Lineage 19.1 Gapps
Carri Seargent
Getting Started
There are two options to proceed. Both require expanding the system partition. The first option is by far the easiest, but really only works well if you can start from scratch and your packages only need 2GB or less. The second option is very involved, but allows you to expand the system partition just about to any size you need (taking from the userdata partition).
Within TWRP: Advanced > ADB Sideload > Check all > Swipe to Start Sideload
adb sideload open_gapps.zip
Note: It seems some GApps packages will cause an issue where rebooting to system will take forever, then fail and reboot back into recovery. Installing a different package version can help resolve this type of issue.
Within TWRP: Advanced > ADB Sideload > Check all > Swipe to Start Sideload
adb sideload Magisk-v24.3.apk
Note: after installing Magisk, I had to launch the app and finish the installation. After that, root access was completely enabled.
I use phone with custom rom LineageOS but without GApps and use only Fdroid.
So far I had no need for a location, but now need I have installed the map turned on the location in the phone and cannot locate me.
I add GSMLocationNlpBackend F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository and -droid.org/en/packages/org.openbmap.unifiedNlp/ and LocalWifiNlpBackend F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository hoping they magically help
Fun fact: Before this I had a Xiaomi redmi note 4x with LineageOS 15.1, i am from the Balkans and the gps worked but it would take more time to find my location (just outside) but when i was in the EU (luxembourg, germany) the gps would find my location quickly
Not sure about expert, but I built many custom roms for phones. GPS is not tied to Gapps, microG or otherwise.
Some apps may require Gapps to work, but any GPS only app should work fine. I use Trekarta and opentopomaps and satstat without issue and I have no gapps or microG on my phone.
Another thing you can do is try to see how many satellites your device is seeing and if it can lock the signal, you can do this with an app like My Location (Know your geo coordinates using on-device GPS and Network location providers) - My Location F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository or GPSTest (An app to test the GPS and GNSS functionality of a device) - GPSTest F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Which lineage target are you installing? porg or porg_tab? Gapps only work with the build variant they are designed for. porg is android tv, so only atv gapps will work. porg_tab is mobile, so phone/tablet gapps would work there.
I flashed the Lineage OS 18.1 tablet version, but the system UI kept crashing all the time after startup. I tried different build versions and even downgraded to lineage OS 17.1, the problem was still there. The android TV version worked fine on my device by the way.
Anybody has a clue what went wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks.
Litegapps uses a unique installer, namely Kopi Installer, which is able to handle various installation locations on Android and several user cases. Let's learn about the supported installer support:
All Google Apps components from the latest Google Pixel series devices are included to be ported to this variant, so you will enjoy the look and apps like on Pixel devices in your ROM. However, it has a large size of around 600MB - 1GB So it will take up a lot of storage and RAM memory, we do not recommend it for devices that have small RAM and internal storage.
The component of the micro is taken half of the pixel variant, so there are fewer Google apps and takes up less memory, it has a size of around 300MB - 600MB,. This variant is still considered heavy for devices with small memory, so consider it accordingly your device needs and specifications.
This variant takes some of the components of the micro, so it has fewer Google Apps components, has a size of around 150MB - 300MB. This variant is lighter than Pixel or micro We recommend it for devices that use small internal memory and RAM.
Some of the components of the nano are taken, which are important, which have the basic functions needed, it has a small size but still maintains the good function of Google Apps. It has a size of around 150MB - 200MB we recommend for devices that have memory small RAM or low specifications.
This variant is intended for devices with low memory or low specifications, in its components it uses Google Apps Go, for example Gmail Go, Google Search Go, Maps Go and others. This means that this variant uses a small size. but you can still use the main Google application.
all the main components of Google Apps have been trimmed until the main components remain, this has a minimum size and apps (60MB - 80MB), this variant is the second most downloaded after the lite variant
the smallest and minimalist variant, only the core components of Google Apps, namely Google Play Services, Playstore, Google Services framework and Common. This is very light but there are lots of Google apps available so you can Download the Google apps that you like in the Play Store.
LiteGappsX is a development of regular Litegapps which is able to support various versions of Android and multiple architectures with just one flashable.zip while still maintaining a small size. but we do not provide variants in LitegappsX.
LiteGappsX MicroG uses MicroG as the default gms, it has extensive support for Android 5.0 (lollipop) up to the latest Android 14 and is very light. But many of the main functionalities don't work, such as: payments, connecting accounts to games and many others.
LiteGapps Addon is an additional package that we provide to suit user needs, users can download which package they like and then use it, to complete the LiteGapps package that doesn't have a complete package.
Gaming mode functions to optimize the user experience when playing games, this will deactivate applications that are not used when playing games to make more efficient use of RAM memory and battery, and has three modes, namely:
Hi, I did this process, and it works perfectly! I just have 1 quick question, would you be so kind as to give me an explanation of how to set up a 3.5 in. touchscreen with this?
It would be greatly appreciated!
Hi, so I was installing lineage OS 14.1 (android 7.1) in my raspberry pi 3B. Android 7.1 runs much faster than android 10 on this model. I got lineage OS running fine on it but when I got into recovery mode to install Gapps, it would not leave recovery mode. The Gapps installation seemed to have gone smoothly, but now every time I hit reboot it just boots back into recovery! Do you have any fixes?
Hi Emmett, a small improvement suggestion. I noticed i have only limited space available on my 64GB SD-card. Something like 5GB is free. I guess some space on the SD-card is not accessible. Can you include some hints how to add the unused space. Many thanks, Jac
You may have to try downloading the Android build we are currently linked to. I briefly updated it to Android 11 but there is a few things I need to sort out still, so it has been changed back to Android 10.
First, you need to download the new LineageOS image for your phone. In case you have Google Apps installed, you also need a new Google Apps package your the processor architecture of your phone (in my case this was arm and I chose the nano package).
Bottom line: if you are in a boot loop situation, first try different versions of LineageOS images and also different Google Apps images. Remember to always install the LineageOS package first and then the Google Apps package directly afterwards. In some cases the boot loop can be solved like this.
Had the reboot into recovery boot loop so I tried as you suggested with the recovery, different version of gapps. I did both together so I am not sure which fixed it but going from 17 to 18 is now complete, no loss of data and no boot loop. Thanks for your post, appreciated.