Lineage-os 17.1 Gapps
Robyn Ruder
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
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.
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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.
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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:
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CalyOS is a rather interesting custom ROM based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Instead of not shipping the Google Mobile Services (GMS) and leaving users to figure stuff out by themselves (flashing gapps etc), CalyxOS ships with microG. However, you can choose to enable/disable it, thus, giving you total control.
It comes with privacy-focused applications like Signal, Tor Browser, and more. Even though the support for CalyxOS is limited to Pixel phones, for the most part, it provides plenty of out-of-the-box privacy features for a user to get a head start with a degoogled android phone.
In addition, it offers a feature to analyze real-time data requests from your apps. So, you can keep track of the apps that want to collect your data and get control if you allow/prevent them from tracking your data.
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Belta Gapps is the one that provides minimal edition Gapps with proper installation of play services. These gapps created by a developer from dirty unicorn ROM. Download Delta or Minimal gapps for Androd 8.1 Oreo from below.
This package provides a Minimal gapps 8.1 or A Gapps for 8.1 Oreo for your device. The package created by XDA member @dravoc76. This is the smallest size Gapps package with only 48mb. Download A gapps for android 8.1 from the link below.