I am curious as to why there has not been a thread atleast to my knowledge that is dedicated to our device about which gapps is safe and able to actually flash with a custom rom....???????
Can you please explain in very layman terms how Gapps work exactly. I have tried reading but still can't seem to comprehend their full use. Thanks
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I think it is because most ROMs come with gapps because of the way pixel works when it comes to flashing ROMs and having to reflash recovery.
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Upon now I only know beans dynamic are working on custom roms that come without gapps.
ih8un said:
Can you please explain in very layman terms how Gapps work exactly. I have tried reading but still can't seem to comprehend their full use. Thanks
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GApps = Google apps, which are things like YouTube, Drive, Hangouts, Google+, Google Play Store, face unlock, swipe keyboard libs, the setup process you go through where you add your account and stuff, etc.
I'm not sure how Pixel ROMs work because I don't own one, but on my 6P GApps are not included with most ROMs and need to be installed separately. Without GApps your phone will be pretty worthless. You wouldn't be able to add your Google account, download apps from the Play Store, etc.
Ok so i've played around with open and dynamic gapps.
Dynamic just work, Open just dont, arm doesn't install when it says it does, arm64 fails architecture check.
I dont know enough code stuff to work out how to bring the working stuff from dynamic into Open
(this would give us more options and more regular updates)
I have discovered you can make your own Gapps pack by pulling your apps from data, (renaming folders and app names etc) and dropping them into Full_Dynamic_GApps-xxx\system\app\
Which is how i did it in the cm9 days
MAybe come april when work slows down, i could actually have a crack at it properly
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With the unofficial CyanogenMod 10.1 releases now fairly well established and Android 4.2.2 quite stable on our DHD's is it possible to update the google apps .zip to include the current google apps. The gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip file contains older google core apps that each time I flash my custom cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM they need to get updated from the Play store.
Is it possible to include the current google apps in the original ROM or is it possible to create a custom google apps .zip with the current apps? Has anyone already done it? Just interested as each time I flash a new ROM I have to go through an extra step whilst the older google apps get updated - not a huge issue but if it can be avoided?
Andy
Not the correct section for a thread of this type. But in answer to your questions:
Bundling GApps with the ROM breaks licensing laws, so that's not a valid option. I know that some ROMs do it, but they risk legal action, and they only get away with it because of their limited visibility. ROMs like CM or AOKP would probably get in trouble in no time. As a matter of fact in the early days of CM these apps were included by default and the developer received a cease and desist because of it. And that's when GApps zips started appearing.
To avoid waiting for the flashed GApps to update, you could look around for bundles created by other people. Not just the ones that can be found on http://goo.im/gapps. For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012857
You can just take your existing gapps zip, pull the updated versions from your phone, rename and replace in the zip
You could also, if you wanted to, merge both the ROM zip and Gapps zip together.
Ive never had an issue with that but, of course, YMMV...
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Has anyone already done it? Just interested as each time I flash a new ROM I have to go through an extra step whilst the older google apps get updated - not a huge issue but if it can be avoided?
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Yup. I take the normal Gapps package, replace with updated apps and GMS and add the other Gapps I use such as Earth.
I then have another Gapps zip with the other apps such as G+ etc that I dont use that often but can quickly flash if need be.
Gapps zips are quite versatile. As long as you use the original package which contains all the framework for them to run and other bits n bobs, you can chop and change what you want.
I replace Gmail and PhoneSky with inverted versions etc
how difficult is it to update, most people now run unlimited data packages or can connect to 99% of wifi available, pubs clubs shops just hang near and connect. close freinds and family contribute monthly to my broadband and i allow them to connect during the day and hammer overnight to bypass limit caps etc.
DS IN THE NAME, THIS IS A DUAL SIM ROM
TWRP flashable version XT1562_LUX_RETASIA_DS_6.0.1_MPD24.107-70
Somewhat debloated, only Voice Helper, Gallery, Camera remain of Moto apps
https://mega.nz/#!swlElYBB!yu8TEgBwoX12b5VsCvg-sbF_gc-pAvZ27Re-hnpumE0
Removed:
Google Chrome
Moto Care
Moto Connect
Demo Mode
Google Docs
Google Photos
Google Japanese Input
Google Play Movies and Series
Google Korean Input
Google Pinyin Input
Google Zhyin Input
Google Hangouts
Indian Google Keyboard
Presentations
Rescue Addon: Motorola
Tables
TalkBack
Youtube
Added:
Phoenix Kernel 1.0
Xposed 0.86
Total Commander
Gsam Battery Root Companion (whoops, didn't mean for that to stay)
You have to flash supersu yourself, since i couldn't get it to reliably stick. 2.62 worked for me.
I'm unsure about the sensor firmware (for working LED), you may or may not have to flash it again.
I had busybox in /system/xbin, but again, unsure if it sticks.
Short howto:
- Have TWRP recovery, backup was made and tested with 3.0.2-r3
- download rar file off mega, extract somewhere, obtain folder "MPD24.107-70"
- copy said folder into your Moto X Play /TWRP/BACKUPS/{DEVICECODE}/ folder, you can do this while in TWRP
- use RESTORE, select the MPD24.107-70 you just copied in
- do a factory reset just to be on the safe side
- if your Moto X Play hangs on first reboot, force-restart it (hold power), it works for me on second try
Supported Reliance Jio VoLTE
any new atock rom cm 13 can Supported Reliance Jio VoLTE
plz upload
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Gracias
Enviado desde mi XT1563 mediante Tapatalk
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Thanks for your work, @AtomicStryker! I'm curious to try it out.
But first, I'd like to know, would installing this ROM as described in the OP also flash over the baseband?
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I'm not sure. But if the point of MPD24.107-70 is security updates and this VoLTE something, wouldn't you WANT the current modem?
Perhaps. Will try to install the ROM tomorrow and report back soon.
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I need a TWRP flashable zip file
Not a TWRP restore a backup file.
Is that possible?
Thanks.
manikandanguru said:
I need a TWRP flashable zip file
Not a TWRP restore a backup file.
Is that possible?
Thanks.
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Check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...pd24-107-70-debloated-iniromxprom6-0-t3442970
I used this ROM for about 5 days. It was ok, but my signal was for some reason weak. Perhaps it's more suitable for Asian devices than for my European XT1562. It could also be even more debloated. All in all, it's a fine piece of work and could serve as a solid daily driver.
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Out of interest, did you check your baseband version? That would answer whether or not that is included
Yes, I've determined that the baseband doesn't get updated by flashing your ROM. My phone remained with the M8936_2020632.44.03.21.57R EMEA baseband which, apparently, didn't get along with the ROM well. Hope this helps.
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It's good to know in any case, thanks.
No worries. Thanks for your work, @AtomicStryker!
I meant what I said - the ROM is already a solid daily driver and I believe you can make it even better.
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I am using it as daily driver, however i must have broken something with the camera. I get random force closes, which is especially annoying when i try to record a video longer than a couple seconds. Since the other MPD24.107-70 rom here also has issues reported im considering to just use the stock setup ... back when i used stock the moto apps would announce themselves once and then not do anything, so that should be fine. That being said, reaching 5 days of mostly idle time on a single charge is amazing.
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I am using it as daily driver, however i must have broken something with the camera. I get random force closes, which is especially annoying when i try to record a video longer than a couple seconds. Since the other MPD24.107-70 rom here also has issues reported im considering to just use the stock setup ... back when i used stock the moto apps would announce themselves once and then not do anything, so that should be fine. That being said, reaching 5 days of mostly idle time on a single charge is amazing.
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Are you talking about this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...pd24-107-70-debloated-iniromxprom6-0-t3442970
What issues?
Regards
any chance to update to new flashable rom with January update?
I was able to use https://github.com/anestisb/android-prepare-vendor to prepare the vendor images to correctly build AOSP.
I submitted some changes to make it work with Pixel2-XL and they have been merged into main branch.
You have to wipe everything.
I dont know how to make proper zip images for TWRP so use fastboot
I use the fastboot script included in the zip after a full wipe and im all good
Thanks:
anestisb on Github
opengapps
not working:
pixel squeeze
AOSP 8.1 with google apps:
V3:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620776051
AOSP 8.1 stock (no gapps):
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817906626617955840
changelog:
v3:
Jan security update
v2:
updated camera
pixel launcher
updated wallpaper that was causing errors
fixed google setup errors during startup and boot
archive:
v2: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817906626617955877
V1:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291697825
During first boot google setup crashes a bit and I just skip it ...then on reboot I get complaints about stuff. but everything works. so......
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I built AOSP with OpenGapps and all I got was this forum thread
You have to wipe everything.
I dont know how to make proper images so use fastboot
I use the fastboot script included after a full wipe and im all good
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Link?
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yea, link?
?????
Don't tease us like this, lol. I'll flash anything at this point!
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uplodz complete.
Interesting :good:
I've been doing my best to get my own build running for a few weeks now, and while everything else seems to work perfectly, I can't seem to figure out a way to get it to connect to mobile data. I'd be really interested to hear if there's something in addition to the build instructions provided by Google that you had to do to get it working!
I would just use your build, but my goal is to avoid gapps altogether. Hopefully the trick isn't to have gapps installed
Thanks!
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I've been doing my best to get my own build running for a few weeks now, and while everything else seems to work perfectly, I can't seem to figure out a way to get it to connect to mobile data. I'd be really interested to hear if there's something in addition to the build instructions provided by Google that you had to do to get it working!
I would just use your build, but my goal is to avoid gapps altogether. Hopefully the trick isn't to have gapps installed
Thanks!
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I thought the whole point of gapps is Google *****es if you build a Rom with google apps installed already...
prurigro said:
I've been doing my best to get my own build running for a few weeks now, and while everything else seems to work perfectly, I can't seem to figure out a way to get it to connect to mobile data. I'd be really interested to hear if there's something in addition to the build instructions provided by Google that you had to do to get it working!
I would just use your build, but my goal is to avoid gapps altogether. Hopefully the trick isn't to have gapps installed
Thanks!
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u did add in the propietary drivers i assume before u started making ur build?
this build is running smooth! i almost wanna say u couldve left gapps out n let ppl choose which they want to use but of cpurse this is only the beginning.. first thing i did was remove all those google hotword apks that fc, not had any issues yet and u already stated squeeze isnt on here but i nvr used that anyways
I was building from source today but my env has a ways to go before its useable.. it literally took all day to make aosp arm64 eng lol.. started gettin low mem stops towards the end so gonna look at it tom... i actually need to change it up and tweak settings cuz i only got 6gb ram
my set up tho is ur aosp, flash kernel 2.05 and magisk 15.1.. butter.. or shall i say vanilla??
prurigro said:
I've been doing my best to get my own build running for a few weeks now, and while everything else seems to work perfectly, I can't seem to figure out a way to get it to connect to mobile data. I'd be really interested to hear if there's something in addition to the build instructions provided by Google that you had to do to get it working!
I would just use your build, but my goal is to avoid gapps altogether. Hopefully the trick isn't to have gapps installed
Thanks!
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aosp i dont think includes automatocally.. its runnin android web view n all lol instead of chrome that is
Now, I'm relatively new to the rooting world of Android. Is AOSP essentially custom ROMs? I know this is sort of a "if you don't know, you likely shouldn't be messing with it." I just love tweaking my phone!
So far only the squeeze doesn't work? Should the less advance user hold off until it's been tested a bit? Regardless, thanks for distributing your work to everyone on here! I love this community. Being able to share in the glory that is altering literally almost every aspect of your phone's software.
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Now, I'm relatively new to the rooting world of Android. Is AOSP essentially custom ROMs? I know this is sort of a "if you don't know, you likely shouldn't be messing with it." I just love tweaking my phone!
So far only the squeeze doesn't work? Should the less advance user hold off until it's been tested a bit? Regardless, thanks for distributing your work to everyone on here! I love this community. Being able to share in the glory that is altering literally almost every aspect of your phone's software.
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for u id say hold off.. it works fine for me but it technically is a userdebug build.. AOSP =Android Open Source Project, Its basically Android built from Android source so typically devs can pull the source and make their own roms how they want them. Normally doesnt even have google apps like play store for example.
Its a very clean low lvl android OS and the dev controls every aspect of the build process.. its also been called Vanilla
this technically is "custom" but this initial build doesnt have many tweaks or customizations.. its merely a glimpse as to the possibilities
but hey, try it out if u got the itch, it wont hurt u lol plus the only real way to know the difference is to try it for yourself
jgreen077 said:
Now, I'm relatively new to the rooting world of Android. Is AOSP essentially custom ROMs? I know this is sort of a "if you don't know, you likely shouldn't be messing with it." I just love tweaking my phone!
So far only the squeeze doesn't work? Should the less advance user hold off until it's been tested a bit? Regardless, thanks for distributing your work to everyone on here! I love this community. Being able to share in the glory that is altering literally almost every aspect of your phone's software.
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for u id say hold off.. it works fine for me but it technically is a userdebug build.. AOSP =Android Open Source Project, Its basically Android built from Android source so typically devs can pull the source and make their own roms how they want them. Normally doesnt even have google apps like play store for example.
Its a very clean low lvl android OS and the dev controls every aspect of the build process.. its also been called Vanilla
this technically is "custom" but this initial build doesnt have many tweaks or customizations.. its merely a glimpse as to the possibilities
but hey, try it out if u got the itch, it wont hurt u lol plus the only real way to know the difference is to try it for yourself
elliwigy said:
for u id say hold off.. it works fine for me but it technically is a userdebug build.. AOSP =Android Open Source Project, Its basically Android built from Android source so typically devs can pull the source and make their own roms how they want them. Normally doesnt even have google apps like play store for example.
Its a very clean low lvl android OS and the dev controls every aspect of the build process.. its also been called Vanilla
this technically is "custom" but this initial build doesnt have many tweaks or customizations.. its merely a glimpse as to the possibilities
but hey, try it out if u got the itch, it wont hurt u lol plus the only real way to know the difference is to try it for yourself
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Honestly, I'd normally listen and hold off. But since I have a day off I think I'm gonna attempt it just for the sake of learning!
As long as it has the Play Store so I can download the apps I want, I'm good. If I can get all the apps I need to than I'll be a happy camper.
Say later on it's decided I want to go to another AOSP rom, am I going to have to wipe again? If I can get all my apps, won't have to wipe my device every other week, and can get my modules installed I should be good to do some good old fashioned experimentation.
I am not a smart man, at times. I'm gonna try it out. I have a few hours before anyone else is awake. Might as well use that time (un)wisely.
Plus I believe these "vanilla" ROMs, being what they are, can be modded to an even greater extent than the already pretty modifiable "stock" Pixel ones. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I've been doing my best to get my own build running for a few weeks now, and while everything else seems to work perfectly, I can't seem to figure out a way to get it to connect to mobile data. I'd be really interested to hear if there's something in addition to the build instructions provided by Google that you had to do to get it working!
I would just use your build, but my goal is to avoid gapps altogether. Hopefully the trick isn't to have gapps installed
Thanks!
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I found this:
https://github.com/anestisb/android-prepare-vendor
I submitted my changes and they will update in a few days to the add tamien support.
I am going to hold off on this for now, as it's just a shell of what custom Android can be but just wanted to say thank you very much for getting the ball rolling. For giving us hope haha. I check the thread at least 4 times a day and my heart jumped when I saw this post! Good work!
Nice can we flash the Kernels that have been around here for a while on this rom?
patt2k said:
Nice can we flash the Kernels that have been around here for a while on this rom?
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I flashed Elemental X and finger print stopped working.
deeproot said:
I found this:
https://github.com/anestisb/android-prepare-vendor
I submitted my changes and they will update in a few days to the add tamien support.
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@deeproot
have you uploaded your WIP android_prepare_vendor anywhere? I would like to clone your changed repo and run this script if possible.
I attempted to manually add your changes in the pull request, but the script is breaking with a debugfs error
Thanks,
Edit: Found it, still getting same debugfs error.
Code:
[*] Extracting '/tmp/android_prepare_vendor.jlQiR6/taimen/opm1.171019.011/taimen-opm1.171019.011-factory-2df1c1cb.zip'
[*] Unzipping 'image-taimen-opm1.171019.011.zip'
[-] Symlinks have not been properly processed from /tmp/android_img_extract.FRWAOM/taimen-opm1.171019.011-factory-2df1c1cb/images/vendor.img.raw
[!] If you don't have a compatible debugfs version, modify 'execute-all.sh' to disable 'USE_DEBUGFS' flag
[-] Factory images data extract failed
[email protected] ~/Desktop/android-prepare-vendor $
Hi All, I purchased my Mi 6 like half a year ago, and I asked some questions with regards to this device back then (reference: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-6/help/xiaomi-user-issues-actual-issues-t3703112 ) . I then gave up for some time, but would like to revisit some of my initial issues with the device.
DISCLAIMER: I am not very knowledgable on Xiaomi stuff, this is my first phone from them. I owned it for around six months and I still didn't root it... I just didn't see any _worthy_ rom to be installed. Please bear in mind, that although I am technically savvy and rooted all my previous phones always, I might sound as a total noob here since I didn't follow the scene very much.
At present, I have requested the unlock with Xiaomi, and they granted me the possibility to root the phone, but I haven't done so yet.
I am thus running on stock MIUI 9.5.6.0.(OCAMIFA). The Android is 8.0.0. OPR1.170623.027.
What I would like to achieve, is to get my Mi6 as close to current Pixel devices as possible. I understand that I could purchase the Pixel phone in the first place, but the price tag on them is too high..
(I am mostly interested in having the most recent version of Assistant available on my Xiaomi, and Pixel UI instead of MIUI)
I am unable to install Google Phone.
When I visit google store from PC, I can search for Google Phone, but can't install it. https://i.imgur.com/21fh9hq.png (and the reason why it's not compatible is not being disclosed). If I search google play store from the device itself, the app isn't even listed in the results. If I download any version of the Android Dialer app from APKMirror, and try to install - the installation would start, and then fail with a single message (App not installed https://i.imgur.com/gOolw3H.png ). I tried ARM, ARM64, both in NODPI and other DPIs, also, I tried app versions 19.0... and 20.0... from https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/ . Always getting the same error.
What's interesting, is that I was able to install Google Messages, Google Contacts and any other google app without any problems, but I can't install the Phone app from google. I have also been able to install rootles-pixel-launcher from APK
I am left with the phone app from xiaomi, which is not integrated with Google Message / Contacts apps, and vice-versa.
I am looking for the clear up the following doubts:
1. Anyone experienced problem installing the Google Phone ?
2. Any idea how to further debug why I can't install Google Phone ?
3. Are you aware of any up-to-date rom giving me the pixel experience (The Pixel Experience thread has a lot of people askingn for updates - is it dead ?)
4. I start missing my LG Nexus 4, did I purchase the wrong device for what I am trying to achieve with it ? I start getting the feeling that I picked a phone with not enough scene going for it. Or is the scene in China?
Sorry for lengthy post, and appreciate any input.
cheers
You need to flasy Google Framework, then you can use googles apps like "phone"
Install any AOSP based rom, flash Gapps, root with magisk and search the download section for the 'Pixel 2 experience' module. I chose the last launcher, "new custom launcher"
Check if camera2api is enabled. It should be because of the pixel experience module but if it isn't yet download a magisk module for enabling it.
Check the Gcam threads on here for the recommended Gcam APKs and make sure to install Google photos too.
Last step is install the magisk module "Google framework" and installing the phone app etc. from the playstore.
After I followed these steps any AOSP based rom feels very pixel-like and Gcam even makes me think I actually bought one from time to time
Edit: I'm starting to think the pixel experience module actually has the framework included already as I currently don't have the framework module installed and I was able to download the phone app without any problems.
Good luck!
Hi, I'm getting back into ROMs after not looking at this forum since the Galaxy S (seriously). I want a ROM without Google baked into it. I see a few ROMs suggesting "dirty build" or optional installation of GAPPs. Do these ROMs actually provide an AOSP build without Google running in the background (play services, etc.)?
Basically, I'm looking for a ROM on my Nexus5x that doesn't track me back through Google (most stable, don't really care about speed/themes). Trying to get away from Google as much as possible due to their constant data mining, and I think this is the only way. Total NEWB here, I did use the search function, but I ran into a bunch of thread that didn't seem directly related.
I think that you are looking for LineageOs (ex CyanogenMod). You can install it without Google apps, so no play services, no Google account required, etc..
toolshed01 said:
I think that you are looking for LineageOs (ex CyanogenMod). You can install it without Google apps, so no play services, no Google account required, etc..
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Thanks, that's what I thought, just wanted to make sure.