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[Q] Adding gapps to Droid 1 with CM6

I finally made the jump and rooted my Droid 1 today and installed CM6. I had issues with Rom Manger giving me an error when trying to download CM6 with Google Apps, so I downloaded the ROM from the web and installed it manually. Works like a charm.
I tried to go back to ROM Manager and just install Google Apps, but it keeps giving me an error during downloading.
I still need the Google Apps installed... I have downloaded the zip and moved it to my SD card, but can't figure out how to flash it. (been searching the past hour for an answer) I have gone to recovery mode but it looks like that is only to update ROMs (update.zip) am I missing something easy here?
Thanks

Kenar said:
I tried to go back to ROM Manager and just install Google Apps, but it keeps giving me an error during downloading.
I still need the Google Apps installed... I have downloaded the zip and moved it to my SD card, but can't figure out how to flash it. (been searching the past hour for an answer) I have gone to recovery mode but it looks like that is only to update ROMs (update.zip) am I missing something easy here?
Thanks
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It depends on what Recovery image you are using. For some reason ROM Manager gets a bad CRC or other error when downloading the GApps addon update zip. Don't know why. However if you get the latest file directly from the CyanogenMod site (hardware appropriate of course) you can install it from the recovery screen.
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.1 and it allows you to specify a .zip of any name and directory on the SD-card (you have to mount it first). I'm not sure if normal SPRecovery allows for that. Make no mistake, installing the GApps is basically a ROM update, as it installs them to the System apps folder (which is essentially read only).
One thing to note once you get it installed. Sometimes you get issues with updating the ROM's apps (including GApps). This was notoriously noticed with the new Car Home and the new YouTube apps. In order to fix it, you have to use RootExplorer, TitaniumBackup or another SuperUser enabled browser or app manager to forcefully remove the system app, then get the updated app from the Market.
I hope that helps.

I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.1 but didn't see a menu item for installing zip files. I ended up renaming the Gapps file to Update.zip and flashed it in recovery mode. Worked like a charm.
Thanks

Do any of you have this error itself?
I'd like to see if I could make sense of it. Back when I installed Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 on my new phone, about 2 weeks ago, I was able to install it with GApps with no problem.

Err, this is gonna to annoy you.

But I'm gonna be one of those newbies who doesn't know any shiat.
I want to install this theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883291 (Gingerbread for Cyanogenmod)
SO, I have rooted with unrevoked.
I have installed ROM Manager via Market.
I know that I'm supposed to do a "Nandroid"? Which is a backup?
And then I'm supposed to install ClockworkRecovery Mod.
And then....
I'm lost from that point.
Do I have to install Cyan-mod FIRST?
Yeah, you can tell I'm pretty stupid.
HELP PLEASE!
PS And if you could provide instructions for installing Market too, that would be great.

Download cyanogenmod 6.1.1 and gapps package and put it on your sd card FIRST. Then do a backup through nanodroid. After the backup in clockwork go to wipe user data and click yes, then go down to wipe partition cache and click yes. After that, go to apply zip through sd card and it will show a list off all your folders, go to the folder where you put the cyanogen rom. Once you see cyanogen rom click it then press yes, it will start to install. Now after its done go back to apply zip from sd card and find the gapps. Click it and then it will install. Once both of those are done installing click reboot system. Thats how you get cyanogenmod on your aria. Now if you want to apply a theme, you have to make sure it is compatible with cm 6.1.1 and it is for the htc aria (liberty). If it is, download it and then go to clockwork and go to apply zip from sd card and find it. It will install then reboot system.
P.S. DO A NANODROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU APPLY A THEME, if you get into a bootloop, pull the battery out and then put it back in and push the volumd and power key at the same time. This will take you to bootloader mode from there push the down volume button and click recovery this is a way to enter clockwork recovery, then restore a backup so it doesnt bootloop. Finally, please post your problems in the general section.
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[Q] bricked from editing build.prop. How to replace with backup build.prop?

I've managed to get my device stuck at a continuous loading screen. I have clockwork installed and noticed I can mount my /system folder, however doing this didn't actually seem to mount it. I'm trying to find a way to replace my build.prop with a backup I've created, but can't get into my phone to do so.
help??? lol, thanks.

Take my replacement Google/flashplayer zip from any if my 10e or 10k rom and open it... delete files in app folder... go back out of app folder into the system folder and put your build prop into it. Put on sdcard from computer ( take sdcard out of phone). Put back in phone and flash it with cwm
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Thanks!
So I've added build.prop into /system and deleted the 2 files from /system/app.
I've clicked install zip from SD card and it says something along the lines of:
installing
finding update
opening update
installing update
installation aborted
Is it supposed to say installation aborted after it's installed?
There's a possibility that build.prop actually did copy properly and it's something else I did earlier in the day that bricked it.

im also soft bricked... stuck on LG screen... anyone have any ideas??

If you know how to sign it then sign zip and reinstall.
Otherwise just flash rom again and restore data later
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I ended up using an old cwm backup and doing an advanced restore of only the /system. This made the device accessible, however almost no text would show up. I was atleast able to install titanium backup, make a backup, then flash a brand new rom and restore my data on that rom.
I've learned from this to make cwm backups more frequently, and especially have one ready if you're going to edit build.prop.

Install CWM without market/recovery mode/file explorer?

So I installed AOKP today coming from darkys ROM 10.2. First of all I wiped/factory reset, wiped cache/dav cache then installed from recovery with the .zip.
Installed ROM all works fine but now I don't have a recovery console. This is a PITA as I can't flash Gapps, I was originally going to get the CWM app APK and install it but I have no file explorer to install the app off my SD card. Without recovery I can't backup stuff, install Gapps or put another ROM on there.
As you can see I'm a little stuck. Help?
EDIT: Nevermind, fixed. I had to get around the android.process.media FCs and then I just downloaded and installed the APK using the browser.

Unfortunately settings have stopped

I just flashed a theme zip file from themes and apps section . The phone boots but when I enter into settings I get the error unfortunately settings have stopped.
Not sure if I should maybe wipe cache or something?
I'm running Monxdified rom and don't fancy doing a fresh install. Any help with this error is appreciated :thumbup:
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Which theme zip did you flash?

The flashable zip from here >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370849&page=3
I had instaled some of his themes manualy which worked great. But the flashable zip has caused the settings error.

Try deleting the theme apks that you flashed from /system/app then reboot.

Now why didnt i think of that....lol
Worked straight away after removing all apk's