Hi All,
I just got my MIX. Stock Chinese ROM. Bootloader locked.
I'm having the hardest time getting google contacts to sync.
I opened up the mi app store and I did a search for 'google'.
I then installed the app that looksl ike a play buttoun surrounded by 4 partial circles (one in each corner). That installed a bunch of google stuff, including play store (which works).
There are no phone contacts though, and when I do:
settings -> other accounts -> Google
I don't see 'contact details' and I feel that's wrong.
I only have 'app data', 'gmail, google fit data, and people details.
I'm still locked so I can't install twrp to install gapps.
any other suggestions?
- Frank
I got it working - used this installer:
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=280245&page=2#pid5079888
to install google contacts.
Then enable all contacts permissions for the app, then sync.
How do you guys enable permissions for google apps ? I flashed a Gapps pico zip and it's as if the permission system can't touch apps who are in /system (it's grayed out in the apps list), but i'm getting force close constantly because of google play services having no permissions for location services
brambizimski said:
How do you guys enable permissions for google apps ? I flashed a Gapps pico zip and it's as if the permission system can't touch apps who are in /system (it's grayed out in the apps list), but i'm getting force close constantly because of google play services having no permissions for location services
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settings -> permissions -> permissions -> google play services
Okay, I see what the deal is, as per
http://en.miui.com/thread-233426-1-1.html
the installer I used doesn't include the right version of google contacts.
ChodTheWacko said:
settings -> permissions -> permissions -> google play services
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Thanks but that's the issue actually, it's not in that list, because it's in /system (I think)
I think I had a similar issue with contacts not syncing from google, I had to permit something(i think it was "google contacts" or just "contacts") in the permission manager and after that it worked just fine after a reboot
ChodTheWacko said:
Okay, I see what the deal is, as per
http://en.miui.com/thread-233426-1-1.html
the installer I used doesn't include the right version of google contacts.
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I think you have to wait a bit for it to sync and maybe do a reboot and turn sync on off it happened to me aswell
Hey Frank,
I just got my Mi Mix and i'm running into the exact same problem. I have all the other Google play services installed and syncing fine (Gmail, Calendar, etc) but i can't see to get my contacts to show. I've tried installing both Google Contact sync 6.0.1 and even latest 7.1 and given permissions to everything , even tried rebooting multiple times, but contacts wont show in the Google accounts.
How did you get it to work?
ChodTheWacko said:
Hi All,
I just got my MIX. Stock Chinese ROM. Bootloader locked.
I'm having the hardest time getting google contacts to sync.
I opened up the mi app store and I did a search for 'google'.
I then installed the app that looksl ike a play buttoun surrounded by 4 partial circles (one in each corner). That installed a bunch of google stuff, including play store (which works).
There are no phone contacts though, and when I do:
settings -> other accounts -> Google
I don't see 'contact details' and I feel that's wrong.
I only have 'app data', 'gmail, google fit data, and people details.
I'm still locked so I can't install twrp to install gapps.
any other suggestions?
- Frank
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I faced permission problems on China Stable and China Developer. I tried:
flashing gapps nano
using installer
following at least 3 different tutorials for MIUI 8 6.x gapps from en.miui.com
I finally gave up and installed the EU rom.
There's one thing missing in EU rom: They restricted the themes to only contaion international (mostly Indian) Themes.
But 90% of the cool themes are in the chinese theme store and they're awesome. But it's not possible to get them if they're paid. I have MiCredits and want to use paid chinese themes, but that's impossible on the EU rom.
I had the same issue when I first got the phone until I installed Google installer for MIUI
http://xiaomitips.com/download/google-installer-app/
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underlines said:
I faced permission problems on China Stable and China Developer. I tried:
flashing gapps nano
using installer
following at least 3 different tutorials for MIUI 8 6.x gapps from en.miui.com
I finally gave up and installed the EU rom.
There's one thing missing in EU rom: They restricted the themes to only contaion international (mostly Indian) Themes.
But 90% of the cool themes are in the chinese theme store and they're awesome. But it's not possible to get them if they're paid. I have MiCredits and want to use paid chinese themes, but that's impossible on the EU rom.
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What permission problems did you face
Bakedbread said:
Hey Frank,
I just got my Mi Mix and i'm running into the exact same problem. I have all the other Google play services installed and syncing fine (Gmail, Calendar, etc) but i can't see to get my contacts to show. I've tried installing both Google Contact sync 6.0.1 and even latest 7.1 and given permissions to everything , even tried rebooting multiple times, but contacts wont show in the Google accounts.
How did you get it to work?
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Does it manually sync or do you get an error?
I used the v1 installer to install Google contacts (looks like a red square with a white g). I wonder if it installed other frameworks.
Also I set same wakeup privs to the Google play services.
Once I get unlock code and can backup I'll reset my phone and try again from scratch.
underlines said:
I faced permission problems on China Stable and China Developer. I tried:
flashing gapps nano
using installer
following at least 3 different tutorials for MIUI 8 6.x gapps from en.miui.com
I finally gave up and installed the EU rom.
There's one thing missing in EU rom: They restricted the themes to only contaion international (mostly Indian) Themes.
But 90% of the cool themes are in the chinese theme store and they're awesome. But it's not possible to get them if they're paid. I have MiCredits and want to use paid chinese themes, but that's impossible on the EU rom.
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Had the same problems with flashing gapps, it seems flashing gapps puts them in /system, which the permission manager in MIUI fails to access, so the system gapps are stuck without proper permissions. No idea how that's even possible since apk's in system get administrative rights AFAIK, probably an additional layer of security in MIUI ?
Eventually I wiped everything, started over again, flashed the dev rom, got these 3 required gapps apk's from apkmirror and installed them manually, everything worked fine after a reboot then.
Google Account Manager 7.1
Google Play services 10.0.84 (448-137749526)
Google Services Framework 6.0.1
Google Contacts Sync 6.0.1 (Not required for basic play store functionality, but you should use this version if you want google contacts sync)
I know there are installers on the miui forums that do this for you but they look very dodgy and the less Chinese apps on this phone the better.
underlines said:
I faced permission problems on China Stable and China Developer. I tried:
flashing gapps nano
using installer
following at least 3 different tutorials for MIUI 8 6.x gapps from en.miui.com
I finally gave up and installed the EU rom.
There's one thing missing in EU rom: They restricted the themes to only contaion international (mostly Indian) Themes.
But 90% of the cool themes are in the chinese theme store and they're awesome. But it's not possible to get them if they're paid. I have MiCredits and want to use paid chinese themes, but that's impossible on the EU rom.
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If you become a theme designer you can access all themes I think
brambizimski said:
Had the same problems with flashing gapps, it seems flashing gapps puts them in /system, which the permission manager in MIUI fails to access, so the system gapps are stuck without proper permissions. No idea how that's even possible since apk's in system get administrative rights AFAIK, probably an additional layer of security in MIUI ?
Eventually I wiped everything, started over again, flashed the dev rom, got these 3 required gapps apk's from apkmirror and installed them manually, everything worked fine after a reboot then.
Google Account Manager 7.1
Google Play services 10.0.84 (448-137749526)
Google Services Framework 6.0.1
Google Contacts Sync 6.0.1 (Not required for basic play store functionality, but you should use this version if you want google contacts sync)
I know there are installers on the miui forums that do this for you but they look very dodgy and the less Chinese apps on this phone the better.
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I'm on xiaomi.eu already, with working gapps. But I would be interested to go back to Chinese Developer ROM and install the gapps manually your way.
So which ROM do you use and do your google apps, especially GPS work for Google Maps and can you turn on Google Maps Timeline?
Even after using the installer v2, I found I had to downgrade Google contacts sync to version 4.0.4
Then contacts starting syncing.
Hi all. So just got and put it up for sale as contacts wouldn't sync and I use dual SIM pro to assign a sim to a contact. Even had problems with that. However just come across this thread and wondered if I installed EU Rom and these apps it would work?
How do I install the EU Rom?
Sorry for the noob questions.
First try Google contacts sync to version 4.0.4
I got mine yesterday and installed nova launcher prime and works great.
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brambizimski said:
Had the same problems with flashing gapps, it seems flashing gapps puts them in /system, which the permission manager in MIUI fails to access, so the system gapps are stuck without proper permissions. No idea how that's even possible since apk's in system get administrative rights AFAIK, probably an additional layer of security in MIUI ?
Eventually I wiped everything, started over again, flashed the dev rom, got these 3 required gapps apk's from apkmirror and installed them manually, everything worked fine after a reboot then.
Google Account Manager 7.1
Google Play services 10.0.84 (448-137749526)
Google Services Framework 6.0.1
Google Contacts Sync 6.0.1 (Not required for basic play store functionality, but you should use this version if you want google contacts sync)
I know there are installers on the miui forums that do this for you but they look very dodgy and the less Chinese apps on this phone the better.
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Can you give you details. I tried this and contacts just won't sync.
I am on Dev Rom 6.12.29.
What version of contacts did you use?
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Does anyone have any issues with certain apps from the play store that just crash when opened? Apps like IMDB, google Inbox, Google contacts just crash when they are opened. Why is that? I am running the google now launcher with typical root, play store setup etc.
yes I had an issue downloading facebook messenger app.. it crashed.. I downloaded it for Amazon store and it worked perfectly from there.. I am sadly using 5.1.1.. with Play Store installed via adb..
Inbox is a known problem, was mentioned on threads about installing the play store.
Google contacts works on mine though, though maybe I installed it through gapps.
Dr.TheMaster said:
yes I had an issue downloading facebook messenger app.. it crashed.. I downloaded it for Amazon store and it worked perfectly from there.. I am sadly using 5.1.1.. with Play Store installed via adb..
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I'm also on 5.1.1., did you side load play with RootJunky's ADB zipfile? Did you ever run into an issue where you could not log into Play Store? I am gettin a problem communicating with Google servers error.. driving me nuts.
Cryptrix said:
I'm also on 5.1.1., did you side load play with RootJunky's ADB zipfile? Did you ever run into an issue where you could not log into Play Store? I am gettin a problem communicating with Google servers error.. driving me nuts.
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Yes I used RootJunky's ADB zipfile.. and no I haven't faced an issue where I can't log into Play Store.. are you sure that you updated the play services? you can do that by installing any google app like youtube and run it and it will tell you to update play services.. and make sure you are running that latest version of Play Store which is 6.0.5 at the time I am posting this comment
Meh
Dr.TheMaster said:
Yes I used RootJunky's ADB zipfile.. and no I haven't faced an issue where I can't log into Play Store.. are you sure that you updated the play services? you can do that by installing any google app like youtube and run it and it will tell you to update play services.. and make sure you are running that latest version of Play Store which is 6.0.5 at the time I am posting this comment
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Well thats the problem I am having, I can't update services because that runs through the Play store, and I can't log into the play store so I can't update. I am getting the message about the services being outdated but I can't do anything as it just redirects me to the failed play login. I have no idea what version of Play store this is, its just whatever was pushed via the zip file. I am going to do a factory reset and try again.
For the record, did you do this on 5.1.1. or did you do this on 5.0.1 and then update?
Cryptrix said:
Well thats the problem I am having, I can't update services because that runs through the Play store, and I can't log into the play store so I can't update. I am getting the message about the services being outdated but I can't do anything as it just redirects me to the failed play login. I have no idea what version of Play store this is, its just whatever was pushed via the zip file. I am going to do a factory reset and try again.
For the record, did you do this on 5.1.1. or did you do this on 5.0.1 and then update?
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I updated via OTA to 5.1.1 then installed play store via adb.. I suggest that you uninstall all the four apps of google that the zip file installed which are Google Play Services.. Google Services Framework.. Google Accounts.. and Google Play Store.. then install them again via the same adb then reboot.. that's what I did actually.. I hope this will help..
Woooot
Dr.TheMaster said:
I updated via OTA to 5.1.1 then installed play store via adb.. I suggest that you uninstall all the four apps of google that the zip file installed which are Google Play Services.. Google Services Framework.. Google Accounts.. and Google Play Store.. then install them again via the same adb then reboot.. that's what I did actually.. I hope this will help..
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Wow, not sure why that worked, but uninstalled and pushed via ADB again and wha-la! Now I can at least use this tablet the way I want until someone comes up with a root solution.
Thanks!:highfive:
Cryptrix said:
Wow, not sure why that worked, but uninstalled and pushed via ADB again and wha-la! Now I can at least use this tablet the way I want until someone comes up with a root solution.
Thanks!:highfive:
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you are welcome
tomalak007 said:
Does anyone have any issues with certain apps from the play store that just crash when opened? Apps like IMDB, google Inbox, Google contacts just crash when they are opened. Why is that? I am running the google now launcher with typical root, play store setup etc.
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Someone in another thread told me to try the Amazon app store version of IMDb if I was using the stock rom. I tried it and it works perfectly. I did have to unistall the Google version before the Amazon one would install. It's worth a try with some of the other apps to see if it works for them too.
I'm running Fireos 5.01
Rooted with google play services installed.
I have removed all the bloat suggested and don't intend to use any amazon apps.
In any case, the two problems i have are slightly strange.
1. I can't seem to install any .apk that doesn't come from google play store (I have Dev options opened an unknown sources checked)
2 I Can't add any widgets to my Home screen, when i try the widgets just disappear.
None of these two problems are show stoppers for me and I have all the removed .apks uploaded to mega in case i find i need any of them.
Has anyone else seen this?
sircolin said:
I'm running Fireos 5.01
Rooted with google play services installed.
I have removed all the bloat suggested and don't intend to use any amazon apps.
In any case, the two problems i have are slightly strange.
1. I can't seem to install any .apk that doesn't come from google play store (I have Dev options opened an unknown sources checked)
2 I Can't add any widgets to my Home screen, when i try the widgets just disappear.
None of these two problems are show stoppers for me and I have all the removed .apks uploaded to mega in case i find i need any of them.
Has anyone else seen this?
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To get widgets to work, I had to make my launcher (Apex) a system app. I tried titanium backup first, but it seemed to have trouble doing it. I finally downloaded an app called /system/app mover from Google play store and it worked. I can add widgets now.
Thanks for the information s14sh3r.
Sorry for the late reply
However I already had Titanium backup installed so i thought i would try to see if i have the same problem with TB as you.. sure i did it hang then locked me out of the launcher a reboot brought it back.
So i headed over to the market and picked up system app mover and run that after installing busybox.
Funny thing was, it was already marked as a system app... errr I guess TB almost made it happen any idea's i do have another launcher available also i have a pro copy of Apex so would i need to make the pro key and the widgets app, a system app.
Update
I got it working by getting "system app mover" to move the app back to where is was, I rebooted then i made it a system app once again,
Rebooted and selected "Apex launcher" and Bingo!
I have access to widgets again
Thanks for your help s14sh3r.
sircolin said:
Thanks for the information s14sh3r.
Sorry for the late reply
However I already had Titanium backup installed so i thought i would try to see if i have the same problem with TB as you.. sure i did it hang then locked me out of the launcher a reboot brought it back.
So i headed over to the market and picked up system app mover and run that after installing busybox.
Funny thing was, it was already marked as a system app... errr I guess TB almost made it happen any idea's i do have another launcher available also i have a pro copy of Apex so would i need to make the pro key and the widgets app, a system app.
Update
I got it working by getting "system app mover" to move the app back to where is was, I rebooted then i made it a system app once again,
Rebooted and selected "Apex launcher" and Bingo!
I have access to widgets again
Thanks for your help s14sh3r.
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Happy to hear you gt it working. One thing I've noticed is I seem to have to reboot more to get thinhs to work. Considering how cheap the tablet is, I can live with that :laugh:
I have a problem with Instagram after I installed latest CyanogenMod rom.
From the Play store it's written: " Your device is not compatible with this version" (it's translated from italian,not really sure if it's 100% right ).
Before I rooted my device in order to install Cyano rom,I had the original firmware with Play store installed and Instagram was not only avaiable but worked smoothly.
Any idea of how to fix it?
BTW...I tried to get back to the original firmware following the related tutorial but there's no way to make the device "visible"to the pc via usb through the embedded recovery mode (quite strange because I can flash without problem TWRP recovery using adb tool by cmd line).
So...I'm in trouble even if I want to get back to the original firmware...any help will be (again) really welcome .
Thanks in advance.
Mostly the advice is the same sideload the app if play store won't let it install.
You can use this to go back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/howto-install-fireos-5-1-1-root-gapps-t3265594
If you do go back to 5.0.1 in TWRP by renaming the 5.0.1 bin to end .zip remember to stay offline until you've turned OTA off unless you don't want TWRP any more.
Thanks a lot for your advice...I I'll try it later ?.
Well,finally I fixed it simply downloading the apps in .apk files into the device and installing them directly from it,easier than I thought .
Thanks a lot for helping me.
V119system-arm32_binder64-ab-ufOfficial-nosu
I'm using this rom because it is fast and stable. Suddenly the screen touch and power button are lag-free(compared to miui). No more mid call ear-dialing because of the proximity sensor. Xaiomi mui was terrifying me with invasive behavior and permissions so I just wanted any alternative. -Truly, I don't know very much about custom roms, but I like this one.
I have most things working on this rom, but I was not able to configure microG to work with embedded maps, and I cannot log into ebay, leboncoin, and surely others which require whatever I'm missing. I'm thinking to install a "Gapps" rom because I don't really have the skillset to tweak microG. Apparently others have been succesful with microG.
So... I would like to know from other users of this phone:
Which Rom do you use, and why did you choose it?
Thank you for your time!
I use the same rom. It's fastest than miui, but not that different regarding battery, I think, unless I'm doing something wrong.
MicroG is a must, but not prodution ready yet.
I'm using Aurora store to be able to install things from google store, and used it to install Gapps browser (to access google maps) and Evie launcher.
What I miss compared to miui:
An option to disable GPS (this could potentially save battery)
I can't login to google. Not sure it's a bad thing, tho
There's no way to automatically turn off/on on schedule (this could potentially save battery).
Still exploring options, but I'm feeling very limited.
Just my 2c
Jazzda said:
I use the same rom. It's fastest than miui, but not that different regarding battery, I think, unless I'm doing something wrong.
MicroG is a must, but not prodution ready yet.
I'm using Aurora store to be able to install things from google store, and used it to install Gapps browser (to access google maps) and Evie launcher.
What I miss compared to miui:
An option to disable GPS (this could potentially save battery)
I can't login to google. Not sure it's a bad thing, tho
There's no way to automatically turn off/on on schedule (this could potentially save battery).
Still exploring options, but I'm feeling very limited.
Just my 2c
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Great info!
I'm using aurora, fdroid and dev sites for apk. I'm using "mini desktop" as a launcher, because after all that rooting work, letting google search bar take over the prime real estate on my screen was just too much! Mini desktop structure keeps all apps present on home screen which forces me to organize folders and have a more structured(like a desktop) experience. you can also create a "hide" list on the desktop, or display darkened icons for hidden apps.
-I also wish there were gps switches.
Mostly I wish the V119system-arm32_binder64-ab-ufOfficial-nosu rom had more access to settings in general.
I think from reading around that legacy os has tons of settings, I may try one of those roms when they are available.
-Im going to try Gapps browser to see if I can connect the maps functionality and be half/googled before I let google take over and do a full cavity search. Thanks for that info.
If I change roms, I'll post a quick follow up in here.
same rom as OP. It is light and battery friendly for me. I get over 3 days of battery (screenshots in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-7a/review/screen-time-t3962077). MicroG works well for me. I did run into issues but I followed instructions from the MicroG github repo carefully and did plenty of cache clearing and data clearing for the microG apps and then reinstalled via Magisk's MicroG installer. Afterwards the GSF id appeared on the DeviceID app and then proceeded with registration of the device. I dont use Google apps and source Playstore apks via AuroraStore. I also use f-droid for other open source apps. Also All the apps that require google maps and play services work just fine. Particularly Uber which requires location and maps. I use it daily with no issues. Even banking apps and online shopping apps work fine for me. There are however still some apps that give issue for others, but luckily I dont use them yet. See here: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Problem-Apps
I will stick to using this app, but I want to try the new Android 10 GSI since we now have a arm32binder64 A/B rom for AOSP. Im just lazy to do a backup of my current setup but I successfully booted it on my Nokia 8 a few days ago.
MDV106 said:
same rom as OP. It is light and battery friendly for me. I get over 3 days of battery (screenshots in this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-7a/review/screen-time-t3962077). MicroG works well for me. I did run into issues but I followed instructions from the MicroG github repo carefully and did plenty of cache clearing and data clearing for the microG apps and then reinstalled via Magisk's MicroG installer. Afterwards the GSF id appeared on the DeviceID app and then proceeded with registration of the device. I dont use Google apps and source Playstore apks via AuroraStore. I also use f-droid for other open source apps. Also All the apps that require google maps and play services work just fine. Particularly Uber which requires location and maps. I use it daily with no issues. Even banking apps and online shopping apps work fine for me. There are however still some apps that give issue for others, but luckily I dont use them yet. See here: https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Problem-Apps
I will stick to using this app, but I want to try the new Android 10 GSI since we now have a arm32binder64 A/B rom for AOSP. Im just lazy to do a backup of my current setup but I successfully booted it on my Nokia 8 a few days ago.
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Can i get a direct link for both of your ROMS and MicroG?
For now, Ill stay with miui 10.2.6. Why? Because it just works well and does what I want. I don't expect any more, at least for now. Even photos from gcam one app flips on my card... Test different roms, write "guides for a moron" then maybe more people will be tempted if it is easy ... For now it is still a test game for which not everyone has time
I stuck at this moment at 10.2.5.0 because it is my work-phone and I am very busy lately. I need it.
But I tried 9.0 v119 (system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img.xz)
I couldnt get it work at that moment, because wifi was not working. I will try soon but was hoping on a android 10-rom.
RalphMalph said:
I stuck at this moment at 10.2.5.0 because it is my work-phone and I am very busy lately. I need it.
But I tried 9.0 v119 (system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img.xz)
I couldnt get it work at that moment, because wifi was not working. I will try soon but was hoping on a android 10-rom.
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It was already solved in the Custom GSI FIRMWARE Thread post number #111 by mais14. Basically you use the EU Boot.img. what Boot img are you using?
For about a week I used AOSP system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img. It was the only custom rom that I got working with google apps. After a week I gave it up for two reasons: (1) my device failed the safetynet check and I was not able to install some apps that I wanted; (2) several apps (including e.g. open camera) did not work together with my SD card.
Now I am back on stock rom (miui 10.2.5) with bloatware removed by XiaomiADBFastbootTools (and more bloatware removed by hand using 'adb uninstall' command). It seems to work for me - my main motivation for custom rom was not to struggle with bloatware.
extab said:
For about a week I used AOSP system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img. It was the only custom rom that I got working with google apps. After a week I gave it up for two reasons: (1) my device failed the safetynet check and I was not able to install some apps that I wanted; (2) several apps (including e.g. open camera) did not work together with my SD card.
Now I am back on stock rom (miui 10.2.5) with bloatware removed by XiaomiADBFastbootTools (and more bloatware removed by hand using 'adb uninstall' command). It seems to work for me - my main motivation for custom rom was not to struggle with bloatware.
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Did you register your device with Google? Because using a custom rom with Google apps is not enough since now u have to use your device's ID and register it with google. Maybe that is why some apps didnt work in your phone. I use MicroG and even I had to register the device before i could use the push notification services used by many apps that depend on Goole play services.
MDV106 said:
Did you register your device with Google?
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Yes, I did. Before registration I got a popup every couple of seconds, saying that I have to register. The phone was not at all usable.
I believe the safetynet problem is connected with the fact that this version of AOSP is rooted. I tried to unroot it with unSU script, but it did not quite work for me. And with safetynet failed some applications (netflix, revolut etc) are not available (these applications are not compatible with the device).
The sd-card problem must be caused by some misconfiguration of permissions. Some applications (open camera, locus maps etc) can only read, but not write the sd-card.
I spent something like three weeks trying different roms and configuring the device. I do not want to invest more time in it. On stock version it just works out of the box, even if I do not like miui.
extab said:
Yes, I did. Before registration I got a popup every couple of seconds, saying that I have to register. The phone was not at all usable.
I believe the safetynet problem is connected with the fact that this version of AOSP is rooted. I tried to unroot it with unSU script, but it did not quite work for me. And with safetynet failed some applications (netflix, revolut etc) are not available (these applications are not compatible with the device).
The sd-card problem must be caused by some misconfiguration of permissions. Some applications (open camera, locus maps etc) can only read, but not write the sd-card.
I spent something like three weeks trying different roms and configuring the device. I do not want to invest more time in it. On stock version it just works out of the box, even if I do not like miui.
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Have you tried MicroG? I hear that it passes safetynet when used with FakeGapps module from edXposed.
MDV106 said:
Have you tried MicroG?
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yes, I have. But my impression is that it does not make sense to use MicroG in combination with gmail, google contacts and google calendar (which I do use).
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases/tag/v119
system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img.xz
Stable - Simple - with Gapps ( I hate to admit it ---- but I need full Gapps + its extra "Sheets" ).
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For about a week I used AOSP system-arm32_binder64-ab-gapps-su.img. It was the only custom rom that I got working with google apps. After a week I gave it up for two reasons: (1) my device failed the safetynet check and I was not able to install some apps that I wanted; (2) several apps (including e.g. open camera) did not work together with my SD card.
Now I am back on stock rom (miui 10.2.5) with bloatware removed by XiaomiADBFastbootTools (and more bloatware removed by hand using 'adb uninstall' command). It seems to work for me - my main motivation for custom rom was not to struggle with bloatware.
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Greetings, friend entering the code 'adb uninstall' do you really uninstall the apps? oh just hide them ?? Thank you
Zeus Revolution said:
Greetings, friend entering the code 'adb uninstall' do you really uninstall the apps? oh just hide them ?? Thank you
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I tried to check it today. It seems that it removes the app completely from the device. For example, I removed the amazon shop app, and I observed that some disk space on my data partition was freed, and I could not reinstall it with 'adb shell cmd package install-existing' command. Unfortunately, in many cases the 'adb uninstall' command simply did not work (it ended with a delete fail internal error - perhaps the reason is that I my device is not rooted and I do not have enough permissions to remove these apps). But in these cases the 'adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0' command still works (see the other thread on debloating for details). As I understand it, the letter command does not really remove the app (and the app still occupies the disk space), but the app no longer runs, so it consumes neither ram memory nor battery. For me it is enough.
Hi. I have this device since last Saturday. I was trying today to see if I can install Google apps, because I like stock feeling of android. Now I won't keep them, because without root I can't freeze system apps, and so I would have 2 galleries, 2 message apps etc running in background.
I tried many of them, but when I tried Google phone play store says my device is not compatible.
So I tried to download the APK (arm64) but I can't install it.
Is there a way to bypass this limitation and, why the hell I can't install such an important Google app?!
You must root your smartphone with magisk then you must download Google framework install It and then download Google dialer apk not from Google play store. I have not problem and use It by default phone app
So I flashed my G7 Plus with the latest Lineage, 17.1 I think with no GAPPS. Great ! The only thing I don't have is speech to text so to get this I have to install the Google App. Tried a few of the latest version which I downloaded from apkpure.com becaue not a fan of the playstore. I keep getting an error saying "Google keeps stopping". and it does ! I've cleared caches and all that, but it just seems I'm probably missing some other required package or that it wants some permissions I haven't granted but I have granted all the network perms temporarily as well as mic and storage access. Still get the error. Has anyone else come acrsoss this and know how to solve it ? Or maybe you have to log in to a google account at least once before it will work ?
I'm no expert but could it be that you need google play services to run an app like that?
If that's the case, I guess I'll do without voice to txt. The whole idea here is to keep google spying off my phone.
Use a rom that has google installed and do a back up of the google apps u want to bring to los17 with an app called migrate.... After u install the los17 flash the migrate back up...it will delete the GSF file from the google apps so they can run without google play services
escondidohiker said:
If that's the case, I guess I'll do without voice to txt. The whole idea here is to keep google spying off my phone.
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You need the Google play services. And if you want it to work, flash gapps
I just try the Google backup and now seems to work now with latest update (20.5v) and latest Google play Version (after the hard reset, i download the latest Google play from apkmirror)
In past whem click to backup now , vive me error.. Now seems work
I still can't get it to work. I installed updated OS and GMS apks.
I gave the Drive app all the permissions it needs, but it didn't help.
Do you need to install any APKs before you can get it to work?
Thx.
It works but only for some data, not all.
It's syncing for too little apps for me and the settings sync seems too small too.
Also a bit questionable If we can restore it. For me it backs up data from 43 apps, while it should back up from around 63 apps (more installed but not every app is compatible with google backup I guess, on my old phone it's 63 apps and same apps installed).
Edit corrected apps number. Had some which I removed.
Funnily there seems to be some kind of broken android beam support too. But still no nearby share .. though maybe android beam isn't working on my old phone. Beam has been EOS a long time but it's still included on origin OS for whatever reason.