[GAPPS][2015-04-04] Google Apps Minimal Edition for Android 5.0.x & 5.1.x

[marcdw]

The bloatware script doesn't work for me (BlissPop LG G4)

Any chance you can include more information other than "doesn't work"? Logs or something?
Can't get help if the dev doesn't know what happened.

LG G3 D851, Fulmics ROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5

 

[DaarkieDoo]

Any chance you can include more information other than "doesn't work"? Logs or something?
Can't get help if the dev doesn't know what happened.

LG G3 D851, Fulmics ROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5

How do I get a log?

 

[tool_king]

How do I get a log?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat

 

[DaarkieDoo]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat

So do i save the log after I've flashed the script and post it here?

 

[androcraze]

Thanks for this, unfortunately I'm having a problem with the GAPPS. I've done a complete wipe and fresh install of CM12 for my Samsung SMT-310 tablet. It boots fine, I've added my Google account and flashed the Minimal GAPPS for 5.1. But I'm unable to login to the Play store. It just sits there with the Spinning circle of doom. This means I'm unable to restore any of my applications.

Any help or suggestions is appreciated.

CM 12 is based-on Android 5.0, not 5.1. CM 12.1 is 5.1.

Try the GApps for 5.0.

 

[schnurrbidurr]

Play services have stopped

I keep getting the Google Play Services has stopped error message, every time after a reboot. I did a factor reset, I re-flashed GApps, I re-flashed the Rom (BlissPop V4.03 - 5.1.1) and I'm still get the error.

Any advice?

 

[androcraze]

I keep getting the Google Play Services has stopped error message, every time after a reboot. I did a factor reset, I re-flashed GApps, I re-flashed the Rom (BlissPop V4.03 - 5.1.1) and I'm still get the error.

Any advice?

If you've had it installed for a while and things just started doing this, there's an issue with the Play Services update on your phone. You can:

0. Check your Play Services version first.

1. Wait it out. Although, I'm not sure if Play Services is broken that it can update itself.

2. Download a current Play Services update and install (as user) from here: http://www.apkmirror.com/?s=Google+Play+services+&post_type=apps_post

3. You could also go to /data and manually delete the current Play Services, and see if it updates to a newer version by itself.

 

[phonetool]

Play Services just updated a week ago.

 

[nickvp]

For a Minimal GApps install on Marshmallow 6.0.0:

1. Download Deltadroid's Marshmallow Base Gapps package for 6.0.0 (From THIS GApps thread):

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086995422 (current as of 2015-NOV-22)

(Check the first post in the thread, all the way towards the bottom, rather than relying solely on the above link).

2. Create and install these empty text files (0-byte) on the "root" of your Internal Storage ("/sdcard/"):

/sdcard/.removefaceunlock
(prevents faceunlock from being installed and removes existing installation of faceunlock)

/sdcard/.removesetupwizard
(keeps stock provision setup wizard and does not replace it with Google's setup wizard)

3. Install GApps via TWRP

4. Boot to System

5. Immediately toggle application permissions to "ON" under:

Settings -> Apps -> ... -> System show

For:
- Google Contacts Sync
- Google Play Services
- Google Play Store

6. Reboot the phone

7. Add your Google Account via "Settings -> Accounts -> Add account -> Google"

8. Verify that Contacts are synced and Play Services is functional.

9. Enjoy!

Hey, Im having a little trouble with this step:

Create and install these empty text files (0-byte) on the "root" of your Internal Storage ("/sdcard/"):


Is "root" supposed to be a folder on my internal storage? Not exactly sure what I should be doing.


EDIT: Think I figured it out.

However, now I am wondering where to get the security patch to flash the google dialer?

 

[androcraze]

Hey, Im having a little trouble with this step:

Create and install these empty text files (0-byte) on the "root" of your Internal Storage ("/sdcard/"):


Is "root" supposed to be a folder on my internal storage? Not exactly sure what I should be doing.

Good question.

Under Windows/DOS, the "root" of a drive would be the "base", or "C:" (or D:\, E:\, etc.), not in any subfolders.

With Android (or Linux), it's a little different. For our purposes "/sdcard/" (or it could be "/storage/emulated/0/") would be this "drive", without any subfolders. "Linux treats everything like a file" is what you're seeing here, and sometimes it's hard to translate.

A directory listing of the /sdcard/ location (with the added zero-byte files) would look something like:

Alarms/
Android/
backups/
chatTemp/
DCIM/
Download/
Movies/
Pictures/
PodCasts/
Ringtones/
storage/
temp/
TWRP/
.removefaceunlock
.removesetupwizard

You can either create the files directly on your device with a text editor (Ted, from the Play Store, is nice), or create them on a PC under Windows or Linux and copy them over.

Does that help?

 

[nickvp]

Good question.

Under Windows/DOS, the "root" of a drive would be the "base", or "C:" (or D:\, E:\, etc.), not in any subfolders.

With Android (or Linux), it's a little different. For our purposes "/sdcard/" (or it could be "/storage/emulated/0/") would be this "drive", without any subfolders. "Linux treats everything like a file" is what you're seeing here, and sometimes it's hard to translate.

A directory listing of the /sdcard/ location (with the added zero-byte files) would look something like:

Alarms/
Android/
backups/
chatTemp/
DCIM/
Download/
Movies/
Pictures/
PodCasts/
Ringtones/
storage/
temp/
TWRP/
.removefaceunlock
.removesetupwizard

You can either create the files directly on your device with a text editor (Ted, from the Play Store, is nice), or create them on a PC under Windows or Linux and copy them over.

Does that help?

Yes. Thank you very much.

I think I have everything working except the Google Dialer at this point. I manually allowed some permissions it was requesting and it doesn't force close as soon as I open it anymore, but I still can't search places near me. Any ideas?

 

[androcraze]

Yes. Thank you very much.

I think I have everything working except the Google Dialer at this point. I manually allowed some permissions it was requesting and it doesn't force close as soon as I open it anymore, but I still can't search places near me. Any ideas?

Did you reboot the phone after changing permissions? Dumb question, reboots seem to help after changing permissions sometimes.

I'd ask in that thread. I only install minimal. Nothing else. I have never used the Google Dialer.

 

[nickvp]

Did you reboot the phone after changing permissions? Dumb question, reboots seem to help after changing permissions sometimes.

I'd ask in that thread. I only install minimal. Nothing else. I have never used the Google Dialer.

Yeah I tried reboot. You'd ask in which thread? I only install minimal as well, but google dialer is a nice upgrade. If you look at OP it says you need security patch for google dialer to work on 6.0. Not sure what he means by that exactly.

 

[androcraze]

Yeah I tried reboot. You'd ask in which thread? I only install minimal as well, but google dialer is a nice upgrade. If you look at OP it says you need security patch for google dialer to work on 6.0. Not sure what he means by that exactly.

The Delta GApps thread.

I'm guessing that the security patch is a ROM thing; your ROM developer needs to integrate the patch during build. Have you searched through your ROM's thread, or your device's XDA forum for "Google Dialer"?

GoogleDialer has been an issue since KitKat. More headache than it's worth.

 

[nickvp]

The Delta GApps thread.

I'm guessing that the security patch is a ROM thing; your ROM developer needs to integrate the patch during build. Have you searched through your ROM's thread, or your device's XDA forum for "Google Dialer"?

GoogleDialer has been an issue with KitKat. More headache than it's worth.

Ahhh. Okay. That makes sense. Yeah I have never been able to flash google dialer on a rom/gapps package that doesn't come with it. I got excited when I saw the file in the OP. But yeah probably not worth the trouble haha. Thanks for all the help.

 

[markybob]

i downloaded the bloatware removal script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934545546
went into clockworkmod recovery, flashed it, but nothing was removed. any ideas? thanks

 

[androcraze]

i downloaded the bloatware removal script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934545546
went into clockworkmod recovery, flashed it, but nothing was removed. any ideas? thanks

Could be a compatibility issue with CWM. Can you install TWRP for your phone?

 

[malwarebyte]

Does bloatware removal script work with 6.0 gapps ?
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yup it works, just needs some tweaking

 

[mykimouse]

Isn't the date in the thread title due for change?

Sent from my HM 1SW using Tapatalk

 

[thisisapoorusernamechoice]

Isn't the date in the thread title due for change?

Sent from my HM 1SW using Tapatalk

The date in the thread title is the last time this gapps package was updated; I think it's safe to say this project was abandoned. Although, as malwarebyte pointed out, the bloatware removal script is still useful even on 6.0 based roms, just some of the directory/apk names need to be updated; this is easily done with notepad++