
DeviceInfo$StatsReportReceiver
cmstats.ReportingService
Will be flashing your zip for a 'cleaner' solution than sys tuner in the near future.
And yes google is evil . Their handling of adblock and similar apps shows they're motivated by money and I wouldn't give a corp like that free reign over my device. But that's just me...
Ran this script on my rooted stock KitKat ROM @ Nexus 4 & 7, so far no abnormal activity observed on my devices...
So if we run this app, can we still use gapps or is that considered one of the tracking apps that will be removed?
flashed it on my 4xHD, will see how it will behave
i had really quick install of the zip file, like i would install kernel
that is normal or ?
because in op you say that install will take some time
Do you know if this will work on all cm based roms or only actual cyanogen?
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pr0di9y said:
Ran this script on my rooted stock KitKat ROM @ Nexus 4 & 7, so far no abnormal activity observed on my devices...
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rrrrrrredbelly said:
Do you know if this will work on all cm based roms or only actual cyanogen?
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This is only for CM-based roms that contain CMStats. The Script does nothing useful on Nexus stock or not-CM-based ROMs, these do not include Google Analytics in the Settings app (yes that's right: CM+GAPPS does more Google tracking than Google's stock)
The new v0.2 release creates a log file in /system/freecyngn so you can make sure everything worked great.
MaR-V-iN said:
This is only for CM-based roms that contain CMStats. The Script does nothing useful on Nexus stock or not-CM-based ROMs, these do not include Google Analytics in the Settings app (yes that's right: CM+GAPPS does more Google tracking than Google's stock)
The new v0.2 release creates a log file in /system/freecyngn so you can make sure everything worked great.
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Does this explain why they have these stats on hand?
developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html