yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Thanks to [MENTION=3824019]Gunthermic[/MENTION] for providing the latest Google Play Services.

Here's a fairly swift way to Google Play Services, follow these steps, using root explorer or similar app, 2 means provided...

A. Install as regular apk...

1. Download this file if you would like to install as a regular apk. Installs right on top of your existing

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zvkboyysktuqhid/com.google.android.gms-2.apk

2. Done

B. If the above doesn't help, make it a system app...

1. Download this file,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctv8748dsenkm4h/GmsCore.apk

2. Check your current version in app manager, uninstall updates if the option is available (mine wasn't)

3. Navigate to system, app, or system, priv-app, if you're on KitKat, you should have a split window, right side is the folder containing the GmsCore linked above, the left side in the folder where your current GmsCore resides, as shown below,

4. Rename the current with a dot bak extension, as shown below,

5. Your phone will hate you for a moment or two, just be patient

6. Copy the GmsCore you downloaded from the right pane (select apk, click copy), as shown below,

7. Go back to the system folder (left pane), and paste the one you just copied

8. Select the apk you just copied and fix permissions by selecting it, choosing permissions, then set to to rw, r, r, as shown below,

9. Reboot and profit...

The new build number should be reflected from app manager, as below,

Please know that if you have a Nexus device and on KitKat, the filename may start with pre-built or something if that nature. No worries, just rename the file I linked to the one currently on your device.

Good luck!

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gunthermic:
I sent micmars the updated GmsCore. Working perfectly with my Gmail and Hangouts.

We are looking to see what is triggering this. As all my 4 devices have updated to new services with none of my apps fc'ing

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
That you did, and I've updated my post accordingly.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cdss:
Hey micmars, the above process is for getting Gmail working again, right ?

From My K3 Beast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Ahh, look at all the familiar faces.

How about a flashable version of the fix for gmscore.apk for us noobs that have no idea what you guys are talking about... ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cdss:
I just uninstalled updates for gmscore and Gmail is working again.

From My K3 Beast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gunthermic:
We are still looking at items. Micmars approach fixes it for some and not others... no flash able unless we had perfect solution

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Just crazy, folks.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
This is why I just defer to you.

It saves time knowing you are a perfectionist.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Thanks to Gun and Mic for all the help with these apks!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Just to let the inverted gmail fans know, you can use camblue's invgmail 4.5.2 with the new Google settings update, which appears to be as inevitable as death. It will show up in play store as needing an update so be sure you don't have automatic updates on
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
Thanks a lot ...I lost my transparent 472 gmail last night to a full wipe....Spent hours trying to make it work lol....Flashed the 452 and all works fine....If anybody has the 4.5.2 in transparent / white text I would be most appreciated....:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Would you like the newer one back? I may be able to help...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
Ahh sorry I meant lost it as it won't install..I have it saved on SD.....I've been dirty flashing on slimkat until last night ..That's when it started fc,s.....Gutted cos I have transparent play store ...mms...I just can't have white background..but the 452 inverted is working fine...just would like transparent cos with xposed I have custom pics in system background etc......Thanks for wanting to help tho.....:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
That's the same problem I've been having. The fix worked for me for a while until i updated my ROM. When i went to do the fix the same way i did before i get constant Google play services has stopped and i can't use my Google apps like hangouts gmail, can't sign into play store... I've no idea why it won't work anymore. I've spent two days trying full wipes, different ROMs, different gapps, all with the same results
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
I am sorry to hear that ...:crying:.....Iv ebeen dirty flashing slimkat for ages and it was running fine with the transparent gmail..I had a coupl of hours to kill last night so thought a full wipe would keep me busy lol....I tried un syncing /removing account/ clearing data/cache from playstore and google services...installing 472 on its own.tried over the top of 452..Lol I tried everything I could think of..I think my reboot/recovery has had enough ...6 hours all told ..My playstore is fine its just gmail for me...Still the inverted 452 is a lot better for me than the stock 472....I will keep looking for a transparent 452 ...If not will wait for a fix from somewhere...:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Have you used the method [MENTION=5244502]micmars[/MENTION] posted one page back. When i first read it, i thought it was the same steps as tbo has in their op but taking a second look I'm not so sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
The GMS Core....No Im going to try that now..Will report back :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
OK, so the following...

1. Go to Gmail, clear cache and data from app manager, uninstall app if able

2. If system app delete Gmail from system app, reboot your phone

3. Go to system, app if Jellybean, system, priv-app if KitKat, look for GmsCore in one of those two folders (or the same app named something else, so if you are on an AOSP rom, it'll start with the name "Prebuilt" or maybe "com"), just look for the colorful puzzle piece icon, rename with a dot bak extension, watch your phone go bonkers, then replace that app with this one,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt0587tg4138fho/GmsCore.apk

4. Fix permissions, reboot your device

5. Flash this Gmail, latest rev

6. (hopefully) Profit

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
I'm going to give it a go right now. Will report back.

Also i sent you a PM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Got Your PM...

Got your PM, but put it here as others may benefit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
Unfortunately still wont work :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Sorry bro...did you remove all Gmail? I mean all of it?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
Ive got a couple of different inverted gmails...Will try them all lol..We shall not be a defeatest lol

Edit- Yes And I tried both steps..Ive tried 4 lol.....Back to 452 and heres hoping for a transparent one :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
No good... After renaming the apk with the dot bak extension i rebooted and the gps version was 4.2.43 but when i rebooted after flashing the gmail it updated on reboot and gmail crashes. I can go in and uninstall the updates and gmail works but it just updates again later

EDIT: And i did completely clear and uninstall gmail and reboot before replacing gms core
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
There Must Be 2....

If you have other remnants of either Gmail or GmsCore, it can auto-update, or not...you could have two versions sitting around. You are definitely not the only person for which this fix hasn't worked, but most report it does.

The only thing which I could think to do is to kill all Gmail everywhere on your device, take a wrecking ball (the Bruce Springsteen kind, not that horrid insane version) to it, same with Google Settings (go into manage spaces, and just kill all space), go into your Google Account under account settings, and stop Gmail from syncing, then...repeat the process.

You'll turn Gmail account sync back on after you try to push the app, as it'll prompt you to do so.

That might work.

It might, but the procedure is...Boss approved...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Will do. About to go grab some late lunch and then I'll give it a shot. Thanks for all your help and I'll report back in just a bit the results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
yeah goodluck bro........It didnt happen for me.....:crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Ugh...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Ok to be clear, Im going to...

Turn off sync for Google accounts

Clear all data from gmail and uninstall it

Clear all data for Gsettings under manage space tab

Reboot

Rename your GMSCore with the ".bak"

Copy it back into system/privapp

reboot

boot into recovery

flash inverted gmail in recovery

boot system

turn account sync back on

hopefully profit

Does that sound correct sir?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Just Gmail sync should be unchecked, nuke all Gmail, reboot into system, do the evisceration thing for all Google Settings, then the GmsCore swap as you've described, then reboot again (you've only turned off Gmail sync), then flash Gmail from recovery.

On boot, Gmail should prompt you for a system setting authorization, but you may be good-to-go at that point, as if Gmail opens, it worked...then it's a matter of telling it thar syncing is OK, and waiting for Gmail to arrive.

Good luck, and sorry for the late response.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Well so far g play services has not updated and I've rebooted several times now. Maybe it will stick this time. Thanks again for your help micmars
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Outstanding news.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] porkyhontas:
Question: will these work on the Sprint version of the SGS3?

Never mind, I just noticed most, if not all, we're APKs. I thought that the Gmail was was a Play Store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
They should all work, and thanks to Micmars for all the help to others!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Amen to that! And thank you for letting me clutter up your thread with all the OT talk. My apologies. :o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Nicest dev you'll find...you're using his apps, got your phone the way you want...clutter, what clutter?

Good times is what I'm seeing...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
They are good times. All this has been a great learning experience for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Couldnt agree more, use the space as long as there is people helping people thats awesome in my book!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gippy2:
Gmail Update

Ok folks ....I decided to do a full wipe today and bingo Ive got my [MENTION=2744223]camblue[/MENTION] transparent gmail working fine....:highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Thats awesome, I am glad! It is amazing what is left behind sometimes after you delete an apk and reboot. Sometimes you have to do a complete wipe and try it again! Glad it worked out for you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razen_kain:
Hey [MENTION=2744223]camblue[/MENTION] do you still have any of your older gmail inverts? I'm specifically looking for the pre-4.5.2 update. It was the last one you did before they moved to the picture icons in the list view. I believe it was maybe 4.3 something... I liked it because it gave me the option to delete the email from the notification preview and swipe to delete in list view.

I had it on my SD card for the longest time and i guess I've lost it/erased it...:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Your in luck I happen to have two of my older ones,,,,here are 4.5 in white and blue text, enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Just an FYI our buddy gunthermic has 4.5.2 still available on his thread. I'm sure he would be happy to share. I know more users may be requesting it since updated play services are driving people nuts. Thanks cam.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Bear, wat up brother!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Mods please close thread, thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micmars:
Done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store and DropBox

I have an iced Facebook and a black facebook.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raypino:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store and DropBox

any link to both

sent via carrier pigeon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store and DropBox

I'll pm you the apk's.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zahih:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store and DropBox

Could you please send me too?

Thanks a heaps..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store and DropBox

When I get home. Not a problem... In no way do I take credit for them... They are cool, I wished I was on FB....

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Please try out my transparent Mms and let me know!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Is it the 4.2 aosp MMS. Or the stock MMS.? Either way I'll definitely try it. :thumbup:

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Sweet. It looks great. Anyway you can change the icon? Maybe to the all black MMS. Icon with the blue face? Thanks Cam, fantastic work.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Sure no problem, have a midterm to take today, after that I will post a new one here with the old style icon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidwalkey:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Love the play store. Was wondering if you could do an inverted gtalk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

There is one. I'll PM you the link, unless you want it transparent. Cam has quite the talent for the transparencies. Thank you buddy. Take your time and good luck on your test!!!

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoJo ^^:
Nice one but mail's background's still white, why can't we change that..?

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Since the thread's active i take my chance asking... I'm searching for a NORMAL inverted gmail, not transparent nor with special colors...

So far i've found one on nexus section but still has some blue and why can't mail background be made BLACK instead WHITE since it's inverted..?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

See gunthermic. He's thanked in the OP.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Souldnt be a problem,,i just dont get into those social sites lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
I believe if you go over to the galaxy nexus site you will find some inverts by travp that are still very stock but inverted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoJo ^^:
Is that travp624? On the GNexus forum? Searched but didn't find any Gmail by him... So if you have a link...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
try this- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1915908

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or here- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34545872
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Yeah sorry its on rootz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flascrnwrtr:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Is there an easy way to change the blue text color to the same blue that is in the transparent Gmail? The blue in the MMS is darker and the Gmail blue is very easy on the eyes.

Sent from my unlocked, rooted and VZW flipped-off Note 2... aka - The Monster
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
yeah I debated using the same hex color code which is ff33b5e5 on the Mms but I wanted a more darker look so I went with ff222cff. If you want to decompile the apk and go to the res/values/colors xml and change the hex codes to the ICS blue codes ff33b5e5,,,recompile and flash. Let me know if more people think the darker blue is to harsh I will change it, let me know!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoJo ^^:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Second link it's the one I downloaded! As said when you open maths there's white background... Well I get black one with the other?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
only way to know s to try... also look up justinbean inverts...

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i like the darker look, but everyone is different.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Yeah I do too,,I seemed to get tired of all the ICS blue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
ics blue is way overused. i guess it can be easily seen against almost any color, but i feel like i've been seeing it on all my phones for the past 3 years now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Got a question for you,,,have you used the mod to enable the menu soft keys on the bottom of the screen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
i've tried. apparently it doesn't work on TW roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
I just got it to work,,,just put up a thread for it,,,give it a try and let me know
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Sweet. Thanks man.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
No problem!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Love the new xda, this is how it should be.thanks cam also for the inverted stuff too, my other friends have so much jelly towards my s3;),I told them benefits of being rooted!! :P

Thanks bear for the link!!

stripped apart rebuilt with Clean Rom&XdaTechnology!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gunthermic:
Email or Gmail?

I will tell you since I do Inverting, and not trying to take away from Cam's thread.. inverting is no easy thing sir. Google Makes it hard sometimes to track down stuff.. LOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoJo ^^:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

GMAIL.. So that's not possible to have black background for reading mails? Another thing : can you reorder accounts? They're not ordered alphabetically now...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gunthermic:
Possible.. wasn't, but i finally found a way.. haven't released it yet... Still playing with it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoJo ^^:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

AMAZING!! I'm totally waiting for it now! There's something else but I guess dev can't help.

When setting app @600dpi, big space appear on edge while reading mails and even more when writing them.

Ps: I asked about how to order skint but I forgot to ask also can you hack the file restriction? Can't download files with unknown extensions, must go desktop...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gunthermic:
really dont want to steal Cam's thread.. never fooled with how dpi stuff for that kind of application.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Thats cool dude, do your thing, I am good with it,,were all one android community!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapadogx:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Running carbon which is 4.2. The market worked but your trans blue Gmail didn't. Uninstalled updates then flashed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
I made a theme chooser theme and an apks pack that has a newer version of Gmail for Carbon,,,its a few pages back in the themes section,,,download that and try the apps pack then let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

I saw that, would those apps work on any ROM though? I wanted to check them out.

Oh Ghandi when you look at us does your heart ache? how could you think that peace in this world has a place?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapadogx:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Will do. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyandhisdog:
greetings all

could someone assist me with this small change I'm trying to make to the gmail apk?

I'm trying to get these 3 icons replaced in this inverted gmail apk 4.2.1. I can decompile the old one with the icons but I get an error when trying to decompile the inverted apk. It's the star and the notification icon. And the main apk icon with the standard red open letter icon

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35804-theme-inverted-talk-412-gmail421-google-now221054-googleplus322-playstore-31010-inverted-darkhorse-style-12172012/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Don't decompile. Just use 7zip and swap out the images.

Oh Ghandi when you look at us does your heart ache? how could you think that peace in this world has a place?

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Haha. Just saw the other post in CR 5.6, Scrosler beat me to it...lol

Oh Ghandi when you look at us does your heart ache? how could you think that peace in this world has a place?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Yes they should just unzip the apps pack and take out what you dont want then rezip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
So glad that people know how to use 7zip,,,it is the easiest way when all you want to do is swap out png's. Good advice!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

You pick up a thing or 2 along the way. It's when I'm staring at a torn open system ui or framework res, that I easily get lost. Still not too bad for getting my 1st computer last summer.

Oh Ghandi when you look at us does your heart ache? how could you think that peace in this world has a place?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Just added a inverted/transparent play store check it out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
sweet. i'll check it out now. i have a small request if you have the time. i use a transparent xda from paul diddy that is great, it's just sometimes hard to read. would love to see what you could do with the xda app. transparent, inverted, and blue of course!! thanks Cam!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Re: [Apps] Inverted/Transparent Gmail,Google Play Store, DropBox and Mms

Nice. The play store is sweet. You're giving gunthermic and travp a run for their money. Lol

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Pm me the apk and I will see what I can do.