yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Hepaa:
Oh, I´m sorry, my mistake. I used bad link and thinked 4.3 and 4.4 are both supported by this one.

Thanks.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lerfmaster:
Did you ever get the keyboard to work? I know that Google updated the keyboard in the Play store. Even when I download it from the Play store, it fails.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] rickbosch:
Keyboard is fine, I've read about all the issues, but I've fortunately enough seemingly avoided them :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lerfmaster:
Keyboard

How did you get around this problem. I cant even install the keyboard from the Play store.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Hepaa:
Thank you. Please do you know, where is problem in this situation? I can not see any ROM settings. http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/help/paranoid-android-4-2-rom-settings-t2697376

thanks
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] PiggySmalls:
Uninstall AOSP, Android, and Google keyboards, reboot. Then install from store. Worked for me. Might want to make sure you have Kii, or something installed, so you can search in the store...
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] leAndroid91:
Hi guys,

i've got a short question and am looking for a short answer :D

Do i need to flash the GAPPS even if i frequently do updates by using the play store?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] PiggySmalls:
You won't even have the Play Store on a clean install without the GAPPS
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] leAndroid91:
yes, you're right.

but i was talking about another situation.

everything is up and running.

then i'm doing a nightly and kernel update.

in this case i don't have to flash gapps when i update my apps using the play-store, correct?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hlxanthus:
That is correct.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Whosdaman:
The reason why you want to still flash the latest gapps is to place the updated apps in your system partition instead of the data partition
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
Actually, it is fixed if you downloaded and installed your GApps after 0324. I did a silent update by changing 'ro.addon.pa_version=' in '/system/etc/g.prop' from 20140321 to 20140321a. You can fix it yourself by doing the same thing or you can flash the tiny zip file below to do it for you automatically. NOTE: This will only benefit ParanoidAndroid users using an 0321a version of Full, Mini, or Micro GApps who are receiving 'update available' notices from the PA OTA app.

View attachment pa_gapps_20140321a_fix-signed.zip

See note on 0324 Change Log.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Badgerkiller:
TKruzze, can you tell me why the Google Keyboard apk is different when we download or update by the store ?

LatinImeGoogle.apk :

C9F83AEFE938A05D7D3A1EE8CD779560 -> your package

901C67CCAF554AE197384FEA5FB7A373 -> downloaded via PlayStore

However, Lib file is the same, checksums match.

It's region related or there is a new release with the same revision ?

Thanks for your reply.

PS : can you include the last gms 4.3.24 (1084291-038) in your future update :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
To install an app in the system partition, it is necessary to extract all the sharable libraries from the apk and place them in '/system/lib/'. Once I've done that, leaving the lib folder inside the apk is no longer necessary - so I remove it - EXACTLY as Google does in their original factory images.

This currently makes the Stock GApps zip over 50MB smaller than if the libs were left in the apk's.

As to the GMS, check the FAQ.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Badgerkiller:
Oh thanks for the explanation ;)

I thought the update process remove libs files because they are already extracted in the app-lib folder in data.

In fact, Play store download required file then extract lib in the right place but keep the original package with the lib inside :(

Another thing related to Google Keyboard, if I download from evozi website I get an another MD5 : 75D80E16B5963D52FE8F0F030877EB35.

That should match my apk downloaded from the PlayStore no :confused: It is 10octets smaller but referenced by Google as a legit apk :eek: and not mine. What's wrong with this app ? Watermarked ?

I'm surprised because all other updates like PlayGames etc. are the same by PlayStore and apk website downloader.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
PA GApps Update Announcement

PA GAPPS - MARCH 29 UPDATE

MARCH 29, 2014 - 20140329

Chrome Browser updated to v33.0.1750.170

Google Wallet updated to v2.0-R155-v15-RELEASE

If you're a Paranoid Android user currently using the 0321a version of Mini or Micro GApps and you're receiving ongoing 'update available' notices from the PA OTA app, you can flash View attachment pa_gapps_20140321a_fix-signed.zip to prevent this from happening in the future. Next update to these packages will fix this automatically.

PLEASE CHECK THE OP for

Complete Summary of Recent Changes

List of Common Questions and Answers

Package Details and Download links
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] reshonda:
I've tried clearing the data and cache, disabling, installing from the Play Store, flashing the keyboard module on top of stock gapps and the keyboard still won't work. I've tried uninstalling it using Titanium but it doesn't seem to actually get rid of it. Flashing the 0321 gapps fixes it but this clearly isn't a long term solution.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] xela1989:
In all packages I noticed that there is a Google Launcher. There is no way to prevent it from being installed? Because I really do not like their own :)

Thanks for future councils
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] michierusama:
Extract the zip and delete the launcher apk and rezip thats it
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] RoryB:
Or use 7zip and delete the file from the zip file.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] xela1989:
Thank you all for the help! :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] memphisa:
You don't really need to extract the zip. Just delete it from the zip using 7zip or WinRAR
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
This has been covered multiple times (including in the op).

You really shouldn't remove it from the pack, doing so can cause issues for the system or other apps.

The best thing you can do is freeze/disable the app you don't want.

Doing this also prevents you from having to modify every zip you flash.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hlxanthus:
I have noticed that setup wizard doesn't seem to be asking to sign into Google play. I have to sign in manually thru the play store. Using the 3/24 stock gapps (downloading today's build to try it now). Did this on AOSPA unofficial for jflte and also OctOS. Both from clean installs (wipe data/system/cache via twrp 2.7.0.1). Anyone else noticed this?

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] P3nkiln:
Great work guys. GApps working flawlessly.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] apatal:
I've been deleting apks from the package for a while now without issues. I agree though, if someone doesn't fully understand what they are doing, might as well not mess with the package.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] LinearEquation:
If you're ROM come with Playstore already, as some do, then no you don't have too.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hlxanthus:
Okay, reflashed with latest gapps and same issue. It starts to initialize my WiFi and jumps to next screen bypassing Google sign in. So instead of hitting next I hit the back button and allowed WiFi to fully activate then so then when it proceeded it brought me to Google login.

Now I am not suggesting in any way that this is a gapps issue. I have no doubt it is a device specific issue (not really ROM specific, more likely the common device tree supporting most of them). Just throwing this out for other gs4/jflte users.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TDSJR:
+1

Sent from my dr87 v7 powered, Mahdified LG G2 (D801)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Nikki1993:
Nice, subscribed.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] dronepod:
Yay.Reserved.. This would be awesome. Keep up the aosp venture guys.You rocks!!!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] WayneGretzky:
Thanks for your useful development, PA team!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] ShankyJain:
Waiting!!!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Chochiwpg:
The Great One!!!! I never knew you were a Nexus 4 user :good::D
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hp420:
Would you be willing to autograph my nexus 4? lol
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] WayneGretzky:
Ok, I know now I had to maybe choose another nickname :fingers-crossed:

Unfortunately I don't use a Nexus 4, but am interested in PA and the PA GApps.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Chochiwpg:
The best place is to follow PA on Google+. They post all of the updated ROM information and changelogs to their ROMs there.

Also there is a PA Q&A thread in the Nexus 4 Q&A Forums and PA ROM thread in Nexus 4 Original Development.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] varshil:
Reserved
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] wase4711:
anything involving PA is worth following!
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] thezinv:
play store

I'm getting a bunch of issues from the play store now:

package file is invalid & your device isn't compatible with this version

I wasn't seeing any of this on the 3.68//4.2-20130719 build.

I've tried clearing caches, wiping davlik, unloading app updates for the play store, reinstalling the apps package, etc. Anyone else running into problems?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] :
Nice. Now people can stop asking me for a full gapps pack. :victory: lol
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] draggehn:
Reserved, cuz why not?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
What device? Did you do a factory reset /full wipe before installing? Everything is working fine for me on my Nexus 7 and Nexus 4.

Edit: I initially had problems booting and decided to do a full wipe followed by installing the factory image. After that I reflashed recovery, ROM, and GApps and things have been smooth ever since.

Sent from my ΠΣΧỤŞ 7² tablet
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] occtec:
Awesome, quick question what is the best way to uninstall what you don't want? Settings/apps disable???
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lozone:
Awesome work TKruzze. I only use these PA Gapps since TKruzze has taken over updates.

Thanked and rate!

Good luck!

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] rayford85:
Great Job [MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION] Nice to see you start a thread for your work finally :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tegezan:
VIP :rolleyes:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] cole21771:
Hello

Just reserving a seat. :)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lozone:
Settings/App disable is the easiest and less painful in the long run.

Since PA Gapps is updated frequently, every time you dirty flash an update of the ROM or Gapps, it will stay disabled.

If you decide to take apps out of the zip, you will need to do so with every Gapps update.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] OhDae-su:
Same answer I gave you on PA dev thread: yes, you can.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] rofik_gitara:
hahaha..

again??

thanks dude,

but any issue or little if i flash this for deodex stock?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] OhDae-su:
The worst that can happen is that the apps fc'ing which I highly doubt. Just flash and try each and every app. You're are doing no harm to your device using this package on deodexed stock.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] rofik_gitara:
you've tried it?

oke will try and give u're feed back
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] OhDae-su:
No,I didn't tried it that I have to admit.;)

But I read this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45749195

which leads me to the answer that it should work for you.:cool:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tdassa:
i just installed PARANOIDANDROID 3.99 RC2 however the gapps not showing no matter how many times i flash it ,wipe cache

i'm using pa_gapps-full-4.3-20130926-signed.zip

Edit

pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.3-20130926-signed worked for me..will get the rest from the store,thnx
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
Because It's not a google product. GApps, by definition, are from Google.

None of the apps were showing? That's very Strange. Especially since there's been over 10,000 downloads and not a single issue like that reported.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] nileshgr:
But stock nexus ROM contains it. :s
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Doo Doo:
can somebody explain how the automatic backup of the gapps works because i really don't understand it

im using pacman rom but everytime i flash an update i always have to flash the gapps zip again because they don't get automatically restored like it says in the OP

any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
The ROM has to support addon.d backup functionality before any of this will work. . If the ROM has it built in, then your GApps would automatically be restored when doing a 'dirty' ROM update (dirty = flash without a manual wipe).

If you manually wipe the system partition before flashing, then you will need to flash GApps again.

Sent from my ΠΣΧỤŞ 7² tablet
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Doo Doo:
So there is no other way to backup gapps unless I dirty flash a ROM?

Well dirty flashing causes problems sometimes so basically this is useless
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] claytonjn:
Obviously you're not too lazy to wipe system when you flash, why are you too lazy to flash gapps every time?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Doo Doo:
I was just trying to make it easier on me so I wouldn't have to flash gapps after every fresh ROM install that's why
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lozone:
It's not useless

Everything works as it should.

Like TKruzze said your rom needs to support the backups.

In TWRP, you can Factory Reset and then flash Rom that supports add.on script and all is good.

TWRP's Factory Reset only wipes Data and caches.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Doo Doo:
I'm pretty sure PAC ROM supports the backups since it has PA & a couple other Roms mixed into one

I've tried it like you said & none of the gapps get restored so you tell me what I'm doing wrong
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] kossair:
I still can't seem to solve that issue of the sidebar not loading on the youtube app. Yesterday, it magically started to work properly again as if nothing happened. I booted it up today and once again the sidebar isn't loading. And no, I didn't change any setting. It's making me crazy.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] DarkSRT:
If you update your ROM following these steps your gapps should stay... in twrp:

Install -> wipe delvik/cache -> reboot

before updating your rom I would Check /system/addon.d/xx-gapps.sh

My version of PACman has 70-gapps.sh I had to add "app/GoogleKeep.apk" to my gapps.sh to keep from having to reflash it every time I updated. So I would check your xx-gapps.sh to make sure your gapps are listed in there if not I would add them

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 Rockin' the newest PACman ROM Nightly
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Doo Doo:
basically your telling me to dirty flash in my previous post i said that i didn't want to dirty flash since it causes problems sometimes so that is out of the question there has to be another way to backup gapps without having to dirty flash
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] claytonjn:
What you're saying is completely counter-intuitive. You want it to keep system apps, which are stored in the /system partition, but you want to completely wipe the /system partition every time you flash...You're arguing with yourself.

Also, for the record, what you're doing is still a dirty flash. A clean flash means wiping everything (other than your internal storage obviously.) This means a clean flash includes a factory reset (wiping /data.)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TKruzze:
Just to clarify,

you should NOT make that change to any of the PA GApps backup scripts

. Google Keep is 'Keep.apk' in PA GApps. I follow Google's naming system in all PA GApps packages.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hlxanthus:
[MENTION=5560321]TDSJR[/MENTION] , does that mean you mean you have the same issue?

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] TDSJR:
I did. Same scenario, clean flash. Actually thought it was because of lousy WIFI signal at the time.

Sent from my dr87 v7 powered, Mahdified LG G2 (D801)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Lither:
Installed CM with GApps but when I try to add a Google account, I get this error,
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Eelan:
abort+Status7

Hey guys, i tried 2 flash the micro gapps v4.4.2 on my Wave2, flashed with CM11, but it abort with the notification Status7, nothing more.... :/

here is my gapps log:

# begin pa gapps properties

#

This file contains information needed to flash PA GApps

current_gapps_version=none

current_gapps_type=none

installing_gapps_version=20140321a

installing_gapps_type=micro

total_system_size_kb=2 377960

used_system_size_kb=279788

free_system_size_kb=98172

free_space_reqd_kb=126604

total_gapps_size_kb=119448

install.chrome=false

install.faceunlock=false

install.photosphere=false

photosphere.device=none

replace.launcher=false

replace.mms=false

replace.browser=false

device_name=wave

# end pa gapps properties

Is their a mistake i'm making or whats going wrong? Help is appreciated :D
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tsatomas:
Status 7 error comes from older recovery, you should update your recovery first.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] Eelan:
Status 7

How schould i do this, cuz i dont find any usefull thread 2 it and isn't a updated version of the recovery implemented in the CM11?? Btw... i have the 6.0.4.7 version...a newer version i didnt found :/
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] drewski_1:
ROM & Recovery are two different things.

You can install recoveries easily via GooManager (TWRP) or look for other recoveries in your device specific forums.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
Depending on his device the recovery might be part of the kernel (like on i777) which may limit his recovery options.

Either way I thought cwm 6.0.4.7 was the newest.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] bigsupersquid:
If I'm reading the log right,

would mean there isn't enough space in the /system partition to fit the whole package. So, symlinks or permissions setting will fail on the missing files which are two things I have seen cough up a Status 7 on failed installs.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] tsatomas:
I suppose you use cwm recovery, usually updating the kernel will update the recovery, else you can try with Odin, also there are threads guiding to modify updater script to overcome this . look in your device forum for kernel, maybe cm11 is using older one.

Edit: you can also use app ROM manager to update recovery.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] jkr801:
Anyone have a list of the libs required to install the google keyboard 3.0 manually?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] osm0sis:
Rename the apk to zip and extract them from the lib folder to /system/lib/, then rename it back to apk and move it to the correct system app folder.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] david.degraw54:
Is anyone else having trouble downloading the latest stock gapps? It keeps redirecting me to some rocket page saying the page wasn't found. Happens with all links.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] claytonjn:
If all links are redirecting you to some other page there's either an app in your phone doing that for some reason or an issue with the DNS server you're connected to. Could be other things as well but you didn't include information regarding what device you're trying to access from, what browser, etc.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] hlxanthus:
A lot of public WiFi networks will block file hosting sites

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] otter34:
Link to photo sphere?
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] alexcheveau:
Hey, I'm getting some issues with Gapps recently and I'm sharing it here to see if anyone is with similar behavior or it's just me or my device.

If I flash pa_gapps-stock-4.4.2-20140324-signed.zip on my device (MAKO) i can't use Keyboard. Only Force Close and my buttons (home and back) don't work anymore.

If I flash pa_gapps-stock-4.4.2-20140307-signed.zip, everything is OK.

Ok, you will say: it's the Google Keyboard problem... But I'll say: After flashed the 20140307 version, I manually update Keyboard to the last version included in 20140324 version, specifically GKeyboard 3.0.19373.1072412a and my device run like a charm....:silly::silly::silly::silly:

Already tried Wipe everything, you read right, I also tried Clean Flash all: ROm, Kernel, etc, and the problems is there...

Ps. already tried this: "If you experience high battery drain or FC's after updating - try clearing data and cache for Google Keyboard - This is NOT a GApps issue."

Using ART, and ROM Velocity

cat pa_gapps.txt

# begin pa gapps properties

# This file contains information needed to flash PA GApps

current_gapps_version=none

current_gapps_type=none

installing_gapps_version=20140307

installing_gapps_type=stock

total_system_size_kb=847656

used_system_size_kb=302816

free_system_size_kb=544840

free_space_reqd_kb=389556

total_gapps_size_kb=386940

install.faceunlock=true

install.photosphere=true

photosphere.device=mako

replace.launcher=true

replace.mms=true

replace.browser=true

device_name=mako

# end pa gapps properties

thanks for the help
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
Try the 3/29 gapps

Before flashing, wipe /system from your recovery and flash your ROM then the 3/29 gapps. You should NOT need to wipe /data

If you use any custom kernel or other mods you'll want to flash them too.

Then boot up and clear keyboard data from within your ROM.

Everything should work then.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] alexcheveau:
Did all you saw, working with no problems now. PS. No need the last step (clear keyboard data)

But honestly I don't have understand why it's ok now since I've did a factory reset...

Maybe something in 3/29 ?

Anyway, problem solved, thanks! :good:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
I think it's just a matter of the lib files getting kinda mixed up. Dirty flashing and using older releases (3-24) makes it harder to ensure the correct files are where they need to be in the system.

Anyway cheers.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] alexcheveau:
You will not believe... just reboot the phone and all the problems are back... keyboard don't open (FC) and back buttons don't work too...

:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
Read the op about advanced features for the stock install and try installing while keeping the stock keyboard (you'll need to clean flash again)
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] alexcheveau:
I'll do that, thanks.

Read some pages back a guy asking about the checksum dif from his gkeyboard and the one here in the pa gapps... maybe this is it..
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] iXNyNe:
No.

The checksums will be different because the libs are included internally when you download apps from the market but they are not when you use a gapps package. Apps from the market are stored in /data where apps from the package are stored in /system and system apps need their libs to be external.
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] claytonjn:
I think it depends on the recovery, but usually factor reset only wipes /data. So to wipe everything you need to do a factory rest, and wipe /system and /cache. I'm not saying this will fix your problem but often people don't really understand what factory reset does.

-Sent from my Developer Edition Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] abilgen73:
:good::good::good:
[General Paranoid Android Discussion] :
I can't open the stock camera, I keep getting "unfortunately gallery has stopped working".