exynos5433 - which gapps to use discussion for 19.1 roms (SM-T710 and SM-T810)

[retiredtab]

I'm NOT a gapps user so I will NOT be participating in this thread. I'm not supporting or answering any gapps project questions.

This thread is for users who want/need to run gapps with 19.1 on exynos5433 devices like SM-T710 and SM-T810

I opened this thread as a courtesy for users who want/need gapps.

At last count there were 5 gapps projects and they are in various states of "working" wrt to 19.1. It's your responsibility to put in some hours of research to find out what gapps works for you.

All I can say is that some testers report that NikGapps 12.1L arm64 core (May 1, 2022) work. Despite the arm64 name, that version WILL work on exynos5433. Your mileage may vary.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps/files/Releases/NikGapps-SL/01-May-2022/

 

[retiredtab]

Reserved.

 

[pflyaz]

I can confirm that I have successfully installed NikGapps Core along with @retiredtab's T170 and T810 LOS19.1 ROMs. I have my complete set of Google Play Apps available to me on the tablet after installing them, including sensitive ones such as Peacock, Netflix, Disney+, etc. All Apps run normally, and when I check Google Play/Settings and scroll to the bottom, I see “Device is certified”.

 

[bmwdroid]

I've tried to install BitGapps pico + Flamegapps basic (both ARM and ARM64 versions).
NikGapps64 finally worked.

 

[chappatti]

I can confirm that I have successfully installed NikGapps Core along with @retiredtab's T170 and T810 LOS19.1 ROMs. I have my complete set of Google Play Apps available to me on the tablet after installing them, including sensitive ones such as Peacock, Netflix, Disney+, etc. All Apps run normally, and when I check Google Play/Settings and scroll to the bottom, I see “Device is certified”.

Installed the ROM on clean wipe on Galaxy Tab S2 T810. Then NikGapps Full thru Basic in different tries.
1. With NikGapps Full to Basic there is no onscreen keyboard that comes up to set up wifi or PIN. Only a Google Voice typing error shows up. How is this solved?

2. After set up without Wifi, the tablet says "Tablet starting....." and does not go further.

Any ideas welcome....

 

[bmwdroid]

Installed the ROM on clean wipe on Galaxy Tab S2 T810. Then NikGapps Full thru Basic in different tries.
1. With NikGapps Full to Basic there is no onscreen keyboard that comes up to set up wifi or PIN. .....

Did you "format data"?
That solved it on mine (with the 2nd flash) testing the prealpha build.
I took only core instead of basic.

 

[retiredtab]

I had this in my 19.1 msm8916 post #1, but forgot to add it to exynos5433 post #1. The following is now added to 19.1 T710 and T810 post #1. This would also apply to things like wifi password, etc, not just bluetooth pin.

keyboard bug workaround. When prompted to enter something like a Bluetooth pin, sometimes the keyboard is not shown on the screen or off screen. The workaround is to bring up the built in browser, touch the url panel where the http address is and then press the number key when the keyboard pops up. Leave this browser open like that, then press the home button and try your Bluetooth pairing again.

This keyboard bug is a LineageOS bug as per

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_packages_inputmethods_LatinIME/+/325438

 

[chappatti]

Installed the ROM on clean wipe on Galaxy Tab S2 T810. Then NikGapps Full thru Basic in different tries.
1. With NikGapps Full to Basic there is no onscreen keyboard that comes up to set up wifi or PIN. Only a Google Voice typing error shows up. How is this solved?

2. After set up without Wifi, the tablet says "Tablet starting....." and does not go further.

Any ideas welcome....

I figured this out and everything runs good.

I used two files (one file in attachment). The zip file is flashed from TWRP. I also installed the Gboard apk from :

Gboard - the Google Keyboard 12.1.06.463429027-beta (arm-v7a) (nodpi) (Android 6.0+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror

Gboard - the Google Keyboard 12.1.06.463429027-beta (arm-v7a) (nodpi) (Android 6.0+) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads

www.apkmirror.com

and apk was installed normally. Gboard gets installed and all is good. I think the apk alone should do it, but I did not try that alone. (For some reason attaching the apk file to this post fails). Once this is done and the Wifi is set up one can then download any other keyboard they want from app store.

Also, I don't recommend using NikGapps above "basic", on Tab S2 T810. A Gapp keeps crashing and the tablet is stuck on "Tablet starting.....".

I downloaded Basic NikGapps from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps/files/Releases/NikGapps-SL/09-Jul-2022/

 

[chappatti]

I had this in my 19.1 msm8916 post #1, but forgot to add it to exynos5433 post #1. The following is now added to 19.1 T710 and T810 post #1. This would also apply to things like wifi password, etc, not just bluetooth pin.

keyboard bug workaround. When prompted to enter something like a Bluetooth pin, sometimes the keyboard is not shown on the screen or off screen. The workaround is to bring up the built in browser, touch the url panel where the http address is and then press the number key when the keyboard pops up. Leave this browser open like that, then press the home button and try your Bluetooth pairing again.

This keyboard bug is a LineageOS bug as per

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_packages_inputmethods_LatinIME/+/325438

Please see my post above.

 

[Pawel_]

I struggled with Installing Gapps on the latest Nov 11, 2022 release.
Tried:
NikGapps NikGapps-core-arm64-12.1-20220908-signed.zip and NikGapps-basic-arm64-12.1-20220908-signed.zip - both installs without issues in TWRP but no Play store or any other apps in the system.
BiTGApps-arm64-12.1.0-v1.7_signed.zip - fails with error "unsupported platform"
BiTGApps-arm-12.1.0-v1.7_signed.zip - installed and Play Store is visible. Get it here https://bitgapps.github.io/download.html

 

[Dr_MC]

I struggled with Installing Gapps on the latest Nov 11, 2022 release.
Tried:
NikGapps NikGapps-core-arm64-12.1-20220908-signed.zip and NikGapps-basic-arm64-12.1-20220908-signed.zip - both installs without issues in TWRP but no Play store or any other apps in the system.
BiTGApps-arm64-12.1.0-v1.7_signed.zip - fails with error "unsupported platform"
BiTGApps-arm-12.1.0-v1.7_signed.zip - installed and Play Store is visible. Get it here https://bitgapps.github.io/download.html

I installed NikGapps-omni-arm64-12.1-20220709-signed.zip from twrp and it is working well. I have the play store.
I was surprised to see that it is an arm64 version even though ( I thought that) the t710 (exynos) has an arm32 processor.