On any of my phones and tablets I use Play-Store and F-Droid regardless of original or custom build. While many custom builds include the Play-Store I haven't found any which also includes F-Droid. Why this? Don't others use F-Droid as often as I do? IMO F-Droid would be a perfect match to custom builds. How can developers be encurraged to include F-Droid into their builds?
Here's one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development/rom-source-software-t2701580. It's for Galaxy Nexus and is based on OmniROM.
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When i installed cyanogen in my phone, i had to install gapps separately. Why? It's because copyright? Because it's closed source? If i make my own rom, can i put gapps by default? Thanks guys
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When i installed cyanogen in my phone, i had to install gapps separately. Why? It's because copyright? Because it's closed source? If i make my own rom, can i put gapps by default? Thanks guys
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Yes it is because of copyright issues, Cyanogenmod had to stop including Google Apps by default because they are technically proprietary Google software that is not part of Android's open source code licence. For more information on this issue I would suggest looking at the Cyanogenmod Wikipedia article Licencing section. As far as including them in your ROM you can but it is a bit of a gray area, however most major ROM developers such as the Cyanogenmod Team, AOKP Team, etc. include them as separate download to avoid any potential controversy.
Does it matter which to install and a difference?
- I see different roms based on CM recommending BaNkS and others signed.
- Same for AOKP based.
So why would one developer recommend BaNkS and another recommend signed even though both roms may be ports of either CM or AOKP?
Banks GAPPS packages seem to work better.
I don't know the details exactly, but I seem to recall that the Signed packages interfere with updating the apps that they include.
The main reason why I prefer BaNkS is because it is a lot smaller ("Base" is about 15 MB, and addons are available, such as Photo Sphere and Face Unlock). I think the official has a lot of extra apps that can just be downloaded from Google Play for free.
I've been building a custom ROM from source. It compiles beautifully. Now I need to integrate Google Play Services to get Youtube and stuff. What's the best way to do that?
https://gitlab.com/MZO9400/vendor_gapps
I need only the most basic back end support services for gapps since my device is built with a lot of different auxiliary sensors. How can i do this install on an x86 chip set android 5.1 moverio bt300? I have root so i could do a lot through file managers if necessary. Thank you xda community
This is a version of kdrag0n's SafetyNet Fix Module that has been patched to support 32bit ROMs of Android 9/10/11, such as the custom ROMs for the SM-T350 like crDroid and LineageOS. It was made by Wulan17 and I didn't see it posted here. Full credit to him. This came in handy since I wasn't passing SafteyNet on my SM-T350 running crDroid Pie and got in a bootloop using the regular unpatched module.
Here's a download to the module ZIP and a link to his Github.
safetynet-fix-v1.1.2
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
GitHub - MayuriLabs/safetynet-fix: A universal fix for Google SafetyNet on Android devices with hardware attestation and unlocked bootloaders.
A universal fix for Google SafetyNet on Android devices with hardware attestation and unlocked bootloaders. - GitHub - MayuriLabs/safetynet-fix: A universal fix for Google SafetyNet on Android devi...
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I haven't tested it yet on an Android 10 ROM but it should work just fine.
Tested on Android 10 (Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 2019, running unofficial Lineage), worked like a charm!
I want to install crdroid vanilla custom rom. I want to know whether microg is device specified like custom roms. I have a redmi note 10. Is there any specified micro g for redmi note 10 or can i install any mciro g. Also please suggest which is better from microg, nanodroid, nikgapps. I am also curious to know its pros and cons.
crdroid is unfortunately discontinued as vanilla build ( I still wonder why.. ) you better stick with other vanilla ROMs then.
however, getting Signature spoofing working on vanilla LineageOS is currently a mess and very tricky (as long as there is no official microG version), so many ways that worked before don't work anymore. nanodroid isn't working, the spoofing is not working. you have to manually extract framework files, deodex files, repack, upload again etc.. cumbersome.
if you have a vanilla ROM that supports signature spoofing out of the box, the best way seems to be having Magisk and installing the unofficial MinMicroG.zip with it. That was the only option that worked for me now on Android 11.
there is also no device specific MicroG version. To get a working MicroG installation it depends on 2 factors:
1. MicroG itself. the current version is kinda buggy on Android 11
2. the way it is installed and bound into the system (priv-app, userapp, as system installation or magisk module)
both need to work hand in hand, that means there are many combinations available that might work and might not work, and it's changing everyday (like, microg community updates fixes and adjusts the code, then google releases next update and nothing works anymore)
again: if your chosen ROM supports signature spoofing out of the box, installing microG is a piece of cake (if you know the right combinations that currently work, f.i. A11+magisk+minmicrog, or (currently not) nandroid, official microG apks only, etc.)
otherwise it's a lot more difficult, because there is currently nowhere a working one-click-solution to add signature spoofing.
(oh, and that's at least my experience so far, if anybody knows better, feel free correct me or add infos, I'm eager to hear)