easy step to install Gapps

jonas7782

maybe it can help to install Gapps (play store) on Emteria.OS

you need :

usb stick format fat32

first :

download gapps here : http://opengapps.org/
i used ARM 7.1 Pico. its the smalest version of gapps, it only install play store.
Put the .zip file you just download on your usb stick.

second :
start the Pi3 with Emteria.OS, when it's start plug your usb.
open the usb via the upper side of you screen.
press a long time on the gapps.zip file and copy past to Download folder.
eject your usb.

third :
Use the Shutdown preinstalled app and go to RECOVERY.
in the recovery menu , use "install" an go to the download folder. select your gapps.zip file.
and clic on install from zip.
select reboot after install.
wait and

enjoy play store 😉

IKS

Thank you, @jonas7782! To simplify it even further, you can download the opengapps directly from the browser in the emteria.OS :smile:

Danith

Hey , im having some trouble with gapps, i installed the one from open gapps 7.1 micro and flashed it. After the restart emteria is now running very slow with alot of hangs.

IKS

I wouldn't recommend installing anything but the pico package, as most of the apps have crazy memory requirements, which can be hardly satisfied by RPi3. In any case, after the installation the system will do some optimizations in the background. Sometimes it takes up to 30 or 60 minutes until everything is set (pico package).

ibebbs

Hi,

I installed Emteria.os on my RPi3 successfully. As I wanted to install GApps, I followed the instructions above but, when I rebooted after installing from recovery menu, the RPi didn't make it past the Emteria loading screen. It's been stuck there for 20minutes or so now with just the animation running and activity light (small green LED) on the Pi flashing irregularly.

Is this expected or should it boot normally? If it's expected, how long might I have to wait? If not, any suggestions as to what might have gone wrong?

Thanks

obero

Wait for 0.5.1. its appearance, Igor is working on it within a day or two.I was doing this, I got bored at 2.5 o'clock and I'm looking forward to the appearance of the revised OS. Patience.

jonas7782

hi Ibebbs and Obero, just have same probleem after update emteria.os to last update from 8 december.

obero

It does not work, Igor will update it

IKS

Please try again, we have just released a new version.

keng

https://youtu.be/Pm6latPoM_w
Confirm work at version 0.5.1

phyl

push

oenock

When I try to enter Recovery mode, my Pi get stuck on the starting kernel line as you see before the emteria logo, is this a known problem? I have no problem starting my pi...
Any tips?

IKS

No, I've never heard of this problem before. Which version are you using?

Smitty

I have the same problem with mine, using Android version 7.1.2,

roxette

@Igor,
How to use gapps-config.txt?
It should be renamed to gapps-config?
I didn't install gapps yet since i upgraded to Emteria v0.5.5
Is it possible to exclude everything except Google Play services?

IKS

@roxette, this is exactly what the file does. It prevents people from installing tons of huge applications. There is nothing to do for you - in our tests the OpenGApps installer detects this file automatically and applies the configuration. Here is the documentation: https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Advanced-Features-and-Options

IKS

@Smitty, we have no clue why this is happening. As I have mentioned in another thread, emteria.OS and recovery are using the same kernel to boot. Any chance you can provide us your logs (https://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection)?

Dreamcatcher_DB1

I can confirm that I followed the OpenGApps installation instructions that Jonas gave and it worked. I did try downloading GApps through emteriaOS as Kalkov suggested but the download failed multiple times. Just as Kalkov mentions, there is a period after starting the play store for the first time that everything is VERY slow but after a period of about 5 min. after the first reboot.

However, after installing only a few PlayStore apps, I have already noticed a considerable decrease in performance and regular lock-ups and shut downs.

piuser2155

I installed fine today using the gapps.sh from github and pico however playstore always crashes. Having said that it crashes on nearly every android image I tried. keeps going in circles saying it has stopped working.

IKS

@piuser2155, why not using the official method and install it via recovery?