Do i need to install gapps with cyanogenmod

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 1 month ago. Active 6 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 10k times. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You don't need to install Gapps to use Cyanogenmod, you can install it and use it without them.

Improve this answer. Because if not then I have no apps. If you want to install them the confortable way, yes. Great thank you for the clarification. Looks like I'll be waiting. You don't need to wait - there are several 5. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Edits may be helpful, but if I'm remembering CWM's process correctly, it'll be: Install from zip Choose file Find and select the gapps.

Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. I have TWRP custom recovery instead. Does it matter? I flash gapps the same time I flashed CyanogenMod, but gapps don't show.

Do I need to wipe the system first before reattempting both , or can I just reattempt gapps only? CM recovery is not suited for the task. Also, why do I need to clear dalvik cache afterwards? Will this remove my already installed app data, since I am updating CM? TWRP is also a popular option. CM and CWM are not the same thing. The dalvik cache is only a cache; clearing it does not remove any data. You should clear it because it may still contain cache data that is incompatible with the newly installed Gapps.

Whether or not your apps will be removed depends on whether you perform a Factory Reset while upgrading CyanogenMod. Okay, I understand, good for avoiding bugs. Such a suggestion wouldn't even make sense. Show 3 more comments. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Helping communities build their own LTE networks. Podcast Making Agile work for data science.

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