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[AndroLinx]

Re: Android 12.1 - LineageOS 19 - MindTheGApps


One can unzip MindTheGapps, delete the unwanted *.apk's, zip & then sideload or flash via recovery. It's easy. Path in the MindTheGapp file:

`system/product/app/GoogleTTS.apk (18,789 KB)`

`system/product/app/MarkupGoogle.apk (1,68 KB)`

`system/product/app/talkback.apk (15,096 KB)` (Android Accessibility Suite)

`system/product/priv-app/Velvet.apk (136,694 KB)` (Google search app)

`system/product/priv-app/AndroidAutoStubPrebuilt.apk (3,178 KB)`

Hi there, sorry for reviving this older thread, but I have a question regarding that recommendation. I followed it and it ended with the error "Failed to find update binary META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary..."
I was only able to install MindTheGapps if I did not remove anything.

Maybe there are additional steps to follow that are self-evident to most of you here ?

If that is the case, then it would be great if you could enlighten me

( I am running LOS 19.1 as well, and there still does not seem to be any official OpenGapps version available for it. I would like to only install the bare minimum of Google Apps, just enough to install the apps I bought and to reactivate the in-app purchases for additional features.)

Thanks in advance for any hints !

 

[curiousrom]

MindTheGapps Minimal Installation

...I followed it and it ended with the error "Failed to find update binary META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary..."
I was only able to install MindTheGapps if I did not remove anything.

I don't know why you are getting that error. Are you sure you did not delete "update-binary" by mistake?

...I am running LOS 19.1 as well, and there still does not seem to be any official OpenGapps version available for it. I would like to only install the bare minimum of Google Apps...

These extra apps included in MindTheGapps but not in Open GApps Pico can be disabled in Settings > Apps & notifications > Show all > 3-dots > Show system:

* Android Accessibility Suite

* Google (search app)

* Markup

These are included in both Pico & MTG can also be disabled in their respective app's info:

* Android Auto

* Google Text-to-speech Engine

* Market Feedback Agent

The rest are core GApps.

If those apps were updated that went in the Data partition.

To gain space go to Play Store and click uninstall those apps. It will remove only the updates but keep the original in the System partition.

You can re-enable those apps @ anytime if you wish & your choice survives OS updates.
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[ipdev]

Hi there, sorry for reviving this older thread, but I have a question regarding that recommendation. I followed it and it ended with the error "Failed to find update binary META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary..."
I was only able to install MindTheGapps if I did not remove anything.

Maybe there are additional steps to follow that are self-evident to most of you here ?

If that is the case, then it would be great if you could enlighten me

( I am running LOS 19.1 as well, and there still does not seem to be any official OpenGapps version available for it. I would like to only install the bare minimum of Google Apps, just enough to install the apps I bought and to reactivate the in-app purchases for additional features.)

Thanks in advance for any hints !

Bit OT for this thread but...

For a Flashable installer ZIP file..

META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

are required.

Years ago..
Chainfire figured out how to use a script file for installation instead of building an install binary file.
For more information using a script file instead of a binary.
xdaThread - [DEV][TEMPLATE] Complete Shell Script Flashable Zip Replacement + Signing [SCRIPT] - Link


Example of flashable zip file.
MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220528_014753.zip

[ip@lost out]$ unzip -l MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220528_014753.zip
Archive:  MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220528_014753.zip
signed by SignApk
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
     8896  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
       79  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
       44  02-28-2008 20:33   build.prop
      120  02-28-2008 20:33   system/addon.d/addond_head
      572  02-28-2008 20:33   system/addon.d/addond_tail
  2484539  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter/GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
  1505961  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
  1707872  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/MarkupGoogle/MarkupGoogle.apk
  2019184  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/MarkupGoogle/lib/arm64/libsketchology_native.so
   491242  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/PrebuiltExchange3Google/PrebuiltExchange3Google.apk
 63306025  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/SpeechServicesByGoogle/SpeechServicesByGoogle.apk
 29225581  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/app/talkback/talkback.apk
     1488  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/default-permissions/default-permissions-google.xml
      610  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/permissions/com.google.android.dialer.support.xml
    20560  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/permissions/privapp-permissions-google-product.xml
     1484  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/security/fsverity/gms_fsverity_cert.der
      136  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/sysconfig/d2d_cable_migration_feature.xml
     4259  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/sysconfig/google-hiddenapi-package-allowlist.xml
     3960  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/sysconfig/google.xml
     1106  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/etc/sysconfig/google_build.xml
      946  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/framework/com.google.android.dialer.support.jar
   943652  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/lib/libjni_latinimegoogle.so
  1112352  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/lib64/libjni_latinimegoogle.so
  2213270  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/AndroidAutoStub/AndroidAutoStub.apk
110342415  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/GmsCore/GmsCore.apk
   722022  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/GooglePartnerSetup/GooglePartnerSetup.apk
  9497023  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/GoogleRestore/GoogleRestore.apk
 59512415  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
257583310  02-28-2008 20:33   system/product/priv-app/Velvet/Velvet.apk
     3975  02-28-2008 20:33   system/system_ext/etc/permissions/privapp-permissions-google-system-ext.xml
   691385  02-28-2008 20:33   system/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleFeedback/GoogleFeedback.apk
  7394360  02-28-2008 20:33   system/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
  8250928  02-28-2008 20:33   system/system_ext/priv-app/SetupWizard/SetupWizard.apk
  1579256  02-28-2008 20:33   toybox
     1675  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/com/android/otacert
     3764  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
     4132  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/CERT.SF
     1714  02-28-2008 20:33   META-INF/CERT.RSA
---------                     -------
560642312                     38 files
[ip@lost out]$

Remove only what you want to modify and then zip the rest back the same as the original zip file.

Cheers all.

 

[AnonVendetta]

What is the status of OpenGApps for Android 12/12.1/12L? I don't see any downloads for those on the website or on SourceForge.

 

[Deleted member 7449255]

Looking at GitHub, has there really been no development activity whatsoever since june?

 

[osm0sis]

What is the status of OpenGApps for Android 12/12.1/12L? I don't see any downloads for those on the website or on SourceForge.

Looking at GitHub, has there really been no development activity whatsoever since june?

Waiting on a merge conflict rebase from @ipdev maybe, then @MastahF to merge, but it's close to happening as of 20 days ago:

Android 12 build support. by ipdev99 · Pull Request #959 · opengapps/opengapps

Android 12 and 12L build support. Change in the installer script is cosmetic. Since both 12 and 12L use ro.build.version.release=12 This will display SDK32 as 12L instead of 12.

github.com

 

[osm0sis]

Waiting on a merge conflict rebase from @ipdev maybe, then @MastahF to merge, but it's close to happening as of 20 days ago:

Android 12 build support. by ipdev99 · Pull Request #959 · opengapps/opengapps

Android 12 and 12L build support. Change in the installer script is cosmetic. Since both 12 and 12L use ro.build.version.release=12 This will display SDK32 as 12L instead of 12.

github.com

Merged 8 days ago, thanks to @ipdev!

@Nezorflame requested builds be enabled yesterday.

But @ipdev, @MastahF has some questions about the system image APKs, please check the Slack thread.

 

[G A S T]

Merged 8 days ago, thanks to @ipdev!

@Nezorflame requested builds be enabled yesterday.

But @ipdev, @MastahF has some questions about the system image APKs, please check the Slack thread.

Does that meant that we will see the official release, soon?

I downloaded open_gapps-arm64-12L-pico-20220705-UNOFFICIAL_MOD.zip, that I recognized as the latest version. but I can wait a few hours/days...

 

[Deleted member 7449255]

What is "slack thread" that we are supposed to check?

 

[osm0sis]

What is "slack thread" that we are supposed to check?

Nothing public. That was clearly a message specifically directed at ipdev; we have a Slack for Open GApps which I keep adding all our frequent developers/contributors to, to try and facilitate collaboration and keep the project from completely dying.

 

[G A S T]

Nothing public. That was clearly a message specifically directed at ipdev; we have a Slack for Open GApps which I keep adding all our frequent developers/contributors to, to try and facilitate collaboration and keep the project from completely dying.

And no News about a Release yet?
I took a look at Git...

Does my old cfg-file work flawlessly with the latest build from ipdev that I linked earlier?

 

[Deleted member 7449255]

Btw have the gapps really not been updated since 15 February 2022? That's what the website says.

 

[osm0sis]

And no News about a Release yet?
I took a look at Git...

Does my old cfg-file work flawlessly with the latest build from ipdev that I linked earlier?

Yeah, no changes to the config system.

Btw have the gapps really not been updated since 15 February 2022? That's what the website says.

Not entirely sure what's going on there, but I think the intent was to start only publishing well-tested builds.

 

[Deleted member 7449255]

That makes a lot more sense than a release every single day, but 8 months, whoa...

 

[osm0sis]

That makes a lot more sense than a release every single day, but 8 months, whoa...

I mean, there's a lot more going on circumstance-wise for some of the main devs, but it's not my place to go into details. You'll have to be patient.

 

[reaubno]

I'm newbie, why is outdated? because i need a updated one.

 

[curiousrom]

I'm newbie, why is outdated? because i need a updated one.
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Because there were too many automatic untested buggy builds, so it was stopped and on that date the packages were stable.

Eventually they will be updated, and Android 12 & 13 versions will be added hopefully but the team is small with not enough volunteer devs so things take time.

Anyway, Play Store, Play Services & libraries automatically update themselves in the background regardless of the user's update settings in Play Store.

When Google will feel that they need an update it will do it automatically.

As for the apps included in a GApps package you can either not update them, automatically update or manually update depending on your choice in Play Store's settings.
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[AnonVendetta]

I'm newbie, why is outdated? because i need a updated one.
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OpenGApps aren't the only ones out there that release GApps packages. Google is your friend (sometimes).

Just search for "gapps android 12", you will find links to others that make these packages. And it doesn't matter if you're running 12 or not.

 

[Beast14]

Just want to share my experience for flashing GAPPS on device: Sweet (Redmi Note 10 Pro)

After flashing latest ArrowOS 12.1,
1. I flashed Magisk, rooted, all working, rebooted back into TWRP
2. I flashed MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220605_112439.zip
3. Booted into ROM, it gave me the Startup Google to initialize the phone, so i skipped Wifi (as i didnt want to be pressured to connect to WiFi via that initial page) - very annoying by the way.
It just looped with "Just a sec.." FOREVER.
I then went back and connected to WiFi to see if it will let me pass the setup. Still nothing, Kept looping same message.

I spent almost 3 days trying to figure out why the hell this is happening.
What i tried:
- Wiped Cache/Dalvik, wiped Data, Complete Format, Device Reset all from TWRP
- Reflashing the ROM
- Reflashing MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220605_112439.zip without Magisk - at this point it went into the OS without any Google page setup, and no google apps, no playstore was installed even though it flashed without errors. I mustve re-done this procedure about 10 times. I even reflashed stock ROM and then back to ArrowOS and then immediately MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220605_112439.zip and STILL no apps found in the OS. Was it because i skipped Magisk?? I doubt Magisk is a requirement for Gapps to work.

What solved the problem:
1. Format all, device Reset, all from TWRP.
2. Flashed ROM
3. Flashed Magisk, patched and all. Confirmed working with Magisk app after booting to ROM at least once.
4. Booted to TWRP and flashed the latest test build from OpenGapps pico 12L from ipdev.
5. Guess what? After booting into ROM after that... NO google **** setup page, NO excess ****ty google apps. only Playstore was visible in my apps and it just worked.
6. Google Settings option under Settings did crash when i tried opening it up, but a Clear DATA on Google Play Services fixed the issue.

As a first time user of MindTheGapps, im sorry but it was a complete and utter disappointment.
Ive used OpenGapps before and i used a test build from ipdev's post here now again and it is still rock solid and minimal. Cheers to @ipdev even though he does what he does in his limited spare time!

 

[curiousrom]

Just want to share my experience for flashing GAPPS on device: Sweet (Redmi Note 10 Pro)

After flashing latest ArrowOS 12.1,
1. I flashed Magisk, rooted, all working, rebooted back into TWRP
2. I flashed MindTheGapps-12.1.0-arm64-20220605_112439.zip

You got it all wrong.

You need to install the custom ROM + the GApps package in one go without rebooting to system in between so it gets granted some privilege permissions and required hooks.

You can install Magisk later at any time so keep the first boot simple by eliminating that variable.

Check the thread where you found that ROM for installation tips & recommended recovery version.

Note that on A/B partitions devices you need to reboot to recovery to change the active slot after flashing the ROM & before flashing the Gapps package.
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