Month: June 2016

Google APPS for CyanogenMod (GAPPS)

Google Apps are the proprietary Google-branded applications that come pre-installed with most Android devices, such as the Play Store, Gmail, Maps, etc. Due to licensing restrictions, these apps cannot come pre-installed with CyanogenMod and must be installed separately. The Google Apps are not required to boot or run CyanogenMod, however many users find them beneficial to take full advantage of the Android ecosystem.

These Apps have been packaged by a developer independent of CyanogenMod, and download links have been provided for your convenience. It is possible to perform a “backup” of the Google Apps on your device and then “restore” them, but this does take additional steps which are not covered here.

The Google Apps packages are NOT SUPPORTED in any way by CyanogenMod.

Downloads

The packages below are for CyanogenMod 11 and above (or compatible Android builds based upon the same AOSP versions). These packages are DPI and architecture-independent, so you only need to match your OS version. In addition, only apps which are required to provide the basic Google frameworks are supplied to reduce the download size. “Missing” applications can be installed or updated from the Google Play Store. For older CyanogenMod versions see below

Version Package
CyanogenMod 14.1
(Android 7.1) 		OpenGApps
CyanogenMod 13
(Android 6.0) 		OpenGApps
CyanogenMod 12.1
(Android 5.1) 		OpenGApps or CGApps
CyanogenMod 12
(Android 5.0) 		OpenGApps or 20141212 on AFH
CyanogenMod 11
(Android 4.4) 		OpenGApps or 20140606 on AFH

Installation

The Google Applications packages should be installed via recovery. Exact steps vary, but the general process is the same as that used to install CyanogenMod, or any other flashable zip:

  1. Copy the gapps .zip-file to /sdcard/
    • Using adb: adb push filename.zip /sdcard/
  2. Reboot your device to recovery via any one of these methods: 1) using the power-on key combo for your device; 2) running adb reboot recovery from your computer; 3) or via the Advanced Reboot power menu (enabled in Developer Options).
  3. Choose “install zip” or “Apply update” from within recovery, and navigate to the zip-file loaded earlier.
  4. Reboot from recovery back to Android.

Troubleshooting

Google Apps packages are not generally supported by the CyanogenMod team, or by their distributors. The good news is that there is very little that can go wrong! If you are experiencing problems, here is a list of different things you can try (each one a bit more extreme/destructive than the last):

  1. Reboot your device
  2. Verify all apps are up-to-date in the Play Store
  3. Re-flash the Gapps package (via recovery)
  4. Wipe the /system partition and reinstall both CyanogenMod and Gapps (as long as if you don’t wipe /data, your data will be preserved)
  5. Wipe /system, /data and /cache and reinstall both CyanogenMod and Gapps (this will delete all of your data, i.e. like you’re starting from a clean slate)

If you still have problems consider googling for alternative Google Apps installation package.

Older Releases

Version Package
CM 11
“small” 		20140105

Download: AFH
md5: ea0894b45481c4f56e7ea43a650150c9
Only for devices with “small” /system (under 500MB)

CM 10.2 20130813

Download: AFH
md5: 1f51b5cc6370c1f45dc951109b6ce6ed

CM 10.1 20130812

Download: AFH
md5: 5f22f046e37038a3856eeb825e73d4ed

CM 10 20121011

Download: AFH
md5: 4e9e7ec3c22b0b3471bd05d62b8a659d

CM 9 20120317 AFH

md5: dc560aa235e8dd8cb00df0cefb5abd38

CM 7 20110828 AFH

md5: 1647897d8ac3efb04723d2ad2c361a3f

CM 6 Tiny: 20101020

Download via AFH
md5: bf7b653a4320dc33b15ad945a41cd56c
MDPI: 20110501
Download via AFH
md5: c97b8375ca53148fb8281216a5e583ca
Tegra: 20101020
Download via AFH
md5: 03e15f1fe1dd1bfd56eb6c67a64826e3
HDPI: 20101114
Download via AFH
md5: bd6362e156c374ae8ce1f7b1c3dcd488

CM 5 Tiny: ERE36B

Download Unavailable

CM 4 Tiny: DRC83

NOTE: Flash DRC83 BEFORE CyanogenMod 4.2
Download Unavailable

External Links

Content of this page is based on informations from wiki.cyanogenmod.org, under CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.

Download ClockWorkMod Recovery

ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user.

* Flash your recovery to the latest and greatest ClockworkMod recovery.
* Manage your ROMs via a handy UI.
* Organize and perform backups and restores from within Android!
* Install ROMs from your SD card.
* Install your favorite ROMs over the air!

 
ClockworkMod Touch Recovery:
ClockworkMod Touch recovery (and recovery) is work that needs to put in for every new device that is released by a manufacturer.
If work on ROM Manager ceased completely, all the premium features would continue working without issue. However, new recoveries do not port and build themselves. Without ClockworkMod Touch being a per device purchase, there is no way to recoup recurring server costs and labor. Keeping ROM Manager free and operational costs tens of thousands of dollars a year, and that does not include engineering costs.
Troubleshooting:
Droid users: Stuck at the “M” logo? Flash an alternate recovery and flash back to ClockworkMod.
HTC Users: Flash recovery not working? Try fastbooting a recovery on.
Droid X/2/Pro Users: You must run the Bootstrap application first to use ROM Manager.
Samsung users: You must flash a Clockwork compatible kernel first (see XDA forums)

TWRP Recovery

TWRP Recovery

TWRP is an open source, community project. TWRP development is done by roughly 4 people at this point. We also have a large support community with many people who are willing to answer questions and help people with their devices either through our IRC channel or on forums like xda-developers.
A custom recovery is used for installing custom software on your device. This custom software can include smaller modifications like rooting your device or even replacing the firmware of the device with a completely custom “ROM”

DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH TWRP RECOVERY

CF-ROOT

Download new LineageOs builds in our new APP Lineage ROMs. 

Download in Play Store
  Get it on Google Play
REQUESTS AND DISCUSSION

The central CF-Auto-Root thread can be found here on XDA-Developers.com. Use that thread for requests for new roots and generic discussion. Most device models have their own dedicated threads on XDA, please keep discussion about those specific models in that dedicated thread, and don’t litter the central thread with them.


NO REDISTRIBUTION

Please link directly to this page, or use the link you find in the table below.


NO WARRANTY

Use at your own risk, I’m not responsible for bricking your device.


GET THE RIGHT FILE

Make sure you get the correct file. Using the incorrect file may brick your device.


FLASH COUNTER

If your target device has a custom firmware flash counter, CF-Auto-Root will trigger it. If you’re lucky, Triangle Away has support for your device and can be used to reset the counter.


KNOX WARRANTY

If you have a KNOX-enabled device, using CF-Auto-Root will trip the KNOX WARRANTY VOID status !


ENCRYPTION

Warning: If your device storage is encrypted, using CF-Auto-Root will wipe your data !


ANDROID VERSION

When newer firmwares are released for a certain device, sometimes that firmware includes new bootloaders that prevent kernels based on the old firmwares from booting. This usually coincides with a transition to a newer Android version. In that case, the CF-Auto-Root for download here may no longer work – flashing or booting might fail. It is too much work for me to keep track of all these firmwares, so if you encounter this issue, it is up to you to submit the recovery.img file from the latest firmware for your device to the CF-Auto-Root thread on XDA-Developers.com.

To be clear, just because you have a newer Android version than listed here, does NOT mean the CF-Auto-Root will not work – there’s a good chance that it will!


ODIN flashable devices

 

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS

All downloads contain .tar.md5 files flashable in ODIN as PDA.

A modified recovery and cache partition will be flashed, which will install (only) SuperSU, then clean-up the cache partition and re-flash the stock recovery.

For the root to work, the device must reboot into recovery. Most devices will do this automatically after flashing these files, but in case that does not happen, please boot into recovery manually.

UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS

If you have locked bootloaders, flashing one of these will probably brick your device – with the exception of Nexus devices, which will usually automatically “OEM unlock” and wipe your data !

C-APPS (CyanogenMod Apps)

Download new LineageOs builds in our new APP LinOs ROMs. 

Download in Play Store
  Get it on Google Play

Introducing C-Apps

The Cyanogen Apps Package gives users of CyanogenMod access to apps previously only available on Cyanogen OS, the commercial version that comes preloaded on retail smartphones. By flashing the Cyanogen Apps Package, you gain access to Audio FX, Theme Chooser, Theme Store, Gallery, dialer with Truecaller, and email by Boxer.  

AudioFX
Lossless Audio with bass boost, surround, reverb, and 13 preset configurations.

Theme Chooser & Themes Store
Allows you to mix components from any theme so you can create a theme that’s truly your own.

Dialer with Truecaller
Caller ID included in Truecaller Integrated Dialer allows you to identify and block incoming spam.

Email Powered by Boxer
Faster, smarter, and secure. Sync all your email accounts together in one place. 

Gallery
Brings together all your photos from disparate services, automatically sorting them and removing duplicates.

CyanogenMod Account
Gives you access to the (Find My Phone) feature, ability to remote wipe and remote lock your phone.