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How to go GApps-less with this ROM?

Long story short, Google's blocked in China and my dad will be commuting back and forth to and fro from there, so he just wants to be able to use OOS but without GApps, like in China. Searched but couldn't really see any OOS-based ROMs that supported going GApps-less. Help?

I think I am missing the problem? If Google is blocked in China that just means he needs to sideboard his apps while he is there or wait till he is home to install. Why would you not install them? It's not like the phone won't work if Google services get blocked. Just use different search engines and/or browser and you should be fine.

xDark_ said:
Long story short, Google's blocked in China and my dad will be commuting back and forth to and fro from there, so he just wants to be able to use OOS but without GApps, like in China. Searched but couldn't really see any OOS-based ROMs that supported going GApps-less. Help?
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Cant you use a vpn in china to use google?
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bonham1988 said:
Cant you use a vpn in china to use google?
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Don't want to pay for one and it's annoying , plus he doesn't use Google Services a lot so what's the point of keeping the bloat
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Sowdiyeah said:
I think I am missing the problem? If Google is blocked in China that just means he needs to sideboard his apps while he is there or wait till he is home to install. Why would you not install them? It's not like the phone won't work if Google services get blocked. Just use different search engines and/or browser and you should be fine.
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He's travelling back and forth a lot. And sideload apps do work, but **** like backup and the stuff that happen in the background won't work. Plus he just doesn't want the bloat or battery drain of GApps
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xDark_ said:
Don't want to pay for one and it's annoying , plus he doesn't use Google Services a lot so what's the point of keeping the bloat
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If you're rooted you can uninstall them and if not just disable them from apps settings.
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bonham1988 said:
If you're rooted you can uninstall them and if not just disable them from apps settings.
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Doesn't help with the background stuff. I've tried disabling it on his Note 3, and it resulted in a loop of "com.process.google.gapps has crashed" and I want to avoid that. And I might as well just go without if I'm going to disable it.

How about flashing the Chinese ROM (Hydrogen OS)? Surely that one won't contain any of the Google services/apps. I'm based in China and have gone google-less for quite some time (even in Europe actually, those services are a huge drain and alternatives are available). There's 2 ways to get apps on the phone without using Google's Play store, 1) install Xiaomi/Huawei/... app store or 2) use Raccoon (search on XDA) to download apps from GPS on your PC and then side-load them on the phone. An even better solution is to install Raccoon on a server, have a script download the latest versions once a week, have a script erase the older versions and share the apk's through Nextcloud/OwnCloud/... with your phone (grats you've got your own app store )

Any way to get Google Assistant on OOS without Nova Launcher?

Hey guys, I really want to run GA but don't like Nova due to not having the left google now side card available. I'll be using a Pixel Launcher zip. Is there any way this is possible with the OP3 on latest OOS? Thanks

U can get GA by using an xposed module called assistant enabler. I'm on oos 3.2.6 and am able to use it but one issue I'm facing is that it doesn't retain my voice training. Whenever I say ok Google, it prompts me to train it. Gotta find a solution.

If you got root, then just add the following lines at the end of your build.prop.
ro.product.model=Pixel XL
ro.opa.eligible_device=true
After that, force close your google app, clear it's data and reboot. And you should have your google assistant working.
Note: this would actually show up your phone as Oneplus Pixel XL in every place. Not that it breaks anything but just an aesthetic trade-off.

McDaddy9 said:
U can get GA by using an xposed module called assistant enabler. I'm on oos 3.2.6 and am able to use it but one issue I'm facing is that it doesn't retain my voice training. Whenever I say ok Google, it prompts me to train it. Gotta find a solution.
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Thanks for your reply! Does that xposed module enable things like Googles live wallpapers as well as the assistant?

valeriee said:
Thanks for your reply! Does that xposed module enable things like Googles live wallpapers as well as the assistant?
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No. It just enables assistant.

McDaddy9 said:
U can get GA by using an xposed module called assistant enabler. I'm on oos 3.2.6 and am able to use it but one issue I'm facing is that it doesn't retain my voice training. Whenever I say ok Google, it prompts me to train it. Gotta find a solution.
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Installed the module on latest community build and got the assistant working but I have the same retraining problem.

I've also have the same issue with voice training.

McDaddy9 said:
U can get GA by using an xposed module called assistant enabler. I'm on oos 3.2.6 and am able to use it but one issue I'm facing is that it doesn't retain my voice training. Whenever I say ok Google, it prompts me to train it. Gotta find a solution.
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ATP4 said:
I've also have the same issue with voice training.
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I found out a solution from Xposed Assistant Enabler topic. Some users posted that upgrading Google app to 6.8.x beta version solved the issue. I googled for beta google app and installed one. Then I followed Sabissimo's instructions and got it working. Sometimes though I get a blank screen even though the assistant works fine in the background. Like when I say OK Google I don't get any notification window. Only taskbar changes color but still the assistant works and opens up things normally on the screen.
These are the instructions I followed: (I had to update Google app to a beta version before I got it working)
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Disable assistant in module settings.
Go to voice settings.
Delete voice model.
Retrain voice model.
Enable assistant in module settings.
Should help
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Yes ! Perfect Squabl, it's work.

Squabl said:
I found out a solution from Xposed Assistant Enabler topic. Some users posted that upgrading Google app to 6.8.x beta version solved the issue. I googled for beta google app and installed one. Then I followed Sabissimo's instructions and got it working. Sometimes though I get a blank screen even though the assistant works fine in the background. Like when I say OK Google I don't get any notification window. Only taskbar changes color but still the assistant works and opens up things normally on the screen.
These are the instructions I followed: (I had to update Google app to a beta version before I got it working)
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Thanks will give it a try. Is there anyway to get the live wallpapers working as well on Marshmallow?

Google assistant on lineage OS?

Hello everyone.
As you may have heard, Google is making its assistant available for other phones:
"Google says it’ll make the bot available to all phones running Android 6.0 and newer, as long as they’re running Google Play Services."
I'm under Lineage OS on the 128GB Mi5, and I see Google Play Services listed in the Apps section of the settings.
Is it safe to assume Lineage users will get it in due time, effortlessly?
Thank you.

zoejo said:
Hello everyone.
As you may have heard, Google is making its assistant available for other phones:
"Google says it’ll make the bot available to all phones running Android 6.0 and newer, as long as they’re running Google Play Services."
I'm under Lineage OS on the 128GB Mi5, and I see Google Play Services listed in the Apps section of the settings.
Is it safe to assume Lineage users will get it in due time, effortlessly?
Thank you.
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Yes. It will take a few days for it to roll out.

I have received Google assistant. Google play services version 10.2.99

I using motog3 osprey with latest Lineage nightly of 09.03.2017. I just want to know, to get google assistant officially​, is it necessary to have Google App as a system app?

Don't know about Google app being system app. But in my case Google app is system app and Google play service version is 10.2.99 and most important is that my device system language is US ENGLISH

Safal Oraon said:
Don't know about Google app being system app. But in my case Google app is system app and Google play service version is 10.2.99 and most important is that my device system language is US ENGLISH
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which device you are running?

ASUS ZenFone 2 lineageos build 20170310

Safal Oraon said:
ASUS ZenFone 2 lineageos build 20170310
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I'm using htc one m8.. built 20170309.. Google play service is 10.2.98 .. no google assistance yet ?

Try to update both Google app and play services and then set default system language to us English then clear cache of Google app and play services then reboot your device and try again. Hope it may work

Or you might have to wait. Rollout can be gradual, even within a country, language setting, or services version.
Remember that official information was that it would rollout in certain countries first.

I just flashed this on my Nexus 7 2013 and it works great!
http://www.lineageosdownloads.com/get-google-assistant-lineage-os/

Considering the various report of erratic behavior or just plain not working after an update to Google services, I think I'm going to just wait until I get it officially.

Solution
So my home button with Lineage had the weird behavior of being the same as the "Recent" button, pulling up all the recent apps I have running in the memory. I Just went into settings and under "Buttons" changed the function of "Home Long Press Action" to "Search Assistant". Voila! I had assistant pop up the next time I long pressed the home button. Hope this helps.

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So my home button with Lineage had the weird behavior of being the same as the "Recent" button, pulling up all the recent apps I have running in the memory. I Just went into settings and under "Buttons" changed the function of "Home Long Press Action" to "Search Assistant". Voila! I had assistant pop up the next time I long pressed the home button. Hope this helps.
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Definitely Assistant and not just Google Now, with the cards and all? Because I have that same setting for the long press on the home button (set to "Search assistant") but it just takes me to Google now (see attachments).
What's your Google play services version?

For me, it's definitely Assistant. I think it has to at least be set to that to update to Assistant when it rolls out to you, otherwise it will just always be the multi task/recents button.

ajalogan said:
For me, it's definitely Assistant. I think it has to at least be set to that to update to Assistant when it rolls out to you, otherwise it will just always be the multi task/recents button.
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Out of curiosity, and to know if they're already expanding the first wave of English speaking countries+Germany, where are you from?
And yeah. The rollout is region based. Even if Play Services is updated.
Enjoy it! Looks like Portugal is still in line.

I thought I shouldn't open a new thread for this so here goes:
1. I'm on LineageOS, March 14th version;
2. Xiaomi Mi5 Ceramic/128GB+4GB Ram version;
3. Play services version 10.5.48.
Upon fresh Lineage install, I had Google Assistant right away (definitely assistant, and not just Google Now) upon Home button long press. One or two days later I had only Google Now.
Is this normal?

Can confirm the same @zoejo. OPO, lineage OS. Gplay services 10.2.99. I think Google app updated and I lost the assistant. Now it just displays the card/screen contextual search

As of this morning, I have assistant again.
Noticed no change other than an update to the Google app.

All we need to do these days is to add ro.opa.eligible_device=true in build.prop and have android 6+... No enabler or anything. Why not have that by default?
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Still don't have Google Assistant

I'm running on the latest firmware and I also received the April Security patch update. But I still don't have Google Asistant. Long pressing the home button opens the Marshmallow style Now on tap interface, and the Ok Google voice activation opens up traditional voice search. Any ideas how to activate Google Assistant without unlocking the bootloader.

rondias18 said:
I'm running on the latest firmware and I also received the April Security patch update. But I still don't have Google Asistant. Long pressing the home button opens the Marshmallow style Now on tap interface, and the Ok Google voice activation opens up traditional voice search. Any ideas how to activate Google Assistant without unlocking the bootloader.
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Here you go :fingers-crossed:
http://bfy.tw/Bzuv

quite strange.
Everyone one had received check if all google apps or inbuilt apps are updated in Play store.

jatinkhatri said:
Here you go :fingers-crossed:
http://bfy.tw/Bzuv
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Omg thanks for the suggestion! Didn't work though. Next useless suggestion please. And also stop assuming that people haven't tried googling stuff before posting here.
I googled, searched xda for similar posts before asking here. So kindly stick to useful and helpful advise.

Yash24 said:
quite strange.
Everyone one had received check if all google apps or inbuilt apps are updated in Play store.
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Tried that too, sideloaded the latest beta's for google Play services and Google app as well even though I'm on enrolled on the beta program for all those apps in the Play Store. I have phones running 6.0.0 having Assistant!

rondias18 said:
Tried that too, sideloaded the latest beta's for google Play services and Google app as well even though I'm on enrolled on the beta program for all those apps in the Play Store. I have phones running 6.0.0 having Assistant!
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So hard reset is your last option.

Yash24 said:
So hard reset is your last option.
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That's actually not a bad option. Quick question: Does it wipe the internal storage too? I haven't factory reset my phone except via TWRP

rondias18 said:
That's actually not a bad option. Quick question: Does it wipe the internal storage too? I haven't factory reset my phone except via TWRP
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Yea of course!

Can´t use Onedrive on A5 2017 SM-A520F

When I try to open from Google play I press "enable" but nothing happens. Did not find a way to add MS credentials . Please help?

on my a3 2017 it was default installed via galaxy store
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A320FL met Tapatalk

arliss said:
When I try to open from Google play I press "enable" but nothing happens. Did not find a way to add MS credentials . Please help?
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update app from the play store / galaxy apps
and clear app data from settings

MaDaLiNoSt said:
update app from the play store / galaxy apps
and clear app data from settings
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thank you. But that is exactly the problem: when I update from the Play store it shows "enable" button. I push and nothing happens. App does not show on settings. Only this app has this behavior.

arliss said:
thank you. But that is exactly the problem: when I update from the Play store it shows "enable" button. I push and nothing happens. App does not show on settings. Only this app has this behavior.
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Clear app data and cache, uninstall updates from menu button.
And finally, if still has problems, factory reset the device