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[Q] CM10.1 + Gapps killing root

Hi. I'm having a problem with Superuser since it doesn't seem to work with 10.1. It keeps crashing and while programs seem to be able to get temporary root it usually ends with a force close of Superuser and the program looses its root.
I did search the forum and saw that a few people were getting the same error early/mid december but said that it was fixed ~ Dec 20th. I am however still getting these errors and can't find any permanent solutions. I even tried replacing Superuser with SuperSU which didn't work either.
My installation :
Installing JW4 per Odin
Installing CF-Root 4.4 for JW4 (flash as PDA per Odin)
Installing CM10.1 from internal SD-Card per CWM
Installing GAPPS from internal SD-Card per CWM -> ends with loosing root and having to restore it in CWM (which doesn't work apparently).
After this I get the beforementioned problems. If I only install CM10.1 there aren't any problems with root whatsoever. Is there a fix for this?
edit:
Ok what seems to work so far is reinstalling SuperSU after the GAPPS installation (which apparently breaks it). Still a bit shady though?

You sure you are using the latest nightly and the latest gapps ?
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ishangoyal said:
You sure you are using the latest nightly and the latest gapps ?
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Yes. Latest Nightly from pawitp and gapps 20121212. Thought I might find newer gapps but had no success in doing so.

honorableA said:
Yes. Latest Nightly from pawitp and gapps 20121212. Thought I might find newer gapps but had no success in doing so.
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I hope the latest nightly that you are talking about has been downloaded from here http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd
I think the pawtip one you are talking about may be the pre-nightly version.. In any case I would suggest to download the latest one from above link and redownload gapps from goo.im and then try

problems

Hey all
I've had my vivid for a while, I'm running CM10 with sultan kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39590429). The other day I rebooted my phone and it took longer to boot than usual, it randomly reset itself and I lost everything (luckily I had a backup ). for some reason the kernel had downgraded itself, went from beta 14 to beta 12. I restored it from my backup but then it kept resetting itself, all the while I stayed on beta 12. Now I've decided to start a fresh, reinstalled CM10 to find that its not installing google play, another weird thing is that my kernel wont change, it stays as beta 12 even after following the instructions fully to upgrade. I need the newer kernel because it has some fixes I need. Also I need ideas as to why google play isn't installing. Any help/ideas are appreciated
Thanks in advance

SlugBoy7691 said:
Hey all
I've had my vivid for a while, I'm running CM10 with sultan kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39590429). The other day I rebooted my phone and it took longer to boot than usual, it randomly reset itself and I lost everything (luckily I had a backup ). for some reason the kernel had downgraded itself, went from beta 14 to beta 12. I restored it from my backup but then it kept resetting itself, all the while I stayed on beta 12. Now I've decided to start a fresh, reinstalled CM10 to find that its not installing google play, another weird thing is that my kernel wont change, it stays as beta 12 even after following the instructions fully to upgrade. I need the newer kernel because it has some fixes I need. Also I need ideas as to why google play isn't installing. Any help/ideas are appreciated
Thanks in advance
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The kernel didn't downgrade android1-7 just never updated the info for the kernel. I'm running beta14 as well but is says 12...so your okay there.
On the other issue what recovery are you using?

thanks for the reply
i use TWRP since CWM stopped working randomly and wont flash back

SlugBoy7691 said:
thanks for the reply
i use TWRP since CWM stopped working randomly and wont flash back
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Which version of TWRP ?

latest i believe

The disappearing apps is because of a problem with sultan kernel... it seems to corrupt the file system if you reboot at a certain time... I have no idea what causes it to corrupt
The play store problem is from you doing a full wipe without installing GAPPS...
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Really? I didn't think CM10 needed gapps. I just tried a standalone install of play store 4.0.26 and it installed, but it just crashes when I try open it

That's cause you need other files from GAPPS for it to work
And the play store MUST be a system app
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ok thanks, will try that

Trust rignfool he knows what he's talking about lol. And yes you do need gapps for cm10. The only problem with cm10 that I have is very poor in call volume. Since I'm speaking of it. @ rignfool do you know a fix for that? (very low in call volume)
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[Q] Updating between nightly rom updates

hi sorry if this is a bit of a noob question, but im currently using one of the 4.3.0 CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly updates which is great, but I am wondering when there is a newer nightly update with a few more bug fixes to install this, can i simply using clockworkmod install the newer version from install from sdcard or.... should i do i need to do a full installation. i.e. do a full data wipe, wipe cache and then install the new version from zip.
just if i can i would like to save my data and just get the bug fixes, but if not so be it dont want to brick my phone, lol

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hi sorry if this is a bit of a noob question, but im currently using one of the 4.3.0 CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly updates which is great, but I am wondering when there is a newer nightly update with a few more bug fixes to install this, can i simply using clockworkmod install the newer version from install from sdcard or.... should i do i need to do a full installation. i.e. do a full data wipe, wipe cache and then install the new version from zip.
just if i can i would like to save my data and just get the bug fixes, but if not so be it dont want to brick my phone, lol
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They put today update. The root aces is fixed since last night update. But I still got problems with the browser..

Oh I'm not having any problems with the browser, I find my applications disappear out of folders and the folders themselves disappear off of the home screen but everything else works fine.

Joshjames87 said:
Oh I'm not having any problems with the browser, I find my applications disappear out of folders and the folders themselves disappear off of the home screen but everything else works fine.
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actually fixed this problem by replacing the trebuchet browser with nova launcher which works perfectly on my 4.3 rom

CM12.1-20151204 Problem

Just installed latest CM12.1 along with gapps latest pico (1204). Install all OK but on first boot it gets stuck at the "no sim card installed" screen. Every time I hit skip play services stop and then I'm back at "no sim card". Have restored to previous working backup of CM from 1202 (CM of 1203 was also OK but no otg).
Going to retry with earlier gapps in case that was the problem. Anyone else had similar?

Gapps Problem
I have heard reports of people having trouble with Gapps on 12.1 for the fire. From what I understand you have to use the ARM Pico Gapps for it to work properly. That is what I used and have never encountered the problem you are describing.

QUEW1134 said:
I have heard reports of people having trouble with Gapps on 12.1 for the fire. From what I understand you have to use the ARM Pico Gapps for it to work properly. That is what I used and have never encountered the problem you are describing.
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Yes, using pico and no probs with two previous builds of CM12.1, only with today's build. Unfortunately I can't find either yesterday's CM build or gapps, thought I'd saved them. Going to try today's CM again with the only other gapps I have which is from a week or so ago.

Re the above, what are the risks of doing a more complete wipe in twerp before installing a rom? So far just doing a factory reset and flashing over but would like to make sure I wipe any existing gapps otherwise I suspect that an older version will not update a newer. Is it safe to wipe the system partition?

I am also having this issue installing the latest version of CM. Just got my tablet today so I don't have any previous versions of the rom or gapps to test with. If you find links to older versions of these can you let me know.

Hokie99 said:
I am also having this issue installing the latest version of CM. Just got my tablet today so I don't have any previous versions of the rom or gapps to test with. If you find links to older versions of these can you let me know.
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I can't find yesterday's version of ggow's CM but for an earlier gapps you can go to rootjunkies download site at rootjunkysdl.com and in the "Android Fire 5th gen" section under CM12 there are earlier versions of both CM and gapps.
Where I am now is with a working version of today's CM12.1 (to whit, 20151204) which I flashed over a restore from a couple of days ago without installing gapps so that I'm using the gapps that were in the restored setup, those, I think, are from the 1st or 2nd of this month. So far all seems fine but I've only just down it so there's not been much testing (eg. Otg)
It's also worth getting rootjunkies "SuperTool" as it has a convenient option to boot recovery when you have trouble starting twerp (at least it helped me)

kramalot said:
I can't find yesterday's version of ggow's CM but for an earlier gapps you can go to rootjunkies download site at rootjunkysdl.com and in the "Android Fire 5th gen" section under CM12 there are earlier versions of both CM and gapps.
Where I am now is with a working version of today's CM12.1 (to whit, 20151204) which I flashed over a restore from a couple of days ago without installing gapps so that I'm using the gapps that were in the restored setup, those, I think, are from the 1st or 2nd of this month. So far all seems fine but I've only just down it so there's not been much testing (eg. Otg)
It's also worth getting rootjunkies "SuperTool" as it has a convenient option to boot recovery when you have trouble starting twerp (at least it helped me)
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Downloaded the version of gapps from rootjunkies site and and all seems to be working now. Thanks for your help.

Hokie99 said:
Downloaded the version of gapps from rootjunkies site and and all seems to be working now. Thanks for your help.
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Guess its a problem with the latest gapps build, or an incompatibility between gapps and the latest CM.
OTG is now working for me but with the problem that when a USB drive is removed android seems to think that the SD card is gone and invalidates any apps stored on it ( though it is still available in file manager) until a reboot. This is is not unique to CM so I suppose it's an android problem; the same thing happens on my Hudl2 running kk4.4.4 and my Moto G running L5.1, though on the Hudl2 you can get around it by just yanking the USB device without unmounting.. Makes using otg a real pain!

I have been having this problem as well. I installed the latest CM12.1 with the latest OpenGAPPS and the play store (google services) kept crashing repeatedly. I tried all the different latest GAPPS. and nothing would work.
The GAPPS from rootjunkies 20151120 did however work. Thanks for pointing me to that version.

Cyanogenmod 13 issues

I have the L90 I have rooted. I can flash CM12.1 no problem. When I flash CM 13 I get the following issues.
1. I can't update the Supersu binaries.
2. Can't flash supersu from TWRP. Just stalls at boot screen. Tried 2.52 & 2.66.
3. I can't uninstall any apps using Titanium backup. They uninstall & then just reappear.
4. Root explorer FC. Works on any other rom on this phone.
Any thoughts?
Pat

patcal said:
I have the L90 I have rooted. I can flash CM12.1 no problem. When I flash CM 13 I get the following issues.
1. I can't update the Supersu binaries.
2. Can't flash supersu from TWRP. Just stalls at boot screen. Tried 2.52 & 2.66.
3. I can't uninstall any apps using Titanium backup. They uninstall & then just reappear.
4. Root explorer FC. Works on any other rom on this phone.
Any thoughts?
Pat
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1. Known issue...it doesnt work on cm 13 .
2. Supersu you must flash from twrp to make it work fully... But it works on older builds 3. Make titanium backup as system app.
4. Try total commander...It's fully working.

kiosk123 said:
1. Known issue...it doesnt work on cm 13 .
2. Supersu you must flash from twrp to make it work fully... But it works on older builds 3. Make titanium backup as system app.
4. Try total commander...It's fully working.
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Thanks for the info. Will there be a supersu that works or is it just the way it is? Which version would you recommend?
Pat

patcal said:
Thanks for the info. Will there be a supersu that works or is it just the way it is? Which version would you recommend?
Pat
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I think it will be a version of supersu for future builds with working binaries... But i dony use supersu , i try once supersu 2.60 version think and it works but on older builds (on december build i think) .

kiosk123 said:
I think it will be a version of supersu for future builds with working binaries... But i dony use supersu , i try once supersu 2.60 version think and it works but on older builds (on december build i think) .
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Well, I got it working without supersu. Just never did that before. Titanium seems to be working also. Thanks.

ONE Major issue apps cant move to SD card
make your sd card as internal sadest part of my life
link2sd not working
its very sad for low end phones
ppl who are using more apps cant use android 6
i am ready to live with any other bug
app cant move to sd then i cant stick to that rom
having only 3.9gb internal memory not like high end phone 32 GB
sadest android 6
hope some budy will make it working until then CM 12 is best we should get cm 12 support
but they stop developing cm 12 and even they remove all cm 12 related work()