Am wondering, if we're running the official miui global ROM, can we flash stock open gapps so that the basic apps will be replaced by the Google's ones?
Have anyone tried?
Reason being, to fully utilise Google Assistant, all basic apps (clock, calendar etc) require the Google's ones.
If you're on MIUI Global you should already have Gapps baked into the system.
You won't be able to use Google Assistant without some system mods (a build.prop tweak I think) as that's a Pixel only feature.
If there are any Google apps you're missing, like Calendar, Books, etc. you can install them from the play store, and they'll work seamlessly.
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What exactly is Google Addons?
The market
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The Google Apps? You need them so you're apps function correctly, gmail, market, ect. Needed to be flashed up your first installation of a gingerbread rom. If you mean when you first boot up your phone, just extra apps you can install if you want.
The Google Apps addon is a flashable ZIP which contains the files for the Android Market, Google Talk, Google Sync, and other back-end files and libraries needed for Google applications from the Market, like those that allow for C2DM (push notifications).
They aren't included in CyanogenMod and other similar ROMs due to Google throwing a hissy fit back in CM4, saying that CM could be used to port those applications to devices which don't come with Google Apps, despite the fact that there are no such devices currently in development, let alone back then.
Ok so if I'm installing any AOSP ROM's then I need to install the Google Addon's as well. But this is not needed with any Sense ROM's. Thanks all!
irl5fan said:
Ok so if I'm installing any AOSP ROM's then I need to install the Google Addon's as well. But this is not needed with any Sense ROM's. Thanks all!
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while using aosp rom (cm7) with google maps installed i cant use navigation because it says its not available in my country (croatia).
however, while i use google maps with gingerbread sense (insert coin) its fully working.
anyone knows why that happens, and how to enable it in aosp rom?
I'm using oxygen with oxygen hboot.
Just removed some ogg files and tts voice files to gain some free space.
Then go to Android apps section and find maps by ownhere.
Push it to system app dir.
That's it.
Take note that there are two versions, one for system app and one for regular install. System one is better.
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found apk here, google navigation now works fine.
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I am planning to flash PA to my old Nexus 7 (Tilapia) without gapps. The idea is to find out whether an Android device can be decoupled from Google. And whether such a device can still be used in a normal day to day scenario for surfing, mail, contacts ...
There are many apps out there which could be used instead of the apps in the gapps package (i.e. play store => f-droid, mail => k-9, chrome => firefox, maps => navit / OsmAnd, ...). And with a simple raspberry pi and owncloud also some of the google services can be replaced by an self hosted solution.
What are your thoughts on this:
- Is this possible in principle with PA?
- What should I watch out for when setting up the N7?
- Any other suggestions?
Of course you can do it. The ROM is functional without gapps
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I don't know what it is you should be watching out for when trying your experiment but I believe it can be done. You'll have to use a 3rd party app store to download the apps you want to replace the stock apps with (k-9, etc). But once you start doing that, what's the point?
To prove you don't need to use Google Branded apps? Just root your device, install Titanium and freeze all the google apps. Same thing, right?
Just flashed PA without gapps. Added some great Apps from f-droid. Everything works great. Next steps will be to Conect to a dropbox server.
Currently I am getting a notification that a new system update, a new gapps version is available. Can I somehow disable in PA the check for new gapp versions?
Thanks!
lafranconi said:
Just flashed PA without gapps. Added some great Apps from f-droid. Everything works great. Next steps will be to Conect to a dropbox server.
Currently I am getting a notification that a new system update, a new gapps version is available. Can I somehow disable in PA the check for new gapp versions?
Thanks!
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Just set it in the ota app...
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Just set it in the ota app...
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Thanks Pirateghost, just found it.
I am currently running into two issues:
I installed the "920 text editor" via f-droid. But when I try to start it the app it opens for a nearly a second and then a error window says >"920 Text Editor" wurde beendet.< (I am using a German system; translation something like >"920 Text Editor" was stopped.<). Is there a log file which could provide more information why this application was not able to start?
I paired my German bluetooth keyboard (QWERTZ layout) with the nexus. But unlike to stock Android in PA they keyboard is mapped with the American layout (QWERTY layout). So some keys are not inline with the labelling. I did not find a way to change the used layout in the settings. Any ideas?
Hi, on the apkmirror i saw yesterday the google phone 4.0 already, but in cm 13 just 2.12.
how can i update all google apps in cm 13. the open gapps micro i installed.
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thwrldbyjw said:
Hi, on the apkmirror i saw yesterday the google phone 4.0 already, but in cm 13 just 2.12.
how can i update all google apps in cm 13. the open gapps micro i installed.
thanks.
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All Google apps should update themselves via play store. As for Google phone, can you find it on play store?
Are you talking about that one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer
the version seems to be 2.5.12_rc9
Anyway it's only for Nexus phone as all other phone use their own dialer and especially all CM rom (that's why you have to add the gapps afterward but that won't replace the dialer).
For other gapps, simply install the biggest gapps package, some google apps can only be updated, that mean if it's not pre installed, you can't install it (the purpose of the gapps). gapps micro lack a lot of google apps so use stock or super.
Edit : ok, simply use the google apps package called "stock"
https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Stock-Package
it will replace the dialer, the dialer you want.
have google apps under cm, but dont update the play. if i download from play than will duplicated.
am i right, that just from recovery have to install again the latest open gapps, and will up to date the phone, calculator, all google apps.
gapps will be considered as system app, the version from google play will act as an update.
I installed Lineage without Gapps, I later changed my mind and added Gapps separately (Pico version, so just the Play Store and Services without any other Google Apps).
But now Play Store doesn't show the stock pre-installed apps AOSP that came with Lineage so I don't get any app updates.
Is this normal behavior? Can anyone verify that it's the same for everyone?
For example...
com.android.dialer
com.android.messaging
com.android.contacts
com.android.calendar
com.android.calculator2
org.cyanogenmod.audiofx
org.cyanogenmod.snap
org.lineage.jelly
...and all other pre-installed stock Lineage apps don't appear on the Play Store as installed apps.
Keep in mind that these are not Google apps. they are AOSP apps (except audiofx, snap, and jelly which are from Lineage). For instance there is the com.android.contacts apk and then the com.google.android.contacts apk.
The com.android.contacts apk doesn't even appear when I search for it on the Play Store, not even on my browser, it's like it doesn't exist.
So how does Lineage keep these up-to-date in general? Via it's own OS updates or does someone always need to have Play Store or an app like APKUpdater to stay updated?
Thanks
I think those apps are updated (if needed) in new Lineage builds. One could sideload an updated app if you came across one. I don't think there's anything like the playstore for aosp apps, and they of course won't be available through the google playstore.