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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] max.android:
followed all steps...no issues but google map doesn't work.

anyway to get it to work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Gnumi:
Anyone else having problems with apps saying "need to update play services"? I have few apps which won't run at the moment
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
You have to reboot after adding a location backend. And you also have to enable it and grant all permissions to microG. Maps are working fine for me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
You also have to grant location access to microG and reboot after enabling a location backend. Google Maps are working fine with microG
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Add a location backend. Grant Location access to microG and enable the backend. Reboot. It will work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bartjeh1991:
Can't wait to test this!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] max.android:
thanks.. tried but can't seem to add location backend... have given the location permission.. getting 'error initialising backend' when i try to enable this check box .. please refer the screenshot. .. (was unable to capture the error in screenshot) .

and maps exits with error 'unfortunately, maps has stopped'.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Grant all permissions. Reboot. Try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Everything works fine on my end except for the issue some people above are also having with Maps FC'ing, even though I have given the permissions and rebooted. I'm also having issues with Titanium Backup since it gives me an FC whenever I open it. Any tips on fixing that? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MRDOCA:
I granted all permissions. Maps fc regardless. What maps version you using.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
I am using maps without any problem. Do you have all check boxes ticked under Self-Check? Try clearing maps data
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
I am using the latest version. Did you turn on location services from settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] blane3298:
can i try this on a rooted at&t s7 edge?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Yes!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MRDOCA:
Yes. I got a early version 9.31.1 to work but nothing newer works only fc
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Yes all boxes are ticked, and I've cleared the data of Maps and rebooted, still gives me an FC. Although, it closes after opening the app and showing me the menu and not immediately like before clearing its data.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Try a clean install and follow the complete process step-by-step again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Kzyw:
I stay
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ersi92:
Why I can't install the gmccore.apk?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
You still have Google Play Services installed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dexxa05:
Hi Guys,

Do i need to be rooted to use this guide ?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
The first sentence in the OP says that you need to have root access.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
LOL
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ersi92:
another question. blancstore does not apper to the launcher. i renamed it to phonesky.apk, created e folder called phonesky to priv-app and copied the apk there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Lol. You also have to reboot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] quadlt:
Where did all the guys who are testing this go? Plenty of days have passed and still no real proof from anyone, no offense OP.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Aakash Kaushal:
Unable to install any apk as i am getting parsing error!!!

I am already using fakegapps xposed module and i also removed each and every google app???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ersi92:
I rebooted many times :p i installed it as an normal apk and it worked. now im trying to generate an android id. i extracted the build.prop and used the tool dummy droid. what should i do now to generate the id?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
I specifically warned not to remove GooglePackageInstaller. That's why you are getting errors. Only remove the Google Apps i have listed i-e All Gapps except GooglePackageInstaller
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Copy build.prop to Desktop. Select it in the tool. Enter your Google credentials, click Next a couple of times, you'll get an Android ID. Use it to setup Blankstore as described
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
None taken :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ersi92:
last thing. rom should to be deodexed?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Hey Bro! Ask as much as you want. Rom should be deodexed if you are using the framework.jar method. If you are using an odexed rom then use the xposed module instead for signature spoofing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ersi92:
maby i'm wrong but xposed can be installed only on deodexed rom. Bro, i flashed the last firmware using odin so which method should i use?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Install this app.

Reboot to recovery.

Flash this zip.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] aramisathei:
Does this apply to 2FA as well?

When I click next in the tool it generates the following error:

com.akdeniz.googleplaycrawler.GooglePlayException: Error=NeedsBrowser Url=https://accounts.google.com/signin/continue?sarp=1&scc=1&continue=https://accounts.google.com/o/android/auth?hl%3Den_us%26xoauth_display_name%3DAndroid%2BLogin%2BService%26source%3DAndroid%2BLogin&plt=AKgnsbvlAU-u7_XrDpJljfeROXSG-5aFf_rq-hFZMMQWgQMtQ0gG7clxt0-nmdNOyCdLg8ETG-B71nYwIVXyOtby8cNSjKBMpa5ioJ7LSSZpsFtHKZCbFFzR9HXlviDt4gnTEj85twoUvthzuochubGjRfGAJbDHVDVvBvi0HtsV3Fn9BPWCrS49H_CKN1tQMxY7y7thy9wdXFIKYNDfyfLDCGxs1kbu_Hde2ZRB_JfCa_0v8ALD08I ErrorDetail=To access your account, you must sign in on the web. Touch Next to start browser sign-in.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dexxa05:
You totally right ! did'nt seen it :p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
This error maybe because of Two Factor Authentication. Try using this tool instead. If it doesn't work, use a secondary Google account
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Happens to the best of us mate ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Aakash Kaushal:
I didnt remove googlepackageinstaller !!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Aakash Kaushal:
See
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] kykint:
Same problem here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Are you able to install any other apk? If not, then you removed something you shouldn't. If yes, then try downloading these apk files again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Aakash Kaushal:
Yes i solved the problem and i have configured everythink but still i am getting play services update error in each google app?....i followed each and every instruction carefully
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Check microG Google App Compatibility List for which google apps are working
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Talal Tango:
I've done everything successfully and was able to download from blankstore once, after that blankstore launches with no issue but crashes whenever i tryo to download anything or even check for installed apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Check permissions again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mstormer:
thanks for the guide. I managed to get everything set up but I have some questions.

1) I encountered force closed with some application like google calendar. I've tried clearing app data or re-installing.

2) Others app like YouTube and chrome ask me to sign in with Google account. when I tried to add the account, it asks me to update google services.

3) my battery usage went from 15 hours to 10 hours since following this guide. I don't know if it's reporting correctly or not. should I wait a couple for everything to calibrate or something?

I'm using hydra rom. s7e - n7 port.

(English is not my first language so pardon if I made any mistakes)

I'd love to get some help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] niicoolet:
my tinder and other apps is not working need to update "google play services" and i cant find it hmmm
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
You can't update it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MRDOCA:
I ended up going back to normal google apps as it didnt increase my battery infact it made it way worse. 7hrs sot on my normal setup and 4hrs sot with thise method. It was also at the top of my usage list all the time using about 20%+
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Do you have a screenshot to support this claim? Because for me microG uses less than 1% overall battery and i am getting 9 to 10 hours of SOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MRDOCA:
I didnt take a screenshot sorry. I should have but have gone back and reflashed my backup.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Thread Updated. New Apks Added
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
Nvm im too stupid for this :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] its_me_Sandy:
Almost 7 8 days this has been released..

Anyone who has used this, sharing the detailed battery stats?

OP is still on the same images of SOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dogredwing1:
Does this blank store have app the same apps as the playstore?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
I tried it and gained about 30 minutes of SOT from my usual 6 - 7 hours SOT (24 hr standby) with 4G and 7 - 8 hour SOT (30 hr standby) on WiFi, so max of 7:30 on 4g and 8:20 on WiFi. Was not worth multiple apps not working due to Google Play Services needing updates, multiple crashes from Google Maps (regardless of what I did) and nuking of tons of bloatware that doesn't actually run unless you use it.

Back to my stock rooted APC8 build. I'll happily sacrifice 30 mins SOT for ease of use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Agnadius:
I would like to thank the OP for figuring things out and stating my personal experience with microG.

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to post screenshots or links I think but, well, if you need evidence, hit me up with a PM (and join our Telegram group if you have questions or need further assistance).

First of all, I'm someone who is tweaking, debloating and optimizing everything that comes onto my device (G930F), so most of my Google Play Services were disabled either way. The problem I encountered often though, was that GCM Service shut down randomly sometimes leaving me without push notifications for extended periods of time, which is unacceptable for me. When I decided to try out microG it was not because I was expecting a massive battery improvement but because I wanted a sleek services count with a STABLE GCM service running all the time.

After very aggressive UV, debloating and service-cleaning I get around 8-11h SOT on everyday 20-24 mostly light usage (WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, phone calls, video streaming) with around 1500-1700mAh used by the screen. After a clean install with microG using fixed brightness of 40% I achieved 15h SOT in 48h usage with over 3k mAh used by screen and still having around 15% battery left. That's ****ing crazy and why would anyone believe me? I feel you because I didn't believe it myself. I thought my battery might be buggy and it just dies at 50%, but it didn't. I'll be honest with you, I wouldn't believe myself either if I were you, Mr. Reader of this post. Only reference I have for myself is being part of Jowy's debloater team (name menitioned in his thread in development section of s7edge).

I'm testing microG now with different setups and there are some things I'd like to mention which I believe where not mentioned yet in this thread:

- I didn't bother with Phonesky BlankStore, I'm using Aptoide light and it works fine even with no Phonesky at all in system.

- For some reason 3g/4g data drain seems higher with microG than with Google Play Services, so if you're on data often, the battery saving might be much less for you. If you're on wifi >90% it's pretty good though.

- If you use Waze as your navigation app, you don't need microG location services, kill them as you would kill Google Play location Services, notifications work regardless.

- If you have problems with "You need to update Google Play Services to use this app", there is an Xposed module called "This App Will Run Without Google Play Services". If you use it, many apps work again, like Twitch official app, and I'm sure many more.

- microG needs some time to settle (for my setups around 12-24h) before the major battery savings beging after fresh installing a new ROM and setting everything up. So a little bit of patience might be required. That's it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] its_me_Sandy:
PM me the screenies of 8 to 10hrs n 15hrs sot plus ur usage pattern and battery usage of various apps.. let me post it for you as you are not able to
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
All except paid apps
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Thanks for reporting. PM the screenshots, i'll add them to the thread
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mstormer:
I'm gonna re-try the guide, I have a problem with your debloater. I dont know if this is error or anything. It showed:

"You have selected Extreme debloating...

Grant root access if prompted by device!

magiskphhbinsu invalid option -- o

Usage su [options] [--] [-] [LOGIN] [--] [args...]

Options

--daemon start the su daemon agent

-c, --command COMMAND pass COMMAND to the invoked shell

--context context Change SELinux context

-h, --help display this help message and exit

-, -l, --login pretend the shell to be a login shell

-m, -p,

--preserve-environment do not change environment variables

-s, --shell SHELL use SHELL instead of the default systembinsh

-u display the multiuser mode and exit

-v, --version display version number and exit

-V display version code and exit,

this is used almost exclusively by Superuser.apk

Press any key to begin..."

When i continue, it didnt remove anything. I followed all the instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
Where or when do u install "phonesky.apk" ???

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I have xposed installed with the fakegapps module. GFS and microg core installed, i have the android Id . When i renamed blankstore.apk to PhoneSky.apk i moved it to system/priv-app/PhoneSky ( i didn't have the phonesky folder ,i created it ) .Then when i tried to install phonesky.apk from system/priv-app/phonesky folder it gave me an error but the same file could be installed if placed outside of the system folder . When i installed it normally , it worked but when i clicked download app, blankstore just crashes.

Everything in microGsettings self check is checked except for location backend and network based location . Blank store still keeps crashing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] baruaberger:
when will run this tool in case of custom rom? should i run after or before flash custom rom?please advise
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
You are having this problem because you are using Phh's Supersuser. My tool is only compatible with Chainfire's SuperSu
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Flash Rom. Boot into Rom. Enable Debugging. Use the tool. Reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
You don't install it. It gets installed. The instructions are clear. Place blankstore in system/priv-app & reboot. Then it will appear in launcher. Set it up. You also have to grant permissions to blankstore
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
After debloating, you also have to uninstall Google Play Services and Play Store from Settings. Because they are updates to the factory version you removed
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
Yes that worked, i see market installed without installing it as user app. But then when i access it, i entered my email/pw and android id it went good but then when i clicked installed apps/browse apps it just crashes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Remove any google accounts. Clear blankstore data. Grant all permissions from Settings. Go to Accounts, add a Google Play Store account. Launch blankstore from launcher
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
thanks, that worked!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dominicstg2:
ah ok thanks also when doing extreme debloat there is no phonesky folder do i create one?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
Yea just make one and give it all permissions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dikmutun:
Hai, how to uninstall/delete google play store ? Because i can't instal them
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dominicstg2:
ok ill make one how do i give it all permissions?

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i cant get the dummy droid to work i have put my google account etc and it gives me this com.akdeniz.googleplaycrawler.GooglePlayException: Error=NeedsBrowser Url=https://accounts.google.com/signin/continue?sarp=1&scc=1&continue=https://accounts.google.com/o/android/auth?hl%3Den_us%26xoauth_display_name%3DAndroid%2BLogin%2BService%26source%3DAndroid%2BLogin&plt=AKgnsbuvWdivJYx-q-axW-TAL-FYt0uhrtV_B7lh3CAZXwC24FWPcUl1oxU4kN9Acrp7-C2rkQov95XPkU3G-99Q4VgiaSzkDKsQmW8wssXtK-SQPBLdCjCs6hSLBq6RRG6ru1AujammauCtcP0G9cgq8iZBb7_IjHTkygJtBi1I71hhE57HubaF2Q0gURB1yVOpdCTp2xOQwHEoIOXyk29Qt6vAXq2zr7GZFXVEbtJPNvF6YPeo2VE ErrorDetail=To access your account, you must sign in on the web. Touch Next to start browser sign-in. but the next button is grayed out i also cant login to raccoon

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ok now android market force closes when trying to find an app.

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it still force closes :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] fureedx:
Go to setting/accounts and remove google playstore account. Then go to settings application look for market and wipe cache. Then go to settings accounts and create a google play account again. Then you can open market.

If you need help making a android id i can help(just pm me a new email that you dont have any important stuff on).

And for permissions you need es file explorer. And give it root explorer. Then go to the folder you made . Long press it and click more /properties. Then u will see permissions and give it all read write execute perms.

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Did you go to microg settingms and enabl;e device checking/google cloud message ? and whats checked in self-check?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dominicstg2:
i have done all of this :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rino757:
Very very nice :) Will post back with updates after a few days of testing. Setting it up was a bit of a pain, but not nearly as bad as expected. Besides some force closes at the start (solved by uninstalling play services through Titanium Backup) and a bit of trouble installing the apks (solved by uninstalling more GAPPs), it was pretty painless.

Got the occasional force close on the core services, and the Google Play Store took some time to realize I was logged in. Also the Mozilla location service required a reinstallation. Otherwise seems great!

Edit: Google Maps still won't let me log in. It asks me to but says my account is already on the device. Data wipe and removing/adding my account again doesn't help. Not a huge deal I guess. Also no contact sync for my account, had to export my Google contacts and import them manually to get them back. Installed the Google Contacts and Google Contacts Sync apks. not sure if it'll help. Otherwise no new force closes so far.

Gmail is also syncing emails over an hour after they're delivered.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rino757:
Well it's been 3 days. I get maybe 1 or 2 force closes a day on the core services, nothing major. Doze has been pretty nice, but no more battery savings than doze is supposed to have. Drain while using the phone has been pretty bad though, I can almost watch the percentage dropping. Then again I have a rooted snapdragon, so it could just be me. Also syncing is annoying, with Gmail acting up a ton.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Thread updated with:

- Support for android Nougat

- Latest build of microG
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] convosoldier:
Thanks!!!!!!!! It's awesome
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] quocanh21081992:
auto update app with Yalp Store?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMaanda:
Yalp Store will list all available updates but you will have to update apps manually
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] quocanh21081992:
Yalp Store will download apk file and i install manual?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Zopilotech:
Cellular Network Not Available

Thanks for the great idea but I have network a problem.

In Gallaxy S5 G900m, rooted, TWRP, and Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 everything was working fine before. After following steps in this guide I have data connection but no operator network.

Phone shows signal and everything normal, but I can't call or send messages. Despite it detects SIM Status shows Cellular Network State: Disconnected and, Service State: Voice: Out of Service/ Data: In service. Also my Wifi Mac Adress has Changed permanently. If I try another SIM card in the phone it is still the message "Cellular Network Not Available".

Then I tried to uninstall apps from the guide here, but it's not clear how to do this steps reverse, just did back steps guide but... Once followed the guide, are changes irreversible?. In contrary case it would be good to inform us here. After that still the same problem, then wiped Dalvik, system, data and system. Nothing.

Reinstalled the same ROM, and Open GAPPS but nothing and exactly the same situations. So finally I reflashed the modem, that I used before upgrading M 6.0x (that it used to work fine) and nothing again. Any Ideas? Did I something Wrong?

I would like to undo everything just to recover my Network State ang get the phone usable.

I'm quite newbie. Thanks in advance guys.

PS: Also it has changed my IMEI <I'm in shock now!>

[MENTION=6950204]TheMaanda[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] insestito:
Interestant... I will try tomorrow...