Help flashing ROM (KatKiss), Magisk, Gapps and being able to download Netflix

[BeerGogglesFTW]

I'm right now I'm at a point where I hate stock and these custom roms are great, but hate being held back by the Play store no longer allowing me to download/update Netflix which is used often.

Previously I had installed

KatKiss - Nougatella #023,
SuperSU
Gapps - Stock

I suppose I could have just installed netflix through the apk but I figured that would only be a temp solution.


So my first steps were to wipe and go back to stock.

I then proceeded to add CWM recovery back (Also tried with TWRP)

I wiped
I then ran an uninstall SuperSU zip (which may or may not have been needed but seemed safer to try.
I installed KatKiss
Then Magisk
Then Gapps - Stock

This will cause lots of crashing right from the start of the setup wizard... the the app/stopped don't ever stop. A lot of google related stuff as soon as I conect to Wifi.

I started over.

This time I installed Gapps - Mini instead.

No longer crashes the set up wizard. Everything seems stable.

At this point I have access to the tablet through KatKiss.

When I run Magisk Manager, the safetynet check never finished. Just spins.
If I hide the PlayStore from root and try to find Netflix it won't be there.

However, if I now install Gapps-Stock through recovery at this point... I can then go back to the Play Store and find Netflix. It will be there.

However, I still can't pass SecureNet check. It just spins.

I first thought to myself... Thats ok. I don't need it, Netflix was really the issue I needed addressing and I have that.

So I started putting apps back on my tablet to find... apps were crashing more. Facebook for example will never work. Just crashes on startup.

So something just isn't right and I don't really know what I'm doing. In the past I always just followed easy to follow guides.

Note: I believe I have better luck with KatKiss build #021. 023 gave me more issues with this process so I had 021 on hand.

 

[berndblb]

You really should go with the gapps version recommended by the dev of your rom and that would be pico gapps in this case. If you flash a different gapps package you're on your own for trouble shooting fc'ing apps and system UI and such...
I have no idea if this rom works with Magisk and would be tickled to find out, but I don;t have the time for it right now. On other devices there were problems when the rom was pre-rooted or for some the build-in busybox did not work and they had to flash a different version. There could also be a problem if the boot image has been modded for SuperSU and idk if it has been on this rom.
Try this first:
If you flashed any other than pico gapps version you really should format /data before reflashing the rom. That done:
format /system, wipe /cache and Dalvik, then flash the rom and pico gapps, then flash unsu by osmosis followed by the Magisk flash. Then install Magisk Manager and try to pass Safetynet with both Busybox enabled and disabled.
Let me know how it goes
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067

Edit: couldn't help myself - had to try it :cyclops:
So I tried a quick and dirty switch from SuperSU rooted Katshmallow v33 to the same rom with Magisk. No reflash, just wiped cache and Dalvik, flashed unsu and then Magisk. Root works fine but it does not pass Safetynet check, Netflix app does not show in Playstore, device is uncertified in Play.
The failed check says: CTS profile mismatch and I believe that is the problem with the Busybox version that comes with Magisk. Read something somewhere about replacing it with a different one which solved the problem for some folks...
I'll dig some more later....

 

[BeerGogglesFTW]

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize the importance of using Gapps-Pico in this case. I just figured they were recommending a light-weight Gapps opposed to a larger one... So I always went with "stock" and never had an issue.

I'll keep that in mind for debugging future issues.

I'm not sure how important formatting /system was... I always left that one alone, but I was formatting /data /cache and Dalvik

That CTS profile stuff all seems beyond my knowledge at the moment. I guess let me know what you find when you do.

Thanks again

 

[berndblb]

No issues? I thought you had "lots of crashing".. ??

So you want me to do all the leg work, yes? Sorry man, it's you who wants Netflix :silly:
I dirty flashed the rom, ran unsu, then flashed Magisk and osmosis' Busybox but Safetynet check still fails for me...
Don't have time to do a clean install just now, but that would be the next step...
I like Magisk as systemless root and I got it working for my purposes.
As for Netflix - I don't use it much on the tablet and I just squirreled away the 4.16.1 version. Just in case I accidentally update it to the newer ones....

 

[BeerGogglesFTW]

Sorry if that was unclear. I meant I never had any issues using Gapp Stock before this whole Rooted/Netflix thing came up last week. Now it is what it is.

And yeah, I didn't mean for it to be like I was asking anything of you. I'm not. You just seemed like the type who would be tinkering with this kind of stuff. If not, no worries.

Information/guidance is what I'm after. Not leg work.

I'm sure I just need to be patient really. Since a lot of people use Netflix I'm sure this will get a lot more attention in the near future.

Thanks again.