I want to delete all the unwanted system apps if I don't need them, including: Connect, Gallery, Migrate, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, etc... Can I do that if I am rooted, or do I have to flash a custom ROM and a minimal GApps? I want the stock ROM, but prefer a minmal GApps like the Open Gapps (pico).
Thanks!
I am trying to disable a few of them that I don't use... but I am still interested if I could flash the stock ROM but the pico GApps...
With titanium backup you can on stock rom.
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namartlu said:
I want to delete all the unwanted system apps if I don't need them, including: Connect, Gallery, Migrate, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, etc... Can I do that if I am rooted, or do I have to flash a custom ROM and a minimal GApps? I want the stock ROM, but prefer a minmal GApps like the Open Gapps (pico).
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namartlu said:
I am trying to disable a few of them that I don't use... but I am still interested if I could flash the stock ROM but the pico GApps...
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I highly suggest you startby freezing each aplication insteadof deleting the app. Freezing completely disables the app while the app is still installed on ur phone, but does not run. If you delete an app and it causes issues then you would have to go back to stock
Another vote for titanium Backup, if you are rooted.
Just freeze the apps you consider to be bloatware, and they will remain disabled (and will not appear in the applications tray). The benefit of this is that you can easily unfreeze those apps if you ever decide to use them again
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So I did this once before and it ended up with a few apps force quitting on startup. Looking at a log cat it seems like they were unable to open android system webview I tried installing that form the app store with no dice.
Does anyone here know if it's possible to remove the google bloat and just install everything from the play store out of the things you need?
Stock OOS already has Google apps included. What exactly are you trying to accomplish by flashing Gapps over Google apps that are already installed?
This has worked with me GApps .
Anybody else's Google app and play store app crashing? I'm on Weta Rom and this happened on 5.0.7 and 5.1 #2. Funny thing is, I can get to the playstore through substratum with no problem and can search Google with voice search. The crashing happens after a few weeks of installing the Rom. What could be going on?
Forgot to mention, yes I cleared data and cache for both apps.
Would recommend re-installing all GAPPS using openGAPPS in TWRP. Use their uninstaller to remove all Google Apps, and flash the latest package from their site. Sounds like you have version inconsistencies.
Alternatively, check apkmirror.com for the latest versions of your Google APPs & their APKs. Different people get put on different versions at different times, but I always update my Google apps using APKs manually. You want the arm64/nodpi versions of each app where possible.
iDefalt said:
Would recommend re-installing all GAPPS using openGAPPS in TWRP. Use their uninstaller to remove all Google Apps, and flash the latest package from their site. Sounds like you have version inconsistencies.
Alternatively, check apkmirror.com for the latest versions of your Google APPs & their APKs. Different people get put on different versions at different times, but I always update my Google apps using APKs manually. You want the arm64/nodpi versions of each app where possible.
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Thanks. I'll try that.
So I have a qualcomm moto e4 and I rooted it with magisk, The problem is that even though I removed the play store from /system/priv-app and from /data/app, the playstore keeps on coming back magically!
Is their another apk that i should remove to stop this?
greatjack1 said:
So I have a qualcomm moto e4 and I rooted it with magisk, The problem is that even though I removed the play store from /system/priv-app and from /data/app, the playstore keeps on coming back magically!
Is their another apk that i should remove to stop this?
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Dude, no. Your phone won't even function on stock without it. There are a few Google apps that if you remove, phone will just lock up. If you have magisk, use the debloater module and see. If you want to run without gapps, flash a rom and don't flash gapps with it. Stock is dependent on a few of them.
madbat99 said:
Dude, no. Your phone won't even function on stock without it. There are a few Google apps that if you remove, phone will just lock up. If you have magisk, use the debloater module and see. If you want to run without gapps, flash a rom and don't flash gapps with it. Stock is dependent on a few of them.
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It actually functions fine when i fully remove the playstore but then play services stop working. Is their an alternative for play services that does not require app spoofing like micro g?
greatjack1 said:
It actually functions fine when i fully remove the playstore but then play services stop working. Is their an alternative for play services that does not require app spoofing like micro g?
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No - custom ROM or micro g. Look around; if such a solution was viable there would be plenty of banter.
I'm seeing more and more people use Android phones Google-free by not installing gapps and getting all their applications through alternative sources like F-Droid. When I look at the custom ROMs for the Essential Phone, I see most have gapps baked in.
Just curious if anyone has experience on the PH-1 without gapps or Google service. What ROM are you using? Any issues?
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Yes I'd love to know if anyone has gone microG, Xposed FakeGapps on Oreo with a custom rom?
Also if anyone has used Terminal Debloater on Stock Oreo and doing ok?
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Does Generic System Image come with Gapps? if not then you can use that.
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Does Generic System Image come with Gapps? if not then you can use that.
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I was thinking that as well. In fact, perhaps the deodex ROM is without gapps. I'll have to ask in that thread.
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Does Generic System Image come with Gapps? if not then you can use that.
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If that reply was for me, I'm asking more about Custom Roms.
ooklathemok said:
I'm seeing more and more people use Android phones Google-free by not installing gapps and getting all their applications through alternative sources like F-Droid. When I look at the custom ROMs for the Essential Phone, I see most have gapps baked in.
Just curious if anyone has experience on the PH-1 without gapps or Google service. What ROM are you using? Any issues?
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It has been a long process, but I am most of the way there. Used deodexed Oreo Stock. Had to use Tingle manually to patch the framework.jar to get microg running. Haven't debloated yet, but most of the stock apps are disabled at this point. Most apps I use are from F-Droid. Using it as DD now.
Took several days to discover the NFC point is very narrow at the bottom center of the back. I had thought I had broken something. :silly:
I think I'm 99.9% there with CarbonROM LOL...
UnifiedNip is registerd in system, but this section I can't checkmark, even after rebooting. I was using the latest Preview GMSCore, I'll flash the rom over and try with the Stable GMSCore and see if it makes any difference and report back.
I have Xposed, FakeGapps, Magisk 16.7, Magisk Module for F-Droid Privilege, and Debloater (Terminal), and F-Droid. Everything working pretty good, Debloater systemlessly removed some Gapps I didn't want, Browser, Calendar, Gallery...
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I think I'm 99.9% there with CarbonROM LOL...
UnifiedNip is registerd in system, but this section I can't checkmark, even after rebooting. I was using the latest Preview GMSCore, I'll flash the rom over and try with the Stable GMSCore and see if it makes any difference and report back.
I have Xposed, FakeGapps, Magisk 16.7, Magisk Module for F-Droid Privilege, and Debloater (Terminal), and F-Droid. Everything working pretty good, Debloater systemlessly removed some Gapps I didn't want, Browser, Calendar, Gallery...
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I don't have "UnifiedNlp has known location" checked even though Satstat and OSM clearly show the location.
I am using Core -127 from NanoDroid 17.7.
Debloater is up next.
Well I just wiped/formatted, flashed back the Oreo fastboot image, now ready to flash in carbonrom and try this as I said with the stable versions of microg...
BRB...
DoR3M3 said:
I think I'm 99.9% there with CarbonROM LOL...
I have Xposed, FakeGapps, Magisk 16.7, Magisk Module for F-Droid Privilege, and Debloater (Terminal), and F-Droid. Everything working pretty good, Debloater systemlessly removed some Gapps I didn't want, Browser, Calendar, Gallery...
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How was your experience with FakeGapps? I kept getting Null pointer exceptions. Tried v1.1 and 2.0.
gadgetguy08 said:
How was your experience with FakeGapps? I kept getting Null pointer exceptions. Tried v1.1 and 2.0.
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Where did you see, get this at?
Ok UnifiedNIp is registered in system - [Checked]
To make everything work correctly, you'll want to push the GmsCore.apk to /system/priv-app/GmsCore/GmsCore.apk and then extract the lib/ folder from the GmsCore.apk to /system/priv-app/GmsCore/lib - otherwise the bundled libraries will not be found by the app and the maps library will crash apps.
If you don't know how to extract from an .apk, just rename to .zip, then copy out the lib directory.
I did have Xposed modules installed for this, so I will go back one more time, wipe it all again, and this time, see if I get it again.
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Where did you see, get this at?
Ok UnifiedNIp is registered in system - [Checked]
To make everything work correctly, you'll want to push the GmsCore.apk to /system/priv-app/GmsCore/GmsCore.apk and then extract the lib/ folder from the GmsCore.apk to /system/priv-app/GmsCore/lib - otherwise the bundled libraries will not be found by the app and the maps library will crash apps.
If you don't know how to extract from an .apk, just rename to .zip, then copy out the lib directory.
I was always able to get
I did have Xposed modules installed for this, so I will go back one more time, wipe it all again, and this time, see if I get it again.
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I had the FakeGapps errors in the Xposed Log [systemless version 90.2-beta3]. Tried several things. Interesting you didn't experience them.
I was always able to get UnifiedNLP to registered. It just doesn't show that it has a known location in the microg self check, but SatStat, OSM and others show it.
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I had the FakeGapps errors in the Xposed Log [systemless version 90.2-beta3]. Tried several things. Interesting you didn't experience them.
I was always able to get UnifiedNLP to registered. It just doesn't show that it has a known location in the microg self check, but SatStat, OSM and others show it.
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Xposed showed a notification, I mean, you just looked in the logs, or how did you first know?
What is SatStat, OSM and others?
How are you installing microg? I just installed the apk is all, these versions and in this order;
Services Core - com.google.android.gms-12221403.apk
Services Framework Proxy - com.google.android.gsf-8.apk
Store (FakeStore release) - com.android.vending-16.apk
DroidGuard Helper - org.microg.gms.droidguard-14.apk
This is how I intalled microg on another phone and rom and it always worked.
So you have UnifiedNIp is registered in system - checked? For some reason I had to do the steps I mentioned to get it registered... hmm
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Xposed showed a notification, I mean, you just looked in the logs, or how did you first know?
What is SatStat, OSM and others?
How are you installing microg? I just installed the apk is all, these versions and in this order;
Services Core - com.google.android.gms-12221403.apk
Services Framework Proxy - com.google.android.gsf-8.apk
Store (FakeStore release) - com.android.vending-16.apk
DroidGuard Helper - org.microg.gms.droidguard-14.apk
This is how I intalled microg on another phone and rom and it always worked.
So you have UnifiedNIp is registered in system - checked? For some reason I had to do the steps I mentioned to get it registered... hmm
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I noticed I had an issue with FakeGapps because the MicroG self check showed that sig spoofing failed. At some point after that, I found the Xposed logs showing many errors for Null Pointer exception. I searched around but could not find anyone else with the issue. I submitted an issue on github.
SatStat, OSM are open source apps that will show location on a map. They are able to locate me so I know it is working using UnifiedNlp Settings (shows in the Setting > Location settings).
I installed microG using NanoDroid 17.7 using the full package.
How did you install Xposed?
Ok on NanoDroid 17.7...
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How did you install Xposed?
Ok on NanoDroid 17.7...
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I installed Xposed Framework 90.2-beta3 systemless through Magisk.
I'd use the Xposed Installer - XposedInstaller_3.1.5.apk;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
But I've learned a trick with it, flash rom and magisk, then install Xposed as the first app, and install the framework from within Xposed 'Install/Update' click cloud on right...
P.S. I'm not using Xposed any longer since it will break SafetyNet check....