yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] *child:
Just to close the issue ...

You are correct; it is not a problem with your Gapps. Somewhere between upgrading from stock to CM, the EXIF data of some photos changed, and thus the reason for the incorrect order. This particular issue is further discussed here.

Sorry for going OT and thanks for this great Gapps package.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] danishdish:
Not bad. I deleted a lot of the Google apks that I don't want or use with Titanium Backup Pro, such as, Google Earth, etc. The Rom runs smooth, with an occasional RR.

That's all I have.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tsatomas:
[MENTION=1878977]*child[/MENTION]

Thanks for the info and these gapps are from [MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION], thank him, I am only a user trying to help;)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hanschke:
thank you for the link but I dont see any reason why it is much smaller :eek:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] nicolahaye:
So you're saying I can delete g+.apk and others straight from the zip without modifying anything else and it'll still work ? Sweet :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] peste76:
Anyone triet on an Omni based ROM (like dirty unicorns) from full to the new stock ? Could this work ?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] 808phoneaddict:
Would sideloading the new Google services be a problem?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] nicolahaye:
Is it supposed to be called .forcephotosphere.txt with the dot at the front or without the dot (forcephotosphere.txt) ? I'll try flashing the beta version tomorrow and let you know about the pa-gapps.txt :)​
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] bgiesing:
It is with the dot and without ".txt".
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
It appears that Google may have gone to device-specific (almost, anyway) versions of Google Play Services. That will likely mean that if I include that latest version for the Nexus 5 (as I currently do) that it may not be totally compatible with all devices. What I may decide to do is revert Google Play Service back to the version from the Nexus 5 factory image. That way your device would automatically update to the latest (and proper) version for your device.

Yes, it'll work, but you'll end up leaving several megabytes of shared libraries behind. While that won't likely cause problems, it isn't exactly optimal, either.

Perhaps I should not have called it a text file. The file name should be exactly as I used it '.forcephotosphere' or '.forcenophotosphere' (no quotes and no .txt)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] 808phoneaddict:
Oh so the current one on the op is what others should use? I'm guessing that one has an older version of the google play services... I have a vzw s4...
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Blac Caesar:
[MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION].. So if I have the 12.12.13 GDailer, do I need to flash the newer version you put up earlier?

from the PARANOID four.Four.Two Nexu5
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
[MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION] Stock Beta packaged installed fine on my N10 including Photosphere camera.

I tried it on my N7 (2012) and it didn't mess up the camera / gallery like the Photosphere module did, and it also didn't add Picasa sync.

I looked at the Stock Zip and it didn't have the Grouper folder / apk's or code looking for grouper in the install script like the Photosphere module so with the Stock's photosphere, the N7 (2012) ROM's camera / gallery weren't replaced.

May want to remove Grouper from the Photosphere module for the time being?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] psychok9:
There is an update like gapps-kk-20131209.zip that DON'T remove CM11 stock browser?

Thanks.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
Modular Full doesn't remove your ROMs browser
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] shakatu:
The OP says "Full modular package" doesn't remove stock browser but I use AOSPA 4 beta 2 so I don't have a reason to test this theory.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] MikeRL100:
OP, before you release a stable update besides Chrome being updated I just found out that a YouTube update is rolling out.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
As the change log showed, the only change in the latest version was to prevent installation on Paranoid Android ROM's. You probably don't want to use it if you're running Paranoid Android.

Thanks for the report. Stock GApps has always only installed Photosphere on Nexus devices with a rear camera, so grouper was never included. As you suggested, I will be removing support from the Photosphere Addon as well.

Thanks. Already had it rolled in locally.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Blac Caesar:
Oh ok.. I was at work earlier, n was skimming through the thread between calls lol, I didn't read what you said about it correctly. Thanks :)

from the PARANOID four.Four.Two Nexu5
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Dirkenberg:
[TKruzze;49502252] It appears that Google may have gone to device-specific (almost, anyway) versions of Google Play Services. That will likely mean that if I include that latest version for the Nexus 5 (as I currently do) that it may not be totally compatible with all devices. What I may decide to do is revert Google Play Service back to the version from the Nexus 5 factory image. That way your device would automatically update to the latest (and proper) version for your device.

++++++++++

That's very sad to hear. If that's the direction that you eventually decide, please consider providing flashable zip as separate updates for your supported devices (Nexus 5 in particular.. :p).

And to side-track, i have previously brought up the updated GooglePinyinIME.apk that was not included in your latest Gapps version Attempt to manual push the updated apk into system/app resulted in force close. Seems that some of the system apps from Google require more effort than a direct copy and paste like any other 3rd party apps in the market (Instagram can't work though) - keyboard and google play service are other examples.

The whole point of providing the most updated Gapps is to minimise the effort of manual updating of apps from Play store, that's how i see and fully support the initiative. Hence, i would like to see GooglePinyinIME to be part of the update in your latest Gapps (even though this app is more useful for users from my part of the world).

Thanks for your kind consideration. ;)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Gandicela:
Optimal removal of apps and shared libraries

[MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION]

"Yes, it'll work, but you'll end up leaving several megabytes of shared libraries behind. While that won't likely cause problems, it isn't exactly optimal, either."

Certainly there are a bunch of us who never use G+ apps at all. May I know what would be optimal then? Uninstall using TB? Please, thanks.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] ctoph0:
I keep getting this error, is it a gapps error or a cm error?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] zemoxuni:
Thank you sir!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] highdiver_2000:
Thank you for your efforts.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] danishdish:
I don't think so. What I am saying is that with Titanium Backup Pro, you can delete applications.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Gandicela:
I actually delete below apks from the actual zip files before flash, and everything works good for me so far. I have been doing this with almost every AOSP ROMS i flashed. I also use TB to delete those in ROM eventually after completion of install - so yes TB also works perfectly.

ChromeBookMarksSyncAdapter

GenieWidget

GoogleContacksSyncAdapter (I use exchange)

GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter (I use exhange)

PlusOne

Street

I was hoping though someone knows how to optimally remove those unwanted/unused apks inclusive of their library files. Do you know if TB also remove those library files?

Thanks.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] cabstrak:
I'll be getting a Nexus 5 soon and I kind of want to prepare everything ready to be flashed right when I unbox my phone.

With the various amount of gapps found I find PA to be the most recommended one, but I have a question.

"Google version" VS "Stock / AOSP version"

What's the difference? For example,

Google Calendar VS Stock / AOSP calendar

, and then there's

Google Keyboard vs Stock / AOSP keyboard

and some even said there's a Google Camera / Gallery VS Stock / AOSP camera / gallery :confused:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] vipShark:
the best package

what is the best package for ROM 4.4.2 cm11?? :confused:

FULL MODULAR PACKAGE or MINI MODULAR PACKAGE or GOOGLE STOCK PACKAGE :confused::good:

:good:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] MasterLinuxer:
Let's say i am not happy with my package (stock) and want to replace to Mini-Modular - should I just flash it over and wipe cache?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
CM has their own GApps packages which is more like PA Minimal vs. PA Stock, so "Best Package" is mostly personal preference along device dependent (how big your System partition is. (PA Stock will not fit on all CM supported devices and you're not saying which one you're using)).

---------- Post added at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------

FAQ #4 in post #3.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] viper689:
This is the error I get when I try to install the Google Stock Package. Is there a way to get past this? I still have 10+ GB free on my phone. Any ideas?

Gonna try the Full Modular package to see if that works. Will edit with update.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] spankymo:
I think the system partition is smaller in size than the sdcard (it varies per device). so that's not 10+ GB of free space for apps for you. most likely the modular package will work for you.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] viper689:
The Modular package seems to have worked perfectly. Thanks for you help, but just out of curiosity, is there a way to see how much free space I have in the system partition? Is it possible to clean that partition out in an effort to improve efficiency? I'm on an LTE Galaxy Nexus btw.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tsatomas:
You can see it through various apps, root explorer has this option also titanium backup etc
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] mrtieudao:
this work is great,:laugh: thanks for all of you:good::good::good::good:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] provolinoo:
G+ app is strongly integrated into the Android system and Google account, I do suggest to keep it even if you don't use the social part so much.

For example, photo app is in the same apk so if you delete g+ apk you will lose the picture cloud bakup as well (a feature that saved my life once, when my smartphone broke down with all my media no more accessible)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] shubhdeep99:
What is this ??

Just installed latest mini gapps and then google keyboard package and look at this. I have lost more the 2.5GB just bcoz of single app in just 1 hour and i am on limited bandwidth... :( :'(
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] ccristal:
Google Keep FCs with latest stock (20140117).
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] swa100:
Why is the latest chrome browser not integrated in the mini modulair package? I'd really like it to be!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] FDisk80:
Because some of us want to use Firefox or chrome beta. Just install it yourself. It will not delete itself next time you update.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] swa100:
I'm running on ART, so I need the chrome browser from this package. If I unzip it from the full package and transfer the apk to my phone and install it, will it work properly? Sorry for my noobyness :p
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] FDisk80:
Umm. Why would you do that? Just install it from Google play.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] swa100:
Thought it would cause FC's. Playstore apps sometimes caused FC's on AOSP from Source (broodplank) while running ART, if I remember correctly.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] FDisk80:
Its fine. Try it.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] swa100:
Backing up now, will try it. Thanks
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] fraizor:
seems awesome thanks for sharing ...
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] leap_ahead:
I can use google dialer on aosp rom ?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Gandicela:
I realised that, yes. But (off topic) as Shrek said, "I like my privacy".
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
The System Partition size of your device has nothing to do with the size of your SDCard. It's size was determined by the manufacturer. The Nexus 5, for instance, has approx. a 1GB partition, while older, legacy devices often have less than half that.

When you flash the latest GApps, a file is copied to your SDCard called 'pa_gapps.txt'. This file contains the exact details for your specific device. To understand its meaning, refer to the change log for yesterday's GApps.

There have been random reports all over the internet of high Google Keyboard data usage. It has nothing to do with the GApps package. Clearing cache and data for the app seems to fix the problem for most people.

Because then it wouldn't be a 'Mini' GApps.:p Chrome requires almost 47MB of System storage. That's about 25% of the size of the entire Mini GApps package.

Besides, you can simply install the Chrome Browser Addon if you want.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] WoodburyMan:
Thanks you for your work in creating these 0-Day updates!

Does anyone know how to modify the Google Home Launcher so that it supports 4 columns and 5 rows on the Nexus 5? 4x4 is a little to small for me. I am currently using Nova Launcher but would like to utilize the "Okay Google" function on the home screen.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Mickyman:
With Play services being reverted, do i have tot downgrade or something? I have the latest one.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] mido_fedo:
with last update i can't flash gapps because no enough storage
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] leap_ahead:
I flash your google dialer addon and all ok ! thanks
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
Google launcher doesn't have any customization options. Hopefully other launchers will figure out how to integrate the "OK Google"
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Mr. Barlow:
No luck with photosphere with the 20140117 mini modular package.

Galaxy S4 jfltevzw

I placed a file on both my internal storage and external SD called .forcephotosphere (no extension)

All I had in the file was "hammerhead"

As far as I can tell, I still have the AOSP camera and gallery
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] abdel12345:
Photosphere only works on nexus devices I'm pretty sure

Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Mr. Barlow:
From today's update:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] slow1234:
I am not running into any issues, but I would like to try the photosphere install on my Motorola Xoom tablet. I figured I would try to find the pa_gapps.txt file to show me where on my SDcard that I should put the .forcephotosphere text file. However, I cannot find the pa_gapps.txt file anywhere on either my internal or external SDcard.

Is there a particular place it should be? I flash the pa_gapps using TWRP 2.6.3.0 bigpart recovery.

More importantly, where exactly on my SDcard should I put the .forcephotosphere file?

Thanks for any assistance!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TecQuality:
I'm using an old package but today I've updated some app using play store, isn't the same? Or i should flash the the package?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
the .forcephotosphere logic is in the Stock package, not the Photosphere standalone module.

maybe it will be added in a future release.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Mr. Barlow:
Ah, okay, so it's only in the stock package and not the modular packages, thanks!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] provolinoo:
[MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION],

stock package 01.17 failed to install on Galaxy Nexus even with .forcenophotosphere option

Since the package is getting bigger and bigger with every update (both Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus can't handle it), what do you think about creating a lite version of stock package with some secondary apps removed?

I know I could do that by myself removing apks from the zip file but your version would be much cleaner ;)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Nephilim:
? Im on Galaxy Nexus Toro and I've always used Stock Google Package. I just updated the rom I'm using and flashed the 1/17 Stock with no problems. I think if we need more room we can take the initiative and remove unneeded apps ourself, TKruzze does enough for us and it is not a difficult task.

Sent from my Android 4.4.2 Galaxy Nexus
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Rated RR:
Lots of us think it is unfinished product. It tends to get slower and slower, messes up with location system settings, has issues with instant search, cannot be moved to SD card. So it better stays away from GApps for the time being.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] AUG:
Xiaomi 2S 32G cm11

mini

# begin pa gapps properties

# This file contains information needed to flash PA GApps

total.mem=516500

used.mem=356152

free.mem=160348

percent.used=69

install.faceunlock=true

install.photosphere=false

required.mem=195952

gapps.installed=false

pa.gapps=false

gapps.type=mini

# end pa gapps properties

full

# begin pa gapps properties

# This file contains information needed to flash PA GApps

total.mem=516500

used.mem=327060

free.mem=189440

percent.used=63

install.faceunlock=true

install.photosphere=false

required.mem=332308

gapps.installed=false

pa.gapps=false

gapps.type=full

# end pa gapps properties

Change to 20140111 ,working fine during installation,nothing happened.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] osm0sis:
I agree! It is totally unfinished product..

The new "stable" breaks double tap+pull zoom on devices with DPI <= 200 as well. Annoying as hell and I had to work around it on my set top box using Xposed App Settings module. Doesn't sound like things are getting much better either, when the new beta apparently breaks Google Now hotword detection on all devices except the Moto X.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
Unfortunately, there is no longer a 'latest one'. I have 3 devices that all updated yesterday and they're all on different versions. To me, that means that each device (or device category) requires a different Google Play Services app. If you're not having problems, I wouldn't worry about it, but you could always revert to the system version and let Google update itself to the latest version for your device.

AFTER you flash one of the GApps packages from today's update 20140117, the installer will leave behind the pa_gapps.txt file in the root of your SDCard (/sdcard/ on your device). This is also the location where you should place the .forcephotosphere file.

I plan on updating the FAQ with more detailed information, but the main details are in the Change Log.

I didn't add it this time as the Photosphere installer is quite different from the one in Stock GApps. I should be able to add it soon, though.

I really don't want to create another GApps package. I have too many of them already, IMO. If space becomes too much of an issue, I may remove Chrome as it's almost 47MB, itself, however I have not decided anything at this time.

Thanks for sharing the logs. Please understand that just because it installed fine doesn't mean that you won't have issues. In fact it's EXTREMELY likely that you will have problems if you do a 'dirty' flash update of your ROM and let the backup script restore your GApps. That's where the real memory shortage issues will show up.

To explain what I mean, the first time you install the Google Stock GApps package, the installer will remove your browser, SMS, launcher, and keyboard BEFORE it installs anything. This actually creates a lot of extra room for the installer to use for the GApps install. In fact, on a CM ROM, the CM modded keyboard is over 40MB by itself! That's why the old GApps packages 'seem' to work fine.

The real problems begin when you flash an update to your ROM. Now, all those apps we removed during the install are back in the system partition. Then, the GApps restore process begins and all that space we created during the initial install is completely gone and you're left with 40-60MB LESS system space (potentially) than when you did the initial install. This is why I've had numerous reports of GApps problems after a ROM update and GApps restore. It's not until AFTER the GApps have been restored that the script goes through, again, and deletes those apps.

I will readily admit that my space calculation algorithms are not perfect, and I'll continue to make improvements. However, at this time, I'm far more comfortable preventing an install that could lead to problems down the road than I am allowing an install that could lead to problems. Galaxy Nexus users are right on the cusp of being able to use Google Stock GApps. If you have less than 50-60MB of system partition space left after you've set up your device, then you're very close to having space issues during the ROM and GApps installation process.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] GatoL0c0:
I'm on ART and the Chrome browser from the Play Store with no problems. There must be something else going on with your set up.

---------------

Samsung Galaxy S3

CM11 Nightlies / PhilZ Touch Recovery 6.0 / TWRP / 0-Day PA GApps
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] chewdaniel:
CM11 Xperia ZR here does anyone know exactly where to put the .forcephotosphere file? i've tried everywhere

/sdcard/

/sdcard/0

/mnt/storage/sdcard0

/mnt/storage/sdcard1

i even tried playing with the script to force a scan to my external sd, but no go... in cwm it's only listed /sdcard and /storage/sdcard1

anyone? tks
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] osm0sis:
Argghhh my system got confused by trying to dirty flash 0117 over 1230, the conflict hid Play Services like we were talking about before. Oh well! Time to clean flash! ;)

Edit: Okay, even weirder, dirty flashing 0117 GApps over the 1230 GApps on AOKP 0114 installed fine, but trying to clean flash 0117 GApps on AOKP 0114 is now giving me the insufficient space error. :confused:

Edit 2: I just changed buffer=1024 to buffer=0 to make the required less than my free and installed. Moohaha ;)

Definitely something weird going on with the required space calculation though, since after the install completes successfully I still have 49mb free, a little bit more than the 200kb it suggested I would have. :p
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] nicolahaye:
Supposed to be on the root of the SD card like Roms or gapps...did you write hammerhead or such in the file ?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] kong:
In the prepare-install.sh file:

# Does device qualify for FaceUnlock?
good_ffc_device() {
if [ -f /sdcard/.forcefaceunlock ]; then
return 0
fi
if cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep -q Victory; then
return 1
fi
if cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep -q herring; then
return 1
fi
if cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep -q sun4i; then
return 1
fi
return 0
}

I think the file name should be /sdcard/.forcenofaceunlock so it will work the same way as /sdcard/.forcenophotosphere (and do not install Face Unlock) :confused:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] damccull:
Disable Removal of AOSP SMS app

Could you add an option so the Google Stock package doesn't remove the AOSP app when installing Hangouts? I know hangouts replaces it, but I use CM, which customizes the AOSP sms app, and I'd like the option to keep the features in that sms app.

Thanks.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Nephilim:
Then use the CM gapps or modify the script in PA Google Stock to leave in mms because TKruzze does not need to change his gapps everytime one person wants to keep one app. How many times does it have to be said that this IS NOT a request thread.

Sent from my Android 4.4.2 Galaxy Nexus