Gmscore: No microg settings app on fresh install

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Hi,
I just installed lineage os + microg on klte (samsung S5) for the first time and I don't find anywhere the the microg settings app described there : https://lineage.microg.org/
Is it hidden somewhere unexpected ?

I didn't get any peculiar error message on install, the zip I flashed is this one : lineage-14.1-20180101-microG-klte.zip with this sudo zip addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip

I'll try to find an apk somewhere but it's really odd...

[n76]

This is not a microG issue. . .

It might be a Lineage with microG issue (microG not properly installed as part of the ROM). But I doubt it as other devices seem to to work okay (including the lineage-14.1-20180101-microG-harpia.zip ROM I installed today on my phone).

When you tap on the icon for all apps at the bottom of the launcher window and scroll down do you see a "microG Settings" app and icon? (I notice that when I change the default language on my phone the order that apps are show changes based on the translated name).

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Thanks for the quick reply :)

Do you suggest I flash a zip from another day ?

I looked at every single app like 5 times to be sure and there is no microg settings app in there, I tried several langages too just in case.

I looked at the application list from the settings menu too but it's nowhere...

Also I can't find the apk anywhere on the web. Any suggestion ?

[n76]

Do you have adb setup? If so then:

$ adb shell
harpia:/ $ ls /system/priv-app/

And see if "GmsCore" exists in that directory. If it does then microG is installed.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

ls /system/priv-app|grep Gms returns GmsCoreSetupPrebuilt and PrebuiltGmsCore.
Is that okay ?

Edit : I'm flashing one from the previous build to check if that changes anything : lineage-14.1-20171227-microG-klte.zip

Also : yes I checked the hashes were correct before flashing

[n76]

Hmmm. That is not what I'm getting:

$ adb shell
harpia:/ $ ls /system/priv-app|grep Gms
GmsCore
harpia:/ $ 

If worse comes to worse, download either the -107 or -108 version of "Services Core" from https://microg.org/download.html then:

adb root
adb remount
adb push com.google.android.gms-11951417.apk /system/priv-app/
adb reboot

File name may vary depending on which "preview release" you use. 107 appears to be the one that the Lineage with microG uses for my phone. 108 has fixes on the maps API v2 but breaks some of the handling (no op actually I think) of ads.

I've not noticed GmsCoreSetupPrebuilt and PrebuiltGmsCore before. . . I wonder if they are from Google's gapps. Are you sure that gapps has not been installed at some time.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Just done flashing the second zip from my previous message and it doesn't change a thing.

Before trying what you told me, can you tell me wether I should wipe System with TWRP when doing the factory reset ? I had indeed the Gapps installed with lineageOS before trying out microg and maybe this has something to do with my problem ?

[n76]

Bingo! You must wipe /system using TWRP before flashing Lineage with microG. Otherwise the old gapps stuff is (or at least maybe) still there and interfering with everything.

A "factory reset" does not reset the /system area (i.e. the "ROM"), it only clears the user data.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Bingo indeed ! Just found the microG Settings app when flashing with the first zip but while wiping system this time.

1 - Thank YOU a lot, you were really responsive and helpfull, much love <3
2 - I'm starting to wonder wether it's the right github for this issue, should I have gone somewhere else ?
3 - The tutorial I was following was at this page : https://lineage.microg.org/, and it says

Clean install (wipe data and installed apps) : If you don't care about losing your current data just reboot into recovery, wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik (perform a "Factory reset") and, without rebooting, install LineageOS for microG.

so it's apparently missing the System wipe don't you think ? Actually the reason might be found there : https://twrp.me/faq/whattowipe.html, it says

The vast majority of ROMs wipe system as part of the zip install. This means that in most cases you do not need to wipe system... ever.

So I think someone that packaged the ROM might have missed something. Do you know where I should report this ? Or wether I should at all report it ?

[n76]

My guess is that it should be reported on either the XDA thread for Lineage with microG. Or on the GitHub page for that project.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Thanks a lot :)

[ale5000-git]

Actually you generally don't need to wipe /system (although it is a good thing to do when changing ROM); in your case probably you were having a script in /system/addon.d/ that preserved GApps.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Well okay but my install of lineageOS+Gapps was very conventional : I can't be the only one with that script and issue ^^

[ale5000-git]

Sure, in fact it is the Open GApps zip that add this file.

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

That kinda implies that we generally have to wipe /System