How do you circumvent this? Apps such as crackle require flash but users on JB can not have flash? How do you get around this?
JB users can't have flash?
From what I know and read, you can, till August something when Adobe will pull the app out of the Market or something.
I could be wrong of course.
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If you already have Flash on your phone (such as having Flash installed on ICS before updating to JB), you can continue to update Flash from the Market, but if you don't already have it you won't be able to install it from the Market. If I am not wrong, you can manually install Flash if you have the APK.
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Still isn't working. Crackle has the little lego icon
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I've read about updates needing the system applications installed to work. I have a few questions:
Do all apps have to be installed (including games)?
I've uninstalled some apps to download again to install them as user apps to move to my SD card. Do I need to re-install these back to system apps? Or is the fact they're installed good enough?
Will a factory reset put everything back the way it should be so I can just do that?
Finally, why do you have to have it the way it was to enable updates?
Thanks in advance. I've read quite a few posts about having to have system apps installed, but not why or which ones.
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I also need to know these things...
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Yeah, I'm eagerly awaiting ICS. I guess if I must ask a question, it would be, why do you have to have the original system apps to update properly?
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Should I post this in the general bit? Or has it been answered many times and people are sick of answering? I haven't found any answers, despite looking for days.
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I want to customise my phone as much as I can (dare), but after reading about the update thing I'm holding off in case I forget exactly what I did to put back to update-able-ness.
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Why don't you just install the latest firmware after backing everything up (just in case something goes wrong) that way all the system apps are fine and it should be fine with an update service.. but why wouldn't you all just wait for an official rom to be leaked and flash it your phones with flashtool?
Newbie here, Why do i read everywhere that i need to flash gapps if I ever flash my device?
Is gapps Google Apps?
Yes they are apps and framework from Google, like Google sync, Gmail, Maps, Talk... Google asked ROM developers to remove their copyrighted gapps from their ROM so you have to flash it most of the time.
Yes, Gapps is Google Apps, and it includes the Market among other things...
We have to flash it separately because google asked several popular developers to leave google apps out of their roms since it contained proprietary software.
another noob here, just about to flash a custom rom (AKOP to GNex) for the first time.
if i have all apps (user and system) backed up with titanium, do i still need to flash gapps?
(on a slightly less relevant note: i'm copying all titanium backups as well as the rom backup from clockwork mod rom manager to my computer so as not to lose them when flashing the new rom because i'm not really sure if they would be wiped. will they?)
thanks for your help
I have aokp ms4, annd flashed the gapps thats on aokps website. I lost the Google Music player.. Is there a way to get it back?
Malarie said:
I have aokp ms4, annd flashed the gapps thats on aokps website. I lost the Google Music player.. Is there a way to get it back?
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I believe google music is still in the market. Just download it.
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I would keep your titanium backups on your comp, just in case. I wouldn't, however, back up system apps as that can cause conflicts when you're restoring in a different rom. Just back up user apps. And yes, you do still need to flash gapps.
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gonintendo said:
I would keep your titanium backups on your comp, just in case. I wouldn't, however, back up system apps as that can cause conflicts when you're restoring in a different rom. Just back up user apps. And yes, you do still need to flash gapps.
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Precisely, well said.
artvandelay440 said:
We have to flash it separately because google asked several popular developers to leave google apps out of their roms since it contained proprietary software.
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Google did not ask "several popular developers." To my knowledge, it was only Google sending CyanongenMod a Cease & Desist... because of this, developers decided to respect Google and stick to the respective Google Apps rather than including them in their ROMs. It is illegal to include these gapps with their ROM. However, you're fine with including them until Google sends that developer a C&D but only CyanogenMod received the C&D.
As far as TitaniumBackup.. you can also sync your backups to DropBox and now Box.
another noob here...just wondering how do u flash gapps? im planning to flash AOKP anf they said to flash gapps...
trissc said:
another noob here...just wondering how do u flash gapps? im planning to flash AOKP anf they said to flash gapps...
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Download gapps from the given source and flash them via CWM like a ROM.
zephiK said:
Google did not ask "several popular developers." To my knowledge, it was only Google sending CyanongenMod a Cease & Desist... because of this, developers decided to respect Google and stick to the respective Google Apps rather than including them in their ROMs. It is illegal to include these gapps with their ROM. However, you're fine with including them until Google sends that developer a C&D but only CyanogenMod received the C&D.
As far as TitaniumBackup.. you can also sync your backups to DropBox and now Box.
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That's who I was referring to.
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That's who I was referring to.
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CyanogenMod at the time was a one-man project by Cyanogen himself. Not all these other developers who are now associated with the project.
@trissc: 1) Flash ROM
2) Flash Gapps
3) Flash Kernel (if desired).
NOTE: You will have to reflash gapps after flashing a updated version of the ROM. Otherwise you will lose the gapps.
Because Gapps are google's, they don't allow the third part developer use or edit them, but they allow users to download and install by themselves
I just replaced the OTA 4.0.4 with CM10 4.1.1 rom and unfortunately google play doesn't auto download and install the apps i have in my account.
Contacts and calendar were synced ok though.
Is that supposed to be like that?
Could be a couple of reasons:
1) You didn't flash gapps after the rom.
2) Some roms don't have the ability baked in. I have experienced it many times. With CM10 being pre-nightly this is possible.
Once in a while the restore just glitches and doesn't work. Very rare but happens to me sometimes.
Just back up your apps with tibu
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It's because you changed rom flavors. To Google you got a new device as your I'd changes when you flash a different rom like stock to cm10. Stock to stock or cm10 to cm10 will let you restore from google
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Im planning on rooting and flashing CM 10.1 on my ATT GS3. Last time I flashed I had trouble w/ Google Apps and other Nexus apps so I flashed back to stock image. So now I am wondering what is a good Google Apps package ( Google Now, Play Music, Play Store etc.), also need Camera app link, and how do I flash it ( can I just use TWRP). Basically I need links to get all the Nexus apps and how to flash them. Thanks for your help!:laugh: ~ You could say I am a noob
Typically, gapps are put together in a flashable package. There's no need to try to build it yourself. Just make sure to use the property version for the ROM your running. Typically, there are links in the first post of the ROM thread for GApps. If not, its available from goo manager. As for nexus apps, I'm not sure if those would be compatible with the S3.
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Im planning on rooting and flashing CM 10.1 on my ATT GS3. Last time I flashed I had trouble w/ Google Apps and other Nexus apps so I flashed back to stock image. So now I am wondering what is a good Google Apps package ( Google Now, Play Music, Play Store etc.), also need Camera app link, and how do I flash it ( can I just use TWRP). Basically I need links to get all the Nexus apps and how to flash them. Thanks for your help!:laugh: ~ You could say I am a noob
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The camera can be found in the themes and apps section. Its hit or miss for me but if you are cm or other custom ROM it will already be there. All gapps packages can be flashed in twrp using the install button. Just make sure you get the right version for your ROM.
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I can't seem to get Google now to work anymore. It keeps crashing as soon as I give it a voice command.
For some reason now, it seems like my phone lost compatibility with lots of apps. I can't update top the latest versions of the apps and download apps directly through playstore app. On my laptop, the playstore site says the apps are compatible and "downloading" but I get nothing on my phone.
I ve done a clean install of the latest update and cleared data for the individual apps that I've had problems with but I'm still not seeing any changes.
Any idea what's going on here? Is this something everyone else is experiencing?
(Didn't want to post this in the Rom thread since these issues are not just about the Rom, i think)
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I can't seem to get Google now to work anymore. It keeps crashing as soon as I give it a voice command.
For some reason now, it seems like my phone lost compatibility with lots of apps. I can't update top the latest versions of the apps and download apps directly through playstore app. On my laptop, the playstore site says the apps are compatible and "downloading" but I get nothing on my phone.
I ve done a clean install of the latest update and cleared data for the individual apps that I've had problems with but I'm still not seeing any changes.
Any idea what's going on here? Is this something everyone else is experiencing?
(Didn't want to post this in the Rom thread since these issues are not just about the Rom, i think)
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I've been running his ROM for a long time and never experienced this issue... It might be your play store or gapps. I would download and flash his gapps again see if that fixes it.
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Are you using a different dpi?
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It's the gapps that you flashed.. he posted an earlier build shortly after which fixed the issue (just have to update Google Search app in the Play Store). This was posted in the OP.
I'd probably fully wipe but at least system and both caches and reflash the latest ROM and gapps posted.
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edit: Just noticed the post above saying the same thing. These are probably covered ad nauseam if you search in the QA thread as well.
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Are you using a different dpi?
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I am. I changed it by editing the build.prop file. but even if i change it back to normal dpi, i still have the same issues. i just did a clean install of 5.5.13b update and still having same issues. im back at normal dpi.
is there a way to fix this?
explain clean install. i would recommend wiping data cache, dalvik, & formatting /system, /data & /media then flashing ROM/gapps. completely fresh start. what recovery do you use and what device was the version for (d2att, etc)?
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I am. I changed it by editing the build.prop file. but even if i change it back to normal dpi, i still have the same issues. i just did a clean install of 5.5.13b update and still having same issues. im back at normal dpi.
is there a way to fix this?
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clear data from play store and google services framework after reverting to stock dpi. then find a multidpi play store and flash it. then you can freely change the dpi.