[Galaxy Tab 4 Android Development] guitar1238751:
Hey ya'll. After playing around with various gapps packages and attempting numerous other tweaks, I've finally found a pretty straightforward way to get Play Services and the Play Store up and running on the unofficial CM 14.0 build.

Step 1: Download the rom and the necessary files— which I have linked— onto the device. (preferably ext_sdcard, internal storage is fine but I recommend doing a complete wipe). Download these apks: Solid Explorer, Play Store, & Play Services (all linked below, use the linked version of Play Store and Play Services)

**Keep these somewhere safe as we will need them again later** (Solid Explorer isn't required but it does make things easier lol.)

Step 2: If you haven't already make sure to flash Sub77's twrp recovery. The zip will fail to flash on other recoveries such as Phillz. Use Odin to flash twrp or if you are already rooted, simply flash twrp using the official twrp app or flashify.

Step 3: wipe system, data, cache, dalvik (clean install)

Optional: Wipe internal storage as well but if you do make sure you have saved all the necessary files to an external sd card as you will lose everything during the wipe.

Step 4: Now flash the ROM. You will see two errors pop up, but don't worry, it will still flash. After flashing the rom, flash the gapps package which I have linked.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you use this gapps package for Google Play Services to work. This version is: Open Gapps, December 17th,7.0,arm. This package does not include Play Services or the Play Store, we will get to their installation in a bit. I have tried many other combos but this was the one that finally worked. Do not use the aroma or stock Open Gapps package as they include Play Services which will not even let you get past the initial setup screen, instead you'll be stuck in a play services FC loop.

Now wipe cache/dalvik and reboot to system.

It may take 5-10 minutes for the first boot. If it takes longer, clean flash the rom again.

Step 5: Once the device boots up, complete setup. Now go to settings, enable developer options, open developer options and enable root access to app and adb. Now open the CM file explorer/settings, enable root and grant access at the Privacy Guard prompt. Now navigate to where you downloaded the apps I mentioned before. First install the Google Play Store. Then install Google Services. If you open Google Play Store it will still crash.**[

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Step 6: Play Store and Play Services should be working now. Some google apps may state that the the installation failed because the app is not compatible with your tablet. If that happens just install the arm version from apk mirror and it will work fine. I will upload logs and screenshots soon. Hope this helps. ☺️

EDIT: Play Store is stuck at downloading. I am temporarily using apkpure and apkmirror to download apps. I will update this if I find a fix.

Download link to everything I have mentioned in this post: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByzB7Ubd7tPbRFhJMUlDYWpMODQ

Log 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzB7Ubd7tPbR2RicnlkQnZBcDg/view?usp=drivesdk